Note: Most but not all of these lineages are extremely well documented. However, if you do find an error, please let me know! Comments & corrections appreciated. For more information, more complete family histories and sources of documentation, please check out my Rootsweb.com Worldconnect online family trees. Betty Tartas
Immigrant Ancestors of Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine
(my grandfather), showing line of descent
Ancestors who settled in MA and New York:
JEAN MARTIN/MARTINE b 1642 Saintonge, St Nazarre,
France, d Dec 1701 New Rochelle, Westchester Co NY settled originally
at Oxford, MA before moving to NY; m Anne/Annie unknown
as per his will ( Huguenot)
John/Jean Martine b 1690 Oxford, MA; lived Westchester Co NY m Eva/Aefje Mabie
Jeremiah Martine b 1734 Philipsburg, Westchester Co NY; lived Haverstraw, Orange/Rockland Co NY; m Rachel Baree/Barre; signed the Association petition in Haverstraw during the Rev War
Isaac Martine b 1766 Haverstraw, Rockland Co NY; d 1813 Clarkstown, Orange Co NY m Charity Geertje Campbell. War of 1812
Albert Martine b abt Dec 28, 1800 Clarkstown, Orange Co NY, died bf 1840; m Mary Edson . Wife, mother & children moved to Spencerport, Monroe Co NY bf 1840 census
John F Martine b June 15, 1831 Spencerport, Monroe Co NY died Orting, Pierce Co WA; m Mary Ann Scofield. Lived Spencerport, NY; Yorkville, WI; Rochester, MN; Eldora, IA; Chillicothe & Kansas City, MO; Bellingham, Whatcom Co WA. Died at the Old Soldier's Home in Orting, Pierce Co WA.
Charles Albert Martine b 1854 Yorkville, Racine WI m Alice Miller
Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine b Dec 24, 1888 Kansas City MO m Ruby Bolton Brown
WILLIAM CAMPBELL b 1680s Isle of Man, England,
surname of Scots origin, d 1760 Tappan NY m Aeljte MINNELAY; both
buried Old Dutch Reformed Cemetary, Tappan, NY. (see Betty's Dutch
Immigrant Ancestors)
William Campbell Jr b April 24, 1719 m Geertje Stevens/Stevensen
Albert Campbell b abt 1740 Clarkstown, Orange Co NY m Cathrina Van Houten
Geertje Charity Campbell b abt 1760s Clarkstown, Orange Co NY m Isaac Martine
ROBERT SEELEY bapt Aug 22, 1602 Huntingdon, England; married Mary MASON, widow, on Dec 15, 1626 Huntingdon, England; was a Puritan; emigrated with the Winthrop Fleet in about 1630; died abt 1668 Huntington, Long Island, NY. Also lived Watertown, MA and several places in CT.
DEACON SAMUEL EDSON b abt 1613 Warwickshire England; m Susanna ORCUTT settled first at Salem, Essex Co MA abt 1639, and then went to Bridgewater, Plymouth Co MA, one of the original settlers of that place.
Samuel Edson II b 1645 Salem, Essex Co MA m Susanna Byram
Samuel Edson III b Jan 14, 1690 Bridgewater, Plymouth Co MA m Mary Dean
Nathan Edson b March 14, 1716 Bridgewater, Plymouth Co MA m Mary Sprague
Nathan Edson II b March 14, 1739 Bridgewater Plymouth Co MA died NY m Mary Hall; REV WAR
John Edson b Feb 1, 1771 Petersham, Worchester Co MA; died Batavia, Genessee Co NY m Sarah unknown
Mary Edson b abt 1800 poss Madison Co NY m Albert Martine (still searching for a marriage record)
John F Martine b June 15, 1831 Spencerport, Monroe Co NY m Mary Ann Scofield; youngest son named "John Edson Martine".
DEACON JOHN DUNHAM b abt 1590s Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died 1669 Plymouth, MA m 1st) Susanna KENNEY, daughter of Thomas KENNEY (possibly first cousin to Henry Kenney/Keeney, see below in grandmother's ancestors) and 2nd) Abigail Wood? Barlow? Ballou? (surname unverified.).My line is through his first wife, Susanna Kenney. JOHN was a Pilgrim Separatist who may have moved with William Brewster & his followers to Leyden, Holland, but did not accompany the group on the Mayflower. Some have postulated that JOHN DUNHAM was the same person as John Goodman, a single man on the Mayflower Passenger list, but that has been proven incorrect and is now known as a hoax. There seems to be a great deal of controversy on JOHN'S origins, and how & when he arrived at the Plymouth Colony, but he is present in Plymouth records by the 1630s.
Thomas Dunham b abt 1626 Leyden, Holland? Plymouth MA? m Martha Knott
Rev Thomas Jr Dunhan/Denham b abt 1647 Plymouth, MA m Sarah Bumpass, daughter of Edouard Bompasse/Bumpass; lived in CT , ME and Westchester Co NY.
Sarah Denham b abt 1660? m James Palmer (see below); lived Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT
Ancestors who settled in Stamford and other places in Fairfield Co CT:
ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF STAMFORD, FAIRFIELD CO CT Daniel Scofield, John Mead, Abraham Finch, Nicholas Knapp, Richard Law; David Selleck, George Slawson
DANIEL SCOFIELD b 1620 Rochdale, Lancashire England,
d 1669 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT ; married Sarah YOUNGS; came
with his brother Richard in 1635 on the ship "Susan &
Ellen" (NOTE: through Daniel Scofield line, I am related
to nearly all of the original Puritan families of colonial Stamford,
Fairfield Co CT)
John Scofield b abt 1652 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Hannah Mead
Nathaniel Scofield Dec 10, 1688 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Elizabeth Petitt
Jonathan Scofield b 1719 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Rachel Lounsbury
Jonathan Jr Scofield b abt 1748 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Jemima Finch; Rev War?
Reynolds Finch Scofield b 1784 Fairfield Co CT d Racine Co WI m Ann Palmer; see below
Charles Scofield b Jan 2, 1809 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT d abt 1895 in Yorkville, Racine Co WI m Sally Ann Hoyt Dibble. Charles Scofield "... came to Wisconsin in 1838, was first in Racine several months. He came around the lakes by the steamer Jefferson, with his father; thirteen others of his family came at that time. His father (Reynolds Finch Scofield) settled on three quarter-sections of land in Yorkville. After a time Charles Scofield became owner of 330 acres, and remained looking after this interest, until Nov 1870 when he came to Union Grove, where he has a fine residence and a competency. Married Sept 4, 1831 to Sally H. Dibble, had two children Simeon b 1832 and Mary Ann b 1834. Mr Scofield has been road commisioner and constable many terms, and a member of the ME (Methodist Episcopal) Church." History of Yorkville, Racine Co WI. Transcription of this book can be found on the Racine Co WI Genweb site. His mother Ann Palmer Scofield, lived with him in the 1870 and 1880 Yorkville, Racine Co WI census.
Mary Ann Scofield b 1835 New York City died Dec 3, 1914 Everson, Whatcom Co WA m John F Martine
WILLIAM MEAD b abt 1615 England died Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Martha BARKER (?)
John Mead b abt 1634 Lydd, Kent, England; d Feb 5,1698 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT; m Hannah Potter; lived first at Stamford CT;
Hannah Mead b abt 1650s m John Scofield, Stamford Fairfield Co CT
2nd line of descendancy
Joseph Mead b abt 1630 Lydd, Kent, England, died abt 1690 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT m Mary Brown
Hannah Mead b abt 1670s m William Hubbard Jr Fairfield Co CT
ABRAHAM FINCH b abt 1585 Yorkshire, England, died CT 1638 m Dorothy MOUNTON
John Finch b abt 1612 Yorkshire, England died Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Mary Betts
Isaac Finch b abt 1630 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Elizabeth Bassett
John Finch b abt 1666 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Sarah Pettit
John Finch II b abt 1720 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Sarah Pennoyer
Jemima Finch b 1752 Stamford, Fairfield Co Ct m Jonathan Scofield II b 1748 Stamford.
Reynolds Finch Scofield b abt 1780 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT died aft 1850 Racine Co WI, m Ann Palmer
Charles Scofield b Jan 2, 1809 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT died abt 1895 Yorkville, Racine Co WI, m Sally Ann Hoyt Dibble, see above
Mary Ann Scofield b 1835 New York City died Dec 3, 1914 Everson, Whatcom Co WA m John F Martine, see above
Second line of descent:
John Finch b abt 1612 Yorkshire, England died Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Mary Betts
Isaac Finch b abt 1630 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Elizabeth Bassett
Elizabeth Finch b abt 1669 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Jonathan Pettit
Elizabeth Pettit b abt 1690 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Nathaniel Scofield
Jonathan Scofield b abt 1719 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Rachel Lounsbury
Jonathan Scofield II b abt 1748 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Jemima Finch, see above
DAVID SELLECK b abt 1614 in Somerset, England; died
1654 in Acommack Co VA, m Susannah KIBBY. David arrived July 24,
1633 at Boston, and settled at Dorchester, MA. He was a soapmaker
by trade, and quite successful in his business. He died while
on an expedition to Virginia.
Jonathan Selleck I b abt 1630s CT? MA? m Abigail Law
Jonathan Selleck II b abt 1664 CT? m Abigail Gold
Theophila Selleck b abt 1660s prob Fairfield Co CT m Samuel Pennoyer
Sarah Pennoyer b abt 1720 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m John Finch II, see above
NICHOLAS KNAPP b abt 1606 Suffolk, England; died
Apr 16, 1670 Stamford, CT as per his will. Arrived in 1630 on
the ship "Arbella" with the Winthrop Fleet; lived first
at Watertown, Middlesex Co MA, then moved to CT; m Elinor LOCKWOOD??,
and 2nd) Unica/Unice BROWN.
Lydia Knapp b abt 1630s Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Thomas Pennoyer
Sarah Pennoyer b abt 1660s Stamford, Fairfield Co Ct m John Finch II, See above
Second line of descent:
Joshua Knapp b abt 1630s Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Hannah Close
Hannah Knapp b abt 1660s Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Daniel Smith
Sarah Smith b abt 1684 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Thomas June
Jemima June b abt 1718 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Monmouth Lounsbury
GEORGE SLAWSON/SLASON/SLAUSON b abt 1616 Surrey, England, died Feb 17, 1695 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary WILLIAMS.
Eleazer Slason b Feb 9, 1642 Stamford Fairfield Co CT; m Susannah Belding
James Slason b abt 1681 Bedford, NY? d 1759 Stamford Fairfield Co CT; m Mehitable Ambler
Eliphalet Slason b abt 1703 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mercy Bouton b ab 1705
Eleazer Slason b abt 1726 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT d abt 1790 Salem, Westchester Co NY; m Sarah Raymond
Rachel Slason b abt 1740s m Jonathan Dibble; lived Westcbester Co NY
2nd line of descendency:
Eleazer Slason b Feb 9, 1642 Stamford Fairfield Co CT; m Susannah Belding
James Slason b abt 1681 Bedford, NY? d 1759 Stamford Fairfield Co CT; m Mehitable Ambler
Eliphalet Slason b abt 1703 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mercy Bouton b ab 1705
Thomas Slason b Nov 10, 1719 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary Bates
Sarah Slason b abt 1740s m Solomon Brown; Rev War DAR Patriot Index
RICHARD LAW b abt 1605 Cambridge, England;
died 1648 Milford CT; m Margaret KILBOURNE. Arrived in 1635, possibly
landing at Boston? His occupation was King's Attorney. He was
the first & only town clerk for Stamford, Fairfield Co CT
from 1641-1644. Possible brother of William Law of Rowley, Essex
Co MA who married Mary Cheney?? See Immigrant Ancestors of Ruby
Bolton Brown, below.
ROBERT PENNOYER b Nov 21, 1614 Bristol, Somerset,
England; died 1680 Stamford, CT; m Elsie MARSHALL. Arrived in
Boston 1635 on the ship "Hopewell". May have been related
to William Pennoyer, a benefactor at Harvard University.
JOHN BOUTON b abt 1615 England (possibly of French
descent?), died Norwalk, Fairfield co CT; m Anne KELLOGG.
John Bouton II b Oct 1636 Norwalk,Fairfield Co CT m Abigail Marvin
John Bouton III b Sept 20, 1659 Norwalk, Fairfield Co Ct m Mary Hayes
John Bouton IV b abt 1680 Norwalk, Fairfield Co Ct m Mercy Hickok
Mercy Bouton b 1705 Fairfield Co CT m Eliphalet Slason b 1703 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT, see above
MATTHIAS ST JOHN b abt 1604 England; died June 1699 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary TINKER.
Samuel St John b abt 1641 MA? CT? d Jan 5, 1684 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT; m Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth St John b April 1673 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT m John Raymond Sr
Lemuel Raymond b Jan 7, 1701 Norwalk Fairfield Co CT m Sarah Squire (their grandaughter Rachel Slason {see below} b abt 1740s Stamford Fairfield Co CT was great grandmother of Mary Ann Scofield, who married John F Martine--my gg grandparents)
REV SAMUEL WHITING b Nov 20, 1597 Lincolnshire, England; died Dec 11, 1679 Lynn, Essex Co MA (several of his descendants ended up in Fairfield Co CT); married 1st) Unknown, and 2nd) Elizabeth ST JOHN b Jan 12, 1604, Cayshoe, Bedfordshire, England, daughter of Sir Oliver ST JOHN & Sarah Bulkeley. It is unclear how Elizabeth ST JOHN is related to Matthias ST JOHN, above. See my webpage on Royal descents for lineage of Sir Oliver ST JOHN & Sarah BULKELEY.
Joseph I Whiting b April 16, 1641 Lynn, Essex Co MA; died Southampton, Long Island New York; married Rebecca Bishop b Feb 26, 1663 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT daughter of Rev John BISHOP & Rebecca GOODYEAR, see below.
Joseph II Whiting b 1692 Southampton, Long Island, New York; died Aug 6, 1757 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Abigail Holly.
Martha Whiting b 1728 Fairfield Co CT m Peter Selleck
JOHN HOLLY b abt 1618 England, died May 25 1681 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary WAITSTILL b abt 1620 England, died April 7, 1714 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT. They were married abt 1641 in Cambridge, Suffolk Co MA.
Elisha Holly b March 6, 1659 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Martha Holmes
Abigail Holly b June 8, 1700 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Joseph II Whiting.
REV JOHN BISHOP b May 3, 1610 Cattistock, Dorset, England; died 1694 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; was the first minister in Stamford; married Rebecca GOODYEAR and 2nd) Joanna BOYSE.
"JOHN BISHOP, born and baptized at Cattistock, May 3, 1610 received his B. A. degree at age 20 from Balliol College, Oxford, in June 1632. His M.A. degree was received 15 April, 1635. As a young man, he decided to migrate to New England and settled in Taunton, Massachusetts where he was a schoolmaster and owned his own land, in 1640. He went to Stamford, Connecticut in 1644 to serve as minister of the First Church there, when a delegation from the Church persuaded him to go with them. They walked the long distance through the wilderness to Stamford. It seems that he had completed his studies for the ministry before his calling there. JOHN BISHOP, pastor of the church, married Rebecca GOODYEAR in Stamford, and had eight sons and two daughters. He served the First Congregational church for fifty years through many difficult and trying times in the Colonies. He died in 1694 at the age of 84, a much respected and beloved clergyman."
JOHN PETTIT b abt 1608 Widford, Essex Co England; d aft 1655 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary MOORE.
Jonathan Pettit b Feb 25, 1655 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Elizabeth Finch
Elizabeth Pettit b 1690 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Nathaniel Scofield, see above
2nd line of descendancy:
John Pettit II b 1638 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m Sarah Scofield
Sarah Pettit b abt 1660s Stamford, Fairfield Co CT m John Finch, See above
EDMUND LOCKWOOD b abt 1625 England; died in Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Hannah SCOTT b abt 1636 Ispwich, Essex Co MA
PETER JUNE b abt 1659 England? CT? died March 1, 1706 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; m Sarah (surname possibly Purdy? Rich?)
Dr HENRY SMITH b abt 1615 England; died July 4, 1667 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT; arrived at Boston in 1635 on the ship "Princess"; occupation was Physician; m Hannah GEORGES and 2nd Ann unknown
RICHARD RAYMOND b abt 1602 England; d abt May 12, 1692 Old Saybrook, Middlesex Co CT; m Judith WILLIAMS. on May 14, 1634 in Salem Essex Co MA
John Raymond b abt 1635 Salem, Essex Co MA m Mary Betts; lived Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT
John Raymond Jr b Sept 9, 1665 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT m Elizabeth St John, daughter of Matthias St John
Lemuel Raymond b Jan 7, 1701 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT m Sarah Squire
JOHN BASSETT b May 17, 1589 Sussex, England; died Feb 15, 1651 New Haven, CT; m Margery HOLLAND b abt 1600 England. She moved after his death to Stamford, Fairfield Co CT, and died there.
THOMAS BETTS b abt 1615 Kent, England d abt 1688 Fairfield Co CT m Mary RAYMOND, daughter of George RAYMOND & Mary SHELL, of Ipswich, Suffolk Co England, possibly related to Richard RAYMOND, above??
WALTER HOYT b June 9, 1616 Upway, Dorchester, Dorset, England; m Rhoda unknown; died Stamford Fairfield Co CT; possibly related to the Hoyt family of Essex co MA? see Grandmother's section below
GEORGE SQUIRE b abt 1618 England d 1691 Fairfield, Fairfield Co CT m Ann WHEELER; came to Fairfield with several others, including Benjamin Turney below
BENJAMIN TURNEY b abt 1610s prob Buckinghamshire England; d abt 1648 Fairfield, Fairfield Co CT; m Mary ODELL; Was in Concord MA by 1639; made freeman by 1641, and moved with several others to Fairfield CT.
MATTHEW MARVIN b March 26, 1600 Essex Co England; died 1678 Fairfield Co CT; married 1st) Elizabeth GREGORY and 2nd) Alice KELLOGG, widow of John Bouton. Matthew Marvin came to America 1635 on ship "Increase" with 1st wife & five children, settling first at Hartford, CT and then at Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT.
WILLIAM PALMER Sr b abt 1590 Somerset, England;
died abt 1661 Stonnington CT; m Frances BLOSSOM. William Sr arrived
at Plymouth Colony MA in 1621 aboard the ship "Fortune";
his son William Jr was with him. In 1623 William Sr's wife Frances
and son William Jr are also on the passenger list for the ship
"Anne". His descendents moved to Fairfield Co CT
Lt William Palmer Jr lived at Plymouth Colony in 1638, at Yarmouth 1640s-50s, and at Middleboro/Newton, Long Island NY after 1650, where he was the court magistrate 1657-60. William Jr married Judith Feake, and after his death she moved to Stamford CT.
James Palmer b abt 1653 Yarmouth, Barnstable Co MA d April 18, 1717 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT; m Sarah Denham
David Palmer b Jan 15, 1694 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT d June 7, 1774 Greenwich Fairfield Co CT ; m Elizabeth Hubbard
James Palmer b Dec 17, 1728 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT; m Charity unknown
Gabriel Palmer b abt 1752 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT; m Abigail Lounsbury
Ann Palmer b May 28, 1788 Greenwich, Fairfield Co CT died Dec 4, 1886 Union Grove, Racine Co WI; m Reynolds Finch Scofield. In census Racine Co WI
GEORGE HUBBARD b abt 1610 England; died May 23, 1683 Guilford, New Haven, CT; m Mary BISHOP in 1627 Hingham, Plymouth Co MA
William Hubbard b abt 1642 Wethersfield, Hartford Co CT m Abigail Dudley, dau of William Dudley below
William Hubbard Jr b abt 1671 Fairfield Co CT m Hannah Mead, dau of Joseph Mead
Elizabeth Hubbard b abt 1690s Fairfield Co CT m David Palmer (see above)
WILLIAM DUDLEY b Sept 11, 1608 Richmond, Surrey, England; died May 1, 1683 Guilford, New Haven Co CT; married Jane LUTMAN on Aug 24, 1636 Orkey, Surrey Co England; descended from Sir John Sutton, Lord Dudly b 1406, and may be somehow related to Thomas Dudley b 1576, Governor of Massachusetts, see section below on immigrant ancestors of Ruby Bolton Brown.
Ancestors who moved from Fairfield Co CT to Pound Ridge, Westchester Co NY:
JONATHAN DIBBLE b abt 1747 Fairfield Co CT; d aft 1820 Westchester co NY; m Rachel SLASON/SLAWSON/SLOSSON; Revolutionary War Soldier, private in Westchester Co Militia, 3rd Regiment, under Capt Stephen Delavan. Gave an account of the attack on Ward's house by Major Campbell to J.M McDonald, which was subsequently quoted in Bolton's "History of Westchester" and later in Otto Schufeld's "Westchester During the Revolutionary War" DAR Patriot Index. NOTE: I have not been able to determine Jonathan's parents as yet, or trace this family back beyond Jonathan.
Simeon Dibble b Westchester Co NY m Mary Polly Brown, see below
Sally Ann Hoyt Dibble b Westchester Co NY m Charles Scofield, see above
RICHARD LOUNSBURY b Nov 9, 1634 Hackness, Yorkshire England; died 1694 Rye, Westchester NY. Also lived for a time at Stamford CT; m Elizabeth PENNOYER
Henry Lounsbury b Aug 15, 1684 Rye Westchester NY m Mercy Scofield
Rachel Lounsbury b Jan 15, 1718 m Jonathan Scofield b May 2, 1719 (See Scofields above)
2nd line of descendancy:
Michael Lounsbury b 1680 Rye Westchester Co NY m Sarah Lockwood
Monmouth Lounsbury b 1728 Fairfield Co CT m Jemima June
Abigail Lounsbury b April 6, 1757 m Gabriel Palmer
Ann Palmer b May 28, 1788 m Reynolds Finch Scofield (see Scofields above)
JAMES BROWN b abt 1699-1700 England? Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT? ; may have married in 1714 Joanna WHITEHEAD, daughter of Samuel WHITEHEAD of Elizabethtown, Essex Co NJ, who also lived for a time in New Haven CT. James Brown according to several accounts moved to Pound Ridge, Westchester Co New York, in about 1741, with several others from Fairfield Co CT. Some but not all of his children accompanied him.
Solomon Brown b abt 1746 Pound Ridge Westchester Co NY m Sarah Slason Rev War DAR Patriot Index
Samuel Brown b abt 1773 Pound Ridge, Westchester Co NY died Oct 5, 1866 Pound Ridge, Westchester Co NY m Rheu Rhuhamah Unknown (possibly Longwell???) In census 1850 & 1860.
Mary Polly Brown b abt 1797 Pound Ridge, Westchester Co NY; died Feb 5, 1873 Pound Ridge, Westchester co NY m Simeon Dibble; their house still stands and is a historical landmark in Westchester Co.
Sally Ann Hoyt Dibble m Charles Scofield (my ggg grandparents); moved to Yorkville, Racine Co WI in the 1840s
Immigrant Ancestors of Ruby Bolton Brown (my grandmother), showing line of descent
Ancestors Who Settled in Salisbury Essex Co MA:
DEACON HENRY BROWN/BROWNE b 1615 Salisbury, Wiltshire
England, d aft 1658 Salisbury Essex Co MA; m Abigail unknown;
was a shoemaker; his father George BROWN II died in England, but
his mother, Christian Hibbert Brown apparently emigrated at the
same time as her sons. (NOTE: through this BROWN family, which
lived in Essex Co MA for many generations, I am related to many
of the original colonial families of that area.) Sources: "The
Brown Families of Essex Co MA" from The Essex Antiquarian
(1890s), "First Settlers of Salisbury, MA & Their Children"
by David Hoyt; "History of Northfield NH" by Lucy Cross
Abraham Brown b Nov 1, 1649 Salisbury, Essex Co MA m Elizabeth Shepherd on June 15, 1671
Samuel Brown b Nov 16, 1649 Salisbury, Essex Co MA m Mary Morrill on June 29 1719
Abraham Brown b Oct 10, 1725 Salisbury Essex Co MA m Hannah Osgood on Nov 30 1743 died in NH
Abraham Brown II REV WAR b. 1753 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m. Mary Butler, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Butler (Harvard Grad) & Dorcas Abbott of Andover, Essex Co MA. Abraham helped defend West Point under Capt Daniel Gordon in 1780 during Revolutionary War (Source: DAR records, & book "History of Northfield NH").
Benjamin Butler Brown b abt 1800 Sanbornton , Belknap Co NH m Phebe Gale, occupation was shoemaker.
Henry "New Hampshire" Brown b Sept 21, 1825 Sanbornton Belknap Co NH d 1897 Sacramento, CA m. a widow, Mrs Cordelia Ricard Myers in Sacramento CA on June 1, 1857. Henry studied medicine with his uncle in NH until the 1849 California Gold Rush, at which time he sailed around Cape Horn to California with his brother Stephen Gale Brown, who died a few months after arriving at Ft Coloma. Henry remained in California for the rest of his life, living at Salmon Falls, Folsom, Lundy and Sacramento; for a short time he also lived in Cornucopia, Elko Co NV; his occupation was miner, store clerk/owner, and Wells Fargo agent. At one point he was employed by D. C. Stanford. He was a Freemason and was secretary of the Natoma Lodge in Folsom in the 1860s. Usually signed his name "H N H Brown". He picked up the nickname "New Hampshire" in California.
Frank Ricard Brown b Feb 1858 Sacramento CA; lived Bodie CA and Unga Island AK; m Mary Etta Kennedy on July 2, 1878 in Aurora, Esmerelda Co NV; Frank d 1939, of tuberculosis, in San Francisco CA, at the home of his daughter Ruby. Occupation was miner, assayer and manager of the Apollo Mine in Unga AK, and he lived there from 1880s until just before his death in 1939.
Ruby Bolton Brown b July 17, 1893 San Francisco, CA, raised Unga Island AK m Randolph Benjamin
"Rolla" Martine
ANTHONY COLBY b abt 1620s prob England; m Susanna
HADDON; emigrated in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet, on the ship
lived in Salisbury & Amesbury, Essex Co MA
John Colby b 1630 Salisbury Essex Co MA m Frances Hoyt
Hannah Colby b 1673 Salisbury Essex Co MA m William Osgood
Joseph Osgood b 1668 Amesbury, Essex Co MA m Apphia Pillsbury
Hannah Osgood b 1724 Salisbury Essex Co MA m Abraham Brown (see Brown family)
2nd Line of descendency:
Mary Colby b 1640s Salisbury Essex Co MA m William Sargent
Elizabeth Sargent b 1670s Salisbury Essex Co MA m Abraham Morrill
Mary Morrill b abt 1690 Salisbury Essex Co MA m Samuel Brown
Abraham Brown b 1721 Salisbury Essex Co MA m Hannah Osgood (see Brown family)
ISAAC BUSWELL b abt 1592 prob Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; m Margaret SCORNA & 2nd) Susanna PERKINS; d 1683; lived Salisbury Essex Co MA (uncertain if wive's maiden names are correct).
JOHN GILL Jr b abt 1622 Glastonbury, Essex Co England; died Dec 1, 1690 Salisbury, Essex Co MA; m Phebe BUSWELL daughter of Isaac Buswell, above; JOHN was the son of John Gill and Phyllis Bennett; his brother Thomas Gill was one of the early original settlers of Hingham, MA
JARRETT (GARRETT) HADDON b 1590s-1608 prob England; m Margaret unknown; emigrated in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet, and was one of the original founders of Salisbury Essex Co MA; received land in the first division in 1640. Source: "First Settlers of Salisbury MA & Their Children" by David W Hoyt (compiled by Essex Books).
JOHN HOYT b March 14, 1614 Dorset, England; m Frances
unknown; lived in Salisbury & Amesbury Essex Co MA
ISAAC MORRILL b 1588 Essex Co England; died aft 1630s Roxbury, MA; m Sarah Unknown. Came to Massachusetts Colony with the Winthrop Fleet on the ship "Lyon", probably with his son Abraham MORRILL, below.
ABRAHAM MORRILL b abt 1620s Hatfield, Essex, England; m Sarah CLEMENT ; probably emigrated at same time as his father with the Winthrop Fleet; d 1662 while on visit to Roxbury MA; lived Salisbury & Amesbury Essex Co MA
ROBERT CLEMENT b 1590s Warwickshire, England, died aft 1630s Haverhill, Essex Co MA; m Lydia DRUMMER
WILLIAM SARGENT b abt 1598 Bath, Somersetshire,England;
m Judith PERKINS 2nd) Elizabeth PERKINS (sister of Judith? and
daughter of John Perkins, below) & 3rd) Joanna UNKNOWN
JOHN PERKINS b Dec 23, 1585 Warwickshire, England, died Sept 26, 1654 MA; came with the Winthrop Fleet to Massachusetts Colony on the ship "Lyon"; married Judith GATER.
CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD b abt 1589 Hampshire England, died aft 1609 Salisbury, Essex Co MA; m Elizabeth BROCKWELL
JOHN SEVERANCE b abt 1609 Ipswich, Suffolk Co England; d Salisbury Essex Co MA; m Abigail KIMBALL
JOHN STEVENS or STEPHENS b July 7, 1605 Cavesham, Oxford Co England; died Feb 1688 or 1689 Salisbury Essex Co MA as per his will; his daughter Mary married John Osgood, and is listed in the will as "Mary Osgood". John Stevens married Catherine CODMAN (surname unverified) and possibly several other women in Salisbury Essex Co MA.
ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF SALISBURY, ESSEX CO MA Henry Brown/Browne, Widow Christian Brown/Browne (possibly Henry's mother?), Isaac Buswell, John Hoyt, Abraham Morrill/Morrell, William Osgood, Anthony Colby, Jarrett/Garrett Haddon, William Sargent, John Severance, John Stevens/Stephens
Ancestors Who Settled on Martha's Vineyard:
NICHOLAS BUTLER b abt 1597 Eastwell, Kent co England; d Aug 13, 1671 Edgartown, Dukes Co MA (Martha's Vineyard). Arrived in America June 1638 on ship "Hercules" with wife, 3 children & servants; settled at and lived for 16 years at Dorchester, Suffolk Co MA; then moved to Martha's Vineyard.. Married 1s) Mary COTTERELL, 2nd) Joyce BAKER. Published bio available here: "History of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks.
John Butler b Jan 2, 1624 Dorchester, Suffolk Co MA; m Mary Lynde, daughter of Thomas Lynde of Charlestown, MA
John Jr Butler b 1649 Dorchester, Suffolk Co MA m Priscilla Norton
Malachi/Malichi Butler b Edgarstown, Dukes Co MA (Martha's Vineyard) m Jemima Daggett, a Mayflower descendent (see below); occupation was mariner & whaler. Apparently died penniless.
Rev Benjamin Butler b May 1, 1729 Great Neck, Bristol Co MA m Dorcas Abbott; Harvard Graduate, class of 1752; lived Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH.
Mary Butler b 1750s-1760s Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m Abraham Brown II REV WAR b 1753 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH
Benjamin Butler Brown b abt 1800 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Phebe Gale; occupation was shoemaker (see Browns above)
NICHOLAS NORTON b abt 1610 England; died abt 1676 Martha's Vineyard, MA m Elizabeth ISAAC; Published bio available here "History of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks
JOHN DAGGETT (Doggett) b abt 1590s-1600 Suffolk Co England; died1673 Plymouth, MA m 1st) Hepzibah BROTHERTON; came to America in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet and settled at Watertown, MA; became "a man of note"; moved 1644 to Martha's Vineyard in company of Gov Thomas Mayhew. Married 2nd to Bathsheba Pratt, a widow, on May 29, 1662.Published bio available here: "History of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks
GOVERNOR THOMAS MAYHEW b abt 1593 Tisbury, England; d March 1682 Martha's Vineyard; came to Massachusetts 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet and was made Governor of Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket; m 1st ) Unknown PARKHURST 2nd) Jane GALLION (surname not verified); Published bio available here "History of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks
Ancestors Who Settled in Various Other parts of MA, ME & NH:
EDMUND HAWES b abt 1612 Warwickshire, England; arrived in America on ship "James" which sailed from Southhampton April 1635; lived at Duxbury, MA before settling at Yarmouth, MA. Wife's name unknown. Edmund died 1693 in Yarmouth, MA and his only child apparently was John Hawes who married Desire Howland. Edmund Hawes is frequently mixed up with Edward Hawes who married Eliony Lumber, but recent DNA tests have shown that they are two separate individuals, and that John Hawes who married Desire Howland is not at all related to Edward Hawes (click here for more information on the DNA test)
DEACON THOMAS LYNDE b abt 1590s-1600 Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; settled in Charlestown, Middlesex Co MA; m Elizabeth Unknown, Mary Unknown and Margaret Martin (?)
WILLIAM SHEPHERD/SHEPHARD b abt 1624 England, settled in Taunton, MA; died 1664 New Haven CT (while away on business there). Married an Unknown HATHAWAY. In his will, WILLIAM indicates John Hathaway as his "brother", who would assume guardianship of his children. John was the son of Nicholas Hathaway, and it is commonly supposed that WILLIAM SHEPHERD's wife was one of Nicholas Hathaway's daughters. His daughter Elizabeth SHEPHERD married Abraham BROWN of Salisbury, Essex Co MA, see above.
GEORGE ABBOTT b abt 1615 Hertfordshire England, d unk Andover Essex Co MA m Hannah CHANDLER. Source: "Historical Sketches of Andover MA" by Sarah Loring Bailey publ 1894 (online; search on Google)
George Abbott Jr b abt 1655 Andover, Essex Co MA m Dorcas Graves
Henry Abbott b abt 1696 Andover, Essex Co MA m Mary Platts
Dorcas Abbott b abt 1729 Andover, Essex Co MA m Rev Benjamin Butler, Harvard Grad
Mary Butler b 1760 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m Abraham II Brown REV WAR b 1753 Nottingham, NH
Benjamin Butler Brown b 1800 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Phebe Gale (see Browns above)
WILLIAM CHANDLER b abt 1590s Bishops-Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, d Jan 19, 1642 Andover Essex Co MA; m Annis BAYFORD, dau of Frances & Joan Bayford.
SAMUEL GRAVES b abt 1594 England; d Lynn, Essex Co MA; m Grace BEAMSLEY
Mark Graves b abt 1622 Lynn Essex Co MA m Amy unknown
Dorcas Graves b abt 1655 Andover, Essex Co MA m George Abbott (see Abbott family above)
2nd line of descendancy:
Mark Graves b abt 1622 Lynn Essex Co MA m Amy unknown
Emma Graves b June 20, 1659 Andover Essex Co MA m John Bond
Elizabeth Bond b Feb 38, 1683 Beverly Essex Co MA m Joseph Pride
Mary Pride b April 30, 1716 Gloucester, Essex Co MA m Benjamin Skillings
Deliverance Skillings b Oct 15, 1741 Gorham, Cumberland Co ME m Thomas Irish REV WAR (See James Irish family below)
ENSIGN WILLIAM BEAMSLEY b abt 1590 ? Lincolnshire, England, died Sept 29, 1678 Boston, Suffolk Co MA; came with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630; married Anne unknown. Father (or possibly brother???) of Grace BEAMSLEY who married Samuel GRAVES.
JOHN BOND b Feb 5, 1623 Suffolk, England, died Dec 3, 1674 Haverhill Essex Co MA, m Hester BLAKELY; lived at Newbury Essex Co MA. Son John Jr married Emma GRAVES, daughter of Mark Graves, and lived in Beverly, Essex Co MA, see above
EDMUND GREENLEAF b abt 1590s Ispwich, Suffolk Co England; d March 24, 1670 Boston, Suffolk Co MA m Sarah MOORE, possibly others?; came to America 1635; occupation was silk dyer.
RICHARD HUTCHINSON 1602 Nottinghamshire, England; d Sept 26, 1672 Salem, Essex Co MA; m Alice BOSWORTH
GARRETT CHURCH b abt 1611 England; m Sarah Unknown; d Watertown, Middlesex Co MA; came to Massachusetts colony with the Winthrop Fleet; possible brother of Richard Church of Plymouth, MA who married Elizabeth Warren, a Mayflower descendant???
John Church b March 10, 1637 Watertown, Middlesex Co MA; died May 6, 1696 Dover, Strafford Co NH; m Abigail Severance
Abigail Church b 1660s Wenham, Essex Co MA m Samuel Piper
Sarah Piper b 1680s MA? NH? m Thomas Wiggin III
Abigail Church Wiggin b abt 1720s prob NH m Stephen Piper b May 14, 1733 Stratham, Rockingham Co NH (cousins); see below
NATHANIEL PIPER b abt 1677 Dartmouth, Devonshire, England, died aft 1676 Ipswich, Essex Co MA m Sarah EDWARDS;
Thomas Piper b Nov 26, 1666 Ipswich, Essex Co MA; d Stratham, Rockingham Co NH; m Grace Hawley, dau of Wm Hawley
Thomas II Piper b Nov 17, 1697 Wenham, Essex Co MA d Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Tabitha Rollins
Stephen Piper b May 14, 1733 Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Abigail Church Wiggin, (cousins),
Mary Piper b abt 1750s Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Andrew Jewett
2nd Line of descendancy:
Samuel Piper b 1660s Wenham, Essex Co MA m Abigail Church
Sarah Piper b 1680s MA? NH? m Thomas Wiggin III
Abigail Church Wiggin b abt 1720s? prob NH m Stephen Piper (cousins)
Mary Piper b abt 1750s Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Andrew Jewett
CAPT (GOVERNOR) THOMAS WIGGIN b abt 1592 Shrewsbury, England, d aft 1664 Stratham,Rockingham, NH; m Catherine WHITING; was a Puritan; emigrated to America in 1630 with John Winthrop and the Winthrop Fleet; was the first Governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire, which became the Royal Province of New Hampshire in 1741. My ggg grandmother Phebe Gale (who married Benjmain Butler Brown) descended through two of his children, Thomas Wiggin Jr b 1630s and Andrew Wiggin b 1635 Stratham, Rockinham Co NH
Thomas Wiggin II b 1630s NH m Sarah Barefoot
Thomas Wiggin III b abt 1680s-90s NH m Sarah Piper
Abigail Church Wiggin b abt 1720s? NH m Stephen Piper (cousins)
Mary Piper b 1756 Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Andrew Jewett
Molly Jewett b 1777 NH m Stephen Gale III (see Gales above)
2nd line of descendancy:
Andrew Wiggin b abt 1635 m Hannah Bradstreet, dau of Gov Simon Bradstreet & Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the poet, see below
Jonathan Wiggin b 1681 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Mary Emery
Anna Wiggin b abt 1720s Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Joseph Jewett
Andrew Jewett b 1740s NH m Mary Piper
Molly Jewett b 1777 NH m Stephen Gale III (see Gales above)
RICHARD KIMBALL b abt 1600 Rattlesden, Suffolk co England m Ursula SCOTT; apparently emigrated with some of his children, died 1674 Ipswich, Essex Co MA according to his will.
Henry Kimball b Aug 12, 1615 Rattlesden Suffolk Co England, died May 16, 1676 Wenham, Essex Co MA; m Mary Riddlesdale b Jan 29, 1621 Assington, Suffolk Co England, died Aug 12, 1672 Wenham, Essex Co MA
Abigail Kimball b abt 1650 Essex Co MA m John Wicom/Wickham
Mary Wicom b Jan 18, 1679 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Jonathan Jewett of Rowley Essex Co MA (see Jewett section below)
2nd line of descendancy:
Abigail Kimball b abt 1610 Suffolk Co England m John Edward Severance of Ipswich, Essex Co MA
Abigail Severance b 1643 Salisbury Essex Co MA m John Church
Abigail Church b 1660s Wenham, Essex Co MA m Samuel Piper (see Piper section above)
WILLIAM TOWNE bapt May 21, 1603 Bristol England; m Joanna BLESSING; land grant Salem, Essex Co MA in 1640. Three of his daughters were defendents in the Salem Witch Trials of 1662: Mary Towne Estey, Sarah Towne Cloyce, & REBECCA TOWNE NURSE, my ancestor. Mary & Rebecca were executed as witches, but Sarah was acquitted. Rebecca was age 71, ill and deaf, and could not hear much of the court proceedings, and her silence when questioned was was deemed as admission of guilt. Here is an artist's reproduction of REBECCA being taken to court in shackles.
Ancestors Who Settled in Plymouth MA, including Mayflower Passengers:
JOHN HOWLAND, MAYFLOWER PASSENGER; b abt 1592 Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, son of Henry and Margaret Howland. Died at Plymouth, 23 February, 1672/3. He married, at Plymouth, MA before 1624/5, ELIZABETH TILLEY, who was born about 1607, and died at Swansea, 22 December, 1687, aged eighty. Ten children. Characterized by Bradford as a "lusty young man" and manservant to John Carver. He was nearly swept to his death during a severe storm on the passage. For more information on John Howland, click on this link Pilgrim John Howland Society
Desire Howland b 1625 Plymouth MA m John Gorham
Desire Gorham b 1644 Plymouth MA m John Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes B 1662 Yarmouth, MA m Thomas Daggett Jr of Martha's Vineyard
Jemima Daggett b 1694 Edgartown, Dukes Co MA (Martha's Vineyard) m Malachi Butler
Rev Benjamin Butler, Harvard Grad, b 1729 Bristol Co MA m Dorcas Abbott
Mary Butler b 1760 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m Abraham II Brown REV WAR b 1753 Nottingham, NH; DAR Patriot Index
Benjamin Butler Brown b 1800 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Phebe Gale (see Browns above)
Henry "New Hampshire" Brown b Sept 21, 1825 Sanbornton Belknap Co NH d 1897 Sacramento, CA m. a widow, Mrs Cordelia Ricard Myers; studied medicine with his uncle until the 1849 California Gold Rush, at which time he sailed around Cape Horn to California with his brother Stephen Gale Brown, who died a few month after arriving at Ft Coloma. Henry remained in California for the rest of his life, living at Salmon Falls, Folsom, Lundy and Sacramento; for a short time he also lived in Cornucopia, Elko Co NV. His occupations were miner, store clerk/owner, and Wells Fargo agent. At one point he was employed by D. C. Stanford. He was a Freemason and was secretary of the Natoma Lodge in Folsom in the 1860s. Usually signed his name "H N H Brown". He picked up the nickname "New Hampshire" upon his arrival in California.
Frank Ricard Brown b Feb 1858 Sacramento CA; lived Bodie CA and Unga Island AK; m Mary Etta Kennedy; d 1939 San Francisco CA. Occupation was miner, assayer and manager of the Apollo Mine in Unga AK.
Ruby Bolton Brown b July 17, 1893 San Francisco, CA, raised Unga Island AK m Randolph Benjamin
"Rolla" Martine (my grandparents)
ELIZABETH TILLEY, MAYFLOWER PASSENGER b Aug 30, 1607 Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, . She m. about 1625 JOHN HOWLAND at Plymouth, MA Her parents, JOHN TILLEY/TILLIE, and JOAN (HURST) TILLEY (previously married to Thomas Rogers) were also passengers on the Mayflower. In Bradford's Passenger List he includes John Tillie, his wife and daughter Elizabeth, whose parents died soon after arrival. For more information on Elizabeth Tilley, click on this link Pilgrim John Howland Society
JOHN GORHAM
b abt 1620 Benfield, Northamptonshire, England; died Barnstable
Co, MA; m Desire HOWLAND, daughter of Mayflower Passengers John
Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, see above. JOHN's father RALPH GORHAM
b abt 1600 also emigrated to America and settled in Barnstable
Co MA
Ancestors Who Settled in Newbury Essex Co MA
STEPHEN SWETT, b Apr 18, 1620 Wymondham, Norfolk,
England; d aft 1670s Newbury, Essex Co MA; m Hannah MERRILL 2nd)
Rebecca SMITH. He came to Massachusetts Colony in 1642, with his
father JOHN SWETT, his mother and three siblings. In 1670 Stephen
owned an "ordinary" which was known as the "Blue
Anchor Tavern".
TRISTAM COFFIN b March 10, 1609 Devonshire, England, d Oct 20, 1681 Nantucket; Emigrated 1642 with 5 children, wife, mother & sister; lived (in succesion) at Haverhill, Newbury, Salisbury, Essex Co MA, and finally Nantucket. Was apparently a magistrate on Nantucket at one time. Operated a ferry and ran an "ordinary" (tavern), and when he died, was the "Richest man on Nantucket". One of the original settlers at Newbury Essex Co MA; m Dionis STEVENS
Tristam Coffin Jr b 1632 Devonshire England m Judith Greenleaf
Mary Coffin b 1657 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Joseph Little
George Little b 1680 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Edna Hale
Edna Little b 1717 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Stephen Gale (see Gales above)
JOHN EMERY b 1612 Romsey Hampshire England; d 1693 Newbury, Essex Co MA; arrived in America 1635 on ship "James"; m 1st) Alice GRANTHAM 2nd) Mary SHATSWELL; will lists 2nd wife.
GEORGE LITTLE b abt 1617 London, England; d Nov 27 1694 Newbury, Essex Co MA; m Alice POOR/ POORE
Joseph Little b 1650s Newbury Essex Co MA m Mary Coffin
George Little b 1680 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Edna Hale
Edna Little b 1717 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Stephen Gale (see Gales above)
WILLIAM PILLSBURY b abt 1605 England; d June 19, 1686 Newbury Essex Co MA m Dorothy CROSBY
WILLIAM SAWYER b abt 1613 Lincolnshire, England d Newbury Essex Co MA; m Ruth BITFIELD? Benford?
JOHN CHENEY b abt 1590s England died 1666 Newbury Essex Co MA m Martha PARRAT. His dau Mary Cheney married William Law of Rowley MA
HENRY KEENEY/KINNEY/KENNEY b. 8 Jul 1623 in Leyden, Holland, bap 3 May 1624, d. 19 Jun 1696 in Newbury Essex Co MA; parents had gone to Holland to escape religious persecution; name first appeared in Roxbury MA records 21 Jun 1639 when he was apprenticed to William Park by Vincent Peters, who had brought him from Holland in May 1635 via London on the ship ELIZABETH& ANN; listed in Ipswich in 1648 and appears twice in Salem vital records; as Henry Kenny he helped provide a meeting house for worship, beginning in 1672; served as a soldier in the taking of St. John's from the French; he and son Thomas both participated in King Philip's War. The Keeney Family home, conveyed to him in 1663, was destroyed by fire in 1696. He married Ann PUTNAM d/o Edward & Ann Compton PUTNAM 4 Feb 1629 at Greenwich in Kent m. (2) Mrs. Anna Lane, Malden MA widow of John Lane who was killed at Casco Bay 13 Sept 1688 (from Rev. Geer's Diary). Source: Keeney Klan Genealogy website
THOMAS SMITH b 1590s Romsey, Hants, England; d April 26, 1666 Newbury Essex Co MA m Rebecca Unkown; His daughter Rebecca SMITH married Stephen SWETT, above, and is mentioned in Thomas' will as "daughter Rebecca Swet".
THOMAS HALE SR b May 16, 1606 Hertfordshire, England; d Newbury, Essex Co MA; came to America in 1635 with wife & children; m Thomasine DOWCETT (Doucette?) dau of Gabriel Dowsett/Doucette of Harlow, Essex Co England; Thomas Hale lived Haverhill, Salem & Newbury, Essex Co MA; occupation was glover and market clerk in Salem.
Thomas Hale Jr b 1633 Hertfordshire, England died Essex Co MA m Mary Hutchinson
Lydia Hale b 1666 Newbury Essex Co MA m James Platts b 1661 Rowley Essex Co MA
Mary Platts b 1700 Rowley Essex Co MA m Henry Abbott
Dorcas Abbott b 1729 Andover, Essex Co MA m Rev Benjamin Butler, Harvard Grad
Mary Butler b 1750s-1760s Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m Abraham Brown II b 1753 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH (see Browns above)
2nd line of descendancy:
Thomas Hale Jr b 1633 Hertfordshire, England died Essex Co MA m Mary Hutchinson
Thomas Hale III b 1658 Rowley, Essex Co MA m Sarah Northend
Edna Hale b 1684 Newbury, Essex Co MA m George Little
Edna Little b 1717 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Stephen Gale (see Gales above)
ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF NEWBURY ESSEX CO MA Tristam Coffin, John Emery, Steven Swett, Thomas Smith, George Little, William Pillsbury, William Sawyer, Thomas Hale
Ancestors Who Settled in Cambridge, MA
MICHAEL BACON III b abt 1620 England, died aft 1675
Cambridge, MA; arrived Massachusetts Colony abt 1640, was an original
inhabitant of Woburn, MA; in 1653 purchased land in Cambridge,
MA; built & operated a sawmill & gristmill in 1670s which
was burned by the Indians at the time of King Philips' war; the
mill was rebuilt with protection from the militia. Married 1st
Mary JOBS? JOBO? who died Aug 26, 1655, 2nd Mary RICHARDSON widow;
3rd) Mary NOYES, widow.. His father MICHAEL BACON II who married
Alice BLOWERS also emigrated to the US in abt 1640, and settled
in Dedham, Norfolk Co MA.
EDMOND GALE b abt 1600 England, m Unknown; died July 29,1642 Cambridge, MA; one of the early settlers of Cambridge, MA
Bartholomew Gale b 1640 Cambridge, MA, d aft 1670 Salem Essex Co MA; m 1st) Martha Lemon and 2nd) Mary Bacon; occupation was shipwright.
Daniel Gale b abt 1676 Salem Essex Co MA m Rebecca Swett; occupation was shipwright
Stephen Gale b abt 1700 Haverhill, Essex Co MA died 1736; m Ednah Little; only one child, Stephen Gale II see below.
Maj Stephen Gale II b June 8, 1736 Haverhill Essex Co MA, d 1815 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Mehitable Plumer, and 2nd) a widow, Mrs Phebe Page. Not sure who he was married to first; newly found information shows Stephen & Phebe Gale as members of the Sanbornton Congregational Church in 1775, which is before Stephen's youngest daughter Mehitable Gale was born in 1777, as per Sanbornton town records. So I am now suspecting that Phebe was the first wife, and possibly she died before 1777. Still researching. DAR records show that Stephen Gale was one of the first men to scale the walls at Fort Ticonderoga during the Rev War, received honors for his bravery, and was promoted to Major.
Stephen Gale III b Nov 23, 1770 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Molly Jewett
Phebe Gale b 1801 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Benjamin Butler Brown (see Browns above)
GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET b 1602 Horbling, Lincolnshire, England; m Anne DUDLEY, ( the first published woman poet in the American Colonies), dau of Gov Thomas Dudley. All three came to Massachusetts with Rev John Winthrop with the Winthrop Fleet on the ship "Arbella"; was one of the original settlers of Cambridge, MA; became a Magistrate, and eventually Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1669-1686 and from 1689-1692. He died March 27, 1697. His daughter Hannah married Andrew Wiggin, see above. Biography of Anne Dudley Bradstreet
Click here for published biography of Governor Simon Bradstreet
GOVERNOR THOMAS DUDLEY b 1576 Northhamptonshire England; m Dorothy YORKE; came to America 1630 with wife & children, accompanying Rev John Winthrop, with the Winthrop Fleet; was one of the original settlers of Cambridge, MA; held many public positions in the colony, and was Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650. . In 1650, as governor, Thomas Dudley signed the original charter founding Harvard College. Biography of Governor Thomas Dudley
My line of descent:
Anne Dudley , poet, b 1612 Northampton England m Simon Bradstreet, Gov of MA, see above
Hannah Bradstreet b abt 1640 m Andrew Wiggin, son of Thomas Wiggin, gov of NH
Jonathan Wiggin b 1681 Newbury, Essex Co MA m Mary Emery
Anna Wiggin b abt 1720s Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Joseph Jewett (see Jewetts below)
Andrew Jewett b 1740s NH m Mary Piper (see Pipers above)
Molly Jewett b 1777 NH m Stephen Gale III (see Gales above)
Phebe Gale b abt 1800 NH m Benjamin Butler Brown, of Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH
Henry "New Hampshire" Brown b Sept 21, 1825 Sanbornton, Belknap Co, NH m Mrs Cordelia Rickard Myers b 1830 Kenwyn Parish, Redruth, Cornwall, England.
Frank Ricard Brown b Feb 1858 Sacramento CA m Mary Etta Kennedy b March 3, 1858 Portland, Cumberland Co, ME
Ruby Bolton Brown b July 17, 1893 Alameda CA m Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine (my grandparents)
Ancestors who settled in Rowley, Essex Co MA
DEACON MAXIMILLIAN JEWETT b Oct 4, 1607, Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire, England, d 1684 Rowley, Essex Co MA; sailed to America in 1638 on the ship "John" with his brother Joseph Jewett, both sons of Edward Jewett / Jowett, clother, and Mary Taylor, of Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Maximillian and Joseph Jewett arrived at Boston in Dec. Maximilliam Jewett wintered in Salem, MA, and in the spring of 1639 founded the town of Rowley, Essex Co MA; m Anne unknown, possibly others.
Joseph Jewett b 1655 Rowley, Essex Co MA m Rebecca Law, dau of William Law & Mary Cheney
Jonathan Jewett b 1678 Rowley Essec Co MA m Mary Wicom/Wickham b 1679 Newbury, Essex Co MA
Joseph Jewett b 1700s Rowley, Essex Co MA m Anna Wiggin of Stratham, Rockingham Co NH
Andrew Jewett b 1750 Stratham, Rockingham Co NH m Mary Piper
Molly Jewett b 1777 NH m Stephen Gale III
Phebe Gale b 1801 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH m Benjamin Butler Brown (see Browns above)
SAMUEL PLATTS b abt 1625 England died aft 1682 Rowley Essex Co MA m Sarah Unknown; Philippa FELTS.
James Platts b 1661 Rowley, Essex Co MA m Lydia Hale
Mary Platts b 1700 Rowley Essex Co MA m Henry Abbott
Dorcas Abbott b 1729 Andover, Essex Co MA m Rev Benjamin Butler, Harvard Grad
Mary Butler b 1750s-1760s Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH m Abraham Brown II REV WAR b 1753 Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH (see Browns above)
RICHARD WICOM or WICKHAM b abt 1600 England m Ann Unknown; settled Rowley, Essex Co MA; son John Wicom married Abigail Kimball.
WILLIAM LAW b abt 1600s England, died 1668 Rowley, Essex Co MA; m 1st) Mary CHENEY, dau of John Cheney of Newbury Essex Co MA and 2nd) Faith, widow of John Smith. Not one of the original founders, came later to the colonies, prob abt 1640s.
Map of Original Settlers of Rowley, Essex Co MA
Ancestors who migrated or whose descendents migrated from MA to Cumberland County ME:
WILLIAM BOLTON b abt 1680 Londonderry, Ulster Province,
N. Ireland, son of James Bolton & Margaret unknown;
of Scotch Irish origin; came to America on board the ship "William"
mastered by Archibald Hunter, arriving Boston in Aug 1718; settled
in Andover, Essex Co MA, where in 1718 he and another young man
last name Stuart were told to leave the township; must have not
heeded that advice, for he married Elizabeth WHITE daughter of
John & Sarah WHITE, on Jan 5 1720 in Andover Essex Co MA,
and lived there for a short while, moving thereafter to Reading
Middlesex Co MA. In 1720 William was pressed into service in the
British Army; apparently many of the new "recruits"
deserted, not known if William was one of them. He was arrested
& jailed in Marblehead MA for lack of proof of furlough or
discharge. He was very poor, ill and prone to lameness, and charges
were dismissed as he could not pay court or prison fees. He returned
to Reading, where he and wife Elizabeth had two sons; William
Bolton Jr b 1721 and John Bolton b 1724; John apparently died
w/o issue, on a military expedition to Cape Breton Nova Scotia
Canada. William BOLTON Sr died Sept 10, 1725 in Reading Middlesex
Co MA. Source: "The Bolton Families of Ireland" by Charles
Knowles Bolton, and "Descendents of William Bolton or Reading
MA" available on Ancestry.com (parts of this line of descendency
still not verified, comments appreciated)
William Bolton Jr b Oct 25, 1721 Reading, Middlesex Co MA d April 30, 1804 MA; m Mary Nurse, daughter of Benjamin Nurse/Nourse & Elizabeth Roberts of Reading)
Daniel Bolton b July 1, 1747 Reading, Middlesex Co MA d probably Hallowell, Lincoln Co ME; REV WAR; fought "on the frontier of Lincoln Co MA" (which later became ME). He married Mrs Reliance (Pratt) Hovey, widow of Ebenezer Hovey of Hallowell. See Bolton books mentioned above.
Daniel Bolton Jr b abt 1794 probably ME; m Thankful Morton; lived Cumberland Co ME; was a joiner and ship's carpenter; lived in Windham, Westbrook & Portland, Cumberland Co ME; War of 1812 Windham, ME; Capt Nathan Goold's Regiment, from Sept 10, 1814 to Sept 24 1814; mustered at Portland, ME; regiment was only mustered for a very short time, was never under fire and saw no casualties. Have not been able to find proof that he was actually a son of Daniel Bolton of Hallowell, Lincoln Co ME, but it seems extremely likely.
Sarah Jane Bolton b bet 1825-1835 prob Gorham, Cumberland Co ME d 1858 Portland, Cumberland Co ME m Thomas Kennedy (see above)
Mary Etta Kennedy b March 3, 1858 Portland, Cumberland Co ME d 1907 San Francisco, CA; lived NV, Bodie CA, San Francisco CA and Unga Island, Alaska; m Frank Ricard Brown on July 2, 1878 Aurora NV
Ruby Bolton Brown b July 17, 1893 Alameda, CA; raised on Unga Island, Alaska; m Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine
BRYANT or BRIANT MORTON b abt 1703 prob Barnstable Co MA d 1793 m 1st) Thankful PARKER on Nov 30, 1727 in Barnstable Co MA; settled in Gorham, Cumberland Co ME; was prominent politically in Gorham; according to DAR Patriot Index he fought in the REV WAR, but because of birth & death date, I am wondering if this is some kind of error (Bryant would have been in his 70s), and perhaps he has been confused with his son Bryant Jr. At this time, I am uncertain if my particular line of descent is correct, and I have not been able to trace this individual back to an immigrant ancestor. Comments appreciated.
Thomas Morton b abt 1730 Cape Elizabeth Cumberland Co ME d Gorham Cumberland Co ME m Rachel Elwell
Ebenezer Morton b 1758 Gorham, Cumberland Co ME d 1826 Gorham Cumberland Co ME m Susannah Irish
Thankful Morton b abt 1794 prob Cumberland Co ME m Daniel Bolton (Jr?) b abt 1794 MA? ME? (see above)
THOMAS SKILLINGS/SKILLIN/SKELLIN b abt 1600? England ? m Deborah Unknown in Salem Essex Co MA; later settled in Gloucester, Essex Co MA by 1650 and then later went to Falmouth, Cumberland Co ME with several other families from Gloucester.
Thomas Skillings b Salem Essex Co MA died Dec 30, 1676 Gorham, Cumberland Co ME m Mary Lewis, dau of George Lewis III
Benjamin Skillings b abt 1716 Cumberland Co ME m Mary Pride (see below); one of the original settlers of Gorham, Cumberland Co ME Selectman for Gorham ME in 1760s & 1770s.
Deliverance Skillings b abt 1730s Cumberland Co ME m Thomas Irish REV WAR (DAR Patriot Index) (see below)
JAMES IRISH b abt 1700 Boxford, Berkshire, England,
one of the first settlers of Gorham, Cumberland Co ME.; m Elizabeth
unknown. Apparently was a politically active in this area of ME
when it was still part of MA. Left his farm in Gorham with wife
& children in 1745 and lived for a time at Falmouth (Portland)
because of Indian Wars; returned to the farm in Gorham in about
1752.
Thomas Irish b Jan 29, 1737 Falmouth, Cumberland Co ME REV WAR (DAR Patriot Index) m Deliverance Skillings
Susannah Irish b Oct 27, 1760 Gorham, Cumberland Co ME m Ebenezer Morton
ROBERT ELWELL b abt 1605 England, d May 18, 1693
Glouchester, Essex Co MA; m Jane or Joanne DOLLIVER (maiden name
not verified); one of the first settlers at Gloucester.
Isaac Elwell b Dec 22, 1641 Gloucester, Essex Co MA d Oct 14, 1715 m Mehitable Millett
Eleazer/Eliezer Elwell b July 16, 1673 Gloucester Essex Co MA m Eme Denning (surname not verified)
David Elwell b abt 1703 Gloucester, Essex Co MA m Sarah Mariner on Oct 28, 1727 in Gloucester; probably moved to Falmouth (Portland), Cumberland Co ME with several other families from Gloucester before 1750.
Rachel Elwell March 26, 1732 Gloucester Essex Co MA m Thomas Morton on May 19, 1751 Gorham, Cumberland Co ME
THOMAS MILLETT b abt 1605 Chertsey, Surry Co, England; d June 3, 1676 in Brookfield, MA; lived Dorchester Suffolk Co MA, and Gloucester, Essex Co MA; m Mary GREENAWAY. Their daughter Mehitable Millett married Isaac Elwell, see above
Thomas Millett & his wife Mary Greenaway came to Massachusetts Colony in 1635, sailing from the port of London on the ship, "Elizabeth". His wife's sister Ursula Greenaway was also on the passenger list. Thomas Millett first settled in Dorchester, MA. He and his wife joined the church soon after 23 Aug. 1636. On 17 May 1637 he became a freeman. After living 20 years in Dorchester, Thomas Millett moved to Gloucester, Essex Co MA where he became a Teaching Elder of the First Church. On Oct. 4, 1650 Thomas purchased from William Perkins , who had been a Teaching Elder there, all his property and also succeeded him in his religious offices: "I William Perkins of Topsfield in consideration of forty pounds... sell... Mr. Thomas Millet of Gloster... that tenement which I the sayd William was at the wrighting hereof possest of in the towne of Gloster... my dwelling house..."
From the land records it may be seen that Mr. Thomas Millett sold off his Dorchester lands in 1666 after acquiring in 1655 a house and land in Gloucester.
Sometime between 1673 and June 1675 Thomas went to Brookfield where he and his wife were living 3 June 1675 when they consented to the sale of the house and land on Town Neck in Gloucester it having been sold by their son Nathaniel 9 Nov. 1674 to Francis Norwood.
Thomas Millett died between June and Sept. 1675. In Sept. 1675 the court files mention him as dying intestate with the administration of his estate being granted to the widow and relict Mary Millett and in Sept. 1676 the same appointment is repeated. It seems possible that he perished when Brookfield was destroyed during King Philip's War and may have been killed by the Indians.
As per research of Pam & Jeff Martin "New
England Genealogy"
and their webpage, "Descendents of John Millett of Leominster,
Hereford". Numerous other historical sources.
JOHN GREENAWAY b abt 1576 England, died abt 1650 Dorchester, Suffolk Co MA; m Mary Unknown. Parents of Mary GREENAWAY who married Thomas MILLETT, above.
"John and Mary Greenaway or Grenoway--there were various spellings of the name--by one of those strange coincidences of nomenclature, came over in the good ship 'Mary and John', a vessel of 400 tons. This ship, which was a very large one for the time, sailed from Plymouth, Eng., and was the first of the fleet to reach the Massachusetts coast in the great Puritan migration of 1630. After a passage of 70 days she arrived off Nantasket Point, now Hull, on May 30, old style, two weeks before Governor Winthrop arrived off Salem. From one of the passengers we learn that "the word of God was preached and expounded every day during the voyage. The number of passengers was 140." A day or two later the passengers and their "famished cattle" were landed at Rock Hill (Savin Hill), Dorchester. This was more than three months before the founding of Boston proper, which by the present style of dates was September 17, 1630.
"John Greenaway was past the prime of
life when he came to the new country. 'He was a millwright by
trade and was much respected by his fellow townsmen,' according
to the 'History of the Town of Dorchester.' He was the first person
admitted a freeman in that town. "
Source: Website "John Preble of Machias and the Collins Ancestry"
author unknown; and numerous other historical sources.
JOHN MARINER b abt 1650s France? m Rachael unknown (unverified); son John MARINER Jr b 1683 France? of Gloucester Essex Co MA married Sarah SAWYER, dau of James Sawyer & Sarah Bray (this information not completely verified by me); several of his descendants migrated to Cumberland Co ME.
JAMES SAWYER b abt 1643 England , died Gloucester, Essex Co MA; m Sarah BRAY, dau of Thomas Bray & Mary Wilson. Several of his descendants migrated to Cumberland Co ME
JOHN PRIDE b abt 1590-1600 London England d March 31, 1647 Salem Essex Co MA m Edith unknown; several of his descendants migrated to Cumberland Co ME
John Pride Jr b abt 1637 Salem Essex Co MA m Jane Lovering
Joseph Pride b abt 1670s Essex Co MA m Elizabeth Bond of Beverly, Essex Co MA
Mary Pride b abt 1715 Essex Co MA m Benjamin Skillings; lived Cumberland co ME
WILLIAM PARKER b abt 1618 England? m d Barnstable Co MA m Mary RAWLINS. One of the original first settlers of Barnstable Co MA
THOMAS LOMBARD b abt 1600 prob Dorset, England; m Joyce Unknown, and two other unknown wives. Emigrated in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet on the "Mary & John" (as did John Greenaway, see above) ; settled first at Dorchester, MA, then Scituate, and ultimately at Barnstable MA (Cape Cod). He was the first innkeeper at Barnstable, owned as "ordinary" (tavern) where he served food as of 1639.
HENRY COBB b abt 1596 Kent, England settled in Gloucester,
Essex Co MA; d Barnstable Co MA; m Patience HURST. One of the
original first settlers of Barnstable Co MA
GEORGE LEWIS III One of the original first settlers at Barnstable Co, MA m Elizabeth unknown; owned land in Cumberland Co ME by 1650s
ROBERT BURNAP bapt abt Nov 28, 1627 Hertsfordshire, England; died Oct 18, 1698 Reading, Middlesex Co MA; married Ann/Annis/Agnes MILLER. His daughter Sarah BURNAP married Abraham ROBERTS, below.
GILES ROBERTS b abt 1625 England, died abt 1666 Scarboro, York Co MA; married Elizabeth SHELDON. His son was Abraham ROBERTS who married Sarah BURNAP.
Other English & Canadian Immigrant Ancestors in my Grandmother's family:
CORDELIA RICKARD b 1830 Kenwyn Parish, Redruth,
Cornwall, England, d Jan 1875 Sacramento, CA; daughter of RICHARD
RICKARD b abt 1792 & CORDELIA HICKS (daughter of Mark HICKS
and Mary GILL), of Kenwyn Parish, Redruth, Cornwall, England.
The family lived at Redruth, Chacewater and Blackwater, and father's
occupation was noted in parish records to be "victualer"
or "innkeeper". Richard Rickard died in 1835 as per
parish records. Cordelia Rickard b 1830 is listed in the 1841
Cornwall England census with her widowed mother Cordelia and several
siblings. Most of the family emigrated July 28, 1845 as per Ship
passenger manifesto, "Henry Clay" departing Liverpool,
with Cordelia Rickard age 47 widow; Joseph Rickard son age 22
mechanic; Cordelia Rickard daughter age 13, Henry Rickard son
age 10. Children on the ship's manifest
match the youngest children listed on the 1841 Cornwall census.
Apparently they arrived in New York City. Another brother, Richard
Rickard Jr, emigrated later, and moved to Grant Co Wisconsin to
work as a miner. Both Richard Rickard Jr and Cordelia Rickard
b 1830 are listed in the 1850 Platteville, Grant Co WI census,
living very near each other.Cordelia's first marriage was in 1850
Grant Co WI to HENRY WILLIAM F. MYERS, a merchant, born in Germany;
they likely came across country via land route (wagon train?)
to California 1851-52 . Henry Myers died along the way, or they
were divorced upon reaching California. Her only child by first
marriage was Emma J Myers b 1850, apparently named after Cordelia's
older sister in Cornwall. Her second marriage was in 1857 to HENRY
"NEW HAMPSHIRE" BROWN in Sacramento; only surviving
children by her second marriage were Frank Ricard Brown b Feb
5, 1858 Sacramento CA, and Phebe Cordelia Brown b April 1868,
Folsom, Sacramento Co CA. The family lived at Salmon Falls in
Eldorado Co CA, and at Folsom and Sacramento, CA. Cordelia died
in 1875 at age 45, possibly of tuberculosis. She may have had
relatives living in Boston, as per her obituary. Surname also
spelled Ricard and Richard or Richards in records. Here is a recently
discovered photograph of Cordelia Rickard Myers Brown circa about
1860.
JOHN KENNEDY b abt 1800 Ireland? Nova Scotia Canada? d between 1840 & 1850 Lubec, Washington Co ME; possibly the son of THOMAS KENNEDY b abt 1750 Ireland, who was a soldier muster 1784 Digby, Nova Scotia and is listed in tax records in Hants County 1791-1793. JOHN KENNEDY married ELIZABETH BETSEY RINES b abt 1800 Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia Canada. After marriage they lived in Windsor, Hants Co Nova Scotia for several years, all their children born there; then moved to Lubec, Washington Co ME. John Kennedy is present there in the 1840 US census, near his son Jeremiah Kennedy. In the 1850 US census, John's widow, Elizabeth Kennedy, was living in Portland, Cumberland Co ME with several of her children, including my gg grandfather Thomas Kennedy b 1825-1830 who married Sarah Jane Bolton. Elizabeth Rines Kennedy & Thomas Kennedy are present in Portland Cumberland Co ME census 1850-1870. Thomas Kennedy moved to Bodie, Mono Co CA in about 1878, and probably died there before 1900.
Thomas Kennedy b 1825-1930 Windsor, Hants Co Nova Scotia m Sarah Jane Bolton, Elizabeth Lizzie
Mary Etta Kennedy b March 3, 1858 Portland, Cumberland Co ME m Frank Ricard Brown, see above.
Ruby Bolton Brown b July 17, 1893 Alameda, CA m Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine (my grandparents)
JOHN RINES b
abt 1720s-1730s was said to have been a soldier from Massachusetts
during the 1755 removal of the French Acadians from Nova Scotia,
and that he married there and decided to stay. He married ELIZABETH
TOAL, and they settled in Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia. "France was the first foreign
nation to colonize the land; they called it Acadia. The Acadians
settled here into a quiet farming life on the fertile lands around,
planting fruit trees and building dykes. Some of these dykes can
still be seen today. The first settler in the surroundings of
Maitland after the expulsion of the Acadians was John Ranes (later
called Rines) from Massachusetts. His first house was on this
side of the foundry site, built over an old French cellar. Later
he built another house opposite the 'spring'. "
Source: History of Maitland,
Nova Scotia, EastHants.com website
Surname is variantly spelled Ranes, Raines, Raynes and Rines in records.
John Rines Jr b April 10, 1766 Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia m Elizabeth McDonald, daughter of Patrick McDonald & Elizabeth McLean.
Elizabeth C "Betsy" Rines b abt 1800 Maitland Hants Co Nova Scotia m John Kennedy, see above
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