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Leander’s wife, Rebecca, was the only daughter of ten children born to Samuel and Phoebe Cline. Six of her brothers died before the 1870 US census was enumerated. Leander L […]

In 1742, Joseph’s oldest daughter, Betsy, married Samuel Wilson in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut. In 1749, their four oldest children died of dysentery and “nervous long fever”.  The epidemic killed hundreds […]

John Adams and his family belonged to a religious group called The Society of Friends. They were what is commonly known as Quakers. The family was part of the Burlington […]

At first, I thought John and Eleanor’s son, James, died in 1651. This date was memorialized in two historical publications. I then discovered the man who died in 1651 was […]

There are no historical documents that have tied John Adams of Plymouth to his English counterpart. I believe the only way this could be done is if his name, John […]

The probate records for Adonijah and Darius Adams confirm that they were the sons of John Adams and Esther Cady. The administrator of both estates was their brother-in-law, Zachariah Harvey. […]

As you go further back in time, it is sometimes difficult to find your ancestors. That was the case with Isaac’s wife, Eleanor Longbottom. I could not find her birth […]

There must have been something that drew Harry to Wichita Falls, Texas. He and Grace left Granville, New York, and traveled 1,700 miles to Texas. Harry was an auto mechanic […]

In 2022, I revisited Henry’s profile on my family tree. I discovered that he had a twin sister named Henrietta. She was named in his Last Will and Testament. Henry […]

George and Martha named their oldest daughter, Duddthga. When I searched the internet, I could find no reference to this name. Could it have biblical or Native American origins? George […]