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| 5801 | The name of Thomas Trefry first appears in the records of MArblehead, Mass in 1661, but he may have been there some years earlier. He had two sons, Thomas and James, and probably other children. | TREFRY, Thomas (I39181)
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| 5802 | The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series I; Class: AO 13; Piece: 031 A New Claim Montreal 6th Feb 1788 Evidence on the Claim of Jacob Conterman, late of Tryon County New York Province Claimant Sworn Says he was in Sir John Johnson’s 1st Batt’n in 1703 and gave a Claim to Captain Duncan. He is a Native of America in 1775 he lived on the Mohawk River and came to Canada in 1776 before that he had never joined the Rebels. He served the whole war as a Soldier, and now lives in the 3rd Township New Johnston. 100 Acres on the Mohawk on Lease from Abra’m Lansing for 25 years paying £5 per Annum. He had lived on it four years, and had cleared 10 acres with a House, Barn and Furniture. 7 Horses, a Cow, 7 Sheep. The Rebels took his Stock. Produces Letter from Major Gray speaking of him as a Loyal Man. Andrew Drusslor sworn Says he knew Jacob Contermans Farm ——— Jacob Countryman (1743-1814) The Tory Jacob Countryman was born on August 12, 1743, in Canajoharie, New York. He was the youngest child of Conradt who was 42 and Maria who was 45. He fought in the French Indian Wars in Captain Klock's Company. July 24-28, 1763, he was called out for the Indian Alarm (Location: Burnet's Field, German Flats). During the Revolutionary War he sided with the British and became known as 'The Tory'. This caused much friction between him and his family who were all revolutionary supporters. Under the leadership of Sir John Johnson (KRRNY), he made a raid into the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys. The KRRNY disbanded in 1783 in Montreal. He was forced to relocate to Canada after the war and became one of the original 516 UEL settlers of New Johnstown (founded by Sir J. Johnson), the first incorporated municipality of Upper Canada which eventually became Cornwall, Ontario. They arrived with minimal supplies, were provisioned for the first three years by the British then were left to fend for themselves. They faced years of hard work and possible starvation, near the the town of Osnabruck which was submerged when the St Lawrence Seaway went in in 1834. He married Marie Margaretha Haberman or Haherman and they had six children together. He then married Anna Rosa Kuss and they had three children together. Some records show they actually had 6 children although she was well past childbearing age. Other records show he had a third wife. He died on July 8, 1814, in Osnabruck, Ontario, at the age of 70. 20 Apr 2018 Copied from: .com Robinson Family Tree Owned by: Helen Robinson | CUNTRAMANN, Jacob T. (I31389)
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| 5803 | The old Damme garrison house became the property of this Drew family, a fact which led it to be called the Drew garrison house. | NUTE, Leah (I1279)
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| 5804 | The original family of Elizabeth Conger came from France, via Holland, to England because of religous persecution. The will of her grandfather, William Belconger, was probated 12/2/1522 in Norfolk Co. Her father, John, was baptized in Yarmouth, Norfolk Co., England on 9/8/1633. | CONGER, Elizabeth (I3738)
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| 5805 | The original house built by Christian DOLLOFF no longer stands. Richard, his son, built a house on the family homestead in 1741, which stands today as the center portion of the existing structure. The house remains in the Dolloff family to this day, following in descent from Richard's brother Samuel's son Abner. Between approximately 1650 and the early 1700s, there was nearly constant conflict between the English colonists of Maine and New Hampshire and the Canadian French settlers to the north, with the Indians, and inter-European conflicts which the English colonists were expected to fight as well: King Phillip's War, King William's War, and the other French and Indian Wars. The on going conflict between the European settlers and the French was fueled by the Canadian French paying the northern Indians to raid, massacre, and steal women and children from the colonies in what is now Maine and New Hampshire. Two of Richard and Catherine's children were stolen by the Indians. Richard's stolen children were taken to Canada upon their capture. An officer Dudley went to Canada on behalf of the many families who had lost wives and children to kidnapping, and recorded the names of all the surviving captives. Dudley then returned with lists, which included the names of Richard's two stolen children. Richard then petitioned the courts as a “poor petitioner" for assistance in raising money to aid him in ransoming his captive children back from the Indians in Canada. Both of those children, however, died in captivity, one soon after being captured, and another about ten years after having been captured. From another source: Three children of Richard and Catherine were captured by Indians, while a fourth child hid in the woods. John was about 2 years old, Margaret was 6, and another unnamed daughter, probably older. Richard got them back in the summer of 1716. After peace was secured, the other two were returned but the older one had married an Indian and feeling slighted, returned to Canada. | DOLLOFF, Richard (I33207)
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| 5806 | The Palatine Families of New York by Henry Z Jones Jr | LEYP, Anna Margaretha (I31405)
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| 5807 | The Pecks of Hingham, Massachusetts NOT Descended from John Peck, Esq., of Wakefield, Yorkshire It has been shown … that the Robert Peck who was named in the will of John Leeke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, dated 6 September 1629, as one of the testator's executors, was probably, from the nature of the services required of him and from the responsibility placed upon him under the terms of the will of John Leeke, at least twenty-one years old in 1529 and was therefore born in 1508 or earlier-very likely considerably earlier. It has been shown also that the Robert Peck named as an executor in the will of John Leeke was without doubt identical with the Robert Peck of Beccles whose will was dated 31 October 1556-a man who had two wives (both then deceased), who by his first wife had a daughter who in 1556 was already grown up and married ('all' of whose children were mentioned in a will of 1561), and a man also who had six children by his second wife who were living on 31 October 1556, of whom three were born before 28 May 1547. Now the testator of 31 October 1556, from whom Rev. Robert Peck and his brother Joseph, who came to New England in 1638, are known to have been descended, could not have been a son or a grands/o John Peck, Esq., of Wakefield, the testator of 2 November 1558, for this Robert Peck of Beccles was probably born in 1508 or earlier, while the marriage of John Peck of Wakefield did not take place until 1507 and Richard Peck, his eldest son and heir, was not born until about 1516. Moreover, if the Robert Peck to whom, together with Lancelott Lake, land in Wakefield had been given by John Peck, Esq. (as stated in his will of 2 November 1558), was, as seems likely, a s/o one of the younger sons of the said John Peck, he was too young to have been identical with Robert Peck of Beccles, the testator of 31 October 1556. | PECK, Robert (I4643)
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| 5808 | The progenitor of the MacIains was Iain Sprangach who died in 1338. He was the son of Angus Mor, Lord of Islay and the grandson of Donald, Lord of Islay from whom clan Donald takes its name. The branch of the McDonalds of Glencoe was called MacIain after the progenitor. This branch held the lands of the Lordship of the Isles until 1493 when they became feudal vassals of the Stewarts of Appin. During the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots, an Earl of Argyll eyed the MacDonald lands and so secured the rights. Thus, William McKean, the first documented McKean of the line, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland. William McKean, born circa 1615, in Argyleshire, was a farmer and Covenanter, a follower of the teachings of John Knox. He was first documented during the Military Tribunal inquest into the 1679 murder of Archbishop Sharp in Scotland. William, being canny, skirted direct answers to the questions and was not convicted. Charles I insisted all his subjects join the Church of England and sent troops to annihilate the Covenantors. William and his family (and family of David Cargill) escaped to the glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland where land was available for the Scotch and English to settle. William McKean and his family took part in the famous siege of Londonderry, Ireland. The inhabitants believed the Catholics loyal to James II were going to massacre those who backed protestant William of Orange. The city closed its gates on December 7, 1688 and the siege began April 1689. Inside were 30,000 inhabitants who were starving by July, 28, 1689 when the British in ships on the Foyle broke through the barriers and ended the siege. James II was defeated in 1691 and replaced by William of Orange. Due to continuing political, religious and economic hardships, the Scots (who never really mingled with the Irish) looked for better opportunities elsewhere, usually through the efforts of the ministers. In 1827 a group headed by the Rev. James McGregor, James and John McKean, their families and others prepared to set sail for America in five ships. John McKean died just before embarkation and his widow Janet and four children made the journey with her brother-in-law Justice James McKean. The company arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in August 1718 and the boat with McKeans and McGregors sailed on to Casco Bay (now Portland) where they spent the winter of 1718-1719 on shipboard, almost starving. In May 1719 they removed to Nutfield (now Londonderry, New Hampshire) near Haverfield where land had been acquired.a | MCKEEN, William (I10953)
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| 5809 | The record book copy of the will of John Winslow, merchant of Boston, dated 3 Oct., proved 12 Oct. 1683, remembered each son "of my three brothers"; Edward Winslow, Joseph Winslow and Samuel Winslow"; the two sons of my sister Susanna Latham, dec'd (sic)"; my only son John Winslow "under 21 years; wife Judith. His dwelling and land were to go to son John when he became 21; if John died while a minor, then to the sons of "my three brothers." Wife Judith was to receive one-third, and son John two-thirds, of the rest of all his real and personal estate. No probate of land records were located for Judith in Bristol, Plymouth or Suffolk Counties. It is said that John brought the Prince of Orange’s declaration from Nevis to New England, in Feb 1689, for which he was imprisoned by Sir Edmund Andros.«s79» | WINSLOW, John (I12426)
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| 5810 | The record from the Prothonotary in Three Rivers reads, as taken from the record of the Roman Catholic Church, in St Leon, County of Maskinonge: “One Adolphus Dame, physician, abjured Protestantism and became a Catholic on the 5th of August 1832, and there on August 16, 1832, married Delphine Becker, minor daughter of Pierre Becker, miller, and Marie Louise Demarais of Yamachiche”. A family record states that he started life in commercial pursuits, studied medicine, passed the Board of Examiners, and practiced in Lower Canada. It states further that he was an officer in a Canadian regiment during the War of 1812.«s1 111:52» | DAME, George Theophilus Adolphus (I35499)
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| 5811 | The records show that he was an apprentice and was killed in a work-related accident. | LATHAM, Eliab (I23705)
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| 5812 | The Rev. John Rogers was a Roman Catholic Priest who abandoned the Roman Catholic faith, to promote Protestantism. He published the first English Bible under the pseudonym Thomas Matthews. After taking charge of a Protestant congregation in Wittenberg for some years, Rogers returned to England in 1548. In 1550, he became Rector of St. Margaret Moyses and in the following year he was made Vicar of St. Sepulchre in London. In 1551 he was made a prebendary. In April, 1552, his family were naturalized under a special act of Parliament. He continued his church work until the accession of Queen Mary to the throne, when on Sunday after her triumphal entry into London 16 July, 1553, he preached a sermon at St. Paul's Cross commending the "true doctrine taught in King Edward's days,," and warning his listeners against "pestilent Popery.” He was summoned before the council and put under house arrest. He never preached again. In January 1554, Bonner, the new bishop of London, sent him to Newgate Prison where he remained for about a year. On 22 January 1555, Rogers and other Protestant preachers were brought before the Privy Council and examined. Cardinal Pole, on 28 January 1555, ordered a commission to proceed against persons liable to prosecution under the statutes against heresy, and six days later through sanction of the Council, Rogers was condemned and sentenced as an excommunicated heretic, to be burned to death at the stake at Smithfield. This sentence was carried out the morning of Monday 4 February 1555. He was not allowed to spend any time with his wife and children before he died, although they were forced to watch him being burned at the stake. He had been offered a pardon if he would renounce Protestantism, but with holy scorn he utterly refused it. He was the first Protestant martyr of Mary's reign. —— Rev. John Rogers was a sixth generation Rogers who chose to become a clergyman. He was born at the family home 'Deritend'. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1526. He was then chosen to the Cardinal's College at Oxford and soon went into holy orders in the Roman Catholic Church. On 26 December 1532, he became Rector of the Church of Holy Trinity in the city of London and served two years. He resigned in 1534 and went to Antwerp as chaplain to the English merchants. Here he met William Tyndale, under whose influence he abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and, in 1536, married Adriana Pratt alias 'de Weedy' (a surname which means 'meadow', in Latin "Prata," but anglicized into Pratt). They had eleven children - 8 sons and 3 daughters. | ROGERS, Rev John (I43990)
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| 5813 | The s/o Jeremiah Farrington & Molly Swan. | FARRINGTON, Dr James S. (I1564)
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| 5814 | The Saint Paul Globe, June 18, 1904, St Paul, MN Graduates of St. Paul College of Law Receive Their Dipiomas Twenty-eight graduates of the St. Paul College of Law received their diplomas, entitling them to practice in the court, last evening at the Park Congregational church, corner Mackubin street and Holly avenue. The scene of the formal graduation was impressive. The graduates occupied chairs in a double row, while to the front of the platform Judge Bunn, as dean of the school, occupied the position of presiding officer. The Graduating Class The members of the graduating class: Miss Elizabeth Mildred Baker, John Arthur Burns, Charles Edward Collett, Ernest Ambrose Countryman, Peter Robert Curran, Timothy James Doyle George Keiser Fargo, Herbert Angier Folsom, William Trevanne Frai>cis, Judge Herbert Sheldon Gifford. Harry James Haas, George Robertson Taylor Hart, Charles Thomas Horrigan, Charles August Lund, Timothy Alfred McGrath, Francis Mc-Kernan. Frederick "William Medbery, Arthur Garfield Moritz, Edwin Magnus Nelson, Charles N. Orr, Edward Peterson, John Lemuel Sammon's, Thomas D. Schall, Miss Sharlie Margery Soule, John William Souter, Paul Martin Theodore Thompson. Jason Edson Wait, Harry Selwyn Whlpple. | COUNTRYMAN, Ernest Ambrose (I7122)
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| 5815 | The Saint Paul globe., June 17, 1904, Page 2, St Paul, MN Practicing Attorneys Give Good Advice to Embryo Lawyers Third Annual Banquet in Honor of Graduating Class of St. Paul College of Law Is Given at the Commercial Club- John D. O'Brien, M. L. Countryman and Others Deliver Practical Addresses--- Class of Twenty-Eight Will Graduate This Evening The third annual banquet in honor of the graduating class and the alumni of the St. Paul College of Law was given at the Commercial club last night, the members of the graduating class, as many members of the alumni and a number of prominent attorneys and members of the faculty being in attendance. The commencement exercises proper will be held this evening at Park Congregational church. The address will be delivered by Gen. H, W. Childs. Last night's banquet was a most enjoyable affair, and at its close a number of interesting- talks were made by members of the graduating class and alumni and by more experienced practitioners. Thomas D. O'Brien was the first speaker to be introduced by the toast master, Charles N. Orr. Mr. O'Brien spoke of "Our Clients," and during his remarks the young lawyers were given some good advice. "It should be remembered," said Mr. O'Brien, "that a lawyer occupies a position of trust. During your early and struggling career there may be many temptations thrown in your path, but you must remember that if you would succeed you must be honest with your clients. Always be honest with your clients. This policy may require that you settle a case where extended litigation would mean large and sure fees, but it pays in the long run. Clients are not always grateful—in fact they are seldom grateful—but you should always bear in mind that it is the best attorney who keeps his client out of litigation. The lawyer whose success is most certain is the one whose clients return to him." Duties of Alumni Edward A. "Waters responded to the toast, "The Alumni." He impressed upon the seniors and the alumni that they should strive for the general good of the St. Paul college of law. He believed the alumni should have a voice in selecting the faculty, and he suggested that every member of the alumni should give hearty support to every forward movement of the college. Regret was .expressed at the loss the college sustained in the death of Hiram F. Stevens, its dean, but it was a matter of congratulation that one so worthy and able as Judge Bunn had been chosen to succeed him. John IX Burns spoke of "The Faculty," and told of the high regard in which its members were held by the students. It was an easier matter to speak of the faculty than it was to speak to them, Mr. Burns thought. Mr. Burns also paid a compliment to Judge Bunn, the new dean of the school. Charles E. Collett expressed some good thoughts in responding to the toast, "Why I Studied Law." "An Embryo Lawyer" was the subject assigned to M. L. Countryman, whose short address began in a humorous vein and ended in one that contained much for the students and alumni to think over. How to Get Clients "My friend, Mr. O'Brien, has told you how to handle your clients, but I want to tell- you that it is first necessary to get the clients." said Mr. Countryman. "And right along this line I want to give you some good advice. The best way to secure a large and profitable clientele is to conduct yourself in a manner that will impress upon people | COUNTRYMAN, Marcellus Lawrence (I7017)
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| 5816 | The story of the death of Maud de St. Valery and the conflict of her family with King John has been retold many times. In contemporary records, she was described as beautiful, very wise, doughty, and vigorous. She kept up the war against the Welsh and conquered much from them.[15] The manner in which Maud and her son William met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39; it reads: No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. | DE ST VALERIE, Lady Matilda “Maud” (I35184)
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| 5817 | The story of the Gregg-Gregg family as told by David Gregg. Capt David GREGG was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, and was a captain in Oliver Cromwell’s Army in 1655. He was one of the 20,000 Protestants that went from England and Scotland to Northern Ireland. He had large land holdings there and one of his servants was a young Catholic boy. In 1689, in the time of James I, a French army landed in Ireland and this boy guided 40 soldiers to the home of his master. They robbed the home of 300 pounds sterling in gold, murdered Capt David Gregg and his wife. His son James ran to the stables to get a horse and escape but was cut down by the soldiers. James’ wife and sons were away on a visit and so were spared. When the 4 sons grew up, they emigrated to America in 1712 and landed in Boston, Mass. John went to South Carolina, Andrew went to Philadelphia, David went to Wyndham, New Hampshire, and Samuel soon settled in Groton, Massachusetts, and changed the spelling of his name to GRAGG. The Craggs are said to be of the Clan McGregor. | GREGG, Capt David (I45811)
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| 5818 | The Strickland Family Sizergh, the name of the Strickland family home, is of Scandinavian origin, and originates from the Scandinavian occupation of England in the 9th and 10th Centuries. Along with a large gift of other lands, Sizergh was granted by Henry II about 1170-80 to Gervase d'Eyncourt (Deincourt), a cadet of the great baronial family of that name in Lincolnshire. These possessions continued in the d'Eyncourt family for several generations until Elizabeth, great-granddaughter of Gervase, became the sole heiress, and conveyed them all in marriage to her husband, Sir WilliamStrickland in 1239. From that time, this has been the residence of the Strickland family. In earlier times, the family was known as "de Castlecarrock," and they were descended from the Norman family of Vaux (or de Vallibus), and therefore allied to the family of Gilles. In 1179, Walter de Castlecarrock married, moved to the manor of Great Strickland in north Westmoreland acquired through his wife, and assumed the name "de Strikeland." The name meant "the pastureland of young cattle." This Walter was later knighted and was the great-grandfather of the Sir William mentioned above. Family members have been found in Parliament in almost every generation until the end of the 17th Century. They have also been involved in other parts of Government, including the military, up to the present time. | STRICKLAND, Ellen (I37249)
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| 5819 | The surname Beedle or Beadle refers to an attendant. | BEADLE, Robert (I83)
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| 5820 | The surname Holyoke and its variant forms derive from the holy oak, or gospel oak, an archaic term for boundary tree. | HOLYOKE, ? (I44261)
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| 5821 | The title of the book is "Long Ago in Madison County" and was publishedby the Madison County Board of Education Huntsville, Alabama, copyright1964. The foreword reads as follows: " In 1805 John Hunt came to what is now known as Madison County from hishome in East Tennessee and settled with his family at the Big Spring.Within three years some three hundred families had joined him and wereliving in a settlement known as Hunt's Spring. About the same time, many people came to live south of the Tennessee linein a triangular area which had been ceded by the Chickasaw and CherokeeIndians. Among this group was the Levi Hinds family who lived nearKnoxville, Tennessee. The Hinds family reached Madison County by traveling down the rough trailfrom Winchester and crossing the southern boundary of Tennessee. Fortheir homestead they chose a beautiful valley west of Berry Mountainwhere they built a cabin, cleared fields, planted crops, and hoped thatsome day they would be able to buy the land they had cleared. On December 13, 1808, Governor David Holmes of the Mississippi Territorycreated the County of Madison within the limits of the triangular areaceded by the Indians. The following year, a Federal land Office wasopened in Nashville, Tennessee, and on August 7, 1809, all of the publicland in Madison County was put on sale. There were so many people whowanted to buy farms that not all of the early settlers were able to getthe land they had already cleared. Levi Hinds, however, was fortunate. He became the first man to purchaseland in Madison County, buying 320 acres in the beautiful valley where hehad settled. This acreage consisted of two quarter sections, theNortheast Quarter of Section 7 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, inTownship 3, Range 2 East. In 1787 Levi Hinds had married Hulda Byram, a direct descendant of JohnAlden and Priscilla Mullens who had come to America in the Mayflower, andabout whom Longfellow wrote in his celebrated poem. Levi and Hulda Hindshad twelve children. It is about two of these children. Daniel and Milly,that the stories in this book are told. These stories, based on the family of Levi Hinds were created in order togive children an understanding of life in pioneer days in Madison County." An acknowledgement was given to Mrs. Kathleen P. Jones of New Market,Alabama for the material about the Levi Hinds family. Stories include: To the Boys and Girls, Madison County, Off to the NewCountry, On the Way, Stopping for the Night, The New Country, Who is OverThere?, Building a Log Cabin, Work and Fun, Making Candles, Making Soap,Corn Planting Time, and A Visitor. | BYRAM, Huldah (I29741)
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| 5822 | The Tylden (or Tilden) family represent a landholding family with origins in England in the Middle Ages. A branch of the family emigrated to the American colonies in the early 17th century and established the Tilden family line in America. The Tilden families of America descend from John Tilden, a clothier of Benenden, born around 1400. His descendant, Nathaniel Tilden, sailed with his family (his wife Lydia, seven children and seven servants) in March 1634 on the Hercules, from Sandwich, Kent to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Nathaniel Tilden, the first name on the passenger list of the Hercules, had been mayor of Tenterden in 1622 and his immediate family had held similarly official roles in Tenterden and the surrounding community. Nathaniel Tilden was chosen ruling elder of the first church of Scituate, Massachusetts within a year after his arrival. His name is recorded in the first conveyance of land recorded in Scituate in 1634: "of all that land which I have of Goodman Byrd lying within the fence at the north end of the third cliffe, unto the land of Nathaniel Tilden." The connection of the Tildens to the earliest days of settlement in New England are numerous. Nathaniel's brother Joseph, two years his junior, was one of the merchant adventurers of London who fitted out the Mayflower. Similarly Nathaniel Tilden's youngest son, Stephen married Hannah Little of Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose father had married the daughter of Richard Warren, a passenger on the Mayflower. | TILDEN, Nathaniel (I3675)
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| 5823 | The Way family is one of the oldest ones in this country, and the American progenitor, Henry Way, a Puritan, a native of England, born in 1583, was a s/o George and Agnes (Symes) Way, of Powerstock, Dorset County, England. In 1630, when conditions in England became unendurable to one of his faith, Henry Way, with his wife, Elizabeth, and sixteen-year-old son, George, took passage on the good ship Mary and John, and reaching the American colonies, settled in what is now Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1657 George Way followed Roger Williams into Rhode Island, and there he spent the remainder of his life and died there in 1716. | WAY, George (I2768)
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| 5824 | THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC. He was murdered by the Indians while bear hunting near the Quinebaug River. Rudge Richard A. Wheeler says in his HISTORY OF STONINGTON: "...he met a squad of Indians, who were hunting in the same region who ordered him to clear out and leave the game to them, as they were the original owners of it--if he did not, they would kill and scalp him on the spot. He bid defiance to their threats, when they attacked him with their tomahawks and scalping knives. He defended himself as best he could, and a terrible struggle ensued which resulted in his death, and that of five of the Indians." | WHEELER, Thomas (I21876)
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| 5825 | THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC. Probate Records, Vol. A, page 533, New London, New London Co., CT. Will probated 12 Mar 1711/12. Wife Martha, son Isaac, son Thomas deceased, son Richard, son William, daughters: Mary Martha and Anna Dorothy Elizabeth Experience (Mary Williams). Brother(-in-law) John Parke & son Isaac executors. Inventory worth1626 pounds in Household goods, lands, 1840 acres, Housings and improvements and 1778 pounds, 1 Negro boy named Tully, 1 Indian boy named Daniel, 1 indian girl named Mary. | WHEELER, Isaac (I21873)
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| 5826 | The will of Christian Clapp of Sidbury, co. Devon was proved 12 August 1608 by the executor Nicholas Clapp of Sidbury. She bequeaths to the poor of Sidbury. To her god-children. To god-daughter dwelling at Broadclist, "one Pettecotte with browne charmlet bodyes." To Mary Clapp, a gown. To Elizabeth Clapp, my son Nicholas his wife, my cloak. To Prudence Clapp, Anne Crutchet and Ann Windsam, all my linen apparell tio be equally divided. To Ann Windsam, my feather-bed, a bolster, a red coverlet and the mattress. To Prudence Clapp, my cupboard at Pynhil and a table-board and a brazen pan. To foresaid Ann Windsam £10 to be employed for her benefit and if she die before twenty said £10 to remain to Prudence Clapp. To my daughter Eyde Crutchett £10. To Richard Clapp, my son Nicholas his son, one chest. To Ellen Lee, my kirtle. To Ann Windsam, a brazen pan, a crock and my coffer. Residue to son Nicholas Clapp, executor. Witnesses: William Ebdon, James Taylor. Inventory taken August 9, 1608, by William Warren, John Southwood, Thomas Searle, Thomas Ebdon. | Family F28849
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| 5827 | The will of Isaac Winslow of MIddlesex County in New England, dated 26 Aug. 1679 in Port Royal, Jamaica, and probated 29 Aug. 1670, mentions wife Mary, dau. "Parnill" WInslow, and child unborn when he left on 12 July. The will of Mary Long, dated 14 April 1720, and probated 23 Jan 1729, mentions grandchildren Foster. | WINSLOW, Isaac (I12427)
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| 5828 | The will of John Kingman of Bridgewater dated 21 Jan 1745 , proved 3 Feb 1755, names wife Bethiah; sons Isaac, John, Josiah, David and Ebenezer; daughters Mary Copeland, Deliverance Orcutt, Abigail Allen; grandson John Orcutt and granddaughter Susanna Orcutt, children of deceased daughter Desire Orcutt, son-in-law John Orcutt; grandson Ebvenezer Allen and granddaughter Bethiah Allen, children of deceased daughter Bethiah Allen; son-in-law James Allen.15:75«s70» | KINGMAN, John (I6896)
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| 5829 | The Will of John Philip Klingman Township of Robeson Berks County, PA Will of John Philip Klingman in Robeson, proved 12 Jan 1774 and the same day Letters Testimentary granted John Klingman, son This 3rd day of January 1774, John Philip Klingman of Robeson Township, in Berks County and Province of Pennsylvania, Innholder... First, my will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my Executors, herein after named and appointed. Secondly, my will is that all my real and personal estate whatsoever shall be sold at the highest rate by my executors, hereafter appointed and the money accruing thereof is to be disposed in the following manner, viz: Thirdly, my will is that I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my beloved wife the third part out of my real and personal estate to her own use, but in case she should marry again then she shall be satisfied with one half of her third part, to that I give her above her third her bed, bedstead, a chest, a cow per advance. Fourthly, I give unto my son John per advance or over and above his equal share the sum of £10 lawful money of this Province, to be paid after my decease, for being a dutiful son unto me . Fifthly, I give unto my three children of my first wife, namely: Michael, Barbara, Elizabeth £10 apiece money of this Province, as their whole demand of my real and personal estate to be paid in two years after my decease and to keep my oldest son Michael out of two share I give him the further sum of £2, money aforesd as his whole demand of my real and personal estate to him. Sixthly, my will is that all my real and personal estate whatsoever pertaineth to me, shall be divided into equal shares and distributed among all my children of my second wife, namely : John, Rachel, Elisabeth, Jacob, Peter, Mary, share and share alike, except £8 is to be deducted out of Rachel's share and according to their age, their share is to be paid. Lastly, I make and ordain my son John to be my only and sole executor of this my last will and testament ratifying this present and no other to be my last Will and Testament: In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year first above written . Witnesses: Jacob Srif[?], Mich Walter. Register General's Office, Reading, Berks Co, Pennsylvania the 12th day of January 1774 personally appeared Jacob Seyfryest[?] and Michael Walter the witnesses to the aforewritten Will... Inventory of Philip Klingman in Robeson, exhibited the 19th February 1774 An Inventory of Improvements, Goods and Chattles of Philip Klingman of Robeson Township in Berks County and Province of Pennsylvania, deceased, Viz: Apparrel, horse, saddle and bridle; bed and bedstead, 2 old tables, 7 old chairs, an old gun, 2 old chests, 3 butter dishes, 6 butter plates, tin ware, forks, ladles and butter spoons, 2 candle sticks and a lantern, table knifes and forks ,lamp, smith-iron and a brush, looking glass, Dutch books, wool carts, old hand saw, 5 cow chains, auger, drawing knife, 3 gimlets 2 bags, old ironware, coffee mill and a shear, old cropping hoe and an axe, 2 quart bottles and a bowl, half pints and chill glasses, 3 happles[?] , 2 iron wages[?] and a pair of rings, 2 iron pots, 1 kettle, a pot, rake, 5 old seals and a churn, tub with pickle capacity and a down trough, teapot and frying pan, reefer and a hone, 6 old sickles and a scythe, 100 pounds of pork, 18 bushels of wheat, 80 bushels of rye, dry apples and an old spinning wheel, 1 bushels salt, 2 hogsheads, 5 barrels, 3 kegs and a tup , hogs lard, an old wagon with what belongs to it, 2 collars, 2 pair of harness, 2 pair of iron trusses, 2 old plows and an old harrow, hay, hemp from the brake, curling box, grindstone, 2 hay forks, dung fork, shovel, spade, hakle, 2 old horses, 2 cows, 4 yearling heifers, 7 young hogs Improvement bought of Switzer valued at £180, the Tavern improvement valued at £12 5 25 gallons Phila Rum, 5 gallons West Indian rum, 3 gallons wine, 3 pounds tobacco, cash £52.12, pers received £9.2.3. . . . . .Total £440.6.0 The above effects of the aforesaid Philip Klingman deceased faithfully appraised this 29th day of Jan 1774 by us, Mich Walter, [unreadable name] Administration Accompt of Philip Klingman, decd exhibited 18 Jan 1775 The Accompt of John Klingman, executor of the Testament and Last Will of Philip Klingman, late of Robeson Township in the County of Berks in the Province of Pennsylvania, Innholder. The said Accomptant charges himself with all and singular the goods & chattels rights and credits which were of the said Testator according to an Inventory and appraisement thereof exhibited unto the Register General's Office at Reading amounting (inclusive of the Improvement to £135.6 Item. With advance on the sales of the said goods at publick vendue above their appraisal 10.11.1 Item with cash received of sundry persons indebted to the Testator not mentioned in Inventory 7.1.11 Item with cash received in part of the purchase money of the improvements aforementioned, the residue being not yet due 140. Total £292.19.0 The said accomptant prays allowance for his several payments and disbursements made out of this estate in the execution of the said Will:1774, Jan 12 for cash paid James Read Esq for Letters Testamentary, funeral expenses, counsel relative of will £1.5.9 Jan 14 Peter Hechert for coffin £10 Other payments, not described, were made to Michael Hoffman, Peter Walter, Adam Witman, Samuel Jackson, Conrad Mohr, Henry Harris, Henrich Wolff, Jacob Seifriedt, Adam Weidner, Michael Walter, John Kirlin, Benja Lightfoot, Esq, Jacob Nethrack, William Haroot, Jacob Wichlein, Johannes Hoffman, Elias Ratge, Peter Higo, Frederick Kast, Peter Bern, Samuel Edwards, Daniel Bane, Solomin Westle, John Biddle...for a total of £50.0.3. Balance in the hands of the Accomptant. . . . £292.19.0 | KLINGMANN, Jorg Philip “John” (I36310)
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| 5830 | The will of John Winslow merchant of Boston, dated 21 April 1690, proved4 Nov. 1695, "bring now goeing abroad in their maties service to waragainst the comon Enemy" names his mother Mrs. Judith Winslow and wifeAbigail, mentioning her heirs and assignes. John Winslow of Boston mariner, Alexander Todd of Boston, Suffolk,MAriner and wife Elizabeth (Elizabeth and John being the only childrenand heirs of John Winslow late of Boston, Suffolk, MAriner deceased)conveyed 12 Oct. 1719 all rights in the estate of their father in a deedacknowledeed by all three 19 Sept. 1720. Sarah WInslow (widow of John) 31 dec. 1739 renounced administration ofthe estate of her "mother" Penhallow. On 30 April 1740 administration ofthe estate of Abigial Penhallow was granted to her son-in-law WilliamKing of Portsmouth. | WINSLOW, John (I27871)
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| 5831 | The will of Joshua Fobes of Bridgewater, husbandman, is dated August 7, 1786 and was proved November 5, 1787. It names his wife, Esther, two daughters, Ruth and Abigail and five sons, Daniel, Joshua, Caleb, Robert and Soloman. Esther and Solomon were executors. On November 3, 1787, Esther asked that her son Daniel act on her behalf as "I am not well able to come down to your court". In a division dated March 3, 1789 and confirmed by the court July 3, 1797, the real estate was divided among the five sons. (Plymouth PR #7829 30:254; 36:192-194) | TILDEN, Mary Emma (I7064)
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| 5832 | The will of Joshua Fobes of Bridgewater, husbandman, is dated August 7, 1786 and was proved November 5, 1787. It names his wife, Esther, two daughters, Ruth and Abigail and five sons, Daniel, Joshua, Caleb, Robert and Soloman. Esther and Solomon were executors. On November 3, 1787, Esther asked that her son Daniel act on her behalf as "I am not well able to come down to your court". In a division dated March 3, 1789 and confirmed by the court July 3, 1797, the real estate was divided among the five sons. (Plymouth PR #7829 30:254; 36:192-194) | FOBES, Joshua (I28549)
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| 5833 | The will of Richard names two daughters - Abigail Crommet and Elizabeth Mathes; they may have been the second names of Mary and Elizabeth. —— A portion of his will is here copied: I give to my son Jonathan all that land in Rochester which I purchased (in 1742) of Col. John Downing, Esq., which my son has now in his possession. I give to my son Benjamin all that land in said Rochester that I purchased (1748) of Mary Gambling, and which he now improves by my permission. I give to my son Jabez all the land in Rochester which I purchased (1756) of Samuel Whitehouse, on which my son now dwells by my leave. I give to my son Timothy all of my real estate, of every kind, which I have in Newington and my pew in the Meeting house. I give to my son John all that land in Durham which I purchased (1764) of Benjamin Mathes. I give to my daughter Abigail Crommet all that right of land in the township Barnstead, which I had as original proprietor, and also one-half of my movables within doors, and also fifty dollars, or equal thereto, to be paid by her brother Jonathan within three years after my decease, which, with what she has had already of Maine, is to be her portion. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Mathes all that right of land in Barnstead which I bought (1756) of my brother, John Dame; also one-half of my movables within doors, and fifty dollars, or equal, to be paid by my son Timothy, which is to be, with what she has already, her full portion. I give to Richard Dam, s/o my son Jonathan, the lot of land I have in the fourth division of land in Rochester. I give to Richard Dam, the s/o my son Benjamin, a lot of land in the third division in said Rochester. By deed (1769) Richard Dam, Esq., of Newington, gives to Richard, minor s/o Jabez, a lot of land containing one hundred and twenty acres at Rochester. | DAM, Richard (I15)
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| 5834 | The year of birth comes from Old Bible Records. Haverhill vital records indicate that James was approximately 96 when he died, which would suggest a 1582, rather than 1590 birth date. From the History of Oyster River: In 1640 he, with eleven others, cleared the forest at the Indian village of Pentucket and founded the present city of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He lived at the Easterly end of the town, near Rocks Bridge. He was a prominant man, serving as Selectman in 1646 and Representative to the General Court. He was a Puritan and once accused John Gordrey of witchcraft. | DAVIS, James (I4249)
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| 5835 | The youngest daughter of King Louis IX & Margaret. Had 8 children | CAPET, Agnes (I43714)
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| 5836 | The youngest First Lady. | FOLSOM, Frances C. “Frank” (I6835)
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| 5837 | The “Baby Ruth” candy bar was supposedly named after her by the Curtiss Candy Company. | CLEVELAND, Ruth (I6838)
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| 5838 | THEBOTAW, Duke of Lleswig and Stermarce, living 721, married Gundella (of the family from which the Italian Ursinis descend) and had EUSLIN GLUMRICE who fled from Danish tyranny into Norway and married Ascrida, daughter of Ragenwald, the s/o King Olaus, and had a son REGENWALD, counsellor to Harold the Fairhaired, who married Groe, daughter of Wrymund the King of Teorddin, and had a son EYNOR, 4th Jarl of Orkney, who had a son TORFINE the skullcleaver, 5th Jarl of Orkney, who married Garliola, daughter of Duncan Earl of Caithness, and had LÖDVER, 6th Jarl of Orkney who married Africa. Ancestor of Robert the Bruce. | Duke Thebotaw (I35232)
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| 5839 | Their farm ‘Klokkli’ was in Susendal. | HELMERSEN, Lief Konrad (I2855)
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| 5840 | Theodore retired from the electrical business in 1950. His birth place comes from the research of Clarence Dame.«s18» | DAME, Theodore Mallaby (I1997)
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| 5841 | Theophilus took part in the Boston Tea Party. He was in Capt. John Porter's company, Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's 28th regiment, served one month, three days; was also a gunner in Capt. Daniel Lothrop's 7th company, Col. Thomas Craft's artillery regiment, served five months and eight days; was also corporal in same regiment. In 1810 Theophilus Jr. lived in Schoharie, NY —— Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 5, 2000 Byline: Associated Press STAMFORD -- A Revolutionary War corporal is getting a veteran's headstone, 162 years after his death. Through a quirk of fate and the efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the state Department of Veterans Affairs, Theophilus Howard will soon have a new gravestone showing that he served honorably in his country's war for independence. In 1773, Howard participated in the Boston Tea Party, in which colonists protested the British tax on tea imported to the Colonies. And beginning in 1775, Howard spent six months as a private in Cambridge, Mass., during the British occupation of Boston. —— DAR helps local Revolutionary soldier get honor By Patricia Breakey Delhi News Bureau STAMFORD — A Revolutionary War hero buried in the Stamford Cemetery soon will receive a long-deserved honor. Through the efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Theophilus Howard (1758-1838) will have a new gravestone indicating that he served honorably in his country's war for independence. A quirk of fate led to a meeting between Don Howard, a direct descendant of Theophilus Howard, and Peggy Power Gifford, a member of the General Peter Gansevoort Chapter of the DAR. Their chance encounter in Seattle launched the effort to get Theophilus a proper grave marker. The DAR was founded on Oct. 11, 1890, and incorporated by an act of the United States Congress in 1896. The DAR's objectives include historic preservation, the promotion of education and patriotic endeavors. Gifford is a former resident of Stamford and an associate member of Stamford's Abigail Harper Chapter of the DAR. She now lives in Ballston Lake, but her parents are still Stamford residents. She was recently in Seattle visiting her sister. The two women decided to spend the afternoon at a genealogy library, which is a common activity for members of the DAR, who must trace their to qualify for membership in the organization. "I struck up a conversation with a complete stranger about the DAR," Gifford said. "He began telling me about his ancestor who was in the Revolutionary War and actually took part in the Boston Tea Party. I couldn't believe it when he said the man was buried in Stamford." As the conversation progressed, Howard revealed that the grave didn't indicate that Theophilus was a veteran. Gifford, who works with Desert Shield/Storm veteran Chuck Greenfield to get VA markers for other soldiers, offered to do the legwork and submit the application to properly mark Theophilus' grave. Greenfield began his mission to mark veterans' graves when he was looking for his grandfather's grave and found a discarded stack of gravestones in the cemetery. He rounded up his compatriots, founded a group called "Forgotten Warriors" and set out on a mission to remedy the situation. "Chuck found out that any vet can have a stone placed free through the VA," Gifford said. "But he needed help with the genealogical research, so he asked the DAR for help proving the vets served, proving the person is in the grave and obtaining the birth, death and service records." Gifford discovered that Theophilus had a direct descendent who is a member of the DAR, so his service was already a matter of record in the DAR Patriot's Index. His grave was located in a book documenting all the graves in Delaware County. The marker on the grave, which lists his name but not his veteran's status, proved the grave's location. "I take pride in doing something for our veterans, giving them the honor they deserve," Gifford said. "It gives me a 'feel good' sensation. "Patriotism is important to me," she continued. "When I see a parade and see the flag go by, I get tears in my eyes." Within 30 days, Greenfield will come to Stamford to place a new veteran's marker at the foot of Theophilus' grave. He always gives the veterans a fitting tribute by playing "Taps." To date, he has placed more than 100 markers. Gifford was in the Stamford Cemetery on Friday, doing some final research on the gravesite. She carried a folder full of information about Theophilus, his wife and children and his descendants. "Right now there are only 19 members in the Abigail Harper Chapter," Gifford said. "But there are probably at least 200 people in this area who are eligible descendants of Theophilus." Theophilus Howard was born on May 5, 1758, in Bridgewater, Mass. Gifford said he enlisted in the armed forces twice. In 1775, Howard spent six months as a private stationed in Cambridge during the British occupation of Boston, where he participated in the Boston Tea Party. In May 1776, he joined again for a year and was stationed first in Williamsburg, Mass. His rank was corporal, and he was listed as both a gunner and a bombardier. He was transferred to Naddles Island, off the Massachusetts coast. When he was scheduled to go to Rhode Island, he hired a substitute to finish out his term. Records indicate Theophilus married Bethsheba Keith in 1778. They moved around a lot, which wasn't typical of his time, according to Gifford. He owned land in Grantham, Mass., then Marlboro, Mass., and Westminster, Vt., before moving to New York between 1800 to 1810. He owned property in both Jefferson and Blenheim. Theophilus, who died May 23, 1838, had 12 children, several of whom are buried next to him and his wife. | HOWARD, Theophilus (I25279)
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| 5842 | There are enumerable web resources devoted to Emily. To view a partial list of pages, see: http://lycospro.lycos.com/srchpro/?aloc=sb_init_content&first=1&lpv=1&query=Emily+Dickinson&t=all&type=homepage For a collection of her poems, see: http://www.bartleby.com/113/ | DICKINSON, Emily Elizabeth (I3301)
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| 5843 | There are several Thomas Bliss’s of New England, which have been mixed up, making it difficult to determine parentage. | BLISS, Thomas (I39244)
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| 5844 | There is a Charles Countryman on p. 181 in the 1850 census. Prior to looking at the actual page, I tentatively assumed he was a s/o Samuel Countryman/Counterman. However, this Charles is listed as age 20, mulatto, and born in Michigan so this seems unlikely given that data. | COUNTERMAN, Samuel (I39580)
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| 5845 | There is a family tradition (as well as noted in Savage, Dictionary, ibid.) that he lived for a time in Saybrook, Ct., a carpenter on the Fort there, along with John Winthrop, Jr. He was also possibly a carpenter on the Whitfield House in Guilford, Ct., which stands to this day as a museum. On August 9, 1637 John Friend was “allowed an inhabitant” of Salem and granted “10 Acres for planting ground” (Records of Salem [Essex Institute, Salem, 1868], I: 58, 59; hereafter “SR”). At the Town Meeting of July 16, 1638 he requested 200 more acres of land (SR, I:71) and was granted 100 acres on February 4, 1638 (SR, I:98). | FRIEND, John (I45636)
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| 5846 | There is much confusion over these first American ancestors of John Carter. The Cater/Carter family had 4 Richards in the first generations in the New World. This is what the first 4 generations of the CATER family should look like: Richard Cater I (b.abt 1595 d. 1679) m1 Unknown (ch. Elizabeth) m2 Christian Fugg md 1632 (ch. Jane, Edward, Richard) m3 Mary Ricord (Richard) md 1672 (no issue) Richard Cater II (b. abt 1640 d. 1702) m —?— (ch. John, Richard, Edward, Mary) Richard Cater III (b. abt 1673 d. 1713) m1 Margaret .... (ch Elizabeth, John, Richard, Mary) m2 Elizabeth (no issue - his wife when he died) Richard Cater/Carter IV (b abt 1698 d. 1753) md Sarah Peavey in 1719. | CARTER, Richard (I45060)
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| 5847 | There is no proof of burial here. | CARLETON, Lt John (I36652)
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| 5848 | There is no record at this time of the date of birth or death for Richard Sr. He was first married to Sarah (Hall), born in 1685 and daughter of John Hall. In 1740 Richard Goodwin and Richard Jr. are enumerated among the soliders of Somersworth, NH. Richard Goodwin was also one of Captain Robert’s scouts at Rochester, NH. | GOODWIN, Richard (I5088)
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| 5849 | There is no recorded data except what is found in the Indian Rolls. In the Roll of 1831, in Nosholi-tubbi District, one of the three districts in Mississippi, "Nathaniel Folsom, Father of All Folsoms" lived near Robeson road, and his family consisted of six people. Nathaniel ran a trading post, located along an ancient Indian trail that later became known as the Natchez Trace, and although that was more than three hundred years ago, a marker still stands to show where the trading post, called "Pigeon's Roost," was found along the Natchez Trace, the main north-south trail to and from the southern parts of the country. Nathaniel married not one Choctaw bride, he married two. At that time, multiple marriages were common in the Choctaw Nation. He married two sisters, descended from a line of high chiefs among the Choctaw. Their names were I-Ah-Ne-Cha and Ai-Ne-Chi-Hoyo. These two wives bore 24 children, 14 of whom lived to adulthood. Nathaniel's son David helped him run the trading post, along with his other enterprises, until he had a family himself, and he still made sure his father was taken care of. In time, however, David traveled a great deal for the tribe, went to tribal negotiations, and did many good works for people, so his time was limited. As Nathaniel's family grew, the older children married within several prominent Choctaw families: the Pitchlynns, the Impsons, the Hamptons, the Nail family, and others. As these families grew, the sheer number of this expanded family was huge. Nathaniel remained the head of the family until his son (Col.) David Folsom, took over. When David took the entire family to Indian Territory, Nathaniel was still living, and was taken along with them, very old now... he must have been approaching 80 years of age. He made it to Mountain Fork, and grew too sick and weak to continue, and it was here he stayed. Nathaniel died October 9, 1833 at Mountain Fork, Indian Territory. —— The following statement (printed in "A History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natches Indians , by H. B. Cushman, 1899") made by the eldest son, is the only information so far found about the life of Nathaniel Folsom: Memoirs of Nathaniel Folsom; the oldest of the three brothers who cast their lot in their morning of life among the Choctaws, and became the fathers of the FOLSOM HOUSE in the Choctaw Nation, as related by himself to the missionary Reverend Cyrus Byington, in June of 1828, and furnished me by his grand-daughter Czarena Folsom, now Mrs. Robb. "I was born in North Carolina, Rowan county, May 17th, 1756. My father was born in Massachusetts, or Connecticut. My mother was born in New Jersey. My parents moved to Georgia, and there my father sent me to school about six months, during which time I learned to read and write . My mother taught me to read and spell at home. My father had a great desire to go to Mississippi to get money; they said money grew on bushes! We got off and came into the Choctaw Nation. The whole family came; we hired an Indian pilot who lead us through the Nation to Pearl river, where we met three of our neighbors, who were returning on account of sickness. This alarmed my father, who then determined to return to North Carolina. We came back into the Nation to Mr. Welch's, on Bok Tuklo (Two Creeks), the father of Mr. Nail. At this time I was about nineteen years of age. At that place we parted. My father knocked me down. I arose and told him I would quit him, and did so by walking straight off before his face. I do not remember what I did, but I always thought I was not in fault. My parents then moved into the Chickasaw Nation. I entered into partnership with Mr. Welch, and could do many things for him. In the Chickasaw Nation my brother Israel ran away from my father and came to me. He died at the age of eighteen near where Mr. Juzon now lives. He was a good young man. My parents moved again to Fort St. Stephens. My brother Ebenezer visited me several times; he also sent me word to come and move him up into the Nation. I did so. He lived with me two years. Still he wanted to go to Mississippi and wished I would raise a guard and send him there. I did so. Brother Edmund and two sisters went with him, and there my father died, on Cole's creek, Mississippi. I really believe my mother was a pious woman." He also stated that his mother died at Fort St. Stephens, Miss. about 1776. Note; Between 1743 and 1755 a colony of people (Baptist Society) from New Jersey, about 400 families, with horses, wagons and cattle emigrated to North Carolina, taking up land in Rowa n County. This company of New Jersey people became known as the "Jersey Settlers," and their land was described as lying "on the waters of the Atkin or Pee Dee" and on "Potts Creek" which creek passes near the village of Linwood, within a mile of the Jersey ohurch, and enters into the Yadkin not far away. The History of Watauga County, NC. states that "H. E. McCullough, of England, had secured grants to large tracts in North Carolina, tract No. 9 containing 12, 500 acres, including much of the land of the Jersey Settlers." It is said an agent was sent down from New Jersey who secured a grant of 10 square miles of excellent farm land for this colony. Nathaniel Folsom may have gone to Rowan County with the Jersey Settlers and there married, as the son in his statement said. "my mother was born in New Jersey." In a statement, made in 1828, Nathaniel, he said: "I traded a long time in the Nation (Choctaw), sometimes taking up three or four thousand dollar's worth of goods. I followed trading about thirty years. I lived principally at Bok Tuklo, 15 miles this side of Juzon's (ie. north). There was a great town of about four hundred Indians. The French King lived there. (This French King was, no doubt, Bienville, or one of his officers.) I learned the Choctaw language very slow. I was never perfect in the language. But after ten years I could do any business with the Choctaws. I bought a Bible of Robert Black about twelve years ago. This is the first Bible I ever owned. Before that I cared nothing about the Bible. I first heard a sermon by Mr. Bell at the Pigeon Roost about 12 years ago. I heard Lorenzo Dow pray once . About this time I began to have serious thoughts. Before this I had none. My mind was affected by what the missionaries said, who came from the North. Soon after my son Edmund died. One Sabbath I had a great conflict in me. I heard a sermon at the Pigeon Roost. My friends thought I felt bad because my son died. But it was something else. At that time there was a great change in me, which has remained ever since. This was in August, 1824. I joined the church at Mayhew, October 1827, in my 72nd year. I have been the father of twenty-four children, fourteen of whom are living. I have lived to see six of them join the church, and three others sit on the anxious seat." Though Nathaniel Folsom had acquired but a limited education, he was a moral man, and the good example he set before the people of his adoption, and with whom he had cast his lot, won their respect, confidence and love, which he reciprocated to the day of his death. He left a manuscript history of the Choctaws,--the customs, habits and manner of living, describing conditions during the first years of his living with his adopted people. Letters he wrote to the Rev. Mr. Byington are preserved by his descendants. (H. B. Cushman) | FOLSOM, Nathaniel (I11911)
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| 5850 | There is only one John Adams listed as an heir in the will of John Adams(Sr). Note that there are two sons named John, and it appears that onlyone is mentioned in the will. With two sons named John it is likely thatdocumentation has confused the two of them but there is no way other thanbasing guesses upon dates to sort them out from each other. If there wereindeed two sons named John, generally that means that the earliest onedied and his name given again to a later born child. That does not appearto be the case here. Perhaps they went by unknown middle names todifferentiate them. | ADAMS, John (I33420)
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| 5851 | There is some dialog that Sarah and Susanna are a case of mistaken identity. The Chilton, More, Rogers volume takes the position that Susanna is the preferred identity, and that Sarah may have been a later wife--as shown in a deed. Some say that Sarah was a middle name. | LATHAM, Susanna (I12438)
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| 5852 | There were at least 3 men named John Hall in Dover at this time. First mentioned in 1670. He lived on Dover Nec (probably) June, 1693-4. John had a grant of 40 acres adjoining his 20 acres west of Back River, and also 100 acres east of Cocheco River. He was Representative in 1698, and died the same year. John died by drowning Apr 28, 1697 per Parson Pike's Journal. On 13 Apr 1700, the estate of John was appraised by Ralph Hall and John Tuttle. 10 Dec 1700, Thomas and Joseph were appointed administrators, ther mother, Abigail Downes, having declined the office. John Hall received bounty money with his father and thirteen others for killing a wolf in 1663. In 1675 he bought land of the town committee. He was on a tax list of the Province in 1680. He lived on Dover Neck, December 6, 1693. He probably had land from his father as well as other grants of land from the town, and from his wife's father. | HALL, John (I33066)
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| 5853 | These with 3 others were lost by Shipwreck near Anne Squam, Cape Ann: Stephen THURSTON & Nathaniel BOYNTON | DODGE, Rev John (I4488)
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| 5854 | They are Lady Diana's 17X great-grandparents: Winslow=Agnes Throckmorton Agnes Winslow=John Giffard Thomas Giffard=Joan Langston Amy Giffard=Richard Samwell Susanna Samwell=Peter Edwards Edward Edwards=Ursula Coles Margaret Edwards=Henry Freeman Alice Freeman=John Thompson Dorothy Thompson=Thomas Parke Dorothy Parke=Joseph Morgan Margaret Morgan=Ebenezer Hibbard Keziah Hibbard=Caleb Bishop Lucy Bishop=Deacon Benajah Strong Dr. Joseph Strong=Rebecca Young Eleanor Strong=John Wood Ellen Wood=Franklin H. Work Frances Eleanor Work=James Boothby Burke Roche Edmund Maurice Burke Roche=Ruth Sylvia Gill Frances Ruth Burke Roche=Edward John Spencer Lady Diana=Charles, Prince of Wales | THROCKMORTON, Agnes “Alice” (I18058)
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| 5855 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | TRUMAN, President Harry S (I47315)
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| 5856 | They had 2 children. Nancy and Ruth They lived inWestfield, NJ & moved to Haddon Heights, NJ in 1951 | DUGAN, Jennie Eels (I26455)
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| 5857 | They had 3 sons | DODGE, Sarah (I45627)
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| 5858 | They had eight children. | HOWARD, Sarah (I25321)
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| 5859 | They had eight children. | HOWARD, Susanna (I25328)
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| 5860 | They had eight daughters. names unknown | MUSSEY, Thomas (I1205)
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| 5861 | They had one or two daughters | BEARDSLEY, Daniel (I42584)
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| 5862 | They had seven children. | HOWARD, Abigail (I25327)
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| 5863 | They had seven children.«s18» | DAME, Waldron Hubbard (I1673)
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| 5864 | They had six children baptized at Greenland, and another at Stratham. Apparently, Annah and six children were baptized in 1727, making the birth dates of the children roughly 1717, 1719, 1721, 1723, 1725, and 1727. Assuming there were no multiple births, this puts the marriage date at about 1716, and Annah's birth date at about 1696. | MNU, Annah (I47187)
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| 5865 | They had six children baptized at Greenland, and another at Stratham. Apparently, Annah and six children were baptized in 1727, making the birth dates of the children roughly 1717, 1719, 1721, 1723, 1725, and 1727. Assuming there were no multiple births, this puts the marriage date at about 1716, and Annah's birth date at about 1696. | STOVER, Capt John (I44925)
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| 5866 | They had six children. The family moved to Canada. | HOWARD, Susannah (I12667)
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| 5867 | They had ten children. | HOWARD, Ephraim (I25326)
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| 5868 | They had ten children. Her husband, William, was a shipmaster, plyingtrade with the West Indies. She was left a widow, when her husband,William, died at the age of 50. Her youngest son, Henry Knox, gave up school and became the sole supportof his mother, Mary. | CAMPBELL, Mary (I33237)
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| 5869 | They lived in Millers Falls, Athol, and later in Greenfield where he,for several years, ran the Ames Street Laundry. They later moved toKeene, NH where he was in the laundry business with his son. | WILKINS, Andrew Allen (I26881)
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| 5870 | They lived in Mount Vernon, NY before he deserted the family. | FREDERICKS, William (I30100)
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| 5871 | They married when Thomas was 14 and Margaret was 7. | BERKELEY, Baron Thomas (I45119)
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| 5872 | They moved to Madsion County Alabama then moved to Washington CountyArkansas and then to Marshall County Alabama. | HINDS, Byram Wilborn (I29739)
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| 5873 | They raised Obama from age 10 in their Honolulu, Hawaii apartment, where the widowed Mrs. Dunham died on November 2, 2008, only two days before her grandson was elected. | PAYNE, Madelyn Lee (I43493)
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| 5874 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family F10273
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| 5875 | The Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777 was one of the bloodiest battles in the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. An American party trying to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a party of Loyalists and allies of several American Indian tribes, primarily Iroquois. This was one of the few battles in which almost all of the participants were American; Patriots and allied Oneidas fought against Loyalists and allied Indians in the absence of British regular soldiers. —— He was acting captain and was shot through the head and died instantly. An eye-witness of his death, George Walker, and from his account in Stone's "Life of Brant", it was said "this officer had declared he would not to be taken alive". He probably knew the way of indians tortured prisoners taken in war. During the fighting in the ambuscade into which General Herkimer's troops were trapped, three of Johnson's Greens set on him. One of his assailants seized the captain's gun, but he suddenly wrenched it from him and felled him with the musket butt. He shot the second dead, and thrust the bayonet throught a third. He in the moment of triumph was killed by shot. A tradition in the family says that the gun that killed the captain was fired by a tory neighbor living on the farm adjoining the old homestead, and one with whom Captain Dillenbach had grown up and into whose family a daughter had married. He had previously instructed his comrades, in case he did not survive the battle, to take his silver buckles and pocketbook home to his wife. This they did after they had carried his dead body into a nearby field of tall wheat to prevent him from being found and scalped. He with others was never buried, and for months after the battle travelers detoured around the field to avoid the stench of decaying flesh. | DILLENBACH, Andreas “Andrew” (I39841)
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| 5876 | The Leonards are a prominent family of Taunton. Unfortunately in 1820 all the town records of Taunton were burned, making research difficult. | LEONARD, Hopestill (I31740)
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| 5877 | Third king of Norway and the youngest s/o Harald I of Norway and Thora Mosterstang. | King Hakon (I35221)
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| 5878 | This daughter of Sir John Boswell, 3rd of Balgregie was born about 1400. She married Sir John Auchinleck. | BOSWELL (I46460)
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| 5879 | This Eleazer Chase did not die in the Revolutionary War. | CHASE, Eleazer (I20687)
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| 5880 | This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/ulsterboyd1/1/data/12662 | DAVIS, Judith (I6487)
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| 5881 | This info appeared in 2 newspapers that I know of: The Indianapolis Star dated: July 21, 1924 and the following which appeared in: NY American Brooklyn Addition Monday, July 21, 1924 22 pgs 3 cents No 14,978. Daily. Copyright, 1924 by Star Company. JILTED TWICE AT ALTAR BY MILLIONAIRE JILTED TWICE; Disappears This radiant choir singer, Alice Golding, of Newton Centre, Ma, waited in vain twice in a church filled with friends for her millionaire fiance. "I felt like a girl who had blown a beautiful bubble and watched it burst in the air," she said. Now she is missing and her family and friends are wondering on her future course. RICH SUITOR RUNS AWAY AS GIRL WAITS IN FILLED CHURCH Brookline (Mass.) Manufacturer, Forgiven by Pretty Choir singer After Flight, Agrees Ceremony on Following... (Missing part of page) Missing Again When (missing) is ready for wedding. Girl's Disappearance (missing) Second Fiasco adds (missing) in love tragedy at (missing) Centre; Mother Hints: (missing) Special Dispatch to the N.Y. American Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma, July (missing) Twice jilted at the altar by millionaire fiance (missing) days! That has been the fate of Alice Golding, choir singer of poetic temperament, who has achieved musical fame at twenty. The prosaic William Andrew Luce, wealthy president of the Morris Ireland Safe Company, No. 64 Sudbury Street, twice failed to appear to marry her, while the eager wedding guests were assembled. And he had vowed undying love. He is forty-nine - an age at which a suitor is supposed to know his mind. But Luce, when found in a Bridgeport hotel after he had failed to show up at the altar the first time, confessed to stage fright - or something very akin to it. FRIENDS CROWD CHURCH Everything was ready, after many weeks for preparation, for that marriage ceremony. Rev. Father Timothy Curtain, pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Newton Centre, where miss Golding sang, was to say solemn high mass at the ceremony. Hundreds of friends, who either knew the contracting parties personally, or else felt they knew the bride because they had heard her sing so often on noted occasions, were gathered in the church last July 2. The bridesmaids - some of Newton's prettiest girls - were ready to march down the aisle. Came the wedding hour. The pastor was ready to begin the service. The bride, looking as lovely as a dream picture in her satins and orange blossoms, was there - expectant. Her parents and her sister were waiting. The guests chattered happily. Still no groom and best man appeared. Women glanced toward the rear of the church. Where was the groom? SEARCH FOR BRIDEGROOM A hurried consultation was held after a while, while rumors began floating about. Alice's sister. Frances - who once had worked as secretary to Mr. Luce- suddenly exclaimed: "Come on Alice, we'll rush to his apartment. Maybe he's sick." The motor car that was to carry the bride and groom on the start of their honeymoon was requisitioned. The two of them dashed to Luce's home in exclusive Brookline - No. 1647 Beacon Street. They rang the doorbell. There was no answer. Then suddenly the door jarred open. The two young girls tip-toed in. They found no one there. On a mantel-piece was a note addressed "To Alice." It read: "Dear Alice: I did not have the courage to tell you. A final difficulty has been added, so there is nothing to do but to give up our dream. I am under the doctor's advice. Am leaving to-morrow morning for a complete rest, ALONE - (heavily underscored.) You can imagine my feelings. I am so sorry about you and the annoyance caused you and your mother. I expect you will never forgive me. But what can I do? "BILL." Alice turned, gasping, to her sister: "Oh, what am I to do? I loved him! And all my friends at the church,too!" The grieving bride was taken to her home, No. 171 Cypress Street, Newton Centre. The pastor dismissed the wedding congregation and a hunt by the male friends of Miss Golding began for the bridegroom. The truth wasn't known - then. Almost immediately Luce was found in a Bridgeport hotel, whither he had fled before the ceremony. He admitted he had changed his mind. He did add: "If she'll have me after this, I'll keep my word and marry her." That information was rushed to the bereaved and humiliated girl. Looking up through her tears, she said: "I forgive him - I forgive him. Having your sweetheart come to you begging for forgiveness is like having the first days of love over again." WAIT IN VAIN AGAIN So the wedding was set for the next day -July 3. The marriage license, still in the groom's pocket, would still be valid. But would the marriage be held even then? That's when friends asked one another. they remembered that there had been religious differences between the two. Miss Golding wished the ceremony held in her religion. Luce at first demurred. Finally he consented, but again was reluctant to accede to the bride's wish that their children, if any, be reared in her faith. But at last he consented to that, also. July 3 dawned beautifully for Alice Golding. Again dressed in satins, with the orange blossoms in her hair, she awaited the (missing)ng hour. She told her bridesmaids: " I know he'll be there this time. Oh, I know he will be there, I have forgiven him." The hour came. Friends had (missing) Again the wedding bells (missing) th. An automobile con-(missing) brides party drew up (missing) but no groom was (missing) gain that waiting - that (missing) heads inside, and the (missing) sing of a nervous tension (missing) se standing in the vestibule. Again the bridegroom failed to appear! (missing) Bide again returned home. In tears No word was received from the groom - no explanation of any kind. And this time he couldn't be found, either. MOTHER HINTS AT SUIT But the girl was found by a reporter sobbingly, she declared: “When I was jilted I felt like a girl who had blown a beautiful rainbow bubble and watched it burst into thin air. That bubble I blew - together Bill and I watched it, tinted with the rosey hue of dreams, floating idly on the winds of love. But it was left for me alone to behold the strange shattering of all my dreams." In spite of the differences in their ages, in spite of his twice jilting her, she declared, when first seen: "I loved him, I loved him. It wasn't for his wealth. That had no influence on me. It was his personality." The jilted girl's mother said: "No matter what people may think, Alice will never marry that man. And there may be a suit for breach of promise, too." But alice's mind seemed above such material considerations. GIRL IS MISSING NOW While Luce was still missing the girl disappeared also. At first it was believed that possibly the two of them were secretly married somewhere - the license was still good for almost six months. The girl, it was understood, was staying with her aunt at No. 399 Langley road, Newton Centre, but callers there couldn't find her. The mystery now is, where has she gone? Luce returned to his business - and silent. It was titian-haired Alice Golding's marvelous voice - as well as her demure looks - which first attracted Luce two years ago. He had been a widower for a year. Frances Golding - Alice's sister - introduced them. Luce began to shower attentions on the singer. One night, after he had known her for quite a while, he asked, hesitatingly: "I wonder - would you mind coming to my apartment early this evening? I'll have some women members of my family there as chaperones." The girl accepted the invitation. She sang for them those songs of the heart which appeal to all men weary in life's struggle. Luce saw a resemblance between her and his first wife. And their names were the same, too - Alice. And both were singers. One night she said "yes" to his ardent proposals. Then everything was prepared for the wedding. The invitations were sent out, the bridesmaids were chosen, and Alice Golding began to dream of an eternal happiness. But that was only a dream - shattered, as so many things of this world are. Luce failed twice to appear at the altar. Since then he has returned to his office. The girl has failed to return home. (end of story missing, 1line) ----- headline from Indianapolis star read: Bride to be left twice at alter within two days Now Alice Golding, 20 years old, is missing and William Andrew Luce, 49, who was to wed her returns to Boston and says nothing. | GOLDING, Alice R (I37902)
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| 5882 | THIS IS NOT NANCY BOWDEN (i32773). DO NOT MERGE WITH NANCY BOWDEN. For the two Nancy's to be the same person, they would need to be married to 2 people at the same time, having their children about the same time. While technically possible, it's highly unlikely. | BOWDEN, Nancy (I4743)
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| 5883 | This is not Sarah Ann Clark or Sarah Jane Clark married to John S. Craig of Augusta, ME. | TRACY, Sarah E. (I7173)
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| 5884 | This is NOT the John Parsons of Springfield, Hampden, MA. —— The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, now in the state of Maine), killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings, taking another estimated 80 villagers hostage. The villagers were forced to walk to Canada, New France, where they were ransomed by Capt. John Alden Jr. of Boston (s/o John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Plymouth Colony). | PARSONS, John (I40744)
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| 5885 | This is NOT the John Sutton of Hingham and Rehoboth. | SUTTON, John (I43778)
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| 5886 | This is not the Thomas Graves born in 1598. —— Thomas Graves was born 6 June 1605 at Ratcliff, England, near London (or at Stepney, England) was baptized 16 June 1605 at Stepney and died 31 July 1653 in a sea battle with the Dutch in the English Channel. Thomas Graves sprang from a prominent shipbuilding and mariner family of London, and came to America as early as 1628. He was a skillful shipmaster, and was mate of the “Talbot”, in which Higginson came to Salem, Mass. in 1629. He was mate of the “Arabella”, master of the “Plantation” in 1630, master of the “Plough” in 1631, of the “Whale” in 1632, of the “Reformation” and “Elizabeth Bonaventura” in 1633 and 1634, and of the “James” in 1635. He was master of the first American built ship, the “Tryall”, on her second voyage in June 1643, and followed the sea more or less until his death. For some years he commanded a vessel running between Boston and the ports of the mother country. By this means he kept up his acquaintance with men and affairs in England. He was on familiar terms with the principal men of the MA Colony, and was held by them in high esteem, being pronounced by Gov. Winthrop after his death in 1653, "an able and godly man". Winthrop wrote his name Greaves. He married Katherine Gray before 1635 (probably by 1630) in England. She was born about 1606 in Harwich, England and died 21 Feb. 1682. He brought his family (consisting of his wife and two children) to America about 1636 or 1637 and settled in Charlestown, MA. His last four children were born in MA. Thomas Graves was admitted to the First Church, Charlestown, with his wife, 7 Oct. 1639, and was made freeman at general court, Boston, on 13 May 1640. He was granted 250 acres of land in Charlestown and Woburn. He continued to follow the sea, and while in command of a merchantman captured a Dutch "man-of-war" vessel in the British Channel, for which gallant act he was appointed by Parliament captain of the frigate President in the Royal Navy on 30 May 1652. The following year he was appointed Rear Admiral of the White by Oliver Cromwell, after the overthrow of King Charles I and on board the St. Andrew (with 360 men and 56 guns) he participated in naval battles with the Dutch, and was killed 31 July 1653. His body was landed from the fleet in Aldborough Bay, Co. Suffolk, England, 8 Aug. 1653, and buried the same day, his wife's family being from that county. Parliament granted his family 1000 pounds. His will dated 13 June 1652, deposited with his brother Abraham in England, was forwarded to America. It was presented for probate by his widow several months after his death. In his will he mentions his children Thomas, Nathaniel, Susanna, Rebecca, Joseph and John, who was the co-executor with Katherine Gray. One other son, William, was born in England and is said to have died young. | GRAVES, Admiral Thomas (I43297)
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| 5887 | This is the profile for the Joseph Harding whom Wilbur J. Harding claimed in his 1925 Hardings in America was the son of a John Harding who died in Northampton, England in 1637 and emigrated to New England in 1623. As discussed in Hardings in America Debunked, many of the claims made by Wilbur J. Harding in the book regarding early Harding immigrants have proven to have been fabrications. | HARDING (I42874)
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| 5888 | This John Bolton is NOT the son of Seth BOLTON & Anna WADE Spouse’s name from Massachusetts Vital Records | BOLTON, John (I43814)
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| 5889 | This John Dame is possibly the one who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition to the Northwest. The following entries were in their journals: excerpt from Clark’s Journal: August the 8th Wednesday 1804 N. 20° E 2 miles to the pt. of a Sand Isld. from the S S. the river narrow & choked up with Snags (1) S. 50 E 2 mls. to a pt. of Willows on the L. S. Dame Killed a Pelican excerpt from Lewis’ Journal: August the 8th 1804 [2] Set out this morning at the usial time at about 2 miles (1) passed a part of the river So choked up with Snags that we found a little dificult to get thro' with Safty, the wind as usial from the N W. one of the Soldiers Killed a Pilican on the Sand Isd. The following entry is from (p 372): Dame, John, frontiersman, (b. 1784). B. at Pallingham, New Hampshire, he enlisted in Captain Amos Stoddard’s artillery unit as Kaskaskia, Illinois, and from there joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition, apparently making the Pacific round trip. The following description has been found from several sources on the internet: John Dame was born in Pallingham [town doesn’t exist; poss Pelham or Durham], New Hampshire in 1784. He joined the Corps of Artillery in 1801 and was just 19 years old in 1803 when the Corp of Discovery started their journey. He was 5' 9" tall, had blue eyes, fair hair, and a fair complexion. He was a laborer in civilian life. He was part of the return party from the Mandan villages in 1805. He was still only 21 years old when they arrived in St. Louis, but people didn't keep track of him after 1805, so nothing is known of his later life or career. Attempts to find recruiting records at Kaskaskia have so far been unsuccessful. There is no Pallingham in New Hampshire, and it is not known where this came from. Probably this town name was misunderstood and more likely was Pelham or Durham. Our John’s birthdate is 1785, but he might have been considered too young to join the Illinois Volunteers and could have fudged his age by a year. Amos Stoddard was born October 26, 1762, in Woodbury, Connecticut. He saw service in the American Revolution. After the war he studied law and in 1791 was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. On June 4, 1798, he was appointed captain of artillery in the United States Army, and on June 30, 1807, he was given the rank of major. Stoddard was wounded during the siege of Fort Meigs, Ohio, and died of tetanus a few days later on May 11, 1813. Stoddard was a prominent figure in the transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States. At the time appointed for the transfer, Spain still had possession of the territory, although three years had passed since the Treaty of San Ildefonso in which Spain ceded the country to France. The transfer of possession to France was required to precede the transfer from France to the United States. On November 30, 1803, Laussat, the French prefect at New Orleans, received Louisiana from the Spanish commissioners. On December 20, 1803, Claiborne and Wilkinson received the territory from France. As France had no representative in Upper Louisiana, Laussat commissioned Stoddard to take possession of the territory from Spain on behalf of the French government. He was also appointed to represent the United States government. On January 24, 1804, Stoddard was made the first civil commandant of Upper Louisiana. | DAME, John (I1725)
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| 5890 | This poem was written by Ann Stinson, retired librarian who is herself a descendent of a light keeper, Thomas Small, the first keeper. In doing research to compile the list of light keepers and locate their descendents, she was moved by the newspaper clippings about a light keeper's daughter who died on Mark Island of pneumonia following a lifelong battle with Polio. In Memory of Alice Lessie Conary d. 5-25-1932 ae 19 yrs,6 mos, 19 days My soul wished to fly Where my twisted legs could not go. I lived my short life here Until death gave Maine wings. And now I soar where my father Used to carry Maine Where the wild strawberries grow And the flowers along the shore Are like the patchwork quilts I made. I ride on the wind with the gulls. I see with the eyes of the stars And the lighthouse shines in my soul. | CONARY, Alice Lessie (I38492)
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| 5891 | This profile is not King James (James I) of Scotland, who also married Joan Beaufort (February 1424 in St. Andrew's, Fifeshire, Scotland). This profile is of James "the Black Knight of Lorn", who married the same Joan (about 1439) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland. James received the nickname "The Black Knight of Lorn" because in battle, as well as in sporting events, he always wore black armor. Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn, escaped to England with their three young sons. In 1447 letters of safe conduct were issued to him and to two of his sons, John and James, by King Henry VI of England. He and his sons received an additional safe conduct on 17 August 1451. This was the last time Sir James Stewart appeared in any written records. He is believed to have been captured by a Flemish ship sometime after August, 1451, and have been put to death. | STEWART, Sir James (I39969)
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| 5892 | This side of the family goes back to Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Mass and the Mayflower. | BRADFORD, Capt Consider (I35110)
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| 5893 | Thomas (Duston, Dunstar in Dover Combination), b abt 1605, he was in Dover 1640, was sued in Dover Court in 1643 and the same year bought from Edward Colcord land formerly Widow Messant's. Removed to Maine by 1647. Trial jury 1647, grand jury 1646-7, 1657, coroners jury 1647, constable Kittery 1653-55. Until his house burned he lived on the 20 acre grant in Crooked Lane granted him in June 1654; afterwards in Portsmouth where he lived Mar. 1659-60, brought there by George Walton who gave bond to secure the town. He became indebted to Mr. John Cutt after the fire and the Kittery property was finally sold to him. Administration 1 July 1662 to widow Elizabeth (Wheeler, daughter of John of Newbury), who m 2d, 9 June 1663 Matthias Button of Haverhill, she died there 16 July 1690. | DUSTIN, Thomas (I34485)
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| 5894 | Thomas (s/o John 2), born 27 Aug. 1695, married Hannah Chase (4). Settled in Sandown, miller. Will, 1765 - 1766 names all but 2 of 10 children recorded. | FULLER, Thomas (I34525)
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| 5895 | Thomas and his parentage are recorded in the Sudeley entry in the Complete Peerage - considered to be a reliable source | BOTELER, Thomas (I43411)
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| 5896 | Thomas arrived at Piscataqua, Maine in July 1630 on the barque Warwick, returned to England in 1633, then returned to the colonies on the Pied Cow in 1634. Thomas was a planter, lumberman, and tavernkeeper. Thomas and Patience lived first at Strawbery Bank (Portsmouth), then on 6 Mar 1636/7 were called residents of 'Piscataqua' (Kittery Point), and finally of Newichawannock (South Berwick). They were of Saco in 1654. Thomas was disenfranchised [lost his right to vote] for entertaining Quakers in 1659. Evidence that Thomas and Patience may have been Quakers is seen in the courts 7 July 1663 when they were presented for "neglecting to come to the publique meeteing on the Lords day to heare the word preached for about the space of 3 Moenths". They were presented again for the same offense on 6 July 1675. In a long list of "those persons yt entertayned the Quakers, with the answers given in by them respectively" we find: "That Thomas Spencer pay as a fine to ye country for his entertayning the Quakers the somme of five pounds, & be disfranchised". | SPENCER, Thomas (I47211)
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| 5897 | Thomas Barber of Newbury married 27 Apr. 1671 Anne Chase. A brother to John (3)? | BARBER, Thomas (I34507)
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| 5898 | Thomas Bolter served as a fireman in Boston from December 31 1760. He was later a housewright. Thomas was one of the participants in the Boston Tea Party, and shortly after, he moved to Springfield where joined the revolutionary army and was an artillery artificer at the armory there. He sent his sons Benjamin and William to live with major Joseph Hawley in Northampton. Another son, James lived there later. Thomas served in several units, including Colonel Flowers regiment of artillery artificers. He appeared in the 1790 census at Boston and in the Boston Directories he was listed as a housewright. He later became a retailer. | BOLTER, Thomas (I47404)
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| 5899 | Thomas Carrier, ancestor of this family, was a Welchman (welshman), is said to have belonged to the bodyguard of King Charles I, of Great Britain. It has been claimed he was the executioner of King Charles I, in 1648. He was at Billerica, MA before 1664; removed to Andover, thence to Colchester, CT. At Billerica he also called himself Thomas Morgan and was openly recorded with this alias. He used to walk from Colchester to Glastonbury carrying a sack of corn on his shoulder to be ground, walking very fast and stopping only once for the whole distance of 18 miles. He died in Colchester, May 16, 1736, said to be one hundred and thirteen years old (Savage insists he was 103 at most). Was not gray or bald, walked erect, and shortly before his death walked 6 miles. | CARRIER, Thomas (I47288)
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| 5900 | Thomas Chase, born in 1737, was a Freeman, a part of the St. Andrew’s Lodge of Boston, and a participant in the Boston Tea Party; his profession was as a distiller. It is speculated that Thomas Chase was among the Sons of Liberty [including Thomas Crafts, Stephen Cleverly, Jon Avery] who held the first meeting to plan the Tea Party in the Thomas Chase and Speakman’s Distillery. He died in 1787 and is buried at the Granary Burying Ground. | CHASE, Thomas (I47408)
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