Surnames of my direct ancestors:
Richards – Mary Richards married Joseph Peck. She was the daughter of Thomas Richards and Priscilla Wakeman. They lived in Colonial Milford, Connecticut. Related surnames: Peck, Northrup, Merchant, and Cole.
Richardson (paternal) – William Richardson was born on 3 Apr 1640 in England, and died 2 November 1697 in West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. His parentage is unproven. He married Elizabeth Ewen. See Ewen.
Richisson/Richardson (maternal) – Elizabeth Richisson/Richardson was baptized 24 December 1599 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England and died before 1640 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. She was the daughter of William Richardson. She married Rich “Goodman” Spencer on 9 June 1623 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England. She died in England, prior to her husband and only child, Hannah Spencer, set sail for the British American Colonies. See Spencer.
Riddlesdale – Susan Riddlesdale was born 20 April 1584 in Boxford, Suffolk, England and died in August 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Riddlesdale and Dorcas ____. She married Thomas French on 5 Sep 1608 at St. Edmund’s Parish in Assington, Suffolk, England. She and her husband were early immigrants to Colonial Ipswich, Massachusetts. Related family surnames are Howlett and Cummings.
Rollason – Sarah Rowlesson/Rollason married Capt. Humphrey Underhill about 1652 in Jamaica, Queens, New York. She was baptized 19 December 1633 in Saint Helen Bishopsgate, London, London, England, as the daughter of John Rollason and Sarah ____. She had a brother named John Rowlson. Her father died in England. She came with her mother, Sarah, to Colonial New York. Related lines: Budd, Strang, Sine, Palmer, Wolf, and Kennedy.
Rogers – Peleg Rogers married Mary Ellen Stafford. Peleg Rogers was the son of Shadrack Rogers and Susanna Warriner. Shadrack Rogers was the son of Isham Rogers and Prudence ____. Isham Rogers was the son of Joseph Rogers and Mary Fargeson (Ferguson). Joseph Rogers was the son of William Rogers and Elizabeth Cartwright. The name is sometimes spelled as Rodgers in records and some branches use that spelling.
The Rogers family were early settlers to Colonial Virginia. They lived in Surrey County, Virgina. The family then migrated to North Carolina. My 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers was born in North Carolina and migrated to Highland City, Highland County, Ohio then to Fayette County, Ohio and finally to Edgar and Clark Counties Illinois. He died in Grandview, Edgar, Illinois.
The next generation down is my 3rd great-mother Nancy Anna Rogers/Rodgers who married Aden Barrett, the son of William Barrett and Sarah____, her maiden name is thought to be Compton. The next generation is my 2nd great-grandmother Cynthia Ann Barrett who married John Louis Doughty.
Rote (Rothert) – married Weigt. Possibly the family roots for Elias “Eli” Nutick in Zduny, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
Ruckert (Rückert) – Sophia Dorothea Ruckert (Rückert) married Johann Goerg Albert on 27 January 1738 in Niklashausen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Adam Rückert and Anna Walpurgis ____. See Albert and Hoerner. Related lines: Price, Meteer (Mateer), and Kennedy.
Sale – Edward Sale married Elizabeth Gifford on 20 October 1589 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of John Sale and Agnes Parker. Elizabeth Gifford was the daughter of John Gifford and Joan ____. Related lines: Preston, Mallory, Trowbridge, Canfield, Northrup, Gray, and Prindle.
Sambach – Johannes Sambach married Maria Magdalena Fünfstück on 11 October 1761, in Klingenmünster, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was the son of Stephan Sambach.
Sartor – Anna Kristine Sartor married Johannes Friedrich Fried. Both were born in Edenkoben, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and both died in Klingenmünster, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Valentin Sartor and Anna Margretha Acker. See Acker and Fried.
Schäffer/Scheffer – Marcus Scheffer died 24 December 1598 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He married first to Barbara ____ (my ancestor) and second to Anna ____. His parentage is unknown, but he did have a brother named Hans Scheffer (he married Katharina ____). My line continues Nicolauß Scheffer and married Anna ____.
Mine line continues as follows:
Jost Schäffer and wife Anna ____; Hans Ludwig Schäffer and wife Anna Sara _____; Hanß Stephan Schäffer and wife Anna Maria Daub; Johann Christophel Schäffer and wife Anna Apollonia Schönlaub. See Daub and Schönlaub.
Schaur – Judith Schaur married Johann Mattias Wenrich about 1725 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Johannes Michael Schaur and Anna Magdalena ____. The Schaur family was from Massenbach in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. See Wenrich. Related lines: Spatz, Hafer, and Palmer.
Schermerhorn – possible maiden name for Mary E. (Maria Martjie) ____ that married John Doty (Doughty).
Scherp – Johann Philip Scherp married Anna Margaretha Barbara Mathess / Matheß on 26 November 1711 in Laubenheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Related lines: Metz and Doman.
Schwebel – Anna Barbara Schwebel born 15 June 1606 in Zweibrucken, Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She married Philipp Grosshans on 1 May 1625 in Annweiler am Trifels, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Henrich Schwebel and Anna Margaretha Pastor. Henrich Schwebel was the son of Heinrich Schwebel. Over time this line migrated to nearby Godramstein, Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and eventually to Heuchelheim-Klingen, Bergzabern, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany near Klingenmünster. This is on my paternal recent German immigrant lines. It is connected to My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany Also, see Grosshans.
Schwenck – married Keller. Schwenck/Loeser – Loser – Looser (Losure). Loeser/Lozier/Losure. I descend from two Losure/Lozier first cousins. The first line is Lozier/Dumbauld. Lozier/Losure. Losure/Cole. The second line is Losure/Womelsdorf. Losure/Lozier. Losure/Cole.
Scott – Mary Scott married Elisha Root on 22 April 1730 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Richard Scott and Elizabeth Belding. See French and Merchant.
Seabrook – Robert Seabrook was born in about 1575 in England. He married Alice Goodspeed, daughter of Nicholas Goodspeed and Margaret, on 12 September 1596 in Wingrave, Buckingham, England. They had three children. He died in 1650 in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Colonial Connecticut and Massachusetts. My line continues with their daughter Alice Seabrook who married Thomas Sherwood, the son of Thomas Sherwood. Related lines: Wheeler and Merchant
Sewell – Phillipa Sewell married Francis Wainwright before 23 November 1647 in Colonial New England. She was the daughter of George Sewell and Sarah ___ of Halstead, Essex, England. See Wainwright and Shepherd. Related lines: Wade and Armstrong.
Seyfert/Seifert – married Krisch. See Krisch. Possible family roots for Elias “Eli” Nutick to be found in Rawitsch, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Sherwood – Mary Sherwood married Josiah Tibbals. They lived in Colonial Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Thomas Sherwood and Sarah Seabrook. The Sherwood family was from Nottinghamshire, England. See Seabrook. Related lines: Allen, Tiler, Northup, Canfield, Gray, and Prindle.
Silber – Margaretha Agnesa Silber married Johann Philip Swartzlander on 20 December 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See Swartzlander for more information about she and her husband. She was the daughter of Christoph Silber and Anna Leibfarth of Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Spatz (Spotts). Lorentz Spatz, Sr. married Anna Maria Kirchenbauer, the daughter of Sebastian Kirchenbauer. Some confuse two women with the same name, because their son Lorentz Spatz, Jr. married (his first cousin) Anna Maria Kirchenbauer, the daughter of Hans Jacob Kirchenbauer and Catherine ____. Hans Jacob Kirchenbauer was a brother of Anna Maria Kirchenbauer who married Lorentz Spatz, Sr. My line is not through the son Lorentz Spatz, Jr. My line is through the son Johann Jacob Spatz who married Maria Esther Wenrich. My line continues with David Spatz/Hannah Hafer – Mary Ann Spotts (Spatz)/John Palmer – Susan Palmer/John Davis Kennedy.
Spaulding – Mary Spaulding married Stephen Kingsley on 29 April 1624 in Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England. All but their youngest children were born in Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England. They lived in Colonial Massachusetts. Her parentage is unproven. See Kingsley. Related lines: Cummings, French, and Merchant.
Spencer – (Hannah Spencer Jones line). Rich “Goodman” Spencer was born in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England, and he died at sea. He was steward to Capt. Lamberton on the voyage over from England in 1640 but died on the passage and was succeeded as steward by Roger Alling. He left an only daughter, Hannah, in the hands of Mr. Fowler and “Goodman” Tapp. He married on 9 June 1623 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England to Elizabeth Richisson/Richardson.
Spencer – (Mary Spencer Root line). Gerard Spencer was born 20 May 1576 in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England, and died 8 June 1646 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. He married Alice Whitbread/Whitebread. I descend from his son Thomas Spencer who married Sarah Bearding. Next generation down is Mary Spencer and Thomas Root. The Spencer family migrated to Colonial Hartford, Connecticut.
Sproat – Isobel / Anabel Sproat was baptized on 17 June 1719 in Girthon, Kirkcudbright, Scotland (her first name is listed as Anapel in her baptism record, I have been unable to view a copy of the record and believe the name has been misread). She married Andrew Donaldson, Sr. in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was the son of William Donaldson and Jane Kirk. He was also baptized in Girthon. She and her husband and their first few children migrated to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. See Mateer.
Stubbleson – Stubble Stubbleson was born in the Germany or the Netherlands. He settled in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, probably in the 1660’s, as he is first mentioned in 1665. He was married, although nothing is known of his wife, and he was the father of one surviving daughter, Ann Stubbleson, when he died by February 1668/69.
After his death, his parcel of land is described as “land formerly belonging to Stubble Stubbleston alien deceased” and granted to Theophilus Wheele by the governor. Theophilus appointed an attorney to represent him and wife Elizabeth to support his claim to the land.
In 1669, an inquisition was held and determined that Stubble was an alien (non-citizen), that when he died, he owned about 100 acres of land in Old Rappahannock County and that, upon his death, his land was escheated (returned) to the state. Below is from a deed, John Farguson married Stubble Stubbleson only child Ann Stubblson, the deed includes the following:
. . . I, the said John Fargisson as marrying Ann, the only surviving daughter and heir of Stubble Stubbleson, deceased, do hereby . . . make over unto . . . William Jewill . . . with . . . the voluntary consent of the said Ann, my now wife . . . a certain piece of land . . . formerly sold by one Thomas Rawson unto the said Stubble Stubbleson . . .
John Farguson/Ferguson (name spelled as Fargisson in above record) and Ann Stubbleson are my ancestors.
Swartzlander (Schwarzländer) – From Steinhart, Donau-Ries, Bavaria, Germany.
Taylor (maternal)
Taylor (maternal) – Agnes Taylor married 16 September 1564 in Dorking, Surrey, England to John Hooker. See Hooker.
Thomas – French Huguenots.
Tibbals – Josiah Tibbals married Mary Sherwood. They lived in Colonial Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Thomas Tibbals of Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England. See Sherwood. Related lines: Allen, Tiler, Northup, Canfield, Gray, and Prindle.
Tracy – Hannah Tracy married Thomas Davison, Sr. on 28 November 1695 in Colonial New England. She was the daughter of Lieut. Jonathan Tracy and Mary Griswold. They lived in Colonial Connecticut. See Davison.
Trask – Elizabeth Trask married Stephen Herrick. She was the daughter of Osmond Trask and Elizabeth Galley. The Trask family lived in Colonial Massachusetts, their roots go back to East Coker, Somerset, England. See Herrick and Galley.
Trierers – Barbara Trierers was born about 1565 in Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She married 21 June 1585 in Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany to Nicolaus (Nicklaß) Grosshans. Her parentage is unknown. Her maiden name comes from her marriage record. Over time this line migrated to nearby Godramstein, Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and eventually to Heuchelheim-Klingen, Bergzabern, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany near Klingenmünster. This is on my paternal recent German immigrant lines. It is connected to My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany Also, see Grosshans.
Trowbridge – John Trowbridge of Taunton, Somerset, England, married Agnes Prowse on 31 July 1597 in Tiverton, Devon, England. He was the son of Thomas Trowbridge. Agnes Prowse was baptized on 15 April 1576 at Tiverton, Devon, England, as the daughter of John Prowse and Elizabeth Colwick. Related lines: Marshall, Lamberton, Mallory, Canfield, Northrup, Gray and Prindle.
Tyler – Mary Tyler married William Palmer. They lived in Colonial Connecticut. She was the daughter of William Tyler and Abigail Terrill. See Palmer and Feake. Related lines: Reynolds, Budd, Wolf, Spatz (Spotts), Kennedy.
Ulm – Hanß Wendel Nicolaus Ulm was baptized on 30 June 1633 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany and died in the same place on 11 September 1667. He married Anna Groß (Gross), the daughter of Johann Nicolaus Groß and Apollonia Zag. See Groß and Zag.
Underhill – Captain Humphrey Underhill III married Sarah Rowlesson/Rollason, the daughter of John Rollason and Sarah ___. He was the son of Humphrey Underhill and Margaret Hall. Related lines: Budd, Strang, Palmer, Wolf, and Kennedy.
Van Campen – Daniel Harmensen van Campen married ____ van der Heijt. See Van Sant. Related lines: Severns, Cooper, and Barton.
Van der Heijt – see above.
Van Schuyven (Van der Schruyven)
Voss – William Voss married Martha Chesson about April 1669. His parentage is unknown. He lived in Perquimans, North Carolina. Related lines: Manwaring, Moore, and Lamb.
Wade – Thomas Wade I married Elizabeth Cogswell on 22 February 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Wade and Susanna ____. Related lines: Shepherd and Armstrong.
Wainwright – Francis Wainwright married Phillipa Sewell before 23 November 1647 in Colonial New England. Francis was living under an apprenticeship with Alexander Knight at Chelmsford, Essex, England. He immigrated with this Alexander Knight in 1630. He was a merchant and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Related lines: Shepherd, Wade, and Armstrong.
Wakeman – Priscilla Wakeman married Thomas Richards. She was the daughter of Francis Wakeman and Ann Goode. They lived in Colonial Connecticut.
Warren – Susan Warren was born about 1554-1556 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England, and died 1 August 1613 in Bures St. Mary, Essex, Suffolk, England. She married Jacob French on 27 September 1578 in Bures St. Mary. The Bures St. Mary parish lies partly in Suffolk, and partly in Essex, with the Stour River running between the two counties. The next generation down is via their son Thomas French who married Susan Riddlesdale. Thomas French and wife Susan Riddlesdale were early settlers in Colonial Ipswich, Massachusetts. See French and Riddlesdale.
Warriner – Susanna Warriner married Shadrack Rogers on 3 December 1781 in Henrico County, Virginia. Her parentage is unproven. See Rogers.
Wegt/Weigt (Nutick) – His family roots are possibly to be found in Rawitsch, Posen, Prussia, now Rawitsch, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Weiss – from Klingenmünster, Germany.
Wendel – from Klingenmünster, and nearby Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, Germany.
Werner – Anna Maria Werner married Laurentius Nolf on 31 August 1728 at the Schluctern Lutheran Church in Schluchtern, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Philip Werner. In 1737, she, with her husband, and children arrived in Pennsylvania. They settled in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania. See Wolf and Nolff/Nolf.
Wetzel – Magdalene Elizabeth Wetzel married Johann Adam Grandstaff (Crantzdorf) about 1759 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Johann Martin Wetzel and Maria Barbara Geist. Related lines: Doman and Prindle.
Wheatley – Ann Wheatley married John Norris in Colonial Maryland. She was the daughter of John Wheatley and Winifred Horne. See Horne and Norris. Related lines: McComas, Willougby, and Armstrong.
Wheeler – Edward (Evert/Edmond) Wheeler (his surname is also listed in Dutch records as Wiler, Wieler, and Wielaar) came from New England, as indicated from his marriage record at Albany. Although Edward Wheeler married a woman of Dutch ancestry, Josina Janse (Josyntje) Gardenier, and his first name and surname are spelled in a Dutch fashion in church records, he was not Dutch. He was born before 1668 in New England. His marriage record of 13 Oct 1689 in Albany, Albany, New York, states he was from New England. In 1689, “New England” generally referred to the northernmost British colonies in North America, encompassing what is now Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. If he had been born in England, the marriage record would have stated that fact. So, we can assume he was of a Wheeler family that lived in one of the New England states at the time.
Some list him as the son of John Wheeler and Mary Morgen. Others list him as the son of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin.
John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin did have a son named Edward Wheeler, who was born on 17 July 1669 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He also died in Concord on 17 February 1733. He married Sarah Merriam on 23 November 1697. This Edward Wheeler is obviously not my ancestor Edward Wheeler.
John Wheeler was born on 14 March 1627 in Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England, and died 16 December 1691 at age 64 in New London, New London, Connecticut. Mary Morgen was his second wife. Not much is known about her. He had a total of eleven children, only two of which are linked to his second wife, Mary Morgen. Records do not show that he had a son named Edward.
Some list Edward Wheeler as baptized 17 April 1663 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, as the son of an Edward Wheeler, but I have seen no documentation for this connection. As well as the fact that he was born in New England.
The parentage of my ancestor Edward Wheeler remains unproven and unknown. Based on his Dutch church marriage record located in the Dutch settlement of Albany, it stated he was from New England. This is typically assumed to indicate the person’s place of birth, suggesting that he was born to English parents in New England.
Whitbread – Alice Whitbread married Gerard Spencer on 10 November 1600, in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England. Alice was born around 1578, and Gerard was baptized in 1576. They had at least eight children, including four sons who later emigrated to North America. She was the daughter of John Whitbread and Eleanor Hill. See Spencer. Related lines: Bearding, Root, Leonard, Scott, French, and Merchant.
Williams – Zachariah Williams married Elizabeth Swartzlander on 23 March 1780 in New Britian, Bucks, Pennsylvania. His parentage is unproven. DNA has shown a strong link as him having the following brothers: Andrew Williams (married Elizabeth ____), Joseph Williams (married, but name of wife is unknown), and William Williams (married Elizabeth Mattis). Related line: Kennedy.
Willoughby – John J. Willoughby married Rachel Dyas/Dias about 1732 in Colonial Dorchester County Maryland. He was the son of Andrew Willoughby, Sr. and Anne “Annie” ____. Related lines: Norris and Armstrong.
Wolf – Some lines used Nulph/Nulf. In German church records it is listed as Nolff. My line became Wolf. Barbara Wolf married Floyd Palmer about 1795 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Peter Wolf (Nolff). See Palmer. Related lines: Spatz (Spotts) and Kennedy.
No direct ancestors with a surname beginning with “X.”
York – Lydia York married James Watts about 1792 in Colonial Viriginia. They migrated to Kentucky, then to Crawford County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Jeremiah York and Mary Thomas. Related lines: Gooden, Doughty, and Barrett.
Zag – Apollonia Zag died on 4 May 1668 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Jacob Zag. She married Johann Nicolaus Groß. My line continues with their daughter Anna Groß, she married Hanß Wendel Nicolaus Ulm. See Ulm.
Zag is not a German surname. It most likely is a variant of the Swiss German surnames Zaug and Zaugg. While the name is originally Swiss German, variants like Zug did appear in Germany as families moved. A notable Mennonite family with the name Zaugg altered their spelling to Zug while in Germany before immigrating to North America. In Old High German, the word zago or zag meant “faint-hearted” or “cowardly”. The word zag could have led to a surname referring to a timid or shy person.
Zenzen – See Fentzen, See Gruetz (Groetz). Related lines: Druckenmiller, Hafer, Spatz (Spotts), Palmer, and Kennedy.
Zimmer – Erhard Zimmer was born on the 16 November 1617 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, he died in the same place on 6 June 1676. He married Ottilia _____. He was the son of Valentin Zimmer and Eva _____, and the grandson of Jost Zimmer and Apollonia ______. My line continues with Wendel Zimmer, who married Anna Margretha Ulm. Sese Ulm.
Zwipf – from Klingenmünster, Germany.
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Great website, and a lot of great information. I have a few families in common cousin:
Cogswell, Moody (I have credited and links to your great description), Northup, Riddlesdale, Schermerhorn, and Trask.
Thanks for sharing your hard work.
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Hello, cousin! Thank you for your kind words. 🙂
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