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Baker-Rouse Genealogy
David Aber [Parents] 1 was born 2 in Franklin Twp, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. He died .
Abisha's son David moved to Ohio and his son William (my great grandfather) homesteaded a farm in Wayne County Ohio in 1845 or so. His youngest son (my grandfather, Clinton Aber, born 1865) moved to Warrensburg, Missouri to be near his oldest brother, David Aber, who had moved earlier. My dad, Lawrence Marion Aber, was born in 1915 in Warrensburg the youngest of five brothers and one sister.
There were 100 years between my father's birth and the birth of his grandfather William. So I, born in 1943, am only four generations from Abisha who fought in the Revolutionary War and was one of several sons of John Aber w is the earliest Aber established in geneology records in this country so far as I know. (from Roberta Aber)
He had the following children:
M i William Aber
William Aber [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1815. He died .
William (my great grandfather) homesteaded a farm in Wayne County Ohio in 1845 or so. His youngest son (my grandfather, Clinton Aber, born 1865) moved to Warrensburg, Missouri to be near his oldest brother, David Aber, who had moved earlier. My dad, Lawrence Marion Aber, was born in 1915 in Warrensburg the youngest of five brothers and one sister.
There were 100 years between my father's birth and the birth of his grandfather William. So I, born in 1943, am only four generations from Abisha who fought in the Revolutionary War and was one of several sons of John Aber w is the earliest Aber established in geneology records in this country so far as I know. (from Roberta Aber)
He had the following children:
M i David Aber 1 died .
His youngest son (my grandfather, Clinton Aber, born 1865) moved to Warrensburg, Missouri to be near his oldest brother, David Aber, who had moved earlier.M ii Clinton Aber
Clinton Aber [Parents] was born 1 in 1865. He died in dead.
His youngest son (my grandfather, Clinton Aber, born 1865) moved to Warrensburg, Missouri to be near his oldest brother, David Aber, who had moved earlier.
He had the following children:
M i Lawrence Marion Aber
Lawrence Marion Aber [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1915. He died .
My dad, Lawrence Marion Aber, was born in 1915 in Warrensburg the youngest of five brothers and one sister.
He had the following children:
F i Living
Dr. Jack Rogers Abercrombie [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born 2 on 22 Nov 1948 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He died 3 on 30 Dec 2001 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was buried 4 on 4 Jan 2002 in Marblehead, Ma behind Unitary Universal Church. He married Living.
Jack was born with a heart mumer. At age 50, his heart became irregular. He was put on medication. Later he complain of a pulled muscle in back. Before heart surgey on value 9/01 cancer found
They had the following children:
M i Living M ii Living F iii Living
Living [Parents]
He had the following children:
F i Living F ii Living F iii Living F iv Living F v Living
John Edgar Abercrombie [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5, 6 on 25 Feb 1895 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He died 7, 8 in Apr 1979 in Sarasota, Florida or Andover, Massachusetts. He married 9 Living on 14 May 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
John E. Abercrombie was a bank teller according to the 1920 census of
Essex Co., MA ed#127. He lived with his father.n the 1910 US census for Lawrence, Essex Co, MA, ED356, sheet 3A: John Abercrombie is head of household, listed with wife Mary and children Bertha, Ralph, Florence, John and Laurence. John was 14 years old, born in Massachusetts. He was attending school.
In the 1900 census for Lawrence, Essex Co, MA, ED 398, sheet 8B: John Abercrombie is head of household, listed with wife Mary and children Bertha, Ralph, Florence, John and Laurence. John was born in Feb 1895 in Massachusetts and is now 5 years old.
Arthur Bragdon [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 in 1597 in Stratford-on-Avon, Worchestershire, England. He was christened 6 on 17 Jul 1586 in Stratford-on-Avon, England. He died 7, 8, 9 in 1678 in York, York Co, Maine. He married Joan Gold.
Other marriages:, Mary
Ancestry.com. Maine Pioneers, 1623-1660 [database online]. Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
planter, York, constable in 1640; witnessed a deed July 3, 1647; took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652, and was appointed lieutenant of the militia. Town officer. His wife Mary witnessed a deed with him in 1661. Sold land 1 Nov. 1668, to Andrew Rainking, planter, of the same place. He deposed 5 June, 1665, ae. about 67 years; deposed again 6 July, 1671, aged about 74 years, as to what he heard Mr. Tho. Rogers say before he went to England, which was in 1643. [York De. vol. 1, Part II, folio 14.]
Made deed of gift to son Thomas 25 May, 1678, conditioned on life maintenance for himself and wife. [York De. V.]
He died during the year. Inventory of his estate was filed 2 Oct., 1678.Will Admitted 2 Oct 1678 (from Downeast Ancestry)
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931.
Page 106-7
'Arthur Bragdon
The story of this pioneer includes the interesting fact that he was undoubtedly a native of Stratford-upon-Avon, County Warwick. The men of his family were butchers by occupation, the same as followed by John Shakespeare and Arthur Bragdon must have known the Bard of Avon, for he was 19 years old when Shakespeare died. This statement is made on circumstantial evidence arising on the existence of a Bragdon family living in Shakespeare's parish, whose sons carried the names of Arthur and Thomas as did the York family and the only Bragdon family found in England which bore these Christian names. It is stated that another resident of Stratford was an early emigrant to Maine, settling in the adjoining town of Kittery. At this period, business communication was common between towns in Warwickshire by means of navigation of the Severn and Bristol was probably the port from which he emigrated. Arthur Bragdon is first of record here in 1636 as witness to the sale of property (Deeds i. 119; viii, 210) and on June 11, 1637 he had a grant of 100 acres of land from Samuel Maverick and William Jeffrey, two of the patentees of Agamenticus (Deeds xxvi, 83). This land was situated on Bass Cove. This grant was contested by Godfrey as to the extent of its bounds and arbitrators Richard Vines and Henry Josselyn awarded the case in favor of Bragdon which was confirmed by Godfrey January 21, 1643, making the limits of his land on the northeast to the path leading from the Plantation to Christian Point (Deeds x, 173). He was constable of Agamenticus in 1640, and alderman 1641 under the first charter. In his later years, he resided with his son Thomas who lived just north of Bass Creek in Scotland and on May 20, 1678 he transferred all his property to Thomas on condition that his son 'provide for mee & my wife all necessary things that either of us shall stand in need of so long as wee shall live' (Deeds v, 26). He died in about six months and administration of his estate was granted to his son Thomas Oct 2, 1678. Inventory of the property was returned at a valuation of 64-06-0 pounds. In a deposition Arthur Bragdon stated his age which places his birth in 1597 and he was therefore 81 years old when he died. His wife's name was Mary, but there is nothing to suggest her family name or connection. The homestead at Bass Cove apparently remained in possession of his youngest son Samuel and his branch and the usual family litigation regarding the title based upon the blanket deed of 1678 came into court in 1727, nearly 50 years later. A new administration on the estate was granted that year and a new appraisal valued the property at 504-16-0 pounds. The case resulted in favor of the occupants. Arthur Bragdon left issue three sons. No daughters are known.
1. Thomas, b. abt. 1640
2. Arthur, b. 1645.
3. Samuel, b. abt 1647.'
Joan Gold 1 died . She married Arthur Bragdon.
Thomas Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1640 in York, York Co., Maine. He died 4, 5 on 10 Oct 1690 in Cape Neddick, Maine. The cause of death was Killed by Indians while loading a vessel.
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Page 284
"Another mysterious number of deaths took place about this time not mentioned in any contemporary records as victims of Indian attacks. This relates to the apparent simultaneous deaths of Lieut. Arthur Bragdon, Daniel Bragdon, Thomas Bragdon, James Freethy and William Wormwood, all of whom lived on adjoining lots just north of Bass Creek. The estates of all of these persons were inventoried on the same day, October 14, 1690 (Deeds v, pp. 51-53), and it is difficult to account for this singular fact except on the theory that they were victims of a local Indian attack. This seems to be confirmed by an entry under date of October 25, recording an attack on York, made by Judge Samuel Sewall (Letter Book i, 129). The date was probably that of the day on which the information reached him. No details are given and it is not mentioned by other contemporary authorities."
He had the following children:
M i Arthur Bragdon M ii Daniel Bragdon 1 died 2, 3 on 14 Oct 1690 in Cape Neddick, Maine. The cause of death was Killed by Indians.
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Page 284
"Another mysterious number of deaths took place about this time not mentioned in any contemporary records as victims of Indian attacks. This relates to the apparent simultaneous deaths of Lieut. Arthur Bragdon, Daniel Bragdon, Thomas Bragdon, James Freethy and William Wormwood, all of whom lived on adjoining lots just north of Bass Creek. The estates of all of these persons were inventoried on the same day, October 14, 1690 (Deeds v, pp. 51-53), and it is difficult to account for this singular fact except on the theory that they were victims of a local Indian attack. This seems to be confirmed by an entry under date of October 25, recording an attack on York, made by Judge Samuel Sewall (Letter Book i, 129). The date was probably that of the day on which the information reached him. No details are given and it is not mentioned by other contemporary authorities."F iii Martha Bragdon F iv Elizabeth Bragdon F v Bethia Bragdon
Arthur Bragdon [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 in 1645 in York, York Co., Maine. He died 5, 6 before 14 Oct 1690 in Cape Neddick, Maine. The cause of death was Killed by Indians. He married Lydia Twisden.
Page 471, Probate Office, 6, 57. (from http://home.maine.rr.com/bragdon/html/Wills.htm):
The last Will & Testament of Arthur Bragdon of York in the County of York in New England Gent made this fifteenth Day of March Anno Domini one thosand seven hundred & thirty six. being far advanced in Years & not knowing the Day of my Death I would settle my worldly Estate & I Dispose of the same in manner following Viz. Imprimis I give to my Loving & faithfull Wife Sarah Bragdon all the House hold stuff I shall Leave at my Decease besides her Dower & Thirds in all ye rest of my Estate for ever & ye Real for Life. Item. I Give to my Daughters Sarah Johnson & Martha Lord Each ten shillings to be paid by my Executor besides what I have already given. Item To my Daughters Tabitha Linscot Bethia Leavitt & Love Sayer I give Each thirty pounds to be paid as aforesd within four Years after ye Decease of me & my Wife. Item. I Give to my Daughter Mercy sixty pounds the one half on Demand the other half within four Years after my Decease if She shall survive me. Item I Give to my Grandaughter Olive Farnam thirty pounds to be paid at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of Marriage & if She should Die before sd time then to be equally divided between her Brothers Daniel Zebadiah & Joshua. Item. I Do give & bequeath to my only Son Thomas Bragdon all the Residue of my Estate both Real & Personal (he paying the above Legacies) to him & his Heirs for ever. only it is my Desire to my said Son that if his Son Daniel Bragdon shall behave himself well he may have settled upon him my part of the dwelling House & one half of the Home place besides what else my sd son shall see cause to give him. Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my said Son the Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written. Signed Sealed published pronounced Arthur Bragdon (Seal) & Declared by ye aforenamed Arthur Bragdon to be his last Will & Testament In presence of us. James Grant Jur Alexander Junkins John Mackintire Jur
Probated 5 May 1743.Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Page 284
"Another mysterious number of deaths took place about this time not mentioned in any contemporary records as victims of Indian attacks. This relates to the apparent simultaneous deaths of Lieut. Arthur Bragdon, Daniel Bragdon, Thomas Bragdon, James Freethy and William Wormwood, all of whom lived on adjoining lots just north of Bass Creek. The estates of all of these persons were inventoried on the same day, October 14, 1690 (Deeds v, pp. 51-53), and it is difficult to account for this singular fact except on the theory that they were victims of a local Indian attack. This seems to be confirmed by an entry under date of October 25, recording an attack on York, made by Judge Samuel Sewall (Letter Book i, 129). The date was probably that of the day on which the information reached him. No details are given and it is not mentioned by other contemporary authorities."
Lydia Twisden [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1640. She died . She married Arthur Bragdon.
They had the following children:
M i Arthur Bragdon F ii Lydia Bragdon
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