Ada Louise Wilcox

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1891, Michigan

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Her marriage to Frank Leroy Heck ended in divorce, and yet they are buried next to one another at Forest Hill Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

Ada married Frank LeRoy Heck on 20 Aug 1918 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, and was divorced. Frank (son of David Peter Heck and Isabelle "Belle" Huffman) was born on 28 Feb 1890 in Oblong, Crawford, Illinois; died on 5 Dec 1963 in Skokie, Cook, Illinois; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabelle Jeanette Heck was born on 13 Dec 1919 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; died on 12 Jun 2012 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington.

Ada married Henry L. Talbot on 8 Dec 1944 in Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orion married Emma Janette Fellows on 1 Jan 1879 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan. Emma (daughter of John Abiel Fellows and Janette Laura Emery) was born on 13 Jul 1855 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan; died on 6 Apr 1934 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Betsy Dunham Howe on 8 Apr 1835 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire. Betsy (daughter of Eli Howe and Sally Dunham) was born on 24 Aug 1811 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire; died on 4 Oct 1891 in Geneva, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 24 Oct 1811, New Boston, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

John married Janette Laura Emery on 7 Oct 1845 in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont. Janette (daughter of John Winslow Emery and Laury) was born on 8 Feb 1823 in Vermont; died on 22 Aug 1893 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan; was buried in Dearing Cemetery, Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Revolutionary War soldier. Two months in Capt. Blake's company, Col. Wadsworth's regiment, Connecticut militia. Six months in Capt. Churchill's company, Col. Sage's regiment, stationed at Governor's Island until the British took New York City; thereafter in Harlem and New Rochelle until discharged. Enlisted 1779 in Capt. Alley's company, Col. Sage's regiment, where he served three weeks at New Haven doing guard duty when it was supposed that the English were about to land.

Comfort married Patty Banks on 12 May 1803 in Lempster, Sullivan, New Hampshire. Patty (daughter of John Banks and Hannah Pelton) was born on 4 Aug 1784 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 5 Jun 1839 in Lempster, Sullivan, New Hampshire; was buried in East Lempster Cemetery, Lempster, Sullivan, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 8 Aug 1784, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Eli married Sally Dunham on 26 Mar 1809 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire. Sally (daughter of Solomon Dunham and Sarah (Sally) Blanding) was born on 15 May 1789 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire; died on 4 Mar 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 20 May 1789

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Private in the war of 1812, in Sprague's Regiment 55 of the New York Militia.

Silas married Mary "Polly" Sherwood on 21 Jul 1795. Mary (daughter of Adiel Sherwood and Sarah Sherwood) was born on 16 Jan 1780 in Kingsbury, Washington, New York; died on 26 Jan 1842 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan; was buried in Dearing Cemetery, Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Laury. Laury was born about 1790; died about Jan 1829 in Reading, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Hannah Wilcox were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of John Wilcox and Katherine Stoughton.

John married Hannah Wilcox on 6 Jul 1738 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Wilcox and Hannah Sage) was born on 24 Dec 1718 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 13 Nov 1807 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Old Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Hannah Wilcox were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of John Wilcox and Katherine Stoughton.

John married Hannah Pelton on 24 Oct 1775 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Lemuel Pelton and Mary Cornwall) was born on 14 Oct 1754 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died before 8 Dec 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Revolutionary War soldier.

Eli married Polly Oakes on 12 May 1781 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Polly was born in Sep 1761; died on 27 Jun 1846 in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire; was buried in Old Cemetery, Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1762
• Alternate death: 22 Jan 1846
• Alternate death: 22 Jun 1846

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Said to have been a daughter of Jonathan Oakes and Sarah Wheeler.

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Revolutionary War soldier.

Solomon married Sarah (Sally) Blanding on 22 Jan 1784 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Blanding and Sarah Lane) was born on 15 Jun 1760; died on 5 Jan 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The record of their marriage in the Attleborough published vital records (citation details below) says "Solomon, jr., and Sally 'alias Sarah' Blanding, both of A., int. Dec. 7, 1783."

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He was a hotel keeper, tailor, and farmer.

Abiel married Elizabeth Roe on 19 Jan 1758 in Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Roe and Elizabeth Purchase) was born on 18 Mar 1735 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Mar 1735 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 26 Sep 1770 in Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 18 Mar 1734

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He was a lieutenant in the Revolution in the Charlotte County militia in Sep 1775, and in the first New York Regiment of the "Line", commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick. He was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing Washington County, in the 8th New York State Legislature, 12 Oct 1784 to 27 Apr 1785, elected 27 to 29 Apr 1784 (not 1783 as asserted in various Sherwood family histories). From January to April 1785, the Assembly met at the Old Royal Exchange near the foot of Broad Street, near its intersection with Water Street, putting it catty-corner across from today's One New York Plaza, home of (among many other businesses) various offices of Macmillan Publishers, publisher of AP's novels, although not the location of the office of the part of Macmillan that publishes her.

From Laws of the State of New-York, Passed at the Thirty-Fourth Session of the Legislature (Albany: S. Southwick, 1811): "An ACT for the relief of Adiel Sherwood, relative to certain class-rights. Passed February 22nd, 1811. WHEREAS Seth Sherwood, in his life time, by virtue of certain certificates of class-rights, was entitled to locate seven hundred acres of land; and whereas the legal representatives of the said Seth Sherwood have transferred the said class-rights to Adiel Sherwood: Therefore, Be it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the said Adiel Sherwood be allowed to locate the said class-rights upon any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the people of the state, not otherwise directed by law to be disposed of; and that the commissioners of the land-office are hereby authorized and required to issue letters patent to the said Adiel Sherwood, his heirs and assigns, for the said seven hundred acres of land which may be so located."

According to his Find a Grave page: "Commanded at various times Ft. Ticonderoga (1776) and Fort Ann (1777); fought under Arnold to repel the British from New York; under George Washington at Monmouth; wintered with Washington at Valley Forge; captured and prisoner of war in Montreal until 1782 when returned to America and settled at Fort Edward, NY." Some Sherwood family histories assert that he was a particular friend of George Washington. We have been unable to substantiate anything in this paragraph, although some of the details of military service may be true. Many of the same Sherwood family histories, obituary notices, and entries in local biographical dictionaries, and of course Wikipedia entries, also promulgate the idea that this Sherwood family's origins were in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. In fact the origins of their earliest Sherwood ancestor, Thomas Sherwood who died in 1657 at Stratford, Connecticut, are unknown.

It's notable that while Adiel Sherwood was fighting on the American side, his brother Thomas Sherwood (1745-1826) was a spy for the British and an ensign in the pro-British Loyal Rangers under Major Edward Jessup. In 1779 Thomas and his wife Anna Brownson removed to Quebec, and five years later settled in what would become Leeds County, Ontario. Their son Adiel Sherwood (1779-1874) was a paymaster in the Leeds militia during the War of 1812, and went on to a long career of public service distinguished enough to earn him an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

Adiel Sherwood and Sarah Sherwood were first cousins once removed, he a grandson and her a great-granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Sherwood and his wife Abigail Darling.

Adiel married Sarah Sherwood in 1772 in Newton, Fairfield, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of John Parruck Sherwood and Abigail Staples) was born in Jun 1755 in Litchfield County, Connecticut; died in Mar 1827 in Kingsbury, Washington, New York; was buried in Baker Cemetery, Hudson Falls, Washington, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah Sherwood and Adiel Sherwood were first cousins once removed, she a great-granddaughter and he a grandson of Dr. Thomas Sherwood and his wife Abigail Darling.

Smith married Rhoda BurroughsAlstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Esther Bushnell on 14 May 1707. Esther (daughter of William Bushnell and Rebecca) was born on 2 Nov 1683 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 18 Mar 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 18 Mar 1725

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• Alternate death: 1727

Samuel married Hannah Sage on 3 Mar 1715 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of John Sage and Hannah Starr) was born on 21 Dec 1694 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Dec 1694 in First Congregational Church, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 22 Jan 1750 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lemuel married Mary Cornwall on 8 Apr 1747 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Samuel Cornwall and Phebe Hall) was born in Mar 1723 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her surname also appears spelled Cornwell.

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• Alternate birth: 12 Mar 1719, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Served in the French and Indian War, marching to the relief of Fort William Henry.

Ezra Howe and Phebe Bush were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Abiel Bush and Grace Barrett.

Ezra married Phebe Bush. Phebe (daughter of Jonathan Bush and Sarah Randall) was born on 8 Mar 1729 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Aug 1813 in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 3 Mar 1729

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Phebe Bush and Ezra Howe were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Abiel Bush and Grace Barrett.

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• Alternate birth: 18 Feb 1729, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 1 Dec 1790, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Given in Isaac Watson Dunham's Dunham Genealogy (citation details below) as a son of Nathaniel Dunham and Elizabeth Pratt. Florence Barclay's "Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass.", The American Genealogist 30:143, 1954, shows that there were at least four Nathaniel Dunhams living at this time, and that the record is insufficient to properly distinguish them from one another, to say nothing of their alleged marriages and progeny.

Isaac Watson Dunham's 1907 Dunham Genealogy was described in 1953 by Donald Lines Jacobus as "poorly arranged, poorly indexed, and containing many erroneous and impossible statements," which, if anything, is understating the case.

Solomon Dunham and Sarah Hill's marriage is recorded in the Norton vital records, but noted to have happened "in Attleborough."

The birth date of Solomon Dunham is listed in the published Norton vital records (citation details below) as "Feb. 29 [sic], 1729". This record is marked "G.R.2.", indicating that it came from a gravestone in the Norton Common Cemetery. Our genealogical software won't allow us to enter an impossible date, so we register it as merely February 1729. We are unsure of the basis on which Fred D. Clark (citation details below) gives his date of birth as 18 Feb 1729.

His death date, 1 Dec 1790, is recorded in the published vital records (citation details below) of both Norton and Attleborough, towns which are adjacent to one another. The Attleborough record is noted as coming from a Bible in the possession of one Susan Dunham.

Solomon married Sarah Hill on 4 Nov 1756 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of George Hill) was born on 10 Oct 1739 in of Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or Hills. The record of their marriage in the Attleborough published vital records (citation details below) says "Solomon (Donham), of Norton, and Sarah Hills of A., int. Sept. 25, 1756."

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• Alternate death: 18 Apr 1801, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 18 Apr 1806

Notes:

William B. Saxbe, Jr., citation details below, calls his second wife only "Sarah——", but notes that on 14 Nov 1757 he was "made the guardian of Mary, Sarah, Susannah, and Priscilla Lane, daughters of Ebenezer Lane (and of his cousin Elizabeth [Follett] Lane)." It would hardly be the first time a man ended up marrying a woman who was first his ward.

By "his cousin Elizabeth [Follett]", Saxbe is presumably referring to the fact that Daniel Blanding and Elizabeth Follett were third cousins, both being great-great grandchildren of Richard Bowen.

Daniel married Sarah Lane on 5 Jun 1758. Sarah (daughter of Ebenezer Lane and Elizabeth Follett) was born on 26 Feb 1739 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 28 Nov 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Oct 1739

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• Alternate death: 21 Nov 1757, Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut

Notes:

Regarding his date of death, although his Find a Grave page lists it as 21 Nov 1757, what can be seen of his extremely worn gravestone suggests that Fred D. Clark (citation details below) is correct and the the month of his death was actually May.

Ephraim married Mary on 3 Dec 1711 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1692; died on 16 Dec 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Purchase on 26 Dec 1728 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Purchase and Hannah Cook) was born about 1708 in of Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 20 Jan 1720, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Notes:

Allegedly served in both the French and Indian War and in the Revolution.

Seth married Sarah Pitcher in 1745 in Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Pitcher) was born on 20 Aug 1728 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled John-Parrick. He appears to have gone by Parrick or Parruck in adult life.

John married Abigail Staples on 30 Mar 1752 in Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Staples) was born on 24 Apr 1724; died in 1790 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Rachel Currier on 29 Aug 1770. Rachel (daughter of John Currier and Rachel Whittaker) was born in Dec 1742 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Dec 1743, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

"John Burroughs, Jr., went to New Hampshire with his father in 1765 and removed his family there in 1767; was living in Alstead in 1826. He volunteered under Captain Webber of Walpole in 1777 to go to Bennington, Vermont, and was engaged in battle there; from there he proceeded against Burgoyne at Still Water and returned safely in the fall. He later held a commission as Captain." [Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, citation details below]

John married Mehitable Carlton. Mehitable was born in of Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]