My Adams great times 9 grandparents

Why post about them today? Well G grandmother Eleanor Adams died on this date in 1677.

These were the Puritans who came to America.
Robert and Eleanor Wilmot Adams landed in one of the early ships...in Ipswich MA in 1635.

They brought their first two children (John, age 3, and Joanna, age 1) with them, and had one child born and die in 1635 the year they arrived in America.  They then had 2 more children in the original settlement of Salem, Essex County, MA. Then they moved to Newbury, Essex county, MA, and had 8 more children, with the last one born when Eleanor was 41.  Eleanor died in 1677 at age 67, and Robert II remarried the next year to Sarah Glover Short, who was his age (according to the records at Ancestry) 76, and she lived until she was 95. She was the widow of Henry Short and then of Robert Adams.

When Robert and Eleanor's daughter, Joanna Adams married Lancelot Granger, he was not part of the freedmen of the Puritan church. One commentator in Ancestry said that he had enough riches that his not being a Puritan was overlooked by the tight church group.  The Grangers raised their family in Newbury MA until after their last child, then moved to Suffield CT as it was originally being settled.   (See post about Lancelot Granger HERE. and about Suffield CT HERE. )

Because there are only a few records about their lives, there are some controversies about who the Adams children were.  One descendent is positive 3 of the children listed at Find-A-Grave, didn't exist, nor did Eleanor as a "Wilmot."  There will probably continue to be controversies, and I just hope that my ancestors are listed and really existed...though of course they did exist whether or not they're listed in Ancestry!

I enjoy the controversy of different opinions about various ancestors, but I can certainly understand why some might lose the friendship of other historians over a conflict of their common ancestors. I just read very thorough information written in 1900 by a descendant of these Adams...which offers a great printed rendition of Robert Adams' will. However, the author also is among those with his own opinion as to which members of this family should be included.

Robert and Eleanor Adams are my 9th great grandparents.

They are no relation to the Adams of Quincy MA, of whom President John Adams was a descendant. But there is an interesting story in which these Adams might be cousins of the President's family...if our line were Welsh. Another story alludes to a possible Scottish connection.

Mary Horton Tyler of Andover, Medon and Roxbury MA

Job Tyler had ancestors, but I am unable to pin down which ones were his. Several other trees on Ancestry have completely different parents than the ones I had the last time I looked at his resources. So as of today, I have taken off  the ones I had on my tree, and not added the others yet. I'm waiting to see if there are any additional hints coming along. In the meantime, let's consider his second wife, Mary Horton's family. His first wife was also Mary, but we don't know anything about her, and it's certainly confusing history. Originally my records showed Mary Horton had been born in the same year, and died in the same year as her husband, Job Tyler. But I later figured out that these dates are just assumed probably by some modern genealogists.

I do have a Mary Horton, who was baptized in Tredington, Warwickshire, England, whose father was Thomas Horton. The baptism took place on Nov 2, 1617, and the original writing is legible.

I just removed records from my tree which said she was the Mary Horton, daughter of Thomas, who was baptized on 1635, because she married on March 20, 1637 in Massachusetts, and was probably more than 2 years old. 

Job Tyler and Mary Horton Tyler's first son, Moses Tyler, was born on 16 Feb. 1641 in Andover, MA, and was named Quartermaster as an adult.

Mary Horton was the daughter of Thomas Horton I. (I've added the "I" to his name because there was a son named Thomas Horton also, who I've named "II" 

There are several Thomas Hortons who lived in the early New England colonies. I don't believe my ancestor was the one who died in Springfield MA, nor the one who died in Long Island NY. I may be wrong, as I'm just guessing, based on his daughter who lived in MA, though that doesn't mean her father lived in the same area necessarily.

My records show Thomas Horton I was born in 1596 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, Eng. and died in 19 May 1687 in Cambridge, Suffolk County, MA.

His wife may have been Mary Eddy or Mary Moore. Since some records of the Eddy family exist, I will check through them to either rule out her being his wife, or perhaps substantiate it.

It doesn't look like Mary Eddy Horton was the daughter of a Rev. Eddy...but might have been the daughter of John Eddy (1597-1684) and possibly his first wife, Annie or Amy Horton. Mary Eddy Horton is more likely to have been born about 1600 instead of 1596, since her father had a birth date of 1597. But that means her father was only 3 when she was born. Oops.

So this parentage is questionable. And I'm not going to put John Eddy as her father, nor his brother, Samuel...though they were listed on a ship's manifest in 1630 arriving in Plymouth MA.

I'm going to stop this tree at this point...too many questionable dates for the parents of the Tyler ancestors who came from England. It may always stay that way, or perhaps some more documents will be clarifying.

Thomas and Mary Horton were my 9 times great grandparents, who did come to the early American colonies

Job Tyler, Immigrant to American Colonies

Let's look beyond the recent records which are very sparse, (the Lovett's ancestors back to Shropshire, Eng and Montgomeryshire Wales) to those ancestors who have 17 hints under their names, and I've already got at least that many resources listed...namely Hopestill Tyler Sr, husband of Mary Ann Lovett Tyler, my 8 times great grandparents.

Having opened and considered Hopestill Tyler's 17 hints at Ancestry, I am now looking more seriously at his father, Job Tyler, who immigrated from England and was one of the first settlers of Andover MA in 1638.

As many Tyler descendants have celebrated Job Tyler's life, and there are quite a few publications about him, I'll try to give a brief summary.

Job Tyler was born in Cranbrook, Tumbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England, in 1617 or 1619.  The following is what I published on my blog many years ago.

The Tyler Homestead in West Boxford, Massachusetts, is the earliest home of the Job Tyler family. Job, the first Tyler known in America, came to Boxford in 1640 and was one of the very first settlers in the community of Boxford. The first Tyler home was built on a tract of land at the corner of Ipswich Road and Main Street. The hearth of that very early structure is still in the rear of the large white house, sometimes known as the Boxford House. (Listed as "Witch Hollow House")

He was known in Newport RI arriving on May 20, 1638.  (Source Rhode Island Collections p. 92)

He had various dates of his marriage recorded, and since he lived in different towns, it's possible each record gave the year they were notified of his marriage to Mary Horton. One record indicates she might have been a widow. But others give information of her parents the Hortons.

By 1650 he had moved to Andover, and also spent some time in Roxbury MA, according to several old records.  Earliest settlers to Andover thought he might have been the "solitary man" that was living there when they arrived in 1639-40 (by legend, since no records exist before 1650 in Andover. 

The 1650 date is when he mortgaged his property to John Godfrey of Newbury.  This apparently is considered the "beginning of his troubles." (Source: Boxford History, Andover Rec. Bk iv, p 8) This mortgage is documented several ways, including a description by Job in 1662 of it.

Most of the information I'm relating is from "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000."  It is cited quite often in Ancestry.

However there are more legal documents about Job's troubles.  In 1658 he and his wife Mary brought a complaint of witchcraft to the same John Godfrey who held his mortgage, a suit which continued until 1665.  He also disputed his son's apprenticeship to another man, to the extent that when he lost the case, he was required to post an apology in public places.  However the apology gives very cryptic denouncements of the person he had slandered. It doesn't seem to deal directly with why he didn't want his son, Hopestill to have fulfilled his apprenticeship.  

He continued to have squabbles with his neighbors with various court documents given in "North America, Family Histories" pp 3-16.  

He also in 1662 began to be situated in Roxbury, having some documentation about that area, such as a Native American saying Job cut and carried off his hay.  He was living in the Mendon area by 1669 where a complaint was issued that he refused to help dig the cellar for the minister. In Mendon he took part in a lottery to double his land size in 1671.  He apparently gave satisfaction to those who accused him of not helping with the cellar digging, because in Dec. of that year he helps in the confirmation of the first minister for that area.

 

Job Tyler family home

He and all the inhabitants of Mendon fled (1675) at the outbreak of King Phillips War when the Native Americans killed several colonists in Mendon and the town was eventually deserted. That's also when a grandchild was born in Roxbury.  He may also have had connections still in Andover, (1681) and yet he pays for minister's fees in Mendon in 1688-91 and 1695.

In 1700 he signed a deed to his son, Moses in Mendon.  There are no further documents with his name, so it is assumed that is the year of his death.

Job Tyler honorary stone marker in Andover saying Job Tyler was the first resident of same.

But the interesting part of the treatise given in "Family Histories" is how it mentioned that there had been about 3000 Tyler descendants in the three centuries since his life.  In 1901 a memorial was erected in Andover, MA in his honor. Prof. Henry Tyler of Smith College (a Tyler descendant) gave the dedicatory address, and his comments are included in the "Family Histories"

 

Cemetery, North Andover, MA

His son, Hopestill had a daughter, Mary, who married Steven Farnham, and eventually their descendants led to my grandmother Ada Swasey Rogers.  So Job Tyler would be my 8th great grandfather.

But tomorrow I'm going back up the Tyler tree and see what information there might be about the English  roots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More ancestors beyond the Lovetts

The parents of Magdalen Gitten Lovett 1600-1674) were Roger Gittens (1581-1603) and Elnora Robinson Gittens (1583-1617).

Though Roger was British, being born in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng, his wife Elnora Robinson was Welch, and was born in Llanllugan, Montgomeryshire, Wales. 

Stained glass window of kneeling abbess at the medieval Abby of Llanllugan, Wales

St. Mary's church, Llanllugan, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

They married in her Llanllugan, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1600. I have at least 5 children listed in Ancestry, most of whom used the plural of the surname, Gittens. Some, including Magdalen, seemed to just use Gitten.

I don't have Elnora's parents on my tree at this time. But I welcome the bit of ancestral blood which is Welch.

Elnora died on the 13 July 1617, in her home town (I wish I knew how to say it.) Roger died 16 Aug 1603 in Great Ness, Shropshire, Eng. Below is St. Andrews church in Great Ness, Eng.

He must have had a profession that made him travel, or perhaps he had relatives there, since it's also in Shropshire, where he had been born in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng. Unfortunately I don't know how close Wortham is to Great Ness.

Roger and Magdalen Gittens were my 10 times great grandparents.

And...I'm not finished on the Gittens' family tree. Roger's parents also appeared.

Some church of England parish records have the following baptismal entry:

Father: Ric'i Gyttns

Gender: Male

Child: Rogerus Gyttyns

Ancestry has changed that name of his father to Richard Gittens...who was born in 1540 in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng. He died 25 April 1602. 

Richard Gittens' wife was Alice Meritt Gittens, born sometime between 1535-1545 in Shropshire, Eng. She died at an unknown date and place. And once again we don't know anything about her parents.

So I complete todays post with these 11 times great grandparents, the Richard Gittens of Shropshire.

How far back from the Lovetts does ancestry go?

While my father's father's family (mainly the Rogers) settled in Virginia as early colonists, my father's mother's family came to New England. I call that portion of my family tree the Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree. And I've posted about a lot of these ancestors before.

But I want to check and see if there are any additions to the tree up on the branches back in England before the colonials came to America.

Recently I had been talking about Mary Lovett Tyler, who was accused of witchcraft in 1692 in Andover, MA.  And yes, new people have been added to my tree!

Her father, Daniel Lovett, was an immigrant to the colonies sometime between 1620 and 1650. Since he was probably born in 1620 on 24 Dec. in Chesham Parrish, Buckinghamshire, England, it is likely he didn't come to the American colonies until he was at least a teen. But since his parents (which I've just added to my tree) also came to the colonies, he could have been younger.

Daniel was not only one of the immigrants of my family, he was a Deacon of the church (there was only one church at that time.) On 8 June 1645 in the Boston records he married Johanna Blott. Johanna was born on 1 Oct, 1620 in Harrold, Bedfordshire, Eng. Daniel died on 24 Jan 1691, in Milton, Suffolk, MA. Johanna died on 20 Mar 1665 in Medon, Worcester MA.

Daniel and Johanna were my 9 times great grandparents.

Now let's look at Daniel's parents who also immigrated to the colonies. His father was Edmond Lovett, born in 1600 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Eng. Edmond married in 1618 to Magdalen Gitten. I found an interesting note in another person's resource, stating that Elizabeth Lovett was their daughter, and she married one of the Smith sons, and became the grandmother of Joseph Smith of Latter Day Saints fame.

However, as much as I like that the Mormons do a lot of ancestry additions, it is highly unlikely that Magdalen Gitten Lovett was the mother of Elizabeth Lovett Smith, who was born in 1672 while Magdalen had been born in 1600. No mother gave birth anywhere near her 72nd birthday.

Now the record does say that Elizabeth was the daughter of Edmond, and not Magdalen. So maybe there is another mother that I haven't found. My ancestor's mother was Magdalen Gitten Lovett though.

And I will pause here knowing of my 10 times great grandparents...and that there are at least another generation given (thanks to the Mormons probably!)

More matriarchs

repost from 3.13.15 

We've been looking at my grandmother's line Ada Swasey Rogers, with a lot of her ancestors from New England. Are there any more that go back 12 or 13 generations?

Remember 10)Ammi Ayers and her husband 10) Samuel Swasey?  Their son, 9) Joseph Swasey married 9) Mary Bowers.  Let's go up to the top the branches of her family tree today. 

At the top there's 13) Iwerner Minster, (b. 1570 in First (Manby), Lincolnshire, England, d. 1659 in Manby Lincoln, Yorkshire, England.)  Iwerner is my eldest matriarch for today.

She married 13) Thomas Bowers in 1590 in First, Lincoln, England.  The name of a town may have been First, or that could have come through the Ancestry records somehow.  Since both Thomas and Iwerner have First before the towns, in different counties in England, I'm thinking it's how someone noted that these are our first ancestors. I'm sorry, I can't figure everything out today. If you live in First...please let me know!

So I could look for Manby, Lincolnshire.  And then Manby Lincoln, Yorkshire.  These are not the same county again, and I can't persue it unfortunately.  I'm glad someone left records of their births and marriage and deaths.

13) Iwerner and Thomas Bowers had a son, 12) George Bowers, in 1590 in Manly, Lincolnshire, Eng.  And Iwerner died in 1659 in Manby Lincoln, Yorkshire, England as well. She is the first of my matriarchs that I've shared in this series who didn't even come to America.

12) George Bowers first married 12) Barbarie (Barbara) Smyth  (b.1596 in Braithwell, Yorkshire, England, d. 25 Mar 1644 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts)  They married in Braithwell, Eng. in 1614. 

The  Bowers had one or two children in England, then their next children were born in Connecticut or Massachusetts.  Their son 11) Benanuell Bowers was born in 1627 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died on 28 May 1698 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

11) Benanuell Bowers married 11) Elizabeth Marie Dunster (1632-1692) a relative of that first president of Harvard University.

Their son 10) Jonathan Bowers (1673- 1750) was born in the American colonies, and he and his wife 10) Ann Sylvester (1669-1745) had a daughter, (9) Mary Bowers (1719-) who married 9) Joseph Swasey, (1714-1801) as mentioned above.

This post is part of my father's mother, 

Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree. 

The photo shows her mother, 

my great grandmother,

Zulieka Granger Swasey as a young woman.

The matriarchs

A repost from 3.14.15 

 

She lived her whole life in England, but her children came to America.

13) Jony Scholes was born in 1558 in Bury, Lancashire, England, and died on 21 Nov 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England. 

Knowing such a concise date of death, it can be assumed that record was kept in the local parish church. 

Knowing next to nothing about England, I use my trusty source, Wikipedia.

Church of St. Mary the Virgin: Church records suggest that the first church was built on the site in 971 A.D. when parishes were first formed by King Edgar of England, although this is likely to have been a wood and thatch structure. Churches of this type of construction are thought to have been used until a church in the gothic style was completed in 1585. Between 1773 and 1780 the main body of this church was demolished and rebuilt leaving only the spire from the original church. The spire was replaced in 1842 but by 1870 the wood in the rest of the church had rotted and a new building was needed. The new church designed by the architect J. S. Crowther, leaving the 1842 spire in place, was officially opened on the Feast of the Annunciation on 2 February 1876. 

This is where my ancestor is buried, in Bury, England.

Bury is also known for "Bury's 'World Famous' Market, which has been on the same site for nearly 600 years; the original licence for a market was granted in 1444...It consists of a large market hall, with extensive stalls outside, selling fruit, flowers, clothing, hardware and groceries.

OK, back to dear 13) Jony Scholes.  Her father was 14) William Scholes (1530 – ?)
She married 13) Robert Dunster (1555 – 1599) in 1580 or 1582.  They had at least 3 children, including 12) Henry Dunster, Sr. (1580 – 1646).

12) Henry Dunster, Sr. married 12) Isabel Kaye, (b. 22 Dec 1595 in Bury, Lancashire, England, d. 10 Dec 1638). She's one of the women who is given credit for having children born starting when she would have been 10, 11 and 14.  I have discounted the first two, if indeed the birthdates are correct.

But the third child listed, 11) Henry Dunster, Jr (b.  26 November 1609 in Bury, Lancashire, England, d. 27 February 1659 in MA) is one who went on to become quite famous after immigrating to the Americas.  He was the first president of Harvard University, and I've spoken about him before HERE while discussing his sister, 11) Elizabeth Dunster Bowers, who is my ancestor, (probably.)

I go down these branches in order to go back up another one, to find another matriarch possibly.

12) Isabel Kaye (who was the amazing woman supposedly giving early births) had her own mother, 13) Anne Speght, also from Bury, England.  Born in 1568 and died in 1598.  Anne married 13) Richard Kaye (1564 – 1598) in 1589 when she was 21 years old. But here's one of those annomolies that only happen in Ancestry, and it will end my posting for today.

Poor 13) Anne Speght Kaye who died in 1598 was supposed to have given birth to two more children in 1600 and 1605.  One of these is a fact, (death date, children's birth date) and one is not. I wonder which...

Tomorrow we'll explore the ancestors (especially the matriarchs) of Capt. Nathaniel Sylvester, "first settler of Shelter Island."

This post is part of my father's mother, 

Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree. 

The photo shows her mother, 

my great grandmother,

Zulieka Granger Swasey as a young woman.

 

Matriarchs in Ancestry

This week I'm focusing on the Ada Swasey Rogers family tree.

Repost from 3.11.15

In honor of March being Women's History Month, I am going to find the first women ancestors in each of my lines that I have any knowledge of...though one only goes back as far as great-grandparents. The other grandparents have given me a lot of ancestors to consider.

But who were the eldest grandmothers?

The Swasey line came down to my father's mother, Ada Swasey Rogers, from New England, and here I will share some of the Fore-mothers who immigrated to the American colonies.

In order to keep track of generations, I'll just review that I consider myself generation 3 (with children and grandchildren being the 2nd and 1st generations)
So my parents are 4), my grandmother Ada Swasey Rogers is 5), her parent 6 etc.  Let's go back to the first settlers.

12) Mary Jiggles (or Jeggles) married 12) Joseph (Immigrant) Swasey (the eldest of the family who came to the American colonies)

12) Mary Jiggles Swasey was born in 1631 in Suffolk, England and died in 1709  in Salem, Essex County, Massacusetts.

Is she the Swasey family matriarch?

12) Mary Jiggles and 12) Joseph Swasey's son, (11) Joseph II, married a woman named 11) Elizabeth Lambert.  Her mother was 12) Preserved Gaskoyne, who was born in 1638-9, in Salem MA, and married in Salem, MA to 12) John Lambert.

12) Preserved Gaskoyne Lambert had a mother named 13) Sarah Parker Gaskoyne (Gaskill) who lived from 1605-1691.  However I highly doubt that she was born in Salem, MA, because it wasn't setttled until 1626 by English. 

Sarah Parker 1605-1691

So now the earliest fore-mother is 13) Sarah Parker Gaskoyne (Gaskill)...who did live until 1691 in Salem, MA.

So still on my Swasey tree branches, go down a few generations, to the son of  11) Joseph II Swasey and 11) Elizabeth Lambert.  This would be 10) Samuel Swasey who married 10) Ammi Ayers, 1687-1783.  Her line goes back now, with her mother 11) Amy Cowell Sherburn Faber Ayers (1655-1736) who married 3 times before giving birth to 10) Ammi Ayers.  And they lived in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  Of course it was before these were official counties or states.

11) Amy Cowell's mother was 12) Agnes Harvey Cowell,  born in 1620 in New Hampton, England, and died in Dec, 1681 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, according to several Ancestry Family trees.  But her will is available, written also in the year of her death in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where her children were born.  


So today I've explored some of the elder women of the Swasey family who first came to America.  

13) Sarah Parker Gaskoyne (Gaskill) 1605-1691, or 13 generations before my grandchildren.

12) Agnes Harvey Cowell, 1620-1681, 12 generations ago.

I'm pretty certain that both these women came to America from England.

This post is part of my father's mother, 

Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree. 

The photo shows her mother, 

my great grandmother,

Zulieka Granger Swasey as a young woman.

  

Another generation of my list...the great X4 grands!

parents of c1 Micajah Clack Rogers,

c1/e1 Rev. Elijah Rogers, b.May 1774, Fauquier Co. VA, d. 11 May 1841, Sevierville, Sevier Co. TN

c1/f2 Catharine (Aunt Katy) Clack Rogers, 23 June 1778, Henry Co, VA, d. 30 Oct. 1850 Sevierville, Sevier Co. TN

c1 Micajah Clack Rogers (1795-1873)

parents of d2 Cyntha O. Cannon Rogers,

d2/e3 William Henry Cannon, b. 28 Nov 1771, Cumberland Co, VA, d. 11 June 1868, Sevier Co. TN

d2/f4 Catharine Henderson Cannon, b. 1777/78, Virginia, d. 15 Nov. 1827, Athens, McMinn Co. TN

parents of c3 Hiram Gibbs, 

c3/e5 Col. James Gibbs, b. 1740, Orange Co. VA,  d. 7 Aug. 1794, Union Dist. SC, (Vet. Am. Rev.)

c3/f6 Ann Barnett Johnson Gibbs, b. 30 Nov. 1740, Orange Co, VA, d. 23 May 1831, Union, Union Dist. SC

parents of d4 Sabra Ann Wilbourne Gibbs,

d4/e7 Maj. Elijah Lige Wilbourne, b. 1 June 1763,  d. Feb. 1819, Union, Union Dist. SC, (Vet Am. Rev. NSDAR 105874)

d4/f8 Mary "Molly" Rountree Welbourn, b. 1 June 1772, Goochland, Goochland Co. VA, d. 16 Oct. 1851, Panola Co. MS

parents of c5 John Bass,

c5/e9 Edward Bass, b. 1754, Johnston Co, NC, d. 1802, Wayne Co. NC

c5/f10 Sarah Farmer (or Stevens) Bass, b. @ 1758, Wayne Co. NC, d. Jan. 1826, Wayne Co. NC

parents of d6 Juliann (Jullia A.) Holloman Bass Green,

d6/e11 Holloman not clear - could be Thomas or Ezekiel Holloman

d6/f12 not clear...depending upon which is father of Juliann 

parents of c7 James Moore Powell,

c7/e13 Willis Richard Powell, b. 1760 or 1775, Chowan or Edgecomb, NC, d. 1807, Bertie Co. NC

c7/f14 Sealey Celia (Sally) Everet/Averitt Powell, b. 1761, NC, d. Oct. 1818, Bertie Co. NC

parents of d8 Nancy Jones Traylor Powell

d8/e15 Champion Travis Traylor, Sr., b. 6 Feb 1770 Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie Co. VA, d. 4 April 1832, Perry Co. AL

d8/f16 Sarah Sketon Jones Traylor, 1 Feb. 1780, Sussex, Sussex Co. VA, d. 4 April 1847, Union Parish, LA

Belle d'Arbonne, Union Parish Louisiana

parents of c9 Alexander G. Swasey, Sr. Capt., b. 

c9/e17 Lt. Jerathmel Bowers Swasey, b.10 May 1752, Somerset, Bristol Co. MA, d. 4 Feb. 1826, Somerset, Bristol Co. MA (Vet. Am. Rev.)

c9/f18 Sarah Hellon Swasey, b. 23 Geb 1757, d. 25 Dec. 1836, Somerset, Bristol Co. MA

parents of d10 Ruth Woodward, d10/e19 unknown and d10/f20 unknown

parents of c11 John P. Zylstra, c11/e21, unknown and c11/f22, unknown

parents of d12 Charlotta (Charlotte) Zylstra, d12/e23 unknown and d12/f24 unknown

parents of c13 William Phillips, Sr c13/e25 unknown and c13/f26 unknown

parents of d14 Mary C. Phillips Gainer

d14/e27 unknown and d14/f28 unknown

parents of c15 George Tyler Granger, (Lumber merchant and surveyor)

c15/e29 Joseph Granger, (blacksmith) b. 17 Dec. 1765 Andover, Essex Co. MA, d. 21 March 1847, Newburyport, Essex Co. MA

c15/f30 Sarah Tyler Granger, b. Oct. 1768, Chelmsford, Middesex Co. MA, d. 6 Oct. 1831, Newburyport, Essex Co. MA

parents of d16 Lucy Elizabeth Parsons Pulsifer Granger, 

d16/e31 Capt. Ebenezer Pulsifer, Jr. b. bef. 26 Dec. 1773, Ipswich, Essex Co. MA, d. 7 Nov. 1827, Newburyport, Essex Co. MA

Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, MA

d16/f32 Elizabeth (Betsy) Dwelle (Dwellbee) Pulsifer, b. 18 Sept. 1762, Scituate Co. MA, d. abt. 1824, Essex Co. MA

parents of Samuel Webb c17 and d18 unknown, and perhaps there are grandparents, Francis Webb, but he had a son Samuel who wasn't my ancestor...so I'm not sure there's any link there - so there are 4 missing ggg's

parents of c19 William B. Delamater, c19/e33 and c19/f34 - unknown

parents of d20 Sarah J. Lester Delamater, d20/e35 and d20/f36 = unknown

parents of c21 Richard Frederick Williams, 

c21/e37 Frederick Andrew Williams, b. 13 Feb. 1864, Orangeburg, Orangeburg Co. SC, d. 18 Nov. 1831, Linsdale, Polk Co. TN

c21/f38 Cassandra Elizabeth "Cassiah" Tate Williams, b. 1765, Shoal Creek, Cherokee Co. NC, d. 1851 Bradley, TN, buried in Benton TN.

parents of d22 Nancy Hansford Williams,

d22/e39 Rev. Thomas J. Hansford, b. 10 April 1758, Orange, Orange Co. VA, d. 1841, Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co., KY

d22/f40 Margaret Beattie Hansford, b.13 Sept. 1872, VA, d. Aug 1861, Lincoln Co. KY

parents of c23 Fielding White

c23/e41 William White, b. 1760 VA, d. Nov. 1832, Lincoln Co. KY

c23/f42 Levisa Singleton White, b. 1770, VA, d. 3 Mar 1802, Lincoln Co. KY

parents of d24 Levisa (Louisa) Hocker White

d24/e43 Philip Samuel "Long?" Hocker, b. 16 May 1778, Ellicott Mills, Montgomery Co. MD, d.12 Jan 1856 or aft. Sept 1857, McKinley Station, Lincoln Co. KY. or he could be Phillip "Short" Hocker.

d24/f44 Several possiblities: Sarah Dorcas (Sally) Dunkin Hocker, b.26 Jan 1784, Montgomery Co. MD, d.1833, Lincoln Co. KY...or Dorcas Barrett, or Amanda Lee Hocker

no parents of 2 parents of Charles Miller.

c25, d26, c27, or d28, now another 8 parents are missing to d28/f52

parents of c29 William Lewis Booth, 

c29/e53 Isaac Booth (shoe maker) b. 16 May 1795, Stratford, Fairfield Co, CT, d. 17 Aug. 1836, Canandaiga, Ontario Co. NY.

c29/f54 Jane McElhaney Booth, b. 30 Oct. 1794, Dauphin Co. PA, d. 3 Oct 1833, Green Creek, Sandusky Co. OH

parents of d30 Hannah Conn Booth,

d30/e55 James Alexander Conn, b. bet. 1780-1794, NC, d. 1828, Henry Co. KY

d30/f56 Nancy Erwin Conn, b. 1785, Berkeley Co. WV, d. aft. 1840, IN

parents of c31 Carroll Witty, 

c31/e57 James Witty, b. 14 Feb 1763, Greensboro, Guildford Co, NC, d. bet. 1830-1840, Limestone Co. AL

c31/f58 Lucretia Wells Witty Barnett, b. 1775, Surry, NC, d. aft. 1849, IN

parents of d 32 Susan Elizabeth Hoke Witty,

d32/e59 Joseph Hoke, b.17 Jan 1793, SC, d. 17 Sept. 1852, Limestone Co. AL

d32f60 Elizabeth Hunt Hoke, abt. 1793, SC or Madison Co. AL, d. 20 May 1846, Limestone Co, AL

So I'm pretty surprised how many of my ancestors' trees can be researched back to the mid eighteenth century. That's a lot for those times. And there are many of them who moved from their place of birth to a new local...either west or south. I don't think anyone went north.

It won't be easy to find the generations of my great times five grandparents. But there are several which go back to dear old England, Scotland and Ireland. The ones who went back to France, Germany and the Netherlands haven't been attached very well. Perhaps those records will become available someday.

To continue the list...back in history with the Great times three grandparents

 The great great great grandparents, aka great X3 grandparents

parents of George Washington Rogers:

c1 Micajah Clack Rogers, b. 7 May 1795, Sevier County TN, d. 15 Feb 1873 Huntsville TX

d2 Cyntha O. Cannon Rogers, b. 24 Aug 1800, Sevier County TN, d. 24 Nov. 1855, Huntsville TX

parents of Lucinda Gibbs Rogers:

c3 Hiram Gibbs, b. 30 Aug 1785, Union District SC, d. 9 Sept. 1844, Panola County MS

d4 Sabra Ann Wilbourn Gibbs, b. 1792 Union District SC, d. 26 June 1864, Walker County TX

parents of Col. Richard (Dick) Bass

c5 John Bass, b. 24 April 1780, Wayne County NC, d. 1822 Perry AL

d6 Juliann (Jullia A.) Holloman Bass Green, b. 24 April 1785, Wayne County NC, d. 11 March 1861, Moorehouse Parish LA

parents of Mary Ann (Mae) Powell Bass

c7 James Moore Powell, b. 27 Feb 1791, Bertie NC, d. 27 Feb. 18, Walker County TX

d8 Nancy Jones Traylor Powell, b. 16 May 1804, Oglethorpe County, GA, d. 27 June 1881 Old Waverly TX

parents of Alexander G. Swasey, Jr.

c9 Alexander G. Swasey, Sr. Capt., b.10 Sept 1784, Swansea, MA, d. 28 Oct 1861, Newport RI

d10 Ruth Woodward, b.6 Sept. 1788, d. 4 March 1842, Rhode Island

parents of Fanny Zylstra Swasey

c11 John P. Zylstra, b. 1790, unknown, d. after 1820 before 1840, South Carolina

d12 Charlotta (Charlotte) Zylstra b. 1788, England, d. after 1850, US

parents of William Phillips, Jr.

c13 William Phillips, Sr., b. between 1794-1800, South Carolina, d. abt. 1836, Early County GA 

d14 Mary C. Phillips Gainer, b.27 Feb 1803, Georgia, d. 2 Oct 1866, Spurger, TX

parents of Mary Granger Phillips:

c15 George Tyler Granger, b. 10 Aug 1804, Newburyport MA, d. after 1870, Galveston TX

d16 Lucy Elizabeth Parsons Pulsifer Granger, b. 1 Feb. 1807, Newburyport MA, d. 23 May 1826, Galveston, TX

parents of Samuel Webb c17 and d18 unknown...probably from Dorchester County MD

parents of Ellen Delameter Webb

c19 William B. Delamater, b. 1 Jan 1816 New York NY, d. 5 Jan 1881, New Jersey

d20 Sarah J. Lester Delamater, b. 23 July 1822, New York NY, d. 30 Aperil 1898, Newark NJ

parents of William T. Williams

c21 Richard Frederick Williams, b. 1792 Crab Orchard KY, d. 1860 Montgomery City MO

d22 Nancy Hansford Williams, b. 3 Dec 1792, KY, d. 26 April 1860, Montgomery City MO

parents of Dorcas White Williams

c 23 Fielding White, b. 1800, Lincoln KY, d. 1848 Montgomery MO

d24 Levisa (Louisa) Hocker White, b. 1808, Lincoln KY,  d. 1866, Montgomery MO

no parents of 2 parents of Charles Miller.

c25, d26, c27, or d28

parents of Richard Booth

c29 William Lewis Booth, b. 17 Feb. 1818, Farmington NY, d. 24 Feb 1894, Hillsboro TX

d30 Hannah Conn Booth, b. 13 April 1819, Henry Co, KY. d. 26 Jan 1884, Hillsboro TX

parents of Eugenia Witty Booth

c31 Carroll Witty, b. 6 Nov. 1818, Limestone AL, d. 19 Sept 1898, Woodbury TX

d 32 Susan Elizabeth Hoke Witty, b. 12 June 1817, Madison AL, d. 18 Dec 1895, Hill County TX

As I completed the above list, I found many "hints" on Ancestry. And one set or maybe two, took me in a new direction, finding two grandfathers of the same name, but 2 generations apart, and one has been designated the "Short" and one the "Long"...and apparently they also had another of the same name who married within 5 years of the "Long" and had many children...so they are often combined in various ancestry trees. I stuck with the wife I had had before, and the dates I had had as well...though there are enticing wills dated later than my gg grandfather's death. I may or may not go back and see if there is anyone who's divided these families apart. For now, I can see why I haven't gone any further back on that line yet!

The many greats and me - a list

 It's a new month...so I'm thinking of a bit of a different approach to recording about my various ancestors. We'll see how long I can tell my story...starting with my parents, then grandparents, etc. But I want to look across all my family, thus by the time I do great great grandparents, there will be how many?

It would be 16, but I don't know one set, since my immigrant great grandfather from Germany hadn't connected to any parents.

So I'll limp along, as many families do, with the sets that that part of the family might have had. It won't handicap me very much actually. Many people can't go back very far in their genealogy, so I'm quite grateful that I can.

My Parents:

a. George Elmore Rogers, Jr., born 9 Nov. 1914, Galveston TX, died 5 Jan. 1985, Houston, TX

b. Mataley Mozelle Webb Munhall Rogers, born 26 March 1917, San Antonio, TX, died 13 June 2003, Houston, TX

My grandparents:

a1.George Elmore Rogers, Sr., born 28 Aug 1877, Willis TX, died 4 Feb. 1960, Houston TX

a2.Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers, born 23 Feb. 1886, died 2 Dec 1964, Houston TX

b1.Albert J. "Bud" Webb, b. 30 July 1891, Weesatche TX, d. 15 Sept. 1919, San Antonio TX

b2.Mozelle Booth Miller Webb Munhall, b. 9 Sept. 1897, d. 2 Sept. 1960

My great grandparents:

a1.1.William Sandford (W. Sam) Rogers, b. 9 Feb. 1850, Huntsville TX, d. 29 May 1879 Huntsville TX

a1.2.Elizabeth "Bettie" Bass Rogers, b. 12 Feb 1860, Old Waverly TX, d. 17 July 1924, Gaveston TX

a2.1Alexander John Swasey, b. 20 May 1853, Charleston SC, d. 13 Oct 1913, Galveston TX

a2.2Zulieka Granger Phillips Swasey, b. 30 July 1858, Fort Gaines GA, d. 21 April 1935 Rosenberg TX

b1.1Leary Francis (L. F.) Webb, b. 14 Jan 1857, Clinton TX, d. 27 Mar 1921, San Antonio TX

b1.2Annie Elizabeth Williams Webb, b. 20 June 1862, Columbus, MO, d. 8 July 1942, San Antonio TX

b2.1Charles Herman Mueller (Miller), b. 18 July 1868, Mecklenberg, Germany, d. 7 Nov 1946, San Antonio TX (his roots are unknown)

b2.2Eugenia Almeda Booth Miller, b. 30 Jan 1873, Hillsboro TX, d. 1 Jan. 1936, San Antonio TX 

My 14 great great grandparents:

a1.1.1George Washington Rogers, b. 7 Feb. 1820, Sevierville TN, d. 26 Jan 1864, Freestone TX

a1.1.2Lucinda (Luci) Benson Gibbs Rogers, b. 28 Mar 1818, Union SC, d. 22 Sept 1884, Huntsville TX

a1.2.1Col. Richard (Dick) Bass, b. 3 Jan 1819, Perry County AL, d. 5 May 1818, Waverly TX

a1.2.2Mary Ann Elizabeth (Mae) Powell Bass, b. 21 Feb 1825, Perry AL, d. 12 Oct 1871, Old Waverly TX

a2.1.1Capt. Alexander G. Swasey Jr., b. 14 April 1812, Newport County RI, d. 26 March 1866 Charlston SC

a2.1.1Anna J. (Fanny Tylstra) Zylstra Swasey, b. 1815 Marlborough SC, d. aft. 1853, unknown place

a2.2.1William Phillips Jr., b. 1832 Georgia, d. 1863, Tyler County, TX

a2.2.2Mary Hull Granger Phillips, b. 6 May 1829, Newburyport, MA, d. 5 Nov 1861, Town Bluff TX

b1.1.1 Samuel James Webb, b.28 Jan 1827, Vienna MD, d. 15 Aug 1877, Clinton TX

b1.1.2.Ellen Ann Delamater Webb, b. 25 Jan 1842 New York NY, d. 15 July 1876, Clinton T2.1.1

b1.2.1 Wiliam T. Williams, b, 16 Dec 1824, Pulaski County KY, d. 22 April 1898, Weesatche TX

b2.2.2 Dorcas White Williams, b. 13 Dec 1825, Kentucky, d. 21 Nov 1900 Weesatche TX

b2.1.1 and b2.1.2Miller - no known ancestors

b2.2.1Richard R. Booth, b. 23 Sept 1846 Jackson County IN, d. 30 May 1879, Hempstead TX

b2.2.2 Eugenia AlmedaWitty Booth, 24 Feb 1852, Marshall TX, d. 13 July 1875 Hempstead TX

 Tomorrow I'll look at the Great X3 grandparents:...

What I got out of this was actually copying their birth and death dates from the three family trees. I guess I'd never realized the times they were born and died...somehow this made their lives very concrete for me.

And for some reason my little laptop really had trouble while I typed the list! Poor thing told me that this blog was using too much energy for it to function well. It was really slow too!

So how about a couple of photos, you may ask...

Gummy's birthday

A repost from 2014...This week I'm looking at the Ada Swasey Rogers family tree.

Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers

Birth: Feb 23, 1886 in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA

Death: DEC 2 1964 in Houston, Texas

My paternal grandmother.  A woman of strength, leadership, wisdom and healing.  She was a second generation Christian Science Practitioner. She raised 4 sons to adulthood, after losing her first son and then her only daughter as children.  

I first posted about her last year HERE. 

She lived through the no-name tragic hurricane of Galveston in 1900 just five years before she got married.  Her husband was a bit of a card and made her look overly serious when they were socializing, at least from a granddaughter's (mine) point of view.

I don't know what reason her birth was so far from her family home in Galveston since San Marcos is about 200 miles away, and I know of no relatives there.  Her mother Zulieka Phillips Swasey had lost her own mother when she was a young girl, and been raised by two living aunts, Lizzie and Lucy, though both were living in Galveston as far as I know.  Ada did spend her youth in Galveston, so probably didn't spend much time in San Marcos.
  

Ada Phillips Sawesy says on this photo of herself: "This picture was taken when I was very sick, but later was healed in C.S. (Christian Science) 1888."

 

This may have been taken at the same time as the following, done by the same studio in Galveston.

When she was 14, the 1900 Census was taken on June 7 in Galveston, and she is listed as part of a household which was headed by her Great Uncle Chauncey Sweet. She and her sister and her parents are listed with their ages.  I've mentioned before how that terrible storm killed about 6000 people in September that year.  

But wait a minute!  The 1900 Census taken on June 12 shows her living with her parents and sister in their own home.  So this whole family got counted twice, and interestingly enough, these were different wards in Galveston.

Galveston was not at all a sleepy little vacation spot at that time.  It was a boom town, with shipping coming through bringing southeast Texas goods from all over the world, and exporting many crops, including cotton.  The train service had also begun in the last few years, thus linking the rest of the west to this port.

Her wedding on  June 6, 1905 was written with detail in the society column of the Galveston Times.  The couple spent their honeymoon in Denver.   She was 19, and her husband George E. Rogers, Sr. was 27.  Mrs. McCall and Mrs. King of Houston attended, aunts of the bride, according to the society write-up.  I haven't figured out exactly who they were, but will be looking for them on her tree.

The first 5 of their children were born in the house my grandfather built, and the youngest was born after they moved to Fort Worth.
  

1909  July, Elmore age 3, Alexander age 9 months. (NOTE: this same photo has been labeled differently in another source, calling the baby James, and the boy in the background as George, in Fort Worth.)

 Gummy and my father, George Junior or Juney as it was said with the Texas accent.

We called her Gummy.  She probably had lost some of her teeth by the time my oldest cousin was beginning to talk and gave her that name.  I never really noticed, but she did wear dentures many years later.

After about 10-13 years they moved from Fort Worth to San Antonio, where my father and mother went to the same high school.  After they married they moved to Dallas where I was born, and about that time Gummy and Poppy moved to Houston, where they lived the rest of their lives.
  
I admired Gummy and had a correspondence which was limited mainly by my own youth.  She had a sensible connection in my life, though I can see how my mother would be at odds with her at times.  Early on, according to the photo albums at least, my mother was embraced by the Rogers family even before she and my father became "romantically involved."  This could only be the romance that religion offered my mother, since Gummy was a Christian Science practitioner, and my mother was very interested in learning about it.  Or perhaps it was being around all the young men in my father's family.

But back to Gummy, I moved back to Texas as a young married woman, and visited her after having my first son.  I enjoyed her politics, which were not the same as mine.  She had lost her husband the year I graduated from high school, and I had not been close to him so didn't feel that made any difference in my life.  Of course it made a big difference in her life.  But as a twenty something mother, I wasn't at all aware of end-of-life considerations.

I was glad to have contact with her at the end of her life.   

 My mother and her mother-in-law, with whom she had a love-hate relationship.  Two strong women, but my mother learned a lot from Gummy.  She was the same age as the daughter that the Rogers family lost as a child.  My mother also became enamored with Christian Science which she studied and practiced the rest of her life in almost religious addiction.  I believe she also learned many homemaking skills from Gummy..

A very proud moment for my grandmother, being the second reader (of 2 who lead each Sunday service) for the Christian Science Church in Houston.

 Ada Rogers on right and her sister Stella Swasey Winslow on left.

My grandmother lived to see my first son as a 6-months old baby.  I drove from Corpus Christi and visited her home and we shared Thanksgiving dinner together, and that night she became ill.  I was worried, but had no way to help her, and the baby also demanded my attention. I also  was quite naive' with my own Christian Science up-bringing, so that I knew very little about medical problems and normal treatment for indigestion or anything that most people take for granted.  She continued to moan constantly, but would only take help through prayer and a "practical nurse," who wasn't hired for several days to only give her comfort, no medical care.
  
As my grandmother declined with an unknown illness, I had to move away from her home and stay with cousins after a night or two without sleep.  I drove back to Corpus Christi again, after going to her house and saying goodbye, for what I hoped was just the end of our visit.  But I had to return with my husband a short time later for her funeral.   She wasn't the first person I loved that died, but it was the first time I went to a viewing.  That was a big mistake, because that body in the coffin didn't have much resemblance to the lively strong woman I loved.

I thought long and hard about whether to include this last chapter of her life here.  But her difficulty letting go of life seemed as much a part of our relationship as our enjoyment of sharing talk about cooking, plants, children and current events.  I remember how much she didn't like Kennedy, who had died just the year before close to Thanksgiving.  I don't remember what she thought of LBJ, but at least he was a Texan.

Gummy had 4 granddaughters around, myself and my sister, and my older two cousins who had lost their father and then their mother remarried.  So Claudette and Sandra virtually lived at my grandparents during some of that time.  After my father and mother moved to St. Louis, there was correspondence, and sharing of photographs, and some rare visits.  I had 4 other cousins who lived in Wisconsin, and have recently made contact with a couple of them, thanks to this new ancestry interest.

This post is part of my father's mother, 

Ada Swasey Rogers Family Tree. 

The photo shows her mother, 

my great grandmother,

Zulieka Granger Swasey as a young woman.