_Henry William ARCHER _
| m 1717
_Henry ARCHER ______________|_Mary TELL ____________
| (1719 - ....) m 1750 (1692 - 1732)
_John (Sr.) ARCHER _________|
| (1752 - 1830) m 1778 |
| | _Richard WIGLEY _______+
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| |_Mary WIGLEY _______________|_Mary MATHEWS _________
| (1729 - ....) m 1750 (1704 - ....)
_John (Jr.) ARCHER __|
| (1783 - 1861) m 1805|
| | _Eliakim (Jr.) TUPPER _+
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| | _William A. TUPPER _________|_Mary BASSETT _________
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| |_Elizabeth TUPPER __________|
| (1758 - 1830) m 1778 |
| | _Robert GATES _________+
| | | (1696 - 1745) m 1726
| |_Margaret GATES ____________|_Mary CLARK ___________
| (1730 - ....) m 1755 (1705 - ....)
_Samuel Colson ARCHER _______|
| (1819 - 1865) m 1849 |
| | _Samuel CORSON ________+
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| | _Samuel (Corson or) COLSON _|_Mary POTTS ___________
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| | | |_Mary (Molly) GERRISH ______|_Lydia GRAY ___________
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| |_Lucy Willey COLSON _|
| (1785 - 1884) m 1805|
| | _John WILLEY __________+
| | | m 1729
| | _Ichabod (Sr.) WILLEY ______|_Abigail DENBO ________
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| |_Susan WILLEY ______________|
| (1761 - 1853) m 1784 |
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| |_Elizabeth BUMFORD _________|_______________________
| (1744 - 1834)
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|--Vienna ("Dana") Willey ARCHER
| (1859 - 1952)
| _Emanuel WILLIAMS _____
| | (.... - 1718) m 1703
| _John WILLIAMS _____________|_Abigail MAKEPEACE ____
| | (1704 - 1780) (1686 - 1724)
| _Joshua WILLIAMS ___________|
| | (1747 - 1833) m 1771 |
| | | _William CASWELL ______+
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| | |_Elizabeth CASWELL _________|_Mercy LINCOLN ________
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| _Simeon WILLIAMS ____|
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| _Daniel (II) KENNEY ___+
| | (1705 - ....) m 1727
| _Israel KENNEY _____________|_Elizabeth STOCKWELL __
| | (1739 - 1791) m 1763 (1706 - 1767)
| _Nathaniel KENNEY __________|
| | (1773 - ....) m 1794 |
| | | _Nathaniel HOOD _______+
| | | | (.... - 1755) m 1735
| | |_Susannah HOOD _____________|_Abigail POTTER _______
| | (1745 - ....) m 1763 (1713 - ....)
|_Harriet KENNEY _____|
(.... - 1877) |
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[34329] See "Early Narraguagus River Families of Washington County, Maine," Darryl B. Lamson and Leonard F. Tibbetts (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2002), p. 22. "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 22 March 1952, p. 15: "Mrs. Dana A. Williams, one of Bangor's oldest residents, died recently at her home, 23 Highland avenue. She was born in Cherryfleld Oct. 25, 1859, the daughter of Samuel Colson and Harriet Williams Archer. She spent much of her early life at Great Pond. She was the widow of Ezra N. Williams who for many years was chief forest warden for Hancock county. Mrs. Williams was well known for her musical ability and religious work, being a member of the Columbia Street Baptist church, where she was active in the Cook class and the Church School Extension course. She was a direct descendant of a signer of the first charter of liberty aboard the Mayflower. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Brown of Bangor; a son, Ransom Williams of Lexington, Mass.; a granddaughter; five cousins and several nephews, nieces grand-nephews and grand-nieces."
[23183] See http://fjaunais.free.fr/h0marche.htm (not verified). http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/james/f013.htm states that she is "Amelia de Montignac, born circa 990, died 1072, daughter of Geraud de Montignac and Nonia de Granol."
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_George GARDINER _____|_Margaret GREY _____________
| (1509 - 1536)
_George GARDINER __________|
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| |_Dorothy CONSTABLE ________|
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| | | (1496 - 1568) m 1519
| |_Dorothy WIDDRINGTON _|_Agnes METCALFE ____________
| (1520 - 1583) m 1535 (1507 - ....)
_Thomas GARDNER _____|
| (1591 - 1674) |
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| | | | _John WESTON _______________
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| | | |_Mildred WESTON ______|_Cecilia NEVILLE ___________
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| |_Elizabeth WHITE ____|
| (1564 - 1648) |
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| (1552 - 1601) |
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[22120] Samuel m. (1) Mary White and (2) 2 Aug 1680 Elizabeth Paine. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kenzie/GenGardner.htm reports in 2003: The first reference to him in the Town Records is found under date of "the 25th of the second moneth 1649," at which time "Its ordered that" he, with his borhters George, Thomas and Joseph, shall "survey the measure from the meeting howse to a pcell of medow upon the great rever Westerly from Salem and give an account thereof at our next meeting, for wch they shall haue allowance in pte of the medow for theire paynes if any shalbe found within our bounds where they runne the lyne." He served the town and colony so frequently, and in so many different capacities. His first service to the town was surveyor. He was overseer and appraiser of estates. He served on the Jury and Grand Jury. He served the county as Coroner. There are reports from him for amounts collected as constable. His name appears first as a selectman of Salem, in the report of a meeting. He was first appointed Deputy. [Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, MA.]
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| (1717 - 1766)
_Andreas GEIST _____________|
| (1755 - 1849) |
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| |_Anna Margaretha PLOWHEAD __|_______________________________
| (1724 - 1776)
_Abraham GEIST ______|
| (1813 - 1883) |
| | _George Daniel SCHNEIDER ______+
| | | (1721 - 1789) m 1748
| | _Johann Nicholas SCHNEIDER _|_Magdalena STUPP ______________
| | | (1749 - 1821) m 1773 (1728 - 1814)
| |_Maria Catharina SCHNEIDER _|
| (1778 - 1859) |
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| |_Anna Maria BORDNER ________|_______________________________
| (1756 - 1827) m 1773
_Frank Henry GEIST ___|
| (1850 - 1911) m 1880 |
| | _John Casper (III) HEPLER _____+
| | | (1713 - 1769) m 1743
| | _Caspar HEPLER _____________|_Susannah Ephrosina SCHEIBLE __
| | | (1751 - 1816) m 1772 (1718 - 1757)
| | _Christopher HEPLER ________|
| | | (1777 - 1847) m 1799 |
| | | | _Martin SCHMIDT _______________
| | | | | (1718 - 1775) m 1745
| | | |_Anna Maria SCHMIDT ________|_Margaretha Catharina FISCHER _
| | | (1755 - 1831) m 1772 (.... - 1759)
| |_Elizabeth HEPLER ___|
| (1813 - 1888) |
| | _Hans Jacob (Sr) WAGNER _______+
| | | (1693 - 1754)
| | _Hans Jacob (Jr) WAGNER ____|_Anna Maria JUNG ______________
| | | (1725 - 1802) m 1756 (1695 - ....)
| |_Catherine WAGNER __________|
| (1780 - 1855) m 1799 |
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| |_Louisa HUBER ______________|_______________________________
| (1736 - 1827) m 1756
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|--Catherine A. GEIST
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| _Mathias MASSER ____________|_______________________________
| | (1733 - 1797) m 1762
| _Johannes MASSER ___________|
| | (.... - 1813) m 1797 |
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| | |_Barbara BERGER ____________|_______________________________
| | (1739 - 1810) m 1762
| _Jacob MASSER _______|
| | (1812 - 1895) m 1834|
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| | (1777 - 1847) m 1797 |
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(1859 - 1942) m 1880 |
| _Johann Heinrich CHRIST _______
| | (1721 - 1789) m 1748
| _Jacob CHRIST ______________|_Appolonia RICHTER ____________
| | (1764 - 1833) m 1785 (.... - 1805)
| _Emanuel CHRIST ____________|
| | (1794 - 1831) m 1814 |
| | | _John GROSS ___________________
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| | |_Susannah GROSS ____________|_Susanna ZIMMERMAN ____________
| | (1765 - 1821) m 1785 (.... - 1819)
|_Catharina CHRIST ___|
(1816 - 1890) m 1834|
| _Caspar HEPLER ________________+
| | (1751 - 1816) m 1772
| _Johannes ("John") HEPLER __|_Anna Maria SCHMIDT ___________
| | (1774 - 1834) m 1795 (1755 - 1831)
|_Anna Maria HEPLER _________|
(1797 - 1869) m 1814 |
| _Daniel MAURER ________________
| | (1749 - 1832) m 1776
|_Maria Catherina MAURER ____|_Regina WAGNER ________________
(1776 - 1831) m 1795 (1756 - 1816)
[24575] "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FL-8VS) reports that David H. Ordway m. Polly Horne 19 Aug 1810 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., ME. The LDS Church's unverified Pedigree Resource File (CD 107, PIN 37259) states David is of Hopkinton, NH but reports that he died there in 1792 - not possible if his marriage to Mary was in 1810. This File reports that David is son of Ebenezer Ordway (b. 20 Sept 1738 in Rumford, NH, d. ca. 1797) and Sarah Holmes (b. 25 Sept 1740 in Rowley, MA, m. 7 May 1760 in Hampstead, NH), and provides parents for each of these. The 1830 Penobscot, ME, Census shows David Ordway and a female, both 50-60 years of age, living with one male and one female, age 5-10, and 2 males, age 15-20. The childrens ages are consistent with Davids and Mary/Pollys Sep 1810, wedding date. Ancestry.com offers: "Ordway Name Meaning - English: from a late Old English personal name, Ordwig, composed of the elements ord 'point (especially of a spear or sword)' + wig 'war'."
[24574]
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LDS Church Pedigree Resource File - not verified
[62005]
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LDS Church Pedigree Resource File - not verified
[56461] Hannah is daughter of Ezekiel Osgood (1712-1798) & Mary Barker (1725-1810; m. 15 May 1746 in Andover, Essex Co., MA).
[42865] This person is from the unverified Albert F. RoseFamily Tree in Ancestry.com in 2017.
[55854] Wilbrey is son of Addison Parker Robertson (1856-1933) & Sarah Abbie Young (1859-1904; m. in 1877).
_Elisha SOPER __________+
| (1793 - 1871) m 1817
_John Foster SOPER ____________|_Ann STEELE ____________
| (1828 - 1912) m 1856 (1794 - 1865)
_Charles Wesley SOPER ________________|
| (1859 - 1922) m 1887 |
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| |_Caroline Elizabeth ELDRIDGE __|________________________
| (1831 - 1928) m 1856
_Perle Hilton SOPER _|
| (1888 - 1964) m 1911|
| | _William SNOWMAN _______+
| | | (1794 - 1876) m 1817
| | _Gilbert M. Lafayette SNOWMAN _|_Mary ATKINS ___________
| | | (1827 - 1868) m 1849 (1798 - 1882)
| |_Harriette Curtis ("Hattie") SNOWMAN _|
| (1868 - 1955) m 1887 |
| | _Ebenezer LEACH ________+
| | | (1789 - 1863) m 1816
| |_Sophronia LEACH ______________|_Clarissa WARDWELL _____
| (1830 - 1911) m 1849 (1796 - 1867)
_Richard Stanley SOPER ___|
| (1912 - 1990) m 1935 |
| | _Joseph N. GRAY ________+
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| | _Haskel H. GRAY _______________|_Elvira SOPER __________
| | | (1834 - 1893) m 1855 (1806 - 1860)
| | _Joseph Haskell GRAY _________________|
| | | (1858 - 1924) m 1888 |
| | | | _William Willey QUIMBY _+
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| | | |_Mary T. QUIMBY _______________|_Martha A. LOWELL ______
| | | (1838 - 1913) m 1855 (1820 - 1897)
| |_Mary Maria GREY ____|
| (1890 - 1969) m 1911|
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| _Elisha SOPER __________+
| | (1793 - 1871) m 1817
| _John Foster SOPER ____________|_Ann STEELE ____________
| | (1828 - 1912) m 1856 (1794 - 1865)
| _Charles Wesley SOPER ________________|
| | (1859 - 1922) m 1887 |
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| | |_Caroline Elizabeth ELDRIDGE __|________________________
| | (1831 - 1928) m 1856
| _Frank Foster SOPER _|
| | (1892 - 1969) m 1923|
| | | _William SNOWMAN _______+
| | | | (1794 - 1876) m 1817
| | | _Gilbert M. Lafayette SNOWMAN _|_Mary ATKINS ___________
| | | | (1827 - 1868) m 1849 (1798 - 1882)
| | |_Harriette Curtis ("Hattie") SNOWMAN _|
| | (1868 - 1955) m 1887 |
| | | _Ebenezer LEACH ________+
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| | |_Sophronia LEACH ______________|_Clarissa WARDWELL _____
| | (1830 - 1911) m 1849 (1796 - 1867)
|_Frances Elizabeth SOPER _|
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[49762] Richard's obituary: "Dr. Richard Stanley Soper Jr., 81 passed away peacefully in the evening of December 27 surrounded by his family at EMMC in Bangor. He was born in Castine Maine August 17, 1937 son to Richard Stanley Soper Sr. and Frances Elizabeth Soper. He was the devoted loving husband of 61 years to his wife, predeceased, Irene Phyllis Murch (8/16/1939 - 10/11/17).He was a loving father to three beautiful daughters Lynn Soper of Bucksport, Karen and husband Ben Rump of Bucksport and Heather Soper and life partner David Holmes Jr. of Plymouth, Maine and survived by his brother Brent H. Soper, Aunt Virginia S Davis and her husband Dave Davis, six grandchildren Jason and Orion Ellsworth, Christopher Phelan-Soper, Jessica McCoskey, David Mushrall and Aaron Rice; eight great-grandchildren Alice, Cassius, Stella, Noah, Cylas, Chloe, Michael and Connor. Richard loved hunting, fishing, gardening, camping, video gaming with grandkids, going out to breakfast, loved opera and classical music, traveled around the world many times for the United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C., was in the naval reserves, was a Mason, an eagle scout, a research leader with extensive publications including and not limited to: 75 citations, 3 patents on production of insect fungi and 5 book chapters, and became area director of microbial biological control for the US Gov. for the state of Georgia. He earned many awards in his lifetime. He attended University of Maine in Orono 1959 -1961 and went on to Cornell University in Ithaca N.Y. on a (NIH Fellowship) earned his Ph.D. in 1974 in Entomology, minors in Mycology and Ecology. He directed the allocation of resources for many Multi-million program funds for many research locations including overseas laboratories in Argentina, Australia, China, France, Greece, Italy and Korea. Domestic programs encompass classical, augmentation, conservation and microbial biological control. The programs include genetic engineering of natural enemies as well as more traditional utilization of biocontrol agents. The programs focus strategically on solving societal issues of ground water quality, food safety and farmer profitability. He spent more than 25 years researching insect pathology with over 10 years of administrative and supervisory management towards impacting favorably on our nation's ability to maintain its dominant role in agriculture. We are grateful the family spent one last holiday season with him, he will be remembered and, in our hearts, forever."
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| _Henry NORTON _______|
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Mike Stafford (12580 Havelock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066) shared in 2002:
Josiah STAFFORD (STOVER) was born about 1662 in Cape Neddick, York Co. ME. Another source has his birth about 1674. He signed a will in JUN 1742 in Bristol, Co. MA. "Abstracts of BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS - Probate Records ,1687-1745," compiled by H L. Peter Rounds (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987) Vol. 10, p. 327:
Will of Josiah Stafford of Tiv., Yeoman, "Being Aged Yet in Good Health," dtd. 1 Jun 1742, prob. 17 May 1743. Wife Sarah, Sons: Joseph (eldest son), David & Abraham Stafford, 8 daus: Pricilla, Lowdin, Sarah, Elizabeth, Bethiab, Bathsheba, Phebe, Hannah & Patience. Grson Samuel son of my dau. Sarah. Friend and neighbor Joseph Anthoney of Tiv. To be Exec. Witns: George Weastgate, Bathsheba Howland & Ebenezer Mousher. He died on 9 APR 1743 in Tiverton, Newport Co. RI.11He Will Proved on 22 JUN 1743. He was a Shipwright.
Chronology of Josiah Stover-Stafford:
21 Jul 1687 - Josiah Stover named as son in will of Sylvester Stover (Sargent, Maine Wills, Pg 12)
2 Mar 1692 - Neither the name of Josiah Stover nor that of Josiah Stafford occurs on the list of those present at the organization of the Town of Tiverton.
8 Sep 1697 - Josiah Stafford sold the sloop Scanderbeg to Sarah Fowler of Boston (RI Land Evidence, quoted by Grace Stafford Durfee in the LDS film No. 802446) (Also abstract in RI Roots, Vol 13, No. 2, Pg 31, 1937)
14 Feb 1698 - Sary/Sarah daughter of Josiah Stover born (Tiverton Town records, LDS film 913076. - The birth of Sarah Stover was recorded by Arnold in Vol. 4, Newport Co., Tiverton Sect. on pg 109 and the birth of Sarah Stafford, of Josiah and Sarah, the same day, on pg 108.
11 Apr 1699 - Sarah Lake, now the wife of Josiah Stafford, called before the Bristol Court. (The American Genealogist, Vol XII, pg 22)
17 Jul 1702 - Josiah Stover of Tiverton, shipwright, sold lands in Tiverton to Joseph Wanton. George Stover, his brother, was a witness. (Bristol Co. MA, Book 4, pages 298-299).
24 Jun 1704 - Josiah Stover and wife Sarah appeared and gave consent to the above sale.
19 Apr 1705 - Josiah Stafford's ear mark entered (Tiverton Town records).
1709 - Josiah Stover was of Tiverton RI (New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg. Vol XXXV, Pg 302, 1931(
1709 - Josiah Stover was of Tiverton, RI when he quit claimed to his brother Independance (Noyes et al, Gen. Dict. ME & NH Pg 667).
25 Mar 1709/10 - Josiah Stafford voted gran Jure man (Tiverton Town Rec)
27 Mar 1714 - Sias Stafford, tithing man for year. (Ibid)
7 Dec 1714 - Josiah Stover named in will of mother, Elizabeth Stover, Scituate, MA.
12 Mar 1721/22 - Josiah Stafford, tithing man (Tiverton Town Rec.)
1722 - Josiah Stover, living. (Noyes et al)
12 Apr 1722 - Josiah Stafford was named in a deed recorded. (Bristol Co. MA, and records, Northern Dist. Book 14, pp 209-210)
12 Jun 1723 - Tiverton Town meeting voted Thomas Jones, Schoolmaster, to keep a school at Joshua Dwellys or Josiah Stover's.
12 Mar 1723/24 - Josiah Stafford constable.
11 Jan 1727/28 - Josiah Stafford bought lands in Tiverton, RI from Peter Tallman (Tiverton land records Vol. 3, pg 257).
All the above evidence point to the conclusion that Josiah Stover and Josiah Stafford were one and the same. No list of inhabitants of Tiverton, RI, has been found that contains the two names on the same day, other than that of the birth of Sarah. Information for the Stafford family bible, as published in the Durfee Genealogy, vol. 1, pg 293 also supports the conclusion that Josiah Stover and Josiah Stafford are one and the same. (See LDS film no. 839398)
Charles Warner Stafford in his Index to the Stafford Families of New England has the same conclusion but does make the note that Josiah Stover was raised by Thomas Stafford Jr. As Thomas was a ship builder, this may explain why Josiah became a shipwright and changed his name. Also the difference in the pronouniation of Stover and Stafford was not great during this era.
An unidentified source has Josiah as the son of Thomas Stafford Jr.and his first wife Jane Dodge (m. 20 Dec 1671) Thomas Jr. died 26 Jan 1723 in Warwick RI and did not name Josiah is his will.