FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 29 SEPTEMBER 2017

 There are over 3 million new records in this week's Findmypast Friday releases:

BRAND NEW RECORDS:

Connecticut Baptisms, 1600s-1800s

OVER 41,000 RECORDS  Search baptisms covering the towns of Coventry, East Hampton, Mansfield, New Haven, Norfolk, Norwich, Simsbury, Windsor, and Woodstock. Transcripts will reveal your ancestor’s birth year, baptism place, baptism date and parents’ names.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Connecticut Church Records, 1600s-1800s

OVER 1,000 RECORDS Explore a variety of church records including admissions, communicants, and removals covering congregations in the towns of Coventry, East Hampton, Norfolk, Norwich, Simsbury, and Woodstock.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

 

Connecticut Burials, 1600s-1800s

OVER 17,000 RECORDS  Search transcripts of original burial registers to discover where your ancestors were laid to rest. The records cover the same towns as Connecticut Baptisms and will reveal the year your ancestor was buried and their father’s first name.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Warwickshire Parish Registers Browse

OVER 186,000 RECORDS Browse through the Warwickshire County Record Office’s collection of original parish registers. The collection covers baptisms, banns, marriages and burials and allows you to browse individual volumes in their entirety.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING SETS:

United States Marriages

New records: 95,720
Total records: 190,435,258
Covering: Connecticut
Discover: The couple’s marital statuses, birth years, parents’ names, marriage date and location
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Warwickshire Baptisms

New records: 1,117,720
Total records: 1,749,321
Covering: Baptisms performed in Anglican churches across the county
Discover: Birth year, baptism date, baptism place, parents’ names, father’s occupation and residence
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Warwickshire Banns

New records: 265,803
Total records: 267,319
Covering: Banns read in Anglican churches across the county
Discover: Age, residence, banns date, marriage year, location, spouse’s name and residence
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

 

Warwickshire Marriages

New records: 628,179
Total records: 985,829
Covering: Marriages performed in Anglican churches across the county
Discover: The couple’s birth years, residences and marital status
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »
 

Warwickshire Burials

New records: 725,558
Total records: 1,855,126
Covering: Burials performed in Anglican churches across the county
Discover: Birth year, death date, burial year and location
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Irish Newspapers

New articles: 144,938
New titles: Portadown Times
Covering: Portadown in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Discover: The realities of life in historic ArmaghSEARCH THESE RECORDS »

A DIFFERENT MOMENT IN TIME

There's been a lot of discussion on social media about Ken Burns' PBS documentary on the Vietnam War. I remember that period in our nation's history all to well, so I haven't watched the documentary yet. But it did get me to bring out these from my top dresser drawer.

This is my draft card from when I registered shortly after my 18th birthday in 1966:

I was already a full time student at Bridgewater State college so I received my first student deferment a few months later:

:
I graduated in 1970 at which time I ws reclassified as 1-A in November. A few weeks later on December 1st the draft lottery was held and when my birthdate was drawn  my number was 344.They never got past 215. I lucked out.

I carried my draft registration and deferrment cards in my wallet for years afterward and when the wallet wore out I transferred them to the new one, and eventuallyto the one after that. But eventually they ended up in the top dresser drawer.

I haven't looked at them often over the years. They are relics from over fifty years ago in my life, a different moment in time.

DIVING INTO THE GENE POOL PT5: MILD FRUSTATIONS AND COPING WITH CENTIMORGANS

It's been a few months since I last posted about  my DNA test results. After the exciting start,
things have settled down a bit as I grapple with some slight frustrations and with technical things about DNA that are way above my head. Here's where matters stand right now.

The numbers on my Ancestry DNA test matches:
103 shared ancestor hints, the closest beng 4th cousins.
498 4th cousins or closer. Of these, 4 are 2nd cousins and 11 are 3rd cousins.
Factoring in 5th to 8th cousins I have 22,400 matchs, up from the 19,300 original test results.

I've started keeping a notebook with info on the matches but it's in fits and starts. I still don't get
the centimorgans thing completely, the time I spend going round and round about it is time taken away from researching and writing about my ancestors.

Another frustration are the DNA Circles which go up and down. I've had as high as 15 circles but that dropped down to 12 last week and I don't know why.  The circle for 3x great grandfather Nathaniel Barker is still there but the circls for his father and brother are now gone. 3x ggf Phillip Richardson's circle is gone as well but his wife Esther Laughton's isn't.

I still haven't gotten replies from the emails I sent my 2nd cousins from Mom's White family.

Ancestry sent me an email  last week about a breakthrough and it turned out to be for a cousin who contacted me on our match back in August.

On another front, I uploaded my Ancestry Autosomnal Test result to Gedmatch. I have at least 2000 matches there. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the centimorgan thing there.





  

THE NINTH ANNUAL GREAT GENEALOGY POETRY CHALLENGE REMINDER

Just a friendly reminder that there are still two months  left to send your submissions in for the Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge  The deadline is a week before Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 16th. If you find one long before that deadline you can post it on your blog now, but don't forget to send me the link to it before November 16th!
   
These are the Challenge rules:

1. Find a poem by a  poet, famous or obscure, about the region
one of your ancestors lived in. It can be about an historical event, a
legend, a person, or even about some place (like a river)or a local
animal. It can even be a poem you or one of your ancestors have written.
0r, if you prefer, post the lyrics of a song or a link to a video of someone
performing the song.

2. Post the poem or song to your blog (remembering to cite the source
where you found it.). If you wish to enter an older post, you may as long
as it has not appeared here in an earlier Poetry Challenge.

 3.Tell us how the subject of the poem or song relates to your ancestor's
home or life, or the area of the country where they lived.

4.Submit your post's link here to me by midnight Thursday, November 16th
and I'll publish all links to the entries on Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd!

If  you submit a humorous poem or song that will be entered under the
"Willy Puckerbrush" division. Willy was the late geneablogger Terry
Thornton's alias for some humorous posts and comments.

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 22 SEPTEMBER 2017

There's over 750 thousand new records from Britain and Ireland in the Findmypast Friday releases for September 22:

BRAND NEW RECORDS:

Dublin Electoral Rolls

OVER 427,000 RECORDS  Explore transcripts of original electoral registers held by the Dublin City Library & Archives and discover where your Dublin ancestor lived between 1908 and 1915. Electoral rolls comprise the names of those eligible to vote at a given time and place. During this period, voting eligibility for local elections was restricted to men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30 who either resided in the city or owned property there.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING SETS:

Sussex Monumental Inscriptions

New records: 1,812
Total records: 23,102
Covering: Chiddingly & East Dean Churchyards
Discover: Birth year, age at death, death year, place, inscription, number in grave & register reference (location)
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Gloucestershire, Bristol Baptism Index

New records: 139,843
Total records: 551,100
Covering: Bristol/Gloucestershire parish and non-conformist registers
Discover: Baptism year, baptism place, parents’ names & Bristol Archives reference number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Gloucestershire, Bristol Marriage Index

New records: 80,973
Total records: 354,787
Covering: Bristol/Gloucestershire parish and non-conformist registers
Discover: Marriage year, marriage place, spouse’s name & Bristol Archives reference number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Gloucestershire, Bristol Burial Index

New records: 96,556
Total records: 273,182
Covering: Bristol/Gloucestershire parish and non-conformist registers
Discover: Age at death, birth year, burial year, father’s name, residence & Bristol Archives reference number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Hertfordshire Baptisms

New records: 6,758
Total records: 831,117
Covering: St Mary’s Parish in Cheshunt
Discover: Birth year, baptism date, place, residence, and parents’ names
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 35: CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD OF IPSWICH MA. PT 2

I found the images of a transcription of Christopher Osgood's will over at AmericanAncestors.org. It places some conditions on the money he left his daughters as regards to their marriages, And  a week after it was filed his widow Margery petitioned the court to be given a larger part of the estate than Christopher had left her, which lessened the amounts given the daughters.:

Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1652/i/33911/121/891370314

Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1652/i/33911/122/56272178

I  Christopher Osgood of Ipswich being weake in body but of perfect understandinge & memory
doe Comitt my soule into the hands of my redeemer, & Concerning that little Estate the Lord
hath lent mee this is my last will & testament, first I give unto my eldest daughter Mary Osgood
to be paid her or her asignes on the day of her marriage, and to my other three Daughters Abigal
Elisabeth & Deborah, five pounds to each of them to be paid to them and every them at or upon
their respective dayes of marriage. And to my Sonne Christopher Osgood I doe give my house and
lands to have & enjoy the same at the age of two & twentie yeares, And my will is that my beloved
wife Margery Osgood shalbe the sole executrix of this my will & to enjoy the pffit & benefitt of my
estate duringe the minority of my Children as abovesaid. And lastlyI doe request & desire Mr
John Norton & my father Phillip fflower to be overseers that this my will be performed according
to the true intent thereof. in witness heereof I have subscribed my hand the nineteenth day of Aprill 1650.

I doe also desire our respected Major to a Joyne with Mr Norton & my ffather.
Christopher Osgood
Witness Nathaneel Mather,  Joseph Rowlandson, Daniell Rolfe.

memorandum which was forgooten m will is that my eldest Daughter marry not without the advice of my wife & the Consent of my overseers,  & that my younger Daughters marry not without the Consent of their mother & the advice of the overseers if it may be had, and that their severall portions be paid unto them when they shall attaine the age of twenty yeares if they be not marryed before that age.
Christopher Osgood
Proved 10:8:1650, by Daniell Rolfe. Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol.1, leaf 76.

Petitition of Margery Osgood, widow, of Ipswich for a greater portion of the estate of her husband,  than by will is given  her. Oct. 16, 1650, ordered that the business concerning the estate be referred to Mr.Samuel Symonds, Maj Denison and Mr. John Norton, and to put an issure there-
unto, keeping as near to the willas may be. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol 3, page 217.

Samuel Symonds, John Norton, and Daniel Denison having considered the case, make the following alterations in the will: the eldest daughter instead of 10l. mentioned in the will, to have 8li.;the second daughter instead of 5li., to have 4li.; the eldest son to have the house and  land and pay the two younger when they shall be eighteen years, 4li. each. Ipswich Deeds vol.1, leaf 104.

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 35: CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD OF IPSWICH MA. PT 1

Well, this is embarrassing!

While researching for this blogpost I discovered that my ancestor Mary (Osgood) Lovejoy's mother was not Margery Fowler but Mary Everett. The details are in this short biography for my 10x great grandfather Christopher Osgood by William Richard Cutter:

Christopher Osgood, immigrant ancestor, born in England about 1600, came to America in the ship "Mary and John", sailing March 24 1633-4. He settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is thought that his parents were Christopher and Elizabeth (Brockwell) Osgood, married October 30, 1599, at St. Thomas parish, Wiltshire. The widow Elizabeth died June 18, 1612, and it is likely that Christopher was raised by some relatives. There is probably some relationship between Christopher and the two other Osgood pioneers, John Osgood of Newbury, and William Osgood of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Christopher was a brick maker by trade. He was a proprietor of Ipswich in 1634, and was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He died in 1650. His will, dated April 19, 1650, proved October 10, 1650, bequeathed to wife Margery, son Christopher, daughters Mary, Abigail, Elizabeth and Deborah; father-in-law Philip Fowler, an overseer; wife executrix. Christopher 'Osgood married (first) at St. Mary's parish, Marl borough, England, April 21, 1623, Mary Everett, who was buried there April 3, 1633. He married (second) at St. Mary's, July 28, 1633, Margery, daughter of Philip and Mary (Winslow) Fowler. She was baptized May 25, 1615, at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. She married (second) Thomas Rowell, one of the original proprietors of Salisbury in 1639. She married (third) Thomas Coleman, before 1670; he died at Nantucket, Massachusetts, and she married (fourth) Thomas Osborn, of Nantucket. While residing at Nantucket she deeded May 27, 1673, to her son Thomas Osgood, of Newbury, Massachusetts, the house and land where she dwelt in the time of her former husband, Thomas Rowell, now in possession of Christopher Osgood; he to pay certain sums to her son Jacob Rowell and her daughters, Abigail Wilson and Deborah Ross or Russ. She made anotner deed, tantamount to a will. June 8, 1765. to Thomas Osgood. Margery came over with her parents, Philip and Mary Fowler, in the same ship with her husband. Child of Christopher and Mary Osgood, born in England: i. Mary, born 1633; married, June i, 1651, John Lovejoy. Children of Christopher and Margery: 2. Abigail, born 1636; married April 9, 1657, Sherburne (Shoreborn) Wilson. 3. Elizabeth, born about 1638. 4. Deborah, born about 1640; married, August 28. 1663, John Ross. 5. Christopher, mentioned below. 6. Thomas, born 1651.
-pp1854-1855

Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 4  Lewis historical publishing Company, New York, New York 1908

So I need to correct my database and my family trees. I will leavr my  earlier blogposts on Philip Fowler up in hopes they will help other researchers.

To be continued...

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 15 SEPTEMBER 2017

All 43,689 new records in this week's Findmypast Friday releases are from Herefordshire in
England:
 

Herefordshire Baptisms

OVER 626,000 RECORDS  discover your family's Herefordshire roots with transcripts of parish baptisms dating as far back as the early 1500s and covering 240 parishes across the county. Records will reveal details of your ancestor's baptism and the names of both their parents.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Herefordshire Marriages

OVER  271,000 RECORDS Uncover the name of your ancestor's spouse and add another branch to your growing family tree with marriage records spanning the years 1538 to 1936. Covering 236 Herefordshire parishes , this collection reveals the couple's names, ages, residence, marriage date, location and fathers’ names.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Herefordshire Burials

OVER 37,000 RECORDS Over 37,000 records – Do you have ancestor’s buried in Herefordshire? Search transcripts of parish burial registers covering 75 parishes. Records will not only reveal details of your ancestor’s death and burial, but also the names of their parents, allowing you add another generation to your family tree.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Herefordshire Wills, 1517-1700

OVER 1,000 RECORDS Over 1,000 records – Explore this handwritten index produced by the British Record Society to uncover details relating to your ancestor’s will. The index is in alphabetical order by surname and can be searched by the first initial of a surname.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 34 PHILIP FOWLER OF IPSWICH MA. PT 3

The other document included in Matthew Adams Stickney's book The Fowler Family is this agreement in which my ancestor Philip FowlerSr. makes his grandson Philip Fowler Jr his heir. Philip Jr.'s parents were Joseph Fowler and Martha Kimball(daughter of my 10x great grandfather Richard Kimball: .

In 1668 after having given trades to his children, and living to see them all settled in life, he selected from among his grandchildren to take care of him in his old age, Philip his namesake, as appears by the following deed of gift, the original of which is on file in the Clerk of Courts, Bk. 36: 18.

"This present writing wittnesseth, that I, Philip Ffowler of Ipswich, in the county of Essex, clothworker, for and in considderation of that naturall affection I doe beare unto my Grandchild Phillip ffowler, as also in considderation of his being with me, and doeing my busines for me, as formerly, I doe by these presents freely give and grant, and by these fully confirme, unto him the sayd Phillip, my Grandchild, all that my now dwelling house and lands I stand now possesst off, after my decease (exsepting what by agreement with my wife upon mariage, wch is put in writing and recorded), for him, the sayd Phillip, my Grandchild, Imediatly after my decease. To have Sc to hould, and quietly and peaceably to enioy, unto him & his heires & assignes forever, all that my sayd houses and lands, with all and every, the apptenances & prevaledges, thereunto belonging, exsept as aforesayd, what is granted to my wife, dureing her naturall life, and after her decease, the whole to be and remaine unto him the sayd Phillip, my Grandchild, his heires and assignes, for ever, provided still, that if by the providence of God, I shall be forct for nesasary subsitance to sell any pt. thereof, wch in such case I reserve liberty to doe, provided, if he the sayd Phillip, dye without isue, then to returne unto his Brother Joseph, & if Joseph dye without isue, then to be & remaine his brother John, provided alwayes, that if my Grandchild Phillip, leaves a wife behind him when he dye, then she shall enioy it dureing her naturall life, & then to be & returne, as above exprest. In wittnes whereof, I the sayd Phillip Ffowler, have sett to my hand and seale, dated the 23 of December, Anno Dom. 1668. Signed Sealed & dl in the presence of us,

the marke of
Richard Kimball
John Severance
Robfrt Lord

Philip (his mark) FFowler
(the marks of with a green seal)

Acknowledged before me Apr. 29, 1670. Daniel Denison. Recorded May the 6th, 1670." Essex Deeds, Bk. 3: 152.
-pp7-8

The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882 Salem Press, Salem, Ma. 1883


I found the inventory of the estateon Googlebooks in The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1675-1681 (Google eBook) VOL III:

 Estate Of Philip Fowler, Sr., Of Ipswich.

Administration upon the estate of Philip Fowler, intestate, was granted Sept. 30, 1679, unto his grandchild, Philip Fowler.

Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 347.

Inventory of the estate of Phillip Fowler, Sr., taken July 21, 1679, by Phillip Fowler, Jr., Simon Stace and Nicolas Wallis: 4 ould Cotts & an ould cloke, H1. 15s.; A parsell of ould clothes, Hi.; some ould stockens, 2 Caps, payer of gartars, 5s.; A payer of ould gloves and an ould hate, 2s.; two payer of drawers, two old shirts, 15s.; two caps, two bands & three ould hankercher and also two ould neckclothes, 4s.; total, 31i . Is. Debt due to the estate, 17s. 6d.

Attested in Ipswich court Sept. 30,1679, by Phillip Fowler, administrator of the estate of Phillip Fowler, Sr.
pp328-329  

The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1675-1681 (Google eBook) VOL III
Essex Institute Salem, Ma 1920

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001

((The majority of this post was first published on 11Sep 2008. I've
changed the ending to reflect that bin Laden was found.))


Sept 11th 2001
I was on my way to work at the Borders bookstore which opened
at 9:00. As usual I was listening to WBZ AM, the Boston news radio
station, and I was somewhere on Rte 37 in Braintree when the news
bulletin came about the first plane hitting the South Tower of the
World Trade Center in New York. At first I thought it was some
terrible accident as I listened to the report. I remember at one traffic
stop the light turned green and the first car in line didn't move right
away. Nobody honked their horn at the driver. They were all listening
to the news.

I was running a few minutes late already and so I was just pulling into
a parking space when news came at 9:02 of the second crash. Now I
and the rest of America knew the first crash had not been a mistake.
We were under attack. I went into the store and punched in, then
knocked on the Cash Office door. Linda, the office manager
at the time, was listening to the radio. Given that there had been a
previous attack on the Twin Towers by terrorists we realized this must
be another by the same group or another like it. We talked about it for
a few minutes but the store was about to open and I needed to be out
on the sales floor.

It was a surreal day. Linda would relay the news to the staff about the
collapse of the Towers and the other two planes crashing into the
Pentagon and the field in Pennsylvania. We heard that the planes had
come from our own Logan Airport and had many New Englanders
aboard them, which made it even harder to hear. One of the passengers
lived in my town of Abington. Work went on as it did for so many
other Americans that day even though our minds and hearts weren't
into doing our jobs.

That night when I got home the networks kept showing the same
images over and over of the planes crashing, the Towers falling and
of the people running ahead of the looming cloud. I was angry at
whoever had done this to so many innocent people, and I wanted
them caught and punished for it.

Today, it's a different world. September 11th changed it forever.

We no longer wait now for Osama bin Laden to be caught and punished.
Justice has been done.

But we still mourn, and we will never forget.

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 34 PHILIP FOWLER OF IPSWICH MA. PT 2

As I said in an earlier post my 11 th great grandfather Phillip Fowler died intestate, but there are several other documents which contain information about his estate.  Matthew Adams Stickney's book The Fowler Family has transcripts of them. The first involves a marriage contract.

When first wife Mary died, he eventually remarried. His  next wife was a widow, Mary Norton. However before  they married a marriage contract was drawn up which laid out what the second Mary Fowler was to inherit in the event of Phillip's death; 

"Know all men by these presents, that I, Phillip Fowler of Ipswich, in the county of Essex, clothworker, for & in consideration of a contract of marriage with Mary Norton, widdow, doe grant unto her as followeth, viz: that if it please the Lord the mariage intended be compleated, and she the sayd Mary my intended wife do survive, I doe covenant & grant unto her, that she shall injoye all my house and lands, with the appurtenances & privilidges thereunto belonging, untill my sonn Phillip (provided I make him my heir), shall come of age, and when he comes of age, I do grant unto her, that she shall possess and enjoy the chamber over the hall, with the table forme & cabbin beds, as alsoe the garretts & halfe the orchyard, and halfe the grasse of the close, & my six acres of land upon the hill, and the inward cellar to her owne proper use & behoofe, and alsoe liberty to make use of the lower roome for her necessary ocasions, with free liberty to make use of the well in the cellar to fetch watter, & all these to enjoye during the tyme of her naturall life, and then to return unto my children, or who of them, I shall dispose them unto, and further doe grant her liberty of barne roome to lay in her corne, and two load of hay, with roome in the cowe house for to sett two cowes, & grasse for to make two loads of hay a yeare, for the tyme of her life, as aforesayd. In wittness whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand & seale, the 27th of February, 1659.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in the presence of us,

William Norton
Daniell Davison (with a marke).
Robert Lord.
Phillip  Fowler(with a marke & seale).
 
Phillip Fowler acknowledged this wrighting, tobe his act & deed, before me. Daniell Denison. February 27th; 1659.

-p5

The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882 Salem Press, Salem, Ma. 1883

This is the first marriage contract I've found for any of my ancestors.

To be continued...

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 8 SEPTEMBER 2017

Findmypast added over 1.3 million new records from Great Britain in this week's Findmypast 
Friday releases.


BRAND NEW RECORDS:

Lancashire Wills & Probate 1457-1858

OVER 229,000 RECORDS  Explore this index of more than 229,000 Lancashire wills and probate records to determine whether your ancestor’s probate papers have survived through the centuries. The collection will provide you with details about the type of material available, the probate year, and your ancestor’s occupation and residence.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Registers Browse

OVER 49,000 RECORDS Browse through more than 1,000 volumes of sacramental registers of baptisms, marriages and burials spanning the years 1736 to 1942. This extensive collection contains records from all eight Scottish dioceses: Aberdeen, Argyll & The Isles, Dunkeld, Galloway, Glasgow, Motherwell, St Andrews & Edinburgh, and Paisley.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »


ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING SETS:

Leicestershire Baptisms

New records: 54,804
Total records: 1,196,243
Covering: Bishops transcripts of parishes throughout Leicestershire & Rutland
Discover: Birth year, baptism date, baptism place, denomination & parents’ names
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Leicestershire Marriages

New records: 22,271
Total records: 694,117
Covering: Bishops transcripts of parishes throughout Leicestershire & Rutland
Discover: Couple’s birth years, age, residence, fathers’ names, marriage date & place
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Leicestershire Burials

New records: 39,483
Total records: 835,595
Covering: Bishops transcripts of parishes throughout Leicestershire & Rutland
Discover: Age at death, birth year, death year, burial date and parents’ names
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Leicestershire Parish Records Browse

New records: 13,090
Total records: 389,967
Covering: Bishops transcripts of parishes throughout Leicestershire & Rutland
Discover: Parish baptisms, banns, marriages and burials
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

British Newspapers

New articles: 993,513
New titles: 12
Covering: Illustrated War News, London, Scotland and more
Discover: Family notices, articles, obituaries, photographs, advertisements and more
SEARCH THESE RECORDS » 

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 34 PHILIP FOWLER OF IPSWICH MA. PT1

Looking at the women who married my male  Lovejoy ancestors begins with the parents of my 9x great grandmother Mary (Osgood) Lovejoy. She was the daughter of  Christopher Osgood and Margaret Fowler, and the grandaughter of immigrant ancestor Philip Fowler, who I'll discuss first.

Lucky for me I found  Matthew Adams Stickney's book The Fowler Family.. There's 11 pages on Philip but I'll only post a bit ofit here, starting with page 1:

1 Philip Fowler, one of the founders of New England, was probably born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, about 1590. He embarked with his family, in the " Mary and John," of London, Robert Sayres, master, and while lying in the river Thames, they " were made stay of untill further order" from the Council, 28 Feb., 1633-4, owing to misrepresentation of the colonies, by its enemies, which had then reached England, and the master was required, among other things, to give a bond of £100, that the service of the Church of England should be said daily on board, and attended by the passengers, also that they should take the "Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacie," which were taken by the passengers, the 24th of March, 1633-4, when they were allowed to proceed oi their voyage, and arrived in New England, in May, 1634.

He received a grant of land in Ipswich, Essex ( ounty, Mass., the same year, on which he settled, and where he resided until his death. It is still occupied by one of his descendants, bearing the family name.

In 1634 (3 Sept.) he took the Freeman's Oath.

In 1634-5 (5 Jan.) it was, by the town of Ipswich, "Given and granted unto John Webster, and unto Mathias Currin (Curwen), and unto Philip Fowler, and unto William Moody, and unto Thomas Dorman, and unto Christopher Osgood, and unto Joseph Medcalf, to each of them, four acres of meadow and marsh ground as it will arise in 20 poles or rods, by the land side, unto them, their heirs or assigns, lying northward of the Town, the marsh is not limited unto them."
p1

The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882 Salem Press, Salem, Ma. 1883


Stickney goes on to list all of Philip Fowler's dealings in Ipswich and the surrounding towns. I'll discuss two documents in my next post. But for now, here is the list of the children of Philip and his first wife Mary:

The children of Philip and Mary (winsley?) Fowler, were:—

2. Margaret, bapt. 25 May, 1615; m. Christopher Osgood and others.

3. Mary, b. ;m. William Chandler.

i. Samuel, b. In deposition 1618; m. ;2d. Wid. Margaret Morgan.

5. Hester, b. ;m. Jathnell Bird; Robert Collins.

6. Joseph, b. probably about 1629; m. Martha Kimball.

7. Thomas, b. in deposition 1636; m. Hannah Jordan.
p11


Philip didn't leave a will but there are several documents about his estate and those will be discussed in the next post.

To be continued

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 1 SEPTEMBER 2017

There are over 160 thousand new records from England and New Zealand in this week's
Findmypast Friday record releases:

BRAND NEW RECORDS:

Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849

OVER 46,000 RECORDS  Discover when, where and to whom your ancestor was married. A marriage bond was as an assurance that no legal impediment existed to prevent a marriage taking place. This was required when a couple chose to marry by licence instead of by banns.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

Britain, Marriage Licences Browse

OVER 10,000 RECORDS  Did your ancestor receive a marriage licence between 1446 and 1837? Browse through records covering 15 English counties including London, Lancashire, Suffolk, Exeter, Lincoln, Yorkshire, and more to discover the couple’s residences, place of marriage and father’s names.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

England, Clandestine Marriages Browse

OVER 42,310  RECORDS  Did your ancestors elope, were they married in secret or outside the Anglican Church? Browse handwritten registers and notebooks to uncover the details of irregular marriages. A small number of baptisms are also included.
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING SETS:

 New Zealand Birth Index
New records: 19,465
Total records: 600,721
Covering: Births recorded in the General register from 1848 onwards
Discover: Birth year, parents’ names and registration number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

New Zealand Marriage Index

New records: 10,022
Total records: 230,323
Covering: Marriages recorded in the General register from 1854 onwards
Discover: Spouse’s full name, registration year and registration number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »

New Zealand Death Index

New records: 32,725
Total records: 2,305,674
Covering: Deaths recorded in the General register from 1848 onwards
Discover: Birth date, age at death, death year, registration year and registration number
SEARCH THESE RECORDS »