Friday's Family Photos (Webb)

These are a few wonderful Webb Family photos. Enjoy!

Rev. James Barney WEBB, 6 Dec. 1823 - 2 Aug 1901


Emma Webb Noland, abt 1868 - 1954


George Bell Webb, 8 Jul 1855 - 21 Aug 1914


Agnes Pittman Webb, 17 Feb 1856 - 16 Oct 1883


Guy Webb, 24 Jul 1877 - 5 Oct 1939


Frank Webb, 5 Sept 1879 - 4 Oct 1912


Eva Bell Webb Loops, 28 April 1882 - 15 Sept 1966


And Who is this? Looks like George Bell Webb there in the center... and the boys in the top-hats? Anyone know?

J.S. Howard: Founding Towns was a Family Tradition (SOHS)

by Rodney Coleman, regular contributor to Southern Oregon Heritage Today.
Originally published in: Southern Oregon Heritage Today, Nov, 2002; 4:11

James Sullivan Howard, dubbed "the Father of Medford" when he did on November 13, 1919, was born April 21, 1932, to Sullivan and Elizabeth Howard in Mason, New Hampshire. Educated in Illinois, Howard married Margaret E. Snuggs in 1855. In 1860, the couple and their three children moved to Jacksonville, where Howard became a successful surveyor and civil engineer.

In addition to advancing regional development by conducting a preliminary survey for the Southern Pacific Railroad and engineering the COPCO COndor Dam, Howard examined surveys for the U.S. Office in Oregon and Arizona until 1898, and opened a bakery and butcher hsop in Jacksonville's historic Kubli Building in 1875.

After fire destroyed Howard's business in 1884, he built a general store near modern-day Front Street between Eight and Main streets in Medford. Howard later recalled that contemporaries criticized his choice of location, at first, calling in it the townsite of "Mudville,", "Rabbitville," and "caparral", but suggested he "laughed last" after he "got in right" with railroad officiallys and witnessed Medford's growth and incorporation two years later.

A familiar presence at the Nash Hotel in Medford's early days, Howard became president of the Town Board of Trustees and Medford's first mayor in 1885, postmaster, and Wells Fargo agent. As one of Medford's founders, Howard had followed in the footsteps of his father, who co-founded Wethersfield and Kewanee, Illinois, in 1837 and 1854. However, the "rags to riches" lore associated with his arrival in Jacksonville with "only fifty cents in his pocket" also distinguishes J.S. Howard from other proud and resourceful pioneers of his day.

Rogue River Catsup

by William Alley (historian and certified archivist)
Published in Southern Oregon Heritage Today, Nov 2002. 4:11

When Frank L. KNIGHT decided to expand his Portland-based pickle and vinegar packinghouse to include the manufacture of catsup, he spent two years studying the processes involved and seeking a suitable location. Ultimately Knight accepted the recommendations of the experts at Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis and selected Medford as the location of his new catsup plant. "The Rogue River Valley," Knight was told, "produces a tomato that is particularly adapted to catsup manufacture." By locating his plant in Medford, Knight could turn the tomatoes into catsup within a few hours of their being picked; "That is a mighty important factor in making high grade catsup."

The Knight Packing Company opened its Medford plant on the south end of Front Street in the summer 1916. Initial production capacity was estimated at fifteen tons of tomatoes per day, with room to expand to thirty tons in the future. By 1925, the plant was processing thirty-five tons of produce per day, the equivalent of 2,750 gallons of catsup.

After harvesting, Rogue Valley tomatoes were delivered to the plant where they were washed in large tanks. They were then scooped onto a conveyor belt, passing by employees who trimmed the tomatoes and removed any defective ones. The fruit was then washed again and steamed before being dropped into the chopper, which separated the seeds and skin; the remaining pulp was then sent to large kettles where it was cooked with onions, garlic, and spices. After cooking, vinegar, salt and sugar were added to make the finished product. The catsup was then packed into five-gallon cans and shipped to Knight's Portland facility where it was bottled in sixteen-ounce bottles.

Knight's Rogue River Catsup, the only catsup manufactures in Oregon, was an immediate success. At the end of the first eight years, the company could boast a 75 percent share of the Portland catsup market, and distribution had expanded to include parts of Washington, Idaho, and California. The company even went so far as to copyright the name "Rogue River" in connection with any tomato-based product.

The presence of the Knight catsup plant had an immediate impact locally. In addition to providing a significant payroll, the acreage devoted to commercial tomato cultivation soon increased. In 1924, the plant's production capacity was doubled to take advantage of the increased availability. The plant was again expanded in 1936 with the arrival of new, modernized equipment. No longer did the catsup need to be shipped in bulk to Portland for bottling. With the new equipment, the Knight Medford plant was now producing catsup at a rate of fifteen bottles per minute.

Knight's Rogue River Catsup flourished in Medford for twenty-five years, but the end came suddenly in the early 1940s. By 1942, the Knight Packing Company had disappeared form the local directories. The October 1925 issue of The Volt, the newsletter of the California-Oregon Power Company, now preserved in the collected of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, gives us a brief snapshot of a now-forgotten local industry.

Calling Webb Family Researchers

My ggGrandfather was George Bell Webb of Kinston, NC.
He was first married to Agnes Pittman, dau of Francis Marion Pittman and Louisa Mewborn, and had three children: Guy, James Francis "Frank" , and Eva Bell (my gGrandmother).

Agnes died in 1883 and he later married her sister Emma, and had two daughters: Agnes Webb Stacy and Carrie Lulu Bernard.

My gGrandmother Eva Bell Webb Loops saved so much; so much from the Webb family. And apparently her daughter Georgebelle Loops Smith also did a bit of research and was in communication with the Webb family.

I have pictures.
I have crazy tons of pictures.
I have pictures that I know no one in them, except that they are this WEBB family.

Agnes as a child; Carrie Lulu as a child, on and on and on. But these are the two evident from the writings on the photos.

I need help. I need someone to tell me who these are - and I can send you the photos too!

I'll get around to scanning and posting online. But if you are of this family, please contact me, because I need help. I've been given an amazing gift, and I know this needs to be shared with other researchers.

Contact me: thefamilyorchard@earthlink.net
And please stay posted here on the site, because I'll be posting photos as soon as I start scanning.

They're Just People

I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment, but I have to share my adventures tonight into the world of the Loops family. I had mentioned my Uncle Frank's passing a few months ago, the end of his generation of Loops, and the rememberall of our family. He was also the youngest son of Charles I and Eva Webb Loops, and lived near his sister Georgebell who'd passed 15yrs prior. Which means, he had all her "stuff".

Today arrived all of their combined "stuff".

As the Historian of the family, as my father described it, it just made sense to send everything to me. Everyone else would enjoy a few moments of nostalgia and awe (and confusion and great overwhelmed feelings), and then it'd go into the closet.

I feel overwhelmed with the 30lbs of "stuff" that arrived at my house tonight, but I also feel very honored. Eva Bell Webb Loops, my gGrandmother saved; her daughter Georgebelle saved that and continued on with her own genealogy research and more. It is evident in these boxes that I now hold 100+years of pictures, bibles, letters, research, history.... that is our Loops family, and also our Webb family.

I get to keep this! And I will. I will scan and digitize; save and save and save. I need more fire-proof boxes, but I will get them. I will put in special folders and files and help document the mix-matched findings that are stored in these two boxes. And I will help create something that can be passed on further. (oh, my dear son, I wonder if you'll even want it... you will have little choice, you know? it's you or your uncles).

I haven't digested fully yet what is included in these boxes. I will have much more to say as I dig deeper. Tonight was simply a 3hr look over everything, and then back in your box you go.

But it's overwhelming. So long to research a family and to now have faces to that family. Here you are, George B. Webb, in photo. Photo after photo, there you are. You were as alive as I am today, with emotions and love of your children and interest in your wife and political ambitions or whatever... you were alive. You are not simply a date in a book... you were a man.

Love letters from Charles E. Loops "the first", to Eva, 1901-1903, when they were both young and separated, yet in love and soon to be married. They were both beautiful - I know this now... I have pictures. And their handwriting is beautiful and learned. They were young people in love, and to read the letters between them is beautiful and heart-warming, and confirming that.... they were people. Just... people. Alive and in love, as much I have had romantic feelings in my life.

I think sometimes I get caught up in the names and dates. I try to remember the stories, the realities that are our ancestors, that they lived and breathed just the same. But to finally see pictures of their then fashion and hair-styles, read their style of writing, to really see what their day was focused on.... it becomes real. I don't know how I can do this with people hundred's of years back, aside from watching movies that place me in that time, but for now.... at least I have a visual face on my ggGrandparents. It's amazing.

SO MUCH more to share as I digest.

For now, I'm in awe.

Southern Oregon Historical Society

I just have to post my exciting news.... as an avid amateur genealogy fanatic, that I just got a new job at the HISTORICAL SOCIETY (yay!) is a little piece of heaven for me :-)

I will be working with membership/development, first working to fix the database and other techno issues with the society. But soon, working to find new ways of fund-raising and development, getting more people involved, promotion, etc.

How exciting!

I live in Southern Oregon, but am not originally from here. So my experience with the research library with the historical society is nil. But they have been active for nearly 80yrs. The research library is worked all from volunteers, a very active group who are largely tied to historical communities here. It will be fun and exciting to learn more about the history of this area!

And of course, the SOHS is tied in with the Genealogy Society (yay!). There may be opportunities to begin teaching some classes with the two, as well. I already teach genealogy classes through The City, but what a wonderful expansion to consider through the historical society!

All in all, a great new addition to my life.

I hope to start including some information on Southern Oregon history and fun facts into this blog, as it becomes more of my working life.

For now, a few links:

Southern Oregon Historical Society

Southern Oregon Stories - SOHS Blog

Jackson County Genealogy Society/Library

Finding Henry Loveall (perhaps NOT Desolate Baker)

For those of you LOVEALL family researchers, I need to take a moment to share the newly published, LOVEALL REPORT: The Descendants of REV. HENRY LOVEALL, an Able and Worthy Preacher (1694-aft 1772), by Gaynelle Moore. Purchase, Read, Learn.

Having just received my own copy of this, I'll not give anything away, except that as she previously commented on my prior Henry Loveall post, there is little supporting evidence that his name was Desolate Baker. Furthermore, that there is little EVIDENCE supporting the claims and slanders that he was "licentious" or removed from Baptist ministry because of behavior.

Where there is MUCH information available out there on this icky behavior, Gaynelle has researched (with the help of a professional genealogist) the life and times of Rev. Henry Loveall and attempts to prove that the history we have all been working from for so long is UNTRUE. That he was an "Able and Worthy" preacher, despite slanderings now reprinted in history books.

Please take a look. Decide for yourself. But at least give it a gander before further publishing the perhaps incorrect historical record of Henry Lovevall. Let's put this to rest and offer what is FACT to the Loveall family.

Resources #1

Just wanted to throw out some Google Books resources that I've been finding (for you, and as a place holder for myself!)

Descendants of William Hammond (of England)


Genealogical & Biographical History of Allegheny County (Fryer family)

Surname Listing - BRYANT (England)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 7th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #387... Abthia BRYANT
4 generations of BRYANT connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-?)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-?)

48. Abiel Dean (1817-1902)
49. Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870)

96. Noah Dean (1790-1821)
97. Roxallena Hammond Haskell (1788-1821)

192. Abial Dean (1763-1855)
193. Abthia "Abby" White (1765-1848)

386. Captain JOSHUA WHITE was born on 28 Sep 1718 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 28 Sep 1808 in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
387. ABTHIA BRYANT was born on 3 Feb 1725/1726 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She was christened on 25 Sep 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 7 Feb 1809 in Marion, Massachusetts.

Children of Joshua and Abthia: William White (1749-?), Major Zebulon White (1751-1835), Joel White (1756-?), Daniel White (1760-?), Ann White (1763-?), Abthia White (1765-1848)

774. WILLIAM BRYANT was born on 22 Feb 1691/1692 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was christened on 27 Mar 1692 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died on 18 Sep 1770 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
775. RUTH STETSON was born on 11 Sep 1689 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 10 Apr 1769 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Cemetery "at the green" across from the First Congregational Church, 6 Plympton St., Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA

Children of William and Ruth: Nehemiah Bryant (1713-1786), Ruth Bryant (1715-?), Hannah Bryant White (1717-?), Egetha Bryant Thurber (1724-?), Abthia Bryant White (17257/1726 - 1809), William Bryant (1729-?), Aphia Bryant (abt 1732-?), Lemuel Bryant (abt 1735-?), Zerviah Bryant (abt 1737-?)

1548. STEPHEN BRYANT Jr. was born on 2 Feb 1656/1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died after Apr 1723 in ye Major's Purchase, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
1549. MEHITABLE LUCAS was born about 1660 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 26 Sep 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Stephen and Methitable: Thomas Bryant (abt 1682-?), Stephen Bryant II (1683-abt 1747), David Bryant (1686/1687 - ?), William Bryant (1691/1692 - 1770), Hannah Bryant (1695-?), Ichabod Bryant (1699-1759), Timothy Bryant (1702-?), John Bryant (abt 1705-?)

Stephen married (2) Sarah Ford

3096. STEPHEN BRYANT Sr.was born about 1620 in Sussex, England. He died in Jun 1701 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
3097. ABIGAIL SHAW was born estimated 1623/1627 in England. She died on 24 Oct 1694 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Stephen and Abigail: Abigail Bryant (abt 1647 - 1715), John Bryant, Sr. (1650-1736), Sarah Bryant (1652-1652), Mary Bryant Churchill (1654-1715), Stephen Bryant, Jr. (1656/1657 - aft 1723), Sarah Bryant Lobdell (1659-1696/1697), Lydia Bryant Churchill (1662-1735/1736), Elizabeth Bryant King (1665-bef nov 1701), Mehitable Bryant King (1669-1724/1725)

6192. JOHN BRYANT Jr. was born about 1592 in Kent Co., England. He died before 1630 in Kent Co., England.
6193. ANNE PERKINS was born in 1596 in Kent Co., England. She died on 1 Jun 1654 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Son: Stephen Bryant, Sr

12384. JOHN BRYANT Sr. was born in 1578 in England. He died in unknown
12385. ROSE CHURCH was born in 1555 in Essex Co., England. She died in unknown.

Son: John Bryant, Jr.

24768. ROBERT BRYANT was born in 1532. He died in unknown.
24769. ELEANOR was born estimated 1527/1552. She died in unknown.

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If you have any information on this BRYANT family line, please leave me a comment! ~happy huntings

Edmund Lee Brown / Edward Lee Brown - Virginia to California

Judge E.L. Brown of California is my 3gGrandfather. I have many "notes" on him, from my gAunt. But no real sources. That his name is different in Every source, it is very confusing. He is Judge E.L. Brown, that we know. He is Edmund, he is Edward. His son, also is Edmund and Edward.
These are not the same names! How can they have both in conflicting documents! And how can we research a name that is never the same. And hence, why, while having "notes" on the man, he remains a mystery.

What I know, from "notes" from my aunt:

Members of the Mormon Battalion. Easton, Susan W.
Nauvoo: Early Mormon...Series, 1839-1846. Platt, Lyman. 1980 NauvooSocial History Project. Smith, James Illinois, Nauvoo City Tax Lists,1841-44; 1842 Illinois, Nauvoo, Property Transactions Roster - MormonBattalion. Easton, Susan W.

27 Jan 1851: appeared in courts of DC. "1st sergeant, Company E, commanded by Captain David in the Mormon Battalion, commanded by Col. Cooke, enlisted at Council Bluffs, Iowa, 15 Jul 1846 for 1 year. Was discharged at Pueblo de Los Angeles, 16 Jul 1847.

1852 Census: Yolo Co., CA. E.L. Brown, aged 48. Born VA, res: PA

Jan. 1854: appeared before the Clerk of US Supreme Court in and for Utah Territory

1860 Census, Putah Township, Yolo Co. Vol, 9, p552
E.L. Brown, aged 56. FARMER. Land worth $5000, other $6000
born Virginia.
Mary, aged 54, born Ohio.

1867: Yolo Co., Register: Edward Lee Brown, 64. Born VA. FARMER

1870 Census: Edward L. Brown, aged 66
Justice of the Peace
$1500 in land; $1200 in other

Western Shore Gazetteer, p. 236: E.L. Brown,Sr., born in Virginia
Justice of the Peace, Notary Republic, real estate agent. Residence in Davisville, N. Putah District, CA

Poll of 1871 & 1872: Edmund Lee Brown, same identifiers as above (whatever that means)

Yolo Democrat, Sat. Oct 12, 1872. P3, col3
"Died: In Davisville, Saturday night, October 5, Judge E.L. Brown, a native of Virginia, aged 69 years. Judge Brown was one of the earliest settlers in California, having come to the state in the year 1845. He resided in the southern portion of the state where he held the office of Alcalde under the Mexican government. He leaves two sons, both engaged in business at Davisville, and a very numerous circle of friends to mourn his decease."

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 1, p.489
Agnes Brown and her husband, Edmund L. Brown, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When the call came for a battalionof men to fight against Mexico Edmund was chosen 1st Sergeant in CompanyE., and his wife accompanied him as one of the laundresses. Agnes islisted as one of the women who returned to Pueblo, Colorado to spend thewinter of 1846–47, while Edmund L. made the entire trip to California. Itis known that on July 20, 1847, when the company known as the MormonVolunteers was mustered into service under Captain Daniel C. Davis,Edmund L. was named one of the 1st Sergeants.

Agnes came to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake the latter part of July,1847. No further information can be found in either church, state, or theDaughters of Utah Pioneers' files. Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 1,p.489

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Are the notes wrong? It almost seems that they're combining Edward Lee with an Edmund Lee, at times. One was married to Mary, another to Agnes.

I'm so confused. This is what I have on record from my gAunt through her research.

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Any information on the Brown family would be most appreciated. There MUST be something conclusive, somewhere. I have scoured the internet. I will have to travel. It can only be in person now, to find the answers... unless you have them.

William Walton Brown - Virginia to California

William Walton Brown is my 2gGrandfather. Dates: 2 Nov 1827, Alexandria, VA - Jul 1899, Veteran's Home, Yountville, Napa Co., CA.
I have "notes" from my Great-Aunt, but know very little, and have yet to "prove" her findings. Below, I am listing what I have for notes, nothing I have found on my own.

1852: Yolo Co., CA Census. FARMER. Born in Virginia

1863: Moved to Nevada to try mining, Austin & White Pine
W.W. Brown writes "I was stricken with rheumatism and heart disease resulting from exposure"

Was told (WHO was told, I don't know... that's what the "note" says) from a friend that their nurse, Lou, an Indian who they had brought from California to Nevada, had poisoned the children with belladonna berries because "she liked to see the children writhe in convulsions". Children of W.W. Brown and Adelaide Caroline Robey: Edmund Hayes Brown, 18 Aug 1852 - Jan 1859, "died of convulsions", Catherine Eugenie Brown, 28 Sept 1855 - May 1859, "died of convulsions", William Henry Brown, 28 Sept 1859 - 1863, "died of convulsions"

-- Two children, Charles Wilson Brown, 24 Nov 1857 - ?, and Elizabeth Mary "Bessie" Brown, 16 May 1862 - ?, survived.

1869: the railroad was completed and the family went back East. The Sacramento Union, 15 Sept 1869, p.3, col3, lists their name as joining the Special Excursion from Elko, Nevada.

1870 census: Maryland. Little Gunpowder, Baltimore Co.
Brown's and two children living with Adelaide's sister, Mary, and her husband Wilson Townsend. Mr. Brown states his occupation as Minister.

Returned to California after a year and a half. It is thought that W.W. became "too fond of the bottle", but whatever the reason, Adela divorced William.

Charlie (Charles Wilson Brown) stayed with his father and found a job with Wells Fargo in San Francisco.

Elizabeth Mary "Bessie" was put into Miss Shelli's Seminary of Benecia, CA.

Adela married George Pridham about 1879 and moved to Tombstone, Arizona. George also worked for Wells Fargo. Bessie joined them after finishing school.

William married Alice M. Stohlman Smith (last name uncertain as it's listed different on every document), in 1884. He was 50, she was 28, by their San Francisco marriage license.

William and Alice had two children: Robert E.L. Brown and Orabel Brown.

1887: Application for War Pension
Enlisted in Council Bluffs, IA, in Battalion of Iowa volunteers. 16 Jul 1846 as a Private in Company A, commanded by Capt. Jefferson Hunt & Lt. Col. James Allen, for 1 year

Traveled west by ship across the Isthmus by the Slogris River. Continued by ship North to San Francisco, by way of the Bay and the Sacramento River, to Davisville (now Davis, Co).

Attempted to establish a wheat plantation.

William died July 1899.

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That's what I have. "notes" that someone else compiled and not a single proof on my own. If you have any information on this family, I would be forever grateful. It is the one stagnant plateau of my research that just sits there, in the back of my brain, un-sourced and unknowing. Leave me a comment! TIA!

~happy huntings

Fryer Family of Allegheny Pennsylvania

I'm on a hunt for information about the Fryer family of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. You know how it gets... you become stagnant in one search, you find another to research. The Fryer's are my step-father's family, and a brand-new search, just begun yesterday. The Internet is alive with resources, and then at the same time... not so much. I love a new puzzle to figure out.

What I have figured out 100% and the line of my step-father:

William Fryer, 26 Mar 1836 - 3 April 1866, married Elizabeth McMillan, 24 Sept 1838 - 28 Nov 1873.

His father was William Fryer, 1785/1790 of Allegheny Co, PA - 8 Aug 1871, Allegheny Co., PA, married Annie Middlesworth, 1804/1850, Allegheny Co.

In my research of the Fryer family of this county, I found many sources of a Leonard Fryer and Ellen (or Eleanor) Porter, both from Ireland, who settled in the county. Upper St. Clair Township History states that Leonard had a son William. Dates of Leonard's other children (apparently 13, although I've yet to find more than the 4 sons) certainly match with MY William being in the mix.

Furthermore, William and Annie Middlesworth's first children were a set of twins, Moses and Leonard. Moses named after her father and Leonard... well, it'd make sense to be named after His father.

I'm thinking a Great chance these families are connected.

Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. I have much information on descendants, but have yet to find the children of Leonard in any detail or a positive connection between my William and the William, son of Leonard.

A Nod to Google

I'm so confused about this Internet "thing". I have to admit. What is the difference between Yahoo! and Google, really. I teach Internet classes, I do SEO on my own websites. I'm not an idiot, I understand the basics of how to get "to the top" of the list. But I still feel like, they know. They know that I'm a genealogy-bug, and give me websites based on that interest, when I do a search query.
I mean, does Everyone get the same results when they look for "Captain John Johnson" that I do? Are my search results tweaked because 80% of my searches are for genealogical references?

I still don't know how that happens.

BUT, I have to say, Google has it going on. In recent Google searches, it seems that Rootsweb submissions and anything on Blogger makes it high on the results list. Google is doing well to promote it's sites (I didn't realize Rootsweb was a google site... perhaps they bought it?).

And so, just because of that, I'm thinking that using my blogger website, I'm going to take advantage of how quickly it puts placement at the top of the list. And ask some questions. Forgive me, dear readers, if I post something not so interesting... because I have a question I'd like to ask to the masses, that will hopefully come up in their query. But, it seems a wonderful advantage.

Nod to Google. Thank you for supporting your own.
Or maybe it's just that MY google is tweaked to "genealogy". We'll see.

Surname Listing - HATHAWAY

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 7th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #385... Elizabeth HATHAWAY
4 generations of HATHAWAY connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-?)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-?)

48. Abiel Dean (1817-1902)
49. Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870)

96. Noah Dean (1790-1821)
97. Roxallena Hammond Haskell (1788-1821)

192. Abial Dean (1763-1855)
193. Abthia "Abby" White (1765-1848)

384. NOAH DEAN was born about 1730 in Massachusettes. He died on 24 Aug 1794 in Massachusettes.
385. ELIZABETH HATHAWAY was born about 1726. She died in unknown

Children of Noah and Elizabeth: Elizabeth Dean Dennis (1760-1833), Abial Dean (1763-1855), Noah Dean (?)

770. SETH HATHAWAY was born on 8 Mar 1707 in Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusettes. He died in Jun 1748 in New England, Hettinger Co., North Dakota.
771. DAMARIS PAUL was born in 1695 in Berkley, Bristol Co., Massachusettes. She died about 1777.

Children of Seth and Damaris: Elizabeth Hathaway Dean (abt 1726-?), Edward Hathaway (abt 1728-bef 1757), Abial Hathaway (1730-1767)

1540. EPHRAIM HATHAWAY was born on 8 Dec 1661 in Taunton, Briston Co., Massachusetts. He died on 20 Dec 1716 in Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
1541. ELIZABETH TALBOT was born on 14 Dec 1671 in Taunton, Briston Co., Massachusetts. She died on 5 Mar 1717 in Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Ephraim and Elizabeth: Elizabeth Hathaway White (1690-1752/1753), Ephraim Hathaway Jr. (1692-1711), Nathaniel Hathaway (1693-1748), Josiah Hathaway (1698-1778), Joseph Hathaway (1698-1770), Mercy Hathaway (1701-1754), Sarah Hathaway (1704-1705), Seth Hathaway (1707-1748), Rebecca Hathaway (1710-1748), Abigail Hathaway (1715-1785)

3080. JOHN HATHAWAY was born in 1629 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1705 in Taunton, Briston Co., Massachusetts.
3081. MARTHA SHEPHARD was born in 1629 in Taunton, Briston Co., Massachusetts. She died in 1690 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

Son: Ephraim Hathaway (1661-1716)

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If you have any information on the HATHAWAY family, please leave me a comment!

~happy huntings

Surname Listing - DOLPH / DEWOLF (Holland)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 6th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #211... Tabitha DOLPH
6 generations of DOLPH/DEWOLF connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

26. George M. Peck (1866-1943)
27. Clara Miller (abt 1880-?)

52. Armour S. Peck (1831-1918)
53. Mary E. Pritchard (1838-1915)

104. William Peck (1802/1803 - 1839)
105. Susannah Stevenson (1804-1881)

210. ANDREW STEVENSON Jr. was born on 28 May 1779 in Hampton, Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York. He died on 30 May 1867 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. He was buried in Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa.
211. TABITHA DOLPH was born on 15 Dec 1777 in Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York. She died after 1820 in Manchester Township, Dearborn Co., Indiana

Children of Andrew and Tabitha: Armour Stevenson (1802-1897), Susannah Stevenson Peck (1804-1881), Lydia Stevenson Cook (1805-?), Sylvanus Stevenson (1809-1876), James Stevenson (1815-1890), Thomas Horace Stevenson (1815-1881), Sylvester W. Stevenson (1816-?), Cyrone Columbus Stevenson (1817-?), Nancy Stevenson Goodwin (1818-?), John Henry Stevenson (1818-aft 1880)

422. ABDA DOLPH was born on 25 Oct 1743 in Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He died on 26 Oct 1833 in West Andover, Astabula Co., Ohio. He was buried in Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
423. MARY COLEMAN was born on 4 Mar 1745 in Wethersfield, Hartford CO., Connecticut. She died on 19 Jan 1800 in Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York.

Children of Abda and Mary: Joseph (1767-1827), William Dolph (1769-?), Ruth Dolph Brisbee (1771-1835), Lydia Dolph Bond (1774-1854), Tabitha Dolph Stevenson (1777-aft 1820), George Dolph (1780-1852), Simeon Dolph (1783-1829), Mary Apphia Dolph (1790-?)

Abda married (2) Bethiah Fuller.
Abda married (3) Elizabeth

844. JOSEPH DE WOLF was born on 7 Mar 1719 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut. He died in Feb 1758 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
845. TABITHA JOHNSON was born on 9 Feb 1716 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died in 1777 in Connecticut

Children of Joseph and Tabitha: Prudence Dolph (1739-?), Margaret Dolph (1741-?), Abda Dolph (1743-1833)

1688. CHARLES DE WOLF was born on 18 Sep 1673 in Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. He died on 5 Dec 1731 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
1689. PRUDENCE BECKWITH was born on 22 Aug 1676 in New London Co., Connecticut. She was christened on 27 Aug 1676 in New London Co., Connecticut. She died on 16 Jun 1737 in Wethersfield, Harford Co., Connecticut.

Children of Charles and Prudence: Matthew Nathan Dewolf (?), Joseph Dewolf (1719-1758)

3376. EDWARD NATHAN DEWOLF was born in 1646 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He died on 24 Mar 1712.
3377. REBECCA TINKER was born in 1650 in Wethersfield, Harford Co., Connecticut. She died in Jun 1722 in Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

Son: Charles Dewolf (1673-1731)

6752. BALTHAZAR DEWOLF was born in 1620 in Holland. He died on 28 Sep 1692 in Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.
6753. ALICE PECK was born in 1625 in London, Middlesex, England. She died on 5 Dec 1685 in Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire

Children of Balthazar and Alice: Edward Nathan Dewolf (1646-1712), Stephen Peter DeWolf (1650-?), Simon DeWolf (1650-?), Hannah DeWolf Stone (1652-?), Mary DeWolf Lee (1656-?), Susannah DeWolf Champion (1664-?), Alice DeWolf Comstock (1666-?), Unknown Baby (1661-1661)

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Surname Listing - HAMMOND (England)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 6th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #195... Elizabeth HAMMOND
5 generations of HAMMOND connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-?)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-?)

48. Abiel Dean (1817-1902)
49. Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870)

96. Noah Dean (1790-1821)
97. Roxallena Hammond Haskell (1788-1821)

194. Captain JOB HASKELL was born in Oct 1751 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died in Dec 1835 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
195. ELIZABETH HAMMOND was born on 18 Jan 1752 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 15 Dec 1805 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Job and Elizabeth: Jireh/Job Haskell (1775-1785), Abigail "Nabby" Haskell (1777-1809), Hunnewell Haskell (1780-1829), Mary Haskell (1782-?), Elizabeth Haskell (1785-?), Roxallena Hammond Haskell (1788-1821), Amelia Haskell (1789-?)

390. ANTIPAS HAMMOND was born on 16 Jul 1704 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died on 29 Mar 1773 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Hammond Cemetery, Pattapoisett, Plymouth Co., MA
391. ABIGAIL SWIFT was born on 26 Jul 1715 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. She died in Jan 1796 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Antipas and Abigail: Jireh Hammond (1737-1773), Hunnewell Hammond (1740-1807), Abigail Hammond (1742-?), Joseph Hammond (1747-?), Elizabeth Hammond (1752-1805), Benjamin Hammond (1756-1843)

780. BENJAMIN HAMMOND was born in Nov 1673 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He died on 29 Mar 1747 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
781. ELIZABETH HUNNEWELL was born about 1677. She died unknown.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth: Capt. Polypus Hammond (1702-1773), Josephus Hammond (1703-1779), Antipas Hammond (1704-1773), Barzillai Hammond (1706-?), Israel Hammond (1707-1800), Mary Hammond Tupper (1709-?), Elisha Hammond (1712/1715-?), Roger Hammond (1722-1758)

1560. BENJAMIN HAMMOND was born in England. He died in 1703 in Rochester, Massachusetts.
1561. MARY VINCENT was born in 1633 in England. She died in 1705 in Rochester, Massachusetts.

Children of Benjamin and Mary: Samuel Hammond (1655-?), John Hammond (1663-1749), Nathan Hammond (1670-?), Benjamin Hammond (1673-1747), Rose Hammond (?-1676), Mary Hammond (died young)

3120. WILLIAM HAMMOND was born in London, Kent County, England. He died in London, Kent County, England.
3121. ELIZABETH PENN died about 1640 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Children of William and Elizabeth: Elizabeth, Martha, Rachel, and Benjamin Hammond (died in 1703)

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Surname Listing - WHITE (England)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 6th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #193... Abthia "Abby" WHITE
5 generations of WHITE connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-?)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-?)

48. Abiel Dean (1817-1902)
49. Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870)

96. Noah Dean (1790-1821)
97. Roxallena Hammond Haskell (1788-1821)

192. ABIAL DEAN was born on 6 Dec 1763 in Taunton, Bristol, Co., Massachusetts. He died on 2 Jan 1855 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Burial Place Marion, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
193. ABTHIA "Abby" WHITE was born on 20 Aug 1765 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 5 Sep 1848 in Plymouth Co., Massachuttes. She was buried in Burial Place Marion, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Abial and Abby: Noah Dean (1790-1821), Elizabeth H. "Betsey" Dean Washburn (1793-1866), Emeline Dean Atwood Cobb (1806-1885), Celia Dean Leach (?), Damaris Dean Waterman (?), Hannah Dean (?), Mary Dean Benson (?)

386. Captain JOSHUA WHITE was born on 28 Sep 1718 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 28 Sep 1808 in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
387. ABTHIA BRYANT was born on 3 Feb 1725/1726 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She was christened on 25 Sep 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 7 Feb 1809 in Marion, Massachusetts.

Children of Joshua and Abthia: William White (1749-?), Maj. Zebulon White (1751-1835), Joel White (1756-?), Daniel White (1760-?), Anne White (1763-?), Abthia "Abby" White Dean (1765-1848)

772. BENJAMIN WHITE was born on 21 Feb 1684 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died on 10 Dec 1750 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Alden Cemetery, North Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
773. RUTH REED was born on 20 Feb 1684/1685 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She died on 5 May 1724 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Benjamin married FIRST, Ann Bicknell. Children: Ruth White (1727-?), Ann White (1729-?), Hannah White (1731-?), Daniel White (1734-?), Zibiah White (1736-?), Abigail White (1739-?).

Children of Benjamin and Ruth: Ruth Reed White (1715-1715), Benjamin White (1716-?), Capt. Joshua White (1718-1808), Sarah White (1723-?)

1544. Captain EBENEZER WHITE was born on 24 Nov 1648 in Wessaguscus or Wessagusett Colony (now Weymouth), Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He died on 24 Aug 1703 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
1545. HANNAH PHILLIPS was born before 25 Nov 1654 in Wessaguscus or Wessagusett Colony (now Weymouth), Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. She died on 5 Oct 1732 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

Children of Ebenezer and Hannah: Ebenezer White (1672-?), Dea. Thomas White (1673-1752), Dea. Samuel White (1676-?), Joseph White (?), Hannah White Alden (1681-?), Abigail White Reed (1683-?), Benjamin White (1684-1750), Experience White Pool (1686-?), Elizabeth White Pierson (1688-?)

3088. Captain THOMAS WHITE was born in 1599 in Fiddleford, Dorset, England. He died on 28 Aug 1679 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
3089. Mississippi or Ann WORKMAN was born about 1603. She died before 1679.

Children of Thomas and Mississippi/Ann: Thomas White (?), Capt. Joseph White (?), Anna White Baxter (?), Capt. Samuel White (1642-?), Capt. Ebenezer White (1648-1703)

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This is what I have so far on the WHITE family. If you have more information on this family, please leave me a comment!

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Surname Listing - STEVENSON (Scotland)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 5th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #105... Susannah STEVENSON
5 generations of STEVENSON connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900-1975)

26. George M. Peck (1866-1943)
27. Clara Miller (abt 1800-?)

52. Armour S. Peck (1831-1918)
53. Mary E. Pritchard (1838-1915)

104. WILLIAM PECK was born in 1802/1803. He died on 25 Sep 1839.
105. SUSANNAH STEVENSON was born on 22 Sep 1804. She died in 1881

Children of William and Susannah: James M. Peck (1827-1839), Lester Peck (1829-1880), Armour S. Peck (1831-1918), Dorchester Clark Peck (1832-1913), Jane Peck (1834-1838), Elizabeth Ann Peck (1836-1850), Mary Peck (1838-1865), Susannah Peck (1839-1881)

Susannah married (2) John Courtney.

210. ANDREW STEVENSON Jr. was born on 28 May 1779 in Hampton, Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York. He died on 30 May 1867 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. He was buried in Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa.
211. TABITHA DOLPH was born on 15 Dec 1777 in Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York. She died after 1820 in Manchester Township, Dearborn Co., Indiana.

Children of Andrew and Tabitha: Armour Stevenson (1802-1897), Susannah Stevenson Peck (1804-1881), Lydia Stevenson Cook (1805-?), Sylvanus Stevenson (1809-1876), James Stevenson (1815-1890), Thomas Horace Stevenson (1815-1881), Sylvester W. Stevenson (1816-?), Cyrone Columbus Stevenson (1817-?), Nancy Stevenson Goodwin (1818-?), John Henry Stevenson (1818-aft 1880)

420. ANDREW STEVENSON Sr. was born about 1747 in Scotland. He died on 13 Sep 1816 in Hector, Schuyler Co., New York.
421. SUSANNA BEALE GORDON was born on 23 Apr 1748 in Salem, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. She died on 13 Sep 1816 in Hector, Schuyler Co., New York

Son: Andrew Stevenson Jr (1779-1867)

840. GILBERT STEVENSON was born in 1722 in Scotland. He died in unknown

Son: Andrew Stevenson Sr (abt 1747-1816)

1680. ANDREW STEVENSON was born about 1693 in Scotland. He died in unknown
1681. JANET KELLY died in unknown.

Son: Gilbert Stevenson (1722-?)

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Surname Listing - HASKELL (England)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 5th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #97... Roxallena/Roxana Hammond HASKELL
8 generations of HASKELL connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Bell Peck (1900-1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-?)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-?)

48. Abiel Dean (1817-1902)
49. Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870)

96. NOAH DEAN was born on 31 Jan 1790 in Taunton, Bristol, Co., Massachusettes. He died in Jun 1821 in Owensboro, Davies Co., Kentucky.
97. ROXALLENA or ROXANA HAMMOND HASKELL was born on 8 Apr 1788 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusettes. She died on 21 Jun 1821 in Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana

Children of Noah and Roxallena/Roxana: Abiel Dean (1817-1902), Noah Haskell Dean (1816-1896), Abthia Dean (1820-?), Roxelena Haskell Dean (1821-1906)

194. Captain JOB HASKELL was born in Oct 1751 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusettes. He died in Dec 1835 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
195. ELIZABETH HAMMOND was born on 18 Jan 1752 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusettes. She died on 15 Dec 1805 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Children of Job and Elizabeth: Jireh/Job Haskell (1775-1785), Abigail "Nabby" Haskell (1777-1809), Hunnewell Haskell (1780-1829), Mary Haskell (1782-?), Elizabeth Haskell (1785-?), Roxallena Haskell (1788-1821), Amelia Haskell (1789-?)

Job married (2) Molly Haskell

388. SETH HASKELL was born about 1722 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died on 17 Oct 1769 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in First Parish Cemetery, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA.
389. ABIAH NELSON was born on 24 Jul 1727 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died on 28 Feb 1803 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Seth and Abiah: Charity Haskell (1750-?), Job Haskell (1751-1835), Zebulon Haskell (1753-1831), Mary Haskell (1755-?), Seth Haskell (1757-1793), Lydia Haskell (1760-1841), Hannah Haskell (1761-?), Leonard Haskell (1765-?), Abiah Haskell (1765-?), Joanna Haskell (1768-1802)

776. MARK HASKELL was born on 5 Feb 1683 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died on 2 Jun 1760 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
777. REBECCA THOMAS died in unknown.

Children of Mark and Rebecca: Joanna Haskell (1710/1711 - bef 1760), Mary Haskell (1712/1713 - ?), Thomas Haskell (1714-?), Mark Haskell (1716-1769), Seth Haskell (abt 1722-1769)

1552. MARK HASKELL was born about 1650 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died on 17 May 1699 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
1553. MARY GOODALE SMITH was born in 1658/1660 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died about 1 Mar 1719 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Children of Mark and Mary: John Haskell (1680/1681-1728), Mark Haskell (1683-1760), Dea. Roger Haskell (1685-?), Elizabeth Haskell (1686-?), Mary Haskell (1689-?), Joseph Haskell (1692-1771)

3104. ROGER HASKELL was born before Mar 1614 in Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England. He died in May 166 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3105. ELIZABETH HARDY was born in 1618/1620 in Probably England. She died about 1676 in Massachusetts.

Son: Mark Haskell (abt 1650-1699)

6208. WILLIAM HASKELL Jr was born about 1577 in Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England. He died in May 1630 in Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England. He was buried on 11 May 1630 in St. Stephen's Churchyard, Chalton Musgrove, Somerset, England.
6209. ELINOR COOK or FOULE was born about 1583 in England. She died in 1662/1667 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Son: Roger Haskell (bef Mar 1614-1666)

12416. WILLIAM HASKELL Sr was born in England. He died in England.
12417. ELIZABETH died in unknown.

Children of William and Elizabeth: William Haskell Jr (abt 1577-1630), Mark Haskell *abt 1565-1640)

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Surname Listing - HOLLAND (Ireland)

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 5th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #71... Sophia HOLLAND
4 generations of HOLLAND connected through:

8. George William Morgan (1874-1955)
9. Katie Evelyn Robson (1879-1966)

16. George William Morgan (1844-1892)
17. Hannah Sophia Parks (1847-1931)

34. William Parks (1807-1881)
35. Harriet Knight (1817-1898)

70. SAMUEL KNIGHT was born on 19 Oct 1798 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. He died on 13 Feb 1869 in Cambridge Narrows, New Brunswick, Canada. He was buried in Mill Cove.
71. SOPHIA HOLLAND was born on 1 Sep 1798 in Cambridge Narrows, New Brunswick, Canada. She died on 9 Sep 1873 in White's Cove, New Brunswick, Canada.

Children of Samuel and Sophia: Harriett Knight (1817-1898), Robert Knight (1819), Phoebe Knight (1821-1912), Richard Knight (1823-unknown), Esther Knight (1826-unknown), Peter Knight (1828, 1914), Suzanne Sophia Knight (1830-unknown), Mathilda Ann Knight (1833-unknown), Henry T.R. Knight (1836-unknown), James Harry Knight (1838-abt 1930), Frances L. Knight (1839-unknown), Samuel Joseph Knight (1843-1845), Mary Elizabeth Knight (1832-unknown).

142. JOSEPH WEEVER HOLLAND was born on 20 Jan 1770 in probably Canada. He died in unknown.
143. CATHARINE ESTHER THORNE was born about 1775 in Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada. She died in unknown

Children of Joseph and Catherine: Richard Holland (1795-unknown), James Henry Holland (1798-unknown), Sophia Holland (1798-1873)

284. RICHARD HOLLAND died unknown
285. RHODA WEEVER died before 1777.

Children of Richard and Mary Weever: Joseph Weever Holland (1770-unknown), Richard Holland (unknown), Charles Holland (unknown)

Richard married (2) Hannah Dean. Daughter Clarissa (unknown)

568. STEPHEN HOLLAND was born about 1731 in Coleraine, Ireland. He died in unknown
569. ELIZABETH Betsy Jane Peggy STINSON was born about 1732 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. She died in unknown

Children of Stephen and Elizabeth: Richard Holland (unknown), John Holland (unknown), Margaret Holland (1758-1840), Elizabeth Holland (unknown), Sarah Holland (unknown), Jane Holland (unknown), Mary Holland (unknown), Frances Holland (unknown)

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This is all the information I have so far on the Holland family. If you have further information, please leave me a comment!

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Surname Listing - TRADER

I'm counting down my son's ancestors, working with his 4th Great-Grandparents.

Today.... #49... Elizabeth TRADER
4 generations of TRADER connected through:

12. Harry Eugene Dean (1878-1948)
13. Clara Belle Peck (1900 - 1975)

24. Benjamin Dean (1854-Unknown)
25. Elizabeth Bennett (abt 1854-Unknown)

48. ABIEL DEAN was born on 12 Oct 1817 in Mattapoisett, Plymounth Co., MA. He died on 23 Nov 1902 in Petersburg, Boone Co., Kentucky
49. ELIZABETH TRADER was born about 1832 in Indiana. She died before 1880 in Boone Co., Kentucky.

Children of Abiel and Elizabeth: Benjamin Dean (1854-unknown), Roxana Dean (1856-unknown); Martha Dean (1858-Unknown); Emma Dean (1861-1942), Arthur Dean (abt 1863-unknown), Susan Dean (1866-1916), William Dean (abt 1869-unknown)

98. JOHN TRADER Jr. was born in 1811 in Kentucky or Ohio. He died on 3 Nov 1865 in Indiana. He was buried in Cedar Hedge Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana.
99. ELIZABETH JOHNSON was born in 1813 in Indiana or near Petersburg, Kentucky. She died on 11 Jan 1878 in Ohio Co., Indiana. She was buried in Cedar Hedge Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana.

Children of John and Elizabeth: Isaac Trader (1832-1916), Mary Ann Trader (1835-1897), Elizabeth Trader (abt 1838-abt 1870), Rachel Trader (abt 1843-unknown), Frances "Fannie" Trader (1845-1932), George Trader (abt 1846-unknown), Melinda Trader (1848-unknown), John Trader, Jr. (1851-1873), Thomas Trader (abt 1853-1925), Marcus Trader (abt 1856-unknown)

196. JOHN TRADER Sr..

Children of John Trader: John Trader (1811-1865) and Arthur Trader.

on John Trader's site at Find a Grave... John's father, John Trader, Sr., left his two baby sons, John and Arthur, in the care of William Walmsley (aka Wamsley, Warmsley) and his wife (nee Bussel) in Boone County, Kentucky. (Do not know why. Would like to know if they were family or friends.) In a "Court Orders" book, it says that John was indentured, as a baby, to Isaac Carlton in Boone County, Kentucky. John's brother, Arthur Trader, was indentured to James Porter. (Do not know what became of Arthur.)

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Monday Madness - Origins of Captain John Johnson

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The origins of Captain John JOHNSON, born abt 1585/1595, who married Mary Heath in 1613 in England (father of Captain Isaac Johnson) seem to be in great dispute. For years I have had him listed as the son of John Johnson and Hannah Throckmorton. Do a quick search at the LDS or Rootsweb, and you'll find numerous different options for his lineage.
Until, once again, Google Books, came to the rescue. Well, that is if you believe the disputes of Gerald Johnson.

I have paraphrased the Theories from his book, The Biography and Genealogy of Captain John Johnson, 2000

Theory #1... Isaac Johnson and Lady Arbella Fiennes of Lincolnshire.
"If Isaac Johnson was born in 1601 and John Johnson was married in 1613, there is NO WAY that Isaac Johnson and Arbella Fiennes were the parents of John Johnson. John Johnson could not have been 12yrs old at the time of his marriage to Mary Heath... Furthermore, both Isaac and Arbella died soon after arriving in New England in 1630. The Will of Isaac Johnson clearly establishes that he and Lady Arbella Fiennes had no living issue"

Theory #2... John Johnson's father was John Johnson of Wilmington, Kent, England because (a) his wife was Margery Scudder who was named in the will of John Lowers of Darenth, Kent, England and (b) in which is names a John Johnson, the elder and a John Johnson, the younger (Presumably, "our" Captain John Johnson) in the 1650 will.
First, John Johnson did NOT marry Margery Scudder. Margery Scudder, who was actually "Margaret Scudder" was married to Thomas Stacy who outlived her.
Furthermore, study of the county of Kent birth and death records did not reveal any John Johnson being born to a John Johnson. Further, there is no record of a John Johnson birth in Herne or Herne Hill parish, Kent, England.
Captain Edward Johnson of Woburn, Massachusetts WAS from Herne Hill, Kent, England. There is no evidence, however, that Edward Johnson and John Johnson were related.
It is concluded that Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Mass was not born in either Wilmington, England or Herne Hill, England.

Theory #3... Francis Johnson and Elizabeth Thorogood
"The dates are all wrong for these people to be the parents of Captain John Johnson. The mother of Elizabeth Thorogood was Cecily Baynam. Baynam would have been only four years old when her supposed grandson, John Johnson was born in 1590.

Theory #4... John Johnson born abt 1570 and Hannah Throckmorton.
The birth date of 1588, Langton, Lincolnshire, England submitted by a Richard Miner to the Ancestral Files, is not listed in any of the Lincolnshire parish records.... Mr. Miner, believing that the information researched by his mother was correct, submitted the information to the LDS church.

Theory #5... father was John Johnson, grandparents Geoffrey Johnson and Bridgett Harbottle.
Neither Geoffrey Johnson, son of Maurice, nor Bridgett Harbottle, wife of Geoffrey, are listed in any of the Herne Hill, Kent, England parish records. Geoffrey Johnson, if related, woul dhave been a grandfather of our Captain John Johnson. He died Sept 1585 at age 60 in Leicester England. Ms. Lynda Hotchkiss, genealogist for the county of Lincolnshire Council Genealogical Research Service, extensively researched this connection in November 1998. Ms. Hotchkiss clearly establishes that John Johnson and Isaac Johnson were NOT brothers as all sources clearly show "Abraham, father of Isaac Johnson, had no son John."
Robert Johnson and grandfather of Abraham Johnson, was married three times with the last marriage being in Rutland. According to Ms. Hotchkiss this suggests other children, but she did not find any definite leads to a John Johnson who could have married in 1613 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

Theory #6.... John Johnson and Alice Prior of Ware.
Captain John Johnson is already in America (1630) when this John Johnson was born in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Thus, he is not our Captain John Johnson.

So.... as of this publishing in 2000, it is not known who the parents of John Johnson were. He is currently without family.

Madness, indeed.

Census gone wild

I have been remiss in blogging. I'm going nuts with updating my database. Finding children, sourcing. I have to finally admit that I'm enjoying the ease of the collaboration between Rootsweb and Ancestry. It annoys me. I don't want to PAY for genealogical information. But it's SO easy..... that Rootsweb is the home for my database, it's just There. I don't know what else to say.

I'm finding sources the like I've never had before, aside from my years of Living in NC and actually going to the Lenoir Co. courthouse. Ancestry IS a bonafide resource (bummer!!!).

I still consider it a racket, to have to PAY. I am increasingly frustrated that the GenWeb is losing momentum. Why is that? Why are there not more volunteers keeping the county websites going? Back in the day, 10yrs ago, you could find a lookup for country records. Today, you're lucky to find someone even maintaining the website, much less look-ups or reliable links.

So, that's why I'm hiding from blogging. Update, clean, solidify. That's where I am these days.

I'm hoping to teach another class soon and really get back into this. I also want to join the local Gen society and start researching (albeit for their GenWeb) and transcribing for them. Because I still believe in the GenWeb. Ancestry is awesome... but the more we can promote the FREE, the volunteer... the more we are working together as a collaborative group.

Where did it start? (this interest in Genealogy?

I love this question.
Why did you start doing genealogy research?

This is a question I am not asked much any longer, because I converse with people who are also frantically researching. But finding your beginning is an important note, to yourself, to conversation, and just to keep in your heart....

My genealogy class was primarily made of "seniors", as though this is the only generation interested; as though something changes in you when you become older. Which I do believe is true... but Why Not be interested when you're younger?
Why did I become interested at 17? Just because I like math and puzzles? Or History?
Well... probably all of the above.
But... why me? Why not a cousin of mine before me? What were they doing that made them.. NOT interested?

I've been considering this a lot recently, now that I'm teaching genealogical research.

I started because...
my father told me, when I was 17, that my brothers and I were the last of the Loops name. It was all he knew.

I did a quick internet search (such at the beginning of the internet) and found others who shared the same name. 22 of them! 22 whole people in the U.S. with our last name LOOPS, and only 4 being US. I had to explore.

But, it was so much more. It was that, my father didn't know... his father hadn't told him (or didn't know enough himself to share). There was no story to our family. We were made up of generations who lived their lives and weren't curious. And my father, sometime in his 40s was totally accepting of this, that he was the only person left with the LOOPS name - cause his Uncle Frank had only daughters.

This... is fascinating. That I quickly became an anthropologist in school and study, tied right into my interest in how a family could become so isolated, so removed from their history, and really not care so much. The family stories were just... nill. Left to the few gatherings when the slides would come out about "life in the 40s".

I suppose there were elements of ME... that I was a child of divorce, so learning about your family became really important. And also that my mother seemed to know much more about her family than my father did about his. Perhaps I had some tugging strings, both ways.

Where are we from?

It is a fascinating question. Why do we continually search for it? Do we find solace in the answers? I do, a bit. And that I'm interested in History in itself... I love to learn about people in the 1600s who'd just moved to America because they were fighting something in England and ventured across the Frontier and landed in California. OMG... this is the stuffs of movies! :-)

I'm rambling...

My question is... do you remember where it all started for you? How did this "happen", this interest, this drive to learn and research.

Genealogy Class #2

Tonight was the second genealogy class, finishing up where we started on Monday. Yay! The totality of this class was by-far the best class I've taught so far, and for a year of classes, 1-2 a week, that says something! Hooray!

The second class seems like it would be easier, but never quite so much. Especially because, in theory, you leave a good portion of the first of the class to questions about the previous class, a recap on what we covered, and what experiences/challenges came up when the 'students' went home to play on their own.
In my class, no one apparently went home and played. So.... the Q & A portion of the class was about 3 minutes, instead of my allotted 30min. Hmph.

So, in following the ideas that we covered on Monday - the bigger databases, Ancestry, LDS, and Rootsweb, I thought we'd first need to backup and start with some simple searches on Google, and move from there. The class ended up looking like this:

- Google. How to search on Google. Use Quotations! The fun of Google Books, and just basically outlining what information you'd find in a basic Google search (like people's personal websites, archived information... what "archived" means)

- Forums. Both Rootsweb and GenForums. These have been invaluable to me, and hopefully a great place to start for people who don't have a lot of information yet. Seems like with the examples I showed tonight (from my own family and family searches from the class), there isn't a lot of activity on the GenForums any longer. Is there somewhere better? Rootsweb still seems to have a lot of action.

- The GenWeb. I'd always found TWO helpful aspects to the Genweb - county "lookups" and the search engine for the archives. While the archive search is still AMAZING and something EVERYONE needs to have bookmarked, all the counties we looked at (four), none had volunteer "lookups" any longer. Is the GenWeb losing some oomph in that way?

- Gravesites. We covered Find a Grave and Interment. Find a Grave seems to have greatly expanded, now offering (not consistent, mind you, but still) obituaries and family group links. WOW! Someone is really on it with this site. Interment is helpful, but Find A Grave definitely stole the show.

- A quick look back at PAF software and how to create a gedcom file, exporting.

And that was a wrap. Whew! I think I overwhelmed them. I would've been overwhelmed if I was just starting out. It was a lot of websites. And we finished 1/2hr early. But... I got great feedback from the class - that they really enjoyed it, learned a lot.

So... YAY! I want to teach more! I want to start a, once a week, Genealogy Group!! I want to be a GenWeb volunteer again (I was for years when I was NC, going to the library and printing off old newspapers from the 1800s and then transcribing and uploading). I want to join more groups. Lawd. I'd never work. And I'd never make any money to afford me time to do all that I want to do.

The class said was that they could tell I was passionate about genealogy research. It definitely came across. I hope that's a good thing :-)

Genealogy Class #1

Tonight was my first genealogy class.. that I'm teaching! Whoo-hoo!
So, not my standard blog, but definitely something worthy of reporting on. I am not a genealogist, do not promote myself as such, disclaimer disclaimer, blah blah blah. But I am an educator. I teach computer classes and had interest from my 'students' on a genealogy class. "hmmm... I could probably do that!"

It's an answer. "Sure!"
I've been doing this for 17years, sure, I can help teach others on where to start.

Except...
Where do you start?

It's been a long time since I was a beginner. I've had to channel that newbie researcher in me, that's talking to family members and having everything hand-written, maybe in a binder, maybe not even there yet :-)
And certainly assuming that when I started, I wasn't tech savvy... that I teach Intro to Computers classes mainly and my 'students' are Seniors, Of course you have to start at the beginning of what a "database" means. Not just your own database, but at the very beginning of "The Internet" lesson - a website is a site within itself, housing it's own data. It only has the data submitted to that site. So no one site will have everything you need. You will need to research multiple sites.

Once I wrapped my head around this idea as a starter for a lesson plan, day 1 ended up something like this:

- Background on genealogy, period. Lots of handouts on family group sheets, individual record sheets, research logs, etc. All the things you need before you even start researching, so you have the proper tools to write down your information (a bit more than that steno pad you've been carting around for a while).

- Starting your family tree. Online tree (and what options there are) vs. your own software (and how to pick which software to use). I, of course, promote Personal Ancestral File because it's EASY and FREE -- two words that are key for seniors (and myself, cause, hey, it's what I use. I dig EASY and FREE!)

- A lesson on Family Trees... how to input information

- Finally, the internet... a lengthy discussion on what you can even hope to find (on the internet, or at a Clerk of Court); how internet sites work, and what is Free and what is for Cost.

- Today we covered Ancestry first. Because it's what everyone knows because Ancestry has now flooded our televisions with creative and flattering marketing campaigns.
- LDS - which everyone loved more, which is typical. Because (i forget), when you're starting out, you're not looking for source data so much, you're just trying to FIND people, and file submissions are the easiest places to start. Plus, they have submitter information, so you can contact your 'cousin' - which is totally what you want to do!!
- And Rootsweb

We covered my surname because LOOPS is a great example for searching because you don't get 10,000 results. And finally was able to spend the last 20 minutes of class looking up 'students' names, through LDS and Rootsweb (Ancestry forgotten at this point).

A Great Class!!! 100% successful (despite the technological failures of working for the City, which were horribly embarrassing and left me looking completely incompetent for 20 minutes). But once that was over, people were excited, actually wanted to go home and play, and were so happy that we had another day to do more.

YAY!!!!

Wednesday should cover something like, adding more to your database (notes & sources), exporting GedCom's and why you would even do that, looking at reports. And of course, more websites like FindAGrave, the world of the GenWeb, and how to just run Google lookups. I realize the latter will confuse people. There's a lot of lessons involved in exploring Google, like using quotation marks, etc. But it's a necessity. Google is awesome and shouldn't be ignored. If you have any ideas for Wednesday, let me know! I'll keep you posted on the lesson plan.