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dragonlady7i finally found my mayflower ancestors and how they connect to me.
8G-Grandma Elizabeth Alden was the first white woman born in New England.
John Alden b. ca. 1599 in England came to Plymouth on the Mayflower, and was indeed the last survivor of the Mayflower. He died 22 Sept. 1687 in Duxbury.
In 1623(-4?) he married Priscilla Mullins, also b. in England, whose parents had died in 1620-1.
Their daughter Elizabeth Alden, the first white woman born in New England (according to her tombstone in Little Compton R.I.), was born 1623-4 and died 31 May 1717 aged 94 years. She married a William Peabody (Pabodie) [son of John Pabodie who came from England in 1635].
Their son William Peabody married Judith Tilden in 1670.
Their son William Peabody married Jerusha Starr daughter of Mary Morgan on 30 Jul. 1724.
Their son Thomas Peabody, b. 20 Nov. 1727, married Ruth Babcock on 16 Aug 1761.
Their daughter Susan Peabody was born in Stonington in 1777 and married Jonas Chapman 28 Apr. 1792.
Their daughter Roxanna Chapman was b. 15 Aug 1802 and received as a member of Newtonville Methodist Church in 1880. [We passed this church on our drive home last weekend, coincidentally-- their website was on the sign outside. Newtonville United Methodist Church
, rte. 9, Newtonville NY. Several stained glass windows are dedicated to my ancestors.] Roxanna married Williams Chesebrough on 30 Oct 1828.
Their daughter Sarah Chesebrough was born oct 1829, died 19 Dec 1887 in Watervliet, NY, and married Charles Marcus Denison on 22 Dec 1859.
Their son Edward (b. 15 Dec 1862) married Ida Luella Pitts, and their son Charles Earl Denison (1893-1961) married Mabelle Emma Zeh in 1912. Their daughter Elizabeth Denison married Frank Willard Shaver in 1949 and had my mother in 1951.
It's so odd to trace these things and think about what life must have been like for these people. Imagine being the first white woman born in New England. Imagine turning Miles Standish down! I'd turn down a man who couldn't be bothered to ask me himself, too. Good for her.
I wonder what Priscilla Mullins looked like. I should do some research. Hmm... Alden.org... Wow. There's a whole society of descendants of John Alden. Perhaps I should join. :D
I wrote to their genealogist contact address briefly outlining my lineage and thanking them for having the information so clearly laid out-- I had skipped over a generation and was absolutely baffled as to how someone could be born ten years after his mother theoretically died. No... William Peabody III married his step-sister Jerusha, and the born-late Thomas was his son.
Anyhow...
I've been pondering Ann Borodell a lot-- George Denison's wife, who died at age 97 or something in 1712. I'd love to have enough information to write a novel about her. She sounds fascinating.
A lot of the first-generation characters sound interesting. Priscilla Mullins' entire family died that first horrible winter of 1620-21 in Plymouth. Magdalena Zeh (I did the Zeh line today too), of Germany, was the one who, famous in family lore, assaulted a rent collector who showed up while the men were out in the fields and tried to collect the rent for the land they were renting from the Van Rensselaer Patroonship. She knocked him down and peed on him and that was the end of that issue.
But a lot of times the women are omitted from the lines. I understand, it's confusing. But my grandmother has tried to omit nothing-- because you never know when something fascinating will come through the woman's side.
I haven't managed to untangle the Chesebroughs yet to figure out if Hannah Denison (dau. of Bridget Thompson, the infamous Clovis' descendant) crosses back into my ancestors again. The verdict is still out on poor Clovis. Bridget did have two daughters before she died, though, and they both survived to adulthood, so there's hope.
Right, it's very late, so good night.
8G-Grandma Elizabeth Alden was the first white woman born in New England.
John Alden b. ca. 1599 in England came to Plymouth on the Mayflower, and was indeed the last survivor of the Mayflower. He died 22 Sept. 1687 in Duxbury.
In 1623(-4?) he married Priscilla Mullins, also b. in England, whose parents had died in 1620-1.
Their daughter Elizabeth Alden, the first white woman born in New England (according to her tombstone in Little Compton R.I.), was born 1623-4 and died 31 May 1717 aged 94 years. She married a William Peabody (Pabodie) [son of John Pabodie who came from England in 1635].
Their son William Peabody married Judith Tilden in 1670.
Their son William Peabody married Jerusha Starr daughter of Mary Morgan on 30 Jul. 1724.
Their son Thomas Peabody, b. 20 Nov. 1727, married Ruth Babcock on 16 Aug 1761.
Their daughter Susan Peabody was born in Stonington in 1777 and married Jonas Chapman 28 Apr. 1792.
Their daughter Roxanna Chapman was b. 15 Aug 1802 and received as a member of Newtonville Methodist Church in 1880. [We passed this church on our drive home last weekend, coincidentally-- their website was on the sign outside. Newtonville United Methodist Church
, rte. 9, Newtonville NY. Several stained glass windows are dedicated to my ancestors.] Roxanna married Williams Chesebrough on 30 Oct 1828.Their daughter Sarah Chesebrough was born oct 1829, died 19 Dec 1887 in Watervliet, NY, and married Charles Marcus Denison on 22 Dec 1859.
Their son Edward (b. 15 Dec 1862) married Ida Luella Pitts, and their son Charles Earl Denison (1893-1961) married Mabelle Emma Zeh in 1912. Their daughter Elizabeth Denison married Frank Willard Shaver in 1949 and had my mother in 1951.
It's so odd to trace these things and think about what life must have been like for these people. Imagine being the first white woman born in New England. Imagine turning Miles Standish down! I'd turn down a man who couldn't be bothered to ask me himself, too. Good for her.
I wonder what Priscilla Mullins looked like. I should do some research. Hmm... Alden.org... Wow. There's a whole society of descendants of John Alden. Perhaps I should join. :D
I wrote to their genealogist contact address briefly outlining my lineage and thanking them for having the information so clearly laid out-- I had skipped over a generation and was absolutely baffled as to how someone could be born ten years after his mother theoretically died. No... William Peabody III married his step-sister Jerusha, and the born-late Thomas was his son.
Anyhow...
I've been pondering Ann Borodell a lot-- George Denison's wife, who died at age 97 or something in 1712. I'd love to have enough information to write a novel about her. She sounds fascinating.
A lot of the first-generation characters sound interesting. Priscilla Mullins' entire family died that first horrible winter of 1620-21 in Plymouth. Magdalena Zeh (I did the Zeh line today too), of Germany, was the one who, famous in family lore, assaulted a rent collector who showed up while the men were out in the fields and tried to collect the rent for the land they were renting from the Van Rensselaer Patroonship. She knocked him down and peed on him and that was the end of that issue.
But a lot of times the women are omitted from the lines. I understand, it's confusing. But my grandmother has tried to omit nothing-- because you never know when something fascinating will come through the woman's side.
I haven't managed to untangle the Chesebroughs yet to figure out if Hannah Denison (dau. of Bridget Thompson, the infamous Clovis' descendant) crosses back into my ancestors again. The verdict is still out on poor Clovis. Bridget did have two daughters before she died, though, and they both survived to adulthood, so there's hope.
Right, it's very late, so good night.
