ALDEN, ALONZO
Brig. Gen. Alonzo Alden, b. Essex Co, NY 1834, was a Brewster and Hopkins on his mother's side. See his Alden writeup for what little I know about that line. Here is his Gen. 9 Brewster lineage: Hannah (Snow) Alden, Jonathan Snow, Mark, Thankful (Freeman) Snow, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Some info from Caroline Halstead Royce, Bessboro: A History of Westport, Essex Co., NY (1902) and Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, History of Rensselaer Co., New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880), digitized by the New York Public Libraries, pp. 106-109. Image on the left from fold3.com's New York State Military Museum Photos Civil War - Vietnam War database and that on the right from History of Rensselaer Co. |
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ATWOOD, ELLEN FRANCES
Born in Middleborough, MA in 1835 but a resident of Taunton and Edgartown, MA after her marriage to Mark Hollingsworth Cornell of Bridgewater, Frances turned out to be a Brewster, Standish, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, and Warren, in some cases more than once. Don't let the Samson surname in her lineage mislead you, though, as she was not a descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson. Being a published poet garnered her a place in the 2-volume compendium of noted American women which contained the photo on the left. Her Gen 10 Brewster line runs as follows, beginning with her mother: Marcia/Mercy (Thomson) Atwood, Lydia (Murdock) Thomson, John Murdock, James, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love/William/Mary Brewster, all of the Mayflower. See the other pilgrim sections for Frances's other lines. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. 1 (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 208, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
Born in Middleborough, MA in 1835 but a resident of Taunton and Edgartown, MA after her marriage to Mark Hollingsworth Cornell of Bridgewater, Frances turned out to be a Brewster, Standish, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, and Warren, in some cases more than once. Don't let the Samson surname in her lineage mislead you, though, as she was not a descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson. Being a published poet garnered her a place in the 2-volume compendium of noted American women which contained the photo on the left. Her Gen 10 Brewster line runs as follows, beginning with her mother: Marcia/Mercy (Thomson) Atwood, Lydia (Murdock) Thomson, John Murdock, James, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love/William/Mary Brewster, all of the Mayflower. See the other pilgrim sections for Frances's other lines. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. 1 (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 208, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
BABBITT, CLINTON
A Generation 9 Brewster descendant, Clinton was also a Beloit, WI city official, a postmaster, and a U.S. congressman. After being in Connecticut for several generations, his grandfather headed back to MA and then to NH where his daughter met a Taunton, MA-born attorney. As a young man, Clinton headed West, thus the Beloit link. His Brewster line runs: Eunice (Brewster) Babbitt, Edmund Brewster, Asa, William, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the last 3 all on the Mayflower. If this is your ancestor, rummage around in the Babbitt family tree; you might find a Thomas Rogers link, possibly others. Beyond the Brewster silver & pink books, the NEHGS has info on some of these folks. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 726, 1142, and Vol. 1, p. 316, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
A Generation 9 Brewster descendant, Clinton was also a Beloit, WI city official, a postmaster, and a U.S. congressman. After being in Connecticut for several generations, his grandfather headed back to MA and then to NH where his daughter met a Taunton, MA-born attorney. As a young man, Clinton headed West, thus the Beloit link. His Brewster line runs: Eunice (Brewster) Babbitt, Edmund Brewster, Asa, William, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the last 3 all on the Mayflower. If this is your ancestor, rummage around in the Babbitt family tree; you might find a Thomas Rogers link, possibly others. Beyond the Brewster silver & pink books, the NEHGS has info on some of these folks. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 726, 1142, and Vol. 1, p. 316, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
BAGNELL, ELLA
Working as a temperance reformer in Connecticut and associate editor of a temperance newspaper there in the late 1800s, Ella Bagnell Kendrick (b 1849) and husband Henry M. Kendrick seem to have had no children. However, as of the 1865 MA state census of Plymouth, MA, her home town, she had 3 younger siblings who may have carried on the line. They and Ella were Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Cooke, Hopkins, Bradford, Standish, Samson, Doty, and Warren descendants (several times.) Here is Ella's Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with her father: Richard Bagnell, Lydia (Sampson) Bagnell, Susan/Susanna (Finney) Sampson, Alice (Barnes) Finney, Lemuel Barnes, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Image & scant info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), pp. 432-3, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
Working as a temperance reformer in Connecticut and associate editor of a temperance newspaper there in the late 1800s, Ella Bagnell Kendrick (b 1849) and husband Henry M. Kendrick seem to have had no children. However, as of the 1865 MA state census of Plymouth, MA, her home town, she had 3 younger siblings who may have carried on the line. They and Ella were Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Cooke, Hopkins, Bradford, Standish, Samson, Doty, and Warren descendants (several times.) Here is Ella's Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with her father: Richard Bagnell, Lydia (Sampson) Bagnell, Susan/Susanna (Finney) Sampson, Alice (Barnes) Finney, Lemuel Barnes, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Image & scant info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), pp. 432-3, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
BAILEY, SIBYLLA
Born in 1851, her bio in the book with this photo describes this Bostonian as a "composer" but she was also a singer, writer, and historian of music. She married at age 40 as his second wife Rev. Oliver Crane, 69, so I suspect there were no children but she may have had siblings and definitely had cousins who could claim the same Brewster and Allerton lineage. She was apparently aware of it as her Mayflower descent was mentioned in the book and the author specified that it was on her father's side. Sibylla's Gen 10 Brewster lineage begins with her father, as follows: Henry Bailey, Edwin, Paul Jr., Anna (Holmes) Bailey, Joseph Holmes, Mary (Brewster) Holmes, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. (See the Allerton section for that line.) Anna Holmes' Gen 6 birth is in the 2019 Love/Patience Brewster silver book as well as the Allerton book. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. 1 (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 214, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
Born in 1851, her bio in the book with this photo describes this Bostonian as a "composer" but she was also a singer, writer, and historian of music. She married at age 40 as his second wife Rev. Oliver Crane, 69, so I suspect there were no children but she may have had siblings and definitely had cousins who could claim the same Brewster and Allerton lineage. She was apparently aware of it as her Mayflower descent was mentioned in the book and the author specified that it was on her father's side. Sibylla's Gen 10 Brewster lineage begins with her father, as follows: Henry Bailey, Edwin, Paul Jr., Anna (Holmes) Bailey, Joseph Holmes, Mary (Brewster) Holmes, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. (See the Allerton section for that line.) Anna Holmes' Gen 6 birth is in the 2019 Love/Patience Brewster silver book as well as the Allerton book. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. 1 (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 214, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
BARTLETT, HENRY
Henry (b. Plymouth 1858) is a distant cousin of John, below, and like him is a Brewster descendant and an Alden-Mullins and a Warren (three times.) His Gen. 10 Brewster line runs as follows: Abner Bartlett, Anna (Bartlett) Bartlett, Deacon Abner, Silvanus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Love Brewster Pink Book, like the Alden & Warren silver books, gets as far as Silvanus Bartlett. See Henry's Warren and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 265, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Henry (b. Plymouth 1858) is a distant cousin of John, below, and like him is a Brewster descendant and an Alden-Mullins and a Warren (three times.) His Gen. 10 Brewster line runs as follows: Abner Bartlett, Anna (Bartlett) Bartlett, Deacon Abner, Silvanus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Love Brewster Pink Book, like the Alden & Warren silver books, gets as far as Silvanus Bartlett. See Henry's Warren and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 265, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Bartlett, John
Author of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," John Bartlett graduated from Harvard with an M.A. and began a career in publishing. In addition to being a Generation 9 descendant of the Brewsters and Richard Warren he was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant. His lineage is tracked as far as his great-grandfather, Samuel Bartlett in the Warren silver books and to the birth in NC of his grandfather, Capt. Joseph Bartlett in Alden Part 2. The Brewster books leave off with Love Brewster's daughter Sarah marrying Benjamin Bartlett and their son Samuel marrying a stepsister and having a son Samuel in Plymouth, 1726. All of these Mayflower connections are on John's paternal side and via three marriages by Bartletts to female descendants of the Pilgrims named above. The Brewster line runs: William Bartlett, Joseph, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. It is worth checking his mother's line (Susan Thatcher) for additional pilgrims. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 110-112, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
BENEDICT, CHARLES BREWSTER
Charles (1828-1901) was a lawyer, banker, land developer, and held numerous public offices, so the volume from which this image was taken contains much info on him and his children. Though he was born and died in NY, the large land holdings the book discusses were in MN & ND, so look for Benedict records there. He was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Sarah (Brewster) Benedict, Joseph Brewster, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Brewster silver & pink books get as far as the birth of the middle Joseph in Norwich, CT, 1726, the grandfather of Charles's mother. That is confirmed on the NEHGS site via the Barbour Collection of CT VRs. The DAR GRS database reveals that he moved to New York. However, the DAR no longer allows anyone to join via him due to the fact that his son Joseph (Charles's grandfather) was later proven to have been the Joseph who performed that specific service. If you can prove other service for this Joseph and are his descendants, please do him the kindness of submitted a DAR application or supplemental with unimpeachable documentation. Someone applied long ago through the younger Joseph, daughter Sarah, and Charles's brother George, so there may be helpful info in the DAR archives. Essentially I am relying here on the Jones 2-volume Brewster family generation for the most recent generations. You would have to collect other VRs, govt. docs., etc. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 914-5 and earlier info in Vol. 1, p. 461, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
Charles (1828-1901) was a lawyer, banker, land developer, and held numerous public offices, so the volume from which this image was taken contains much info on him and his children. Though he was born and died in NY, the large land holdings the book discusses were in MN & ND, so look for Benedict records there. He was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Sarah (Brewster) Benedict, Joseph Brewster, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Brewster silver & pink books get as far as the birth of the middle Joseph in Norwich, CT, 1726, the grandfather of Charles's mother. That is confirmed on the NEHGS site via the Barbour Collection of CT VRs. The DAR GRS database reveals that he moved to New York. However, the DAR no longer allows anyone to join via him due to the fact that his son Joseph (Charles's grandfather) was later proven to have been the Joseph who performed that specific service. If you can prove other service for this Joseph and are his descendants, please do him the kindness of submitted a DAR application or supplemental with unimpeachable documentation. Someone applied long ago through the younger Joseph, daughter Sarah, and Charles's brother George, so there may be helpful info in the DAR archives. Essentially I am relying here on the Jones 2-volume Brewster family generation for the most recent generations. You would have to collect other VRs, govt. docs., etc. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 914-5 and earlier info in Vol. 1, p. 461, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
BIGELOW, HORACE PORTER
See the Warren writeup for details on how I ascertained Horace's Mayflower lines and the Howland-Tilley section for that lineage. His Gen 9 Brewster line should run: Horace Bigelow, Harriet/Henrietta (Butler) Bigelow, Mercy (Bartlett) Butler, Josiah Bartlett, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and his parents William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Verifiable info on a supposed Alden-Mullins line would be appreciated. Image & some info from History of Oneida County, New York, from 1700 to the Present Time, Vol. II (Chicago: Clarke, 1912), pp. 636-40, digitized by the NY Public Libraries & from Gilman Bigelow Howe, The Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America, from the Marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the Year 1890 (Worcester: Hamilton, 1890), pp. 257-58, 385, 455, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
See the Warren writeup for details on how I ascertained Horace's Mayflower lines and the Howland-Tilley section for that lineage. His Gen 9 Brewster line should run: Horace Bigelow, Harriet/Henrietta (Butler) Bigelow, Mercy (Bartlett) Butler, Josiah Bartlett, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and his parents William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Verifiable info on a supposed Alden-Mullins line would be appreciated. Image & some info from History of Oneida County, New York, from 1700 to the Present Time, Vol. II (Chicago: Clarke, 1912), pp. 636-40, digitized by the NY Public Libraries & from Gilman Bigelow Howe, The Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America, from the Marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the Year 1890 (Worcester: Hamilton, 1890), pp. 257-58, 385, 455, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
BINGHAM, AUGUSTUS WHITING
The Brewster silver and pink books get as far as the birth of Jacob Brewster, the great grandfather of A. W. Bingham and the 2-volume Brewster genealogy gets to the marriage of his parents, but the author did not know the precise name of his Bingham grandfather. A. W. did not marry and so presumably left no descendants, but he did have siblings. If you are applying on a line through Frances Augusta (Bingham) Palmer of Yonkers, NY, you will need to better document the link between Jacob Brewster of Coventry, CT and her and A. W.'s father. This Gen 9 line should run, beginning with his father: Horace Brewster Bingham, Submit (Brewster) Bingham, Jacob Brewster, Peter, William, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary, the last two both of the Mayflower. Image and some info from: Dwight H. Bruce, ed., Onondaga's Centennial, Gleanings of a Century, Vol. II (Boston History Publishing Co., 1896), pp. 61-62, digitized by the New York Public Library. Additional info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 125-6, digitized by the Library of Congress.
The Brewster silver and pink books get as far as the birth of Jacob Brewster, the great grandfather of A. W. Bingham and the 2-volume Brewster genealogy gets to the marriage of his parents, but the author did not know the precise name of his Bingham grandfather. A. W. did not marry and so presumably left no descendants, but he did have siblings. If you are applying on a line through Frances Augusta (Bingham) Palmer of Yonkers, NY, you will need to better document the link between Jacob Brewster of Coventry, CT and her and A. W.'s father. This Gen 9 line should run, beginning with his father: Horace Brewster Bingham, Submit (Brewster) Bingham, Jacob Brewster, Peter, William, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary, the last two both of the Mayflower. Image and some info from: Dwight H. Bruce, ed., Onondaga's Centennial, Gleanings of a Century, Vol. II (Boston History Publishing Co., 1896), pp. 61-62, digitized by the New York Public Library. Additional info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 125-6, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BISBEE, REBECCA DELANO
Ironically, she was not even a Delano, but was named for her father's first wife. This Rebecca, b. Kingston, MA 1817, later became the wife of Joseph Brown Hamlen, a lobster cannery owner, thus her inclusion in the book with this picture. Rebecca was a descendant of at least the 12 Mayflower passengers I found in this quick search. Brewster and Howland-Tilley were the only lines I spotted that were maternal only. Her Gen 9 Brewster line runs: Zebulon Bisbee, Grace (Ripley) Bisbee, Lydia (Ring) Ripley, Ruth (Sylvester) (Cooke) Ring, Ruth (Turner) Sylvester, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Jonathan Brewster pink book gets this line as far as the birth of Grace Ripley but the John Howland silver book vol. 23 extends to the birth of Rebecca's father, Zebulon Bisbee. See her Billington, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, Hopkins, Howland-Tilley, Standish, and Soule writeups for those lineages and her Priest writeup for more detail overall. Image and info from H. Franklin Andrews, A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Eldest Son of James Hamlin, the Immigrant, Who Came from London, England and Settled in Barnstable 1639, 1639-1902 (Extra, IA: author, 1902), p. 582, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Ironically, she was not even a Delano, but was named for her father's first wife. This Rebecca, b. Kingston, MA 1817, later became the wife of Joseph Brown Hamlen, a lobster cannery owner, thus her inclusion in the book with this picture. Rebecca was a descendant of at least the 12 Mayflower passengers I found in this quick search. Brewster and Howland-Tilley were the only lines I spotted that were maternal only. Her Gen 9 Brewster line runs: Zebulon Bisbee, Grace (Ripley) Bisbee, Lydia (Ring) Ripley, Ruth (Sylvester) (Cooke) Ring, Ruth (Turner) Sylvester, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Jonathan Brewster pink book gets this line as far as the birth of Grace Ripley but the John Howland silver book vol. 23 extends to the birth of Rebecca's father, Zebulon Bisbee. See her Billington, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, Hopkins, Howland-Tilley, Standish, and Soule writeups for those lineages and her Priest writeup for more detail overall. Image and info from H. Franklin Andrews, A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Eldest Son of James Hamlin, the Immigrant, Who Came from London, England and Settled in Barnstable 1639, 1639-1902 (Extra, IA: author, 1902), p. 582, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BLATCH, NORA STANTON
Daughter of Harriot Stanton, below, Nora Stanton (Blatch) DeForest Barney (1883-1971) was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. Her line runs: Harriet Eaton Stanton, Henry Brewster Stanton, Susanna (Brewster) Stanton, Simon Brewster, Jr., Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. I do not know if she is also related to the Mayflower line of Eatons. There are many other photos of Nora and her mother online, including at the Library of Congress, largely because of the historical significance of her grandparents, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Henry Stanton, noted abolitionists and social activists. However, she merited her own Wikipedia entry as the first woman to earn an engineering degree at a U.S. institution, Cornell University, in 1905. Surprisingly, I see nothing about her on the Cornell University library special collections page. See her mother's entry for more info and some page links. The image to the left looks odd to me, but the LOC states it is a "photographic print." I would guess it to have been taken 1908-1911, as the subject was noted to be "Mrs. Lee De Forest." Photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
Daughter of Harriot Stanton, below, Nora Stanton (Blatch) DeForest Barney (1883-1971) was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. Her line runs: Harriet Eaton Stanton, Henry Brewster Stanton, Susanna (Brewster) Stanton, Simon Brewster, Jr., Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. I do not know if she is also related to the Mayflower line of Eatons. There are many other photos of Nora and her mother online, including at the Library of Congress, largely because of the historical significance of her grandparents, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Henry Stanton, noted abolitionists and social activists. However, she merited her own Wikipedia entry as the first woman to earn an engineering degree at a U.S. institution, Cornell University, in 1905. Surprisingly, I see nothing about her on the Cornell University library special collections page. See her mother's entry for more info and some page links. The image to the left looks odd to me, but the LOC states it is a "photographic print." I would guess it to have been taken 1908-1911, as the subject was noted to be "Mrs. Lee De Forest." Photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
BOSWORTH, RUTH A.
Ruth A. (Bosworth) Palmer (1831-1909) was a 10 Brewster descendant, plus a Warren and an Alden-Mullins, like her distant cousin Tillson Lever Harrison of Canada, below. This is one of those rare Mayflower families that wound up in the South (KY), though Ruth was born in Meigs Co, OH, where her parents and paternal grandparents are buried. Assuming everything in this book is correct (I can't verify much from OH & KY using the NEHGS site) this line would run: Ruth (Tilson) Bosworth, Joseph Tilson, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book, part 2, takes this line 1 generation further than the Love Brewster pink book or the Warren silver book, to the birth of John Tilson. (See her Alden section writeup for more data.) Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 242, 249-51, digitized by the NY Public Library.
Ruth A. (Bosworth) Palmer (1831-1909) was a 10 Brewster descendant, plus a Warren and an Alden-Mullins, like her distant cousin Tillson Lever Harrison of Canada, below. This is one of those rare Mayflower families that wound up in the South (KY), though Ruth was born in Meigs Co, OH, where her parents and paternal grandparents are buried. Assuming everything in this book is correct (I can't verify much from OH & KY using the NEHGS site) this line would run: Ruth (Tilson) Bosworth, Joseph Tilson, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Alden silver book, part 2, takes this line 1 generation further than the Love Brewster pink book or the Warren silver book, to the birth of John Tilson. (See her Alden section writeup for more data.) Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 242, 249-51, digitized by the NY Public Library.
Bradford, Cornelius Francis
Although Cornelius was twice a Generation 8 Bradford, Governor William's grandson Israel added diversity by marrying Sarah Bartlett (Benjamin, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William), a Generation 5 Brewster. She was also a Gen 5 Warren and Gen 4/5 Alden-Mullins. Both the Love Brewster pink book & Warren silver book take the line only as far as Sarah & Israel's son Joshua. The Alden silver book goes as far as their grandson, the first Cornelius Bradford, and the Bradford silver book takes the line as far as this subject's grandfather, the second Cornelius Bradford, born Friendship, ME, after 1784. For more information see Cornelius's Bradford and other entries on this web site. Info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 3 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1306, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
BRADFORD, ROYAL BIRD
Rear Admiral Bradford was a Generation 9 Brewster via his Generation 3 Bradford ancestor, Ephraim, who married Elizabeth Brewster (Generation 4), daughter of Wrestling & Mary (---), granddaughter of Love Brewster. Royal himself is a Generation 8 Bradford and the book from which this photo comes claims a second Bradford line and a Warren line via his paternal grandmother Asenath (Mason) Bradford and Alden, Mullins, Brown, and Cooke descent via his maternal grandmother's Brett ancestry. See his Bradford writeup for a little more info. Image and data from Little, Burrage, & Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v 1 (New York: Lewis Historical Society, 1909), p. 482-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Rear Admiral Bradford was a Generation 9 Brewster via his Generation 3 Bradford ancestor, Ephraim, who married Elizabeth Brewster (Generation 4), daughter of Wrestling & Mary (---), granddaughter of Love Brewster. Royal himself is a Generation 8 Bradford and the book from which this photo comes claims a second Bradford line and a Warren line via his paternal grandmother Asenath (Mason) Bradford and Alden, Mullins, Brown, and Cooke descent via his maternal grandmother's Brett ancestry. See his Bradford writeup for a little more info. Image and data from Little, Burrage, & Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v 1 (New York: Lewis Historical Society, 1909), p. 482-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BRAMHALL, ELIZABETH SHAW (See William Thomas Bramhall, below.)
BRAMHALL, MARIA SHAW (See William Thomas Bramhall, below.)
BRAMHALL, ROBERT (See William Thomas Bramhall, below.)
BRAMHALL, THOMAS MURDOCK (See William Thomas Bramhall, below.)
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BRAMHALL - WILLIAM THOMAS, THOMAS MURDOCH, ROBERT, ELIZABETH SHAW, MARIA SHAW
In birth order left to right, these Gen 10 Brewsters are also double Warrens, Chiltons, & Bradfords. (See those sections for the lineages.) Assuming the book with these photos has correctly matched them to their parents and birth dates, they are: William Thomas Bramhall (1832-1891), Thomas Murdoch Bramhall (1834-1870), Robert Bramhall (1836-1892), Elizabeth Shaw Bramhall (1838-1893), Maria Shaw Bramhall (named for grandmother Mariah (Churchill) Shaw, b 1843 - d after 1903). On page 15 you can find names of some of their children and grandchildren. Their Brewster line begins with their mother: Betsey (Shaw) Bramhall, Mariah (Churchill) Shaw, Stephen Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary the Mayflower passengers. Their closest relative on this page is their maternal grandmother, Mariah Churchill (below.) See any resemblance? Image & info from Frank J. Bramhall, Genealogy of the Bramhall Family (Oakland, CA: 1903), pp. 6-9, 15 digitized by the Library of Congress. Better scans from a hardcover original would be appreciated.
In birth order left to right, these Gen 10 Brewsters are also double Warrens, Chiltons, & Bradfords. (See those sections for the lineages.) Assuming the book with these photos has correctly matched them to their parents and birth dates, they are: William Thomas Bramhall (1832-1891), Thomas Murdoch Bramhall (1834-1870), Robert Bramhall (1836-1892), Elizabeth Shaw Bramhall (1838-1893), Maria Shaw Bramhall (named for grandmother Mariah (Churchill) Shaw, b 1843 - d after 1903). On page 15 you can find names of some of their children and grandchildren. Their Brewster line begins with their mother: Betsey (Shaw) Bramhall, Mariah (Churchill) Shaw, Stephen Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary the Mayflower passengers. Their closest relative on this page is their maternal grandmother, Mariah Churchill (below.) See any resemblance? Image & info from Frank J. Bramhall, Genealogy of the Bramhall Family (Oakland, CA: 1903), pp. 6-9, 15 digitized by the Library of Congress. Better scans from a hardcover original would be appreciated.
BRANDEGEE, AUGUSTUS
Augustus, US Congressman and father of Frank B. Brandegee (below) should be a Generation 8 Brewster. That is if the statement in the book from which this photo comes is correct that his mother, Mary Ann Deshon was the daughter Generation 6 Daniel Deshon (b. 1725, New London, CT) when it refers to her as the daughter of "Capt. Daniel Deshon...appointed in 1777 to command the armed vessel 'Old Defense'" during the Revolutionary War." The book states that Capt. Daniel's John and Richard also served as "captains" in the Revolution (for CT) and Generation 6 Daniel did have brothers John and Richard. Such service is noted in the Brewster Pink Book (1999, #153ii) for John. Augustus was born in New London in 1828 to Mary Ann and John Brandegee, a War of 1812 veteran who died in 1857. Augustus's Brewster line is thus: Mary Ann (Deshon) Brandegee, Daniel Deshon, Ruth (Christophers) Deshon, Grace (Turner) Christophers, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary. Image and info on the Deshons from the Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
Augustus, US Congressman and father of Frank B. Brandegee (below) should be a Generation 8 Brewster. That is if the statement in the book from which this photo comes is correct that his mother, Mary Ann Deshon was the daughter Generation 6 Daniel Deshon (b. 1725, New London, CT) when it refers to her as the daughter of "Capt. Daniel Deshon...appointed in 1777 to command the armed vessel 'Old Defense'" during the Revolutionary War." The book states that Capt. Daniel's John and Richard also served as "captains" in the Revolution (for CT) and Generation 6 Daniel did have brothers John and Richard. Such service is noted in the Brewster Pink Book (1999, #153ii) for John. Augustus was born in New London in 1828 to Mary Ann and John Brandegee, a War of 1812 veteran who died in 1857. Augustus's Brewster line is thus: Mary Ann (Deshon) Brandegee, Daniel Deshon, Ruth (Christophers) Deshon, Grace (Turner) Christophers, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary. Image and info on the Deshons from the Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
BRANDEGEE, FRANK BOSWORTH
Frank was the son of Augustus (above) and Nancy Bosworth, born in New London in 1864. Like his father, he was a U.S. Congressman representing Connecticut. He would be a Generation 9 Brewster descendant. See Augustus's entry, above for details. Their closest relative on this page is Joseph Strickland Latimer, below, Augustus's 1st cousin once removed and Frank's 2nd cousin, 20 years older (b. 1844.) Image and info on the Deshons from the Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), p. 54, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
Frank was the son of Augustus (above) and Nancy Bosworth, born in New London in 1864. Like his father, he was a U.S. Congressman representing Connecticut. He would be a Generation 9 Brewster descendant. See Augustus's entry, above for details. Their closest relative on this page is Joseph Strickland Latimer, below, Augustus's 1st cousin once removed and Frank's 2nd cousin, 20 years older (b. 1844.) Image and info on the Deshons from the Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), p. 54, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
BREWSTER, ALDEN FARLEY
See Cadet Brewster's Alden writeup for the that lineage. Through his mother he was a Gen 9 Brewster as follows: Virginia (Alden) Brewster, Albert Alden, John, David, Hannah (Brewster) Alden, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Through his father he was a double Brewster, descended from son Jonathan, who moved to Connecticut. Alden's first paternal line, Gen 10, runs: William Farley Brewster, William, Jonah, Jonathan, Jonathan, Daniel, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary. His second paternal line, also Gen 10, runs through Jonah's wife Mehitable: William Farley Brewster, William, Mehitable (Brewster) Brewster, Simon, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary (3 passengers.) Finding an immigration document on Alden giving his birthplace & full date of birth, finding Alden's father (unfortunately named only "William Brewster" in the 1880 census and then in the 1850 census (with parents and many sisters), then turning to findagrave and discovering HIS father had married a Maria Farley finally revealed Alden's paternal Brewster lines. And sure enough, there he is, with siblings, parents, etc. in volume 1, page 527, "Alden Farley Brewster, b. July 30, 1877. He was a cadet at West Point Academy, 1898." Image from the U.S. Military Academy Library Digital Collection and useful information from Emma C. (Brewster) Jones's The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), digitized by the Library of Congress.
See Cadet Brewster's Alden writeup for the that lineage. Through his mother he was a Gen 9 Brewster as follows: Virginia (Alden) Brewster, Albert Alden, John, David, Hannah (Brewster) Alden, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Through his father he was a double Brewster, descended from son Jonathan, who moved to Connecticut. Alden's first paternal line, Gen 10, runs: William Farley Brewster, William, Jonah, Jonathan, Jonathan, Daniel, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary. His second paternal line, also Gen 10, runs through Jonah's wife Mehitable: William Farley Brewster, William, Mehitable (Brewster) Brewster, Simon, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary (3 passengers.) Finding an immigration document on Alden giving his birthplace & full date of birth, finding Alden's father (unfortunately named only "William Brewster" in the 1880 census and then in the 1850 census (with parents and many sisters), then turning to findagrave and discovering HIS father had married a Maria Farley finally revealed Alden's paternal Brewster lines. And sure enough, there he is, with siblings, parents, etc. in volume 1, page 527, "Alden Farley Brewster, b. July 30, 1877. He was a cadet at West Point Academy, 1898." Image from the U.S. Military Academy Library Digital Collection and useful information from Emma C. (Brewster) Jones's The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), digitized by the Library of Congress.
BREWSTER, BENJAMIN (See James Henry Brewster, below.)
BREWSTER, BURTON B., LYMAN S., AND WARREN GEORGE
Yes, these images look less than 100 years old; they are from 1939. I am using them to show the potential for mining other public domain sites, in this case the LOC's WPA (Works Progress Administration) photos made for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, curated by Yale's Photogrammar project. These 3 brothers were all born in the west but to a Bostonian whose parents, etc. were all from Duxbury. They are also Alden-Mullins, Rogers, Bradford, Warren, Samson, and Brewster again through grandfather Nathan Brewster's maternal line. (See those sections for those lineages.) Warren G. (b ca 1898), Lyman S. (b 1900), and Burton B. (b ca 1903) were all born in Wyoming. Their mother Grace (---) (b Dec 1876, CO) had parents from CT & VT; her line is also worth tracing. Their straight-line. Gen 10 Brewster line runs: George W. Brewster, Nathan, Nathan Chandler, Joshua, Nathan, Joshua, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. A second Gen 11 line runs: George W. Brewster, Nathan, Abigail (Samson) Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Samson, Ruth (Bradford) Samson, Abigail (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary. A third Gen 11 line runs: George W. Brewster, Nathan, Abigail (Samson) Brewster, Abigail (Samson) Samson, Elijah Samson, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William of the Mayflower. Images from Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [reproduction numbers LC-USF34-027466, LC-USF34-027464, LC-USF34-027589], in alpha order by brother. And yes, Lyman is wearing a cowboy neckerchief. Yippee-ai-oh-tai-ay. |
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BREWSTER, CHAUNCEY BUNCE (See James Henry Brewster, below.)
BREWSTER - CORA BELLE & FLORA ALZERA
These sisters had a lot of fortitude and perseverance, working as teachers and clerks to save enough to study medicine, earning their MDs in their 30s, then opening a practice in Baltimore, MD in the 1880s, starting their own medical journal, and pushing for the cause of women surgeons in the South. No wonder they never married. Fortunately they had five siblings to carry the bloodline forward. Both were born in Allegany Co, NY (Cora in 1859, Flora in 1852), though their parents lived in PA before and after their births. Their Gen 9 line runs as follows, beginning with their father: Ephraim Jedediah Brewster, Martin Luther, Jedidiah, Peleg, Jonathan, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster. Volume 3 of the Brewster silver book gets to the birth of Jedidiah. Image & some info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies, Vol. I, rev. ed. (NY: Mast, Crowell, & Kirkpatrick, 1897), pp. 411-2, provided by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection to Internet Archive. Data for Gens 6-8 is from Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 125-6, digitized by the Library of Congress. |
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BREWSTER, FLORA A. (See Cora Belle Brewster, above.)
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BREWSTER - JAMES HENRY, CHAUNCEY BUNCE, & BENJAMIN
James was the father of Oswald C. Brewster, below, but I have placed him here with two of his siblings in hope of spotting a family resemblance, since father and son do not look much alike to me. Father James (1856-1920) was a University of Michigan law professor, oldest brother Chauncey (1848-1941) was a minister and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, and youngest brother Benjamin (1860-1941) was also an Episcopal minister and bishop, twice over. He served once in Maine and then in Colorado as "Missionary Bishop." Beginning with their father, their Gen 8 straight-line Brewster ancestry runs: Joseph, James, Joseph, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William, & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. James's picture is from the U of MI faculty history page, which has a couple more photos of him as well. Chauncey's comes from Project Canterbury (anglica history.org) which states that its contents are in the Public Domain and may be shared for research or religious purposes. Benjamin's is from his wikipedia writeup, and there it is claimed that this photo is in the public domain. If you find out otherwise, please let me know and I will remove it. They have a sister, Rebecca Cone (Brewster) Garver (1854-1939) with a small, blurry photo on findagrave that is half hat. If anyone knows of a public domain photo (findagrave's are NOT necessarily in the public domain) of Rebecca, especially without the hat, I will add her.
James was the father of Oswald C. Brewster, below, but I have placed him here with two of his siblings in hope of spotting a family resemblance, since father and son do not look much alike to me. Father James (1856-1920) was a University of Michigan law professor, oldest brother Chauncey (1848-1941) was a minister and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, and youngest brother Benjamin (1860-1941) was also an Episcopal minister and bishop, twice over. He served once in Maine and then in Colorado as "Missionary Bishop." Beginning with their father, their Gen 8 straight-line Brewster ancestry runs: Joseph, James, Joseph, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William, & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. James's picture is from the U of MI faculty history page, which has a couple more photos of him as well. Chauncey's comes from Project Canterbury (anglica history.org) which states that its contents are in the Public Domain and may be shared for research or religious purposes. Benjamin's is from his wikipedia writeup, and there it is claimed that this photo is in the public domain. If you find out otherwise, please let me know and I will remove it. They have a sister, Rebecca Cone (Brewster) Garver (1854-1939) with a small, blurry photo on findagrave that is half hat. If anyone knows of a public domain photo (findagrave's are NOT necessarily in the public domain) of Rebecca, especially without the hat, I will add her.
Brewster, John Milton
A Generation 8 Brewster descendant, Dr. John Milton Oliver was a son of Dr. Oliver Brewster (below). He was probably born in the 1780s or early 1790s, as he died in 1869 and reportedly "Till after he was seventy years of age he would mount his horse with no other help than the stirrups and ride with grace and fleetness." His line would run: Oliver Brewster, Wadsworth, Oliver, William, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster. See Dr. Oliver for a little more detail. Citation and image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 605-608, scanned at the Library of Congress.
Brewster, Julia Elma
This photo was taken circa 1900. Julia Elma (Brewster) Brick (1819-1902) was a Generation 9 Brewster descendant, born at Blenheim (South Gilboa), NY to a farm family (Horace & Lydia (Brown) Brewster). However, as an adult she was a resident of Brooklyn, wife of a civil engineer, Joseph K. Brick, and traveled in the American South. Image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 496, scanned at the Library of Congress.
Brewster, Lot Edward
A Generation 7 descendant of the Mayflower Brewsters, Lot was son and a grandson of Ichabod Brewsters of Lebanon Connecticut. A member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society after moving to Cincinnati, he began a compilation of Brewster genealogical data left unfinished by his death in the 1840s. His father was a cousin of Dr. Oliver Brewster, below, making Lot and John (above) second cousins. Lot's line would run: Ichabod Brewster, Ichabod, William, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster. His granddaughter, Emma C. Brewster Jones (below) found the manuscript and advertised in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register to collect additional information, which she then edited and published. This image is "reproduced from a water color, painted by Pariser, in New York City, May 1, 1816, and is the only portrait extant of Lot Edward Brewster." Image and citation from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 294, scanned at the Library of Congress.
BREWSTER, LYMAN S. (See Burton B. Brewster, above.)
Brewster, Lyman Denison
Judge Lyman D. Brewster, a Generation 8 descendant, was born in Salisbury, CT in 1832 to Daniel Brewster, a farmer, and second wife Harriet Averill. He was a noted lawyer, judge, and state legislator as well as governor of the Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants and an Assistant Governor General of the GSMD. He left no descendants. Image and information from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 228, scanned at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
BREWSTER, MARY MINERVA
A Gen. 9 descendant of pilgrims Wiliam & Mary Brewster, Mary Minerva was reputedly born in Lenox, MA in 1832, married Pittsfield, MA in 1851, and died in Chicago in 1902 where her husband was a merchant. Louis Laflin, below, is a product of her marriage to George Hinman Laflin. If you want to compare features, she was the daughter of John Milton Brewster, above, and granddaughter of Dr. Oliver Brewster, below. The only family resemblance among any of them seems to be dark eyebrows, at least to me. My apologies for the quality of the scan. Hopefully a paper copy of this book will be found and it can be rescanned.Mary's lineage can be seen in John Milton or Oliver's write-ups so will not be repeated here. Info and image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1037-8, scanned at the Library of Congress.
A Gen. 9 descendant of pilgrims Wiliam & Mary Brewster, Mary Minerva was reputedly born in Lenox, MA in 1832, married Pittsfield, MA in 1851, and died in Chicago in 1902 where her husband was a merchant. Louis Laflin, below, is a product of her marriage to George Hinman Laflin. If you want to compare features, she was the daughter of John Milton Brewster, above, and granddaughter of Dr. Oliver Brewster, below. The only family resemblance among any of them seems to be dark eyebrows, at least to me. My apologies for the quality of the scan. Hopefully a paper copy of this book will be found and it can be rescanned.Mary's lineage can be seen in John Milton or Oliver's write-ups so will not be repeated here. Info and image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1037-8, scanned at the Library of Congress.
Brewster, Oliver
Like Lot Edward Brewster (above), Dr. Oliver Brewster was a Generation 7 Mayflower descendant and son of Wadsworth Brewster (wife unknown), grandson of an earlier Oliver Brewster. This line is via Love Brewster and runs: Wadsworth Brewster, Oliver, William, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. (Wadsworth is in the Love Brewster pink book but the index gives the wrong number; he is in entry #418, not 415.) Dr. Oliver Brewster was a Revolutionary War surgeon in a Berkshire Regiment and a resident of Becket, Massachusetts, cited by name in the Revolutionary War pension claims of William Mann and Abner Morley. Revolutionary War records are available on fold3.com. Since he died in 1812 this is a painting, a better reproduction of which would be welcome. Information and image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 270, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BREWSTER, OSWALD CAMMANN
This is Oswald's photo, about age 21, as a World War I ambulance mechanic in France for the American Field Service, from their virtual museum. His draft card referred to him as "tall" and of "medium" build, with brown hair and eyes. His WWII card said he was specifically 6 feet tall, 150 pounds. A document from the AFS gave his father as James H. Brewster and his residence in 1917 as Denver. These three documents were/are on fold3.com, which I recommend as a separate subscription (not as an ancestry.com feature.) Fortunately Oswald came from a long line of ministers, bishops, Ivy League people, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders so were written up a lot and clippings from these writeups are on findagrave. Oswald's father, James Henry Brewster, is above along with two uncles, Chauncey and Benjamin.The family knew who they were; so you will see frequent mention of descent from William Brewster as you research this family. The latest (2019) Brewster silver book leaves off with the marriage of Gen 6 Joseph Brewster to Hannah Tucker. Oswald's Gen 9 line runs: James Henry Brewster, Joseph, James, Joseph, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William, & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Oswald spent much of his postwar life in Connecticut, which is where the family was actually from.
This is Oswald's photo, about age 21, as a World War I ambulance mechanic in France for the American Field Service, from their virtual museum. His draft card referred to him as "tall" and of "medium" build, with brown hair and eyes. His WWII card said he was specifically 6 feet tall, 150 pounds. A document from the AFS gave his father as James H. Brewster and his residence in 1917 as Denver. These three documents were/are on fold3.com, which I recommend as a separate subscription (not as an ancestry.com feature.) Fortunately Oswald came from a long line of ministers, bishops, Ivy League people, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders so were written up a lot and clippings from these writeups are on findagrave. Oswald's father, James Henry Brewster, is above along with two uncles, Chauncey and Benjamin.The family knew who they were; so you will see frequent mention of descent from William Brewster as you research this family. The latest (2019) Brewster silver book leaves off with the marriage of Gen 6 Joseph Brewster to Hannah Tucker. Oswald's Gen 9 line runs: James Henry Brewster, Joseph, James, Joseph, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William, & Mary, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Oswald spent much of his postwar life in Connecticut, which is where the family was actually from.
Brewster, Simon Latham
S. L. Brewster, a Generation 8 descendant (Elisha, Simon, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary) grew up on a Connecticut farm. He spent his adult years in Rochester, NY as a businessman, however. He married twice and lived until 1898, dying at 87. He left three children. Information and image from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 769, scanned at the Library of Congress.
BREWSTER, WARREN GEORGE (See Burton B. Brewster, above.)
BRIGGS, BETSY
Betty's father Hiram is in the Bradford silver book, and by looking at each set of parents back to Gov. Bradford you will find her Brewster connection. Her Brewster line leaves off in the Love Brewster pink book (works in progress) with the birth of her grandmother. Read more about Betsy (Briggs) Rickard, b. 1844 Auburn, ME in her Bradford writeup. Her Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Hiram C. Briggs, Betty (Bradford) Briggs, Ezekiel Bradford, Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradford, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Most info beyond Betsy's parents' names came from the NEHGS (with censuses and digitized GSMD silver book images) and findagrave. Image and scant info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Publishing, c 1911), pp. 224, 226, digitized by the Library of Congress. Use this book with great caution, as the author's style can lead to genealogical confusion.
Betty's father Hiram is in the Bradford silver book, and by looking at each set of parents back to Gov. Bradford you will find her Brewster connection. Her Brewster line leaves off in the Love Brewster pink book (works in progress) with the birth of her grandmother. Read more about Betsy (Briggs) Rickard, b. 1844 Auburn, ME in her Bradford writeup. Her Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Hiram C. Briggs, Betty (Bradford) Briggs, Ezekiel Bradford, Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradford, Wrestling Brewster, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Most info beyond Betsy's parents' names came from the NEHGS (with censuses and digitized GSMD silver book images) and findagrave. Image and scant info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Publishing, c 1911), pp. 224, 226, digitized by the Library of Congress. Use this book with great caution, as the author's style can lead to genealogical confusion.
BRIGGS, ROBERT EVERSON (see BRIGGS, ZENAS M., below)
BRIGGS, ZENAS M. and ROBERT EVERSON
Zenas (b. 1876) and Robert E. (b. 1880) are distantly related to a dozen or so individuals (e.g. all the Maxims) on this page as descendants of Rebecca (Freeman) Perry. The brothers were born in New Bedford, MA and both married there (Zenas to Maud Palmer in 1899, Robert to Belle Brown Hicks in 1911.) In uniform on the left, Zenas was a student cadet at New Bedford high school in the early 1890s. Robert (age about 28 on the right) graduated from the same school in 1898. On their marriage registrations, Zenas's occupation was "mechanical engineer" and Robert's was "estimator" and he lived in New Rochelle, NY. Thus there might be college yearbooks or trade journals with more mature-looking pictures for Zenas especially. Beginning with their father, their Gen 10 Brewster line runs: James Cannon Briggs, Nathan, Benjamin, Sarah (Perry) Briggs, Samuel Perry, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. See their Cooke, Warren, and Hopkins write-ups for those proposed lineages. This line gets as far as the birth of Sarah Perry in 1718/19 in the Brewster volumes. Both images from newspaper photos now part of the New Bedford Free Public Library collection, digitized by Digital Commonwealth. |
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BRONK, DETLEV WULF (See Isabelle Bronk, below.)
BRONK, ISABELLE & DETLEV WULF
Aunt (1858-1943) and nephew (1897-1975), these native New Yorkers were both overachievers, both worked at high levels in university teaching and administration, and both were Brewster descendants, Gen 9 & 10 respectively. Isabelle's photo was in the Swarthmore College 1906 yearbook (so age 47-48) and Detlev's was in the 1919 edition (so age 22ish.) Since Isabelle's mother Cynthia (1824-1889) was a Brewster it's a very straight line but you will need to prove everything after the birth and marriage of Joseph Brewster #2 (d probably Norwich, CT 1775) to Deborah Avery, named in the Brewster silver book volume 2. Then you have to trace the next Joseph (#3) in NY state, and connect his granddaughter with the Bronks of Bronx, NY fame. Beginning with Isabelle's mother (Detlev's maternal grandmother) the line runs: Cynthia (Brewster) Bronk, Stephen Brewster, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Isabelle's younger brother Rev Mitchell Bronk married Marie Wulf, daughter of Detlev Wulf and Dorothea Fisher according to the book with their writeups and photos. Both Isabelle and Detlev are in the 2-vol Brewster genealogy. Images & info from Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 115-6, 215-6, 460 and Vol II pp. 911-12, digitized by the Library of Congress. |
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BUMPUS, H.
His origins were in Wareham, but H. moved to New Bedford, where his aunt and her family also lived. If I have identified her properly, A. Hudson, below, is Officer Bumpus's first cousin. This image comes from a group photo owned by the New Bedford Public Library and online courtesy of Digital Commonwealth. It's historical value lies in the fact that it is believed to be the first photo of the city's organized police force, taken in 1878. Here is a link to the photo, which has a writeup identifying each individual officer. You can enlarge the photo with good results. Like his cousin, H. was a Gen. 10 Brewster and 9 Rogers & Warren and was in his 50s in this photo. He was a full generation older than his cousin.
His origins were in Wareham, but H. moved to New Bedford, where his aunt and her family also lived. If I have identified her properly, A. Hudson, below, is Officer Bumpus's first cousin. This image comes from a group photo owned by the New Bedford Public Library and online courtesy of Digital Commonwealth. It's historical value lies in the fact that it is believed to be the first photo of the city's organized police force, taken in 1878. Here is a link to the photo, which has a writeup identifying each individual officer. You can enlarge the photo with good results. Like his cousin, H. was a Gen. 10 Brewster and 9 Rogers & Warren and was in his 50s in this photo. He was a full generation older than his cousin.
CARPENTER, BENJAMIN
See the Alden-Mullins section for his FOUR lines from that couple. Through his mother, Charlotte B. Alden, Benjamin was also tentatively a Brewster and twice a Warren. His possible Gen. 9 Brewster line runs as follows: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Sarah (Bartlett) Alden, John Bartlett, Josiah, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William and Mary of the Mayflower. Note: the 2015 Brewster Silver Book cautions that the children of Benjamin Bartlett (ca 1654-1691, Duxbury), whose second wife (of three) was Sarah Brewster, are not proven children of Sarah. They may be children of the third wife, Cecilia (---). If you have definite proof that Ichabod and his older siblings Ebenezer and Sarah are Brewsters, by all means submit it with your Brewster application or supplemental.
Image and info about Benjamin & his parents from Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, Brought Down from their English Ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with Many Biographical Notes of Descendants and Allied Families (Amherst: Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), pp. 153, 275, digitized by the Boston Public Library. of the Mayflower.
See the Alden-Mullins section for his FOUR lines from that couple. Through his mother, Charlotte B. Alden, Benjamin was also tentatively a Brewster and twice a Warren. His possible Gen. 9 Brewster line runs as follows: Charlotte B. (Alden) Carpenter, Sarah (Bartlett) Alden, John Bartlett, Josiah, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William and Mary of the Mayflower. Note: the 2015 Brewster Silver Book cautions that the children of Benjamin Bartlett (ca 1654-1691, Duxbury), whose second wife (of three) was Sarah Brewster, are not proven children of Sarah. They may be children of the third wife, Cecilia (---). If you have definite proof that Ichabod and his older siblings Ebenezer and Sarah are Brewsters, by all means submit it with your Brewster application or supplemental.
Image and info about Benjamin & his parents from Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, Brought Down from their English Ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with Many Biographical Notes of Descendants and Allied Families (Amherst: Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), pp. 153, 275, digitized by the Boston Public Library. of the Mayflower.
CARY, ANNIE LOUISE
Probably better known under her birth name than her married name, Raymond, Annie was a very popular contralto singer who traveled the world as a performer. There is a lengthy biography in this book. Her Brewster descent is through her mother, Maria (Stockbridge) Cary, whose father, William Reed Stockbridge (1852-, was a shipbuilder in Yarmouth, ME in the early 1800s. William's grandfather, David Stockbridge, is listed as Generation 6 in the Jonathan Brewster "pink book," Mayflower Families in Progress. That makes Annie a Generation 10 Brewster. David's descent was via his mother (Margaret Turner, Joseph Turner, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster.) Image and biography in History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 264-83. Digitized by the New York Public Library. There is also a photo of Annie on findagrave.
Probably better known under her birth name than her married name, Raymond, Annie was a very popular contralto singer who traveled the world as a performer. There is a lengthy biography in this book. Her Brewster descent is through her mother, Maria (Stockbridge) Cary, whose father, William Reed Stockbridge (1852-, was a shipbuilder in Yarmouth, ME in the early 1800s. William's grandfather, David Stockbridge, is listed as Generation 6 in the Jonathan Brewster "pink book," Mayflower Families in Progress. That makes Annie a Generation 10 Brewster. David's descent was via his mother (Margaret Turner, Joseph Turner, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster.) Image and biography in History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 264-83. Digitized by the New York Public Library. There is also a photo of Annie on findagrave.
CHARLES, HATTIE SPARROW
Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants so her many Mayflower lines Hattie inherited from her mother Lizzie, who was a Brewster, Rogers, and Hopkins, in each case multiple times. (See those other sections for those lines.) Hattie (b. 1890 in Orleans, MA) was just turning 15 when her class photo was taken. She married carpenter Herbert Doane Nickerson (another possible Mayflower descendant) in 1913 so look for descendants named Nickerson. Here is her 1st Brewster line, Gen 12, beginning with her mother:: Lizzie F. (Hurd) Charles, Abigail (Higgins) Hurd, John H. Higgins, Phebe (Hopkins) Higgins, Joshua Hopkins, Rebecca (Sparrow) Hopkins, Richard Sparrow, Richard, Hannah (Prence) Sparrow, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. A second, also Gen 12 line runs: Lizzie F. (Hurd) Charles, Theophilus H. Hurd, Tamzin (Snow) Hurd, Aaron Snow, Elnathan, Abigail (Doane) Snow, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary again. The 1802 marriage of Phebe Hopkins & Thomas Higgins is in the 2019 Rogers silver book, part 2. This image is on Digital Commonwealth, courtesy of the Eastham Historical Society.
Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants so her many Mayflower lines Hattie inherited from her mother Lizzie, who was a Brewster, Rogers, and Hopkins, in each case multiple times. (See those other sections for those lines.) Hattie (b. 1890 in Orleans, MA) was just turning 15 when her class photo was taken. She married carpenter Herbert Doane Nickerson (another possible Mayflower descendant) in 1913 so look for descendants named Nickerson. Here is her 1st Brewster line, Gen 12, beginning with her mother:: Lizzie F. (Hurd) Charles, Abigail (Higgins) Hurd, John H. Higgins, Phebe (Hopkins) Higgins, Joshua Hopkins, Rebecca (Sparrow) Hopkins, Richard Sparrow, Richard, Hannah (Prence) Sparrow, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. A second, also Gen 12 line runs: Lizzie F. (Hurd) Charles, Theophilus H. Hurd, Tamzin (Snow) Hurd, Aaron Snow, Elnathan, Abigail (Doane) Snow, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary again. The 1802 marriage of Phebe Hopkins & Thomas Higgins is in the 2019 Rogers silver book, part 2. This image is on Digital Commonwealth, courtesy of the Eastham Historical Society.
CHURCHILL, BATHSHEBA
In the book, Bathsheba's picture is side-by-side with that of husband Thomas Long but he was the son of a Miles Long from NC who emigrated to Plymouth, MA and married there in 1770. Bathsheba (1776-1853) is the pilgrim descendant, on her father's side, from William & Mary Brewster, William Bradford, and Richard Warren. Because her parents died when she was very young (as did her father's father) the paper trail isn't perfect but the book with this photo agrees with the somewhat problematic (in my line) Churchill family genealogy and the vital records online at the NEHGS. Her Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Zadock Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Bathsheba and Thomas married in Middleborough, MA and had sons Thomas Jr. and Zadock before moving to Buckfield, ME. Two of their Long descendants are seen below. Image and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 235, 618, digitized by the New York Public Library. The authors claim Chilton descent but I have not spotted that yet. An image of Bathsheba without the tight-fitting headgear or scanned from a hard copy would be appreciated.
In the book, Bathsheba's picture is side-by-side with that of husband Thomas Long but he was the son of a Miles Long from NC who emigrated to Plymouth, MA and married there in 1770. Bathsheba (1776-1853) is the pilgrim descendant, on her father's side, from William & Mary Brewster, William Bradford, and Richard Warren. Because her parents died when she was very young (as did her father's father) the paper trail isn't perfect but the book with this photo agrees with the somewhat problematic (in my line) Churchill family genealogy and the vital records online at the NEHGS. Her Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Zadock Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Bathsheba and Thomas married in Middleborough, MA and had sons Thomas Jr. and Zadock before moving to Buckfield, ME. Two of their Long descendants are seen below. Image and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 235, 618, digitized by the New York Public Library. The authors claim Chilton descent but I have not spotted that yet. An image of Bathsheba without the tight-fitting headgear or scanned from a hard copy would be appreciated.
CHURCHILL, AMOS
Son of Isaac, grandson of Winslow, and nephew of Lurana and Christiana (all below), Amos Churchill was a Generation 10 Brewster descendant. See the family's write-ups in the relevant sections for details of their Bradford, Alden-Mullins and Warren lineages. His Brewster lineage is: Isaac Bradford Churchill, Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. This image and his info is from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. (by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 277-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Son of Isaac, grandson of Winslow, and nephew of Lurana and Christiana (all below), Amos Churchill was a Generation 10 Brewster descendant. See the family's write-ups in the relevant sections for details of their Bradford, Alden-Mullins and Warren lineages. His Brewster lineage is: Isaac Bradford Churchill, Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. This image and his info is from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. (by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 277-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CHURCHILL, ISAAC BRADFORD
Isaac (b. 1818 in Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY) was a Generation 9 Brewster descendant. He was the father of Amos (above), younger brother of Lurana and Christiana, and son of Winslow Churchill, all below. Like the twins, his mother was Mercy Dodge of Vermont and he ended his days presumably in Illinois. For his Bradford, Alden-Mullins, and Warren lineage, see his writeup in those sections. His Brewster line runs: Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. Isaac's image and info is from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. (by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 155, 276, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Isaac (b. 1818 in Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY) was a Generation 9 Brewster descendant. He was the father of Amos (above), younger brother of Lurana and Christiana, and son of Winslow Churchill, all below. Like the twins, his mother was Mercy Dodge of Vermont and he ended his days presumably in Illinois. For his Bradford, Alden-Mullins, and Warren lineage, see his writeup in those sections. His Brewster line runs: Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. Isaac's image and info is from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. (by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 155, 276, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CHURCHILL, LURANA AND CHRISTIANA
Generation 9 fraternal twins Lurana (Churchill) Akerman and Christiana (Churchill) (Ketchum) Christian were daughters of Winslow Churchill (below), sisters of Isaac Bradford Churchill and aunts of Amos Churchill (both above.) In this image they are roughly 90 years old and at one point in the 1890s were reportedly billed as the oldest living twins in America. Like Isaac, their Brewster line runs: Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. For their Bradford, Alden-Mullins, and Warren lineages, see their write-ups in those sections. Image and info from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), p. 154, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Generation 9 fraternal twins Lurana (Churchill) Akerman and Christiana (Churchill) (Ketchum) Christian were daughters of Winslow Churchill (below), sisters of Isaac Bradford Churchill and aunts of Amos Churchill (both above.) In this image they are roughly 90 years old and at one point in the 1890s were reportedly billed as the oldest living twins in America. Like Isaac, their Brewster line runs: Winslow Churchill, Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster. For their Bradford, Alden-Mullins, and Warren lineages, see their write-ups in those sections. Image and info from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), p. 154, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CHURCHILL, WINSLOW
Presbyterian deacon Winslow Churchill (1770-1847) was a Gen. 8 Brewster thanks to an intermarriage between great-grandfather Israel Bradford and great-grandmother Sarah Bartlett. (See relevant sections for descriptions of his Bradford, Warren, and Alden-Mullins lines.)
Winslow is the father of Isaac Bradford Churchill, twins Lurana and Christiana, and grandfather of Isaac B.'s son Amos Churchill, all 4 above. Winslow's Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster.
If there is a story behind the "Winslow" I have not learned it, but if you know of any Winslow connection beyond homage to the Mayflower pilgrims, let me know. This image and the info about Winslow's life came from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 152-54, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Presbyterian deacon Winslow Churchill (1770-1847) was a Gen. 8 Brewster thanks to an intermarriage between great-grandfather Israel Bradford and great-grandmother Sarah Bartlett. (See relevant sections for descriptions of his Bradford, Warren, and Alden-Mullins lines.)
Winslow is the father of Isaac Bradford Churchill, twins Lurana and Christiana, and grandfather of Isaac B.'s son Amos Churchill, all 4 above. Winslow's Alden-Mullins line runs as follows: Melatiah (Bradford) Churchill, Joshua Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster.
If there is a story behind the "Winslow" I have not learned it, but if you know of any Winslow connection beyond homage to the Mayflower pilgrims, let me know. This image and the info about Winslow's life came from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 152-54, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CHURCHILL, MARIAH
Yes, this is out of alpha order but I wanted the above 5 people, who "go together" to not be interrupted by an upstart cousin. Mariah (Churchill) Shaw (her husband was Southworth Shaw) was a Generation 8 Brewster and a Bradford, and Warren.
Her Gen 8 Brewster line is: father Stephen Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. For her Bradford and Warren lines, see Mariah's entry in those sections.
The Bradford Silver Book will get you the farthest, to the birth of Mariah's father Stephen Churchill in 1743, in Plymouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and if he or his wife Lucy Burbank lived until 1818 there might be a pension record on file at fold3.com. You can see her 5 Bramhall children above on this & the Bradford & Warren pages. Image and info from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 60-61, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Yes, this is out of alpha order but I wanted the above 5 people, who "go together" to not be interrupted by an upstart cousin. Mariah (Churchill) Shaw (her husband was Southworth Shaw) was a Generation 8 Brewster and a Bradford, and Warren.
Her Gen 8 Brewster line is: father Stephen Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. For her Bradford and Warren lines, see Mariah's entry in those sections.
The Bradford Silver Book will get you the farthest, to the birth of Mariah's father Stephen Churchill in 1743, in Plymouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and if he or his wife Lucy Burbank lived until 1818 there might be a pension record on file at fold3.com. You can see her 5 Bramhall children above on this & the Bradford & Warren pages. Image and info from Churchill, et al., The Churchill Family in America (Boston: G. A. Churchill Family, n.d. ( by 1893 & bef. 1914), pp. 60-61, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CLARK, LINCOLN
Judge, law professor, and state legislator Lincoln Clark lived and worked in VA, NC, AL (where several of his children were born), IA, and IL before retiring to his native Conway, MA. Born in 1800, he was named for a family member, not the US president born some years after him. The point is, descendants may be scattered. Lincoln was a Gen 9 Brewster and Gen 8 Hopkins descendant via his paternal grandmother, Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, whose birth and marriage to Revolutionary War patriot Elisha Clark is in the Hopkins silver book. See his Hopkins writeup for that lineage. The Brewster line is: Elisha Clark (Jr.), Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, Judah Hopkins (Jr), Hannah (Mayo) Hopkins, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from William W. Johnson, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697 (North Greenfield, WI: WW Johnson, 1884), pp. 25, 31, 51-2, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Judge, law professor, and state legislator Lincoln Clark lived and worked in VA, NC, AL (where several of his children were born), IA, and IL before retiring to his native Conway, MA. Born in 1800, he was named for a family member, not the US president born some years after him. The point is, descendants may be scattered. Lincoln was a Gen 9 Brewster and Gen 8 Hopkins descendant via his paternal grandmother, Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, whose birth and marriage to Revolutionary War patriot Elisha Clark is in the Hopkins silver book. See his Hopkins writeup for that lineage. The Brewster line is: Elisha Clark (Jr.), Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, Judah Hopkins (Jr), Hannah (Mayo) Hopkins, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from William W. Johnson, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697 (North Greenfield, WI: WW Johnson, 1884), pp. 25, 31, 51-2, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
CLARK, SABRA COBB
First cousin of Lincoln, above, she also was a Hopkins and Brewster descendant and married an Alden-Mullins, Cooke descendant (Ebenezer S. Snell 1801-1876), so it would be nice to find pictures of any children they had. This daguerrotype and her birth, death, and marriage info is from "The Splendid Eminence" blog of Amherst College's Archives & Special Collections department, which kindly grants permission to reuse images on websites like this one. Thank you, Amherst. The blogpost is about the Snells but the blogger has also posted other articles about the Amherst daguerrotype collection and you will see those images here and there on MayflowerFaces.com. Sabra's Brewster line runs: Scotto Clark, Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, Judah Hopkins (Jr), Hannah (Mayo) Hopkins, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster the Mayflower. (The original Judah Hopkins married two Hannah Mayos, both of whom were Mayflower descendants. All but one of his children were by the second Hannah.) See Sabra's Hopkins writeup for that line. The original Sabra Cobb was her maternal grandmother, Sabra (Cobb) Emerson. This Sabra's BR, MR, and DR are on the NEHGS site along with her father's MR & DR. There were several Scotto Clarks, so I also consulted William W. Johnson, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697 (North Greenfield, WI: WW Johnson, 1884), pp. 23, 25, 31, 53, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
First cousin of Lincoln, above, she also was a Hopkins and Brewster descendant and married an Alden-Mullins, Cooke descendant (Ebenezer S. Snell 1801-1876), so it would be nice to find pictures of any children they had. This daguerrotype and her birth, death, and marriage info is from "The Splendid Eminence" blog of Amherst College's Archives & Special Collections department, which kindly grants permission to reuse images on websites like this one. Thank you, Amherst. The blogpost is about the Snells but the blogger has also posted other articles about the Amherst daguerrotype collection and you will see those images here and there on MayflowerFaces.com. Sabra's Brewster line runs: Scotto Clark, Hannah (Hopkins) Clark, Judah Hopkins (Jr), Hannah (Mayo) Hopkins, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster the Mayflower. (The original Judah Hopkins married two Hannah Mayos, both of whom were Mayflower descendants. All but one of his children were by the second Hannah.) See Sabra's Hopkins writeup for that line. The original Sabra Cobb was her maternal grandmother, Sabra (Cobb) Emerson. This Sabra's BR, MR, and DR are on the NEHGS site along with her father's MR & DR. There were several Scotto Clarks, so I also consulted William W. Johnson, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697 (North Greenfield, WI: WW Johnson, 1884), pp. 23, 25, 31, 53, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
CROWELL, FRANCIS B.
The "B." may have stood for "Baker." Or not. Francis's info & image came from the database of Connecticut seamen on familysearch.org, but CT births, deaths, and marriages are hard to search for online during certain periods and in certain parts of the state, so this was jumpstarted with Francis's entry on findagrave, where the memorialist gave him the middle name "Baker" without any evidence that I saw. Don't assume. The ID cards give the birth date, picture, and brief physical description so it is possible to correlate with other sources. Here is Francis's Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with his father of the same name: Francis B. Crowell, Olive (Baker) Crowell, Deborah (Sears) Baker, Phebe (Sears) Sears, Daniel Sears, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Francis is also a Hopkins descendant. See that section for the lineage. The ID card states that Francis was 67, had a "medium" complexion, white hair, hazel eyes, and was 5'8". He may have more Mayflower ancestry through his mother, Mehitable (Crowell) Crowell.
The "B." may have stood for "Baker." Or not. Francis's info & image came from the database of Connecticut seamen on familysearch.org, but CT births, deaths, and marriages are hard to search for online during certain periods and in certain parts of the state, so this was jumpstarted with Francis's entry on findagrave, where the memorialist gave him the middle name "Baker" without any evidence that I saw. Don't assume. The ID cards give the birth date, picture, and brief physical description so it is possible to correlate with other sources. Here is Francis's Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with his father of the same name: Francis B. Crowell, Olive (Baker) Crowell, Deborah (Sears) Baker, Phebe (Sears) Sears, Daniel Sears, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Francis is also a Hopkins descendant. See that section for the lineage. The ID card states that Francis was 67, had a "medium" complexion, white hair, hazel eyes, and was 5'8". He may have more Mayflower ancestry through his mother, Mehitable (Crowell) Crowell.
CROWELL, HANNAH HALL (See Barnabas C. Howes, above.)
CROWELL, LOUISA (See Doane, Louisa 3 Generations, below.)
CURTIS, FREDERIC CHURCHILL
Born September 3, 1818 or 1819 in Stockbridge, MA (but later a resident of NY, SC, and WI) Frederic apparently knew of his Brewster lineage because he was alive and well as of this book's compilation and so was likely the informant, or possibly one of his 3 daughters residing in the area gave the information. Given the detail provided on all of his lines it had to be a family member interested in genealogy. The GSMD's Brewster books get this line as far as the birth of Lucy Adgate and the records on the NEHGS include the birth of Frederic's father and his parents' marriage. The in-between part you will have to prove with vital records from New York (land and probate records are on familysearch.org) but the book with this photo and Jones' Brewster genealogy, vol. 1 (cited often on this page) have the same names, dates, and places so can be consulted for places to research. Frederic's Gen 9 line runs: Frances "Fanny" (Warner) Curtis, Anne (Lord) Warner, Lucy (Adgate) Lord, Matthew Adgate, Ruth (Brewster) Adgate, Benjamin Brewster, Jonathan, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography...Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Columbia, Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin (Chicago: Ogle, 1901), pp. 470, 472-4, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Born September 3, 1818 or 1819 in Stockbridge, MA (but later a resident of NY, SC, and WI) Frederic apparently knew of his Brewster lineage because he was alive and well as of this book's compilation and so was likely the informant, or possibly one of his 3 daughters residing in the area gave the information. Given the detail provided on all of his lines it had to be a family member interested in genealogy. The GSMD's Brewster books get this line as far as the birth of Lucy Adgate and the records on the NEHGS include the birth of Frederic's father and his parents' marriage. The in-between part you will have to prove with vital records from New York (land and probate records are on familysearch.org) but the book with this photo and Jones' Brewster genealogy, vol. 1 (cited often on this page) have the same names, dates, and places so can be consulted for places to research. Frederic's Gen 9 line runs: Frances "Fanny" (Warner) Curtis, Anne (Lord) Warner, Lucy (Adgate) Lord, Matthew Adgate, Ruth (Brewster) Adgate, Benjamin Brewster, Jonathan, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography...Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Columbia, Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin (Chicago: Ogle, 1901), pp. 470, 472-4, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHMAN, GEORGE HOMER
His picture is on Digital Commonwealth as "Mr. G. H. Cushman," courtesy of the Brockton, MA Public Library and there was only one G. H. Cushman in town then. George was a Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, Doty, Hopkins, and Warren descendant. (See those sections for the lineages.) His wife, Rachel B. Jones (1822-1894), was also on Digital Commonwealth as "Mrs. G. H. Cushman" but George (1820-1900) had just the one wife. (See her writeups in the Alden-Mullins, Chilton, and Cooke sections.) George's Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his mother, runs as follows: Rebecca (Stetson) Cushman, Huldah (Brewster) Stetson, Wrestling Brewster Jr., Wrestling, Wrestling, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the Mayflower couple. The final Wrestling does show up in the online vital records as "Jr." consistently so I have used it here. His 1770 birth is in the Love Brewster pink ("in progress") book and Gen 5 of that has been digitized by the NEHGS (americanancestors.org) for its subscribers under license by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, MA.
His picture is on Digital Commonwealth as "Mr. G. H. Cushman," courtesy of the Brockton, MA Public Library and there was only one G. H. Cushman in town then. George was a Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Allerton, Cooke, Doty, Hopkins, and Warren descendant. (See those sections for the lineages.) His wife, Rachel B. Jones (1822-1894), was also on Digital Commonwealth as "Mrs. G. H. Cushman" but George (1820-1900) had just the one wife. (See her writeups in the Alden-Mullins, Chilton, and Cooke sections.) George's Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his mother, runs as follows: Rebecca (Stetson) Cushman, Huldah (Brewster) Stetson, Wrestling Brewster Jr., Wrestling, Wrestling, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the Mayflower couple. The final Wrestling does show up in the online vital records as "Jr." consistently so I have used it here. His 1770 birth is in the Love Brewster pink ("in progress") book and Gen 5 of that has been digitized by the NEHGS (americanancestors.org) for its subscribers under license by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, MA.
CUSHING, SUMNER WEBSTER
Class president and future teacher Sumner Cushing, in 1899 age 20, was a Brewster descendant via a Stetson ancestor (yes, of hat fame) who married another Stetson. The new (2019) Jonathan Brewster silver book clarifies that by adding the husband's name to the writeup in the pink "Mayflower Families in Progress" book. Sumner married and may have left children but sadly died in 1920 of a brain tumor. Here is his Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with his father: Webster A. Cushing, Sarah (Merritt) Cushing, Betsey (Stetson) Merritt, George Stetson Jr, Eunice (Stetson) Stetson, Mercy (Turner) Stetson, Jonathan Turner, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Proving this line will take some extra care because there seem to be a couple misidentifications. For example Sumner's death certificate confused his mother's maiden name with her own maiden name and Betsy (Stetson) Merritt's death record had no mother and put her older brother as her father. Image from the Clement Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State University, which digitized it for digitalcommonwealth.org.
Class president and future teacher Sumner Cushing, in 1899 age 20, was a Brewster descendant via a Stetson ancestor (yes, of hat fame) who married another Stetson. The new (2019) Jonathan Brewster silver book clarifies that by adding the husband's name to the writeup in the pink "Mayflower Families in Progress" book. Sumner married and may have left children but sadly died in 1920 of a brain tumor. Here is his Gen 11 Brewster line, beginning with his father: Webster A. Cushing, Sarah (Merritt) Cushing, Betsey (Stetson) Merritt, George Stetson Jr, Eunice (Stetson) Stetson, Mercy (Turner) Stetson, Jonathan Turner, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Proving this line will take some extra care because there seem to be a couple misidentifications. For example Sumner's death certificate confused his mother's maiden name with her own maiden name and Betsy (Stetson) Merritt's death record had no mother and put her older brother as her father. Image from the Clement Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State University, which digitized it for digitalcommonwealth.org.
DAVIS, JOHN
The closest relatives of John Davis (1761-1847) on this website are Daniel & William Herbert Perry Faunce, like John Brewster, Bradford, and Warren descendants. For more on John's personal background see his Bradford writeup. His Gen 8 Brewster line runs through his mother as follows: Mercy (Hedge) Davis, Mercy (Barnes) (Cole) Hedge, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Bradford & Warren pages detail those lines. Image from Charles Knowles, The Athenaeum Centenary: The History and Influence of the Boston Athenaeum from 1807 to 1907, with a Record of its Officers and Benefactors and a Complete List of Proprietors (Boston: Athenaeum, 1907), p. 24, digitized by the University of California - Riverside Library.
The closest relatives of John Davis (1761-1847) on this website are Daniel & William Herbert Perry Faunce, like John Brewster, Bradford, and Warren descendants. For more on John's personal background see his Bradford writeup. His Gen 8 Brewster line runs through his mother as follows: Mercy (Hedge) Davis, Mercy (Barnes) (Cole) Hedge, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The Bradford & Warren pages detail those lines. Image from Charles Knowles, The Athenaeum Centenary: The History and Influence of the Boston Athenaeum from 1807 to 1907, with a Record of its Officers and Benefactors and a Complete List of Proprietors (Boston: Athenaeum, 1907), p. 24, digitized by the University of California - Riverside Library.
Davis, Nathan Winslow
Nathan is believed to be a Generation 10 descendant of William and Mary Brewster and of Stephen Hopkins, via his mother Charity Hodges (Winslow) Davis. He was born in Freetown in 1857 and this photo was probably taken 1884-1902, after becoming a partner in his father's rifle manufacturing business, along with his brother William A. Davis. It comes from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 167, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Davis, William A.
William A. Davis resembles his father, Nathan R. Davis, originally of Somerset and father also of Nathan Winslow Davis above. He is also a Generation 10 descendant of the Brewsters and of Stephen Hopkins via their mother Charity Hodges (Winslow) Davis. He was born in Freetown in 1855 and this photo was probably taken 1884-1902, after becoming a partner in his father's rifle manufacturing business, along with his brother. The image comes from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 167, digitized by the Library of Congress. Nathan R. Davis's photo, for comparison, is on page 166.
DEAN, MYRA HASTINGS
If you spot someone born in the Midwest but with a surname common in areas with lots of Pilgrim families, don't hesitate to check because there is a chance they were born there but returned to the scene of the crime. Such is the case with Taunton High School class of 1904 treasurer Myra H. Dean (b. 1885 Berkley, MA). Her father had no apparent Mayflower ancestors but his 3rd wife, Myra's mother, from West Mansfield, OH, had at least five because her parents were from Plymouth County. See the Alden-Mullins, Warren, & Bradford sections for more lines. Myra's Gen 11 Brewster line runs: Bessy (Hathaway) Dean, Almira (Loring) Hathaway, Levi Loring, Joshua, Zilpha/Zilpah (Bradford) Loring, Sarah (Stetson) Bradford, Abigail (Brewster) Stetson, Wresting Brewster, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image from Taunton High School Record (Taunton: 1904), p. 9, digitized by Internet Archive.
If you spot someone born in the Midwest but with a surname common in areas with lots of Pilgrim families, don't hesitate to check because there is a chance they were born there but returned to the scene of the crime. Such is the case with Taunton High School class of 1904 treasurer Myra H. Dean (b. 1885 Berkley, MA). Her father had no apparent Mayflower ancestors but his 3rd wife, Myra's mother, from West Mansfield, OH, had at least five because her parents were from Plymouth County. See the Alden-Mullins, Warren, & Bradford sections for more lines. Myra's Gen 11 Brewster line runs: Bessy (Hathaway) Dean, Almira (Loring) Hathaway, Levi Loring, Joshua, Zilpha/Zilpah (Bradford) Loring, Sarah (Stetson) Bradford, Abigail (Brewster) Stetson, Wresting Brewster, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image from Taunton High School Record (Taunton: 1904), p. 9, digitized by Internet Archive.
DeCOSTER, JAMES H.
Born in Buckfield, ME in 1837 to the older brother of Varanes DeCoster, below, he should be a Gen 10 Brewster IF this line is valid, also an Alden-Mullins & Warren. He is definitely a Rogers & Hopkins descendant. See Varanes's writeup for issues with this line and more about the family. James's line would run: Henry DeCoster, Samuel, Priscilla (Rogers) DeCoster, Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers, Ichabod Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster & his parents William & Mary, all of the Mayflower. Image & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 573-5. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
Born in Buckfield, ME in 1837 to the older brother of Varanes DeCoster, below, he should be a Gen 10 Brewster IF this line is valid, also an Alden-Mullins & Warren. He is definitely a Rogers & Hopkins descendant. See Varanes's writeup for issues with this line and more about the family. James's line would run: Henry DeCoster, Samuel, Priscilla (Rogers) DeCoster, Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers, Ichabod Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster & his parents William & Mary, all of the Mayflower. Image & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 573-5. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
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DeCOSTER - VARANES, VIRGINIA, VIRGIL P.
The book with this photo repeats the old legend that Varanes's Rogers grandmother was descended from a notorious Protestant martyr in Old England and made no mention of any Mayflower connection whatsoever, in spite of descent from SIX Pilgrim families (Rogers, Brewster, Alden, Mullins, Hopkins, & Warren.) Fortunately "Priscilla Rogers of Bridgewater, MA" was not hard to find or trace and she is a verified Rogers & Hopkins descendant.. That said, her mother Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers is identified in the Alden silver book Vol. 1 and Rogers Vol 2 (pub 2019) as PROBABLY the daughter of Ichabod Bartlett & Sarah Spooner, so join the Mayflower Society as a Rogers or Hopkins and then work on proving the other lines. Here is the proposed line from Gen 9 Varanes (above far left, b 1814) and the two of his seven children shown - Gen 10 twins Virginia (DeCoster) Jones and Virgil P. DeCoster (both b 1848) - beginning with Varanes's father: Samuel DeCoster, Priscilla (Rogers) DeCoster, Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers, Ichabod Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster & his parents William & Mary, all 3 eligible Mayflower passengers. See the DeCosters' other pilgrim ancestors sections for those lines. Image & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 572-3, 576-7. (Author Whitman was the Clerk of the county court, so had access to good local records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library. Virgil appears to be a dead ringer for his father.
The book with this photo repeats the old legend that Varanes's Rogers grandmother was descended from a notorious Protestant martyr in Old England and made no mention of any Mayflower connection whatsoever, in spite of descent from SIX Pilgrim families (Rogers, Brewster, Alden, Mullins, Hopkins, & Warren.) Fortunately "Priscilla Rogers of Bridgewater, MA" was not hard to find or trace and she is a verified Rogers & Hopkins descendant.. That said, her mother Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers is identified in the Alden silver book Vol. 1 and Rogers Vol 2 (pub 2019) as PROBABLY the daughter of Ichabod Bartlett & Sarah Spooner, so join the Mayflower Society as a Rogers or Hopkins and then work on proving the other lines. Here is the proposed line from Gen 9 Varanes (above far left, b 1814) and the two of his seven children shown - Gen 10 twins Virginia (DeCoster) Jones and Virgil P. DeCoster (both b 1848) - beginning with Varanes's father: Samuel DeCoster, Priscilla (Rogers) DeCoster, Hannah (Bartlett) Rogers, Ichabod Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster & his parents William & Mary, all 3 eligible Mayflower passengers. See the DeCosters' other pilgrim ancestors sections for those lines. Image & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 572-3, 576-7. (Author Whitman was the Clerk of the county court, so had access to good local records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library. Virgil appears to be a dead ringer for his father.
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DENISON - CHARLES M., GEORGE BURLINGAME & ELLERY
These 3 brothers are the only Denisons with pictures in this book but there are plenty of names and dates so if you think you are related it has some decent leads as to outmigration of this double Brewster Connecticut family. Their grandfather, Gen 6 Daniel Denison Jr. went to Rensselaer County, NY, where their father Samuel was born in 1774, according to the author. To prove this line to the Mayflower Society you will likely need NY land and probate records, which are on familysearch.org, as there are unlikely to be town records in Stephentown or in Floyd, Oneida Co, NY, where most of Samuel's 16 children were born between 1802 & 1832. The author being George B. himself means it is probably very accurate as he only had to know his parents and grandparents. The first of their Gen 8 Brewster lines runs as follows, beginning with their father: Samuel Denison, Daniel Jr., Daniel, Mary (Wetherell) Denison, Grace (Brewster) Wetherell, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The second runs through Daniel Sr.'s wife Rachel Starr, whose parents were step-siblings, but only one was a Brewster. Also Gen 8, it runs: Samuel Denison, Daniel Jr., Rachel (Starr) Denison, Thomas Starr, Hannah (Brewster) Starr, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary again. Images & info from George Burlingame Denison, A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Denison, Late of Floyd, Oneida Co, NY, with Notices of his Ancestry, Commencing with William Denison, Who Came to America in 1631 and Settled in Roxbury, MA (Muscatine, IA: GB Denison, 1884), pp. 12, 13, 19, 22, 24, 34, 35, 37, 48 digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
These 3 brothers are the only Denisons with pictures in this book but there are plenty of names and dates so if you think you are related it has some decent leads as to outmigration of this double Brewster Connecticut family. Their grandfather, Gen 6 Daniel Denison Jr. went to Rensselaer County, NY, where their father Samuel was born in 1774, according to the author. To prove this line to the Mayflower Society you will likely need NY land and probate records, which are on familysearch.org, as there are unlikely to be town records in Stephentown or in Floyd, Oneida Co, NY, where most of Samuel's 16 children were born between 1802 & 1832. The author being George B. himself means it is probably very accurate as he only had to know his parents and grandparents. The first of their Gen 8 Brewster lines runs as follows, beginning with their father: Samuel Denison, Daniel Jr., Daniel, Mary (Wetherell) Denison, Grace (Brewster) Wetherell, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The second runs through Daniel Sr.'s wife Rachel Starr, whose parents were step-siblings, but only one was a Brewster. Also Gen 8, it runs: Samuel Denison, Daniel Jr., Rachel (Starr) Denison, Thomas Starr, Hannah (Brewster) Starr, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary again. Images & info from George Burlingame Denison, A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Denison, Late of Floyd, Oneida Co, NY, with Notices of his Ancestry, Commencing with William Denison, Who Came to America in 1631 and Settled in Roxbury, MA (Muscatine, IA: GB Denison, 1884), pp. 12, 13, 19, 22, 24, 34, 35, 37, 48 digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
DENISON, GEORGE BURLINGAME (See Charles M. Denison, above.)
DENISON, ELLERY (See Charles M. Denison, above.)
DE WOLF, JAMES (Capt.)
There are many James De Wolfs in this family, but Capt. James here (1764-1850), was the great grandson of Patience Brewster and Matthew De Wolf. She was not the only Patience Brewster and he was not the only Matthew De Wolf but they are both in the Brewster Silver Book and the Jonathan Brewster pink book, along with their son Matthew #2 (b. 1724, Bolton, CT.) Capt. James married and had children around Otis & Becket, Berkshire Co, MA, an odd place for a sea captain, so perhaps he was a militia captain. The in-between generations as described in the book from which this image was taken match the VRs online but the book seems to have left out a few wives and marriage intentions in his generation and for one of the Matthews. James's Gen. 8 Brewster line is as follows: Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Two grandsons are on this page: James Watson Smith and Frank Clarence Loveland, both below. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 264-7, digitized by Internet Archive. The image is credited as being from a daguerrotype owned by his son, thus it was probably taken in the 1840s when James was 75 "and upwards."
There are many James De Wolfs in this family, but Capt. James here (1764-1850), was the great grandson of Patience Brewster and Matthew De Wolf. She was not the only Patience Brewster and he was not the only Matthew De Wolf but they are both in the Brewster Silver Book and the Jonathan Brewster pink book, along with their son Matthew #2 (b. 1724, Bolton, CT.) Capt. James married and had children around Otis & Becket, Berkshire Co, MA, an odd place for a sea captain, so perhaps he was a militia captain. The in-between generations as described in the book from which this image was taken match the VRs online but the book seems to have left out a few wives and marriage intentions in his generation and for one of the Matthews. James's Gen. 8 Brewster line is as follows: Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Two grandsons are on this page: James Watson Smith and Frank Clarence Loveland, both below. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 264-7, digitized by Internet Archive. The image is credited as being from a daguerrotype owned by his son, thus it was probably taken in the 1840s when James was 75 "and upwards."
DOANE, ANNIS
Annis (Doane) Nickerson (b. 1851) is from the Nova Scotia branch of the Doane family, which has many descendants there. She is a three-time Brewster descendant, all Gen. 10. Israel Doane, grandson of immigrant John, married 2 Brewster descendants and is confusingly covered in the Brewster Silver Book and the Patience Brewster Pink Book, where the former refers the reader to an incorrect generation in the latter. It also did not help that there were multiple marriages, some of them among cousins, and everyone had a son named Israel. Annis's lines works out to be: 1) Israel Doane, Israel, Israel, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower; 2) Louisa (Kenney) Doane, Prince Kenney, Ruth (Doane) Kenney, Edmund Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster; and 3) Louisa (Kenney) Doane, Susannah (Doane) Kenney, Israel Doane, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. She is the granddaughter of Susannah & Prince, below. Image & info from a book by her brother, Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, I. Deacon John Doane of Plymouth, II. Dr. John Done of Maryland, and Their Descendants with Notes Upon English Families of the Name (Boston: author, 1902), pp. 76-77, 205, 207, 366-7, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Annis (Doane) Nickerson (b. 1851) is from the Nova Scotia branch of the Doane family, which has many descendants there. She is a three-time Brewster descendant, all Gen. 10. Israel Doane, grandson of immigrant John, married 2 Brewster descendants and is confusingly covered in the Brewster Silver Book and the Patience Brewster Pink Book, where the former refers the reader to an incorrect generation in the latter. It also did not help that there were multiple marriages, some of them among cousins, and everyone had a son named Israel. Annis's lines works out to be: 1) Israel Doane, Israel, Israel, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower; 2) Louisa (Kenney) Doane, Prince Kenney, Ruth (Doane) Kenney, Edmund Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster; and 3) Louisa (Kenney) Doane, Susannah (Doane) Kenney, Israel Doane, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. She is the granddaughter of Susannah & Prince, below. Image & info from a book by her brother, Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, I. Deacon John Doane of Plymouth, II. Dr. John Done of Maryland, and Their Descendants with Notes Upon English Families of the Name (Boston: author, 1902), pp. 76-77, 205, 207, 366-7, digitized by the Library of Congress.
DOANE, ARNOLD
He is credited with doing the original work that became the book from which this photo was taken. The great grandparents of Arnold, Edmund Doane & Elizabeth (Osborn) (Merrick) (Paine) Doane are both in the Patience Brewster pink book. Grandfather Samuel O. Doane was mentioned in the Hopkins book as part of an explanation on Elizabeth's multiple marriages but left out of the Patience index so you wouldn't know he existed unless you ran across him in the Hopkins book. Fortunately, half of Barrington, NS appears to have been a Hopkins and/or Brewster so that was not too difficult. Arnold was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Josiah Payne Doane, Samuel Osborn Doane, Edmond Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image & info from Edwin Crowell, A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne county, Nova Scotia 1604-1870 (Yarmouth, NS: author, n.d.), preface & pp. 473-475, digitized by the University of Toronto.
He is credited with doing the original work that became the book from which this photo was taken. The great grandparents of Arnold, Edmund Doane & Elizabeth (Osborn) (Merrick) (Paine) Doane are both in the Patience Brewster pink book. Grandfather Samuel O. Doane was mentioned in the Hopkins book as part of an explanation on Elizabeth's multiple marriages but left out of the Patience index so you wouldn't know he existed unless you ran across him in the Hopkins book. Fortunately, half of Barrington, NS appears to have been a Hopkins and/or Brewster so that was not too difficult. Arnold was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Josiah Payne Doane, Samuel Osborn Doane, Edmond Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image & info from Edwin Crowell, A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne county, Nova Scotia 1604-1870 (Yarmouth, NS: author, n.d.), preface & pp. 473-475, digitized by the University of Toronto.
DOANE, LOUISA: 3 Generations of Brewsters
This all-female group is also 5 Generations of Hopkins (see Atwood, Mary in that section) but since the purpose of this web site is the pictures, with the hope of spotting family resemblances, I kept the group intact. Louisa (Doane) Crowell is a Gen. 9 Brewster and Hopkins, her daughter Louisa (Crowell) Richan is Gen. 10, and little Abigail Richan is Gen. 11. The Brewster line from Louisa Doane (center) is: James Doane, Samuel Osborn Doane, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The two Hopkins-only women are on the left. Image & info from Edwin Crowell, A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne county, Nova Scotia 1604-1870 (Yarmouth, NS: author, n.d.), pp. 428, 433, 435, 473, 474 digitized by the University of Toronto.
This all-female group is also 5 Generations of Hopkins (see Atwood, Mary in that section) but since the purpose of this web site is the pictures, with the hope of spotting family resemblances, I kept the group intact. Louisa (Doane) Crowell is a Gen. 9 Brewster and Hopkins, her daughter Louisa (Crowell) Richan is Gen. 10, and little Abigail Richan is Gen. 11. The Brewster line from Louisa Doane (center) is: James Doane, Samuel Osborn Doane, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The two Hopkins-only women are on the left. Image & info from Edwin Crowell, A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne county, Nova Scotia 1604-1870 (Yarmouth, NS: author, n.d.), pp. 428, 433, 435, 473, 474 digitized by the University of Toronto.
DOANE, SUSANNAH and KENNEY, PRINCE DOANE
This married Canadian couple are distant cousins and both Brewster descendants. (Sorry the faces are so blurry in this scan but the hats make up for it.) They are the grandparents of Annis Doane, above. Joanna (1782-1877) is a Gen. 8 with this line: Israel, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Prince (1780-1863) was also a Gen. 8 with this line: Ruth (Doane) Kenney, Edmund Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The picture had to have been taken before 1863, when Prince died, and probably after 1850, so they were likely in their 70s, possibly 80s. Image and info from Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, I. Deacon John Doane of Plymouth, II. Dr. John Done of Maryland, and Their Descendants with Notes Upon English Families of the Name (Boston: author, 1902), pp. 76-77, 205, 207, digitized by the Library of Congress.
This married Canadian couple are distant cousins and both Brewster descendants. (Sorry the faces are so blurry in this scan but the hats make up for it.) They are the grandparents of Annis Doane, above. Joanna (1782-1877) is a Gen. 8 with this line: Israel, Edmund, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Prince (1780-1863) was also a Gen. 8 with this line: Ruth (Doane) Kenney, Edmund Doane, Ruth (Freeman) Doane, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The picture had to have been taken before 1863, when Prince died, and probably after 1850, so they were likely in their 70s, possibly 80s. Image and info from Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, I. Deacon John Doane of Plymouth, II. Dr. John Done of Maryland, and Their Descendants with Notes Upon English Families of the Name (Boston: author, 1902), pp. 76-77, 205, 207, digitized by the Library of Congress.
DOUD, MARIE GENEVA
If you are a descendant along the same Doud line as Mamie, as she was better known, there are some genealogical papers collected by a cousin at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, KS, a facility operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. I have done some of my "day job" research in the history of technology and science at the DDE Library and it is outstanding, as are the other presidential libraries. It is the only place I have seen a government worker RUN to answer the phone because he loved his job so much. Mamie's own line has been researched by the NEHGS and written about in their American Ancestors magazine online. Her Gen. 11 Brewster lineage runs as follows: John Sheldon Doud, Mary Cornelia (Sheldon) Doud, James Henry Sheldon, Harriet (Holmes) Sheldon, Elijah Holmes, Sarah (Brewster) Holmes, Jonathan Brewster, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Love Brewster Pink Book gets as far as the baptism of Elijah Holmes in 1754, in Amenia, NY but born possibly in CT. It notes that he "signed the oath of allegiance," referring presumably to the Revolutionary War. He is not on the DAR GRS database but one of his descendants might be, so you might find some data and evidence that way. Credit: "Photograph of Mamie Eisenhower at the age of 17" by The U.S. National Archives.
If you are a descendant along the same Doud line as Mamie, as she was better known, there are some genealogical papers collected by a cousin at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, KS, a facility operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. I have done some of my "day job" research in the history of technology and science at the DDE Library and it is outstanding, as are the other presidential libraries. It is the only place I have seen a government worker RUN to answer the phone because he loved his job so much. Mamie's own line has been researched by the NEHGS and written about in their American Ancestors magazine online. Her Gen. 11 Brewster lineage runs as follows: John Sheldon Doud, Mary Cornelia (Sheldon) Doud, James Henry Sheldon, Harriet (Holmes) Sheldon, Elijah Holmes, Sarah (Brewster) Holmes, Jonathan Brewster, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Love Brewster Pink Book gets as far as the baptism of Elijah Holmes in 1754, in Amenia, NY but born possibly in CT. It notes that he "signed the oath of allegiance," referring presumably to the Revolutionary War. He is not on the DAR GRS database but one of his descendants might be, so you might find some data and evidence that way. Credit: "Photograph of Mamie Eisenhower at the age of 17" by The U.S. National Archives.
FAUNCE, DANIEL [WORCESTER]
Father of Willam, below, Daniel (1829-1911) was a Class of 1850 graduate of Amherst College. Their Archives & Special Collections department owns this image and allows access to the public in return for a credit line (Thank you, Amherst.) You can read more about the Class of 1850 daguerreotype collection, of which this image is part, on their blog, "The Consecrated Eminence," a long-ago nickname for the college. The March 23, 2018 blogpost has links to previous mention of the collection. For Daniel's Gen 10 Brewster line, see his son William's writeup, below. Check William's Warren and Bradford writeups for those lines. (William's Alden-Mullins link was through his mother.) For comparison, there is an image of William at about the same age as Daniel and sans mustache, though a side view, on findagrave. He and William are distant relatives of John Davis, above. Image from Amherst College Archives & Special Collections department, Amherst, MA.
Father of Willam, below, Daniel (1829-1911) was a Class of 1850 graduate of Amherst College. Their Archives & Special Collections department owns this image and allows access to the public in return for a credit line (Thank you, Amherst.) You can read more about the Class of 1850 daguerreotype collection, of which this image is part, on their blog, "The Consecrated Eminence," a long-ago nickname for the college. The March 23, 2018 blogpost has links to previous mention of the collection. For Daniel's Gen 10 Brewster line, see his son William's writeup, below. Check William's Warren and Bradford writeups for those lines. (William's Alden-Mullins link was through his mother.) For comparison, there is an image of William at about the same age as Daniel and sans mustache, though a side view, on findagrave. He and William are distant relatives of John Davis, above. Image from Amherst College Archives & Special Collections department, Amherst, MA.
FAUNCE, WILLIAM HERBERT PERRY
Daniel's son William (1859-1930) looks to be a Warren at least 7 times over on his father's side, 4 times on his mother's side, plus a Brewster twice (1x thru each parent), an Alden-Mullins, & a Bradford. Father and son are distant cousins of John Davis, above. William's paternal Gen 11 Brewster line runs: Daniel Worcester Faunce, Olive (Finney/Phinney) Faunce, Daniel Finney/Phinney, Alice (Barnes) Finney/Phinney, Lemuel Barnes, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, Elder William & Mary. The maternal Gen 10 line should run: Mary P. (Perry) Faunce, Meletiah Perry, Phebe (Bartlett) Perry, Zacheus Bartlett, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and his parents William & Mary, all Mayflower passengers. There should be more biographical material available on William, as he was president of Brown University at one point and possibly there are some Plymouth County probate records on this line. You will need that to prove that the information on what looks to be his mother's death record is correct. She appears not to have been buried with her husband, who outlived her by many years and married again. Image (only) from wikipedia, which acknowledged the source to be "A Group of American College Presidents," in Appleton's Magazine, Vol. III, Jan-June 1904, p. 800, digitized and uploaded to Internet Archive by the University of Toronto. There is a picture of him at a much younger age on findagrave.
Daniel's son William (1859-1930) looks to be a Warren at least 7 times over on his father's side, 4 times on his mother's side, plus a Brewster twice (1x thru each parent), an Alden-Mullins, & a Bradford. Father and son are distant cousins of John Davis, above. William's paternal Gen 11 Brewster line runs: Daniel Worcester Faunce, Olive (Finney/Phinney) Faunce, Daniel Finney/Phinney, Alice (Barnes) Finney/Phinney, Lemuel Barnes, Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, Elder William & Mary. The maternal Gen 10 line should run: Mary P. (Perry) Faunce, Meletiah Perry, Phebe (Bartlett) Perry, Zacheus Bartlett, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and his parents William & Mary, all Mayflower passengers. There should be more biographical material available on William, as he was president of Brown University at one point and possibly there are some Plymouth County probate records on this line. You will need that to prove that the information on what looks to be his mother's death record is correct. She appears not to have been buried with her husband, who outlived her by many years and married again. Image (only) from wikipedia, which acknowledged the source to be "A Group of American College Presidents," in Appleton's Magazine, Vol. III, Jan-June 1904, p. 800, digitized and uploaded to Internet Archive by the University of Toronto. There is a picture of him at a much younger age on findagrave.
FOLSOM, FRANCES CLARA
See "Frank's" Soule writeup for the details of her genealogy and her Gen. 10 lineage. She was also a Gen. 12 Brewster descendant via the following line: Emma (Harmon) Folsom, Ruth Hayward (Rogers) Harmon, Mercy (Champlin) Rogers, Elizabeth (Perry) Champlin, Mercy (Hazard) Perry, Elizabeth (Raymond) Hazard, Elizabeth (Christophers) Raymond, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. There are more images of "Frank" on the LOC site, including one with her mother, but due to copyright restrictions they are available for viewing onsite only. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1897, from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, Library of Congress.
See "Frank's" Soule writeup for the details of her genealogy and her Gen. 10 lineage. She was also a Gen. 12 Brewster descendant via the following line: Emma (Harmon) Folsom, Ruth Hayward (Rogers) Harmon, Mercy (Champlin) Rogers, Elizabeth (Perry) Champlin, Mercy (Hazard) Perry, Elizabeth (Raymond) Hazard, Elizabeth (Christophers) Raymond, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. There are more images of "Frank" on the LOC site, including one with her mother, but due to copyright restrictions they are available for viewing onsite only. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1897, from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, Library of Congress.
Foster, Albert Volney
A Harvard student of 21 or so when this picture was taken, Albert was son of Volney William and brother of Eva Cornelia Foster, grandson of Volney Foster, and great-grandson of Hopestill Foster, all below, and so a Generation 11 Brewster descendant. Note the cautions about proving all of these purported descendants if you wish to join a lineage society as their descendant. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 677. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, AUSTIN THEOPHILUS
Son of Capt. Stephen Foster and younger brother of Hon. Stephen Foster and Hon. Henry Dean Foster, all below, Hon. Austin (b. 1822) would be a Gen. 9 Brewster along the same line: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Like Hon. Stephen, he also served in the VT state legislature, the author writes, as both a representative and senator. He also worked on both sides of the US-Canadian border and married a woman from Quebec, so his paper trail may also lie in two nations. This lineage actually looks pretty sound because the Patience Brewster Pink Book gets to Mercy Freeman and the VT Vital Records on NEHGS has Stephen and lists his parents, and has the birth of Austin.
Son of Capt. Stephen Foster and younger brother of Hon. Stephen Foster and Hon. Henry Dean Foster, all below, Hon. Austin (b. 1822) would be a Gen. 9 Brewster along the same line: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Like Hon. Stephen, he also served in the VT state legislature, the author writes, as both a representative and senator. He also worked on both sides of the US-Canadian border and married a woman from Quebec, so his paper trail may also lie in two nations. This lineage actually looks pretty sound because the Patience Brewster Pink Book gets to Mercy Freeman and the VT Vital Records on NEHGS has Stephen and lists his parents, and has the birth of Austin.
Foster, Charles Freeman
This Foster is descended from both Patience Brewster and her brother Jonathan. Deacon Hatherly Foster married Bathshua Turner, great-great-granddaughter of William Brewster and their son Elisha Foster married Temperance Freeman. After Elisha came John, Jacob, Ira, then Charles (b. 1830 Dorchester, MA), who was a Generation 10 Brewster twice. According to the author of this book, though, there is an unspecified 3rd Brewster line to Charles. Maybe while you are gathering evidence to prove all the genealogical allegations you might find that third line. There is bound to be a lot more documentation out there now and accessible, thanks to the Internet, than in 1899. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 976. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Daniel Shays
Yes, he really was named for the Daniel Shays of Shays's Rebellion, an ancestor on his father's side. The book from which this photo comes includes several interesting tales of his bravery a during the Civil War. Dr. Foster was four generations down from Chllingsworth and Mercy (Freeman) Foster's son James, making him a Generation 10 Brewster and a distant relative of the other Fosters on this page thus far. In between Daniel and James were Edward, Seth, and Seth Foster, Daniel's father. Documentation for all the in-betweeners as well as himself and descendants will be needed to prove descent along this line to the satisfaction of the Mayflower Society if you wish to join as a Foster. Daniel is also a Warren and Howland-Tilley descendant. See those sections for details. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 671-72. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Deborah
Deborah (Foster) Cook (1766-1859) was a Generation 8 Brewster descendant. The birth of her grandfather, James Foster, is noted in the Patience Brewster "pink book" and her own birth is documented in the Howland Blue Book, vol. 3 (Chipman.) James was the son of Chillingsworth Foster and Mercy Freeman. (Note: Chillingsworth married three times and had children who were not Brewster descendants.) Deborah may have been born in Massachusetts but died in Albany County. Her father Edward Foster and mother, Deborah (Bangs) Foster are said to likewise have emigrated to New York (Scoharie County) and died there in their nineties. Corroborative evidence would be appreciated by any lineage society since several siblings were allegedly left out of the Howland book and the parents' actual whereabouts and death information is lacking after 1777. See the Warren & Howland sections for those lineages. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 554-55. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, ELMA HOLT
Daughter of Henry Lewis Foster and sister of Frances E. Foster, both below, Elma Holt (Foster) Smith should be a Gen. 10 Brewster and perhaps a Howland and Warren descendant. See Henry's writeup for the lineage and the caveats about proving the lineage the author of this Brewster genealogy claims. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 634. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Daughter of Henry Lewis Foster and sister of Frances E. Foster, both below, Elma Holt (Foster) Smith should be a Gen. 10 Brewster and perhaps a Howland and Warren descendant. See Henry's writeup for the lineage and the caveats about proving the lineage the author of this Brewster genealogy claims. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 634. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Eva Cornelia
Hats that completely hid a woman's hair had gone out of style by the time 20-year-old Eva was a student at Smith College. She was sister of Albert, above, daughter of Volney William Foster, granddaughter of Volney Foster, and great-granddaughter of Hopestill Foster, all below, thus a Generation 11 Brewster if Hopestill passes muster. (He is missing from the Howland Blue Book.) Remember, you have to document all of this, assuming it is accurate, with government-issued vital records.. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 677. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, FRANCES E.
Daughter of Henry Lewis Foster, below, and sister of Elma Holt (Foster) Smith, above, Frances E. (Foster) Sumner should also be a Gen. 10 Brewster and a Howland and Warren descendant. See Henry's writeup for the lineage and the "issues" presented by the lineage that the author of this Brewster genealogy claims. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 634-5. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Daughter of Henry Lewis Foster, below, and sister of Elma Holt (Foster) Smith, above, Frances E. (Foster) Sumner should also be a Gen. 10 Brewster and a Howland and Warren descendant. See Henry's writeup for the lineage and the "issues" presented by the lineage that the author of this Brewster genealogy claims. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 634-5. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, HARVEY
Son of Hopestill Foster and brother of Volney Foster, Harvey (b. 1813 NY) married distant cousin Rebecca Foster (all 3 below) and all of them wound up in Aztalan, Wisconsin. Harvey is a Gen 9 Brewster, like his wife and Volney. His line would run: Hopestill, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Mercy Freeman's husband was Chillingsworth Foster and while that is a relatively easy name to go spelunking for amongst genealogical records be careful because Chillingsworth married twice and the other wife was not a Mayflower descendant so only some of his children's descendants qualify for Mayflower Society membership. That said, most descendants and in some cases all would qualify for other lineage groups such as Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. Daughters of 1812, General Society of the War of 1812, Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands, The Elder William Brewster Society, and Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783, as well as others that alack do not have decent web pages or I would list them. Harvey's info and image from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 585. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. Harvey would very much appreciate a scan of the print version of this book to replace this battered-looking digitized version.
Son of Hopestill Foster and brother of Volney Foster, Harvey (b. 1813 NY) married distant cousin Rebecca Foster (all 3 below) and all of them wound up in Aztalan, Wisconsin. Harvey is a Gen 9 Brewster, like his wife and Volney. His line would run: Hopestill, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Mercy Freeman's husband was Chillingsworth Foster and while that is a relatively easy name to go spelunking for amongst genealogical records be careful because Chillingsworth married twice and the other wife was not a Mayflower descendant so only some of his children's descendants qualify for Mayflower Society membership. That said, most descendants and in some cases all would qualify for other lineage groups such as Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. Daughters of 1812, General Society of the War of 1812, Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands, The Elder William Brewster Society, and Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783, as well as others that alack do not have decent web pages or I would list them. Harvey's info and image from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 585. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. Harvey would very much appreciate a scan of the print version of this book to replace this battered-looking digitized version.
FOSTER, HENRY DEARBORN
Son of Capt. Stephen Foster and younger brother of Hon. Stephen Foster, both below, and older brother of Austin Theophilus Foster, above, Henry would also be a Gen. 9 Brewster along the same line: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. A Vermonter all his life (1815-1884), according to the author, he was said to have represented East Montpelier in the state legislature and to have been born and died there. Local and state histories might data on him that could be useful for genealogists AND pictures in the public domain, useful to me. If you find a better public-domain image of Henry, please send it along. The author also lists 8 children, 6 of whom survived to marry. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 626. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Son of Capt. Stephen Foster and younger brother of Hon. Stephen Foster, both below, and older brother of Austin Theophilus Foster, above, Henry would also be a Gen. 9 Brewster along the same line: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. A Vermonter all his life (1815-1884), according to the author, he was said to have represented East Montpelier in the state legislature and to have been born and died there. Local and state histories might data on him that could be useful for genealogists AND pictures in the public domain, useful to me. If you find a better public-domain image of Henry, please send it along. The author also lists 8 children, 6 of whom survived to marry. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 626. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, HENRY LEWIS
First cousin of Harvey, above, and Volney, below, Henry (1813-1894) also was born in Antwerp, NY and wound up in Aztalan, WI. The author of the book from which these images come sketches a career of teaching mixed with hotel keeping, with civic service at the city (Madison) and state level. There may be better photos of him in Madison or Wisconsin historical archives. Henry was the father of Elma Holt (Foster) Smith and Frances E. (Foster) Sumner, both above. His Gen. 9 Brewster line should run: John C. Foster, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Patience Brewster Pink Book will take descendants of the Aztalan Fosters only as far as Mercy (Freeman) Foster's son James. Vital records online at the NEHGS are helpful for James and his son Edward, but the author claims that Edward moved around a lot before marrying Deborah Bangs, daughter of Seth Bangs & Deborah Nickerson, two Cape Cod names. The Warren Silver Book reveals that Deborah's mother was the widow Nickerson before marrying Seth Bangs, as her husband had been captured by pirates. She was actually Deborah Chipman, which makes her a Howland as well as a Warren. John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 3, verifies Edward's Brewster descent and his marriage to Deborah but lists only 7 children. Missing are a Tilly, a second Hopestill, Lydia (on this page), and John C. For this line to work, John C. Foster, father of Henry, had better have the middle name "Chillingsworth" or "Chipman." The author does not so state. See the Warren & Howland write-ups for those theoretical lines. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 633. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
First cousin of Harvey, above, and Volney, below, Henry (1813-1894) also was born in Antwerp, NY and wound up in Aztalan, WI. The author of the book from which these images come sketches a career of teaching mixed with hotel keeping, with civic service at the city (Madison) and state level. There may be better photos of him in Madison or Wisconsin historical archives. Henry was the father of Elma Holt (Foster) Smith and Frances E. (Foster) Sumner, both above. His Gen. 9 Brewster line should run: John C. Foster, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Patience Brewster Pink Book will take descendants of the Aztalan Fosters only as far as Mercy (Freeman) Foster's son James. Vital records online at the NEHGS are helpful for James and his son Edward, but the author claims that Edward moved around a lot before marrying Deborah Bangs, daughter of Seth Bangs & Deborah Nickerson, two Cape Cod names. The Warren Silver Book reveals that Deborah's mother was the widow Nickerson before marrying Seth Bangs, as her husband had been captured by pirates. She was actually Deborah Chipman, which makes her a Howland as well as a Warren. John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 3, verifies Edward's Brewster descent and his marriage to Deborah but lists only 7 children. Missing are a Tilly, a second Hopestill, Lydia (on this page), and John C. For this line to work, John C. Foster, father of Henry, had better have the middle name "Chillingsworth" or "Chipman." The author does not so state. See the Warren & Howland write-ups for those theoretical lines. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 633. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Hopestill
There were many, many "Hopestills" in the Foster family, named for a long-ago immigrant, and most, if not all were male. Hopestill was also a name given to female children in the 17th-18th century. This man is also said to be a Generation 8 Brewster descendant via Mercy and Chillingsworth's son James Foster, his grandfather. That makes him an uncle of Henry Lewis, second cousin of Capt. Stephen, and brother of Deborah and Lydia on this page. Sons Harvey and Volney, grandson Volney William Foster, and great-grandchildren Albert Volney Foster and Eva Cornelia Foster are also on this page. The only problem is, the Howland Blue Book lists 7 older siblings, including Deborah, but not this Hopestill and 3 other sibs, including Lydia. You will have to prove that he was the son of Edward Foster and Deborah Bangs, b. 1782 in Pelham, MA and died in Aztalan, WI in 1869, after living in various places in New York and Wisconsin. You will have a challenge proving their early 1800s sojourn in New York if you plan to join the Mayflower Society but you can submit evidence from books like this as supporting documentation (only.) One question to ask: why does he have no children named for his parents, Deborah and Edward? From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 585. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, JOHN MURRAY
He married a "Sowle" from New Bedford, so descendants can also claim a line to George Soule, though they would have to prove it. John is a distant relative of some of the other descendants of Mercy (Freeman) and Chillingsworth Foster on this page. His Gen 9 line would run: Ebenezer Lothrop Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The last 3, chronologically, including him, are in the Rochester, MA vital records, at least to some extent, on the NEHGS and can be found without much trouble. The clue to finding his children's Soule ancestry might be that one of them was named Henry Sowle Foster. I would look for a brother or father of John's wife, Esther Holmes Sowle. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 629. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
He married a "Sowle" from New Bedford, so descendants can also claim a line to George Soule, though they would have to prove it. John is a distant relative of some of the other descendants of Mercy (Freeman) and Chillingsworth Foster on this page. His Gen 9 line would run: Ebenezer Lothrop Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The last 3, chronologically, including him, are in the Rochester, MA vital records, at least to some extent, on the NEHGS and can be found without much trouble. The clue to finding his children's Soule ancestry might be that one of them was named Henry Sowle Foster. I would look for a brother or father of John's wife, Esther Holmes Sowle. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 629. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Lydia
Supposedly the younger sister of Deborah, above, Lydia (Foster) Hyde would likewise be a Generation 8 Brewster. (See Deborah's writeup for the "supposedly.") Lydia was born in 1780 in Athol, MA, but there is a footnote saying that her birth and that of brother Hopestill were recorded in Wilmington, VT. Lydia died in 1852, possibly in New York. The research you do to prove descent by means of vital records, wills, probate records, etc. might turn up that information. See her write-ups in the Warren & Howland sections for those proposed lineages. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 556. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Mary King
Daughter of Stephen Foster, below, and thus a somewhat distant cousin of Deborah and Lydia Foster, above, Mary K. (Foster) Sibley (b. 1811, VT) would be a Generation 9 Brewster descendant. She was likely named for her mother, Mary "Polly" (King) Foster. Research to prove this line with vital records, deeds, wills, etc. for the lineage society of your choice might tell that tale. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 582-83. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, REBECCA
She married 2d cousin Harvey Foster, also a Brewster descendant via Chillingsworth and James, so her lifelong name was Foster. Also, the book from which this image was taken, instead of listing her by name under her father's writeup, only has "4846 i. Daughter" and adds that unnamed Daughter married Harvey Foster. It then says, "(See )" with a blank spot where a page reference would be. Only if you happened to read Harvey's writeup would you even notice Rebecca's lineage. She wuz robbed. Rebecca (Foster) Foster's Gen. 9 Brewster lineage would run: Aikins Foster, John, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She was born circa 1815, possibly in or near Potsdam, NY, where she married in 1841. The couple moved to Wisconsin shortly after and you can find her and Harvey with their 3 children, enumerated in 1850 next to Harvey's younger brother Volney Foster, in Jefferson Co. Husband and wife are listed as age 35, b. NY and Harvey should have been enumerated as 37, so view this as approximate info. No birth or marriage records turned up on the NEHGS, so you would have to prove birth, marriage, and parentage on this line. Image & info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 589, 631-2. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
She married 2d cousin Harvey Foster, also a Brewster descendant via Chillingsworth and James, so her lifelong name was Foster. Also, the book from which this image was taken, instead of listing her by name under her father's writeup, only has "4846 i. Daughter" and adds that unnamed Daughter married Harvey Foster. It then says, "(See )" with a blank spot where a page reference would be. Only if you happened to read Harvey's writeup would you even notice Rebecca's lineage. She wuz robbed. Rebecca (Foster) Foster's Gen. 9 Brewster lineage would run: Aikins Foster, John, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She was born circa 1815, possibly in or near Potsdam, NY, where she married in 1841. The couple moved to Wisconsin shortly after and you can find her and Harvey with their 3 children, enumerated in 1850 next to Harvey's younger brother Volney Foster, in Jefferson Co. Husband and wife are listed as age 35, b. NY and Harvey should have been enumerated as 37, so view this as approximate info. No birth or marriage records turned up on the NEHGS, so you would have to prove birth, marriage, and parentage on this line. Image & info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 589, 631-2. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Stephen (Capt.)
A second cousin of Deborah and Lydia Foster, above, Stephen Foster was also a Generation 8 Brewster via Mercy (Freeman) and Chillingsworth Foster's son James. Born in Rochester, MA 1772, he went to Vermont and was a lieutenant and later captain of the militia there, serving during a War of 1812 conflict in NY. (Take note if you are a descendant and wish to join the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812 or the General Society of the War of 1812, their male counterpart.) As with the Mayflower Society, you would have to document both parties in each generation with birth, marriage, and death records where possible, filling in any missing items with wills, probate records, deeds, military pensions, and other government documents. Vermont vital records on the NEHGS site do confirm his own death and marriage to Mary "Polly" King and the birth of his son, the future Hon. Stephen Foster, below. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 582-83. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, STEPHEN (HON.)
This Stephen Foster b. 1806, VT, would appreciate a better picture if you know of a public domain image of him. He would be a Gen. 9 Brewster, as son of Capt. Stephen Foster, above, who is noted as his father on the VT vital records on NEHGS. Stephen may have left a broadish paper trail given that he moved to Quebec around 1830 but near the border so he did business in both countries and his third marriage may have been in Quebec also. Two of his wives may have been born in Providence, RI. The author of the book from which this image comes did not specify why he merited the "Hon." but Stephen's Brewster line would run: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
This Stephen Foster b. 1806, VT, would appreciate a better picture if you know of a public domain image of him. He would be a Gen. 9 Brewster, as son of Capt. Stephen Foster, above, who is noted as his father on the VT vital records on NEHGS. Stephen may have left a broadish paper trail given that he moved to Quebec around 1830 but near the border so he did business in both countries and his third marriage may have been in Quebec also. Two of his wives may have been born in Providence, RI. The author of the book from which this image comes did not specify why he merited the "Hon." but Stephen's Brewster line would run: Stephen Foster, James, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FOSTER, VOLNEY
Father of Volney Wiliam, below, brother of Harvey, son of Hopestill, and grandfather of Eva and Albert, all above, Volney Foster (1816-1893) was a Gen. 9 Brewster. Born in NY, he relocated with his father and brother to Wisconsin and met his wife Marriam Torrey, also from NY, in the Badger State. His line runs: Hopestill, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. If you are related to this family, you will have to turn in more than the 1850 federal census to prove this lineage to the satisfaction of the GSMD. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 631-2. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Father of Volney Wiliam, below, brother of Harvey, son of Hopestill, and grandfather of Eva and Albert, all above, Volney Foster (1816-1893) was a Gen. 9 Brewster. Born in NY, he relocated with his father and brother to Wisconsin and met his wife Marriam Torrey, also from NY, in the Badger State. His line runs: Hopestill, Edward, James, Mercy (Freeman) Foster, John Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. If you are related to this family, you will have to turn in more than the 1850 federal census to prove this lineage to the satisfaction of the GSMD. Image and info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 631-2. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Volney William
Also a Generation 10 Brewster, Volney William Foster was a descendant of James, son of Chillingsworth and Mercy (Freeman) Foster via Edward, Hopestill, and Volney Foster. He was born in Aztalan, Jefferson Co, WI in 1848 and later moved to Illinois. He was the father of Albert Volney Foster and Eva Cornelia Foster, above. The Mayflower Society will want you to document this line, regardless of whether your people are in a book or not. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 673-76. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FREEMAN, WATSON
There were a surprising number of men with this name in the 1700s; presumably all related. This Watson (1762-1813) is a Generation 8 Brewster. The engraving is one the subject's namesake son gave the author to use in his book, so it is probably a reasonable likeness, (minus the Revolutionary War saber scar on his forehead) and was made prior to age 50. A contemporary document stated that he had light brown hair, fair skin, and was 5' 6 1/2" tall. The Patience Brewster pink book gets as far as Generation 6 Watson Freeman b. Harwich 1704 to Edmund Freeman and Phebe Watson. [Note: Unfortunately that Watson is not in the index, but you will find him on p. 49.] According to the author of the book noted below, "Capt. Watson Freeman" married Sarah Gray in 1724, and had a son also named Watson in 1739. He married Thankful Freeman (one of many by that name) in early 1762 and this Watson was their child. I found no VR on the NEHGS web site for the birth of Watson #3, but his death was recorded and gave his age. Both his marriages were recorded but gave no parents and called him "of Boston." If you did not know he was a Boston merchant you might think it was a different man. Journal articles on the site fill in the between generations but there is no mention of this Watson's birth. Therefore we are ultimately relying on the word of Watson #4 that his grandparents were who he says they were. Going somewhat on faith then, the line back from Watson #3 is: Watson Freeman #2, Watson #1, Edmund, Thomas, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. Watson's mother also being a Freeman, suspect an additional Brewster line, or perhaps Hopkins. Image and info from Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and Its Several Towns, Including the District of Mashpee, v. 1 (Boston: Rand & Avery, 1858), pp. 600-02, digitized by the Boston Public Library. This image was scanned at the Library of Congress.
There were a surprising number of men with this name in the 1700s; presumably all related. This Watson (1762-1813) is a Generation 8 Brewster. The engraving is one the subject's namesake son gave the author to use in his book, so it is probably a reasonable likeness, (minus the Revolutionary War saber scar on his forehead) and was made prior to age 50. A contemporary document stated that he had light brown hair, fair skin, and was 5' 6 1/2" tall. The Patience Brewster pink book gets as far as Generation 6 Watson Freeman b. Harwich 1704 to Edmund Freeman and Phebe Watson. [Note: Unfortunately that Watson is not in the index, but you will find him on p. 49.] According to the author of the book noted below, "Capt. Watson Freeman" married Sarah Gray in 1724, and had a son also named Watson in 1739. He married Thankful Freeman (one of many by that name) in early 1762 and this Watson was their child. I found no VR on the NEHGS web site for the birth of Watson #3, but his death was recorded and gave his age. Both his marriages were recorded but gave no parents and called him "of Boston." If you did not know he was a Boston merchant you might think it was a different man. Journal articles on the site fill in the between generations but there is no mention of this Watson's birth. Therefore we are ultimately relying on the word of Watson #4 that his grandparents were who he says they were. Going somewhat on faith then, the line back from Watson #3 is: Watson Freeman #2, Watson #1, Edmund, Thomas, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. Watson's mother also being a Freeman, suspect an additional Brewster line, or perhaps Hopkins. Image and info from Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and Its Several Towns, Including the District of Mashpee, v. 1 (Boston: Rand & Avery, 1858), pp. 600-02, digitized by the Boston Public Library. This image was scanned at the Library of Congress.
FULLER, EBEN W.
We are lucky to have this photo at all. Eben and his brother John T. Fuller, both of Freedom, ME and in their early 20s, died in VA while fighting for the Union cause during the Civil War. This lineage is fraught with peril. See possible 2nd cousin once removed Emma Huntington, below and on the Hopkins page, for a hint. Better proof of this line might be had if you could show the Mayo orphans going to Maine from Cape Cod and their FAN (friends, associates, & neighbors) in Hancock/Waldo County. Church, land, and probate records would help. As far as I know, Eben was not a Mayflower Fuller descendant. Here is his proposed Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his mother: Theodate (Wood) Fuller, Desire (Mayo) Wood, Thomas Mayo "Jr.", Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. of the Mayflower. Image & scant info from Elden B. Maddocks, History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment (Bangor: Glass, 1899), pp. 340-1, digitized by the Emory University Libraries.,
We are lucky to have this photo at all. Eben and his brother John T. Fuller, both of Freedom, ME and in their early 20s, died in VA while fighting for the Union cause during the Civil War. This lineage is fraught with peril. See possible 2nd cousin once removed Emma Huntington, below and on the Hopkins page, for a hint. Better proof of this line might be had if you could show the Mayo orphans going to Maine from Cape Cod and their FAN (friends, associates, & neighbors) in Hancock/Waldo County. Church, land, and probate records would help. As far as I know, Eben was not a Mayflower Fuller descendant. Here is his proposed Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his mother: Theodate (Wood) Fuller, Desire (Mayo) Wood, Thomas Mayo "Jr.", Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. of the Mayflower. Image & scant info from Elden B. Maddocks, History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment (Bangor: Glass, 1899), pp. 340-1, digitized by the Emory University Libraries.,
GAMMON, HOLLIS STUART AND LOUISE ESTELLE
Normally I do not run pictures of small children but this is the book author's grandson and he looks a lot like Granddad, whose picture is below, next to that of their mother, Cora Turner. As noted, she married Elroy Gammon, thus the different surname for young Hollis and his older sister Louise E. Big sister married William T. Wood, so descendants will bear that surname. The caption noted that the photo was made in 1910, presumably the year of her high school graduation, a rare feat in those days, when she was 17. Younger brother Hollis was born in 1895. They are Gen 11 Brewsters, beginning with their mother: Cora (Turner) Gammon, Hollis M. Turner, Robinson Jr., Robinson, Abiel Jr., Abiel, John, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Images and info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Publishing, c 1911), pp. 127, 255-8, 262-3, digitized by the Library of Congress. As noted in Cora's writeup, this book must be used with great caution. |
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GAMMONS, HERMAN & MAY AGNES
Younger sister May's photo came from her 1907 college graduation class photo but Herman's was cropped from a picture of his college baseball team in the 1899 yearbook. The face of Herman (b. Bridgewater 1880) can be spotted on 3 team photos but he was only identified by name in 1900. However, the general description on his WWI draft registration matched (slender, 5'11", brown hair, blue eyes.) By then he was married & a principal at a senior high school in Chelsea, near Boston. Sister May (b. 1885) likewise took up teaching and in 1915 married Richard Patrick Roche of Cohasset, so look for descendants with that surname. Their lines include Brewster, Doty, White, Alden-Mullins, and Howland-Tilley ancestry. The Gen 12 Brewster line runs as follows, beginning with their mother: Caroline W. (Sherman) Gammons, Selina S. (White) (Sherman) Smith, Phineas White, William, Mercy (Sears) White, Paul Sears, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. See the other sections on this website for the other lines and Herman's 1898 and 1900 team photos. Images from the Historical Photographs Collection, Bridgewater State University Library, posted online by Digital Commonwealth. The sibs are not in the same Brewster line as the ME Gammon family (above) but are Sears-Brewster cousins of the Howes brothers, teammates of Herman, below. |
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GAMMONS, MAY AGNES (See Herman Gammons, above)
GIFFORD, A. K.
This image was cropped from a class photo so this identification is dependent on the person writing the caption correctly identifying her. There was someone by this name among the student body that year but if you find this same woman with a different photo, let me know. She is at least a Brewster and Hopkins but possibly a Warren and more. The two lines I found during my quick search were via her paternal grandmother and depends on findagrave being correct about Oliver Arey. This Gen 10 line runs, beginning with her father: J. Gifford, Abigail (Smith) Gifford, Jedida or Jediah (Arey) Smith, Oliver Arey, Mary (Mayo) Arey, Thomas Mayo, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Image from the Clement Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State University, which digitized it for digitalcommonwealth.org.
This image was cropped from a class photo so this identification is dependent on the person writing the caption correctly identifying her. There was someone by this name among the student body that year but if you find this same woman with a different photo, let me know. She is at least a Brewster and Hopkins but possibly a Warren and more. The two lines I found during my quick search were via her paternal grandmother and depends on findagrave being correct about Oliver Arey. This Gen 10 line runs, beginning with her father: J. Gifford, Abigail (Smith) Gifford, Jedida or Jediah (Arey) Smith, Oliver Arey, Mary (Mayo) Arey, Thomas Mayo, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Image from the Clement Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State University, which digitized it for digitalcommonwealth.org.
GIFFORD, L.
On the left is 28-year-old card grinder and bridegroom, L. Gifford of Bristol County, MA and on the right, as he appeared a few years later as a dairy farmer, Out Standing In His Field (cropped from a photo of his wife & 2 kids.) L. was a Brewster, Cooke, Alden-Mullins, Doty, Rogers, and Warren descendant. Both of his parents were Mayflower descendants. The sepia tone of the photo on the left doesn't show it, but his eyes were blue and he was short. These are the only pictures I've seen of him without snow-white hair. These are scans of scans supplied by one of his relatives so it is NOT for you or anyone else to download. The original owner (only) has the copyright on both. |
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GIFFORD, S.
This ring-spinner in a Massachusetts textile factory is 18 and getting married. A relative of the second L. Gifford, above, she was likewise a Brewster, Cooke, Doty, Alden-Mullins, Rogers, and Warren descendant. It's difficult to tell what her hair color was, given that this was a sepia picture but my guess is light-medium brown. I did meet her and she was also short, blue-eyed, and had snow-white hair in old age. This scan is also owned by a private individual who gave permission for it to be published on this site ONLY. It is not for you or anyone to download.
This ring-spinner in a Massachusetts textile factory is 18 and getting married. A relative of the second L. Gifford, above, she was likewise a Brewster, Cooke, Doty, Alden-Mullins, Rogers, and Warren descendant. It's difficult to tell what her hair color was, given that this was a sepia picture but my guess is light-medium brown. I did meet her and she was also short, blue-eyed, and had snow-white hair in old age. This scan is also owned by a private individual who gave permission for it to be published on this site ONLY. It is not for you or anyone to download.
GOODSPEED, ANNA
According to the Goodspeed genealogy published in 1907 and the Brewster genealogy published in 1908, Anna was a Gen 10 Brewster on her mother's side. The Brewster books by the GSMD get as far as her great grandfather Nathaniel Brewster (b 1775 Duxbury) and reveals that Nathaniel's mother was a White and a Doty, making Anna a Gen 10 & 11, respectively. See those write-ups for those lines. Since this family moved among CT, VT, NY, and MA all the VRs won't be on the NEHGS. Going on faith, though, Anna's line runs: Mary J. (Brewster) Goodspeed, George Brewster, Nathaniel, Joseph, Nathaniel, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She married a Charles Henry Ingraham so look for descendants (two daughters and a son) named Ingraham and living in Natick, MA. Images & some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp 161, 260, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library and Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 1 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 85, 139, 266, 594-5 scanned at the Library of Congress.
According to the Goodspeed genealogy published in 1907 and the Brewster genealogy published in 1908, Anna was a Gen 10 Brewster on her mother's side. The Brewster books by the GSMD get as far as her great grandfather Nathaniel Brewster (b 1775 Duxbury) and reveals that Nathaniel's mother was a White and a Doty, making Anna a Gen 10 & 11, respectively. See those write-ups for those lines. Since this family moved among CT, VT, NY, and MA all the VRs won't be on the NEHGS. Going on faith, though, Anna's line runs: Mary J. (Brewster) Goodspeed, George Brewster, Nathaniel, Joseph, Nathaniel, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She married a Charles Henry Ingraham so look for descendants (two daughters and a son) named Ingraham and living in Natick, MA. Images & some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp 161, 260, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library and Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 1 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 85, 139, 266, 594-5 scanned at the Library of Congress.
GOODSPEED, ARTHUR ROGER
Brother of Anna (above) and Selah Betts Goodspeed (below), Arthur (b. 1866) was also a Gen. 10 Brewster, 10 White, and 11 Doty descendant. Like Selah, the author had no information on him beyond 1900, when he was unmarried, thus he may have left no descendants. Anna's children had the surname "Ingraham" so there may be no Goodspeeds from this point on in this family tree. See Anna's write-ups for the 3 lineages. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 161, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
Brother of Anna (above) and Selah Betts Goodspeed (below), Arthur (b. 1866) was also a Gen. 10 Brewster, 10 White, and 11 Doty descendant. Like Selah, the author had no information on him beyond 1900, when he was unmarried, thus he may have left no descendants. Anna's children had the surname "Ingraham" so there may be no Goodspeeds from this point on in this family tree. See Anna's write-ups for the 3 lineages. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 161, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
GOODSPEED, JOHN BREWSTER
Brother of Selah, below, and Arthur & Anna, above, John (b. 1877) was also a Gen. 10 Brewster & White, and Gen. 11 Doty descendant. The author of the book with this image had no info on John later than 1900. He had not yet married so I do not know if he had any descendants, where he lived, or when he died. See Anna's write-ups for the lineage. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 161, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
Brother of Selah, below, and Arthur & Anna, above, John (b. 1877) was also a Gen. 10 Brewster & White, and Gen. 11 Doty descendant. The author of the book with this image had no info on John later than 1900. He had not yet married so I do not know if he had any descendants, where he lived, or when he died. See Anna's write-ups for the lineage. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 161, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
GOODSPEED, SELAH BETTS
Brother of Anna Goodspeed, above, Selah (b. 1859) would also be a Gen. 10 Brewster & White, and Gen. 11 Doty descendant. The author of the Goodspeed genealogy from which this image was taken had no info on Selah later than 1900, at which point he was unmarried and so possibly left no descendants. See Anna's write-ups for the lineage. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 167, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
Brother of Anna Goodspeed, above, Selah (b. 1859) would also be a Gen. 10 Brewster & White, and Gen. 11 Doty descendant. The author of the Goodspeed genealogy from which this image was taken had no info on Selah later than 1900, at which point he was unmarried and so possibly left no descendants. See Anna's write-ups for the lineage. Image and some info from Weston Arthur Goodspeed, History of the Goodspeed Family Profusely Illustrated, Being a Genealogical and Narrative Record Extending from 1380 to 1906, and Embracing Material Concerning the Family Collected during Eighteen Years of Research, together with Maps, Plats, Charts, Etc., Vol. 1 (Chicago: WA Goodspeed, 1907), pp. 167, 595, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
GRIFFITH, THOMAS B.
Maj. Griffith of the Standish Guards (post Civil War) was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant as his grandmother, Rebecca Muxham/Maxim/Maxhum, etc. was the sister of John Maxim, Jr., below. See John Jr.'s writeup for more details on Thomas B. (1823-1897), whose line would run: Ellis Griffith, Rebeckah (Muxham) Griffith, John Muxham/Maxim, Edmund, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image (only) from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 232, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Genealogy data from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS.)
Maj. Griffith of the Standish Guards (post Civil War) was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant as his grandmother, Rebecca Muxham/Maxim/Maxhum, etc. was the sister of John Maxim, Jr., below. See John Jr.'s writeup for more details on Thomas B. (1823-1897), whose line would run: Ellis Griffith, Rebeckah (Muxham) Griffith, John Muxham/Maxim, Edmund, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image (only) from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 232, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Genealogy data from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS.)
Gunnison, Herbert Foster
Like third cousin L. Foster Morse, below, Herbert descends from Isaac Foster, son of Chillingsworth and Mercy (Freeman) Foster. He is a 10th generation Brewster descendant. Between him and Isaac were a David, a Capt. Freeman Foster, then Ann Louise Foster and husband Rev. Nathaniel Gunnison. Herbert was born in Halfiax, NS, and while his birth date is unclear from the text, it was in the late 1850s-early 1860s. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 595-96. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
HARRIS, GEORGE ROBERT
Dr. Harris was a Generation 10 Brewster on his paternal grandmother's side. Her name was Betsey Hilliard Brewster, born in Preston, CT in 1815 and the compilers of this book also gave her parents' names, Erastus Brewster and Esther Hilliard (or Hillard). Erastus is easy enough to find on the NEHGS site, thanks to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut vital records, but there was no record of his birth or parents. The compilers, confident of our ability to sleuth this out unaided 100 years later, wrote that the family of Simon Brewster would be discussed in another section. So there was a Simon in there somewhere? That section contained zero mention of an Erastus, but did explain that this group of Connecticut Brewsters did not descend from Jonathan but from his brother Love, whose descendants at some point followed Uncle Jonathan's lead and moved to the Bay State. The Love Brewster pink book did have a Simon, who matched the one in this compilation, and while there was no child Erastus named, the textual part (always read that!) quoted from Simon's will and mentioned a grandson Erastus, son of Judah Brewster. Our George's Brewster line was thus: George Augustus Harris, Betsy Hilliard (Brewster) Harris, Erastus Brewster, Judah, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Having found the name of Erastus's father, it should have been quite easy to find a Judah Brewster in or near Preston, CT between 1750 and 1780, on NEHGS. It was, but doing so revealed why the birth of Erastus got no hits. A "minifter" in Norwich had certified that he had married Judah "Brewfter" of "Prefton" and Lucy Hall; and the births of numerous "Brewfter" children were recorded in Norwich, including those of "Efther" and "Eraftus." Having chosen to transcribe the "long s" as the "f" it looks like to modern eyes is OK, but the search algorithm in the NEHGS computer should have been programmed to pick up "Eraftus," "Efther," "Elifabeth" (and poor "Fradrick") in a search. It did pick up "Brewfter" just not the first names and not knowing to look in Norwich didn't help. (If you find a broken link or a mismatched hit, notify their web person and he or she will fix it immediately.) Image & info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 556-7, 767 digitized by Brigham Young University.
Dr. Harris was a Generation 10 Brewster on his paternal grandmother's side. Her name was Betsey Hilliard Brewster, born in Preston, CT in 1815 and the compilers of this book also gave her parents' names, Erastus Brewster and Esther Hilliard (or Hillard). Erastus is easy enough to find on the NEHGS site, thanks to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut vital records, but there was no record of his birth or parents. The compilers, confident of our ability to sleuth this out unaided 100 years later, wrote that the family of Simon Brewster would be discussed in another section. So there was a Simon in there somewhere? That section contained zero mention of an Erastus, but did explain that this group of Connecticut Brewsters did not descend from Jonathan but from his brother Love, whose descendants at some point followed Uncle Jonathan's lead and moved to the Bay State. The Love Brewster pink book did have a Simon, who matched the one in this compilation, and while there was no child Erastus named, the textual part (always read that!) quoted from Simon's will and mentioned a grandson Erastus, son of Judah Brewster. Our George's Brewster line was thus: George Augustus Harris, Betsy Hilliard (Brewster) Harris, Erastus Brewster, Judah, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Having found the name of Erastus's father, it should have been quite easy to find a Judah Brewster in or near Preston, CT between 1750 and 1780, on NEHGS. It was, but doing so revealed why the birth of Erastus got no hits. A "minifter" in Norwich had certified that he had married Judah "Brewfter" of "Prefton" and Lucy Hall; and the births of numerous "Brewfter" children were recorded in Norwich, including those of "Efther" and "Eraftus." Having chosen to transcribe the "long s" as the "f" it looks like to modern eyes is OK, but the search algorithm in the NEHGS computer should have been programmed to pick up "Eraftus," "Efther," "Elifabeth" (and poor "Fradrick") in a search. It did pick up "Brewfter" just not the first names and not knowing to look in Norwich didn't help. (If you find a broken link or a mismatched hit, notify their web person and he or she will fix it immediately.) Image & info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 556-7, 767 digitized by Brigham Young University.
HARRISON, TILLSON LEVER
There are other photos of Dr. Harrison online but the ones I saw were of him as a much older man and the photos were not in the public domain. I believe this one is, due to age and period clothing. Tillson was born in 1881 in ON, Canada and graduated from medical school in 1907. To say he led an adventurous life would be an understatement, if his wikipedia writeup is to be believed. He was a Brewster, Warren, and Alden-Mullins. (See the other sections for those lineages.) His Gen. 11 Brewster line is as follows: Harriet Adele (Tillson) Harrison, Edward Delavan Tillson, George Tilson/Tillson, Stephen/Steven Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Info & image from wikipedia; "Harrison, Tillson Lever," American National Biography Online; and Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), digitized by the New York Public Library. See his Alden-Mullins writeup for more details.
There are other photos of Dr. Harrison online but the ones I saw were of him as a much older man and the photos were not in the public domain. I believe this one is, due to age and period clothing. Tillson was born in 1881 in ON, Canada and graduated from medical school in 1907. To say he led an adventurous life would be an understatement, if his wikipedia writeup is to be believed. He was a Brewster, Warren, and Alden-Mullins. (See the other sections for those lineages.) His Gen. 11 Brewster line is as follows: Harriet Adele (Tillson) Harrison, Edward Delavan Tillson, George Tilson/Tillson, Stephen/Steven Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Info & image from wikipedia; "Harrison, Tillson Lever," American National Biography Online; and Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), digitized by the New York Public Library. See his Alden-Mullins writeup for more details.
HATHAWAY, CAROLINE W.
Caroline was a double Gen. 10 Brewster descendant due to the marriage of two first cousins. She is also a Gen. 10 Warren and Cooke. (See those write-ups for those lines and for more on Caroline and an idea on additional lines for her.) Vital records and a journal article in The American Genealogist, online at the NEHGS site, plus other VRs kindly transcribed and made available by Richard W. Griffith, CG in 1996 on Wareham Vital Records from Town Books 1 and 2 were needed to prove this line. Sarah's grandfather, one of several "Savory Hathaways" in a row, married a Rebecca Maxim/Muxham/Maxham of Wareham and Rebecca's father had married a first cousin. (This family has frustratingly not been well documented and the TAG article includes much speculation as to relationships. Rebecca's death record names her parents, though.) Thus, this is a bit of a limb, but since the original Samuel Muxham/Maxham/etc. married a Brewster these folks are all Brewsters anyway. Here are the lines I propose: Savory Hathaway, Rebecca (Maxham) Hathaway, David Maxham, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxham, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower and secondly: Savory Hathaway, Rebecca (Maxham) Hathaway, Rebecca (Besse) Maxham, Dina (Maxham) (Besse) Sturtevant, Hannah (Perry) Maxham, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. Image from Caroline W. Hathaway, "Arthur Hathaway and His Immediate Descendants," in Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches, No. 31 (New Bedford: ODHS, 1910), p. 5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Caroline was a double Gen. 10 Brewster descendant due to the marriage of two first cousins. She is also a Gen. 10 Warren and Cooke. (See those write-ups for those lines and for more on Caroline and an idea on additional lines for her.) Vital records and a journal article in The American Genealogist, online at the NEHGS site, plus other VRs kindly transcribed and made available by Richard W. Griffith, CG in 1996 on Wareham Vital Records from Town Books 1 and 2 were needed to prove this line. Sarah's grandfather, one of several "Savory Hathaways" in a row, married a Rebecca Maxim/Muxham/Maxham of Wareham and Rebecca's father had married a first cousin. (This family has frustratingly not been well documented and the TAG article includes much speculation as to relationships. Rebecca's death record names her parents, though.) Thus, this is a bit of a limb, but since the original Samuel Muxham/Maxham/etc. married a Brewster these folks are all Brewsters anyway. Here are the lines I propose: Savory Hathaway, Rebecca (Maxham) Hathaway, David Maxham, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxham, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower and secondly: Savory Hathaway, Rebecca (Maxham) Hathaway, Rebecca (Besse) Maxham, Dina (Maxham) (Besse) Sturtevant, Hannah (Perry) Maxham, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. Image from Caroline W. Hathaway, "Arthur Hathaway and His Immediate Descendants," in Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches, No. 31 (New Bedford: ODHS, 1910), p. 5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
HIGGINS, MILTON PRINCE
Milton was a Generation 10 Brewster descendant (via Patience) per the lineage in the 838-page book his wife wrote about the Higgins clan. It appears to be a well-documented book and there is a detailed writeup about each generation. The Patience Brewster Pink Book will only get you as far as the birth of Freeman Higgins, Milton's great-great grandfather and he is not in the index (overlooked?) but he is #293 xiv on pg. 61. I think you get overlooked a lot when you are the fourteenth kid. Katharine Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusettts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants (Worcester, MA: KC Higgins, 1918), frontispiece. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Milton was a Generation 10 Brewster descendant (via Patience) per the lineage in the 838-page book his wife wrote about the Higgins clan. It appears to be a well-documented book and there is a detailed writeup about each generation. The Patience Brewster Pink Book will only get you as far as the birth of Freeman Higgins, Milton's great-great grandfather and he is not in the index (overlooked?) but he is #293 xiv on pg. 61. I think you get overlooked a lot when you are the fourteenth kid. Katharine Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusettts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants (Worcester, MA: KC Higgins, 1918), frontispiece. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
HODGKINS, WILLIAM HENRY
A Gen. 11 Brewster, William Henry Hodgkins's parents were from Maine but he was from Charlestown, the area where most of the ancestors in the book from which this image was taken frequented. He was born there in 1840 and saw service as a major in the Civil War, thus his descendants qualify for Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War or Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. There may be other images of him online as well, related to the military and to the GAR, after the War. The GSMD's Brewster books will get you as far as William Fosdick, then on the NEHGS site you can find the marriage of Abigail Stimpson & James Gibbs, then James in census records for Wiscasset, ME. For the rest you will have to locate a source of Maine vital records until you get back to William's birth. His line runs: Abigail (Gibbs) Hodgkins, James Gibbs, Abigail (Stimpson) Gibbs, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 39, 67-8, 105, digitized by the Library of Congress.
A Gen. 11 Brewster, William Henry Hodgkins's parents were from Maine but he was from Charlestown, the area where most of the ancestors in the book from which this image was taken frequented. He was born there in 1840 and saw service as a major in the Civil War, thus his descendants qualify for Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War or Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. There may be other images of him online as well, related to the military and to the GAR, after the War. The GSMD's Brewster books will get you as far as William Fosdick, then on the NEHGS site you can find the marriage of Abigail Stimpson & James Gibbs, then James in census records for Wiscasset, ME. For the rest you will have to locate a source of Maine vital records until you get back to William's birth. His line runs: Abigail (Gibbs) Hodgkins, James Gibbs, Abigail (Stimpson) Gibbs, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 39, 67-8, 105, digitized by the Library of Congress.
HOLBROOKE, CHARLOTTE MARSHALL
Granddaughter of Priscilla Waterman, below, Charlotte (1845-1909) was a Gen. 10 Brewster, a Gen. 8 Cooke, and a Gen. 9 Allerton, Bradford, & Warren descendant. See those pages for those lineages. Her Brewster line runs: Marian (Marshall) Holbrooke, Priscilla (Waterman) Marshall, Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She should have descendants via husband Charles Stewart Maurice, as the book with this image shows 8 of her 9 children living to adulthood. She was very active in the DAR but her applications are so old that they contain little info. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 13, 32-3, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Charlotte was also a niece of Emily & Henry Marshall and a cousin of J[ohn Meredith Read, all below.
Granddaughter of Priscilla Waterman, below, Charlotte (1845-1909) was a Gen. 10 Brewster, a Gen. 8 Cooke, and a Gen. 9 Allerton, Bradford, & Warren descendant. See those pages for those lineages. Her Brewster line runs: Marian (Marshall) Holbrooke, Priscilla (Waterman) Marshall, Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. She should have descendants via husband Charles Stewart Maurice, as the book with this image shows 8 of her 9 children living to adulthood. She was very active in the DAR but her applications are so old that they contain little info. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 13, 32-3, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Charlotte was also a niece of Emily & Henry Marshall and a cousin of J[ohn Meredith Read, all below.
Hopkins, Myrick
Myrick Hopkins of Maine is a Generation 8 & 9 Brewster and a Generation 7 & 8 Hopkins, thanks to his grandfather Prence/Prince Hopkins marrying 3rd cousin once removed, Patience Snow. His great-grandfather, Edward Hopkins, had married Sarah Freeman. Readers studying Brewster genealogy will take the hint from the first names "Prence" and "Patience." Both of these women were also Brewster descendants and appear in the Patience Brewster Pink Book. The Hopkins Silver Book gets as far as Myrick's father, Prince Hopkins, who is stated to have married Phebe Morse and moved to New Sharon, Maine. The generations listed in the book cited below do agree with the Silver/Pink Books, not always the case in published histories of the 1800s. Image from Kingsbury & Deyo, Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine (NY: H. W. Blake, 1892), p. 648, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
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HOWES, BARNABAS C., MARGARET, & CYRUS with HANNAH HALL (CROWELL) HOWES
I've put the four together, since they are mother + 2 brothers + 1 granddaughter. They would have been reasonably close relatives of Herbert and William Howes, below. You can use findagrave.com for ideas with this line but several of the memorials have errors that are not helpful, including a man married at age 13 and a daughter misidentified as her father's wife. Additionally the whole line is Barnstable County and those records do not exist before 1827. What WAS helpful was finding out that Hannah was wife #2 of Capt. Cyrus Howes and died in Madras, India at age 45. She was the Mayflower line carrier. Hannah would be a Gen 9 Brewster and the otherss (left, Barnabas C. age 37, daughter Margaret 32, & right, Cyrus, 27, posing in California) would be Gen 8. Hannah's line should run as follows, beginning with her mother: Hannah (Hall) Crowell, Barnabas Hall, Rebecca (Sears) Hall, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. All 4 images from Digital Commonwealth, courtesy the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, which also has a photo of Barnabas about 15 years older. Margaret worked as a school teacher in Yarmouth before marrying dentist John R. Baxter in 1900, and there is a picture of her at age 19 with her students in 1895 on Digital Commonwealth.
I've put the four together, since they are mother + 2 brothers + 1 granddaughter. They would have been reasonably close relatives of Herbert and William Howes, below. You can use findagrave.com for ideas with this line but several of the memorials have errors that are not helpful, including a man married at age 13 and a daughter misidentified as her father's wife. Additionally the whole line is Barnstable County and those records do not exist before 1827. What WAS helpful was finding out that Hannah was wife #2 of Capt. Cyrus Howes and died in Madras, India at age 45. She was the Mayflower line carrier. Hannah would be a Gen 9 Brewster and the otherss (left, Barnabas C. age 37, daughter Margaret 32, & right, Cyrus, 27, posing in California) would be Gen 8. Hannah's line should run as follows, beginning with her mother: Hannah (Hall) Crowell, Barnabas Hall, Rebecca (Sears) Hall, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. All 4 images from Digital Commonwealth, courtesy the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, which also has a photo of Barnabas about 15 years older. Margaret worked as a school teacher in Yarmouth before marrying dentist John R. Baxter in 1900, and there is a picture of her at age 19 with her students in 1895 on Digital Commonwealth.
HOWES, CYRUS (See Barnabas C. Howes, above.)
HOWES, HERBERT HAROLD & WILLIAM GRANT
These images were cropped from a group shot of the 1900 Bridgewater State Normal School baseball team. You can also see Herbert (b. c 1881) and William (b. 1879), both of Dennis, MA, in the 1902 photo online. Theirs is a very tangled genealogy, especially on the father's side. Assuming these 2 Gen 11 Brewster lines and their Roger lines, all maternal, have been identified correctly, credit is due to the very fine condition of the cemetery stones on Cape Cod and the thoroughness with which findagrave has photographed the cemeteries. The brothers' first Brewster line runs as follows: Chloe C. (Hall) Howes, Susan G. (Hedge) Hall, Nabby (Sears) Hedge, Joshua Sears, Edmund, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Their second is: Chloe C. (Hall) Howes, Susan G. (Hedge) Hall, Nabby (Sears) Hedge, Olive (Clark) Sears, Jerusha (Freeman) Clark, Hatsuld Freeman, Thomas, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary again. See the Rogers section for that Gen 12 line. Images from the Historical Photographs Collection, Bridgewater State University Library, and posted online by Digital Commonwealth. (Teammates Cyrus Benson and Joseph Cushman are also profiled here on Mayflowerfaces.com.) |
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HOWES, MARGARET (See Barnabas C. Howes, above.)
HOWES, WILLIAM GRANT (See Herbert Harold Howes, above.)
HUDSON, A.
These two pictures, I believe, are of the same woman, a relative of mine who would be a Gen. 10 Brewster and 9 Rogers & Warren, through her maternal ancestors, Gibbses of Cape Cod. These images come from a scan of a scan of some loose photos owned by a relative on that side of the family who did not label everything and is now deceased. As an older woman (ca 40), the full-length shot (cropped, on your left) shows the subject to have been large and the head shot on the right appears similar. The features and coloring look the same to me, also. The picture of the young woman, if I have identified her correctly, was probably a wedding photo, thus taken in 1867 when she was 22. I am basing the identification on who else was in the full-length picture with her, the period clothing, and the fact that it was an outdoor, rather than a studio, photo. Also, she bears some resemblance to H. Bumpus, above, who would be a first cousin. If anyone in my family (or hers) has a better guess, please let me know. Please note, these images may not be downloaded and reposted anywhere. |
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Humphrey, Simon James
After four and a half years as a store clerk in Rochester, NY, Generation 8 descendant S. J. Humphrey changed careers and studied theology at Oberlin College, Bowdoin College, and the Andover Theological Seminary. Married twice, he died in 1906 after periods spent ministering in WI, OH, NY, and IL. His mother was Rebecca Brewster a Generation 7 descendant via Love Brewster. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 762-65, scanned at the Library of Congress.
HUNTINGTON, EMMA
See Emma (Huntington) Nason's writeup in the Hopkins section for the many issues with this identification. If it holds up, Emma's maternal Gen 10 Brewster line would run: Sally Ann (Mayo) Huntington, Ephraim Mayo, Ebenezer, Thomas "Jr.", Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The book with Emma's photo does not state whether she had any children but she was born in Maine 1845, married a Charles H. Nason of Maine, and was living in Augusta, ME when it was published, so look there for offspring & extended family. Image & some info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), pp. 531-2, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive. Also see her probable 2nd cousin once removed, Eben W. Fuller, above.
See Emma (Huntington) Nason's writeup in the Hopkins section for the many issues with this identification. If it holds up, Emma's maternal Gen 10 Brewster line would run: Sally Ann (Mayo) Huntington, Ephraim Mayo, Ebenezer, Thomas "Jr.", Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The book with Emma's photo does not state whether she had any children but she was born in Maine 1845, married a Charles H. Nason of Maine, and was living in Augusta, ME when it was published, so look there for offspring & extended family. Image & some info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), pp. 531-2, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive. Also see her probable 2nd cousin once removed, Eben W. Fuller, above.
HURD, EVERETT NEWCOMB (See Lettie B. Hurd, below.)
HURD, LETTIE B. & EVERETT NEWCOMB
All identifications from public sources rely on the person writing the caption to be correct about who's who. Assuming this person was and that he or she counted the way I did when looking at crooked rows and with people hiding behind others (see Lettie's photo), Lettie (b 1887 in Orleans, MA) and Everett (b 1890 & recorded as "Elwood") are Brewster, Rogers, & Hopkins descendants with probably more Mayflower ancestors than I could find online of an afternoon. This Gen 12 Brewster line runs as follows, beginning with their father: Edward E Hurd, Paulina (Rogers) Hurd, Nancy (Doane) Rogers, Timothy Doane, Betty/Betsey (Snow) Doane, Elizabeth (Freeman) Snow, Mary (Paine) Freeman, Bennet (Freeman) Paine, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both of the Mayflower. See the Hopkins & Rogers sections for those lines. The faces here are cropped from a school photo at Eastham High in 1905, on digital commonwealth courtesy of the Eastham Historical Society. |
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Jones, Emma C. Brewster
She diligently sought out additional information to finish a Brewster family history compilation begun by her grandfather, Lot Edward Brewster (above.) This was published in two volumes in 1908 and contains a great deal of data, with some citation of sources. Emma was named probably for her mother's Elizabeth Hubley (Brewster) Jones's youngest sister, Emma Cordelia Brewster, who attended Wesleyan Seminary in Cincinnati and in 1863, during the Civil War, "died of a fever, contracted while serving as volunteer nurse for the soldiers at Camp Dennison, Ohio." The Emma pictured was a Generation 9 descendant of the Brewsters, Image & citation from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. I (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. xii and 295, scanned at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
KENNEY, PRINCE DOANE (see SUSANNAH DOANE, above)
LAFLIN, LOUIS ELLSWORTH
Also taken from the 2-volume work by Emma C. Brewster Jones (above), is this graduate of what is today the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of my daughters's alma maters. He was born in NJ, studied in Paris, and resided in Illinois when this book was written, so he probably left a very good paper trail, but left it all over. He should be a Gen. 10, as grandson of John Milton Brewster, above. If you decide to pursue membership in any lineage society, the GSMD's books get as far as Wadsworth Brewster so it will be up to you to document the rest. Here is the line that Emma Jones credits to Louis: Mary Minerva (Brewster) Laflin, John, Oliver, Wadsworth, William, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image & info on the last 2 generations from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1037-40, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Also taken from the 2-volume work by Emma C. Brewster Jones (above), is this graduate of what is today the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of my daughters's alma maters. He was born in NJ, studied in Paris, and resided in Illinois when this book was written, so he probably left a very good paper trail, but left it all over. He should be a Gen. 10, as grandson of John Milton Brewster, above. If you decide to pursue membership in any lineage society, the GSMD's books get as far as Wadsworth Brewster so it will be up to you to document the rest. Here is the line that Emma Jones credits to Louis: Mary Minerva (Brewster) Laflin, John, Oliver, Wadsworth, William, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image & info on the last 2 generations from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1037-40, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
LATHROP, ARTHUR D.
This Connecticut trucking company owner was a Generation 10 Brewster on his father's side. The Brewster pink books, William/Mary and Jonathan, get as far as the birth of Generation 6 Hannah Hough in 1725/6, and according to the book from which this image was taken, she married (as his second wife) Capt. Elisha Lathrop of Bozrah, CT and later Lebanon, NH. The probate docs cited for Hannah's father, John Hough, called her "Hannah Lathrop." You can find this couple buried under one tombstone in NH on Findagrave, though no maiden name was etched for Hannah. The next 2 generations (both named Lebbeus Lathrop, one with an unnamed wife) are a challenge to find, as there are a surprising number of Lebbeuses and Lucretias (the son's wife.) The next in line, Arthur's father Harvey, shows up on findagrave but not with a photo, tombstone, or spouse. Fold3.com has nothing for the family's military service, which may mean only that no one filed a pension claim. The one hit on Octavia & Harvey Lathrop on the NEHGS had a broken link. Lathrop and Lothrop were spelled interchangeably, too, and several generations moved back and forth between CT and NH. So, it is with crossed fingers that we declare Arthur here a Generation 10, and state that his lineage runs: Harvey Lathrop, Lebbeus, Lebbeus, Hannah (Hough) Lathrop, Hannah (Denison) Hough, Mary (Wetherell) Denison, Grace (Brewster) Wetherell, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 409-10, digitized by Brigham Young University.
This Connecticut trucking company owner was a Generation 10 Brewster on his father's side. The Brewster pink books, William/Mary and Jonathan, get as far as the birth of Generation 6 Hannah Hough in 1725/6, and according to the book from which this image was taken, she married (as his second wife) Capt. Elisha Lathrop of Bozrah, CT and later Lebanon, NH. The probate docs cited for Hannah's father, John Hough, called her "Hannah Lathrop." You can find this couple buried under one tombstone in NH on Findagrave, though no maiden name was etched for Hannah. The next 2 generations (both named Lebbeus Lathrop, one with an unnamed wife) are a challenge to find, as there are a surprising number of Lebbeuses and Lucretias (the son's wife.) The next in line, Arthur's father Harvey, shows up on findagrave but not with a photo, tombstone, or spouse. Fold3.com has nothing for the family's military service, which may mean only that no one filed a pension claim. The one hit on Octavia & Harvey Lathrop on the NEHGS had a broken link. Lathrop and Lothrop were spelled interchangeably, too, and several generations moved back and forth between CT and NH. So, it is with crossed fingers that we declare Arthur here a Generation 10, and state that his lineage runs: Harvey Lathrop, Lebbeus, Lebbeus, Hannah (Hough) Lathrop, Hannah (Denison) Hough, Mary (Wetherell) Denison, Grace (Brewster) Wetherell, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 409-10, digitized by Brigham Young University.
LATIMER, JOSEPH STRICKLAND
You will need to get some vital, church, land, and/or probate records in CT and Florida to prove this link but the general consensus of me and someone who did a brief family tree of his great grandmother online is that he is a Gen 9 Brewster. The picture from this book is odd looking and looks hand drawn but who knows. His has one photo of a son, so perhaps that is more realistic. His nearest relatives on this page (1st cousin once removed & 2d cousin) are the Brandegees, above. The author reports that Joseph died in Florida and their children wound up in multiple states. Names of spouses and places of residence are given as well. Joseph's line should run, beginning with his mother: Theresa (Tinker) Latimer, Elizabeth (Deshon) Tinker, Joseph Deshon, Ruth (Christophers) Deshon, Grace (Turner) Christophers, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 224-5, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
You will need to get some vital, church, land, and/or probate records in CT and Florida to prove this link but the general consensus of me and someone who did a brief family tree of his great grandmother online is that he is a Gen 9 Brewster. The picture from this book is odd looking and looks hand drawn but who knows. His has one photo of a son, so perhaps that is more realistic. His nearest relatives on this page (1st cousin once removed & 2d cousin) are the Brandegees, above. The author reports that Joseph died in Florida and their children wound up in multiple states. Names of spouses and places of residence are given as well. Joseph's line should run, beginning with his mother: Theresa (Tinker) Latimer, Elizabeth (Deshon) Tinker, Joseph Deshon, Ruth (Christophers) Deshon, Grace (Turner) Christophers, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 224-5, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
LONG, JOHN DAVIS & WASHINGTON
A grandson and son of Bathsheba Churchill, above, John D. (b. 1838) and his uncle Washington (b. 1811) would be Gen 10 & 9 Brewster descendants and also Bradford and Warren descendants. See Bathsheba's writeups for the lineage. John D. was the son of Washington's brother, Zadoc Long, in whose honor John established the town library. John's photo is courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in Washington (reproduction #LC-USZ62-118043) taken 1900-1910, so age 62-72. His image is ensconced there because he was a governor of MA and Secretary of the Navy 1897-1902, during the Spanish-American War (Cuba & Philippines.) John spent much of his adult life in Hingham, MA (where there should be records related to his marriage and daughters) while Washington, also active in politics, spent most of his life in ME but some in KS. It's not stated that he married or left descendants, but he had 9 siblings who lived to adulthood and married. Look for surnames Long, Bray, Lovering, Bearce, Bacon, Ellis, and Loring. Bathsheba's son Zadoc was described as "tall and spare with fine cut features and a gentle manner" (in the sense of gentlemanly.) Info and Washington's image from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 235-246, 247, 249-251, 618-9, digitized by the New York Public Library. |
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LONG, ZADOC
Born before his parents Bathsheba Churchill (above) and Thomas Long left Middleborough, MA for Maine, Zadoc kept a diary for years, and extracts are given in the book with this photo. He is the brother of Washington and father of John D. (both immediately above. His 1800 birth is in the Middleborough VRs on the NEHGS site. Like Washington he was a Gen 9 Brewster and also a Bradford and Warren descendant. The Brewster line runs: Bathsheba (Churchill) Long, Zadock Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image from Cole & Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), p. 469 digitized by the NY Public Library. Extensive excerpts from the diary begin on that page. In them he mentions having portraits of himself and his wife painted at ages 29 & 22. It would be nice to show that instead of this poor digitized image.
Born before his parents Bathsheba Churchill (above) and Thomas Long left Middleborough, MA for Maine, Zadoc kept a diary for years, and extracts are given in the book with this photo. He is the brother of Washington and father of John D. (both immediately above. His 1800 birth is in the Middleborough VRs on the NEHGS site. Like Washington he was a Gen 9 Brewster and also a Bradford and Warren descendant. The Brewster line runs: Bathsheba (Churchill) Long, Zadock Churchill, Hannah (Barnes) Churchill, Sarah (Bradford) Barnes, Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image from Cole & Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), p. 469 digitized by the NY Public Library. Extensive excerpts from the diary begin on that page. In them he mentions having portraits of himself and his wife painted at ages 29 & 22. It would be nice to show that instead of this poor digitized image.
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LONGFELLOW - ANNE, SAMUEL, & HENRY WADSWORTH
See the siblings' writeup in the Samson section for more details, links, other sources, and other images of Anne. These 3 siblings (and the others the Samson silver book missed) are also Alden-Mullins descendants and there is a 3rd picture of Anne there, and they are Warrens & Howland-Tilleys also. Anne's painting, made around age 20, c. 1830, by Joseph Greenleaf Cole, is courtesy of The Collections of the Maine Historical Society, and is item #15634 on Maine Memory Network. Their Gen 9 Brewster line begins with their mother, as follows: Zilpha (Wadsworth) Longfellow, Peleg Wadsworth, Lusanna (Samson) Wadsworth, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love & his parents William & Mary Brewster, all 3 of the Mayflower. See their aunt Lucia Wadsworth, below.
See the siblings' writeup in the Samson section for more details, links, other sources, and other images of Anne. These 3 siblings (and the others the Samson silver book missed) are also Alden-Mullins descendants and there is a 3rd picture of Anne there, and they are Warrens & Howland-Tilleys also. Anne's painting, made around age 20, c. 1830, by Joseph Greenleaf Cole, is courtesy of The Collections of the Maine Historical Society, and is item #15634 on Maine Memory Network. Their Gen 9 Brewster line begins with their mother, as follows: Zilpha (Wadsworth) Longfellow, Peleg Wadsworth, Lusanna (Samson) Wadsworth, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love & his parents William & Mary Brewster, all 3 of the Mayflower. See their aunt Lucia Wadsworth, below.
LOVELAND, FRANK CLARENCE
Grandson of Capt. James DeWolf, above, and cousin of James Watson Smith, below, Col. Frank C. Loveland was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. The book from which this image was taken gives some information about his Civil War experience and if you can find photos of the 6th OH Cavalry, look for Frank. He volunteered as a private don't look for this fancy uniform or the rank in war photos. If you find a sharper image in the public domain, please let me know and I will post it. Born 1839 in Wellington, OH, he was apparently still living when this book was published. Post 1865 look for his VRs and census records in New York City. Do not take it for granted that this book is correct, although it likely is at least very close since the folks of this generation were either alive to give their own data or their children were. "Trust, but verify," and be on the lookout for things they don't reveal in books like these, like divorces, mental illness, and spousal desertions. Frank's line runs as follows: Pamelia (DeWolf) Loveland, James DeWolf, Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 270, 272-3, digitized by Internet Archive.
Grandson of Capt. James DeWolf, above, and cousin of James Watson Smith, below, Col. Frank C. Loveland was a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. The book from which this image was taken gives some information about his Civil War experience and if you can find photos of the 6th OH Cavalry, look for Frank. He volunteered as a private don't look for this fancy uniform or the rank in war photos. If you find a sharper image in the public domain, please let me know and I will post it. Born 1839 in Wellington, OH, he was apparently still living when this book was published. Post 1865 look for his VRs and census records in New York City. Do not take it for granted that this book is correct, although it likely is at least very close since the folks of this generation were either alive to give their own data or their children were. "Trust, but verify," and be on the lookout for things they don't reveal in books like these, like divorces, mental illness, and spousal desertions. Frank's line runs as follows: Pamelia (DeWolf) Loveland, James DeWolf, Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 270, 272-3, digitized by Internet Archive.
LOVELAND, FRANK DeWOLF
Son of Frank Clarence Loveland, above, young Frank (b. 1880) is a Gen. 11 Brewster descendant via daughter Patience. Please see Frank Clarence Loveland, (Capt.) James DeWolf, and James Watson Smith for the lineage and the genealogical pitfalls of this family. This image was taken from his graduation photo from Cornell University in 1902, age 22. He became a "mechanical electrical engineer" but sadly died in 1911. There is a memorial to him and a sister who died in infancy, erected in Ohio, findagrave. Neither he nor his father left any descendants, leaving only the father's brother Edwin Alonzo to leave any Loveland descendants on this line. Image from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), p. 273, digitized by Internet Archive.
Son of Frank Clarence Loveland, above, young Frank (b. 1880) is a Gen. 11 Brewster descendant via daughter Patience. Please see Frank Clarence Loveland, (Capt.) James DeWolf, and James Watson Smith for the lineage and the genealogical pitfalls of this family. This image was taken from his graduation photo from Cornell University in 1902, age 22. He became a "mechanical electrical engineer" but sadly died in 1911. There is a memorial to him and a sister who died in infancy, erected in Ohio, findagrave. Neither he nor his father left any descendants, leaving only the father's brother Edwin Alonzo to leave any Loveland descendants on this line. Image from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), p. 273, digitized by Internet Archive.
MANWARING, CHARLES WILLIAM
He took on an extremely daunting project - creating a digest of early CT probate records - and died in 1905 after completing Vol. 3 (ca. 1750). Thus his is the only photo in the set. Charles (1829-1906) and his entire clan seem to have escaped the notice of the compiler of the two-volume Brewster genealogy you will see cited often in this section, but the GSMD documents his line to the birth of his great-grandfather, one of many Thomas Manwarings, in the Jonathan Brewster pink book. The NEHGS has the rest. Charles' Gen 9 Brewster line runs: William Hirlburt/Hurlbut Manwaring, Thomas, Thomas, Esther/Hester (Christophers) Manwaring, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) (Bradley) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. It is worth checking his paternal grandmother's line (Lydia Waterhouse) for an additional Brewster or Bradford line. Image from Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. III, Hartford District, 1729-1750 (Hartford: Peck, 1906), frontispiece, digitized by the BYU Library.
He took on an extremely daunting project - creating a digest of early CT probate records - and died in 1905 after completing Vol. 3 (ca. 1750). Thus his is the only photo in the set. Charles (1829-1906) and his entire clan seem to have escaped the notice of the compiler of the two-volume Brewster genealogy you will see cited often in this section, but the GSMD documents his line to the birth of his great-grandfather, one of many Thomas Manwarings, in the Jonathan Brewster pink book. The NEHGS has the rest. Charles' Gen 9 Brewster line runs: William Hirlburt/Hurlbut Manwaring, Thomas, Thomas, Esther/Hester (Christophers) Manwaring, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) (Bradley) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. It is worth checking his paternal grandmother's line (Lydia Waterhouse) for an additional Brewster or Bradford line. Image from Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. III, Hartford District, 1729-1750 (Hartford: Peck, 1906), frontispiece, digitized by the BYU Library.
MARSHALL, EMILY
Emily was a Gen. 9 Brewster via her mother, Priscilla Waterman, below, through whom she was also an Allerton, Bradford, Cooke, and Warren. See her, her mother's, her nephew J[ohn] Meredith Read's, and her aunt Charlotte Holbrooke's write-ups in those sections for more on this family, including the lineages. Born in Boston 1807, Emily married lawyer William Foster Otis there in 1831, and had 3 children there before she died in 1836, thus she did leave descendants. This image depicts her at no older than 29. This slightly colorized image is from Virginia Tatnall Peacock, Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1901), frontispiece, digitized by the California Public Libraries, and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 9, 12-13, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
Emily was a Gen. 9 Brewster via her mother, Priscilla Waterman, below, through whom she was also an Allerton, Bradford, Cooke, and Warren. See her, her mother's, her nephew J[ohn] Meredith Read's, and her aunt Charlotte Holbrooke's write-ups in those sections for more on this family, including the lineages. Born in Boston 1807, Emily married lawyer William Foster Otis there in 1831, and had 3 children there before she died in 1836, thus she did leave descendants. This image depicts her at no older than 29. This slightly colorized image is from Virginia Tatnall Peacock, Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1901), frontispiece, digitized by the California Public Libraries, and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 9, 12-13, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
MARSHALL, HENRY
Younger brother of Emily Marshall, above, thus the son of Priscilla Waterman, below, and an uncle of Charlotte Marshall Holbrooke, above, he was a Gen. 9 Brewster plus a Gen. 8 Allerton, Bradford, & Warren, and a Gen. 7 Cooke descendant. His Brewster line would run: Priscilla (Waterman) Marshall, Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Born in Boston on Christmas Day, 1810, he died in Philadelphia in 1836 and is buried there, according to the author of the book in which this miniature was reproduced. Nothing more is said about him so presumably there were no descendants. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), p. 13, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
Younger brother of Emily Marshall, above, thus the son of Priscilla Waterman, below, and an uncle of Charlotte Marshall Holbrooke, above, he was a Gen. 9 Brewster plus a Gen. 8 Allerton, Bradford, & Warren, and a Gen. 7 Cooke descendant. His Brewster line would run: Priscilla (Waterman) Marshall, Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Born in Boston on Christmas Day, 1810, he died in Philadelphia in 1836 and is buried there, according to the author of the book in which this miniature was reproduced. Nothing more is said about him so presumably there were no descendants. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), p. 13, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
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MAXIM: AMANDA, MARTHA, MARY, & ROSE
These four sisters were written up in the history of their Maine hometown because of their gifts with poetry. Numerous samples - including the poetry of brother William W., below - are included in the book for you to read and judge for yourself. Their father was a first cousin of Ephraim Maxim, below, who settled in Wayne, Maine. Their Gen 10 Brewster line runs: Benjamin Maxim, Silas, Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Of the four, only Amanda Maxim (b. 1848) married (Bernard E. Vining), so look for her descendants in Farmington, ME. Check out their Gen 9 Warren lineage in that section. The authors claim Rogers ancestry through Silas's wife Hannah Waterman, daughter of Hannah (Rogers) Waterman but I didn't find supporting evidence. There are Ichabod Watermans with Mayflower lineage, too. Through their mother, a Susan Harlow, they might be Samsons, also. Image and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 13, 309, 624, 627 (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so probably had good access to records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
These four sisters were written up in the history of their Maine hometown because of their gifts with poetry. Numerous samples - including the poetry of brother William W., below - are included in the book for you to read and judge for yourself. Their father was a first cousin of Ephraim Maxim, below, who settled in Wayne, Maine. Their Gen 10 Brewster line runs: Benjamin Maxim, Silas, Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Of the four, only Amanda Maxim (b. 1848) married (Bernard E. Vining), so look for her descendants in Farmington, ME. Check out their Gen 9 Warren lineage in that section. The authors claim Rogers ancestry through Silas's wife Hannah Waterman, daughter of Hannah (Rogers) Waterman but I didn't find supporting evidence. There are Ichabod Watermans with Mayflower lineage, too. Through their mother, a Susan Harlow, they might be Samsons, also. Image and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 13, 309, 624, 627 (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so probably had good access to records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MAXIM, EPHRAIM
This family is especially difficult to trace because of the great variation in the spelling of the surname (Muxsom, Muxham, Maxham, Maxim, Maxam, Moxam, Moxie, Mucksome, etc.) For some reason, even Soundex searches do not pick up on all the variations and you will get far too many "Masons" to make it productive. The book from which this photo came regularized all of them as "Maxim" and there is a useful article on the early members of this family, including this Wayne, ME branch in John A. Leppman's "The Maxim-Maxham-Maxam Family," The American Genealogist (aka "TAG"), v 57 (1981), pp. 209+. The Wayne, ME history states that the first Muxham, etc., Samuel arrived in the early married a woman named "Hannah" in the early 1700s. She was actually Hannah Perry, a great-great granddaughter of William and Mary Brewster through their daughter Patience (Brewster) Prence. Leppman and the Wayne, ME author concur that this Ephraim (son of Ephraim Maxim and Jemima Curtis and a cousin of Isaac Maxim, below) was four generations removed from Hannah (Perry) Maxim, therefore a Generation 9 Brewster. the Patience Brewster Pink Book will take you through Samuel & Hannah's son Samuel, generation 6. HIs line is: Ephraim Maxim Sr., Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. He is also a Richard Warren descendant; see that section for the lineage. Ephraim married a Ruth Page Billington, born in New Hampshire, 1809, with no parents noted. (See the Billington section.) Information on her would be appreciated. This photo and Ephraim's information from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 180-82, 235. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
This family is especially difficult to trace because of the great variation in the spelling of the surname (Muxsom, Muxham, Maxham, Maxim, Maxam, Moxam, Moxie, Mucksome, etc.) For some reason, even Soundex searches do not pick up on all the variations and you will get far too many "Masons" to make it productive. The book from which this photo came regularized all of them as "Maxim" and there is a useful article on the early members of this family, including this Wayne, ME branch in John A. Leppman's "The Maxim-Maxham-Maxam Family," The American Genealogist (aka "TAG"), v 57 (1981), pp. 209+. The Wayne, ME history states that the first Muxham, etc., Samuel arrived in the early married a woman named "Hannah" in the early 1700s. She was actually Hannah Perry, a great-great granddaughter of William and Mary Brewster through their daughter Patience (Brewster) Prence. Leppman and the Wayne, ME author concur that this Ephraim (son of Ephraim Maxim and Jemima Curtis and a cousin of Isaac Maxim, below) was four generations removed from Hannah (Perry) Maxim, therefore a Generation 9 Brewster. the Patience Brewster Pink Book will take you through Samuel & Hannah's son Samuel, generation 6. HIs line is: Ephraim Maxim Sr., Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. He is also a Richard Warren descendant; see that section for the lineage. Ephraim married a Ruth Page Billington, born in New Hampshire, 1809, with no parents noted. (See the Billington section.) Information on her would be appreciated. This photo and Ephraim's information from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 180-82, 235. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
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MAXIM, FRANKLIN, HENRY HARRISON, OLBAN A., & WILLIAM WALLACE
Brothers of Amanda, Martha, Mary, and Rose (see Amanda, above), they are likewise Gen 10 Brewster and Gen 9 Warren descendants via their father. Their images are in alphabetical order above, left to right, but in birth order, they are: Henry H. (b. 1841), Olban A. (b. 1842), William W. (b. 1844), and Franklin (b. 1847.) See their sisters' write-ups for the specific lineage. Images and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 307, 309, 624, 625, 627 - 628, digitized by the New York Public Library. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so probably had good access to records.) Brothers Franklin, Henry H., and Olban A. were Civil War veterans and the latter two very active in the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), an important political voice for veterans. Subsequently there should be very good documentation available.
Brothers of Amanda, Martha, Mary, and Rose (see Amanda, above), they are likewise Gen 10 Brewster and Gen 9 Warren descendants via their father. Their images are in alphabetical order above, left to right, but in birth order, they are: Henry H. (b. 1841), Olban A. (b. 1842), William W. (b. 1844), and Franklin (b. 1847.) See their sisters' write-ups for the specific lineage. Images and info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 307, 309, 624, 625, 627 - 628, digitized by the New York Public Library. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so probably had good access to records.) Brothers Franklin, Henry H., and Olban A. were Civil War veterans and the latter two very active in the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), an important political voice for veterans. Subsequently there should be very good documentation available.
MAXIM, HENRY HARRISON (See FRANKLIN MAXIM)
MAXIM, HIRAM S.
Like his father Isaac, below, Hiram (b 1840) was a Brewster descendant. Like his brothers Hudson and Samuel, also below, he was of Generation 10. (See Isaac for the lineage.) The medals on Hiram's chest are presumably recognition given him by various nations for the invention of the Maxim Gun, a lightweight, portable machine gun. He was described as being "of striking appearance,...[with] piercing black eyes and heavy black eyebrows, hair and beard abundant but snow white,... of medium height with a powerful physique." Hiram is also a Generation 9 Richard Warren descendant; see that section for the lineage. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 250-54. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
Like his father Isaac, below, Hiram (b 1840) was a Brewster descendant. Like his brothers Hudson and Samuel, also below, he was of Generation 10. (See Isaac for the lineage.) The medals on Hiram's chest are presumably recognition given him by various nations for the invention of the Maxim Gun, a lightweight, portable machine gun. He was described as being "of striking appearance,...[with] piercing black eyes and heavy black eyebrows, hair and beard abundant but snow white,... of medium height with a powerful physique." Hiram is also a Generation 9 Richard Warren descendant; see that section for the lineage. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 250-54. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MAXIM, HUDSON
According to the author of the book from which this info was taken, Hudson was born "Isaac, Jr." in 1853 but changed his name to "Hudson." Like his brothers Hiram S., above, and Samuel, below, he was a Generation 10 Brewster and a Generation 9 Warren. See their father Isaac's writeup, below, for the Brewster line. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 254-55. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
According to the author of the book from which this info was taken, Hudson was born "Isaac, Jr." in 1853 but changed his name to "Hudson." Like his brothers Hiram S., above, and Samuel, below, he was a Generation 10 Brewster and a Generation 9 Warren. See their father Isaac's writeup, below, for the Brewster line. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 254-55. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MAXIM, ISAAC
Isaac (1814-1883) would be a Generation 9 Brewster following his paternal line: Samuel Maxim, Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The new Brewster Silver Book (2015) does mention Hannah Perry and her marriage to Samuel Maxim the immigrant. Isaac is also a Generation 8 Warren; see that writeup for the lineage. The information on Isaac, his wife Harriet Boston Stevens, and three sons Hiram S., Hudson, and Samuel Maxim (above and below) in the book with these images are very interesting. Apparently they were quite an inventive bunch of mechanics and tinkerers who held numerous industrial patents. This image and information can be found in History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 247-48. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
Isaac (1814-1883) would be a Generation 9 Brewster following his paternal line: Samuel Maxim, Nathan, Samuel, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The new Brewster Silver Book (2015) does mention Hannah Perry and her marriage to Samuel Maxim the immigrant. Isaac is also a Generation 8 Warren; see that writeup for the lineage. The information on Isaac, his wife Harriet Boston Stevens, and three sons Hiram S., Hudson, and Samuel Maxim (above and below) in the book with these images are very interesting. Apparently they were quite an inventive bunch of mechanics and tinkerers who held numerous industrial patents. This image and information can be found in History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 247-48. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MAXIM, JOHN JR.
A distant cousin of the other Maxims on this page and great uncle of Thomas B. Griffith, above, John Jr. (1795-1883) is a Gen. 8 Brewster through Hannah Perry & Samuel Maxim's son Edmund. John, Jr.'s death record identifies him as a "moulder" by profession (meaning he manufactured things at the local iron works) but the book from which this image was taken devotes several pages to his popularity as the author of numerous poems and ditties of the day, sometimes of a political nature. John and his parents lived in the part of Carver, MA known as "Huckleberry Corner." Spelling is an issue with John Jr.'s line, just like the rest. His parents' marriage in Plympton was under the name "Muxham." His line would run: John Muxham/Maxim, Edmund, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. John Jr. was married 4 times but no mention is made of any children. Because the Brewster books get only as far as the birth of Edmund you will need to consult the NEHGS database for the next 2 generations to claim descent from Edmund. Image and some info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 285-6, 304, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
A distant cousin of the other Maxims on this page and great uncle of Thomas B. Griffith, above, John Jr. (1795-1883) is a Gen. 8 Brewster through Hannah Perry & Samuel Maxim's son Edmund. John, Jr.'s death record identifies him as a "moulder" by profession (meaning he manufactured things at the local iron works) but the book from which this image was taken devotes several pages to his popularity as the author of numerous poems and ditties of the day, sometimes of a political nature. John and his parents lived in the part of Carver, MA known as "Huckleberry Corner." Spelling is an issue with John Jr.'s line, just like the rest. His parents' marriage in Plympton was under the name "Muxham." His line would run: John Muxham/Maxim, Edmund, Hannah (Perry) Maxim, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. John Jr. was married 4 times but no mention is made of any children. Because the Brewster books get only as far as the birth of Edmund you will need to consult the NEHGS database for the next 2 generations to claim descent from Edmund. Image and some info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 285-6, 304, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
MAXIM, MARY (See AMANDA MAXIM)
MAXIM, MARTHA (See AMANDA MAXIM)
MAXIM, OLBAN A. (See FRANKLIN MAXIM)
MAXIM, ROSE (See AMANDA MAXIM)
MAXIM, SAMUEL
Son of Isaac and brother of Hiram S. and Hudson, all above, Samuel (b. 1854) was a Generation 10 Brewster and Generation 9 Warren. See Isaac's writeup for the Brewster lineage. Isaac and Harriet lived with Samuel in their old age and Samuel did leave 3 children who may have photos available somewhere. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 255-56. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
Son of Isaac and brother of Hiram S. and Hudson, all above, Samuel (b. 1854) was a Generation 10 Brewster and Generation 9 Warren. See Isaac's writeup for the Brewster lineage. Isaac and Harriet lived with Samuel in their old age and Samuel did leave 3 children who may have photos available somewhere. Info and image from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 181, 255-56. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MAXIM, SILAS PACKARD
Also from Maine, Silas P. was a distant cousin of Ephraim and Isaac (above) but his family got around a bit. The same TAG article combined with the Maxim genealogical data in the book from which this sketch comes (Silas was one of the co-authors and I believe an active member of the NEHGS), helps you calculate that he would be a Generation 10 Brewster. His grandmother was a Hannah (Rogers) Waterman, supposedly a descendant of Thomas Rogers, but figuring out which Hannah Rogers of Plymouth was his is too complicated right now. Since my Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, I began looking and found reference to Snow and Soule. Snows are usually Hopkins, but in this instance existing writeups in the Soule Pink Book and the Browne and Alden Silver Books revealed that Silas P. was also a 8 Soule, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Browne via his Packard grandmother, Hannah. Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: 1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Also from Maine, Silas P. was a distant cousin of Ephraim and Isaac (above) but his family got around a bit. The same TAG article combined with the Maxim genealogical data in the book from which this sketch comes (Silas was one of the co-authors and I believe an active member of the NEHGS), helps you calculate that he would be a Generation 10 Brewster. His grandmother was a Hannah (Rogers) Waterman, supposedly a descendant of Thomas Rogers, but figuring out which Hannah Rogers of Plymouth was his is too complicated right now. Since my Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, I began looking and found reference to Snow and Soule. Snows are usually Hopkins, but in this instance existing writeups in the Soule Pink Book and the Browne and Alden Silver Books revealed that Silas P. was also a 8 Soule, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Browne via his Packard grandmother, Hannah. Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: 1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
MAXIM, WILLIAM WALLACE (See FRANKLIN MAXIM)
MAYO, JOHN G.
John has two Brewster and two Hopkins lines, as his family was from Cape Cod before relocating to Acworth, New Hampshire, where he was born the youngest of 11. The "G" might be for Gould or Gray, two maternal family names. One Gen 8 line runs, beginning with his father: Issachar Mayo, Moses, Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. His Gen 9 line is: Issachar Mayo, Phebe (Freeman) Mayo, Watson Freeman, Edmund, Thomas, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, etc. The book with this photo gave nothing more than a name, wife (Joan Bacon), and children: Josiah B., John G., and Mary E. plus a residence, Dover, ME. He was likely born after 1800 and if he had a photo for someone writing a book about a town in NH, he probably left a paper trail. See the Hopkins section for those lines. Image and some info from J. L. Merrill, History of Acworth with The Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records, and Register of Farms (Acworth, NH: Town of Acworth, 1869), 242, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library. Merrill was listed as "town historian" so presumably had access to vital, land, and town records.
John has two Brewster and two Hopkins lines, as his family was from Cape Cod before relocating to Acworth, New Hampshire, where he was born the youngest of 11. The "G" might be for Gould or Gray, two maternal family names. One Gen 8 line runs, beginning with his father: Issachar Mayo, Moses, Joseph, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. His Gen 9 line is: Issachar Mayo, Phebe (Freeman) Mayo, Watson Freeman, Edmund, Thomas, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, etc. The book with this photo gave nothing more than a name, wife (Joan Bacon), and children: Josiah B., John G., and Mary E. plus a residence, Dover, ME. He was likely born after 1800 and if he had a photo for someone writing a book about a town in NH, he probably left a paper trail. See the Hopkins section for those lines. Image and some info from J. L. Merrill, History of Acworth with The Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records, and Register of Farms (Acworth, NH: Town of Acworth, 1869), 242, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library. Merrill was listed as "town historian" so presumably had access to vital, land, and town records.
McAllister, William Kossuth
A Brewster descendant of Generation 9, William Kossuth McAllister was born in 1849 to William McAllister and Carolyn (Stewart) Kimbel. His paternal grandmother was Sarah Brewster (Elisha, Elisha, William, William, Love, William & Mary). His great-grandfather's birth is in the Love Brewster Pink Book as #420v. What you would have to prove for any lineage society is that after Elisha was supposedly lost at sea in the 1790s, somehow all of his children wound up in New York state. Did his wife Margaret remarry? You need to show that Sarah went to NY, married a John McAllister, had a William, and he in turn married and had William K. That last bit is probably not hard, though getting NY records means writing to every town, but somehow you have to get Sarah Brewster & sibs to Amsterdam, NY by 1807. According to the book from which this photo was taken, William K. was born in Gerry, NY but careers in journalism, the military, and the railroad took him into the Midwest, West, and Southwest, so the records of his marriage and children can be found in Atchison, KS; Denver, CO; and Houston, TX. Image and information from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 685-87, scanned at the Library of Congress.
Morse, L. Foster
Descended from another son of Mercy (Freeman) and Chillingsworth Foster, Isaac Foster, also noted in the Patience Brewster "pink book," L. Foster Morse was a 10th Generation Brewster. Between Isaac Foster and himself were another Isaac, a Capt. Lemuel Foster (presumably the "L." stands for grandfather Lemuel Foster), a mariner, and his wife Elizabeth, then Elizabeth Jane Foster and her husband Ezra Morse. Thus he is a fairly distant cousin of the above Fosters (though a third cousin of Herbert Foster Gunnison, above) and lived in Boston. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 592-93. Digitized by the New York Public Library.
MURCH, JAMES BOWDOIN
This writeup is technically speculative but a darn good bet as the Brewster silver and pink books and the Hopkins silver book get to Gen 6 on his mother's lines but an hour's search on the internet didn't turn up the documentation (birth, marriage, death, probate, and land records proving the parent-child relationship) you will need to prove Gen 6 are James's grandparents. If you are eligible for membership in the DAR, they served during the Revolution, so please apply or do a supplemental or two and prove a new line. See his Hopkins writeup for more detail. James' Gen 8 Brewster line should run: Rachel (Paine) Murch, Richard Paine, Richard, Patience (Sparrow) Paine, Hannah (Prence) Sparrow, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Image from Joseph Williamson, History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine Volume II 1875-1900 (Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), pp. 132, 139, digitized by the New York Public Library.
This writeup is technically speculative but a darn good bet as the Brewster silver and pink books and the Hopkins silver book get to Gen 6 on his mother's lines but an hour's search on the internet didn't turn up the documentation (birth, marriage, death, probate, and land records proving the parent-child relationship) you will need to prove Gen 6 are James's grandparents. If you are eligible for membership in the DAR, they served during the Revolution, so please apply or do a supplemental or two and prove a new line. See his Hopkins writeup for more detail. James' Gen 8 Brewster line should run: Rachel (Paine) Murch, Richard Paine, Richard, Patience (Sparrow) Paine, Hannah (Prence) Sparrow, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both Mayflower passengers. Image from Joseph Williamson, History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine Volume II 1875-1900 (Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), pp. 132, 139, digitized by the New York Public Library.
MURDOCK, JESSE
The Hon. Jesse Murdock (b. 1806) - the name is sometimes spelled Murdoch in the records - is a descendant of TWELVE Mayflower lines, counting Alden, Mullins, Howland, and Tilley as 4 distinct lines, which the GSMD does. The other lines are Warren, Soule, Standish, Hopkins, Cooke, Samson, and Allerton. Yes, you will have to click on each writeup to read the lineages, and they run through both of his parents. Here is Jesse's Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Bartlett, Bartlett, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Alden silver books Parts 1 & 2 get the furthest in documenting any of the Hon. Jesse's lines, the births of Deborah Perkins and Bartlett Murdock #2. The Soule pink book covers their marriage but pink books are "works in progress." The Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 200, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online.
The Hon. Jesse Murdock (b. 1806) - the name is sometimes spelled Murdoch in the records - is a descendant of TWELVE Mayflower lines, counting Alden, Mullins, Howland, and Tilley as 4 distinct lines, which the GSMD does. The other lines are Warren, Soule, Standish, Hopkins, Cooke, Samson, and Allerton. Yes, you will have to click on each writeup to read the lineages, and they run through both of his parents. Here is Jesse's Gen 9 Brewster line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Bartlett, Bartlett, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Alden silver books Parts 1 & 2 get the furthest in documenting any of the Hon. Jesse's lines, the births of Deborah Perkins and Bartlett Murdock #2. The Soule pink book covers their marriage but pink books are "works in progress." The Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 200, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online.
NICKERSON, SALATHIEL
There is little information on the NEHGS site about Salathiel and his Revolutionary War pension on fold3.com contains no data on parents, just a confirmation of his approximate birth year and residence at time of enlistment. Thus we are relying on the accuracy of the author from whom this image was taken to state that Salathiel was a Generation 7 Brewster and a Gen 7 Hopkins descendant twice. (See his Hopkins entry for details.) From a history of Brewster, ME, we know he is the great grandfather of Albert Boyd Otis, below. He states that Salathiel's parents were Caleb Nickerson and Elizabeth Mayo, and both Caleb and Elizabeth were in the Hopkins Silver Book, which mentioned that her father Judah Mayo was son of Thomas and Barbara (Knowles) Mayo and a Brewster. Looking in the William and Patience Brewster pink books you will see Elizabeth and her parents (#346). Salathiel's Brewster ancestry, via his mother, is: Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Judah Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. See Salathiel's Hopkins entry for that line. Image (engraving) and info from Frederick Freeman, History of Cape Cod: Annals of the Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, vol. 2 (Boston: Rand & Avery, 1862), pp. 606, 611, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
There is little information on the NEHGS site about Salathiel and his Revolutionary War pension on fold3.com contains no data on parents, just a confirmation of his approximate birth year and residence at time of enlistment. Thus we are relying on the accuracy of the author from whom this image was taken to state that Salathiel was a Generation 7 Brewster and a Gen 7 Hopkins descendant twice. (See his Hopkins entry for details.) From a history of Brewster, ME, we know he is the great grandfather of Albert Boyd Otis, below. He states that Salathiel's parents were Caleb Nickerson and Elizabeth Mayo, and both Caleb and Elizabeth were in the Hopkins Silver Book, which mentioned that her father Judah Mayo was son of Thomas and Barbara (Knowles) Mayo and a Brewster. Looking in the William and Patience Brewster pink books you will see Elizabeth and her parents (#346). Salathiel's Brewster ancestry, via his mother, is: Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Judah Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. See Salathiel's Hopkins entry for that line. Image (engraving) and info from Frederick Freeman, History of Cape Cod: Annals of the Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, vol. 2 (Boston: Rand & Avery, 1862), pp. 606, 611, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
NICKERSON, THOMAS WHITE Jr.
Assuming the last few generations set forth in the book from which this image was taken can be substantiated, the Rev. Thomas is a Gen. 9 Brewster descendant and a three-way Gen 9 Hopkins as well. (See the Hopkins section for those lines.) The author seemed unaware of the Brewster link, another example of why you should always check "upstream" from the ancestor noted. In this case a much earlier Nickerson married a Mayo, resulting in this line, beginning with Thomas's father: Thomas White Nickerson, Ebenezer, Seth, Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Prence) Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Caution is required because the Hopkins silver book, 2001 edition, gets only as far as Seth Nickerson and Mary Smith, pre-Revolutionary War. (The Brewster books, silver and pink combined, get only to Seth's birth.) The birth of Seth's son Ebenezer in 1768 was recorded in the Provincetown, MA records (available on the NEHGS site) but he became a "leading merchant of his day" with "extensive shipping interests," per the book from which the picture comes. He reportedly married a Eudoxa White, but a quick online search shows events and burials near or in Boston, Eudoxa vs Eudora, too many Thomas Whites, then this Thomas materializes in the Berkshires. You will have to spend the time looking for and perusing probate records and land records on the NEHGS and familysearch.org and not rely on the quick-and-dirties I do on this web site to convince the GSMD that there has not been a horrible mistake. Yes, a prosperous merchant born in Provincetown was quite close to Boston, but there were a lot of Nickersons plus Bostonians, merchants, and ministers of that era typically owned little to know real estate. Image and info from Rollin Hillyer Cooke, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 (NY: Lewis, 1906), pp. 276-78, digitized by U MA Amherst.
Assuming the last few generations set forth in the book from which this image was taken can be substantiated, the Rev. Thomas is a Gen. 9 Brewster descendant and a three-way Gen 9 Hopkins as well. (See the Hopkins section for those lines.) The author seemed unaware of the Brewster link, another example of why you should always check "upstream" from the ancestor noted. In this case a much earlier Nickerson married a Mayo, resulting in this line, beginning with Thomas's father: Thomas White Nickerson, Ebenezer, Seth, Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Prence) Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Caution is required because the Hopkins silver book, 2001 edition, gets only as far as Seth Nickerson and Mary Smith, pre-Revolutionary War. (The Brewster books, silver and pink combined, get only to Seth's birth.) The birth of Seth's son Ebenezer in 1768 was recorded in the Provincetown, MA records (available on the NEHGS site) but he became a "leading merchant of his day" with "extensive shipping interests," per the book from which the picture comes. He reportedly married a Eudoxa White, but a quick online search shows events and burials near or in Boston, Eudoxa vs Eudora, too many Thomas Whites, then this Thomas materializes in the Berkshires. You will have to spend the time looking for and perusing probate records and land records on the NEHGS and familysearch.org and not rely on the quick-and-dirties I do on this web site to convince the GSMD that there has not been a horrible mistake. Yes, a prosperous merchant born in Provincetown was quite close to Boston, but there were a lot of Nickersons plus Bostonians, merchants, and ministers of that era typically owned little to know real estate. Image and info from Rollin Hillyer Cooke, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 (NY: Lewis, 1906), pp. 276-78, digitized by U MA Amherst.
NOYES, HENRY
The Rev. Moses Noyes married Ruth Pickett of New London, CT, who is #34 in the William Brewster Pink Book. The rest of the line is another Moses Noyes, then Judge William, Capt. Joseph, Richard, another Richard, Enoch, then Henry Noyes (pictured.) The Jonathan Brewster Pink Books gets as far as the birth in Lyme, CT of William in Generation 6. Assuming the author got the rest of the lineage correct, which is probably a fair assumption if you're in a hurry since the surname never left and the family was in the area the whole time, Henry was Generation 11. Image and info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 718-20, digitized by Brigham Young University.
The Rev. Moses Noyes married Ruth Pickett of New London, CT, who is #34 in the William Brewster Pink Book. The rest of the line is another Moses Noyes, then Judge William, Capt. Joseph, Richard, another Richard, Enoch, then Henry Noyes (pictured.) The Jonathan Brewster Pink Books gets as far as the birth in Lyme, CT of William in Generation 6. Assuming the author got the rest of the lineage correct, which is probably a fair assumption if you're in a hurry since the surname never left and the family was in the area the whole time, Henry was Generation 11. Image and info from Genealogical & Biographical Record of New London (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 718-20, digitized by Brigham Young University.
OTIS, ALBERT BOYD
A great grandson of Salathiel Nickerson, above, via his mother, was also a Brewster and Hopkins, but may have additional Mayflower lines through Salathiel Sr.'s wife, Sabra Nickerson, b ca 1765. I find no parents for her. Albert's family had been in Maine for 3 generations; he was born in Belfast, ME in 1839 and he died there in 1897. The relatives listed in the book with this photo also appear in the Belfast Vital Records, available on the NEHGS online. His 4-page writeup also reveals that he was a graduate of Harvard law school, so there should be more information and maybe more photos online. The book offers something of a physical description: "tall and erect of figure, of handsome features," and mentions that he did not marry. It also implies that his sister Martha Jane did not. However, brother Salathiel Nickerson Otis (b 1834) did. Albert's line runs: Eliza M. (Nickerson) Otis, Salathiel Nickerson, Salathiel (above), Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Judah Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Williamson & Johnson, History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine, Vol. II 1875-1900 (NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), pp. 132, 148-51, digitized by the NY Public Library.
A great grandson of Salathiel Nickerson, above, via his mother, was also a Brewster and Hopkins, but may have additional Mayflower lines through Salathiel Sr.'s wife, Sabra Nickerson, b ca 1765. I find no parents for her. Albert's family had been in Maine for 3 generations; he was born in Belfast, ME in 1839 and he died there in 1897. The relatives listed in the book with this photo also appear in the Belfast Vital Records, available on the NEHGS online. His 4-page writeup also reveals that he was a graduate of Harvard law school, so there should be more information and maybe more photos online. The book offers something of a physical description: "tall and erect of figure, of handsome features," and mentions that he did not marry. It also implies that his sister Martha Jane did not. However, brother Salathiel Nickerson Otis (b 1834) did. Albert's line runs: Eliza M. (Nickerson) Otis, Salathiel Nickerson, Salathiel (above), Elizabeth (Mayo) Nickerson, Judah Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Williamson & Johnson, History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine, Vol. II 1875-1900 (NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), pp. 132, 148-51, digitized by the NY Public Library.
PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH
A distant cousin of Frances "Frank" Folsom, above, Commodore Perry is better known as the naval officer who led the fleet when Japan and the US formally opened trade relations in 1853. According to the Hazard family genealogy he had been an early proponent of the idea. From Newport, RI, Matthew (1794-1858) entered the Navy at age 15 and sailed the world. His Gen. 8 Brewster line runs: Mercy (Hazard) Perry, Elizabeth (Raymond) Hazard, Elizabeth (Christophers) Raymond, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Matthew is a Gen. 7 Soule descendant as well. See Frances's Soule writeup for more details.This image was taken in 1854, at age 60. From the Matthew Brady Collection, Library of Congress.
A distant cousin of Frances "Frank" Folsom, above, Commodore Perry is better known as the naval officer who led the fleet when Japan and the US formally opened trade relations in 1853. According to the Hazard family genealogy he had been an early proponent of the idea. From Newport, RI, Matthew (1794-1858) entered the Navy at age 15 and sailed the world. His Gen. 8 Brewster line runs: Mercy (Hazard) Perry, Elizabeth (Raymond) Hazard, Elizabeth (Christophers) Raymond, John Christophers, Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers, Jonathan Brewster, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Matthew is a Gen. 7 Soule descendant as well. See Frances's Soule writeup for more details.This image was taken in 1854, at age 60. From the Matthew Brady Collection, Library of Congress.
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PRINCE - NOAH, ARDELIA H., CHARLES H., & HENRY C.
The youngest, Gen 10 Henry C. Prince (b 1866, far right), joined the Mayflower Society in 1813 as a Brewster descendant, according to the authors of this book. I wonder if he knew about his other 4 Mayflower lines. See the S. Fuller, Billington, Eaton, and Hopkins sections for those lines. From left to right, the Princes (no relation to Gov. Thomas Prence/Prince) are: grandfather Noah (b 1797), his daughter Ardelia H. (b 1835), her younger brother Charles Henry (b 1837), and Charles's son Henry Charles (b 1866). The Brewster silver books get only as far as the marriage of Noah's grandparents in the early-mid 1700s but the 2019 Jonathan volume at least points out the other 4 Mayflower lines. You should be able to join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) on Henry's 1913 paperwork if you are a descedant but you MUST update it. Beginning with Noah's father, Noah's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Job Prince, Kimball, Job, Ruth (Turner) Prince, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Images & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 268-71, 273-7, 317. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so had access to good local records. Beware of what is said about pre-Buckfield ancestry, though.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
The youngest, Gen 10 Henry C. Prince (b 1866, far right), joined the Mayflower Society in 1813 as a Brewster descendant, according to the authors of this book. I wonder if he knew about his other 4 Mayflower lines. See the S. Fuller, Billington, Eaton, and Hopkins sections for those lines. From left to right, the Princes (no relation to Gov. Thomas Prence/Prince) are: grandfather Noah (b 1797), his daughter Ardelia H. (b 1835), her younger brother Charles Henry (b 1837), and Charles's son Henry Charles (b 1866). The Brewster silver books get only as far as the marriage of Noah's grandparents in the early-mid 1700s but the 2019 Jonathan volume at least points out the other 4 Mayflower lines. You should be able to join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) on Henry's 1913 paperwork if you are a descedant but you MUST update it. Beginning with Noah's father, Noah's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Job Prince, Kimball, Job, Ruth (Turner) Prince, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Images & info from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 268-71, 273-7, 317. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so had access to good local records. Beware of what is said about pre-Buckfield ancestry, though.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
READ, HARMON PUMPELLY & JOHN MEREDITH
Author, historian, and coats-of-arms expert Harmon Pumpelly Read (b. 1860), on the left, was named for his maternal grandfather and wrote a book about the Rosses and Reads, his armorial ancestors. He included his own photo, that of his father J. Meredith and mother Delphine Marie (Pumpelly) Read, and that of his brother John Meredith Read (b. 1869) - but dressed in period costume for a bicentennial tableaux that included ancestor George Read of DE, a signer of the Declaration of Independence (among many other accomplishments.) Thus the powdered wig. See the writeup on their father, J. Meredith Read, below, for the lineages, photo & data credits, and relationships to others on this page. A sharper scan from a hardcover original would be appreciated, or a photo of John without the wig. |
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READ, J[OHN] MEREDITH
Referred to in some books as General John Meredith Read but apparently known as "Meredith" he was the 3rd of at least 4 John Reads in a row, the first three prominent public figures of their day. J. Meredith (b. 1837) was a Brewster, Bradford, Allerton, Cooke, & Warren descendant via his mother. A book with genealogical details about the family stressed the Read and Pumpelly lines and mentioned Mayflower descent but gave zero details as to how any of them were related to Mayflower passengers. The name "Priscilla" is always worth exploring and in this case turned out to be the correct clue. Meredith turned out to be the grandson of Priscilla Waterman, below, and nephew of Emily and Henry Marshall and cousin of Charlotte Marshall Holbrooke, all above. Meredith's two sons, Harmon & John (in period costume) are directly above, and Harmon wrote a book with the photos of his father, (L) as ambassador to either France or Greece 1859-1879 and (R) in uniform, age 23. A family photo can be seen on findagrave. Meredith's Gen 10 Brewster line runs: Priscilla (Marshall) Read, Priscilla (Waterman) Marshall, Freeman Waterman, Mercy/Marcy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas, Mary (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster, both of the Mayflower. See the other sections for those write-ups. Info from Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. 2 (NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1911), pp. 493-5 and image from Harmon Pumpelly Read, Rossiana (Albany: author, 1908), pp. 302, 304. |
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REYNOLDS, GEORGE NELSON
Born in NY City in 1869, this Gen. 9 Brewster is also a Gen. 8 Bradford descendant on his mother's side. George's line runs: Nelson Briggs Reynolds, Betsey/Betty (Briggs) Reynolds, Betsey/Betty (Bradford) Briggs, Ezekiel Bradford, Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradford, Wrestling Brewster, Love Brewster who was on the Mayflower with his parents William & Mary. The Bradford silver book gets you as far as the 2nd Betty/Betsey, the Love Brewster pink book only as far as her mother. Beyond that you are on your own to prove the line, and by then the family was in Maine, coverage of which is spotty in terms of online genealogy sources. By the time it reaches George, you will have to look for records in NY, WI, & PA. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 882 & 1204 and Vol. 1, pp. 194 & 422, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
Born in NY City in 1869, this Gen. 9 Brewster is also a Gen. 8 Bradford descendant on his mother's side. George's line runs: Nelson Briggs Reynolds, Betsey/Betty (Briggs) Reynolds, Betsey/Betty (Bradford) Briggs, Ezekiel Bradford, Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradford, Wrestling Brewster, Love Brewster who was on the Mayflower with his parents William & Mary. The Bradford silver book gets you as far as the 2nd Betty/Betsey, the Love Brewster pink book only as far as her mother. Beyond that you are on your own to prove the line, and by then the family was in Maine, coverage of which is spotty in terms of online genealogy sources. By the time it reaches George, you will have to look for records in NY, WI, & PA. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 882 & 1204 and Vol. 1, pp. 194 & 422, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
RICHAN, ABIGAIL
See Doane, Louisa 3 Generations, above.
See Doane, Louisa 3 Generations, above.
ROGERS, PUBLIUS V.
See his entry as a Rogers for a long and involved explanation of a scenario that would support the claim of this author to Publius's lineal descend from Pilgrim Thomas Rogers via a "Capt. James Rogers, a vigorous Indian fighter" who moved to Londonderry, NH (from ??), where the family resided for several generations. If my detective work is correct, Capt. James's mother was Hannah (Godfrey) Rogers, a Gen. 6 Brewster descendant (via her mother Mercy (Mayo) Godfrey) per the Patience Brewster pink book. His paternal great-grandmother Mary (Paine) Rogers was a Gen 4 Hopkins descendant via her mother Mary (Snow) Paine. The net result is Publius being a Generation 9 Brewster, Rogers, and Hopkins. (If you are a female and a descendant of Capt. James, help us out here. Joining the DAR will document his lineage, at least to an extent.) Publius was also said to be an Alden/Mullins via "a grandmother" but with no name, that story will have to wait. Photo and some info from Daniel E. Wager, ed., Our County and Its People, a Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York (The Boston History Company, 1896), pp. 50, 362, part I. Digitized by the University of California Libraries.
See his entry as a Rogers for a long and involved explanation of a scenario that would support the claim of this author to Publius's lineal descend from Pilgrim Thomas Rogers via a "Capt. James Rogers, a vigorous Indian fighter" who moved to Londonderry, NH (from ??), where the family resided for several generations. If my detective work is correct, Capt. James's mother was Hannah (Godfrey) Rogers, a Gen. 6 Brewster descendant (via her mother Mercy (Mayo) Godfrey) per the Patience Brewster pink book. His paternal great-grandmother Mary (Paine) Rogers was a Gen 4 Hopkins descendant via her mother Mary (Snow) Paine. The net result is Publius being a Generation 9 Brewster, Rogers, and Hopkins. (If you are a female and a descendant of Capt. James, help us out here. Joining the DAR will document his lineage, at least to an extent.) Publius was also said to be an Alden/Mullins via "a grandmother" but with no name, that story will have to wait. Photo and some info from Daniel E. Wager, ed., Our County and Its People, a Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York (The Boston History Company, 1896), pp. 50, 362, part I. Digitized by the University of California Libraries.
SAMPSON, LEONICE MARSTON
Someone gave a paper on Leonice to the Old Town (Taunton) Historical Society in 1897 and included this very nice picture. It is amazing that people were able to do any genealogical research that long ago, and he got her Brewster and Standish descent - but was off by a generation and missed Alden-Mullins, Warren, Chilton, and Sampson. (Check those sections for the lineages.) Leonice was named for both parents, Leonice Holmes and Marston Sampson, and was born in Plymouth in 1811. According to the author her parents died young and she lived with relatives, but it looks like the mother died young and the father remarried. She married judge Joseph W. Moulton of NY in RI in 1833 and they became world travelers. She had at least one child, a daughter, who had a child, so there are descendants to be found. Leonice may have had siblings or half-siblings, too, and definitely had cousins. Here is her Gen 8 Brewster line, beginning with her mother: Leonice (Holmes) Sampson, Deborah (Brewster) Holmes, Wrestling Brewster, Wrestling, Wrestling, Love, William and Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from John Ordronaux, Memoir of Leonice Marston Sampson Moulton, Read at the Request of the Old Colony Historical Society at Taunton, Mass., July 2, 1897 (Taunton: C. Hack & Son, 1898), frontispiece, 8, 15, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Someone gave a paper on Leonice to the Old Town (Taunton) Historical Society in 1897 and included this very nice picture. It is amazing that people were able to do any genealogical research that long ago, and he got her Brewster and Standish descent - but was off by a generation and missed Alden-Mullins, Warren, Chilton, and Sampson. (Check those sections for the lineages.) Leonice was named for both parents, Leonice Holmes and Marston Sampson, and was born in Plymouth in 1811. According to the author her parents died young and she lived with relatives, but it looks like the mother died young and the father remarried. She married judge Joseph W. Moulton of NY in RI in 1833 and they became world travelers. She had at least one child, a daughter, who had a child, so there are descendants to be found. Leonice may have had siblings or half-siblings, too, and definitely had cousins. Here is her Gen 8 Brewster line, beginning with her mother: Leonice (Holmes) Sampson, Deborah (Brewster) Holmes, Wrestling Brewster, Wrestling, Wrestling, Love, William and Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from John Ordronaux, Memoir of Leonice Marston Sampson Moulton, Read at the Request of the Old Colony Historical Society at Taunton, Mass., July 2, 1897 (Taunton: C. Hack & Son, 1898), frontispiece, 8, 15, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
SAVERY, ADOLPHUS
Son of Benjamin, below, Adolphus (1824-1893) was a Gen. 9 & 10 Brewster descendant. See Benjamin's writeup for the specifics. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families, etc. (Boston: Collins, 1893), p. 36, 55-56, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
Son of Benjamin, below, Adolphus (1824-1893) was a Gen. 9 & 10 Brewster descendant. See Benjamin's writeup for the specifics. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families, etc. (Boston: Collins, 1893), p. 36, 55-56, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
SAVERY, BENJAMIN
Gen. 8 & 9 Brewster descendant Benjamin Savery (1790-1861) is the father of Lydia Adelia Savery (below) and Adolphus Savery (above.) Lydia, of East Wareham was co-author of the book from which this image was taken, doing research for the author, who lived in Nova Scotia. Benjamin's line runs: Isaac Savery, Deborah (Bumpus/Bumpas) Savery, Mary (Perry) Bumpus, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. His second line runs: Deliverance (Clifton) Savery, Timothy Clifton, Benjamin Clifton, Dorothy (Burge/Burgess) Clifton, Patience (Freeman) Burge, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. The GSMD's silver and pink books get as far as the birth of Deborah, Benjamin's paternal grandmother and Benjamin Clifton, his maternal great grandfather in 1690. The transcriptions of Wareham Town Books 1 & 2 get most of the rest for his 1st line and vital records on the NEHGS take care of the 2nd . The book notes that Benjamin lived for some time in New Jersey & New York, so there may be records of him there. He was also reportedly a state congressman so there may be other images of him as well. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy Family (Severit, Savery, Savory, and Savary) (Boston: Collins, 1893), pp. 31-34, 42-43, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
Gen. 8 & 9 Brewster descendant Benjamin Savery (1790-1861) is the father of Lydia Adelia Savery (below) and Adolphus Savery (above.) Lydia, of East Wareham was co-author of the book from which this image was taken, doing research for the author, who lived in Nova Scotia. Benjamin's line runs: Isaac Savery, Deborah (Bumpus/Bumpas) Savery, Mary (Perry) Bumpus, Rebecca (Freeman) Perry, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. His second line runs: Deliverance (Clifton) Savery, Timothy Clifton, Benjamin Clifton, Dorothy (Burge/Burgess) Clifton, Patience (Freeman) Burge, Rebecca (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster. The GSMD's silver and pink books get as far as the birth of Deborah, Benjamin's paternal grandmother and Benjamin Clifton, his maternal great grandfather in 1690. The transcriptions of Wareham Town Books 1 & 2 get most of the rest for his 1st line and vital records on the NEHGS take care of the 2nd . The book notes that Benjamin lived for some time in New Jersey & New York, so there may be records of him there. He was also reportedly a state congressman so there may be other images of him as well. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy Family (Severit, Savery, Savory, and Savary) (Boston: Collins, 1893), pp. 31-34, 42-43, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
SAVERY, LYDIA ADELIA
Daughter of Benjamin, above, and sister of Adolphus, Lydia A. Savery (b. 1841 East Wareham, MA) was a co-author of the book from which this image was taken and a Gen. 9 & 10 Brewster. See Benjamin's writeup for details. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. "Savary," A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families, etc. (Boston: Collins, 1893), p. 31, 43, digitized by the University of Toronto. There are not many records online for Lydia and I found none that spelled her name "Savary," as the author claimed on the title page and in the illustration index. Even on the page for her birth, the family name was given as "Savery," the more standard spelling for Wareham residents. Hers was restated as "Savary" so perhaps in personal life she favored that spelling. Lydia's original Wareham marriage record spelled it "Savry" (though it popped up as a hit on the search term "Savery," not "Savary" or "Savry.") In 1898 she married Lafayette Allen, born in Waltham but by then a 73-year-old Florida "planter," so a search for her death record may have to be done there, as "Allen."
Daughter of Benjamin, above, and sister of Adolphus, Lydia A. Savery (b. 1841 East Wareham, MA) was a co-author of the book from which this image was taken and a Gen. 9 & 10 Brewster. See Benjamin's writeup for details. Image & info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. "Savary," A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families, etc. (Boston: Collins, 1893), p. 31, 43, digitized by the University of Toronto. There are not many records online for Lydia and I found none that spelled her name "Savary," as the author claimed on the title page and in the illustration index. Even on the page for her birth, the family name was given as "Savery," the more standard spelling for Wareham residents. Hers was restated as "Savary" so perhaps in personal life she favored that spelling. Lydia's original Wareham marriage record spelled it "Savry" (though it popped up as a hit on the search term "Savery," not "Savary" or "Savry.") In 1898 she married Lafayette Allen, born in Waltham but by then a 73-year-old Florida "planter," so a search for her death record may have to be done there, as "Allen."
SCHOFIELD, JOHN MCALLISTER
Proving this Gen. 9 Brewster descendant requires you to resolve the same dilemma as descendants of William K. McAllister, above. John is a grandson of a Sarah Brewster who somehow got from CT to NY and married a John McAllister, but via a daughter. Sarah's father is in the Love Brewster Pink Book and her birth is on the same page in the Middletown CT vital records as her parents & grandparents. You need to prove that she is one-and-the-same as the Sarah who married John in Amsterdam, NY in 1807. Then, of course, you get to prove her marriage, the birth of her daughter, the daughter's marriage, and John's birth. John attended West Point and some of their archives are online or possibly available for research. Not sure what they'd have on the class of 1849, but he likely has a pension for his military service, which might be a better source. Check fold3.com. The lineage should run: Caroline (McAllister) Schofield, Sarah (Brewster) McAllister, Elisha Brewster, Elisha, William, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 301 & 1124 and Vol. 1 p. 151, scanned at the Library of Congress. There might be pictures of him from the 1850s & 60s on NARA.gov or on Civil War history sites.
Proving this Gen. 9 Brewster descendant requires you to resolve the same dilemma as descendants of William K. McAllister, above. John is a grandson of a Sarah Brewster who somehow got from CT to NY and married a John McAllister, but via a daughter. Sarah's father is in the Love Brewster Pink Book and her birth is on the same page in the Middletown CT vital records as her parents & grandparents. You need to prove that she is one-and-the-same as the Sarah who married John in Amsterdam, NY in 1807. Then, of course, you get to prove her marriage, the birth of her daughter, the daughter's marriage, and John's birth. John attended West Point and some of their archives are online or possibly available for research. Not sure what they'd have on the class of 1849, but he likely has a pension for his military service, which might be a better source. Check fold3.com. The lineage should run: Caroline (McAllister) Schofield, Sarah (Brewster) McAllister, Elisha Brewster, Elisha, William, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. II (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 301 & 1124 and Vol. 1 p. 151, scanned at the Library of Congress. There might be pictures of him from the 1850s & 60s on NARA.gov or on Civil War history sites.
SEARS, ISAIAH
A 17-year-old mariner, according to the 1850 census of Dennis, Barnstable Co, MA, and deaf, he was immortalized in photographic form by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth thanks to a donation by brother-in-law Rufus White. A farmer who married and lived to 1912, dying in East Dennis, Isaiah was both a Brewster descendant and a double Howland-Tilley. (See that section for the other line.) His Gen 9 Brewster line is paternal, as follows: Thomas Sears, Elkanah, Edmund, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, Wiliam & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower.
A 17-year-old mariner, according to the 1850 census of Dennis, Barnstable Co, MA, and deaf, he was immortalized in photographic form by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth thanks to a donation by brother-in-law Rufus White. A farmer who married and lived to 1912, dying in East Dennis, Isaiah was both a Brewster descendant and a double Howland-Tilley. (See that section for the other line.) His Gen 9 Brewster line is paternal, as follows: Thomas Sears, Elkanah, Edmund, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, Wiliam & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower.
SEARS, MARY
I ran across this in an item on the Woman's Relief Corps, of which Mary (Sears) McHenry (Mrs. William A.) of Iowa was National President 1890-91. The WRC still exists today (2019) and is part of the five Allied Orders (men and women who are descendants of - or with some of the Five, just interested in - Civil War Union veterans.) Arizona is organizing a chapter; if interested, there will be a web page soonish. Mary (1834-1912) is a double Brewster descendant originally from Sandisfield, Berkshire Co, MA. Wikipedia reports the McHenrys having 2 sons and 2 daughters, so if this couple sounds like they could be your great-etc. grandparents, start gathering the vital records to prove your lineage. Both of Mary's lines are Gen 10, through her father, as follows: David G. Sears, Paul, Paul, Joshua, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Also: David G. Sears, Paul, Paul, Rebecca (Mayo) Sears, Theophilus Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience, William & Mary again. Although a better version of this image is on Wikipedia, this one was downloaded from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies, Vol. II, rev. ed. (NY: Mast, Crowell, & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 487, provided by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection to the Internet Archive.
I ran across this in an item on the Woman's Relief Corps, of which Mary (Sears) McHenry (Mrs. William A.) of Iowa was National President 1890-91. The WRC still exists today (2019) and is part of the five Allied Orders (men and women who are descendants of - or with some of the Five, just interested in - Civil War Union veterans.) Arizona is organizing a chapter; if interested, there will be a web page soonish. Mary (1834-1912) is a double Brewster descendant originally from Sandisfield, Berkshire Co, MA. Wikipedia reports the McHenrys having 2 sons and 2 daughters, so if this couple sounds like they could be your great-etc. grandparents, start gathering the vital records to prove your lineage. Both of Mary's lines are Gen 10, through her father, as follows: David G. Sears, Paul, Paul, Joshua, Mercy (Freeman) Sears, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Also: David G. Sears, Paul, Paul, Rebecca (Mayo) Sears, Theophilus Mayo, Thomas, Hannah (Prence) Mayo, Patience, William & Mary again. Although a better version of this image is on Wikipedia, this one was downloaded from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies, Vol. II, rev. ed. (NY: Mast, Crowell, & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 487, provided by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection to the Internet Archive.
SHERMAN, FRANK DEMPSTER
Both of these images are of Frank, from collections of his poetry, Southern Flight (1905) and The Poems of Frank Dempster Sherman (1917), both available on the Internet Archive, as are many others. Frank (1860-1916) was a professor of graphics in the school of architecture at Columbia University in NY City and was very active in genealogy circles but I do not know how accurate his work was. The book with info on this line mentions that he married Juliet Mersereau Durand of Peekskill, NY in 1887 but no children are mentioned. He was a double Brewster, a Cooke, and a Warren on his Sherman side, first Gen 10 as follows, beginning with his father: John Dempster Sherman, James, Ruth (Brewster) Sherman, William Brewster, Ichabod, William, William, Love and parents William & Mary, all 3 of the Mayflower. The second is also Gen 10 due to the marriage of second cousins: John Dempster Sherman, James, Ruth (Brewster) Sherman, Olive (Morgan) Brewster, Ruth (Brewster) Morgan, Nathaniel Brewster, William, Love and parents William & Mary again. Note: as of 18 May 2020 the NEHGS is still showing Gen 5 of the Love Brewster "pink book." The marriage of Gen 6 Olive Morgan and William Brewster is not in that book but IS confirmed in the silver book, vol. 3, published in 2019. See Frank's writeups in the Cooke & Warren sections for those lineages. Info from Thomas Townsend Sherman, Sherman Genealogy (etc) (NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), pp. 15-6, digitized by the Boston Public Library. |
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SIMMONS, MARIA WILLIAMS
Niece of Nancy (Stimpson) Dicks, below, Maria (Simmons) Harrington (1789-1884) was nearly as long-lived and also retained her dark hair for a long time, based on the guesstimate of when this photo was taken. She was a Gen. 9 Brewster but see Nancy's writeup for the controversy over a possible 2nd Brewster line. Maria's lineage runs: Mary (Stimpson) Simmons, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 43, 75-76, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Niece of Nancy (Stimpson) Dicks, below, Maria (Simmons) Harrington (1789-1884) was nearly as long-lived and also retained her dark hair for a long time, based on the guesstimate of when this photo was taken. She was a Gen. 9 Brewster but see Nancy's writeup for the controversy over a possible 2nd Brewster line. Maria's lineage runs: Mary (Stimpson) Simmons, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 43, 75-76, digitized by the Library of Congress.
SMITH, JAMES WATSON
Grandson of Capt. James DeWolf and cousin of Frank Loveland, both above, this James is a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. The book from which this image was taken gives dates of birth and death (1822-1901) but does not say where James was born or died. He studied medicine in Massachusetts and practiced it in Wellington, OH. If you are looking for VRs, start in those 2 states. Do not take it for granted that this book is correct, though it likely is at least very close since the folks of this generation were either alive to give their own data or their children were. However, "trust, but verify." James's line runs as follows: Amanda (DeWolf) Smith, James DeWolf, Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 270, 273, digitized by Internet Archive.
Grandson of Capt. James DeWolf and cousin of Frank Loveland, both above, this James is a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant. The book from which this image was taken gives dates of birth and death (1822-1901) but does not say where James was born or died. He studied medicine in Massachusetts and practiced it in Wellington, OH. If you are looking for VRs, start in those 2 states. Do not take it for granted that this book is correct, though it likely is at least very close since the folks of this generation were either alive to give their own data or their children were. However, "trust, but verify." James's line runs as follows: Amanda (DeWolf) Smith, James DeWolf, Matthew DeWolf, Matthew, Patience (Brewster) DeWolf, William Brewster, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image and info from Calbraith B. Perry, Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, His Ancestors and Descendants (NY: T. A. Wright, 1902), pp. 270, 273, digitized by Internet Archive.
Snow, Barnabas
Deacon Barnabas Snow (Generation 9 Brewster) was the grandson of Deacon Prence Snow and Content Doty of Rochester, married there in 1770. Prence was a Generation 7 Brewster and Hopkins descendant, Content a Generation 5 Edward Doty descendant via her father Barnabus Snow, then Ellis, Joseph, and pilgrim Edward. Prence Snow is in the Hopkins Silver Book and Patience Brewster Pink Book as the grandson of Thankfull Freeman and Jonathan Snow. His son, Deacon Thomas Snow, Barnabas Snow's father, is in the Doty Silver Book. Image from Lucy Cutler Kellogg, History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts 1736-1900 (Greenfield, MA: E. A. Hall, 1902), p. 507, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
SNOW, BETSY KEZIAH
The first clue was that her father was named Sparrow Snow and both father and daughter were born in Massachusetts. Capt. Jack Sparrow came ashore in the 1600s at Cape Cod and married into the Brewster family. Snows of Cape Cod are generally Hopkins. A quick look for Sparrow in VR on the NEHGS site turned him up, as promised, in Sandisfield, MA, where the town records noted his parents had moved after leaving Cape Cod. Right beneath the Sandisfield VR listing for him & his siblings was a list of births of his children, including Betsy. Sparrow's birth is in the Hopkins Silver Book as Gen 6, with a note that his mother Elizabeth was both a Brewster and a Hopkins. Betsy's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Sparrow Snow, Elizabeth (Freeman) Snow, Mary (Paine) Freeman, Bennett (Freeman) Paine, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary (---) Brewster of the Mayflower. See her Hopkins write-ups for those lines. Image & info from Stillman Foster Kneeland, Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family (NY: privately published, 1897), pp. 397-8, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
The first clue was that her father was named Sparrow Snow and both father and daughter were born in Massachusetts. Capt. Jack Sparrow came ashore in the 1600s at Cape Cod and married into the Brewster family. Snows of Cape Cod are generally Hopkins. A quick look for Sparrow in VR on the NEHGS site turned him up, as promised, in Sandisfield, MA, where the town records noted his parents had moved after leaving Cape Cod. Right beneath the Sandisfield VR listing for him & his siblings was a list of births of his children, including Betsy. Sparrow's birth is in the Hopkins Silver Book as Gen 6, with a note that his mother Elizabeth was both a Brewster and a Hopkins. Betsy's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Sparrow Snow, Elizabeth (Freeman) Snow, Mary (Paine) Freeman, Bennett (Freeman) Paine, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William & Mary (---) Brewster of the Mayflower. See her Hopkins write-ups for those lines. Image & info from Stillman Foster Kneeland, Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family (NY: privately published, 1897), pp. 397-8, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
Snow, Charles Armstrong
Just because it is in a book does not make it so, and the lineages described in Hurd's New England Library exemplify this maxim. It gives 12 Mayflower "lines" (through Alden-Mullins, Howland-Tilley, Hopkins, Rogers, and Brewster) for Charles, some via his father Franklin Snow and other via his mother Anna E. (Armstrong) Snow. The only one the evidence upholds cleanly is his claim to Generation 10 Brewster descent. Two other Brewster claims and his 3 Alden-Mullins lines are murkier. The book also claims a Gen 10/11 Howland-Tilley lineage through Franklin Snow, Franklin's mother Lydia (Myrick) Snow, William Myrick, Phebe (Smith) Myrick, and John Smith, son and grandson of a John Smith, the eldest of whom was the son of "Deborah Howland," daughter of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, and a Mr. Smith. However neither the GSMD's Howland Silver Book nor the multivolume John Howland of the Mayflower credits John with a daughter Deborah. Likewise it connects Charles to Thomas Rogers in the 11th generation via grandfather and great-grandfather Barnabas and Gideon Snow, Jedidah (Smith) Snow, Abigail (Higgins) Smith, Jonathan Higgins and his father "Ichabod Higgins," supposedly son of Elizabeth Rogers and Jonathan Higgins. However, the GSMD has no Ichabod Higgins in Silver Book volume 19. The four lines to Stephen Hopkins all went nowhere. Possibly the compiler tangled the Snow-Smith-Myrick lineages, because those families did marry into the Hopkins line, but as written the lineages are incorrect. Image from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 138-144, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Snow, George Granville
George is a Generation 10 Brewster and Rogers descendant, also both Generation 9 & 10 Hopkins, likely more as his grandfather, Maj. Joel Snow, married one of the many Phebe Snows, this one daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Horton) Snow. (Stephen Hopkins's daughter Constance married immigrant Nicholas Snow, who came to New England on the Anne in 1623, so if Snow is one of your family names, check for Hopkins lineage.) The Brewster, Rogers, and second Hopkins line are due to the marriage of great-great grandfather Jesse Snow to Lois Freeman, daughter of Edmund Freeman (Gen 5 Brewster) and Lois Paine, daughter of Nicholas Paine (Gen 4 Hopkins) and Hannah Higgins (Gen 4 Rogers). His Hopkins lineage gets to Generation 6 in the Silver Book, great-grandfather Edmund Snow, b. 1752. Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 209, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
SNOW, GEORGE WALTER
Born in Rochester, MA in 1808, not 1800 as the author of the book with this image states, Dr. George W. Snow was a Gen. 8 Brewster and Hopkins via his father, as follows: Jonathan Snow, Mark, Thankful (Freeman) Snow, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William Brewster. (See the Hopkins section for that line.) The author notes that his parents died when he was very little so he was raised by a meternal uncle in Providence, RI. A Harvard grad, he should have left a good paper trail. This matters because he had no chuldren himself but had lots of siblings who may have left descendants. If you are trying to prove descent from the Mark Snow born 1731 for either the GSMD or the DAR or SAR, you may have to prove it through a sibling somewhere along the line. When you run into a roadblock, always back up a generation or two and cast a wider net, i.e. trace siblings and cousins. Image and some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 244, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Born in Rochester, MA in 1808, not 1800 as the author of the book with this image states, Dr. George W. Snow was a Gen. 8 Brewster and Hopkins via his father, as follows: Jonathan Snow, Mark, Thankful (Freeman) Snow, Edmund Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, William Brewster. (See the Hopkins section for that line.) The author notes that his parents died when he was very little so he was raised by a meternal uncle in Providence, RI. A Harvard grad, he should have left a good paper trail. This matters because he had no chuldren himself but had lots of siblings who may have left descendants. If you are trying to prove descent from the Mark Snow born 1731 for either the GSMD or the DAR or SAR, you may have to prove it through a sibling somewhere along the line. When you run into a roadblock, always back up a generation or two and cast a wider net, i.e. trace siblings and cousins. Image and some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 244, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Soule, Lawrence Porter
A Generation 9 Brewster descendant, Lawrence was related in a direct line to 7 other Mayflower lines, including George Soule and Henry Samson (twice) in Generation 7. All of his Pilgrim ancestors were on his father's side. Lawrence was born 1831 in Duxbury to Stephen and Lydia (Pierce) Soule and was the grandson of William and Priscilla (Sampson) Soule. Lawrence's great-great grandparents were John and Priscilla (Bartlett) Sampson, and that Priscilla was the daughter of Benjamin Bartlett, Jr. and Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett. It is through the Bartletts that Lawrence's Warren, Brewster, and Alden-Mullins lines went. Other Mayflower ancestors include Bradford (8), Alden-Mullins (8/9), Rogers (9), and Warren (9). All of these lineages are detailed, albeit confusingly, in the following book, from which the image also comes: Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 666-668, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
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SPARROW, DANIEL WILBER (left) & ROBERT STITT (3 pics)
The 2 Digital Commonwealth headshots taken in 1907 show Daniel (b 1888) and Robert (b 1891) standing on a front porch in a breeze, so their neckties are blowing sideways, but magically Daniel's hat stays on. By that time their father had been dead for 9 years, but he was their Gen 10 line carrier to Hopkins ancestors. (Note: These Sparrows are not Brewsters. Capt. Jack married three times and only his 2 children with Hannah (Prence) (Mayo) carried her Brewster genes.) Daniel & Robert's first Hopkins line runs: Wilbur N. Sparrow, Daniel, Jabez, Jabez, Jonathan, Dorcas (Vickery) Sparrow, Dorcas (Paine) Vickery, Mary (Snow) Paine, Constance (Hopkins) Snow, Stephen Hopkins. The second line runs: Wilbur N. Sparrow, Daniel, Jabez, Jabez, Jonathan, Jonathan, Rebecca (Merrick) Sparrow, Abigail (Hopkins) Merrick, Giles Hopkins, Stephen. (Giles & Constance were also Mayflower passengers but their mother was not.) The Sparrow brothers's mother Sophia was from Maryland, so less likely to be a Mayflower descendant, but not impossible. Robert has 3 photos because he was at school the day the photographer came (1805) and he became a seaman and an agent for a steamship company in the 1920s, mostly traveling to the west coast of Africa, and he took out a passport with the photo at far right, age 31. His 1917 WWI draft record & the passport put him as blue-eyed, with blonde and later brown/receding hair. He was slim and 5'6"-5'8 1/2". Big brother Daniel was taller (5'11") but also slim and claimed hazel or brown eyes on his WWI and WWII draft registration cards. (The passport & draft records can be found on familysearch.com and the school photo was also from Digital Commonwealth.) Unfortunately a lot of the vital records for their ancestry are not online so maiden names are missing for several females meaning some Mayflower ancestors have likely been overlooked. Great-grandfather Henry Hatch is certainly worth checking for Mayflower ancestry. (Henry, 1798-1858 per findagrave, had a middle initial "Y." per his very modern-looking gravestone marker. If the Y is real, check for a Young family link.) Thank you to the Eastham Historical Society for sharing these 3 images online.
The 2 Digital Commonwealth headshots taken in 1907 show Daniel (b 1888) and Robert (b 1891) standing on a front porch in a breeze, so their neckties are blowing sideways, but magically Daniel's hat stays on. By that time their father had been dead for 9 years, but he was their Gen 10 line carrier to Hopkins ancestors. (Note: These Sparrows are not Brewsters. Capt. Jack married three times and only his 2 children with Hannah (Prence) (Mayo) carried her Brewster genes.) Daniel & Robert's first Hopkins line runs: Wilbur N. Sparrow, Daniel, Jabez, Jabez, Jonathan, Dorcas (Vickery) Sparrow, Dorcas (Paine) Vickery, Mary (Snow) Paine, Constance (Hopkins) Snow, Stephen Hopkins. The second line runs: Wilbur N. Sparrow, Daniel, Jabez, Jabez, Jonathan, Jonathan, Rebecca (Merrick) Sparrow, Abigail (Hopkins) Merrick, Giles Hopkins, Stephen. (Giles & Constance were also Mayflower passengers but their mother was not.) The Sparrow brothers's mother Sophia was from Maryland, so less likely to be a Mayflower descendant, but not impossible. Robert has 3 photos because he was at school the day the photographer came (1805) and he became a seaman and an agent for a steamship company in the 1920s, mostly traveling to the west coast of Africa, and he took out a passport with the photo at far right, age 31. His 1917 WWI draft record & the passport put him as blue-eyed, with blonde and later brown/receding hair. He was slim and 5'6"-5'8 1/2". Big brother Daniel was taller (5'11") but also slim and claimed hazel or brown eyes on his WWI and WWII draft registration cards. (The passport & draft records can be found on familysearch.com and the school photo was also from Digital Commonwealth.) Unfortunately a lot of the vital records for their ancestry are not online so maiden names are missing for several females meaning some Mayflower ancestors have likely been overlooked. Great-grandfather Henry Hatch is certainly worth checking for Mayflower ancestry. (Henry, 1798-1858 per findagrave, had a middle initial "Y." per his very modern-looking gravestone marker. If the Y is real, check for a Young family link.) Thank you to the Eastham Historical Society for sharing these 3 images online.
SPARROW, ROBERT STITT (See Daniel Wilber Sparrow above.)
STANTON, HARRIOT EATON
Harriot was a Gen. 9 Brewster descendant via her father, Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887), a CT abolitionist. Today he is better known as the husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton - abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate. There are more photos of Harriot (1856-1940), Henry, and daughter Nora Stanton Blatch (1883-1971) (above) but the ones I wanted (and the only one of Henry) are not in the public domain, so visit the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Harriot's Brewster line is: Henry Brewster Stanton, Susanna (Brewster) Stanton, Simon Brewster, Jr., Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The Brewster Silver/Pink Books get to the birth of Simon, Jr. in 1751, and the rest is in the CT records on the NEHGS. The cropped photo on the left was taken about age 49ish, and the one on the right is dated 1913, so age 57. Someone in a parade is more fun than the grim poses in most of these old pictures. Maybe she knew that women's suffrage in the US was "only" 7 years away. Credits: the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. The LOC has digitized the parade photos and many others and put them on flickr at the Flickr Commons project. |
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STANTON, HENRY BREWSTER
In the writeup on his daughter Harriot (Stanton) Blatch, above, I lamented my inability to find a photo of Henry online that was in the public domain. I resolved that by going to the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY and taking photos of National Park Service signage. The image on the left is cropped from a mural depicting him as a delegate to the abolitionist assembly in London which famously excluded America's female delegates. This lit the powder keg that would eventually become the Declaration of Sentiments penned by excluded delegate Lucretia (Coffin) Mott of Nantucket and Henry's wife, Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton, and presented at the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. Henry was born in CT in 1805, where his parents had at least one household slave, and spent most of his adult life as an attorney and abolitionist in NY. He served two terms as a state senator and per wikipedia was a renowned orator on the antislavery topic. He died in NY in 1887. Harriet's writeup, above, gives Henry's Gen 8 Brewster lineage through his mother, Susanna (Brewster) Stanton. Image is of Henry in 1840, so age about 35 and is courtesy of the National Park Service. is also shown in Henry's wikipedia writeup, with a feature that allows you to move your cursor and identify participants. Henry's image is at the lower right.
In the writeup on his daughter Harriot (Stanton) Blatch, above, I lamented my inability to find a photo of Henry online that was in the public domain. I resolved that by going to the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY and taking photos of National Park Service signage. The image on the left is cropped from a mural depicting him as a delegate to the abolitionist assembly in London which famously excluded America's female delegates. This lit the powder keg that would eventually become the Declaration of Sentiments penned by excluded delegate Lucretia (Coffin) Mott of Nantucket and Henry's wife, Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton, and presented at the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. Henry was born in CT in 1805, where his parents had at least one household slave, and spent most of his adult life as an attorney and abolitionist in NY. He served two terms as a state senator and per wikipedia was a renowned orator on the antislavery topic. He died in NY in 1887. Harriet's writeup, above, gives Henry's Gen 8 Brewster lineage through his mother, Susanna (Brewster) Stanton. Image is of Henry in 1840, so age about 35 and is courtesy of the National Park Service. is also shown in Henry's wikipedia writeup, with a feature that allows you to move your cursor and identify participants. Henry's image is at the lower right.
STARKWEATHER, LEONARD JR.
Leonard's mother was the Brewster and there were other CT Brewsters who married Starkweathers in the mid 1700s but none whose pictures were in the Starkweather book, as Leonard's was. Leonard had 11 children, according to the author. but you will have to work hard if you wish to prove your connection, as he was born in NY in 1809, married in PA in 1829 (Emily Hosmer), and died in Vincennes, IA in 1891. Between 1835 & 1840 he was in Battle Creek, MI where 3 children were born. None of those places are likely to have vital records for you. His Gen 8 Brewster line should run: Esther (Brewster) Starkweather, Judah Brewster, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical History of Robert Starkweather of Ipswich, MA....1690-1848 (Occoquan, VA: author, 1904), pp. 128, 213-14, digitized by BYU.
Leonard's mother was the Brewster and there were other CT Brewsters who married Starkweathers in the mid 1700s but none whose pictures were in the Starkweather book, as Leonard's was. Leonard had 11 children, according to the author. but you will have to work hard if you wish to prove your connection, as he was born in NY in 1809, married in PA in 1829 (Emily Hosmer), and died in Vincennes, IA in 1891. Between 1835 & 1840 he was in Battle Creek, MI where 3 children were born. None of those places are likely to have vital records for you. His Gen 8 Brewster line should run: Esther (Brewster) Starkweather, Judah Brewster, Simon, Benjamin, William, Love, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Image & info from Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical History of Robert Starkweather of Ipswich, MA....1690-1848 (Occoquan, VA: author, 1904), pp. 128, 213-14, digitized by BYU.
STETSON, THOMAS DREW
It took some digging through the VRs on the NEHGS site but Kingston, MA did a good job of recording births and marriages with the full name of both parties. Thomas was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Deborah Prince (Washburn) Stetson, Deborah (Prince) Washburn, Kimball Prince, Job, Ruth (Turner) Prince, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William of the Mayflower. Job Prince's marriage to Abigail Kimball is in the 2014 Brewster silver book and the birth of their son Kimball Prince is in the Jonathan Brewster pink book. Mention is made of his service in the Revolution and he does appear on the DAR's GRS database but no one has joined through Kimball's daughter Deborah - yet. Maybe you can be the first. The book from which this image was taken focuses mainly on Thomas's stance as an abolitionist. Image and info from Nelson M. Stetson, comp., Stetson Kindred of America (Incorporated) (Rockland, MA: A. I. Randall, 1914), p. 60, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
It took some digging through the VRs on the NEHGS site but Kingston, MA did a good job of recording births and marriages with the full name of both parties. Thomas was a Gen. 9 Brewster as follows: Deborah Prince (Washburn) Stetson, Deborah (Prince) Washburn, Kimball Prince, Job, Ruth (Turner) Prince, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William of the Mayflower. Job Prince's marriage to Abigail Kimball is in the 2014 Brewster silver book and the birth of their son Kimball Prince is in the Jonathan Brewster pink book. Mention is made of his service in the Revolution and he does appear on the DAR's GRS database but no one has joined through Kimball's daughter Deborah - yet. Maybe you can be the first. The book from which this image was taken focuses mainly on Thomas's stance as an abolitionist. Image and info from Nelson M. Stetson, comp., Stetson Kindred of America (Incorporated) (Rockland, MA: A. I. Randall, 1914), p. 60, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
STIMPSON, NANCY
Ann/Anna, or Nancy (1771-1872) was born in Charlestown, MA but married and lived in Portland, ME. Her husband was a Scottish mariner, Capt. John Dicks. She was a Gen. 8 Brewster and there is continuing debate over whether she and her many siblings were double Brewsters, the second line through great-grandmother Susanna (Turner) Fosdick. For now, this is the proven line, as her grandfather William Fosdick is in the Jonathan Brewster pink book and vital records & probate documents online confirm her connection: Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. At age 75 Nancy wrote a short genealogy of her family which is in the index of this book, from memory. She described Susanna (Turner) Fosdick as retaining "her good looks to the last, scarcely a gray hair to be seen, and her teeth perfectly good at death." Nancy must have inherited the lack of gray hair. See the picture of her niece, Maria Simmons, above. Could that be a Brewster trait? Image & info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., & Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 48, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Ann/Anna, or Nancy (1771-1872) was born in Charlestown, MA but married and lived in Portland, ME. Her husband was a Scottish mariner, Capt. John Dicks. She was a Gen. 8 Brewster and there is continuing debate over whether she and her many siblings were double Brewsters, the second line through great-grandmother Susanna (Turner) Fosdick. For now, this is the proven line, as her grandfather William Fosdick is in the Jonathan Brewster pink book and vital records & probate documents online confirm her connection: Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. At age 75 Nancy wrote a short genealogy of her family which is in the index of this book, from memory. She described Susanna (Turner) Fosdick as retaining "her good looks to the last, scarcely a gray hair to be seen, and her teeth perfectly good at death." Nancy must have inherited the lack of gray hair. See the picture of her niece, Maria Simmons, above. Could that be a Brewster trait? Image & info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., & Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 28-29, 48, digitized by the Library of Congress.
STIMPSON, WILLIAM
He would be a great-great nephew of Nancy (Stimpson) Dicks and a 1st cousin once removed of Maria (Simmons) Harrington, both above. William (1811-1889) was a Gen. 10 descendant of the Brewsters, as follows: John Stimpson, John, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. He was a baker in Danvers, MA, in business with a brother Thomas, according to the book from which this image was taken. The Brewster books leave off at the birth of William Fosdick but the vital records on the NEHGS bear out this lineage, though you will have to dig and probably get some probate records and/or land records to nail shut your case. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 36-37, 62, 94, digitized by the Library of Congress.
He would be a great-great nephew of Nancy (Stimpson) Dicks and a 1st cousin once removed of Maria (Simmons) Harrington, both above. William (1811-1889) was a Gen. 10 descendant of the Brewsters, as follows: John Stimpson, John, Susanna (Fosdick) (Stimpson) Newell, William Fosdick, Samuel, Mercy (Pickett) Fosdick, Ruth (Brewster) Pickett, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. He was a baker in Danvers, MA, in business with a brother Thomas, according to the book from which this image was taken. The Brewster books leave off at the birth of William Fosdick but the vital records on the NEHGS bear out this lineage, though you will have to dig and probably get some probate records and/or land records to nail shut your case. Image and info from Charles Collyer Whittier, Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charlestown, Mass., and Allied Lines (Boston: Clapp, 1907), pp. 36-37, 62, 94, digitized by the Library of Congress.
STODDARD, COLBY
His father's name was Charles Bartlett Stoddard, which should give you a clue, and signals that the family "knew who they were." They don't all; it pays to dig around a bit because sometimes after 250 years or so have passed people forget their less-well-known pilgrim ancestor or remember the wrong pilgrim, or sometimes invent a pilgrim and claim a relationship. In the case of Colby (b 1877), he forgot a Brewster, a Cooke, a Doty, and an Alden-Mullins. Colby's Gen 11 Brewster line was Charles Bartlett Stoddard, Betsy (Bartlett) Stoddard, Daniel Bartlett, Betty (Bartlett) Bartlett, Silvanus Bartlett, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The silver books end with the birth of Daniel, but with no date, so you'll need a better link between Daniel and his parents to join the GSMD, but it was in there that the family moved to Vermont and the trail picks up again. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 157-8, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
His father's name was Charles Bartlett Stoddard, which should give you a clue, and signals that the family "knew who they were." They don't all; it pays to dig around a bit because sometimes after 250 years or so have passed people forget their less-well-known pilgrim ancestor or remember the wrong pilgrim, or sometimes invent a pilgrim and claim a relationship. In the case of Colby (b 1877), he forgot a Brewster, a Cooke, a Doty, and an Alden-Mullins. Colby's Gen 11 Brewster line was Charles Bartlett Stoddard, Betsy (Bartlett) Stoddard, Daniel Bartlett, Betty (Bartlett) Bartlett, Silvanus Bartlett, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. The silver books end with the birth of Daniel, but with no date, so you'll need a better link between Daniel and his parents to join the GSMD, but it was in there that the family moved to Vermont and the trail picks up again. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 157-8, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
TAYLOR, RICHARD
A Gen. 8 Brewster and Gen. 7 Allerton descendant, Richard is shown here in civilian clothes in a photo taken 1860-1870 (I would guess closer to 1870 as he does not look 34 to me.) However, he was a career military officer, first with the U.S. Army during the Mexican War and then with the Confederacy during the Civil War. According to the 2-volume Brewster genealogy cited numerous times on this page he was born in New Orleans in 1826 but his father Zachary (below) being a military officer stationed in or deployed to IN, FL, and TX, Richard likely lived in parts of the US most Americans then never saw. He died in NY City in 1879, having married and produced 3 daughters (no sons.) One is noted to have married. The surname to look for is "Stauffer." He also had only sisters, and 3 are shown to have married but no children are mentioned. We don't get many Mayflower descendants with Southern backgrounds (the Taylors were from VA & KY), so be on the lookout for the names Wood, Bryce, Grabot, Smith, and Dandridge, possibly living in southern states. Richard's Brewster line runs: Zachary Taylor, Richard, Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor, Sarah (Allerton) Lee, Isaac Allerton, Fear (Brewster) Allerton, William & Mary Brewster. See the Allerton writeup for that line. Image from the Prints & Photographs Division, LOC, cwpb 06291 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.06291. Please ignore the scratches on the negative.
A Gen. 8 Brewster and Gen. 7 Allerton descendant, Richard is shown here in civilian clothes in a photo taken 1860-1870 (I would guess closer to 1870 as he does not look 34 to me.) However, he was a career military officer, first with the U.S. Army during the Mexican War and then with the Confederacy during the Civil War. According to the 2-volume Brewster genealogy cited numerous times on this page he was born in New Orleans in 1826 but his father Zachary (below) being a military officer stationed in or deployed to IN, FL, and TX, Richard likely lived in parts of the US most Americans then never saw. He died in NY City in 1879, having married and produced 3 daughters (no sons.) One is noted to have married. The surname to look for is "Stauffer." He also had only sisters, and 3 are shown to have married but no children are mentioned. We don't get many Mayflower descendants with Southern backgrounds (the Taylors were from VA & KY), so be on the lookout for the names Wood, Bryce, Grabot, Smith, and Dandridge, possibly living in southern states. Richard's Brewster line runs: Zachary Taylor, Richard, Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor, Sarah (Allerton) Lee, Isaac Allerton, Fear (Brewster) Allerton, William & Mary Brewster. See the Allerton writeup for that line. Image from the Prints & Photographs Division, LOC, cwpb 06291 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.06291. Please ignore the scratches on the negative.
TAYLOR, ZACHARY
Born 1784 in VA, he was 65 when the full-face image (a group picture) was taken and 60-65 when the side view was made. He was father of Richard Taylor, above, thus a Gen. 7 Brewster & 6 Allerton. His birth is in the Allerton silver book. (See Richard's writeup for details and the lineage.) He died in 1850, in Washington, D.C. Both images were made by Matthew Brady and are part of the LOC's Daguerrotype Collection. Image credits DAG no. 431 and DAG no. 277, Library of Congress. Please ignore the vertical cracks; this was made with a glass negative. His wikipedia entry has a full-front daguerrotype but no source. (The findagrave entry for his father, Richard Taylor, d. Woodford Co, KY 1829, has an unattributed engraving from an unnamed book said to be of an elderly Gen. 6 Richard.) |
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THOMAS, DOUGLAS HAMILTON
This is from the Allerton line that went to Virginia in the 1600s. The author of the 2-volume Brewster genealogy relied on other published sources, including an Allerton genealogy, but the Allerton silver book does get you as far as Gen 7 on the Brewster line, Rawleigh Colston. That is 2 generations farther than the Brewster book. Here is Douglas's Gen 10 Brewster line: John Hanson Thomas, Mary (Colston) Thomas, Rawleigh Colston, Travers Colston, Rebecca (Travers) Colston, Frances (Allerton) Travers, Isaac Allerton, Fear (Brewster) Allerton, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Rawleigh's grandson and great grandson (Douglas, b. 1847) were both prominent locally (MD) and were college graduates so they left good paper trails and at least 2 descendants named "Rawleigh Colston Thomas." See the Allerton writeup for that line. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1005-6, and Vol. 1, pp. 134, 253, 558, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
This is from the Allerton line that went to Virginia in the 1600s. The author of the 2-volume Brewster genealogy relied on other published sources, including an Allerton genealogy, but the Allerton silver book does get you as far as Gen 7 on the Brewster line, Rawleigh Colston. That is 2 generations farther than the Brewster book. Here is Douglas's Gen 10 Brewster line: John Hanson Thomas, Mary (Colston) Thomas, Rawleigh Colston, Travers Colston, Rebecca (Travers) Colston, Frances (Allerton) Travers, Isaac Allerton, Fear (Brewster) Allerton, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Rawleigh's grandson and great grandson (Douglas, b. 1847) were both prominent locally (MD) and were college graduates so they left good paper trails and at least 2 descendants named "Rawleigh Colston Thomas." See the Allerton writeup for that line. Image and info from Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 1005-6, and Vol. 1, pp. 134, 253, 558, both scanned at the Library of Congress.
THOMAS, JAMES YOUNG
The compilers of the book from which this image comes state that James's great-grandmother, Molly (Bartlett) Thomas was a Brewster descendant. The Bartlett surname should set off some Warren alarms, though, because Mary Warren, daughter of pilgrim Richard, married a Bartlett. Sure enough, James' grandparents are in vol. 2 of the Warren Silver Book. However Volume 1 reveals that James's great-grandmother was probably Benjamin Bartlett's second wife, Sarah Brewster. Warren Vol. 1 is 4 years newer than the pink William Brewster, and BE WARNED, it says that "in the past" the GSMD accepted lines through Ichabod and a brother Ebenezer Bartlett, sons of Benjamin and Sarah, implying that such is no longer the case. Since posting this entry a Brewster silver book has (finally) been published and it is not helpful. Benjamin Bartlett was actually married three times, and there is no proof one way or another about Ichabod, Ebenezer, and a sister Sarah being the child of Sarah vs. wife #3, Cecilia (---). If you want to attempt this line, it would go like this, backwards from James: Peleg George Thomas, Peleg, Molle (Bartlett) Thomas, Josiah Bartlett, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love, William & Mary Brewster. James here would be a Generation 9. (See James's Warren writeup for that lineage, which is not in question.) Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 472-3, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
The compilers of the book from which this image comes state that James's great-grandmother, Molly (Bartlett) Thomas was a Brewster descendant. The Bartlett surname should set off some Warren alarms, though, because Mary Warren, daughter of pilgrim Richard, married a Bartlett. Sure enough, James' grandparents are in vol. 2 of the Warren Silver Book. However Volume 1 reveals that James's great-grandmother was probably Benjamin Bartlett's second wife, Sarah Brewster. Warren Vol. 1 is 4 years newer than the pink William Brewster, and BE WARNED, it says that "in the past" the GSMD accepted lines through Ichabod and a brother Ebenezer Bartlett, sons of Benjamin and Sarah, implying that such is no longer the case. Since posting this entry a Brewster silver book has (finally) been published and it is not helpful. Benjamin Bartlett was actually married three times, and there is no proof one way or another about Ichabod, Ebenezer, and a sister Sarah being the child of Sarah vs. wife #3, Cecilia (---). If you want to attempt this line, it would go like this, backwards from James: Peleg George Thomas, Peleg, Molle (Bartlett) Thomas, Josiah Bartlett, Ichabod, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love, William & Mary Brewster. James here would be a Generation 9. (See James's Warren writeup for that lineage, which is not in question.) Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 472-3, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
TILSON, HUGH COLE, WILLIAM H., AND THOMAS J.
These three brothers were born in Washington Co, VA and settled in TX. There are not a lot of migration paths from Plymouth, MA to Texas. Shown left to right, the oldest brother Hugh (b. 1834), William (b. 1837), and Thomas (b. 1847) settled in different parts of Texas and were apparently still living when their distant cousin Mercer Tilson (below) wrote his book. A grandson William Tilson is named in the Love Brewster pink book as the son of Stephen Tilson, citing the will of Ruth Bartlett's husband John Murdock. The Alden & Warren books have a tiny bit more info. After reaching adulthood and marrying Mary Ransom, William reportedly moved from Plymouth Co to "western VA" in the 1760s. Fortunately for Texans trying to prove their Mayflower heritage, quite a few women have claimed membership in the DAR as descendants of William "Tillson" - including some descendants of son Thomas, and you are now able to buy the supporting documents for $10 online at the DAR site. The 3 brothers' Gen 10 Brewster line should run: David Tilson, Thomas, William, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Like Mercer, they are also Alden-Mullinses and Warrens. See those sections for the lineage. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 147-8, 173, 196-9, digitized by the New York Public Library.
These three brothers were born in Washington Co, VA and settled in TX. There are not a lot of migration paths from Plymouth, MA to Texas. Shown left to right, the oldest brother Hugh (b. 1834), William (b. 1837), and Thomas (b. 1847) settled in different parts of Texas and were apparently still living when their distant cousin Mercer Tilson (below) wrote his book. A grandson William Tilson is named in the Love Brewster pink book as the son of Stephen Tilson, citing the will of Ruth Bartlett's husband John Murdock. The Alden & Warren books have a tiny bit more info. After reaching adulthood and marrying Mary Ransom, William reportedly moved from Plymouth Co to "western VA" in the 1760s. Fortunately for Texans trying to prove their Mayflower heritage, quite a few women have claimed membership in the DAR as descendants of William "Tillson" - including some descendants of son Thomas, and you are now able to buy the supporting documents for $10 online at the DAR site. The 3 brothers' Gen 10 Brewster line should run: David Tilson, Thomas, William, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Like Mercer, they are also Alden-Mullinses and Warrens. See those sections for the lineage. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 147-8, 173, 196-9, digitized by the New York Public Library.
TILSON, MERCER V.
Author of the book from which this image was taken, he is a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen 10 Brewster. His line runs: Elisha W. Tilson, Joseph, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. He reminisces about his childhood in this book. His mother is worth a look as a Mayflower descendant also, and if you find a line, there is a picture of her in the book as well. He has her blue eyes. See the Warren and Alden-Mullins sections for his descent from those pilgrims. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 259, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Author of the book from which this image was taken, he is a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen 10 Brewster. His line runs: Elisha W. Tilson, Joseph, John, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. He reminisces about his childhood in this book. His mother is worth a look as a Mayflower descendant also, and if you find a line, there is a picture of her in the book as well. He has her blue eyes. See the Warren and Alden-Mullins sections for his descent from those pilgrims. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 259, digitized by the New York Public Library.
TILSON, MYRON W.
Brother of Mercer, above, he was also a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen. 10 Brewster. His line would run identical to Mercer's and he left no descendants. Myron was a mariner and then joined the U.S. Navy to serve during the Civil War. He was ultimately captured and his treatment as a prisoner was reportedly what led to his untimely death of heart disease in 1870. At that time he was living in Galveston. Myron is listened on the Warren and Alden-Mullins pages as well. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 262-5, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Brother of Mercer, above, he was also a nephew of Ruth A. Bosworth, above, and a Gen. 10 Brewster. His line would run identical to Mercer's and he left no descendants. Myron was a mariner and then joined the U.S. Navy to serve during the Civil War. He was ultimately captured and his treatment as a prisoner was reportedly what led to his untimely death of heart disease in 1870. At that time he was living in Galveston. Myron is listened on the Warren and Alden-Mullins pages as well. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), p. 262-5, digitized by the New York Public Library.
TURNER, ALONZO MELLEN (see HOLLIS TURNER)
TURNER, CORA E.
Daughter of the author of the book with this photo, she lived in Peru, Oxford Co, ME (1867-1907) and married Elroy Gammon. I will post pictures of her two Gammon children soon. Be forewarned about this book. It has lots of chatty info but is not well organized and can be very misleading. You will have to read extremely carefully and flip to other sections in the book to figure out who is related to whom and how. One of my family lines is in this book and the writeup seems to have been created 80 years after they moved to town, by talking to the one great grandchild living there. The Brewster books get as far as the birth of Abiel Turner in Scituate, MA in 1741. Cora is Gen 10, starting with her father: Hollis M. Turner, Robinson Jr., Robinson, Abiel Jr., Abiel, John, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The first Robinson Turner (b Scituate MA 1767 and named for his mother Elizabeth Robinson) is the one who relocated to Maine. There may be other Mayflower lines in this family. Image & Info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Pub. Co., c 1911), pp. 127, 255-8, 262-3, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Daughter of the author of the book with this photo, she lived in Peru, Oxford Co, ME (1867-1907) and married Elroy Gammon. I will post pictures of her two Gammon children soon. Be forewarned about this book. It has lots of chatty info but is not well organized and can be very misleading. You will have to read extremely carefully and flip to other sections in the book to figure out who is related to whom and how. One of my family lines is in this book and the writeup seems to have been created 80 years after they moved to town, by talking to the one great grandchild living there. The Brewster books get as far as the birth of Abiel Turner in Scituate, MA in 1741. Cora is Gen 10, starting with her father: Hollis M. Turner, Robinson Jr., Robinson, Abiel Jr., Abiel, John, Mary (Brewster) Turner, Jonathan Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. The first Robinson Turner (b Scituate MA 1767 and named for his mother Elizabeth Robinson) is the one who relocated to Maine. There may be other Mayflower lines in this family. Image & Info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Pub. Co., c 1911), pp. 127, 255-8, 262-3, digitized by the Library of Congress.
TURNER, GEORGE R.
Half brother of Hollis and Alonzo M. Turner, below, George was the son of Robinson Turner Jr.'s second marriage to Eleanor (Walker) Sheffield, also of the Peru, ME area. George R. was born in 1854 and Hollis, the author of the book with this photo, reported him as married and living in Franklin Park, MA. Today that is apparently the Boston Zoo environs and there are too many George/George R. Turners for a quick check online to find him. If you think he is your ancestor, there is a Jonathan Brewster silver book coming out (supposedly) in 2019. You can see if it carries this line beyond the birth of George's 2nd great grandfather. See niece Cora Turner's writeup above for the Gen 9 lineage. Image (age 16) & Info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Pub. Co., c 1911), pp. 257-8, 263, 267, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Half brother of Hollis and Alonzo M. Turner, below, George was the son of Robinson Turner Jr.'s second marriage to Eleanor (Walker) Sheffield, also of the Peru, ME area. George R. was born in 1854 and Hollis, the author of the book with this photo, reported him as married and living in Franklin Park, MA. Today that is apparently the Boston Zoo environs and there are too many George/George R. Turners for a quick check online to find him. If you think he is your ancestor, there is a Jonathan Brewster silver book coming out (supposedly) in 2019. You can see if it carries this line beyond the birth of George's 2nd great grandfather. See niece Cora Turner's writeup above for the Gen 9 lineage. Image (age 16) & Info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Pub. Co., c 1911), pp. 257-8, 263, 267, digitized by the Library of Congress.
TURNER, HOLLIS & ALONZO MELLEN
Born 12 years apart, the older brother, Hollis was the author of the book from which came these photos and those of his daughter Cora Turner, half brother George R., and grandchildren Hollis Stuart Gammon & Louise Estelle Gammon, all above. Alonzo served several hitches during the Civil War, was wounded, moved to IL then CA, never married and left no descendants. He and Hollis would be Gen 9 Brewster descendants. See Cora's writeup for the lineage. Image & Info from Hollis Turner, The History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911 (Augusta: ME Farmer Pub. Co., c 1911), pp. 257-8, 262-5, frontispiece, digitized by the Library of Congress. Double check everything in this book. The author even gave two dates, 10 years apart, for his own brother. |
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WADSWORTH, ANSEL
Captain of Co. C in the 26th ME Regt fighting for the Union cause during the Civil War, Ansel gathered and contributed much of the data (written by the soldiers themselves) in the book with this photo. Maine can be tough for genealogists and the chatty details the men, now in their 60s, provided about themselves helps triangulate and be sure you have the right family. Ansel, of Belfast, ME was a Brewster, Bradford, Alden-Mullins, Warren, Chilton, and Soule with a possible Cooke-Hopkins line. See the other sections for those lineages. His Gen 10 Brewster line begins with his mother, as follows: Mary (Drinkwater) Wadsworth, Josiah Drinkwater, Elizabeth (Bradford) Drinkwater, Ichabod Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and parents William & Mary, all 3 of the Mayflower. The birth of Ansel's grandfather Josiah, who died in 1858, is in the Bradford silver book so Ansel likely knew he was a Mayflower descendant. Familysearch.org now has several Maine cemetery record collections and these are so-so in terms of accuracy and completeness. The age given on Josiah's record doesn't match his birth date exactly but land records and censuses show it was the same Josiah Drinkwater. Image & info from Elden B. Maddocks, History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment (Bangor: Glass, 1899), pp. 245-6, digitized by the Emory University Libraries. Ansel and his parents are recorded on billiongraves.com.
Captain of Co. C in the 26th ME Regt fighting for the Union cause during the Civil War, Ansel gathered and contributed much of the data (written by the soldiers themselves) in the book with this photo. Maine can be tough for genealogists and the chatty details the men, now in their 60s, provided about themselves helps triangulate and be sure you have the right family. Ansel, of Belfast, ME was a Brewster, Bradford, Alden-Mullins, Warren, Chilton, and Soule with a possible Cooke-Hopkins line. See the other sections for those lineages. His Gen 10 Brewster line begins with his mother, as follows: Mary (Drinkwater) Wadsworth, Josiah Drinkwater, Elizabeth (Bradford) Drinkwater, Ichabod Bradford, Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster and parents William & Mary, all 3 of the Mayflower. The birth of Ansel's grandfather Josiah, who died in 1858, is in the Bradford silver book so Ansel likely knew he was a Mayflower descendant. Familysearch.org now has several Maine cemetery record collections and these are so-so in terms of accuracy and completeness. The age given on Josiah's record doesn't match his birth date exactly but land records and censuses show it was the same Josiah Drinkwater. Image & info from Elden B. Maddocks, History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment (Bangor: Glass, 1899), pp. 245-6, digitized by the Emory University Libraries. Ansel and his parents are recorded on billiongraves.com.
WADSWORTH, LUCIA
A fourth cousin of fellow Mainer Ansel Wadsworth, immediately above, she was the aunt of Anne Longfellow and her siblings (above) and like them a Brewster, plus a Samson, double Alden-Mullins, Howland-Tilley, and Warren descendant. Lucia (1783-1864) lived in Portland, Maine her whole life, much of it (or maybe all) at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. She is in the Samson silver book (which missed several of the Longfellow sibs and left the "e" off of Anne's name.) Lucia's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Peleg Wadsworth, Lusanna (Samson) Wadsworth, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love & his parents William & Mary Brewster, all 3 of the Mayflower. This photo is the Maine Historical Society's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow website, under His Family - Anne Longfellow Pierce. I saw no source or information about her age. Do not be surprised if the dark hair turns out to be a wig.
A fourth cousin of fellow Mainer Ansel Wadsworth, immediately above, she was the aunt of Anne Longfellow and her siblings (above) and like them a Brewster, plus a Samson, double Alden-Mullins, Howland-Tilley, and Warren descendant. Lucia (1783-1864) lived in Portland, Maine her whole life, much of it (or maybe all) at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. She is in the Samson silver book (which missed several of the Longfellow sibs and left the "e" off of Anne's name.) Lucia's Gen 8 Brewster line runs: Peleg Wadsworth, Lusanna (Samson) Wadsworth, Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love & his parents William & Mary Brewster, all 3 of the Mayflower. This photo is the Maine Historical Society's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow website, under His Family - Anne Longfellow Pierce. I saw no source or information about her age. Do not be surprised if the dark hair turns out to be a wig.
WARREN, WINSLOW
Lawyer Winslow Warren (b 1838, Plymouth) had 9 multiple Mayflower lines via both parents: Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Doty (twice), Howland-Tilley, Warren (6 times), White, and Winslow (twice). (See the other sections for those lines.) His Gen 9 Brewster line runs: Margaret (Bartlett) Warren, Zacheus Bartlett, Zacheus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William and Mary of the Mayflower. A combination of the relevant silver books will get you to this Winslow Warren's grandparents, then vital records on the NEHGS get you the rest of the way. Image and info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Lawyer Winslow Warren (b 1838, Plymouth) had 9 multiple Mayflower lines via both parents: Brewster, Alden-Mullins, Doty (twice), Howland-Tilley, Warren (6 times), White, and Winslow (twice). (See the other sections for those lines.) His Gen 9 Brewster line runs: Margaret (Bartlett) Warren, Zacheus Bartlett, Zacheus, Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bartlett, Samuel, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William and Mary of the Mayflower. A combination of the relevant silver books will get you to this Winslow Warren's grandparents, then vital records on the NEHGS get you the rest of the way. Image and info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
WASHBURN, OLIVER MILES
Prof. Oliver M. Washburn was a Brewster on his mother's side, though NOT, as the author of the book from which this photo was taken claims, because his grandmother was the daughter of a man named William Brewster. Her father was Dr. Oliver Brewster, b. Lebanon, CT 1760 and d. Becket, MA 1812. (Dr. Oliver Brewster is on the DAR GRS.) The line is traceable on the NEHGS site easily and the Love Brewster Pink Book picks up with birth of his father Wadsworth Brewster in Lebanon. Oliver Miles Washburn (b. Lenox, MA 1873) is a Gen. 10 Brewster as follows: Angeline Orilla (Judd) Washburn, Amanda (Brewster) Judd, Oliver Brewster, Wadsworth, Oliver, William, William, Love, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. If Laura and Samuel Washburn are Cooke and Chilton descendants, then so is Oliver Miles Washburn, Gen. 10. (See their write-ups for details. Image and some info from George T. Washburn, Ebenezer Washburn: His Ancestors and Descendants with Some Connected Families (Pasumalai, South India: American Mission Lenox Press, 1913), 96-97, 99-100, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
Prof. Oliver M. Washburn was a Brewster on his mother's side, though NOT, as the author of the book from which this photo was taken claims, because his grandmother was the daughter of a man named William Brewster. Her father was Dr. Oliver Brewster, b. Lebanon, CT 1760 and d. Becket, MA 1812. (Dr. Oliver Brewster is on the DAR GRS.) The line is traceable on the NEHGS site easily and the Love Brewster Pink Book picks up with birth of his father Wadsworth Brewster in Lebanon. Oliver Miles Washburn (b. Lenox, MA 1873) is a Gen. 10 Brewster as follows: Angeline Orilla (Judd) Washburn, Amanda (Brewster) Judd, Oliver Brewster, Wadsworth, Oliver, William, William, Love, William and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. If Laura and Samuel Washburn are Cooke and Chilton descendants, then so is Oliver Miles Washburn, Gen. 10. (See their write-ups for details. Image and some info from George T. Washburn, Ebenezer Washburn: His Ancestors and Descendants with Some Connected Families (Pasumalai, South India: American Mission Lenox Press, 1913), 96-97, 99-100, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
WATERMAN, PRISCILLA
Daughter of Freeman Waterman and Joanna Tomson/Tompson/Thomson/Thompson "Junior" of Halifax, Plymouth County, both Mayflower descendants, Priscilla was a Gen. 8 Brewster descendant via her father. The Patience Brewster Pink Book gets only to the birth of Priscilla's grandmother, but other Silver Books cover her parents and Priscilla's own birth is in the Cooke volume. Priscilla's Brewster line runs: Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Priscilla is also a Gen. 6 Cooke, a Gen. 7 Allerton & Bradford, and a Warren descendant. See those pages for those write-ups and the Cooke page for more info about Priscilla and her family. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 8-9, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Her children Emily & Henry Marshall, grandchildren Charlotte Marshall Holbrooke and J[ohn] Meredith Read, and great-granddhildren Harmon Pumpelly Read and John Meredith Read are all pictured above.
Daughter of Freeman Waterman and Joanna Tomson/Tompson/Thomson/Thompson "Junior" of Halifax, Plymouth County, both Mayflower descendants, Priscilla was a Gen. 8 Brewster descendant via her father. The Patience Brewster Pink Book gets only to the birth of Priscilla's grandmother, but other Silver Books cover her parents and Priscilla's own birth is in the Cooke volume. Priscilla's Brewster line runs: Freeman Waterman, Mercy (Freeman) Waterman, Jonathan Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mercy (Prence) Freeman, Patience (Brewster) Prence, and William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Priscilla is also a Gen. 6 Cooke, a Gen. 7 Allerton & Bradford, and a Warren descendant. See those pages for those write-ups and the Cooke page for more info about Priscilla and her family. Image and info from Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burnside Kingsbury, Marshall Family Record, with Haskell, Boutwell, Barrett, Wadsworth, White, Read, Maurice, Kingsbury, Holbrooke, Stevens, Carpenter, and Allied Families (Keene, NH: Walter T. Nims Press, 1913), pp. 8-9, digitized by the Allen County Public Library. Her children Emily & Henry Marshall, grandchildren Charlotte Marshall Holbrooke and J[ohn] Meredith Read, and great-granddhildren Harmon Pumpelly Read and John Meredith Read are all pictured above.
WELCH, CHARLES CLARK
Charles (1830-1908) should be a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant via his mother. Be on the lookout for pictures of his children, as he appears to have married another Brewster descendant. This is all assuming the accuracy of the book from which this image was taken, as the family left New England for CT, then NY and thus falls off the database I rely on, the NEHGS. Be prepared to search CT & NY records for everyone after Mary Brewster, daughter of Peter. Peter's will indicates Mary had (presumably) married and left children but gave no surname. The Lebanon birth records in the Barbour Collection show a Jonathan Strong marrying "Mary" but she had no last name. Volume 1 of the Brewster genealogy with this photo says that she died fairly young and her husband remarried & moved to NY. The Lebanon, CT records do show the birth of a Lois to "Jonathan and Mary" Strong. So unless otherwise proven, Charles's lineage looks like this: Pamelia (LaValley) Welch, Amy (Webb) LaValley, Lois (Strong) Webb, Mary (Brewster) Strong, Peter Brewster, William, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image from Emma Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 988 and info is from Jones, Brewster Genealogy, Vol. 1, pp. 126-7, 244-6, 545 and Vol. 2, 986-8, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Charles (1830-1908) should be a Gen. 10 Brewster descendant via his mother. Be on the lookout for pictures of his children, as he appears to have married another Brewster descendant. This is all assuming the accuracy of the book from which this image was taken, as the family left New England for CT, then NY and thus falls off the database I rely on, the NEHGS. Be prepared to search CT & NY records for everyone after Mary Brewster, daughter of Peter. Peter's will indicates Mary had (presumably) married and left children but gave no surname. The Lebanon birth records in the Barbour Collection show a Jonathan Strong marrying "Mary" but she had no last name. Volume 1 of the Brewster genealogy with this photo says that she died fairly young and her husband remarried & moved to NY. The Lebanon, CT records do show the birth of a Lois to "Jonathan and Mary" Strong. So unless otherwise proven, Charles's lineage looks like this: Pamelia (LaValley) Welch, Amy (Webb) LaValley, Lois (Strong) Webb, Mary (Brewster) Strong, Peter Brewster, William, Benjamin, Jonathan, William & Mary Brewster of the Mayflower. Image from Emma Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 988 and info is from Jones, Brewster Genealogy, Vol. 1, pp. 126-7, 244-6, 545 and Vol. 2, 986-8, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
WELLMAN, ARTHUR HOLBROOK
Publisher of a Wellman family genealogy written by his father Joshua Wyman Wellman, below, Arthur Holbrook Wellman (b 1855) was a Gen 10 Brewster and a triple Bradford descendant, plus a Rogers and Alden-Mullins. (See those sections for his lineages and his father's Brewster writeup, below, for that one.) Image and info from Joshua Wyman Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts (Boston: Arthur Holbrook Wellman, 1918), 366-62, 472, digitized by Boston Public Libraries.
Publisher of a Wellman family genealogy written by his father Joshua Wyman Wellman, below, Arthur Holbrook Wellman (b 1855) was a Gen 10 Brewster and a triple Bradford descendant, plus a Rogers and Alden-Mullins. (See those sections for his lineages and his father's Brewster writeup, below, for that one.) Image and info from Joshua Wyman Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts (Boston: Arthur Holbrook Wellman, 1918), 366-62, 472, digitized by Boston Public Libraries.
WELLMAN, JAMES ALBERT
Nephew of Joshua Wyman Wellman, below, and cousin of Arthur Holbrook Wellman, above, insurance agent James (b. Cornish, NH 1867) was a Brewster descendant (Gen 10) and a double Bradford (Gens 9 & 10.) His line would begin with his father, Albert Erasmus Wyman, then pick up with the same lineage as Albert's 17-years-older brother Joshua. See James's uncle and cousin's writeups for more details. He had two children in NH in 1900 and 1901, but both were daughters so you will have to do a century or more of vital record collecting to prove you are a Wellman. Image and info from Joshua Wyman Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts (Boston: Arthur Holbrook Wellman, 1918), 265, 475-6, digitized by Boston Public Libraries.
Nephew of Joshua Wyman Wellman, below, and cousin of Arthur Holbrook Wellman, above, insurance agent James (b. Cornish, NH 1867) was a Brewster descendant (Gen 10) and a double Bradford (Gens 9 & 10.) His line would begin with his father, Albert Erasmus Wyman, then pick up with the same lineage as Albert's 17-years-older brother Joshua. See James's uncle and cousin's writeups for more details. He had two children in NH in 1900 and 1901, but both were daughters so you will have to do a century or more of vital record collecting to prove you are a Wellman. Image and info from Joshua Wyman Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts (Boston: Arthur Holbrook Wellman, 1918), 265, 475-6, digitized by Boston Public Libraries.
WELLMAN, JOSHUA WYMAN
A Gen. 9 Brewster descendant, according to the author of the book from which this image was taken, the Rev. Wellman (b 1821 Cornish, NH) spent his life in New England. He and his son Arthur were two authors of the Thomas Wellman family genealogy, but this version of his photo is sharper, believe it or not. Joshua's Brewster line should run: James Ripley Wellman, Alethea (Ripley) Wellman, Lydia (Brewster) Ripley, James Brewster, Jonathan, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the last 3 all Mayflower passengers. He was also a Gen 8 & 9 Bradford descendant through two Ripley marriages. See that writeup for the lineages. The Love Brewster pink book gets you to the birth of Lydia Brewster in CT, 1739/40, but mentions no marriage. The Bradford silver books will get you to the birth of Alathea. Thus you must prove from Joshua to his grandmother to join any lineage society, but especially the GSMD. Image and info from Emma Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 839, 1175-7 and from Vol. 1, pp. 187, 401-2, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
A Gen. 9 Brewster descendant, according to the author of the book from which this image was taken, the Rev. Wellman (b 1821 Cornish, NH) spent his life in New England. He and his son Arthur were two authors of the Thomas Wellman family genealogy, but this version of his photo is sharper, believe it or not. Joshua's Brewster line should run: James Ripley Wellman, Alethea (Ripley) Wellman, Lydia (Brewster) Ripley, James Brewster, Jonathan, Wrestling, Love, William & Mary Brewster, the last 3 all Mayflower passengers. He was also a Gen 8 & 9 Bradford descendant through two Ripley marriages. See that writeup for the lineages. The Love Brewster pink book gets you to the birth of Lydia Brewster in CT, 1739/40, but mentions no marriage. The Bradford silver books will get you to the birth of Alathea. Thus you must prove from Joshua to his grandmother to join any lineage society, but especially the GSMD. Image and info from Emma Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907, Vol. 2 (NY: Grafton Press, 1908), pp. 839, 1175-7 and from Vol. 1, pp. 187, 401-2, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
WILDER, ALMANZO JAMES
Better known as the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the "Little House" author and a Warren descendant, Almanzo was a Generation 9 Brewster via Patience Brewster & Thomas Prence. Almanzo was born into a large farming family near Malone, NY in 1857 and died in Missouri in 1949. Some of the information on Almanzo's lineage came from a posting on the GenForum in 2002 by a Roxanna Stevens (http://genforum.genealogy.com/wilder/messages/1575.html), which gives the line as: Almanzo-James Mason Wilder-Hannah (Payne) Wilder-Thomas Payne-Alice (Mayo) Payne-Nathaniel Mayo-Hannah (Prence) Mayo-Patience (Brewster) Prence-William & Mary Brewster. The Brewster Pink Books will get you as far as the birth of Thomas Payne of Eastham, MA (1725-1802), whose daughter Hannah married a Wilder. They were Almanzo's grandparents. Image from the Rose Wilder Lane Collection, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Both sites accessed 18 June 2014. Note: the collection also has images of his daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, but they are too recent for my web site.
Better known as the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the "Little House" author and a Warren descendant, Almanzo was a Generation 9 Brewster via Patience Brewster & Thomas Prence. Almanzo was born into a large farming family near Malone, NY in 1857 and died in Missouri in 1949. Some of the information on Almanzo's lineage came from a posting on the GenForum in 2002 by a Roxanna Stevens (http://genforum.genealogy.com/wilder/messages/1575.html), which gives the line as: Almanzo-James Mason Wilder-Hannah (Payne) Wilder-Thomas Payne-Alice (Mayo) Payne-Nathaniel Mayo-Hannah (Prence) Mayo-Patience (Brewster) Prence-William & Mary Brewster. The Brewster Pink Books will get you as far as the birth of Thomas Payne of Eastham, MA (1725-1802), whose daughter Hannah married a Wilder. They were Almanzo's grandparents. Image from the Rose Wilder Lane Collection, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Both sites accessed 18 June 2014. Note: the collection also has images of his daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, but they are too recent for my web site.
WINTON, THEODORA E.
Like the Tilsons, above, Theodora is a Brewster, Alden-Mullins, and Warren descendant if the book from which this image was taken is accurate. Her Gen 11 Brewster line should run: Emily A. (Tilson) Winton, Stephen Tilson, Cephas, Stephen Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Her paternal grandmother and great-grandmother are worth examining for additional pilgrim lines. This is a tough one to prove because the book inexplicably skips the generation of Stephen Tilson, son of Jennet (Murdock) Tilson and goes straight to his son Cephas. There it mentions that Cephas's parents were Stephen Tilson and Hopestill Shaw. However I could find nothing on this marriage or on Cephas's 1799 marriage to an Elizabeth (possibly Hyde or Converse & supposedly of Stafford, CT), and then the family headed for Morris, NY, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. This may be why Theodora's mother got married and left immediately for Wisconsin. Theodora was born there in 1863, married Henry M. Youmans, and was quite accomplished as a journalist, a college board of regents member, and board member for Wisconsin's participation in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. If you can document all this, she sounds like a very cool person to be related to. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 285-88, digitized by the New York Public Library. See her Alden-Mullins and Warren write-ups for those lines.
Like the Tilsons, above, Theodora is a Brewster, Alden-Mullins, and Warren descendant if the book from which this image was taken is accurate. Her Gen 11 Brewster line should run: Emily A. (Tilson) Winton, Stephen Tilson, Cephas, Stephen Tilson, Jennet/Janet (Murdock) Tilson, Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock/Murdoch, Benjamin Bartlett, Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett, Love Brewster, William & Mary of the Mayflower. Her paternal grandmother and great-grandmother are worth examining for additional pilgrim lines. This is a tough one to prove because the book inexplicably skips the generation of Stephen Tilson, son of Jennet (Murdock) Tilson and goes straight to his son Cephas. There it mentions that Cephas's parents were Stephen Tilson and Hopestill Shaw. However I could find nothing on this marriage or on Cephas's 1799 marriage to an Elizabeth (possibly Hyde or Converse & supposedly of Stafford, CT), and then the family headed for Morris, NY, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. This may be why Theodora's mother got married and left immediately for Wisconsin. Theodora was born there in 1863, married Henry M. Youmans, and was quite accomplished as a journalist, a college board of regents member, and board member for Wisconsin's participation in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. If you can document all this, she sounds like a very cool person to be related to. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 285-88, digitized by the New York Public Library. See her Alden-Mullins and Warren write-ups for those lines.
