1/1/21  Ruth Roles or Rowles.  We need more information on her, and we need to find her parents.  Ruth Roles, her husband Turner, and daughter Phebe Turner are the line my grandmothers, Elva Peck Payne and Ann Payne Park were working on and looking for before they both died.  FamilySearch ID  LVS3-CTD

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1/1/21  Ebenezar Morse.  FindaGrave.com lists a different birthday than Family Search.  Update both sites to the right information.   FamilySearch ID 2T15-K7R

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1/1/21  Ann Kinger.  Where did she die?  What other information can we find on her?  Did she have more children?  Only one child is listed.

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1/1/21  Salem Witch Trials.  We had family living in Salem during the Witch Trials.  If you are interested in studying this time period and seeing what records you can find, start with Lydia Adams 2T15-2MX and go a few generations back. 
•Our grandmother, Sarah Davis Cole LJTF-28Q was accused of being a witch (but not convicted).  legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches

•Sarah Clarke was also accused LC82-PWQ. 

•James Browne LC2D-HZW died in Salem before the witch trials, but his family may have been there during the trials.  

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1/1/21  Pilgrim Ancestors! Each of these are direct grandparents.
•William White sailed on the Mayflower D6XT-GJT - we need help finding information on his wife.

•Peregrine White was the first known English child born to the Pilgrims in America.  He was born while the Mayflower was docked in the harbor.  LS6Z-HZ3  There is also another Peregrine White G4P5-Z7B... one of them has to be wrong or they need to be merged as the same person.  

•William Bassett sailed in 1621 on the Fortune LHGT-NZP

•William Brewster LH2V-RD6  Pilgrim leader and spiritual leader of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.

•Miles Standish - Military captain on the Mayflower - look at who wrote this poem about him.

•William Mullins - Mayflower

•George Soule - Mayflower

•Peter Browne - Mayflower

•Degory Priest - Mayflower

•Mary Norris Allerton - Mayflower

•Isaac Allerton - Mayflower

•Edward Doty - Mayflower

•Remember Allerton - Mayflower

•John & Elinor Billington - Mayflower

•Francis Billington - Mayflower

•Suzanna Jackson White - Mayflower

•John Alden - Mayflower

What other pilgrim ancestors can you find?   

 

11/13/22  GET A DNA TEST!  Better yet... make sure the oldest living family members you have are tested.  If you don't understand why, research why... or just trust me, and get it done before they pass away.  

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11/13/22  If you have an AncestryDNA test done, will you let me be a viewer?  My username is AprilThorupOaks, and my email is apriloaks@gmail.com. Click here to learn how! 

 

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