BESSEY, EVERETT M.
Everett's ancestors, like many families in Massachusetts, headed to Maine from southeastern MA to the woods of Maine after the Revolutionary War. Some of them were soldiers and thus descendants are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in addition to the Mayflower Society. Everett, who was no older than 34 in the photo on the left, had at least 4 Mayflower passenger ancestors, Francis Eaton, Peter Brown, Isaac Allerton, and Richard Warren. (See those other sections on this website for those lines.) If you can find the parents of Elnathan Benson, supposedly born in Wareham, MA in 1745, you might find more. The Gen 10 Eaton line of Everett, b. 1880 in Buckfield, ME runs as follows: Alvin Sturtevant Bessey, Alden Bessey, Lydia (Bessey) Bessey, Hannah (Cushman) Bessey, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. He is thus a fairly close cousin of other Mainers on this page, the Bolsters and Levi Cushman. 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. 528-9, digitized by the New York Public Library. Because Everett's father's middle name is "Sturtevant" it is worth a look for any link to the Bisbees below, also Buckfield residents, who pick up Samuel Fuller, Degory Priest, and John Billington lines through a Sturtevant mother.
Everett's ancestors, like many families in Massachusetts, headed to Maine from southeastern MA to the woods of Maine after the Revolutionary War. Some of them were soldiers and thus descendants are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in addition to the Mayflower Society. Everett, who was no older than 34 in the photo on the left, had at least 4 Mayflower passenger ancestors, Francis Eaton, Peter Brown, Isaac Allerton, and Richard Warren. (See those other sections on this website for those lines.) If you can find the parents of Elnathan Benson, supposedly born in Wareham, MA in 1745, you might find more. The Gen 10 Eaton line of Everett, b. 1880 in Buckfield, ME runs as follows: Alvin Sturtevant Bessey, Alden Bessey, Lydia (Bessey) Bessey, Hannah (Cushman) Bessey, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. He is thus a fairly close cousin of other Mainers on this page, the Bolsters and Levi Cushman. 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. 528-9, digitized by the New York Public Library. Because Everett's father's middle name is "Sturtevant" it is worth a look for any link to the Bisbees below, also Buckfield residents, who pick up Samuel Fuller, Degory Priest, and John Billington lines through a Sturtevant mother.
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BISBEE, George Dana, George Washington, Louise, Mary Louise, Spaulding, Stanley
The book with these photos claimed Howland-Tilley descent (only) for this family but someone had the wrong Howland and missed the Samuel Fuller, Eaton, Billington, Priest, Warren, and double Allerton lines. If you are a descendant and can get vital records out of Maine, you can join the Mayflower Society on those four lines. Entries on MayflowerFaces are in alphabetical order. In birth order, these Bisbees run as the following 4 generations: George Washington Bisbee (1812-1872), son George Dana Bisbee (b 1841), grandchildren Stanley (b 1867) & Mary Louise (Mrs. Everett R. Josselyn, b 1873), great grandchildren Spaulding (b 1890) & Louise (b 1896), children of Stanley. G. W. Bisbee was a Gen 9 descendant of Francis Eaton thanks to his mother, not the Bisbees, as follows: Joanna (Sturtevant) Bisbee, Isaac Sturtevant, William, Sarah (Fuller) Sturtevant, Nathaniel Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You can calculate the rest on your own and see their other lines in the other pilgrim sections. Image & misleading info (except for the dates & places) 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. 337-41, 531-41. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so had access to good local records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
The book with these photos claimed Howland-Tilley descent (only) for this family but someone had the wrong Howland and missed the Samuel Fuller, Eaton, Billington, Priest, Warren, and double Allerton lines. If you are a descendant and can get vital records out of Maine, you can join the Mayflower Society on those four lines. Entries on MayflowerFaces are in alphabetical order. In birth order, these Bisbees run as the following 4 generations: George Washington Bisbee (1812-1872), son George Dana Bisbee (b 1841), grandchildren Stanley (b 1867) & Mary Louise (Mrs. Everett R. Josselyn, b 1873), great grandchildren Spaulding (b 1890) & Louise (b 1896), children of Stanley. G. W. Bisbee was a Gen 9 descendant of Francis Eaton thanks to his mother, not the Bisbees, as follows: Joanna (Sturtevant) Bisbee, Isaac Sturtevant, William, Sarah (Fuller) Sturtevant, Nathaniel Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You can calculate the rest on your own and see their other lines in the other pilgrim sections. Image & misleading info (except for the dates & places) 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. 337-41, 531-41. (Author Charles Whitman was the Clerk of the Court for Oxford County, so had access to good local records.) Digitized by the New York Public Library.
BOLSTER, HORACE NEWELL & SOLOMON ALONZO
See cousin William Wheeler Bolster's writeup, below, for more details. Their Eaton line is Gen. 9 and they are also Allerton & Priest descendants. Each Mayflower line runs through their father, this one as: Gideon Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Born in Paris, ME in 1831, Horace was the older brother by 4 years. Horace was a store owner in civilian life, which may have had something to do with his becoming a storekeeper and captain of two units in the Civil War, Co. F 23rd Regt. and Co. K 12th Regt. Solomon, who later became an attorney in Boston, served under him in the first unit as an orderly sergeant, then a 2nd lieutenant. Images and info from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), pp. 381, 417, & 527-9, digitized by the Library of Congress. |
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BOLSTER, SOLOMON ALONZO (See Horace Newell Bolster, above.)
BOLSTER, WILLIAM WHEELER
Calling William Wheeler & cousins a Gen. 9 Eaton is one of my "out on a limb" statements. (See William's Allerton writeup for details.) Here is the proposed Eaton line: Alvan/Alvin Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image & some info from H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Metropolitan, 1885), p. 411; info as to Hannah Cushman's parentage from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), p. 527. (Silas P. Maxim is on Mayflowerfaces.com as an Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Browne, and Soule.) The Biographical Encyclopedia was digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library and the History of Paris by the Library of Congress.
Calling William Wheeler & cousins a Gen. 9 Eaton is one of my "out on a limb" statements. (See William's Allerton writeup for details.) Here is the proposed Eaton line: Alvan/Alvin Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image & some info from H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Metropolitan, 1885), p. 411; info as to Hannah Cushman's parentage from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), p. 527. (Silas P. Maxim is on Mayflowerfaces.com as an Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Browne, and Soule.) The Biographical Encyclopedia was digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library and the History of Paris by the Library of Congress.
BOYDEN, EDWARD ALLEN & ETHEL
Siblings Ethel (b 1879) and Edward A. (b 1886) were the children and grandchildren of the father & son heads of Bridgewater Normal School (now Bridgewater State University in Plymouth County, MA. Ethel, Class of 1902, appears in this 1899 class photo and Edward is in his 1906 baseball team photo. Neither appear to have married but their Mayflower ancestry was through their mother Kate Allen's mother Betsy Babbitt of Bristol Co, MA, so as long as Betsy or Kate were not an only child, you might be able to find a link if you think you are related. In addition to Eaton, they were Alden-Mullins, Billington, Brown, Samuel Fuller, and Hopkins descendants. (See those sections on this website for the other lines & various baseball team photos of Edward.) Their Gen 10 Eaton line runs: Catherine C[hipman] (Allen) Boyden, Betsy (Babbitt) Allen, Joannah Tilden (Fuller) Bassett, Consider Fuller, Ezra, John, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis of the Mayflower. (I did not look for a link from their mother to any Howland-Chipman line.) Images from the Historical Photographs Collection, Bridgewater State University Library, and posted online by Digital Commonwealth. You can see a 1935 photo of Edward, who became a distinguished professor of anatomy, on the Smithsonian Institution's website as well. His WWI draft card stated that he was 5'9" tall, weighed 180 lbs, had "blonde" hair and "gray" eyes. |
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BOYDEN, ETHEL (See Edward Allen Boyden, above)
BRIGGS, VELZORA
Velzora (b. Taunton 1897) is in the 1930 federal census as a registered nurse in Fall River, MA but whether she left descendants or had siblings who did is up to the reader to find out. In spite of a 2-generation foray into Hampshire Co, MA,, it was not hard to find 5 Mayflower lines thanks to the NEHGS (americanancestors.org) and the Mayflower Society silver books, which are partially digitized there under license. See the Priest, S. Fuller, White, and Soule sections for those lines; there could be more pilgrims in her family tree. Velzora's Gen 10 Eaton line runs as follows, beginning with her mother: Lucy M. (Eaton) Briggs, Rollin B. Eaton, Rollin, John, John, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You will want to get some land records on familysearch.org to augment the probate and vital records on the NEHGS site to strengthen the Rollin Sr.-John Jr.-John part due to the relocation. Image from The Journal (Taunton High School, 1917, p. 10, digitized on the Internet Archive.
Velzora (b. Taunton 1897) is in the 1930 federal census as a registered nurse in Fall River, MA but whether she left descendants or had siblings who did is up to the reader to find out. In spite of a 2-generation foray into Hampshire Co, MA,, it was not hard to find 5 Mayflower lines thanks to the NEHGS (americanancestors.org) and the Mayflower Society silver books, which are partially digitized there under license. See the Priest, S. Fuller, White, and Soule sections for those lines; there could be more pilgrims in her family tree. Velzora's Gen 10 Eaton line runs as follows, beginning with her mother: Lucy M. (Eaton) Briggs, Rollin B. Eaton, Rollin, John, John, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You will want to get some land records on familysearch.org to augment the probate and vital records on the NEHGS site to strengthen the Rollin Sr.-John Jr.-John part due to the relocation. Image from The Journal (Taunton High School, 1917, p. 10, digitized on the Internet Archive.
BUMPUS, EDWARD AVERY
Army lieutenant Edward (1875-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton, as was his brother Chauncey, below. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants.Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Image from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece.
Army lieutenant Edward (1875-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton, as was his brother Chauncey, below. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants.Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Image from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece.
BUMPUS, EVERETT CEPHAS
Father of Edward Avery (above) and Everett Chauncey (below) and sadly the author of their memorial, Everett C. was a Gen. 9 Eaton and an Allerton, Billington, S. Fuller, Howland-Tilley, and Chilton descendant. See the Allerton write-ups of all 3 for the details and full photo credits, and see either son's Eaton writeup here for the lineage. In the photo on the left he is about 55 and on the right he is about 20, younger than his sons. Images from Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA, courtesy of Digital Commonwealth & from "Civil War," Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. If you know where to look, you can see another photo of then-Lt. Bumpus at the Lincoln Cottage in NW Washington, D.C. (Hint: he's the soldier on the right atop the bunker, in a photo identifying them as Co. K instead of F.) |
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BUMPUS, EVERETT CHAUNCEY
Like his brother Edward, Chauncey (1873-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton on his father's side. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants. Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Images from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), p. 117.
Like his brother Edward, Chauncey (1873-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton on his father's side. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants. Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Images from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), p. 117.
CANEDY, ZEBULON LEONARD
First cousin once removed of Bradford Lebaron Church, below, Zebulon (born William Z. Canedy on Feb. 5, 1864) was quite a bit older and also an Eaton, S. Fuller, and Billington descendant but not a Bradford or Warren. A farmer, per an 1899 town directory he was overseer of the poor for Lakeville, Plymouth Co., MA and according to the info with this 1909 photo, he advanced to the state legislature. Zebulon did not marry but he had at least one half sibling, Adrianna B. Canedy, b c. 1851, who did. Thus there may be descendants via Adrianna B. & Charles W. Sampson of Lakeville. Beginning with their father, this Gen 9 line runs: William Canedy, Zebulon Leonard Canedy, William, William, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the ship Mayflower. Fortunately these Canedys were good about probate records so it was not difficult to tell the Williams apart. Image from Digital Commonwealth courtesy the New Bedford (MA) Free Public Library, home of The Whaleman Statue ("Dead Whale or a Stove Boat.")
First cousin once removed of Bradford Lebaron Church, below, Zebulon (born William Z. Canedy on Feb. 5, 1864) was quite a bit older and also an Eaton, S. Fuller, and Billington descendant but not a Bradford or Warren. A farmer, per an 1899 town directory he was overseer of the poor for Lakeville, Plymouth Co., MA and according to the info with this 1909 photo, he advanced to the state legislature. Zebulon did not marry but he had at least one half sibling, Adrianna B. Canedy, b c. 1851, who did. Thus there may be descendants via Adrianna B. & Charles W. Sampson of Lakeville. Beginning with their father, this Gen 9 line runs: William Canedy, Zebulon Leonard Canedy, William, William, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the ship Mayflower. Fortunately these Canedys were good about probate records so it was not difficult to tell the Williams apart. Image from Digital Commonwealth courtesy the New Bedford (MA) Free Public Library, home of The Whaleman Statue ("Dead Whale or a Stove Boat.")
CHURCH, BRADFORD LEBARON
He went by LeBaron, but yes, he was a Bradford, also an Eaton, triple Warren, Billington, and Samuel Fuller descendant, related to others on the same pages. Possibly there is a Soule line in there as well. Maybe he was exceptionally competent or maybe he just peaked early, but LeBaron (b 1899) captained the first unbeaten football team at Taunton High School, won the top rank in the cadet corps (major) competitively (photo on right), and was class president before heading for Amherst College. In other words, there might be more pictures of him as an adult. LeBaron's Gen 10 Francis Eaton line runs through his mother as follows: Carrie E (Canedy) Church, Salmon Snow Canedy, Zebulon L., William Jr., William, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. See the other pilgrim sections for those lineages. Image & info from The Journal (Taunton High School, 1917, pp. 12, 55, 58, 59, digitized on the Internet Archive. He was a first cousin once removed of Z. L. Canedy, above, with whom he shared Eaton, Billington, and S. Fuller heritage. |
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COBB, WILLIAM SAMUEL
He was age 43 when he signed on as captain of Co. G, 3rd MA Vol. Infantry during the Civil War and began recruiting fellow New Bedfordites to serve. In civilian life, the author of the book with this photo described him as "in the outfitting business" (presumably for whaling voyages) and a past city marshall. (There might be a better image in New Bedford archives or histories.) After the war he became high sheriff of Bristol Co. I found nothing about marriage and death on the NEHGS so do not know if he left descendants. Born in Rochester 1817, William was six when his father, Dr. Samuel Cobb died and widow Jemima (Perkins) Cobb seems never to have remarried. Dr. Cobb was the source of William's Eaton, Allerton, and Priest genes. See the other write-ups for the other lines, but his Gen 8 Eaton lineage, starting with his father, is: Samuel Cobb, Sarah (Cushman) Cobb, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Sarah (Cushman) Cobb is in the Eaton & Allerton books; vital records on the NEHGS provide the other details. Image from John G. Gammons, The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1863 (Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1906), p. 221, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
He was age 43 when he signed on as captain of Co. G, 3rd MA Vol. Infantry during the Civil War and began recruiting fellow New Bedfordites to serve. In civilian life, the author of the book with this photo described him as "in the outfitting business" (presumably for whaling voyages) and a past city marshall. (There might be a better image in New Bedford archives or histories.) After the war he became high sheriff of Bristol Co. I found nothing about marriage and death on the NEHGS so do not know if he left descendants. Born in Rochester 1817, William was six when his father, Dr. Samuel Cobb died and widow Jemima (Perkins) Cobb seems never to have remarried. Dr. Cobb was the source of William's Eaton, Allerton, and Priest genes. See the other write-ups for the other lines, but his Gen 8 Eaton lineage, starting with his father, is: Samuel Cobb, Sarah (Cushman) Cobb, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Sarah (Cushman) Cobb is in the Eaton & Allerton books; vital records on the NEHGS provide the other details. Image from John G. Gammons, The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1863 (Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1906), p. 221, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
COOMBS, JOHN COLBY
Attorney John C. Coombs (b. 1845, ME) was noted in the book that contained this photo as a descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton and Sarah (---), his first wife and also a Mayflower passenger, via his mother, daughter of Solomon "Squire/Esquire" Eaton. Solomon and John's mother and father turned out to be documented in the Bowden, ME vital records which are on the NEHGS site. The author did not note his descent from the Billington family, though, or Samuel Fuller. (See those sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 8 Eaton line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Samuel, Francis & Sarah (---) Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME is in the Eaton silver book, p. 59, (and the S. Fuller book) and helps you distinguish him from the Solomon on p. 117 (below), son of Jabez. Both families were innholders in Middleboro, MA and both Solomons were b. 1774, but were just distantly related. Image & 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. 97, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Attorney John C. Coombs (b. 1845, ME) was noted in the book that contained this photo as a descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton and Sarah (---), his first wife and also a Mayflower passenger, via his mother, daughter of Solomon "Squire/Esquire" Eaton. Solomon and John's mother and father turned out to be documented in the Bowden, ME vital records which are on the NEHGS site. The author did not note his descent from the Billington family, though, or Samuel Fuller. (See those sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 8 Eaton line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Samuel, Francis & Sarah (---) Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME is in the Eaton silver book, p. 59, (and the S. Fuller book) and helps you distinguish him from the Solomon on p. 117 (below), son of Jabez. Both families were innholders in Middleboro, MA and both Solomons were b. 1774, but were just distantly related. Image & 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. 97, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
CRAPO, L. LUCILLE
There were not as many vital records as I would have liked for Lucille personally (I never found out what the L. stood for) but she was born 1899-1900, per the 1920 federal census. She shares a great-great grandmother with classmate Harold W. Shedd, below, 10 years her senior, and like him was an Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and Billington descendant. See his writeup for a little more info. Lucille's grandfather and was the father of Hattie Adeline Crapo, a classmate 2 years older, thanks to a late second marriage, which is why Hattie does not grace these three pages, only the Soule & White pages, where you will also find Lucille again. Lucille's Gen 10 Francis Eaton line runs: Francis Simmons Crapo, Nicholas, Hannah (Godfrey) Crapo, Dordana (Pierce) Godfrey, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce/Peirce/Pearce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy/Canaday/Canady/Kennedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The genealogical info was found on the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS)'s site, American Ancestors. The image was from Taunton High School Journal and Stylus (1917), 13, digitized on Internet Archive.
There were not as many vital records as I would have liked for Lucille personally (I never found out what the L. stood for) but she was born 1899-1900, per the 1920 federal census. She shares a great-great grandmother with classmate Harold W. Shedd, below, 10 years her senior, and like him was an Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and Billington descendant. See his writeup for a little more info. Lucille's grandfather and was the father of Hattie Adeline Crapo, a classmate 2 years older, thanks to a late second marriage, which is why Hattie does not grace these three pages, only the Soule & White pages, where you will also find Lucille again. Lucille's Gen 10 Francis Eaton line runs: Francis Simmons Crapo, Nicholas, Hannah (Godfrey) Crapo, Dordana (Pierce) Godfrey, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce/Peirce/Pearce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy/Canaday/Canady/Kennedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The genealogical info was found on the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS)'s site, American Ancestors. The image was from Taunton High School Journal and Stylus (1917), 13, digitized on Internet Archive.
CUSHMAN, ARA
Ara, son of Ara and Esther (Merrill) Cushman, was a Generation 8 Eaton but also an Allerton, Howland (twice), and Priest due to early intermarriages. (See those writeups for details.) The Eaton Silver Book gives the lineage as: Francis - Benjamin - Benjamin - Sarah (Eaton) + Thomas Cushman - Thomas.) The Eaton & Allerton Silver Books and John Howland of the Mayflower vols. 2 & 3 all get as far as the birth of Ara's grandfather Thomas Cushman. He and wife Ruth Ring had only two children, including Ara, Sr. That Ara married Esther Merrill and had five children in Minot, ME. The younger Ara (pictured) lived from 1829 to 1904. The two older Aras are not in the NEHGS database but the marriage and WWI service of grandson Ara (b. 1872, Auburn, ME) is. If you read the writeup on this Ara in the book mentioned below you will agree it is unlikely that his widow and adult children, interviewed 4 or 5 years later for this book, invented Ara's parents and grandparents out of whole cloth. Still, if you are a descendant of this Ara, you would need to find documentation establishing all the links from the birth of grandfather Thomas Allerton (1758-1816) and grandmother Ruth Ring (m. 1783), you would need to search for Maine vital records. This book is a helpful roadmap but does not alone constitute proof. (While you are at it, see if Ruth Ring is a Mayflower descendant.) Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 867-8, digitized by Columbia University.
Ara, son of Ara and Esther (Merrill) Cushman, was a Generation 8 Eaton but also an Allerton, Howland (twice), and Priest due to early intermarriages. (See those writeups for details.) The Eaton Silver Book gives the lineage as: Francis - Benjamin - Benjamin - Sarah (Eaton) + Thomas Cushman - Thomas.) The Eaton & Allerton Silver Books and John Howland of the Mayflower vols. 2 & 3 all get as far as the birth of Ara's grandfather Thomas Cushman. He and wife Ruth Ring had only two children, including Ara, Sr. That Ara married Esther Merrill and had five children in Minot, ME. The younger Ara (pictured) lived from 1829 to 1904. The two older Aras are not in the NEHGS database but the marriage and WWI service of grandson Ara (b. 1872, Auburn, ME) is. If you read the writeup on this Ara in the book mentioned below you will agree it is unlikely that his widow and adult children, interviewed 4 or 5 years later for this book, invented Ara's parents and grandparents out of whole cloth. Still, if you are a descendant of this Ara, you would need to find documentation establishing all the links from the birth of grandfather Thomas Allerton (1758-1816) and grandmother Ruth Ring (m. 1783), you would need to search for Maine vital records. This book is a helpful roadmap but does not alone constitute proof. (While you are at it, see if Ruth Ring is a Mayflower descendant.) Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 867-8, digitized by Columbia University.
CUSHMAN, HERCULES
The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7 Eaton, a Soule, Cooke, Priest, Standish, Alden, and Mullins descendant on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Eaton line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of Mercy Soule and the Soule pink book covers her marriage to Noah Cushman. It also states that Gen. 2 Benjamin Eaton's wife was Sarah Hoskins, daughter of Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins. However, the book from which this image was taken notes no Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins and neither does the Allerton book. If she is a sister of Mary Allerton's husband Thomas (no siblings are noted in either book) that could account for the surname. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: This edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.
The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7 Eaton, a Soule, Cooke, Priest, Standish, Alden, and Mullins descendant on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Eaton line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of Mercy Soule and the Soule pink book covers her marriage to Noah Cushman. It also states that Gen. 2 Benjamin Eaton's wife was Sarah Hoskins, daughter of Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins. However, the book from which this image was taken notes no Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins and neither does the Allerton book. If she is a sister of Mary Allerton's husband Thomas (no siblings are noted in either book) that could account for the surname. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: This edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.
CUSHMAN, LEVI
Sometime in the latter half of the 1700s Levi's branch of the family went to Oxford County, along the western edge of central Maine. Fortunately there was an old book about his town, Buckfield, and that helped sort out the Maine Cushmans because vital records in that state are hard to get. Levi (1848-1927) turned out to be the usual Allerton (twice) but also an Eaton, Howland-Tilley, and Priest descendant. Here is Levi's Gen 9 Eaton line, beginning with his father: Levi Cushman, Caleb, Gideon, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. See the Allerton, Howland-Tilley, and Priest sections for those lines. Levi's photo, taken 1910-1920 is cropped from a larger image with his second wife, Eunice H. (Parker) Cushman on their farm. It was the Parker family that donated the image to the Princeton (MA) Historical Society, which kindly allowed Digital Commonwealth to scan it, so thank you non-line-carrying spouses everywhere.
Sometime in the latter half of the 1700s Levi's branch of the family went to Oxford County, along the western edge of central Maine. Fortunately there was an old book about his town, Buckfield, and that helped sort out the Maine Cushmans because vital records in that state are hard to get. Levi (1848-1927) turned out to be the usual Allerton (twice) but also an Eaton, Howland-Tilley, and Priest descendant. Here is Levi's Gen 9 Eaton line, beginning with his father: Levi Cushman, Caleb, Gideon, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. See the Allerton, Howland-Tilley, and Priest sections for those lines. Levi's photo, taken 1910-1920 is cropped from a larger image with his second wife, Eunice H. (Parker) Cushman on their farm. It was the Parker family that donated the image to the Princeton (MA) Historical Society, which kindly allowed Digital Commonwealth to scan it, so thank you non-line-carrying spouses everywhere.
CUSHMAN, SAMUEL
The Hon. Samuel Cushman of Portsmouth, NH (b ME 1783) was age 66 when the engraving reproduced in the book below was made. In addition to being an Eaton, he was a double Howland-Tilley, Allerton, and Priest. His Gen 7 Eaton line is via his paternal great-grandmother, as follows: Job Cushman, Thomas, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. All his lines are in GSMD books through the birth of his father except the Priest volume. See the other sections for those specific lines. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 274-5, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
The Hon. Samuel Cushman of Portsmouth, NH (b ME 1783) was age 66 when the engraving reproduced in the book below was made. In addition to being an Eaton, he was a double Howland-Tilley, Allerton, and Priest. His Gen 7 Eaton line is via his paternal great-grandmother, as follows: Job Cushman, Thomas, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. All his lines are in GSMD books through the birth of his father except the Priest volume. See the other sections for those specific lines. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 274-5, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EATON, EPHRAIM LLEWELLYN
When you check the Eaton silver book, you will see that the source for the descendants of Gen 5 Jabez Eaton is this man, the Rev. Ephraim L. Eaton (b 1846) of Wisconsin. Solomon Eaton, below, would be his grandfather's brother. If you wish you join on this line you will still have to document his claims beyond the birth of the 10 Jabez Eaton Jr. children of Middleboro, MA and NY state who seem to have survived to adulthood. Ephraim's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Almond/Almon Ransom Eaton, Jabez Jr., Jabez, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Ephraim is also a descendant of pilgrims Degory Priest, Thomas Rogers, John Alden, and William & Priscilla Mullins, the latter three all Mayflower passengers. See the Priest and Alden-Mullins sections of this web site for those lineages. Image and info from Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, History Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families (Syracuse: Bardeen, 1911), pp. 43-44, 52-3, 62-3, 78-9, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
When you check the Eaton silver book, you will see that the source for the descendants of Gen 5 Jabez Eaton is this man, the Rev. Ephraim L. Eaton (b 1846) of Wisconsin. Solomon Eaton, below, would be his grandfather's brother. If you wish you join on this line you will still have to document his claims beyond the birth of the 10 Jabez Eaton Jr. children of Middleboro, MA and NY state who seem to have survived to adulthood. Ephraim's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Almond/Almon Ransom Eaton, Jabez Jr., Jabez, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Ephraim is also a descendant of pilgrims Degory Priest, Thomas Rogers, John Alden, and William & Priscilla Mullins, the latter three all Mayflower passengers. See the Priest and Alden-Mullins sections of this web site for those lineages. Image and info from Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, History Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families (Syracuse: Bardeen, 1911), pp. 43-44, 52-3, 62-3, 78-9, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EATON, OLIVER
Oliver was a Gen. 7 Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 9 Rogers. He might have an additional Alden-Mullins line through his mother Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, if you can find her. See Solomon's writeup for the lineage. The book with the father-son images was rather lax in linking the two Eatons so you will need to get documentation beyond the birth of Solomon. It helps that the Middleboro book identifies Oliver's brother as Solomon K. Eaton, "K." probably standing for "Keith." Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 413, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Oliver was a Gen. 7 Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 9 Rogers. He might have an additional Alden-Mullins line through his mother Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, if you can find her. See Solomon's writeup for the lineage. The book with the father-son images was rather lax in linking the two Eatons so you will need to get documentation beyond the birth of Solomon. It helps that the Middleboro book identifies Oliver's brother as Solomon K. Eaton, "K." probably standing for "Keith." Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 413, digitized by the Library of Congress.
EATON, SOLOMON
Like his son Oliver, above, Solomon is an Eaton descendant, a Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins as well. Since Solomon married a Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, Oliver may have an additional Alden-Mullins line but you will have to look harder for it than I did. Solomon was an innkeeper and died in Bridgewater. His birth is in the Eaton and Alden silver books (Part 3) as Gen. 6. The Eaton line runs: Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis the pilgrim. See his Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 412, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Like his son Oliver, above, Solomon is an Eaton descendant, a Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins as well. Since Solomon married a Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, Oliver may have an additional Alden-Mullins line but you will have to look harder for it than I did. Solomon was an innkeeper and died in Bridgewater. His birth is in the Eaton and Alden silver books (Part 3) as Gen. 6. The Eaton line runs: Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis the pilgrim. See his Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 412, digitized by the Library of Congress.
EDSON, SALLY
Sally (Edson) Eddy (1781-1850) was the daughter of storekeeper Capt. Polycarpus Edson (ca 1756 - 1796) of Bridgewater and Lucy Eaton (ca 1750/60-1806) of Middleborough, who married there in 1777. A search on the NEHGS turns up no Lucy Eaton born there at that time BUT the Eaton silver book reveals a Lucy b. 24 March 1759, "probably" in Middlboro. Her mother died there in 1783 and the father moved to New York state between 1802 and 1815, which may account for a lack of information in the two Eddy books consulted. Lucy's death record says that she died either Nov. 12, 1816 in her 56th year (grave record) or Nov. 13, 1806 at 56 (private record). If the gravestone is correct it would match exactly with the birth year of the girl in the Eaton silver book. Without knowing what the private death record was and whether it was reliable, the gravestone gets more credence. (FWIW the stone is on findagrave & Sally is listed as a child but no parents were listed for Lucy.) Also, the probate records pertaining to the guardianship of the 3 daughters Lucy had with Polycarpus Edson (Sally, Lucy, and Charlotte) show a Joel Eaton as one of the bondsmen and Lucy Eaton of silver book fame had a cousin Joel about the same age, in the same town. SO... assuming the child in the silver book was the Lucy Eaton who married Polycarpus Edson, Sally (Edson) Eddy would be the niece of Solomon Eaton, above, and a Gen 7 Eaton, Gen 9 Rogers, Gen 8 Priest, and Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. (See those writeups for the lineages. Her Eaton line would run: Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 259, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Sally (Edson) Eddy (1781-1850) was the daughter of storekeeper Capt. Polycarpus Edson (ca 1756 - 1796) of Bridgewater and Lucy Eaton (ca 1750/60-1806) of Middleborough, who married there in 1777. A search on the NEHGS turns up no Lucy Eaton born there at that time BUT the Eaton silver book reveals a Lucy b. 24 March 1759, "probably" in Middlboro. Her mother died there in 1783 and the father moved to New York state between 1802 and 1815, which may account for a lack of information in the two Eddy books consulted. Lucy's death record says that she died either Nov. 12, 1816 in her 56th year (grave record) or Nov. 13, 1806 at 56 (private record). If the gravestone is correct it would match exactly with the birth year of the girl in the Eaton silver book. Without knowing what the private death record was and whether it was reliable, the gravestone gets more credence. (FWIW the stone is on findagrave & Sally is listed as a child but no parents were listed for Lucy.) Also, the probate records pertaining to the guardianship of the 3 daughters Lucy had with Polycarpus Edson (Sally, Lucy, and Charlotte) show a Joel Eaton as one of the bondsmen and Lucy Eaton of silver book fame had a cousin Joel about the same age, in the same town. SO... assuming the child in the silver book was the Lucy Eaton who married Polycarpus Edson, Sally (Edson) Eddy would be the niece of Solomon Eaton, above, and a Gen 7 Eaton, Gen 9 Rogers, Gen 8 Priest, and Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. (See those writeups for the lineages. Her Eaton line would run: Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 259, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
FULLER, ALBERT H.
Albert's photo is in the Brockton, MA library's collection (in Plymouth County) and was digitized for DigitalCommonwealth. He is a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, John Billington, Francis Cooke, Edward Doty, John Alden, George Soule, Myles Standish, William Mullins, and Stephen Hopkins, with pilgrims on both sides of his family. The Eaton silver book from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) gets as far as the birth of his great grandfather, John Fuller, and the Samuel Fuller book includes his marriage to Betty/Betsy Smith. Part Two of the Billington silver book set gets the farthest along his line, to the marriage of Albert's paternal grandparents, Consider Fuller and Mercy Thompson. The vital records on the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) site gets you the rest of the way. Starting with his father, Albert's Gen 9 line should run: Charles T. Fuller, Consider, John, Issachar, John, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You can get a better look online. See the other sections for Albert's other lines. At least one of them must have a really good sideburns gene. Image from the Brockton Public Library thanks to DigitalCommonwealth.
Albert's photo is in the Brockton, MA library's collection (in Plymouth County) and was digitized for DigitalCommonwealth. He is a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, John Billington, Francis Cooke, Edward Doty, John Alden, George Soule, Myles Standish, William Mullins, and Stephen Hopkins, with pilgrims on both sides of his family. The Eaton silver book from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) gets as far as the birth of his great grandfather, John Fuller, and the Samuel Fuller book includes his marriage to Betty/Betsy Smith. Part Two of the Billington silver book set gets the farthest along his line, to the marriage of Albert's paternal grandparents, Consider Fuller and Mercy Thompson. The vital records on the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) site gets you the rest of the way. Starting with his father, Albert's Gen 9 line should run: Charles T. Fuller, Consider, John, Issachar, John, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. You can get a better look online. See the other sections for Albert's other lines. At least one of them must have a really good sideburns gene. Image from the Brockton Public Library thanks to DigitalCommonwealth.
FULLER, JOHN HAROLD
In the book with his writeup and picture, this Fuller is mentioned as a descendant of "the Pilgrims of the Mayflower," indicating the family memory was fuzzy, and he was of the Fuller branch that went to Vermont at least by 1788 and never wrote home. (See that writeup for the details and speculation re: this line.) The Samuel Fuller silver book revealed that he was also a descendant of Francis Eaton, the Billington Family, George Soule, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 10 Eaton line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Billington lines, see those sections. See also his father's image and writeup, below. Image & a little info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 270-271, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
In the book with his writeup and picture, this Fuller is mentioned as a descendant of "the Pilgrims of the Mayflower," indicating the family memory was fuzzy, and he was of the Fuller branch that went to Vermont at least by 1788 and never wrote home. (See that writeup for the details and speculation re: this line.) The Samuel Fuller silver book revealed that he was also a descendant of Francis Eaton, the Billington Family, George Soule, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 10 Eaton line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Billington lines, see those sections. See also his father's image and writeup, below. Image & a little info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 270-271, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FULLER, JONATHAN KINGSLEY
See his son John Harold Fuller's writeup and image, above, for the Gen 9 lineage and other Pilgrim ancestors. The book with this image and a biography (a different volume than the son's) states that Rev. Fuller was born 13 May 1848 in Montgomery, VT. None of the digitized images on this site looks "good" but the Rev. looks touched up around the eyes. Better images are always appreciated. Image and some info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1907), pp. 120-2, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
See his son John Harold Fuller's writeup and image, above, for the Gen 9 lineage and other Pilgrim ancestors. The book with this image and a biography (a different volume than the son's) states that Rev. Fuller was born 13 May 1848 in Montgomery, VT. None of the digitized images on this site looks "good" but the Rev. looks touched up around the eyes. Better images are always appreciated. Image and some info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1907), pp. 120-2, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
HARRINGTON, MAYDELL GERTRUDE
Maydell's mother's maiden name was Eaton and they lived in Bristol Co, so it was worth searching for a Mayflower ancestor in spite of her less-likely surname: "Harrington." Two years after graduation from Taunton High School (1917) Maydell married Leroy Parker Rogers, son of Tappan Rogers & Susan Parker, but those appear to be the Rogerses of Essex Co, MA, not descendants of Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers. Thanks to Maydell's mother, though, her Rogers children, if any, would be Eaton, Priest, Doty, and Alden-Mullins descendants, with possibly more Mayflower ancestry as well. (See the other writeups for those lines.) Maydell's Gen 11 Eaton line runs: Addie J. (Eaton) Harrington, Otis Eaton, Charles, Apollos, Joel, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image from the Journal (Taunton High School: 1917), p. 20, on Internet Archive.
Maydell's mother's maiden name was Eaton and they lived in Bristol Co, so it was worth searching for a Mayflower ancestor in spite of her less-likely surname: "Harrington." Two years after graduation from Taunton High School (1917) Maydell married Leroy Parker Rogers, son of Tappan Rogers & Susan Parker, but those appear to be the Rogerses of Essex Co, MA, not descendants of Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers. Thanks to Maydell's mother, though, her Rogers children, if any, would be Eaton, Priest, Doty, and Alden-Mullins descendants, with possibly more Mayflower ancestry as well. (See the other writeups for those lines.) Maydell's Gen 11 Eaton line runs: Addie J. (Eaton) Harrington, Otis Eaton, Charles, Apollos, Joel, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image from the Journal (Taunton High School: 1917), p. 20, on Internet Archive.
Hayford, Otis Jr.
BEST GUESSTIMATE: This is the author of a history of the Hayford family, whose origins were in New England, and in his book he claims descent from Dr. Samuel Fuller, William Brewster, Francis Eaton, and Henry Samson via his paternal grandmother, Abigail (Fuller) Hayford, Mrs. Gustavus Hayford. Gustavus, in turn, was the son of William Hayward, whose wife Betty Bonney was allegedly granddaughter of an Elizabeth (Howland) Bonney and and daughter of an Ichabod Bonney, Jr., descendant of Dorcas Samson, daughter of pilgrim Henry. It should not be that hard to prove anyone named "Gustavus" in the 1700s, right? None of the relationships in this book worked out as outlined by the author BUT if the Abigail Fuller of Carver, b. 1774 did NOT marry the Zabdee Cobb, to whom she was engaged but Gustavus Hayford instead, then the man in the photo is a Generation 9 Eaton, Generation 10 Billington, and Generation 8 Samuel Fuller and Doty. There was also supposedly Hopkins and Cooke blood in his veins, but I was unable to track that down either. If anyone would like to spend their time doing so, feel free and please email me your evidence and I will change this entry. Otis, Jr.'s parents were second cousins, so if the Bonney ancestor does prove him to be a Samson and or Howland, he would be of that line of descent twice. Photo from Otis Hayford, Jr., History of the Hayford Family, 1100-1900 (Canton, ME: author, 1901), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Howard, Daniel S.
Born in 1818, Daniel Howard carried the genes of 9 Pilgrim lines in his blood thanks mainly to his mother, Lucy Sturtevant, whose paternal grandfather Silas Sturtevant (Priest, Eaton) married Elizabeth Samson (Alden-Mullins & Standish). Thus, a Generation 8 Eaton, Daniel was also a Gen. 8 Standish & Doty (twice), Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 9 Priest, Cooke & Hopkins, and Chilton, I think. The Eaton and Standish Silver Books take his maternal line as far as Ephraim Sturtevant, Lucy's father, and Silas is in the Priest book. Elizabeth Samson is in the Alden book and paternal grandparents Oliver Howard & Susannah Reynolds are in the Doty book, twice. Daniel was born in Brockton, Plymouth County, where he died in 1904, and was the older brother of Gorham Bradford Howard, below. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.42-43, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Howard, Gorham Bradford
As the younger brother (b. 1827) of Daniel S. Howard, above, Gorham was also a Generation 8 Eaton, Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Generation 8 Standish & Doty (twice), and Generation 9 Priest, Hopkins & Cooke, plus Chilton, I think. The birth of their grandfather is in the Eaton silver book. The brothers' Eaton line runs: Lucy (Sturtevant) Howard, Ephraim Sturtevant, Silas Sturtevant, Elizabeth (Eaton) Sturtevant, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The first Benjamin Eaton married a Sarah Hoskins, daughter of a William Hoskins & Sarah Cushman, the latter apparently of parentage unknown because she is not listed in the Allerton book as a child of Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton. They had a Sarah, but she married someone else. If this has changed or changes, please let me know. Isaac Allerton would be Pilgrim 10 for those brothers! Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.42-43, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Knowles, Thomas H.
Thomas H. Knowles, son of Thomas Knowles and Mary Keith Eaton, was a Generation 9 Billington and Generation 8 Eaton and Samuel Fuller descendant via his mother. The Eaton Silver Book gets as far as Generation 6, the individual I believe to be his maternal grandfather, Solomon Eaton. This is based on the 1881 New Bedford death record of a "Mary R. Knowles," widow, b. Middleboro, daughter of Solomon ___ and Clara K ____ of Middleboro. Per the book from which this photo was taken, that was the year Thomas H.'s mother died, as a widow, they lived in New Bedford, and she was from Middleboro. Voila. (Corrections welcome.) Earlier Eaton males married Martha Billington and Elizabeth Fuller. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 194, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
PERKINS, ELIJAH EATON
Civic-minded merchant Elijah, born in Middleborough, MA in 1804, was a descendant of Francis Eaton, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and Degory Priest thanks to his namesake maternal grandfather. For what little I know about his paternal line, see the Fuller writeup. For now, we will go with Elijah's maternal line. His Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Lucretia (Eaton) Perkins, Elijah Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth and marriage of Elijah's mother is in the Eaton and S. Fuller silver books. Note: his grandfather had some half-siblings who were Alden descendants. Elijah had a brother and at least one son so there may be other descendants and other photos. Image and a tiny bit of information from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 410, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Civic-minded merchant Elijah, born in Middleborough, MA in 1804, was a descendant of Francis Eaton, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and Degory Priest thanks to his namesake maternal grandfather. For what little I know about his paternal line, see the Fuller writeup. For now, we will go with Elijah's maternal line. His Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Lucretia (Eaton) Perkins, Elijah Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth and marriage of Elijah's mother is in the Eaton and S. Fuller silver books. Note: his grandfather had some half-siblings who were Alden descendants. Elijah had a brother and at least one son so there may be other descendants and other photos. Image and a tiny bit of information from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 410, digitized by the Library of Congress.
PRATT, FRANCIS GREENLEAF, JR.
On his paternal grandmother's side, Francis (1850-1894) was an Eaton, Priest, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers descendant and a fairly close relative of Oliver & Solomon Eaton, above. Sally Edson, also above, niece of Solomon Eaton, was likely Francis's grandmother's sister. Francis worked in publishing and was a personal acquaintance of the author of the book with this photo, a history of their church in Middleborough, MA. He also turned out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. On his father's side Francis was also a Warren & Allerton and a Billington & Hopkins through his mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his father, Francis's Gen 9 Eaton line runs: Francis Greenleaf Pratt Sr., Lucy (Edson) Pratt, Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Francis was not a common name, so Lucy and husband Greenleaf Pratt may have known that there was a link to Francis Eaton or Francis Billington. Most of the lineage data used came from the vital records and some probate records on the NEHGS but the image & a little biographical data came from Thomas Weston, Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 92, 120, 126, digitized by the Library of Congress.
On his paternal grandmother's side, Francis (1850-1894) was an Eaton, Priest, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers descendant and a fairly close relative of Oliver & Solomon Eaton, above. Sally Edson, also above, niece of Solomon Eaton, was likely Francis's grandmother's sister. Francis worked in publishing and was a personal acquaintance of the author of the book with this photo, a history of their church in Middleborough, MA. He also turned out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. On his father's side Francis was also a Warren & Allerton and a Billington & Hopkins through his mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his father, Francis's Gen 9 Eaton line runs: Francis Greenleaf Pratt Sr., Lucy (Edson) Pratt, Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Francis was not a common name, so Lucy and husband Greenleaf Pratt may have known that there was a link to Francis Eaton or Francis Billington. Most of the lineage data used came from the vital records and some probate records on the NEHGS but the image & a little biographical data came from Thomas Weston, Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 92, 120, 126, digitized by the Library of Congress.
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PRINCE - NOAH, ARDELIA H., CHARLES H., & HENRY C.
The youngest, Gen 9 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 the other 4 Mayflower lines. From left to right, the following 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), all descendants of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, the Billingtons, Stephen Hopkins, and yes, William & Mary Brewster. See those other sections for the lineage. Various silver books get to the birth of Noah's father Job in 1765 and/or his parents but the whole group appears well documented so you should be able to join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) on Henry's 1913 paperwork (that you update) or any of these other lines. Beginning with Noah's father, his Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Job Prince, Deborah (Fuller) Prince, John Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton and his parents Francis & Sarah, all 3 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 9 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 the other 4 Mayflower lines. From left to right, the following 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), all descendants of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, the Billingtons, Stephen Hopkins, and yes, William & Mary Brewster. See those other sections for the lineage. Various silver books get to the birth of Noah's father Job in 1765 and/or his parents but the whole group appears well documented so you should be able to join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) on Henry's 1913 paperwork (that you update) or any of these other lines. Beginning with Noah's father, his Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Job Prince, Deborah (Fuller) Prince, John Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton and his parents Francis & Sarah, all 3 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.
ROBINSON, EVERETT
The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of attorney Everett Robinson's maternal grandfather, Joel Eaton, in 1751. Backtracking you learn that Everett was also a Priest & Alden-Mullins descendant.The book with this image gives only his date (22 Jan 1816) & place of birth (Middleboro, MA) and father (Josiah) but the vital records from that period are on the NEHGS and the family was small enough that they were not hard to find. Everett had at least the 2 sisters & 1 brother noted on the same page so the odds are there are more descendants out there. Everett's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Caroline/Carolina (Eaton) Robinson, Joel Eaton, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. See his Priest & Alden-Mullins write-ups for those lines. He is only distantly related to Morrill Robinson, below. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 236, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hard copy at the LOC by me for better resolution.
The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of attorney Everett Robinson's maternal grandfather, Joel Eaton, in 1751. Backtracking you learn that Everett was also a Priest & Alden-Mullins descendant.The book with this image gives only his date (22 Jan 1816) & place of birth (Middleboro, MA) and father (Josiah) but the vital records from that period are on the NEHGS and the family was small enough that they were not hard to find. Everett had at least the 2 sisters & 1 brother noted on the same page so the odds are there are more descendants out there. Everett's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Caroline/Carolina (Eaton) Robinson, Joel Eaton, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. See his Priest & Alden-Mullins write-ups for those lines. He is only distantly related to Morrill Robinson, below. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 236, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hard copy at the LOC by me for better resolution.
ROBINSON, MORRILL
There was nothing in the book with this photo to help identify Dr. Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and the Billingtons. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Eaton and S. Fuller silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto those links. The birth and death dates were included (1803-1873 and birth place, South Raynham.) Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 7 Eaton as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. Thus he is only distantly related to Everett Robinson, above. Dr. Robinson served in the legislature (1842-3) so there may be a better image of him somewhere else. This image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 241, 414-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
There was nothing in the book with this photo to help identify Dr. Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and the Billingtons. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Eaton and S. Fuller silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto those links. The birth and death dates were included (1803-1873 and birth place, South Raynham.) Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 7 Eaton as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. Thus he is only distantly related to Everett Robinson, above. Dr. Robinson served in the legislature (1842-3) so there may be a better image of him somewhere else. This image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 241, 414-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
SHEDD, HAROLD W.
Shown in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Taunton High School corps of cadets, Class of 1907, Harold (b. 1890) was a multiple Mayflower descendant thanks to his mother. (See the S. Fuller, Billington, and Rogers sections for those lineages & the Billington writeup has more detail and a second photo.) Harold's Gen 10 Eaton line runs: Annie Leonora (Macomber) Shedd, Joseph Leonard Macomber Jr., Dordana (Godfrey) Macomber, Dordana (Pierce) Godfrey, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce/Peirce/Pearce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy/Canaday/Canady/Kennedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets farther than the Billington & S. Fuller books on this line, as it identifies Dordana Pierce as having the married name Godfrey. The others stop with her birth. All the genealogical info was found on the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS)'s site, American Ancestors. Cropped image from the Taunton High School Journal and Stylus (1907), p. 14, digitized on the Internet Archive. His 3rd cousin, L. Lucille Crapo, can be seen above.
Shown in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Taunton High School corps of cadets, Class of 1907, Harold (b. 1890) was a multiple Mayflower descendant thanks to his mother. (See the S. Fuller, Billington, and Rogers sections for those lineages & the Billington writeup has more detail and a second photo.) Harold's Gen 10 Eaton line runs: Annie Leonora (Macomber) Shedd, Joseph Leonard Macomber Jr., Dordana (Godfrey) Macomber, Dordana (Pierce) Godfrey, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce/Peirce/Pearce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy/Canaday/Canady/Kennedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets farther than the Billington & S. Fuller books on this line, as it identifies Dordana Pierce as having the married name Godfrey. The others stop with her birth. All the genealogical info was found on the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS)'s site, American Ancestors. Cropped image from the Taunton High School Journal and Stylus (1907), p. 14, digitized on the Internet Archive. His 3rd cousin, L. Lucille Crapo, can be seen above.
STACKPOLE, EVERETT BIRNEY
See the writeup of his father, Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, below, for details. Capt. Stackpole, b. 1879 in ME, served during WWI first in the Canadian military (1914-15) then in combat for the US (1915-18.) He served another 2 years and was a colonel in the PA National Guard. I looked for a WWI draft card, which would have had a physical description, but found none. He should be 35-41 years old here. Everett would be a Gen. 9 Eaton, Rogers, and S. Fuller descendant and a Gen. 10 Billington. Image and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), p. 328, digitized by the New York Public Library, and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), pp. 73-74, digitized by Boston University.
See the writeup of his father, Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, below, for details. Capt. Stackpole, b. 1879 in ME, served during WWI first in the Canadian military (1914-15) then in combat for the US (1915-18.) He served another 2 years and was a colonel in the PA National Guard. I looked for a WWI draft card, which would have had a physical description, but found none. He should be 35-41 years old here. Everett would be a Gen. 9 Eaton, Rogers, and S. Fuller descendant and a Gen. 10 Billington. Image and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), p. 328, digitized by the New York Public Library, and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), pp. 73-74, digitized by Boston University.
STACKPOLE, EVERETT SCHERMERHORN
Teacher, minister, and prolific genealogical/historical writer, Everett was also a Gen 8 Eaton descendent and a Rogers, Billington, and Samuel Fuller descendant as well. (See those sections for the lineages.) His image is in more than one book but his history of Durham, ME and his Stackpole family genealogy give the necessary details on his own ancestors. Everett's Eaton line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton and Rogers Silver Books get as far as the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born but presumably his mother was able to provide the details. The censuses enumerate the heads of these households but the vital records of Durham are not on the NEHGS. If you wish to prove ancestry on this line you will need to get additional proof to augment the book. Since Everett was born in 1850 and his Durham, ME book was published in 1899 he was no older than 49 in this picture (which he also used in his 1920 2nd edition family genealogy.) Image from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), p. 73, digitized by Boston University. Info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), pp. 145-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Teacher, minister, and prolific genealogical/historical writer, Everett was also a Gen 8 Eaton descendent and a Rogers, Billington, and Samuel Fuller descendant as well. (See those sections for the lineages.) His image is in more than one book but his history of Durham, ME and his Stackpole family genealogy give the necessary details on his own ancestors. Everett's Eaton line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton and Rogers Silver Books get as far as the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born but presumably his mother was able to provide the details. The censuses enumerate the heads of these households but the vital records of Durham are not on the NEHGS. If you wish to prove ancestry on this line you will need to get additional proof to augment the book. Since Everett was born in 1850 and his Durham, ME book was published in 1899 he was no older than 49 in this picture (which he also used in his 1920 2nd edition family genealogy.) Image from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), p. 73, digitized by Boston University. Info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), pp. 145-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
THOMPSON, BERTHA AVERY (See Jabez Thompson)
THOMPSON, FRED PARKER (See Jabez Thompson)
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THOMPSON - JABEZ, FRED PARKER & BERTHA AVERY
These were cropped from a family photo on Digital Commonwealth, contributed by a descendant of Bertha, here (1902) a 3-year-old on her mother's lap, while Fred was a 20-year-old standing next to his father Asaph, age 49. Fred and Bertha had several other siblings in the picture but the caption writer did not name everyone in this group of 25 so the only people positively identified were the mother & toddler, father & oldest son. The mother (See Abbie Parker Wood in the Alden-Mullins, Soule, Standish sections) was identified by cross-checking with another photo the same contributor supplied, identifying only a handful of women in a group BUT the same photo had also been contributed by someone who identified everyone. Caution: The identity of Fred and Asaph depends on me correctly picking out a man about the same age as his wife (Abby Wood) and standing next to a male of about 20. The Thompson children have 9 pilgrim ancestors, with duplicates in Alden-Mullins, Standish, and Soule (see those sections for the lines.) They are also Eaton, Priest, Rogers, Cooke, and Hopkins descendants. (See the appropriate sections for those last 4 lines.) Their Eaton ancestry begins with the Gen. 9 father: Jabez Thompson, Eliza R. (Soule) Thompson, Jabez Soule, Jabez, Zachariah, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image "Gathering at grandmother Wood's home" on Digital Commonwealth, courtesy the Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
These were cropped from a family photo on Digital Commonwealth, contributed by a descendant of Bertha, here (1902) a 3-year-old on her mother's lap, while Fred was a 20-year-old standing next to his father Asaph, age 49. Fred and Bertha had several other siblings in the picture but the caption writer did not name everyone in this group of 25 so the only people positively identified were the mother & toddler, father & oldest son. The mother (See Abbie Parker Wood in the Alden-Mullins, Soule, Standish sections) was identified by cross-checking with another photo the same contributor supplied, identifying only a handful of women in a group BUT the same photo had also been contributed by someone who identified everyone. Caution: The identity of Fred and Asaph depends on me correctly picking out a man about the same age as his wife (Abby Wood) and standing next to a male of about 20. The Thompson children have 9 pilgrim ancestors, with duplicates in Alden-Mullins, Standish, and Soule (see those sections for the lines.) They are also Eaton, Priest, Rogers, Cooke, and Hopkins descendants. (See the appropriate sections for those last 4 lines.) Their Eaton ancestry begins with the Gen. 9 father: Jabez Thompson, Eliza R. (Soule) Thompson, Jabez Soule, Jabez, Zachariah, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image "Gathering at grandmother Wood's home" on Digital Commonwealth, courtesy the Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge
Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN, was a Generation 8 descendant of Francis Eaton, Gen. 9 from George Soule, Myles Standish, Peter Brown, and Degory Priest, and 8/9 from Alden-Mullins. He was born in Middleboro, 1832, and this photo likely dates from his Civil War service (1861-67). Pilgrim Peter Brown's daughter married the first Tinkham in the area, Ephraim of Plymouth County, so look for anyone of that surname in the Brown Silver Book. Elbridge's other Pilgrim ancestry is via Seth 5 Tinkham's marriage to Eunice 5 Soule, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Eaton) Soule. The Eaton runs: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Eunice (Soule) Tinkham, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Mary (Coombs) Eaton, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Image 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. 110, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Whitman, William Elbridge
William, a shoe manufacturer and occasional farmer, spent his entire life (1834-1902) in the Bridgewater area. He was a Generation 8 descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton on his father's side. Deacon Nathan Whitman, Jr. and Semanthe Keith, William's parents, married in Bridgewater in 1825. His grandparents were another Nathan Whitman and Mercy Byram. That Nathan was born in 1766, also to a Nathan Whitman (whose mother was Jemima Alden) and Betty Allen, a Generation 5 Eaton descendant via her mother, Rebecca (Eaton) Rickard. The Eaton Silver Book traces the line as far as Betty. Thus, William E. Whitman was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant per the Alden Silver Book, Part 3, which gets to the next generation the Nathan Whitman born in 1766. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 222, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
