Ruth BITFIELD

[53702]

CA 1623 - 3 NOV 1699

Family 1 : William SAWYER
  1. +Samuel SAWYER
  2. +Stephen SAWYER

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[53702] The unverified file KNH2-KZW in 2023 in familysearch.org offers: "When Ruth Bitfield was born about 1623, in England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Bitfield, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Parker, was 25. She married William Sawyer in 1643, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1643 and lived in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1643. She died on 3 November 1699, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 77."

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Mary Anna BORLAND

[34993]

1817 - 1899

Family 1 : James TAYLOR
  1. +Annie Belle TAYLOR

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[34993] This person is from the unverified Wood Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013.

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Inez Isabelle GRINDLE

[49640]

28 DEC 1883 - 9 FEB 1958

Family 1 : Melvin Harrison HARRIMAN
  1.  Edward L. HARRIMAN

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[49640] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 10 February 1958, p. 23: "Bucksport, Feb. 9 - Inez I. Harriman, 79, widow of Melvin Harriman, died at her home on McDonald Street Sunday following a long illness. She was born in Orland December 28, 1878, the daughter of Emery and Adeline (Conary) Grindle. She is survived by a son, Edward; a brother, Irving Grindle of Ellsworth; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held at the Clark-Mitchell Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Charles T. Brown officiating. Burial will be at Silver Lake Cemetery."

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Hanss Michael HECHT

9 DEC 1701 - 30 MAY 1747

Family 1 : Anna Margaretha WALLINGER
  1. +Maria Magdalene HECHT

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Peter HOBART

[21913]

13 OCT 1604 - 20 JAN 1679

Father: Edmund HOBART
Mother: Margaret DEWEY

Family 1 : Elizabeth IBROOK
  1. +Hannah HOBART
  2. +Elizabeth HOBART
  3. +David HOBART

                                                                                         _Sir James HOBART ___
                                                                                        | (.... - 1517)       
                                                                   _Myles HOBART _______|_____________________
                                                                  |                                           
                                             _Thomas HOBART ______|
                                            | (.... - 1560)       |
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                       _Sir Henry HOBART ___|
                      | (1560 - 1625) m 1590|
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                      |                     |_Audrey HARE ________|
                      |                       (.... - 1581)       |
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 _Edmund HOBART ______|
| (1573 - 1646) m 1600|
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|                     |                      _Sir Robert BELL ____|
|                     |                     | (.... - 1577)       |
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|                     |_Dorothy BELL _______|
|                        m 1590             |
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|--Peter HOBART 
|  (1604 - 1679)
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|_Margaret DEWEY _____|
  (1574 - 1649) m 1600|
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[21913] Ancestral File (unverified) states Peter is son of Edmund Hobart (b. 1 Jan 1573 in Hingham, Norfolk, d. 8 March 1646 in Hingham, MA, son of Thomas Hobart and Helena Winsofer) and Margarey Dewe(y) (b. 1574 in Hingham, Norfolk, d. 23 June 1649 in Hingham, MA, daughter of Robert Dewe and Margaret Stasye). Peter arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 with his wife and four children. See “The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II,” Robert Charles Anderson (Boston: NEHGS, 1995), p. 959.

[62458] [S2] LDS Church's Ancestral File - not verified.

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Isabel of HUNTINGDON

[5025]

____ - ____

Father: William (I) "The Lion", King of SCOTS

Family 1 : Robert DE ROS
  1. +William DE ROS
Family 2 : Robert III DE BRUS
  1. +Lucia BRUCE

                                                                                                                                                                    _Duncan I MacCrinan, King of SCOTS __+
                                                                                                                                                                   | (1007 - 1040) m 1030                
                                                                                                                             _Malcolm III Canmore, King of SCOTS __|_Sibyl of NORTHUMBERLAND ____________
                                                                                                                            | (.... - 1093) m 1070                   (.... - 1070)                       
                                                                                     _David I ("the Saint"), King of SCOTS _|
                                                                                    | (.... - 1153)                         |
                                                                                    |                                       |                                       _Edward, The ATHELING _______________+
                                                                                    |                                       |                                      | (1016 - 1057)                       
                                                                                    |                                       |_Margaret of WESSEX __________________|_Agatha of HUNGARY __________________
                                                                                    |                                         (1045 - 1093) m 1070                                                       
                                          _Henry de Huntingdon, Prince of SCOTLAND _|
                                         | (1114 - 1152) m 1139                     |
                                         |                                          |                                                                               _Syward (Sigurd) of NORTHUMBRIA _____+
                                         |                                          |                                                                              | (.... - 1055)                       
                                         |                                          |                                        _Waltheof II, Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND _|_Elfleda of NORTHUMBRIA _____________
                                         |                                          |                                       | (1045 - 1076) m 1070                                                       
                                         |                                          |_Maud of NORTHUMBERLAND _______________|
                                         |                                            (1072 - 1131)                         |
                                         |                                                                                  |                                       _Lambert of Boulogne, Count of LENS _+
                                         |                                                                                  |                                      | (.... - 1055) m 1054                
                                         |                                                                                  |_Judith of LENS ______________________|_Adelaide of NORMANDY _______________
                                         |                                                                                    (1054 - ....) m 1070                                                       
 _William (I) "The Lion", King of SCOTS _|
| (1143 - 1214)                          |
|                                        |                                                                                                                          _Raoul ("Ralph") DE WARENNE _________+
|                                        |                                                                                                                         | (.... - 1050)                       
|                                        |                                                                                   _William DE WARENNE __________________|_Beatrice of NORMANDY _______________
|                                        |                                                                                  | (.... - 1088)                                                              
|                                        |                                           _William DE WARENNE ___________________|
|                                        |                                          | (1071 - 1138)                         |
|                                        |                                          |                                       |                                       _____________________________________
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|                                        |                                          |                                       |_Gundrada of FLANDERS ________________|_____________________________________
|                                        |                                          |                                         (.... - 1085)                                                              
|                                        |_Ada DE WARENNE __________________________|
|                                          (.... - 1178) m 1139                     |
|                                                                                   |                                                                               _Henry I, King of FRANCE ____________+
|                                                                                   |                                                                              | (1006 - 1060) m 1044                
|                                                                                   |                                        _Hugh Magnus DE CRéPI _______________|_Anne of KIEV _______________________
|                                                                                   |                                       | (1057 - 1102)                          (1024 - 1075)                       
|                                                                                   |_Isabel (aka Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS _|
|                                                                                     (1081 - 1131)                         |
|                                                                                                                           |                                       _Herbert IV, Count DE VERMANDOIS ____+
|                                                                                                                           |                                      | (1032 - 1080)                       
|                                                                                                                           |_Adélaïde ("Adele") DE VERMANDOIS __|_Adela DE VEXIN _____________________
|                                                                                                                             (.... - 1120)                          (.... - 1118)                       
|
|--Isabel of HUNTINGDON 
|  
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[5025] Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1956 Edition, 4:280: "The fourth Robert married Isabel, natural daughter of William the Lion, and their son, the fifth Robert, married Isabel, second daughter of David, earl of Huntingdon, niece of the same Scottish king." Other sources give Isabel, daughter of William the Lion, as his child by a daughter (Isabel?) of Robert Avenell.

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Harold E. RALSTON , Jr.

[10463]

____ - ____

Father: Harold E. RALSTON
Mother: Elizabeth C. BOBB


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                                                          |                                                                                    
                       _Charles S. RALSTON _______________|
                      | (1881 - 1935) m 1904              |
                      |                                   |                                                      ______________________________
                      |                                   |                                                     |                              
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                      |                                                                                                                        
 _Harold E. RALSTON __|
| (1909 - 1981)       |
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|                     |                                                         |                                                              
|                     |                                    _Cyrus J. MISHLER ___|
|                     |                                   | (1848 - 1921) m 1869|
|                     |                                   |                     |                                ______________________________
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|                     |                                   |                     |_______________________________|______________________________
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|                     |_Elizabeth ("Ella") Ellen MISHLER _|
|                       (1885 - 1966) m 1904              |
|                                                         |                                                      _Jacob D. MOYER ______________
|                                                         |                                                     | (1776 - 1834)                
|                                                         |                      _Sam MYERS ____________________|_Maria Anna Catharine HAFFER _
|                                                         |                     | (1805 - 1883) m 1827            (1778 - ....)                
|                                                         |_Harriet MYERS ______|
|                                                           (1848 - 1936) m 1869|
|                                                                               |                                _Daniel PAULUS _______________+
|                                                                               |                               | (1791 - ....)                
|                                                                               |_Mary Ann (Pontius or) PAULUS _|_Hannah MILLER _______________
|                                                                                 (1809 - 1868) m 1827            (1787 - 1866)                
|
|--Harold E. RALSTON , Jr.
|  
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|_Elizabeth C. BOBB __|
  (1913 - 2007)       |
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Mercy SPROUT

15 JUL 1662 - ____

Father: Robert SPROUT
Mother: Elizabeth SAMPSON

Family 1 : Thomas OLDHAM
  1. +Mercy OLDHAM

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                      |                              
 _Robert SPROUT ______|
|                     |
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|                                           |
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|                                           |  |     
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|                                                    
|
|--Mercy SPROUT 
|  (1662 - ....)
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|                                           |        
|                      _James SAMPSON ______|
|                     | (1574 - ....) m 1636|
|                     |                     |      __
|                     |                     |     |  
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|                     |                     |  |     
|                     |                     |__|
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|                     |                              
|_Elizabeth SAMPSON __|
                      |
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                      |_Martha COOPER ______|
                         m 1636             |
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Ruth TAPP

[39619]

1798 - 1856

Family 1 : Jonas PARKER
  1. +Elizabeth ("Betsy") PARKER

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[39619] This person is from the unverified Taylor Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2015.

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Martha WIGHT

[59428]

29 JUL 1937 - 5 MAY 2025

Father: Joseph Tarbell WIGHT
Mother: Nancy Elizabeth GUPTIL

Family 1 : Edmund MacMillan ("Ned") SHEPPARD

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                          |                                                                                                       
 _Joseph Tarbell WIGHT ___|
| (1907 - 1967)           |
|                         |                                                                                 ______________________
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|                                                                                |_________________________|______________________
|                                                                                                                                 
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|--Martha WIGHT 
|  (1937 - 2025)
|                                                                                                           _James Watts GUPTILL _+
|                                                                                                          | (1779 - 1853) m 1809 
|                                                                                 _Calvin Haven GUPTILL ___|_Parnal GERRISH ______
|                                                                                | (1814 - 1889) m 1837      (1778 - ....)        
|                                                     _Melvin Lamson GUPTILL ____|
|                                                    | (1846 - 1890) m 1869      |
|                                                    |                           |                          _John CLEMENTS _______
|                                                    |                           |                         | (1796 - 1871) m 1822 
|                                                    |                           |_Harriet Stacy CLEMENTS _|_Mary GERRISH ________
|                                                    |                             (1823 - 1890) m 1837      (1800 - 1852)        
|                          _Melvin Lampson GUPTILL __|
|                         | (1877 - 1942) m 1907     |
|                         |                          |                                                      ______________________
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|                         |                          |                           |                                                
|                         |                          |_Charlotte ("Lotta") DUKE _|
|                         |                            (1850 - ....) m 1869      |
|                         |                                                      |                          ______________________
|                         |                                                      |                         |                      
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|                         |                                                                                                       
|_Nancy Elizabeth GUPTIL _|
  (1909 - 1997)           |
                          |                                                                                 ______________________
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                          |                                                       _________________________|______________________
                          |                                                      |                                                
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                          |                          |                                                                            
                          |_Temperance Lucile OAKES _|
                            (1890 - 1988) m 1907     |
                                                     |                                                      ______________________
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[59428] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 29 May 2025: "Orono, Maine - Martha Wight Sheppard, 87, died May 5, 2025. She was born July 29, 1937, in Presque Isle, Maine, the daughter of Joseph Tarbell Wight and Nancy (Guptill) Wight. She grew up in Winterport, the oldest of three siblings, spending part of a year on Deer Isle, attending school in a one-room schoolhouse, as her mother convalesced after an illness. She loved her many summers at Camp Natarswi, climbing Mt. Katahdin and canoeing the Allagash multiple times. Martha was intensely musical and a very good amateur pianist. She and her younger sister, Nancy, enjoyed singing duets of the latest popular songs and buying the sheet music from Viner's Music Store in Bangor. Martha also loved ballet from an early age and studied at the Thomas School of Dance in Bangor, headed by the dynamic Polly Thomas, a lifelong friend. She continued her ballet studies with Alicia Langford when she moved to Boston in 1956. She was attending Simmons College when she met Edmund MacMillan 'Ned' Sheppard at a church social and soon began their 59-year marriage. Following Boston, they moved to West Lafayette, Indiana, and then on to Orono, Maine, with their young family in 1962, when Ned joined the University of Maine faculty. Martha worked for many years at Eastern Maine Medical Center as a post anesthesia care unit secretary. She was active in several local civic and social organizations, including Shakespeare Club, Symphony Women, and University of Maine Thursday Club, as well as volunteering for the Good Samaritan Agency and EMMC. She spent countless hours caring for aging family members and neighbors, always making time to help with food, errands or just to have a good conversation. Martha was an enthusiastic gardener and loved her peonies. She could be counted on to share them, believing everyone's day improved with a fresh flower or two. Her favorite place was her camp at Pleasant River Lake, built on countless blueberry muffins and Mrs. Way's chocolate cake. She loved to travel and following Ned's retirement in 1997, they ventured all over the world. Moving to Dirigo Pines in 2003, they spent many years there enjoying old and new friends. She is survived by her sister, Nancy Wight; her son, Stevenson Sheppard and his wife, Kathy Moriarty; son-in-law, Richard Bevins; grandchildren, Stevenson Whitaker and his wife, Leah Elsmore, Katherine Pennebaker and her husband, Lee Pennebaker, and their children, Milo and Eden, Samuel Sheppard, Joseph Sheppard; stepgranddaughter, Sydney Bevins and her husband, Benjamin Hilton, and their son, Felix; stepgranddaughter, Kaitlyn Moriarty and her partner, John White, and their children, Rose, Fleur, and Della; and stepgrandson, Thomas Moriarty, and his wife, Danyelle. She was predeceased by her daughter, Elizabeth Katherine Sheppard, in 2013; her husband, Edmund M. 'Ned' Sheppard, in 2016; and her brother, Garrett Wight, in 2022."

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