[41746] The unverified Vicki May Barnes Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2016 offers: "JOAN BENNING was born in 1517 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, the child of RICHARD and MARY. She married EDWARD HARDING on October 20, 1539, in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. . . . . She died in 1565 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, at the age of 48."
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[24057] She is identified as daughter of Sir Henry's first wife, Petronella, by "Medieval English Ancestry of Certain Americans," Carl Boyer III (2001), p. 9. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p324.htm reports: "Alice de Audley married Piers I de Montfort, son of Thurston II de Montfort. She was born after 1218."
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_Robert DE FERRERS ______________|_Margaret DE QUINCY ___________________
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| (1243 - 1314) m 1269 (.... - 1251)
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| |_Hawyse MUSCEGROS _______________|
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| | _William DE FERRERS ___________________+
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[12234] Elizabeth is daughter of Timothy Dyall {- 1552 Visitation of Essex}.
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| |_Susan STETTINIUS _____|_Maria Ann HORNAKOWITZ ___________________
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| _Louis-Alexandre Rousseau dit BEAUSOLEIL _
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| _Dominique ROUSSEAU ___|_Marie Josephte CHABOT ___________________
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| _George N. BOYDSTON ___|_Eunice BURRIS ___________________________
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[20751] Kenneth m. 1923 in Oakland, CA Alyce Tower (b. 1902 in Calavaras Co., CA, d. 1977 in Calavaras Co., CA) and had Carolyn Hogan (b. 24 March 1925 in Oakland, CA, m. 1960 in Nebraska to David Kenfield).
_Charles (The "Patriot") HUTCHINS _+
| (1742 - 1834) m 1764
_William HUTCHINGS ________|_Mary PERKINS _____________________
| (1764 - 1866) m 1786 (1745 - 1797)
_Eliakim Wardwell HUTCHINGS _|
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| |_Mercy ("Mary?") WARDWELL _|_Sarah STAPLES ____________________
| (1770 - 1837) m 1786
_Joseph M. HUTCHINS _|
| (1844 - 1930) m 1876|
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| | | |_Charlotte HORTON _________|_Anna H. DYER _____________________
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| (1856 - 1918) m 1876|
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[50557] Evelyn & Elmer had Avis Norine Hutchins (1925-2011), Carleton Leroy Bryant (1926-1961), Melvin H. Bryant (1927-2008), Arline F. Bryant (b. in 1929) & Natalie R. Bryant (b. in 1935).
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[20173] Michael was of Chester Springs, PA when married. The 1850 federal census for Saville township, Perry County shows these children for Michael and Sarah: William, Nicholas, Sarah E., Susanah, Catherine and Mary J.
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[6372] Mentioned in her mother's will, 1711. Susannah m. Robert Annabel son of John Annable (tailor at Ipswich prior to 1641); Robert d. 7 Jan 1717 at Ipswich. Susannah and Robert had Mary (m. in 1711 her cousin Matthew Annable), Anna (m. 1713 John Low), Martha and Sarah (prob. she who m. 16 Nov 1726 Nathaniel Jones, b. 18 Oct 1704 to Nathaniel Jones and Rachel Bradford).
[28696] Gladys is daughter of John Henry Steuart and Mary Virginia Ramsay Harding.
_Edmond SYLVESTER ___+
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_Crowell Hatch SILVESTER _|_Deborah CUSHMAN ____
| (1785 - 1863) m 1811
_Benjamin Jeremiah SYLVESTER _|
| (1817 - 1899) m 1839 |
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| (1785 - 1853) m 1811
_George Raynes SYLVESTER _|
| (1840 - 1921) m 1866 |
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| (1822 - 1900) m 1839 |
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| (1877 - 1976) m 1901 |
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"The Ellsworth American [Ellsworth, Maine], 15 October 2019": "Deer Isle - Neva L. Beck passed away on Oct. 10, 2019, at the Island Nursing Home. Neva was born June 16, 1921. Parents: Fred and Lillian Sylvester and Stepmother Louise Sylvester. Siblings: Dorothy Carmen, Elwyn Sylvester, Arlene Kydd and Norma Heanssler.
Neva married George Lane Beck, who passed on in 1969. She is survived by her two children, Jonathan Beck and his wife, Dorena, Linda Stratton and her friend, Gerald Weed; one granddaughter, Lisa Moon, and her husband, Gregory; three great-grandchildren, Michael Beck and his wife, Charity, Brandy Knopp and her husband, Steve, and Brittany Stanley; nine great-great grandchildren, Michalah, Teagan and Jake Beck, Kaliana and Autumn Knopp, Tristan, Taylor, Brantley and Colton Ciomei and their father, Seth Ciomei. She graduated from McKinley High School and attended the University of Maine. She served as the clerk for the town of Deer Isle for many years. She worked for her good friend Walker Pickering in his grocery store. She opened her own business, The Periwinkle, back when very few women ran their own business. She ran this business for 45-plus years, selling the Periwinkle to Jim and Candy Eaton and retiring at age 93. She continued to live by herself up until a couple years ago when she had a caregiver come in to help her out. That is when Linda Parker came into her life as her special caregiver and they connected right away. Their relationship remained strong until Nevas very last breath. Over the years she volunteered for the schools reading program and the Arts and Crafts at the Island Nursing Home. She participated in many Fourth of July parades and worked at the Fish & Fritter Scholarship Fry. She was a director at the Historical Society and served on the Deer Isle-Stonington Chamber of Commerce board for years. She was a mentor for many years in her rug braiding classes, teaching newcomers and sharing with veteran ruggers and she participated in a knitting group. Neva was always a community-minded person throughout her entire life."