Wood Family Timeline

I will try once more to post this without the format getting jumbled. Not sure what is happening as I' doing the same old, same old.  

This continues the research I have been doing on the paternal lines of my children.

1819 - William Wood baptized Jun 20, East Grinstead, Sussex, England.                                 Parents were William Wood and Sarah Elless Wood.                                                                    Reference:

                        ENGLAND MARRIAGES, 1538–1973

                    Indexing Project Batch #             l03098-8          

                        System Order                           England -EASy                        

                        GS Film #                                 1044580

                        Reference ID                            Item 2 p. 45

1850 – William Wood, Blacksmith, age 55. his wife Sarah, his children Martha,                         Mary, William, Charles, George, Sarah, John, Elizabeth, and                                                   Thomas were recorded living in the Town of Pittsford, Monroe Co.,                                         NY (1850 Fed. Census)

1860 - George {Word (sic)} Wood, his wife Susan Lounsbury, his daughters Mary                     Frances and Sarah, his sons William J. and George L. are recorded                     as living in the Town of Pittsford, Monroe Co., NY (1860 Fed. census)

1865 -  George Wood, his wife Susan, his sons, William and George and                                 daughter Elizabeth (Sarah E.) are recorded as living in the Town of                                         Pittsford, Monroe Co., NY (1865 NY State Census)

1875 – George Wood, his wife Susan, his sons, George and Burton and his daughter Sarah                     E. are recorded as living in the Town of Pittsford, Monroe Co., NY (1875 NY                           State Census)

1880 – George Wood, his wife Susan, his sons George and Burton are recorded as living                        with John and Mary France Wood Wing in ED 200, Washington Township, Iowa                     County, in the State of Iowa. (1880 Fed. Census)

1880 – William J. Wood, his wife Ada (name crossed out), his sons Willie, Raymond and his                    daughter Ida B. are recorded living in ED 62, Town of Pittsford, Monroe Co., NY                    (1880 Fed. Census)

1892 – William Wood, his wife Hattie, (Harriet Cronk) his sons William Jr., Raymond and                          Arthur, his daughters Ida and Alice are recorded as living in ED 1, the Town of                      Gates, Monroe Co., NY (1892 NY State Census)

1900 – William Wood, his wife Hattie, his daughters Ida and Alice, his son Arthur were                              recorded as living at 104 Cottage St., ED 118, the 19^th ward  the city of                                  Rochester, Monroe Co., NY  (1900 Fed. Census)

1910 – William Wood, his wife Hattie and son Arthur are recorded as living at 70 Elba St.,                        ED 187, (part of) 19^th Ward, city of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (1910 Fed.                            Census)

1910 -  Ida (Wood) Wing, her husband George, daughters Mildred and Thelma are recorded                    at 64 Elba St., ED 187, (part of) 19^th Ward, city of  Rochester, Monroe Co., NY                      (1910 Fed. Census)

1917 – Arthur Wood – WWI draft registration – lived at 112 Enterprise St. with his parents.                      He was age 29 and a laborer at an oil co. (1917 Draft Card)

1920 – William Wood, his wife Hattie and son Arthur were recorded as living at 112                                  Enterprise St., Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. In addition, George Wing, his wife                        Belle, their son Duane and George’s daughter  Mildred were recorded living at                     43 Enterprise St., Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (1920 Fed. Census)

1930 – Hattie Wood and her son Arthur (p. 6B &7A) were recorded living at 16 East Buffalo                     St., Churchville, NY, Monroe Co., NY, in the same home as Wilson and Sarah                       Hill. (Sarah Hill is Hattie’s sister. (1930 Fed. Census)

1938 – Duane Wing married Dorothy Judd, my children’s paternal grandparents.

No recorded burial sites for either William J. Wood. Sr.  (1926) or for his wife                           Harriet Cronk Wood (1933) have yet been found.

Census Reports

Find-A-Grave

Fultonhistory.com

Draft Registrations

Wing Family Timeline

In keeping with the work I've been doing for my children's paternal lines, I'm posting another segment.  I apologize for the formatting of the last post. I thought I had it all lined up nicely. Not sure what happened there. Will try again with this one.

1843 – William Wing – The birth of two Williams recorded for this year, one in                           Woodstock, England and the other in Worsley, England. No parent                                         names are given.

1845 – John Wing Baptism Record

1849 – William Wing and family emigrated to the USA

1864 – William Wing, s/o William Wing and his wife Elizabeth – b. 1843 in                                England d. Jan 27 1864 from wounds suffered in Sep 1862. He                                               enlisted on Jul 25 1862 in Rochester, NY for 3 years. He was                                                  mustered in on Aug 18 1862 as a Pvt. in Company D, Regiment                                              108 Infantry.  He died while a prisoner of war held in Richmond VA.                     (Civil War Death Record)

1865 – William Wing, his wife Elizabeth, his sons, John, James, Robert, Alfred                         and Benjamin and his daughter Sarah are recorded living in the                                               Town of Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1865 NY State Census)

1868 – Elizabeth Wing died, buried in Mendon Cem., Mendon, NY. No                                                       headstone found.

1870 – William Wing (b. in England), his (2^nd) wife Julia J. (later called Jane), his                     sons James and Alfred, were recorded living in the Town of                                                    Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1870 Fed. Census)

1870 – John Wing (b. in England), his wife Frances, his son George (b. in MI)                         and his daughter Ida were recorded living in the Town of Pittsford,                                           Monroe Co., NY (1870 Fed. Census)

1875 – William Wing, his wife Jane, his son Alfred were recorded living in the                           Town of Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1875 NY State Census)

1880 – John and Mary France Wood Wing and, living in the same household with                     them were, George Wood, his wife Susan, his sons George and                                             Burton, all recorded as living in ED 200, Washington Township,                                               Iowa County, in the State of Iowa. (1880 Fed. Census)

1880 -  William Wing, his wife Jane and son Alfred recorded as living in the Town                     of Mendon, Monroe Co., NY  (1880 Fed. Census)

1885 – John Wing, his wife Frances, his sons George, James and Emmerson,                        his daughters Ida, Elizabeth and Harriet recorded living in                                                       Washington Township, Iowa Co., Iowa (1885 Iowa State Census)

1892 – William Wing and his wife Jane recorded living with his son Alfred and his                     wife Sarah, in the Town of Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1892 NY                                               State Census)

1894 - William Wing, aged 73 years, a well-known resident of Honeoye Falls,                           died on Wednesday.  (Friday, May 18 1894 Batavia Daily News)

1895 – George Wing, his wife Minnie, his daughters Emilie (sic.) {Mildred} and                         Iva recorded living in LeRoy Twnshp., Benton Co., IA (1895 IA                                                State Census)

1900 – George Wing, his wife Minnie, his daughters Mildred, Ivy, Florence and                        Thelma recorded living at Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1900 Fed.                                               Census)

1900 – John Wing, his wife Mary F., his son Emerson, his daughters Ida, and                          Elizabeth (Wing) Lindsay (Wid.), and grandchildren Charles and                                              Bertha Lindsay, recorded living in the Town of Mendon, Monroe                                              Co., NY (1900 Fed. Census)

1900 – Alfred Wing, his wife Sara, his daughters Sarah, Blanch and Violet                                                recorded living in the Town of Mendon, Monroe Co., NY (1900 Fed.                                        Census)  [Same page as John but separate households]

1900 -  Minnie Wing, Nov 10, died.

1903 – George Wing marries his first cousin, Ida Belle Wood.

1905 – George Wing, his wife Belle and his daughter Thelma recorded at 838                          Exchange St. in the City of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (1905 NY                                           State Census)

1907 – John Wing, Feb. 25 died. Buried Mendon Cem., Mendon, NY  [Pic.]

1910 – George Wing, his wife Belle, his daughters, Mildred and Thelma recorded                     living at 64 Elba St. in the City of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.                                                 William Wood, his wife Hattie and his son Arthur recorded at 70                                              Elba St., which is next door to #64. (1910 Fed. Census)

1910 – Mary Frances Wood Wing, widow of John Wing, mother of George Wing, was living                      with her daughter Ida Isabelle Wing Gibson in Portland OR (family record)

 1915 – George Wing recorded living in the 19^th Ward, ED 05, the City of                                  Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (1915 NY State Census)

1918 – Thelma Wing marries Charles Carey, Dec. 30., in Rochester NY                                         (Marriage Record)

1920 - George Wing, his wife Belle, their son Duane and George’s daughter                            Mildred were recorded living at 43 Enterprise St., Rochester,                                                   Monroe Co., NY. Ida’s parents William J. Wood, her mother Hattie                                         and her brother Arthur are recorded living at 112 Enterprise St.                                               (1920 Fed. Census)

1930 – George, his wife Belle, his son Duane are recorded living on the Davis                          Rd. in the Town of Chili, Monroe Co., NY (1930 Fed. Census)

1940 – George and his wife Belle recorded living 96 East Buffalo St, Churchville,                     NY. Also, recorded at 97 East Buffalo St, Churchville, NY is Sarah                       Hill and Arthur Wood. Sarah is Belle’s mother’s sister (Sarah                                                   Cronk) and Arthur is her brother. (1940 Fed. Census)

1940 – Duane Wing, his wife Dorothy (Judd) were recorded at 639 Thurston Rd.,                                       the City of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (1940 Fed. Census)

1956 – George Wing died

1970 – Belle Wood Wing died

 George and Belle are the paternal great grandparents of my children.

Judd Time line

In a recent blog, I was researching the Judd family of Prussia, with little to go on. I was so fortunate to receive an email from a reader (thank you so much - you know who you are) suggesting I try www.fultonhistory.com. This proved to be a gold mine for me. The site has many issues of old newspapers from all over NY State and some other states too. Because of the social nature of newspapers 100+ years ago, I was able to find names of people I was only guessing at.  I was able to construct the following time line for the Judd family. I stopped at 1940 for the Blog simply because there are people still living and I don't believe it's appropriate to include them. 

1841 -  Baptismal record for Johannes Wilhelm Jud in Burbach, Westfalia, (Prussia)                               Germany, s/o Johannes Wilhelm and Sophia Elisabeth Diehl Jud (This is a                             transcribed record and not an actual document.)

1860 – John W. Judt, age 48, a shoemaker, with wife Sophia and sons, August                       and Frederick, were recorded living in the 9^th Ward, Rochester, Monroe Co.,                         NY. Originally from Prussia. (1860 Fed. Census)

                   U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Charles A Judd

Residence:	Syracuse, New York
Age at enlistment:	20
Enlistment Date:	13 Jul 1863
Rank at enlistment:	Private
Enlistment Place:	Syracuse, New York
State Served:	New York
Birth Date:	abt 1843

Source Information

Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Original data:  Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.Copyright 1997-2009 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury, MA 02331

1865 – John W. Judt (Sr.), age 54, a peddler, with his wife Sophia and sons John                              W. (Jr.), August and Frederick were recorded living in the 9^th Ward,                                       Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. All originally from Prussia, except                                               Frederick who was b, in Rensalear (sic.). It states they were the parents                     of 6 children. (1865 NY State Census)

1870 – John W. Judd (sic.), farmer, age 60, with wife Sophia and son, Frederick,                           were recorded living in Gates, Monroe Co., NY showing real estate value of                           $800 and personal estate value of $900  (1870 Fed. Census)

1870 – Charles Judd, wife Mary, daughters Florence and Etta were recorded living in the                         town of Cicero, Onondaga Co., NY (1870 Fed. Census)

1875 – John W. Judd, farmer, age 64, with wife Sophia and son, Frederick, were recorded                       living in First Dist., in the Town of Hamlin, Monroe Co., NY, (1875 NY State                           Census)

1875 – Charles Judd, wife Mary and children Florence, Etta, Harriett, Charles N. and Otis H.                      were recorded living in the Town of Gates, Monroe Co., NY (1875 NY State                            Census)

1877 – John W. Judd died and was buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY

                    (Find a Grave)

1884 – Sophia Judd sold, on Jul 14 1884, at least 30 acres of land in Hamlin to                        Charles A. Judd. (Rochester Daily News Jun 9 1913 under Legal                         Notices – Supreme Court)

1880 – Sophia Judd – widow, age 67 was recorded as a servant in the home of                       Frederic Weitz, in the Town of Greece, NY, ED 48, Monroe Co., NY                     (1880 Fed. Census)

1880 – Charles Judd, wife Mary and children Florence, Etta, Harriett, Charles N., Otis H.                           and Chester E. were recorded living in the Town of Hamlin, E.D. 49, Monroe                         Co., NY (1880 Fed. Census)

1892 – Charles A. Judd, wife Mary and children Chester E., Katie, Titus, Harry H. and                               Earl(y) were recorded living in the Town of Hamlin, E.D. 1, Monroe Co., NY                           (1892 NY State Census)

1892 – Charles N. Judd is recorded living in The Town of Wilson, ED 1, Niagara Co., NY                           (1892 NY State Census)

1900 – Charles A. Judd is recorded as a widow, with no other family members, living in the                       Town of Hamlin, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. (1900 Fed. Census)

1900 – Mary Judd is recorded as a widow and a servant in the Frederick Palmer home in                         the Town of Hamlin, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. Mary is recorded as having had 0                     children with 0 children still living. (1900 Fed. Census)

1900 - Charles N. Judd is recorded as single and a boarder in the Philip Simmons home                           living in the Town of Hamline, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. (1900 Fed. Census)

1905 – Charles Judd, his wife, Nellie, and his mother, Mary, were recorded as living on the                       Ladd Road in the Town of Hamlin, ED 1, Monroe Co., NY. (1905 NY State                             Census) {The Ladd Rd. became known as the Walker-Lake Ontario Rd.}

1909 – Charles A. Judd – Mar. 18 1909, Mary L. Judd, widow, applied for pension benefits                       for Charles A. Judd for service during the Civil War. He was in I 149 Infantry NY                     (out of Syracuse).  Does not show if this was approved.

1910 - Dec 13, 1910 - Matter of Estate of Charles A. Judd, deceased.— Decree                                         establishing right of inheritance of Florence M. Hebner. Etta L. Peck, Minnie M.                     Matthews, Chas, M.(sic.) Judd, Chester E. Judd, Titus Judd, Harry Herbert                             Judd and Earle Judd.—- Salisbury & Agate, for petitioner. Matter of Estate of                         Sarah Ms Jewett  (Rochester Daily News Dec. 1910)

1910 – Charles N. Judd with his wife, Nellie, and daughters, Hazel and Gladys, were                                 recorded living on the Ladd Rd. in the Town of Hamline, ED 15, Monroe Co.,                         NY. (1910 Fed. Census)

1918 – Charles N. Judd, Draft Registration, recorded as living RFD #3, Brockport, NY, age                       45, DOB 10/26/1872, wife Nellie, occupation: farmer, medium height and build,                      blue eyes and gray hair. Distinguishing feature: lost one thumb. (Monroe Co.                          Local Draft Board)

1920 – Charles N. Judd, his wife, Nellie, daughters Hazel, Gladys, and Dorothy and his                             mother Mary L. were recorded living in the Town of Sweden, ED 272. Monroe                       Co., NY  (1920 Fed. Census)

1930 – Charles N. Judd, his wife, Ellen, daughter, Dorothy and married daughter Gladys                           Judd Adams with her husband, Burtie, and their children Joyce and  Charles,                         were recorded living at the Staples Farm on West Sweden Rd. in the Town of                       Sweden, ED 28-258, Monroe Co., NY  (1930 Fed. Census)

1940 -  Charles N. Judd, age 67, his wife, Nellie, and his sister, Etta Peck, are recorded as                        living with or renting from Addison Arradine on Creamery Rd. in the Town of                          Bergen, ED 19-27, Genesee Co., NY (1940 Fed. Census)

Clan MacPherson

My Grandmother Broderick, nee Chambers, never got to know her paternal grandparents very well. When she was 8, her father was lost at sea and his parents had moved from New Brunswick to Maine. She and her mother eventually moved on to Boston while the grandparents moved to NJ to be closer to some of their other children. There wasn’t much chance to visit and by the time my grandmother was in her early 30’s, both grandparents had passed on.  So it was with some element of surprise when it was discovered that her paternal grandmother had been a MacPherson.

Sarah MacPherson was the daughter of James and a still to be discovered wife. We are not sure where she was born, but her death records say she was born Dec 22 1831 in Nova Scotia. Apparently many records in NS have not survived making research on her father, mother and siblings more than a little difficult.

However, that led me to doing some more in-depth research into the Clan MacPherson itself. There are variant spellings such as Macpherson, McPherson

Mcpherson and so on. It comes from the Gaelic Mac a’ Phearsain and basically means ‘son of the Parson.’  In this case the Parson was Muriach who was a 12^th century lay-preacher in Kingussie, in Badenoch. Parson, at that time had a different meaning. The Parson was the church warden and collected the tithes.

For many centuries, the MacPhersons have been a leading Clan in the Clan Chattan Confederation, which is controlled by the Clan MacKintosh. Today the Chief of Clan MacKintosh is the President of the Confederation, while the Chief of Clan MacPherson is the Vice-President.

Cluny Castle served as the seat of the Clan Macpherson until sometime in the 1930’s. 

“Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove” is the motto on the MacPherson crest. In this case ‘Bot’ means ‘without.’ It refers to a wildcat’s paw where the pad is the glove. If the wildcat does not have a glove, it means the claws are unsheathed. This is a warning to those to remember ‘the wildcats claws are without a glove.’ This refers to the historically violent nature of the clan.

There are 17 versions of the Tartan. I have included only one here,

It is considered a Highland clan and its District is Badenoch. The Clan Plant is White Heather.

http://www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-macpherson/

https://www.scotweb.co.uk/info/macpherson/

http://www.greatscottishclans.com/clans/macpherson.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Macpherson

The German Judds

Ordinarily, I don’t use my blog for a fishing expedition. However, I thought perhaps it would prove to be a useful tool in acquiring some needed information. I’m attempting to put together the paternal ancestral lines for my children. I have been successful only to a degree. So let me set up the picture of what I have and then, if anyone reading this has more information on this family, I would be ever so grateful to hear about it.

Somewhere in Prussia, c. 1843, Charles A. Judd was born. Every attempt I have made to find a locality has failed. I’ve even tried using what I thought would be German spellings, such as Karl and Judt, Judtz, Jud. Judis and so on. I’ve searched for immigration but I have no known port of departure or arrival, so the haystack gets bigger and the needle gets smaller. There is no known date of arrival either. My biggest fear is that all the early records were destroyed during WWll.

My first documented encounter with Charles A. Judd is the 1870 Federal census for Cicero, Onondaga County, New York which is dated Aug. 2 1870. This states he is a farmer, age 26, b. in Prussia. He is also married to a woman named Mary and has two daughters, Florence and Etta. Mary is 24, Florence is 4 and Etta is 1. They have a domestic servant, Florence Parker, age 13. This suggests that they had been married at least 4 years, although none of that information was supplied with this census. His wife, as it turns out was Mary L. Parker and Florence Parker was her younger sister. I have also failed to find any marriage record for Charles and Mary.

In the 1875 NY census, they have moved to Gates, Monroe County, NY and have added 3 children to the family. One daughter was born in Onondaga County and two boys were born in Monroe County. The first son was b. in 1873, as he was 2 years old in the census. So there is that much of a time line. This census says he’s a carpenter and is a naturalized citizen. However, in a search for naturalization records I did not find anything for this man.  Florence Parker, who would now be 18, is not listed with this family in this census. I might add I’m equally in the dark about the process for naturalization from 1860-1875. Did he, could he become a citizen because his wife was natural born?

The 1880 Federal Census finds this family in Hamlin, Monroe Co., NY. Hamlin is located in the NW corner of this county and was the last area to be settled. In the 1860-1875 time range, it was settled by a large group of German immigrants, mostly from NE Germany.  I have no way of knowing, but it makes me wonder if he might have known some of the new immigrants and decided to moved to Hamlin to be a part of their German community. The 1880 census does state that both Charles and his wife were born in Prussia. However this proves false for Mary later on. It all depends on what information the person has who answers the questions when the census taker knocks on the door.

By 1892, his oldest son, Charles Nestor Judd, is listed on the NY State census, age 19, living in Wilson, Niagara County, NY as a laborer on a farm. In the same census, but for Hamlin, Mon. Co., NY, first District, Charles A. is listed as a farmer, age 49, with his wife, Mary, age 47, and children - Chester 14, Katie 12. Titus 12, Harry 7 and Early (Earl) 4. In this census, it states that all were born in the USA, including the German immigrant, Charles A. It does not clarify Katie and Titus being the same age. It is possible they were twins.

Big changes have happened by the 1900 cen. where Charles is listed as the head of his household and he is the only member of the family. It states he is 57, a widow, a farm laborer, that he was born in NY and that his parents were both born in NY also.  <Scream> Now it gets really interesting because Mary Judd, age 56, shows up on the 1900 cen. for Hamlin, NY in the household of Frederick Palmer, as a servant. It indicates she is a widow, has had 0 children and 0 children are living. She and her parents were all born in NY. <<Scream>>

Something happened to this family that no one seems to know about. Unfortunately, my children’s grandmother didn’t have any information nor did she have any interest in her Judd relatives. Since she’s no longer with us, I have no other living source to go to for assistance. I believe she distanced herself from the Judds for a reason. Something happened between 1892 and 1900 that tore this family apart, enough so that the married couple continued to live in the same town but each presented themselves as widows. Also, the youngest son, Earl, age 12, is living with his older brother, Chester and his family, in Hamlin in the 1900 census. In the same census, Harry, the next to youngest child is age 17, living as a boarder in the Harry Hamil household and employed as a farm laborer. It also says his birth year was 1878 which is incorrect. His marriage record shows he was 28 in 1914.

I’m working on the theory that Charles died c. 1902. Mary is found in the 1905 NY census living with her oldest son and his wife. In 1909, Mary applied for a Civil War Pension, suggesting Charles served in the Civil War. This poses another mystery since his name does not appear on the roster of the Infantry listed on the application. I can find no death record for Charles or a grave site. Mary doesn’t seem to have been recorded anywhere in the 1910 census, but shows up again in the NY State census for 1915 living in Hamlin, NY. Mary died in 1921 in Sweden NY and again no death record or grave site has been found for her.

Charles A. and Mary L. Parker Judd had the following children:

Florence M., b. c 1866 Cicero, NY

Etta L., b. c 1869 Cicero, NY m. 1903 Frank H. Peck

Harriet Minerva, b. 1870 Syracuse NY

Charles Nestor, b. 1872 Monroe Co., NY, m. 1905 Ellen Hembury, d. 1952 Brockport NY

Otis H., b. 1875 Monroe Co. NY

Chester Emons, b. 1877 Hamlin NY, m. 1897 Clara Baxter

Katie, b 1880, d. bef 1892

Nellie, aft 1880. d. bef 1892

Titus, b. 1882 Hamlin NY, m.c 1903 Millie Crowell, d. 1967 Rochester NY

Harry H., b. 1885 Hamlin, NY, m. 1914 Irene Helbert,

Earl, b. 1887 Hamlin NY m. 1907 Cora O’Keefe

Federal Census Records: 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1920, 1940

NY State Census Records: 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925

Marriage Records, Birth and Death Records: NY State - Onondaga Co., Monroe Co.,                    Genesee Co.

NARA – Naturalization Records

Castle Garden Port of Entry Records

Notes from a family bible

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How Many First Cousins did my Maternal Grandmother Have?

I have been curious about this for some time now. My Grandmother was born in Dorchester NB and lived there until she was about 10 years old.  When she was seven, her father was lost at sea, somewhere off the coast of Cape Cod. This left them with no income or insurance money to help out. When she was nine, her little brother died from Scarlet Fever, at almost three years of age.  This left my Grandmother and her mother very much alone, which prompted them to move to the States, first to Bath, ME, then to East Boston, MA and eventually to Winthrop, MA, a peninsula in Boston Harbor. I believe they did travel back and forth a few times and relatives did come to Winthrop to visit, but I don’t think it was often. Therefore, my Grandmother had little opportunity to know just who her cousins were. I never heard her talk about very many cousins. There were a few that kept in touch, but not many. I thought it would be fun to see just how many cousins she actually had.

Alvina Chambers Broderick In Winthrop MA

My Grandmother was born Alvina Chambers at Cole’s Point (this is what she called it), in Dorchester NB in 1880. Her mother was Rebecca Ellen Cole and her father was Alexander Scott Chambers. Rebecca was one of 9 children, being the fifth child and smack in the middle of the pack. Three of her older siblings died, two as teenagers and the other at age 24. This left Rebecca with one older sibling, Lucinda, who, with her husband William Buck, had 10 children, but only 3 survived to adulthood.  Rebecca’s younger four siblings had 12 surviving children, collectively, making 15 first cousins when you include Lucinda’s three.

They were:

Lucinda Cole Buck-

          Arabella Buck Lawrence

          Edward L. Buck

          Wildie Buck Ward

Edward Cole –

          Mabel Cole Dooe

          Harley Cole

          Catherine Cole Houghton

          Edgar Cole

          Alice Cole Marney

          Margaret (Luella) Cole Elder

          Marion Cole Morine

Mary (Mame) Cole Muldoon –

          Walter Cole (Illeg.)

Emma Cole Cole (She married her 2^nd cousin)

          George Cole

Margaret (Maggie) Cole Mitton –

          James Mitton

          William Mitton

          Hedley Mitton

Rebecca’s husband, Alexander Chambers, was the oldest child in his family. According to the 1910 census, his mother gave birth to 13 children, but by the time of that census only 4 were still living.

The Chambers children were –

Emma Chambers Hicks –

          Ada Hicks

          Stella Hicks

Nancy Lavinia Chambers Vincent –

          William Vincent

          Elizabeth Vincent

          Lena Vincent

          Alice Vincent

          Rupert (Roy) Vincent

          Phoeby Vincent

William Chambers –

          Frederick Chambers

          Ethel Chambers

          Gertrude Chambers

          Wilma Chambers

          Bessie Chambers

          Ida Chambers

          Walter Chambers

          Albert Chambers

Ella May Chambers Turner Tavernor

          Clara Turner

          Myrtle Turner

          Walter Tavernor

This list is as accurate as I can make it concerning the children who reached adulthood.. I’ve used Vital Records, census records, cemetery records and any other reliable source I can find to gather this information. Other sources indicate up to 15 children died before reaching their teens. These have not been counted in the final tally. On the maternal side it appears that my Grandmother had 15 1^st cousins and on her paternal side, she had 19 for a grand total of 34 1^st cousins. I believe she knew of most of her Cole cousins but probably only a few of her Chambers cousins. This woman, who grew up an only child, had a very large, extended family.

9th Great Grandparents

After recently reading one of Dick Eastman’s always interesting newsletters, where he addressed the issue of “We are all Related,” I decided to try an experiment.  Based on the research I have done and others have done before me, I decided to see how many 9^th great grandparents I could come up with. Counting myself as Generation One, I ran an Ahnentafel report on 12 generations of family names; it takes that many generations to get to the 9^th great grandparents. Mathematically, there should be about 2048 names. What most researchers know is that there are often sets of great grandparents that appear multiple times. This happens when you have a descent from say three or four of their children. Even so, I would find it almost impossible to come up with even half the number (1024) of people that math says there should be. So let’s say I can only find 25% of my 9^th great grandparents. I am still woefully short of the 50% or abysmally shy of the 100% numbers.

9x gt. grandparents = 2048 people

1. Atwood, Thomas & Sullivan, Honora
2. Bassett, William  & Tilden, Elizabeth
3. Baxter, George, b. 1600 & ??
4. Blake, William, b. 1620 Pilminster, Somerset, Eng., d. 1663 Dorchester, MA &        Lyon, Anne, b. 1626 Plymouth Colony, d. 1680
5. Bliss, Jonathan, b. 1625 Daventry, Eng., d. 1687 Rehoboth MA, & Harmon, Miriam, b. 1620 Eng., d. 1706 Rehoboth MA
6. Boorman, Thomas (Sometimes spelled Bowerman), b. c. 1630 & ??
7. Bowen, Richard, b. 1590 Ilston, Glamorganshire, Wales, d. bef.  1673 Rehoboth, MA & Bourne, Anne, b 1600 Swansea, Wakes, d. 1654 Rehoboth, MA
8. Briggs, William, b 1646 Hingham MA & Macumber, Sarah, b. 1645 Marshfield MA, d. 1680 Taunton, MA
9. Brooks, Timothy, b. 1629, d. 1711 Cohansey, NJ & Russell, Mary, b. 1645 Charlestown, MA, d. 1680 Billerica, MA
10. Brown, William, b. c 1625 England, d. 1694 Eastham, MA & Murdock, Mary, b. 1625 Smarden, Kent, England
11. Clark, Robert & ??
12. Clifton, Thomas & Butterworth, Mary. both b. Eng.
13. Cole, James, b. Eng. & Feake, Mary
14. Covel, Nathaniel, b. c. 1620 & ??
15. Deane, Stephen, b. 1605 Eng., d. 1634 Plymouth, MA & Ring, Elizabeth, b.c. 1602, Ulford, Suffolk, Eng., d. 1687 Eastham, MA
16. Eddy, William, b. c 1558 Bristol, Eng., d. 1616 Eng. & Fosten, Mary, b. 1568           Cranbrook, Kent, Eng., d. 1611 Cranbrook, Kent, Eng.
17. Eldredge, John, b. c. 1600 England  & ??
18. Finney, John b. 1604 Lenten, Nottinghamshire, Eng., d. 1687 Swansea, MA &        Bayley, Elizabeth, b. 1634 Barnstable MA, d. 1684 Bristol, MA
19. Fisher, Anthony & Saxon, Joanne
20. Freeman, Edmund, b. c. 1596, Billingshurst, Suffolk, Eng., d. 1682 Sandwich, MA & Hodsall, Bennett, b. 1596, Pulborough, Sussex, Eng.,    d. 1630, Pulborough, Eng.
21. Fuller, Caleb  & ??
22. Garnzey, Henry, b. Eng. & ??
23. Guild, John, b. 1616, d. 1682 Dedham MA & Crooke, Elizabeth, d. 1669
24. Hardin, John, b. 1625 Plymouth Colony & Hurst, Hannah, b. 1627 Plymouth Colony
25. Higgins, Richard, b. 1604, d. 1674  & Yates, Mary, b.1610, d. 1702
26. Hinckley, Samuel, b. 1589 Tenterden, Kent, Eng., d. 1662 Barnstable, MA & Soole, Sarah, b. 1600 Hawkhurst, Kent, Eng., d. 1656 Barnstable, MA
27. Hopkins, Giles, b. 1608, Hursley, Hampshire, Eng., d. 1690, Eastham, MA & Weldon, Catherine, d. aft. 1690 Eastham, MA
28. Hopkins, Stephen, b. 1580, Hursley, Hampshire, Eng., d. 1644 Plymouth Colony & Kent, Mary, d. 1613.  Eng. (This marriage is still considered a possibility.)
29. Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 Labrador NFLD, Canada
30. Joyce, John b. 1602 Derby, Eng., d. 1666 Yarmouth MA & Cochet, Dorothy, b. 1608 Mickel Over, Derby, Eng.
31. Knowles, Richard, b. 1614 Lancashire, Eng., d. 1675 Eastham, MA  & Bower, Ruth, b. 1616 Lincolnshire, Eng., d. 1687 Eastham, MA
32. Lombard, Thomas b. 1581 Thornecombe, Dorsetshire, Eng., d. 1685, Barnstable, MA & ??
33. Lumpkin, William, b. 1600 Lincolnshire, Eng., d. 1671 Yarmouth, MA & Constable, Thomasine, b. 1605 West Rasen, Lincolnshire, Eng., d. 1682 Yarmouth MA
34. Martin, John, b.1634 Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, Eng., d. 1713 Swansea, MA & Esten, Joanna. B. 1645 Herefordshire, Eng., d. 1733 Swansea, MA
35. Mayhew, Thomas, b. 1593 Tisbury, Wiltshire, Eng., d. 1682 Edgartown, MA & Parkhurst, Abigail, b. 1600, d. bef. 1635
36. Mayo, John, b. 1598, Cattistock, Eng., d. 1676 Yarmouth MA & Brike, Tamsin b. 1600 England, d. 1682 Yarmouth MA.  Rev. Mayo was a minister in Eastham MA.
37. Munnings, Edward & Ardley, Sarah, both b. Eng.
38. Nickerson, William, b. 1604 Norwich Eng., d. 1689 Monomoit (Chatham) MA &        Busby, Anne, b. 1607 Norwich, Eng., d. 1686 Monomoit (Chatham) MA  (3x)
39. Paine, Thomas, b. c. 1600, Wantage, Berkshire, Eng., d. 1631  & Galland, Jane, b. 1602, d. 1666 Edgartown, MA
40. Prence, Thomas, b. 1600, Gloucester, Eng., d. 1673, Plymouth Colony, & Brewster, Patience, b. 1600, Scrooby, York, Eng., d. 1634, Plymouth Colony. Arrived 1621 in the ship Fortune. He was the 4^th, 8^th and 12^th Governor of New Plymouth Colony.
41. Pye, William, b. 1617 Bodinnick, Cornwall, Eng. & ??
42. Rider, Thomas & ??
43. Ruggles, John b. 1579 Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng., d. 1656 Boston, MA & ??
44. Savery, Thomas, b. bef 1572 Hannington, Wiltshire, Eng., & Woodrorke, Mary, b. c. 1574 Hannington, Wiltshire, Eng.
45. Shelley, Robert, b. Nazeing, Essex, Eng. & ??
46. Smith, Ralph, b. 1610 Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., d. 1685 Eastham, MA & Hobart, Elizabeth, b. 1612, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., d. aft. 1654, Eastham, MA (This is not the minister of the same name.)
47. Smith, Thomas, b. Brinspittal, Dorsetshire, Eng. & Doane, Joan
48. Snow, Nicholas, b.c. 1578, Hoxton, Middlesex, Eng. & Rowles, Elizabeth, b.c. 1580, Hoxton, Middlesex, Eng.
49. Snow, Nicholas, b. 1599, St. Leonard’s Shoreditch, London, Eng., d. 1676 Eastham, MA & Hopkins, Constance, b. c. 1606, Hursley, Hampshire, Eng., d. 1677 Eastham, MA  (2x)
50. Tibbes, John, b. Eng. & Harris, Margaret, b. Eng.
51. Toogood, William, b. 1626 & ??
52. Tower, John, b. c. 1609, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., d. 1702, Hingham, MA & Ibrook, Margaret, b. c. 1620 Eng., d. 1700, Hingham MA  (2x)
53. Upham, John, b. 1525 Bicton Devonshire, Eng. D, 1584 & ??
54. Watts, Jeremiah, 1635 Eng., d. 1698 in MA & ??
55. Whipple, John , b. 1517 Eng., d. 1685 Providence RI & They, Sarah, b. 1626 d. 1666 Providence RI
56. Williams, Thomas, d. bef. 1696 in Eastham, MA & Tarte, Elizabeth, b. 1619           Tenterdon, Kent, Eng.  (2x)
57. Wood, Thomas, b. 1642 Plymouth Colony, d. 1704 Newport RI & Hale, Rebecca, b. 1644 Bristol, MA

 

There are still family names being researched that haven’t reached the 9^th great grandparent = Buck, Broderick, Palmer, Harper, Lacy, Snow (different family), Kennedy, Thistle, Pye (different lines), Chambers, Miller (or Millard). Boyle, Sagerton, Sheehan, Wade, Reynolds, Hubley, Scarr. Pike, Kahler, Thompson, Keillor. Matler, Spinney, Horn, McPherson, Carmichael, MacBurnie, Doane, Perkins.  Some families are only at the 5^th, 6^th, or 7^th generation so there are names I haven’t even found yet.

The better share of my 9^th gt. grandparents came from England. Some were born in Plymouth Colony of English parents. Add in the known Scottish, Irish and Welsh ancestors and you could pretty much say I am a UK mutt.

What this boils down to is this list is really, really short of the 2048 people who should populate the role of my 9^th gt. grandparent.