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Since April 1688* The Proprietors of the Gloucester Tenth* have met annually on this spot* to elect members to represent them* in the Council of * the General Proprietors of * the Western Division of New JerseyThe goal of this project is to showcase the original proprietors of West Jersey.==background==From Wikipedia "The Dutch defeated New Sweden in 1655. Settlement of the West Jersey area by ...
History==Woburn was first settled in 1640 near Horn Pond, a primary source of the Mystic River, and was officially incorporated in 1642. At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington. In 1730 Wilmington separated from Woburn. In 1799 Burlington separated from Woburn; in 1850 Winchester did so, too.Woburn got its name fro...
Newark, NJ founders from Branford (New Haven) and Milford as well as Founders of Branford, CT. Plan to add Elizabeth, NJ Founders soon.==Founders of Branford= The list below is composed of families who were the first settlers in 1644 or came by 1667 when the New Plantation Covenant was signed after the migration to Newark, New Jersey. In cases where fathers and sons were both here during that p...
Bring your well developed profiles of American women of the 1700s to this project.==notables==* Frances Slocum (Mo-con-no-quah, "Young Bear" or "Little Bear") was an adopted member of the Miami tribe.From List of American women's firsts * 1700s - Henrietta Johnston becomes the first female artist working in the colonies.* 1750 - Jane Colden was the first woman in America to win distinction as a...
from Unity left Weymouth, England Sept 12, 1635 with her Master, John Taylor, arriving in Massachusetts Bay.# Buck, William, his wife and family# Cattell, Robert, and his family# Corbin, Hugh, and his family# Davies, Richard, and his family# Ellwood, William, his wife and family# Hollman, Arther (sic), and his family# Looke, Robert, his wife and family# Tailor, Nicholas, and his family# Tise, J...
The James River was the main waterway of Colonial Virginia, used for commerce and transportation. The influential planters built their stately homes near this river and her tributaries. The earliest towns were founded on her shores. We have a map, at the right, (also found at ) that shows the path of the James. When you view this map, you will instantly see why the tributaries of the James were...
Come on over and being your ancestors with you. Profiles must be set to public. * from Wikipedia The first group of these early American pioneers to the Northwest Territory is sometimes referred to as “the forty-eight” or the “first forty-eight”, and also as the “founders of Ohio”. These first forty-eight men were carefully chosen and vetted by several of the co-founders of the Ohio Company of ...
Colonial===From South Carolina==*Lt. Col. Moses Kirkland (c.1726 - 1787)==From Massachusetts=====C===*Col. Hon. John Chandler III, Esq. (1665 - 1743)*Col. Hon. John Chandler IV, Esq. (1693 - 1762)*Sheriff Lt. Col. Hon. Gardiner Chandler (1723 - 1782)===S===*Col. Epes Sargent (1690 - 1762)*Lt. Col. John Sargent (1750 - 1824)*Col. Paul Dudley Sargent (Bapt. 1745 - 1828)*Col. James Swan (1754 - 18...
"One surviving English register of emigration contains the names of approximately 10,000 servants who sailed from Bristol to America between 1654 and 1678. Roughly half of these emigrants went to Virginia. The rest found their way to the West Indies--mainly the island of Barbados which was such favored during the 1650s, and the beautiful little island of Nevis which was preferred in the early 1...
Early History of Charlestown== Thomas Walford and his wife Jane Walford (Guy) were the original English settlers of Mishawaum (later Charlestown); they settled there in 1624. They were given a grant by Sir Robert Gorges, with whom they had settled at Wessagusset (Weymouth) in September 1623. John Endicott, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, had sent William, Richard and Ralph Sprague t...
This project is a sub-project of a FUTURE COLONIAL AMERICA PROJECT! Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865, Revised EditionAuthor: Joseph Caravalho III Published: September 2011 This extensively researched and expanded volume chronicles the lives of African American individuals and families who lived in the area now known as Hampden County in western Massachusetts between the year...
Great Migration: Ships to New England 1633-1635==It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630s; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel, 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast of M...
< BACK to the Sources Workstream Index=====.=Sources : Colonial American=.ObjectiveThis project aims to research and identify the most reliable sources and prevalent theories for genealogical research around Colonial AmericaStatusIN PROGRESSScopeThis project focuses onTime Frame: until 1776Dynasties: (PLACEHOLDER)Geographies: North America, modern day USAHistorical perspective(PLACEHOLDER: Desc...
Goal is to correct and document the Shattuck Families. Send a message to a collaborator to join up, and bring your ancestors profiles to the project. Feel free to update the project page, add documents & images ...==Notables==* "widow" Damaris Shattuck 1st emigrant* William Shattock , of Boston. Not to be confused with * William Shattuck , of Watertown, "the progenitor"* Lemuel Shattuck (1793-1...
Early Settlers of Wells, Maine= Bring your ancestor profiles on over. Must be set to public Wells, situated upon the sea-coast, in York County, was first settled by persons from Exeter, N.H., about the year 1640. Its name is supposed to have come from Wells in England. In regard to land titles, Folsom says that an Indian named Thomas Chabinoke, devised all his title and interest to Namps-cas-co...
Let's identify (or create) the Geni profiles for the 80 people & the proprietary governors of what became the "Live Free or Die" state. Collaborators, feel free to update the project - and invite more collaborators.==THEY CAME TO FISH== In the beginning was the fisherman. And the fisherman came to New Hampshire to fish. His trip was paid for by English investors who did quite well at first. The...
Being your ancestors on over. Profiles must be set to public.From Siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies.1745, the governor of the Province o...
from: From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 7 [July, 1853], pages 276-278 >About the year 1632, the inconvenience of going to Plymouth (about 12 miles) for everything being very great, a few precincts were formed, which were subsequently incorporated into towns. To prevent as much as possible a removal of the better sort of persons from Plymouth, it was thought advis...
This project has been moribund for a while and needs to be refreshed. First, it would be good to add all the profiles of the Gallup descendants to the project. There are a lot of descendants! Second, it would be great if we highlighted the notable Gallup descendants, with a short statement about their accomplishment(s), starting with the Gallup line itself. Third, we can have a section that lin...
To document the descendants and ancestry of Richard Williams, the founder of Taunton, Massachusetts.* A wonderful multimedia introduction to Richard Williams and Francis Deighton and their hometown can be found on our cousin, Charles Adler's family website .* Frances Deighton , sometimes spelled "Dighton".* Richard and Francis Williams' descendants are linked in marriage with many well-document...
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Rebellion in the American Colonies=This project is to identify profiles of the (sometimes forgotten) patriots who led the way to what became the American nation.Collaborators, please feel free to edit the overview, add resources, and invite more collaborators.==background=====The Glorious Revolution - Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights===The Magna Carta start...
bring your ancestor profiles on over. Must be set to "public."The Phillip sailed from Gravesend to Virginia June 1635 under Master Richard Morgan "20 June 1635">Theis under-written names are to be transported to Virginea embarqued in the Phillip Richard Morgan Mr the Men have been examined by the Minister of the towne of Gravesend of their conformities to the orders & discipline of the Church o...
Please add your "Narragansett planter" families to this project. Collaborators may update the "project" page.From Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting, by Edgar Mayhew Bacon (Google eBook) 1904"Until 1647, each town was governed independently. The situation of each is plainly designated upon the map to-day, but where, asks the enquirer after truth, ar...
4 July 1635 “The under-written names are to be transported to Virginea imbarqued in the Transport of London Edward Walker, master. Certificate from the Minister of Gravesend of their conformitie to the orders & discipline of the Church of England." Alphabetical order:# Adams Andrew 18# Anderson Richard 17# Anley Nathan 28# Armstrong Henry 22# Arp Jo 19# Ashon George 22# Atkinson Richard 21# Bak...
Please add your iron working ancestors to this project (upper right hand corner > actions menu > add profiles)==Overview==From "An Incomplete List of Scottish Prisoners of War Sent to New England in 1650" -- According to Colonel Banks' 1927 paper presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, in the aftermath of the Battle of Dunbar, 900 Scots were to be sent to Virginia. Another 150 prison...