Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 7, Part 1

Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. I, 3rd Series, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. 

• Bradford

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Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. II, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913.

The Fitch Line - (I) Thomas Fitch [our uncle], immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and settled at Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was in 1663 "its wealthiest citizen," dying there in 1704. He was one of the five sons of Thomas Fitch, of Braintree, England, born 1590, died 1632, who came to New England with their mother about 1638. He married Anna Stacey, November 18, 1632. 

Children:

• Thomas, whose great-grandson was colonial governor of Connecticut
• John, b. at Norwalk, CT. He married Rebecca, daughter of Henry Lindall, Dec. 3, 1674
• Mary 

Notebook - Dad's Families No. 1

Downstairs Notebooks

Blackford, Charles. "Four Successive John Minors," The Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. X, No. 1, June 1903, Richmond, VA: The Virginia Historical Society.

The Minor family in Virginia, with its connections, is one of the most numerous within its boundaries. From the first of the name to the present day its members have been influential in their respective communities, but have shunned office, and hence are as not as well known as many families of less real merit but fewer peculiarities.

The first of the blood in Virginia was Meindert Doodes and his wife Mary Geret: both were from Holland. He was a sea captain who abandoned the sea and settled on the lower waters of the Rappahannock in Virginia, about 1650.  His wife belonged to a family of some social and political distinction in Holland.  The son of Meindert Doodes assumed the name of Doodes Minor - whether the "Minor" was another term for "Junior," or was a corruption of Meindert, does not appear.  Minor Doodes and Doodes Minor were both naturalized in October, 1673, by the same act of the House of Burgesses and by their respective names.  The wills of Meindert Doodes and Doodes Minor are both of record in Middlesex county. By the will of the former he leaves his estate to "his son Doodes Minor."  By the will of Doodes Minor who married a Miss Mantague, a part of his estate was given to his son Geret Minor, whose name was derived from the family name of the wife of Meindert Doodes.  His name was afterwards corrupted into "Garret," and has been extensively used in the Minor family ever since. This Geret Minor, son of Doodes Minor, was the father of

The first John Minor who was born in 1707, and on the 14th of November, 1732, married Sarah Carr, daughter of Thomas Carr and his wife Mary Dabney. This Mary Dabney was born January 22d, 1685. The estate known as "Topping Castle," on the north bank of the North Anna river, in Caroline county, was given John Minor by his father-in-law Thomas Carr. This first John was a Justice of the Peace and a man of strong mind and will and was of great influence in his community. He and his wife Sarah Carr had eleven children, the eldest of whom was

Notebook - England, Canada, Ireland & Scotland No. 2

Allison, K.J. A History of the County of York, East Riding, Vol. II, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Map of the Wapentake of Dickering includes towns/parishes Lowthorpe, 

In 1086 the East Riding was the only part of Yorkshire which was divided into hundreds. The transformation of hundreds into wapentakes had already been completed in the other two ridings and was in various stages of completion in the rest of the Danelaw. The change took place in the East Riding during the next 80 years and by the 1160s the 18 Domesday hundreds had been formed into 6 wapentakes. Dickering wapentake, first mentioned in 1166, was broadly coextensive with the three Domesday hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar and Burton.

Burton hundred took its name from its principal township of Burton Agnes. It contained in 1086 the remainder of the townships, mostly in the centre and west, which make up Dickering wapentake. These were Binnington, Boythorpe, Burton Agnes, Butterwick, Carnaby, Caythorpe, Ganton, Gransmoor, Haisthorpe, Harpham, Kilham, Langtoft, Lowthorpe, Octon, Potter Brompton, Rudston, Ruston Parva, Swaythorpe, Thornholme, Thorpe, Thwing and Willerby, together with 'Fornetorp' later depopulated. 

The hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar, and Burton were probably grouped around the large manors of Bridlington, Hunmanby and Burton Agnes respectively. . . . Burton Agnes had 3 berewicks and soke in 5 townships in Burton. 

The wapentake remained in the hands of the Crown until at least the mid 17th century. In 1552 and 1567 the office of wapentake bailiff, traceable from c. 1220 was granted for life to successive holders, the second of whom was rewarded out of the issues of this and other wapentakes.

Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 3, Part II

Roberts, Gary. English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical & Genealogical Register in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.

Will of John Huckstep the elder of Tenterden, County of Kent, yeoman, 4 Nov. 22, James I [1624]. Proved 17 Feb. 1624/5.  Contested, but upheld 5 April 1625.  Legatees:

• kinswoman Lydia Tilden, wife of Nathaniel Tilden, £5
• Thomas, son of my brother Stephen Huckstep £5
• brother Stephen Huckstep £3
• kinswoman Susanna Witherden wife of Henry Witherden £10
• Richard Witherden son of Henry & Susanna, £20 at age 21
• son Lawrence Huckstep, residue of goods and chattels, at age 21
• executor John Huckstep

This is probably Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden's uncle, brother of her father Stephen. 

Will of John Huckstep of Tenterden, County of Kent, yeoman, 6 Nov. 6 Charles I [1630]. Codicil 15 Aug. 1631 makes provision for possible posthumous child.  Proved 2 Dec. 1631. Legatees:

• wife Alice £30, household goods, clothes, etc.
• brother Thomas Huckstep £10
• daughter Sara £40 at age 19 or marriage
• daughter Joane £40 at age 19 or marriage
• son Stephen at age 21 lease of farm
• father Stephen £16 per year
• son Thomas at age 21 land in Appledore called Barneland
• son Nathanaell
• son William
• son Joseph
• son John
• Samuel Curtis witness
• Nathanaell Tilden witness

This is probably Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden's brother. 

Notebook - Connecticut No. 2

Cutter, William, ed. Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. II, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911.

Thomas Fitch, the English progenitor, was born in England about 1590, died in 1645. He inherited an estate near Braintree, Essex county, England.  He married, August 8, 1611, Annie Pew. After his death the widow and three sons came to New England, where two sons had already located. Children, mentioned in will: 1. Thomas, came to America in 1638, settled in Norwalk; in 1663 was one of the wealthiest citizens, from whom in three generations each bearing the name of Thomas Fitch, descended Governor Thomas Fitch, who was at the head of the colony of Connecticut from 1754 to 1760.  2. John, of Windsor; left no issue.  3. James, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Jeremy. 6. Samuel, of Hartford. 7. Joseph, settled in Norwalk in 1652; in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1655; of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1660; married Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone, a founder of Hartford; removed to Windsor. 8. Mary. 9. Anna. 10. Sara. The will of Thomas Fitch, of Bocking, Essex county, England, is dated 11 December, 1632, proved 12 February, 1632 (O.S.).

Notebook - Connecticut No. 1

Allis, Marguerite. Historic Connecticut, New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, nd.

Further excursion among the stones revealed monuments to five Lathrops and six Leffingwells.  Still musing, the Pilgrim trudged off beside the meadows to where the two Old Lathrop Houses face one another across the brink of Washington Street. [Norwich, CT]

The lower one stands on land Samuel Lathrop inherited from his mother, but his seventeenth century house was burned in 1745.  Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his grandson, was responsible for the present structure, yet it cannot be said that he built it, for there is no way of knowing how much was reclaimed from the former damaged abode.  It is quite possible that this very kitchen saw Mohegan Indians lying before the fire of an autumn night, for the Lathrops would never close their doors against the original owners of the soil, and Colonel Simeon, one of Samuel's sons, was a great sympathizer with the wrongs of the Mohegans. 

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Barber, John. Connecticut Historical Collections, New Haven, CT: Durrie & Peck & J.W. Barber, nd

Norwich, Lebanon, New London, Windsor, New Haven, Farmington, Norwalk, Saybrook, Guilford, Stonington, Hartford, East Hartford

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Barbour, Lucius. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1977. 

Notebook - Massachusett No. 1

Barber, John. History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, Worcester, MA: Dorr, Howland & Co., 1839. 

Barnstable County incorporated in 1685, description of the county

Barnstable is the county town of Barnstable county, and is a port of entry.  It was incorporated September 3d, 1639. There is no particular account to be found of the first settlement of this town.  Probably there was none made much before its incorporation, as but two persons are named in the original grant.  "The Indian name of the place appears to have been Mattacheese, Mattacheest, or Mattacheeset,.   The church at Scituate being in a broken condition, the Rev. John Lothrop of that place removed with part of the church to Barnstable, in October, 1639, the same year the town was granted by the Old Colony.  It appears from the records which have been preserved, that all the south side of the town was amicably purchased of Wianno, and several other sachems, about 1650.  Three is reason to believe that all the north part was likewise purchased of the natives, although no record of it now remains.

The Rev. John Lothrop was the first minister in this town, as has been stated; his successor was the Rev. Thomas Walley, who was ordained in 1663 . . .

It has been stated "the West Barnstable church is the first independent Congregational church of that name in the world."  It was organized in 1616, in England, principally through the instrumentality of Rev. Henry Jacob, who was chosen and constituted its first pastor. 

In Memoriam - November 1st

1606 John Talcott in Colchester, England.  He was the son of John Talcott of Warwickshire.  John married 1) Mary Pullen and 2) ? Wells.  John was the father of nine children:  Robert, unnamed daughter, Thomas, Grace, Joanna, Marie, Eme, John and John.

1860 George Hocker the son of Nicholas & Sarah (Barnes) Hocker in Lincoln Co., KY age 74.  He was born in Maryland ca. 1786.  George married his cousin Nancy Hocker and they had ten children: Mary, Artemisia, Emily, Owen, Newton, George, Julia Ann, Joseph, Richard Weaver and Sarah.  He is buried in the Hocker / Goode Cemetery near Turnersville, KY.

1869 Washington Colclasure age 59 in Washington Co., IN.  He was born there in 1810 the son of Jacob & Elinor (Dennen) Colclasure.  Washington married Phoebe Stalcup.

1885 William Salsman in Missouri age 79.  He was born in Grayson Co., KY in 1805 the son of Peter & Catherine (Bailey) Saltzman.  William married CharityWalker and they had at least eight children: Catherine, John, Samuel, George, William, Jesse, Elizabeth and Elaxander.  He was originally buried in Grave Hill Cemetery.  In 1929 Bagnell Dam created Lake of the Ozarks.  Grave Hill Cemetery was emptied and William's remains were moved to New Freedom Cemetery in Camden Co., MO.

In Memoriam June 19th

1625 Mary (Pullen) Talcott in England.  She married John Talcott and they had six children: Thomas, Grace, Joanna, Marie, Eme and John.

1997 Mrs. Viola Lathrop 91 of Fairfield died Thursday morning (today) June 19, 1997 at Way-Fair Restorium.

She was a homemaker.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Dale Bitting officiating.  Burial will be in the Thomason Cemetery at Wayne City.  Visitation will be 6 to 8 Friday evening at the Johnson Chapel.

She was born in White County May 17, 1906, the daughter of Charles and Bessie Dunn Brown.  She was reared by a stepmother Lillian Brown.

In Memoriam January nd

1604 John Talcott age about 46 in Braintree, England was born ca. 1558 the son of John & ? (Wells) Talcott.  He married Ann Skinner and they had six children.  John worked as a pewterer.

1937 twins Phyllis & Philip Fitzgerald the children of John & Helen (Hutson) Fitzgerald.  They were born Jan. 6, 1937.

1963 Dewey Smith age 65 the son of Josiah & Laura (Hamilton) Smith born 1898.  He married Ruth and had three children.  He is buried in Lawn Ridge Cemetery in Marshall Co., IL.

1971 Herbert Shaw age 74 in Rochelle, IL the son of William & Laura (Robertson) Shaw was born in Wayne Co., IL in 1896.  He married Gertie Lathrop in 1921 and they had six children.  He is buried in Trinity Memorial Gardens in Hillcrest, IL.

1987 Mable (McWilliams) Petty age 76 was born in Olney, IL in 1910.  She married Ralph Petty in 1937.

1989 Ralph Petty age 77 the son of Glenn & Mattie (Lathrop) Petty.  He was born in Sumner, IL in 1911 and married Mable McWilliams above.  They had two children.

1550-1559 Events

1550 Edward Stacey baptized Epping, England son of William & Alice (?) Stacey

1551 Thomas Loomis died in Thaxted, England

1552 Thomas Stacey baptized in Epping, England

Robert Bradford will written in Tickhill, England.

1553 Robert Bradford estate in probate.

1553 Michael Servetus burned at the stake in Geneva by protestants

Mary, daughter of Henry VIII becomes queen re-established Catholicism in England

ca. 1554 Mary Salte born Yoxall, England

January 22nd

Happy birthday to you . . .

1808 Margaret Goodnight in Kentucky daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth (Hoover) Goodnight.  She married John Porch in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1830.

1888 Wilna Lawrence daughter of William & Aohalia (Robertson) Lawrence