Our Family Tree

[MuckyPuppy]

Immigrant Ancestors (phase 1); Lieutenant/Captain Lawrence Wilkinson (1624-1692) -- Sergeant Christopher Smith (1593-1676), his wife Alice Colchester (1604-1681) & their daughter Susannah Smith (1628-1692) -- Reverend William Wickenden (1614-1670) & his wife Eleanor Sherringham (1615-1650) -- Elder Thomas King (1614-1669) & his wife Sarah Brown (1619-1652) -- John Rogers (1595-1661), his wife Frances (1612-1687) & their son Deacon John Rogers (1631-1717) -- George Geer (1621-1726) -- Robert Allyn (1608-1683) & his wife Sarah Gager (1620-1683) -- George Allen (1580-1648) & his wife Katherin -- John Hill (1615-1689) & his wife Frances (1618-1673) -- George Aldrich (1605-1682) & his wife Katherine Seald (1610-1692) -- Thomas Thayer (1596-1665), his wife Margery Wheeler (1600-1672) & their son Ferdinando Thayer (1625-1713) -- William Hayward (1604-1659) and his wife Margery Knight (1601-1677) -- Thomas Hatch (1596-1646), his wife Lydia Gyles (1600-1664) & their son Jeremiah Hatch (1626-1712) -- John Hewes (1608-1674) and his wife Joane (1610-1671) -- Jonathan Barlow (1748-1804)

Above is phase 1 of several immigrant ancestor phases. I have been lucky that most of my ancestors have been well documented by many others and their histories and stories are spread widely around the net.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

I am related to Nathaniel Green and the 11th president of the USA, James K. Polk!

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Now that is cool!

It makes history come alive when it can be linked to people related to one .... at least it helps keep my kids interested in history.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

I looked up Green and Polk to learn more about them and learned things I never knew. I found it sad that Polk died of cholera and, although I think that your Green is the one that was a Major General of the Continental Army, I also read about the one that was an English painter, art teacher and astronomer. Both were interesting in different ways and it was very enjoyable. Thank you.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

I looked up Green and Polk to learn more about them and learned things I never knew. I found it sad that Polk died of cholera and, although I think that your Green is the one that was a Major General of the Continental Army, I also read about the one that was an English painter, art teacher and astronomer. Both were interesting in different ways and it was very enjoyable. Thank you.

Yup!

Now that is cool!

It makes history come alive when it can be linked to people related to one .... at least it helps keep my kids interested in history.

Yeah!

 

[MuckyPuppy]

We started researching our family tree just over a year ago when the secondary school that our youngest son would be joining when school restarted after the summer (our eldest was already a pupil there) asked that pupils research their family tree and of the submitted ones a winner and a prize would be awarded. At that point, I knew almost absolutely nothing about my family tree. My husband knew more about his as some of his aunts have been researching for years but the only things I knew were my parents names, the first and last names of my grandparents and the names of some of my aunts and uncles. I gave my dad a call and he told me my great grandparents's names, gave me some dates and that was just about it. My dad even had to look up one of his grandmother's names as they had always called her by her nickname. My son wrote it all down neatly and submitted it. Needless to say that he didn't win but it did make me want to learn more. Now my children know much more about their ancestors and the sacrifices they made then I did at their age and if they or my nephews and nieces ever have a family tree project at school they can have all my notes. Hopefully they will want to pass it on to their children and on and on and on until we become just another footnote in history.

 

[newfoundland]

Researching one's family tree is full of spooky coincidences in my experience. When we first moved to our current home the area was completely unknown to us, we were just attracted by the property and land, and of course the price, having found it on the internet. My eldest daughter had been continuing the family tree work that my late father had started back in the day when the only way to find ancestors was to trudge around churches and cemeteries in their home towns looking for references to family members. When we arrived I recall her saying that my mother's ancestors had come from the nearby town but we thought little more about it. One day, exploring a little local village, we wandered into the churchyard and came face to face with the graves of my mother's great great grand parents. Some months later we discovered that my mother's great great uncle owned the small farm which we can see distantly, in the early 1800s. Well they do say everything turns full circle in the end!

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Newfoundland, what a wonderful story and a great one to pass down through the generations. To be drawn back to the area in which some of your ancestors lived and died is mind blowing. I can understand why it would be a spooky coincidence, absolutely amazing.