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1	" In the name of God Amen the tenth day of October Anno Domini 1678, I Elsabeth Peirson of Ullock within the parish of Deane and County of Cumberland, widowe sick in bodie but whole in mynd and memory thanks be with the Lord for the same, doe make and ordaine this my present testament containing herein my last will in manner and forme followinge. First I commend my soulde into the hande of Almighty God my maker and to Jesus Christ my only savioure and Redeemer hopeing through his mercie to have free pardon of all my sins. And for my worldly goods I doe dispose of them as followeth. First, I give unto Mary, Sarah and John children of Christopher Peirson every one a sheepe. I give unto my sonne Christopher Peirson one great barrell and to Ellinor his wife my best undercoat. I give unto my daughter Isabelle Oyes a new coate. I give unto Richard Oyes my sonne-in-lawe his wife and children five shillings to be divided amongst them. I give unto Dorothy Peirson my daughter three pounds the rest of my goods and chattles both moveable and unmovealbe. I give and bequeath unto Elsabeth and Dorothy Peirson, my daughters who I make joint executrixes of this my will. Witnessed by Henry and John Bowman	UNKNOWN, Elizabeth (I3446)
2	""The oldest probate record of Stratford has been discovered and it turns out to be the inventory of this Thomas Curtiss, taken Sept. 1, 1648. At the bottom of the document under date of Mar. 8, 1652 is written, "Mary Bishop, wife of James Bishop, makes oath that this is a tru inventory of ThomasCurtiss, her former husband."	CURTIS, Thomas (I1824)
3	"Albertus Larrowe (LaRue) was probably of Huguenot descent. He was born in New Jersey within sound of the guns of the battle of Trenton. In 1795 he started on foot for Canada, but when he arrived in Bath, NY, he was too lame to go farther. He subseqently purchased land in the area of Wheeler, NY. He raised a family of distinction, some of whom lived in nearby Cohocton and Hammondsport. In spite of increasing farm activities, he found time to serve as supervisor of the town of Wheeler and as Master of the Masonic Lodge in Cohocton. Descendants spell the name both ways LaRue and Larrowe." Note:General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias.	LARROWE, Albertus (I1344)
4	"Although some writers credit Robert Hicks with two wives, no burial of a first wife was found in Bermondsey, and I do not know of any evidence that would prove he had any wife other that Margaret." "As far as the other purported children of Robert Hicks are concerned, it should be noted that they are not named in the wills of Robert or Margaret and were not with them during the 1623-1627 period. It appears that John and Richard died before 1623. It should also be noted that Robert Hicks calls Samuel his eldest son."	HICKS, Robert (I1836)
5	"As eldest surviving son of Henry Burt, he began early in life to follow his father's pattern of public service. Even before his father's death, he was elected a Selectman, serving from 1657 to 1659; and after a considerable hiatus, again in 1676, 1680, 1682, 1684, 1687, 1689, 1691, and1697. He was Town Clerk from 1697 through 1700. He took his turn as fence viewer in 1660 and 1664; appraiser for town rates (we should call it assessor), 1663; surveyor of highways, 1652, 1655, and 1662; measurer of land, 1662 and 1663; and hayward, 1683. He was on the committee to arrange for building a new meeting house in 1674, and in 1669 was appointed with Miles Morgan to sit in the gallery to check disorderly youths during worship. He is often referred to as "Deacon" in the town records. His record, we are happy to report, falls just a trifle short of perfection, for in 1665 he was one of sixteen men fined for absenting themselves from town meeting without sufficient excuse. Lacking our modern fines for petty traffic violations, the Town had to reinforce its finances in this and other ways. he was also one of ten men complained of for turning their cattle into a certain field contrary to order; and in the good company of John Holyoke, Widow Bliss, and others, his fence was found defective in 1678. But he made himself useful by keeping a bull which the selectmen hired in 1681 and 1682 to serve the lower end of town. The bullthereafter appears no more in town minutes, but whether he wore himself out in twoyears, or some other inhabitant produced a more virile specimen for thw town's use, we are not informed." Jonathon Burt wrote an eye-witness account of the burning ofSpringfield, MA, 10/5/1675 by Indians.	BURT, Jonathon (I2532)
6	"At Indian Spring Monthly Meeting held 16 of 7mo 1802 (9/16/1802) our women friends inform that Ann (Elizabeth) Wood formerly Talbott accomplished her marriage with a man not in membership with us, by the assistance of a hireling teacher." At Indian Spring Monthly Meeting held at Sandy Spring 17 of 12mo. 1802 (2/17/1802) a testimony was produced against Elizabeth Wood as directed which was read and information being now received of her decease, the meeting concludes any further proceedings in her case unnecessary."	Family: Edward WOOD / Elizabeth TALBOTT (F2176)
7	"Biographicals in the History of Taylor County, Iowa" lists the date of marriage as April 1, 1844, which I believe is incorrect. I have recorded the date provided by "Indiana Marriage Records."	Family: Jacob Harvey PAYTON / Emily WORLEY (F2793)
8	"Boston Transcript Query" of January 31, 1934. Kennon, Kennan, Tousley, Towsley: I am interested to know the parents, line of descent, dates and all available information of the following: David Kennon (or Kennan), who married Sophia Tousley and was living in Plattsburg, New York in 1819. Their children were Elvira; Elizabeth who married George F. Buck; Sophia, who married George Ransom; Julia; and Caroline, born 1819, Plattsburg, New York and married Lorenzo Dow Brady at Cincinatti, Ohio 20 Feb 1845. David Kennon married second Sara or Fannie Fillmore (widow) of Chazee, New York, a niece of former president Fillmore. Sophia Tousley first wife of the above David Kennon. HBP	TOUSLEY, Sophia (I1320)
9	"Boston Transcript Query" of January 31, 1934. Kennon, Kennan, Tousley, Towsley: I am interested to know the parents, line of descent, dates and all available information of the following: David Kennon (or Kennan), who married Sophia Tousley and was living in Plattsburg, New York in 1819. Their children were Elvira; Elizabeth who married George F. Buck; Sophia, who married George Ransom; Julia; and Caroline, born 1819, Plattsburg, New York and married Lorenzo Dow Brady at Cincinatti, Ohio 20 Feb 1845. David Kennon married second Sara or Fannie Fillmore (widow) of Chazee, New York, a niece of former president Fillmore. Sophia Tousley first wife of the above David Kennon. HBP	KENNON, David (I500)
10	"Captain William Curtis... was one of the most important early settlers of Stratford and served as a deputy to the General Court for thirty-six sessions, beginning with October, 1667 and ending with June, 1692. He was commissioner for Stratford from 1671 to 1675, 1676 to 1679, 1680 to 1687, and from 1689 to 1697. He was one of the grantees of Woodbury in 1672, and, although he never settled there, was deputy from that place to the General Court from 1676 to 1679."	CURTIS, William (I1822)
11	"Children probably born several years before their baptism."	COLEY, Samuel (I2516)
12	"December 25, 1711, Abigail Fillmore of Beverly, widow, personally appearing in court, confess herself guilty of ye crime of fornication and charged Timothy Cunningham of Boston, coaster, of being ye father of ye child unlawfully begotten of her body, and made oath of same. Its considered that she pay a fine of ____(no sum mentioned) and costs and stand committed till performed." (Beverly Historical Records) "This child, a daughter, was named Ruth Fillmore. It is quite possible that Timothy Cunningham, coaster, was an acquaintance, perhaps a former companion or friend, of John, the Mariner. He may have come to extend his sympathy and offer his help to Abigail. Perhaps he came too often and stayed too late. There is nothing to indicate that Abigail was a promiscuous woman. Despite the unfortunate incident it is apparent that her eldest son, John, held her in high esteem, as did also, her mother, Deliverance (Shaw) Tilton." "By her will, made 9 November 1730 and proved 2 July 1733, Deliverance Tilton left to her three sons, 5 s. apiece. To the three sons of son-in-law Robert Bell, deceased, 5 s. apiece. To her daughter, Sarah, 10 pounds. To John and Ebenezer Philmore and Ruth Kennison, children of my daughter, Abigail, deceased, 10 pounds each." (Taken from Essex Probate, 319, 393) "Apparently Abigail did not stand condemned indefinitely in the eyes of all. On 7 November 1717, she married Dr. Robert Bell, a physician and widower, who had come from Scotland to Ipswich. The Bells removed to Norwich, Conn., about 1720. Dr. Bell is listed among the physicians of Norwich, and is referred to as, "the father-in-law of Captain John Fillmore." (A different use of the term from that in present day practice.)" (Information from History of Norwich, Connecticut, by Francis Manwaring Caulkins, pp 224, 634) "Abigail (Tilton) Fillmore-Bell, twice married, twice widowed, the mother of three children by each husband, and mother of a child of 'sorrow' rather than of 'love' entered eternal rest at the age of 48 years 6 months." All from Fillmore, "So Soon Forgotten, Three Thousand Fillmores"	TILTON, Abigail (I2005)
13	"Francis Billingsley returns to Calvert Co.,MD his sister-in-law having remarried."	Family: / Susannah EWEN (F48)
14	"From the Steuben Farmers Advocate of April 6, 1853: Married - In Wheeler on Mar. 30th by Rev. George D. Stewart, Mr. Perry Topping of Bath to Miss Mary Jane Larrowe of Wheeler. "	Family: Perry TOPPING / Mary Jane LARROWE (F596)
15	"Genealogy of the Kennan Family" does not trace James.	KENNAN, James (I5456)
16	"George accidentally drowned in a tub of water at the well."	COLTON, George (I14546)
17	"Grandfather Mahar had two brothers; one of whom died in Belgium; the other in America and one sister, Mrs. English, who had one son, Thomas English who married a Sexton about 1835 at Silver Lake."	MAHAR, Thomas (I327)
18	"His will, dated 20 April 1578, proven in the Archdeaconry of Colchester, 15 May 1578, mentions his wife Alice, and son, John and three children of his son John, viz: Thomas, Mary and John. He bequeathed a small sum to his son and his grandchildren, and the rest of the estate to his wife for her life and after to "John, the son of the above said John my son and to the heirs of the said John, son of the said John my son, forever."" Phillip Bird, gentleman, was one of the overseers.	KELLOGG, William (I2966)
19	"Historical Outline of the Ransom Family" lists George's wife as Mary E. Kanner. The genealogy lists 3 children (Joseph, Wellington and Emma). Other researchers show these are the children of his second wife, Clarissa Holmes. No mention is made of George, b. ca 1847 in Missouri.	Family: George Marsh RANSOM / Elvira KENNON (F5303)
20	"History of Renville County, Vol. II," published in 1916 states the following: "In 1891, Mr. Sparstad sold his farm to his oldest son, Thom, who now lives there, married Annie Gjivere, and moved onto her farm which is located near Vang's church in Holden township, Goodhue county. In October, 1915, they sold this farm, and on March 1, 1916, will occupy a residence which they have purchased in Kenyon." Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index shows the following: CERTID# 1916-MN-004655 Date of Death: 24 DEC 1916 County of Death: GOODHUE Anne is present in the 1900 and 1910 federal census with Christopher. Her monument is clearly marked with a death year of 1896.	GJIVERE, Anne (I21584)
21	"In 1807, five families, the heads being Septa Filmore (cousin to Millard Fillmore), Seth Graves, Levi Hazen, Eliazer Graves and John Bronson moved up to the "Five Nations," now called Chazy.	FILLMORE, Septa (I1331)
22	"In the early part of the war of the Revolution he was drafted into the service of the Americans - much against his own predilections. He, however, served through one campaign, and was engaged in several skirmishes with the British. In common with his father and most of his brothers, he was from the first a zealous and sincere loyalist in principle. When, therefore, he learned that he must run his chance of being drafted a second time, he resolved by some means to place himself beyond the reach of such a contingency. It so happened that about this time a loyal neighbor of his, Daniel Griswold, who had been a soldier in the British army, returned to his native town, bearing a Captains commission, and forthwith commenced the work of his mission, viz., enlisting soldiers into the king's service. Charles Kilborn was among the first to enroll his name, April 26, 1777. Dr. Reuben Smith, in a letter to Gov. Wolcott, dated at Litchfield, may 12, 1777, (in alluding to Griswold and his soldiers,) says: "The Wednesday following, April 30, they were taken, (except Benjamin Doolittle and Charles Kilborn, who is is said were killed in attempting to escape,) and were carried to Derby, where they were tried by a court marial, and Griswold was sentenced to be hanged; which sentence was executed the Monday following at New Haven. The rest were pardoned, upon their enlisting into the Continental army during the war." The supposition that Kilborn was killed, was a mistake. He was successful in his "attempt to escape." and, after a series of vicissitudes and adventures, he succeeded in finding his way to Canada, on foot - much of his route lying through uninhabited country. He stopped at St. John's, then a considerable military post, where he en- gaged himself as a clerk to an eminent merchant, named White — he being then in the nineteenth year of his age. He soon after became a partner with Mr. White ; and, though extensively engaged in merchandizing, he was soon also an active participant in the military movements consequent upon the war. Before peace was concluded, he had attained the rank of Captain in the British service. In Feb. 17S4, he was married to Miss Margaret Young, a member of a loyal family who had emigrated to Canada from the State of New York. He subsequently removed to Caldwell's Manor, on Lake Champlain, where for nearly seventeen years he was extensively engaged as an agriculturist and merchant. Dur- ing his residence here, he was for a long time the highest civil and military officer in the place. Removing thence, he resided for two years in Alburg. In 1804, he settled in Stanstead, on an island formed by a considerable river, about six miles west of Lake Memphremagog.	KILBORN, Lt. Colonel Lt. Colonel Charles (I8676)
23	"in the pleague"	CHAPIN, Luke (I1753)
24	"Isaac Tilton, a seargeant at the fort drowned there 28 Mar 1695, was a brother of Abraham, as by his nuncup. will declar." (Savage, Vol. 4)	TILTON, Isaac (I2205)
25	"It is evident that Edward having died and his wife being left a widow, she found it impossible having come into a new and strange land to sustain herself and family without assistance, for in Mass. Colony Records (Vol 1, p. 123) we find the following: "At a Court holden at Newe Towne (Cambridge) August 5, 1634, It was ordered that such moneyes as shalbe layde out for the maintenance of Widd. Bosworth and her famyly shalbe payde againe by the Treasurer." It is also noted in the record that Edward Bosworth had been loaned money by Mr. Henry Sewall for the passage of himself and family to America. The sons of Edward, Jonathan, Benjamin and Nathaniel are ordered to pay the debt. The sum amounted to twenty pounds or about $100.00.	UNKNOWN, Mary (I1829)
26	"James MacKennan appears to have been the American ancestor of the Northern branch of the Kennan family. Little is known of him, except that he married at Rutland, Mass., May 25, 1744, Margaret Smith, of the town of Holden. The Kennans were all of Scotch descent, and were Protestants, and some of them, or perhaps most of them, were driven out of Scotland with thousands of others by religious persecution, and fled into the North of Ireland where many Scotch refugees located, mostly in the province of Ulster. This class of Scotch emigrants filled up that province after it had been emptied of its half barbarous native inhabitants. They there founded Londonderry, which soon became famous as the home of Scotch Presbyterians. A century later more than three thousand of the decendants of those refugees emigrated to America. The first boat landed at Boston on the 4th of August, 1718. Many of them located in Worcester County.."	MCKENNAN, James (I5452)
27	"John Anderson, fourth son of the original Walter, never married. He lived a bachelor's life, and was credited with being an aider and abettor in a good many "larks" that broke the monotony of pioneer life in his day. He and his brother Henry built and operated the Anderson distilleries. The first was built on the lake shore above Normandale. and the second on the old homestead at Vittoria. John Anderson died in 1833."	ANDERSON, John (I26023)
28	"Joined the expedition against Cuba in 1762, and was present at the reduction of Havana, Cuba in 1762, and was present at the reduction of Havana, where he died shortly after of fever.	FILLMORE, Amaziah (I1921)
29	"Joseph Leonard, the husband of Sarah Leonard had his death's wound by a cart overturning upon him which was August 9th 1716 he died the same day."	LEONARD, Joseph (I2422)
30	"Joshua married several times after the death of Sarah."	POMEROY, Joshua (I6621)
31	"Know all men by these presents that I Mary Kelly of Bath County for and in consideration of the Natural love and affection which I bear to Abraham Deveese of said county as well as for the consideration of twenty five dollars to me in hand paid by the said Abraham Deveese ...........give and grant unto the said Abraham Deveese.........land containing 170 acres part of the tract the said Mary now lives on......"	DEVIESE, Abraham (I703)
32	"Matthew sailed from London in the ship "Increase," having proved April 15, 1636, that his party had "taken the oathes of Allegence and Supremacie." He reached New England about June 1 and about November 1635, reached Hartford, Connectifut, where he was one of the twelve earliest settlers, his name being third on the deed fromthe Indians, February 15, 1651, and sixth on the confirmatory Patent of the General Court." He was sent as a deputy in 1654, and was one of the leaders of the town."	MARVIN, Matthew (I6943)
33	"Nathan Rose, who married Ruth Wheeler, settled in 1804, and made the first clearing on that part of the property now owned by O. F. Marshal, known as the Rose farm, on the west side of the creek. He was a farmer by occupation, and a great lover of hunting and fishing. The game taken on such occasions he often divided with his neighbors. He moved to Michigan in the spring of 1834."	ROSE, Nathan (I3453)
34	"On the 6th of October following the Rev. Dr. Williams preached a sermon in which he gave Captain Colton a very extraordinary character, as having been a man eminently useful in his day, especially in the Indian wars, and as a man of eminent piety."	COLTON, Captain Captain Thomas (I2468)
35	"One source reported to a previous compiler that she married 13 Dec 1695 to George Webster. However, he supposed this to be in error and that it was probably her cousin Sarah (dau of Samuel Bliss) who married Mr. Webster."	BLISS, Sarah (I4419)
36	"Peter was infirm in body and mind, kept under guardians, and did not perpetuate the name." (Savage, Vol. 4)	TILTON, Peter (I7837)
37	"Phillip Myrtle was a pioneer settler of Wheeler. He built the first saw mill in the area, having come to Bath, New York, in 1797 from Hill's Island, Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna River. It took him six weeks to get to Painted Post, New York, where he left his family while he proceeded to Bath, near which he killed a black bear. He sent the meat back to his family and sold the hide for five dollars. After three years he was able to buy 40 acres of land in Wheeler, for which he paid two and a half dollars an acre."	MYRTLE, Phillip (I6887)
38	"Purchased land in Norwich where he spent the remainder of his days"	FILLMORE, John (I815)
39	"Purchased of John Crosse"	SHAW, Roger (I2604)
40	"Receipt No. 6938, Received of Harley W. Crawford, the sum of Thirteen dollars 64 cents; entry of 142.07 acres; Lot 3-4-5-6 in Sect. 31 and Lots 1-2 of Section 32 in Township 20 of Range 7." Harley signs a statement that reads "I Harley W. Crawford of Hennessey Ok applying to enter (or file for) a homestead, do solemnly swear that I did not enter upon and occupy any portion of the lands described and declred open toentry in the President's proclamation dated August 19, 1893, prior to 12 o'clock noon, central standard time, of September 16, 1893; ........."	CRAWFORD, Harley W. (I394)
41	"Roger Shaw is first mentioned in history as appearing at General Court from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, where in 1638, he was made freeman, having previously bought two hundred acres of land and built him a house on the south side of Arrow Street.	SHAW, Roger (I2604)
42	"Salem Township had a settlement of Friends among its pioneers, but in smaller numbers among them was William Farquhar and wife Elizabeth; Joseph Hobson and wife Ann; Joseph Talbott and wife Mary; Benjamin Talbott and wife Susannah; Jacob Ong and wife Mary. The first meetings were held at the house of William Farquhar until 1815, when a log meeting house was built. In 1820 it was replaced by a brick structure 30 x 40 in Section 9, south of Richmond. The old building still stands in its quiet graveyard, but silent and deeserted. The society disolved many years ago, and B. L. Crew, of Richmond, is the sole living representative. (this last sentence written ca 1900).	FARQUHAR, William (I871)
43	"Salem Township had a settlement of Friends among its pioneers, but in smaller numbers among them was William Farquhar and wife Elizabeth; Joseph Hobson and wife Ann; Joseph Talbott and wife Mary; Benjamin Talbott and wife Susannah; Jacob Ong and wife Mary. The first meetings were held at the house of William Farquhar until 1815, when a log meeting house was built. In 1820 it was replaced by a brick structure 30 x 40 in Section 9, south of Richmond. The old building still stands in its quiet graveyard, but silent and deeserted. The society disolved many years ago, and B. L. Crew, of Richmond, is the sole living representative. (this last sentence written ca 1900).	TALBOTT, Elizabeth (I846)
44	"Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary" states, "he gave his estate to his wife and children but does not name them, and I presume they continued in London. Joshua Hewes, his nephew served as administrator of his will.	FOOTE, Joshua (I4351)
45	"The 23th of ffebruary 1672 Mr. John Howland Senior of the Towne of Plymouth deceased hee was a Godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ hee lived untill hee attained above eighty yeares in the world hee was one of the first comers into this land and proved a faithful Instrument of God in his place and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the shipp Called the Mayfflower that lived in Plymouth hee was with honor interred in the Town of Plymouth on the 25 of ffebruary 1672."	HOWLAND, John (I1652)
46	"The First Settlers" states that Celestia died in Walton, MN (near Waseca). A thorough search shows no land place named Walton (now or then) but there is, very near Waseca, a Wilton, MN.	FULTON, Celestia (I24257)
47	"The Plattsburgh Repubplican" notes the death of A. A. North: "In Chazy, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, 1889, suddenly of paralysis, Mr. A. A. North, aged 63 years."	NORTH, Alexander Abijiah (I1831)
48	"The voyage from England was a long and tedious one and many died on the passage and their bodies thrown overboard. In his history of New England (Vol 1, p.161) John Winthrop writes, "..the Elizabeth Dorcas having a long passage and being hurt upon a rock at Scilly and very ill victualled, she lost sixty passengers at sea, and divers came sick on shore, who all recovered (through the mercy of God)." The Diary of Samuel Sewall (Vol. 3, p. 396) has the following: "Edward Bosworth came over to New England in the Elizabeth and Dorcas. Edward Bosworth, the Father, being ready to dye, ask'd to be carried upon the Deck, that he might see Canaan. When he had seen the Land he resigned his Soul and dyed: was carried ashoar and buried at Boston."	BOSWORTH, Edward (I1828)
49	"There is no indication that John Dunham married twice. The Dunham Genealogy (I.W.Dunham, 1907) states that he married second on 3/14/1643, Dorothy (...) of Boston. He was John Downman of Braintree, Mass. The genealogy further states that John had a daughter Patience, born 8 Mar 1645 who married James Hamblin if Scituate, No daughter of that name has been found; the marriage is incorrect, as shown above.	DUNHAM, John (I1707)
50	"They removed to Norwich in 1660. His home lot was on the opposite side of the street from that of his father-in-law, William Hyde, and was, in 1858, in the possession of two of his descendants, the widow, Lucretia Carew, and her daughter, the widow of Roswell Morgan, Esq.	HYDE, Hester (I1743)

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