Sunday, April 14, 2013

April 14th

Happy birthdays . . . 

1749 Jacob Fishback in Virginia, the husband of Phoebe Morgan.  He died in Kentucky in 1821.

1831 Mary Goodnight in Clear Creek, IN the daughter of John & Agnes (Jones) Goodnight.


Flossie Butler
1897 Flossie Butler the daughter of George & Florence (Gentle) Butler.  She was married to ? Long and ? White.  I remember going with Grandma Grace to visit Aunt Flossie in Wayne City.  She lived in a small house on Smith Street I think.  Flossie never had children.  She died 1982 in Mt. Vernon, IL at age 84.

1985 Jason Anselmo in Downers Grove, IL the son of Ben & Angela (Colclasure) Anselmo.  Jason suffered from muscular dystrophy and died at age 18 in 2003 in Sandwich, IL.

Anniversaries:

1610 Richard Warren & Elizabeth Walker in Great Amwell, England.  Richard was born ca. 1580 in England.  He came on the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony where he died in 1628.  Elizabeth was baptized 1583 in Baldock, England the daughter of Augustine Walker.  She sailed to Plymouth with their five daughters on the Anne in 1623.  They had 2 sons born in Plymouth.  Elizabeth died in 1673.

1624 William Rockwell & Susanna Capen in Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester, England.  William, the son of John & Honor (Newton) Rockwell, was baptized in Fitzhead, England.  Susanna was born in 1602 the daughter of Bernard & Joan (Purchase) Capen.  William & Susanna immigrated to Massachusetts in 1630 on the Mary & John.  Susanna’s parents immigrated in 1632.  They all settled in Dorchester.  About 1637 William & Susanna moved to Windsor, CT where William died in 1640.  Susanna married Matthew Grant in 1645 in Windsor, CT.  She died ca. 1665.  Susanna & William had 7 children.  

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