The Mayflower - November 30th, 1620

After this [November 16th] the shallop being got ready, they set out again for the better discovery of this place and the master of the ship desired to go himself, so there went some 30 men, but found it to be no harbor for ships but only for boats; there was also found 2 of their houses covered with mats and sundry of their implements in them, but the people were run away and could not be seen; also there was found more of their corn and of their beans of various colors.  The corn and beans they brought away, purposing to give them full satisfaction when they should meet with any of them (as about some 6 months afterward they did, to their good content).  And here is to be noted a special providence of God, and a great mercy to this poor people, that here they got seed to plant them corn the next year or else they might have starved, for they had none, nor any likelihood to get any till the season had been past (as the sequel did manifest).  Neither is it likely they had had this, if the first voyage had not been made, for the ground was now all covered with snow and hard frozen.  But the Lord is never wanting unto his in their greatest needs; let his holy name have all the praise.  

The month of November being spent in these affairs, and much foul weather falling in . . . 

November 30th

Birthdays:

1587 Alice Bradford baptized in Austerfield, England the daughter of William & Allice (Hanson) Bradford.  She was buried there in 1608.

1697 Noah Janes son of Abel & Mary (Judd) Janes. 

1855 William Runyon in Kentucky the son of James & Nancy (Young) Runyon.  He died in Kentucky in 1928 and is buried in Duncan Memorial Chapel Cemetery in Oldham Co., KY.

1920 Orville May son of August & Linda (Suter) May  

November 29th

1799 Priscilla Flinn in Virginia or North Carolina the wife of Joseph Speer.  She died in Leesville, IN in 1882.

1907 Elmer Smith son of John & Sophia (Schmidt) Smith.  He died in February 1908.

Lois Rogers daughter of Dock & Martha (Withrow) Rogers

Betty Tate wife of Barney Richardson. 

Gloria Poehler daughter of Garland & Mary (Bryan) Poehler.  She married ? Fisher.

November 28th

Thanksgiving Birthdays:

1612 Euphanie Morehead in Edinburgh, Scotland daughter of David & Marioun (Lowsone) Morehead

1828 Wilson Laws son of William & Appie (?) Laws in North Carolina.  He married Samantha Lathrop in Lawrence Co., IL in 1842.  His sister Rachel married Samantha’s brother Henry in 1844 in Lawrence Co.  Wilson and Samantha had no children.  Samantha died in 1875 in Lawrence Co., IL.  Wilson died in 1879.  They are buried in Leach Cemetery in Lawrence Co., IL.

1858 Henry Morehead Gurley in Wayne Co., IL the son of Leonard & Susanna (Morehead) Gurley.  He died in 1913 in Wayne Co., IL.

E Names

Earl – 12 from the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl, nobleman, warrior

Earlene – from the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl, nobleman, warrior

Earren – possible modern version of Aaron, high mountain or exalted

Ebenezer – 3 stone of help

Eber – not found

Ed / Eddie / Edward – 58 rich guard or blessed guard

Edward the Confessor

Edgar – 5 rich, blessed spear

Edith – 9 rich or blessed war

Edmond / Edmund – 6 rich or blessed protector

Edmore – not found

Edna – 10 kernal

Edwin – 2 rich or blessed friend

Edy – variation of Edith, rich or blessed war

Effa / Effie – 8 to speak well of or new speckled one

Eileen – torch or corposant

Elaine – torch or corposant

Eldon – 3 Ella’s Hill

Eldren – not found

Eleanor / Elinor – 7 – not known

Eleazer – my God has helped

Elfleda – noble beauty

Eli – my God

Elias – 6 my God is Yahweh

Eligah – my God is Yahweh

Elijah – 7 my God is Yahweh

Eliphalet – God is release

Elisabeth / Elizabeth/ Elizbeth – 247 my God is an oath

Elisah – my God is salvation

Elisha – 8 my God is salvation

Eliza – 14 my God is an oath

Elkanah – 5 God has purchased

Ella – 10 torch or corposant

Ellen / Ellie – 12 torch or corposant

Elline – torch or corposant

Elmer – 10 noble, famous

Elnora – torch or corposant

Eloise – healthy, wide

Elsa / Elsie – 5 my God is an oath

Elston – Elli’s valley

Elton – Ella’s town

Elva / Elvia / Elvie- 3 white

Elvira – 2 all true

Elvis – 2 all wise

Elzo – my God is an oath, pledged to God

Elzora – 2 not found

Eme / Emeline – 2 work

Emerich - not found

Emery / Emory – 2 whole work or labor

Emily – 17 rival

Emma – 12 entire, whole

Emmillia – entire, whole

Emsley – a surname

Ennis – name of Irish town and a surname

Enoch – 4 dedicated

Ephraim – 12 fruitful

Erasmus – beloved

Erastus – 3 beloved

Eric – 12 ever ruler

Erica – heather

Erin – feminine form of Ireland

Ermine – not found

Erna - serious

Ernest / Ernie / Ernst – 7 serious

Erwin – 2 sea friend

Eshmal – God will hear

Essie – star

Estes – 2 of the East

Ester – 14 star

Ethan – 2 strong, firm, long-lived

Ethel – 8 noble

Etta – 2 little

Eugene – 4 well born, of noble birth

Eugenie – well born, of noble birth

Eunice – good, victory, victorious

Euphanie – to speak well

Euphemia – to speak well

Eva – 5 to live

Evan – Yahweh is gracious

Evann – to live

Eve – to live

Evelyn – 2 desired

Everett / Everette / Evert – 9 brave boar

Excelina – not found

Exline – not found

Ezekiel – 4 strength of God

Ezra – 8 help

November 27th

Birthdays: 

1887 Alberdenia Miller the wife of Stanley Smith.  She died in 1977

1892 Henrietta Wolfe daughter of Lewis & Mary (Fitzgerald) Wolfe in Bible Grove, IL.  She died before 1900.

1935 Audrey Lathrop in Wayne Co., IL the daughter of Forrest & Mildred (Shelton) Lathrop. She married Dean Kercher in 1961 and had three sons.  Audrey died of cancer in 1996 in Marietta, GA.

Mark Shaw son of Loren & Joyce (Wilhelm) Shaw

Marriages:

1971 Jimmy Hood & Deborah Shaw.  Deborah is the daughter of Verschel & Ruby (Haile) Shaw

1971 Steven Lathrop & Janet Clark.  Steven is the son of Levi & Muriel (Foster) Lathrop.  He and Janet have two children.  They divorced in 1985.  Steven married 2) Susan Blomgren.

November 26th

1826 Esther Clark daughter of Samuel & Phebe (Sayre) Clark

1858 Catherine Draper daughter of Oliver & Phoebe (Harbert) Draper in Johnson Co., IN

1866 John Wilkin in Orange Co., IN the husband of Mary Smith.  He died in 1935. 

1897 Delbert Rawson in Orleans, NE the son of Willard & Mary (Miller) Rawson 

Ronald Kincaid son of Leroy & Helen (Oliver) Kincaid

November 25th

Many happy returns . . . 

Paul Lathrop

Virginia Withrow daughter of Everett & Ola (Franks) Withrow

Lowell Rainwater son of Earl & Lucile (Reese) Rainwater

Bob Lathrop son of Albert & Grace (Butler) Lathrop

Paul Lathrop son of Bob & Doretta (Blaney) Lathrop above

November 24th

Happy Birthday!

1825 James Lathrop son of Ezra & Abi (Potter) Lathrop in Greensburg, IN. 

1846 Anna Runyon in Jefferson Co., KY the daughter of James & Nancy (Young) Runyon.  She died in Wayne City, IL in 1907 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Oldham Co., KY.

1852 Jacob Stine son of George & Jemima (Petty) Stine was born 1852 in Ohio.  He died in Sumner, IL in 1929.

Betty Lathrop

November 23rd

Many happy returns:

1695 Joseph Rockwell the son of Joseph & Elizabeth (Drake) Rockwell in Windsor, CT.

1798 Mary Coclasure in Hardin Co., KY the daughter of Abraham & Abigail (Dennen) Colclasure.  She died in Effingham, IL in 1871.

November 22nd

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November.  It moves from November 22 to November 28.  

Birthdays:

Odette (Parchet) Gurley & Bill Lathrop

1793 Cornelius Clark in New Jersey the son of Samuel & Mary (Darby) Clark.  Cornelius served as a private in Capt. John Russell’s Company during the War of 1812.  He married Elizabeth Lambert the daughter of Jonathan & Margaret (McFarlin) Lambert ca. 1813.  She was born in Harrison Co., VA in 1799.  They had eleven children.  Cornelius died in 1860 in Lawrence Co. OH and Elizabeth died there  in 1879.  They are buried in Engle Cemetery.

November 21st

Happy, happy birthday!

1857 Sara Miller in Moores Vinyard, IN the daughter of William & Jane (Edwards) Miller.

1886 Jennie Robertson the daughter of James & Mary (Maulding) Robertson in Wayne Co., IL.  She married Lee Johnson ca. 1907 and had one son.  Jennie died in 1969 and is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

U Names

U Names

Ula / Ulla – 2 – prosperity and power

Ulysses – to hate

Umbazinda / Umberzinda / Umbrindia – 2 – not found

Umphra – not found

Unkyong – not found

Uriah – Yahweh is my light

Ursula – little bear

November 20th

Lots of birthdays . . . 

1646 Mary Steele daughter of John &  Mercy (Warner) Steele.

1672 Mary Porter wife of Hezekiah Loomis.  She died in 1752.

1686 Anthony Morgan son of Anthony & Elizabeth (?) Morgan in Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., VA.  He had a son Anthony III.  Anthony died before 1752 in Prince William Co., VA.

November 19th

Birthdays only today:

1882 Oscar Lathrop son of Henry & Luvina (Hostettler) Lathrop in Richland Co., IL.  He married Effie Dewhurst in 1905.  They had three children.  Oscar died in 1966 and he is buried in Amity Cemetery in Richland Co., IL.

1897 Mary Allen in Mt. Vernon, IL the daughter of Preston & Martha (Dalby) Allen.  

1909 Howard Peel husband of Hazel Petty.  He died in 1975.

November 18th

Birthdays:

1594 Richard Lake son of John & Elizabeth (Sandell) Lake in Essex, England.  He died there in 1652.

1680 Samuel Moss in Wallingford, CT the son of John & Martha (Lathrop) Moss.

1826 Nancy Colclasure daughter of John & Rachel (Galbreath) Colclasure in Indiana.  She married Christopher Trinkle and had five children.  She died 1881 in Clay Co., IL.

November 17th

Happy Birthday!

1827 Louisa Morehead in Missouri the daughter of Charles & Fanny (Warder) Morehead.  She died in 1829.

1843 Thomas Lathrop son of Levi & Louisa (Draper) Lathrop in Johnson Co., IN.  He served in Company K, 61^st Illinois Infantry during the Civil War and afterwards he moved from Lawrence Co. to Wayne Co., IL.  He married Anna Stilley in Hamilton Co., IL.  Anna was born in 1853.  They had three daughters.  Thomas died in 1893 in Wayne Co., IL and is buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.  Anna died in 1918 and is buried with Thomas and their daughter Jennie. 

November 16th

Bill Lathrop standing behind his great-great-great
grandparents graves, Mary on left, Rowland on right.
His stone has RP carved into it.

1751 Rowland Powell son of Rowland & Mary (Richardson) Powell.  He married Mary Janes daughter of Jonathan & Irene (Bradford) Janes ca. 1773.  Mary was born in 1753.  They had eleven children, two of whom married Lathrop siblings.  They lived in Hartford, VT and moved to Richford, VT.  Rowland was a soldier in the American Revolution.  Mary died in Richford, VT in 1813 and Rowland died there in 1838.  They are buried in the Troy Street Cemetery in Richford, VT.  

While his tombstone indicates that he is Rowland Powell, Jr. He was in reality the fifth to carry the name Rowland Powell.  This is one of the easier family lines for me to remember!

The Mayflower - November 16th, 1620

. . . and the next morning followed their track till they had headed a great creek and so left the sands and turned another way into the woods.  But they still followed them by guess, hoping to find their dwellings; but they soon lost both them and themselves, falling into such thickets as were ready to tear their clothes and armor in pieces, but were most distressed for want of drink.  But at length they found water and refreshed themselves, being the first New England water they drunk of and was now in their great thirst as pleasant unto them as wine or beer had been in fore-times.  Afterwards they directed their course to come to the other shore, for they knew it was a neck of land they were to cross over and so at length got to the seaside, and marched to this supposed river, and by the way found a pond of clear fresh water, and shortly after a good quantity of clear ground where the Indians had formerly set corn and some of their graves.  And proceeding further they saw new stubble where corn had been set the same year, also they found where lately a house had been, where some planks and a great kettle was remaining, and heaps of sand newly paddled with their hands, which they, digging up found in them diverse fair Indian baskets filled with corn, and some in ears, fair and good, of diverse colors which seemed to them a very goodly sight (having never seen any such before).  This was near the place of that supposed river they came to seek; unto which they went and found it to open itself into 2 arms with a high cliff of sand in the entrance, but more like to be creeks of salt water than any fresh, for ought they saw; and that there was good harborage for their shallop; leaving it further to be discovered by their shallop when she was ready.  So their time limited them being expired, they returned to the ship, least they should be in fear of their safety; and took with them part of the corn and buried up the rest and so like the men from Eshkol [Numbers 13] carried with them of the fruits of the land, and showed their brethren; of which and their return, they were marvelously glad and their hearts encouraged.  

The Mayflower - November 15th, 1620

They set forth the 15 of November and when they had marched about the space of a mile by the sea side, they espied 5 or 6 persons with a dog coming towards them, who were savages; but they fled from them and ran up into the woods, and the English followed them, partly to see if they could speak with them, and partly to discover if there might not be more of them lying in ambush.  But the Indians seeing themselves thus followed, they again forsook the woods and ran away on the sands as hard as they could, so as they could not come near them, but followed them by the track of their feet sundry miles and saw that they had come the same way.  So, night coming on, they made their rendezvous and set out their sentinels and rested in quiet the night . . .

November 15th

Birthdays:

1696 Mary Lathrop wife of Col. Simon Lathrop.  She died ca. 1713.

1696 Martha Lathrop wife of Col. Simon Lathrop.  She died in 1775 in Norwich, CT.

1795 Elizabeth Goodnight the daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth (Hoover) Goodnight in Lincoln Co., KY. 

November 14th

Happy Birthday to one and all:

1634 William O’Dell in Cranfield, England.  He married Sarah Vowells ca. 1665 in Rye, NY.  William died in Rye, NY in 1697.

1894 Anna Osborn in Wayne Co., IL the daughter of Louis & Idella (Robertson) Osborn.  She died in 1923 in Illinois age 28.  She is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

Brian Shaw son of Lawrence & Maria (?) Shaw

November 13th

Birthdays:

1811 Elkanah Janes in Richford, VT the son of Daniel & Hannah (Lathrop) Janes. 

Vern Shaw

1893 Vern Shaw in Keenes, IL the son of William & Laura (Robertson) Shaw.  He died at Richardson’s Funeral Home in Wayne City, IL while attending a wake in 1978.  He is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

David Summers son of Richard & Phyllis (Lathrop) Summers

Marriages:

1651 Owen Tudor & Mary Loomis in Windsor, CT.  Mary was born ca. 1620 in England the daughter of Joseph & Mary (White) Loomis. Her family came to Connecticut in April 1638.  She married 1) John Skinner in Connecticut 1638.  and had five children.  John died in 1650 in Connecticut.  Owen was her second husband they had five children.  Mary died in 1680 in Windsor, CT.  Owen died there in 1690.

1904 William Henson & Ollie Wilfong.  William was born in Wayne Co., IL in 1878.  Ollie the daughter of Henry & Mary (Gurley) Wilfong was born 1885 in Wayne Co., IL.  They had eight children.  Ollie died ca. 1928 and William died after 1930.

November 12th

Birthdays: 

1820 Catharine Galbreath daughter of ? & Elizabeth (?) Galbreath.  She died in 1897 in Clay Co., IL and is buried in Oak Mound / Colclasure Cemetery in Clay Co., IL.

1907 Lafayette Fitzgerald son of Lafayette & Lillian (Halberstadt) Fitzgerald in Clay Co., IL.  He died in Farina, IL in 1995.

Jodie Shaw daughter of Dennis & Judy (Hill) Shaw

November 11th

Today's birthdays:

1657 Elizabeth Ellsworth wife of Lt. Nathaniel Loomis

1799 Abigail Colclasure in Henry Co., KY the daughter of Jacob & Elinor (Dennen) Colclasure.  She died in Washington Co., IN in 1861.

1824 Martha Parrish daughter of Ezekiel & Temperance (Perry) Parrish in Davidson Co., NC.  She died there before 1830. 

Lizzie Erkman

1871 Elizabeth Erkman in Illinois the daughter of Jacob & Eva (Bechtold) Erkman.  Lizzie never married. She was a seamstress and eventually moved to California.  She died there in 1940 after being hit by a street car. 

The Mayflower - November 11th

a shallop

Being thus arrived at Cape Cod the 11th of November, and necessity calling them to look out a place for habitation, (as well as the masters and mariners importunity) they having brought a large shallop with them out of England, stowed in quarters in the ship, they now got her out and set their carpenters to work to trim her up; but being much bruised and shattered in the ship with foul weather they saw she would be long in mending.  Whereupon a few of them tendered themselves to go by land and discover those nearest places, whilst the shallop was in mending; and rather because as they went into that harbor there seemed to be an opening some 2 or 3 leagues of which the master judged to be a river.  It was conceived there might be some danger in the attempt yet seeing them resolute, they were permitted to go, being 16 of them well armed, under the conduct of Captain [Miles] Standish, having such instructions given them as was thought meet.

I shall a little return back and begin with a combination [Mayflower Compact] made by them before they came ashore, being the first foundation of their government in this place; occasioned partly by the discontented and mutinous speeches that some of the strangers amongst them had let fall from them in the ship -- That when they came ashore they would use their own liberty; for none had power to command them, the patent they had being for Virginia, and not for New England, which belonged to another Government, with which the Virginia Company had nothing to do.  And partly that such an act by them done (this their condition considered) might be as firm as any patent, and in some respects more sure.

The form was as followeth:

Bradford's transcription
of the Mayflower Compact

In the name of God, Amen.  We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France & Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.  In witness whereof we have here under subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11 of November in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France & Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth.  Ano. Dom 1620.

Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620
by Jean Ferris, 1899

Signers:
John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, Isaac Allerton, Miles Standish, John Alden, Samuel Fuller, Christopher Martin, William Mullins, William White, Richard Warren, John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Tilley, John Tilley, Francis Cooke, Thomas Rogers, Thomas Tinker, John Rigsdale, Edward Fuller, John Turner, Francis Eaton, James Chilton, John Crackstone, John Billington, Moses Fletcher, John Goodman, Degory Priest, Thomas Williams, Gilbert Winslow, Edmund Margeson, Peter Browne, Richard Britteridge, George Soule, Richard Clarke, Richard Gardiner, John Allerton, Thomas English,  Edward Doty and Edward Lester

After this they chose, or rather confirmed, Mr. John Carver (a man godly and well approved amongst them)their Governor for that year. 

Veterans, ver. 6

This is not an exhaustive list.  Colonial relatives would have served in local militias until age and infirmity released them from duty.  Please send me additions and corrections.

Arnold, Benedict - American Revolution, Connecticut turncoat to English army
Blevins, Samuel - War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans
Blevins, Warden - Mexican War, ✞ Mexico City

Bradford, MajorWilliam – Great Narraganset Swamp fight 1675 Massachusetts, wounded, a battle in King Philip’s War

Butler, Minor – Civil War Wayne Co., IL militia home guard

Clark, Cornelius – War of 1812 Ohio, private in Capt. John Russell’s Company

Clark, James – American Revolution New Jersey, lieutenant in the Continental Army

Clark, Richard – Indian Alarm 1657, Southampton, NY

Clark, Samuel – War of 1812 Ohio, corporal in Capt. John Clark’s Company

Clark, James – served in the English army before 1664
Colclasure, Jack - Vietnam, U.S. Army

Colclasure, John - War of 1812, Sergeant in Cap. Henry Dawalt's Company of Indiana Infantry Militia
Cronk, Henry – Civil War, private Co. G, 49^th Illinois Infantry out of Macoupin Co., IL, ✞ 
Mound City, IL military hospital in 1863.

November 10th

1636 John Moss in Wallingford, CT son of John & Martha (Lathrop) Moss

1839 Clara Erkman daughter of Jacob & Katherine (Warner) Erkman in Holmes Co., OH.  She died in Carmi, IL in 1917 and is buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery.

1899 Elmer Zeller in St. James, AR the son of John & Clara (Erkman) Zeller.  He died in 1971.

Paren Miller son of John & Nola (Sheneman) Miller

John Ayers husband of Alice Richardson 

Allison Reed daughter of Johnnie & Janice (McDuffee) Reed

Steven Owen son of Lyle & Amy (Lathrop) Owen

Marriages:

1908 Stewart Fitzgerald & Rebecca Ward.  Stewart born 1842 in Gibson Co., IN was the son of James & Elizabeth (Taylor) Fitzgerald.  Rebecca the daughter of Erwin Ward was born 1846 in Indiana.  She married 1) Stewart’s brother James Fitzgerald. They were divorced in 1907.  This was Stewart’s third marriage.  Rebecca died in 1926 and Stewart in 1931 in Clay City, IL.  

The Mayflower Arrives

I was reminded this morning on Facebook by PBS' American Experience that the Pilgrims on the Mayflower arrived in Cape Cod on November 9th, 393 years ago today. 

Below is an excerpt from grandpa William Bradford's history Of Plimoth Plantation.  In addition to Bradford, our ancestor Richard Warren was aboard the Mayflower as well.  I've "translated" this section into more modern English where I could for readability.  The first sentence below in the original reads:

Septr: 6.  These troubls being blowne over, and now all being compacte togeather in one shipe, they put to sea againe with a prosperus winde, which continued diverce days togeather, which was some incouragmente unto them; yet according to ye usuall maner many were afflicted with sea-sickness.

November - no date

1681 Josiah Fitch in Norwich, CT the son of Rev. James & Priscilla (Mason) Fitch

1835 Hetty Young daughter of Jacob & Catherine (?) Young.  She died before 1838.

1843 Leonard Wolfe son of Richard & Mary (Ford) Wolfe in Orange Co. IN. 

1879 Clark Lathrop in Illinois the son of Charles & Martha (Lowry) Lathrop

1884 Miles Withrow son of Franklin & Mary (Dove) Withrow in Washington Co., AR.  He died in 1956.

November 9th

Many happy returns:

1580 John Loomis baptized in Thaxted Church, Thaxted, England the son of John & Dorothy (?) Loomis.

New London, CT

1754 Elkanah Lathrop son of Lt. Ezra & Charity (Perkins) Lathrop in Norwich, CT.  He was living in Connecticut September 6, 1781 when the British & Tories burned New London on orders of his cousin Benedict Arnold.  This atrocious act stirred him deeply and with many others he aided in driving the enemy out of the neighborhood.  He lived in Franklin Co., VT.  According to his grandson’s biography He removed to Canada, where he owned a large farm, which during the trouble between England and the United States was confiscated by the British government.  He then returned to Vermont, there spending the remainder of his life.  Elkanah appears in the 1790 census living in Fairfax, VT.  No record of his marriage or wife’s name has been discovered.  He had at least five children.  Elkanah probably died about 1836 as most of his children headed west to Indiana about that time.  There is no record of where he is buried.

November 8th

1564 George Hanson son of John & Margaret (Gressam) Hanson

1824 Rachel Laws the daughter of William & Appie (?) Laws, Sr. in Hadley, IL.  She died in Richland Co., IL in 1902 and was buried in Amity Cemetery in Richland Co., IL.

1932 Donald McAllister in Princeton, IL the husband of Marjorie Oliver.  He died in Flora, IL in 1986.

November 7th

Lots of birthdays today:

1596 Arthur Morehead in Edinburgh, Scotland, son of David & Marioun (Lowsone) Morehead.

1651 Deacon Joseph Loomis the son of Deacon John & Elizabeth (Scott) Loomis.  He died in 1699.

1654 Elizabeth Joy in Boston, MA the daughter of Thomas & Joan (Gallop) Joy

1742 Samuel Avery son of Rev. Ephraim & Deborah (Lathrop) Avery

November 6th

1687 William Crary baptized son of Peter & Christobel (Gallop) Crary

1822 Mildred Jones in Shelby Co., KY wife of Ephraim Clark.  She died in Ancona, IL in 1904.

1888 Dennis Lathrop son of Albert & Otelia (Hostetler) Lathrop in Sumner, IL.  He died in 1967 in Alton, IL and is buried in Sumner Cemetery in Sumner, IL.

November 5th

Happy birthday

1647 John Steele son of John & Mercy (Warner) Steele.  He died in 1737.

1933 Allan Peel son of Howard & Hazel (Petty) Peel in Detroit, MI.  He died in 1985.

Dianne Rowe wife of Charles Fink

November 4th

Birthdays:

1664 Matthew Loomis son of Joseph & Mary (Chauncey) Loomis.  He died at age 23 in 1688.

1675 Elizabeth Drake wife of Joseph Rockwell.

1835 Cornelius Clark son of Cornelius & Elizabeth (Lambert) Clark in Lawrence Co., OH.  He died in Wellston, OH in 1901.

D Names

Daisy - 2 - flower name meaning day eye
Dale - 6 - person living near a dale or valley
Dalene - small valley
Dallas - 2 - derived from surname meaning meadow dwelling
Dan / Daniel / Dannie / Danny - 48 - God is my judge
Danita - God is my judge
Dantzell - meaning not found
Darin / Darren / Darrin - 3 - great
Darlene - 3 - darling
Darrel / Darrell / Daryl / Derrell - 7 - derived from Norman French surname d'Airelle
David - 72 - beloved
Dayton - place name may have meant dairy town or ditch town

Marquis de Lafayette

De Lafayette - named for Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette a French aristocrat and major-general in the Continental army under George Washington

Dean - 7 - valley or chief of ten
Deanna - valley
Debbie / Debby / Deborah / Debra - 21 - bee
Deena - valley
DeEtta - home ruler
DeForest - from the forest
Delana - not found
Delbert - 5 noble, bright
Delia - 4 - of Delos
Delinah - meaning not found
Deliverance - action of setting free
Della / Dela - 7 - noble
Dellace - may be a form of Dallas
Delmas - a surname, he may have been given his mother's maiden name
Delores / Dolores / Delorse - 7 - sorrows
Demaris / Demarius - calf, heifer or girl
Dempy - proud, haughty
Denise - 4 - feminine derivation of Dionysus, Greek god of wine
Denna - meaning not found
Dennis - 11 - derivation of Dionysus, Greek god of wine
Denver - Dane ford
Derek - 3 - ruler of people
Derritt - 2 - meaning not found
Dewayne / Duane - 4 - dark, black
Dewey - 2 - Welsh form of David, beloved
Diana / Diane / Dianne - 8 - heavenly, divine
Dicie / Dicy - 3 - strong power
Dion - derivation of Dionysus, Greek god of wine
Dixie - ten, southern United States
Doanie - meaning not found
Doc / Dock - 2 - probably a nickname
Dollie / Dolly - 3 - gift of God
Dominique - of the Lord
Don / Donald / Donnie / Donny - 32 - ruler of the world
Doneta - ruler of the world
Donna - 9 - ruler of the world
Donovan - brown, dark
Dora - 4 - gift of God
Doracy - meaning not found
Dorcas - gazelle
Doretta - gift of God
Doris - 9 - Dorian woman
Dorotha / Dorothea / Dorothy / Dot - 30 - gift of God
Dorinda - gift of God
Doug / Douglas - 5 - dark river
Doyle - dark stranger 
Drake - dragon
Drucilla / Drusilla - 2 - strong
Dudley - derivation of Dudda's clearing
Dustin - Thor's stone
Dwight - 3 - derivation of Dionysus, Greek god of wine

November 3rd

1845 Allen Quinn in Muskingum Co., OH the son of John & Roxanne (Brooks) Quinn.  He died Sep. 10, 1846 in Muskingum Co., OH and is buried in McGinnis Cemetery in Muskingum Co., OH.

1849 Maranda Draper daughter of Benjamin & Elizabeth (Wheeling) Draper in Decatur Co., IN.  She died before 1888 in Indiana.

1911 Freda Gaskill in Chandlerville, IL the daughter of John & Jennie (Lathrop) Gaskill.  She died in 2001.