Our 11th (and 12th) great-grandfather Anthony Needham I passed on this week 373 years ago.
Tag: 17th century early settlement
This week 351 years ago, our 9th (and 10th) great-grandfather Richard Felton Jr. was born in England’s West Midlands. By the time he died in 1734, he had made the journey west across the Atlantic.
Our 11th (and 12th) great-grandfather William Southard immigrated from England to the colonies some time before 1640.
Born along Aquia Creek on the east side of Virginia in 1714, our 8th (and 9th) great-grandfather William Suddarth moved a good bit further west into the heart of Virginia before he died on Christmas Day 1761.
The Lovelands are another early American family of Hartford, CT that belongs to our family tree.
Today we remember our 9th (and 10th) great-grandmother Elizabeth in the Snyder line, who was baptized this week 363 years ago in New Amsterdam, but who lived her life on the frontier.
Today we remember our 8th (and 9th) great-grandfather Isaac Hedges Jr., who passed on today 293 years ago.
“Molly was none of your heart-broken, sick-brained women – bless her prolificness – read the list of her jewels (children).”
Today 361 years ago our 11th (and 12th) great-grandmother Priscilla Akers, née Howlett died. A child of south-western England, she died in the New World.
He probably did not fire the shot that was heard around the world, but Great-Grandpa Lt. Robert Andrews took part in the Battle at Lexington on 19 April 1775.
