Maribah Miller

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1761

Maribah married Christian Burchard Kniep on 17 Nov 1778 in First Church of Christ, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Christian (son of Johann Andreas Bertram Kniep and Catherine Dorothea Ebers) was born on 9 Jan 1756 in Schoningen, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany; was christened on 15 Jan 1756 in St. Vincenez, Schoningen, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany; died after 26 May 1825 in Lawrence, Illinios; was buried in Moffett Cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Kniep was born on 13 Dec 1784 in near Mt. Tom, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 22 Apr 1851 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio.

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Also known as John Millar.

"During the Revolutionary War...enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Strong's Company, Col. Sears Hampshire County Regiment and marched to Albany 17 August 1781. He was discharged 20 November 1781 after serving '3 mos. 10 days, at Saratoga.'" [Western Massachusetts Families in 1790]

John Miller and Hannah Bush were ancestors of Agatha Christie:

John Miller = Hannah Bush
Jacob Miller = Mercy Johnson
Alvah Miller = Martha Hillman
Nathaniel Frary Miller = Martha Messervey
Frederick Alvah Miller = Clarissa Boehmer
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christie Mallowan

John married Hannah Bush on 22 Sep 1756 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer Bush and Miriam Noble) was born on 18 Nov 1737 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 3 Feb 1816 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Removed to Newark, New Jersey," according to John Keep of Longmeadow, Massachusets 1660-1676 And His Descendants

Children: 2. John Miller was born about 1735 in New Jersey; died on 7 Oct 1811 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

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According to History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, citation details below, both Ebenezer Bush and Miriam Noble "joined Westfield church March 19, 1727," and both were "cut off as a Separate, Sept. 5, 1750."

Ebenezer married Miriam Noble on 23 Jun 1735 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Miriam (daughter of Mark Noble and Mary Marshall) was born on 4 Jan 1709 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 4 Jan 1710, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 14 Dec 1753, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ebenezer married Hannah Keep on 16 Oct 1690 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Keep and Sarah Leonard) was born on 8 Jun 1673 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died before 1744 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 28 Jun 1673, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ebenezer married Mary Miriam Taylor in Jul 1710 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Samuel Taylor and Ruth Cogan) was born in 1682 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1752 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 14 Mar 1688, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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"He was a farmer, and was chosen, 1718, 'surveyor for town, county, and countrey roads,' in 1720, constable, and in Dec., 1722, in connection with Capt. Ashley, Joseph Dewey, and Israel Dewey, was 'chosen to dignifie the seats in the meeting house, which dignification the townsmen confirmed by a voat.'" [History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, citation details below.]

Mark married Mary Marshall in 1698. Mary (daughter of Samuel Marshall and Rebecca Newberry) was born in May 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 12 May 1733 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called Mercy Marshall in some sources.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1624
• Alternate death: 15 Oct 1675, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Killed in King Philip's War when Springfield was burned.

According to this page, Thomas Miller and Sarah Marshfield were ancestors of the Rev. William Miller (1782-1849), Baptist leader of the "Millerite" movement which, after his death, evolved into the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Thomas married Sarah Marshfield on 12 Oct 1649 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Marshfield and Mercy) was born in 1633; was christened on 25 Aug 1633 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died on 9 Mar 1709 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Samuel and Sarah Marshfield of Springfield, Mass., known to be brother and sister, have generally been placed by probability as children of Thomas Marshfield of Windsor. No guardianship appointments are found for them, but they would have had no inherited property in this country if the insolvent Thomas was their father, and they may have been indentured to Windsor families by the Selectmen. Neither named a daughter Priscilla, but Samuel named his eldest son Thomas." [Hale, House and Related Families]

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• Alternate death: 26 Mar 1676, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Killed by Indians; see note on his wife Sarah Leonard.

John married Sarah Leonard on 31 Dec 1663 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Leonard and Sarah Heald) was born on 13 Dec 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 20 Mar 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 26 Mar 1676, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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"Killed with her husband and a child coming from Longmeadow to Springfield, 20 Mar 1676." [Hale, House and Related Families]

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The magisterial and fastidious Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton (citation details below) is certain that this Samuel Bush was the father of Ebenezer Bush who was born 24 Jul 1687, and certain that this Samuel Bush's wife was Mary Goodenow, daughter of Capt. John Goodenow, but considers it only probable ("almost surely") that this Samuel Bush was a son of John and Elizabeth Bush.

Samuel married Mary Goodenow about 1 May 1677. Mary (daughter of Capt. John Goodenow and Mary Axtell) was born on 19 Oct 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 2 Aug 1687 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Torrey identifies the woman married by Samuel Bush "(?1642-1733)" in or by 1677 as "Mary GOODWIN (-1687), dau. John", although one of his citations is James Cox Brady and His Ancestry (citation details below), which gives the Goodenow model presented here. We are opting for the Goodenow model based on its development in volume 3 of The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908 (1996-2004), citation details below.

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• Alternate death: 7 Sep 1689, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

Samuel married Ruth Cogan on 24 Jun 1675 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Thomas Cogan and Joan) was born about 1651 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 3 Nov 1724 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1639, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 20 Jan 1704, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Thomas married Hannah Warriner on 1 Nov 1660 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Warriner and Joanna Searle) was born on 17 Aug 1643 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died after 4 Jan 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1708
• Alternate death: Bef 12 May 1721

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A legatee in the will of his grandfather David Wilton, he received much land in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was later a deacon of the church there. He served as one of the Northampton soldiers in King William's War.

Samuel married Rebecca Newberry on 22 Jun 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Benjamin Newberry and Mary Allyn) was born on 2 May 1655 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 17 Oct 1718 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1600, of Exeter, Devon, England
• Alternate death: Between 1642 and 1649

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Emigrated in 1634 on the Regard of Barnstaple. First in Dorchester, then Windsor by 1637. Departed Windsor by 1647 and perhaps by 1643; perhaps moved to Springfield, where his wife and children resided, and perhaps died there.

Deputy (as "Tho Marshall") for Windsor to the Connecticut general court, 8 Mar 1638 and 5 Apr 1638.

Steven M. Lawson:

With a corrected reading of Winthrop's Journal [ref. TAG 74:225], Thomas is identified as arriving from Barnstable, Devonshire aboard the 'Regard' in 1634. The revised entry for Nov. 13, 1634 is:

The Regard, a ship of Barnstable, of about two hundred tons, arrived with twenty passengers and about fifty cattle.

One thing I think fit to observe, as a witness of God's providence for this plantation. There came in this ship one Marisfeild, a poor godly man of Exeter, being very desirous to come to us, but not able to transport his family. There was in the city a rich merchant, one Marshall, who being troubled in his dreams about the said poor man, could not be quiet till he had sent for him and given him £50, and lent him £100, willing him withal, that, if he wanted, he should send to him for more. This Marsfeild grew suddenly rich, and then lost his godliness, and his wealth soon after.

Thomas settled at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT by 1637, and was living there in 1642 when he sold some of his land. On Oct. 14, 1642, Thomas was relieved of his entire estate to pay debts incurred, probably from a shipping venture begun in 1640 with Henry WOLCOTT, Samuel WAKEMAN and the WYLLYS family [TAG 74:127]. In late 1642, he is said to have "withdrawn" from Windsor, and may have died then. No further record is found and Savage states "Perhaps he was lost at sea."

Thomas married Mercy. Mercy died before 30 Sep 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried on 30 Sep 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Steven M. Lawson:

In 1649, as the "widow Marshfield," she resided at Springfield, MA, being previously from Windsor, CT, and having three children -- including one married daughter. She was accused of being a witch, and brought court action against Mary Parsons for making a false accusation. Mary was sentenced to be whipped, and to pay £3 to Goody Marshfield "or and towards the reparation of her good name."

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The "Mary Parsons" mentioned above was the wife of Hugh Parsons.

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Killed by Indians during King Philip's War.

"The English origin of John Leonard has not been ascertained, and if related to James Leonard of Taunton, Mass., nothing has been found to indicate it." [Hale, House and Related Families]

From a Wikitree page about John Leonard:

"He was an early settler of the town of Springfield, MA [...] He was chosen surveyor, 26 March 1640, to see that the highways were cleared and kept in repair. He was one of the town appraisers in 1645 [...]

"He was killed by Indians in Springfield 21 February 1675/766 during King Philip's War. 'He was killed by an Indian arrow while crossing the Agawam River to go to the assistance of relatives.'

"He was living in Springfield in 1636. He is not mentioned in The Great Migration Begins. He had 15 children. He is the progenitor of the Springfield Leonard line. No relationship is known to the James Leonard line, although they apparently communicated and knew each other. The Springfield Leonard line is followed in the Giles Memorial Genealogical Memoirs by John Adams Vinton (Boston: Dutton, 1864), pp. 280-316. The early generations are also covered in thorough fashion by Donald Lines Jacobus in Hale, House, and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley."

John married Sarah Heald on 12 Sep 1640 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 23 Nov 1711 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Possibly named Sarah Heath.

"[Sarah Heald's] origin is likewise unknown, and since no Heald family was early settled at Springfield, she may have been brought there as a relative or as an indentured servant. It should be noted that in the next generation Gershom Hale or Heald, son of John Heald of Concord, settled in Springfield, and Sarah may have been Gershom's aunt and sister of John." [Hale, House and Related Families]

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Husbandman; never became a freeman. First seen in New England records in 1650.

John married Elizabeth about 1651. Elizabeth was born about 1631; died on 4 May 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1634, England

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Emigrated as an infant, with his family. Town clerk of Sudbury. "It was probably he who was engaged by the town in 1652 to beat the drum every Sabbath twice, also also for service on lecture day." [James Cox Brady and His Ancestry, citation details below.]

Former Sudbury town historian George Don Max, quoted on the Goodenow Family Association site:

Some years ago I was reading the diaries of the Rev. Mr. Israel Loring. His entry for Aug. 6, 1721 reads; "Dyed Capt. John Goodenow. I was with him on Saturday, the day before he Dyed. Told me then, that he was like a Pelecan in the Wilderness, and an Owl in the Desert. And pray'd that God would humble him down to Hell, but not throw him in there." The reference is Psalms 102:6, which is a "prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord."

John Goodenow's plaintive plea calls out for the reason for its utterance. I sought the answer in the Sudbury town tecords wherein I traced his career of service to the town. Finally the records revealed a set of circumstances, which still did not resolve the question. In 1699 John Goodenow was elected to the offices of Selectman, Town Clerk, and Assessor; he had filled these positions several times earlier. In 1701 his name does not appear as a holder of a Town Office. In 1702 and 1703 he served as Highway Surveyor and was appointed to a committee to survey and locate a new road; likewise in 1704 he was a committee member to "seat the meeting house." At a town meeting held Feb. 4, 1704, the Town proceeded to elect him Selectman, Town Clerk, and Assessor; a resumption to those positions of power so suddenly interrupted in 1699.

Immediately following his reelection the Town held a Special Meeting on the 31st of March, 1704. The Warrant reads in part: "...Then & There to chuse a Town Clerk & an assessor and a selectman by reason of Capt. John Goodenow Modestly Refuesing in the time of it and dos still continue his Reselution in the Matter for Reasons best known to himself; And allsoe from the advise of our own Respective Justive Brown...and the Town being met chuse John Brigham Selectman, Richard Moore Town Clerk, and Noah Clap Assesser."

From the record and upon reflection it appeared to me that while John Goodenow's public life was seemingly irreproachable, his private condition had to be examined. Subsequently while in Cambridge at the Middlesex County Probate Court searching out Sudbury Wills and Deeds, I decided to look for John Goodenow in the files of the Middlesex Courts. Here was the answer to the mystery of his fall. What I discovered was substantially what Roger Thompson also found and later reported in his fascinating study, Sex in Middlesex; Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699, published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 1986.

In short, John Goodenow was accused of misuse of power by means of his offices; he was slick at horse trading, drank too much and was brought up before the Church to answer to it; was infrequent at church and when not there enjoyed the company of Hannah Brooks, the wife of John Brooks, with whom he had carried on an adulterous affair for some years. His offences, both moral and civil, had become a public outrage and an embarrassment to the town. Accordingly, Mr. Joseph Noyes, and others in town and some outside of it took Capt. Goodenow to Court in May 1699. Here was a situation that even they could not brook! He escaped prosecution by paying court costs and resigning from his town offices. His misdeeds and years were heavy upon him for the remaining days of his life. This is why in 1721 at the very door of death he beseeched God to "to humble him down to hell, but not to throw him in there."

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John Goodenow (1635-1721) = Mary Axtell (1639-1704)
Elizabeth Goodenow (1672-1736) = Josiah Hayden (1669-1730)
John Hayden (1702-1763) = Lucy Maynard (1709-1774)
Elizabeth Hayden (1728-1810) = Joseph Young (1729-1769)
John Young (1763-1839) = Abigail Howe (1765-1815)
Brigham Young (1801-1877)

Brigham Young (1801-1877) = Zina Diantha Huntington (1821-1901)
Zina Presendia Young (1850-1931) = Charles Ora Card (1839-1906)
Orson Rega Card (1891-1984) = Lucena Richards (b. 1893)
Willard Richards Card = Peggy Jane Park
Orson Scott Card (b. 1951)

Also a direct ancestor of singer-songwriter James Taylor.

John married Mary Axtell on 19 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Axtell and Mary) was born before 25 Sep 1639 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 25 Sep 1639 in Berkhamsted St. Peter, Hertfordshire, England; died on 14 Apr 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 16 Apr 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part III (citation details below) gives her death date as 16 Apr 1704, citing "Sudbury VR, 306" as its source, but this seems to be an error, as the 1903 publication of the Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (citation details below) clearly says, on page 306, that "Mary [Goodenow], w. Capt. John" died "Apr. 14, 1704".

Jonathan married Mary Wright before 1649 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1630 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 9 Sep 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1653

Thomas married Joan. Joan died in Nov 1695 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 2 May 1638. Settled in Springfield in 1639. "He owned a considerable part of what is now the heart of Springfield. His home-lot was on the north side of the First Congregational Church in front of Court Square. The City Hall, the Smith and Murray store and the Five Cent Savings Bank stand on land granted to him by the town." [The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda, and John Warner , citation details below.]

He was a constable and selectman in Springfield on multiple occasions. He died intestate.

William married Joanna Searle on 31 Jul 1639 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Joanna (daughter of (Unknown father of John and Joanna Searle) Searle) died on 7 Feb 1661 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 12 Sep 1660

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Recorded in several sources as "Joanna Scant," evidently due to a misreading of the seventeenth-century handwriting on their marriage record.

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Corporal of the Connecticut Troop of Cavalry from 1658; quartermaster in May 1673; ensign of the Hartford County Dragoons, Aug 1675; ensign of the Hartford County Troop, Oct 1675; commissioned Captain in the Army 30 Nov 1675, in place of his son Samuel's father-in-law Benjamin Newberry, who was disabled.

He was killed in the Great Swamp Fight during King Philip's War.

Samuel married Mary Wilton on 6 May 1652 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of David Wilton and Katherine) was born about 1632; died on 25 Aug 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1634

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1624, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Townsman of Windsor, Connecticut. Deputy to Connecticut General Court 1656-1684. Member of the Council of War; commander of forces against the Indians; Major of the Hartford County Regiment.

Benjamin married Mary Allyn on 11 Jun 1646 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Matthew Allyn and Margaret Wyatt) was born before 20 Jan 1628 in Braunton, Devon, England; was christened on 20 Jan 1628 in Braunton, Devon, England; died on 29 Jul 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 14 Dec 1703
• Alternate death: 14 Dec 1709