Surnames of my direct ancestors.
Ackrenden – Margaret Ackrenden married Richard Belden (Belding/Baildon). They were from Kippax, West Yorkshire, England and settled in Colonial Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Albert/Alberts – Nancy Anna Albert was born in Washington County, Maryland. She was the daughter of Johann Peter Albert and Anna Walpurgis Hoerner. The family was from Niklashausen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The family briefly settled in New York before migrating to Washington County, Maryland. Nancy Anna Albert married on the 2 May 1810 in Washington County, Maryland to John Price.
Albin – Elisabeth Albin married Adam Staats. They lived in Maxsain, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Albricht – married Seifert. See Seifert. Possible ancestry of Elias “Eli” Nutick in Rawitsch, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Allis – Hannah Allis married 28 January 1670 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Willliam Scott. She was the daughter of William Allis and Mary _____. See Scott.
Anberger – Anna Maria Anberger married Hans Wendel Nolfen. They lived in Neckarkies Grossgatech, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Philip Auberger and Anna Catharina Scheiber. This is a Wolf related German line.
Apuke – Ellen Apuke married Richard Baldwin, the son of Robert Baldwin and Agnes Dolte. She died 4 November 1565 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England. Ellen was most likely the sister of John Apuke, referred to as brother in the will of her husband. Later generations of Ellen Apuke’s kin, via her brother, adopted a new spelling of the surname Apuke and changed it to Pooke in the 1800s in England.
Armstrong – married Boone. John Armstrong who may have been born in England or Scotland or was born a few years after the family immigrated to America. The Armstrong family were from the Borderlands of Scotland and England. They were Borderers, which is to say, inhabitants of the Anglo-Scottish borderlands, and so, hailing from Northern English counties such as Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and counties of the Scottish Lowlands, such as Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Wigtownshire. His father is thought to be John Armstrong who came to America in 1653. They were early settlers in Colonial Maryland. They are found in the church records of All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. He died in Baltimore County Maryland. He married Jane Boone, who was the sister of Capt. Humprey Boone. Related lines: Hicks, Norris, Shepherd.
Arnold – Martha Arnold married Matthew Fuller. Her parentage is unproven. Related line: Cole.
Attaway – Judith Attaway married John Henby/Henly. They were Quakers in Perquimans, North Carolina. Related to my Lamb line.
Aussignargues – Firmine Aussignargues married Claude Vasher. My line continues with their son Isaac Vacher, married Margarethe Coeu. Isaac Vacher was born on 15 March 1675 in Uzès, Gard, France and died in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. See Le Beau, La Barre, and De la Barre.
Austwick/Austwicke – Elizabeth Austwick married John Chambers. Elizabeth Austwick was born in Ackworth, Ackworth, St Cuthbert, Yorkshire, England, and was the daughter of Philip Austwick and Elizabeth Huntington. Later generations Chambers/Barrett were Quakers in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Baldwin – Henry Baldwin, Yeomen, of Dundridge Manor in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England, married Alice Kinge. He was the son of Richard Baldwin and Ellen Apuke. My line continues with: Baldwin/Welles – Baldwin/Bryan – Baldwin/Plumb – Plumb/Norton – Plumb/Prindle – Prindle/Fed (Judd) – Prindle/Leach – Prindle/Canfield – Prindle/Greatsinger (Kritsinger) – Prindle/Doman – Prindle/Cole.
Bargeler – Barbara Bargeler married first to Balthasar Steup, and second to Michel Friedel (Friedl) (my ancestor). Barbara died 26 Auguest 1622 in Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She was the daughter of Hans Bargeler. My line continues with their daughter Margaretha Friedl, she married Johannes Propheter. See Propheter.
Barnes – Elizabeth Barnes married Francis Marion “Frank” McGuire on 20 October 1789 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of George Barnes and Mary Christmas. They were married by Rev. Andrew McClure. See McGuire. See Christmas.
Barrett – Arthur Barrett married Lydia Chambers. He was born in England. They were Quakers in Maryland, and later in Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Barton – Thomas Barton married Rebecca Cooper, the daughter of Joseph Cooper and Elizabeth Severns. The parentage of Thomas Barton is unconfirmed, he may have been the son of Thomas Barton and Mary Kimber, although there is only a slight to moderate DNA link to Thomas Barton/Mary Kimber. They were Quakers in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Bearding – Sarah Bearding married Sgt. Thomas Spencer, as his second wife, on 11 September 1645 in Colonial Hartford, Connecticut. She is thought to have been born in England. Her parentage is unproven.
Beardsley – William Beardsley married Mary Harvey, the daughter of Richard Harvey, on 26 June 1630 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. The family migrated from England to Colonial Stratford Connecticut. Next generation down is via their daughter Mary Beardsley, who married 1st to Thomas Wells and 2nd to Samuel Belding, Sr. There were no children from the 2nd marriage. I am a descendant of both of her husbands. Via Samuel Belding, Sr. and his 1st wife Mary _____ who was killed by Native Americans.
Beare – Martha Beare married Richard French, Jr. She was the daughter of Richard Beare and Grace _____. The family was from Coggeshall, Essex, England, and lived in Colonial Marshfield Massachusetts. The line continues with their son Samuel French who married Sarah Cummings. See French.
Belding – Richard Belding married Margaret Ackrenden. He was from Kippax, West Yorkshire, England. They settled in Colonial Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. See Ackrenden.
Belgrave – Thomasine Belgrave married 26 September 1585 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England, to Edward Frost, the son of John Frost and Ann Scott. She was the daughter of John Belgrave and Johanna Strutt. She died in England. My line continues with their daughter Alice Frost who married 1st to Thomas Blower (my ancestor) on 19 November 1612 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England, and 2nd to William Tilley after 6 July 1640 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Frost/Blower/Brackett/Kingsley/Cummings.
Bennett – Eunice Bennett married Stephen Gray. She was the daughter of Deliverance Bennett and Mary Briggs. The Bennett family lived in Colonial Connecticut and Massachusetts; their roots go back to England.
Bernzott – Sebastian Bernzott married Anna Katharina Lämel. He died 28 August 1737 in Klingenmünster, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. My line continues with their daughter Anna Margaretha Bernzott, she married Benjamin Röhm. The parentage of Sebastian Bernzott is unknown, but he had at least four siblings: Mangus Bernzott (he married Maria Anna Biler and, as her 2nd husband, my 7th great-grandmother Anna Johanna Schafft), Michael Bernzott (he married my 6th great-aunt Anna Apollonia Weiss), Johannes Bernzott (he married Maria Eva Meister), and Anton Bernzott (he married Maria Eva Spönler). See Röhm.
Blacks/Blocks – Maria Elisabetha Blacks/Blocks married Tobias Noe. She died 1 November 1677 in Annweiler am Trifels, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Blacks is a very uncommon surname in Germany. Blocks is a German surname. The parentage of Maria Elisabetha Blacks/Blocks is unknown. My line continues with their daughter Sara Noe, she married Johann Peter Sartor.
Bland – Anna Bland married William Shepard. The family was of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. My line continues with their son Rev. Thomas Shepard who married 1st to Joanna Hooker, 2nd to Margaret Touteville, and 3rd to Margaret Borodell (my ancestor). Paternal Shepard line.
Blower – Thomas Blower married Alice Frost on 19 November 1612 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. See Belgrave. Line continues with: Frost – Blower – Brackett – Kingsley – Cummings.
Bohrer – Johann Heinrich Bohrer married Maria Elisabetha Zwipf on 27 September 1716 in Klingenmünster, Germany. His parentage is unknown, but we do know that he had at least four siblings: Anna Eva Bohrer (married Abraham Wiessing), Hieronymus Bohrer (married Anna Catharina Willem), Johann Georg Bohrer (married Anna Apollonia Lutz), and Elisabetha Bohrer (married Johann Martin Röhm – who was a brother to my ancestor Johann Jakob Röhm).
Boone – Early Maryland settlers. I descend from two siblings, firstly on my paternal side via Jane Boone Armstrong and secondly via her brother Capt. Humphrey Boone on my maternal side. Jane and Humphrey are thought to be the children of Robert Boone.
Brackett – Richard Brackett married Alice Blower on 6 January 1633/34 at St. Katherine by the Tower, London, England. He was the son the son of Peter Brackett and Rachel _____. My line continues with their daughter Hannah Brackett who married 1st to Samuel Kingsley (my ancestor) who was the son of Stephen Kingsley and Elizabeth _____, she married 2nd to John Blanchard. The family lived in Colonial Massachusetts. See Blower and Frost.
Bremmer (Brümmer) – Catherina Bremmer married Johann Carolus “Karl” Nolff. They lived in Großgartach, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Hanß Brümmer and Anna Elisabetha Hesser. This is a Wolf (Nolff) related German line.
Burle – Rebecca Burle married Capt. Humphrey Boone. She was the daughter of Robert Burle. They lived in Colonial Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Butler – Katherine Butler married John Kingsley in England. They migrated to Colonial Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Cartwright – Elizabeth Cartwright married William Rogers. She was the daughter of Robert Cartwright and Elizabeth Orchard. The Cartwright family was from Worcestershire, England and settled in Surrey in Colonial Virginia.
Cannell – Jane Cannell was born in the Isle of Man, and died August 1700 in Braddan, Middle, Isle of Man. She married James Moore on 11 August 1685 in Braddan, Middle, Isle of Man. She was the daughter of Jo Cannell, the granddaughter of Gilbt Cannell, and the great-granddaughter of Jo Cannell. My Cannell ancestors are found in church records in Braddan and Michael. See Moore.
Chambers (maternal).
Chambers (paternal) – Lydia Chambers married 13 June 1705 at the Quaker meeting house, Society of Friends, in Maryland to Arthur Barrett. She was the daughter of John Chambers and Elizabeth Austwick. The family were Quakers that lived in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Charles – Marie Jeanne Charles married Abraham De La Barre/Le Beau. She was born in France and died in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. My line continues with their son Abraham Le Beau, he married Anna Maria Vacher. See Le Beau.
Chaplin – Plumb/Prindle related line.
Chenery – married Norwich. English line, related to Moody.
Chesson – Martha Chesson married William Voss. She was the daughter of Robert Chesson (aka Roger Chastone (Chaston)). They lived in Colonial North Carolina. The line continues with their daughter Hannah Vose/Voss who married Stephen Manwaring. Vose/Manwaring/Moore/Lamb.
Christmas – Elizabeth Christmas married George Barnes about 1767 in North Carolina. She was the daughter of Thomas Christmas and Temperance Whitlock. See Barnes.
Clark/Clarke – (paternal) Doty related.
Clarke – (maternal) Maxson related.
Clement/Clements married French. Merchant/Cole. See below.
Note regarding my Clement line: Samson French I married first to Mary. In the marriage record her name is listed as Clem. After her death, Samson French I married second to Sarah Clement.
Samson French I and first wife Mary Clement had only one child before her death, a son named Sampson French II (he married Lusanna “Lucy” Root).
Samson’s second wife was Sarah Clement was the daughter of Nathaniel Clement and Sarah Merrill. Some have assumed that his wives were sisters, although they appear to have been related, their kinship is unknown as of now.
In the past some have speculated that Sampson French II named his son Clement in honor of his stepmother Sarah Clement, since she raised him after his mother’s untimely death. Actually, he named his son Clement in honor of his mother’s maiden name Clement.
Clerk – William Clerck was born in England, he was the widower of Bettie Marrits, and he lived in Mombaccus, Ulster County, New York. He married on 25 August 1698 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York to Hilletje in t ‘Veld. The parentage of William Clerk is unknown. Hilletje in t ‘Veld was born in Hurley, Ulster County, New York and resided there at the time the Marriage Banns were published. Hilletje in t ‘Veld was the daughter of Roeloff Hendrick in ’t Veld Hendriksen and Aeltje Lubbers. Her father was born in Meppen, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands, and her mother was born in Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands. See in t ‘Veld.
Coeu – Margaretha Coeu married Isaac Vacher/Vasher. She was born in France about 1678 and died in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Her parentage is unknown. My line continues with their daughter Anna Maria Vacher, she married Abraham Le Beau/La Barre. See Le Beau.
Collyn – Ann Collyn married John Kilbourn on 2 November 1561 at St. John’s Church in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England. After his death, she married Walter Howlett. Her parentage is unknown. See Kilbourn/Kilbourne.
Compton – Sarah Compton married about 1794 to William Barrett, in either Frederick County, Virginia, or in South Carolina. Sarah Compton’s maternal grandfather had migrated from Virginia to Abbeville County, South Carolina. Her Barrett kin lived in neighboring Newberry County, South Carolina. There has been some confusion due to the one census she is found in before her death; her place of birth is listed as New Jersey. I believe the census taker made a mistake because DNA has shown she was of a Virginia Compton family, and was the daughter of William Clarke Compton, Sr. and Elizabeth Elgin. See Rogers. See Elgin.
Cooper (paternal) – James Cooper from Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England. A shoemaker, he originally settled in Trenton, New Jersey. He sold his land in New Jersey and migrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family were Quakers that migrated from Philadelphia to Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Cooper/Groome. Cooper/Severns. Cooper/Barton.
Cooper (maternal) – Cooper/Hubbard.
Cox – Sarah Cox married Nicholas Day. They lived in Colonial Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of Christopher Cox, her father was born in England and settled in Colonial Baltimore, Maryland. Day/McComas/Norris/Armstrong.
Crackbone – married Plumb. Line continues with: Plumb – Chaplin – Baldwin – Norton – Prindle.
Cross – I descend from two daughters of Robert Cross and Anna Jordan. If you click the link, you will learn all about my ancestor, their daughter, Martha Cross and her husband William Durkee, who is thought to be the first Irish Catholic to settle in Massachusetts. I also descend from another of their daughters – Mary Cross who married Ephriam Herrick.
Both connections are on my maternal side. The first via Martha Cross and William Durkee goes back as follows: Cole – Prindle – Leach – Martin – Durkee – Cross. The second via Mary Cross and Ephriam Herrick goes back as follows: Cole – Prindle – Doman – Davison – Herrick – Cross.
Cummings – Sgt. John Cummings married on 1 December 1655 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts to Sarah Howlett. His family was from Mistley, Essex, England. He was the son of Isaac Cummings and Anne ____. Sarah Howlett was the daughter of Thomas Howlett and Alice French. See below.
I descend from two children of John Cummings and Sarah Howlett. Firstly, via their son John Cummings who married Elizabeth Goodwife “Goody” Kingsley/Kinsley, and secondly, via their daughter Sarah Cummings who married Samuel French. Both lines converge with my French ancestors. See French.
Daub – Niclaus Daub married Elsa Elizabeth _____. He died 30 March 1604 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany. My line continues with their son Martin Daub, he married Margaretha ______. Daub is a variant of the surname Taub, and the name was listed in Minfeld church records as both Daub and Taub. Both names are a variant of Taube. In German, the word taub means deaf. Taube means pigeon or dove in German. The name was a nickname for someone who was deaf (especially in southern Germany) or was known for a gentle, dove-like nature. See Schäffer. See Propheter.
Davis (maternal)
Davis (paternal) – John Davis married Susannah Matheny (the widow of Solomon Day) after June 1687 in Stafford County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Davis of York County, Virginia. Thomas Davis is said to have married Judith Ann Turner, who may have been the mother of John Davis. Thomas Davis was the son of John Davis, Sr. who was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England and migrated to Colonial Virginia. Susannah Matheny was the daughter of Daniel Matheny and Sarah Wentworth. Her surname is also seen as Mathena. Davis/Matheny. Davis/Thomas. Thomas/York. York/Watts. Davis in Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties in Virginia.
Davidson/Davison – Mary Ann Davidson/Davison married Jacob (John Jacob) Doman on 4 December 1845 in Hocking County, Ohio, as his second wife, and they lived in nearby Pickaway County. He was the son of John Doman and Catherine M. Grandstaff. After his death Mary Ann Davidson Doman married second to Asa Ray on 4 January 1853 in Vinton County, Ohio. My line continues via their daughter Sarah Jane “Jennie” Doman who married Daniel Prindle, the son of David M. Prindle, Sr. and Hannah Elizabeth Greatsinger/Kritsinger. See below.
Mary Ann Davison was the daughter of Asa Davison and Hopestill Hawley, the granddaughter of Christopher Davison and Jael Lassell, the great-granddaughter of Thomas Davison and Lydia Herrick, and the great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Davison, Sr. and Hannah Tracy.
There has been in the past some confusion because Jacob Doman married two women named Mary Ann. He married first to Mary Ann Chamberlain on 19 November 1818 in Pickaway County, Ohio. They lived in Wayne Township, Pickaway, Ohio. She was the daughter of Richard Chamberlian and Elizabeth Abbott.
They had two children, John H. Doman and Mary Catherine Doman. Mary Ann Chamberlain Doman dies either in childbirth, or shortly afterward. Two weeks after her death Jacob Doman marries Mary Ann Davidson.
Jacob Doman and Mary Ann Davidson had three children, Sarah Jane “Jennie” Doman, Mary L. Doman, and Lucy A. Doman. It appears that Jacob died while she was still pregnant with Lucy.
John H. Doman and Mary Catherine Doman, after their father’s death, went to live with their uncle John Thomas Doman and aunt Nancy Chamberlain. They were related by blood to both the uncle and aunt.
Vinton County, Ohio was formed and established in 1850. The family is still living in Pickaway County in 1850, but after his death, she moves to Swan Township, Vinton, Ohio. Daughter Sarah Jane “Jennie’ Doman is sent to live (next door) with her maternal grand-aunt Lucy Davidson Bingham. Daughter Mary L. Doman lived with other kin till she marries at the age of fourteen in Vinton County, Ohio to Amos Stoneburner. Daughter Lucy A. Doman stays living with her mom and stepfather and half siblings but eventually was sent to live with her paternal aunt Susan Doman Perry. See Doman, Prindle, and Greatsinger.
Day – Nicholas Cox married Sarah Cox. He was born in Wales. He settled in Colonial Ann Arundel County, Maryland, he also owned land in Baltimore County. Day – McComas – Norris – Armstrong.
De La Barre – See Le Beau and La Barre.
Desborough – Possible maiden name for Mary who married Scottish chimney sweep William Pringle on 7 December 1655 in Colonial New Haven, Connecticut. The origins of Mary Disborough, wife of William Prindle (also seen as Pringle) are unknown at this point. See below.
Previously, Mary Brunson/Brownson the wife of early immigrant Nicholas Disborough Jr. was mistakenly shown as Mary Disborough who married William Prindle (also seen as Pringle) in 1655 at New Haven, Connecticut. The likely belief was that William’s wife was the widow of Nicholas Disborough. However, Nicholas outlived Mary Brownson, so the wife of William Prindle was a different woman.
She was also not the widow of Isaac Disbrowe Jr. of Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, England who was an early immigrant to New England but then returned to England with wife Elizabeth (not Mary) and had several more children there. Nor was she the Mary _____, wife of Isaac’s father, Isaac Sr., as that Mary never emigrated to New England and was born before 1600 making her far too old to marry William Prindle in 1655 and then bear several children.
Whether her last name at birth was Disborough is not known, as her origins are unknown.
Diem – Anna Diem married 24 January 1561 in Dettingen an der Erms, Reutilingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany to Bartholi Müller. My line continues with their daughter Catharina Müller who married 17 September 1594 Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany to Christoff “Stoffel” Egen, the son of Egidius Egen Lea Golmer. The next generation down is Johannes (Hans) Egen and Rosina Griesinger, then Hanß Christoph Egen and Anna Handel, then Rosina Friederike Engen and Johannes Silber, then Christoph Silber and Anna Leibfarth. Up to this point, the family all lived and died in and near Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is with the next generation down that my 5th great-grandmother Margaretha Agnesa Silber left Germany for the USA.
Margaretha Agnesa Silber married 1st to Jacob Trost on 5 November 1737 in Dettingen an der Erms, Reutilingen, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany. Her husband Jacob Trost died 8 November 1752 at sea, on the ship Snow Louisa, on way from Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Three of her children had died in Germany prior to the voyage on the ship. Only her youngest child Maria Katharina Trost made the journey, and sadly, died on board the ship twenty days after her father Jacob Trost perished.
In June 1752 the ship Snow Louise set sail. The ship sailed to England before continuing on its voyage. It usually took eight to twelve weeks to sail from England to Philadelphia even in the most favorable winds. The Snow Louise took five months after leaving Rotterdam, it must have been an exceptionally rough voyage.
The conditions aboard ship became horrible with sea sickness, dysentery, fever, scurvy, boils, cancer, fumes, smells, mouth rot, all caused by the age and highly salted food, filthy water, which engendered miserable conditions and the death of many.
Margaretha Agnesa Silber and her husband Jacob Trost met Johann Philip Swartzlander (Schwarzländer) and his wife Maria Magdalena Petzel and family on board the ship Snow Louisa. Johann’s wife Maria Magdalena and five of his seven children died during the voyage.
One month after the ship docked in America, Johann Philip Swartzlander married Margaretha Agnesa Silber Trost on 20 December 1752. Both had lost their spouses, she had lost her only remaining child, and he lost several of his children on the voyage. His two children that survived were aged ages 5 and 7. They were married in St. Michael and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After leaving Philadelphia, the family migrated to New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
My line continues with Elizabeth Swartzlander, the daughter of Johann Philip Swartzlander and Margaretha Agnesa Silber. Elizabeth Swartzlander married Zachariah Williams on 23 March 1780 in New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The parentage of Zachariah Williams in unknown and unproven. What we do know is that he had at least three brothers: Andrew Williams (married Elizabeth ____), Joseph Williams (name of wife unknown), and William Williams (married Elizabeth Mattis). All three of his brothers also lived, at least for a time, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The next generation down is my 3rd great-grandmother Jane Williams. She married 14 January 1812 in Muskingum County, Ohio to John Kennedy, the son of Dennis Kennedy and Ruth Davis.
Dising – Rachel Dising married Thomas Cross on 29 June 1603 in Denham, Suffolk, England. See Cross.
Doman (Dumm). Jacob (John Jacob) Doman married Mary Ann Davidson/Davison on 4 December 1845 in Hocking County, Ohio, as his second wife, and they lived in nearby Pickaway County. He was the son of John Doman and Catherine M. Grandstaff. See Davison, and Prindle.
Donaldson – Andrew Donaldson, Sr. was baptized 30 May 1703 in Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He migrated to Pennsylvania about 1750. He died in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of William Donaldson and Janet Kirk. He married Isobel / Anabel Sproat (her first name is listed as Anapel in baptism record, I have been unable to view a copy of the church record, but feel the name was misread). Isobel / Anabel Sproat was the daughter of John Sproat and Christian / Kirstin McKie. She was also baptized at the parish church in Girthon.
Doty/Doughty – Our line from ancestor Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Doty.
Doughty – Mary Doughty married Thomas Hicks. She was the daughter of Elias Doughty and Sarah ____. Elias Doughty was born in Oldbury, Gloucestershire, England, and was the son of Puritan minister Rev. Francis Doughty and Bridget ____. See Hicks.
Dorman – Hannah Dorman married George Johnson. She was the daughter of Edmund Dorman and Hannah Hull. They lived in Colonial Connecticut.
Druckenmiller – Peter Druckenmiller was born in Germany. He arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 7 September 1753. He married Anna Maria Gruetz in Germany. She was baptized in Ediger, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, as the daughter of Mathias Gruetz (Groetz) and Catharina Fentzen (Zenzen).
Some believe that Peter Druckenmiller may have been the son of Hans Michael Truckenmiller and Anna Margaretha Vogel. The problem is that the Truckenmiller/Vogel family were from Heilbronn, which is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, and we know that his wife was baptized in Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany, which is 143 miles (229.8 km) from Heibronn, Baden-Württemberg.
My line continues with their daughter Elisabeth (Maria Elisabetha) Druckenmiller. She married Andrew Hafer on 1 January 1762 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. See Hafer.
Dudley – Abigail Dudley married William Hubbard. She was the daughter of William Dudley and Jane Lutman, and the granddaughter of WIlliam Dudley and Eleanor Hooker. The Dudley family lived in Colonial Connecticut and their roots back to Dorkin, Surrey, England. See Hubbard/Bennett.
Dumbleton – Sarah Dumbleton married Josiah Leonard, after his death she married Thomas Root. I descend from Mary Leonard (married John Root), a daughter of Sarah Dumbleton and Josiah Leonard. Interestingly, I also am a descendant of her second husband Thomas Root (with his second wife Mary Spencer).
Sarah Dumbleton was the daughter of John Dumbleton and Mercy Marshfield. The Dumbleton family was from England and settled in Colonial Springfield, Massachusetts.
Du Pree/Dupre – Anna Dupre/Du Pree was baptized on 22 December 1629 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and died in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She married first to Abraham De La Barre (my ancestor), and second to Pierre L’Estale. My line continues with their son Abraham De La Barre/Le Beau, he married Marie Jeanne Charles. See Le Beau.
Elgin – Elizabeth Elgin married William Clarke Compton, Sr. She was the daughter of James Elgin and Ann ____. The granddaughter of George Elgin and Elizabeth Adams. George Elgin was born in Banff, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland and lived in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland. Elizabeth Adam was born in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, the daughter of Francis Adams (born in Charwelton, Fawsley Parish, England) and Grace Thomas.
George Elgin was the son of George Elgin and Margret Nicol.
Ewen – Richard Ewen married Sophia ____. They lived in Colonial West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. My line continues with their daughter Elizabeth Ewen who married Willliam Richardson, Sr. The line than continues with the surnames Talbot and Norris then Armstrong.
Fargeson (Ferguson) – Mary Fargeson/Ferguson married Joseph Rogers. She was the daughter of John Fargeson/Ferguson and Ann Stubbleson. John Fargeson/Ferguson was born in Scotland and came to Colonial Virginia. See Stubbleson.
Feake – Judith Feake married William Palmer. See below.
From an article in the NYG&B Record, Vol. 86 (1955) by George McCracken, . 132, July issue, entitled “The Feake Family of Norfolk, London & Colonial America”:
She (Judith Feake) married, first, most probably at Watertown, Massachusetts, before 5 December 1639, to Sergeant (afterwards Lieutenant) William Palmer, of Plymouth, Yarmouth and Newtown, Long Island, who died in the last-named place ca. 1661. His parents are unknown; though he was at Plymouth in 1638 about to move to Yarmouth at its founding, he was not the William Palmer of Duxbury, nailer, or either of the nailer’s 2 sons, both named William. There is some reason to think that William may have come from Swaffham or Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County.
William and Judith Palmer were the parents of four sons and one daughter: William, Ephraim, James, Joseph, and Judith, whose births are not recorded but whose names are certain.
Judith Feake married, second, in 1662 or thereafter, as third and last wife of Jeffrey Ferris of Greenwich, CT, who died May 31, 1666.
She married third, before May 6, 1667, to John Bowers who in 1685 married again, following Judith’s death to the widow Hannah (Close) Knapp, and he made his own will on March 16, 1693/4.
My line continues with the daughter Judith Palmer who married John Reynolds, Jr. The line continues with their son John Reynolds, who married Lydia Ferris, the daughter of Joseph Ferris and Ruth Knapp.
Next generation down is my 6th great-grandmother Judith Reynolds who married Peter Palmer, the son of William Palmer and Mary Tyler, and grandson of William Palmer and Judith Feake, meaning that Peter Palmer and his wife Judith Reynolds shared the same Palmer ancestry. See Palmer.
Fentzen (Zenzen) – See Gruetz (Groetz). The family was of Ediger-Eller, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Also see Druckenmiller, Hafer, and Spatz (Spotts).
Fickeisen – M. Nicolaus Fickeisen married Margrethæ _____. He died 17 November 1673 in Annweiler am Trifels, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. My line continues with their daughter Maria Magdalena Fickeisen, she married Jacob Rübel.
Freeman – Mary Freeman married Edward Norris. She was the daughter of William Freeman. The family lived in Colonial Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. Norris – Parsons – Talbot – Armstrong. See Norris.
French – maternal. I descend from two French lines; they intersect and in the end are both in my same maternal line.
First French line: Richard French/Elizabeth Fuller. Richard French/Martha Beare. Samuel French/Sarah Cummings. Joseph French/Elizabeth Cummings. Samson French I/Mary Clement. Sampson French II/Lusanna “Lucy” Root.
Second French line: Jacob French/Susan Warren. Thomas French/Susan Riddledale. Alice French/Thomas Howlett. Sarah Howlett/John Cummings. John Cummings II/Elizabeth Kingsley. Elizabeth Cummings/Joseph French. Samson French I/Mary Clement. Sampson French II/Lusanna “Lucy” Root.
Freudenberger – Apollonia Freudenberger married Thielman Menke. The family was of Laubenheim, Mainz, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. My line continues with their daughter Margaretha Menck who married Peter Scherp on 24 November 1674 in Laubenheim. Menke – Scherp – Matthess – Metz – Doman.
Frost – married Belgrave. Frost – Blower – Brackett – Kingsley – Cummings.
Fuller (maternal) – Elizabeth Fuller married Richard French on 28 October 1622 in Coggeshall, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Robert Fuller and Elizabeth Scott. See French and Beare.
Fuller (maternal) – Laura A. Fuller married Nathaniel Cole, Jr. She was the daughter of Matthew Fuller and Martha Arnold.
Fünfstuck/Fünfstocks sometimes incorrectly read as Funstrocks/Funstercke in German church records. A German cousin made the correction and listed her maiden name correctly in his tree. Maria Magdalena Fünfstuck/Fünfstocks was born 12 April 1736 in Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the daughter of George Fünfstuck/Fünfstocks. She married Johannes Sambach on 11 Oct 1761 in Klingenmünster, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was the son of Stephan Sambach. The families were from Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach and married and lived in nearby Klingenmünster. This is on my paternal side, and they are the ancestors of my great-grandmother, both her parents were born in Germany. The surname Fünfstuck in German means five pieces or five parts.
Galley – Elizabeth Galley married Osmond Trask. She was the daughter of John Galley (Gally) and Florence _____. The Galley family lived in Colonial Massachusetts; their roots are in England. See Trask and Herrick.
Goldberger – Anna Maria Goldberger married Jerg (Georg) Lindenmayer. She was born 27 March 1654 in Großgartach, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She died in the same place. She was the daughter of Jacob Goldberger and Catherine ___. This is on my maternal Wolf – Palmer – Kennedy lines.
Golmer – Lea Golmer married Egidius. She was the daughter of Hanß Ulrich Golmer Gollmar and Anna Catharina Rösch. The family lived in Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This is on my maternal lines: Egen – Silber – Swartzlander – Williams – Kennedy. See Diem.
Goode – Ann Goode married Francis Wakeman. My line continues with their daughter Priscilla Wakeman who married Thomas Richards. See Richards.
Goodspeed – Alice Goodspeed was the daughter of Nicholas Goodspeed and Margaret. She married Robert Seabrook, 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.
Gray – Sarah Gray married David Canfield, Jr. She was the daughter of Stephen Gray and Eunice Bennett and the granddaughter of William Gray and Abigail Coley. The Gray family lived in Colonial Connecticut; their roots are in England. See Canfield and Prindle.
Griesinger – Rosina Griesinger married Johannes “Hans” Egen on 19 February 1628 in Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Caspar Griesinger and Rosina Schrad. See Egen, Handel, Silber, and Swartzlander.
Grisser – Johanna Grisser died on 24 July 1572 in Drusweiler, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Her parentage is unknown. She married Johann Georg Propheter. My line continues with their son Johannes Propheter who married Margaretha Friedl. See Propheter and Friedl/Friedel.
Groß (Gross) – Johann Nicolaus Groß was born about 1619 in Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France and died 29 November 1697 in Minfeld, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He married first to Apollonia Zag (my ancestor) and second to Ottila _____ who is my 11th great-grandmother and was the widow of Erhard Zimmer (my ancestor) and the widow of Anthonius Roth. My line continues with the daughter of Johann Nicolaus Groß and Apollonia Zag, Anna Groß who married Hanß Wendel Nicolaus Ulm. See Ulm.
Gruetz (Groetz/Grietz) – Anna Maria Gruetz married Peter Druckenmiller. She was born in Ediger, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany as the daughter of Mathias Gruetz (Groetz) and Catharinae Fentzen (Zenzen). The family migrated to Colonial Pennsylvania. See Druckenmiller, Hafer, and Spatz (Spotts).
Häcker/Hacker (sometimes spelled as Hecker) – Johannes Häcker married Anna Maria Wendel on 27 February 1743 in Klingenmünster, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was the son of Georg Nikolaus Häcker and Anna Juliana ____. See Wendel and Weiss.
Hafer – Andrew Hafer married Maria Elisabeth “Elisabeth” Druckenmiller. They lived in Pennsylvania. He may possibly be the son of Joseph Hoffer/Hafer/Hoefer and Catharina Peyren. See Druckenmiller and Spatz (Spotts).
Hager – Margaret Elisabeth “Elizabeth” Hager married Ernest Frederick Dumbauld. She was the daughter of Johann Jacob Hager and Anna Maria ____. The family was from Kesselstadt, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany and settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
There has been some confusion regarding her parentage. She and Ernest Frederick Dumbauld married in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, and many link her to the Hager family that settled Hagerstown. But she was not of that same Hager family. Many of her children were born in Hagerstown, with the last few being born in Donegal, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. See Dumbauld.
Hansberry (Hanberry) – From Galway, Ireland, not German roots.
Handel – Anna Handel married Hanß Christoph Egen on 15 May 1654 in Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Ludwig Handel and Anna Hauff. Ludwig Handel was the son of Daniel Handel and Walpurga Braun. Related names Diem and Müller. See Egen, Silber, and Swartzlander.
Harmensen (Harmensen van Capen) – Christoph (Christoffel) “Stoffel” Harmmenss (Harmenszen) married Moeder Gerrits. He was the son of Daniel harmensen van Campen and __ van der Heijt. See VanSant.
Harmmenss (Harmenszen) – see above entry.
Harte (Hartje) – married Moll. Harte/Van Schuyven/Sluyter/Litts/Greatinger (Kritsinger)/Prindle/Cole.
Hastings – Jane Hastings married William Lutman on 23 April 1606 in Slinfold, Sussex, England. Slinfold is 7.6 miles from Ockley. She died 11 September 1656, and was buried in the St. Margaret Churchyard in Ockley. See Lutman and Dudley.
Hauff – married Handel. Handel/Egen/Silber/Swartzlander/Williams/Kennedy. See Diem.
Hawley – Hopestill Hawley married Asa Davison, they lived in Colonial Connecticut. Hopestill Hawley was the daughter of Nathan Hawley and Sarah Kent. See Davison.
Heald (Heath) – married Leonard. Leonard – Dumbleton- Root – Scott – French – Merchant/Cole.
Hermensen – See Harmensen van Capen.
Herrick – Lydia Herrick married Thomas Davison. She was the daughter of Stephen Herrick and Elizabeth Trask, the granddaughter of Ephraim Herrick and Mary Cross, and the great-granddaughter of Henry Herrick and Edith Laskin. The Herrick family lived in Colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut. Their roots go back to England. See Davison.
Hesser – Anna Elisabetha Hesser married Hanß Brummer/Bremmer. They lived in Großgartach, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Bechtold Hesser and Apollonia Knobloch. See Bremmer.
Hicks – Rebecca Hicks married John Armstrong, Jr. on 26 August 1714 at St Johns Parish, Joppa, Maryland. Joppa is a former colonial town in Maryland. She was the daughter of William Hicks and Jane ____. William Hicks was the son of Thomas Hicks and Mary Doughty.
Thomas Hicks was the son of John Hicks and Herodias Long. John Hicks was born in Southwark St Olave, which is now part of the modern London Borough of Southwark.
Hoerner (Höerner/Hörner)
Holborough – Agnes Holborough married William Chaplin. They lived in Suffolk, England. She was the daughter of Richard Holborough and Christine/Christian ___. See Chaplin and Plumb.
Hooker – Eleanor Hooker married William Dudley. She was the daughter of John Hooker and Agnes Taylor. The Dudley family was of Dorking, Surrey, England. See Dudley and Hubbard.
Horne – Winifred Horne married Capt. John Wheatley. They lived in Colonial St Mary’s, Maryland. She was the daughter of Edward Horne and Winifred ____. See Wheatley, Norris, MacComas, and Willougby.
Howlett – Sarah Howlett married Sgt. John Cummings. The family lived in Colonial Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Howlett and Alice French. See French and Merchant.
Hubbard (maternal) Davis related.
Hubbard (maternal) – Sarah Hubbard married Thomas Bennett. She was the daughter of William Hubbard and Abigail Dudley. The Hubbard family lived in Colonial Connecticut; their roots are in England. See Bennett.
Hull – Hannah Hull married Edmund Dorman. She was the daughter of Richard Hull. They lived in Colonial New Haven Connecticut.
in ‘t Veld (Hendricksen) – Hilletje in ‘t Veld married William Clerk (Clerck) on 25 August 1698 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. William Clerck was the widower of Bettie Marrits. He was born in England and lived in Mombaccus, New York. Hilletje was born in Hurley, Ulster, New York, and resided there at the time of her marriage. Hilletje in ‘t Veld was the daughter of Roeloff Hendrick in ‘t Veld Hendricksen and Aeltje Lubbers. In the past, there were some that listed her maiden name as Van der Bilt, that is a misreading of her name in church records, it is clearly listed as in ‘t Veld, and only once was listed as van Veld, but never as Van der Bilt. Roeloff Hendrick in ‘t Veld Hendricksen was born in Meppen, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands. His parentage is unproven, but it appears he was the son of a man named Henrick. Aeltje Lubbers was born in Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Lubbert Jansen and Aeltje Wygerts/Wiggers, who were both from Heerde, Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Ingam (Ingram) – possible maiden name of Mildred, wife of Rev. Robert Prudden of King’s Walden, Hertfordshire, England.
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