Elizabeth

Elizabeth married Thomas Brigham about 1522. Thomas (son of Thomas Brigham) was born about 1500; died before 6 Mar 1560; was buried on 6 Mar 1560 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jennett Millington. Jennett (daughter of William Millington and Barbara) was born about 1526. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Gillian about 1572. Gillian died after Nov 1586. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I calls him "of Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor, Lancashire, which is incorrect. Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, far away from Lancashire. There is no location inside Lancashire with that name.

John married Constance Watson on 30 Sep 1599. Constance (daughter of James Watson) was born before 17 Aug 1578; was christened on 17 Aug 1578 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England; died after 11 May 1621. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Isabel Watson on 4 Feb 1601. Isabel (daughter of James Watson) was born before 21 Feb 1561; was christened on 21 Feb 1561 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England; died before 25 Jun 1634; was buried on 25 Jun 1634 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated to New England in 1635 on the Susan and Ellen; first at Cambridge, where he remained.

Thomas married Mercy about 1641. Mercy died on 22 Dec 1693 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Simon Crosby on 21 Apr 1634 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. Simon (son of Thomas Crosby and Jane Sotheron) was born about 1609 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England; died in Sep 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Fay in 1668. John died on 5 Dec 1690 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Davis before 1673. Sarah (daughter of Robert Davis and Bridget Loker) was born on 10 Apr 1646; died between 1691 and 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 22 Jan 1726, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Simon married Rachel Brackett on 15 Jul 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rachel (daughter of Richard Brackett and Alice Blower) was born before 3 Nov 1639; was christened on 3 Nov 1639 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Wellington on 1 Dec 1690. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Wellington and Elizabeth Sweetman) was born on 29 Dec 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha. Martha died on 13 Nov 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sarah French on 6 May 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Capt. William French and Mary Lathrop) was born on 29 Oct 1671 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died between 8 Jul 1727 and 29 Dec 1727 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah Child in 1721. Hannah (daughter of John Child and Hannah French) was born about 1700; died in 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Dr. Abel Prescott about 1742. Abel (son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott and Rebecca Bulkeley) was born on 7 Apr 1718 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Oct 1805 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 23 Jul 1709, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Deborah married Capt. Peter Russell on 31 Mar 1727 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Peter (son of Thomas Russell and Phebe Johnson) was born on 23 Apr 1700 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 7 Nov 1759 in Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Joanna Phillips on 25 Jun 1746. Joanna (daughter of Ebenezer Phillips and Mary Smith) was born on 17 May 1729 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1788 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Jonathan Fay on 6 Dec 1776 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Jonathan Fay and Joanna Phillips) was born on 21 Jan 1752 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jun 1811 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married John Butterfield on 3 Jan 1753 in Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. John (son of Capt. John Butterfield and Anna Hildreth) was born on 20 Feb 1731 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1765 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Old Goffstown Cemetery, Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Deacon Jonathan Cummings in 1758. Jonathan (son of Deacon Jonathan Cummings and Elizabeth Blanchard) was born on 5 Jun 1729 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1787 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Turkey Hill Graveyard, Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Member of the Massachusetts legislature, 1792-96.

Jonathan married Lucy Prescott on 6 Dec 1776 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Dr. Abel Prescott and Abigail Brigham) was born on 24 Apr 1757 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Oct 1792 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 18 May 1856, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1818-19. Overseer of Harvard College, 1824-52. Judge of probate, 1821-56.

Ancestors of American Presidents (citation details below) has him dying in Concord, but his tombstone (viewable on his Find a Grave page, citation details below) says he died in Cambridge. So does a newspaper obituary shown on the same Find a Grave page; unfortunately, no information is given as to what newspaper the obituary came from.

Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay (1778-1856) = Harriet Howard (1782-1847)
Samuel Howard Fay (1804-1847) = Susan Montfort Shellman (1808-1887)
Harriet Eleanor Fay (1829-1924) = James Smith Bush (1825-1889)
Samuel Prescott Bush (1883-1894) = Flora Sheldon (1872-1920)
Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) = Dorothy Wear Walker (1901-1992)
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) = Barbara Pierce (1925-2018)
George Walker Bush (1946- )

Samuel married Harriet Howard after 31 Jul 1803 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Harriet (daughter of Samuel Howard and Anna Lillie) was born on 27 Mar 1782 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 27 Jul 1847 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Notes:

He is said in D. Hamilton Hurd's history of Hillsborough County to have "seen service in both wars," presumably the Revolution and the War of 1812.

John married Naomi Stevens about 1773. Naomi (daughter of Thomas Stevens and Prudence Merrill) was born on 24 Oct 1751 in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 9 Jan 1816 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibyl married Lieut. Samuel Barron on 12 Oct 1783. Samuel (son of Capt. Moses Barron and Lucy Parker) was born on 26 Feb 1757 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died on 3 Oct 1836 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Turkey Hill Graveyard, Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 18 May 1856, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1818-19. Overseer of Harvard College, 1824-52. Judge of probate, 1821-56.

Ancestors of American Presidents (citation details below) has him dying in Concord, but his tombstone (viewable on his Find a Grave page, citation details below) says he died in Cambridge. So does a newspaper obituary shown on the same Find a Grave page; unfortunately, no information is given as to what newspaper the obituary came from.

Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay (1778-1856) = Harriet Howard (1782-1847)
Samuel Howard Fay (1804-1847) = Susan Montfort Shellman (1808-1887)
Harriet Eleanor Fay (1829-1924) = James Smith Bush (1825-1889)
Samuel Prescott Bush (1883-1894) = Flora Sheldon (1872-1920)
Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) = Dorothy Wear Walker (1901-1992)
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) = Barbara Pierce (1925-2018)
George Walker Bush (1946- )

Samuel married Harriet Howard after 31 Jul 1803 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Harriet (daughter of Samuel Howard and Anna Lillie) was born on 27 Mar 1782 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 27 Jul 1847 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Rev. Charles Fay, D.D., of Vermont, was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 21, 1808. He was graduated from Harvard College with honor 1829; in 1832 he became assistant teacher in the school established by Bishop Hopkins at Burlington, Vt., and was ordained Deacon in 1833. He organized St. Paul's Church, Vergennes, Vt., in 1838; he took charge of St John's, Highgate; in 1841, established a school for young ladies near Macon, Ga.; thence he removed in 1844 to Louisiana, and engaged in missionary work at Bayou Goula, then at New Orleans. In 1848, he was called to St Luke's, at St Albans, Vt. From 1857 to 1870, he was in charge of St. Paul's Church at Marquette, when he returned to Vermont, making his home at Grand Isle. He died in New York on the 6th of November, 1888, at the age of eighty." ["The Report on the Committee on Memorials of Deceased Members", citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Charlotte Emily Hopkins. Charlotte (daughter of Bishop John Henry Hopkins and Melusina Müller) was born on 4 May 1817 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 1856 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Robert Dunlap on 22 Sep 1803 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Robert (son of Major John Dunlap and Martha Gilmore) was born on 21 Nov 1779 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died on 16 Nov 1865 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Bedford Center Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibyl married Moses Gage on 3 Dec 1816. Moses (son of Moses Gage and Ruth Fuller) was born on 4 Feb 1796 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died on 5 Dec 1877 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Joppa Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Rev. Charles Fay, D.D., of Vermont, was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 21, 1808. He was graduated from Harvard College with honor 1829; in 1832 he became assistant teacher in the school established by Bishop Hopkins at Burlington, Vt., and was ordained Deacon in 1833. He organized St. Paul's Church, Vergennes, Vt., in 1838; he took charge of St John's, Highgate; in 1841, established a school for young ladies near Macon, Ga.; thence he removed in 1844 to Louisiana, and engaged in missionary work at Bayou Goula, then at New Orleans. In 1848, he was called to St Luke's, at St Albans, Vt. From 1857 to 1870, he was in charge of St. Paul's Church at Marquette, when he returned to Vermont, making his home at Grand Isle. He died in New York on the 6th of November, 1888, at the age of eighty." ["The Report on the Committee on Memorials of Deceased Members", citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Charlotte Emily Hopkins. Charlotte (daughter of Bishop John Henry Hopkins and Melusina Müller) was born on 4 May 1817 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 1856 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 6 Jul 1846, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Katherine married William Eben Stone on 22 Jun 1871 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. William (son of Dr. Ebenezer Stone and Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes) was born on 27 Nov 1845 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1822, New Hampshire
• Alternate death: 11 Apr 1876, Clinton County, Iowa

Notes:

Her headstone spells her first name "Noemi," and gives her date of death as 10 Apr 1876, not 11 Apr as would be implied by the newspaper story below.

"Mrs. N. J. Gage, the widow of Moses Gage, the former Station Agent of the Northwestern Railway at Clinton, committed suicide by shooting herself through the head with a revolver, at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. Temporary insanity is the supposed cause. She leaves two daughters, one married. She was a very estimable lady, and there is considerable excitement." [Davenport (Iowa) Quad-City Times, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Moses Gage. Moses (son of Moses Gage and Sibyl Barron) was born on 1 Mar 1819 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was christened on 13 Jun 1819 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died on 28 Mar 1871 in Iowa; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1820, New Hampshire
• Alternate death: Between 1870 and 11 Apr 1876

Notes:

In the 1860 census he is recorded as the postmaster for DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa. In the 1870 census he is a railroad clerk.

Family/Spouse: Naomi Jane Dunlap. Naomi (daughter of Robert Dunlap and Olive Butterfield) was born about 1821 in New Hampshire; died on 10 Apr 1876 in Iowa; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 6 Jul 1846, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Katherine married William Eben Stone on 22 Jun 1871 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. William (son of Dr. Ebenezer Stone and Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes) was born on 27 Nov 1845 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Austin Tappan Wright on 14 Nov 1912 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Austin (son of John Henry Wright and Mary Tappan) was born on 20 Aug 1883 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; died on 19 Sep 1931 in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1895

Frances married Norton Jason Damon on 14 Dec 1875 in Clinton County, Iowa. Norton (son of Edmund H. Damon and Sarah Hicks) was born in May 1846 in New York; died in 1912; was buried in City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Austin Tappan Wright on 14 Nov 1912 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Austin (son of John Henry Wright and Mary Tappan) was born on 20 Aug 1883 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; died on 19 Sep 1931 in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a San Francisco newspaper columnist, she coined the word "mondegreen."

"Sylvia Wright, a Writer and Harpers Ex-Editor," in The New York Times, 13 May 1981:

Sylvia Wright, a freelance writer who frequently and humorously commented in national magazines on trends in modern living, died of cancer Saturday at her home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 64 years old.

Miss Wright was also a former editor of Harpers Bazaar. A collection of her magazine articles, ''Get Away From Me With Those Christmas Gifts,'' was published by McGraw-Hill in 1957. She was also the author of a novel, ''A Shark Infested Rice Pudding.''

After her graduation from Bryn Mawr College, Miss Wright edited and prepared for publication ''Islandia,'' a Utopian novel about an imaginary country written by her father, the late Austin Tappen [sic] Wright, who was a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. The novel, which has been a steady seller, was published in 1942, reissued in 1958. It is currently published by Arno Press Inc. and the New American Library.

At her death, Miss Wright was writing a biography of her great-aunt, Melusina Fay Peirce, an early feminist and first wife of the American physicist, mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

Miss Wright is survived by her husband, Paul J. Mitarachi; a son, John; a sister, Phyllis King of Manhattan; and two brothers, Benjamin and William Wright.

Notes:

Phyllis Wright and Lowell King were seventh cousins once removed, her being a 6XG-granddaughter of the Rev. James Fitch (1622-1702) and Priscilla Mason (1641-1714), and he being a 7XG-grandson of the same couple.

Phyllis married Lowell King on 27 Sep 1941 in New York, New York. Lowell (son of Clarence Baker King and Alice Darracott Seabrook) was born on 2 May 1920 in New Canaan, Farfield, Connecticut; died on 27 Aug 1969 in New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1888, Iowa

Notes:

Leola Ladorie Damon and Frederick Stuart Knight were 8th cousins, both being 7XG-grandchildren of Richard Ingersoll (1587-1644) and Agnes Langlye (d. 1670).

Leola married Frederick Stuart Knight on 1 Sep 1917 in Lincoln, Lincoln, Oregon. Frederick (son of Frank F. Knight and Martha J. Stuart) was born on 1 May 1884 in Ramona, Lake, South Dakota; died on 29 Jul 1945 in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon; was buried in Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a San Francisco newspaper columnist, she coined the word "mondegreen."

"Sylvia Wright, a Writer and Harpers Ex-Editor," in The New York Times, 13 May 1981:

Sylvia Wright, a freelance writer who frequently and humorously commented in national magazines on trends in modern living, died of cancer Saturday at her home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 64 years old.

Miss Wright was also a former editor of Harpers Bazaar. A collection of her magazine articles, ''Get Away From Me With Those Christmas Gifts,'' was published by McGraw-Hill in 1957. She was also the author of a novel, ''A Shark Infested Rice Pudding.''

After her graduation from Bryn Mawr College, Miss Wright edited and prepared for publication ''Islandia,'' a Utopian novel about an imaginary country written by her father, the late Austin Tappen [sic] Wright, who was a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. The novel, which has been a steady seller, was published in 1942, reissued in 1958. It is currently published by Arno Press Inc. and the New American Library.

At her death, Miss Wright was writing a biography of her great-aunt, Melusina Fay Peirce, an early feminist and first wife of the American physicist, mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

Miss Wright is survived by her husband, Paul J. Mitarachi; a son, John; a sister, Phyllis King of Manhattan; and two brothers, Benjamin and William Wright.

Notes:

Phyllis Wright and Lowell King were seventh cousins once removed, her being a 6XG-granddaughter of the Rev. James Fitch (1622-1702) and Priscilla Mason (1641-1714), and he being a 7XG-grandson of the same couple.

Phyllis married Lowell King on 27 Sep 1941 in New York, New York. Lowell (son of Clarence Baker King and Alice Darracott Seabrook) was born on 2 May 1920 in New Canaan, Farfield, Connecticut; died on 27 Aug 1969 in New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tappan married Beth Ann Meacham on 13 Oct 1978 in New York City. Beth (daughter of Richard Allen Meacham and Marion Ann Gaunder) was born on 14 Nov 1951 in Newark, Licking, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 19 Sep 1922, Baker City, Baker, Oregon
• Alternate birth: 22 Sep 1922, Baker City, Baker, Oregon
• Alternate death: 14 Apr 2002

Notes:

His 30 June 1942 draft registration card gives his occupation as "freelance artist," and fellow Futurian Chester Cohen as the "person who will always know your address."

Family/Spouse: Kate Wilhelm. Kate was born on 8 Jun 1928 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio; died on 8 Mar 2018 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tappan married Beth Ann Meacham on 13 Oct 1978 in New York City. Beth (daughter of Richard Allen Meacham and Marion Ann Gaunder) was born on 14 Nov 1951 in Newark, Licking, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]