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She was the illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, the 29th Preside n t of the United States, and his mistress, Nan Britton. Harding and Brit to n, who each lived in Marion, Ohio, began their affair when he was a U. S . senator and it continued until his sudden death during his presidency .
She made her claim public with the publication of her book, The Presiden t 's Daughter (Elizabeth Ann Guild, 1927), could never produce primary so ur ce evidence to prove that Harding acknowledged his paternity of the ch ild . Elizabeth Ann used Harding's surname as a Child and young adult; he r bi rth certificate, however, due to a doctor's error, was written in th e nam e of Emma Eloise Britton. Her mother also used Christian as her chi ld's s urname at one point.
Initially given to her aunt and uncle, Elizabeth and Scott Willits of Il l inois, to be raised, young Elizabeth Ann was taken back by Britton onc e B ritton's book was published. Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Elizabe th A nn graduated from Sullivan High School in the Rogers Park neighborho od o f Chicago, Illinois; later she married Henry Edward Blaesing on Sept embe r 18, 1938, in Chicago. At the time Nan Britton began a series of ne wspap er interviews discussing "Ann Harding" and her marriage, but refusi ng t o provide the name of her husband.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ann, her husband, and her sons live d o n Alderdale Street in Downey, California. In the mid-1960s the famil y mov ed to Glendale, California. In 1964, the matter of Harding’s allege d pate rnity of Elizabeth Ann was again brought to the forefront when a s eries o f lawsuits in Ohio involving the ownership of love letters writte n by Har ding to his late mistress Carrie Phillips were taking place. I n an Associ ated Press wire service article distributed in mid-July of th at year, Eli zabeth Ann Blaesing confirmed publicly that in 1934 her moth er had told h er that Warren G. Harding was her biological father. "It' s not somethin g that you bring up in casual conversation," she stated i n the story.
When contacted by Harding scholar Dr. Robert H. Ferrell, author of The S t range Deaths of President Harding and later by John Dean, author of Wa r r e n Harding, The American President Series, Blaesing refused intervie ws o n the topic.
Blaesing died in Oregon on November 17, 2005. The family did not mak e a p ublic announcement about the death; however, her son Thomas Blaesin g di d confirm the event during an interview, according to the May 31, 2 0 06 , edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. According to Blaesing's son , hi s mother was not interested in seeking DNA evidence confirming pater nity . Testing on Blaesing's sons or grandchildren would still have resol ved t he mystery. Some scholars, most notably bioethicist Jacob Appel, ar gued t hat the Blaesings had a "moral and civic responsibility" to provid e thei r DN A for comparative purposes.
In 2015, the New York Times reported that genetic testing by AncestryDN A , a division of Ancestry.com, confirmed Harding was Blaesing's biologic a l father. | Britton, Elizabeth Ann (I93150)
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She was the second woman married to Latter Day Saint leader Brigham Youn g . They were married on March 31, 1834. Young's first wife, Miriam Ange l i n e Works, had died on September 8, 1832. With the permission of Mary , Yo ung began practicing plural marriage in 1842 when he married Lucy An n Dec ker.
The daughter of James and Phoebe Morton Angell, she was born in Seneca , O ntario County, New York. When she was quite young, her parents mov e d t o Providence, Rhode Island. Mary Ann became a Free Will Baptist an d was a lso a Sunday School teacher. Deeply religious and studious of th e Hebre w and Christian scriptures, she vowed never to marry until she me t "a ma n of God" in whom she could confide her spirituality and with who m her he art could unite in the active duties of a Christian life.
In 1831, because of her abusive father, Mary Ann, her mother Phoebe, a n d brother Truman O. Angell left Providence, and moved to China, New Yor k , where Truman was baptized a Mormon in January 1832; Mary Ann was soo n b aptized thereafter by Elder John P. Greene. Mary Ann then set out alo ne f or Kirtland, Ohio, then the gathering place of the early Mormons. Th er e he met and married Brigham Young and remained a devoted wife to hi m fo r the next 45 years. She survived him by nearly five years.
Mary Ann Angell and Brigham Young had six children. One of these Childr e n was Brigham Young, Jr., who was ordained an apostle by his father i n 18 64, but was not placed in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The C hurc h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until 1868. John Willard Youn g, an other one of her sons, was also an ordained apostle and was the fir st cou nselor in the First Presidency of the church at the end of Brigha m Young ' s administration as church president. Another son was Joseph An gell You ng, who was ordained an apostle in 1864 but never became a membe r of eith er the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency. O ne of thei r daughters, Eunice "Luna" Caroline Young (Thatcher) who marri ed George W ashington Thatcher, became the matriarch of the wealthy Thatc her-Young fa mily of Logan, Utah. George was a prominent Utah pioneer wh o at one time , managed a number of Brigham Young's business interests an d was instrume ntal in developing political, business and church interest s in Cache Vall ey, (Logan, Utah) on behalf of Brigham Young and the LD S church.
Mary Ann was also a skilled herbalist and folk doctor. During her trek a c ross the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848, she used these skill s t o treat many fellow pioneers. She also brought many seeds with her an d i s credited with planting the beautiful trees that grow along the east er n end of South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, which was once known a s B righam Street. LDS Church historian Andrew Jenson wrote of her, "Sh e wa s a very gifted and intelligent woman, highly cultured, yet humble a nd me ek, ever Ready to help the poor and needy, or ease the suffering o f the a fflicted. She passed through great trials and privation but throu gh it al l she was a faithful wife, model mother, and Latter-day Saint, i n whose h eart native goodness and benevolence abounded."
Mary Ann Angell was the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman Ange l l. | Angell, Mary Ann (I87806)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I33258)
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Sheriff of Somerset County in 1693, was a Presbyterian.
It is known that Ephraim Wilson, Sheriff of Somerset County in 1693, w a s a Presbyterian. He was the ancestor of some of the most prominent fam il ies in the country. His granddaughter, Esther, became the wife of th e Rev . Jacob Ker. | Wilson, Ephraim (I170778)
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Shirley Jane Swallow Gotchy was born November 18, 1930 at the hospita l i n Fillmore, Utah.
She was the fifth and last child of Thomas Swallow & Vanda Duncan .
She was raised in the small town of Meadow, Utah, as the daughter of a m e rchant and farmer. It was her job to do the dishes and mop the floor s i n addition to tromping the hay. She was always busy throughout the d ay w ith her chores and school work. Then in the evening all the youth s got t ogether at somebody’s home, fixed food, and socialized. This w as the h ighlight of her day.
She was planning on going to on a mission for the Church of Jesus Chri s t of Latter-day Saints, but when it came time for her to go there was n o t enough money to send her. So she went off to college at the Branch A gr icultural College known today as Southern Utah University. She spen t tw o years there and then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she work ed a s a dental assistant.
It was in Salt Lake City where she met and dated my father, Stanford Low e ll Gotchy. They were soon married and had five children: 2 girls a n d 3 boys.
Shirley is grandmother to 21 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren . S he always had her house full with them as she was always babysittin g or t hey would be there visiting her.
The Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two q u estions and their answers would determine where they would continue the i r journey in the afterlife. The first question was, "Did you bring joy ? " The second was, "Did you find joy?" It is safe to say that Shirley br ou ght and found joy in her posterity. Shirley was a very giving person . I t was often said of her that if you asked her what time it was she w oul d give you Big Ben.
Mother taught us to give service without even thinking twice about it . I t is because of that value, that each of my children also has that a s par t of their character.
Shirley was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a n d remained active and gave service in the Church all her days. She ma d e sure her children also went to church and was active through their yo ut h.
I remember one time as a stubborn 12-year-old that I did not want to att e nd church and told my mother so. She calmly stated that, “If I wante d t o break the Sabbath by not attending Church that I could really brea k i t by cleaning the whole house and wash all the dishes in the cupboard s b y hand.” Needless to say I was very active in the Church .
There was never any doubt in my mother’s mind whether the Church was tr u e or not. She knew it was true. She did not have any earth-shaking ex pe riences to explain why she knew, she said that she had always known it , a s her testimony had grown as she did .
My mother’s love for the Church was taught to us. She knew the gospel a n d knew what was right. She made sure that we followed the gospel. Sh e a lways knew where we were and what we were doing. She made sure we we re w here we should be, doing what we should be doing. I thank her for t hat!
She put great stock in our getting an education and made sure that we we r e actively engaged in getting one. I believe that mother was proude r o f me, that I was, when I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology. I c an t ruthfully say that it was because of the values that Mother instille d i n us in how to get in and work that got me to that place .
My mother was a wonderful woman. She lived her life with the courage a n d purpose. Despite whatever dreams she may have had for herself and h e r career, she turned her focus to our family. Her family became her li fe . She always sacrificed her own needs for those of our family or love d o nes. She had an incredible spirit who has persevered through everyth ing . We miss her caring spirit and love . | Swallow, Shirley Jane (I35150)
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Shows birth date as 6 May 1698.
SOURCE: Email from Susan Shannon (susanorl at sundial dot net) to the Wh i pple Web Site, 24 Oct 1997. Shows birth date as 8 May 1698.
SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol . 1 , Warwick, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892 ), p . 197. Gives birth 6 May 1698.
SOURCE: "History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantatio n s " (New York: American Historical Society, 1920), p. 279 - 281. Entr y fo r "SPENCER - BURLINGAME - MILLER." Extracted by Beth Hurd (beth at t he-hu rds dot com) and emailed to Weldon Whipple 3 Jun 2002.
SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth); East Greenwich, RI Probate Records (death). | Rice, Elizabeth (I26719)
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Signer of the Constitution.
He was a politician and one of the Founding Fathers of the United State s . He was a prominent member of one of the United States' great colonia l C atholic families, whose members included his younger brother, Archbis ho p John Carroll, (1735-1815), the first Roman Catholic bishop in the Un ite d States (1790), (as Archbishop of Baltimore) and founder of Georgeto wn U niversity; and their cousin Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737-183 2), w ho signed the Declaration of Independence. Daniel Carroll was one o f fiv e men to sign both the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Uni on" (1 778) and the United States Constitution (1787).
Carroll was a planter. He supported the cause of American independence , r isking his social and economic position for the Patriot cause. As a f rien d and ally of George Washington he worked for a strong central gover nmen t and fought in the Constitutional Convention for a government direc tly r esponsible to the people of the country. | Carroll, Daniel Jr (I96064)
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
2nd President of the United States.
John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second Pre s ident of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vic e P resident under President George Washington.
Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was more remarkable as a political ph i losopher than as a politician. “People and nations are forged in the fi re s of adversity,” he said, doubtless thinking of his own as well as th e Am erican experience.
Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educat e d lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegat e t o the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movemen t fo r independence.
During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomat i c roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 h e w as minister to the Court of St. James’s, returning to be elected Vic e Pre sident under George Washington.
Adams’ two terms as Vice President were frustrating experiences for a m a n of his vigor, intellect, and vanity. He complained to his wife Abigai l , “My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignifican t o ffice that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination con ceiv ed.”
When Adams became President, the war between the French and British wa s c ausing great difficulties for the United States on the high seas an d inte nse partisanship among contending factions within the Nation.
His administration focused on France, where the Directory, the ruling gr o up, had refused to receive the American envoy and had suspended commerc ia l relations.
Adams sent three commissioners to France, but in the spring of 1798 wo r d arrived that the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand and the Director y h ad refused to negotiate with them unless they would first pay a subst anti al bribe. Adams reported the insult to Congress, and the Senate prin ted t he correspondence, in which the Frenchmen were referred to only a s “X, Y , and Z.”
The Nation broke out into what Jefferson called “the X. Y. Z. fever,” in c reased in intensity by Adams’s exhortations. The populace cheered itse l f hoarse wherever the President appeared. Never had the Federalists be e n so popular.
Congress appropriated money to complete three new frigates and to buil d a dditional ships, and authorized the raising of a provisional army. I t als o passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, intended to frighten foreig n agent s out of the country and to stifle the attacks of Republican edit ors.
President Adams did not call for a declaration of war, but hostilities b e gan at sea. At first, American shipping was almost defenseless agains t Fr ench privateers, but by 1800 armed merchantmen and U.S. warships wer e cle aring the sea-lanes.
Despite several brilliant naval victories, war fever subsided. Word ca m e to Adams that France also had no stomach for war and would receive a n e nvoy with respect. Long negotiations ended the quasi war.
Sending a peace mission to France brought the full fury of the Hamiltoni a ns against Adams. In the campaign of 1800 the Republicans were united a n d effective, the Federalists badly divided. Nevertheless, Adams polle d on ly a few less electoral votes than Jefferson, who became President.
On November 1, 1800, just before the election, Adams arrived in the ne w C apital City to take up his residence in the White House. On his secon d ev ening in its damp, unfinished rooms, he wrote his wife, “Before I en d m y letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this Hous e an d all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wis e Men e ver rule under this roof.”
Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate lette r s to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last word s : “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But Jefferson had died at Monticello a f e w hours earlier. | Adams, President John (I90572)
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Signer of the US Constitution.
He was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the fir s t Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsyl va nia representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory o f bo th the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. He att ende d the Continental Congress, and served in political office until th e en d of his life. | Clymer, George (I96129)
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Signer of the United States Constitution.
He a Founding Father of the United States who, as a delegate to the Cons t itutional Convention signed the United States Constitution, was a polit ic ian from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and one of the first two United St ate s senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the Rev olut ionary War and served in the Continental Congress. After being in Co ngres s for 12 years, including serving as the first president protempor e of th e Senate, Langdon became governor of New Hampshire. He turned dow n a nomi nation for vice presidential candidate in 1812. | Langdon, Governor John (I99711)
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Signer of the United States of America Declaration of Independence.
He was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Con g ress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Willi am s was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomo n Wi lliams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and achieved law schoo l fro m Harvard in 1751. He continued preparing for the ministry for a ye ar, bu t then joined the militia to fight in the French and Indian War. A fter th e war, he opened a store in Lebanon, which he called The William s Inc.
On February 14, 1771, and almost 40 he married Mary Trumbull, age 25. S h e was daughter of Jonathan Trumbull, Royal Governor, and an American po li tician who served as the second speaker at the United States House o f Rep resentatives. Mary Trumbull and William Williams had three children , Solo mon, born 1772; Faith; 1774; and William Trumbull; 1777.
Williams was very active in the protests that preceded the American Revo l ution. Williams was a member of the Sons of Liberty and later served o n C onnecticut's Committee of Correspondence and Council of Safety. Willi am s was a staunch supporter of the non-importation agreements implemente d i n 1769 to oppose the Townshend Duties and the occupation of Boston b y Bri tish Regulars. Williams was disappointed when merchants began disre gardin g the non-importation agreements after the repeal of the Townshen d Duties , save for the tax on tea, and he never trusted the intentions o f more es tablished merchants, most notably Silas Deane.
On July 1, 1774, one month after the enactment of the Coercive Acts to p u nish Boston, Williams pseudonymously published an address "To the King " f rom "America" in the Connecticut Gazette. The document, an angry sati re , read in part: "We don’t complain that your father made our yoke heav y a nd afflicted us with grievous service. We only ask that you would gov er n us upon the same constitutional plan, and with the same justice an d mod eration that he did, and we will serve you forever. And what is th e langu age of your answer...? Ye Rebels and Traitors...if ye don’t yiel d implici t obedience to all my commands, just and unjust, ye shall be dr ag’d in ch ains across the wide ocean, to answer your insolence, and i f a mob arise s among you to impede my officers in the execution of my or ders, I will p unish and involve in common ruin whole cities and colonies , with their te n thousand innocents, and ye shan’t be heard in your ow n defense, but sha ll be murdered and butchered by my dragoons into silen ce and submission . Ye reptiles! ye are scarce intitled [sic] to existenc e any longer....Yo ur lives, liberties and property are all at the absolu te disposal of my p arliament."
Williams was elected to the Continental Congress on July 11, 1776, the d a y Connecticut received official word of the independence vote of Jul y 2 , to replace Oliver Wolcott. Though he arrived at Congress on July 28 , mu ch too late to vote for the Declaration of Independence, he did sig n th e formal copy as a representative of Connecticut .
Williams represented Lebanon, Connecticut at the state's Constitutiona l r atifying convention in January 1788. Though Williams had largely oppo se d the Confederation government, most notably Congress's 1782 agreemen t t o provide five years of full pay and three months of back pay to arm y off icers but not regular soldiers, he ignored instructions from his co nstitu ents to vote against ratification. Williams's sole overt objectio n to th e document was the clause in Article VI that bans religious test s for gov ernment officials.
The Reverend Charles A. Goodrich in his book, Lives of the Signers to t h e Declaration of Independence (1834), said
[Williams] made a profession of religion at an early age, and through t h e long course of his life, he was distinguished for a humble and consis te nt conduct and conversations. While yet almost a youth, he was electe d t o the office of deacon, an office which he retained during the remain de r of his life. His latter days were chiefly devoted to reading, medita tio n, and prayer.
Williams was also pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lebanon , C onnecticut and a successful merchant. Upon his death he was buried i n Leb anon's Old Cemetery.
Williams' home in Lebanon survives and is a U.S. National Historic Landm a rk. | Williams, William (I98215)
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Signer of the US Constitution.
He was a Connecticut-born and raised minister, Patriot, American politic i an, and Founding Father. A graduate of Yale University Divinity School , a fter the Revolutionary War Baldwin became a lawyer. He moved to the U .S . state of Georgia in the mid-1780s to work under the governor and dev elo p its educational system. Baldwin is noted as the developer and found in g president of the University of Georgia (1785-1801), the first state - ch artered public institution of higher education in the United States.
After serving in the state Assembly, Baldwin was elected as a Georgia re p resentative in the Continental Congress and one of two signatories fro m G eorgia of the United States Constitution. He served in the United Sta te s House of Representatives for five terms and in the Senate from 179 9 unt il his death in office in Washington, DC. | Baldwin, Abraham (I96003)
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Signer of the US Constitution.
He was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signed th e U . S. Constitution on behalf of New Jersey.
With the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Brearley was at fir s t a captain in the Monmouth County militia after having spent many yea r s speaking out against the Parliamentary absolutism. He eventually ros e t o the rank of colonel in Nathaniel Heard's New Jersey militia brigade . Fr om 1776 to 1779 he served in the New Jersey Line of the Continenta l Army , seeing action at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. | Brearley, David (I96109)
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Signer of the US Constitution.
He was a soldier, planter, and statesman, recognized as one of United St a tes' Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continenta l C ongress, the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Senate.
One of the largest slaveholders in the United States, Butler defended Am e rican slavery for both political and personal motives, though he had pr iv ate misgivings about the institution, and particularly about the Afric a n slave trade. He introduced the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Cons ti tution during the convention, and supported other measures to benefi t sla veholders, including counting the full slave population in state to tals f or the purposes of Congressional apportionment. The compromise me a sure p rovided for counting three-fifths of the slave population in sta te totals , which led to Southern states having disproportionate power. | Butler, Major Pierce (I96420)
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Signer of the US Constitution.
He was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He wa s t he youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a membe r o f the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as the third Speaker o f th e United States House of Representatives, and later the U.S. Senate . Dayt on was arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr ' s cons piracy; Dayton was never tried, but his national political caree r never r ecovered. | Dayton, Jonathan (I96311)
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Sir Edward Howard, KG (1476/1477 – 25 April 1513) was an English naval o f ficer. He was the first of the Howards to win fame as an admiral, parti ci pating in his first naval battle while in his teens. He was in comman d du ring the Battle of Saint-Mathieu, which may have been the first se a battl e fought by ships with cannons deployed through ports. He was kil led shor tly afterwards, leading an assault on galleys in the French flee t near Br est. | Howard, Sir Edward (I170368)
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Sir John served under King Henry in the Battle of Bosworth in England. F o r his service King Henry gave Sir John lands obtained during this battl e.
Sir John continued his service to King Henry. When Henry invaded Franc e i n the Battle of Bullen John was killed. The Battle was between King R icha rd and King Henry. King Richard was slain and King Henry the 7th bec ame T udor king. This ushered in the Tudor dynasty which began a new er a in Eng lish History.
found at: http://www.stumpranchonline.com/Savage/SavageAncestry.htm | Savage, Sir John II (I171719)
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Sir Robert. Knighted by James I at York 1603, twice High Sheriff of Yor k , called "Cavaliero" by Elizabeth I, "a great swordsman and eloquent sp ea ker", entertained Henry, Prince of Wales, at his house 1609.
SIR ROBERT SWYFT.
By CHARLES JACKSON, of DONCASTER.
Sir Robert Swyft, we are told, was the only son and heir of William Swyf t , of Rotherham, who was the second son of Robert Swyft, of the same pla ce . The mother of Sir Robert was Margaret, daughter of Hugh Wyrral, of L ove rsall, esq.
At the death of his father, 10th May, 11th Elizabeth, 1568, he was age d s eventeen years and nine months, so that he was born about the year 15 50 . He married, for his first wife, Bridget, daughter and coheiress of S i r Francis Hastings, of Fenwick, knight, one of the most ancient house s i n that part of the county of York, by whom he had an eldest son and h ei r apparent, Edward Swyft, who lived to man's estate and received the h ono ur of knighthood at the hands of King James the First, when at Belvoi r, o n the 23rd of April, 1603 Sir Edward Swyft married Elizabeth, daught er o f Edmund Sheffield, earl of Mulgrave, but died in his father’s lifet ime ; his widow remarried Sir John Bourchier. His father, Sir Robert Swyf t, w as knighted by James the First at the Manor, in York, on Sunday th e 17t h of April, 1603 whilst his Majesty was on his way to take possessi on o f the throne of England.
We are not informed of the period of the death of Sir Edward Swyft, bu t i t was at some time previously to the 15th of September, 1617, as on t ha t day Sir Robert Swyft made a settlement of his estates, both those wh ic h were the inheritance of his first wife, and those which were his ow n in heritance, on Barnham Swyft, his eldest son, Sir Edward Swyft bein g the n dead. | Swift, Sir Robert (I168699)
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sir, Richard VERNON of Haddon (1390-1451)
Speaker of Leicester Parliament Leicester, Treasurer of Calias, Captai n o f Rouen,
s/o Richard Vernon & Julianna Pembridge (Pembrugge)
b - 1390 (age 10 1400) - Haddon, Derbyshire, England
m- Benedicta Ludlow
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bur - Tong, Shropshire, England
Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon and Tong, married his distant cousin and so l e heiress Benedicta de Ludlow, Benedicta's own mother Isabella de Ling e n being first married to her own 1st cousin Sir Faulk Pembrugge and sec on dly to her father Sir John de Ludlow. Benedicta's mother Lady Isabel l a P embrugge (née Lingen) founded the chantry College at Tong for the s ouls o f her three departed husbands and is celebrated as the founderess . Tong C hurch become the "Westminster of the Vernons" and contains thes e and othe r Vernon tombs. Isabella de Lingen mother Margery Pembrugge be ing an aun t of Sir Faulk, married Sir Ralph Lingen of Lingen. Sir Richar d was als o a descendant of the Pembrugge family via his grandmother Juli a Pembrugg e sister of Sir Faulk and was also the great nephew of Sir Fau lk, thereb y with his marriage, acquired the estates at Tong Castle, Shro pshire an d Harlaston, Staffordshire. Benedicta de Ludlow, Lingen and Pem brugge Arm s are recorded in Chapel stain glass window at Haddon Hall. Si r Richard V ernon (1390-1451) was High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1416 an d 1427 and o f Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire 1422 and also represente d Derbyshire i n the House of Commons of which he was Speaker in 1426. H e was Treasure r of Calais for some time until 1451. His son Sir Willia m was Constable o f England and also served as Treasurer of Calais; his g randson Sir Henr y Vernon was a member of The Most Honourable Military Or der of the Bath ( 1441-1515), Governor and Treasurer to Arthur, Prince o f Wales, married An ne Talbot daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury and rebu ilt Haddon Hall. Si r Richard Vernon was an English landowner, MP and spe aker of the House o f Commons. | Vernon, Richard (I43667)
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Smith was a close advisor and confidant to his brother Joseph as the lat t er produced the Book of Mormon and established the Church of Christ. I n J une 1829, Smith was baptized in Seneca Lake, New York. He was one o f th e Eight Witnesses who swore to the reality of a set of golden plate s insc ribed with the Book of Mormon. He also said he saw the angel Moron i. Whe n the Church of Christ was organized on April 6, 1830, six men sig ned the ir names as charter members; at the age of 30, Hyrum Smith was th e oldes t of the six. Smith served as presiding officer of a church branc h in Col esville, New York, and was one of the first Latter Day Saint mis sionarie s in the surrounding area.
Grave of Joseph, Emma, and Hyrum Smith
As the church headquarters and membership moved west, Smith and his fami l y relocated. In 1831, he established a home in Kirtland, Ohio. During h i s residence there, he served as foreman of the quarry providing stone f o r the Kirtland Temple. Between 1831 and 1833, he served proselyting mis si ons to Missouri and Ohio. In 1834, under the direction of Joseph Smith , h e recruited members for a militia, Zion's Camp, and traveled with th e gro up to the aid of the Latter Day Saints in Missouri. He was appointe d Seco nd Counselor in the church's First Presidency in November 1837. I n 1838 a nd 1839, Hyrum, Joseph and three other church leaders shared a j ail cel l in Liberty, Missouri while awaiting trial.
After relocating to Nauvoo, Illinois, Smith became the church's Presidi n g Patriarch, a position first held by his father, Joseph Smith Sr. He a ls o replaced Oliver Cowdery as Assistant President of the Church; in thi s c apacity, Smith acted as President of the Church in Joseph's absence a nd w as designated to be Joseph's successor if he were killed or incapaci tated . Although Hyrum Smith was never explicitly ordained to the priesth ood of fice of apostle, "his appointment as assistant president may hav e include d such authority".
When warned of possible danger, Joseph urged Smith and his family to fl e e to Cincinnati, Ohio. Smith refused and, in 1844, traveled with Josep h t o Carthage, Illinois, where both were charged with riot and treason . Jose ph, Hyrum, John Taylor and Willard Richards were held awaiting tri al i n a jail in Carthage. On June 27, 1844, the building was attacked b y a mo b of between sixty and two hundred men. While attempting to barric ade th e door to prevent the mob from entering, Smith was shot in the fac e on th e left side of the nose. After staggering back, another ball fire d throug h the window struck him in the back, passed through his body, an d struc k his watch in his vest pocket. As Smith fell to the floor, he ex claimed , "I am a dead man," as he died. Taylor was struck by several bul lets bu t survived with the help of Richards. Joseph was hit by at leas t two shot s, exclaimed "O Lord, My God," and fell through a second-stor y window t o the ground where he was shot again.
Because of his position as Assistant President of the Church, it is like l y that Smith would have succeeded Joseph and become the next presiden t o f the church had he outlived his brother. | Smith, Hyrum (I50828)
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Some days after his passing, February 5, 1929, this death notice appear e d in the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE:
"RITES MARK PASSING OF PIONEER DEPUTY
Special to The Tribune
Ely, Nevada -- Funeral services were held in Ely L. D. S. church Wedne s day afternoon for Peter Huntsman 90, Nevada-Utah pioneer, who died at h i s home in this city Monday evening. He is survived by his widow, Rebec c a Huntsman; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Johnson of Delta, Utah, and Mrs . Su sie Strange of Elko, Nevada; [and] a son, Dal Huntsman, of Fillmore , Utah ... Mr. Huntsman pioneered many years at Fillmore, where he serve d a numb er of terms as deputy sheriff.
He also was prominent in the early days at Salt Lake, where he serve d s everal years as deputy United States marshal."
In a letter, dated April 4, 1923, to his daughter Laura H. Johnson of De l ta, Utah, Peter wrote (to the best of his knowledge) the following hist or y of his family:
PETER HUNTSMAN FAMILY HISTORY
"Now my dear child, you wanted me to give you genealogy of my father a n d mother. I am glad you have written to me for it, as I am the only on e l iving that knows anything about them; all are dead, but me... I wil l no t be able to give you all of my father's and mother's relations. I c an gi ve you the names of all of my father's brothers, but not their ages . I ne ver saw my grandparents as I know of. My father and mother [were ] born i n the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1801... Father James Hun tsman wa s born June 6, 1801, my mother Mary Johnston Huntsman born in Se ptember 1 801."
"I will now give you my father's brothers names as follows: Uncle Jona t han Huntsman, stabbed to death by Indians; Jeremiah, died a natural dea th ; Peter; Jacob; (James, my father); William, died in Cache Valley; an d Un cle Samuel. My father had two sisters; I don't remember their names . I ne ver saw my mother's brothers and only one of her sisters; her nam e was Sa rah Johnston; she married Ira Ames [and] they both died in Cach e Valley."
"My father and mother were married in Pennsylvania* and moved from the r e to Kirtland, Ohio. 1830 they joined the Mormon Church when it first o rg anized. Father was the 36[th] member to join the Church... there [in K irt land]. They moved to Missouri [and were driven] out of Missouri in 18 39 a nd went to Nauvoo, Illinois. I was born on the way in a blacksmith s hop b efore they got out of the state [of Missouri]. They [were driven] o ut o f Illinois... in 1846 and moved to Iowa. In 1851, we emmigrated t o [the ] Salt Lake Valley." *Actually records indicate they married in O hio; se e Ohio County Marriage Records for James Huntsman and Mary Johnst on in Ri chland County, 19 November 1822.
"There [were] eleven children in Father's family, the oldest a girl La v ina... had quite a family and died in Illinois; Catherine, had a larg e fa mily, and died in California; Isaiah, the oldest boy, died in Annabe ll, U tah; Isaac died in Council Bluffs, Iowa -- he was 21 years old; Gab riel d ied in Fillmore; William died in Watsonville, California; Jacob di ed in H ollister, California; Jess died [at] St George, Utah; Peter Hunts man you r father; Sarah Huntsman married Joseph Giles -- she died in Hold en, Utah ; Kesiah, Doyle's mother, died in Fillmore. That makes 11 of us . My uncle s all had large families, too numerous to mention."
Excerpts Quoted from the book HISTORY OF MILLARD COUNTY concerning Milla r d County Sheriff Peter Huntsman (pages 138-140):
"... In 1866 the court appropriated $256 to reimburse acting Sherif f P eter Huntsman and eight temporary deputies, each at four dollars a da y fo r man and horse, for services rendered 'pursuing supposed thieves. ' Two o f the deputies were N.M. McBride and Wise Cropper. William S. Haw ley an d John Kenny were similarly remunerated two years later."
"...Peter Huntsman was elected county sheriff in 1875 during a tim e o f growing crime in the county. Particularly troublesome was a gang o f cat tle rustlers, robbers, and murderers headed by noted outlaw Ben Tas ker. T asker made his head quarters in western Iron County near Modena, b ut hi s illegal activities took place throughout west central Utah. Taske r an d his gang of robbers were attracted to western Utah because of th e exten sive mining activities that were occurring in Pioche, Nevada, an d at Silv er Reef, Frisco, and the Tintic Mining District in Utah. Count y farmers a nd ranchers who contracted to haul supplies and ore for the m ines or pedd led fresh produce and trailed cattle to the various mining c amps generall y were easy targets for the outlaws."
"...Ben Tasker also stole cattle from county ranchers. On one occasio n , near Deseret, [Tasker] and his men made off with twenty head of cattl e . Sheriff Huntsman had been warned earlier by Judge Emerson of Provo ne ve r to try to apprehend Tasker without at least twenty men and a cannon . Th e loss of cattle to the ranchers was significant, however, so Huntsm an an d part-time deputies Joe Ray and Wise Cropper of Deseret followed t he thi eves south into Iron County, discounting the judge's warnings."
"Huntsman and his two deputies were able to get ahead of the thieve s a nd the cattle before the rustlers could reach their hide-out. Huntsma n, w ith some difficulty, was able to arrest Tasker, returning him to Fil lmore , where he was placed in Huntsman's home. The county, apparently, l acke d a suitable jail. Huntsman's house proved to be unsuitable, with Ta ske r soon making his escape. Huntsman again was able to capture Tasker w itho ut incident. However, the cattle rustling problem would not be perma nentl y solved for some time." | Huntsman, Peter (I2722)
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Some Early English Pedigrees, Britis 942 D2no, page 88. | FitzRichard, Osbern (I12180)
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Some Early English Pedigrees, Britis 942 D2no, page 88. | FitzScrob, Richard (I12203)
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Some Early English Pedigrees, Britis 942 D2no, page 88. | FitzOsbern, Hugh (I14150)
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Some memories of my mom by Carma (Bond) Hodges
Mom has always been a busy hardworking person and constantly doing for o t hers, always baking and cooking up yummy food, I loved to come home fr o m school and eat a plate of homemade cookies and milk and watch Gilliga n' s island or the Brady Bunch. Whenever someone in town had a death in t h e family she would be one of the first to show up with a cake or someth in g to eat.
Mom kept a very clean house and I liked to jump from furniture to furn i ture when she polished the floors. I remember her using the wringer was he r, she'd let me iron the hankies for dad.
She would perm several older ladies hair and I would hand her the pe r m rods and enjoyed the visits. Aunt Blanche Labrum would visit often.
I tested her patience several times but she taught me how to mind ev e n thougHisometimes chose the hard way. There was a little store on mai n s treet run by Howard and Roma Bird and one day Becky Freeman and I wer e i n there and for some reason I decided to steal some carpenter nails , I' m not sure why I did this but later that day they made a hole in m y pocke t and when they fell out on the kitchen floor, mom asked where th ey cam e from and Becky told the truth. Mom made me take them back to th e stor e and talk to Howard alone, I was so scared I cried all the way bu t I lea rned a great lesson.
Mom told me I could play at the Freeman's if I would walk around the di t ch and not across the bridge since the ditch was full of water, I tol d he r I would but when she wasn't looking, or at least I didn't think sh e was , I ran across the bridge anyway. She called me back home where I h ad t o spend the rest of the day.
I've thought a lot about mom while writing my history and am so thankf u l that she thought enough of me to put a book together where I was abl e t o gather lots of information. | Charlesworth, Iris (I34216)
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Some of the most meaningful memories I have of my dad, Gordon Everett Ni e lson, are those involving his providing medical care to friends, famil y , and even complete strangers, in very unlikely places.
From my early Childhood, while we were living in a home on the beac h i n Laie, Hawaii, I remember there being a knock on the door at some po in t in the evening. I know it was after Dad had already spent the day i n hi s small clinic there in, and that it was after dark, although I don' t hav e any recollection of what time it actually was. (And this was no t an iso lated, one-time occurrence.) At the door were a couple of member s of a lo cal Polynesian family. They were in need of medical care and al though the re were medical services available at a small hospital in a ne arby town , everyone in the village knew, and expected that, Dad would ta ke care o f them and make them well. He was "their" doctor. One evenin g I remembe r that as the evening progressed, others kept showing up an d at a time th at was well past my bed-time, the "lanai" (our covered pat io), was crowde d with residents of the community and their families, bei ng taken care o f by Doc Nielson.
Dad had a "call bag" that he took everywhere with him. Sometimes yo u w ill still see a doctor that has a call bag, but they're typically jus t li ttle bags, no bigger than a medium-sized women's purse. Dad's call b ag wa s enormous, like a smaitcase, probably weighing 15 pounds or more . Whenev er he left home for more than just a short time, particularly i f he was g oing out of town, he carried that with him. I remember many ti mes while g rowing up at home, helping him go through the contents, makin g sure all t he medications and supplies were fresh and refilled. Dad h a d the capacit y, with that call bag, to even perform minor surgery or c are for a hear t attack patient.
I've seen him, and even helped him, do both. Even on vacations suc h a s when visiting the Mayan ruins at Tikal in Guatemala; or while on th e is land of Roatan off the coast of Honduras; or when on hunting trips a s i n the Malpai country neard, Arizona...Dad was providing medical car e an d relief to those who needed it, just because he could........and be caus e that's what his heart told him to do. | Nielson, Gordon Everett (I182)
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SOURCE NOTES:
Preston 1st ward records FHL 007,540 | Nelson, Marta Almeda (I86)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Abigail Whipple and Isaac Buck(?)," emailed by S t ephen W. Harter (swharter at budsters dot com) to Weldon Whipple, 14 F e b 1999.
Birth: S.W. Harter gives birth in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; indicat e s that birth might have been Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
SOURCE: Email from Janet Petrak (janetpetrak at usa dot net) to Weldon W h ipple, 9 Jun 2002. | Buck, Isaac (I29860)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Ann Phillis Whipple," sent by N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 11 Sep 2001.
SOURCE: "Descendants of Deliverance Whipple," descendancy chart from N . C ombs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2002. Cites NEHGS Register; LDS Ancest ra l File; Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. | Arnold, Josiah (I30144)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Ann Phillis Whipple," sent by N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites Rhode Island Vital Record, 1636-1850 ; al so The Lippitt Family of Rhode Island (A Collection of Notes & Item s of I nterest by One of Its Members), Henry Frederick Lippitt, 2nd, Lo s Angeles , California, 1959, p. 72; "Providence Gazette." | Rice, Bethiah (I26747)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Ann Phillis Whipple," sent by N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 .
SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth, marriage); Clarendon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions, R u t l and County, Vermont. | Rice, Thomas (I26885)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Ann Phillis Whipple," sent by N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 ; also cites The Diary of Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick, RI, 1757-176 6.
SOURCE: Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850 by Arnold R 974.5 A 75 6 V ol. I, pgs. 197-8, & pg. 169 | Rice, Olney (I26883)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Joash Whipple," descendancy chart emai l e by R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 28 Sep 1998 and 12 May 2001 .
Occupation: "She was a public school nurse who in 1939 founded the Pleas a nt View Nursing Home in Mystic [Connecticut] on High Street. It is sti l l in operation called Mystic Manor and currently is run by her granddau gh ter." --R. Gilebarto, 12 May 2001
SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple, 24 Jul 2008. Cites ob i tuary of Estella Elizabeth Ashcroft Whipple published in The Day 1/3/2 0 0 8. Gives name Blanch Elizabeth "Jennie" Whipple Ashcroft. | Whipple, Blanche Estella (I84731)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Joash Whipple," descendancy chart email e d by R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 28 Sep 1998.
SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple, 16 May 2009. Died i n G riswold. | Whipple, Helen Elizabeth (I82487)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Joash Whipple," descendancy chart email e d by R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 28 Sep 1998. | Whipple, Elizabeth (I82485)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Joash Whipple," descendancy chart email e d by R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 28 Sep 1998. | Whipple, Cyrus Frederick (I82486)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Joash Whipple," descendancy chart email e d by R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 28 Sep 1998. | Whipple, Albert Ellsworth (I82488)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Deliverance Whipple," descendancy chart fro m N . C ombs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhod e Isl a nd, 1636-1850; The Diary of Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick, Rhod e Island , 17 57-1766.
SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth, death); The Diary of Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick, RI, 1757 - 1 7 66 (death, burial). | Rice, John (I26852)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Deliverance Whipple," descendancy chart from N . C ombs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2002. Cites Elder John Gorton and th e Si x Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. | Arnold, Rebecca (I29957)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Deliverance Whipple," descendancy chart from N . C ombs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2002. Cites History of the State of Rh od e Island & Providence Plantations; Warwick, Rhode Island, Historical C eme teries. Gives death in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.
SOURCE: "Arnold Family," in History of the State of Rhode Island and Pro v idence Plantations (New York: American Historical Society, 1920), p. 40 3 - 405. Extracted by Beth Hurd, 23 Sep 2002. Gives death in Pawtucket , R . I.
!RESIDENCES: "Resided in Pawtucket, during the greater part of his lif e . " --Arnold Family | Arnold, Caleb (I30145)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Deliverance Whipple," descendancy chart from N . C ombs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Isla nd , 1636-1850.
!Mayflower Fam. Thur Five Gene. Vol. 1 pg. 169, 170-The William White Fa m ily-John was an innholder and was called Major in the E. Greenwich lan d r ec. There is no mention of John or Desire in the E. Greenwich probat e re c. | Arnold, Major John (I29943)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the W h i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1 85 0 (bith, marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death); Co ven try, RI Historical Cemeteries (burial). | Gorton, Sarah (I26865)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. | Sweet, John (I26875)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Cemetery Inscriptions in Windham Count y , Connecticut (birth, death, burial).
RESIDENCES: Counted in 1790 census in West Greenwich. -- C. Bamberg. | Sweet, Pentecost (I26874)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites East Greenwich, RI Historical Cemeter y I nscriptions. | Rice, Elizabeth (I26713)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Inde x ( birth, death, burial).
SOURCE: Email from Marcia A. Rice (rice at harborside dot com) to BMill e r 909 at aol dot com (cc:weldon@whipple.org), 28 Jun 1997. Shows birt h da te as 26 Apr 1700.
SOURCE: Email from Susan Shannon (susanorl at sundial dot net) to the Wh i pple Web Site, 24 Oct 1997. Shows birth date as 24 Apr 1700.
SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol . 1 , Warwick, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892 ), p . 197.
SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth; gives date 26 Apr 1700); Warwick, RI Wills (death).
SOURCE: "Descendants of John Rice," descendancy chart from Marion Nata l e to Weldon Whipple, 24 Nov 2003. Often called Captain Thomas Rice. | Rice, Captain Thomas (I26715)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth).
Source: Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850 by Arnold R 974.5 A 75 6 V ol. I, pgs. 197-8, & pg. 169 | Rice, Nathan (I26897)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth).
SOURCE: Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850 by Arnold R 974.5 A 75 6 V ol. I, pgs. 197-8, & pg. 169 | Rice, Caleb (I30142)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth). | Spencer, Ellen (I26730)
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SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth). | Spencer, Job (I26733)
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