(( I first posted articles about my Mayflower family descents back in
November 2011 and decided to repost them every year as a Thanksgiving
tradition.))
Back when I first started researching the family genealogy online I was
thrilled to discover we were descended from several Mayflower passengers.
At one point I even carried around a small folded up piece of paper
in my wallet with the lines of descent to show when discussing genealogy
with some customer at the bookstore. But I lost that some time ago, so I
thought I'd post them here for other family members.
The first three lines come down through my Ellingwood ancestry from
Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Rogers, and James Chilton.
Hopkins Line
Stephen Hopkins and Mary____
Constance Hopkins & Nicholas Snow
Elizabeth Snow & Thomas Rogers
Eleazer Rogers & Ruhamah Willis
Experience Rogers & Stephen Totman
Deborah Totman & Moses Barrows Jr.
Asa Barrows & Content Benson
Rachel Barrows & John Ellingwood Jr
Asa F. Ellingwood & Florilla Dunham
Clara Ellingwood & Philip West
Floyd West Sr & Clara Barker
Floyd West Jr & Anne M White
Rogers Line
Thomas Rogers & Alice Cosford
Joseph Rogers & Hannah___
Thomas Rogers & Elizabeth Snow
Eleazer Rogers & Ruhamah Willis
Experience Rogers & Stephen Totman
Deborah Totman & Moses Barrows Jr.
Asa Barrows & Content Benson
Rachel Barrows & John Ellingwood Jr
Asa F. Ellingwood & Florilla Dunham
Clara Ellingwood & Philip West
Floyd West Sr & Clara Barker
Floyd West Jr & Anne M White
Chilton Line
James Chilton & ?
Isabella Chilton & Roger Chandler
Sarah Chandler & Moses Simmons
Moses Simmons Jr & Patience Barstow
Patience Simmons & George Barrows
Moses Barrows & Mary Carver
Deborah Totman & Moses Barrows Jr.
Asa Barrows & Content Benson
Rachel Barrows & John Ellingwood Jr
Asa F. Ellingwood & Florilla Dunham
Clara Ellingwood & Philip West
Floyd West Sr & Clara Barker
Floyd West Jr & Anne M White
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963
((First posted on 22Nov 2016))
On November 22, 1963 I was a sophomore at Abington High School here in Abington, Ma. It was
near the end of the school day, and I was in my last class, American History with Mr Smith. Suddenly
the door at the back of the room opened and Mr.Divoll walked in from his room and told us the
president had been shot.
Mr. Divoll was the Drama Coach as well as a history teacher and was known to use a little theater in
his classes, so at first I wasn't sure what this was all about. When he said it again, this time using
President Kennedy's name, reality hit me.
I don't remember if we were dismissed from school early that day. I suspect not. School got out for
the day at 2pm and the news that JFK was dead broke around 2:30. So most of us had gone home by
then. Mom usually watched the CBS soap operas so when they switched to live coverage of what had
happened it was Walter Cronkite who told us the awful news.
Two days later my family went to my Uncle Ed's house for Thanksgiving dinner and we heard on the
car radio that Jack Ruby had killed Lee Harvey Oswald.
Of course the whole country was in shock but JFK's death really hit New England hard, especially
we Irish Roman Catholics. JFK was the first of us elected president, and it was a tremendous source of pride, especially in Massachusetts. His election had been the ultimate triumph of generations of Irish immigrants over anti-Irish Catholic discrimination.
I remember the pictures of the Kennedy children, and watching the funeral procession with the riderless horse. I remember the cadence of the drums.
It was the start of one of the most turbulent eras in our history, but I didn't know it at the time.
On November 22, 1963 I was a sophomore at Abington High School here in Abington, Ma. It was
near the end of the school day, and I was in my last class, American History with Mr Smith. Suddenly
the door at the back of the room opened and Mr.Divoll walked in from his room and told us the
president had been shot.
Mr. Divoll was the Drama Coach as well as a history teacher and was known to use a little theater in
his classes, so at first I wasn't sure what this was all about. When he said it again, this time using
President Kennedy's name, reality hit me.
I don't remember if we were dismissed from school early that day. I suspect not. School got out for
the day at 2pm and the news that JFK was dead broke around 2:30. So most of us had gone home by
then. Mom usually watched the CBS soap operas so when they switched to live coverage of what had
happened it was Walter Cronkite who told us the awful news.
Two days later my family went to my Uncle Ed's house for Thanksgiving dinner and we heard on the
car radio that Jack Ruby had killed Lee Harvey Oswald.
Of course the whole country was in shock but JFK's death really hit New England hard, especially
we Irish Roman Catholics. JFK was the first of us elected president, and it was a tremendous source of pride, especially in Massachusetts. His election had been the ultimate triumph of generations of Irish immigrants over anti-Irish Catholic discrimination.
I remember the pictures of the Kennedy children, and watching the funeral procession with the riderless horse. I remember the cadence of the drums.
It was the start of one of the most turbulent eras in our history, but I didn't know it at the time.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 45: HENRY WILLARD OF LANCASTER, MA.:
Samuel Haskell Sr.'s wife was Sybil Willard, the great granddaughter of Simon Willard, a hero of King Philip's War. I wrote about Simon ten years ago so I will write now about Sybil's grandfather Henry Willard.
This is from Joseph Willard's family history, The Willard Memoir:
11. Henry, son of Simon and Mary; born at Concord, June 4,1655. He married, first, Mary Lakin, daughter ofLakin, of Groton, July 18, 1674, when at the age of nineteen. She died not later, I think, than 1688. Second, Dorcas Cutler, about 1689, perhaps of the Charlestown family. She survived her husband, and afterwards became the wife of Benjamin Bellows, for many years a resident of Lancaster. Henry Willard died leaving a good estate, and a large heritage of children. He had resided a while in Groton, but spent the principal part of his life in Lancaster, where he died, in middle life, in the year 1701. As several of his sons held highly respectable positions in life, it is a just inference in favor of the character of the parents. No contemporaneous notice of him is known to exist.-p359
Willard Memoir: Or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard; with Notices of Three Generations of His Descendants, and Two Collateral Branches in the United States; Also, Some Account of the Name and Family in Europe from an Early Day Phillips, Sampson, Boston, Ma.1858
Henry did indeed leave a "large heritage of children", fourteen to be exact.Thirteen were with his first wife Mary Lakin/Larkin and one with his second wife Dorcas Cutler. All are mentioned in Henry's will which I found at the AmericanAncestors website and will transcribe eventually.
I'm descended from Henry and Mary's son Joseph Willard.
This is from Joseph Willard's family history, The Willard Memoir:
11. Henry, son of Simon and Mary; born at Concord, June 4,1655. He married, first, Mary Lakin, daughter ofLakin, of Groton, July 18, 1674, when at the age of nineteen. She died not later, I think, than 1688. Second, Dorcas Cutler, about 1689, perhaps of the Charlestown family. She survived her husband, and afterwards became the wife of Benjamin Bellows, for many years a resident of Lancaster. Henry Willard died leaving a good estate, and a large heritage of children. He had resided a while in Groton, but spent the principal part of his life in Lancaster, where he died, in middle life, in the year 1701. As several of his sons held highly respectable positions in life, it is a just inference in favor of the character of the parents. No contemporaneous notice of him is known to exist.-p359
Willard Memoir: Or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard; with Notices of Three Generations of His Descendants, and Two Collateral Branches in the United States; Also, Some Account of the Name and Family in Europe from an Early Day Phillips, Sampson, Boston, Ma.1858
Henry did indeed leave a "large heritage of children", fourteen to be exact.Thirteen were with his first wife Mary Lakin/Larkin and one with his second wife Dorcas Cutler. All are mentioned in Henry's will which I found at the AmericanAncestors website and will transcribe eventually.
I'm descended from Henry and Mary's son Joseph Willard.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
MENDING WALL BY ROBERT FROST
Robert Frost wrote a famous poem, Mending Wall, that was published in 1904; Here it is with some of the photos I've taken over the years.
. Mending Wall
SOMETHING there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing: 5
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made, 10
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go. 15
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
“Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”
We wear our fingers rough with handling them. 20
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across 25
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
“Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t it 30
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, 35
That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him,
But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. 40
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father’s saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
-Robert Frost
North Of Boston 2nd ed. Henry Holt and Company, New York 1915
Monday, November 18, 2019
NOT YOUR TYPICAL FATHER & SON PICTURE
Last week I found two very interesting old photos over on the FamilySearch website from two different branches of my Dad's family, one from the Barkers and one from the Wests. I'll discuss the West photo in another post.
This is a photo of my 2x great granduncle Tilson W. Barker and his son Alanson Augustus Barker. I think it safe to say this is not your typical Victorian era photograph. I laughed the moment I saw it. It looks like something out of an old silent movie Then I looked closer at the surroundings. There's an ornate rug and the wall behind them looks like tile with a dark border at the base and the rest of the wall tiles are white. Alanson's trousers look to be patterned as well. I'm not sure what tools Tilson is supposedly using.
I am impressed by how sturdy that chair must have been!
Seven years ago I discovered from census records that Tilson was a blacksmith and a maker of coaches. Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 at Ancestry had this:
Here's a summary of what it says:
Capital Invested, in real and personal estate, in the Business $500
Raw Material Used, Including Fuel. Kind of Motor Power,
Quanitities Kinds Value Machinery, etc
2 tons Iron & Steel $120 None
6 sets Carriage Works $175 2 forges
3 tons B Coal $50 None
Average Number of Hands Employed - 1 male
Average Monthly Cost of Male Labor- $40
He produced 6 carriages worth a total of $320 and other work worth $600
That's doing pretty well for that era's economy.
Alanson was born in 1852 and is listed as a farm laborer on the 1880 Census. But in 1900 and 1910 censuses his occupation was a coachman for a private family, which seems logical for the son of a someone who made them. But by 1920 the automobile had taken over and Alanson had become a gardener, possible still working for the same family.
Thanks to "stws" who posted the picture at familySearch and allowed me to post it here.
This is a photo of my 2x great granduncle Tilson W. Barker and his son Alanson Augustus Barker. I think it safe to say this is not your typical Victorian era photograph. I laughed the moment I saw it. It looks like something out of an old silent movie Then I looked closer at the surroundings. There's an ornate rug and the wall behind them looks like tile with a dark border at the base and the rest of the wall tiles are white. Alanson's trousers look to be patterned as well. I'm not sure what tools Tilson is supposedly using.
I am impressed by how sturdy that chair must have been!
Seven years ago I discovered from census records that Tilson was a blacksmith and a maker of coaches. Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 at Ancestry had this:
Here's a summary of what it says:
Capital Invested, in real and personal estate, in the Business $500
Raw Material Used, Including Fuel. Kind of Motor Power,
Quanitities Kinds Value Machinery, etc
2 tons Iron & Steel $120 None
6 sets Carriage Works $175 2 forges
3 tons B Coal $50 None
Average Number of Hands Employed - 1 male
Average Monthly Cost of Male Labor- $40
He produced 6 carriages worth a total of $320 and other work worth $600
That's doing pretty well for that era's economy.
Alanson was born in 1852 and is listed as a farm laborer on the 1880 Census. But in 1900 and 1910 censuses his occupation was a coachman for a private family, which seems logical for the son of a someone who made them. But by 1920 the automobile had taken over and Alanson had become a gardener, possible still working for the same family.
Thanks to "stws" who posted the picture at familySearch and allowed me to post it here.
Friday, November 15, 2019
ONCE MORE INTO THE GENEPOOL
Ancestry sent me the results of a new update to the Ethnicity Estimate of my DNA test. There's been a few changes. Here's the latest version.
Here's the previous update from August 2018;
The main difference is I lost a few points on the Irish and English percentages, and gained new percentages from Norway, France and Spain.
My first Ethnicity Estimate in July 2017 was a bit more exotic:
These were the ethnicities that were lost in the second estimate.
The thing to remember is that these are estimates and may change as the DNA test results become more and more refined.
Here's the previous update from August 2018;
The main difference is I lost a few points on the Irish and English percentages, and gained new percentages from Norway, France and Spain.
My first Ethnicity Estimate in July 2017 was a bit more exotic:
These were the ethnicities that were lost in the second estimate.
The thing to remember is that these are estimates and may change as the DNA test results become more and more refined.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
FLYBOYS 2019: AN UPDATE
I first posted this picture of an Air Corps training squad at Ames,Iowa back in 2008.My Dad is in the back row but he washed out because of ear pressure problems.I was fascinated by the names of the other trainees and wondered what had become of them, and if they had families who might want a copy of the photo. So I've reposted it several times over the years in the hopes it could help me contact the families.
This year I reposted it for Veterans Day and it piqued the curiosity of blog reader John Stanley who did some research and sent me an email with quitea bit of information on the men in the photo.
Over the next few days I will use what John found to see if I can get in touch with their survivors.
And it turns out that John and I share connections with four of our ancestors and that he lived in the sane town where my Aunt Flossie and Uncle Herbie lived.
Thank you John for your great work!
I'll post another update after I follow up on this.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
VETERANS DAY 2019
On Veterans Day I like to pay tribute to the members of
our family who have served our country from its birth. I don't
have all the details of the service records, and I'm sure I will
discover more relatives to add later, but this is what I have so far.
American Revolution:
Jonathan Barker Jr. My 4x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 tol April 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.
Jonathan Barker 3rd My 5x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.
John Ames My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman under Capt. Asa Parker on April 18th,
1775. He then enlisted in the Continental Army under Captain
Oliver Parker, Col. William Prescott's Regiment and
in the Brigade that was commanded in turn by Generals
Putnam, Lee, and Washington and served for 8 1/2 months.
For a more detailed account of his service see my posts
about his Revolutionary War Pension File starting here.
Asa Barrows My 4x great grandfather
A member of the militia from Middleborough , Ma. (south of
Boston) in the Company of Captain Joshua Benson, in Colonel
Cotton's Regiment, and General William Heath's Brigade for
8 months during the siege of Boston. In December 1776 he
joined a militia Company commanded by Captain Joshua
Perkins and marched to Barrington, R.I. and was stationed
there for 6 weeks. In July 1780 he again enlisted, this time
in a militia company commanded by Captain Perez Churchill
that marched to Tiverton, R.I. I posted about his
Revolutionary War Pension File starting here.
Moses Coburn My 4x great grandfather
Moses Coburn got into the War late and by reason of being
"hired by a certain class of men in the then town of Dunstable
to go into the Continental Army in the summer of 1781."
When he reached Phillipsburgh in New York he was placed in
Captain Benjamin Pike's Company, in the Regiment of the
Massachusetts line commanded by Lt. Colonel Calvin Smith in
which he served for nearly two years until it was broken up.
He then transferred to the Company of Judah Alden in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprouts until his discharge
in 1783.
Samuel Haskell My 5x great grandfather
Samuel served in Captain Joseph Elliott's Company in Colonel
William Turner's Regiment and then under Captain Hezekiah
Whitney in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment.
Amos Hastings My 5x great grandfather
Amos was responded to the Lexington Alarm as part of
Captain Richard Ayer's Company and Colonel William
Johnson's Regiment. He later served in Captain Timothy
Eaton's Company in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment
and was at the taking of the British General Burgoyne at
Ticonderoga.
Elisha Houghton 5x great grandfather
Enlisted at Harvard Ma as a Private in May of 1777 in the
Massachusetts militia and was at the Battles of Bunker Hill
and Stillwater. He then enlisted for three years in the infantry
company commanded by Captain Joshua Brown in Colonel
Timothy Bigelow's 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line.
and took part in the Battles of Monmouth and Newport and
was at Valley Forge. He twice was promoted to Sergeant and
twice was busted back down to the ranks.
Amos Upton My 5x great grandfather
Responded to the Lexington Alarm and marched there from
his home in Reading. He later joined the militia company
commanded by Captain Asa Prince as an orderly sergeant
and then enlisted for eight months in the Continental Army
under Colonel Mansfield for 8 months. He was at the Battle
of Bunker Hill. He was discharged in October of 1775.
John Griffith My 5x great grandfather
Enlisted in 1781 as a Matross (he swabbed out the barrel of
the cannons after they fired, or so I've been told) in Captain
William Treadwell's Company in Colonel John Crane's
Artillery Regiment.
Reuben Packard My 5x great grandfather
A Sergeant in Captain Josiah Hayden's Company in Colonel
Bailey's militia. They marched to Lexington at news of the
Alarm. He also responded several more times as a Minuteman
for a total of nearly 8 months duty.
Jonathan Abbot My 5x great grandfather
Served as a Sergeant in the Militia under Captain Henry
Abbott and responded to the Lexington Alarm
Samuel Stowe My 5x great grandfather
Minuteman from Sherborn, Ma. Served in Capt. Benjamin Bullard's
Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb's 5th Massachusetts Bay
Provincial Regiment
Besides those direct ancestors, these other relatives fought
in the Revolution:
Moses Barrows, brother to Asa Barrows.
Samuel, Jesse, and Benjamin Barker, sons of Jonathan
Barker, Jr. and brothers to Jonathan Barker 3rd.
James Swan, brother in law to Jonathan Barker.
War of 1812
John Griffith My 5x great grandfather
served in Capt Elias Morse's Company, Col. Holland's Regiment
as part of a artillery company defending Portland, Maine.
Amos Hastings My 5x great grandfather
helped organize the militia in Bethel, Maine and rose
to the rank of Brigadier General of the 2nd Brigade, 13th Division of
the Massachusetts State Militia.
Nathaniel Barker My 3x great grandfather
was a private in the company commanded by Captain William Wheeler
in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Ryerson, which was
stationed at Portland, Maine.
Civil War
Asa Freeman Ellingwood My 2x great grandfather
enlisted in Company I, 5th Maine Infantry, on June 24, 1861.
He was at the First Battle of Bull Run after which he received
a medical discharge in Dec 1861. He reenlisted inCo "A" 9th
Veteran R Corps in September 1864 and served until the end
of the war when he was honorably discharged.
Other relatives who served in the Civil War:
2x great granduncles:
Leonidas West
Enlisted in Company G 12 Maine Infantry Regiment on March 1,
1865. Mustered out on 18Apr 1866
Asa Atwood West
Enlisted in Company F of the Maine Coast Guard.
Oscar Phipps Ellingwood
Enlisted in Company E, New Hampshire 14th Infantry Regiment
23Sept 1862, mustered out 9Sep 1863. Transferred to Company
E, U.S,.Veterans Reserve Corps 21st Infantry Regiment 9Sep 1863,
mustered out 11Jul 1865.
Cousins:
Charles O. Ellingwood
Enlisted 21 Dec 1863 in Company E, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Died 13Mar 1864 at Camp Burnside,Kentucky. (18 yrs old)
Henry O. Ellingwood Enlisted 25Oct 1862 Company K, New
Hampshire 16th Infantry Regiment, died 1Mar 1863 in Carollton, La.
Franklin Dunham
Died in the War. Haven't found any details as yet.
Spanish-American War
Hollis J Ellingwood My cousin
Enlisted 2May 1898 in Company A 1st Regiment Maine Infantry
Discharged 28Oct 1898
World War 1
Floyd E West Sr. My grandfather
Enlisted 29Apr 1918. Served in Company K,303rd Infantry. He was a
corpsman at Camp Devens, Ma during the Spanish Influenza outbreak
and was honorably discharged 12 Mar 1919
World War II
Floyd E West Jr My Dad
Enlisted 19 Mar 1943 at 18 years old. After washing out of the Air Corps
Bomber School, he served in the US Army Infantry in the Pacific Theater and
was honorably discharged on 11 Mar 1946 at age 22
Edward F White, Jr. My Uncle
Enlisted in the U.S.Navy on 27Oct 1942 at 17years old. He was honorably
discharged 18Apr 1946, a week before his 21st birthday.
Charles Barger My Uncle
I don't know the specifics of his service yet.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Paul Skarinka My Nephew
our family who have served our country from its birth. I don't
have all the details of the service records, and I'm sure I will
discover more relatives to add later, but this is what I have so far.
American Revolution:
Jonathan Barker Jr. My 4x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 tol April 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.
Jonathan Barker 3rd My 5x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.
John Ames My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman under Capt. Asa Parker on April 18th,
1775. He then enlisted in the Continental Army under Captain
Oliver Parker, Col. William Prescott's Regiment and
in the Brigade that was commanded in turn by Generals
Putnam, Lee, and Washington and served for 8 1/2 months.
For a more detailed account of his service see my posts
about his Revolutionary War Pension File starting here.
Asa Barrows My 4x great grandfather
A member of the militia from Middleborough , Ma. (south of
Boston) in the Company of Captain Joshua Benson, in Colonel
Cotton's Regiment, and General William Heath's Brigade for
8 months during the siege of Boston. In December 1776 he
joined a militia Company commanded by Captain Joshua
Perkins and marched to Barrington, R.I. and was stationed
there for 6 weeks. In July 1780 he again enlisted, this time
in a militia company commanded by Captain Perez Churchill
that marched to Tiverton, R.I. I posted about his
Revolutionary War Pension File starting here.
Moses Coburn My 4x great grandfather
Moses Coburn got into the War late and by reason of being
"hired by a certain class of men in the then town of Dunstable
to go into the Continental Army in the summer of 1781."
When he reached Phillipsburgh in New York he was placed in
Captain Benjamin Pike's Company, in the Regiment of the
Massachusetts line commanded by Lt. Colonel Calvin Smith in
which he served for nearly two years until it was broken up.
He then transferred to the Company of Judah Alden in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprouts until his discharge
in 1783.
Samuel Haskell My 5x great grandfather
Samuel served in Captain Joseph Elliott's Company in Colonel
William Turner's Regiment and then under Captain Hezekiah
Whitney in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment.
Amos Hastings My 5x great grandfather
Amos was responded to the Lexington Alarm as part of
Captain Richard Ayer's Company and Colonel William
Johnson's Regiment. He later served in Captain Timothy
Eaton's Company in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment
and was at the taking of the British General Burgoyne at
Ticonderoga.
Elisha Houghton 5x great grandfather
Enlisted at Harvard Ma as a Private in May of 1777 in the
Massachusetts militia and was at the Battles of Bunker Hill
and Stillwater. He then enlisted for three years in the infantry
company commanded by Captain Joshua Brown in Colonel
Timothy Bigelow's 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line.
and took part in the Battles of Monmouth and Newport and
was at Valley Forge. He twice was promoted to Sergeant and
twice was busted back down to the ranks.
Amos Upton My 5x great grandfather
Responded to the Lexington Alarm and marched there from
his home in Reading. He later joined the militia company
commanded by Captain Asa Prince as an orderly sergeant
and then enlisted for eight months in the Continental Army
under Colonel Mansfield for 8 months. He was at the Battle
of Bunker Hill. He was discharged in October of 1775.
John Griffith My 5x great grandfather
Enlisted in 1781 as a Matross (he swabbed out the barrel of
the cannons after they fired, or so I've been told) in Captain
William Treadwell's Company in Colonel John Crane's
Artillery Regiment.
Reuben Packard My 5x great grandfather
A Sergeant in Captain Josiah Hayden's Company in Colonel
Bailey's militia. They marched to Lexington at news of the
Alarm. He also responded several more times as a Minuteman
for a total of nearly 8 months duty.
Jonathan Abbot My 5x great grandfather
Served as a Sergeant in the Militia under Captain Henry
Abbott and responded to the Lexington Alarm
Samuel Stowe My 5x great grandfather
Minuteman from Sherborn, Ma. Served in Capt. Benjamin Bullard's
Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb's 5th Massachusetts Bay
Provincial Regiment
Besides those direct ancestors, these other relatives fought
in the Revolution:
Moses Barrows, brother to Asa Barrows.
Samuel, Jesse, and Benjamin Barker, sons of Jonathan
Barker, Jr. and brothers to Jonathan Barker 3rd.
James Swan, brother in law to Jonathan Barker.
War of 1812
John Griffith My 5x great grandfather
served in Capt Elias Morse's Company, Col. Holland's Regiment
as part of a artillery company defending Portland, Maine.
Amos Hastings My 5x great grandfather
helped organize the militia in Bethel, Maine and rose
to the rank of Brigadier General of the 2nd Brigade, 13th Division of
the Massachusetts State Militia.
Nathaniel Barker My 3x great grandfather
was a private in the company commanded by Captain William Wheeler
in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Ryerson, which was
stationed at Portland, Maine.
Civil War
Asa Freeman Ellingwood My 2x great grandfather
enlisted in Company I, 5th Maine Infantry, on June 24, 1861.
He was at the First Battle of Bull Run after which he received
a medical discharge in Dec 1861. He reenlisted inCo "A" 9th
Veteran R Corps in September 1864 and served until the end
of the war when he was honorably discharged.
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| Asa & Florilla Ellingwood |
Other relatives who served in the Civil War:
2x great granduncles:
Leonidas West
Enlisted in Company G 12 Maine Infantry Regiment on March 1,
1865. Mustered out on 18Apr 1866
Asa Atwood West
Enlisted in Company F of the Maine Coast Guard.
Oscar Phipps Ellingwood
Enlisted in Company E, New Hampshire 14th Infantry Regiment
23Sept 1862, mustered out 9Sep 1863. Transferred to Company
E, U.S,.Veterans Reserve Corps 21st Infantry Regiment 9Sep 1863,
mustered out 11Jul 1865.
Cousins:
Charles O. Ellingwood
Enlisted 21 Dec 1863 in Company E, 9th New Hampshire Infantry.
Died 13Mar 1864 at Camp Burnside,Kentucky. (18 yrs old)
Henry O. Ellingwood Enlisted 25Oct 1862 Company K, New
Hampshire 16th Infantry Regiment, died 1Mar 1863 in Carollton, La.
Franklin Dunham
Died in the War. Haven't found any details as yet.
Spanish-American War
Hollis J Ellingwood My cousin
Enlisted 2May 1898 in Company A 1st Regiment Maine Infantry
Discharged 28Oct 1898
World War 1
Floyd E West Sr. My grandfather
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| Floyd E West Sr. |
Enlisted 29Apr 1918. Served in Company K,303rd Infantry. He was a
corpsman at Camp Devens, Ma during the Spanish Influenza outbreak
and was honorably discharged 12 Mar 1919
World War II
Floyd E West Jr My Dad
Enlisted 19 Mar 1943 at 18 years old. After washing out of the Air Corps
Bomber School, he served in the US Army Infantry in the Pacific Theater and
was honorably discharged on 11 Mar 1946 at age 22
Edward F White, Jr. My Uncle
Enlisted in the U.S.Navy on 27Oct 1942 at 17years old. He was honorably
discharged 18Apr 1946, a week before his 21st birthday.
Charles Barger My Uncle
I don't know the specifics of his service yet.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Paul Skarinka My Nephew
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| Paul And Jen |
Saturday, November 09, 2019
FLYBOYS 2019
((I'm reposting this again today for Veterans Day weekend in hopes that perhaps the relatives of the men in the photograph might one day find this picture of their veterans. First posted
June, 2008))
I've posted this photo before. It's from when my Dad was
training for the Air Corps during World War II before he
washed out due to inner ear problems.
On the back is a partial list of names of his fellow trainees,
and I'm posting that image now and my attempt at
transcribing it here in the hopes that the children and
grandchildren of these men might find it someday and see
how they looked in their uniforms before they went off to
war.
Because of the way the men are grouped it's hard for me to
assign names to specific faces. The only two I can are Michael
D. Piper Jr. and Lonnie (or Lennie?) L. Parker (?) standing to
either side of my father Floyd E. West Jr. at the far right end
of the back row. I think the first name is actually Lee Mill
Sanders and that he just signed the list "last name first."
I also noticed that Daniel M. Jeffrey's name appears twice.
The first entry is crossed over so I've assumed that either
someone else had posted the name in the wrong place or he
had done so himself and then corrected his mistake. I've
changed the first entry to "unknown".
So here they are. I wonder how many of them made it
home after the war, and I thank them for their service
to our country.
Sanders Lee Mill Artesia N.M.
Palmer E. Severson Wanooka (?) Minn,
Jerald L. Swan, Beatrice, Nebraska
Helmut Paul Zimmerman, Buffalo, N.Y.
Robert L. Rugg Pueblo, Colorado
Unknown
Charles H. Parman, Skidmore, Mo.
Unknown
Unknown
Bill C. Hays, San Angelo, Texas
Unknown
Ward L. Warnock, Camden, Ark.
Michael C. Sanborn (?) Port Arthur, Tex.
Bob Moffet, St. Joseph, Mo.
Unknown
Ross Powill, Ellisville Miss
Daniel M. Jeffrey, Jeanette, La.
Allen D. Bailey, Mpls Minnesota
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Jack Sessions Colton, California
Jack Wendt, Pecos, Texas
Unknown
Burton L. Steele, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bob E Wick, Denver, Colorado
James H. Trask, Kansas City, Kansas
William E. Green, Eden, Texas
Unknown
Unknown
Michael D. Piper Jr., Queen City, Mo.
Floyd E. West
Lonnie (or Lennie?) L. Parker (?), Roswell, New Mex.
Friday, November 08, 2019
REMINDER FOR THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL GREAT GENEALOGY POETRY CHALLENGE
Just a reminder that the deadline for this year's Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge is only
two weeks away on 21November.
Once again,here are the 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 in a comment or send me an emaill
by midnight Thursday, November 21st and I'll publish all links to the entries
on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th
5. 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.
There you have it. You have two months to find your poem and post it to your
blogs. I will be waiting to see what you come up with this year!
two weeks away on 21November.
Once again,here are the 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 in a comment or send me an emaill
by midnight Thursday, November 21st and I'll publish all links to the entries
on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th
5. 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.
There you have it. You have two months to find your poem and post it to your
blogs. I will be waiting to see what you come up with this year!
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 44: WALTER TYBOTT OF GLOUCESTER, MA. PT2
My 10x great grandfather Walter Tybott did very well for himself after moving to the area of Cape Ann that eventually became Gloucster, Ma. So well in fact that when Rev. Byndman moved away in 1648, Walter stayed put. By this time he had served on the commission that had set the boundaries with the neighboring town of Ipswich and for a time was the Gloucester town constable. He also was a succesful farmer in an area where most of the colonist made their living as fishermen. He died in Gloucester 14Aug 1651.
I found a transcription of his will and estate inventory on line and at the time of his death Walter owned various lots of land in the area and they add up to 106 acres In the will he leaves land and money to his heirs and bequeaths his clock to his son in law William Haskell (my 9x great grandfather). The fact that Waler owned a clock is in itself a good indication of how prosperous his life had been.
Walter and his wife Mary (last name not known) had four childre, all daughters and all born in Wales:
Agnes
Elizabeth
Elinor.
Mary
I am descended from Walter's daughter Mary who married William Haskell.
I found a transcription of his will and estate inventory on line and at the time of his death Walter owned various lots of land in the area and they add up to 106 acres In the will he leaves land and money to his heirs and bequeaths his clock to his son in law William Haskell (my 9x great grandfather). The fact that Waler owned a clock is in itself a good indication of how prosperous his life had been.
Walter and his wife Mary (last name not known) had four childre, all daughters and all born in Wales:
Agnes
Elizabeth
Elinor.
Mary
I am descended from Walter's daughter Mary who married William Haskell.
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 44: WALTER TYBOTT OF GLOUCESTER, MA. PT1
My ancestor William Haskell Jr.'s wife Mary Tybott was the daughter of my 10x great grandfather Walter Tybott. Walter was a Welshman and originally emigrated to Marshfield in Plymouth Colony as part of a group known as the Blynman Party. I'd never heard of these people before, so I did a Google search to see what I could find out about them.
I found this in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 53 on Google books:
In the "Memoirs of the Plymouth Colony," by Hon. Francis Baylies, part 5, p. 285, under " Marshfield," we find:
"Gov. Winslow, the founder of Marshfield, often visited England; he induced several Welsh gentlemen of respectability to emigrate to America, amongst whom came the Rev. Richard Blinman, in 1642, who was the first pastor of Murshfield. Some dissensions taking place, Mr. Blinman and the Welshmen removed to Cape Anne in less than a year. In 1648 Blinman went to New London, in Connecticut, of which place he was the pastor ten years. In 1658 he was at New Haven, and soon after returned to England, after having received in 1650 an invitation to settle at Newfoundland. He died at the city of Bristol, England."
From another source I glean:
"Marshfield incorporated March 1, 1642. After the departure of Rev. Mr. Blinman, Rev. Edward Bulkeley, son of the first minister of Concord, Mass., was pastor."
THE EARLIEST DATE OF THE BLYNMAN PARTY.
The earliest notice we have of Mr. Blynman in this country is in the Plymouth records, March 2, 1641. This was earlier than any vessel would likely arrive that season, which makes it probable that he came over in 1640:
"At a General Court held in Plymouth, (Mass.,) Mr. Blindman, Mr. Heugh Prychard, Mr. Obadiah Brewen, John Sadler, Heugh Cauken, and Walter Tibbott were propounded to be made free the next Court."
Plymouth Records, vol. 2, p. 8.
This is dated March 2, 1641, and is the earliest mention of the Blynman party. What is still more remarkable is that only six of the numerous party are mentioned.
Gov. Winthrop in his Diary, says:
"One Mr. Blinman, a minister in Wales, a Godly and able man, came over with some friends of his, and being invited to Green's Harbour (since Marshfield near Plymouth,) they went thither, but ere the year was expired there fell out some difference among them which by no means could be reconciled, so as they agreed to part, and he came with his company and sat down at Cape Anne which at this Court {May, 1643) was established to be a plantation and called Gloucester."-p235
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 53 New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1899 Boston, Ma
So my ancestor Walter Tybott was part of a group that had had a falling out with a church in Wales and that came to Marshfield, Ma at the invitation of Gov. Winslow in 1641. But after only a year there the group moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled the area now known as Gloucester, Ma. Walter seems to have done well enough there that he stayed there when Rev. Blynman moved on again.
To be continued...
I found this in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 53 on Google books:
In the "Memoirs of the Plymouth Colony," by Hon. Francis Baylies, part 5, p. 285, under " Marshfield," we find:
"Gov. Winslow, the founder of Marshfield, often visited England; he induced several Welsh gentlemen of respectability to emigrate to America, amongst whom came the Rev. Richard Blinman, in 1642, who was the first pastor of Murshfield. Some dissensions taking place, Mr. Blinman and the Welshmen removed to Cape Anne in less than a year. In 1648 Blinman went to New London, in Connecticut, of which place he was the pastor ten years. In 1658 he was at New Haven, and soon after returned to England, after having received in 1650 an invitation to settle at Newfoundland. He died at the city of Bristol, England."
From another source I glean:
"Marshfield incorporated March 1, 1642. After the departure of Rev. Mr. Blinman, Rev. Edward Bulkeley, son of the first minister of Concord, Mass., was pastor."
THE EARLIEST DATE OF THE BLYNMAN PARTY.
The earliest notice we have of Mr. Blynman in this country is in the Plymouth records, March 2, 1641. This was earlier than any vessel would likely arrive that season, which makes it probable that he came over in 1640:
"At a General Court held in Plymouth, (Mass.,) Mr. Blindman, Mr. Heugh Prychard, Mr. Obadiah Brewen, John Sadler, Heugh Cauken, and Walter Tibbott were propounded to be made free the next Court."
Plymouth Records, vol. 2, p. 8.
This is dated March 2, 1641, and is the earliest mention of the Blynman party. What is still more remarkable is that only six of the numerous party are mentioned.
Gov. Winthrop in his Diary, says:
"One Mr. Blinman, a minister in Wales, a Godly and able man, came over with some friends of his, and being invited to Green's Harbour (since Marshfield near Plymouth,) they went thither, but ere the year was expired there fell out some difference among them which by no means could be reconciled, so as they agreed to part, and he came with his company and sat down at Cape Anne which at this Court {May, 1643) was established to be a plantation and called Gloucester."-p235
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 53 New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1899 Boston, Ma
So my ancestor Walter Tybott was part of a group that had had a falling out with a church in Wales and that came to Marshfield, Ma at the invitation of Gov. Winslow in 1641. But after only a year there the group moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled the area now known as Gloucester, Ma. Walter seems to have done well enough there that he stayed there when Rev. Blynman moved on again.
To be continued...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
"LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE"
((First posted on October, 2011))
When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reached the "Gobble-uns 'll git you ef you don't watch out!" part. Then when I was in the third grade at the Frank V.Thompson school in Dorchester I read the poem in our English text book. Years later I used to post it every Halloween on an email list for a fantasy role playing group. So it's a sort of Halloween tradition for me.
Anyway, it's the best Halloween poem I know. Enjoy.
And `ware th' Gobble-uns!
Little Orphant Annie
by James Whitcomb Riley.
LITTLE Orphant Annie ’s come to our house to stay,
An’ wash the cups and saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,
An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep,
An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep;
An’ all us other children, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an’ has the mostest fun
A-list’nin’ to the witch-tales ’at Annie tells about,
An’ the Gobble-uns ’at gits you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
Onc’t they was a little boy would n’t say his pray’rs—
An’ when he went to bed at night, away up stairs,
His mammy heerd him holler, an’ his daddy heerd him bawl,
An’ when they turn’t the kivvers down, he was n’t there at all!
An’ they seeked him in the rafter-room, an’ cubby-hole, an’ press,
An’ seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an’ ever’wheres, I guess;
But all they ever found was thist his pants an’ roundabout!
An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
An’ one time a little girl ’ud allus laugh an’ grin,
An’ make fun of ever’ one, an’ all her blood-an’-kin;
An’ onc’t when they was “company,” an’ ole folks was there,
She mocked ’em an’ shocked ’em, an’ said she did n’t care!
An’ thist as she kicked her heels, an’ turn’t to run an’ hide,
They was two great big Black Things a-standin’ by her side,
An’ they snatched her through the ceilin’ ’fore she knowed what she ’s about!
An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
An’ little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue,
An’ the lampwick sputters, an’ the wind goes woo-oo!
An’ you hear the crickets quit, an’ the moon is gray,
An’ the lightnin’-bugs in dew is allsquenched away,—
You better mind yer parents, and yer teachers fond and dear,
An’ churish them ’at loves you, an’ dry the orphant’s tear,
An’ he’p the pore an’ needy ones ’at clusters all about,
Er the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reached the "Gobble-uns 'll git you ef you don't watch out!" part. Then when I was in the third grade at the Frank V.Thompson school in Dorchester I read the poem in our English text book. Years later I used to post it every Halloween on an email list for a fantasy role playing group. So it's a sort of Halloween tradition for me.
Anyway, it's the best Halloween poem I know. Enjoy.
And `ware th' Gobble-uns!
Little Orphant Annie
by James Whitcomb Riley.
LITTLE Orphant Annie ’s come to our house to stay,
An’ wash the cups and saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,
An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep,
An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep;
An’ all us other children, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an’ has the mostest fun
A-list’nin’ to the witch-tales ’at Annie tells about,
An’ the Gobble-uns ’at gits you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
Onc’t they was a little boy would n’t say his pray’rs—
An’ when he went to bed at night, away up stairs,
His mammy heerd him holler, an’ his daddy heerd him bawl,
An’ when they turn’t the kivvers down, he was n’t there at all!
An’ they seeked him in the rafter-room, an’ cubby-hole, an’ press,
An’ seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an’ ever’wheres, I guess;
But all they ever found was thist his pants an’ roundabout!
An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
An’ one time a little girl ’ud allus laugh an’ grin,
An’ make fun of ever’ one, an’ all her blood-an’-kin;
An’ onc’t when they was “company,” an’ ole folks was there,
She mocked ’em an’ shocked ’em, an’ said she did n’t care!
An’ thist as she kicked her heels, an’ turn’t to run an’ hide,
They was two great big Black Things a-standin’ by her side,
An’ they snatched her through the ceilin’ ’fore she knowed what she ’s about!
An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
An’ little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue,
An’ the lampwick sputters, an’ the wind goes woo-oo!
An’ you hear the crickets quit, an’ the moon is gray,
An’ the lightnin’-bugs in dew is allsquenched away,—
You better mind yer parents, and yer teachers fond and dear,
An’ churish them ’at loves you, an’ dry the orphant’s tear,
An’ he’p the pore an’ needy ones ’at clusters all about,
Er the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
Friday, October 25, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 43 SAMUEL HASKELL JR. OF HARVARD, MA.AND WATERFORD, ME.
Samuel Haskell was born in Harvard, Worcester County Ma. to Samuel Haskell,Sr.
and Sybil Willard on12 Jun 1749. Twenty one years later he married his fourth
cousin Ruth Safford (they were both descendants of William Haskell and Elinor
Cook) on 6 Dec 1770. They had eleven children, all of whom were born in
Harvard, and sometime between 1799 and 1810 the family moved from Harvard up
to Gorham, Maine.:
Samuel b: 16 Jan 1772
Sybel b: 17 Nov 1773
John b: 4 Dec 1775
Martha b: 15 Feb 1780
Ruth b: 5 Jan 1782
Mercy b: 11 May 1784
Eunice b: 17 May 1786
Ward Safford b: 5 May 1788
Betsy Elizabeth b: 2 Sep 1790
Sarah b: 17 Apr 1793
George b: 23 Mar 1799
I'm descended from Martha who married Moses Houghton.
By 1820 they were in Waterford, Maine, where Samuel died
sometime before 18Jan 1826 which is the earliest dated document in the Probate
File. I'm not sure why it took ten years for the estate to finally be settled. Samuel
died in debt and there are several court orders that the estate be sold over the
course of that decade.Eventually an auction was held, and one of the items on
the list of what was sold caught my attention.
The auction was held on 8 Sept 1834 and the items fill two pages and part of a
third. Here's an image I found on FamilySearch for that third page:
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| "Maine, Oxford County, Probate Estate Files, 1805-1915," images, FamilySearch Estate files drawer H52 Hamlin, Cyrus to Howe, Jacob, |
The first two items on the page are:
"One bottle of pepper sauce .17 Eunice Haskell
Four bottles .17 Do Do "
Eunice Haskell was one of Samuel and Ruth's children. The "Do" under her
name stands for "ditto". When I read what Eunice bought from her parents'
estate on that page I wondered why those two things. Ruth Haskell had died a
year after Samuel, so if Eunice bought the pepper sauce to eat and it was seven
years old, I'm not sure it would still be edible. Maybe it was something Eunice
herself had made since then on the premises since she was single and perhaps she
had stayed on at the family home after her parents died. Those other four bottles
she bought must have been empty, since there's no indication on the list that
they contained anything. Was Eunice going to make more pepper sauce and needed
those jars?
Dang, that must have been really special pepper sauce!
It's not a big question, just one of those things I run across in the Probate Records
that makes me wonder.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
"WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
((Oddly enough, both my parents occasionally would quote a line or two from Riley's
two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would quote; I'll post the other later this month
I first posted this on 13Oct 2012))
We had the first frost of the fall season last night in parts of New England and it put me in mind
how Dad would sometimes recite "When the frost is on the pumpkin...". That's the only part of
the poem he'd say. I think he must have had to recite it in school when he was a kid and that's all
he remembered.
Reading it just now I had to grin at the line about the turkey since I've now had experiences with
a loud, "struttin" turkey here in my own backyard!
"When the Frost is on the Punkin"
James Whitcomb Riley
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then the time a feller is a-feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo' lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin' sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover overhead!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yaller heaps;
And your cider-makin's over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With theyr mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!...
I don't know how to tell it—but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me—
I'd want to 'commodate 'em—all the whole-indurin' flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would quote; I'll post the other later this month
I first posted this on 13Oct 2012))
We had the first frost of the fall season last night in parts of New England and it put me in mind
how Dad would sometimes recite "When the frost is on the pumpkin...". That's the only part of
the poem he'd say. I think he must have had to recite it in school when he was a kid and that's all
he remembered.
Reading it just now I had to grin at the line about the turkey since I've now had experiences with
a loud, "struttin" turkey here in my own backyard!
"When the Frost is on the Punkin"
James Whitcomb Riley
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then the time a feller is a-feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo' lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin' sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover overhead!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yaller heaps;
And your cider-makin's over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With theyr mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!...
I don't know how to tell it—but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me—
I'd want to 'commodate 'em—all the whole-indurin' flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 42 SAMUEL HASKELL SR. OF HARVARD, MA.
My 6x great grandfather Samuel Haskell Sr.was born on 13Sep 1715, in Gloucester, Ma .He married Sybil Willard on 10May, 1744, in Harvard, Ma
Samuel was a prominent citizen. He owned a farm and for a time was a storekeeper and then innkeeper. He was a town selectman and had a seat in the front row in the Harvard Meeting House. Most notably he was a Captain in the town militia and during the French & Indian War.He led his company in the attempt to relieve Fort William Henry in New York from a siege by the French in August 1757 but the fort surrendered before help could arrive.
Samuel and his wife Sybil's children were all born in Harvard:
Elizabeth, 14Mar 1745
Samuel, 16Feb 1746
Lemuell, 22Feb 1747
William, 20Jul 1751
Sybil, 7Jul 1755
Oliver, 5Sep 1757
Joseph, 23Oct 1759
Ame, 25Dec 1761
Sarah, 14Apr 1768
I'm descended from Samuel Jr.
Samuel died intestate on 13Octr 1771, in Harvard, at age 56. In his probate file he isdescribed as "Samuel Haskell, gentleman".Given the fact that his estate was valued at over 2200 pounds,that seems like an apt description.
Samuel was a prominent citizen. He owned a farm and for a time was a storekeeper and then innkeeper. He was a town selectman and had a seat in the front row in the Harvard Meeting House. Most notably he was a Captain in the town militia and during the French & Indian War.He led his company in the attempt to relieve Fort William Henry in New York from a siege by the French in August 1757 but the fort surrendered before help could arrive.
Samuel and his wife Sybil's children were all born in Harvard:
Elizabeth, 14Mar 1745
Samuel, 16Feb 1746
Lemuell, 22Feb 1747
William, 20Jul 1751
Sybil, 7Jul 1755
Oliver, 5Sep 1757
Joseph, 23Oct 1759
Ame, 25Dec 1761
Sarah, 14Apr 1768
I'm descended from Samuel Jr.
Samuel died intestate on 13Octr 1771, in Harvard, at age 56. In his probate file he isdescribed as "Samuel Haskell, gentleman".Given the fact that his estate was valued at over 2200 pounds,that seems like an apt description.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 41: HENRY HASKELL OF HARVARD, MA.
My 7x great grandfather Henry Haskell was born on 2 Apr 1678, in Gloucester, Massachusetts
He married Ruth York in Harvard, Massachusetts, on 13 Jan 1703. Their first child, Ruth, was born 10 months later but lived only a week. Altogether they had seven children, all of them born in Gloucester
Ruth was born on 7Oct 1703, died 15Oct 1703 ,
Mary was born on 13Nov 1704, .
Henry was born on 6Jun 1706,
Ruth was born on 27Aug 1709,
Sarah was born on 19Aug 1713,
Samuel was born on 13Sep 1715,
Lydia was born on 28Jun 1718
Henry moved inland from Gloucester to Harvard, Ma. sometime around 1635 where he prospered as a farmer. He died in Harvard on 17Apr 1739 and Ruth survived him by ten years, dying in 1749.
At the time of his death he owned 145 acres of land. His estate was worth over 800 pounds according to his estate inventory.
One of the unique things in his will was that among the things Henry wanted his sons to provide his wife Ruth with was 20 pounds of tobacco. Apparently Ruth (York)Haskell was one of the colonial era women who enjoyed smoking a pipe!
He married Ruth York in Harvard, Massachusetts, on 13 Jan 1703. Their first child, Ruth, was born 10 months later but lived only a week. Altogether they had seven children, all of them born in Gloucester
Ruth was born on 7Oct 1703, died 15Oct 1703 ,
Mary was born on 13Nov 1704, .
Henry was born on 6Jun 1706,
Ruth was born on 27Aug 1709,
Sarah was born on 19Aug 1713,
Samuel was born on 13Sep 1715,
Lydia was born on 28Jun 1718
Henry moved inland from Gloucester to Harvard, Ma. sometime around 1635 where he prospered as a farmer. He died in Harvard on 17Apr 1739 and Ruth survived him by ten years, dying in 1749.
At the time of his death he owned 145 acres of land. His estate was worth over 800 pounds according to his estate inventory.
One of the unique things in his will was that among the things Henry wanted his sons to provide his wife Ruth with was 20 pounds of tobacco. Apparently Ruth (York)Haskell was one of the colonial era women who enjoyed smoking a pipe!
Friday, October 11, 2019
MY HOW AND WHY OF "DOING" FINDAGRAVE
With the recent discussion among my genealogy friends about the competitive nature of some FindAgrave volunteers and how it sometimes hurts the relatives of the recently deceased, I thought I'd share some thoughts of how and why of my own experience at FindAGrave.
I joined FindAGrave over eight years as something to do that got me out of my apartment. At first i was just fulfilling photo requests but then I started taking photos of the older headstones in the cemeteries those were requests were in. I began doing that more often when I realized there were quite a few names from my own family tree on those old markers.
After a nearby town's cemetery was vandalized I started taking photos of the older markers at Mt. Vernon here in Abington, feeling that they were more likely to be permanently lost than the larger, modern headstones. I filed them on my computer in folders orgamized by the date they were taken. Then I've gone through the folders, checked the names on the headstones,against the FindAGrave site for Mt. Vernon and created a memorial if one had not already been done. If there is a memorial with no photo, I add the one I have to it.
Now, these are the rules I personally follow for my FindAGrave contributions:
1.I do not take photos of headstones who have died in the last 50 years except for photo requests.
2. If I am contacted with an edit for a memorial, I verify it wherever possible and then make that edit.
3 If a relative asks me to transfer ownership of their loved one's memorial, I do it as soon as I see the request.
4. If I have inadvertently created a duplicate memorial, I delete it.
5. I do not create memorials for graves I have not actually seen. No use of obituaries. No assumption that just because a person lived in a specific town, than he has to have been buried in that town's cemetery. Now that FindAGrave is used as a hint on Ancestry, that assumption of where a person is buried will lead to the spread of bad information,
6. I don't look at contributing to FindAGrave as a competitive sport. I don't worry about how many memorials or photos I've added. I do take a look at the end of the year at those stats and how many volunteer photos I've taken, but that's it.
I'll repeat, FindAGrave is NOT a competitive sport. It's a way to help others, whether mourners or family researchers, and to perhaps help preserve local history.
That's how and why i "do" FindAGrave. How about you?
I joined FindAGrave over eight years as something to do that got me out of my apartment. At first i was just fulfilling photo requests but then I started taking photos of the older headstones in the cemeteries those were requests were in. I began doing that more often when I realized there were quite a few names from my own family tree on those old markers.
After a nearby town's cemetery was vandalized I started taking photos of the older markers at Mt. Vernon here in Abington, feeling that they were more likely to be permanently lost than the larger, modern headstones. I filed them on my computer in folders orgamized by the date they were taken. Then I've gone through the folders, checked the names on the headstones,against the FindAGrave site for Mt. Vernon and created a memorial if one had not already been done. If there is a memorial with no photo, I add the one I have to it.
Now, these are the rules I personally follow for my FindAGrave contributions:
1.I do not take photos of headstones who have died in the last 50 years except for photo requests.
2. If I am contacted with an edit for a memorial, I verify it wherever possible and then make that edit.
3 If a relative asks me to transfer ownership of their loved one's memorial, I do it as soon as I see the request.
4. If I have inadvertently created a duplicate memorial, I delete it.
5. I do not create memorials for graves I have not actually seen. No use of obituaries. No assumption that just because a person lived in a specific town, than he has to have been buried in that town's cemetery. Now that FindAGrave is used as a hint on Ancestry, that assumption of where a person is buried will lead to the spread of bad information,
6. I don't look at contributing to FindAGrave as a competitive sport. I don't worry about how many memorials or photos I've added. I do take a look at the end of the year at those stats and how many volunteer photos I've taken, but that's it.
I'll repeat, FindAGrave is NOT a competitive sport. It's a way to help others, whether mourners or family researchers, and to perhaps help preserve local history.
That's how and why i "do" FindAGrave. How about you?
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
HALLOWEEN TALES: "THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD" PT2
((First posted in October 2014))
My distant cousin Jonathan Moulton's first wife was Ann Smith who he married
in 1749 and with whom he had a family of eleven children. She died of smallpox
in 1775. He married Sarah Emery in 1776, and their marriage resulted in four
more children. She is the "new wife" in a poem written by my 4th cousin 6x
removed John Greenleaf Whittier. It's probable that Whittier may have met
one or more of Moulton's adult children, but as the foreword to the poem
indicates, he certainly was familiar with the legends that had sprung up
about Jonathan Moulton
THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD.
[the following Ballad is founded upon one of the marvellous legends connected
with the famous Gen. M., of Hampton, N. H., who was regarded by his neighbors
as a Yankee Faust, in league with the adversary. I give the story, as I heard it when
a child, from a venerable family visitant.]
Dark the halls, and cold the feast—
Gone the bridemaids, gone the priest!
All is over — all is done,
Twain of yesterday are one!
Blooming girl and manhood grey,
Autumn in the arms of May!
Hushed within and hushed without,
Dancing feet and wrestlers' shout;
Dies the bonfire on the hill;
All is dark and all is still,
Save the starlight, save the breeze
Moaning through the grave-yard trees;
And the great sea-waves below,
Like the night's pulse, beating slow.
From the brief dream of a bride
She hath wakened, at his side.
With half uttered shriek and start —
Feels she not his beating heart?
And the pressure of his arm,
And his breathing near and warm?
Lightly from the bridal bed
Springs that fair dishevelled head,
And a feeling, new, intense,
Half of shame, half innocence,
Maiden fear and wonder speaks
Through her lips and changing cheeks.
From the oaken mantel glowing
Faintest light the lamp is throwing
On the mirror's antique mould,
High-backed chair, and wainscot old,
And, through faded curtains stealing,
His dark sleeping face revealing.
Listless lies the strong man there,
Silver-streaked his careless hair;
Lips of love have left no trace
On that hard and haughty face;
And that forehead's knitted thought
Love's soft hand hath not unwrought.
"Yet," she sighs, "he loves me well,
More than these calm lips will tell.
Stooping to my lowly state,
He hath made me rich and great,
And I bless him, though he be
Hard and stern to all save me!"
While she speaketh, falls the light
O'er her fingers small and white;
Gold and gem, and costly ring
Back the timid lustre fling —
Love's selectest gifts, and rare,
His proud hand had fastened there.
Gratefully she marks the glow
From those tapering lines of snow;
Fondly o'er the sleeper bending
His black hair with golden blending,
In her soft and light caress,
Cheek and lip together press.
Ha !— that start of horror !— Why
That wild stare and wilder cry,
Full of terror, full of pain?
Is there madness in her brain?
Hark! that gasping, hoarse and low:
"Spare me — spare me — let me go!"
God have mercy !— Icy cold
Spectral hands her own enfold,
Drawing silently from them
Love's fair gifts of gold and gem,
"Waken! save me!" still as death
At her side he slumbereth.
Ring and bracelet all are gone,
And that ice-cold hand withdrawn;
But she hears a murmur low,
Full of sweetness, full of woe,
Half a sigh and half a moan:
"Fear not! give the dead her own!"
Ah ! — the dead wife's voice she knows !
That cold hand whose pressure froze,
Once in warmest life had borne
Gem and band her own hath worn.
"Wake thee! wake thee!" Lo, his eyes
Open with a dull surprise.
In his arms the strong man folds her,
Closer to his breast he holds her;
Trembling limbs his own are meeting,
And he feels her heart's quick beating:
"Nay, my dearest, why this fear?"
"Hush!" she saith, "the dead is here!"
"Nay, a dream — an idle dream."
But before the lamp's pale gleam
Tremblingly her hand she raises,—
There no more the diamond blazes,
Clasp of pearl, or ring of gold, —
"Ah!" she sighs, "her hand was cold!"
Broken words of cheer he saith,
But his dark lip quivereth,
And as o'er the past he thinketh,
From his young wife's arms he shrinketh;
Can those soft arms round him lie,
Underneath his dead wife's eye?
She her fair young head can rest
Soothed and child-like on his breast,
And in trustful innocence
Draw new strength and courage thence;
He, the proud man, feels within
But the cowardice of sin!
She can murmur in her thought
Simple prayers her mother taught,
And His blessed angels call,
Whose great love is over all;
He, alone, in prayerless pride,
Meets the dark Past at her side!
One, who living shrank with dread,
From his look, or word, or tread,
Unto whom her early grave
Was as freedom to the slave,
Moves him at this midnight hour,
With the dead's unconscious power!
Ah, the dead, the unforgot!
From their solemn homes of thought,
Where the cypress shadows blend
Darkly over foe and friend,
Or in love or sad rebuke,
Back upon the living look.
And the tenderest ones and weakest,
Who their wrongs have borne the meekest,
Lifting from those dark, still places,
Sweet and sad-remembered faces,
O'er the guilty hearts behind
An unwitting triumph find.
pp117-120
John Greenleaf Whittier Poems Benjamin B. Mussey , Pub. Boston, Ma. 1850
My distant cousin Jonathan Moulton's first wife was Ann Smith who he married
in 1749 and with whom he had a family of eleven children. She died of smallpox
in 1775. He married Sarah Emery in 1776, and their marriage resulted in four
more children. She is the "new wife" in a poem written by my 4th cousin 6x
removed John Greenleaf Whittier. It's probable that Whittier may have met
one or more of Moulton's adult children, but as the foreword to the poem
indicates, he certainly was familiar with the legends that had sprung up
about Jonathan Moulton
THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD.
[the following Ballad is founded upon one of the marvellous legends connected
with the famous Gen. M., of Hampton, N. H., who was regarded by his neighbors
as a Yankee Faust, in league with the adversary. I give the story, as I heard it when
a child, from a venerable family visitant.]
Dark the halls, and cold the feast—
Gone the bridemaids, gone the priest!
All is over — all is done,
Twain of yesterday are one!
Blooming girl and manhood grey,
Autumn in the arms of May!
Hushed within and hushed without,
Dancing feet and wrestlers' shout;
Dies the bonfire on the hill;
All is dark and all is still,
Save the starlight, save the breeze
Moaning through the grave-yard trees;
And the great sea-waves below,
Like the night's pulse, beating slow.
From the brief dream of a bride
She hath wakened, at his side.
With half uttered shriek and start —
Feels she not his beating heart?
And the pressure of his arm,
And his breathing near and warm?
Lightly from the bridal bed
Springs that fair dishevelled head,
And a feeling, new, intense,
Half of shame, half innocence,
Maiden fear and wonder speaks
Through her lips and changing cheeks.
From the oaken mantel glowing
Faintest light the lamp is throwing
On the mirror's antique mould,
High-backed chair, and wainscot old,
And, through faded curtains stealing,
His dark sleeping face revealing.
Listless lies the strong man there,
Silver-streaked his careless hair;
Lips of love have left no trace
On that hard and haughty face;
And that forehead's knitted thought
Love's soft hand hath not unwrought.
"Yet," she sighs, "he loves me well,
More than these calm lips will tell.
Stooping to my lowly state,
He hath made me rich and great,
And I bless him, though he be
Hard and stern to all save me!"
While she speaketh, falls the light
O'er her fingers small and white;
Gold and gem, and costly ring
Back the timid lustre fling —
Love's selectest gifts, and rare,
His proud hand had fastened there.
Gratefully she marks the glow
From those tapering lines of snow;
Fondly o'er the sleeper bending
His black hair with golden blending,
In her soft and light caress,
Cheek and lip together press.
Ha !— that start of horror !— Why
That wild stare and wilder cry,
Full of terror, full of pain?
Is there madness in her brain?
Hark! that gasping, hoarse and low:
"Spare me — spare me — let me go!"
God have mercy !— Icy cold
Spectral hands her own enfold,
Drawing silently from them
Love's fair gifts of gold and gem,
"Waken! save me!" still as death
At her side he slumbereth.
Ring and bracelet all are gone,
And that ice-cold hand withdrawn;
But she hears a murmur low,
Full of sweetness, full of woe,
Half a sigh and half a moan:
"Fear not! give the dead her own!"
Ah ! — the dead wife's voice she knows !
That cold hand whose pressure froze,
Once in warmest life had borne
Gem and band her own hath worn.
"Wake thee! wake thee!" Lo, his eyes
Open with a dull surprise.
In his arms the strong man folds her,
Closer to his breast he holds her;
Trembling limbs his own are meeting,
And he feels her heart's quick beating:
"Nay, my dearest, why this fear?"
"Hush!" she saith, "the dead is here!"
"Nay, a dream — an idle dream."
But before the lamp's pale gleam
Tremblingly her hand she raises,—
There no more the diamond blazes,
Clasp of pearl, or ring of gold, —
"Ah!" she sighs, "her hand was cold!"
Broken words of cheer he saith,
But his dark lip quivereth,
And as o'er the past he thinketh,
From his young wife's arms he shrinketh;
Can those soft arms round him lie,
Underneath his dead wife's eye?
She her fair young head can rest
Soothed and child-like on his breast,
And in trustful innocence
Draw new strength and courage thence;
He, the proud man, feels within
But the cowardice of sin!
She can murmur in her thought
Simple prayers her mother taught,
And His blessed angels call,
Whose great love is over all;
He, alone, in prayerless pride,
Meets the dark Past at her side!
One, who living shrank with dread,
From his look, or word, or tread,
Unto whom her early grave
Was as freedom to the slave,
Moves him at this midnight hour,
With the dead's unconscious power!
Ah, the dead, the unforgot!
From their solemn homes of thought,
Where the cypress shadows blend
Darkly over foe and friend,
Or in love or sad rebuke,
Back upon the living look.
And the tenderest ones and weakest,
Who their wrongs have borne the meekest,
Lifting from those dark, still places,
Sweet and sad-remembered faces,
O'er the guilty hearts behind
An unwitting triumph find.
pp117-120
John Greenleaf Whittier Poems Benjamin B. Mussey , Pub. Boston, Ma. 1850
Saturday, October 05, 2019
HALLOWEEN TALES: "THE NEW WIFE AND THE OLD" PT1
((First posted in October2014))
Last year for Halloween I blogged about various New England legends and
folklore, some of which posts I may repost this year. But tonight I was looking
for a new spooky legend and found a poem about a distant cousin written by
another equally distant cousin.
I am a descendant of 10x great grandfather John Moulton and his wife Anne.
One of their other descendants is my second cousin 9x removed Jonathan
Moulton. William Richard Cutter says this about him:
(IV) General Jonathan Moulton, son of Jacob Moulton, was born in Hampton, New
Hampshire, June 30, 1726, and died there in 1788, aged sixty-two years. He owned
a large amount of land and was a wealthy man. It was largely through his efforts
that two or three towns in the state were settled, as is told in the "Farmer and
Moore's Gazetteer" of 1823. On November 17, 1763, Moulton borough was granted
to him and sixty-one others by the Masonian proprietors. He had a distinguished
reputation for service in the Indian wars along the northern borders of the new town
before it was settled, in 1763. and many stories are told of his adventures at that time.
Doubtless his service against the Ossipee Indians was the principal reason of placing
him at the head of the grantees. Through his efforts the grant for New Hampton was
obtained from Governor Wentworth. It is said he obtained it by presenting the governor
with an ox weighing one thousand four hundred pounds, which he drove to Portsmouth
and for which he refused money, saying he preferred the charter to the land which he
named New Hampton. The town of Centre Harbor was formed from a part of his grant
called Moultonborough Addition. He was known as a fearless commander, and although
his reticence and dignified bearing aroused the displeasure of some, he must have been
thoroughly trustworthy and competent to be intrusted with such important commissions
as were placed in his hands. He served many years in the legislature. He was a shrewd
business man, ahead of his time in many ways. The poet Whittier has made him the hero
of his poem, "The New Wife and the Old." S. A. Drake, in his "New England Legends and
Folk Lore," has written an amusing story founded on the legend of Jonathan Moulton
and the Devil...
p2304.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4 (Google eBook) Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915
Cutter then includes Drake's story about the Devil which is long so I won't include
it here, but there is this added by Drake at the end of it:
Another legend runs to the effect that upon the death of his wife—as evil report would have it— under very suspicious circumstances, the General paid court to a young woman who had been companion of his deceased spouse. They were married. In the middle of the night the young bride awoke with a start. She felt an invisible hand trying to take off from her finger the wedding-ring that had once belonged to the dead and buried Mrs. Moulton. Shrieking with fright, she jumped out of bed, thus awakening her husband, who tried in vain to calm her fears. Candles were lighted and search was made for the ring: but as it could never be found again, the ghostly visitor was supposed to have carried it away with her. This story is the same that is told by Whittier in the New Wife and the Old.- p2305
So of course when I read that John Greenleaf Whittier has written a poem about the
story of the two wives, I had to look for a copy of it. I found one, and I'll share it
with you in the next blogpost.
Last year for Halloween I blogged about various New England legends and
folklore, some of which posts I may repost this year. But tonight I was looking
for a new spooky legend and found a poem about a distant cousin written by
another equally distant cousin.
I am a descendant of 10x great grandfather John Moulton and his wife Anne.
One of their other descendants is my second cousin 9x removed Jonathan
Moulton. William Richard Cutter says this about him:
(IV) General Jonathan Moulton, son of Jacob Moulton, was born in Hampton, New
Hampshire, June 30, 1726, and died there in 1788, aged sixty-two years. He owned
a large amount of land and was a wealthy man. It was largely through his efforts
that two or three towns in the state were settled, as is told in the "Farmer and
Moore's Gazetteer" of 1823. On November 17, 1763, Moulton borough was granted
to him and sixty-one others by the Masonian proprietors. He had a distinguished
reputation for service in the Indian wars along the northern borders of the new town
before it was settled, in 1763. and many stories are told of his adventures at that time.
Doubtless his service against the Ossipee Indians was the principal reason of placing
him at the head of the grantees. Through his efforts the grant for New Hampton was
obtained from Governor Wentworth. It is said he obtained it by presenting the governor
with an ox weighing one thousand four hundred pounds, which he drove to Portsmouth
and for which he refused money, saying he preferred the charter to the land which he
named New Hampton. The town of Centre Harbor was formed from a part of his grant
called Moultonborough Addition. He was known as a fearless commander, and although
his reticence and dignified bearing aroused the displeasure of some, he must have been
thoroughly trustworthy and competent to be intrusted with such important commissions
as were placed in his hands. He served many years in the legislature. He was a shrewd
business man, ahead of his time in many ways. The poet Whittier has made him the hero
of his poem, "The New Wife and the Old." S. A. Drake, in his "New England Legends and
Folk Lore," has written an amusing story founded on the legend of Jonathan Moulton
and the Devil...
p2304.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4 (Google eBook) Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915
Cutter then includes Drake's story about the Devil which is long so I won't include
it here, but there is this added by Drake at the end of it:
Another legend runs to the effect that upon the death of his wife—as evil report would have it— under very suspicious circumstances, the General paid court to a young woman who had been companion of his deceased spouse. They were married. In the middle of the night the young bride awoke with a start. She felt an invisible hand trying to take off from her finger the wedding-ring that had once belonged to the dead and buried Mrs. Moulton. Shrieking with fright, she jumped out of bed, thus awakening her husband, who tried in vain to calm her fears. Candles were lighted and search was made for the ring: but as it could never be found again, the ghostly visitor was supposed to have carried it away with her. This story is the same that is told by Whittier in the New Wife and the Old.- p2305
So of course when I read that John Greenleaf Whittier has written a poem about the
story of the two wives, I had to look for a copy of it. I found one, and I'll share it
with you in the next blogpost.
Monday, September 30, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 40: WILLIAM HASKELL JR OF GLOUCESTER, MA.
8x great grandfather William Haskell Jr. diversified and did quite well at it. He had two mills along with his farm and quite a bunch of acres of land, most of it salt marsh. He also owned four beehives which are mentioned in the estate inventory.
Here's a short sketch from William Richard Cutter:
II) William (2) Haskell, eldest child of William (1) and Mary Haskell, was born August 26, 1644, in Gloucester, and operated grist and saw mills in that part of the town now Rockport. He died June 5, 1708, and his estate was inventoried at six hundred sixty-six pounds, most of it going to his eldest son William. He married, July 3, 1667, Mary, daughter of William and Mary Brown, known as Mary Walker, from her stepfather, Henry Walker. She was born 1649, and died November 12, 1715. Children: Mary, born April 29, 1668; William, November 6, 1670; Joseph, April 20, 1673 ; Abigail, March 2,1675 ; Henry, April 2, 1678: Andrew, July 27, 1680; Lydia, September 4, 1681 ; Sarah, February 26, 1684, died 1691 ; Elizabeth, April 5, 1686; Hannah, October 30, 1688; Jacob, mentioned below; Sarah, September 11, 1692.p442
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 Lewis Historical Publishing Company, N.Y., N.Y.1915
William died at Gloucester, Ma. sometime before 12Aug 1708 when his will was filed. I've found his Probate file at AmericanAncestors.org and it's on my long list of things to be transcribed.
Here's a short sketch from William Richard Cutter:
II) William (2) Haskell, eldest child of William (1) and Mary Haskell, was born August 26, 1644, in Gloucester, and operated grist and saw mills in that part of the town now Rockport. He died June 5, 1708, and his estate was inventoried at six hundred sixty-six pounds, most of it going to his eldest son William. He married, July 3, 1667, Mary, daughter of William and Mary Brown, known as Mary Walker, from her stepfather, Henry Walker. She was born 1649, and died November 12, 1715. Children: Mary, born April 29, 1668; William, November 6, 1670; Joseph, April 20, 1673 ; Abigail, March 2,1675 ; Henry, April 2, 1678: Andrew, July 27, 1680; Lydia, September 4, 1681 ; Sarah, February 26, 1684, died 1691 ; Elizabeth, April 5, 1686; Hannah, October 30, 1688; Jacob, mentioned below; Sarah, September 11, 1692.p442
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 Lewis Historical Publishing Company, N.Y., N.Y.1915
William died at Gloucester, Ma. sometime before 12Aug 1708 when his will was filed. I've found his Probate file at AmericanAncestors.org and it's on my long list of things to be transcribed.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 39: WILLIAM HASKELL SR OF GLOUCESTER, MA.
I have two lines of descent from 9x great grandparents William Haskell and Mary Tybott, One is through their eldest son William Jr. and the other through youngest son Mark. The two lines eventually were joined in the marriage of Samuel Haskell and Ruth Safford, Mark's great granddaughter.
William is among the small number of my ancestors who made their living on the sea, although he also had a farm. Here's an excerpt from the book History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann by John James Babson:
WILLIAM HASKELL was born about 1620, and was connected with the family of Roger Haskell of Salem. He first appears in Gloucester in 1643; and, in 1645, mention is made of his land at Planter's Neck. He probably resided here a few years following the last date; but the hiatus in the recorded births of his children affords ground for conjecture that he was not a permanent resident from that time. If he left town for a season, he had returned in 1656, and settled on the westerly side of Annisquam river, where he had several pieces of land; among which was a lot of ten acres, with a house and barn, bought of Richard Window, situated on the west side of Walker's Creek. His sons took up land on each side of this creek, which is still occupied by descendants. The public offices to which he was elected afford sufficient proof that he was a prominent and useful citizen. He was a selectman several years, and representative six times in the course of twenty years. In 1681, he was appointed, by the General Court, lieutenant to the trainband, of which he was afterwards captain. He was also one of the first two, of whom we have any knowledge, that were deacons of the First Church. He married Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot, Nov. 16, 1643. She died Aug. 16, 1693; and he four days after (on the 20th), leaving an estate of £548. 12s. His children, whose births are recorded, were — William, born in 1644; Joseph, 1646; Mark, 1658; Sarah, 1660; and Elenor, 1663. Besides these, he had sons Benjamin and John, and daughters Ruth and Mary.-p99
History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: Including the Town of Rockport, Procter Brothers, - Gloucester, Ma 1860
William is among the small number of my ancestors who made their living on the sea, although he also had a farm. Here's an excerpt from the book History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann by John James Babson:
WILLIAM HASKELL was born about 1620, and was connected with the family of Roger Haskell of Salem. He first appears in Gloucester in 1643; and, in 1645, mention is made of his land at Planter's Neck. He probably resided here a few years following the last date; but the hiatus in the recorded births of his children affords ground for conjecture that he was not a permanent resident from that time. If he left town for a season, he had returned in 1656, and settled on the westerly side of Annisquam river, where he had several pieces of land; among which was a lot of ten acres, with a house and barn, bought of Richard Window, situated on the west side of Walker's Creek. His sons took up land on each side of this creek, which is still occupied by descendants. The public offices to which he was elected afford sufficient proof that he was a prominent and useful citizen. He was a selectman several years, and representative six times in the course of twenty years. In 1681, he was appointed, by the General Court, lieutenant to the trainband, of which he was afterwards captain. He was also one of the first two, of whom we have any knowledge, that were deacons of the First Church. He married Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot, Nov. 16, 1643. She died Aug. 16, 1693; and he four days after (on the 20th), leaving an estate of £548. 12s. His children, whose births are recorded, were — William, born in 1644; Joseph, 1646; Mark, 1658; Sarah, 1660; and Elenor, 1663. Besides these, he had sons Benjamin and John, and daughters Ruth and Mary.-p99
History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: Including the Town of Rockport, Procter Brothers, - Gloucester, Ma 1860
Saturday, September 21, 2019
ANNOUNCING THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL GREAT GENEALOGY POETRY CHALLENGE
It's that time of year again! Time to start thinking about a post for the Eleventh Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge!
As in the past, I'll be posting the links to the submissions on Thanksgiving Day,which this year falls on Thursday, November 28th. So the deadline for submissions will be a week before, on Thursday, November 21st. That gives everyone two months to find (or write) and share their poem or song. If you find one long before that deadline (as I have) you can post it on your blog now, but don't forget to send me the link to it before November21st
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 in a comment or send me an emaill
by midnight Thursday, November 21st and I'll publish all links to the entries
on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th
5. 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.
There you have it. You have two months to find your poem and post it to your
blogs. I will be waiting to see what you come up with this year!
As in the past, I'll be posting the links to the submissions on Thanksgiving Day,which this year falls on Thursday, November 28th. So the deadline for submissions will be a week before, on Thursday, November 21st. That gives everyone two months to find (or write) and share their poem or song. If you find one long before that deadline (as I have) you can post it on your blog now, but don't forget to send me the link to it before November21st
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 in a comment or send me an emaill
by midnight Thursday, November 21st and I'll publish all links to the entries
on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th
5. 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.
There you have it. You have two months to find your poem and post it to your
blogs. I will be waiting to see what you come up with this year!
Friday, September 20, 2019
SOME NEW GERMAN FAMILY DISCOVERIES PT5
I now knew that my 3x great grandfather Christian Luick's parents were Christian Luick and Justina Beringer and that his wife's name was Christiane Ruppmilk. Searching the records at the FamilySearch website yielded more information:
- I found the birth record for my 3x ggf Christian and found that Justina's middle name was Dorothea.
-Using that I found Justina's birth and baptism records in the Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Both took place at Evangelisch, Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg and her parents name were Jacob Friederich Beringer and Maria Elisabeth Franck. She was born on 4 Nov 1797 and baptized on 5 Nov 1797.
-I found the marriage of Christian to Christiane Ruppmilk in the Germany Marriages, 1558-1929 collection. It took place on 12 Jan 1845 at Evangelisch, Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg and it says she was born on 25 Jul 1819. Her full name was Christiane Catharine Ruppmich and her parents were Johannes Ruppmich and Christina Barbara Krehwisch.
Now, I had mixed luck extending the lines back further. I haven't had been able to go further back on the Luicks and Offingers yet. The Beringers and Ruppmilk/Ruppmilch lines and associated families seem to go back as far as the 17th century and in one case to the 16th century but I am proceeding cautiously, trying to analyze the records I've found. This is all new to me, a foreign country with records I can't easily access. So this will be a slow process.
Still, I now know more about my German ancestry than I ever did before.
- I found the birth record for my 3x ggf Christian and found that Justina's middle name was Dorothea.
-Using that I found Justina's birth and baptism records in the Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Both took place at Evangelisch, Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg and her parents name were Jacob Friederich Beringer and Maria Elisabeth Franck. She was born on 4 Nov 1797 and baptized on 5 Nov 1797.
-I found the marriage of Christian to Christiane Ruppmilk in the Germany Marriages, 1558-1929 collection. It took place on 12 Jan 1845 at Evangelisch, Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg and it says she was born on 25 Jul 1819. Her full name was Christiane Catharine Ruppmich and her parents were Johannes Ruppmich and Christina Barbara Krehwisch.
Now, I had mixed luck extending the lines back further. I haven't had been able to go further back on the Luicks and Offingers yet. The Beringers and Ruppmilk/Ruppmilch lines and associated families seem to go back as far as the 17th century and in one case to the 16th century but I am proceeding cautiously, trying to analyze the records I've found. This is all new to me, a foreign country with records I can't easily access. So this will be a slow process.
Still, I now know more about my German ancestry than I ever did before.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 38: JONATHAN MOORE OF BOLTON MA.
My 8x great grandfather Jonathan Moore was a farmer in Bolton, Ma. and one of the early settlers of the town. Here is what William Richard Cutter had to say about him.
Jonathan, son of John (2) Moore, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, May 16, 1669. Although several of his children were baptized in Lancaster, he lived in Bolton, Massachusetts. In 1732-33, he deeded land to his son Oliver, which he had received from his father, and in 1740 he deeded to his son Abraham, "who lives with me." land and his new home and barn. His will was dated December 1, 1741, and he died in Bolton, February 6, 1742, he mentioned his children and his brother John. He married Hannah ,who died in Bolton, May 1, 1765. In her will she mentioned all the children but Isaac, who was deceased. Children: Zerviah or Sophiah, born 1700, married, July 28, 1720, Benjamin Houghton; Joseph, mentioned below; Jonathan, baptized 1708, Lancaster, married, April 19, 1727, Mary Wheeler, died December 10, 1795; Oliver, baptized 1708, Lancaster; Maria, baptized 1708, Lancaster, married, December 7, 1775, in Harvard, Thomas Houghton; Hannah, baptized May 21, 1710, married. December 17, 1730, Jonathan Powers; Amos, baptized August 17, 1712, died before 1740; Dinah, baptized February 28, 1713-14, married, October 4, 1732, Jabez Beaman; Abraham, baptized March 31, 1716-17; Isaac and Jacob, twins, born September 6, 1717.-p1376
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3 Lewis historical publishing Company, New York, 1914
Jonathan, son of John (2) Moore, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, May 16, 1669. Although several of his children were baptized in Lancaster, he lived in Bolton, Massachusetts. In 1732-33, he deeded land to his son Oliver, which he had received from his father, and in 1740 he deeded to his son Abraham, "who lives with me." land and his new home and barn. His will was dated December 1, 1741, and he died in Bolton, February 6, 1742, he mentioned his children and his brother John. He married Hannah ,who died in Bolton, May 1, 1765. In her will she mentioned all the children but Isaac, who was deceased. Children: Zerviah or Sophiah, born 1700, married, July 28, 1720, Benjamin Houghton; Joseph, mentioned below; Jonathan, baptized 1708, Lancaster, married, April 19, 1727, Mary Wheeler, died December 10, 1795; Oliver, baptized 1708, Lancaster; Maria, baptized 1708, Lancaster, married, December 7, 1775, in Harvard, Thomas Houghton; Hannah, baptized May 21, 1710, married. December 17, 1730, Jonathan Powers; Amos, baptized August 17, 1712, died before 1740; Dinah, baptized February 28, 1713-14, married, October 4, 1732, Jabez Beaman; Abraham, baptized March 31, 1716-17; Isaac and Jacob, twins, born September 6, 1717.-p1376
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3 Lewis historical publishing Company, New York, 1914
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
SOME NEW GERMAN FAMILY DISCOVERIES PT4
Continuing my discussion about my recent new discoveries of my Mom's German ancestors.
I didn't get very far with the line of Mom's paternal grandfather Offinger line and unfortunately the same was true about her paternal grandmother's Luick relatives. But I did have a bit more sucess with the ancestors of one of her German great-grandmothers.
I already knew Joanna Luick's parents were Christian and Christiana Luick. Using that information I did a search at FamilySearch Records and found a big surprise: it appears Joanna was not the only member of her family to make their way to Massachusetts.
-First I found a death record for 71 year old Christian Luick in Cambridge, Ma on 6May 1891 from apoplexy. He was born in Germany to a Christian Luick and Justina Peringer(beringer?). The entry number is 484:
-I also found death records from the city of Boston for two men in Boston who may be Joanna's brothers. The first was Carl Luick, who died on 8Aug 1875 of pthisis (tuberculosis). He was 48 years old, born in Germany and his parents were Christian and Christiana. The other brother was Ernst Luick who died of a gunshot in Boston at age 49. He was born in Germany to parents Christian Luick and Christina Ruppermilk.
Now with that information I started searching the FamilySearch German records.
To be continued...
I didn't get very far with the line of Mom's paternal grandfather Offinger line and unfortunately the same was true about her paternal grandmother's Luick relatives. But I did have a bit more sucess with the ancestors of one of her German great-grandmothers.
I already knew Joanna Luick's parents were Christian and Christiana Luick. Using that information I did a search at FamilySearch Records and found a big surprise: it appears Joanna was not the only member of her family to make their way to Massachusetts.
-First I found a death record for 71 year old Christian Luick in Cambridge, Ma on 6May 1891 from apoplexy. He was born in Germany to a Christian Luick and Justina Peringer(beringer?). The entry number is 484:
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68L3-SMN?cc=1463156&wc=MJCK-RM9%3A1043014601
: 22 May 2019), 0961504 (004224896) > image 107 of 559; State
Archives, Boston.
-I also found death records from the city of Boston for two men in Boston who may be Joanna's brothers. The first was Carl Luick, who died on 8Aug 1875 of pthisis (tuberculosis). He was 48 years old, born in Germany and his parents were Christian and Christiana. The other brother was Ernst Luick who died of a gunshot in Boston at age 49. He was born in Germany to parents Christian Luick and Christina Ruppermilk.
Now with that information I started searching the FamilySearch German records.
To be continued...
Saturday, September 14, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 37:THOMAS HOUGHTON OF LANCASTER MA.
With 6x great grandmother Hannah Houghton we reach a point where some of her ancestors have already been discussed Her parents were Thomas Houghton and Meriah Moore.They were 1st cousins 1x removed through their mutual descent from Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott.
Ellery Bicknell Crane wrote the following about Thomas:
IV) Thomas Houghton, son of James Houghton (3). born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, about 1690-1700; married Maria or Moriah Moor and settled on the homestead in Harvard. He was a farmer. Children were: 1. Hanah, born December 16, 1728-9. 2. Thomas, born October 9, 1731. 3. Moriah (as Maria was then spelled by the family), born September 5, 1736. 4. Elijah (see forward).-p264
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1 Lewis Publishing Company, New York, New York 1907
Thomas Houghton died 9Mar 1764 in Harvard, Ma. By then Hannah and Eljiah were the only of his children left alive along with two grandchildren. I've found the probate file and will be transcribing it,
Ellery Bicknell Crane wrote the following about Thomas:
IV) Thomas Houghton, son of James Houghton (3). born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, about 1690-1700; married Maria or Moriah Moor and settled on the homestead in Harvard. He was a farmer. Children were: 1. Hanah, born December 16, 1728-9. 2. Thomas, born October 9, 1731. 3. Moriah (as Maria was then spelled by the family), born September 5, 1736. 4. Elijah (see forward).-p264
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1 Lewis Publishing Company, New York, New York 1907
Thomas Houghton died 9Mar 1764 in Harvard, Ma. By then Hannah and Eljiah were the only of his children left alive along with two grandchildren. I've found the probate file and will be transcribing it,
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 36:JOHN PIERCE OF HARVARD, MA.
I don't know much yet about 6x great grandfather. Daniel Pierce/Peirce. He was born on May 23, 1716, in Woburn, Massachusetts. At some point he moved to Harvard, Ma.sometime before 1744 where he married Hannah Stone. Unfortunately she and their infant daughter died about a year later. In 1747 he married my 6x great grandmother Hannah Houghton and they had nine children together, all born in Harvard or nearby Bolton, Ma. He moved back to Woburn in his old age and died there in 1799.
Meriah Pierce+ b. 19 Oct 1748, d. 12 Apr 1781
Hannah Pierce b. 1750, d. 1750
Hannah Pierce b. 25 Aug 1751
John Pierce b. 15 Jul 1753
Thomas Pierce b. 2 Oct 1754, d. 14 Jun 1757
Sarah Pierce b. 9 May 1756
John Pierce+ b. 22 May 1759, d. 1828
Luther Pierce b. 16 Jun 1764, d. 1832
Calvin Pierce+ b. 1 Mar 1766, d. 1832
I'm descended from Meriah Pierce who married her cousin Elisha Houghton.
Meriah Pierce+ b. 19 Oct 1748, d. 12 Apr 1781
Hannah Pierce b. 1750, d. 1750
Hannah Pierce b. 25 Aug 1751
John Pierce b. 15 Jul 1753
Thomas Pierce b. 2 Oct 1754, d. 14 Jun 1757
Sarah Pierce b. 9 May 1756
John Pierce+ b. 22 May 1759, d. 1828
Luther Pierce b. 16 Jun 1764, d. 1832
Calvin Pierce+ b. 1 Mar 1766, d. 1832
I'm descended from Meriah Pierce who married her cousin Elisha Houghton.
Sunday, September 08, 2019
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 35: DANIEL PIERCE OF WOBURN, MA.
My 7x great grandfather Daniel Pierce was born in Woburn, Ma on 7 Oct 1676 He married Dinah Holt in Andover, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1705. They had seven children together, all born in Woburn:
Abigail was born on May 18, 1706, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Thomas was born on October 30, 1707, in Woburn, Massachusetts.\
Sarah was born on May 30, 1709, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Joseph was born on May 5, 1711, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Daniel was born on June 23, 1714, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
John was born on May 23, 1716, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Dinah was born on November 2, 1719, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Daniel died in Harvard, Ma.on 14 Mar 1754. I'm descended from his son John.
Abigail was born on May 18, 1706, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Thomas was born on October 30, 1707, in Woburn, Massachusetts.\
Sarah was born on May 30, 1709, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Joseph was born on May 5, 1711, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Daniel was born on June 23, 1714, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
John was born on May 23, 1716, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Dinah was born on November 2, 1719, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Daniel died in Harvard, Ma.on 14 Mar 1754. I'm descended from his son John.
Saturday, September 07, 2019
SOME NEW GERMAN FAMILY DISCOVERIES PT3
Continuing my discussion about my recent new discoveries of my Mom's German ancestors.
I didn't get very far with the line of Mom's paternal grandfather Offinger line and unfortunately the same was true about her paternal grandmother's Luick relatives. But I did have a bit more sucess with the ancestors of one of her German great-grandmothers.
I already knew Joanna Luick's parents were Christian and Christiana Luick. Using that information I did a search at FamilySearch Records and found a big surprise: it appears Joanna was not the only member of her family to make their way to Massachusetts.
-First I found a record for 71 year old Christian Luick in Cambridge, Ma on 6May 1891 from apoplexy. He was born in Germany to a Christian Luick and Justina Peringer(Beringer?)
-I also found death records from the city of Boston for two men in Boston who may be Joanna's brothers. The first was Carl Luick, who died on 8Aug 1875 of pthisis (tuberculosis). He was 48 years old, born in Germany and his parents were Christian and Christiana. The other brother was Ernst Luick who died of a gunshot in Boston at age 49. He was born in Germany to parents Christian Luick and Christina Ruppermilk.
All three records are in the Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 collection at the FamilySearch Records page.
To be continued...
I didn't get very far with the line of Mom's paternal grandfather Offinger line and unfortunately the same was true about her paternal grandmother's Luick relatives. But I did have a bit more sucess with the ancestors of one of her German great-grandmothers.
I already knew Joanna Luick's parents were Christian and Christiana Luick. Using that information I did a search at FamilySearch Records and found a big surprise: it appears Joanna was not the only member of her family to make their way to Massachusetts.
-First I found a record for 71 year old Christian Luick in Cambridge, Ma on 6May 1891 from apoplexy. He was born in Germany to a Christian Luick and Justina Peringer(Beringer?)
-I also found death records from the city of Boston for two men in Boston who may be Joanna's brothers. The first was Carl Luick, who died on 8Aug 1875 of pthisis (tuberculosis). He was 48 years old, born in Germany and his parents were Christian and Christiana. The other brother was Ernst Luick who died of a gunshot in Boston at age 49. He was born in Germany to parents Christian Luick and Christina Ruppermilk.
All three records are in the Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 collection at the FamilySearch Records page.
To be continued...
Monday, September 02, 2019
SOME NEW GERMAN FAMILY DISCOVERIES PT2
German genealogy is a whole new ball game for me. I've been pretty lucky with my Dad's New England colonial ancestors. There's plenty of records and documents available on line, and even if the handwriting is hard to decipher on some, at least I can figure most of it out. But my German ancestors were...well... German, so that's what language the place names are in. And the documents so far are behind paywalls which I can't afford right now.
So what I have found so far are mostly record transcriptions on the FamilySearch records site. I knew that my 2x great grandfather Charles (Karl) Offinger was born in Wurttemberg, Germany around 1848, and that his parents names were Jacob and Christiana. Using that information as a starting point on the FamilySearch records page, I found:
- A birthdate in a baptismal record for Karl Jacob Offinger of 17Dec 1848, son of Jacob Ruland Offinger and Regine Christiane Friederike Kaufmann. He was baptized at Evangelisch, Aalen, Jagskreis, Wurttemberg. The recod is in the Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 collection
--A birthdate in a baptimal record for Jacob Ruland Offinger of 7Jan 1821, son of Caspar Offinger and Rosine Catherine Landgraf. He was baptized on 10Jan 1821 at Evangelisch, Aalen, Jagskreis, Wurttemberg. The record is in the Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 collection.
-A marriage record for Jacob Ruland Offinger and Regine Christiane Friederike Kaufmann. It took place on 5May 1848 at Evangelisch, Aalen, Jagskreis, Wurttemberg. Rosine Catherine's parents are given as Alois Kaufmann and Anna Maria Brucker. The record is in the Germany Marriages, 1558-1929 collections.
That is as far as I've been able to get with the Offinger line.
I'll discuss the Luicks in the next post.
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