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.