[48715] Abigail is daughter of Alvin Bolton (1809-1860) & Florinda Morse Danforth (1817-1900, m. 4 April 1842 in Danville, Caledonia Co., VT).
_John Jeremiah BRAGDON _+
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_(John) Jeremiah BRAGDON _|_Sarah THORNTON ________
| (1834 - 1906) (1815 - 1881)
_George Asa BRAGDON ______|
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_Ernest Donald BRAGDON _|
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[60628] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 9 October 2025: "Nampa, Idaho - Jill Louise Bragdon, 60, of Nampa, Idaho, passed away peacefully at her home on September 28, 2025. Born on May 11, 1965, in Caribou, Maine, Jill was the fifth of six daughters of Lloyd Bragdon and Gloria Dawn Hall Bragdon. She graduated from Caribou High School and went on to earn a Master's degree from Walden University later pursuing her Ph.D. at the time of her passing. In June 1985, Jill married Jerry Williams. Together they lived around the world during Jerry's military service, with assignments in Turkey and Germany, before settling in Nevada. They later divorced in 1999. On February 14, 2004, Jill married Ronald Clayton in Wyoming. The couple made their home in Nampa in 2006, where they built a life together until Ronald's death in 2019. Jill enjoyed a long career as a project manager for L3 Technologies where she worked for 20 years and built lasting friendships with colleagues across the country. More recently, she was serving as a project manager with INN04 overseeing cable installation, hardware, and conduit work for what is currently the largest construction project in the nation - an opportunity she deeply valued. Jill's greatest joy was her dogs. From her high school graduation onward, she always had dogs by her side. At the time of her passing, she was the proud owner of two Bernese Mountain Dogs and the caretaker of three more. Her home was always filled with the energy, warmth, and affection of her beloved pets. Jill is survived by her sisters Jeanne Radak, Jacquie Breedlove, Janice Schenck, and Jennifer Bragdon; her cherished nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews; and her best friend, Raime Campbell, with whom she shared her passion for Bernese Mountain Dogs. She was preceded in death by her husband Ronald, her parents, Lloyd and Gloria, and her sister Julie Bragdon Armstrong. Jill will be remembered for her adventurous spirit, her dedication to her work, and her deep love for animals. She leaves behind a legacy of warmth, loyalty, and joy that will live on in the lives of all who knew her.
_Berrenger, Count of RENNES _______________+
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_Henry COBB _________+
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_Henry COBB _________|_Pleasance REDWOOD __
| (1605 - 1679) m 1649
_Jonathan COBB ______|
| (1660 - 1728) m 1682|
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| |_Sarah HINCKLEY _____|_Sarah SOOLE ________
| (1629 - 1686) m 1649 (.... - 1656)
_Joseph COBB ________|
| (1690 - 1732) m 1716|
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| |_Hope CHIPMAN _______|
| (1652 - 1728) m 1682|
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| |_Hope HOWLAND _______|_Elizabeth TILLEY ___
| (1629 - 1684) m 1646 (1607 - 1687)
_Joseph COBB ________|
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_Adam DONNENWIRTH _______|
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_Martin DONNENWIRTH ____|
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| _Jacob COOPER ___________________+
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| _Daniel COOPER _______|_Lydia OAKLEY ___________________
| | (1824 - 1903) m 1846 (1800 - 1866)
| _Franklin Marion COOPER _|
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| | |_Sarah Jane BRINER ___|_Maria Elizabeth LOEB ___________
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|_Laura Burgetta COOPER _|
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| _George Heinrich "Henry" KUNKLE _+
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| _George KUNKLE _______|_Mary Catherine STONE ___________
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(1830 - 1907)
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_David (Sr.) DUNBAR _______________+
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_David (Jr.) DUNBAR _______|_Margaret BENNETT _________________
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| |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") HORN _|_Tamesin RANDAL ___________________
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_Bennett R. DUNBAR _____|
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| | _Oliver PARKER ____________________+
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| |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") F. PARKER _|
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| | _Joseph PERKINS ___________________+
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| |_Mary PERKINS _____________|___________________________________
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_George Henry DUNBAR ___|
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| | _James (Sr.) LEACH ________________+
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| | _Peletiah LEACH ___________|_Alice FREEMAN ____________________
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| _David (Jr.) DUNBAR _______|_Margaret BENNETT _________________
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| _Jairus (Jr.) DUNBAR ___|
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| _Jeremiah WARDWELL ________________+
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| _William WARDWELL _________|_Elizabeth BANKS __________________
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| _Ebenezer ("Eben") WARDWELL ____|
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| | |_Deborah LITTLEFIELD ______|_Deborah PERKINS __________________
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|_Clara Porter WARDWELL _|
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| _Charles (The "Patriot") HUTCHINS _+
| | (1742 - 1834) m 1764
| _William HUTCHINGS ________|_Mary PERKINS _____________________
| | (1764 - 1866) m 1786 (1745 - 1797)
|_Lovinia HUTCHINGS _____________|
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| _Daniel WARDWELL __________________+
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|_Mercy ("Mary?") WARDWELL _|_Sarah STAPLES ____________________
(1770 - 1837) m 1786
[21270] Robert (age 37, a structural engineer) and wife Frances M. (age 35, b. in NY, a dressmaker) and son Malcolm (age 6) are listed in the 1940 federal census in Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA.
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_Joseph Wood GRANT __|_Hannah PRATT _______
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[58567] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine], 25 January 2025: "Searsmont - Keith D. Grant, 89, of Searsmont, died unexpectedly at Pen Bay Medical Center on January 16, 2025, after a brief hospital stay. Keith was born on July 3, 1935, in Belfast, ME, to Margie (Lowe) and Clarence Grant. Keith attended Belfast schools and graduated from Crosby High School, class of 1953. He worked for many years as a shoe cutter at factories in the Belfast and Bangor areas. He was a master sgt. in the Maine Army National Guard and retired in 1993 after 30 years of service. He remained connected with his many guard friends and received supplemental health care through the Togus VA. He was proud of his military commitment and shared many stories of his time in service. Keith was a dedicated member of multiple Masonic Lodges in the area. He was recently presented with his fifty-year medal. When he was still able he would assist with many projects put on by the lodges, particularly the public suppers in Northport. Keith was an avid outdoorsman, he loved hunting and fishing with many family and friends, and made many trips into the woods looking for the best hunting spots and fishing secluded lakes, ponds, streams and brooks all over our state. He was able to harvest a deer in 2021 with the help of his daughter and son-in-law. He was very pleased with himself and proclaimed "I've still got it!" He loved his camping trips and the chance to be with family and friends. He enjoyed gardening and harvesting his fruits and vegetables. He so enjoyed watching the birds at his feeders and even the squirrels that came to raid them. It meant a lot to him to pass on his love of the outdoors to his daughter, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He looked forward to visiting with family and friends and always welcomed them with a smile and a twinkle in his eyes. He welcomed all four-legged visitors especially his great-granddog, Rex, who came weekly with his granddaughter, Kelsey and great-granddaughter, Kinslee, to feed the birds, get some treats and do his tricks. He enjoyed reading, especially stories about Maine and always welcomed an addition to his vast library of Maine lore. Keith is survived by his daughter, Lisa Stanford and son-in-law, Ben Stanford; his grandchildren, Jared DeSimio (Hannah Curtis), and Kelsey Payson (Joshua); great-grandchildren, Olive and Aster DeSimio, and Kinslee Payson; stepgrandson, Chris Stanford (Jen); great-stepgrandchildren, Ryan, Will and Emily Stanford; special cousins, like siblings, Ricky Nickerson (Judy) and Connie Grendell (Ralph); his friend, Bob McKenna, who helped him in so many ways; his friend, Margaret Knowles, who always made him smile, he looked forward to their daily calls; his at-home caregivers, Bonnie and Cassie; and many other staff at Assistance Plus. Keith was predeceased by his half brother, Eugene Grant and his wife, Beverly (Patterson), they were a vibrant couple that shared many special memories. Health issues slowed him down but he never gave up, he always said he wanted to live to be 100. He wanted to be thorough in figuring out his health challenges and the family thanks his 'team' of doctors, assistants, nurses, and support staff for their attention, and assistance in working through some challenging times."
[30670] Alice is daughter of Robert Reoberton (b. 1444 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, d. in 1492 there) and Alice Lago (b. 1460 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Co.Northumberland, m. 1467 in Rushden). This line is from OneWorldTree and is not verified.
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For "Conrad" and his history see http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/weiser_ny_1960.html. Also see "The Weiser family : a genealogy of the family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746) : prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760." (Manheim, Pa.: John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1960).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Conrad_Weiser,_Sr. which reports: "Johann Conrad Weiser was born in 1662 in Gross Aspach, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire to Jacob Weiser, an innkeeper, and his wife, Anna Trefz. Johann married Anna Magdalena Uebele and they had a total of fifteen children. He served as a corporal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire, and fought in the Nine Years' War of 1688 to 1697 between a coalition of European powers and France. He was a member of the Württemberg Blue Dragoons, and was stationed at Affstätt, Herrenberg, Württemberg in the 1690s. Soon after the birth of Conrad Jr., the Weisers moved back to their ancestral home of Gross-Aspach. Afterwards, he followed the trade of a baker. Weiser and his family were German Palatines who fled Germany because of the destruction of crops by invading French armies, and the icy cold winter of 1708-09; Weiser's wife Anna Magdeleana died suddenly of an attack of the gout while pregnant with their fifteenth child on May 1, 1709. On June 24, 1709, Weiser and eight children, moved away from Great Aspach. His married daughter, Catrina, stayed behind with her husband, Conrad Boss and two children. Weiser sold his house, fields, meadows, vineyard, and garden to Conrad and Catrina, for 75 gulden. The Weisers, along with over 15,000 other Palatines, left their homeland and traveled west to the Rhine River, and then down the Rhine into the Netherlands. As the number of German refugees increased, the Dutch decided to send them to England. In late summer 1709, the Weisers arrived in London, along with thousands of other Germans. Queen Anne of Great Britain was sympathetic toward the German Palatines, and allowed them to stay in England. However, as their numbers grew, the Board of Trade and Plantations prepared a plan to send them to America, where the Crown promised them free land after they worked off their passage by producing naval stores. The Weisers remained in England for a few months. They left England December of 1709 on the Lyon, one of ten ships carrying about 3,000 people to America, including Weiser and his family. The Lyon arrived in New York on June 13, 1710. After being held in quarantine to let ship diseases run their course, the surviving refugees were taken up the Hudson River to Livingstone's manor. Despite being promised free land, the Germans were required to work for several years to pay for their transportation expenses. The Germans were also forced to pay rent for their property. The Germans were divided into five camps, and Weiser was appointed to be in charge of one. The Germans were to produce tar from the trees, but they were unsuitable. Weiser took the Germans' complaints to Robert Hunter, the colonial governor of New York. In 1711, the English conscripted German Palatines to fight the French in northern New York. Weiser served as a captain in one of the Palatine contingents. Upon their return, the Palatines discovered that their families had nearly starved in their absence. Again, Weiser led the Palatines in complaining to Governor Hunter. In 1711, Weiser remarried to Anna Margaretha Müller. His children disapproved of the marriage, and Conrad Jr. wrote, "It was an unhappy match, and was the cause of my brothers and sisters' all becoming scattered." In the fall of 1713, Weiser and his family reached Schenectady. They stayed at the home of John Meyndert during the winter of 1713-14. The Mohawk, part of the Iroquois Confederacy, helped the German Palatines throughout the winter, in which they earned their trust. After negotiating with the Mohawk, the Germans were given permission to move further west in the valley. In the spring of 1714, with the help of Mohawk Indians, Weiser led his family, along with about 150 other families to Schoharie, located 40 miles (64 km) west of Albany. At this time, a Maqua chief visited Weiser, and suggested that his son, the younger Conrad, go with him and learn the Maqua language, and he did. The Germans who settled here were very poor to start out with. At Schoharie, they grew corn, potatoes, and ground beans to get through the following year. Life was harsh, and families sometimes went two or three days without food. Eventually, multiple villages in the area sprang up, more food was grown, and thus life improved and people no longer starved. But, despite the fact that Hunter had let the Germans go free, he threatened the Germans not to move to Schoharie, or he would see it as rebellion. The government of New York was displeased with the Germans, despite having left New York. In 1715, Hunter sent an agent, Adam Vrooman, to Schoharie, to make deeds for the Palatines, although the Mohawk had granted them the land. The Palatines were resistant, and the land that the Germans had settled on in Schoharie was taken away and granted by Hunter to seven landlords. The German deputies were stripped of their titles, and the promise of free land by Queen Anne was ignored. Hunter authorized a warrant for Weiser's arrest, after Vrooman complained of mistreatment while in Schoharie, but Weiser escaped. This brought an uproar, and the Germans rebelled. They drove out the sheriff who was sent from Albany, and became increasingly hostile to the government. After five years of hostility between the Germans and the New York government, the German Palatines decided to send representatives to appeal to the Board of Trade in London. The community sent three men to represent them: Johann Conrad Weiser, Wilhelm Scheff, and Gerhardt Walrath. Hunter and his allies worked on a compromise to prevent the men from leaving. Because Hunter had threatened to arrest Weiser, the three commissioners decided to leave from Philadelphia instead of New York. They departed the city in 1718, but fell into the hands of pirates in the Delaware Bay. They lost their personal money, but not that of the colony. They were released and left without money and suitable clothing. The ship stopped at Boston for more supplies. The commissioners finally arrived in London and found that Queen Anne had died. The new monarch, King George I, was not interested in their case. Hunter had sent agents to England, who portrayed the Germans as rebels and enemies to the Crown. Progress was slow for the representatives. During this time, Walrath grew tired of waiting and embarked for home, but died at sea. Later, Weiser and Scheff were imprisoned for debt. They wrote for help, but their letters were intercepted. Finally, word reached Schoharie and the community collected money for their redemption. After months of waiting, their debts were paid. In July 1720, Weiser and Scheff petitioned to the Board of Trade. By this time, Hunter had resigned as governor and took a position in Jamaica. The newly commissioned Governor of New York, William Burnet, was ordered to grant land to the Germans. In 1723 he completed what was called the Burnetsfield Patent, whereby 100 heads of families received about 100 acres (0.40 km2) each on the north and south sides of the Mohawk River west of present-day Little Falls. Weiser and Scheff were dissatisfied and had a falling out in 1721. Refusing to follow Weiser, Scheff returned home but died six months later. Weiser returned to North America in 1723. He decided to migrate to the colony of Pennsylvania. In 1723, William Keith, Baronet Governor of Pennsylvania, was in Albany on business when he heard about the suffering of the Germans in New York. He invited them to the colony of Pennsylvania. With the help of the Mohawk, Weiser led a group of Germans from Schoharie south to the Susquehanna River; they traveled along Indian paths and by canoe to present-day Tulpehocken in the spring of 1723. Weiser was unhappy with many of his fellow Germans, and returned to New York a few years later. He wandered around New York for several years. Conrad Jr. brought him to the home of his grandsons in Pennsylvania in May 1746, where he died soon after. Johann Conrad Weiser and Anna Magdalena Ubelin had 16 children, of which 13 are known: Maria Catharine Weiser (who married Conrad Boss and remained in Gross Aspach); Anna Margarete Weiser; Anna Magdalena Weiser (who married Jan Johannes De Lange); Maria Sabina Weiser; Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr. (who became a pioneer, interpreter, and diplomat in Pennsylvania); George Frederick Weiser; Christopher Frederick Weiser; and Anna Barbara Weiser (who married Nicholas Pickard). John Frederick Weiser, Rebecca Weiser), John Frederick Weiser (later children were frequently named after one who had died), Erhard Frederick Weiser, and Rebecca Weiser all died young, the second John Frederick while the family was at the work camp at Livingston Manor."
Also see http://weiserassociation.com/conrad-weiser.html.
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Ancestry.com offers: "Weiser Name Meaning - nickname for a wise man, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wisen 'to teach'. variant of Weisser."