Joseph ADAMS

[28932]

1653 - CA 1737

Family 1 : Hannah BASS
  1. +John ADAMS

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[28932] See http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/adams.htm

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Margaret L. (Peggy) CHRISTIE

[56193]

____ - ____

Father: Ira Wilbur CHRISTY
Mother: Lorene Stuart DUNN

Family 1 : Gary A. WOOD
  1.  Scott Ira WOOD

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 _Ira Wilbur CHRISTY _|
| (1907 - 1962) m 1931|
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|--Margaret L. (Peggy) CHRISTIE 
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|_Lorene Stuart DUNN _|
  (1914 - 1990) m 1931|
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                      |                                               _John GILPATRICK ____|_____________________
                      |                                              | (1813 - 1889) m 1838                      
                      |                       _George E. GILPATRICK _|
                      |                      | (1844 - 1895) m 1868  |
                      |                      |                       |                      _Robert BOWDEN ______+
                      |                      |                       |                     | (1786 - ....) m 1808
                      |                      |                       |_Lydia A. BOWDEN ____|_Hannah BRIDGES _____
                      |                      |                         (1817 - 1891) m 1838  (1789 - ....)       
                      |_Eva L. GILPATRICK ___|
                        (1871 - ....) m 1906 |
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                                             |_Pealy Alleana KEYES __|
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Joseph DELANO

19 JUN 1732 - 25 NOV 1815

Father: Hazadiah DELANO
Mother: Mary TAYLOR

Family 1 : Judith DAMON
  1. +Hannah DELANO

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                                             _Philip DELANO ______|
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                       _Samuel DELANO ______|
                      | (1659 - 1728) m 1683|
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                      |                     |_Hesther DEWSBURY ___|
                      |                       (1613 - ....)       |
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 _Hazadiah DELANO ____|
| (1691 - 1770) m 1731|
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|                     |                                            _Myles STANDISH _____|__
|                     |                                           | (1584 - 1656)          
|                     |                      _Alexander STANDISH _|
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|                     |_Elizabeth STANDISH _|
|                       (1665 - 1732) m 1683|
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|                                           |                      _John ALDEN _________|__
|                                           |                     | (.... - 1687) m 1622   
|                                           |_Sarah ALDEN ________|
|                                             (1627 - 1674) m 1660|
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|                                                                 |_Priscilla MULLINS __|__
|                                                                    m 1622                
|
|--Joseph DELANO 
|  (1732 - 1815)
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|_Mary TAYLOR ________|
  (1691 - ....) m 1731|
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Nancy Marguerite DIXON

[18248]

____ - ____

Father: John Thomas DIXON
Mother: Zeitha Marguerite RYERSE


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                                                     _Thomas DIXON _____________|
                                                    | (1854 - 1907)             |
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                             _Charles DIXON ________|
                            | (1886 - 1974)         |
                            |                       |                                                           _Thomas CHAPMAN ________________
                            |                       |                                                          | (1787 - 1860)                  
                            |                       |                            _James Millimine CHAPMAN _____|_Jane BUCHNER __________________
                            |                       |                           | (1829 - 1902)                  (1799 - 1884)                  
                            |                       |_Alice Roxanne CHAPMAN ____|
                            |                         (1859 - 1928)             |
                            |                                                   |                               _Shelar BUCHNER ________________+
                            |                                                   |                              | (1800 - 1882)                  
                            |                                                   |_Nancy Jane BOUGHNER _________|_Martha BINKLEY ________________
                            |                                                     (1837 - 1926)                  (1813 - 1873)                  
 _John Thomas DIXON ________|
| (1911 - 1975) m 1931      |
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|                           |                        _John Dickinson CLINE _____|
|                           |                       | (1874 - 1948)             |
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|                           |_Mary Ellen CLINE _____|
|                             (1890 - 1987)         |
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|                                                   |_Sarah M. SHEMILD _________|
|                                                     (1867 - ....)             |
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|--Nancy Marguerite DIXON 
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|                                                                                                               _Samuel RYERSE _________________+
|                                                                                                              | (1782 - 1844) m 1804           
|                                                                                _Isaac Freeman Swayze RYERSE _|_Sarah CYPHER __________________
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|                                                    _Frank Chamberlain RYERSE _|
|                                                   | (1863 - 1938) m 1889      |
|                                                   |                           |                               _Samuel CHAMBERLAIN ____________+
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|                                                   |                           |_Mary Beamer CHAMBERLAIN _____|_Ann BEAMER ____________________
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|                            _Wilbur Harley RYERSE _|
|                           | (1894 - 1985) m 1913  |
|                           |                       |                                                           _John LEMON ____________________+
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|                           |                       |                            _Joseph Henry LEMON __________|________________________________
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|                           |                       |_Ada Maria LEMON __________|
|                           |                         (1865 - 1933) m 1889      |
|                           |                                                   |                               _Jacob SMITH ___________________
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|                           |                                                   |_Almira ("Emra") SMITH _______|_Catherine ("Katie") STEINHOFF _
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|_Zeitha Marguerite RYERSE _|
  (1914 - 2005) m 1931      |
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                            |_Orpha Jane FLEMMING __|
                              (1895 - 1978) m 1913  |
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Susanna(h) LOMBARD

[28088]

15 MAY 1762 - ____

Father: Solomon (Jr.) LOMBARD
Mother: Lydia GRANT

Family 1 : Christopher DUNN
  1.  Peter DUNN
  2.  Rebecca DUNN
  3.  Richard DUNN
  4.  Jeremiah DUNN
  5.  Nathaniel DUNN
  6.  George DUNN
  7.  Joshua DUNN

                                                                                            _Thomas LOMBARD __________
                                                                                           | (1581 - 1662)            
                                                                      _Jedediah LOMBARD ___|__________________________
                                                                     | (1640 - 1668) m 1668                           
                                                _Jedediah LOMBARD ___|
                                               | (1669 - 1739) m 1699|
                                               |                     |                      _Daniel WING _____________+
                                               |                     |                     | (1617 - 1697) m 1641     
                                               |                     |_Hannah WING ________|_Hannah SWIFT ____________
                                               |                       (1642 - 1682) m 1668  (1625 - 1665)            
                          _Solomon LOMBARD ____|
                         | (1702 - 1781) m 1725|
                         |                     |                                            _George (Lewes or) LEWIS _+
                         |                     |                                           | (1600 - 1663) m 1626     
                         |                     |                      _James LEWIS ________|_Sarah JENKINS ___________
                         |                     |                     | (.... - 1713) m 1655  (.... - 1636)            
                         |                     |_Hannah LEWIS _______|
                         |                       (1674 - 1734) m 1699|
                         |                                           |                      _George LANE _____________
                         |                                           |                     | (1612 - 1689) m 1637     
                         |                                           |_Sarah LANE _________|_Sarah HARRIS ____________
                         |                                             (1638 - 1698) m 1655  (.... - 1695)            
 _Solomon (Jr.) LOMBARD _|
| (1738 - 1781) m 1759   |
|                        |                                                                  _George PUDDINGTON _______+
|                        |                                                                 | (.... - 1647) m 1631     
|                        |                                            _John PURRINGTON ____|_Mary POOKE ______________
|                        |                                           | (.... - 1692)         (.... - 1691)            
|                        |                      _Hezekiah PURINGTON _|
|                        |                     | (1680 - 1718)       |
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|                        |_Sarah PURINGTON ____|
|                          (1709 - ....) m 1725|
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|--Susanna(h) LOMBARD 
|  (1762 - ....)
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|_Lydia GRANT ___________|
  (1744 - ....) m 1759   |
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[28088] Cf. http://www.rpmwin.com/user/padagge/dunn_gen.htm in 2007 which attributes her to Solomon and Sarah, shown as her grandparents.

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James B. MORGAN

[31622]

5 APR 1607 - 5 APR 1685

Father: Sir William MORGAN
Mother: Elizabeth WINTER

Family 1 : Margery HILLS
  1. +Joseph MORGAN

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 _Sir William MORGAN _|
| (1582 - 1629) m 1606|
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|--James B. MORGAN 
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[31622] Did James really die on his birthday? The file cited for his father states he m. Margery Hill, but gives two dates and places for this marriage.

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Lovina SCHREFFLER

[32382]

8 AUG 1844 - 12 OCT 1914

Father: John SCHREFFLER
Mother: Salome REBUCK

Family 1 : John FALCK
  1. +William Schreffler FALCK

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                                                                          _Johannes Heinrich SCHREFFLER _|_____________________
                                                                         | (1714 - 1784) m 1745                                
                                               _Gottfried SCHREFFLER ____|
                                              | (1752 - 1812)            |
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                                              |                          |_Anna Maria WEBER _____________|_____________________
                                              |                            (1716 - 1776) m 1745                                
                       _Gottfried SCHREFFLER _|
                      | (1787 - 1870) m 1808  |
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                      |                                                                                                        
 _John SCHREFFLER ____|
| (1820 - 1895)       |
|                     |                                                                                   _Peter LEBO _________+
|                     |                                                                                  | (.... - 1783)       
|                     |                                                   _Peter LEBO ___________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                  | (.... - 1807)                                       
|                     |                        _John Philip LEBO ________|
|                     |                       | (1769 - 1839)            |
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|                     |                       |                          |_Anna Catharina JORDAN ________|_____________________
|                     |                       |                            (1744 - ....)                                       
|                     |_Eva Gretha LEBO ______|
|                       (1790 - 1872) m 1808  |
|                                             |                                                           _____________________
|                                             |                                                          |                     
|                                             |                           _______________________________|_____________________
|                                             |                          |                                                     
|                                             |_Anna Marie WOHLFORD _____|
|                                                                        |
|                                                                        |                                _____________________
|                                                                        |                               |                     
|                                                                        |_______________________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                              
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|--Lovina SCHREFFLER 
|  (1844 - 1914)
|                                                                                                         _Johann Adam REBUCK _
|                                                                                                        |                     
|                                                                         _Valentine REHBOCK ____________|_____________________
|                                                                        | (1730 - 1802) m 1757                                
|                                              _Johann Michael REBUCK ___|
|                                             | (1769 - 1852)            |
|                                             |                          |                                _____________________
|                                             |                          |                               |                     
|                                             |                          |_Anna Barbara BALDAUF _________|_____________________
|                                             |                            (1735 - 1808) m 1757                                
|                      _Gottfried REBUCK _____|
|                     | (1798 - 1875)         |
|                     |                       |                                                           _____________________
|                     |                       |                                                          |                     
|                     |                       |                           _______________________________|_____________________
|                     |                       |                          |                                                     
|                     |                       |_Maria Margaretha THOMAS _|
|                     |                         (1762 - 1820)            |
|                     |                                                  |                                _____________________
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|_Salome REBUCK ______|
  (1821 - 1893)       |
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                      |                                                   _______________________________|_____________________
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                      |_Catharine WAGNER _____|
                        (1801 - 1875)         |
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                                              |                           _______________________________|_____________________
                                              |                          |                                                     
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[32382] Lovina's ancestry is from the unverified OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com in 2012 and must be documented. www.findagrave.com lists her death date: 24 March 1913.

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Hugo (Wardall or) WARDALE

[664]

1538 - ____

Family 1 :
  1. +John Wardall DE WELL

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[664]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1155.htm#24904 stated in 2002: "Hugh WARDALE was born 1538 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He died Nov 1585 in Alford and was buried 26 Nov 1585 in Alford. Hugh married Isabel on 1561 in Alford. Isabel was born 1541 in Alford, Lincolnshire. She died Jan 1590 in Alford, Lincolnshire and was buried 12 Jan 1590 in Alford. They had the following children: John WARDALE was christened 13 Jun 1562 and died Oct 1617; William WARDALE was born 1564; Miles WARDALE was born 1566 in Alford; Thomas WARDALE was born 1570." See also http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/u/n/g/Neil-Ungerleider-MA
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The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s':

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water.

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock a person out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

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Gertrude Elizabeth ("Lizzie") WEST

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26 JUN 1875 - 8 DEC 1969

Family 1 : Hollis Mark LINSCOTT
  1. +Lester Judson LINSCOTT
  2. +Margaret E. LINSCOTT
  3. +Doris Elizabeth LINSCOTT
  4.  Lyman West LINSCOTT
  5.  Hollis M ("June") LINSCOTT

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[53261] Gertrude is daughter of Lyman Judson West (1848-1904 & Mary G. Day (1848-1925). She and Hollis had Mary Adelia Linscott (b. in 1891), Lester Judson Linscott (1893-1961, Merle F. Linscott (1895-1976), Hollis Mark Linscott Jr (1898-1993), Ester Linscott (1901-1915), Helen Priscilla Linscott (1903-1970), Lyman West Linscott (1905-1980), Margaret E. Linscott (1907-1986), Doris Elizabeth Linscott (1910-1992), Milton O. Linscott (1912-1990), Kathlyn Octavia Linscott (1914-2010), Mary Gladys Linscott (1916-2011) & Donald Elwood Linscott (1917-2001).

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