Generation No. 1

1. KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET was born 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and died 21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Surrey, England. He married PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT. She was born 24 Jun 1314 in Valenciennes, Hainault, Flanders, and died 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

Notes for KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III PLANTAGENET:

Edward III (13 November 1312 - 21 June 1377) was King of England from 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe; his reign also saw vital developments in legislation and government-in particular the evolution of the English parliament-as well as the ravages of the Black Death. He is one of only five British monarchs to have ruled England or its successor kingdoms for more than fifty years.

More About KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III PLANTAGENET:

Burial: Unknown, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Cause of Death: Stroke

More About PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT:

Burial: Unknown, Plot: south side of the Confessor's chapel, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Cause of Death: Dropsy

Child of KING PLANTAGENET and PHILIPPA HAINAULT is:

2. i. DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, b. 29 Nov 1338, Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant; d. 07 Oct 1368, Alba, Piedmont.

Generation No. 2

2. DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP (KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, and died 07 Oct 1368 in Alba, Piedmont. He married 4TH COUNTESS OF ULSTER ELIZABETH DE BURGH. She was born 06 Jul 1332 in Carrickfergus Castle, Carrickfergus, Ulster, Ireland, and died 10 Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland.

Notes for DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF ANTWERP:

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Ulster and 5th Baron of Connaught, KG (29 November 1338 - 7 October 1368) was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was so called because he was born at Antwerp.

More About DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF ANTWERP:

Burial: Unknown, Clare Priory, Clare, Suffolk, England

Notes for 4TH COUNTESS OF ULSTER ELIZABETH DE BURGH:

Relationships:

Parents: William de Burgh (1312 - 1333), 3rd Earl of Ulster, murdered by the Mandevilles while en route to Parliament to be made Lord Burgh.

Matilda (Maud) de Lancaster (1310-1377), Canoness of Campsey (1347-1364), Nun at Bruisyard Abbey (1364-1377)

Siblings: Only child.

Child of DUKE ANTWERP and 4TH DE BURGH is:

3. i. LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, b. 16 Aug 1355, Eltham Palace, Kent, England; d. 05 Jan 1382, Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

Generation No. 3

3. LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO (DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 16 Aug 1355 in Eltham Palace, Kent, England, and died 05 Jan 1382 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. She married 3RD EARL OF MARCH AND JURE U EDMUND DE MORTIMER. He was born 01 Feb 1351 in Llangoed, Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales, and died 27 Dec 1381 in Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland.

More About LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE 5TH CO:

Burial: Unknown, Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

Notes for 3RD EARL OF MARCH AND JURE U EDMUND DE MORTIMER:

Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 - 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison.

An infant at the death of his father, Edmund, as a ward of the crown, was placed by Edward III of England under the care of William of Wykeham and Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel.

The position of the young earl, powerful on account of his possessions and hereditary influence in the Welsh marches, was rendered still more important by his marriage on 24 August 1369 at the age of 17 to the 14-year-old Philippa, the only child of the late Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, the second son of Edward III.

Lionel's late wife, Elizabeth, had been daughter and heiress of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, and Lionel had himself been created Earl of Ulster before his marriage. Edmund inherited the title Earl of Ulster on Lionel's death.

Therefore, the Earl of March not only represented one of the chief Anglo-Norman lordships in Ireland in right of his wife Philippa, but Philippa's line was also the second most senior line of descent in the succession to the crown, after Edward, the Black Prince and his son, King Richard II of England. John of Gaunt, younger brother of Prince Edward, had become the 1st Duke of Lancaster and thus the source of the House of Lancaster's claim to the throne.

This marriage had, therefore, far-reaching consequences in English history, ultimately giving rise to the claim of the House of York to the crown of England contested in the Wars of the Roses between the Yorks and the Lancasters; Edward IV being descended from the second adult son of Edward III as great-great-grandson of Philippa, countess of March, and in the male line from Edmund of Langley, the first Duke of York and the fourth adult son of Edward III.

Edmund Mortimer's son Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March would become heir presumptive to the English crown during the reign of Richard II.

Mortimer, now styled Earl of March and Ulster, became Marshal of England in 1369, and was employed in various diplomatic missions during the next following years. He was a member of the committee appointed by the Peers to confer with the Commons in 1373 -; the first instance of such a joint conference since the institution of representative parliaments on the question of granting supplies for John of Gaunt's war in France.

He participated in the opposition to Edward III and the court party, which grew in strength towards the end of the reign, taking the popular side and being prominent in the Good Parliament of 1376 among the lords who supported the Prince of Wales and opposed the Court Party and John of Gaunt. The Speaker of the House of Commons in this parliament was March's steward, Peter de la Mare, who firmly withstood John of Gaunt in stating the grievances of the Commons, in supporting the impeachment of several high court officials, and in procuring the banishment of the king's mistress, Alice Perrers. March was a member of the administrative council appointed by the same parliament after the death of Edward, the Black Prince to attend the king and advise him in all public affairs.

Following the end of the Good Parliament its acts were reversed by John of Gaunt, March's steward was jailed, and March himself was ordered to inspect Calais and other remote royal castles as part of his duty as Marshall of England. March chose instead to resign the post.[1]

On the accession of Richard II, a minor, in 1377, the Earl became a member of the standing council of government; though as husband of the heir-presumptive to the crown he wisely abstained from claiming any actually administrative office. The richest and most powerful person in the realm was, however, the king's uncle John of Gaunt, whose jealousy led March to accept the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1379. March succeeded in asserting his authority in eastern Ulster, but failed to subdue the O'Neills farther west. Proceeding to Munster to put down the turbulent southern chieftains, March was killed at Cork on 27 December 1381.[1] He was buried in Wigmore Abbey, of which he had been a benefactor, and where his wife Philippa was also interred.

The earl had two sons and two daughters:[1]

Lady Elizabeth married Henry Hotspur Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland. She may have later married Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys.[2]

His elder son, Sir Roger, succeeded him as 4th Earl of March and Ulster.

His second son, Sir Edmund played an important part, in conjunction with his brother-in-law Hotspur, in the fortunes of Owain Glyndwr.

Lady Philippa married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke; after his death in 1389 she became the second wife of Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel; she married thirdly Sir Thomas de Poynings.[3]

More About 3RD EARL OF MARCH AND JURE U EDMUND DE MORTIMER:

Burial: Unknown, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

Child of LADY and 3RD DE MORTIMER is:

4. i. LADY BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, b. 12 Feb 1371, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales; d. 20 Apr 1417, King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England.

Generation No. 4

4. LADY BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER (LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 12 Feb 1371 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, and died 20 Apr 1417 in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England. She married SIR HENRY HOTSPUR PERCY. He was born 20 May 1364 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, and died 21 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Notes for LADY BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH MORTIMER:

Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys, was an English noblewoman, who, as the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and great-granddaughter of King Edward III, was in the line of succession to the English crown. Her first husband was Sir Henry Percy, known to history as 'Hotspur'. She married secondly Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys. She is represented as 'Kate, Lady Percy,' in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, and briefly again as 'Widow Percy' in Henry IV, Part 2.

More About LADY BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH MORTIMER:

Burial: Unknown, St. George's Church, Trotton, Sussex, England

More About SIR HENRY HOTSPUR PERCY:

Burial: Unknown, York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England

Cause of Death: Killed in Battle

Child of BARONESS MORTIMER and HENRY PERCY is:

5. i. COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, b. Abt. Feb 1390, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; d. 26 Oct 1437, Staindrop, Durham, England.

Generation No. 5

5. COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY (BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Abt. Feb 1390 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, and died 26 Oct 1437 in Staindrop, Durham, England. She married 7TH BARON CLIFFORD JOHN DE CLIFFORD. He was born 23 Apr 1389 in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, and died 13 Mar 1422 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France.

More About COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH PERCY:

Burial: Unknown, Plot: Inside church, St Mary Churchyard, Staindrop, Durham, England

More About 7TH BARON CLIFFORD JOHN DE CLIFFORD:

Cause of Death: Killed in battle at the Siege of Meaux

Child of COUNTESS PERCY and 7TH DE CLIFFORD is:

6. i. MARY6 CLIFFORD, b. Abt. 1416, Appleby, Westmoreland, England; d. 04 Oct 1478, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Generation No. 6

6. MARY6 CLIFFORD (COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Abt. 1416 in Appleby, Westmoreland, England, and died 04 Oct 1478 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She married SIR SIR 2ND BARON DESPENCER SIR PHILIP WENTWORTH. He was born 1424 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, and died 18 May 1464 in Middleham, North Yorkshire, England.

Notes for MARY CLIFFORD:

John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford

From Wikipedia: Issue of John de Clifford & Lady Elizabeth Percy: Thomas de Clifford, 8th Lord Clifford m. Joan Dacre, daughter of Thomas Dacre, 6th Lord Dacre of Gilsland, Henry Clifford, Mary Clifford m. Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk; Their great-granddaughter was Jane Seymour, third Queen consort of Henry VIII of England, Blanche Clifford, Mary Clifford 1426 - Appleby, Westmoreland, England.

Father John de Clifford, Baron, b. Abt 1388, Of Appleby, Westmoreland, England , d. 13 Mar 1421-1422, Siege Of, Meaux, Seine-Et-Marne, France

Mother Elizabeth de Percy, Baroness of Clifford, b. Abt 1390, Of, Alnwick, Northumberland, England , d. 26 Oct 1437, , , England

Family Philip Wentworth, b. 1424, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England , d. 18 May 1464

Children

1. Henry Wentworth, b. Abt 1444, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England , d. Aug 1499

2. Margaret Wentworth, b. Abt 1446, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England , d. 28 Apr 1479

3. Margaret Wentworth, b. Abt 1446, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England , d. 28 Apr 1479

More About MARY CLIFFORD:

Burial: Unknown, Friars Minors, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Notes for SIR SIR 2ND BARON DESPENCER SIR PHILIP WENTWORTH:

Sir Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk (c. 1424 - 18 May 1464) was an English knight and courtier.

Philip Wentworth was the son of Roger Wentworth (died 24 October 1462), esquire, of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, and Margery (died 1478) daughter and heiress of Philip, Lord le Despencer.[1][2][a]

Wentworth was Usher of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body, King's Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (1459-1460), Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephen and Clare Castles, Chief Steward of the Honour of Clare.[1]

Wentworth supported the house of Lancaster and was in the army of King Henry VI, which was defeated at the Battle of Hexham on 15 May 1464. He was captured and three days later beheaded at Middleham, Yorkshire on 18 May 1464.[1]

Wentworth married Mary, daughter of John, Lord Clifford and Elizabeth Percy, daughter of Henry Percy (Hotspur).[3] When Mary died, was buried at the Friars Minor at Ipswich, Suffolk.[1]

They had a son and two daughters who survived him:[3]

Sir Henry Wentworth,[1] de jure 4th Baron Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, who married firstly Anne Say, by whom he had two sons, Sir Richard and Edward, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Margery, Dorothy and Jane, and secondly Elizabeth Neville, by whom he had no issue. His daughter, Margery Wentworth, married Sir John Seymour, and had several notable children.[4]

Margaret Wentworth, who married Thomas Cotton, esquire.[1]

Elizabeth Wentworth,[1] who married, as his second wife, Martin De La See, Knight, of Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter of John Monceaux.[5]

More About SIR SIR 2ND BARON DESPENCER SIR PHILIP WENTWORTH:

Cause of Death: Beheading

Child of MARY CLIFFORD and 2ND WENTWORTH is:

7. i. ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, b. Abt. 1427, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; d. 1480, England.

Generation No. 7

7. ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH (MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Abt. 1427 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, and died 1480 in England. She married SIR MARTIN AT SEE. He was born Abt. 1420 in Barmston, Yorkshire, England, and died 15 Dec 1494 in Barmston, Yorkshire, England.

Notes for SIR MARTIN AT SEE:

Martin De La See[1] (1420 - 15 December 1494) was the son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux. He married (1st) Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had one daughter, Margaret. He married (2nd) Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, by Mary Clifford, daughter of John De Clifford. He married (3rd) before 20 Nov 1494, Margery_____.

From Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry:

He headed the local resistance to King Edward IV of England's landing at Ravenspur in March 1471. He was knighted after the successful siege of Edrington Castle, Scotland by Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland on 24 July 1482, and served on eight consecutive commissions of the peace for the East Riding from 18 Sep 1484 to 14 Jul 1494.[2][3]

Martin De La See died testate between 20 Nov and 15 Dec 1494 and was buried in the choir in All Hallows', Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, with effigy[4][5].

More About SIR MARTIN AT SEE:

Burial: Unknown, All Hallows', Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Child of ELIZABETH WENTWORTH and SIR SEE is:

8. i. JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, b. 1467, Barmston, Yorkshire (now East Riding of Yorkshire), England; d. 07 Apr 1528, England.

Generation No. 8

8. JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE (ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1467 in Barmston, Yorkshire (now East Riding of Yorkshire), England, and died 07 Apr 1528 in England. She married SIR SIR 3RD LORD OF WINESTEAD PETER HILDYARD. He was born 1460 in Winestead, Holderness, Yorkshire, England, and died 20 Mar 1503 in Lincolnshire, England.

Child of JOAN LA SEE and 3RD HILDYARD is:

9. i. ISABEL9 HILDYARD, b. 1500, Winestead, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; d. Aft. 10 Jul 1540.

Generation No. 9

9. ISABEL9 HILDYARD (JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1500 in Winestead, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and died Aft. 10 Jul 1540. She married OF ANLABY RALPH LEGARD. He was born Abt. 1490 in Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and died 30 Jun 1540 in Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Child of ISABEL HILDYARD and OF LEGARD is:

10. i. JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, b. 1526, Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; d. Bet. 09 Mar 1585 - 1588, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England.

Generation No. 10

10. JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10 (ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1526 in Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and died Bet. 09 Mar 1585 - 1588 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England. She married GENT RICHARD SKEPPER. He was born 1495 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, and died Aft. 26 May 1556 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England.

Notes for JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY:

1. Joan (Jane) Legard was born ABT 1530, and died AFT 9 Mar 1585/1588. She was the daughter of Ralph Legard and Isabel Hildyard.

Married

By pre-nup dated 4 Feb 1551 (ambiguous date) she married Richard Skepper of East Kirkby, Lincs, gent., his 2nd wife; he was Katherine's widower. He was the son of Richard Skepper of East Kirkby, co Lincoln and Audrey Grynne. Richard made his will in 1556. He died wd 26 May 1556. He was buried in East Kirkby.

Robert Townley. He was buried 9 Mar 1585/1586 in East Kirkby, Lincoln, England.

Children of Joan Legard and Richard Skepper (3 sons and 1 daughter):

Bridget Skepper b: ABT 1551. Wife of Sirach Disney

Edward Skepper , Gent, b: ABT 1552. Married 1) Agnes 2) Mary Robinson

Thomas Skepper b: ABT 1553.

George Skepper b: ABT 1555. Married Susannah.

Children of Joan Legard and Robert Townley:

William Townley

Margaret Townley

TAG (July 1994) 69:131

ii, Joan/Jane b. say 1530, d. aft. 7 March 1585/6; m. (1) aft. 4 feb. 1550/1 Richard Skepper, who d. shortly aft. 26 May 1556; (2) prob. in the late 1550s Robert Townley of Boston, Lincolnshire, who d. 8 March 1585/6. She had four children by Skepper and two by Townley (TAG 20[1942-43]:77, 79; pedigree of Townley of Boston in Lincolnshire Pedigrees, 3:1007). The Yorkshire Visitation, 1564 described her as "Jane, wyff to Rychard Skypper, and after wyffe to Robert Townley."*

Joan Legard is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons William d'Aubigné, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy, and Robert de Ros.

DEATH: Date> After 2nd husband's will was written (dated 7 Mar 1585-1586).

Child of JOAN and GENT SKEPPER is:

11. i. GENT EDWARD11 SKEPPER, b. Abt. 1552, East Kirby, Lincolnshire, England; d. Bef. 10 Nov 1629, East Kirby, Lincolnshire, England.

Generation No. 11

11. GENT EDWARD11 SKEPPER (JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Abt. 1552 in East Kirby, Lincolnshire, England, and died Bef. 10 Nov 1629 in East Kirby, Lincolnshire, England. He married MARY ROBINSON. She died Unknown.

Child of GENT SKEPPER and MARY ROBINSON is:

12. i. REV. OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12 SKEPPER, b. Bef. 27 Nov 1597, Boston, Lincolnshire, England; d. Bef. 1646, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Generation No. 12

12. REV. OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12 SKEPPER (GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Bef. 27 Nov 1597 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and died Bef. 1646 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married (1) UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1600, and died Bet. Jan 1638 - 1639 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He married (2) SARAH FISHER. She was born 11 May 1617 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and died 1650 in Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Notes for REV. OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM SKEPPER:

William Skepper (Rev) was christened 27 Nov 1597 in Boston, Lincoln, England, died between 1640 and 1650 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, intestate. He was the son of 2. Edward Skepper , Gent, and 3. Mary Robinson.

The name is rather consistently spelled "Skipper" in New England although in England the spelling was "Skepper."

Skepper is one of several hundred 17th century English immigrant families who have proven royalty in their ancestry. His ancestors included most of the royalty of England and elsewhere in the Middle Ages as well as many historic persons of the time. And in 1739 his descendant Josiah Dodge (d. 1805) married Susannah Knowlton, a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Richard More.

President Calvin Coolidge, Sen. John Kerry and Alice Hathaway Lee, first wife of Teddy Roosevelt, are descendants.

He married a woman whose name we do not know. She died before 1638/1639.

He then married Sarah Fisher 17 Jan 1638/1639 in Boston, Lincoln, England. She was born 11 May 1617 Boston, Lincolnshire and probably came to New England with husband, William Skepper. She died in Essex County, Massachusetts, and may have predeceased her husband or remarried after his death. Her father was Richard Fisher, born 1573, and mother was Ann White, born 1576. Both were born in Boston, Lincolnshire.

The name is rather consistently spelled "Skipper" in New England although in England the spelling was "Skepper."

Children of William Skepper (d between 1640/1640) and his 1st wife (d before 1638), her name unknown:

Elizabeth Skipper b: ABT 1626. Married Zachariah Phillips.

John Skepper c: 25 Oct 1631 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Mary Skepper c: 19 Jul 1629 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Theophilus Skepper c: 25 Oct 1631 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Theophilus Skipper c: 9 Jan 1632/1633 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Living in 1646, no further record. He may have died or possibly returned to England.

Jane Skipper c: 9 Jan 1634/1635 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Married Abraham Brown.

Katherine Skipper b: ABT 1638. Married 1) John Maverick 2) John Johnson.

Children of William Skepper (d between 1640/1640) and his 2nd wife, Sarah Fisher (b 1617, d unknown)

Sarah Skipper b: ABT 1640. Married Walter Fairfield

Supporting data:

From Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217 Line18.

[Rev.] WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), younger son by his father's 2nd marriage, baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597. He obtained a B.A. degree at Sidney College, Cambridge University, 1617-8. He served a Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-8. He married (1st) UNKNOWN. They had three sons, John, Theophilus (1st of name), and Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646.

"It is quite possible that Rev. William Skepper went to Lynn where he may have assisted Rev. Thomas Cobbett in his pastoral duties. It is possible that Sarah his wife predeceased him and that her daughter was cared for by friends or kin in Lynn or Reading which was established from Lynn in 1644. From the records found it is evident that William Skepper settled on his four elder children £50 each. Or it may be that Sarah (Fisher) Skepper married after her husband's death and that Sarah Skepper, her daughter, remained with her mother and step-father until she married at the age of fifteen years."

FROM ALTON ROGERS:

Milestones in the life of Rev. William Skepper from TAG # 78 (The Skepper Family):

- 8 July 1612 - admitted as a pensioner at Sidney College, Cambridge.

- 1614 - matriculated at Sidney College.

- 1617-18 - B.A. from Sidney College.

- 1628 - signed Transcripts of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh parish, Lincoln.

- 1629 - signed Transcripts of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh as William Skepper, "curate".

- 1630 - signed Transcripts of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh as William Skepper "rector" - Thorpe by Wainfleete (Thorpe-in-the-Marsh), Lincolnshire.

Ten years after his graduation, William was a curate in Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, otherwise known as Thorpe by Wainfleet, evidently a contiguous parish to Wainfleet All Saints where his elder sister Mary had married the rector in 1622; possibly he went there as curate soon after his ordination. His mother had the presentation of the Vicarage of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh and later installed him as vicar.

"Presentation, dated 12 April 1630, by Mary Skepper of East Kirkbye, widow (by reason of a grant of the advowson for a term of years made to her by Samuel Smyth, gentleman) of William Skepper, B.A., to the vicarage of Thorpe in Marisco (sic), vacant by the death of Gilbert Dighton.

Instituted at Westminster, 24 April 1630, by John, bishop of Lincoln, in the presence of Edward Lake, LL.B., notary."

- 1631, 1632 and 1633 - signed the Transcripts of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh as WilliamSkepper, "minister".

- 1634 - signed the Transcripts of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh as William Skepper, "rector".

The village in modem times is known as Wainfleet-All-Saints. http://www.wainfleet.info/

- before Dec. 1638 - he had left Thorpe-in-the-Marsh and went to Boston, Lincoln. His second marriage is found in Boston.

- sometime in 1639 - he arrived in New England. Records show that four children came with him and were his son Theophilus and daughters Katherine, Jane and Elizabeth.

William SKEPPER or SKIPPER in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900

Name: William SKEPPER or SKIPPER

College: SIDNEY

Entered: 1614

More Information: Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, July 8, 1612. Probably s. of Edward, of East Kirkby, Lincs., gent. Matric. 1614; B.A. 1617-8. R. of Thorpe-by-Wain-fleet, Lincs., 1630. (Lincs. Pedigrees, 884.)

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Christened on November 27, 1597 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died intestate between 1640 and 1646.

William's parents were Edward and Mary Robinson Skepper with a well documented line of Royal ancestry including King Edward III.

William is mention by Douglas Richardson in his book, "Plantagenet Ancestry". Richardson believes that William and his family came to America in 1639 shortly after his marriage to Sarah Fisher.

From "The Pioneers Of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn From Records Of The Colonies, Towns And Churches And Other Contemporaneous Documents". 2017. Archive.Org. Accessed April 8 2017. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/417/mode/1up

SKIPPER, SKEPPAR, Mr. William, [Lynn,] had writings made 14 (3) 1640 for his 4 children. [L.] He d. and admin, was gr. to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Cobbett by Gen. Court 16 Oct. 1650, at request of Zaehary Phillips and his wife who was a daughter. Perhaps Theophilus, an apprentice to Benjamin Keayne, Jr., of Lynn, whose rights were guarded by Gen. Court 4 Nov. 1646, and Jane, spinster, Boston, a creditor of Valentine Hill. 18 (11) 1651, were also children of William.

Do not see Thorp in the Marsh listed here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Lincolnshire#T

Richardson, Douglas (2004) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 657

REV. WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597, B.A. degree, 1617-8 at Sidney College, Cambridge University, Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-1638. He married (1st) UNKNOWN. They had three sons, John, Theophilus, Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646.

Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217

18. [Rev.] WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), younger son by his father's 2nd marriage, baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597. He obtained a B.A. degree at Sidney College, Cambridge University, 1617-8. He served a Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-8. He married (1st) UNKNOWN. They had three sons, John, Theophilus (1st of name), and Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646.

Chase (1861) Hist. of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pp. 634-635

Titcomb (1882) Earl New England People p. 252

Lincolnshire Peds. (Harleian Society Publications 52) (1904) 3:882-884 (Skepper ped.)

TAG 20:81-85

Reverend William Skepper, son of Edward, Esq. (Richard, Richard) and Mary (Robinson) Skepper, baptized in Boston, England, 27 Nov. 1597, died in New England, about 1640-1650. He married first, who died before 1638-39. He married secondly, 17 Jan. 1638-39, Boston, England, Sarah Fisher, who probably came to America with him and died in Essex County, Mass.

William Skepper was called her "godson" by Mistress Frances Cheney in her will in 1604.

William Skepper was admitted a pensioner at Sidney College, Cambridge, 8 July 1612, "probably" son of Edward Skepper of East Kirkby, gentleman. He matriculated 1614, B.A., 1617-18. Rector of Thorpe by Wainfleete (Thorpe-in-the-Marsh) 1630. (Alumni Cantabrigiensis.)

Ten years after his graduation, William was a curate in Thorpe-in-the-Marsh otherwise known as Thorpe by Wainfleet, evidently a contiguous parish to Wainfleet All Saints where his elder sister Mary had married the rector in 1622; possibly he went there as curate soon after his ordination. His mother had the presentation of the Vicarage of Thorpe in the Marsh and later installed him as vicar.

"Presentation, dated 12 April, 1630, by Mary Skepper of East Kirkbye, widow, (by reason of a grant of the advowson for a term of years made to her by Samuel Smyth, gentleman) of William Skepper, B.A., to the vicarage of Thorpe in Marisco, vacant by the death of Gilbert Dighton.

Instituted at Westminster, 24 April, 1630, by John, bishop of Lincoln, in the presence of Edward Lake, LL.B., notary." (Presentation Deed, no. 29: Bishops' Certificates.)

Two other entries regarding this parish are of interest.

"John Watts compounded for the first fruits on 9 Feb. 1638-39." (Compositions for First Fruits, Public Record Office.)

"John Watts, clerk, instituted to the vicarage of Thorpe by Waynfleet, 13 Dec. 1638. Patron: - Francis Coningsby, esquire." (Bishops' Certificates, Canterbury.)

It is seen from this that before Dec. 1638, Rev. William Skipper had left Thorpe-in-the-Marsh. Whether his mother had died or whether the term of years in which she owned the right of presentation there had expired and so the living was granted to some one else or whether he chose to resign his post, he left there and went to Boston, Lincoln. His second marriage is found in Boston. There is no doubt that this was the second marriage of Reverend William Skepper, for an exhaustive search for the records of this small Lincolnshire family shows no other William living at the time and of age to marry her. It is possible that he intended to emigrate to New England and that was the reason for leaving Thorpe, there being at the time a strong tide of emigration from in and near Boston. It is not known just when he arrived in New England, but apparently sometime in 1639. He did not live long but before he died arranged for certain monies for his four older children. Possibly they had been left a legacy by some one of their mother's people. An item in Lechford's Note Book tells of this but unfortunately his record on this point is very scanty.

"Foure writings for foure children of Mr William Skipper, 3.14.1640." (Lechford's Note Book, 244.) Other records show these children to have been, Theophilus, his son, and Katherine, Jane, and Elizabeth. It is probable that Lechford would not have said four children if there had not been more. It is not known just when the Rev. William Skepper died, but it was before 1650. He left no will and no administration was taken of his estate, until in 1650 one of his sons-in-law petitioned that the estate be divided.

1650. "In answer to the petition of Zachary Phillips for his portion in the right of his wife (being the daughter of William Skipper, deceased) in her father's estate who dyed intestate, this Court doth order that power of administrant he granted to Mr Cotten & Mr Cobbet for the disposing of the Estate above mentioned." (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 3:218.)

It is quite possible that Rev. William Skepper went to Lynn where he may have assisted Rev. Thomas Cobbett in his pastoral duties. It is possible that Sarah his wife predeceased him and that her daughter was cared for by friends or kin in Lynn or Reading which was established from Lynn in 1644. From the records found it is evident that William Skepper settled on his four elder children £50 each. Or it may be that Sarah (Fisher) Skepper married after her husband's death and that Sarah Skepper, her daughter, remained with her mother and step-father until she married at the age of fifteen years.

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More About REV. OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM SKEPPER:

Occupation: Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh

Notes for UNKNOWN:

The name of the first wife of Rev. William Skepper (1597 - abt 1640) is UNKNOWN. She died before he emigrated to America, about 1638, with his 2nd wife, Sarah Fisher.

Their children:

Elizabeth Skipper b: ABT 1626. Married Zachariah Phillips.

John Skepper c: 25 Oct 1631 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Mary Skepper c: 19 Jul 1629 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Theophilus Skepper c: 25 Oct 1631 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Died young.

Theophilus Skipper c: 9 Jan 1632/1633 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Living in 1646, no further record. He may have died or possibly returned to England.

Jane Skipper c: 9 Jan 1634/1635 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. Married Abraham Brown.

Katherine Skipper b: ABT 1638. Married 1) John Maverick 2) John Johnson.

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TAG 20:81-85

Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217. "Richardson, Douglas (2004) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 657

REV. WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597, B.A. degree, 1617-8 at Sidney College, Cambridge University, Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-1638. He married (1st) UNKNOWN. They had three sons, John, Theophilus, Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646."

Child of OF SKEPPER and UNKNOWN is:

13. i. JANE13 SKEPPER, b. Bef. 09 Jan 1634, Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, England; d. Aft. 1682, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 13

13. JANE13 SKEPPER (OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Bef. 09 Jan 1634 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, England, and died Aft. 1682 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She married ABRAHAM BROWNE. He was born Abt. 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, and died Jan 1690 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of JANE SKEPPER and ABRAHAM BROWNE is:

14. i. JANE14 BROWNE, b. 09 Aug 1657, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 30 Sep 1737, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts.

Generation No. 14

14. JANE14 BROWNE (JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 09 Aug 1657 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died 30 Sep 1737 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts. She married HENRY LUNT. He was born 20 Feb 1652 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died 15 Oct 1709 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts.

Child of JANE BROWNE and HENRY LUNT is:

15. i. JANE15 LUNT, b. 09 Nov 1693, Newbury, Essex, MA; d. 02 Feb 1743, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

Generation No. 15

15. JANE15 LUNT (JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 09 Nov 1693 in Newbury, Essex, MA, and died 02 Feb 1743 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. She married NATHANIEL DRAKE 06 Jun 1716. He was born 1695, and died 1763.

Child of JANE LUNT and NATHANIEL DRAKE is:

16. i. ABRAHAM16 DRAKE, b. 01 Mar 1725, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States; d. 27 Jul 1805, New Hampton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.

Generation No. 16

16. ABRAHAM16 DRAKE (JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 01 Mar 1725 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, and died 27 Jul 1805 in New Hampton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. He married MARTHA EATON 05 Mar 1752, daughter of SAMUEL EATON and HANNAH WOTHEN. She was born 22 Jan 1730 in Salisbury, Massachusettes, and died 28 Apr 1799 in New Hampton, NH.

Child of ABRAHAM DRAKE and MARTHA EATON is:

17. i. MARTHA17 DRAKE, b. 30 Aug 1767, Salisbury, Massachusettes; d. 14 Aug 1841.

Generation No. 17

17. MARTHA17 DRAKE (ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 30 Aug 1767 in Salisbury, Massachusettes, and died 14 Aug 1841. She married JOHN SMITH IV, son of CHRISTOPHER SMITH and MARY PAGE. He was born 25 Jan 1760 in Hampton, NH, and died 17 Jul 1842 in New Hampton, NH.

Notes for JOHN SMITH IV:

John Smith also known as "Shaving John Smith". He was a genteel farmer from the Beech Hill area of New Hampton just west of Lake Winona.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Both John and Martha were burried on home farm. Then disintered in 1909 to Holderness.

Children of MARTHA DRAKE and JOHN SMITH are:

i. CHRISTOPHER18 SMITH, d. Unknown.

ii. LEVI SMITH, d. Unknown.

iii. ABIGAIL SMITH, d. Unknown.

18. iv. JOHN SMITH V, b. 31 Dec 1792, West Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 15 Sep 1866, Meredith, New Hampshire.

Generation No. 18

18. JOHN18 SMITH V (MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 31 Dec 1792 in West Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 15 Sep 1866 in Meredith, New Hampshire. He married MARY 'POLLY' MUDGETT 25 Dec 1817 in New Hampton, New Hampshire, daughter of BENJAMIN MUDGETT and LYDIA HUCKINS. She was born 16 Jan 1798, and died 30 Jun 1869.

Notes for JOHN SMITH V:

John Smith, Jr., was one of the best farmers in the state, and later sold the farm to Jacob Merrill. He moved to Meredith Village.

Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, published in 1932.

John Smith and his bride, Mary, bought a farm in West Center Harbor, where his labors earned him a comfortable living. Mr. Smith sold his produce in profitable sales trips to Newburyport, Massachusetts, supplementing his farm goods with stocking yarn made at the John Busiel mill in Laconia.

In 1854, John Smith and family sold the Center Harbor farm and bought a lot at the northwesterly corner of Main and New Hampton (now Waukewan) Streets. He also bought a house in Holderness, dismantled it and hauled the pieces to Meredith where he reassembled it. Moving day was November 1, 1854, son Benjamin's 21st birthday.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Marriage Certificate for John Smith V shows bride as Miss Polly Mudgett. Residence of groom New Hampton, residence of bride New Hampton. Intention filed December 17, 1817, date of marriage December 25, 1817.

Source: NH Vital Statistics Research November 20, 2000

More About JOHN SMITH V:

Burial: Unknown, Old Yard

Children of JOHN SMITH and MARY MUDGETT are:

i. GEORGE19 SMITH, d. Unknown; m. ELLEN ADAMS; d. Unknown.

ii. ESTHER SMITH, d. Unknown.

Notes for ESTHER SMITH:

Esther Smith died young

iii. LIVINA SMITH, d. Unknown.

Notes for LIVINA SMITH:

Livina Smith died young

iv. ABBIE SMITH, d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN HOW; d. Unknown.

v. PRISCILLA SMITH, d. Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN EASTMAN; d. Unknown; m. (2) COTTON DOWNING; d. Unknown.

19. vi. MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY SMITH, b. 20 Mar 1823, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 08 Nov 1908, Meredith, New Hampshire.

20. vii. HULDAH P. SMITH, b. 1829; d. 1915.

21. viii. JOHN SMITH VI, b. 1831; d. 1908.

22. ix. BENJAMIN M. SMITH, b. 01 Nov 1833, West Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 16 Mar 1912, Wenham, Massachusetts.

23. x. HANNAH SMITH, b. 1842; d. 1908.

Generation No. 19

19. MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH (JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 20 Mar 1823 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 08 Nov 1908 in Meredith, New Hampshire. She married JACOB LEE MERRILL, son of DAVID MERRILL and SARAH LEE. He was born 24 Mar 1818 in Holderness, New Hampshire, and died 01 Jul 1889 in Meredith, New Hampshire.

More About MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Occupation: Housewife

Notes for JACOB LEE MERRILL:

From the the 1830 US Census for Holderness, New Hampshire, provided by Ed Merrill of West Franklin, New Hampshire, in September 2000, for David Merrill:

Number Age Group Probable Name, Birth, and Age in 1830

1 M 10-15 (Jacob Lee - 1818, 12)

1M 20-30 (William Elliot - 1809, 21)

1M 60-70 (David - 1769, 61)

1F 10-15 (Hepzabah - 1820, 10)

2F 15-20 (Julia A. - 1814, 16 and Eliza - est 1816, 18)

1F 50-60 (Sarah - 1778, 52)

Following information came from 1850 US Census for Holderness, New Hampshire, provided by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L 32 Farmer Estimated birth 1818

Mary 28 Estimated birth 1822

Julia 6 Estimated birth 1844

Mary L 2 Estimated birth 1848

Following information came from 1860 US Census for Center Harbor, New Hampshire, provided by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L 42

Mary 37

Julia A 15

Mary L 11

John 4

Benjamin 22 birth 1838 (Not in the 1850 Census as a 12 year old and we don't know who he is)

Following information came from 1870 US Census for Center Harbor, New Hampshire, page 3, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L. Merrill Age 52 Male Farmer Estimated birth 1818

Mary Age 47 Female Housewife Estimated birth 1823

John Age 14 Male Child Estimated birth 1856

George Age 8 Male Child Estimated birth 1862

(Note: Julia was married in 1861 to Amos D. Webster and would likely be living with him for the 1870 Census. This family entry was not researched.)

From the Annuals of Meredith published in 1932 page 320, we find mention of Jacob Lee Merrill with no dates. We also find David Merrill, 1769-1859, married to Sarah H. Lee, 1778-1847 from Ossipee Mountain.

From the Death Certificate for Jacob L. Merrill at the New Hampshire Vital Statistics Office provided to me by Ed Merrill on September 11, 2000, we have Jacob L. Merrill's death in July 1889 in Meredith at age 71 years, 3 months, 7 days. This puts his birth in April 1818. His father is David Merrill born in Plymouth, and his mother is Sarah Lee born in Moultonboro.

From Genealogy Forum:

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Howard and Jean Merrill Date: January 20, 1999 at 12:51:46

In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Mike Markle of 1296

Mike:

From 'Meredith NH Cemetery Inscriptions" collected by Mary E Neal Hannaford, 1931, Jacob Lee d. 1889 July 1, age 71; Mary Smith, his wife d. 1908 Nov. 8, age 85. Both are buried in the Meredith Village Cemetery.

Would appreciate it if you would share what you know of Jacob Lee's descendants.

Howard and Jean

Follow ups:

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH Mike Markle 1/24/99 (0)

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Howard and Jean Merrill Date: January 18, 1999 at 22:58:38

In Reply to: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Mike Markle of 1296

Mike:

See today's posting "Re David Merrill 1769-1859" . Your Jacob Lee is the son of above David Merrill. Jacob Lee m. Mary Smith of Center Harbor. They are listed in the Holderness census of 1850,1860 and 1870. They had 4 known children: Julia A, Mary L, John S, and George D.

'A Merrill Memorial' has nothing on your Jacob Lee but does have info on what we believe are his grandparents Jacob (5) and Elizabeth Wyatt.

We would be very interested in any information you have on the Merrill surname descendants of your Jacob Lee down to the present day.

Howard and Jean

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Mike Markle Date: January 15, 1999 at 22:12:43

In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Ronald Paul Blais of 1296

Ron, Thanks for the tip. We live in Nevada so will try to make a call to the librarian. Do you know if this book is found in most large library genealogy areas?

Mike

More About JACOB LEE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Cause of Death: Ruptured Heart

Occupation: Farmer

Children of MARY SMITH and JACOB MERRILL are:

24. i. JULIA A.20 MERRILL, b. 1844, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. 25 Aug 1928, Meredith, New Hampshire.

ii. MARY LOUISE MERRILL, b. 21 Jul 1848, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. JOHN HAINES KNOWLES, 01 Jan 1867; d. Unknown.

25. iii. JOHN SMITH MERRILL, b. 1854; d. 1928.

26. iv. GEORGE DAVID MERRILL, b. 25 Jul 1861, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 05 May 1924, Lakeport, NH.

20. HULDAH P.19 SMITH (JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1829, and died 1915. She married HIRAM BIXBY. He was born 1828, and died 1903.

Child of HULDAH SMITH and HIRAM BIXBY is:

i. WILLIAM20 BIXBY, d. Unknown.

21. JOHN19 SMITH VI (JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1831, and died 1908. He married ALMATIA BLAKE, daughter of DAVID BLAKE and PHOEBE KNOWLES. She was born 23 Sep 1831 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN SMITH VI:

According to Richard Amon (October 30,2000), John and Almatia are buried in Malden, Massachusetts. There are 10 people buried in the family plot. He believes they had a lease six daughters.

More About ALMATIA BLAKE:

Burial: Unknown, Malden, Massachusetts

Child of JOHN SMITH and ALMATIA BLAKE is:

27. i. MABLE20 SMITH, d. Unknown.

22. BENJAMIN M.19 SMITH (JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 01 Nov 1833 in West Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 16 Mar 1912 in Wenham, Massachusetts. He married MARY GRINALD 1859, daughter of J. L. GRINALD. She was born 1832, and died 1904.

Notes for BENJAMIN M. SMITH:

When Ben was a teenager, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad announced plans to run a rail line to Laconia, Weirs, Meredith Village, Winona and points north. John Smith bough 100 shares of stock in the railroad company , and to insure the railroad's success, he and other investors had to buy additional stock, until Mr. Smith had $6,000 invested.

At about the same time, young Ben, then 16, apprenticed with his uncle in South Deerfield, New Hampshire, to learn the shoemaking trade. Eventually, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad faltered, and the stock had to be sold at a great loss.

After his marriage to Mary Grinald, he resumed his sales route to the North Shore, and soon his business was so prosperous, he was selling not only yarn, but also manufactured hosiery and handkerchiefs. Ben became known as "The Yarn Man." He bought property where Lang Street School and the Inter-Lakes Day Care Center now sit. He built his house on the Inter-Lakes Day Care Center property which is known as the Bixby House.

For a hobby, Ben was an avid horticulturist, and several new strains of strawberries and other fruits were produced in his gardens. Later in life, he bough and enjoyed a summer home on Massachusetts Avenue in Meredith. He retired in 1909 and died at the age of 77 in Wenham, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1912.

Benjamin Smith gave the public library to Meredith, New Hampshire, in 1901 in honor of his parents, John Smith and Mary Mudget Smith. In 1873, Center Harbor was broken away from Meredith. This was taken to court and upheld.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Notes for MARY GRINALD:

Mary's father was Benjamin's boss who ran a grocery in Meredith.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Children of BENJAMIN SMITH and MARY GRINALD are:

i. RALPH20 SMITH, d. Unknown.

ii. UNKNOWN SMITH, d. Unknown.

23. HANNAH19 SMITH (JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1842, and died 1908. She married MOSES GILMAN WEBSTER. He died Unknown.

Child of HANNAH SMITH and MOSES WEBSTER is:

i. IDA ROBERTA20 WEBSTER, d. Unknown; m. CLARENCE WARD; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 20

24. JULIA A.20 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1844 in Meredith, New Hampshire, and died 25 Aug 1928 in Meredith, New Hampshire. She married AMOS D. WEBSTER 1861 in Meredith, New Hampshire. He was born 1832, and died 04 Apr 1909 in Meredith, New Hampshire.

Notes for JULIA A. MERRILL:

Julia Merrill died on Pine Street, Meredith. Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, Published 1932.

More About JULIA A. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Notes for AMOS D. WEBSTER:

Amos Webster was a Civil War Veteran.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

More About AMOS D. WEBSTER:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Children of JULIA MERRILL and AMOS WEBSTER are:

i. FRED E.21 WEBSTER, b. 1867; d. 1955.

ii. MARY E. WEBSTER, b. 1888; d. Unknown; m. HARRY L. BROWN; b. 1861; d. Unknown.

25. JOHN SMITH20 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 1854, and died 1928. He married ROXIE A. CROWELL 11 Mar 1883, daughter of NEWMAN CROWELL and NANCY BROWN. She was born 1859 in Campton, New Hampshire, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN SMITH MERRILL:

John Merrill lived and died on Mile Hill, out of Meredith. Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, published 1932.

From a cemetery inscription at the Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire, his dates were 1854-1928. Source: Howard Merrill, December 29, 2000.

More About JOHN SMITH MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Occupation: Farming

More About ROXIE A. CROWELL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Children of JOHN MERRILL and ROXIE CROWELL are:

i. FIRST21 MERRILL, b. Bef. 1887; d. Unknown.

28. ii. RALPH CROWELL MERRILL, b. 24 May 1888; d. Unknown.

26. GEORGE DAVID20 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 25 Jul 1861 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 05 May 1924 in Lakeport, NH. He married MARY BIRD 25 Feb 1883 in Meredith, New Hampshire, daughter of THOMAS BIRD and MARY MCCUE. She was born 03 May 1862 in Isle of Malta, British Province, and died 26 Jun 1925 in Lakeport, NH.

Notes for GEORGE DAVID MERRILL:

When George and Mary (Bird) Merrill bought land behind the Mail Dock in 1906, they began the saga of the Merrill family on Bear Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. In addition to building many of the cottages on the island, George Merrill also provided food, ice and boat services to several generations of island residents.

As the only house on the island with plaster and wallpapered walls, the Merrills' was unique. According to their granddaughter, Mildred Fay Rand, "A well and pump graced the side yard in the center of Hattie's flower beds and people came from along the shore with their jugs to pump water. The playroom was on the third floor. The property next door was the 'Men's Camp.' The workmen employed by my grandfather in his carpentry business lived there and cooked their meals, though occasionally Hattie prepared food for them in her kitchen. The haying field was behind the hen house and vegetable garden. Cattle were brought over by barge from Lovejoy Sands in the spring and taken back in the fall. Milk cost 18 cents a quart, but you had to buy ice and groceries to get it!"

About halfway down the shore lived Dr. George Saltmarch of Lakeport, who was Mary's doctor. Molly Worden from Pine Island, just a stone's throw away, was her midwife. Molly assisted Mary when all nine Merrill babies were born; only one did not live. Arthur was the eldest, then Hattie, Gertrude, Fred, David, Edgar, Helen, and Nellie. All grew up helping with chores, and George taught his carpentry skills to each of his sons who helped him in the business.

WW 1 interrupted the family enterprise when David and Fred were inducted into the Army. David was never sent overseas, but Fred served in observation balloons over the English Channel. He was once shot down, but not seriously injured. Both returned home to help their father, and in time, David married Faith Wood and daughter Hattie married Park Stone Fay.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

George was a deacon and member of Freewill Baptist Church, Meredith, NH.

From Genealogy Forum: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH Posted by: Mike Markle Date: January 19, 1999 at 23:13:19 In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Ronald Paul Blais of 1297

Hello Ron, Thanks for the offer, I will take you up on it. My grandfather, Jacob Lee Merrill was born in Holderness in 1818. In the census of 1870 in Center Harbor, he was 52 yrs. He was married to Mary Smith. My grandfather was George D. Merrill, b. 7/25/1861 and died in Laconia on 5/5/1924. I really need the death certificate of Jacob Lee. Would also like the name of his wife, Mary Smith. We have little access to good genealogical info here in Nevada. Thanks, Mike

More About GEORGE DAVID MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Occupation: Carpenter

Notes for MARY BIRD:

In 1883, at age 21, Mary Bird married farmer George Merrill who was 22 years old, who was a skilled carpenter, and the couple settled on Bear Island, in the center of Lake Winnipesaukee, living in the only house on the island with plaster and wallpapered walls. They had eight children - a ninth was stillborn - including Susan Jean Fay's grandmother Hattie, who was the oldest, and Rachel Meghan Markles great-grandmother Gertrude, who was born in 1887. The couple was well-known in the community - all the children grew up helping with chores and George taught his carpentry skills to each of his sons to help him in the business.

According to Bear Island Reflections published by the local Conservation Association: When George and Mary Merrill bought land behind the Mail Dock in 1906, they began the saga of the Merrill family on Bear Island. In addition to building many of the cottages on the island George Merrill also provided food, ice and boat services to several generations of island residents.

The article quotes the couples great-granddaughter Mildred Fay Rand (1907 - 2012), who said: A well and pump graced the side yard in the center of daughter Hattie's flower beds and people came from along the shore with their jugs to pump water. The playroom was on the third floor. The property next door was the Men's Camp.

The workmen employed by my grandfather in his carpentry business lived there and cooked their meals, though occasionally Hattie prepared food for them in her kitchen.

The haying field was behind the hen house and vegetable garden. Cattle were brought over by barge from Lovejoy Sands in the spring and taken back in the fall. Milk cost 18 cents a quart, but you had to buy ice and groceries to get it!

Sadly both George and Mary (Bird) Merrill died young: George was 63 years old when he died in 1924. Mary was the same age when she succumbed to heart disease the following year. But their eight children went on to marry and settle across America, spawning a generation to include Rachel Meghan Markle (Duchess of Sussex).

Mary was a member of Freewill Baptist Church, Meredith, NH.

Perhaps the most interesting part of our family history, is Mary Bird's origins on the Mediterranean Island of Malta - -

There have been several spellings of Mary's maiden name. According to Hattie Bird (1865 - 1945) and John McManany's marriage certificate, Mary's mothers maiden name was Cayne, and she lived in Laconia in 1892.

From research done by Fiona Fitzsimons and Helen Moss, genealogists with The Irish Family History Center in Dublin in July 2018, Mary's maiden name was either McCue or McHugh from Belfast, Ireland. This research report was reported in the 15 July 2018 Sunday Independent (www.independent.ie).

This research presents marriage records showing Mary McCue (McHugh) was living at Merrion Strand in Dublin when at 31, she married 30 year old Thomas Bird, a private in the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot, in Saint Mary's Church of Ireland church in Donnybrook in Dublin on Monday, January 23, 1860. It included a marriage record from the church. [The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot was formed in 1689 by Henry, The Duke of Norfolk. They fort in the American Revolutionary War against the 13 Colonies. They were sent to Boston in 1775, and evacuated from Boston to Halifax. Then onto the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776. Its Light Infantry Company participated in the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 and later the Southern Campaigns in the 1780s, eventually surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown. During World War 1, on 24 August 1914 the 1st Battalion suffered 771 casualties at Audregnies in Belgium during the closing stages of the Battle of Mons. The reconstituted battalion served throughout World War I on the Western Front, winning 35 battle honors. During World War 2 they fort in France before being evacuated at Dunkirk.] Thomas had served in the army in India in the previous decade and he was living in a barracks near Donnybrook in Dublin at the time of the marriage. Thomas' regiment had only recently returned from India after 10 years. They arrived in Dublin in August, 1859 and were stationed in Beggars Bush Barracks. [In 2019, Beggars Bush Barracks is on Haddington Road in the inner southern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. The barracks were bordered to the east by Shelbourne Road, which used to be the western bank of the River Dodder.] Mary's father's name was listed in the marriage register as Francis McCue with an occupation of farmer. Thomas' father was listed as a laborer.

Soon after they married, in June 1860, the regiment was sent to Malta. Thomas and Mary caught a train from Kingstown, present day Dun Laoghaire, to Queenstown, now Cobh, where they boarded the steam ship Olympus. On board the voyage to Malta were 573 members of the regiment, including 16 drummers, and 66 women and 67 children.

The regiment was stationed on the Mediterranean island until 1866. The couple had at least two children: Mary and Hattie (Harriett). In March 1866, the regiment was sent to Canada. The long journey to New Brunswick, Canada, may have taken its toll on Thomas who died in July 1866, aged 36. There's Mary at 39 years old with 2 children (Mary and Hattie) and a dead husband in Canada alone in May 1867. Mary then married a widower, William White, a soldier in the same regiment as her husband Thomas. Two years later (1869), the regiment was transferred to Cork but Mary and William decided to remain in Canada.

Mary and William settled on a farm in Manners Sutton, York, NB, Canada, and Mary at age 41 gave birth to two more children. (Manners Sutton, York, NB is on Route 3 half way between Fredericton and Calais West of St John, NB.) Their daughter Alexandrine died at age 10. Alexandrine's baptism listed Mary's maiden name as McKeg. Their son William Thomas was born in 1873 when Mary was 44. In the 1871 Canadian census in New Brunswick, Mary White and her two daughters (Mary and Hattie) from her marriage to Thomas Bird and a new daughter by William White - Alexandrine, are listed as Irish and Roman Catholic. Her husband William was listed as English and a shoemaker who was a member of the Anglican Church.

In 1883, daughter Mary at age 21 married 22 year old George Merrill in New Hampshire. Finally, the well-travelled Belfast woman, Mary White, died of pneumonia, age in her mid-50s after 1892. Her son William Thomas died at 17 in Lakeport, New Hampshire, in 1890. His death record states his mother's maiden name was McCue and that she was born in Belfast.

In 1892, Hattie (1865 - 1945) at age 27 married John McMenany and listed her mother's maiden name as McCague. On the US census from 1930, Hattie stated her mother was born in Northern Ireland.

There are different spellings of Hattie's name to include Harriette. From the NH archieves - - Hattie Bird married John Mc Menany on Dec 26, 1892. They were both 27. He was a teamster and she was a Mill Operator. John was born in Charleton, Mass; and Hattie in Malta. Both first marriages. John's father was Patrick Mc Manany a resident of Cambridge, Mass; and his mother Bridget Mc Carun (?? not sure of spelling) born in Ireland and dead at the time of the marriage in 1892. NH archive records show Hattie's father was Thomas Bird born in England and dead at the time of the marriage in 1892; and mother Mary McCue/McHugh/McCague/Cayne (born in Ireland) living in Laconia.

Originally reported on 23 September 2017 in The Mail On Sunday by Claudia Joseph was the fact that Mary worked as a Royal Household staff member in the Windsor Castle Weekly Disbursement Book in 1856 as M. Bird. Not apparently so, as in 1856 at age 27 she did not carry the Bird last name. It still may be possible, but with a different last name. Additionally, the marriage certificate for her daughter Mary to George Merrill spelled her last name as McCague. Lorna Moloney (working independently on US records) found a woman with the name Mary McCague who was born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, in 1829 and there was a certain likelihood it could be the same person, but it was always subject to verification which has not occurred.

More About MARY BIRD:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Emigration: 1881, New Brunswick, Canada

Occupation: Housewife

Marriage Notes for GEORGE MERRILL and MARY BIRD:

Mary Bird and George Merrill were married on February 25, 1883, by Justus Erskin of Meredith, Minister of the Gospel in Meredith, NH, reported at Center Harbor, NH.

Children of GEORGE MERRILL and MARY BIRD are:

29. i. ARTHUR GEORGE21 MERRILL, b. 10 Feb 1884, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 20 Dec 1949.

30. ii. HATTIE EDITH MERRILL, b. 25 Jun 1885, West Center Harbor, NH; d. 04 Apr 1962, Dover, New Hampshire.

31. iii. GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL, b. 16 Jun 1887, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. 11 Feb 1938.

iv. FRED MERRILL, b. 01 Sep 1889; d. 14 Jun 1964, Meredith, New Hampshire; m. DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE; b. 01 Jun 1901; d. 02 Dec 1973, Meredith, New Hampshire.

Notes for FRED MERRILL:

Over the years, the Merrills built a number of houses on the west shore of Bear Island, each with the same basic simple design. These cottages are still recognizable today, even though various owners have made different additions. In 1927, Fred Merrill built the Bulkley house, which had the distinction of being the first on Bear Island to have had indoor plumbing.

When you needed a cabin, dock or boat house, you simply told Fred of your desire and he obliged. In 1931, Dr. John Merselis commissioned Fred to build on land he had purchased in 1923. Sketching what he had in mind on the back of an ordinary envelope, Dr. Merselis gave it to Fred that fall. When the family returned the following spring, the cabin was ready for occupancy, and they have summered there ever since.

In addition to building houses, the Merrills supplied much that was necessary for island living. Dave, the meat cutter, minded the grocery store that they opened at the Mail Dock and Fred, the mechanic, assumed responsibility for kerosene for lamps, and gasoline for boats, as well as maintenance of rental boats berthed in a nest of boat houses by their dock. These boats all had two cylinder McDuff engines with petcocks on top which had to be primed with gasoline. The flywheel rotated by hand at times could be very balky. Fred was an expert in starting these engines. He'd lean against the side of the boat, give the flywheel a gentle roll with his foot--and away it went.

At the time Fred Merrill had the ice route, the Bear Island postmaster was Adelaide Brown.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About FRED MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 8 78

Occupation: Carpenter

Notes for DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE:

"A lot of comings and goings took place over there [on Bear Island]," recounts Mildred Fay Rand, Fred Merrill's niece. "People came all the way from New York and Boston for some high entertainment. One of the 'imported guests' was a Ziegfeld Follies girl, Dorothy Almende, and Fred caught us all by surprise--he married her! We had expected him to marry someone else to whom he was already engaged."

"That summer we returned to the island to discover that Fred, probably in his early 40s, had married a chorus girl!" Louise Griscom recalls. "Maybe Dottie's make-up was a bit overdone, but she made Fred a loyal and loving wife. Gradually the color of her bright red hair changed to a less conspicuous henna. Islanders recovered from shock and became very fond of her."

Dottie was a Ziegfeld Follies girl who came to visit Lake Winnipesaukee. Her brother-in-law, David Merrill (and his wife Faith Wood) did not like her background and left Bear Island and "moved to Laconia because they could not live and work with a showgirl" according to Mildred Fay Rand, Fred Merrill's niece.

Dottie and Fred took vacations when the lake froze over, but as they grew older, they never left the island. Weeks and Smith's store delivered groceries from Meredith once a week in winter, and on that day, Dottie always baked a cake and served it with coffee to the delivery man who would bring them up-to-date on the latest town gossip. In the winter of 1945, the Merrill's chimney caught fire, and though no serious damage occurred, Fred became ill shortly thereafter and never recovered. When Fred and Dottie moved to Meredith, where he eventually died.

Dottie was the Postmistress of Bear Island, beginning June 15, 1944, to the Post Office's closing in June 15, 1954.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot8 78

v. NELLIE MERRILL, b. 1892; d. 1905.

Notes for NELLIE MERRILL:

Nellie died as a teenager at 13 or 14 years old. She was born in 1892 according to the 1900 Census report showing her as 8 at the time of the 1900 Census.

More About NELLIE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

vi. FEMALE STILLBORN MERRILL, b. 30 Jun 1895, Laconia, New Hampshire; d. 30 Jun 1895, Laconia, New Hampshire.

Notes for FEMALE STILLBORN MERRILL:

This Female Stillborn Merrill is listed as the 6th child.

vii. DAVID LEE MERRILL, b. 10 Dec 1896; d. Unknown; m. FAITH WOODS, 23 Jul 1917; b. 1907, England; d. Unknown.

Notes for DAVID LEE MERRILL:

On David Lee Merrill's September 4, 1917, marriage certificate from the NH archieves, David listed his mother as Mary White born on the Island of Malta. This makes sense in that he probably knew her from her marriage to William White.

David and Faith had no children.

More About DAVID LEE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Massachusetts

32. viii. EDGAR G. MERRILL, b. 24 Jan 1903; d. 08 Oct 1973.

ix. HELEN N. MERRILL, b. 21 Sep 1906; d. 29 Dec 1930.

Notes for HELEN N. MERRILL:

At 24, she committed suicide by walking in from of a train. She died on the B & MRR railroad tracks in Lakeport, NH, hit by the Montreal-Boston Southbound express. The newspaper report said she was "despondent", but Mildred Fay Rand believes her despondence was caused by her being pregnant.

More About HELEN N. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

27. MABLE20 SMITH (JOHN19, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) died Unknown. She married CHARLES HODSDON PAINE. He died Unknown.

More About MABLE SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Notes for CHARLES HODSDON PAINE:

WFT Vol 137 Tree 663, per R Amond Aug 29, 2005

More About CHARLES HODSDON PAINE:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Child of MABLE SMITH and CHARLES PAINE is:

33. i. ETHEL21 PAINE, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 21

28. RALPH CROWELL21 MERRILL (JOHN SMITH20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 24 May 1888, and died Unknown. He married LULA GRACE. She died Unknown.

Notes for RALPH CROWELL MERRILL:

Ralph Merrill is listed as 2nd child in New Hampshire Vital Records according to Howard Merrill December 29, 2000.

Notes for LULA GRACE:

The house on Willey Slide (Route 302 east of Franconia Notch near Mount Washington) was occupied by Grace family descendants when it slide into oblivion. Leslie Grace married Elizabeth ('Lizzie') B. Willey and was residing there.

Child of RALPH MERRILL and LULA GRACE is:

34. i. DONALD JOHN22 MERRILL, b. Private.

29. ARTHUR GEORGE21 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 10 Feb 1884 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 20 Dec 1949. He married (1) EDITH THURSTON Bef. 1919, daughter of RICHARD THURSTON and MARIA RAY. She was born 25 Sep 1883 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and died 03 Mar 1919 in Lakeport, New Hampshire. He married (2) LORENA M. PEASLEE Aft. 1920. She was born 1896 in Lakeport, New Hampshire, and died 06 Dec 1954.

Notes for ARTHUR GEORGE MERRILL:

In 1932, the world's heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Sharkey, trained on Meredith Neck near Loon Island and lived next door to Arthur Merrill. Later, Jack Delaney, a less successful prize fighter, also stayed there.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About ARTHUR GEORGE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

Occupation: Contractor

More About EDITH THURSTON:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Cause of Death: Acute nephritis (kidney failure) from child birth

More About LORENA M. PEASLEE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot

Child of ARTHUR MERRILL and EDITH THURSTON is:

i. ALICE22 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1919; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM 'BILL' CHASE; d. Unknown.

Children of ARTHUR MERRILL and LORENA PEASLEE are:

ii. RICHARD 'DICK'22 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1923; d. Unknown.

iii. GEORGE PEASLEE MERRILL, b. 05 Jan 1925, Laconia, New Hampshire; d. 06 Jan 1925, Laconia, New Hampshire.

More About GEORGE PEASLEE MERRILL:

Cause of Death: Encephalitis

30. HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 25 Jun 1885 in West Center Harbor, NH, and died 04 Apr 1962 in Dover, New Hampshire. She married PARK STONE FAY, son of BRIGHAM FAY and IDA HEMENWAY. He was born 05 Jul 1883 in Lake Village, New Hampshire, and died 16 Nov 1951 in Laconia, Belknap New Hampshire.

Notes for HATTIE EDITH MERRILL:

Park Stone Fay, also a carpenter like Hattie's father, George Merrill, preferred an independent status. Instead of joining George Merrill, he handled all the boats and work at Beaver Island. Park, Hattie, and their five children had a cottage near The Gulf on what was then called Mansfield's Point, where George Merrill laid the stone steps leading from the dock to the Fay's' house. In the side yard, a tent was built to hold the overflow of children and friends. It was the children's job to gather rocks from the lake for the stone mason, Mr. Zibley of Center Harbor, to build the living room fireplace.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

Hattie filled in as cook on the railroad work train that Park Stone Fay used to get to construction sites.

From New Hampshire Vital Records (as reported by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000) her name is Harriette Edith Merrill b. June 25, 1885.

Through Hattie Merrill's family, the Merrills and Fays share a maternal Great Grandmother who was convicted of Witchcraft. Hattie Merrill is Mary Ellen Perkins' 6th Great Granddaughter. Mary Ellen Perkins was tried and convicted of Witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials in1692.

Mary Perkins Witch Trial Information

Source: "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts", by Geo. A. Perkins, M.D., Salem, 1882

"In 1692, Jacob Perkinss sister Mary Perkins Bradbury was placed on trial for witchcraft. At the time, she was living in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Richard Carr's father had been a suitor of Mary before she married Thomas Bradbury. This led to a fifteen year disagreement with Mary and he probably influenced his sons and his son's friend in their testimony. Her reply to the indictment was as follows:

"I plead not guilty. I am wholly innocent of such wickedness through the goodness of God that hath kept me hitherto. I am the servant of Jesus Christ, and have given myself up to him as my only Lord and Saviour, and to the diligent attendance upon him in all his holy ordinances, in utter contempt and defiance of the Devil and all his works, as horrid and detestable; and have endeavored to frame my life and conversation in accordance with His holy word and in that faith and practice, resolve, by the help and assistance of God, to continue to my life's end. For the truth of what I have to say as to the matter of practice, I humbly refer myself to my brethren and neighbors that know me, and to the searcher of all hearts, for the truth and uprightness of my heart therein, human frailties & unavoidable infirmaties excepted, of which I bitterly complain every day."

All of the depositions against Mary were recorded in Seargent Thomas Putnam's handwriting except one. Richard Carr and Zarubabel Endicott testified that they had seen a blue boar come from and re-enter her yard and window. This was spectral evidence. Samuel Carr, Richard's brother also testified that he had seen Mary perched on the capstan of a ship at sea when things were going badly. William Carr testified that there was nothing he knew against Mary and referred to a broken love affair between the families.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury were prominent citizens and signatures of 118 of her friends and neighbors of a statement

"Concerning Mary Bradbury's life and conversation, we, the subscribers, do testify, that it was such as became the gospel: she was a lover of the ministry, in all appearance, and a diligent attender upon God' holy ordinances, being of a courteous and peaceable disposition and carriage. Neither did any of us (some of whom have lived in the town with her above fifty years) ever hear or ever know that she ever had any differences of falling-out with any of her neighbors, man, woman or child, but was always ready and willing to do for them what lay in her power night and day, though with hazard of her health or other danger. More might be spoken in her commendation, but this for the present."

This written testimony was not enough, as she was convicted anyway. By this time the Court of Oyer and Terminer had agreed not to execute any who plead guilty, but Mary had pleaded not guilty. She was convicted of witchcraft on 9 Sep 1692 and sentenced to be executed on 22 Sep 1692. It is not known how she escapted.

The last convicted witch execution took place on 22 Sep 1692. In the following month, the new Governor Phipps was appointed and put an end to the Court of Oyer and Terminer that had been doing the sentencing. Any remaining convicted witches (those that had plead guilt) had their sentences commuted by the governor. This was the end of the trials. On 17 Dec 1711, the governor and council authorized payment to twenty-three persons condemned at Salem. Marys descendants received twenty pounds in compensation."

Excerpts from : Bradbury memorial.

Records of some of the descendants of Thomas Bradbury, of Agamenticus (York) in 1634, and of Salisbury, Mass. in 1638, with a brief sketch of the Bradburys of England. Comp. chiefly from the collections of the late John Merrill Bradbury, of Ipswich, Mass. Page 63 - regarding Mary (Perkins) Bradbury at the Salem Witch Trails - During the trial of Mrs. Bradbury, July 28, 1692, upon the charge of being a witch, her aged and devoted husband bore testimony to her high character and the purity of her life in the following terms:

"Concerning my beloved wife, Mary Bradbury, this is what I have to say: We have been married fifty-five years, and she hath been a loving and faithful wife unto me unto this day. She hath been wonderful laborious, diligent and industrious in her place and employment about the bringing up of our family which have been eleven children of our own, and four grandchildren. She was both prudent and provident, of cheerful spirit, liberal and charitable. She being now very aged and weak, and grieved under aflictious, may not be able to speak much for herself, not being so free of speech as some others might be. I hope her life and conversation among her neighbors has been such as gives a better or more real testimony than can be expressed by words."

Rev. James Allen testified as follows: "I, having lived nine years at Salisbury in the work of the ministry, and now four years in the office of pastor, to my best notice and observation of Mrs. Bradbury, she hath lived according to the rules of the gospel amongst us; was a constant attender upon the ministry of the word, and all the ordinances of the gospel; full of works of charity and mercy to the sick and poor; neither have I seen or heard anything of her unbecoming the profession of the gospel."

Upham, the historian of the Salem witchcraft, says of Mrs. Bradbury: "The position as well as character and age of Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, entitled her to the highest consideration in the structure of society at that time. This is recognized in the title Mrs. Uniformly given her. She had been noted through life for energy, business capacity, and influence: her husband Thomas Bradbury had been a prominent character in the colony for more than fifty years."

The character of the evidence used against Mrs. Bradbury may be judged by the following: "The deposition of William Carr, who testifieth and saith that about thirteen years ago, presently after some difference that happened to be between my honored father, Mr. George Carr, and Mrs. Bradbury, the prisoner at her bar, upon a Sabbath at noon, as we were riding home by the house of Capt. Thomas Bradbury, I saw Mrs. Bradbury go into her gate, turn the corner of, and immediately there darted out of her gate a blue boar, and darted at my fathers horses legs which made him stumble; but I saw it no more. And my father said, "Boys, what did you see?" And we both said, "A blue boar!" This venerable woman was about eighty years of age when she was arrested for the crime of bewitching John Carr so that he became crazed and prematurely died. The testimony of William Carr at the trial, went to show that his brother fell in love with Jemima True, but the proposed match being opposed and broken off by the father of young Carr, on account of his youth, he became melancholy and at times insane. He further stated that he was with his brother and cared for him in his last sickness, and that his brother died peaceably and quietly, and never spoke anything to the harm of Mrs. Bradbury or anybody else.

Mrs. Bradbury was defended by Major Robert Pike. She was convicted with four others who were executed September, 1692. Mrs. Bradbury escaped punishment, but by what means, does not appear.

From Wikipedia

Mary (née Perkins) Bradbury (baptized September 3, 1615 - December 20, 1700) was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. However, she managed to evade sentence until the trials had been discredited, and died in 1700, aged 85.

Mary Perkins was daughter of John and Judith (née Gater) Perkins, baptized in 1615, at Warwickshire, England. Her family immigrated to America in 1631, sailing on the LYON from Bristol. In 1636 she married Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts, considered one of its most distinguished citizens, land agent for his great-uncle Ferdinando Gorges and son of Elizabeth Whitgift, whose uncle John Whitgift was Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth and James.

In the notorious witch trials of 1692, Mary Bradbury was indicted for (among other charges):

Certaine Detestable arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously and felloniously hath used practiced and Exercised At and in the Township of Andivor in the County of Essex aforesaid in upon & against one Timothy Swann of Andivor In the County aforesaid Husbandman - by which said Wicked Acts the said Timothy Swann upon the 26th day of July Aforesaid and divers other days & times both before and after was and is Tortured Afflicted Consumed Pined Wasted and Tormented.Witnesses testified that she assumed animal forms; her most unusual metamorphosis was said to have been that of a blue boar. Another allegation was that she cast spells upon ships. Over a hundred of her neighbors and townspeople testified on her behalf, but to no avail and she was found guilty of practicing magic and sentenced to be executed. Through the ongoing efforts of her friends, her execution was delayed. After the witch debacle had passed, she was released. By some accounts she was allowed to escape. Others claim she bribed her jailer. Another account claims that her husband bribed the jailer and took her away to Maine in a horse and cart. They returned to Massachusetts after the witch hysteria had died down. Mary Bradbury died of natural causes in her own bed in 1700, aged 85.

Her family friend, and her son-in-law's father, Major Robert Pike, was in command of all the forces of Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony and those located in present-day Maine. As early as 1650 he was what would now be called a trial justice and in 1672 an associate judge of the courts of Norfolk Co. In political life a member of the General Court when 32 and of the Governor's Council from 1682-96, when having reached the age of 50 years he retired to the private life of the farm.

Mary Perkins Bradbury and Thomas Bradbury had eleven children:

Wymond Bradbury (1637-1669), married Sarah Pike, daughter of Major Robert Pike

Judith Bradbury (1638-1700), married Caleb Moody

Thomas Bradbury (1640-1718)

Mary Bradbury (1642-1724), married John Stanyan

Jane Bradbury (1645-1729), married Henry True

Jacob Bradbury (1647-1669), died in Barbados

William Bradbury (1649-1678), married Rebecca Wheelwright

Elizabeth Bradbury (1651-unknown), married Rev. John Buss

John Bradbury (1654-1678)

Anne Bradbury (1656-1659)

Jabez Bradbury (1658-1677)

Note: Some Wikipedia dates differ from other research.

More About HATTIE EDITH MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Notes for PARK STONE FAY:

Resided 34 years in Lakeport, New Hampshire and 14 years in Dover, New Hampshire. He worked for the railroad as head of a construction section gang in Dover. His wife Hattie filled in as cook on the work train.

Birthday shown as July 6, 1883, on grave stone, but NH Vital Records say July 5, 1883.

Shown as 1st child. Born when his parents lived in Gilford, NH.

1920 Census Record taken January 7, 1920, shows Park S. Fay (occupation railroad carpenter, age 36) lived at 96 North Street, Lakeport, Laconia, New Hampshire, with: Harriet (wife age 34), Wilbur M. (son age 15), Mildred (daughter age 12), Lillian (daughter age 10), and Gilbert P. (son age 1).

More About PARK STONE FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Probable prostrate cancer

Occupation: Railroad construction worker for Boston and Main Railroad

Children of HATTIE MERRILL and PARK FAY are:

35. i. WILBUR MERRILL22 FAY, b. 25 Jun 1904, Everett, Massachusetts; d. 02 Feb 1959, Rochester, New Hampshire.

36. ii. MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY, b. 22 Apr 1907, Lakeport , New Hampshire; d. 06 Mar 2012, New Hampshire.

37. iii. LILLIAN FAY, b. 13 Jan 1909, Lakeport , New Hampshire; d. Sep 1987, Miami, Florida.

38. iv. GILBERT PARK FAY, b. 14 Dec 1918, Laconia , Belknap, New Hampshire; d. 08 Sep 1994, Manchester, New Hampshire.

39. v. GEORGE BRIGHAM FAY, b. 01 Apr 1921; d. 23 Sep 1973, Massachusetts.

31. GERTRUDE MAY21 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 16 Jun 1887 in Meredith, New Hampshire, and died 11 Feb 1938. She married FREDERICK GEORGE SANDERS 05 Sep 1907 in Gilford, NH. He was born 1873, and died 1944.

Notes for GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL:

This Female Merrill is listed as the 5th child on the secondary record of birth from the NH Vital Records Office.

This Female Merrill is listed as the 3rd child in the Town Annual Report for Year Ending 1887 of Meredith, NH. The child was born in Meredith. Because the Bear Island Reflections lists Gertrude as the third child, we assume this birth record is for Gertrude.

More About GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Cause of Death: cancer

Children of GERTRUDE MERRILL and FREDERICK SANDERS are:

i. RALPH W.22 SANDERS, b. 1909, New Hampshire; d. Unknown.

ii. ROBERT D. SANDERS, b. 1910, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. GLADYS IRENE EMERSON; b. 1904, Gilford, NH; d. Unknown.

iii. CARL NED SANDERS, b. 1913, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. JULIA HELEN COVEY; b. 1914, Granville, NY; d. Unknown.

40. iv. DORIS MAY SANDERS, b. 04 Apr 1918, New Hampshire; d. 21 Jul 2003, Pasadena, California.

32. EDGAR G.21 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 24 Jan 1903, and died 08 Oct 1973. He married MADELINE LAPLANTE. She was born 02 Jul 1903, and died 11 Nov 1975.

More About EDGAR G. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Military service: CM3 US Navy

More About MADELINE LAPLANTE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Children of EDGAR MERRILL and MADELINE LAPLANTE are:

i. DOROTHY22 MERRILL, b. Private; m. UNKNOWN ALSOP, Private; b. Private.

ii. EDGAR D. MERRILL JR, b. 27 Feb 1924; d. 13 Apr 1985; m. EDITH D, Private; b. Private.

More About EDGAR D. MERRILL JR:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3 079

33. ETHEL21 PAINE (MABLE20 SMITH, JOHN19, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) died Unknown. She married ARTHUR CRAFTS. He died Unknown.

Children of ETHEL PAINE and ARTHUR CRAFTS are:

41. i. PROTECTED22 NAME, b. Private.

ii. DR. HOWARD CRAFTS, b. Private; m. LINNA UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private.

Generation No. 22

34. DONALD JOHN22 MERRILL (RALPH CROWELL21, JOHN SMITH20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private.

Child of DONALD JOHN MERRILL is:

i. JOHN23 MERRILL, b. Private.

35. WILBUR MERRILL22 FAY (HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 25 Jun 1904 in Everett, Massachusetts, and died 02 Feb 1959 in Rochester, New Hampshire. He married HAZEL EVANGELINE CAREY 02 Jul 1928 in Rochester, NH, daughter of HARLEY CAREY and ALICE BALDWIN. She was born 07 Nov 1905 in Laconia, NH, and died 03 May 1984 in Laconia, NH.

Notes for WILBUR MERRILL FAY:

Wilbur Fay handled the northeast route for ice deliveries and also delivered groceries from the Bear Island store on Lake Winnipesaukee.

According to Fred Bulkley, "Ice was cut from the lake in the winter, covered with sawdust and stored in the big ice house at the shore line. It was my job to haul the 300 pound blocks of ice from the ice house and saw them into 75 pound pieces which sold at 50 cents each, delivered. The ice route ran four days a week in the morning, along northwest Bear and Pine and to the Beaver Islands in the afternoon. The Merrills' nephew, Wilbur Fay, handled the northeast route and also delivered groceries from the store."

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

In the early 1940's, Wilbur bought the Ice House on Smith's Cove, and opened Fay's Boat Yard which is one of the largest on Lake Winnipesaukee today (Aug 2000).

More About WILBUR MERRILL FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

More About HAZEL EVANGELINE CAREY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/055

Occupation: Teacher

Children of WILBUR FAY and HAZEL CAREY are:

42. i. JANET-LEE23 FAY, b. 19 Dec 1932, Concord, New Hampshire; d. 07 Oct 2018, Mentor, Ohio.

43. ii. MERRILL P. FAY, b. Private.

36. MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY (HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 22 Apr 1907 in Lakeport , New Hampshire, and died 06 Mar 2012 in New Hampshire. She married (1) PHILLIP C. RAND. He was born 24 Mar 1915, and died 02 Jun 1992 in Center Harbor, NH. She married (2) FRANK HAROLD DESMOND 31 Oct 1931 in Laconia, New Hamphsire, son of TIMOTHY DESMOND and ANNIE GORMAN. He was born 30 Apr 1900 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, and died 1952 in Glencliff, Grafton, New Hampshire.

Notes for MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY:

Mildred Fay lived on Lake Winnipesaukee on the east shore of Center Harbor on Alpine Park Road until the early 2000's. She died at 104 years of age!

Mildred Fay Rand, R.N. 3/6/2012 Dover, NH OBITUARY

March 11th, 2012 Posted in Dover, N.H. - Mildred Fay Rand, R.N., of 201 Watson Road and formerly of Whittier Street, died March 6, 2012 at the Watson Fields Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Rand was born April 22, 1907 in Lakeport, N.H., the daughter of Park S. and Hattie (Merrill) Fay. She was a graduate of Laconia High School and received her training as a nurse from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover in 1926.

As a young graduate, she was employed in Paris, France as a nurse to the children of the United States Ambassador. Her later professional career included supervisory responsibilities at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, and the Laconia Hospital. She served as the school nurse at the New Hampton School in the 1950s, and taught nursing to University of Connecticut students in Manchester, CT in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Survivors include two sons, Frank H. Desmond and his wife Nella, of Maryland, David P. Desmond and his wife Cindy, of Moultonborough, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rand was predeceased by her husband, Philip C. Rand, her first husband, Frank H. Desmond, a son, Richard R. Desmond, and a granddaughter, Theresa Desmond.

A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at the family lot at Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, at a later date.

More About MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY:

Occupation: Registered Nurse

More About FRANK HAROLD DESMOND:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Children of MILDRED FAY and FRANK DESMOND are:

44. i. FRANK23 DESMOND, b. Private.

45. ii. RICHARD 'DICK' DESMOND, b. 01 May 1937; d. 12 Dec 2003, Boston, Massachusetts.

46. iii. DAVID DESMOND, b. Private.

37. LILLIAN22 FAY (HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 13 Jan 1909 in Lakeport , New Hampshire, and died Sep 1987 in Miami, Florida. She married JOHN DAVID SAWYER, son of DAVID SAWYER and BETSEY KNOWLES. He was born 1911, and died 1979 in Miami, Florida.

More About LILLIAN FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

More About JOHN DAVID SAWYER:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Children of LILLIAN FAY and JOHN SAWYER are:

47. i. BETSEY23 SAWYER, b. 22 Aug 1936; d. 28 Mar 2021, El Cajon, California.

48. ii. NANCY SAWYER, b. Private.

38. GILBERT PARK22 FAY (HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 14 Dec 1918 in Laconia , Belknap, New Hampshire, and died 08 Sep 1994 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN 24 Aug 1946 in Rochester, New Hampshire, daughter of JOHN GAMBLIN and LOTTIE SHARP. She was born 24 May 1924 in Pearsonville, New Brunswick, Canada, and died 14 Jan 2016 in Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH.

Notes for GILBERT PARK FAY:

Gilbert attended local schools in Lakeport and graduated from Laconia High School in 1936. He was a 1938 graduate of Wentworth Technical Institute of Boston and had been employed by New England Telephone Company for 33 years, retiring in 1980.

He was a World War 2 Army Air Corps veteran, having served in North Africa as a fighter aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the New England Telephone Pioneers, the Humane Masonic Lodge in Rochester, and the Warren Chapter Order of Eastern Star of Wolfeboro. He was also a volunteer for the Winter Special Olympics of New Hampshire, and an avid skier holding membership in the Worldwide "Over 70" Ski Club. He was a member of St. Andrew Episcopal Church of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Gilbert Fay was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Canon Mountain, New Hampshire, on the Lower ry ski slope. He is remembered with a marker at the Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, New Hampshire.

More About GILBERT PARK FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Occupation: Telephone Repair Foreman

Notes for THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN:

Thelma Victoria Fay, 91, of Hooksett, NH, died peacefully on January 14, 2016, after a period of declining health. She was born in New Brunswick, Canada on May 24, 1924, she was the daughter of John and Lottie Gamblin, who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

She graduated from Spaulding High School, Rochester, as well as Wentworth-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, as a registered nurse. Early in her career, Thelma was a registered nurse at several New Hampshire hospitals. Until her retirement, she was a phlebotomist with the American Red Cross in NH and VT.

She was married forty-eight years to Gilbert P. Fay. He died September 8, 1994. She was also predeceased by her sister, Jean Murdock in 1999.

More About THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN:

Naturalization: 25 Jan 1945, A-150115, Holton, Me

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Children of GILBERT FAY and THELMA GAMBLIN are:

i. COLONEL, USAF, NC SUSAN JEAN23 FAY, b. Private; m. COLONEL, USAF KENNETH WAYNE BARBI, Private; b. Private.

49. ii. KAREN GAIL FAY, b. Private.

50. iii. JOHN GILBERT FAY, b. Private.

39. GEORGE BRIGHAM22 FAY (HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 01 Apr 1921, and died 23 Sep 1973 in Massachusetts. He married ANNIE RAND. She was born Aft. 01 Jan 1922, and died 27 Mar 2023 in Concord Mass.

George Fay in Dover, NH

More About GEORGE BRIGHAM FAY:
Burial: Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Notes for ANNIE RAND:
Annie Fay Holt, 101
June 5, 2023
from the Concord Bridge newspaper

Annie Fay Holt, a loving mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, left us on May 27, 2023, at the age of 101.

Annie was born in Laconia, New Hampshire on March 21,1922 the daughter of the late Victor and Blanche (Dolloff) Rand. Upon graduating from Laconia High School, she enlisted in the WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, a branch of female reservists in the United States Navy, where she served as a Radioman 3rd class. Stationed in California, Annie was responsible for transmitting battle orders to the Pacific Fleet by morse code.

While serving in the Navy, she married her high school sweetheart, George Fay, who was also serving in the Navy as a lieutenant. After the war ended, George and Annie settled in Wakefield, Massachusetts, where they raised two sons.

Annie earned a bachelor´s degree from Salem State University and a master´s degree from Tufts University before beginning a career in teaching. She taught in the Lexington school system for many years. After George died, she moved to Concord, where she became very active with the West Concord Union Church. She met John Holt in Concord, and they were married in 1980.

Annie and John raised quarter horses together in Groton and Barrington, New Hampshire, before returning to Concord in 1994. Annie and John were valued members of the West Concord Union Church congregation and particularly enjoyed their involvement in Sunday Fellowship, a community for adults of all abilities. Following John´s death, Annie continued to be active member in the Concord community, a frequent host to friends and family, a world traveler, and a volunteer with the Concord Women´s Club. An avid reader, swimmer, and faithful letter writer, Annie lived independently until she reached 100, a longtime goal. For this milestone, Annie was celebrated by family, friends, neighbors, church members, and even former students from decades past.

Annie is survived by her sister, Marilyn Healy, her sons Park Fay, Steven Fay, and Wayne Holt, eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Annie on Sunday, June 18, 2023, 12:00 PM at the West Concord Union Church, 1317 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts.

Children of GEORGE FAY and ANNIE RAND are:

51. i. GEORGE PARK23 FAY, b. Private.

ii. STEVEN FAY, b. Private; m. LISA MANKITA, Private; b. Private.

40. DORIS MAY22 SANDERS (GERTRUDE MAY21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 04 Apr 1918 in New Hampshire, and died 21 Jul 2003 in Pasadena, California. She married GORDON A. MARKLE 13 Mar 1941 in York, Pennsylvania, son of ISAAC MARKLE and RUTH ARNOLD. He was born 22 Mar 1918 in Juniata, Pennsylvania, and died 1978 in Sugarload, Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Notes for DORIS MAY SANDERS:

When Doris May Sanders was born on April 4, 1918, in New Hampshire, her father, Frederick, was 44, and her mother, Gertrude, was 30. She married Gordon Arnold Markle on March 13, 1941, in York, Pennsylvania, at the age of 22. They had one child during their marriage. She died on Jul 21, 2002, in Pasadena, California, at the age of 85.

Doris May Sanders lived in Alton, NH, in 1935. Also census records show her living there on April 1, 1940. She was single and a daughter both times.

In 1982, Doris May Sanders lived in Sanford, Florida.

Notes for GORDON A. MARKLE:

When Gordon Arnold Markle was born on March 22, 1918, his father, Isaac, was 26 and his mother, Ruth, was 25. He married Doris May Sanders on March 13, 1941, in York, Pennsylvania They had on child during their marriage. He died in 1978 in Sugarload, Pennsylvania, at the age of 60.

Children of DORIS SANDERS and GORDON MARKLE are:

i. MIKE23 MARKLE, b. Private; m. TONI UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private.

52. ii. THOMAS WAYNE MARKLE, b. Private.

41. PROTECTED22 NAME (ETHEL21 PAINE, MABLE20 SMITH, JOHN19, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married PROTECTED NAME Private. He was born Private.

Child of PROTECTED NAME and PROTECTED NAME is:

i. PROTECTED23 NAME, b. Private.

Generation No. 23

42. JANET-LEE23 FAY (WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 19 Dec 1932 in Concord, New Hampshire, and died 07 Oct 2018 in Mentor, Ohio. She married ROGER HOFFMAN STANLEY 21 Mar 1964 in Laconia, New Hampshire. He was born 16 Dec 1923 in Alliance, Ohio, and died 05 Sep 2015.

Notes for JANET-LEE FAY:

Janet-Lee Fay grew up near Lake Winnipesauke in New Hampshire, where her family founded Fay's Boat Yard. She was a retired elementary teacher and realtor. Janet-Lee was a 1950 graduate of Spaulding High School in Rochester, New Hampshire and a 1954 graduate of Boston University with a B.S. in Education. Her teaching experience included 5th grade classrooms from New England to Cleveland. Locally, she taught in the Painesville Township and Mentor School systems. She was also an instructor for Lake Erie Garfield Senior College from 1969 1975. After teaching, Janet-Lee was a realtor for Realty One in Mentor, Ohio. Janet loved to be part of the community and was very active in a variety of organizations. She was a member of First Church Congregational in Painesville, where she served on various committees, including Women's Fellowship. She was also active in the American Association of University Women and The Music and Drama Club. She was most proud of her membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in the Painesville, OH and Laconia, NH chapters.

Children of JANET-LEE FAY and ROGER STANLEY are:

i. DAVID FAY24 STANLEY, b. 19 Oct 1965, Painesville, Ohio; d. 2020, Painesville, Ohio.

53. ii. JENNIFER SUZANNE STANLEY, b. Private.

43. MERRILL P.23 FAY (WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married (1) NAN TRACEY Private, daughter of LINWOOD TRACY and EDNA NEIL. She was born Private. He married (2) JUDITH 'JUDY' GARRAN WHITING Private. She was born Private. He married (3) BETH PATASKI CRAFT Private. She was born Private.

Children of MERRILL FAY and NAN TRACEY are:

54. i. CAREY24 FAY, b. Private.

55. ii. JEFF WILBUR FAY, b. Private.

56. iii. WILLIAM 'WILL' MERRILL FAY, b. Private.

Child of MERRILL FAY and BETH CRAFT is:

iv. MERRILL MISCHA PATASKI24 FAY, b. 19 Jan 2005, Laconia, NH; d. 01 Jan 2023, Gilford, NH.

44. FRANK23 DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married (1) NANCY HEDRICK Private. She was born Private. He married (2) NELLA FISCHER Private. She was born Private.

Children of FRANK DESMOND and NANCY HEDRICK are:

57. i. DIANA24 DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. THERESA 'TERRY' DESMOND, b. 20 Sep 1959; d. 04 Jul 2010; m. (1) JAMES RODNEY HAYDEN, Private; b. Private; m. (2) STEPHEN AUGUSTUS CHIARELLO, Private; b. Private.

Notes for THERESA 'TERRY' DESMOND:

Theresa Desmond was first born (3:21 pm) fraternal twin to Kathleen Desmond. Source: Theresa Desmond Chiarello e mail September 21, 2003 3:38 am

58. iii. KATHLEEN 'KATHY' DESMOND, b. 20 Sep 1959; d. Nov 2022.

45. RICHARD 'DICK'23 DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 01 May 1937, and died 12 Dec 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married (1) SHERRIE LEE BUELL Private. She was born Private. He married (2) DOROTHY BICKFORD Private. She was born Private.

Notes for RICHARD 'DICK' DESMOND:

Dick Desmond was an Intelligence Officer stationed in France, and when he returned home spent his career as a Social Studies teacher.

More About RICHARD 'DICK' DESMOND:

Burial: 17 Dec 2003, Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware

Children of RICHARD DESMOND and SHERRIE BUELL are:

59. i. TIM24 DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. MARY BETH DESMOND, b. Private; m. JOHN B. WEBB, Private; b. Private.

46. DAVID23 DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married CINDY HANEY Private. She was born Private.

Children of DAVID DESMOND and CINDY HANEY are:

i. ASHLEY24 DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. RACHEL FAY DESMOND, b. Private.

47. BETSEY23 SAWYER (LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 22 Aug 1936, and died 28 Mar 2021 in El Cajon, California. She married (1) ED MAGOON Private. He was born Private. She married (2) WILLIAM SCEVOLA 21 Dec 1973. He was born 08 Jan 1928, and died 18 Jun 2019 in Sarasota, Florida.

Notes for BETSEY SAWYER:

Betsey is bruied next to her husband, William (Bill) Scevola in the Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida, Section 1 Site 1870.

Notes for WILLIAM SCEVOLA:

Bill is bruied next to his wife, Betsey Scevola in the Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida, Section 1 Site 1870.

Children of BETSEY SAWYER and ED MAGOON are:

60. i. KEVIN JOHN24 MAGOON, b. Private.

61. ii. SHAWN EDWARD MAGOON, b. Private.

62. iii. KEITH MAGOON, b. Private.

48. NANCY23 SAWYER (LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married (1) PAUL MCNEESE Private. He was born Private. She married (2) ROGER MARSHUTZ Private. He died 15 Dec 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

More About ROGER MARSHUTZ:

Occupation: Photographer

Children of NANCY SAWYER and PAUL MCNEESE are:

63. i. TERENCE PETER24 MCNEESE, b. Private.

64. ii. FAY MCNEESE, b. Private.

65. iii. JAMES ANDREW MCNEESE, b. Private.

iv. KENDRA MCNEESE, b. 27 Dec 1964; d. 14 Apr 1971.

66. v. GILLIAN MCNEESE, b. Private.

49. KAREN GAIL23 FAY (GILBERT PARK22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married WILLIAM G. MCGONAGLE Private. He was born Private.

Children of KAREN FAY and WILLIAM MCGONAGLE are:

i. PATRICK RYAN24 MCGONAGLE, b. Private.

ii. ALLISON FAY MCGONAGLE, b. Private.

50. JOHN GILBERT23 FAY (GILBERT PARK22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married APRIL HEATHER FINAN Private. She was born Private.

Children of JOHN FAY and APRIL FINAN are:

67. i. HEATHER ANN24 FAY, b. Private.

ii. ALEXA LAUREN FAY, b. Private.

51. GEORGE PARK23 FAY (GEORGE BRIGHAM22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married LYN HOGAN SKLARZ Private. She was born Private.

Child of GEORGE FAY and LYN SKLARZ is:

i. BRIGHAM PAIGE24 FAY, b. Private.

52. THOMAS WAYNE23 MARKLE (DORIS MAY22 SANDERS, GERTRUDE MAY21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married (1) ROSLYN A. LOVELES Private. She was born Private. He married (2) DORIA LOYCE RAGLAND Private, daughter of ALVIN RAGLAND and JEANETTE ARNOLD. She was born Private.

Children of THOMAS MARKLE and ROSLYN LOVELES are:

i. SAMANTHA GRANT24 MARKLE, b. Private.

ii. THOMAS MARKLE JR., b. Private.

Child of THOMAS MARKLE and DORIA RAGLAND is:

68. iii. DUCHESS OF SUSSEX RACHEL MEGHAN MARKLE DUCHESS OF24 SUSSEX, b. Private.

Generation No. 24

53. JENNIFER SUZANNE24 STANLEY (JANET-LEE23 FAY, WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married LARRY DAVIS Private. He was born Private.

Children of JENNIFER STANLEY and LARRY DAVIS are:

i. LAUREN25 DAVIS, b. Private.

ii. KEENAN ROGER DAVIS, b. Private.

54. CAREY24 FAY (MERRILL P.23, WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married PAUL BLANDFORD Private. He was born Private.

Children of CAREY FAY and PAUL BLANDFORD are:

69. i. HEATHER FAY25 BLANDFORD, b. Private.

ii. RACHAEL ANNA BLANDFORD, b. Private.

55. JEFF WILBUR24 FAY (MERRILL P.23, WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married PAMELA JEAN DEXTER Private, daughter of JAMES DEXTER and MARIE DUPREY. She was born Private.

Children of JEFF FAY and PAMELA DEXTER are:

i. STEVE JEFFREY25 FAY, b. Private.

ii. LILLIAN MARIE FAY, b. Private.

56. WILLIAM 'WILL' MERRILL24 FAY (MERRILL P.23, WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married BETHANY LEE BERGERON Private, daughter of PAUL BERGERON and JEAN UNKNOWN. She was born Private.

Children of WILLIAM FAY and BETHANY BERGERON are:

i. ALEXANDRA EVANGELINE25 FAY, b. Private.

ii. CATHERINE ELIZABETH FAY, b. Private.

57. DIANA24 DESMOND (FRANK23, MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married THOMAS SPRANKLIN Private. He was born Private.

Children of DIANA DESMOND and THOMAS SPRANKLIN are:

i. JOHN THOMAS25 SPRANKLIN, b. Private.

ii. DESMOND CHARLES SPRANKLIN, b. Private.

iii. SARAH ELIZABETH SPRANKLIN, b. Private.

58. KATHLEEN 'KATHY'24 DESMOND (FRANK23, MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born 20 Sep 1959, and died Nov 2022. She married (1) MARC JEFFREY BLOOM Private. He was born Private. She married (2) JEFFREY BOSH Private. He was born Private.

Notes for KATHLEEN 'KATHY' DESMOND:

Kathleen Desmond is engaged to Jeff Bosch of Fairfax, VA. She has chosen to be estranged and isolated from Theresa Desmond Chiarello (her fraternal twin) as was requested by Jeff Bosch. Similar to her Bloom marriage, where whe decided to be estranged from her father and mother. Kathleen is a federal government employee with the Court of Appeals and is very successful and well respected by her peers at the Court of Appeals. Source: Theresa Desmond Chiarello e mail September 21, 2003 3:47am

Kathleen Desmond was second born (3:24 pm) fraternal twin to Theresa Desmond Chiarello. Source: Theresa Desmond Chiarello e mail September 21, 2003 3:38 am

Children of KATHLEEN DESMOND and MARC BLOOM are:

i. SAMUEL RAND25 BLOOM, b. Private.

ii. ELLEN BELLE BLOOM, b. Private.

59. TIM24 DESMOND (RICHARD 'DICK'23, MILDRED MIRRIAM22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married CYNTHIA GEORG Private. She was born Private.

Children of TIM DESMOND and CYNTHIA GEORG are:

i. SHANNON25 DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. CAELAN DESMOND, b. Private.

60. KEVIN JOHN24 MAGOON (BETSEY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married BARBARA LUSHIA Private. She was born Private.

Children of KEVIN MAGOON and BARBARA LUSHIA are:

i. JOHN25 MAGOON, b. Private.

ii. MATTHEW MAGOON, b. Private.

61. SHAWN EDWARD24 MAGOON (BETSEY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married LYNN CAROLIN NORDLUND Private. She was born Private.

Children of SHAWN MAGOON and LYNN NORDLUND are:

i. MOLLY25 MAGOON, b. Private.

ii. TYLER MAGOON, b. Private.

iii. IAN MAGOON, b. Private.

62. KEITH24 MAGOON (BETSEY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married (1) SANDRA FETZER Private. She was born Private. He married (2) MARY UNKNOWN Private. She was born Private.

Children of KEITH MAGOON and SANDRA FETZER are:

70. i. MELLISSA25 MAGOON, b. Private.

ii. JENNIFER MAGOON, b. Private.

63. TERENCE PETER24 MCNEESE (NANCY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married (1) CAROL ELAINE DIXON Private. She was born Private. He married (2) MICHEL MCDONALD Private. She was born Private.

Children of TERENCE MCNEESE and CAROL DIXON are:

i. NATHAN25 MCNEESE, b. Private.

ii. NICOLE MCNEESE, b. Private; m. JERRED BOLEIN, Private; b. Private.

iii. EMILY MCNEESE, b. Private.

64. FAY24 MCNEESE (NANCY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married KEITH JONES Private. He was born Private.

Child of FAY MCNEESE and KEITH JONES is:

i. SYDNEY ELIN25 JONES, b. Private.

65. JAMES ANDREW24 MCNEESE (NANCY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. He married GISILE GARCIA Private. She was born Private.

Children of JAMES MCNEESE and GISILE GARCIA are:

i. ERICA JANE25 MCNEESE, b. Private.

ii. LAUREN MCNEESE, b. Private.

66. GILLIAN24 MCNEESE (NANCY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married JOSEPH CILIBRASI Private. He was born Private.

Children of GILLIAN MCNEESE and JOSEPH CILIBRASI are:

i. GABRIELLE BESS25 CILIBRASI, b. Private.

ii. ISABELLE CILIBRASI, b. Private.

67. HEATHER ANN24 FAY (JOHN GILBERT23, GILBERT PARK22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married MATTHEW FERRER Private. He was born Private.

Child of HEATHER FAY and MATTHEW FERRER is:

i. JUNIPER FAY25 FERRER, b. Private.

68. DUCHESS OF SUSSEX RACHEL MEGHAN MARKLE DUCHESS OF24 SUSSEX (THOMAS WAYNE23 MARKLE, DORIS MAY22 SANDERS, GERTRUDE MAY21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married (1) TREVOR ENGELSON Private. He was born Private. She married (2) PRINCE HARRY DUKE OF SUSSEX Private. He was born Private.

Child of RACHEL SUSSEX and PRINCE SUSSEX is:

i. ARCHIE HARRISON25 MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, b. Private.

Generation No. 25

69. HEATHER FAY25 BLANDFORD (CAREY24 FAY, MERRILL P.23, WILBUR MERRILL22, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married WILL BAYBUTT Private. He was born Private.

Child of HEATHER BLANDFORD and WILL BAYBUTT is:

i. CHARLOTTE FAY26 BAYBUTT, b. Private.

70. MELLISSA25 MAGOON (KEITH24, BETSEY23 SAWYER, LILLIAN22 FAY, HATTIE EDITH21 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID20, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY19 SMITH, JOHN18, MARTHA17 DRAKE, ABRAHAM16, JANE15 LUNT, JANE14 BROWNE, JANE13 SKEPPER, OF LYNN REV. WILLIAM12, GENT EDWARD11, JOAN 'JANE' TOWNLEY10, ISABEL9 HILDYARD, JOAN HILDYARD (DE8 LA SEE, ELIZABETH7 WENTWORTH, MARY6 CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND ELIZABETH5 PERCY, BARONESS CAMOYS ELIZABETH4 MORTIMER, LADY PHILIPPA DE MORTIMORE3 5TH CO, DUKE OF CLARENCE LIONEL OF2 ANTWERP, KING OF ENGLAND EDWARD III1 PLANTAGENET) was born Private. She married UNKNOWN Private. He was born Private.

Child of MELLISSA MAGOON and UNKNOWN is:

i. EMILY JOYCE26 MAGOON, b. Private.