Bridget Thompson

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• Baptised: 10 Sep 1622, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
• Baptised: 11 Sep 1622, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

Notes:

"The wife of George Denison & a godly young woman dyed of a feaver & consumption." [The Great Migration Begins]

Bridget married Capt. George Denison in Mar 1640 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. George (son of William Denison and Margaret Chandler) was born before 10 Dec 1620; died on 23 Oct 1694 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptised: 21 May 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Notes:

Said in some sources to have died 30 Sep 1677 in Roxbury, but her will was dated 8 Oct 1715 in Stonington.

Hannah married Nathaniel Chesebrough in 1659 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Nathaniel (son of William Chesebrough and Ann Stevenson) was born before 25 Jan 1630; died on 22 Nov 1678 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Joseph Saxton on 15 Jul 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Thomas Saxton and Ann Copp) was born on 9 May 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 8 Jul 1715; was buried in Old Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Lt. William Gallup on 4 Jan 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. William (son of Capt. John Gallup and Hannah Lake) was born in Apr 1658 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 15 May 1731 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by some to have died 4 Dec 1791 at Lebanon, Connecticut, aged 105. We doubt it.

Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759)
Elijah Dewey (b. 1728) = Abigail Martin
Martin Dewey (1757-1849) = Hannah Waterman (d. 1823)
Granville Dewey (1787-1840) = Harriet B. Freeman (1799-1872)
George Martin Dewey (1832-1897) = Emma Bingham (1837-1910)
George Martin Dewey (1869-1927) = Annie Thomas
Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) -- governor of New York 1943-54; Republican nominee for President in 1944 and 1948

Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759)
Simeon Dewey (1718-1751) = Anna Phelps (1719-1807)
William Dewey (1746-1813) = Rebecca Carrier (1747-1837)
Simeon Dewey (1770-1863) = Prudence Yeomans (1772-1844)
Julius Yemans Dewey (1801-1877) = Mary Polly Perrin (1799-1843)
Admiral George A. Dewey (1837-1917)

Mercy married Isaac Bayley on 4 Jun 1702 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Isaac (son of Rev. James Bayley and Mary Carr) was born on 2 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy married William Dewey on 2 Jul 1713. William was born in Jan 1692 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Nov 1759 in Albany, Albany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Deacon John Noyes on 16 Mar 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Deacon (son of Rev. James Noyes and Dorothy Stanton) was born on 13 Jan 1685 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 17 Sep 1751 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Ticknor on 14 May 1724 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. John (son of William Ticknor and Lydia Tilden) was born on 24 Jun 1699 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 7 May 1751 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Saxton married Hannah Hunt on 24 Jun 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer Hunt and Hannah Clark) was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: South Guilford, Windham, Vermont
• Baptised: 22 May 1718
• Alternate birth: 22 May 1718, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: 22 May 1718, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
• Baptised: 6 Jul 1718

John married Mercy Breed on 30 May 1744 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of John Breed and Mary Prentice) was born on 3 Aug 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 5 Aug 1811; was buried on 5 Aug 1811 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptised: 14 Oct 1725

Mary married Col. Joseph Champlin on 21 Feb 1753 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Christopher Champlin and Elizabeth Denison) was born on 4 Aug 1709 in of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 20 Dec 1792 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served in the Revolution 28 Oct to 18 Nov, 1776, as a lieutenant in Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment. Again as a private 11 and 18 Jun 1777; as a lieutenant 27 Jun, and as captain 4 Jul, all in the same regiment.

Elisha married Deborah Davis on 2 Jan 1772 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Deborah (daughter of Samuel Davis and Alice Swift) was born on 28 Feb 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 19 Jul 1804; was buried in South Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Elisha Doubleday on 2 Oct 1749. Elisha (son of Elisha Doubleday and Mary Woodhead) was born in in of Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Jan 1806 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Mary Noyes.

Mercy married William Sisson on 10 Apr 1766 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. William (son of William Sisson and Hannah) was born on 12 Jul 1744 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 15 Oct 1798; was buried in Great Plain Cemetery, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1762, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

Joseph Champlin and Mercy Sisson were first cousins once removed, he being a grandson of John Noyes and Mary Gallup, and her being a great-granddaughter of the same couple.

Joseph married Mercy Sisson in 1790. Mercy (daughter of William Sisson and Mercy Noyes) was born on 15 Apr 1771 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Alfred Bingham on 15 Aug 1793. Alfred (son of Elisha Bingham and Hannah Slapp) was born on 30 Jan 1771 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 12 Apr 1862 in Norwichville, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 4 Feb 1757, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

Soldier and then privateer in the Revolutionary War. Suffered through the winters of both Valley Forge and Monmouth, New Jersey.

Notes:

"[E]nlisted in the Army of the Revolution at the age of sixteen. He spent the night of March 4, 1776, on Dorchester Hill, while it was being fortified, and was also with General Washington during that dreary winter at Valley Forge and continued in service during the war, attaining to the rank of major." ["Mrs. Julia Waters Johnstone," citation details below.]

"[S]erved as a private, corporal, and sergeant in the Revolutionary War in the First Connecticut Regiment." [Abner Doubleday: His Life and Times, citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Lois Tilden. Lois (daughter of John Tilden and Bathsheba Janes) was born on 20 Apr 1763; died on 8 Sep 1840; was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, New Hartford, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Champlin and Mercy Sisson were first cousins once removed, he being a grandson of John Noyes and Mary Gallup, and her being a great-granddaughter of the same couple.

Mercy married Joseph Champlin in 1790. Joseph (son of Col. Joseph Champlin and Mary Noyes) was born in in of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, West Green River, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont

Notes:

Note that no town called "West Green River" or "Green River" exists in New Hampshire. There is a river called the Green River in Vermont.

Wikipedia page about the Haun's Mill massacre here.

Posted to ancestry.com by "genealogy_man":

1836. William Sisson CHAMPLIN (Mercy SISSON, William, William, Thomas, George, Richard) was born 16 Apr 1794 in Shelburne, Vermont. He died 29 Jan 1861 in Lehi, Utah, Utah.

From Cheri Hardisty:

William Sisson Champlin and his family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830's and migrated to Missouri. He was the son of Joseph Champlin of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Mercy Sisson of Stonington, CT.

The Sissons settled in Independence, Missouri, and were driven out of that area along with the other Mormons. They subsequently located themselves in Clay County Missouri until the Mormons were driven out of there, and then located in Caldwell County, Missouri. Caldwell County was set up at that time by the government, as a county specifically for the Mormons to live in, in order to avoid further conflicts. However, there were some of the old settlers who remained in the county, and they were not happy to have the Mormons as neighbors. You see, Missouri was a slave state, and the Mormons were opposed to slavery. So the aim of the old settlers was to expel the Mormons from the state to ensure the state remained pro-slavery.

William Sisson and his family lived at a place called Haun's Mill. It was a Mormon settlement, but not a very large one. The largest Mormon settlement in Caldwell County was Far West which had about 5,000 residents. The Mormons were aware of the rising hostilities against them, and as a result, the Prophet Joseph Smith counseled those at Haun's Mill to come to Far West for safety. It was October 30th, 1838. William and his family were concerned about having food to last them through the winter at Far West, and so in preparation to go there, they were digging up carrots that day. As they did so, the mob rode in on horseback, and a massacre ensued. A couple of days after the massacre, the Governor of Missouri, Governor Boggs, issued his famous "extermination order" which resulted in the Mormons fleeing to Illinois for safety. The extermination order called for the Mormons to be driven from the state, or exterminated if necessary. (After Joseph Smith was murdered in Illinois, Brigham Young took the reins of leadership of the church, and in 1847, the Mormons began their famous pioneer trek to Salt Lake City, an area which was not desirable to others, in hopes that at last they would be able to live in peace.)

When the mob arrived at Haun's Mill, the women and children fled into the woods for safety, and the men ran into the blacksmith shop, and attempted to defend the settlement from that position. The blacksmith shop, however, was made of hewn logs, and there were cracks (the crack width being about 2") between the logs. The Mob came right up to the blacksmith shop and poked the barrels of their rifles through those cracks and opened fire on those inside. William Sisson Champlin was inside. And when the massacre was over, there were only two survivors from inside the blacksmith shop.

William was a smart man. When he saw what was happening, he laid down on the floor, and as his comrades fell to the ground, dead, he pulled their bodies over the top of his own, and pretended he was dead. When the mob rushed into the blacksmith shop after opening fire, they saw that William had new boots on his feet, and they wanted those boots. He allowed them to take the boots, all the while pretending he was dead, and as a result, he lived, and for the rest of his days, he was known as "Old Possum". His wife and children who had fled into the woods also survived.

William married Mary RING "Polly", daughter of Reuben RING and Anna, on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. They had the following children:

3724 F i
Sarah CHAMPLIN.
3725 M ii
William Jefferson CHAMPLIN was born 1820.
3726 M iii
Joseph Albert CHAMPLIN was born 1825.
3727 M iv
Alonzo CHAMPLIN was born 1827.
3728 F v
Angelina Avilda CHAMPLIN was born 8 Jan 1828 in Hartland, Vinson, Vermont.
+ 3729 F vi
Mary Jane CHAMPLIN was born 20 May 1830 and died 1 Nov 1906.
3730 F vii
Margaret Emma CHAMPLIN was born about 1833.

William married Mary Ring on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. Mary (daughter of Reuben French Ring and Nancy Reed) was born in 1794 in Old Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 3 Apr 1871 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1801, New Hampshire

Gustavus married Sarah Olmstead on 28 Sep 1828. Sarah was born in 1802 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Oct 1857

Notes:

"He was at first a farmer, then a druggist, and afterward a merchant in N. Y. City. He was Col. of militia. He finally became a self-appointed and self-supporting missionary in Brooklyn, N. Y." [The Ogden Family in America, citation details below.]

He was a first cousin of Samuel J. Tilden, governor of New York 1875-76 and Democratic nominee for President in 1876. But at the point of John Tilden Doubleday's death, his cousin's political career was just getting started.

John married Mary Elizabeth Whiting on 19 Sep 1819. Mary (daughter of Mason Whiting and Mary Ogden Edwards) was born on 21 Apr 1801; died on 22 Nov 1882 in Binghamton, Broome, New York; was buried on 25 Nov 1882 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, West Green River, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 16 Apr 1794, Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont

Notes:

Note that no town called "West Green River" or "Green River" exists in New Hampshire. There is a river called the Green River in Vermont.

Wikipedia page about the Haun's Mill massacre here.

Posted to ancestry.com by "genealogy_man":

1836. William Sisson CHAMPLIN (Mercy SISSON, William, William, Thomas, George, Richard) was born 16 Apr 1794 in Shelburne, Vermont. He died 29 Jan 1861 in Lehi, Utah, Utah.

From Cheri Hardisty:

William Sisson Champlin and his family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830's and migrated to Missouri. He was the son of Joseph Champlin of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Mercy Sisson of Stonington, CT.

The Sissons settled in Independence, Missouri, and were driven out of that area along with the other Mormons. They subsequently located themselves in Clay County Missouri until the Mormons were driven out of there, and then located in Caldwell County, Missouri. Caldwell County was set up at that time by the government, as a county specifically for the Mormons to live in, in order to avoid further conflicts. However, there were some of the old settlers who remained in the county, and they were not happy to have the Mormons as neighbors. You see, Missouri was a slave state, and the Mormons were opposed to slavery. So the aim of the old settlers was to expel the Mormons from the state to ensure the state remained pro-slavery.

William Sisson and his family lived at a place called Haun's Mill. It was a Mormon settlement, but not a very large one. The largest Mormon settlement in Caldwell County was Far West which had about 5,000 residents. The Mormons were aware of the rising hostilities against them, and as a result, the Prophet Joseph Smith counseled those at Haun's Mill to come to Far West for safety. It was October 30th, 1838. William and his family were concerned about having food to last them through the winter at Far West, and so in preparation to go there, they were digging up carrots that day. As they did so, the mob rode in on horseback, and a massacre ensued. A couple of days after the massacre, the Governor of Missouri, Governor Boggs, issued his famous "extermination order" which resulted in the Mormons fleeing to Illinois for safety. The extermination order called for the Mormons to be driven from the state, or exterminated if necessary. (After Joseph Smith was murdered in Illinois, Brigham Young took the reins of leadership of the church, and in 1847, the Mormons began their famous pioneer trek to Salt Lake City, an area which was not desirable to others, in hopes that at last they would be able to live in peace.)

When the mob arrived at Haun's Mill, the women and children fled into the woods for safety, and the men ran into the blacksmith shop, and attempted to defend the settlement from that position. The blacksmith shop, however, was made of hewn logs, and there were cracks (the crack width being about 2") between the logs. The Mob came right up to the blacksmith shop and poked the barrels of their rifles through those cracks and opened fire on those inside. William Sisson Champlin was inside. And when the massacre was over, there were only two survivors from inside the blacksmith shop.

William was a smart man. When he saw what was happening, he laid down on the floor, and as his comrades fell to the ground, dead, he pulled their bodies over the top of his own, and pretended he was dead. When the mob rushed into the blacksmith shop after opening fire, they saw that William had new boots on his feet, and they wanted those boots. He allowed them to take the boots, all the while pretending he was dead, and as a result, he lived, and for the rest of his days, he was known as "Old Possum". His wife and children who had fled into the woods also survived.

William married Mary RING "Polly", daughter of Reuben RING and Anna, on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. They had the following children:

3724 F i
Sarah CHAMPLIN.
3725 M ii
William Jefferson CHAMPLIN was born 1820.
3726 M iii
Joseph Albert CHAMPLIN was born 1825.
3727 M iv
Alonzo CHAMPLIN was born 1827.
3728 F v
Angelina Avilda CHAMPLIN was born 8 Jan 1828 in Hartland, Vinson, Vermont.
+ 3729 F vi
Mary Jane CHAMPLIN was born 20 May 1830 and died 1 Nov 1906.
3730 F vii
Margaret Emma CHAMPLIN was born about 1833.

William married Mary Ring on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont. Mary (daughter of Reuben French Ring and Nancy Reed) was born in 1794 in Old Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 3 Apr 1871 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1818, Vermont

Angelina married Jonathan Taylor Packer on 4 Jan 1840 in Adams County, Illinois. Jonathan (son of Moses Packer and Eve Williams) was born on 26 Jul 1817 in Perry Township, Richland, Ohio; died on 29 Jan 1889 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; was buried in Safford Cemetery, Graham, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 11 Apr 1831

George married Mary Hannah Ward about 1857. Mary (daughter of Sheldon Ward and Ann Heron) was born in 1838 in Toronto, Ontario; died on 13 Feb 1898 in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ellen Maria Dickinson on 1 Oct 1850. Ellen (daughter of Horace Dickinson and Mercy Amelia Bigelow) was born on 31 Dec 1830 in Montréal, Québec; died on 14 Dec 1907 in New York, New York; was buried on 16 Dec 1907 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]