Walter G. Blenderman
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Introduction
| My German ancestors came from various parts of Northern Germany: Lippe-Detmold, Hannover (Prussia) and Pomerania, now part of Mecklenburg/Vorpommern. All of my German great-grandparents emigrated between 1861 and the mid 1880s. My English forbears go back to the well researched Stephen Gates, who arrived in Hingham, MA in 1638. There is now data on his parents and origin in England. Information has been added on the Pollard line, which now connects with Thomas Pollard. He settled in Billerica, MA about 1690. Included in the Pollard line are Asa Pollard, the first patriot to fall at Bunker Hill, and Dr. Amos Pollard, the head surgeon at the Alamo. A link has also been established between the Pollards and Hamlins. Hannibal Hamlin was the first Vice President of the US under Abraham Lincoln. The Leavitt ancestry seems pretty secure back to John Leavitt, the immigrant. The Levett/Leavitt line in England, starting with Percival Levett, is still speculative. Still to be verified are the Woods ancestry and some other more distant lines. Newly discovered is the connection between the Gilmans and the Lincolns, although this is apparently well known in the literature. This relationship leads to a direct link with Abraham Lincoln. Revised: Some information on Revolutionary War service of several different men named Samuel Gates. My direct ancestor is not the one who was at Valley Forge (shucks). |
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