Maria of BULGARIA

[2452]

CA 1044 - <1118

Father: Trojan VLADISLAV
Mother: Kontostephane Aballanta of BYZANTIUM

Family 1 : Andronicus DUCAS
  1. +Irene DUCENA

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                                                                            |                                |                                  _Asot II Erkat', Shahanshah of ARMENIA _+
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                                                                            |                                |_Rhipsime Bagratuni of BULGARIA _|________________________________________
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                                         _Ivan Vladislav, Tsar of BULGARIA _|
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|--Maria of BULGARIA 
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|_Kontostephane Aballanta of BYZANTIUM _|
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[2452] In 2007 http://www.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BULGARIA.htm offers: "Maria Troiane (-[1089/1118]). The 'Alexeiad' records that 'the daughter-in-law of the Cæsar Ioannes-protovestiaria' was imprisoned 'in the nunnery of Petrion near the Sidera' when the Komnenoi plot against Emperor Nikephoros Botaneiates was discovered, referring to her as 'kinswoman' of Anna Dalassena and, in a later passage, stating that she 'was of Bulgarian descent'. The primary source on which her parentage is based has not been identified. Protobestiaria. She became a nun as Xene. m (before 1063) Andronikos Dukas, protobestiarios, son of Ioannes Dukas & his wife Eirene Pegonitissa (-14 Oct 1077). Co-Emperor of Byzantium 1067-1070."

[2451] [S1] LDS IGI - not verified

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Elizabeth DRAKE

[16518]

30 OCT 1840 - JUL 1905

Father: John DRAKE
Mother: Susannah HENRY


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 _John DRAKE _________|
| (1806 - 1887) m 1838|
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|--Elizabeth DRAKE 
|  (1840 - 1905)
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|                                               _John HENRY _______________|
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|_Susannah HENRY _____|
  (1814 - 1887) m 1838|
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                        (1787 - 1861)          |
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[16518] Elizabeth m. George F. Gillespie (d. 1 Aug 1863) and had Carrie Etta who m. James Wareham (b. 6 Jan 1847, d. 17 May 1927, had Anna May, Sarah Ruberta, William Drake and Lena Esther).

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John GOODWIN

[54679]

16 MAR 1820 - 28 NOV 1901

Family 1 : Alice LEWIS
  1. +Orvilla GOODWIN

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[54679] John is said to be son of Jedediah Goodwin (1786-1870) & Mercy Wing (1781-1873).

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John HOULTEN

[13000]

1667 - ____

Father: Joseph HOULTON
Mother: Sarah INGERSOLL


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                      | (1596 - ....) m 1618|
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 _Joseph HOULTON _____|
| (1621 - 1705) m 1651|
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|                       (1595 - ....) m 1618|
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|--John HOULTEN 
|  (1667 - ....)
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|                      _Richard INGERSOLL __|
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|                     |                        m 1584             |
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|_Sarah INGERSOLL ____|
  (.... - 1719) m 1651|
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                        (1595 - 1677) m 1611|
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[13000] John m. Mary Star.

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Ruth INGALLS

[52650]

19 NOV 1657 - 22 JUN 1700

Family 1 : Samuel CHAPMAN
  1. +Samuel CHAPMAN

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[52650] Ruth is said to be daughter of Samuell Ingalls (1632-1717) & Ruth Eaton (b. in 1636; m. 9 December 1656 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA).

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Michael KOBEL

[33032]

CA 1460 - 1517

Father: Hans KOBEL

Family 1 :
  1. +Leonard KOBEL

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                       _Bartholomaus KOBEL _|
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 _Hans KOBEL _________|
| (1436 - 1480)       |
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|--Michael KOBEL 
|  (.... - 1517)
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[33032] Michael is said to be son of Hans Kobel (ca. 1436-ca. 1480).

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Daniel POORE

[30051]

____ - ____

Family 1 :
  1. +Daniel POORE

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[30051] In 2010 "Descendants of Daniel Poore" at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/u/r/Susan-C-Curtiss/GENE10-0001.html offers: "Although we have no factual data to confirm it, Daniel Poore may have been the father of John, Nicholas, Alice, Samuel, Daniel and Thomas Poore. Nicholas is often found as Nickolas in various accounts. There is a lack of birth, marriage and death records for Daniel Poore. Family tradition states that he was born at (or near) Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1590. The Poore estates at Amesbury and Durrington represented the center of operations for this large family. By 1590, the Poores had land holdings all along the River Avon and east into the Andover and Wallops area of Hampshire. Within the city of Salisbury, the Poores occupied properties at St. Martins Parish and Edmunds Church district. These parishes were also the urban locations for many of the related Hampshire families, including Gore, Reade, Singer, Noyes and Parker. Two couples have been isolated who were married in the right time frame and in the right geographical area to have been Daniel's parents. Both married in Salisbury were: Thomas Poore and Alice Yearp, married at Edmunds Church on May 2, 1581. John Poore and Dorothy Reade, married at St. Martins Parish on October 19, 1584. All of Daniel's children were reported born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, but it is probable that he maintained close family ties with the Salisbury, Amesbury and Hampshire Poores. It appears that Daniel's family was located back within the Poore localities of eastern Wiltshire or western Hampshire when the migrations to Massachusetts began in the 1630's."

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Mary Bryant PRATT

26 JUL 1871 - 28 AUG 1956

Father: George Langdon PRATT
Mother: Sarah Minot WELD

Family 1 : Charles Franklin SPRAGUE
  1. +Marion SPRAGUE

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| (1826 - 1872) m 1869  |
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|--Mary Bryant PRATT 
|  (1871 - 1956)
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Jerome Parker TAPLEY

[48182]

26 NOV 1833 - 10 MAY 1911

Father: Robert TAPLEY
Mother: Polly SNOW

Family 1 : Phebe Parker TAPLEY
  1. +Elsie Cora TAPLEY
  2. +Marion Parker TAPLEY

                                                                                           _William Davidson TAPLEY _+
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                                                                     _John TAPLEY ________|_Elizabeth CASH __________
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                                               _Job TAPLEY _________|
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                                              |                     |_Martha MOULTON _____|__________________________
                                              |                        m 1732                                        
                       _Peletiah TAPLEY ______|
                      | (1757 - 1834) m 1783  |
                      |                       |                                            _Samuel FERNALD __________+
                      |                       |                                           | (1675 - ....) m 1699     
                      |                       |                      _Hercules FERNALD ___|_Susanna PAUL ____________
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                      |                       |_Susanna FERNALD ____|
                      |                         (1740 - 1826) m 1757|
                      |                                             |                      _Nathaniel TUCKER ________
                      |                                             |                     | (1671 - 1742) m 1702     
                      |                                             |_Mary TUCKER ________|_Anna ALLEN ______________
                      |                                               (1719 - 1752) m 1736  (1684 - 1748)            
 _Robert TAPLEY ______|
| (1792 - 1863) m 1820|
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|                     |                       |                     |_Sarah FREEMAN ______|_Alice PENIWELL __________
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|                       (1766 - 1823) m 1783  |
|                                             |                                            _Samuel WEEKS ____________+
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|                                             |                      _John WEEKS _________|_Elinor HAINES ___________
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|                                             |_Mary WEEKS _________|
|                                               (1730 - ....) m 1752|
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|--Jerome Parker TAPLEY 
|  (1833 - 1911)
|                                                                                          _John SNOW _______________+
|                                                                                         | (1678 - 1738) m 1701     
|                                                                    _Joshua SNOW ________|_Elizabeth RIDLEY ________
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|                                              _Nicholas SNOW ______|
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|                                             |                     |                      _Thomas PAINE ____________+
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|                                             |                     |_Hannah PAINE _______|_Thankful COBB ___________
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|                      _Isaac SNOW ___________|
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|                     |                       |                      _Thomas WATKINS _____|__________________________
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[48182] For his maritime history see "Maritime History of Brooksville," Capt. LeCain W. Smith (Brooksville Historical Society, 2005), p. 82.

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