Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams ranks as one of the premier American
playwrights of this century. Obviously his exacting portrayals of Southern
characters and manners could only spring from a profound knowledge of the
subject or steady inoculation of “stories” passed from Southern relative to
Southern relative, a phenomenon reminiscent of front porches, small towns, and
maiden aunts.
Although he became one of the most authentic voices of Southern culture,
Tennessee Williams was only a little more than one-quarter Southern in
ancestry. As this article will demonstrate, the remainder of his background was
1/4 German Lutheran immigrant and almost half New England. His mother’s family,
certainly responsible for most of his “Southern” indoctrination, was maternally
German, and through her father, an Episcopal minister, can be traced to Rhode
Island Quakers who moved first to Dutchess Co., N.Y., and then to central Ohio.
His father’s forebears include both pre-revolutionary immigrants from
Connecticut and Massachusetts and a typical mix of early Scotch-Irish and
Virginia planters whose descendants flooded into early Tennessee.
Tennessee Williams was of royal descent through the immigrants Christopher
and Anne (Baynton) Batt, Gov. Thomas Dudley, Mrs. Elizabeth Bulkeley Whittingham
Haugh, and possibly Griffth and Margaret (Fleming) Bowen, all of Massachusetts.
He shares Cogswell and Hawkes ancestors with The Princess of Wales and her
sons. Another forebear was Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower. Through
Angier, Bowen, Bulkeley, Coffin, Cogswell, Dudley, Emerson, Gilman, Perkins,
Sewall and/or Symmes ancestors Williams is a distant kinsman of at least 13 U.S.
presidents - the Adamses, Fillmore, Pierce, Lincoln, Cleveland, B. Harrison,
Taft, Coolidge, Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt, Ford and Bush. Tennessee Williams also
shared ancestors with a wide variety of “notable kin” treated in earlier
columns, including all ten “Nantucket Soup” figures (via Coffins), and among
nineteenth-century authors Henry and Brooks Adams, L.M. Alcott, Emerson,
Hawthorne, O. W. Holmes, Longfellow, J. R. Lowell, Melville, Motley, Parkman,
Prescott and Whittier (via the 11 families listed above plus Greenleafs or
Lowells). Distant Hollywood kin, via Dudleys, Bulkeleys, or various Rhode
Island forebears, include Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Mrs.
Cecil B. deMille, and possibly Marilyn Monroe; and closer kin - a third cousin
once removed and fourth cousin - were Zelda Sayre and Charles Alden Black,
spouses respectively of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and actress Shirley Temple.
Southern notable kin not treated in previous columns but covered in works cited
below, include the poet Sidney Lanier, and governors James Pinckney Henderson of
Texas, John Sevier of Tennessee, Jared Irwin of Georgia, and Austin Augustus
King of Missouri. The following Ahnentafel also outlines Williams’s descent
from various noted Tennessee pioneers and New England clergymen.
The ancestry of [#36] Gideon Morgan (1751-1830) is problematic. G.B. Roberts
and W.A. Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales
(1984), p. 42, followed data assembled by Mrs. Josephine M. R. Brice and
submitted to F.A. Virkus for the 1942 seventh volume of The Compendium of
American Genealogy (pp. 68-69), which seemed, despite the frequent
unreliability of that work, to improve upon published Morgan genealogies.
Thomas B. Morgan, “Springfield Families,” vol. 2 (typescript at NEHGS and
elsewhere, 1934-35), p. 485, states that Rufus Morgan, b. there 15 June 1751 to
Gideon and Rachel (Kibbe) Morgan, changed his name to Gideon after his father’s
death, married a Lucy ___ and died in August 1790, aged 38. A 1753 Hampshire
Co. guardianship bond (Box 101, #7) makes Rachel Morgan the guardian of Gideon
Morgan, minor heir of Gideon Morgan, Sr., deceased. In addition, a daughter of
Rufus and Elizabeth (Trigg) Morgan [#18-19] was Rachel Kibby Trigg Morgan. Thus
I have followed the Springfield line, although Mrs. Brice gave Gideon’s parents
as Samuel Morgan (1728-87, of the New London and Preston family) and a Rachel
Kibby said to have died in 1804, and the 1790 Springfield death contradicts what
we know of Gideon’s later life in the South. More research is required.
The ancestor table below follows the usual format for NEXUS ATs.
Unknown ancestors are omitted.
Generations I-V
1. Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams, b. 26 March 1911, Canton,
Madison, Co., Miss.; d. 25 Feb. 1983, NYC
2. Cornelius
Coffin Williams, b. 21 Aug. 1879, Knoxville, Tenn.; d. 21 March 1957,
Knoxville; m. 3 June 1907 Columbus, Lowndes Co., Miss.
3.
Edwina Dakin, b. 9 Aug. 1884, Marysville, Union Co., Ohio; d. 1
June 1980, St. Louis, Missouri
4. Thomas Lanier Williams, b.
17Apr1 1849, Knoxville.; d. 23 Sept. 1908, Knoxville; m. 29 Oct.
1874, Knoxville’
5. Isabelle Coffin, b. 15 May 1853,
Greenville, Greene Co., Tenn.; d. 14 Oct. 1884, San Antonio,
Texas
6. Rev. Walter Edwin Dakin, b. 23 April 1857,
Harveysburg, Ohio; d. 14 Feb. 1955, St. Louis; m. 10 Oct. 1883,
Union Co., Ohio
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7. Rosina Maria Francesca Otte, b. 2 Nov. 1863, Buffalo,
N.Y.
8. John Williams, Jr., b. 7 March 1818, Knoxville;
d. 22 April 1881, Knoxville; m. 1 Jan. 1845, Greene Co.,
Tenn.
9. Rhoda Campbell Morgan, b. 20 Aug. 1819, Greene
Co.; d. 2 March 1867, Greene Co.
10. Cornelius Worcester
Coffin, b. 3 Feb. 1822, Greenville, Greene Co., Tenn.; d. 8 July
1875, Knoxville; m. 25 May 1849, Greene Co.
11. Nancy
McCorkle, b. 25 May 1828, Greene Co.; d. 21 May 1875, Greene
Co.
12. Edwin Francis Dakin, b. 20 Sept. 1819, Oakland, Clinton
Co., Ohio; d. 29 Dec. 1892, Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio; m.
(2) 16 Jan. 1848, Warren Co., Ohio
13. Hannah Jane Bellar, b.
30 March 1825, Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio; d. 20 August 1886,
Waynesville, Ohio
14. Frank Henry Otte*, b. ca. 1836,
Germany; m. ca. 1862
15. Elizabeth Albertzart, b. ca. 1839,
Germany
16. John Williams, b. 29 Jan. 1778, Surry Co.,
NC.; d. 10 Aug. 1837, Knox Co., Tenn. [DAB, X, 271]; m. ca.
1805
17. Malinda White, b. 15 Feb. 1789; 11. 2 March 1838, Knox
Co., Tenn.
18. Rufus Morgan, b. 19 Feb. 1781, Conn.; d. 26
Aug. 1826, Kingston, Roane Co., Tenn.; m. 20 Jan. 1807, Washington
Co., Va.
19. Elizabeth “Betsey” Trigg, b. 10 March 1791,
Washington Co.; d. 25 Feb. 1849
20. Rev. Charles Coffin, Jr.,
b. 15 Aug. 1775, Newburyport, Mass.; d. 3 June 1853, Greenville,
Tenn.; m. 19 Oct. 1802, Milford, Maine
21. Susan Woodbridge
Ayer, b. 22 Dec. 1777, Milford, Maine; d. 30 July 1864,
Greenville
22. Rev. Francis Alison McCorkle, M.D., b. 1 Sept.
1795, Sullivan Co., Tenn.; d. 17 March 1869, Greene Co., Tenn.; m.
9 December 1824, Greene Co.
23. Isabel Sevier, b. 10 Jan.
1805, Greene Co.; d. 21 Feb. 1867, Greene Co.
24. James
Dakin, b. 18 June 1790, Ferrisburgh, Vt.; d. 13 Feb. 1857,
Harveysburg, Ohio; m. 27 Apr.1815, Dutchess Co., N.Y.
25.
Mary Ann Sabin, b. 22 June 1793, Butchers Co..; d. 8 Nov. 1877,
Harveysburg, Ohio
26. Peter Bellar*, b. ca. 1797; d. 1 Dec.
1835, Warren Co., Ohio; m. 24 Dec. 1817, Warren Co.
27.
Margaret King, b. 25 Feb. 1798, Rockingham Co., Va.; d. 17 Feb.
1876, Warren Co., Ohio
Generation VI
32. Joseph Williams, 1748-1827, Hanover Co., Va.;
Granville and Surry Cos., NC.
33. Rebecca Lanier,
1757-1832, Granville and Surry Cos.
34. James White, ca.
1747-1821, Rowan Co., NC.; Knox Co., Tenn. [founder of Knoxville,
DAB, X, 108; father of Hugh Lawson White, presidential candidate, DAB, XX,
106-7].
35. Mary Lawson, ca. 1742-1819, Knox Co. [aunt of
Jared Irwin, first gov. of Georgia].
36. Gideon Morgan, Jr.
1751-1830, Springfield, Mass; New Milford, Conn.; Kingston,
Roane Co., Tenn.
37. Patience Cogswell, 1754-after 1796,
Washington, Conn.; Staunton, Augusta Co., Va.
38. Daniel
Trigg, 1749-1819, Albermarle/Goochland and Montgomery Cos.,
Va.
39. Anne Smith, 1753-1795, Bedford and Montgomery
Cos.
40. Charles Coffin, 1741 -1821, Newbury andNewburyport, Mass.
41. Hepzibah Carnes, 1739-1796, Boston
and Newburyport
42. James Ayer, Jr., 1733-1821, Milford,
Maine
43. Mary Woodbridge, 1738-1805, Newcastle and
Milford
44. Samuel McCorkle, ca. 1760-ca. 1823, (poss.)
Taneytown, Frederick Co., Md. (now Carroll Co.); Washington
Co., then NC.; Sullivan Co., Tenn.
45. Mary Alison
46.
Valentine Sevier, 1778-1854, Greenville, Tenn.
47. Nancy
Dinwiddie, 1786-1844, Campbell Co., Va.; Greene Co
48.
Preserved Fish Dakin, 1749-1835, Oblong Monthly Meeting,
Dutchess Co., N.Y.; Clinton, Ohio
49. Deborah Akin, b.
1755, Oblong Monthly Meeting
50. Elijah Sabin, 1755-1843,
Dutchess Co.; Clinton, Ohio
51. Mary Salmon, 1756-1839,
Butchers Co.; Clinton
54. Henry King/Konig*, 1774-1868,
Rockingham Co., Va.; Warren Co., Ohio
55. Elizabeth Smith,
1765-1819, Virginia; Warren Co., Ohio
Generation VII
64. Nathaniel Williams, b. 1712, New Kent (later
Hanover) Co., Va.
66. Thomas Lanier, b. ca. 1720,
Prince George Co., Va.; d. 14 Dec. 1804, Granville Co.,
NC.
67. Elizabeth Hicks*, ca. 1720-before 1789, Surry and
Brunswick Cos., Va.; Surry Co., NC.
68. Moses White, Jr., b.
ca. 1715; d. ca. 1786, Rowan Co., NC.
69. (traditionally) Mary
McConnel*
70. Hugh Lawson, ca. 1697-ca. 1772, Rowan Co.,
NC.
71. Margaret (poss. Barry or
Moore)*
72. (prob.) Gideon Morgan, 1724-1752,
Springfield, Mass.
73. (certainly) Rachel Kibbe, b. 1730,
Enfield, Conn.
74. Emerson Cogswell, b. 1732, Preston
and Washington, Conn.
75. Mary Miles, b. 1733, New
Milford, Conn.
76. William Trigg, 1716-by Feb. 1773,
Middlesex and Bedford Cos., Va.
77. Mary (said to be
“Johns”), d. after March 1773
78. Guy Smith, ca.
1725-1781, Bedford Co., Va.
79. Anne Hopkins, d. after
Sept. 1781, Goochland and Bedford Cos., Va.
80. Joseph
Coffin, 1702-1773, Newbury
81. Margaret Morse,
1702-1775, Newbury
82. John Carnes (IID, 1698-1760,
Boston
83. Sarah Baker, 1703-ca. 1740,
Boston
84. James Ayer, 1686-1771, Haverhill,
Mass.
85. Mary White, 1690-1775, Haverhill
86.
Benjamin Woodbridge, Jr., 171 1-1797, Newbury, Mass. and Newcastle,
Maine; md. 12 April 1739, Newbury
87. Susannah Tappan,
Newbury and Newcastle
88. (poss.) Rev. James McCorkle, b.
ca. 1730
89. (if #88, then) Elizabeth Rhea
90. John
Alison,*ca. 1710-ca. 1788, Sullivan, Co., Tenn. [bro. of Rev. Francis
Alison, asst. pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, DAB, I,
181]
92. Robert Sevier, 1749-1780, Augusta (now Rockingham)
Co., Va. Bright’s Place, Yellow Mountain, Buncombe Co., NC.
[bro. of John Sevier, first gov. of Tenn., DAB, VIII, 602]
93.
Keziah Robertson, 1753-1800/06, Buncombe Co.
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94. James Dinwiddie, ca. 1750-1806, Greene Co.,
Tenn.
95. Isabella Galbreath, b. by 1781, Campbell Co.,
Va.; Greene Co.
96. Timothy Dakin, b. 1723, Concord, Mass,
and Dutchess Co.
97. Lydia Fish, b. 1725, Portsmouth,
RI.
98. Josias Akin, b. 1719, Oblong Meeting, Butchers
Co.
99. Judith Huddlestone, b. 1728, Dartmouth,,
Mass.
100. Jeremiah Sabin, Jr. 1717-1790, Pomfret, Conn.,
and Pawling, Dutchess Co.
101. Mary Burtch, poss. bp. 1721,
Killingly, Conn.
102. John Salmon, 1730-1801,
Pawling
103. Jerusha Covell, b. ca. 1735-40, living 1801,
Harwich, Mass. and Butchers Co., N.Y.
110. Adam
Smith*
Generation VIII
128. John Williams*, b. 1672, Virginia
129. Mary
___, b. 1684, Virginia
132. Nicholas Lanier, ca.
1690-1779, Brunswick Co., Va.
133. Mary (poss.
“Shepherd”)
136. (prob.) Moses White, ca. 1690-1757,
Lancaster Co., Penn,.
140. Roger Lawson*, b. ca. 1660-1730,
Cecil Co., Md.
144. (poss.) Jonathan Morgan, Jr. 1686-1766,
Springfield, Mass.
145. (poss.) Hannah Smith*
146.
Isaac Kibby, 1683-1766, Enfield, Conn.
147. Dorothy
Smith, 1691-1781, Enfield
148. Edward Cogswell,
1686-1773, Ipswich, Mass.; Preston and New Milford, Conn.
149.
Hannah Browne, 1691-1771, Chebecco (Ipswich); Preston; New
Milford
150. Joseph Miles, 1703-1762, New Milford,
Conn.
151. Deborah (Ferris) Welch, b. 1700, New
Milford
152. Abraham Trigg, 1684-1718/19, Middlesex Co.,
Va.
153. Judith Clarke, b. 1687/88, Middlesex
Co.
156. Col. John Smith, b. 1701, Gloucester Co.,
Va.
157. Ann Bowker, d. 1733, Gloucester Co.
158.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins*, 1700-ca. 1767, Albemarle Co., Va.
159.
Elizabeth ___, Albemarle Co.
160. Nathaniel
Coffin, 1669-1748/9, Newbury, Mass.
161. Sarah
(Brocklebank) Dole, d. 1750, Rowley and Newbury
162.
Benjamin Morse, 1668-1743, Newbury, Mass.
163. Susannah
___, ca. 1670-1708/9, Newbury
164. John Carnes, Jr.,
ca. 1676-ca. 1698, Boston
165. Elizabeth Mortimor, b. 1678,
Boston
166. John Baker, b. 1681, Boston
167.
Mary Sale, b. 1681, Boston
168. Samuel Ayer,
1654-1708, Haverhill, Mass.
169. Mary Johnson, ca.
1660-1744/5, Haverhill
170. John White, Jr., 1663-1727,
Haverhill, Mass.
171. Lydia Gilman, b. 1668,
Haverhill
172. Benjamin Woodbridge, 1678-1738, Newbury,
Mass.
173. Sarah Gerrish, 1683-1755,
Newbury
174. Rev. Christopher Tappan, 1671-1743,
Newbury, Mass.
175. Sarah Angier, ca. 1662-1739,
Newbury
178. (poss.) William Rhea*, Chester Co.,
Penn.
184. Valentine Sevier*, ca. 1702-1803, Carter Co.,
Tenn.
185. Joanna Goode, 1723-after 1773, Augusta Co.,
Va.
186. Charles Robertson, 1740-ca. 1798,
Washington Co., Tenn. [bro. of Nashville founder James
Robertson,
187. Susannah (said to be of Nichols)*, b. ca. 1742,
Washington Co.
188. (poss.) William Dinwiddie*
190.
Alexander* Galbreath, d. 1781, Greene Co., Tenn.
191.
Agnes Miller, d. 1781, Campbell Co., Va.
192. Simon
Dakin, Jr., b. 1694, Concord, Mass.
193. Huldah (Cheney)
Worcester, b. 1669
194. Thomas Fish, 1703-ca. 1786,
Butchers Co., N.Y.
195. Mercy Coggeshall, 1704-1778,
Butchers Co.
196. David Akin, 1689-1779, Butchers
Co.
197. Sarah Allen, b. 1692, Dutchess Co.
198.
Huddlestone, b. ca. 1700, Dartmouth, Mass.
199. Sarah
Tallman, b. ca. 1700, Dartmouth
200. Jeremiah Sabin,
1684-1775, Roxbury, Mass.; Pomfret, Conn.
201. Abigail
Davis, b. 1688, Pomfret
202. (poss.) Robert Burch, m.
Killingly, Conn.. 8 January 171
203. (poss.) Elizabeth
Bacon, b. 1691, Woodstock, Conn.
206. Seth Covell, b.
ca. 1705-12, d. prob. Butchers Co.
207. Sarah Hurd, b. 1711,
Harwich
Generation IX
264. John Lanier, Jr., 1655-ca. 1719, Charles City and Prince
George Cos., Va.
265. Sarah (___) Edmunds*, poss. d. by 1719,
Charles City an Prince George Cos.
272. (poss.) Hugh
White*, d. 1741, Lancaster Co., Penn,.
288. (poss.)
Jonathan Morgan, 1646-1714, Springfield, Mass.
289. (poss.)
Sarah Cooley, 1654-1743, Springfield
292. Elisha
Kibbe, 1644-1735, Enfield, Conn.
293. Rachel Cook,
1645-1740, Enfield
294. Ebenezer Smith, 1668-1728,
Northampton, Mass.
295. Sarah (Huxley) Barlow, b. ca. 1675,
Northampton
296. William Cogswell, Jr., 1659-1708,
Ipswich, Mass.
297. Martha Emerson, b. 1662,
Ipswich
298. Nathaniel Brown, 1652-171
Ipswich
299. Judith Perkins, b. 1658, Wenham,
Mass.
300. Stephen Miles, 1674-1713, Derby,
Conn.
301. Mary Holbrook, b. 1697, Milford,
Conn.
302. Zechariah Ferris, Jr., b. 1674, Charlestown,
Mass.
303. Sarah (Read) Barlow
304. Daniel
Trigg*, ca. 1660-1716, Middlesex Co., Va.
305. Susannah
___, d. 1687, Middlesex Co.
306. Robert Clarke, Jr., b.
1660, Essex Co., Va.
307. Sarah ___*
312. Rev.
Guy Smith*, ca. 1670-ca. 1720, Gloucester Co., Va.
314.
Rev. Ralph Bowker, 1660-1713/20, King & Queen Co.,
Va.
320. Tristram Coffin, Jr., ca. 1632-1704, Newbury,
Mass.
321. Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby, 1626-1705,
Newbury
322. Samuel Brocklebank, ca. 1618-1676, Rowley,
Mass.
323. Hannah ___
324. Joseph Morse, ca.
1638-1678, Newbury, Mass.
325. Mrs. Mary (Woodhouse)
Pierce, living 1682, Boston and Newbury
328. John
Canes, fl. 1648/9, Boston
330. Edward Mortimor, d.
1709, Boston
331. Jane ___,* d. after 1709,
Boston
332. Thomas Baker, ca. 1655-1719,
Boston,
333. Mary Haugh, b. 1655, Reading
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334. Ephraim Sale, 1638-1690, Boston
335. Mary
Foster, b. 1655/6, Boston, Mass.
336. Robert Ayer, b.
1625, Haverhill, Mass.
337. Elizabeth Palmer, d. 1705,
Haverhill
338. Peter Johnson, 1639-1674, Hampton,
N.H.
339. Ruth Moulton, b. 1640, Hampton
340.
John White, ca. 1639-1668, Haverhill, Mass.
341. Hannah
French, b. ca. 1640, Salisbury, Mass. and Haverhill
342.
John Gilman, 1626-1708, Hingham, Norfolk; Hingham, Mass.; and Exeter,
N.H.
343. Elizabeth Treworgye, ca. 1639-1719, Exeter,
N.H.
344. Thomas Woodbridge, 1649-1681, Newbury,
Mass.
345. Mary Jones, d. 1714, Newbury
346.
Moses Gerrish, 1654-1694, Newbury
347. Jane Sewall,
1659-1716, Newbury
348. Dr. Peter Tappan, 1633- 1707,
Newbury
349. Jane Batt, d. 1710, Newbury
350.
Edmund Angier, Jr., 1612-1692, Cambridge, Mass.
351.
Anne Batt, ca. 1630-1688, Cambridge
370. John Goad,
1700-1771, Bedford Co., Va.
371. Katherine
____*
372. John “Randolph” Robertson*, ca. 1712-1761,
Johnston Co., NC.
373. Mary (said to be
“Gower”)
382. Thomas Miller*, ca. 1700-1790, Northampton
Co., Penn.
383. Isabella ___, d. after 1790, Northampton
Co.
384. Simon Dakin, ca. 1663-1739/40, Concord,
Mass.
385. Elizabeth Brooks, b. 1672,
Concord
386. Peter Cheney, ca. 1639-1694/5, Newbury,
Mass.
387. Hannah Noyes, 1643-1705, Newbury
388.
Preserved Fish, 1679-1745, Portsmouth, RI.
389. Ruth
Cook, ca. 1682-1775, Portsmouth
390. John Coggeshall,
1659-1727, Portsmouth
391. Mary Stanton, 1668-1747,
Portsmouth
392. John Akin, ca. 1663-1746,
Dartmouth
393. Mary Briggs, b. 1671,
Portsmouth,
394. Ebenezer Allen, Dartmouth,
Mass.
395. Abigail Hill, b. 1670, Dartmouth
396.
George Huddlestone, b. 1677, Dartmouth,
397. Mary
Case
398. Jonathan Tallman, ca. 1666-ca. 1762,
Dartmouth
399. Sarah ____*
400. Benjamin
Sabin, 1646-1725, Pomfret, Conn.
401. Sarah Parker, d.
1717/8, Pomfret
402. Joseph Davis, 1647-1717, Roxbury,
Mass.
403. Sarah Chamberlain, b. 1649,
Roxbury
406. (poss.) Joseph Bacon, 1666-1741, Roxbury
and Woodstock
407. (poss.) Margaret Bowen, 1668-1727,
Roxbury; Woodstock
412. Nathaniel Covell, Jr., 1670-1747,
Chatham, Mass.
413. Judith Nickerson, d. after 1746,
Chatham
414. John Hurd, Jr., b. 1688, Eastham and
Harwich
415. Hannah Sparrow, living 25 Nov. 1737, Eastham,
and Harwich
Generation X
528. John Lanier*, ca. 1631-living 1683, England; Charles City
Co., Va.
529. Lucrece ___, living 1665, England; Charles
City Co.
576. (poss.) Miles Morgan*, a,. 1615-1699,
Springfield, Mass.
577. (poss.) Prudence Gilbert, d. 1660,
Springfield
578. (poss.) Benjamin Cooley*, 16 17-1684,
Springfield
579. (poss.) Sarah ___*, d. 1684,
Springfield
584. Edward Kibbe, ca. 1597-1694, Wakefield,
Mass.
585. Mary Partridge, b. ca. 1618
586. Henry
Cook*, ca. 1614-1661, Salem,, Mass.
587. Judith
Birdsall, ca. 1648- 1689, Salem,
588. Samuel Smith, ca.
1638-1703, Hadley, Mass., son of Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield, Conn.
& Dorothy
589. Mary Ensign, d. 1713,
Wethersfield
590. Thomas Huxley, ca. 1640-1721,
Suffield, Conn.,. (then Mass.)
591. Sarah Spencer, ca.
1647-1712, Suffield
592. William Cogswell, 1618/19-1700,
Ipswich, Mass. (PW, TP)
593. Susannah Hawkes, 1633-1696
(PW, TP)
594. Rev. John Emerson, ca. 1654-1700, Newbury, Salem,
Gloucester, Mass.
595 Ruth Symonds, d. by 1702, Salisbury
and Gloucester Mass., dau. of Gov. Samuel Symonds of Mass. & Martha
(Reade) Epes
596. John Brown*, d. 1677, Ipswich,
Mass.
597. Mary ___*, living 1679, Ipswich
598.
Thomas Perkins, 1622-1686, Topsfield, Mass., son of John Perkins
(TP) and Judith Cater (TP)
599. Phoebe Gould, b. 1620, living
1691; Hemel Hempstead and Great Missenden, Bucks.; and Ipswich,
Mass.
600. Samuel Miles, 1640-1678, New Haven,
Conn,.
601. Hannah Wilmot, b. 1648, New
Haven
602. Israel Holbrook, b. ca. 1650, Milford,
Conn.
603. Mary Welch, 1655-1703, Milford
604.
Zechariah Ferris*, d. 1711, Charlestown,, Mass. and Stratfield (now
Bridgeport), Conn.
605. Sarah Blouds*, d. after 1711,
Charlestown and Stratfield
606. William Read*, d. 1697,
Fairfield, Conn.
607. Deborah Baldwin, b. ca. 1652,
Fairfield
612. Dr. Robert Clarke*, ca. 1630-1705/6,
Totuskey Creek, Richmond Co., Va.
613. Catherine ___, d.
ca. 1719, Richmond Co.
628. Rev. James Bowker*, ca.
1635-1711, Taxall, Cheshire
640. Tristram Coffin,
1609-1681, Nantucket ,Mass., son of Peter Coffin (TP) & Joan Kember
(TP)
641. Dionis Stephens, 1618-1681/2,
Nantucket
642. Edmund Greenleaf, 1574-1671, Ipswich,
Suffolk; Newbury
643. Sara Moore, b. 1588, Maldon, Essex;
and Newbury
644. ___ Brocklebank*
645. Jane ___
d. 1668, Rowley, Mass.
648. Anthony Morse*, 1606-1686,
St. Mary’s, Marlborough, Wilts.; and Newbury, Mass.
649. Ann
Cox, d. 1679/80, Newbury
650. Richard Woodhouse*, d.
1676, Boston
651. Mary ___ d. by 1661/2,
Boston
664. John Bake?, Boston,
665.
Joanna Swift, d. 1663, Boston,
666. Rev. Samuel
Haugh, ca. 1621-1662, Reading, Mass., son of Atherton Haugh &
Mrs. Elizabeth (Bulkeley) Whittingham (RD)*, & grandson of Rev. Edward
Bulkeley (RB, TP) & Olive Irby (TP)
667. Sarah Symmes, ca.
1630-1684, Reading, dau. of Rev. Zachariah Symmes & Sarah Baker,
Southwark, London and Charlestown, Mass., and gdau. of Rev. William
Symmes
668. Edward Sale, 1609-ca. 1693, Chesham, Bucks.;
Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass.
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669. Margaret ___ , Marblehead and Weymouth, poss. Rehoboth,
Mass.
670. Hopestill Foster, ca. 1621-1676, Dorchester,
Mass.
671. Mary Bates, 1619-1703,
Dorchester
672. John Ayer, ca. 1590-1657, Haverhill,
Mass.
673. Hannah Evered alias Webb, d. 1686,
Haverhill
674. Henry Palmer*, 1601-1680,
Haverhill
675. Elizabeth ___*, d. 1664,
Haverhill
676. Edmund Johnson, ca. 1612-1650/1, Hampton,
N.H.
677. Mary ___*, d. 1663, Hampton and
Newbury
678. John Moulton, ca. 1599-by 1649, Ormnsby St.
Margaret, Norfolk, and Hampton, NH.
679. Anne Greene, ca.
1599-after 1649, Ormsby St. Margaret and Hampton
680. William
White*, ca. 1610-1680, Haverhill, Mass.
681. Mary ___*,
d. 1681, Haverhill
682. Edward French*, 1590-1674,
Salisbury, Mass.
683. Anne ___, d. 1683,
Salisbury
684. Edward Gilman, d. after 1652, Hingham,
Norfolk; Hingham, Mass. and Exeter, NH., son of Edward Gilman (TP) & ___
(TP)
685. Mary Clark, d. Hingham, Mass.
686.
James Treworgy*, d. by 1650, Kingswear, Devon; and Kittery,
Maine
687. Catharine Shapleigh, ca. 1600-1676, Kingswear
and Kittery
688. Rev. John Woodbridge, 1613-1694/5,
Stanton, Wilts. and Newbury, Mass. [DAB, X, 481], son of Rev. John
Woodbridge & Sarah Parker, dau. of Rev. Robert Parker [DNB XV, 2691
& Dorothy ___.
689. Mercy Dudley, d. 1691, Newbury,
dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley (RB) of Mass. & Dorothy Yorke690. Thomas
Jones*, ca. 1602-by 1664, Caversham, Berks; Newbury
691.
Anne ___*,d. 1706,Newbury
692. William Gerrish, d.
1687, Newbury
693. Mrs. Joanna (Lowell) Oliver, d. 1677,
Newbury, dau. of Percival Lowell & Rebecca ___
694. Rev.
Henry SewaIl, ca. 1612-1700, Coventry, England, and Newbury, Mass.
(TP)
695. Jane Dummer, ca. 1628-1700/1, Bishopstoke, Hampshire;
and Newbury, Mass. (TP)
696. Abraham Tappan, 1606-1672,
Calbridge(Calverham) and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; and Newbury,
Mass.
697. Susannah Taylor, 1607-1688/9, Great Yarmouth and
Newbury
698. Christopher Batt, 1601-1661, Boston
(RD)
699. Anne Baynton, 1602-1679, Boston,
(RD)
700. Edmund Angier, d. 1677/8, Wiston,
Suffolk
701. Bridget Rodgers, if 1678, Dedham, Essex,
dau. of Rev. John Rogers [DNB, XVII, 129] & Bridget
Ray
702-703 (see #698-699).
740. Abraham Goad*, ca.
1660-1734, Richmond Co., Va.
741. Catherine Williams, d.
1741, Richmond Co.
768. Thomas Dakin*, 1624-1708,
Concord, Mass.
769. Susannah (___) Stratton*, d.
1697/8, Concord
770. Joshua Brooks, poss. d. 1697,
Watertown and Concord
771. Hannah Mason, 1636-1692,
Concord
772. John Cheney*, d. 1666,
Newbury
773. Martha (___) Smith*, d. ca. 1684,
Newbury
774. Nicholas Noyes, Cholderton, Wilts.; and
Newbury, Mass.
775. Mary Cutting, d. by 1700, London and
Newbury
776. Thomas Fish, ca. 1649-ca. 1684, Portsmouth,
RI.
777. Grizzel Strange, Portsmouth
778.
John Cook, ca. 165o-1737, Tiverton, RI.
779. Ruth
Shaw, 1660-after 1737, Portsmouth, and Tiverton
780. Joshua
Coggeshall, 1626-1688, Portsmouth
781. Joan West, ca.
1631-1676, Portsmouth
782. John Stanton, 1645-1713,
Newport, RI.
783. Mary Harndell, b. 1647,
Newport
784. David Akin*, d. ca. 1671,
Portsmouth
785. Mary ___*, living 1672,
Portsmouth
786. Thomas Briggs, ca. 1645-1720, Dartmouth,
Mass.
787. Mary Fisher, d. ca. 1717,
Dartmouth
788. Ralph Allen, ca. 1620-1698, Sandwich,
Mass.
789. (prob.) Susannah ___*, poss. d. by 1698,
Sandwich
790. Zebulon Hill*, ca. 1627-1699/1700, Salem,
Mass.
791. Elizabeth Dike, d. ca. 1690, Gloucester and
Salem, Mass.
792. Valentine Huddlestone*, ca. 1628-1727,
Dartmouth
793. Katherine (Chatham) Chamberlain*,
Dartmouth
794. James Case, d. ca. 1719, Portsmouth,
RI.
795. Hannah ___* living 1689,
Portsmouth,
796. Peter Tallman, 1623-1708, Hamburg,
Germany; Barbados; and Portsmouth, RI.
797. Joan Briggs, d. by
1686, Taunton, Mass.
800. William Sabin, 1609-1686/7,
Rehoboth, Mass.
801. (___) Wright, d. ca. 1663,
Rehoboth
802. (prob.) John Parker, Roxbury,
Mass.
803. (prob.) Elizabeth , Roxbury
804.
William Davis*, 1617-1683, Roxbury
805. Elizabeth
___*, d. 1658, Roxbury
806. (prob.) Edmund Chamberlain*,
ca. 1620-1676, Roxbury
807. Mary Turner?, d. 1669,
Roxbury
812. (poss.) Thomas Bacon, 1&40-1701,
Hingham and Roxbury
813. (poss.) Mary Gamlin, b. 1641,
Roxbury
814. (poss.) Lt. Henry Bowen, 1633/4-1724,
Wales; Roxbury and Woodstock, son of Griffith Bowen (RB) and Margaret
Fleming (RB) of Wales and Roxbury
815. (poss.) Elizabeth
Johnson, 1637-1683, Roxbury
824. Nathaniel Covell, d.
by 1687, Chelmsford, Essex and Chatham
825. Sarah
Nickerson, ca. 1644-prob. after 1715, Yarmouth and
Chatham
826. William Nickerson, Jr., 1646-d. by 1719,
Barnstable, Yarmouth and Chatham (brother of #825)
827. Mercy
Williams, ca. 1644-1739, Chatham
828. John Hurd, d.
after 12 Feb. 1716/7, i)
829. Deborah (Kendrick) Yates, 1646-after
12 Feb. 1716/7. Boston, and Eastham
830. Jonathan Sparrow,
I (1665- 1740, Eastham
831. Rebecca Merrick, 1668-by 5 May
1723, Eastham, dau. of William Merrick & Abigail Hopkins, dau. of
Giles Hopkins & Catherine Wheldon, & grand-dau. of Stephen Hopkins (MD)
& ___.
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John Anderson Brayton, a native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, is a professional
concert pianist and former Latin teacher whose genealogical interests include
the English origins of colonial immigrants, both northern and southern. Some
recent articles include “Almost Mayflower Descendants in the Carolinas”
(NEXUS 8[Feb. 1991 1:24-25), and “Following the Clues: The Family of Dr.
Joel Walker” (Tennessee Ancestors 7[1991]:55-59). Interested readers may
write him at 920 Holland Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.