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William Phelps / Dorothy

Husband: William Phelps
Born: ABT 4 Aug 1560[476] at: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Married: ABT 1590at:
Died: ABT 1611at: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Father: James Phelps
Mother: Joan
Notes: [477]
Wife: Dorothy
Born: ABT 1565[478] at: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1613at: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name: Mary Phelps [480] [479]
Born: 4 Sep 1587[479] at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Marie Phelps [3681]
Born: 23 Apr 1588[3681] at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Thomas Phelps [484]
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Dorothie Phelps [486] [485]
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: William Phelps
Born: 18 Feb 1598at: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: James Phelps [493] [492]
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Elizabeth Phelps [495] [494]
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: William Phelps

      /--
   /--Robert  Phelps 
   |  \--
/--James  Phelps 
|  |  /--
|  \--Alice   
|     \--
|--William  Phelps 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Joan   
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Dorothy

      /--
   /--
   |  \--
/--
|  |  /--
|  \--
|     \--
|--Dorothy   
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

[477] Says Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Sept. 28th, 1611, administrations 1611 to 1614: "Commissioned to Dorothy Phelps, relict of William Phelps, late of Tewkesbury, deceased, to administer the goods and chattles of the said deceased." He probably died 1611. His wife, Dorothy, died 1613. They had been baptized in the Tewkesbury Abbey Church. May 31, 1613, commission issued to Nicholas Phelps, brother of William Phelps, late of Tewkesbury, deceased, to administer the goods and chattels of the said deceased, during the minority of William Phelps, his son, by reason of the death of Dorothy Phelps, relict of the said William Phelps, deceased, leaving goods still unadministered. From this it appears, that James and Joan Phelps had a son Nicholas, not baptized, or at least not recorded in the bap-tisms, probably accounted for by loss of lines in register.

[480] The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. Privately published, 1899.

[484] The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. Privately published, 1899.

[486] The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. Privately published, 1899.

[493] The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. Privately published, 1899.

[495] The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps & Andrew T. Servin. Privately published, 1899.

@1 [476] [S80]

  • @2Page: Vol 1, p 70

@1 [478] [S80]

  • @2Page: Vol 1, p 70

@1 [479] [S80]

  • @2Page: Vol 1, p 71

@1 [3681] [S80]

  • @2Page: Volume I, Page 20, 71

@1 [485] [S80]

  • @2Page: Volume 1, Page 14, 20 and 72

@1 [492] [S80]

  • @2Page: Volume 1, Page 14, 20

@1 [494] [S80]

  • @2Page: Volume 1, Page 14, 20

Oliver Cowdery / Elizabeth Ann Whitmer

Husband: Oliver Cowdery
Born: 3 Oct 1806at: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Married: 18 Dec 1832at: Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Died: 3 Mar 1850at: Richmond, Ray, Mo
Father: William Cowdery
Mother: Rebecca Fuller
Notes: [1262]
Sources: [1263]
Wife: Elizabeth Ann Whitmer
Born: 22 Jan 1815at: Fayette, Seneca, New York, USA
Died: 7 Jan 1892at: Richmond, Ray, Missouri, USA
Father:
Mother:
Sources: [3144]
Children
Name: Maria Louise Cowdery [3183]
Born: 11 Aug 1835at: Kirkland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Died: 11 Jan 1892at: Southwest City, Mo
Spouses:
Name: Elizabeth Ann Cowdery [3214]
Born: 14 Nov 1836at: Kirkland, Lake, Ohio
Died: 9 May 1837at:
Spouses:
Name: Josephine Rebecca Cowdery [3215]
Born: 21 May 1838at: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Died: 21 Oct 1844at:
Spouses:
Name: Oliver Peter Cowdery [3211]
Born: 8 Aug 1840at: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Died: 13 Aug 1840at:
Spouses:
Name: Adeline Fuller Cowdery [3212]
Born: 29 Sep 1844at: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Died: 13 Oct 1844at:
Spouses:
Name: Julia Olive Cowdery [3185]
Born: 29 May 1846at: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Died: 3 Jul 1846at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Oliver Cowdery

      /--Nathaniel  Cowdery 
   /--William  Cowdery 
   |  \--Mehitable  Damon 
/--William  Cowdery 
|  |  /--
|  \--Hannah  Emmons 
|     \--
|--Oliver  Cowdery 
|     /--John  Fuller 
|  /--William  Fuller 
|  |  \--Mary  Cornwall 
\--Rebecca  Fuller 
   |  /--John  Fuller 
   \--Rebecca  Spencer 
      \--Sarah  Booge 

Pedigree Chart for: Elizabeth Ann Whitmer

      /--
   /--
   |  \--
/--
|  |  /--
|  \--
|     \--
|--Elizabeth Ann  Whitmer 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

[1262] Oliver Cowdery, the "second elder of the Church," and one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, was born in the town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont, on October 3, 1806. His parents were farming people of the neighborhood. When Oliver was three years of age, he removed with his father's family to Poultney, Vermont, and here he grew up, helping to assist his father on the farm, until 1825 when the family moved again - this time to the western part of the state of New York. For a time after his arrival in New York, Oliver was engaged as a clerk in a store, but in the winter of 1828 and 1829 he accepted the position of teacher in a small rural school in Manchester township. Among the families who sent children to his school was that of Joseph Smith, Sr., a farmer of the neighborhood. It was the custom of that day for the village schoolteacher to board with the families who sent children to his school. Oliver Cowdery thus became acquainted with the members of the Smith family, and for a time he made his residence with them. From them, in their quiet family circle, he heard the wonderful story of the visit of the angel Moroni to their son Joseph; the story of the finding of the sacred record, and of the efforts of the young Prophet to translate the same so that it might be given to the world. Oliver Cowdery became deeply interested and determined to visit Joseph, who, at the time, made his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania. It was on April 5, 1829, that Oliver arrived in Harmony, having accompanied Joseph's younger brother Samuel on the journey. Two days later, Oliver began to write for Joseph while the latter translated the ancient characters written upon the plates. As the interesting work progressed, Oliver became exceedingly anxious to have the gift of translation conferred upon himself. Joseph inquired of the Lord and received two enlightening revelations in regard to the matter, and pertaining to the duties of both himself and Oliver (See D&C sections 8 and 9). After about five weeks of continuous labor, Joseph and Oliver came upon certain passages in the plates which pertained to the subject of baptism. Realizing that they themselves had not been baptized, they decided to seek information from the Lord in prayer concerning this important subject. It was on May 15, 1829, that they knelt in prayer, on the banks of the Susquehanna River, near Joseph's home. While thus engaged, a messenger from heaven descended in a cloud of light and, laying his hands upon them he ordained them, saying: "Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness." The heavenly messenger said that the Aaronic Priesthood did not have power to confer the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. He told them that his name was John, the same that is called John the Baptist in the New Testament, and that he acted under the direction of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the priesthood of Melchizedek, which priesthood he said would in due time be conferred upon them, when Joseph should be the first elder of the Church and Oliver the second elder. The heavenly messenger also instructed them to baptize each other, and directed that Joseph should baptize Oliver, and that Oliver should baptize Joseph. The brethren complied immediately with this request and the ordinance was performed in the nearby Susquehanna River. Joseph then laid his hands on Oliver and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood. Oliver followed with the same procedure and ordained Joseph to the same priesthood. The exact date when the Melchizedek Priesthood was conferred by Peter, James and John is not known, but historians are generally agreed that this important event took place shortly after the bestowal of the Aaronic Priesthood. Due to persecution which developed in the neighborhood of Harmony, Joseph felt that he and Oliver would be forced to move away. Oliver thereupon wrote to David Whitmer of Fayette township, New York, with the request that he and Joseph be permitted to finish their important work at his father's home. Arrangements were satisfactorily concluded and about the first of June, 1829, David Whitmer arrived at Harmony with a two-horse wagon to convey Joseph, Emma, Oliver and the sacred record to Fayette. Arriving at the Whitmer home, the work of translation was immediately resumed, and in about four weeks' time the great and important work was concluded. From David Whitmer we have the information that the translation was finished "in the latter part of June 1829." The vision of the Three Witnesses, of which Oliver Cowdery was permitted to be a member, occurred a few days after the translation was completed, in a grove near the Whitmer home. After arrangements were made by Joseph Smith and Martin Harris to have the manuscript of the Book of Mormon published, Oliver Cowdery was assigned the task of making a printer's copy and looking after the details during publication. This work was performed in a satisfactory manner. On April 6, 1830, the Church was organized in Fayette, New York, and Oliver Cowdery was one of the six original members. It was on that occasion that he was ordained by Joseph Smith to be the second elder of the Church. On April 11th [1830] Oliver preached the first public discourse given by any member of the Church. Thereafter he was very active as a missionary of the Church during the entire summer and fall of 1830, assisting the Prophet in every way possible. In October 1830, Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Peter Whitmer, Jr., and Ziba Peterson were called by revelation to undertake a mission to the Lamanites residing on the western border of the United States. Experiencing great hardships, and traveling mostly on foot, the four brethren reached Independence, Missouri, early in the year 1831. Here they began their labors and here Oliver Cowdery and two of his companions remained until the arrival of the Prophet Joseph and several companions in July following, when Jackson County was designated by revelation as the gathering place of the Saints and a site was selected and dedicated on which a temple was to be built. In the month of August, Oliver Cowdery returned to Kirtland with the Prophet and several companions, and the day following his arrival he was ordained a high priest by Sidney Rigdon. In November 1831, Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer were sent to Independence with the revelations, which were to be published there by William W. Phelps. Shortly after Oliver's arrival, on January 22, 1832, he was married to Elizabeth Ann Whitmer. The marriage took place on Elizabeth's seventeenth birthday; Oliver at the time was twenty-five years of age. During the Prophet's second visit to Missouri in the summer of 1832, Oliver was appointed one of the high priests to preside over the Saints in the gathering place. When the serious trouble between the old settlers of Jackson County and the Saints broke out in July 1833, Oliver was sent as a messenger to the First Presidency at Kirtland to inform them of the disaster. Following his arrival he was asked to take charge of a publication known as the "Evening and Morning Star." At the dedication of the press, which was held on December 18, 1833, Oliver Cowdery was present, and the same day the Prophet recorded the following blessing in his history: "Blessed of the Lord is Brother Oliver; nevertheless there are two evils in him that he must need forsake, or he cannot altogether forsake the buffetings of the adversary. If he forsakes these evils he shall be forgiven, and he shall be made like unto the bow which the Lord hath set in the heavens; he shall be a sign and an ensign to the nations. Behold, he is blessed of the Lord for his constancy and steadfastness in the work of the Lord; wherefore he shall be blessed in his generation, and they shall never be cut off, and he shall be helped out of many troubles; and if he keeps the commandments and hearkens unto the counsel of the Lord, his rest shall be glorious." At the organization of the first high council of the Church in Kirtland, on February 17, 1834, Oliver Cowdery was selected to be a member. When the Prophet, with Zion's Camp, started for Missouri in May following, Sidney Rigdon and Oliver were left in charge of the Church at Kirtland. After the Prophet's return, on the evening of November 29, 1834, he and Oliver Cowdery united in prayer, and made a covenant that of the means that came to them they would give "a tenth" to be bestowed upon the poor of the Church, "or as he shall command." This was the first introduction of the tithing principle among the Latter-day Saints. In February, 1835, the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, chose twelve men from the elders of the Church, to be members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. In blessing them and giving them instructions, Oliver Cowdery took a prominent part. He was also one of the trustees of the school in Kirtland, where he studied Hebrew, in connection with the Prophet and other elders. On September 14, 1835, he was appointed to act as Church Recorder. He had previously held the same office from April 1830 to June 1831. Elder Cowdery was present at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in March 1836, and took a prominent part in the proceedings. On April 3, 1836, he was with the Prophet in the Kirtland Temple when they beheld the great vision of Moses, Elias, and Elijah; and the Savior of mankind appeared before them. In September of the following year, 1837, Oliver Cowdery was appointed to be the assistant counselor to the president of the Church. Despite his great privileges and experiences, Oliver Cowdery practically rejected the leadership of the Prophet during the latter part of 1837 and early in 1838. He opposed several important measures which Joseph Smith advocated. As a result, the high council at Far West, Missouri, where Oliver was residing at the time, took action against him on April 11, 1838, and the following day excommunicated him from the Church. For a period of ten years Oliver Cowdery was not connected with the organization he had so materially assisted in founding. During the years 1838 to 1848 he practiced law in Ohio and Wisconsin. In October 1848, Oliver Cowdery, with his wife and daughter, arrived at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the gathering place of the Saints who were preparing to make the long journey across the plains to Utah. Here he requested of Orson Hyde, who was presiding over that branch at the time, the privilege of again being baptized into the Church. At a special conference of the members held on October 21st [1848], the request was granted and shortly afterwards Oliver Cowdery was baptized by Orson Hyde. In the spring of 1849, Oliver Cowdery expressed the desire to visit with his wife's family in Richmond, Missouri, before undertaking the long journey across the plains. Accordingly, the trip was made to that place, and there, as a guest of his father-in-law, Peter Whitmer, in whose home near Waterloo, New York, the Church had been organized, he spent several pleasant months. As the result of a severe cold, contracted sometime during 1849, he became infected with the dreaded disease known then as "consumption," which brought about his death on March 3, 1850. Oliver Cowdery, at the time, was a few months past his 43rd birthday. Of his death, David Whitmer, who was present, relates: "Oliver died the happiest man I ever saw. After shaking hands with the family and kissing his wife and daughter, he said: `Now I lay me down for the last time: I am going to my Savior'; and he died immediately with a smile on his face." Source: Preston Nibley, comp., The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1958), pp. 33-41 taken with revisions from Jenson, Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:246-51.

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William (de Cloptone) Clopton / Anne Grey

Husband: William (de Cloptone) Clopton
Born: ABT 1120at: of Clopton Hall, Wickambrook, Suffolk, England
Married: ABT 1148at: of Clopton, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, Englandand
Died: at: Clopton Hall, Wickambrook, Suffolk, England
Father: Guillaume Peche Lord of Cloptunna and Dalham
Mother: Alfwen
Sources: [2414]
Wife: Anne Grey
Born: ABT 1125[2415] at: of Buckingham Castle, County Norfolk, England
Died: at: Clopton Hall, Wickambrook, Suffolk, England
Father: John Grey
Mother:
Sources: [2415] [2416]
Children
Name: Walter (de Cloptone) Clopton [2410]
Born: ABT 1150at: Suffolk, England
Married: at:  
Died: ABT 1154at: Clopton Hall, Wickambrook, Suffolk, England
Spouses: Chewyt
Name: (de Cloptone) Clopton [2417]
Born: ABT 1152at: of Clopton, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: William (de Cloptone) Clopton

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/--Guillaume  Peche  Lord of Cloptunna and Dalham
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\-- Alfwen 
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Pedigree Chart for: Anne Grey

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/--John  Grey 
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|--Anne  Grey 
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|  |  \--
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   \--
      \--

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Abel Phelps / Jerusha

Husband: Abel Phelps
Born: 19 Feb 1704at: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Married: 1730at:
Died: at: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Father: Joseph Phelps
Mother: Sarah Hosford
Notes: [3469]
Sources: [3470]
Wife: Jerusha
Born: 1706at: Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1 Jan 1736at: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Father:
Mother:
Sources: [3487]
Children
Name: Elkanah Phelps
Born: 3 Feb 1742at: Goshen, Connecticut, USA
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Abigail Phelps
Name: Joseph Phelps [3620]
Born: 7 Dec 1751at: Goshen, Connecticut, USA
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Abel Phelps

      /--William  Phelps 
   /--Timothy  Phelps 
   |  \--Ann  Dover 
/--Joseph  Phelps 
|  |  /--Edward  Griswold 
|  \--Mary  Griswold 
|     \--Margaret  Blencow 
|--Abel  Phelps 
|     /--William  Horseford 
|  /--John  Hosford 
|  |  \--Sarah   
\--Sarah  Hosford 
   |  /--William  Horseford 
   \--Phillipi  Thrall 
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Pedigree Chart for: Jerusha

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[3469] Capt. Phelps served in the French war, where he received his military title.

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William Martin / Lydia Marsh

Husband: William Martin
Born: 1624at: Braintree, Essex, England
Married: 17 Nov 1645at: Writtle or Widford, Essex, England
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Sources: [5116]
Wife: Lydia Marsh
Born: 1620at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Father: John Marsh
Mother: Grace Baldwin
Sources: [4273]
Children
Name: Grace Martin [4282]
Born: 1657at: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Married: at:  
Died: 1727at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses: Nathanial Phelps
Name: Mary Martin [5119]
Born: ABT 1646at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Lydia Martin [5120]
Born: ABT 1648at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: William Martin [5121]
Born: 1650at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Sarah Martin [5122]
Born: ABT 1652at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Elizabeth Martin [5123]
Born: ABT 1654at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Anna Martin [5124]
Born: ABT 1658at: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: William Martin

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Pedigree Chart for: Lydia Marsh

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   /--John  Marsh 
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/--John  Marsh 
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|--Lydia  Marsh 
|     /--
|  /--William  Baldwin 
|  |  \--
\--Grace  Baldwin 
   |  /--
   \--Sarah   
      \--

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George Blunsum / Ann Pritchard Gardiner

Husband: George Blunsum
Born: 1815at: All Saints Church, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Married: 28 Nov 1869at: St Nicholas,Hereford,Herefordshire,England
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Notes: [6650]
Wife: Ann Pritchard Gardiner
Born: at:
Died: at:
Father: John Gardiner
Mother: Ann Pritchard Phelps
Children

Pedigree Chart for: George Blunsum

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|--George  Blunsum 
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Pedigree Chart for: Ann Pritchard Gardiner

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/--John  Gardiner 
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|--Ann Pritchard  Gardiner 
|     /--Edward  Phelps 
|  /--Robert  Phelps 
|  |  \--
\--Ann Pritchard  Phelps 
   |  /--Edward  Phelps 
   \--Anne  Homes 
      \--

[6650] There is also a marriage 15 Nov 1864 at Holmer, GS#1041605, for George Blunsum age 41, accountant,wid, of Wide? s/o Wm Blunsum, land surveyor and Sarah Jenkins age 30, spinster d/o Richard Jenkins, shoemaker.

 

Roger Clapp / Joanna (Joan) Ford

Husband: Roger Clapp
Born: 6 Apr 1609at: Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
Married: 6 Nov 1633at: Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 2 Feb 1690at: Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, England
Father: Elder William Clap
Mother: Johanna Channon
Sources: [6904]
Wife: Joanna (Joan) Ford
Born: 1617at:
Died: at:
Father: Thomas Ford
Mother: Elizabeth Charde
Sources: [6905]
Children
Name: Samuel Clapp [6906]
Born: 11 Oct 1634at: Dorchester, Suffolk, England
Died: 16 Oct 1708at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: William Clapp [6907]
Born: 5 Jul 1636at: Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 22 Sep 1638at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Experience Clapp [6908]
Born: 23 Aug 1640at: Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 1 Nov 1640at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Hopestill Clapp [6909]
Born: 6 Nov 1647at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2 Sep 1719at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Desire Clapp [10961]
Born: 17 Oct 1652at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Married: at:  
Died: 27 Dec 1717at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses: Sarah Pond
Name: Unite Clapp [6910]
Born: 13 Oct 1656at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 20 Mar 1664at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Waitstill Clapp [6911]
Born: 22 Oct 1641at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 9 Aug 1643at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Preserved Clapp [10965]
Born: 23 Nov 1643at: Dorchester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 Sep 1720at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Thomas Clapp [6912]
Born: Apr 1655at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: Apr 1670at: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Supply Clapp [6913]
Born: 30 Oct 1660at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 5 Mar 1686at: Castle Fort, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses:
Name: Kesire Clapp [6914]
Born: ABT 1658at:
Died: at:
Spouses:
Name: Elizabeth Holmes Clapp [10962]
Born: 22 Jun 1638at: Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 25 Dec 1711at: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Thanks Clapp [10964]
Born: 25 Aug 1650at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: CHILDat: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:
Name: Wayte Wait Clapp [10963]
Born: 17 Mar 1649at: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 3 May 1717at: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Roger Clapp

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/--Elder William  Clap 
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|--Roger  Clapp 
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|  |  \--
\--Johanna  Channon 
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

Pedigree Chart for: Joanna (Joan) Ford

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/--Thomas  Ford 
|  |  /--
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|--Joanna (Joan)  Ford 
|     /--
|  /--
|  |  \--
\--Elizabeth  Charde 
   |  /--
   \--
      \--

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Michael Wallace / Elizabeth Brown

Husband: Michael Wallace
Born: 11 May 1719at: Galrigs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Married: 27 Apr 1747at: Charles, Maryland, United States
Died: Jan 1767at: Ellerslie, King George County, Virginia, USA
Father: William Wallace
Mother: Elizabeth
Wife: Elizabeth Brown
Born: 5 Oct 1723at: Charles, Maryland, United States
Died: at: Ellerslie, King George Co., Virginia, USA
Father: Gustavus Brown
Mother: Frances Fowke
Sources: [9305]
Children

Pedigree Chart for: Michael Wallace

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   /--Thomas  Wallace 
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/--William  Wallace 
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|--Michael  Wallace 
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\--Elizabeth   
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Pedigree Chart for: Elizabeth Brown

      /--Richard  Brown 
   /--Richard  Brown 
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/--Gustavus  Brown 
|  |  /--George  Mitchelson 
|  \--Jane (Jean)  Mitchelson 
|     \--Isabel  Elphinstone 
|--Elizabeth  Brown 
|     /--Gerard  Fowke 
|  /--Gerard (Gerrard)  Fowke 
|  |  \--Anne  Thoroughgood 
\--Frances  Fowke 
   |  /--Gerard  Fowke 
   \--Sarah  Burdette 
      \--Verlinda  Cotton 

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Johann Jacob Bremser / Maria Elisabetha Greb

Husband: Johann Jacob Bremser
Born: 3 Jul 1687at: Heidenrod-Zorn get., Germany
Married: 26 Nov 1709at: Altenberg bei Heid.-Egenroth
Died: 21 Apr 1764at: Heidenrod-Langschied, Germany
Father: Johann Gerlach Brömser
Mother: Anna Catharina Eckel
Wife: Maria Elisabetha Greb
Born: ABT 1695at:
Died: 17 May 1761at: Heidenrod-Langschied ?
Father:
Mother:
Notes: [11477]
Children
Name: Johann Anton Bremser
Born: 3 Apr 1718at: Heidenrod-Langschied
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Anna Barbara Dauer
Name: Bremser
Born: at:
Died: at:
Spouses:

Pedigree Chart for: Johann Jacob Bremser

      /--Emmerich  Brömser 
   /--Johann Philipp  Brömser 
   |  \--Eva   
/--Johann Gerlach  Brömser 
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|  \--Anna Margarethe   
|     \--
|--Johann Jacob  Bremser 
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\--Anna Catharina  Eckel 
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Pedigree Chart for: Maria Elisabetha Greb

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|--Maria Elisabetha  Greb 
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[11477] Sie + "an einem hitzigen Brustbieber"

Living Phelps / Living Munro

Husband: Living Phelps
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Father: Malcolm Thomas Phelps
Mother: Ruth Winifred Reinhold
Wife: Living Munro
Born: at:
Died: at:
Father:
Mother:
Children
Name: Living Phelps
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Living Reimer
Name: Living Phelps
Born: at:
Married: at:  
Died: at:
Spouses: Living Foisset

Pedigree Chart for: Living Phelps

      /--Elmer Thomas  Phelps 
   /--Elmer Thomas  Phelps  Jr.
   |  \--Rosa Anna  Noble 
/--Malcolm Thomas  Phelps 
|  |  /--
|  \--Mildred M.  Garlick 
|     \--
|--Living  Phelps 
|     /--
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\--Ruth Winifred  Reinhold 
   |  /--
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Pedigree Chart for: Living Munro

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