Ancestors of: Phillip Williams and Eliza Moore Page 3: Generations 6 – 10 (1705 thru 1888) The names on this chart are commonly found in the history of colonial Virginia, from the earliest day of the colony. They show up in family wills, deeds, court cases. They fight in the Revolutionary War, they establish frontier fortresses […]
Page 1: Josephine Parker Family Line (2000-1835) The most recent generations beginning with Delos Parker and his cousin Mary Eleanor Parker who settled in Garden Plain along with the grandfather. Delos’s father, Abel Parker II, remained in Vermont. His Grandfather, Abel Parker I, had lost his wife and felt free to move about the country. […]
Page 2: Delos Parker to Gamaliel Parker Generations through (1835-1700) This is page two of the Parker family lineage going back to 1700 where the Parkers and Blakesley families merge. The Parkers were founders of early Connecticut communities along with a number of other hearty pioneers. The Blakesley boys were hard nosed blacksmiths who owned […]
Page 3: Gamaliel Parker and the Doolittle/Blakesley Line (1700-1587) This page shows the Doolittle and Blakesley lineage that joins the Parkers when Gamaliel Parker weds Elizabeth Blakesley (b. 1721). The roots go back in time to Anthony Doolittle (b. 1588) and his sons including Grandfather Abraham Doolittle (b. 1619) and two grand uncles: John and the Reverend […]
Ancestors of: Emily Carey thru Sara Bruen Page 2: Generations 6-10 (1679-1874) This tree shows the growth of the New England branch of the Sullivan Family Tree that Betty’s mother Laurel brought into her marriage to Grandfather Clifford Whittington. You won’t find a Sullivan on this chart as they come in from a different direction. This […]
The British Roots of the New England ‘Gang’: Generations 9-13 (1564-1789) Ancestors including: John Kitchell / Obadiah Bruen / Abraham Pierson
The Smith/Stilley/Davis Branch As the American Revolutionary War was shaping a nation, Hezekiah Stilley married the girl next door, Sarah Davis, daughter of war veteran, William Davis. Several generations of the Davis family had forged a trail from Jamestown, Virginia through various river valleys leading to the shores of Pamlico Sound in Hyde County, North […]
Prior to 1638: The Context: A Brief Look at the Reformation The troubles in Scotland were endemic in Europe and had been for a century when Jenny Geddes tossed her stool at Bishop Lindsay in St. Giles Cathedral. Her act was not the straw that broke the camel’s back. The proverbial back of the camel […]
See also the family tree that accompanies this article for a listing of our Mayflower passengers and their descendants to the present day by families: Smith, Whittington and Wetherell. Our Mayflower Connections Families hoping to connect with the important people and events in history are usually excited when they learn they are descended from one of […]
The Cast of Characters Surrounding Our Ancestors There are at least three 10x great grandfathers in my wife’s Whittington family tree who came to America as preachers in the 1630’s. They were eager to save their lives and continue their work as God’s messenger. While some preachers faced torture and death as heretics in England, […]