ALDEN, PRISCILLA
This Priscilla (b 1886), seen here around age 25, was a Standish descendant and an Alden-Mullins twice. She may have other pilgrim lines if you can correctly trace her Edson bloodline. In 1911 she was an instructor at the North Adams Normal School, today the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). Later she married a dentist practicing in Beverly, MA so look for descendants there named Wilson. She had graduated in 1909 from the MA Normal Art School, which is today the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, founded in 1873, said to be the first art college in the US to grant an "artistic degree." She probably had the equivalent of a BA or MFA, since she would have been 23 at the time. It would be interesting to know what her specialty was. Here is her Gen 9 Standish line: Caroline Mitchell (Keith) Alden, Caroline (Jones) Keith, Deborah (Samson) Jones, Miles Samson, Miles, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See the Alden-Mullins section for that lineage. Image and info from North Adams Normal School, The Taconian (North Adams: 1911), n.p., digitized by the MCLA.
This Priscilla (b 1886), seen here around age 25, was a Standish descendant and an Alden-Mullins twice. She may have other pilgrim lines if you can correctly trace her Edson bloodline. In 1911 she was an instructor at the North Adams Normal School, today the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). Later she married a dentist practicing in Beverly, MA so look for descendants there named Wilson. She had graduated in 1909 from the MA Normal Art School, which is today the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, founded in 1873, said to be the first art college in the US to grant an "artistic degree." She probably had the equivalent of a BA or MFA, since she would have been 23 at the time. It would be interesting to know what her specialty was. Here is her Gen 9 Standish line: Caroline Mitchell (Keith) Alden, Caroline (Jones) Keith, Deborah (Samson) Jones, Miles Samson, Miles, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See the Alden-Mullins section for that lineage. Image and info from North Adams Normal School, The Taconian (North Adams: 1911), n.p., digitized by the MCLA.
BASSETT, RUFUS W.
Businessman Rufus Bassett was a Generation 9 Standish, Generation 8 Samson, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Warren. (See those writeups for details.) The Samson Silver Book, Part 2, gets all the way to the birth of his father, Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, and if you happen to start with that book you will learn that Abraham Samson of Gen 4 married Penelope Samson, who was a descendant of Henry but he was not, thus Rufus was not a double Samson descendant. Rufus's Standish line runs as follows: Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, Rosalinda (Holmes) Bassett, Abraham Holmes, Hannah (Samson) Holmes, Abraham Samson, Lora/Lorah (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 319, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Businessman Rufus Bassett was a Generation 9 Standish, Generation 8 Samson, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Warren. (See those writeups for details.) The Samson Silver Book, Part 2, gets all the way to the birth of his father, Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, and if you happen to start with that book you will learn that Abraham Samson of Gen 4 married Penelope Samson, who was a descendant of Henry but he was not, thus Rufus was not a double Samson descendant. Rufus's Standish line runs as follows: Charles Jarvis Holmes Bassett, Rosalinda (Holmes) Bassett, Abraham Holmes, Hannah (Samson) Holmes, Abraham Samson, Lora/Lorah (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 319, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
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 Gen 8 Standish on both sides, on her mother's line as follows: Sally (Sampson) Bisbee, Jeremiah Sampson, Rachel (Standish) Sampson, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Alexander, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Her parents were related at Gen. 2, because her father's Standish line runs: Zebulon Bisbee, George, Deborah (Sampson) Bisbee, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, and Capt. Myles again. The Standish silver book gets her mother's line as far as the birth of Jeremiah Sampson and her father's to the marriage of George Bisbee to Grace Ripley. 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, Brewster, 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 Gen 8 Standish on both sides, on her mother's line as follows: Sally (Sampson) Bisbee, Jeremiah Sampson, Rachel (Standish) Sampson, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Alexander, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Her parents were related at Gen. 2, because her father's Standish line runs: Zebulon Bisbee, George, Deborah (Sampson) Bisbee, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, and Capt. Myles again. The Standish silver book gets her mother's line as far as the birth of Jeremiah Sampson and her father's to the marriage of George Bisbee to Grace Ripley. 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, Brewster, 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.
Bonney, Elliot Lincoln
A 9th Generation descendant - twice - of Myles Standish, George Soule, and John Alden and Generation 10 descendant of William Mullins, lawyer Elliot Bonney (b. 1856) came by all his Mayflower heritage through his paternal grandmother, Frances "Fanny" (Churchill) Bonney. She was daughter of Oliver Churchill (1766-1851) and Saba Soule (1773-1839), who do appear in the Soule Pink Book. Oliver and Saba were second cousins, descendants of Benjamin Soule and Sarah Standish. Fanny's grandfather James Churchill (b. 1746) had also married a Soule, Priscilla, daughter and granddaughter of a Benjamin Soule. Sarah (Standish) Soule was a descendent of Myles Standish's son Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The most recent generations of Churchills lived in Plympton, as did Elliot Bonney. Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 839, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Bradford, Edward Standish
Massachusetts Treasurer Edward Bradford was a Generation 9 Bradford descendant via his father, Shadrach Standish Bradford, and Generation 9 Standish via his paternal grandmother, Mary (Standish) Bradford. Mary's connection was Shadrach Standish, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Alexander, Myles and Rose Standish. Alexander Standish married Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, so he is also a Generation 9/10 Alden/Mullins descendant. The Standish Silver Book gets through "Shadrack" Standish, Generation 6, and the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 covers Shadrach's marriage to Mary Churchill in 1771, but the Bradford Silver Book leaves off with the younger Gideon Bradford, b. Plympton 1752, grandfather of Shadrach Bradford. Edward was also a Soule and Warren descendant via his father. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 296-300, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
BREITLING, JOSEPH CUSHMAN
Grandson of a German immigrant to Mobile, AL and son of a Confederate soldier, Joseph had a middle name and MA upbringing that made him relatively easy to trace. The book with this image names his maternal grandparents & great grandparents, then with a little help from the DAR database I found the birth of his great-great grandfather in the Allerton silver book. That revealed the Alden-Mullins, Standish, Cooke, & Hopkins links. The Hopkins book reveals a Howland-Tilley relationship. Joseph's Gen 10 Standish line runs: Katherine Elizabeth (Cushman) Breitling, Thaddeus Thompson Cushman, Levi, Isaiah, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. If you want more photos and more info, Joseph (b. 1874) and grandfather Thaddeus were both M.D.s so will have left a paper trail in ME and VT. The Thompson lead is worth pursuing for more Cooke ancestry in particular. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 99-101, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Grandson of a German immigrant to Mobile, AL and son of a Confederate soldier, Joseph had a middle name and MA upbringing that made him relatively easy to trace. The book with this image names his maternal grandparents & great grandparents, then with a little help from the DAR database I found the birth of his great-great grandfather in the Allerton silver book. That revealed the Alden-Mullins, Standish, Cooke, & Hopkins links. The Hopkins book reveals a Howland-Tilley relationship. Joseph's Gen 10 Standish line runs: Katherine Elizabeth (Cushman) Breitling, Thaddeus Thompson Cushman, Levi, Isaiah, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. If you want more photos and more info, Joseph (b. 1874) and grandfather Thaddeus were both M.D.s so will have left a paper trail in ME and VT. The Thompson lead is worth pursuing for more Cooke ancestry in particular. Image & info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 99-101, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
CLIFFORD, CHARLES WARREN
Attorney Charles W. Clifford should be a Generation 10 Standish. His maternal great grandmother was Averie/Averick (Standish) Parker, described in the book from which this photo was taken as a Generation 7 Standish. The Standish Silver Book does give an Averick Standish, born in Plympton in 1743/4 and that is where the great-grandmother Averick married John Avery Parker in 1788. However, she is more likely to be the Averick born in 1772, whose parents are not specified in the birth record. One guess would be that she was a niece of the Silver Book Averick via brother Shadrack Standish, since the name "Averick" was from their mother Averick Churchill, not from the Standish line. If this is the case, Charles is also a Generation 10/11 Alden-Mullins, as he descends from Myles Standish's son Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. I will hold off making an Alden-Mullins entry for him until this is proven (or disproven.) Image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Attorney Charles W. Clifford should be a Generation 10 Standish. His maternal great grandmother was Averie/Averick (Standish) Parker, described in the book from which this photo was taken as a Generation 7 Standish. The Standish Silver Book does give an Averick Standish, born in Plympton in 1743/4 and that is where the great-grandmother Averick married John Avery Parker in 1788. However, she is more likely to be the Averick born in 1772, whose parents are not specified in the birth record. One guess would be that she was a niece of the Silver Book Averick via brother Shadrack Standish, since the name "Averick" was from their mother Averick Churchill, not from the Standish line. If this is the case, Charles is also a Generation 10/11 Alden-Mullins, as he descends from Myles Standish's son Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. I will hold off making an Alden-Mullins entry for him until this is proven (or disproven.) Image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
COLCORD, ABIGAIL ELIZABETH
A Gen. 8 Standish descendant, Abbie also had Gen. 7 Samson, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers genes thanks to her paternal grandmother, Mehitable Samson, whose birth and marriage to Daniel Colcord are in the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5. Abbie's parents and siblings are in the Samson Silver Book but she is not because the source cited was the 1860 census, when Abbie had been married for several years to William T. Carson. She is in the 1850 FC for IL, though, age 13 and b. ME. Her Standish line runs as follows: Samuel Colcord, Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 79, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
A Gen. 8 Standish descendant, Abbie also had Gen. 7 Samson, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers genes thanks to her paternal grandmother, Mehitable Samson, whose birth and marriage to Daniel Colcord are in the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5. Abbie's parents and siblings are in the Samson Silver Book but she is not because the source cited was the 1860 census, when Abbie had been married for several years to William T. Carson. She is in the 1850 FC for IL, though, age 13 and b. ME. Her Standish line runs as follows: Samuel Colcord, Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 79, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, AMMI MITCHELL
The Colcord genealogy contains nothing more about Ammi (Ami) than his picture, birth year (1824), and first name among the list of children of Daniel and Mehitable (Sampson) Colcord, and the statement that in 1908 he was living in Bunker Hill, IL. Gen 7 Ammi is written up in part 3 of the Samson Silver Books, though, along with siblings Jane, Samuel (Sr.), and William Sampson Colcord, all below. Both the Samson book and the 1900 census say that he was born in 1820. In 1820 he was enumerated in Bunker Hill (Macoupin Co., in central IL) with daughters Ada and Eula. See Jane's writeup for their lineage. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
The Colcord genealogy contains nothing more about Ammi (Ami) than his picture, birth year (1824), and first name among the list of children of Daniel and Mehitable (Sampson) Colcord, and the statement that in 1908 he was living in Bunker Hill, IL. Gen 7 Ammi is written up in part 3 of the Samson Silver Books, though, along with siblings Jane, Samuel (Sr.), and William Sampson Colcord, all below. Both the Samson book and the 1900 census say that he was born in 1820. In 1820 he was enumerated in Bunker Hill (Macoupin Co., in central IL) with daughters Ada and Eula. See Jane's writeup for their lineage. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, JANE
Paternal aunt of Abigail Elizabeth Colcord, above, Jane (Colcord) Clark was a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. Jane's parents are in the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 and her own birth and marriage are mentioned in Part 3 of the Samson silver book series. The author of the book from which this image was taken says only that the parents were "of Exeter, NH" and that Jane was b. 9 June 1819. However, the Samson book has only her oldest 2 siblings born in Exeter and Jane, the youngest, and 2 older sibs were supposedly born in Yarmouth, ME. I see no source cited for this info, however, so if you are a Clark descendant, please try to verify one or the other. Jane and her siblings Samuel, William, and Otis all wound up in Greenville, IL, so look there. This line runs as follows: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Paternal aunt of Abigail Elizabeth Colcord, above, Jane (Colcord) Clark was a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. Jane's parents are in the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 and her own birth and marriage are mentioned in Part 3 of the Samson silver book series. The author of the book from which this image was taken says only that the parents were "of Exeter, NH" and that Jane was b. 9 June 1819. However, the Samson book has only her oldest 2 siblings born in Exeter and Jane, the youngest, and 2 older sibs were supposedly born in Yarmouth, ME. I see no source cited for this info, however, so if you are a Clark descendant, please try to verify one or the other. Jane and her siblings Samuel, William, and Otis all wound up in Greenville, IL, so look there. This line runs as follows: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See her other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, OTIS BRIGGS
The book has about as much info on Otis as it does on Ammi. He was born in 1817 or 1818 and died in 1898, depending on which page you read. He also emigrated to Illinois and was known to have married and had one son, also an Otis. Like Ammi, Jane, and Samuel, he was a Gen 7 Standish, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 6 Samson, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup for more details. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 53, 82-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
The book has about as much info on Otis as it does on Ammi. He was born in 1817 or 1818 and died in 1898, depending on which page you read. He also emigrated to Illinois and was known to have married and had one son, also an Otis. Like Ammi, Jane, and Samuel, he was a Gen 7 Standish, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 6 Samson, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup for more details. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 53, 82-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, SAMUEL
Brother of Jane and father of Abigail Elizabeth, both above, Samuel Colcord (b. 1811) was a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on Samuel and the family. Like hers, his Standish line runs: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See their other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Brother of Jane and father of Abigail Elizabeth, both above, Samuel Colcord (b. 1811) was a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on Samuel and the family. Like hers, his Standish line runs: Mehitable (Samson) Colcord, Michael/Micah Samson, Caleb, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. See their other write-ups for those lineages. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 85, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, SAMUEL
Son of Samuel and brother of Abigail, above, Rev. Samuel Colcord would be a Gen. 8 Standish, 7 Samson, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Rogers. See Abigail Elizabeth Colcord's writeup for the lineage. Born in 1849, according to the family genealogy, he was a minister and in New York City and married Alice Blinn from that area. The author writes of a series of lectures culminating in a famous public debate with an agnostic. It drew a big crowd and may have been covered by the newspapers there in 1895. The book mentions no children but media coverage might mention something about collateral relatives. IImage and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 80-82, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Son of Samuel and brother of Abigail, above, Rev. Samuel Colcord would be a Gen. 8 Standish, 7 Samson, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 9 Rogers. See Abigail Elizabeth Colcord's writeup for the lineage. Born in 1849, according to the family genealogy, he was a minister and in New York City and married Alice Blinn from that area. The author writes of a series of lectures culminating in a famous public debate with an agnostic. It drew a big crowd and may have been covered by the newspapers there in 1895. The book mentions no children but media coverage might mention something about collateral relatives. IImage and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 80-82, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COLCORD, WILLIAM SAMPSON
Brother of Jane and Samuel and uncle of Abigail & Rev. Samuel (all above), William (b 1815, Exeter, NH) was also a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on William and the line. William was one of the family members who moved to Greenville, IL, so look for his descendants there. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 84, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Brother of Jane and Samuel and uncle of Abigail & Rev. Samuel (all above), William (b 1815, Exeter, NH) was also a Gen. 7 Standish, 6 Samson, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Rogers. See Jane's writeup or more details on William and the line. William was one of the family members who moved to Greenville, IL, so look for his descendants there. Image and info from Doane B. Colcord, Colcord Genealogy, Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908 (Coudersport, PA: Mahlon J. Colcord, 1908), pp. 52-3, 84, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
CURTIS, WALTER MOLBRAY
Assuming it was he who provided the biographical info to the author of the book with this image, Walter (b. S. Abington, MA 1879) knew that he was a Bradford descendant and thought he was a White, but missed Myles Standish, Henry Samson, George Soule, John Alden, Richard Warren, and William & Priscilla Mullins. See his Soule writeup for a bit more information and the other pilgrim writeups for those lineages. Here is Walter's Gen 9 Standish line: Ella A. (White) Curtis, Polly Bradford (Sherman) White, Sabra Soule (Bradford) Sherman, Asaph Soule, Ebenezer, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. Image & some info from Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Union University, Its History, Influence, Characteristics, and Equipment, Vol. II (NY: Lewis, 1907), p. 13, digitized by the NY Public Library.
Assuming it was he who provided the biographical info to the author of the book with this image, Walter (b. S. Abington, MA 1879) knew that he was a Bradford descendant and thought he was a White, but missed Myles Standish, Henry Samson, George Soule, John Alden, Richard Warren, and William & Priscilla Mullins. See his Soule writeup for a bit more information and the other pilgrim writeups for those lineages. Here is Walter's Gen 9 Standish line: Ella A. (White) Curtis, Polly Bradford (Sherman) White, Sabra Soule (Bradford) Sherman, Asaph Soule, Ebenezer, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. Image & some info from Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Union University, Its History, Influence, Characteristics, and Equipment, Vol. II (NY: Lewis, 1907), p. 13, digitized by the NY Public Library.
CURTIS, WILLIAM E.
The book with this photo names his parents, Don B. and Rhoda Harding and the NEHGS had their marriage plus the 1850 federal census (actual image, not just the useless index) showing Don B. in the household of parents Abel & Sarah, plus Abel & Sarah's marriage record - giving his age and birthplace, plus Abel's birth record which matches the birth of Gen 6 Abel Curtis in the Standish silver book. You would have to do more, obviously, to prove this line but the skeleton is there. Other cousin Curtises in Vermont are Henry Samson descendants but a few other VT Curtis cousins are apparently not Mayflower descendants, so be careful. William (b. 1850) and his father were both postmaster of Lowell, so there should be a few records somewhere. Due to a cousin marriage several generations earlier William E. was a double Standish descendant. His Gen 8 line runs as follows: Don B. Curtis, Abel, Abigail (Rood) Curtis, Abigail (Standish) Rood, Samuel Standish, Josiah, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. The Gen 9 line is: Don B. Curtis, Abel, Abigail (Rood) Curtis, Rufus Rood, Mehitable (Standish) Rood, Josiah, Josiah, Myles again. Image and info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 71, 73, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
The book with this photo names his parents, Don B. and Rhoda Harding and the NEHGS had their marriage plus the 1850 federal census (actual image, not just the useless index) showing Don B. in the household of parents Abel & Sarah, plus Abel & Sarah's marriage record - giving his age and birthplace, plus Abel's birth record which matches the birth of Gen 6 Abel Curtis in the Standish silver book. You would have to do more, obviously, to prove this line but the skeleton is there. Other cousin Curtises in Vermont are Henry Samson descendants but a few other VT Curtis cousins are apparently not Mayflower descendants, so be careful. William (b. 1850) and his father were both postmaster of Lowell, so there should be a few records somewhere. Due to a cousin marriage several generations earlier William E. was a double Standish descendant. His Gen 8 line runs as follows: Don B. Curtis, Abel, Abigail (Rood) Curtis, Abigail (Standish) Rood, Samuel Standish, Josiah, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. The Gen 9 line is: Don B. Curtis, Abel, Abigail (Rood) Curtis, Rufus Rood, Mehitable (Standish) Rood, Josiah, Josiah, Myles again. Image and info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 71, 73, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
CUSHMAN, AUSTIN SPRAGUE
The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. Austin was a Gen. 8 Standish and Gen. 8/9 Alden Mullins via his mother, Lucy Sprague of Duxbury, and a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 8/9 Howland-Tilly, 9 Billington and Allerton, and 8 Soule via his father. You can see his other lines on those pages. Austin's Standish line via Lucy runs: Lucy (Sprague) Cushman, Deborah (Sampson) Sprague, Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. The Standish Silver Book gets as far as the birth of Lucy's mother, Deborah, noting that she was listed in her father Abner's will as "Deborah Sprague." The 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 includes her marriage to Seth Sprague. Henry Wyles Cushman's Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), p. 51 mistakenly described Lucy as the daughter of her own brother, "the Hon. Seth Sprague," but the VRs online at the NEHGS prove otherwise. Hon. Seth died a year later, perhaps from the shock. Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. Austin was a Gen. 8 Standish and Gen. 8/9 Alden Mullins via his mother, Lucy Sprague of Duxbury, and a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 8/9 Howland-Tilly, 9 Billington and Allerton, and 8 Soule via his father. You can see his other lines on those pages. Austin's Standish line via Lucy runs: Lucy (Sprague) Cushman, Deborah (Sampson) Sprague, Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. The Standish Silver Book gets as far as the birth of Lucy's mother, Deborah, noting that she was listed in her father Abner's will as "Deborah Sprague." The 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 includes her marriage to Seth Sprague. Henry Wyles Cushman's Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), p. 51 mistakenly described Lucy as the daughter of her own brother, "the Hon. Seth Sprague," but the VRs online at the NEHGS prove otherwise. Hon. Seth died a year later, perhaps from the shock. Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
CUSHMAN, EMERY
Emery Cushman was a Gen 8 Standish plus a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, a triple Gen 7 & single Gen 8 Soule, Gen. 8 Allerton, and Gen 7/8 Howland-Tilley. (See those writeups for the lineages.) Emery's Standish (and Alden-Mullins) lines are on his mother's side, and turned up in a search for his mother on the NEHGS online. Always search for people and double check what you read. That line appeared finally in a GSMD publication with the 2016 Alden silver book part 5. It gets as far as the birth of his mother Betty. Emery's Standish line runs as follows: Betty (Thomas) Cushman, Rachel (Weston) Thomas, Rebecca (Standish) Weston, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 278, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Emery Cushman was a Gen 8 Standish plus a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, a triple Gen 7 & single Gen 8 Soule, Gen. 8 Allerton, and Gen 7/8 Howland-Tilley. (See those writeups for the lineages.) Emery's Standish (and Alden-Mullins) lines are on his mother's side, and turned up in a search for his mother on the NEHGS online. Always search for people and double check what you read. That line appeared finally in a GSMD publication with the 2016 Alden silver book part 5. It gets as far as the birth of his mother Betty. Emery's Standish line runs as follows: Betty (Thomas) Cushman, Rachel (Weston) Thomas, Rebecca (Standish) Weston, Moses Standish, Ebenezer, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 278, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHMAN, EMERY EUGENE
Son of Emery (above) and brother of Henry W. (below), Emery Eugene was a Gen. 9 Standish & Allerton, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278, 280, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Son of Emery (above) and brother of Henry W. (below), Emery Eugene was a Gen. 9 Standish & Allerton, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278, 280, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHMAN, HENRY W.
Son of Emery and brother of Emery Eugene (both above), Henry was a Gen. 9 Standish & Allerton, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Son of Emery and brother of Emery Eugene (both above), Henry was a Gen. 9 Standish & Allerton, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, 8/9 Howland-Tilley, and Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total). See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHMAN, HERCULES
The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a very distant relation (4th cousins, once removed) of the other Cushmans on this page. He was a Gen. 7 Standish, Cooke, Soule, & Eaton, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 8 Priest 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 Standish line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Zachariah, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. The Standish silver book covers only the birth of Zachariah Soule (Gen. 4) then refers readers to the Alden silver book, Part 1. That gets as far as the marriage of grandparents Jabez & Abigail (Bennett) Soule and both the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 and the Soule pink book (#323 ii) cover the marriage of their daughter Mercy to Noah Cushman. Hercules is in the VRs online at the NEHGS site. 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: Tthis 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 very distant relation (4th cousins, once removed) of the other Cushmans on this page. He was a Gen. 7 Standish, Cooke, Soule, & Eaton, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 8 Priest 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 Standish line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Zachariah, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. The Standish silver book covers only the birth of Zachariah Soule (Gen. 4) then refers readers to the Alden silver book, Part 1. That gets as far as the marriage of grandparents Jabez & Abigail (Bennett) Soule and both the 2016 Alden silver book Part 5 and the Soule pink book (#323 ii) cover the marriage of their daughter Mercy to Noah Cushman. Hercules is in the VRs online at the NEHGS site. 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: Tthis edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.
EDDY, HIRAM
Rev. Hiram Eddy of Jersey City, NJ was the brother of Rev. Zachary, below, and as such also a Gen. 7 Standish and Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins twice. HIram's Standish line runs: Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. (See their Alden-Mullins writeups for that lineage.) 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. 58, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Rev. Hiram Eddy of Jersey City, NJ was the brother of Rev. Zachary, below, and as such also a Gen. 7 Standish and Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins twice. HIram's Standish line runs: Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. (See their Alden-Mullins writeups for that lineage.) 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. 58, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EDDY, JAMES HOOD
First cousin of Hiram (above) and Zachary (below), James Hood Eddy was also a Gen. 7 Standish and a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins (twice.) His father, Zachariah Eddy (b 1778), was a younger brother of their father Isaac (b 1774). James's Standish line thus runs: Zachariah Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. (See his Alden-Mullins writeup for that lineage.) 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. 211, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
First cousin of Hiram (above) and Zachary (below), James Hood Eddy was also a Gen. 7 Standish and a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins (twice.) His father, Zachariah Eddy (b 1778), was a younger brother of their father Isaac (b 1774). James's Standish line thus runs: Zachariah Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. (See his Alden-Mullins writeup for that lineage.) 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. 211, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EDDY, ZACHARY
The Rev. Zachary Eddy of Detroit, MI was the keynote orator at the 1880 family reunion from which publication this image and others were taken. He went on in some detail, musing about Eddys of yore, but was able to give specific details about his own line, which had relocated to northwestern NY state in between Plymouth and Detroit. He was a Gen. 7 Standish and a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, twice. (See that writeup for details.) One detail he appears to have gotten wrong was the first name of his paternal grandmother, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy (not Hannah) and he knew that he was an Alden-Mullins but made no mention of Standish or of a second Alden line. Sometimes families forget one or more of their lines over the years. The birth of his father, Isaac Eddy in Middleboro, MA, 1774 (d 1833), is noted in the Standish Silver Book and Isaac's marriage to a Betsey McCreary is in the 2016 Alden book Part 5. Zachary's Standish line runs: Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. Rev. Zachary did note some commonalities about Eddys, and that was height and great strength. Many of the men, he said, were sixfooters at a time when that was rare and were of robust build and able to carry heavy weights. He was the brother of Rev. Hiram, above. However nice the images, this sort of book is likely to have a lot of flaws. (See Morton Eddy, Billington, for a similar example.) Zachary claimed a line of descent from Samuel Fuller which the silver books do not back up. 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. 19, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
The Rev. Zachary Eddy of Detroit, MI was the keynote orator at the 1880 family reunion from which publication this image and others were taken. He went on in some detail, musing about Eddys of yore, but was able to give specific details about his own line, which had relocated to northwestern NY state in between Plymouth and Detroit. He was a Gen. 7 Standish and a Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, twice. (See that writeup for details.) One detail he appears to have gotten wrong was the first name of his paternal grandmother, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy (not Hannah) and he knew that he was an Alden-Mullins but made no mention of Standish or of a second Alden line. Sometimes families forget one or more of their lines over the years. The birth of his father, Isaac Eddy in Middleboro, MA, 1774 (d 1833), is noted in the Standish Silver Book and Isaac's marriage to a Betsey McCreary is in the 2016 Alden book Part 5. Zachary's Standish line runs: Isaac Eddy, Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, Ephraim Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. Rev. Zachary did note some commonalities about Eddys, and that was height and great strength. Many of the men, he said, were sixfooters at a time when that was rare and were of robust build and able to carry heavy weights. He was the brother of Rev. Hiram, above. However nice the images, this sort of book is likely to have a lot of flaws. (See Morton Eddy, Billington, for a similar example.) Zachary claimed a line of descent from Samuel Fuller which the silver books do not back up. 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. 19, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Filoon, Veranus
Veranus could claim Generation 9 Standish descent as well as Generations 9 from Henry Samson and 9/10 Alden-Mullins. The story is that the 2 Filoon brothers were Scots-Irish immigrants from County Armagh in the late 1700s and one, James Filoon, settled in Abington, MA. His son John Williams Filoon married Mary Fullerton (Noah, Asa, John, John.) Great-grandfather John and earlier Fullertons are in the Alden Silver Books. (No Fullertons or Filoons are in the Standish book.) Mary's father Noah Fullerton was a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Generation 7 Standish via the 1st marriage of John Fullerton, Sr., b. Boston 1696 to Ruth Samson, daughter of Mercy Standish, granddaughter of Sarah Alden. Much more Fullerton information can be found in the Samson Silver Book. Reportedly John, Sr. had 17 children, the last born when some of his children were already grandparents and 2nd wife Rebecca Delano was 47. Although the Fullerton family has many Mayflower descendants, John, Sr. worked for then-Gov. Winslow and fled to Canada during the Revolutionary War. Check the next two generations for possible Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution patriots. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 176, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Foster, Catherine Lunan Tonnele
Sister of Elizabeth (see below), Catherine L.T. King (b. 1828, possibly East Haddam, CT), was also a Generation 8 Standish descendant. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 324. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Elizabeth Louisa
A Generation 8 Standish and niece of Lafayette Foster, below, Elizabeth L. F. Mather (1815-1882, b. possibly East Haddam, CT) was the great-granddaughter of Nathan Foster and Hannah Standish via their son Joel Foster and first wife Elizabeth Lansford. Their son Nathan Lanesford Foster was her father and Azubah Louisa Cone her mother. While Elizabeth lived in Connecticut her father reportedly died in Philadelphia, so perhaps a sibling removed to Pennsylvania. The birth of Gen 6 Joel is noted in the Standish Silver Book. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 321-22. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, John Wells
A somewhat distant cousin of Lafayette, Nathan, Catherine, and Elizabeth on this page, John was a Generation 7 Standish. His grandfather, Standish Foster, was brother of Lafayette's father, Capt. Daniel. The Standish silver book gets as far as the birth of John's father, Festus Foster of CT. John was b. Petersham, MA in 1815 and died in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL 1873. He was an attorney, publisher, civil & mining engineer, and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which still exists, so data on John should be readily available. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 325-27. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
Foster, Lafayette Sabine
The Standish Silver Book does get as far as Lafayette (1806-1880), a Generation 6 Myles Standish descendant. His father was Capt. Daniel Foster of CT, whose parents were Nathan Foster and Hannah Standish (Josiah, Josiah, Myles). Lafayette's mother was Daniel's second wife, Welthea Almira Ladd and he was born in Franklin, CT. Lafayette was the uncle of Elizabeth Louisa Foster (above) and a relative of Ariel Standish Thurston and Harriet Newell (both below.) Info from Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), pp. 239-40, 244, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library and Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 1635-1892, 2d ed (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1892), p. 174, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library. Image is from the Library of Congress, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, 1855-1865.
Foster, Nathan Lanesford
Father of Elizabeth and Catherine, second cousin of Lafayette, see above for details, Nathan was a Generation 7 Standish descendant, b. New Salem, MA 1787 and d. Philadelphia, PA 1859. From Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago: Conkey, 1899), p. 321. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FULLER, GEORGE A.
The description in the book from which this image was taken states that George was a direct descendant of Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower. (See his Fuller description for those details.) If the assumptions I made are correct, his great-great grandmother Fuller was a Samson descendant plus a Standish and Alden-Mullins via a non-Mayflower Samson line. Caution: the Samson book, part 2, published in 2005, gave the marriage of Ziba Fuller but had found only one child, a Severance (not Simeon), but the implication is that there may have been more. Check out the next Samson & Samuel Fuller volumes when they come out. George's Standish line should be Gen 10, as follows: Andrew J. Fuller, Asa, Ziba, Ann (Blackmer) Fuller, Rebecca (Samson) Blackmer, Abraham Samson, Lorah (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See his Samson and Alden-Mullins writeups for those details. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 293, digitized by the Library of Congress.
The description in the book from which this image was taken states that George was a direct descendant of Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower. (See his Fuller description for those details.) If the assumptions I made are correct, his great-great grandmother Fuller was a Samson descendant plus a Standish and Alden-Mullins via a non-Mayflower Samson line. Caution: the Samson book, part 2, published in 2005, gave the marriage of Ziba Fuller but had found only one child, a Severance (not Simeon), but the implication is that there may have been more. Check out the next Samson & Samuel Fuller volumes when they come out. George's Standish line should be Gen 10, as follows: Andrew J. Fuller, Asa, Ziba, Ann (Blackmer) Fuller, Rebecca (Samson) Blackmer, Abraham Samson, Lorah (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See his Samson and Alden-Mullins writeups for those details. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 293, digitized by the Library of Congress.
GOODWIN, MARY JANE
She and her brother John Abbott Goodwin both wrote about the first LeBaron immigrant, apparently with different explanations for his arrival. Mary Jane (1831-1894) wrote under her married name, Austin, if you want to look them up. She and her brother were Gen. 8 Standish, Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley, Gen. 7 Bradford, Gen. 8 Hopkins and Warren, whew!. Mary Jane was a Mayflower descendant through both parents, who were distant LeBaron cousins. Mary Jane's Standish line runs as follows: Isaac Goodwin, Lydia Cushing (Samson) Goodwin, Simeon Sampson/Samson, Peleg Samson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. She is not a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson, though her Samson line may be collateral relations. The Standish Silver Book Part 1 gets through the birth of Lydia Cushing Samson, one generation farther than the Alden book. Vital records on the NEHGS site have her marriage to William Goodwin, Isaac's birth, his marriage to Elizabeth Hammatt, and Mary Jane's birth in Worcester, where the family had moved from Plymouth. See her Bradford, Alden-Mullins, Hopkins, Howland-Tilley, and Warren write-ups for those lines. This image is credited as a photo provided by Mary Jane's daughter, Lilian Ivers (Goodwin) DaSilva, circa 1890 would be my guess. Image and info from Mary LeBaron Stockwell, Descendants of Francis LeBaron of Plymouth, Mass. (Boston: Marvin, 1904), pp. 21-22, 33, 50, 122, 263, 408, digitized by the New York Public Library.
She and her brother John Abbott Goodwin both wrote about the first LeBaron immigrant, apparently with different explanations for his arrival. Mary Jane (1831-1894) wrote under her married name, Austin, if you want to look them up. She and her brother were Gen. 8 Standish, Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley, Gen. 7 Bradford, Gen. 8 Hopkins and Warren, whew!. Mary Jane was a Mayflower descendant through both parents, who were distant LeBaron cousins. Mary Jane's Standish line runs as follows: Isaac Goodwin, Lydia Cushing (Samson) Goodwin, Simeon Sampson/Samson, Peleg Samson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. She is not a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson, though her Samson line may be collateral relations. The Standish Silver Book Part 1 gets through the birth of Lydia Cushing Samson, one generation farther than the Alden book. Vital records on the NEHGS site have her marriage to William Goodwin, Isaac's birth, his marriage to Elizabeth Hammatt, and Mary Jane's birth in Worcester, where the family had moved from Plymouth. See her Bradford, Alden-Mullins, Hopkins, Howland-Tilley, and Warren write-ups for those lines. This image is credited as a photo provided by Mary Jane's daughter, Lilian Ivers (Goodwin) DaSilva, circa 1890 would be my guess. Image and info from Mary LeBaron Stockwell, Descendants of Francis LeBaron of Plymouth, Mass. (Boston: Marvin, 1904), pp. 21-22, 33, 50, 122, 263, 408, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Grant, George Granville
A Norwich, CT native, born 1871, George was a Standish descendant through his mother, Isadora M. Staples, daughter of Elias W. Staples of Norwich and Abby Standish of Bozrah, Connecticut. Elias and Abby married in 1834. Until I can track Abby to someone in the Standish silver book I can only guesstimate that George was a 10th generation descendant. Picture from Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, v. II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1922), p. 24. Be forewarned that the author started numbering the pages all over again when he got to the biographical section, so this is not actually "page 24," though it says so. Digitized by the University of California Libraries.
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 grandmother Elizabeth Samson (Alden-Mullins, Standish) married Silas Sturtevant (Priest, Eaton). Thus, a Generation 8 Standish, Daniel was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins (twice), Generation 8 Doty & Eaton, and Generation 9 Priest, Hopkins, Cooke, & Chilton. The Standish and Eaton Silver Books take his maternal line as far as Ephraim Sturtevant, Lucy's father and the 2016 Alden book Part 5 gets to the marriage of Ephraim Sturtevant & Abigail Howard. Paternal grandmother Susannah (Reynolds) Howard is in the Doty book (twice, but only one mention reveals that she was also a Cooke & Hopkins.) Silas Sturtevant is in the Priest book. Daniel was born in Brockton, Plymouth County, where he died in 1904, and was the older brother of Gorham Bradford Howard, below. See Gorham's write-ups for each lineage. 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 Standish, Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins (twice), Generation 8 Doty & Eaton, and Generation 9 Priest, Hopkins, Cooke, & Chilton (I think.) The Standish line would run: Lucy (Sturtevant) Howard, Ephraim Sturtevant, Elizabeth (Samson) Sturtevant, Ephraim Samson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. I have found no genealogical reason for this man's parents naming him "Gorham Bradford." if you find a Howland and/or Bradford link, please let me know. 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.
LITTLE, CHARLES DAVID
Younger brother of Norman and William, below, Charles D. Little (1822-1903) was also b. Avon, NY and d. Saginaw, MI. He became an attorney and was elected to the state legislature three times in the 1860s & '70s, according to the author of the book with his picture. He was also in the Civil War and later active in the local G.A.R. post. All this means you should be able to find more pictures of him. At least 2 of his 4 children, daughters, married and may have had children, possibly of the surnames Ostrom and Stark. See Norman's writeup for Charles's Gen 8 Standish lineage and some cautions and tips about proving this line as well. Also see their Warren, Samson, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lineages. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 152, 154-6 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
Younger brother of Norman and William, below, Charles D. Little (1822-1903) was also b. Avon, NY and d. Saginaw, MI. He became an attorney and was elected to the state legislature three times in the 1860s & '70s, according to the author of the book with his picture. He was also in the Civil War and later active in the local G.A.R. post. All this means you should be able to find more pictures of him. At least 2 of his 4 children, daughters, married and may have had children, possibly of the surnames Ostrom and Stark. See Norman's writeup for Charles's Gen 8 Standish lineage and some cautions and tips about proving this line as well. Also see their Warren, Samson, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lineages. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 152, 154-6 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
LITTLE, NORMAN
Brother of Charles David Little and William L. P. Little, Norman (1806-1859) was born in Avon, NY according to the author of the book with this picture, and gets the lion's share of the credit for getting Saginaw, MI up and running. He originally came to Saginaw in 1822/23 with his father Dr. Charles Little, but for whatever reason they opted to not relocate until 1836. Two things about this line: I believe Dr. Charles Little, whose birth date is specified in the book, is the same Charles Little in the Samson silver book, of whom there was no further knowledge but he was born on the exact same day. That Charles had a brother Norman and Dr. Charles named his son Norman. The silver book Charles had a brother David and the dr. named a son Charles David. However, you will have to prove Dr. Charles' link because the Saginaw book says nothing about family of origin. Secondly, findagrave shows Charles and wife Wealthy buried in NY but the book says Charles died in 1841 at the Saginaw home of his daughter. Wealthy was interred in NY in 1849 and the book does not mention her ever coming to Saginaw. This is a family that did have the wherewithal and connections to ship a deceased person back to his hometown for burial, so look for death records or certificates in Saginaw first, NY second. Findagrave also shows Charles' wife as the mother of his daughter but calls Norman & brothers Adeline's "half brothers." My money is on full brothers but because someone has now publicly sowed the seeds of doubt, you will be required to investigate that further should you try to join the Mayflower Society on this line. The Little brothers are Standish, double Alden-Mullins, Samson, and Warren descendants and have writeups in those sections. Their Gen 8 Standish line runs, beginning with the father: Charles Little, Gamaliel, Mary (Sampson) Little, David Samson, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles of the Mayflower. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 132, 152, 192 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
Brother of Charles David Little and William L. P. Little, Norman (1806-1859) was born in Avon, NY according to the author of the book with this picture, and gets the lion's share of the credit for getting Saginaw, MI up and running. He originally came to Saginaw in 1822/23 with his father Dr. Charles Little, but for whatever reason they opted to not relocate until 1836. Two things about this line: I believe Dr. Charles Little, whose birth date is specified in the book, is the same Charles Little in the Samson silver book, of whom there was no further knowledge but he was born on the exact same day. That Charles had a brother Norman and Dr. Charles named his son Norman. The silver book Charles had a brother David and the dr. named a son Charles David. However, you will have to prove Dr. Charles' link because the Saginaw book says nothing about family of origin. Secondly, findagrave shows Charles and wife Wealthy buried in NY but the book says Charles died in 1841 at the Saginaw home of his daughter. Wealthy was interred in NY in 1849 and the book does not mention her ever coming to Saginaw. This is a family that did have the wherewithal and connections to ship a deceased person back to his hometown for burial, so look for death records or certificates in Saginaw first, NY second. Findagrave also shows Charles' wife as the mother of his daughter but calls Norman & brothers Adeline's "half brothers." My money is on full brothers but because someone has now publicly sowed the seeds of doubt, you will be required to investigate that further should you try to join the Mayflower Society on this line. The Little brothers are Standish, double Alden-Mullins, Samson, and Warren descendants and have writeups in those sections. Their Gen 8 Standish line runs, beginning with the father: Charles Little, Gamaliel, Mary (Sampson) Little, David Samson, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles of the Mayflower. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 132, 152, 192 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
LITTLE, WILLIAM L. P.
I do not know what the "L. P." stood for but finding out might give you some useful links to connect him with his parents' extended families. See brother Norman's writeup, above, for advice about using this line for lineage society membership. William was also born in Avon, N.Y. in 1814 and died in Saginaw, MI in 1867. He served as mayor of East Saginaw and was "Receiver" of the U.S. Land Office, so you should be able to find more pictures of him in local archives, possibly federal, too. I do not know if he had children. See Norman's writeup for the Gen. 8 Standish lineage and see their Warren, Samson, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 152, 153-5 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
I do not know what the "L. P." stood for but finding out might give you some useful links to connect him with his parents' extended families. See brother Norman's writeup, above, for advice about using this line for lineage society membership. William was also born in Avon, N.Y. in 1814 and died in Saginaw, MI in 1867. He served as mayor of East Saginaw and was "Receiver" of the U.S. Land Office, so you should be able to find more pictures of him in local archives, possibly federal, too. I do not know if he had children. See Norman's writeup for the Gen. 8 Standish lineage and see their Warren, Samson, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image and info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 152, 153-5 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
MILLER, NORMAN L.
The "L." is possibly for "Little" as he is the nephew of Norman Little, above, and thus a Standish, double Alden-Mullins, Samson, and Warren descendant. Norman Miller (c 1832-c 1915) was the son of Charles, Norman, and William's younger sister Adaline Little (b. 1810). She married Hiram Miller in Avon, NY in 1830, according to the book with this photo (which also has a photo of Hiram and more biographical info but unfortunately no image of Adaline.) For the line beyond Adaline (Little) Miller, see Norman's writeup, above. See the other sections for those lineages. The book with this image contains several pages of Norman's recollections of early Saginaw, where he and his family settled in 1836, having arrived by canoe. Adaline actually preceded her brothers to the wilds of Saginaw in terms of permanently settling there. It's hard to be sure since all 5 have large beards, but Norman seems to look more like his father Hiram, whose picture is on page 125. Image and some info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 123-5, 127, 152, 160-2, 152, 153-5 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
The "L." is possibly for "Little" as he is the nephew of Norman Little, above, and thus a Standish, double Alden-Mullins, Samson, and Warren descendant. Norman Miller (c 1832-c 1915) was the son of Charles, Norman, and William's younger sister Adaline Little (b. 1810). She married Hiram Miller in Avon, NY in 1830, according to the book with this photo (which also has a photo of Hiram and more biographical info but unfortunately no image of Adaline.) For the line beyond Adaline (Little) Miller, see Norman's writeup, above. See the other sections for those lineages. The book with this image contains several pages of Norman's recollections of early Saginaw, where he and his family settled in 1836, having arrived by canoe. Adaline actually preceded her brothers to the wilds of Saginaw in terms of permanently settling there. It's hard to be sure since all 5 have large beards, but Norman seems to look more like his father Hiram, whose picture is on page 125. Image and some info from James Cooke Mills, History of Saginaw County Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical (Saginaw: Seeman & Peters, 1918), pp. 123-5, 127, 152, 160-2, 152, 153-5 digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
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, Brewster, Soule, 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 8 Standish line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Deborah (Perkins) Murdock, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. 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 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 Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record.
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, Brewster, Soule, 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 8 Standish line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Deborah (Perkins) Murdock, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. 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 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 Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record.
NEWELL, HARRIET ATWOOD
Niece of Ariel Standish Thurston (below), a contributor to the book from which this image was taken, but just 9 years younger than him, she was a Generation 8 Standish via Ariel's sister Philomela (Thurston) Newell. Philomela (named for her mother) went to Bombay, India as a missionary in 1817 and met the Rev. Samuel Newell of Maine there. Their brief marriage (he died of cholera in 1821) produced one child, Harriet Atwood Newell, b. 1819. Philomela married a NY printer working in the missions and they did not return to the US until 1832. Harriet married in New York a Smith Hart, Georgia planter, in 1856 (not a good time to marry a Southern planter and move to Georgia.) Harriet's half-brother James Garrett (not a Standish descendant) was a Union soldier who died a prisoner. Harriet's mother Philomela (Thurston) (Newell) Garrett was a cousin of sorts of Lafayette Sabine Foster of CT, above (mistakenly identified as "Lafayette Standish Foster" in this book.) Thus if you find people named Hart who can trace their ancestry to antebellum Georgia, their claims to descend from Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower might well be true. See Ariel's writeup for the lineage. Image and info from Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 1635-1892, 2d ed (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1892), p. 174, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.
Niece of Ariel Standish Thurston (below), a contributor to the book from which this image was taken, but just 9 years younger than him, she was a Generation 8 Standish via Ariel's sister Philomela (Thurston) Newell. Philomela (named for her mother) went to Bombay, India as a missionary in 1817 and met the Rev. Samuel Newell of Maine there. Their brief marriage (he died of cholera in 1821) produced one child, Harriet Atwood Newell, b. 1819. Philomela married a NY printer working in the missions and they did not return to the US until 1832. Harriet married in New York a Smith Hart, Georgia planter, in 1856 (not a good time to marry a Southern planter and move to Georgia.) Harriet's half-brother James Garrett (not a Standish descendant) was a Union soldier who died a prisoner. Harriet's mother Philomela (Thurston) (Newell) Garrett was a cousin of sorts of Lafayette Sabine Foster of CT, above (mistakenly identified as "Lafayette Standish Foster" in this book.) Thus if you find people named Hart who can trace their ancestry to antebellum Georgia, their claims to descend from Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower might well be true. See Ariel's writeup for the lineage. Image and info from Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 1635-1892, 2d ed (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1892), p. 174, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.
PINEO, STEPHEN SEDGLEY
Since he was born in 1850 and this book was published in 1898, Stephen is no older than 48 in this picture. Supposedly the first Pineo in New England was Jacques, a Huguenot who arrived in CT in 1690. I don't know how much research, if any, was done at the European end. This Stephen is a Gen 9 descendant of Myles Standish (also a Samson and Alden-Mullins.) If applying you may combine silver books to get the first generations as far as you can, so since hiis father's birth and marriage are in the Samson silver book, Part 3, you can put Standish, Alden, and Samson together to get to Gen. 8, two generations farther than most applicants. Stephen's Standish line runs: David Pineo, David, Jonathan, Elizabeth (Samson) Pineo, David Samson, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See Stephen's Samson and Alden-Mullins sections for more information and for those lineages. Image and info from Biographical Review Volume XXIX, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook Counties, Maine (Boston: Biographical Review, 1898), pp. 374-7, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
Since he was born in 1850 and this book was published in 1898, Stephen is no older than 48 in this picture. Supposedly the first Pineo in New England was Jacques, a Huguenot who arrived in CT in 1690. I don't know how much research, if any, was done at the European end. This Stephen is a Gen 9 descendant of Myles Standish (also a Samson and Alden-Mullins.) If applying you may combine silver books to get the first generations as far as you can, so since hiis father's birth and marriage are in the Samson silver book, Part 3, you can put Standish, Alden, and Samson together to get to Gen. 8, two generations farther than most applicants. Stephen's Standish line runs: David Pineo, David, Jonathan, Elizabeth (Samson) Pineo, David Samson, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See Stephen's Samson and Alden-Mullins sections for more information and for those lineages. Image and info from Biographical Review Volume XXIX, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook Counties, Maine (Boston: Biographical Review, 1898), pp. 374-7, digitized by the Allen Co (IN) Public Library.
POOL, OLIVE
The book with this picture has an interesting anecdote about the young Olive of Plymouth Co. (1768-1850) and how she came to marry the Rev. William Reed of Easton in nearby Bristol Co.. She was a Gen. 5 Samson descendant so her birth, marriage, 9 children, and 22 grandchildren are in that silver book, Part 3. The Standish silver book leaves off with Gen. 4 and refers readers to Samson. Olive's Mayflower lines are all via her paternal grandmother, with her Gen 6 Standish line as follows: Ruth (Fullerton) Pool/Poole, Ruth (Samson) Fullerton, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. The image here is said to have been from a daguerrotype made when she was older, loaned to the author by the family. Daguerrotypes were in use in the 1840s so Olive would have been 70+ when this was made. The book also contains a description of the finery she and her husband wore when married, including his white wig and cocked hat. See the Alden-Mullins and Samson sections for those lineages. Image and some info from William L. Chaffin, History of the Town of Easton, Massachusetts (Cambridge: University Press, 1886), pp. 264-267, digitized by the Library of Congress.
The book with this picture has an interesting anecdote about the young Olive of Plymouth Co. (1768-1850) and how she came to marry the Rev. William Reed of Easton in nearby Bristol Co.. She was a Gen. 5 Samson descendant so her birth, marriage, 9 children, and 22 grandchildren are in that silver book, Part 3. The Standish silver book leaves off with Gen. 4 and refers readers to Samson. Olive's Mayflower lines are all via her paternal grandmother, with her Gen 6 Standish line as follows: Ruth (Fullerton) Pool/Poole, Ruth (Samson) Fullerton, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. The image here is said to have been from a daguerrotype made when she was older, loaned to the author by the family. Daguerrotypes were in use in the 1840s so Olive would have been 70+ when this was made. The book also contains a description of the finery she and her husband wore when married, including his white wig and cocked hat. See the Alden-Mullins and Samson sections for those lineages. Image and some info from William L. Chaffin, History of the Town of Easton, Massachusetts (Cambridge: University Press, 1886), pp. 264-267, digitized by the Library of Congress.
RICKETSON, ANNA & EMMA LOUISA
Daughters of Maria Louisa Sampson and sisters of Arthur & Walton, all below, they are Gen 9 Standish + Alden-Mullins, Samson, & Chilton descendants. See their mother's writeup for details. Images from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous (New Bedford: Anthony, 1910), pp. 14, 18, digitized by the University of California Libraries. |
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RICKETSON, ARTHUR AND WALTON
Brothers of Anna & Emma Louisa, above, and sons of Maria Louisa Sampson, below, they are Gen. 9 Standish + Samson, Alden-Mullins, & Chilton descendants. See their mother's writeup for details. Images from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous (New Bedford: Anthony, 1910), pp. 12, 16, digitized by the University of California Libraries. 
ROBINSON, GIFFORD S.
Born in IL in 1843 to parents from MA and residing in IA as an adult, Gifford is likely a descendant of more than what I found in a quick look, if only because I didn't get as far as figuring out which Gifford he was named for. And even that is just an assumption based on the snow white hair. He would be a Gen 9 Standish and a Gen 9/10 Alden-Mullins. The Alden silver book, part 5, gets as far as the birth of his grandfather, Simeon Robinson. Of great help in getting past his father Israel Washburn (another name to check on) Robinson was the DAR's GRS database. Bristol Co, MA would be an area with relatively easy-to-find genealogical records and interest in proving DAR eligibility. Sure enough, two women had claimed descent from patriot Seth Robinson, great-grandfather of Gifford, and Seth turned up married to a Mayflower descendant on the NEHGS's database due to their collaboration with the GSMD in digitizing the 5th generation of the Mayflower silver (lineage) books. Gifford's Standish line runs: Israel Washburn Robinson, Simeon Robinson, Hannah (Williams) Robinson, Zerviah (Staples) Williams, Hannah (Standish) Staples, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. Caution: ancestors with double names, such as "Israel Washburn" or "Gifford S." born after the American Revolution sometimes turn out to have no biological connection to a predecessor of that name (i.e., Israel Washburn.) In the exuberance of throwing off the yoke of colonialism, parents started naming children after home-grown Americans they admired or liked, often in their own community. Image & DOB from Benjamin F. Gue, Jr., History of Iowa, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Vol. IV (NY: Century History Co., 1903), p. 224, digitized by the New York Public Libraries. 
SAMPSON, AUGUSTUS N.
He was a member of the 19th century's "Greatest Generation" - the Union soldiers of the Civil War, the civilian support personnel (think Clara Barton inventing the Red Cross), and the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps for half a century afterwards. Augustus (1839-1901) was a MA Post Commander of the GAR in 1873 and the picture from which this blurry scan was snipped shows him in full regalia. He was a Gen. 8 descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson and the Samson silver book gets to the birth of his father, George Robinson Sampson. The NEHGS vital records also cover this family quite well. Backing up from George all the way to Henry you will pick up on Augustus's many other pilgrim lines, including Standish and Alden-Mullins, twice each. (See the Samson & Alden-Mullins sections for those lines.) Augustus's 1st Standish line (Gen 9) runs: George Robinson Sampson, Zephaniah, Joshua, Deborah (Samson) Sampson, Miles Samson, Lorah (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. His second Standish line (also Gen 9) runs: George Robinson Sampson, Zephaniah, Joshua, Amos, Joshua, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, and Capt. Myles again. Image from Bowdoin S. Parker, What One Grand Army Post has Accomplished: History of Edward W. Kinsley Post, No. 113, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, Massachusetts (Norwood: Norwood Press, 1913), p. 44, digitized by the Library of Congress.
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SAMPSON, MARIA LOUISA
Louisa Ricketson, as she was known in adult life, was a Standish, Alden-Mullins, Samson, Chilton, and possible Warren descendant via paternal grandmother Hannah Cooper. Her Gen 9 Standish line runs: Zabdiel Sampson, Hannah (Cooper) Sampson, Hannah (Sampson) Cooper, Ebenezer Samson, David, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. The Standish silver book gets only as far as the birth of David Samson but the Henry Samson silver book Part 3 gets you all the way to Louisa's parents. The only VRs still needed were her 1813 birth and 1834 marriage to Daniel Ricketson of New Bedford. These were found on the NEHGS site. See her Samson writeup for more information on Louisa and children Arthur, Walton, Emma Louise, and Anna Ricketson and see the Mystery/Fun Photos section for the Warren puzzle. Image on the left (1833) from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson and his Friends: Letters, Poems, Sketches, Etc. (Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1902), p. 360, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and on the right (1850) from Anna & Walton Ricketson, eds., Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous (New Bedford: Anthony, 1910), p. 10, digitized by the University of California Libraries. 
SAMPSON, MERRITT F.
Note the GAR emblem, to which he belonged due to service in the 4th MA Cavalry and the 19th U.S. Infantry. There should be a Civil War pension file at the NARA & GAR records for you to use. (Descendants qualify for DUVCW & SUVCW as well as DAR & SAR.) Merritt would have been a 2d cousin twice removed of Uriah Sampson, below, though Merritt's family left Middleboro, MA generations before he was born. His lineage is very confusing, so I recommend you use the newest Alden silver book, Part 5, which has revamped and augmented earlier silver book writeups on Jacob and Isaac Sampson, Gen 5 brothers. The book with Merritt's photo has the story essentially correct but is missing a generation and the NEHGS was not much help. The two brothers left for western MA after the Revolution. One of them, Jacob, (Merritt's ancestor) had a son of the same name (also Merritt's ancestor) who was on the wrong side of Shays's Rebellion. Various members of both families wound up in VT and many in the next generations scattered. Merritt's Gen 9 line runs: Chester Sampson, Calvin, Jacob, Jacob, Isaac, Lydia (Standish) Samson/Sampson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. These Samsons/Sampsons are descendants of pilgrim Henry's brother, so genetically related but not Mayflower descendants on that line. See the Alden-Mullins writeup for that lineage. Image and some info, including gaps, from The Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Boston: Biographical Review, 1896), pp. 355-6, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. |
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Sampson, Thomas B.
Generation 7 Standish descendant Thomas was a War of 1812 US Navy veteran and later a sea captain. He was also son of a mariner and onetime Barbary Coast prisoner, Capt. Chapin Sampson of Boston, himself son of a sea captain, and wife Sarah Smith. His entire sixth-generation Samson lineage is in the Henry Samson Silver Book, which quotes at some length from the county history from which this image comes. Thomas was born in Waldoboro, ME in 1797 and died in or near Gardiner, ME in 1873 so this portrait is presumably of him in his early 70s. The Samson Silver Book reveals that Capt. Chapin Sampson was a descendant of the Alden-Mullins, Standish, and Warren families. These lines are from the marriages of Capt. Chapin's father Chapin/Chaffin Samson to Betty Clift, daughter of Judith (Church) Clift, a Warren; and the marriage of Caleb Samson (son of pilgrim Henry), to Mercy Standish, a granddaughter of John & Priscilla (Mullins) Alden and Myles Standish. The Standish Silver Book refers readers to the Samson volume for the rest of the line. Image from Kingsbury & Deyo, Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine (NY: H. W. Blake, 1892), pp. 672, 678, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
SAMPSON, URIAH
The birth of his Gen. 6 namesake grandfather is noted in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 1 and this Uriah (1806-1880), Middleborough, MA tavern keeper, is a Gen. 8 Standish, as well as a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins. The journal from which this image was taken did not note the family's descent from Myles Standish, John Alden, or the Mullinses but took care to alert the reader that he was NOT a descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson but of Abraham Samson, a possible brother. So by 1900 even people in Plymouth County were forgetting their ancestry. The marriage of Uriah #1, the birth of his son Elias (who opened the tavern), Elias's marriage and the birth of his children are in the vital records that can be found on the NEHGS site. Uriah's lineage runs: Elias Sampson, Uriah, Isaac, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. (See his Alden-Mullins writeup for that line.) Image and info from "The Pilgrimage to Plymouth July 11, 1921," in Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches No. 51 (New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1921), pp. 28, 30, 33, 34. Image photographed by a volunteer from print version at the LOC.
The birth of his Gen. 6 namesake grandfather is noted in the Alden Silver Book, vol. 1 and this Uriah (1806-1880), Middleborough, MA tavern keeper, is a Gen. 8 Standish, as well as a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins. The journal from which this image was taken did not note the family's descent from Myles Standish, John Alden, or the Mullinses but took care to alert the reader that he was NOT a descendant of pilgrim Henry Samson but of Abraham Samson, a possible brother. So by 1900 even people in Plymouth County were forgetting their ancestry. The marriage of Uriah #1, the birth of his son Elias (who opened the tavern), Elias's marriage and the birth of his children are in the vital records that can be found on the NEHGS site. Uriah's lineage runs: Elias Sampson, Uriah, Isaac, Lydia (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish of the Mayflower. (See his Alden-Mullins writeup for that line.) Image and info from "The Pilgrimage to Plymouth July 11, 1921," in Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches No. 51 (New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1921), pp. 28, 30, 33, 34. Image photographed by a volunteer from print version at the LOC.
SAMSON, DEBORAH
The marriage of the parents of Generation 6 descendant Deborah (Samson) Sprague is noted in the Alden, Standish, and Samson Silver Books but not as a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson. She was no relation to him. However, her father, Abner Samson, married a Sarah Samson who WAS, then married secondly Deborah Bisbee, who was NOT. Deborah's birth in Duxbury, 1761, is noted in the Standish volume but not her marriage to Seth Sprague. Deborah's Standish line runs: Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. It is difficult to tell anything about Deborah's hair, height, or build from this engraving but the author noted that she had a sister, Welthea (Samson) Freeman, wife of William Freeman, Esq. of Duxbury, d. 14 April 1847 whom she resembled. If you have an image of Welthea (hopefully without a giant bonnet) that we can publish here with Deborah, please let me know. Image from Richard Soule, Jr., Memorial of the Sprague Family (Boston: James Munroe Co., 1847), p. 22, digitized by the New York Public Library.
The marriage of the parents of Generation 6 descendant Deborah (Samson) Sprague is noted in the Alden, Standish, and Samson Silver Books but not as a descendant of Pilgrim Henry Samson. She was no relation to him. However, her father, Abner Samson, married a Sarah Samson who WAS, then married secondly Deborah Bisbee, who was NOT. Deborah's birth in Duxbury, 1761, is noted in the Standish volume but not her marriage to Seth Sprague. Deborah's Standish line runs: Abner Samson, Nathaniel, Lora (Standish) Samson, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. It is difficult to tell anything about Deborah's hair, height, or build from this engraving but the author noted that she had a sister, Welthea (Samson) Freeman, wife of William Freeman, Esq. of Duxbury, d. 14 April 1847 whom she resembled. If you have an image of Welthea (hopefully without a giant bonnet) that we can publish here with Deborah, please let me know. Image from Richard Soule, Jr., Memorial of the Sprague Family (Boston: James Munroe Co., 1847), p. 22, digitized by the New York Public Library.
SAVERY, JOHN
Father of William, below, John Savery (1759-1853) made the cannonballs used by the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. Cool. (This should qualify female descendants for membership in the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812.) He married Polly Atwood, daughter of Eli of Middleborough and Lydia Griffith of Carver. Further research there might be useful in finding additional lines for his son. I think the father-son resemblance is strong if you can imagine William without the beard. See William's writeup for the Gen 7 Standish, Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins,and the Soule lineages. Image and some 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. 83-84, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
Father of William, below, John Savery (1759-1853) made the cannonballs used by the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. Cool. (This should qualify female descendants for membership in the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812.) He married Polly Atwood, daughter of Eli of Middleborough and Lydia Griffith of Carver. Further research there might be useful in finding additional lines for his son. I think the father-son resemblance is strong if you can imagine William without the beard. See William's writeup for the Gen 7 Standish, Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins,and the Soule lineages. Image and some 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. 83-84, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.
SAVERY, WILLIAM
His grandmother and the Hon. Jesse Murdock's grandmother were sisters, thus they were second cousins. William's Gen 8 Standish line runs: John Savery, Hannah (Perkins) Savery, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See his Alden-Mullins and Soule write-ups for those lines. Image and a tiny bit of biographical info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 273, 280, digitized by U MA, Amherst. The Alden silver book Part 1 documented the marriage of Hannah (Sampson) Perkins and the Soule pink book included the birth of daughter Sarah, her marriage to Peleg Savery, and the birth of William's father John. The Carver, MA vital records have William's birth in 1815, parents, and wife. You can access those on the NEHGS, a subscription site but worth every penny.
His grandmother and the Hon. Jesse Murdock's grandmother were sisters, thus they were second cousins. William's Gen 8 Standish line runs: John Savery, Hannah (Perkins) Savery, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See his Alden-Mullins and Soule write-ups for those lines. Image and a tiny bit of biographical info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 273, 280, digitized by U MA, Amherst. The Alden silver book Part 1 documented the marriage of Hannah (Sampson) Perkins and the Soule pink book included the birth of daughter Sarah, her marriage to Peleg Savery, and the birth of William's father John. The Carver, MA vital records have William's birth in 1815, parents, and wife. You can access those on the NEHGS, a subscription site but worth every penny.
Scripture, William E.
New York Supreme Court Justice William E. Scripture was probably a Generation 8 Standish descendant via his mother, Harriet Standish Snow, a daughter of Wilson Snow. This is "probably" because the NEHGS database has a Wilson Snow marrying a Hannah Standish in Rochester, Plymouth County in 1819 and presumably the same Wilson Snow marrying a different woman in 1824. It shows no daughter Harriet, though the book from which this photo comes says that she was born in Plymouth (and was still alive in 1896, presumably in Rome, NY.) There are some possible candidates for Hannah in the Standish silver book, so assuming William's grandmother was one of them, a Generation 6, he would be an 8th generation Standish. Wilson Snow of Rochester was the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Joshua Snows, the last two of whom are on page 142 of the Hopkins silver book as Generations 5 & 6, making William E. a Generation 10 Hopkins. The next Joshua (Wilson's father) married a Hannah Snow. Assuming she was also of Rochester, the most likely candidate is the daughter of Joseph & Rachel, b. 1771. Assuming this was the Joseph of Rochester who married Rachel Landers of Sandwich in 1756, who are in the Hopkins silver book as Generation 6, William E. Scripture would also be a Generation 10 Hopkins that way. The Hopkins book further says that Joseph's mother, Mary (Sturtevant) Snow was a Warren descendant and given that his father's name is "Prence Snow," you should look for a Brewster link. (Prence turns out to be a descendant of Gov. Thomas Prence via another wife, not Patience Brewster, however.) Mary (Sturtevant) Snow and her husband and son are indeed in the Warren silver book, vol. II, as generations 5 & 6, making William E. Scripture also a Generation 10 Warren. Image and 2 generations from Daniel E. Wager, ed., Our County and Its People, a Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York (The Boston History Company, 1896), p. 197, part II. Digitized by the University of California Libraries.
SHERMAN, CHARLES EDWIN WALLACE
The writeup in this book turns out to be correct and Charles is a Generation 8 Standish via his mother Irene Shaw (Standish) Sherman, daughter of Jonathan Standish who is listed as Generation 6 in the Standish silver book. The book does not note that he was also a Generation 8 Hopkins descendant via his maternal grandmother Mary (Eddy) Standish, a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins because his Standish line comes from Myles's son Alexander and his first wife Sarah Alden, and a Generation 8 Soule via his maternal great-grandmother Rachel (Cobb) Standish. Charles's Standish line is Irene, Jonathan, Moses, Moses, Ebenezer, Alexander, Myles. Info and image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 593. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
The writeup in this book turns out to be correct and Charles is a Generation 8 Standish via his mother Irene Shaw (Standish) Sherman, daughter of Jonathan Standish who is listed as Generation 6 in the Standish silver book. The book does not note that he was also a Generation 8 Hopkins descendant via his maternal grandmother Mary (Eddy) Standish, a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins because his Standish line comes from Myles's son Alexander and his first wife Sarah Alden, and a Generation 8 Soule via his maternal great-grandmother Rachel (Cobb) Standish. Charles's Standish line is Irene, Jonathan, Moses, Moses, Ebenezer, Alexander, Myles. Info and image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 593. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
SOULE, OAKES SAMPSON
Oakes S. Soule (1809-1890) was a Generation 7 Standish as a descendent of Benjamin Soule, who married Sarah Standish around 1693. Sarah was an Alden granddaughter so he was also a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins. Oakes was a Generation 7 descendent of pilgrim George. See his Soule entry for details. Despite his middle name, I find no evidence that Oakes was a descendent of pilgrim Henry Samson via his mother Ruth Samson of Plympton, daughter of Capt. Thomas Samson & Ruth Bryant. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1089, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Oakes S. Soule (1809-1890) was a Generation 7 Standish as a descendent of Benjamin Soule, who married Sarah Standish around 1693. Sarah was an Alden granddaughter so he was also a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins. Oakes was a Generation 7 descendent of pilgrim George. See his Soule entry for details. Despite his middle name, I find no evidence that Oakes was a descendent of pilgrim Henry Samson via his mother Ruth Samson of Plympton, daughter of Capt. Thomas Samson & Ruth Bryant. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1089, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
SOULE, WILLIAM
Dr. William Soule formerly graced the "Mystery/Fun Photos" page. Eventually with the help of the NEHGR and some guesswork I figured out his Gen. 7 Soule lineage and in the process learned he had 2 Standish lines, 2 Alden-Mullins lines, and Allerton, Cooke & Hopkins lines as well. William's Gen 8 Standish line runs: Ivory Soule, Zerviah (Cushman) Soule, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander, Myles Standish. His Gen 7 line is: Ivory Soule, Beza, Ebenezer, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. William's grandparents were 2d cousins, once removed. The Standish silver book leaves off with Gen 4 in the Myles-Alexander-Sarah line and refers the reader to the nonexistent volume 3, a discredited Soule silver book of long ago. The line is actually continued in the Alden silver book Part 1 through Gen 5 and in the Soule pink books all the way to the birth of William. The Standish book gets to the birth of Gen 5 with the Myles-Alexander-Ebenezer line and Alden Part 1 takes you to the marriage. The Allerton book gets one generation further, to the birth of William's grandmother, Zerviah Cushman. More generations may be added to these volumes in the future as the Silver Book series expands to generations 6 & 7. See William's Soule writeup for more details on solving this mystery. Image credit: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
Dr. William Soule formerly graced the "Mystery/Fun Photos" page. Eventually with the help of the NEHGR and some guesswork I figured out his Gen. 7 Soule lineage and in the process learned he had 2 Standish lines, 2 Alden-Mullins lines, and Allerton, Cooke & Hopkins lines as well. William's Gen 8 Standish line runs: Ivory Soule, Zerviah (Cushman) Soule, Sarah (Ring) Cushman, Zerviah (Standish) Ring, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander, Myles Standish. His Gen 7 line is: Ivory Soule, Beza, Ebenezer, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower. William's grandparents were 2d cousins, once removed. The Standish silver book leaves off with Gen 4 in the Myles-Alexander-Sarah line and refers the reader to the nonexistent volume 3, a discredited Soule silver book of long ago. The line is actually continued in the Alden silver book Part 1 through Gen 5 and in the Soule pink books all the way to the birth of William. The Standish book gets to the birth of Gen 5 with the Myles-Alexander-Ebenezer line and Alden Part 1 takes you to the marriage. The Allerton book gets one generation further, to the birth of William's grandmother, Zerviah Cushman. More generations may be added to these volumes in the future as the Silver Book series expands to generations 6 & 7. See William's Soule writeup for more details on solving this mystery. Image credit: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.
STANDISH, JOHN DANA
Like John Henry Standish, below, John Dana Standish was a Michigan resident. the two are distant cousins and John did know he was the 7th generation from the Pilgrim, apparently, or the author of this book did. The birth of his father, the 4th Samuel Standish in a row, is in the silver book and the will of Samuel #3, naming a grandson John D. Standish, is cited, but you will still have to prove Samuel #4's marriage to an unspecified wife and the birth of John in North Granville, NY in 1817. John's Gen 7 line runs: Samuel Standish, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Josiah, Myles of the Mayflower. Image and info from Silas Farmer, The History of Detroit and Michigan or the Metropolis Illustrated, a Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present including a Full Record of Territorial Days in Michigan and the Annals of Wayne County, Vol 2 (Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co, 1889), pp. 1230-1, digitized by the California Digital Library.
Like John Henry Standish, below, John Dana Standish was a Michigan resident. the two are distant cousins and John did know he was the 7th generation from the Pilgrim, apparently, or the author of this book did. The birth of his father, the 4th Samuel Standish in a row, is in the silver book and the will of Samuel #3, naming a grandson John D. Standish, is cited, but you will still have to prove Samuel #4's marriage to an unspecified wife and the birth of John in North Granville, NY in 1817. John's Gen 7 line runs: Samuel Standish, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Josiah, Myles of the Mayflower. Image and info from Silas Farmer, The History of Detroit and Michigan or the Metropolis Illustrated, a Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present including a Full Record of Territorial Days in Michigan and the Annals of Wayne County, Vol 2 (Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co, 1889), pp. 1230-1, digitized by the California Digital Library.
Standish, John Henry
This photo, taken probably in his late 50s, shows Gen. 7 Myles Standish descendant John Henry Standish, who organized a company in the 10th Michigan Cavalry. The NEHGS as been adding has more VT records and a search shows that Lt. Col. Standish's birth was recorded in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont on 10 Feb 1815, to Henry and Abigail Standish. They had a son Lemuel James there in 1820. Henry was born in the same town on 12 April 1789 to Lemuel and Ruth Standish. A query posted in the NEHGR 34 years ago said that Ruth was Ruth Meacham, and they married in Benson on 9 July 1788 but may have been son of Thomas Standish and Sarah (Williams) Tracy and b. probably at Norwich, CT about 1765. The writer thought Lemuel had moved to DuPage County, IL, where he died around 1857. It turns out that query was correct. The Standish Silver Book published in 2007 shows this family on page 165, through the birth of Henry, who is listed as Henry Johnson Standish, Generation 6. The line from John Henry thus runs Henry Johnson Standish, Lemuel, Thomas, Samuel, Josiah, and Myles. Image from the Library of Congress, Civil War collection, LC-USZ62-84628.
STANDISH, THOMAS D.
The information on this Standish comes from a book that MOSTLY matches the Standish silver book. The names are mostly correct (except for introducing a man named Comfort Standish who does not appear to exist.) So are the birth dates but some of the places are odd. This may be because the older book jumps are around and scrambles people within the same paragraph. The data also mostly matches what I find on the NEHGS site. The Standish silver book will get you as far as Thomas's theoretical father David, born to Lemuel & a woman named Hannah or Rachel or (---). Thomas D. should be their son, a Generation 7 Standish, born 1809 in Dighton, MA. The line, per the book, would be Thomas D., David, Lemuel, David, Thomas, Alexander, Myles. Since Alexander married secondly Desire (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes, daughter of pilgrim Edward, Thomas D. Standish would also be a Generation 7 Doty. The first David married Hannah Magoun, whose mother was Rachel Soule (Generation 4), so Thomas D. Standish is also Generation 7 Soule. Image & some info, possibly incorrect, from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 266. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
The information on this Standish comes from a book that MOSTLY matches the Standish silver book. The names are mostly correct (except for introducing a man named Comfort Standish who does not appear to exist.) So are the birth dates but some of the places are odd. This may be because the older book jumps are around and scrambles people within the same paragraph. The data also mostly matches what I find on the NEHGS site. The Standish silver book will get you as far as Thomas's theoretical father David, born to Lemuel & a woman named Hannah or Rachel or (---). Thomas D. should be their son, a Generation 7 Standish, born 1809 in Dighton, MA. The line, per the book, would be Thomas D., David, Lemuel, David, Thomas, Alexander, Myles. Since Alexander married secondly Desire (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes, daughter of pilgrim Edward, Thomas D. Standish would also be a Generation 7 Doty. The first David married Hannah Magoun, whose mother was Rachel Soule (Generation 4), so Thomas D. Standish is also Generation 7 Soule. Image & some info, possibly incorrect, from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 266. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
STAPLES, SUSANNAH
Outside of being a Mayflower descendant on three lines (Standish, Alden, and Mullins), Susannah's claim to fame was being the daughter-in-law of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Roger Sherman. Her birth in 1779, probably in Canterbury, CT, is recorded in the Standish silver book. Her Gen 6 Standish line would run: John Staples, Hannah (Standish) Staples, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See her Alden-Mullins entry for that line. If you can find a paper copy of this book, a sharper scan of this image would be appreciated. Image and info from Thomas Townsend Sherman, Sherman Genealogy, including Familes of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, England, some Descendants of the Immigrants Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman, and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman (NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), 232, 246, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Outside of being a Mayflower descendant on three lines (Standish, Alden, and Mullins), Susannah's claim to fame was being the daughter-in-law of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Roger Sherman. Her birth in 1779, probably in Canterbury, CT, is recorded in the Standish silver book. Her Gen 6 Standish line would run: John Staples, Hannah (Standish) Staples, Ebenezer Standish, Alexander, Capt. Myles of the Mayflower. See her Alden-Mullins entry for that line. If you can find a paper copy of this book, a sharper scan of this image would be appreciated. Image and info from Thomas Townsend Sherman, Sherman Genealogy, including Familes of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, England, some Descendants of the Immigrants Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman, and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman (NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), 232, 246, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Thompson, Albert Cranston
Albert Cranston Thompson had the blood of at least 7 Pilgrim ancestors, so a family resemblance to anyone on this web site is unlikely. His Generation 9 Standish lineage was via his grandmother, Salvina Wood, daughter of Salvina Soule and Capt. Timothy Wood. She was also Soule and Alden-Mullins (Gen 9/10) descendant. He was a Generation 8 Cooke twice and a Generation 9 Soule twice, a Generation 9 Hopkins and 10 Priest. His Standish line runs: Albert Thompson, Salvina (Wood) Thompson, Salvina (Soule) Wood, Benjamin Soule, Benjamin, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Alexander Standish, Myles Standish. More information about the twists and turns of his lineage can be found in Albert's writeup on the Cooke and Soule pages. Albert's mother was a Warren from Vermont, and research there may turn up additional Mayflower ancestry. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
THOMPSON, ELROY SHERMAN
Elroy is a Generation 10 Standish on his father's (John T. Thompson) side. The best silver book for this line is the Cooke book, though. It will get you as far as Elroy's great grandfather, Zebediah Thompson, the third of that name. Zebediah's grandfather, the first, (1728-77), married Zerviah Standish (1728-69.) Her father Moses Standish was the son of Ebenezer Standish (whose mother was Gen 2 Sarah (Alden) Standish.) The Standish silver book will get you as far as the 2nd Zebediah, who had the 3rd Zebediah via 2d wife Phebe Waterman Curtis. They are Elroy's great grandparents. The remaining generations can be filled in on the NEHGS site. Elroy is a Soule on his mother's side (unknown generation) and a Gen 9 Cooke; Gen 10 Hopkins and Soule, and Generation 10/11 Alden Mullins on his father's line For more details, see his writeup in the Cooke section. mage from Brockton Board of Trade, Brockton, a City of Enterprise (Brockton: Hollinger, 1911), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Elroy is a Generation 10 Standish on his father's (John T. Thompson) side. The best silver book for this line is the Cooke book, though. It will get you as far as Elroy's great grandfather, Zebediah Thompson, the third of that name. Zebediah's grandfather, the first, (1728-77), married Zerviah Standish (1728-69.) Her father Moses Standish was the son of Ebenezer Standish (whose mother was Gen 2 Sarah (Alden) Standish.) The Standish silver book will get you as far as the 2nd Zebediah, who had the 3rd Zebediah via 2d wife Phebe Waterman Curtis. They are Elroy's great grandparents. The remaining generations can be filled in on the NEHGS site. Elroy is a Soule on his mother's side (unknown generation) and a Gen 9 Cooke; Gen 10 Hopkins and Soule, and Generation 10/11 Alden Mullins on his father's line For more details, see his writeup in the Cooke section. mage from Brockton Board of Trade, Brockton, a City of Enterprise (Brockton: Hollinger, 1911), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
THURSTON, ARIEL STANDISH
The birth of his mother, Philomela/Phelomela Parish, is noted in the Standish silver book as Generation 6. Thus the Hon. Ariel (a NY state supreme court judge b. 1810 in Goffstown, NH) was a Generation 7 Standish. He was the uncle of Harriet Newell on this page.The author of the book from which this photo was taken credits Ariel with being the driver behind it, and the owner of old Thurston family records which he allowed the author to use. He was also interviewed for the book and spoke of his parents and grandparents. Ariel's Standish line is as follows: Philomela/Phelomela Parish & Stephen Thurston, Eunice (Foster) Parish, Hannah (Standish) Foster, Josiah, Josiah, Myles. Image and info from Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 1635-1892, 2d ed (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1892), pp. xiii, 29, 84-85, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.
The birth of his mother, Philomela/Phelomela Parish, is noted in the Standish silver book as Generation 6. Thus the Hon. Ariel (a NY state supreme court judge b. 1810 in Goffstown, NH) was a Generation 7 Standish. He was the uncle of Harriet Newell on this page.The author of the book from which this photo was taken credits Ariel with being the driver behind it, and the owner of old Thurston family records which he allowed the author to use. He was also interviewed for the book and spoke of his parents and grandparents. Ariel's Standish line is as follows: Philomela/Phelomela Parish & Stephen Thurston, Eunice (Foster) Parish, Hannah (Standish) Foster, Josiah, Josiah, Myles. Image and info from Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 1635-1892, 2d ed (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1892), pp. xiii, 29, 84-85, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.
Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge
Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN, was a Generation 9 descendant of Myles Standish, George Soule, Peter Brown, and Degory Priest, Gen 8 from Francis Eaton 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. His Standish line runs: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Eunice (Soule) Tinkham, Zachariah Soule, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Sarah (Alden) Standish, Alexander Standish, Capt. Myles Standish. 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.
