Turn the Hearts

Ancestral Kings of Hungary

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Ügyek (second half of the 8th century – first half of the 9th century), also known as Ugek, was the legendary father of Álmos, the first High Prince of the Magyars. …It is said, speculated or at least possible that the earlier High Princes of the Magyars were also descendants of the Hun Khans, as well as other Turkic peoples, and through them from some daughters of Emperors of China. (Wikipedia)

Almos

Almos son of Ugyek and Emese: Álmos the first Grand Prince of the Magyars - High Prinxce (c 820-c 895) The first known Hungarian leader, and father of Árpád. He strengthened the alliance between the other six Magyar tribal leaders.

The medieval chronicle recounts the story [of the birth of Almos] as follows: "his pregnant mother [Emese] had seen a divine vision in her dream of a Turul bird, as it were flying over her and getting her with child; and a spring seemed to rise from her womb and many great kings originated from her loins, although they would multiply not in their own lands".The legend is often given as an explanation for the name Álmos, which is derived from the Hungarian word for "dream." (Wikipedia)

The Magyar tribes (Hungarian: magyar törzsek) were the fundamental political units whose framework the Hungarians (Magyars) lived within, until these clans from Asia, more accurately from the region of Ural Mountains, invaded the Carpathian Basin and established the Principality of Hungary. (Wikipedia)

Arpad

Árpád was the son of Grand Prince Álmos …his mother's name and descent is unknown. According to a Hungarian legends, he was a son of a Émésé and Turul (Sacred Hawk), following the old concept of "son of heaven", "Tanyu" or "Shanyu", same title of his supposed ancestor Attila. (Wikipedia)

Attila (–453) more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun.

Arpad led the Magyars into Central Europe around 896.[1] According to the dual system of rulership (similar to the Khazars), he was the actual leader with Kurszán as sacral prince.

Although the founder of the Kingdom of Hungary was not Árpád (as he lived a century earlier) …he is generally thought of as the forefather of Hungarians and is often affectionally mentioned as our father Árpád. (Wikipedia)

Zoltan

Zoltán of Hungary (died 947 or 948), also known as Zaltas and Solt, according to the mediaeval chronicles, [The youngest (fouth of fifth) son of Árpád, and Third Grand Prince of the Hungarians (Magyars)] from 907 to 947. He married an Unnamed daughter of Menmarót the local military leader in the region of Bihar

Taksony

Taksony (c. 905 – bef. / c. 972), Grand Prince of the Hungarians, son of Zoltán (Zaltas).
In 947, Taksony led a raid to Italy as far as Apulia, and King Berengar II of Italy had to buy the peace by paying a large amount of money to him and his followers.

Related also to Berengar II King of Italy.

Michael (Michal) (Mihaly) Arpad Regent of Poland 3rd Grand Prince Of Esztergom. Duke between Morava and Esztergom (– ca 978 or bef. 997), married Adelajda of Poland (– aft. 997), [daughter of King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland and his wife, Richeza of Lotharingia.]

We are related to Mieszko II Lambert King of Poland and Richeza by three of their children. 1- Adelajda/Adelaide/Richeza of Poland spouse of Bela I King of Hungary, 2- Gertrude Princess of Poland spouse of Iziaslav I Grand Prince of Kiev. and 3- Casimir 'the Restorer' spouse of Mariah Dobroniega of Kiev.

Vazul 'Prince of Nitra' 'Basil' 'The Blind' Prince of Norther Hungary (11th century – died 1037) son of Michal.

He was a cousin of Stephen I of Hungary. He took part in a conspiracy aimed at murdering King Stephen. As a result of the failed assassination attempt, he was excluded from the royal succession and blinded as punished for his treason. His sons were exiled. Two of his three sons Andrew I and Bela I would ascend the throne after the dynastic struggle following the death of Stephen I. The line of Árpád kings following Stephen is therefore referred to as the Vazul line. (see Wikipedia)

Both Hungarian Kings - sons of Vazul are our grandfathers.

Andrew I (Andrus) the White (or the Catholic) (c. 1013 – before 6 December 1060) was King of Hungary from 1046/1047 until his death. After spending fifteen years in exile, he ascended the throne during an extensive revolt of the pagan Hungarians. He strengthened the position of Christianity in his kingdom, while preserving the independence of the Kingdom of HungaryHoly Roman Empire. He tried to ensure the succession of his son which resulted in the open revolt of his brother who dethroned him by force.

Both Ancesty Chains below follow Bella I

**Bela I King of Hungary, son of Vazul. In 1060, Béla returned to Hungary after his 17 year exile and defeated his brother King Andrew I and become the new king. During his brief reign he concerned himself with crushing pagan revolts in his kingdom.

Related through a son and a daughter of Bela I - by son King Geza I and Bela I's daughter Zsofia Princess of Hungary (Sofia/Sophia/Sofica). These two children appear on our pedigree chart hundreds of times as 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, and 33rd grandparents through their relationships to both Kirt DeMar WOOD and Camilla SMITH.

King Geza I "the Great" son of Bela I

Examples of the ancestry chains: 30th great grandfather Géza I "the Great" Árpád King of Hungary (1040 - 1077) / Almos Arpad (1075 - 1127) / Béla II "the Blind" Árpád King of Hungary (1110 - 1141) / Géza II, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, and Rama Árpád (1130 - 1161) / Béla III , King of Hungary Árpád (1148 - 1196) / Andrew II King of Hungary (1176 - 1235) / Yolande (Violant) Princess of Hungary (1213 - 1251) / Isabella of Aragon (1247 - 1271) / Philip IV "The Fair" King France (1268 - 1314) / Isabella She-Wolf of France (1295 - 1358) / Edward III Plantagenet "King of England" (1312 - 1377) / * John Gaunt Plantagenet Beauford of Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine, "1st Duke of Lancaster" King of Castile (1340 - 1399) / Joan De Beaufort Countess * (1379 - 1440) / Lady Anne Neville (1411 - 1480) / Humphrey Earl of Stafford (1424 - 1455) / Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham (1455 - 1483) / Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478 - 1521) / Catherine Stafford Countess of Westmorland (1499 - 1555) / ***Margaret Neville Lady (1515 - 1559) / George Jr. Gardiner (1535 - 1589) / Sir Thomas Gardiner * (1565 - 1635) / *Rachel Gardner (1608 - 1632) / Thomas Noble Immigrant (1632 - 1704) / Sgt. Luke NOBLE (1675 - 1744) / Samuel Noble (1722 - 1773) / Lydia Noble (1768 - 1851) / Horace Datus Ensign (1797 - 1846) / Martin Luther Ensign (1831 - 1911) / Harriet Camilla Ensign (1859 - 1930) / George Ensign Smith (1898 - 1967) / Camilla SMITH (1926 - 1999) / Lark / JR.

31st great-grandmother Zsofia Princess of Hungary (Sophia) b.1044 / Ulfhide (Wolfhildis) Princess Of Saxony b.1079 / Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia b.1103 / Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I b.1122 / King of Germany Philip of Swabia b.1176 / Marie of Hohenstaufen b.1208 / Matilda of Brabant b.1224 / Blanche of Artois Queen of Navarre b.1248 / Queen Jeanne of Navarre b.1271 / Isabella She-Wolf of France b.1295 / ****King Edward III of England b.1312 / Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York b.1342 / Richard of Conisburgh,3rd Earl of Cambridge PLANTAGENET b. c 1375 / Richard PLANTAGENET 3rd Duke of York b.1411 / Edward IV PLANTAGENET King Of England b.1441 / Prince Cecily PLANTAGENET of York b.1469 / Robert de WELLES b.1484 / Thomas de WELLES b.1501 / Robert WELLES b.1540 / Jane Sarah WELLS b.1572 / Sylvester BALDWIN b.1590 / Mary BALDWIN b.1625 / Deborah PLUMB b.1655 / John ROUNDY b.1681 / Robert ROUNDY b.1704 / John ROUNDY b.1726 / Uriah ROUNDY b.1756 / Shadrach ROUNDY b.1789 / Almeda Sophia ROUNDY b.1829 / Charles PARKER b.1853 / Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889 / Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923 / Lark / TR

Happy Valintines Day

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February 1959
Do I collect shoe boxes because of valentines day in elementary school?
I remember as a child in Utah we would put valentines on door steps, ring the bell and run. In Minnesota they do the same thing with may baskets on May Day.

The Great Migration Begins: William FRENCH and Elizabeth

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Immigrant Lt. William FRENCH b.15 Mar 1603 England, Married (1) 20 Nov 1631 in England - Elizabeth SYMMES [or GODFREY]. They immigrated together with small children in 1635 on the Ship 'Defence.' William and Elizabeth had nine children. Married (2) 6 May 1669 in Massachusetts - Mary LATHROP (they had four children together) widow of John STEARNS she married a third time after William's death. Lt. William FRENCH d. 20 Nov 1681 Massachusetts.

child v. Sarah FRENCH b. 1638 daughter of William and Elizabeth married Roxbury 15 Aug 1660 Jonathan Peake Sr., son of Christopher PEAKE.

Ancestry Chain: 12th great Grandfather Immigrant Lt. William FRENCH b.1603, 11th great Grandmother Sarah FRENCH b.1638, Jonathan PEAKE Jr. b.1663, Dorcas PEAKE b.1696, Nathaniel SANGER b.1724, Mary SANGER b.1746, Lucretia JEFFORDS b.1766, Amariah RAWSON b.1787, Adaline RAWSON b.1811, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.

John GUSTIN “Augustine Le Rossignol Jean” of the Isle of Jersey, Massachusetts Colony, and Maine

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Augustine Jean Ancestry p.1

Parts from The Gustin Family SLFHL, GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMORIES, MIDDLESEX CO. MASS. by Cotter, From NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR T0 1700, The Ancestry of John Gustin by Susan McComb, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 Huguenot ancestry, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, ANCESTRY OF JOHN S. GUSTIN, Wiltis's History of Portland, ME., Smith and Deans' Journal, and other GUSTIN histories authors not listed:

Augustine Jean was born in the village of La Tacq, Parish of St. Ouens, Isle of Jersey, , Channel Islands, England, 9 Jan 1647. He was a French Norman. The tradition of the sea was in his blood and there must have been the lure of the distant horizons an heritage of his Viking ancestors -- as even before he was 28 years old tradition has it that he made more than one voyage to America on his own ship. In Nov. 1674 his father Edmond /Edmund JEAN de la Tacq of St. Owens (1597-1674) died severing the last of his ties to home, his mother Esther La Rossignol (1612-1672) had died two years before. The following spring 1675 he sailed to America as Captain in the merchant service with Pierre Baudoin. He settled first in Reading, Massachusetts were he was known as “Mariner of the Isle of Jersey.”

His full baptismal name was “Augustine Le Rossignol Jean” by this name he sold his estate in the Isle of Jersey in 1677. He was named ofter his mother’s brother. The name Augustine Jean little by little was anglicized to John Gustin. He can be found as Augustin Jean, Augustine John, John AUGuststin, Gustine, Gustan, Guston, Gustin, Etc.

King Philip’s War was at its height John GUSTIN was in Marlboro Massachusetts and served as sergeant in the company of Capt. Beers who was killed in a battle known as Beers' Ambush. He served under Captain Turner. Captain. Turner was killed by the Indians at the battle of Falls Fight.

After the war he received a grant of land from Gov. Danforth at Falmouth in 1680 and the privilege of operating a brick yard. He bought more Falmouth land with money left his by his father and mother. He was granted a fourth lot with liberty in the cove for a brick yard. In his Will he describes these lands as ‘lying in Casco Bay, at Martin’s Point and Pasumscot River,’ now the city of Portland, Maine.

He had married, 10 Jan 1678, Eliza / Elizabeth BROWN born March 26, 1657 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA and died Aft. 1720 in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. Elizabeth was the daughter of Capt. John BROWN of Watertown and Ester (Hester) MAKEPEACE and granddaughter of Thomas MAKEPEACE of Boston. In the following year John and Elizabeth moved to his new property where their first son, Samuel and a daughter Sarah were born.

On 26 May 1690, the French, assisted by a party of Abenakis Indians, captured, sacked and burned Falmouth, John Gustin and and the Browne families being among the very few who escaped from that slaughter. After the attack only a chair was left on the Gustin property. The Gustin's fled to Lynn, where they remained until 1719. Children born in Lynn, Massachusetts were John, Abigail, Ebenezer, Thomas, and David. The title to the Falmouth property was listed in the will of [Augustine Jean].[During King William's War [the first of the French and Indian Wars], on September 21, 1689, Major Benjamin Church and 250 troops defended the town of Falmouth, Maine from native attack. 21 of his men were killed or wounded. Church then return to Boston leaving the small group of English settlers unprotected. (The following spring, May 1690, Castin returned with over 400 French and native troops and massacred the English settlers in the Battle of Fort Loyal. When Church returned to the village he buried the dead.) (Wikipedia, Falmouth, Maine.)]

He moved from Lynn, Massachusetts back to Falmouth 1n 1719. When he died aft 3 July 1719 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Main. He left a widow and seven children.

Children of John GUSTIN and Elizabeth BROWNE:
Sarah (1679-1721)
Samuel (1681-1719)
Elizabeth E. (1685-1805)
William (1687-1721)
Mary (1689-1752)
John (1691-1777)
Abigail (1693-1787)
Ebenezer Eleasar (1696-1794)
Thomas (1698-1765)
David Augustine (1702-1765)

North Western New Jersey History p.11

Ancestry Chain: 9th great grandfather (John GUSTIN) Augustine La Rossingnol JEAN b.1647, (Reverend) Samuel GUSTIN Sr. b.1681, Samuel Jr. GUSTIN (Rev. War) b.1718, Ann GUSTIN-3680 b.1760, Simeon A. DUNN b.1774, Simeon Adams DUNN b.1803, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark , JR.

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From The Gustin Compendium by Gustine Weaver, New England Families by William Richard Cutter and other histories:

The Father of Elizabeth BROWNE GUSTIN was John BROWN (III) born in England 1631 as an infant [1632] was brought Boston in. John BROWNE (III) was called a Scotchman. Son of John BROWN (II) born 1601 and wife Dorothy KENT, who came to American in 1632, in the ship "Lion" and settled at Watertown. John (III) lived in Watertown and Cambridge. John (III) [1662] moved to Marlboro, Massachusetts. He sold his farm there about the time that Elizabeth Brown married John Gustin and went with them [1678] to Falmouth Maine [then part of Massachusetts Colony]. From there, due to the destruction of the town by the Indians he went to Watertown, Massachusetts. Where he died in 1698. John (III) married Esther MAKEPEACE of Boston 24 April, 1655. She was born in England, daughter of Thomas MAKEPEACE and Alice BRASIER. John (III) and Esther BROWNE had eleven children. John’s will being dated 20 Nov. 1697 mentions his wife Esther, his children John, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph, Deborah, wife of Jeremiah Meachem, and sons-in-law John Gustin, John Adams, Thomas Darby and John Hartshorne.

Ancestry Chain: 10th great grandfather Capt. John (III) BROWN 1632-Immigant b.1631, Elizabeth BROWN-11436 b.1657, (Reverend) Samuel GUSTIN Sr. b.1681, Samuel Jr. GUSTIN (Rev. War) b.1718, Ann GUSTIN-3680 b.1760, Simeon A. DUNN b.1774, Simeon Adams DUNN b.1803, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark , JR.

Revolutinary War Service of Samuel GUSTIN Jr. and his son Thomas

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US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Appl.. The services Samuel Gustin, Jr. during the War of the Revolution were as follows: June 5, 1776, chosen chairman of the Committee of Safety for the towns of Stoddard, Marlow, Camden, NH.

[Samuel Jr. GUSTIN (1717-1791) son of (Reverend) Samuel GUSTIN (1681-1731) and Abigail SHAW (1695-1732). Samuel married Mary TOMMAS (1718-1804) 1 Jun 1741 in Lyme, New London, CT, they were the parents of nine children including our grandmother Ann GUSTIN DUNN and Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas GUSTIN.]

Ancestry Chain: 7th great grandfather Samuel GUSTIN Jr. Rev War b.1718, Ann GUSTIN b.1760, Simeon A. DUNN b.1774, Simeon Adams DUNN b.1803, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.

Thomas GUSTIN (abt 1754-) son of Samuel GUSTIN Jr - Revolutionary War Service: Payroll, Col. Benjamin Bellows; Regiment of New Hampshire militia, went to reinforce the Northern Continental Army at Ticonderoga, May 7, 1777 Capt. Christopher Webber's co.: Thomas Gustin, Private; Date of discharge June 14. 1777; Time in service, 1 month 8 days: Rate per monthe, 4.10.0; Tolal wages, 5.14.0; Travel 103 miles @ 3e per mile, 1.5.9; Travel home 63 mile @ 3d per mile, 0.10.6; Total 7.7.3 (N.H. State papers)

Father and son SHUCK Revolutionary War Service

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'John' Shuck had been a Revolutionary soldier in Pa.
Johannes Martin SHUCK (1730-1804) and his brother Valentine Shuck arrived 1749 in Pennsylvania aboard the ship Albany in a group of 286 Wertenburgers from Erbach, Germany. Johannes Martin Shuck married Mary Margaret Wagoner, daughter of German immigrant Johann Jacob Wagoner (Wagner) (1700-1761). (1 Bits of History found on Ancestry.com)

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During the Revolutionary War, Johannes Martin SHUCK served in Capt. Michael Weaver's Company, Northumberland Co. Militia. Philip's first term of two months substituted for his father. He was living in Northumberland Co., PA, when he enlisted. Philip returned home and was again drafted for two months in 1777 and again for two months in 1778 or 1779. (2 Bits of History found on Ancestry.com)

Son of Johannes Martin SHUCK and Mary Margaret WAGONER:
Phillip SHUCK (1860-1835)
15 April 1834 Philip Shuck, a resident of Harrison Co., IN, appeared in Open Court, Harrison Co., IN, aged 74 years, applying for a military pension (Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832). He stated that he "entered the service of the United States as a substitute for his father John Shuck in the year 1776" at which time he "marched on the frontiers against the Indians...about five miles (?) Susquehanna River - thirty miles above the forks at a place called (?) fort and remained then two months and was discharged...and returned home... He stated that after the Indians attacked "the fort", he joined about two hundred other volunteers...and was engaged...sometime in the year 1777...was discharged and again returned home...until the summer of 1778 or 1779...which company kept themselves at all times in radius to march against the Indians...which company was stationed on the opposite side of the River Susquehanna from the Town of Sunbury (located right on the Susquehanna River and at the site of a large frontier fort called Fort Augusta)...at which time he was discharged by said Captain. In consequences of old age and loss of memory he cannot recollect the names of any other of his officers except those he has named...cannot recollect the precise time he was in actual service during the three years but not less than eighteen months, that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania in the county of Berks in the year 1760. When he entered the service he resided in the County of North Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania. His age is recorded in a "bible formerly owned by his father and now in the possession of this applicant". From the County of Northumberland he moved to the County of Washington in the State of Kentucky in the year 1800 and from thence he removed to the state of Indiana, Harrison County where he now resides. That he never received a written discharge, that he has no "dockumentary evidence and he knows of no person who's testimony he can procure..." This document was witnessed by John Hedden "a clergyman residing in the county of Harrison" and Jesse Shields. (Harrison Co. Circuit Court, Corydon, Harrison Co., IN, Pension No. S-31958, June 2000) 10 May 1834 Philip Shuck applied for pension with the War Department, Pension Office, wherein he stated that he served 2 months in 1776 as a private, 2 months in 1777 as a private under Capt. Travers, 2 months in 1778 as a private under Capt. Travers, and as a volunteer in 1779 under Capt. Graves (?). He claims he was 74 years of age at the time and born in Pennsylvania. His claim was sent back to him for further information and later allowed for six month's service. (Harrison Co. Courthouse, Corydon, Harrison, IN, Pension No. S-31958, June 2000)

Nathional Archives Microfilm Publication

Ancestry Chain: Johannes Martin SHUCK Rev. War b.1723, Phillip SHUCK Rev. War b.1760, Catherine SHUCK b.1792, Mariah STEPRO b.1818, Elizabeth CURL b.1839, Elizabeth Jane BELL b.1863, Edgar Webster REASOR b.1885, Garland Lee (twin) REASOR USAF b.1917, MRR, BR.

FROMAN father and son Military Service

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BOOK with RECORD 3 pg.240- Jacob FROMAN
BOOK with RECORD 3 pg.241- Jacob FROMAN
BOOK with RECORD 3 pg.251- Jacob FROMAN and Paul FROMAN

Paul FROMAN (1708-1783)
"Captain Paul FROMAN born New Jersey 1708 and died Lincloln Gounty Kentucky May 1783. His wife Elizabeth HITE FROMAN."

"Paul Froman was Captain of a Company of Virginia Malitia. An account book in the Virginia State Library known as Pittsburgh Pay Roll on Page 29 states that Paul Froman served for 175 days in 1775 and was paid L 88-0-0-." (RECORD 1: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record for Paul Froman Sr.)

"Paul Froman Sr. served in the Revolutionary War with the rank of Captain [Virginia Militia]. This is proved by the records of the Virginia State Library Vol. 8, page 29 of their Revolutionary records..." (RECORD 2: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record for Paul Froman Sr.)

"Paul Froman was Captain of a company of Virginia Soldiers in the Revolution in 1775. He served 176 days and drew L 88-0-0 pay- from Pitsburg Pay Roll-p29..(RECORD 3: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record for Paul Froman Sr.) [3 Books include record about Paul FROMAN and Jacob FROMAN's service.]

Jacob FROMAN (1748-1820)
"Jacob FROMAN wife Barbara."
"Jacob Froman served in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution."

"On Oct 23 1782 Jacob Froman was in actual service in Captain James Ray's Company of Lincoln County Militia and on the comand of George Rogers Clark, Brigadier General, on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians. In the expedition he served 31 days and was paid L2-s1-d4 for his service [next page] Capt Benjamin Logan's Company and was paid L17-s15-d0 for his service. The length of the service is not given."

"Jacob Froman also went out on an expedition againenst the Wasbash Indians , under the Comand of George Rogers Clark Brigadier General." (RECORD 3: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record for Paul FROMAN and Jacob FROMAN's service.])

Ancestry Chain: Paul Froman (1708 - 1783) relationship to you: 6th great grandfather, Jacob Sr. Froman (1749 - 1820) relationship to you: 5th great grandfather, Jacob Jr. Froman (1771 - 1810), Fannie Eliza Froman (1810 - 1889), Fielding Roberson (1838 - 1924) Civil War, Reuben Russell ROBERSON (1893 - 1959), WMR, MRR, JR.

Kanarra Interviews - shared by Kerry Bate

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LAURA ELIZABETH PARKER WOOD (1889-1970)
Notes collected by Kerry William Bate

Shared 15 Jan 2012

Pictured: back left: Zina Ett (1882-1962), John Davis (1891-1960), Sophia (1894-1986), Ray Cecil (1901-1994), Charles Jr. (1884-1960), Laura Elizabeth (1889-1970) - center left: Charles PARKER Sr. (1853-1935), Bruce Fayette PARKER (1903-1983), Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER (1859-1927) - front left: Samantha Ahlena (1897-1981), Esther (1886-1975).

Interview by JoAnn Sylvester Bate with Reba Roundy LeFevre 22 September 1983 pp. 42-44: [Reba Roundy LeFevre (1904-2001) daughter of Joel Jesse ROUNDY (1864-1949) Sarah Catherine STAPLEY (1866-1949)]

(J) Right. Uh, also I have a question that isn't on here. We haven't talked about this, but she [Sarah Elizabeth ROUNDY SYLVESTER (1893-1938)] had a friend called Laura Wood. Do you know her?
(R) Yes, I know Laura Wood. She--I forgot about her.
(J) She wasn't living in Hurricane very long or very often. [Laura left Kanarra around 1910 before Sarah married and left Hurricane about 1933 some years before Sarah died there.] But every time she came around, mom Sylvester always had to go see her if she was in town.
(R) She was a [second] cousin. She was a cousin, and she was one that Sarah used to go around with.
(J) Now who was she before she was married then?
(R) A Parker?
(J) A Parker.
(R) Charles Parker's: daughter. Charles's: mother was [Almeda Sophia] Roundy [1829-1912], Charles Parker, and he married a [Elizabeth Ann] Davis [1859-1927]. And there was Charles Parker [Jr.], and [John Davis] ‘Dee’ Parker [(1891-1960)], Laura Parker [WOOD (1989-1970)], Esther Parker [ROBB (1986-1975)], and Sophie Parker [STAPLEY (1994-1986)], [Ray] Cecil Parker [(1901-1994)] and. And if there were any more than that I can't remember, it was so long ago.

Pictured: Esther Parker Robb, Charles Parker Jr., Laura Parker Wood

[More Parker siblings Zina Ett PARKER POLLOCK (1982-1962)], [Samantha Ahlena ‘Lena’ PARKER WILLIAMS (1897-1981)], [Bruce Faette PARKER (1903-1983)].
(J) And they were all cousins?
(R) They were all in one family.. They were all cousins of Roundy.
(J) All cousins of—right. Well, that's interesting, because remember Laura Parker's two kids.
(R) Yeah, she had one die— [one stillborn-unnamed .]
(J) She had several kids, [ five sons, two daughters.]
(R) (inaudible)
(J) But I only remember—she had a daughter that was always filing her fingernails that long. She was always making herself up. I don't remember her name. She was older than I was.
(R) I don't remember the names of the kids. She had one the other day that died, come in the paper. [Roland Parker WOOD (1913-1983)]

Pictured: Charles and Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER

Interview by Kerry William Bate with Reba Roundy LeFevre [(1904-2001)] 21 July 1983, pp. 23-24: [Reba Roundy LeFevre (1904-2001) daughter of Joel Jesse ROUNDY (1864-1949) Sarah Catherine STAPLEY (1866-1949)]

(R) Yeh, Aunt Zina Pollock, Zina was a Parker. She's on [grand] dad's side [Joel Jesse ROUNDY (1864-1949)]. Zina was a Parker, and her mother [Elizabeth Ann] Davis [(1859-1927)] had--they called it rheumatic fever--and when most of her children--well, up until the time,-. I'll tell you a little bit about her background. When her parents [James George DAVIES / DAVIS (1831-1909) and Polly WILLIAMS (1838-1914)] moved to Kanarra they ran around all winter in their bare feet. They didn't have shoes, they didn't have stockings. And they ran all winter in their bare feet through snow about a foot, to a foot and a half deep, and nearly everyone of them had rheumatic fever. Well, she got rheumatic fever and she—about the last of her children that was born she kept getting' worse and worse and worse. Well when I knew her she set in a chair like that. It wasn't a rocking chair, though, it was just stationary. We used to go there once in a while when we was with Rhea. She had a stick about this long and when she wanted to scratch her nose she scratched with it this way, or if she wanted to rub her face she'd rub it this way. And she was almost set this way. [Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER was for 20 years cripple by rheumatism and arthritis.]
(T) So she couldn't move her hands very much.

Pictured: Sophia PARKER
(R) No, she couldn't move her hands. She couldn't move her legs. And when Sophie, her daughter, [second] youngest daughter, took care of her—and she had a feather bed and she'd toss it this way and that way. Annis said, "do you expect somebody to sleep in that?" And she said "be quiet. That's the kind of way she likes it." So the menfolks picked her up and put her in bed like that. All the bumps come up in her legs and hit her back. And then when morning come why they got her out and put her in the chair and then she made the bed. She done the cooking and she done the washing and she done everything. The rest was all married.

Pictured: front left-Sophia PARKER, Luella WILLIAMS, Florence WILLIAMS, May WILLIAMS.

(T) Who was that who did the washing?
(R) Sophie Parker, her daughter. And Sophie Parker is the one that married [in 1920] William [Berry] Stapley [(1889-1959)]. And Zina was one of the girls and she was, oh, she was a real nice lady. She had--what--Emia?

[Emiah Venita EVANS PARKER (1888-1974) wife of Charles PARKER Jr.]--no, not Emia--she had Zina and Sophie, Laura, and I believe there was one other daughter [‘Lena’]. Then she had four sons. When they were all married but Sophie and the two youngest sons, then she died. Can't remember what her name was [Elizabeth Ann DAVIES PARKER [1859-1927], but anyhow she died. And Sophie got so tired of taking care of her mother--she couldn't go here or there--she got so tired of taking care of her mother she didn't care whether she hurt her or when she put her in bed or anything. "Oh well," she said, "I try this and I try that and that don't suit you either!" But anyhow, when her mother died, her and Bill went to Castle Gate to work in the mines and they had that explosion. Bill's brother, Leland, died in the explosion but Bill didn't. And they stayed there, and then Bill got sick and he quit. Worked around and done other little things and then he got sick and died. And then Sophie went to California to live with her girls. She's still down there.
Zina had married Wally Pollock--his name was [William] Wallace Pollock-- they nicknamed him Wally. She had--Rhea was the oldest one, she was born in December and we was born in February, only she was born in 1903 and we was born in 1904. And we run with her quite a little bit, we liked her. She was jolly and everything but her mother said she didn't worry about her as long as she was with us, but when she was with somebody else she worried about her.
(T) What did your mother think about Zina?
(R) Oh, Zina was all right. Zina was all right, only she couldn't have control over Rhea. Sometimes she'd do crazy things. She'd go to grandma's and say, "I want some cinnamon and sugar," and she'd go get it and put it in a hand or in a sack or anything and go lickin' cinnamon and sugar. And that was all right as long as she was with us. But then when we moved away, why she got in touch with Ray Williams and had a baby.
(T) Oh. And that was Zina's daughter?
(R) Rhea was. And she had a baby and then she went to--Wally and Zina went up to Castle Gate to work in the mines up there but I think Wally [William Wallace POLLOCK (1875-1924)] got killed and Rhea's husband got killed. [Harry Winfield SANDERS (1903-1924), his father and brother were also killed.] She married another man, and Rhea's husband got killed. And then she went to California. And then Zina's boy went to California. So, they asked her to be the president of the primary, she said "Uncle Dode, you know I can't be a president of the primary?" He said, nr thought you just said you wanted a pair of twins!" "I do!" And he says, 'All right, you be president of the primary and you'll have your twins." And she said, "now uncle Dode, you don't mean that," and he says, 'I do."' And she had her twins.
(T) My heavens! That's something!
[?Who was asked to serve in the Primary, who is Uncle Dode and who had twins?]

Kanarra Drama photos published in "The Family of Joseph Henry Pollock and Alice Mae Davis," V. Ellis

Interview by Kerry William Bate with Rulon Berry Platt 2 August 1985, pp. 1-5, 11: [Rulon Berry Platt (1897-1988) son of John William Platt and Mary Wilhelmina Berry.]
Ah, I went over with your sister's and had a chance to read the history of your father and mother, and one of the things that told about your father, he was the leader in the dramatics, in the plays they put on down there. (R: Right. Right.) I wonder if you could tell me, to the best of your knowledge, when did that start down there in Kanarra?
(R) Oh, it'd be, [pause] umm, oh, it would be around the 1900s. You can't put a date on it. But around the 1900s. (K: Uh huh.) 'Cause I was born in 1897 (K: Uh huh.), and they were having dramatics when I was just a boy (K: Uh huh.), so you see if I--if it was in 1903 I would be six years old. (K: Uh huh.) So it was in the 1900s.
(K) Did they have it before that?
(R) Not very likely. They didn't have that church built.
(K) You never heard about them doin' things like that before that?
(R) I don't think they did, and if they did, they'd have to do on dirt floors. I don't think they did. I don't think so.
(K) What was your father's role in that?
(R) Oh, a director, instructor.
(K) Did he help select the plays?
(R) Oh, he always selected the plays. He always did that. (K) Who worked with him in that?
(R) Oh, he had a man by the name of William Stapley, did some with him. He had--do you mean the actors?
(K) The people that kind of were the leaders in the drama.
(R) Well, now that's it. Lynn Williams, Frances Pollock, ah, [pause] Susie Berry, ah, your grandmother (Sarah Elizabeth Roundy Sylvester] worked in it some. And, ah, Ethel Berry, Ethel Williams worked in it some. Ah, the menfolk were Alvin Williams, Jesse Williams, (K: Uh huh.), and, ah, occasionally there'd be one of the Berry brothers, Stapley--William Stapley, very often William Stapley. Every once in awhile they'd pick up one of the Davis boys if they happened to be around town, they'd get them to work in it. (K: Uh huh.)
(K) Who were the Berry brothers?
(R) Oh, that would be Jess Berry and William Berry.
(K) And who were the Davises that were in that?
(R) Oh, there was--umm--he used to use Wennie Davis, that was Aunt, ah,-- (K) Aunt Irona's boy?
(R) Yeah, Irona's boy. He's the oldest. (K: Uh huh.) And ah, ah, he did work, he did use Leon Davis, that was George Davises boy, (K: Uh huh.) some. He used the Parker boys some.
(K: Uh huh.) Dee Parker used to do some with him. Ah, the Parker girls Lynn--or not Lynn--Laura. And the one that married Jim Robb [James ROBB]--what the dickens was her name? [Esther PARKER ROBB ((1986-1975)] The oldest girl? [Esther third oldest child.]
(K) Married who?
(R) Jim Robb. (K: Oh.)
(K) Ah, did your father act in the plays or just the director?
(R) No, just directed.
(K) Do you remember any of the plays they did when you were a kid?
(R) Oh, title-wise it's been out of my mind.
(K) Do you remember any--what kinds of plays did they like?
(R) Oh, usually frontier plays. (K: Uh huh.) Oh, once in awhile they'd, they'd maybe get a play from, a city play or something like that. But right generally something the people were acquainted with.
(K) I see. And were they any--were they good plays?
(R) Always good plays. Always had good morals. (K: Uh huh.) Of course, they always had a villian. (K: Uh huh.) But, ah, those plays produced good morals. (K: Uh huh.) Clean, clean participatin'.
(K) I see. Where did they stage them at?
(R) Right in the old churchhouse.
(K) I see. Do--did Harmony and Kanarra ever do plays and then take 'em back and forth?
(R) I don't think so. Never heard of it.
(K) I see. Did you ever go over to New Harmony to see a play?
(R) Nope. Not me.
(K) Did New Harmony people ever come over to Kanarra?
(R) Oh yes. All the time. All the time. Whenever we had a theater in Kanarra they always came over, yeah. Some of 'em.
(K) I see. What kind of road was there between Kanarra and Harmony. (R) Just dirt road. Just old dirt road.
(K) Was it muddy or dusty or depend on the weather?
(R) Both. Both. If it was rainy it was mud. If it was dry it was dusty. (K) I see. What kind of scenery did they use in those plays?
(R) Always hand-made scenery. Painted on cloth. They'd take a, make their
own frames and cross-bar 'em, hang calico on it and paint on it. (K: Inaudible) Yeah, they made their own.
(K) What kind of scenery did they have?
(R) Oh, sometimes it was forests, sometimes people marching. It all depends, what the play demanded.
(K) Did it ever have cities or something like that?
(R) Never ever city life. They did have one or two plays of the Civil War. (K: Uh huh.) It was very fine. Very fine.
(K) I see. So they painted calico and hung it. Where at in the church did they have it?
(R) Well, they had a special built stage in the basement on the lower floor. (K) And that's where they danced, too.
(R) Yes, and that's where the music--they'd sit up on the stage and fiddle and diddle and they always danced down in the --.
(K) I see. So the musicians were up on the stage, (R: Right.) and the plays were up on the stage (R: Right.). Did they have a curtain?
(K) Did they have a curtain?
(R) Oh, you bet, long curtain, yes.
(K) And then how did they hang the calico in--on the stage? For the
backdrop. Was it just tacked to the wall or hung from the ceiling?
(R) No, a, they had strips of calico hung on the ceiling, hung down two or three feet wide, several strips, maybe three or four were hanging from
the ceiling. They were usually white. But to change a scene. They always made a bracket along on both sides (K: Uh huh.) and on each side they'd have a slip slot, both in the top and on the floor, and they'd slip these scenes in the slip slots.
(K) So they were kind of like a big piece of cardboard or something, in the sense they were stationary.
(R) Well, they was always--they was always made with wood with this calico strips over.
(K) Oh. So like big frames.
(R) Right. Right.
(K) Who usually painted the scenery? (R) The people locally.
(K) Was there anybody real good at that? (R) I guess all the girls. Usually.
(K) Do you remember any particular person. (R: No.) Did my grandmother paint scenery?
(R) No, she came along after that was kind of washing out. But your grandmother did take part in some of the plays. (K: Uh huh.)
(K) What kinds of parts?
(R) Oh, little girl parts, young lady parts and things like that. It was her age, of her age.
(K) Was she any good?
(R) Oh yes. Very good. She learned that in her dramatics up at Murdock Academy in Beaver.
(K) I see.
(R) She took that up there.
(K) So she did that after she went to Murdock.
(R) Oh yes. Yah.
(K) Ah, what kind of costumes did they have?
(R) They'd make their own. Didn't matter. If a man had to have a villian costume he'd cock and old hat or an old cap or an old ragged coat, old shoes, or something like that, if they had to be well-dressed--queen-- they'd make their own clothes.
(K) So they made their own costumes.
(R) Oh, always made their own costumes.
(K) Did they have a place they kept them at the church or did just own their own.
(R) Usually just everybody owned their own.
(K) So your father didn't have a (R: No, no) costumes to draw on (R: No, no, no, no, no.) Did they use any other kinds of props, like furniture?
(R) Not as a rule.
(K) Did they just borrow it from home if they needed something like that?
(R) If there's something special they'd bring it from home.
(K) What did the church actually have in there for them to use? Just the painted scenes? And the stage?
(R) That's all. That's all.
(K) How many people were usually at a production?
(R) You mean to watch it?
(K) To watch it.
(R) Oh, they'd run anywhere from a hundred up to two. (K: Really?) Oh yes. Those people always patronized. Always.
(K) So you had real good turn-outs.
(R) When they, ah, first brought the moving picture, slide moving picture in there, why, they couldn't get them in the building, basement. Kids! All of our kids, they'd climb on top of one another. Sit in there quiet as mice and watch those still pictures on the screen.
p. 11 above:
(K) What about Laura Parker?
(R) She was always the sweetheart, one of the sweethearts.

Interview by Kerry William Bate with Lynn [(1908-1993)] and Ella Batty [(1903-1994)] Reeves 15 October 1987 pp. 38-39:
Q: Laura Parker.
L: Oh Laura, well, she was a school teacher, an’ I was only about in the fourth or fifth grade and she left, her and her husband. Her husband was an insurance salesman, and he was a penman. One of the best they was in this country.
Q: Uh huh. What was Laura like?
A: Well, she was a small, little small woman, but I don’t know too much about ‘er, because like I say, she left when I –
Q: She left early. Did know her brother—her sister Soph-i Stapley?
L: Well, yes, I knew Soph-i [to his wife Ella] you knew Soph-i.
L: Ella: I think they was all good people.

Pictured: Iva Orilla WILLIAMS WOOD and second cousin Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD

Interview by Kerry William Bate with Reba Roundy LeFevre 16 January 1988, pp. 2-3: [Reba Roundy LeFevre (1904-2001) daughter of Joel Jesse ROUNDY (1864-1949) Sarah Catherine STAPLEY (1866-1949)]
Q: I see. Then there was Laura Parker Wood and Andrew Wood, and according to Nell [Sylvester Wilson], Andrew Wood drove them [Sarah and Victor Sylvester] out to Pahranagut when they moved out there. What—can you tell me about Andrew Wood?
R: I think he come from down in this port [Washington County] of the country. I don’t know where he come from. But I know that they were married [Married 1910 sealed in the St. George Temple in 1911.] , an I don’t remember about them drivin them out to Pahranagut, either.
Q: What—what kinda guy was he?

Pictured: George Henry WOOD Jr. and first cousin John Andrew WOOD

[John Andrew WOOD (1883-1933) came from Grafton, Utah with is cousin George Henry WOOD Jr. through Kanara working as a cowboy, when he met Laura PARKER. George Henry also married a Kanarra girl Iva Orilla WILLIAMS.]
R: He was a good guy. He worked with the people an done what he could an tried to get along an they—a—the wherewiths to take care of his family. He wasn’t the rowdy—one of these rowdy ones that gits out, he was jest a common person. Ah—[pause] I never was acquainted with im too much. I jest—[pause]
Q: What was Laura like?
R: Well, she was one of these good faithful saints that—don’t know where she picked him up at, but any how she picked him up [chuckling], they picked each other up I guess.
Q: Was she more churchy than he was?
R: Yes.

[Thanks to a grandchild of Sarah Elizabeth ROUNDY (1888-1938) and Victor Leon SYLVESTER (1893-1962).]

["Dr."] Sarah WOODING SMITH by Amy Smith Hancock

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SARAH WOODING SMITH

Compiled by Amy Smith Hancock
February 5, 1961

Sarah Wooding Smith was born 13 Aug. 1797, and christened 3 Sep. 1797, at Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England. Her parents Lord James Woodin (Wooding) and Mary Dainton, both lived to see this daughter marry, join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and come to America.

Sarah had five brothers and one sister of record: John, William, James, Samuel, Mark and Nancy Wooding.

Sarah Wooding married Daniel William Smith, 10 July 1815, Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England. Daniel and Sarah had seven children of record and were the parents of our illustrious ancestor Samuel Smith. Sarah was baptized according to her christening record 3 Sept. 1797, as was the custom of the Christian Churches; but she was baptized by the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oct. 1841, in England.

The Daniel Smiths and family members came to America at the same time their son Samuel Smith and his wife Mary Ann Line and small daughter departed from Liverpool, England, 15 Jan. 1843 - with Nauvoo as their objective residence.

Daniel Smith, Sarah's husband died before they left for Utah, probably in the State of Iowa. [Correction: Daniel William SMITH died 10 Sep 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinios] His death date is recorded as 10 Sept. 1845. I here note that Samuel and Mary lost twin girls and they were buried (1846) at Mt. Pisga [sic], or later called Talmage, Iowa.

It is recorded that she came to Utah in 1848. So Sarah Wooding Smith is another Utah Pioneer and should be numbered among its valiant, immortal women. It appears that Sarah established her home in Salt Lake Co. with members of her family, still living with her.

This, I remember my grandmother, Frances Ann Ingram Smith saying concerning Sarah Wooding Smith, "She will always be remembered by the people in the Salt Lake City Communities - in her 'time' for her CHARITY toward the poor, the homeless, and the weary and broken-hearted as they pioneered their way into this Rocky Mountain Retreat. It was at her home that the Ingram (Ingraham) orphans: Richard, Sarah Jane, and Frances Ann, found shelter, food and love." So this precious lady became a mother to her future daughter-in-laws; while they were yet young children.

Frances Ann further stated, "Mother Smith was noted for her ability and understanding of the proper methods to be used in sanitation and the prevetation of contagious diseases being transferred throughout the community. She had the much cherished ability to care for and understand the ill, the depressed and to sympathize with those called to mourn the loss of a love one."

She had an exceptional good-humored disposition, a remarkable memory, a wonderful education - could tell jokes to fit every occasion and they always finished with a good and proper standard.

This and the following were compiled in 1960-61.

I found Sarah Wooding Smith's name in the pamphlet 'Through The Years' (Fourth and Eighth Ward, Brigham City, Utah, 1953...p. 51 - listed as a pioneer, a native of London, England, date came to Utah - actually meant to Brigham City settlement - 1861. She was probably living with her grand-daughter or visiting there with Nancy Ann Turpin Higley.

Signed: Amy Smith H. Empey

Aunt Beatrice Smith Weeks Olney Larsen, laughing and joking once remarked that she had heard it said, "Grandmother Sarah Smith was the world's worst cook, being inclined to make everything so that it ended up in the form of a stew." It is believable, since they had very little food and her house being a home for the needy "where the floors such as they were, became the beds for many" so stew would be the item of food always on the stove and ready to eat.

Little else is known about this pioneer woman, this great Female Relief Society worker.

These simple lines would exemplify the principles that guided this stockily built personality, and 'SHE LIVES TODAY' here in the characters of thousands of her descendants. She is as alive today in the world beyond as she ever was in her greatest surge of activity, here upon this earth.

CHARITY

"I would be a friend to the friendless and

find joy in ministering to the needs of the poor

I would live with the people and help to solve their problems

that this earth life would be a happy experience.

I would visit the sick and afflicted and inspire in them

a desire for faith and to be healed.

I would avoid the publicity of high positions and

discourage the flattery of thoughtless friends."

Sarah Smith died at the age of 68 years, 26 Nov. 1865 and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.

- Feb. 5, 1961

OUR PIONEERS

The heart grows warm with sympathy,

The vision dims with tears,

When contemplation brings to view

Those noble pioneers.

How 'neath the tyrant's rod they bowed

One common cause to share;

On every lip a note of praise,

In every heart a prayer.

A thousand trackless miles they came,

Those dauntless pioneers,

While thirsty deserts drank their blood

Commingled with their tears.

For hatred and a nation's scorn

They gave back, unredressed,

A garden in the wilderness,

An EMPIRE IN THE WEST.

Compiler - Amy S. Hancock

[The following is] to be added to substantiate the history of Sarah as compiled by Amy Smith Hancock, (1961). By Virga May Holst Harding, gr. grand-daughter of Samuel's sister Louisa Jane Smith Turpin (Mrs. Jesse Turpin) and a gr. gr. grdtr. of Sarah W. Smith. Mrs. Harding is a historian of the Brigham City, Utah area. 26 Aug. 1962

Sarah Wooding Smith was the daughter of Lord James and Mary Dainton Wooding (Woodin or Woodding) of England. She was highly educated and her people were very wealthy. Sarah studied the profession of medicine and surgery. When she married Daniel Smith her folks felt that she was marrying below her station in life and their standards and wealth so they disinherited her.

Sarah W. Smith came to Utah (not with her son Samuel and family) but with her daughter and son-in-law Louisa Jane Smith and Jesse Turpin; 20 Sept. 1848 in the 2nd. Co. of Brigham Young. So she was one of the very first Doctors and Surgeons in Utah. Although the Utah History does not chronicle same.

Sarah's grand-daughter Nancy Ann Turpin (Higley) at the age of 12 yrs. helped her with a serious operation by handling the necessary instruments and bandages etc. to this brave nurse and doctor Sarah W. Smith, who took a large portion of the crushed skull form a man's head, which was laying against the brain, removed it and inserted a silver-plate. The man recovered and lived to an old age. Nancy assisted her a great many times in various cases. - - Virga Holst Harding.

From the Booklet 'Through the Years' Eighth Ward, Brigham City,m page 51, (1953) we find Sarah Wooding Smith's name as a pioneer and the date given as coming to Utah 1861 when in reality she came to Brigham City about that time. On page 50 of the same booklet is found Nancy Ann Turpin Higley and her husband Daniel Lee Higley. He is listed as coming in 1861. They are the grandparents of Virga Holst Harding.

Daniel and Sarah Smith and their Son Samuel Smith, had their Patriarchal Blessings the same day, place and from the same Patriarch. 5 Aug. 1845 - Nauvoo, Ill. and Pat. John Smith. #987-988-989; Vol. 9 pages 332 and 333. Daniel Smith owned and payed taxes on property in Nauvoo, Ill. a description is on the records. Daniel died one month and 5 days after his patriarchal blessing so he must have been buried in Nauvoo, Ill. His death date is listed as 10 Sept. 1845. Daniel was ordained a High Priest during his life-time and after joining the Church.

Sarah Wooding Smith trained her son Samuel to set bones to make and prepare medicine, to care for the dead and taught him the laws of sanitation.

I have taken a picture of Sarah Wooding Smith's grave marker and some of the markers in the same lot - her dtr., grand-children (Turpins) grt, gr. chl. the Budd's and one son of Samuel and Mary Ann Line Smith - the first buried on the lot in 1855. Sarah was the 2nd buried there. June Jensen Cavalli took me to S. L. Cemetery to take the picture 28 Aug. 1962.

[Gravestone Inscription:

SARAH WOODING
SMITH
BORN
August 13, 1797
DIED
Novem 16, 1867]

A little history of Samuel's sister and Sarah's only dtr. to live and get married; Louisa Jane Smith. Louisa Jane had three husbands. 1st. Jesse Turpin. 2nd. John Alfred Van. 3rd. John Crawford.

- Signed: Amy S. H. Empey

(Thank you Dave, for this history found posted at Roots Web.

SEE: Daniel and Sarah Wooding Smith, their Family and Ancestors. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rhutch/famhistory/d&ssmith/)

Sarah WOODING's spouse Daniel William SMITH & Their Children.

Daniel and Sarah's 11 children were all born in England. Only 2 sons and 1 daughter lived to marry. They had lost 2 sons and 1 daughter as children, they also lost 3 infant sons and 2 infant daughters. Three year old James and all 5 infants died in England. Sarah's husband Daniel, 8 year old John, and twelve year old Mary Ann all died the same year 1845 while living near Nauvoo, Illinois.

Ancestry chain: TR, Lark, Camilla SMITH b.1926, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Isaac SMITH b.1857, Samuel SMITH Judge b.1818, Sarah WOODING b.1797 4th great-grandmother.

In the Iron County Record, 25 February 1910, p.1:

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John Andrew WOOD and Laura Elizabeth PARKER,
Married in St. George UT, 19 Feb 1910.
Sealed 11 Mar 1911 St. George Temple.

1910 Wedding Reception Invitation

Iron County Record, 25 February 1910, p. 1:
Kanarra Letter.
Kanarra, February 23.
Yesterday was celebrated as a double event, that of Washington's birthday and the wedding reception of Miss Laura Parker and Andrew Wood of Grafton. There was a big crowd out and all enjoyed themselves immensely.

Thanks to Kerry Bate for finding and sharing this news article.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

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PARKER-DAVIS Family Group

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CORRECTIONS:
Wife Elizabeth Ann DAVIS (DAVIES) father was James George DAVIS (DAVIES) not John.
Child #4 Laura Elizabeth PARKER and John Andrew WOOD were married in St. George, UT not Kanarraville.

("Together Again" 1976, by Sophia PARKER STAPLEY [1894-1986], p107.)

Childhood Memories of Kanara

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These written and shared memories should inspire us to write down our own life and times. I will type this up as time permits so check back again and again to see how the story unfolds. Elaine ROBB is a older first cousin to Kirt DeMar WOOD.

back left: Zina Ett (1882-1962), John Davis (1891-1960), Sophia (1894-1986), Ray Cecil (1901-1994), Charles Jr. (1884-1960), Laura Elizabeth (1889-1970), center left: Charles PARKER Sr. (1853-1935), Bruce Fayette PARKER (1903-1983), Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER (1859-1927), front left: Samantha Ahlena (1897-1981), Esther (1886-1975). See: PARKER family photos

Written by Elaine ROBB SMITH [1911-2007]
Published in "Together Again" 1976,
by Sophia PARKER STAPLEY [1894-1986]
pages 193-205
Photos added here by Lark

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The PARKER-DAVIES SIBLINGS
10. A Niece's Memories - Elaine Robb Smith

Esther's [Esther PARKER ROBB 18586-1975] daughter, Elaine -- my niece -- wrote a beautiful memory piece about her experiences with many of us, and it is problably the best way I know of to bring our part of the book to a close. Here is what she had to say, in her own words:

Charles PARKER's Kanarra Home
with grandchildren Elaine and Parker ROBB
and son Bruce "Fay" PARKER about 1914

When I was a little girl I always loved to go to Kanarra. When I was a big girl I loved to go to Kanarra. Now that I'm getting to be an old lady I still love to go to Kanarra. It brings back so many memories and fun things to think about that it makes me wish that I could start all over and do it again.

Kanarra hasn't changed. That is why it is fun to go there. My grandparent's [Charles PARKER Sr. 1853-1935] home still stands there by the stream where I used to wade and get my feet wet on a hot summer day. Seeing that house makes me remember a lot of things that otherwise might have been forgotten.

[BIG KITCHEN]
First, I remember the big kitchen where my Grandma [Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER 1859-1927] always sat very patiently, hour after hour, with the biggest table I've ever seen and the oldest wood range where all the many good meals were cooked; such an inconvenient way to cook as compared to our electric push-buttons of today. It meant my Grandpa getting up at daybreak, chopping wood, and starting a fire hot enough for the cooks to take over the job of baking bread, cakes, pies, roasting meat, heating water for hand washing and dirty clothes. I well remember seeing these large heavy boilers filled with water and having to be lifted, emptied into wash tubs, and refilled, all through the day to keep the hot water supply going on, wash day or bath day. We took our baths in little round metal tubs while hiding behind a curtain to get a little privacy.

Behind the old kitchen stove was a little nest of kittens and Uncle Fay's [Bruce Fayette PARKER 1903-1983] mama cat. He was very proud of his cat and he gave us to understand that we were not to play with the kittens or the mama cat would eat them up!

We all loved Uncle Fay and Cecil [Ray Cecil PARKER 1901-1994] . They were always so good to us. They were pals to all the kids, playing games, babysitting,

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while our mothers were busy at work. They always took very good care of us and even let us go riding on the horses. 'Old Button' and 'Bert' were our favorite horses. We also got to ride Aunt Zina's [Zina Ett PARKER POLLOCK 1982-1962] 'Old Yardley' and Uncle Dee's [John Davis PARKER 1982-1962] 'Stamps'. They were all so well behaved and loved by all of the children. We all enjoyed the horses.

Uncle Cecil and Uncle Fay
on horseback about 1904

[LITTLE GIRL]
I remember one day when I was very lonely and my mother [Esther PARKER ROBB 1886-1975] was too busy to be bothered. I wanted to go to Hilda's to play with her, but mama wouldn't let me. So I kept whining and pestering her, saying 'I want a little girl to play with!' Finally Uncle Fay became tired of listening to my whining so he decided to do something about it. As I looked up the stairway, coming down was a funny looking kind of fat girl with blonde, golden, silky hair. I had never seen anyone who looked like her before and I didn't know what to think. The girl said to me, 'You wanted a little girl to play with so here I am'. I looked at her funny boyish shoes and I listened to her odd sounding voice -- at first I just couldn't figure her out. Then gradually it dawned on me that this little girl was only my Uncle Fay, dressed up to fool me. I became so mad at him for trying to trick me that I screamed and yelled, calling him bad names. He pretended to have his feelings hurt so much that it brought me to my senses and I told him that I'd never call him a bad name again. I decided from then on to call him 'Uncle Fay Dear', which I did -- even until the time we were both grown up. Incidentally, the golden silk hair he wore was a wig made from my mother's silk worm crop, several years before.

[SNAKE]
It was at my Grandpa's that I saw my first snake. I was about five or six. I was wading in the ditch and as I looked down, beside a big cottonwood tree at the edge of the stream, I saw what appeared to be a beautiful, shiny silk glove at the base of the tree. It did not move and as I was just putting my hand over it to pick it up something told me 'No'. I jumped back and instinctively I screamed 'SNAKE'!!! (I had never seen a snake before.)

I ran crying to my Grandpa who immediately took his shovel and went with me to see it. Sure enough it was still there, all curled up asleep. My Grandpa shoved the sharp shovel down upon it, cutting it into many pieces and carried it away to bury it. Before he buried all of it, he cut off the tail end and showed it to me. It had ten rattles. Since then, every time I have ever thought of this true story I have become panicky all over again.

[COWS]
Our annual summer visits to Grandma's and Grandpa's farm were something we always looked forward to. Grandpa used to let me ride on the back of the saddle and take me to the field when it was my turn. We used to ride down each morning to take the cows from the barn to the fields, then in the evening we would go and

Grandpa - Charles PARKER Sr.

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bring them home to be milked, where they then stayed in the barn overnight. When we grew to be a little older he let two of us go on the horses together without him along. Then we thought we were pretty smart 'cowboys'.

One time in the cold part of the year. I remember my Grandpa having to take this trip alone on horseback. When he returned home from his morning trip, he was so cold that his mustache had long white icicles hanging from it. He looked just like 'Jack Frost' in person.

Grandpa's present to the new-born babies in his family was a cow; that is, if the parents of the baby would give him the honor of naming rthe baby. I remember a few of my cousins who were the proud owners of their very own caws. He named 'Ruth [Lurena]' [POLLOCK REYNOLDS 1912-2011], 'Gerturde' [PARKER COSSLETT 1915-2000], 'Diana' [PARKER MILLER 1920-1995], and 'Dorothy' [WILLIAMS STUKI.1921-1999]. Some of the others I don't recall. I always thought my cousins were very lucky to have a pet calf to grow up with them. I never owned a calf or a cow. But we moved around so much [that] I wouldn't have had a place to have kept it anyway.

Others in the family to whom Grandpa gave cows were the newlyweds. That was always his wedding present to a son or daughter just married. Of course Mama had her cow, but as we were always on the move she had to let Grandpa keep it and take care of it for her. Mama would never part with her cow, although she could have sold it and used the money. She thought that someday she would be settled and have her own home where she could keep it.

One year I do remember, though, that she did take care of a cow herself. It was when I was in the third and fourth grade. We were living in Cedar City, with Fay and Cecil staying with us while they were attending their first year of college at B.A.C. It was a rather sever cold winter, with lots of snow and freezing weather. One day a big blizzard came up. It really made us worry, because Mama's poor old cow was standing out int he back yard with no shelter of any kind and we were just afraid she was going to freeze to death. The snow was coming down fast and the wind was blowing terribly. Fay or Cecil had not arrived home from school yet and Mama could not stand any longer to see her cow suffering in the cold. So she carried down our old canvas tent and set it up over the cow. It was a nasty job, her struggling with no help to set up this cumbersome tent in such a terrific snow storm and high wind. I was too little to give her any help. (In fact, she made me stay inside.) So I just looked out of the upstairs window and watch her. I shall never forget that day or how my mother looked, pitching a tent over her beloved cow. The cow survived through the night and we were all happy.

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We had a cow down on the Farm, E - I - E - I - O !
It gave milk without alarm, E - I - E - I - O !
One day it drank from a frozen stream
And it froze her tail like an iron beam,
And ever since then she's give ice cream, E - I - E - I - O !

"Grandma was confined to her wheel chair"
Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER 1859-1927

[SEWING]
Grandma and I kept each other company many times. After lunch each day, everyone except the two of us would go off to their bedrooms and take a nap. But grandma sat in her chair wile I usually stood at the big table sewing on doll clothes. She could teach me quite a few things about sewing even though she was confined to her wheel chair. It was at one of these sewing sessions that I made the first dress for myself. I was only seven years old. I went to the Kanarra Co-op Store to buy my material. There was not much choice in yardage but I bought about one yard and a half of light grey printed percale, at 10 [cents] per yard, and proudly carried it home even though it wasn't my favorite color. I was all excited and could hardly wait to get home to start cutting it out. Grandma had dozed off into a cat-nap in her chair, but I went ahead, spreading it out on the big table and cut it out just as thought I were making a doll dress. It was a 'Butterfly' style just like all the doll dresses I made. (That is, a one piece, without sewed-in sleeves or any set waistline.) I had no pattern so just whacked away until I had it all cut and half sewn before Grandma woke up. It was sewn by hand with big running stitches, almost like basting. By the time everyone had returned from their naps, I had the dress all finished and ready to wear. It was lucky that I could even get it on, as I knew nothing about measurements -- I just cut it by 'guess'. I thought I had done a real good job. Grandma was always very proud of my sewing. Later on she let me use her old [treadle] sewing machine. One of the first times I tried it I ended up running the machine needle all the way through my finger, white thread and all! It took a major operation to get me detached from the sewing machine.

[EGGS]
Grandma gave the grandchildren the chore of gathering her eggs. We would search all over the farm looking for eggs. It was just like a big Easter Egg Hunt, as we found eggs in some of the most unusual places: in the barn, tucked down in the hay; in the stables; down in the manger; even out on the bare earth in the corral; around the bushes; and in other unusual places. Sometimes we nearly stepped on an egg before we saw it. Grandma warned us not to go into the chicken coop as most of the hens had deserted it. One day my brother [Parker ROBB 1912-1999] and I didn't mind Grandma's warning, and we went in anyway to see if we could find a few more eggs. As soon as we were in there for just a short time we both began to itch like fury. It was one of the worst itches I have ever experienced. We ran out like we had been stung by hornets,

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But the itch kept right on. So we ran to the house yelling to our mother. When she saw us she just about had a fit! We were both just swarming with little tiny black chicken mites and they were driving us both crazy. Mama would not allow us to enter the house. She hurriedly stripped us of our clothes, to the nude, and turned the hose on us full force to try and wash the insects off our bodies. It wasn’t much fun having that swift stream of ice cold water on the bare skin, and ending up with a soapy shampoo too. But we got what we deserved after not having listened to Grandma’s advice. From then on we stayed out of the chicken coop. Mama had to boil our clothes in lye water; I’m glad she didn’t have to boil us too.

I remember Grandma used to save eggs. Then when she had quite a few she sold them for money to buy things with. Many times she sent me to the Co-op Store with a half-dozen or dozen eggs to trade for something she needed. Or she would sell them to the store for money. One year she saved up her egg money until she had enough to buy yardage to make a new plaid gingham dress for each of her granddaughters. We all had a different color plaid, and each of us was so proud of our ’Egg Dress’ from Grandma.

[ICE CREAM]
Aunt Sophie [Sophia PARKER STAPLEY 1894-1986] used to let me ‘lick’ the cream skimmer after she had skimmed the cream from the big pans of milk. The cream rose to the top of the milk after sitting for awhile, and was thicker than whipped cream. I can’t remember anything tasting better jam the Bread-n-Sugar-n-Cream’ that all of us ate for treats. It was almost better than Aunt Effa’s [Effa Mariah MULLINER (adopted by WILLIAMS) PARKER 1885-1969] home-made Carmel ice cream. Every year when Grandpa went to the mountain he brought back a wagon load of ice and snow and then we would have a big family party. Aunt Effa made the ice cream. Everyone took turns turning the freezer handle. Some of the extra ice cream was frozen in gallon buckets. We always had plenty to go around for as many refills as we could hold. It was sometimes pretty late in the evening before the ice cream was ready to be opened, but the children waited so anxiously and patiently. When it was finally ready to dish out, some of the children were so tired that they fell fast asleep before they could finish eating their first dish. Others were already asleep before the freezer was even opened. But those who did stay awake sat up and stuffed themselves until they could hold no more, and were on the verge of being sick. I remember very well about some of my cousins eating so much that they really were sick, and maybe the next morning even had to miss school because they had a belly-ache.

[TREATS]
Before Aunt Effa and Uncle Dee had any children they spent all their time thinking us ways to spoil their nieces and nephews. One year they lived upstairs, over the kitchen. Any time any of the children went to see them they always got treats. It must

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Have been from them that the original ‘Trick or Treat’ term began, They used to say to us: ‘Open your mouth and close your eyes, and I’ll give you something to make you wise’. We always opened our mouths wide; then when we opened up our eyes again there was something good to eat in our mouths. Sometimes it might be raisins, dried fruit such as apples, apricots or maybe a prune, or whatever they had on hand. One day Aunt Effa led me to the top of the stairway and stood me right below the attic hole. She then told me to close my eyes and hold my hands, cupped, high over my head. Then I heard her with her ‘Hocus-Pocus’, saying weirdly ‘Old man, Old man! Come on out! I waited excitedly. Then she repeated: ‘Old man, Old man! Come on out! After another short wait I heard a rumbling, funny noise and then suddenly I could feel something dropping into my hands. When I opened up ;my eyes and looked into my hands, what a surprise! My hands were full of nuts and candy! Each time a child would visit them, the ‘Old man’ would drop treats into their hands -- but only while their eyes were closed. If any child ever dared to peek the ‘Old man’ was sure to disappear back up into the attic where he was supposed to live. It was a long time before the children were smart enough to realize that there was no ‘Santa Claus’ in the attic.

One day DeVere [William DeVere POLLOCK 1910-2004] came upstairs while Aunt Effa and Uncle Dee were away, He stood at the top of the steps, under the attic opening and closed his eyes holding his hands as he usually did, in a cup about his head, and used their call. He could not get any response. No candy came pouring into these hands. Nothing happ4ened, although he had used the same 'Hocus-Pocus' that Uncle Dee or Aunt Effa used. He continued to stand there calling 'Old man, Old Man', pleading, almost as though he were praying. Still nothing happened. After quite a while he became discouraged and gave up. He was so puzzled as the 'Old Man' had never disappointed him before. It was much later that DeVere and all of the other children became wise to the game of Uncle Dee and Aunt Effa continuing to play 'Santa Claus' all year round.

[MOUSE TRICK]
Aunt Effa was such a jokester, always clowning. If she wasn’t surprising somebody, she was trying to play tricks on them all the time. She sued to chase Uncle Dee all over the house and then out into the yard, telling him she had caught a mouse in a paper sack and that she was about to let it escape. Uncle Dee was frightened to death of mice, so he would run all over the lot with Aunt Effa hot on his trail But she could not catch up with him. She pulled this same trick on him several times before he finally found out that all she had was an egg rolling around in the sack.

[CHILD BIRTH]
Aunt Effa played a trick on me too. It was the middle of August. I was five years old. Mama and I went down to visit with Uncle Dee and Aunt Effa while they were living in their little…

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House down behind the meadow, beside Grandpa’s big barn. I was having a good time playing with the toads and enjoying myself, as my brother had stayed in town with Grandpa and Grandma. One night August 18, my mother woke me up and bustled me out of bed. Hurriedly she helped me dress and said I had to go back to Grandma’s house. Uncle Dee saddled the horses, at nearly 2:00 a.m. I hopped on the back of his saddle and we trotted across the meadow into town. That morning, when I woke at Grandma’s, I learned that Burns [living] had been born just a few minutes after Uncle Dee had hustled me out of there. I was so disappointed because I had always wanted to see a new baby arrive, and here I had just missed the best chance of my life by only a few minutes. I just thought Aunt Effa had played a really dirty trick on me...

[HAIR DO]
Aunt Sophia, another favorite of mine, used to fool me sometimes too. I remember when I used to coax to comb her hair. She wasn’t always in the mood to be pestered, but usually gave in to me. So nearly every day I would stand behind her chair and comb and comb. Her hair was not too thick and about medium length. One day I had to go upstairs to get some ribbons to finish the hair style. While I was upstairs a neighbor of ours Mrs. Balser, came to visit. Aunt Sophia got up and gave Mrs. Balser her chair. When I returned with the ribbons I did not know that Aunt Sophia had traded places. When I started to tie in the ribbons I couldn’t believe my eyes. Instead of Aunt Sophia’s rather skimpy head of hair, there was a heavy thick head that rather looked like a ‘Danderine’ ad. I was very confused, thinking that Aunt Sophia’s hair had really grown fast. Everybody laughed at me. I was so embarrassed that I felt like crying as I could not see the humor in it at the time.

[The brick for the PARKER home were all hand made by the PARKER men
at Grandpa James George DAVIS' brick yard in Kanarra.]

[RICH BEAU]
I was always proud because my Aunt Sophia's first Beau was so rich. At least the kids thought so. as he owned a big team of about eight well-groomed mules which pulled a big classy wagon. I remember seeing him driving in front of Grandpa's house every day to 'show off' himself and his mule team to Aunt Sop0hia. The kids would run to the front window to watch him pass by, as though it were a big parade. He would throw his long whip up into the air and snap it! The mules would pick up their pace, trotting past the house and nearly galloping across the stream, splashing water all over themselves and each other, proudly pacing as they too enjoyed showing off.

He had mules down on his farm, E - I - E - I - O !
They had beauty; He had charm, E - I - E - I - O !
'Us Kids' were always looking for
Team of mules or an old Ford car,
We hitched our wagons to a star, E - I - E - I - O !

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Mr. Aldus was his name, E - I - E - I - O !
He hoped Aunt Sophia to claim, E - I - E - I - O !
But she had feelings for her own,
The ‘Stapley’ name she chose, alone,
From him she made a happy home, E - I - E - I - O !

[SCHOOL BOYS]
I spent my first grade at school in Kanarra. Miss Rhoda Bryant was my teacher. In that class were my two best friends, Hilda and Alenna. I looked forward to each day at school; it was interesting and I thought it was fun learning Reading, ‘Riting and Rithmaticc;. The alphabet was in big letters, thumb-tacked across the front blackboard, We learned them from ‘A’ to ‘Z’, forwards and backwards One of the most impressive lessons that we learned was that of drawing and coloring the United States flag with color crayons. Drawing was to me one of the ‘fun’ things in school. There were some very mean boys who threw rocks at me and wouldn’t let me go home. The two meanest that I remember were Nelpher Graff and Nello Williams. I hated those two, especially because they were always picking on me. Sometimes the boys would even gang up and wait until they saw me go to the outside toilet at my Grandpa’s. (It was a good long walk from the house.) Then they threw rocks against the out-house while I was in there. I would be stranded there, afraid to come out.

There were a few good boys though. I always said that Leonard Davis was the best boy in the Kanarra School; then there was Willard. They never did anything bad. Blair Williams was a pretty good boy too, but his little brother Clark used to make me very mad! He tried to pattern himself after the ’Gangsters’ and wouldn’t let me cross the bridge in front of their big house.

[PHONOGRAPH]
After school sometimes I would go up to Aunt Lena's [Samantha Ahlena PARKER WILLIAMS 1897-1981] home on north Main Street and play with Carter [Carter Basil WILLIAMS 1914-1950] and Hilda. Aunt Lena had a wind-up phonograph, which stood on four legs, with a record storage cabinet below. (It would be classed as an 'Antique' now a-days, but then it was one of the few musical instruments of its kind in Kanarra). We played that thing nearly to death. My favorite record then was 'I'll Take You Hojme Again Kathleen', with a man's voice (I can't remember whose). That is the only record I remember but I played it over and over until I nearly wore it out. Maybe it was the only unbroken record that Uncle Noel [Noel Basil WILLIAMS 1893-1979] and Aunt Lean had' maybe that's why I played it so much.

[KITTENS]
Of all of Aunt Lena's children, Gordon [Gordon WILLIAMS 1916-1999] was the littlest Devil. We never knew what was coming next from him as he was always surprising us with some kind of a trick. I rmember oncew when he decided to drown the kittens in Grandpa's rain barrel. It was a large barrel, filled to the brim with water. Gordon was...

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so short that he could that he could hardly reach the top but he managed somehow to get the kitten in. Someone saw him just in time to rescue the poor little kitten before it was too late, and it was dragged out ‘meowing’ and dripping wet.

[HUGS]
Aunt Lena’s children were very shy about making friends with me. After I had been away from Kanarra for a long period of time, her children would peek around the corner of the house and when they was me they would take off like little rabbits and run away. I ran after them trying to catch one. If I ever did catch one , I just hugged him so hard that he screamed, scrambling to get away from me.

Wally and Zina POLLOCK

[DRY CREEK FARM]
Many happy memories were those of the days spent visiting with Aunt Zina and Uncle Wally [William Wallace POLLOCK 1875-1924] and their family. They lived on a farm down at Dry Creek. During the days they let us ride the horses. Their horse, I remember was a pretty red-colored horse named ‘Old Yardley’. He was a nice gentle one. The children could do anything around him and never fear getting hurt. One day several of us went riding down by the Wash where there was a big drop-off, I was bareback; it was one of the first times I had ever ridden a horse by myself. As we were trotting along, somegh9ing spooked one of the horses and they all began to run. I couldn’t stop my horse. He kept bolting and running so fast that I was very scared. I couldn’t control him at all and could hardly hang on. He ran and ran until he finally came to the edge of the Wash, where there was a deep drop-off; and suddenly he stopped short, as he wasn’t anxious to jump across. I shall always remember that as the most exciting and dangerous ride I ever had, as I was nearly scared to death and was shaking with fear after we finally stopped.

Aunt Zina's farm was the most fun for the kids. Aunt Zina worked very hard -- cooking, washing, and even making her own soap. At mealtime there were so many of us that we had to eat in shifts. There weren’t enough chairs to go around so the children all stood at the table while they ate. Besides that, there weren’t enough dishes either, so when the firs shift finished eating the second shift had to wait or else wash a clean plate.

After a late supper we went to bed all over the farm. They had beds set up outside the house. Some slept in the sheep-wagon (we thought that was a real privilege) and some slept out on the ground at the foot of the big windmill. The nights were warm and the sky was a beautiful deep blue, with millions of stars. We would lie on our backs and look up into the Heavens and see the shooting stars and try to pick out the Big Dipper and other noted star formations. Uncle Wally entertained us every evening by playing his guitar and singing many beautiful, romantic songs. We would hear his serenading late into the night, until all had…

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dropped off to sleep. We always hated to see our visit at Dry Creek Farm come to an end.

[COOKIES]
Ruth was the youngest cook in the Parker family. She learned to make cookies at the age of five or six. At each baking she made enough to fill a flour-sack. Which she sent tout to the men who were herding sheep or working away from home. Her cookies always tasted good. She spent hours and hours rolling and cutting the pastry into pretty shaped cookies. I never saw such patience. Her patience and her interest in cooking paid off, however, as she later became one of the best cooks in the Parker family.

left: Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD and John Andrew WOOD, unknown women, Charles PARKER Jr. is in the buggy.

[BLACK RIDGE]
Another annual trip that I shall never forget was that one from Kanarra to Hurricane, where Aunt Laura [Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD 1889-1970] and Uncle Andrew [John Andrew WOOD 1883-1932] lived, We traveled in Grandpa’s buggy over the most dangerous of all roadways. It was called the ‘Black Ridge’ and it nearly frightened a person to death to travel it. On one side it was a steep drop-off with a river winding away, many many feet below us. On the other side of the narrow road was a steep mountain, so if we ever net anyone coming toward us it was nearly impossible to pass. The horses were spooky and ready to jump or run away at any time. Grandpa used to pull his horses and buggy up on the steep side-hill and nearly tip the buggy over. We kids and women creamed with fright, butterflies in our stomachs and our hearts pounding in our throats. It was such a relief to get off that road, which we traveled for nearly the full day, and to see the bridge crossing the Virgin Riber where the road finally widened out again. On our way to Hurricane we usually stopped off to have a natural Warm Springs bath, in a big cave back under the rocks in the hills. The water came flowing out from between those big rocks, settling in a deep hole where we bathed. Our Sulpher Springs bath was something we always looked forward to on our way to visit ‘Dixie Land’ and Aunt Laura’s family.

"Aunt Laura was one of the most beautiful women I knew, with curly thick brown hair and a ‘peachy’ and ’cream’ complexion."

[PEACHES]
Aunt Laura and Uncle Andrew were the owners of a most delicious peach orchard, which was one very good reason to visit them. We made this trip at the height of the ripe peach season, and the visit was spent in picking and drying and canning peaches all the time we were there. Delna [Delna WOOD EAGAR HANSEN ALVEY 1907-1983], Roland [Roland 'Parker' WOOD 1913-1983] and Iris [Iris WOOD PETERSON 1915-2004] took us out to the orchard where we picked and ate as many peaches as we could stuff into ourselves. Them after wards we would go to the house and watch our mothers peeling tubs full to get ready for canning. It was hard work, as all the fruit in those days was canned by the ‘open kettle’ method, (that is, it was cooked in big pans on top of the stove, then transferred to the glass jars and sealed while boiling hot). The temperature of the wather was nearly boiling hot also and, besides, the old wood cook stove did not help to cool it down any. There was no air conditioning nor even a fan in the house. Every peach had to be peeled. This job lasted several days, until all the ripe fruit had been saved for winter. Each

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day, after a full day of work, we all sat down to a hearty supper of good vegfetables, fresh raw milk and, to top it off, 'peaches and cream' for dessert. A few of us may have ended up with a belly-ache besides. Whenever I think of ‘peaches and cream’ I think of Aunt Laura and the good times we enjoyed in Dixie Land, Utah. Aunt Laura was one of the most beautiful women I knew, with curly thick brown hair and a ‘peachy’ and ’cream’ complexion.

[REMODELING]
Uncle Charl [Charles PARKER Jr. 1884-19160], Aunt Emiah [Emiah Venita EVANS PARKER 1888-1974] and their family lived up on the East hill. They had the ‘view property’ of Kanarra. As soon as we were settled at Grandpa’s house, after our arrival, we ran up to Uncle Charl’s to see what new had been added to it. They were always fixing things up to beautify their house and yard. Aunt Emiah lived having pretty furniture and decorations in her home. Uncle Charl was always building and remodeling. His carpenter work was not professional, but it was different and he carried out his own ideas. I don’t think he owned a ‘T-square’ or a ‘Level’ but he owned a hammer and plenty of nails and lumber and he made good use of them. The yard also was one of the prettiest in Kanarra, as he had planted climbing roses and all kinds of flowers. Also he cemented together yard decorations from pretty stones and pieces of colored glass that he had gathered. It was interesting to see the new improvements he had made each year to beautify his home.

[DANCE]
Another memory is that one of the summers I taught dancing in Kanarra. I was fifteen then. I only had five or six pupils and three of those were my cousins. Dorothy, Gertrude and Diana [full names given above]. They learned quite a few balley steps and by the end of their six weeks course they had learned enough to perform several combinations and two dances for their parents. I was very proud of my first ballet class and my first recital. Hilda [Hilda's full identity unknown at this time] played the piano for my classes and after the recital she and I split the proceeds -- which amounted to about $1.20 for each of us, for our whole summer's work. Big wages! (but no income tax).

[FORD'S RANCH]
One more of my later memories in Kanarra is of Milford and our horseback trip up the old Indian Trail, on the way to Ford’s Ranch on top of the mountain. We traveled all day through the most beautiful Utah scenery -- red rocks and green trees and pastures. Ford’s ranch was in a beautiful setting, close to the mountain, with a background of Evergreens and Aspens. When we visited Uncle Cecil there at his sheep-wagon, he cooked dinner for us on his funny little camp stove. I was so stiff from riding the horses the day before, that I could hardly walk. Uncle Cecil said ‘Go out and ride some more! So I did -- all over the mountains all day until my stiffness had disappeared. That ride had limbered me up again. I learned my lesson that day from Uncle Cecil’s advice that if every you are stiff ‘ just ride some more!

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This I have always remembered.

Last but not least is a short story about my serious brother, Parker, and my good-natured cousin, Rhea. He has been holding the longest grudge ever held, and for this reason: Parker spent several days or a week gathering Squaw-Bush gum. Now Squaw-Bush gum is very scarce and very hard to pick. He added bit by bit until he had collected enough for a good chew. He was so proud of his big chew of gum that he tried to save it after each 'chewing session'. One day he took the gum out of his mouth and rolled it into a neat ball and stuck it on the old iron bed post. The next time he went to look for his gum it had disappeared. He was very unhappy, as he had worked so hard to get it and there had never been a chew of Squaw-Bush gum that large in history. A few minutes later Rhea woalked in. Guess what! She was chewing a mouth full of Squaw- Bush gum. Parker has never forgotten to this day.

“Food for Thought”

Things to eat can make one glad
Memories should mot be sad;
Ruth made cookies, by the peck,
Effa’s recipe, by heck.

Effa also made ice cream
Carmel flavor; it was keen.
Molasses cookies, Taffy chews,
She did lots of sugar use.

When Sophia learned to cook
Potato salad, from a book;
We had picnics by the score
Fresh sweet corn and even more.

Uncle Cecil loved raw eggs,
They put strength into his legs;
Cecil also watched his health,
Cottage cheese and lettuce; Wealth!

Zina’s milk and Apple Pie,
Oh so tasty, one could cry;
Peaches ‘n cream were Laura’s dish,
Uncle Noel would furnish fish.

Mama [Esther] made both bread and cake,
With all the fruit that she could bake;
Dear Aunt Lena made good stew,
Shelling peas she loved to do.

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Uncle Fay just loved to eat,
Bread and sugar was his treat;
Then he added bits of cream,
That to him was like a dream.

Squaw-bush gum is hard to chew
Many don’t or seldom do;
Rhea found hers on a post
Parker hates that story most.

I would rather dance than eat,
Riding horses can’t be beat;
This is all I have to say;
Hope you haven’t run away!

[by]- Elaine Robb Smith

90th Birthdays

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Grandma Wanda's 90th Birthday - Utah 2011

Mah Mah Siu-Keung's 90th Birthday - Hong Kong 2011

Day to Celebrate and Reverence

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Kirt and Camilla, with daughter and granddaughter 1982.

Dec 12 is a day to celebrate the birth of Kirt DeMar WOOD (1923-1987) husband and father of six. He was 8 when his 49 year old father died, and 47 when his mother died on his birthday. He was 63 at the time of his own death. "Papa" would be 88 years old today.

Grandma Laura with Jonathan, Lark, Denise, and Corinne.

Dec 12 is a day to reverence the death of "Dee's" mother Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD (1889-1970). She was widowed at the age of 43, with five of her seven children to care for, the youngest was 6. She died at the age of 81.

Eternal Posterity

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See our mother

Cardinal Henry Beaufort Presided at Joan of Arc's Trial

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Joan interrogated in her prison cell by Cardinal Winchester [Henry Beaufort].
By Hippolyte Delaroche, 1824, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France.

The English captured Joan of Arc, a teenage girl who was fighting valiantly for France. Cardinal Henry Beaufort presided at her trial in 1431 before she was burnt at the stake.

The trial record demonstrates her remarkable intellect. The transcript's most famous exchange is an exercise in subtlety. "Asked if she knew she was in God's grace, she answered: 'If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.' "The question is a scholarly trap. Church doctrine held that no one could be certain of being in God's grace. If she had answered yes, then she would have convicted herself of heresy. If she had answered no, then she would have confessed her own guilt. Notary Boisguillaume later testified that at the moment the court heard this reply, "Those who were interrogating her were stupefied." (Joan of Arc, From Wikipedia)

By order of Cardinal Beaufort, the ashes of St. Joan were put into a sack and thrown into the Seine "that the world might have no relic of her of whom the world was not worthy."

Cardinal Henry Beaufort (c. 1374 – 11 April 1447) was our grandfather.

Province: Canterbury
Diocese: Winchester
Enthroned: 1404
Reign ended: 1447
Other posts: Lord Chancellor of England 1403-05, 1413-17 and 1424-26
Previous posts: Bishop of Lincoln 1398-1405, Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1397-1399, Dean of Wells 1397-1398
Consecration: 14 July 1398
Created Cardinal: 24 May 1426
Rank: Cardinal priest of S. Eusebio

Henry Beaufort was born in Anjou, an English domain in France, in about 1374 and educated for a career in the Church. Henry was the son of John of Gaunt (1340-1399) who was the son of Edward III of Windsor, King of England. Henry's mother was John's mistress Katherine de Roet Swynford (1350-1403). After the marriage of John and Katherine there The three children born before they married were declared legitimate by the pope and legitimated by Act of Parliament on 9 February 1397, but the children were barred from the succession to the throne. Henry's half brother became Henry IV of England.

When Henry was Bishop of Lincoln, he is believed to have had an affair with, Alice FitzAlan the wife of John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton, and daughter of Richard FitzAlan and Elizabeth de Bohun. Henry Beaufort fathered an illegitimate daughter, Jane Beaufort, in 1402. Both Jane and her husband Sir Edward Stradling, were named in Cardinal Beaufort's will, although the Cardinal had never acknowledged her has his child.

Born: circa 1374 Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France
Died: 11 April 1447 (aged c. 72) Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Buried: Winchester Cathedral
Denomination: Roman Catholic Church
Parents: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford

The Tomb of Cardinal Henry Beaufort in Windsor Cathedral

Ancestry Chain:

Cardinal Henry Beaufort (1376 - 1447)

is your 18th great grandfather
Lady Jane Beaufort (1402 - 1453)

Daughter of Cardinal Henry
Sir Henry Harry Stradling (1423 - 1478)

Son of Lady Jane
Sir Thomas Edward Stradling (1455 - 1480)

Son of Sir Henry Harry
Jane of St. Donats Stradling (1480 - 1519)

Daughter of Sir Thomas Edward
Sir John Griffith of Penryn (1518 - 1562)

Son of Jane of St. Donats
Eleanor of Penryn Griffith (1557 - 1603)

Daughter of Sir John
Richard Bowen (1585 - 1674)

Son of Eleanor of Penryn
Alice(Alace,Elce) Bowen (1622 - 1694)

Daughter of Richard
Hannah Wheaton (1654 - 1724)

Daughter of Alice(Alace,Elce)
Elizabeth Butterworth (1682 - 1708)

Daughter of Hannah
Eleazer Carpenter (1704 - 1781)

Son of Elizabeth
Elihu Carpenter (1752 - 1827)

Son of Eleazer
Betsy Carpenter (1790 - 1862)

Daughter of Elihu
Adaline RAWSON (1811 - 1841)

Daughter of Betsy
Mary DUNN (1833 - 1920)

Daughter of Adaline
Harriet Camilla Ensign (1859 - 1930)

Daughter of Mary
George Ensign Smith (1898 - 1967)

Son of Harriet Camilla
Camilla SMITH (1926 - 1999)

Daughter of George Ensign

Lark Parent of JR

In the Family

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Halloween, Trunk of Treat in the parking lot at the church is becoming the new family tradition.

Write Your Life History in One Hour

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If you don't write it down you are in danger of being forgotten after two generations. I knew three of my grandparents my children can know them through my stories. If their histories are not written down they will be forgotten. I want to know my ancestors. Your posterity will want to know you.
Click to enlarge and read:

One Hour Life History, The Ensign, Jun 1994, pg.54.

Sons of the American Revolution - Elihu CARPENTER

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Sons of the American Revolution

Elihu CARPENTER (1752-1827) veteran of the Revolutionary War, married 1738 Martha HUTCHINS. Son of Eleazer CARPENTER and Elisabeth WARFIELD.

Enlisted and served as Corporal at time of the Lexington Scare in Co. of Nathaniel Carpenter, No. 607. Served 8 days.

Enlisted and served as Corporal in Nathaniel Carpenter's Co., Col. Cary's Reg. at New York and White Plains. Dismissed Dec. 1, 1776, after 5 mon. service. Enlisted and served as Quarter master's Sergeant in Col. Hathaway's Reg. April 21, 1777. Served 24 days in Rhode Island.

Enlisted as Sergeant in Co. of Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter, "Reg. of Col. Whitney, in Rhode Island Alarm, May 3, 1777. Served 1 mo. 25 days. Marched from Rehobeth to Point Judith.

"Mass. Soldier's and Sailor's of the Revolutionary War" Vol. III.P. 116.

ANCESTRY CHAIN: 6th great-grandfather Elihu CARPENTER b.1752, Betsy CARPENTER-3684 b.1788, Adaline RAWSON b.1811, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.

13 Immigrant ancestors of Elihu CARPENTER (child of Eleazer CARPENTER and Elizabeth WARFIELD) are pictured with ships are included on this 6 generation pedigree chart. (click on chart to enlarge.)

See post on our three William CARPENTER immigrant grandfathers.
See post on immigrant grandfather Edward FREEMAN.

Edmund Freeman Founder of Sandwich, Massachusetts

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Edmund FREEMAN born in England 1590 died in Sandwich 1682 A Founder of the town of Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1637. Assistant to Governor Bradford 1640 - 1647. This pillion shaped stone is flat on the ground. The only other gravestone in this small cemetery is saddle shaped stone for Edmond's wife Elizabeth [BEAUCHAMP] FREEMAN who died in 1675-6.

Google books: Title:New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, William Richard Cutter; pg 853; Editor:William Richard Cutter; Edition:3; Publisher:Lewis historical publishing company, 1915; Original from:Harvard University; Digitized:Feb 1, 2008;

The surname Freeman is of FREEMAN ancient English origin. The coat-of-arms: Three lozenges, or. Crest: A demi-lion rampant gules, holding between his paws a like lozenge. Motto: Liber et Audax.

(I) Edmund Freeman, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1590, and came in the ship "Abigail" in July, 1635, with wife Elizabeth and children Alice, Edmund, Elizabeth, John. He settled first in Lynn, Massachusetts, early in 1636. Lewis says in his history of Lynn: "This year (1636) many new inhabitants appear in Lynn and among them worthy of note Mr. Edmund Freeman, who presented to the colony twenty corslets or pieces of plate armor." He was subsequently of the Plymouth Colony and with nine associates was soon recognized by the government as a suitable person to originate a new settlement. He was admitted a freeman, January 2, 1637, at Plymouth, and after being a short time a resident of Duxbury, settled in what was incorporated later as the town of Sandwich. Most of the grantees of that town were formerly of Lynn. Freeman had the largest grant and was evidently the foremost man in the enterprise. He was elected an assistant to the governor and commissioner to hear and determine causes within the several contiguous townships. He was one of the first judges of the select court of Plymouth county. During the persecution of the Quakers, he opposed the course of the government and was once fined ten shillings for refusing to aid in the baiting of Friends under pretence of the law. "Preeminently respected, always fixed in principle, and decisive in action, nevertheless quiet and unobtrusive, a counsellor and leader without ambitious ends in view of uncompromising integrity and of sound judgment, the symmetry of his entire character furnished an example that is a rich legacy to his descendants." He died in 1682 at the advanced age of ninety-two. His will is dated June 21, 1682, and was offered for probate, November 2, 1682. He was buried on his own land on the hill in the rear of his dwelling house at Sandwich. It is the oldest burial place in the town. His grave and that of his wife are marked by two boulders which he himself placed in position after his wife died, and they are called from a fancied resemblance "the saddle and pillion." His home was a mile and a quarter west of the town hall and near the junction of the old and new county roads" to the Cape. He married Elizabeth Beauchamp born 1600 and died February 14, 1675-6

Children: Alice, married Deacon William Paddy; Edmund, married Rebecca Prence; Elizabeth, born 1625; John married Mercy Prence, Mary, married Edward Perry. Sarah married John Butterfield [Sarah was born in MA].

NOTES: On the roster of the ship Abigail which sailed from Plymouth, England to Boston arriving c.Oct. 8, 1635 with smallpox aboard. Richard Hackwell, Master:
Edmund Freeman, 34, gentleman, Pulborough, Lynn Co., Sussex; Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman; Alice Freeman; Edward Freeman 15; Elizabeth Freeman 12; John Freeman 8.

MARRAGES [Ancestry.com]: First wife- Hodsoll Bennett Death 12 Apr 1630 in Pulborough, Sussex, England. Second wife- Elizabeth Beauchamp Birth 1600 in Pulborough, Sussex, England, Death 1676-02-14 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

EDMUND FREEMAN, THE IMMIGRANT

Source is: Sandwich A Cape Cod Town by R.A. Lovell, Jr, Town of Sandwich Massachusetts Archives and Historical Center, 1984, Second Printing, 1987

p 3 "The Ten Men of Saugus: The first information of the settling of Sandwich is in an item in Plymouth Colony Records dated April 3, 1637 reading as follows:

"It is also agreed by the Court that those ten men of Saugust, viz Edmond Freeman, Henry Feake, Thomas Dexter, Edward Dillingham, William Wood, John Carman, Richard Chadwell, William Almey, Thomas Tupper & George Knott shall have liberty to view a place to sit down & have sufficient lands for three score famylies, upon the conditions propounded to them by the Governor and Mr. Winslow." p 4 The Lynn historian Alonzo Lewis wrote of the migration down to Cape Cod:

"This year (1637) a large number of people removed from Lynn and commenced a new settlement at Sandwich. The grant of the town was made on the third of April by the Colony of Plymouth...Thomas-Dexter did not remove, but the rest of the above named went with forty six other men from Lynn." p 4 Those Who Went to Sandwich "The impetus for founding a new town on Cape Cod originated from a dedicated and persuasive leader, Edmund' Freeman of Pulborough, Sussex (England). He arrived in October 1635 on the ship Abigail with his wife Elizabeth and children Edmund, John, Alice, and Elizabeth. Freeman was a person of some prestige as a brother-in-law of Mr. John Beauchamp of London, an investor in Colonial ventures with a stake in Plymouth Colony." j p 5 "The English origins of Edmund Freeman are better known than those of many early settlers in New England. He owned property in Pulborough, Sussex, where he married his first wife Bennett Hodsoll, and had six children. Two died young, and Bennett herself died in 1628 or 29. Edmund then married a wife named Elizabeth whose identity has long been sought by his descendants and by genealogists. She has been called Gurney, Gravely, Perry and Bennett, Raymond and Raymer, but we believe now that her name was Elizabeth Beauchamp, as shown in her marriage to Edmund Freeman in 1630 at Shipley, Sussex. There is mention of Edmunds brother-in-law a Sir John Beauchamp. As we saw above, Edmund, Elizabeth, and four youngsters, Alice 17, Edmund Jr. 15, Elizabeth 12, and John 8 embarked on the Abigail in 1635. Another unrelated Freeman group was on the same ship, which has caused confusion as to their possible relationship to the Edmund Freeman’s. Later, in Sandwich, a fifth child Mary Freeman was in the family, but her birth is not recorded. She may have been born in Massachusetts to Edmund and Elizabeth, or may have been adopted here. p 7 Settlers from Plymouth. Later found there are records of two daughters of Edmund & Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah born in America. "Mr. Freeman must have decided on founding his town in Plymouth Colony but there has been no record so far found as to his reasons or procedures. He and Mr. Leveridge established a brief residence in Plymouth

EDMUND FREEMAN, THE IMMIGRANT

There are two phases in this description of the background of Edmund Freeman. This one involves his life in the Pulborough/Billingshurst/Cowfold/Shipley area (Currently West Sussex County, England). The other phase is in the section following which is excerpted from "Sandwich, A Cape Cod Town" by R.A. Lovell, Jr.

Edmund Freeman, the Immigrant was born in Pulborough, Sussex County, England in 1594, and baptized in St. Mary's Parish Church there in the baptismal font shown in a prior section. The current Parish Church was built in 1220 on the site of the former Anglo-Saxon Church which had been built there about 1120. The date of the baptism, according the St Mary's Parish Church records was July 25, 1596.

As a result of his sailing to the New World in 1635 on the ship ABIGAIL, his burial occurred between June 21st and November 2, 1682 in the burial plot on the Freeman Family Farm in northwestern Sandwich, Massachusetts. Pictures are shown following.

He married, first, the mother of some of his children: Bennett Hodsoll in the Parish Church in Cowfold (St Peter's) on June 16, 1617.

Edmond's first wife, Bennett, according to St Mary's Parish Church records, was buried in Pulborough in 1628. While she was living, the Edmund Freeman family lived in Pulborough and Billingshurst, Sussex County: in Pulborough, from 1617 to about 1620; in Billingshurst from about 1620 to 1627; and in Pulborough again from 1627 until her death.

Ancestry Chain:

Edmund Freeman (II) (1596 - 1682)

is your 11th great grandfather

Sarah Freeman (1630 - 1708)

Daughter of Edmund

John Butterworth (1651 - 1731)

Son of Sarah

Elizabeth Butterworth (1682 - 1708)

Daughter of John

Eleazer Carpenter (1704 - 1781)

Son of Elizabeth

Elihu Carpenter (1752 - 1827)

Son of Eleazer

Betsy Carpenter (1790 - 1862)

Daughter of Elihu

Adaline RAWSON (1811 - 1841)

Daughter of Betsy

Mary DUNN (1833 - 1920)

Daughter of Adaline

Harriet Camilla Ensign (1859 - 1930)

Daughter of Mary

George Ensign Smith (1898 - 1967)

Son of Harriet Camilla

Camilla SMITH (1926 - 1999)

Daughter of George Ensign
Lark
Child of Camilla
JR
Child of Lark

Christian Hans MONSON grandfather of Charles Horald MONSON

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Christian Hans Monson

(Christen Hansen)

1837–96

Christian Hans Monson is standing third from right. President George Q. Canon is seated in the center.

These men were imprisoned for polygamy.

Residence: Richmond, Cache Co., Utah

Arrival date in Copenhagen: 20 November 1878

Missionary labors: Göteborg Conference

Departure date from Copenhagen: 5 July 1880

Name of departure ship: Cato

Birth date: 16 June 1837

Birthplace: Stora Boeplads, Tune, Østfold, Norway

Father: Monsen, Hans

Mother: Nielsdatter, Berte

Spouse: Kruetzback (Kredsbank), Nielsene Olsen, Marriage date: 29 June 1858, Marriage place: Lehi, Utah Co., Utah

Spouse: Peterson, Anna Catherine, Marriage date: 26 April 1861, Marriage place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Spouse: Mansson, Ellen Persson, Marriage date: 16 March 1867, Marriage place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah [grandmother of Charles Horald MONSON]

Spouse: Olsen, Karen Maria, Marriage date: 2 May 1870

Spouse: Jenson, Elna (Ella), Marriage date: 5 January 1874, Marriage place: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Spouse: Jacobsson, Wendla (Vendla), Marriage date: 15 March 1883, Marriage place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Death date: 23 September 1896

Death place: Richmond, Cache Co., Utah

Burial place: Richmond, Cache Co., Utah

Christian’s father was a woodcutter by trade. He was industrious and hardworking, and he expected everyone around him to be the same. He had a violent temper, and Christian recalled being “mortally afraid” of his walking cane. However, when he was in good humor, Christian enjoyed sitting and talking to him as he smoked his long-stemmed pipe (see Skidmore, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of My Father Christian Hans Monson as I Knew Him,” 1).

Christian was baptized on 4 April 1853 by Svend Larsen. At the time, he was an employee of the Fredrikstad prison. He recalled carrying meals to the elders who were imprisoned for preaching. In this process, an elder asked him why he abused and tormented him, for “so persecuted they the Christ and his followers.” The prisoners set Christian to thinking. One night during the winter of 1852, he released his prisoners. Together they walked to the fjord, where Christian was secretly baptized, after which the elders returned to their prison cell (see Skidmore, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of my Father Christian Hans Monson as I Knew Him,” 2; Skidmore and Horne, “Immigrant Pioneers: Christian Hans Monson,” Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Lesson for October 1984, 41–53; Roberts, “Love Is Its own Reward,” New Era, February 1978, 6–7).

Christian was whipped by his father for being baptized and told never to return. He left home and labored as a local missionary in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway. At that time, he was five feet nine inches and weighed 190 pounds. He had blue eyes, a fair complexion, brown hair, and a beard (see Skidmore and Horne, “Immigrant Pioneers: Christian Hans Monson,” Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Lesson for October 1984, 41–44).

He was ordained an elder on 8 September 1856. He began his emigration to America on 9 August 1857. He voyaged from Liverpool to the United States aboard the Westmoreland. He crossed the plains in the Christian Christiansen handcart company to reach the Salt Lake Valley (see Jenson, History of the Scandinavian Mission, 236). Christian settled in Lehi, Utah County, before moving to Logan, Cache County, and finally Richmond, Cache County. He was called from Richmond to serve as a guard in Echo Canyon during the Utah War (see Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1042). After the threat of war passed, he was endowed on 26 October 1861 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

He married Nielsine Kruetzback, a widow fourteen years his senior. This marriage ended in divorce. After the divorce, Christian accepted a mission call to Scandinavia in 1878. He arrived in Copenhagen on 20 November 1878 and was assigned to labor in the Göteborg Conference. After completing an honorable mission, he departed from Copenhagen on 5 July 1880 aboard the steamer Cato with 346 emigrating Latter-day Saints and other returning missionaries (see Jenson, History of the Scandinavian Mission, 243).

On 23 June 1888, the First District Court of Ogden sentenced Christian to six months’ imprisonment and a one-hundred-dollar fine for unlawful cohabitation. He was discharged from the penitentiary on 23 December 1888 (see Jenson, LDS Church Chronology, June 23, 1888; December 23, 1888).

After his discharge, he served as president of the Thirty-ninth Quorum of the Seventy and as a temple worker in St. George. He is remembered as being a pioneer builder and lumberman. He is credited with assisting in the construction of the Salt Lake, St. George, Manti, and Logan Temples (see Skidmore and Horne, “Immigrant Pioneers: Christian Hans Monson,” Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Lesson for October, 1984, 49–50).

In his later years, he moved to Franklin County, Idaho, where he set up a lumber mill. He operated the mill until his health failed. Christian died in 1896 from jaundice and gallstones in Richmond at age fifty-nine (see Skidmore and Horne, “Immigrant Pioneers: Christian Hans Monson,” Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Lesson for October 1984, 51).

(Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center Bibliography - M)

History of Elizabeth FUHRIMAN SMITH

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Elizabeth FUHRIMAN SMITH (Aunt Lizzie).

Click on each image to enlarge and read.

Complied by LaVor Lindhardt SMITH
Elizabeth FUHRIMAN SMITH (sitting) with sisters Anna Barbara FUHRIMAN ELIASON and Emeline FUHRIMAN ZOLLILNGER daughters of Jacob FUHRIMAN and Anna Barbara LOOSLI.
Children of Isaac SMITH and Elizabeth FUHRIMAN:
1. Jacob Isaac SMITH (1895-1965)
2. Joseph Fuhriman SMITH (1897-1958)
3. Welland Fuhriman SMITH (1899-1949)
4. Ingram Fuhriman SMITH (1901-1982)
5. Elva Fuhriman SMITH (1904-1984)
6. Oliver Fuhriman SMITH (1908-1960)
7. Clyde Fuhriman SMITH (1913-2000)

At the time Isaac and Elizabeth were married in Cardston, Canada the Cardston ward was part of the Logan Stake.

"Aunt Lizzie's" children called Harriet Camilla ENSIGN SMITH "Aunt Millie."

Smith family reunions kept this family close after the death of Patriarch Isaac SMITH.

Reunion photo taken in front of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN SMITH 's home in Logan, Utah. Sister wives Camilla and Elizabeth are standing together right of the porch in front of the window, with three grandchildren in front of them.

Follow the Labels below to find more information on the SMITH Isaac families.

Part of Samuel SMITH's Gravestone

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Biographical Stone
Samuel SMITH
Mormon Pioneer, Seventy, Counselor to Lorenzo SNOW,
Post Master, Judge, Mayor, High Priest, Patriarch.

click on image to enlarge and read

Ancestry Chain: 3rd great-grandparents Samuel SMITH b.1818 and Sarah Jane INGRAM b.1841, Isaac SMITH b.1857, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.

Family Group Sheet DAVIS

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James George DAVIES/DAVIS Photo Family Group Sheet
FATHER: Welsh Saint James George DAVIS (1832-1909)
Award Winning Tenor Voice / Mormon Pioneer / Indian Missionary and Peacemaker / Spoke Welsh, English and Navajo / Owned the Kanarra Brick Yard hand made the bricks for the houses in town / Ranched on Kanarra Mountain.
Born 6 Nov 1832 in Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales to William Rees DAVIES and Rachel MORRIS. Died 3 Nov 1909 in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah at the three days short of age 77.

11 Children were born to James George and Polly WILLIAMS DAVIS.

Children:
1. Rachel (1857 Fort Harmony, UT - 1859 Fort Harmony, UT) age 2.
2. Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER (1859 Fort Harmony, UT - 1927 Kanarraville, UT) age 68. Married Charles PARKER Sr.
3. James Lorenzo DAVIS (1861 Fort Harmony, UT - 1929 Cedar City, UT) age 68. Married Irona Weltha HANKS.
4. William Reese DAVIS (1863 Fort Harmony, UT - 1920 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 57. Married Eliza Ann WILLIS as a widow she married 2nd widower Matthew Newton BATTY.
5. George Alma DAVIS (1866 Fort Harmony - 1941 Kanarraville, UT) age 74. Married Sarah Isabell HALES.
6. Myron Thomas DAVIS (1868 Kanarraville, UT - 1922 Kanarraville, UT) age 53. Married Annetta Rebecca REEVES.

MOTHER: Polly WILLIAMS (1838-1914)
12 year old Mormon Pioneer traveled with stepfather Henry BARNEY, mother, and siblings / Polly's 1st child was born when she was age 18 - 11th child born at age 45 / famous for unladylike comments / knew fine china / hard working / charitable / friendly.
Born 28 May 1839 in Springfield, Sangamon, IL to John WILLIAMS and Marcy Jane LUCAS.
Married 23 year old James George DAVIS, 21 Oct 1856 St George, Washington, Utah Polly was age 18.
Died 12 Aug 1914 in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah at age 82.

Children continued:

7. Reese DAVIS (1871 Kanarraville, UT - 1957 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 85. MARRIED Sarah Elizabeth REDD (PRINCE) widow of James Franklin PRINCE.
8. Nora DAVIS BERRY (1873 Kanarraville, UT - 1946 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 72. MARRIED George Albert BERRY.
9. Eleanor Matilda DAVIS POLLOCK (1877 Kanarraville, UT - 1950 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 72. MARRIED Samuel Lorenzo POLLOCK.
10. Albert DAVIS (1880 Kanarraville, UT - 1948 Cedar City, UT) age 58. MARRIED Hannah Agusta REEVES.
11. Alice Mae DAVIS POLLOCK (1883 Kanara Mountain, UT - 1963 Cedar City, UT) age 79. MARRIED. Joseph Henry POLLOCK Jr.

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Wives: 6. Annetta Rebecca Reeves and 10. Hannah Augusta Reeves are sisters.

Husbands: 9. Samuel Lorenzo Pollock and 11. Joseph Henry Pollock Jr. are brothers. Their brother William Wallace Pollock married the oldest daughter of 1. Elizabeth Ann Davis.

Ancestry Chain: 3rd great grandparents James George DAVIES/DAVIS b.1832 and Polly WILLIAMS b.1838, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS b.1859, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923. Lark. TR.

Quote Board

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One day Uncle Jim [James George DAVIS 1832-1909] got miffed over some thing and was writing to Brother Brigham Young about it, when his wife [Polly WILLIAMS 1838-1914] looked over his shoulder and said, "Why James, Bro. Brigham Young can't read such writin." And he answered, "Oh yes he can, he's a better scholar than I am."

(The Family of Joseph Henry Pollock, Jr. and Alice Mae Davis, Written & Compiled by Verlene Smart Ellis, page 120 History of Kanarra, By William Charles Reeves [1867-1954], age 83 (from memory).)

Ancestry Chain: 3rd great grandparents James George DAVIES/DAVIS b.1832 and Polly WILLIAMS b.1838, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS b.1859, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923. Lark. TR.

Military Service of Captain Elijah DENBO - French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, Indian War

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Captain Elijah DENBO
Birth 3 Mar 1738 in Durnham, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Death 5 Jan 1823 in English, Crawford County, Indiana

"Elijah was from New Hampshire. [At age 19] he served in the French and Indian War, was captured by the French at the Battle of Fort William Henry 1757. He escaped in 1760. "

Siege of Fort William Henry: In one of the most notorious incidents of the French and Indian War, Montcalm's Indian allies violated the agreed terms of surrender and attacked the British column, which had been deprived of ammunition, as it left the fort. They killed and scalped a significant number of soldiers, took as captives women, children, servants, and slaves, and slaughtered sick and wounded prisoners. Early accounts of the events called it a massacre, and implied that as many as 1,500 people were killed, even though it is unlikely more than 200 people (less than 10% of the British fighting strength) were actually killed in the massacre. (Wikipedia)

"[At 37] he served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in Col. Burham's New Hampshire Regiment. As a Captain he fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Portsmouth, Boston and in Canada during the Revolution."

Elijah Denbo and his brother, Cornelias , were the first men in Lee, New Hampshire to sign the association Test of November 28, 1774 in which test they "promised to oppose the British to the utmost of their powers at the risk of their lives and fortunes." ...
The said Elijah Denbo entered the service in Durham New Hampshire, was commissioned a Captain in the New Hampshire Line and fought at the Battle of bunker Hill. He served as Captain of the Company in Colonel Burnham's New Hampshire Regiment at cambridge during the siege of Boston from November 1775 to Jun, 1776.
Also, he served as First Lieutenant in Captain Smith Emerson's company of Militia stationed on Seavey's Island under command of Colonel Joshua Wingate. This service was rendered in the early fall of 1775 when Portsmouth and Piscataqua Harbor were being threatened and attacked by the British....
The said Elijah Denbo served throughout the Revolutionary was in Colonel or General Poor's New Hampshire Regiment of General Washington's Army....
Colonel Poor's New Hampshire Regiment served throughout the War of the Revolution in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.... The service of Elijah Denbo in assisting in the establishment of American Independence during the War of the Revolution are authenticated by the New Hampshire Historical Society.

"Elijah migrated to Kentucky in 1788, moved to Corydon, IN in 1802, then moved to English IN."

"According to Francis J. Denbo, Elijah served 4 years in Col Meserve's New Hampshire Regiment in the French & Indian War. Entered the Revolutionary War at Lee, New Hampshire in April 1775. He served as a Captain of the New Hampshire Troops. Then served in Col Burnham's and General Poor's Regiments. Elijah was Captain of the New Hampshire Scouts during the Indian War, 1781 -1785 [at age 43]."

Ancestry Chain: 5th great-grandfather Elijah DENBO b.1738, Joseph DENBO b.1779, Woodfield Grant DENBO b.1827, Mary Ann DENBO b.1857, Reuben Russell ROBERSON b.1893, Grandma Wanda, MR, JR.

A Lot Of People Are Counting On You

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(Pickles by Brian Crane, BYU Magazine, Summer 2011)
Pedigree

Then and Now

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Kirt D. and Camilla WOOD had this house built in 1952. One side for their young family and the other for Kirt's mother Laura PARKER WOOD. Grandma lived next door for several years. Then she move to California to be near her oldest son Parker. When she came back the Woods had grown out of the duplex and had moved. Grandma Laura moved in with us there.

My daughter gave me this idea. On a resent trip to SLC we took three of our children and two grandchildren and ask the current owner if we could take some pictures. She was very nice and let us in the gate to the back porch to take the first photo.

The house where I lived in Salt Lake City, Utah then and now.

1954 and 57 years later 2011

Then and Now

1956 and 55 years later 2011

William GAGER 11th Great Grandfather - Great Migration Begins

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WILLIAM GAGER

ORIGIN: Little Waldingfield, Suffolk
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Boston 1630
OCCUPATION: Surgeon.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Boston church as member #8, which would be no later than 27 August 1630, as he was made deacon of the church on that day; the entry is followed by the annotation "dead since" [BChR 13; WJ 1:38].
EDUCATION: Sufficient to be a surgeon.
OFFICES: 23 August 1630: "It was propounded what should be Mr. Gager's maintenance. Ordered, that he should have a house builded him against the next spring; is to have a cow given him, & £20 in money for this year, to begin the 20th of June, 1630, & after £30 per annum. All this to be at the common charge" [MBCR 1:74].
BIRTH: Baptized Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, 15 June 1592, son of "John Gagar."
DEATH: 20 September 1630 [WJ 1:40].
MARRIAGE: By 1618 [Hannah MAYHEW]; d. Boston by 29 November 1630 [WP 2:320].
CHILDREN (all baptized and buried Little Waldingfield, Suffolk):

i SARAH, bp. 6 August 1618; bur. 27 April 1627.

ii JOHN, bp. 25 May 1620 (deposed 25 April 1653 aged "about thirty years" [WP 6:281]); m. by 1647 Elizabeth Gore [Granberry 224].

iii WILLIAM, bp. 31 March 1622; bur. 26(?) April 1622.

iv WILLIAM, bp. 11 May 1623; bur. 12 April 1626.

v REBECCA, bp. 11 May 1625; bur. [late May or early June] 1625.

vi WILLIAM, bp. 27 April 1626; bur. 5 May 1626.

vii THOMAS, bp. 13 July 1627; bur. 6 October 1627.

viii SARAH, bp. 29 June 1628; d. Boston by 29 November 1630 [WP 2:320]. [m. 1642 Robert ALLYN]

ix REBECCA, bp. 25 April 1630; d. Boston by 29 November 1630 [WP 2:320].

COMMENTS: In a letter directed to "our loving friend Mr. Gager at Litle Waldingfield in Suffolk" about 1629/30, John Winthrop wrote:
Sir, Being informed of your good inclination to the furtherance of this work which (through the Lord's good providence) we are in hand with for the establishing of a church in N.E., and having sufficient assurance of your godliness and abilities in the art of surgery to be of much use to us in this work, being informed also, that the place where you live doth not afford you such sufficient and comfortable employment as your gifts do require, we have thought good to offer you a call to join with us, and become a member of our society: your entertainment shall be to your good content; if you like to accept this motion, we desire you would prepare to go with us this spring. If you come up to London we shall be ready to treat further with you [WP 2:199].
It was a fateful call. In a letter to his wife dated 29 November 1630, John Winthrop enumerated the twelve members of "my family" who had died by that date, and included among them "Mr. Gager and his man: Smith of Buxall and his wife and 2: children" [WP 2:320].
In his letter to the Countess of Lincoln Thomas Dudley reported that "about the beginning of September died Mr. Gager, a right godly man, a skillful chirugeon, and one of the deacons of our congregation ..." [Dudley 72].
When the last of the Gager children was baptized in Little Waldingfield, the main body of the Winthrop Fleet had already departed for New England. There were, however, several ships which sailed in May [Young's First Planters 311] and the Gager family (or at least the mother and newborn child) must have come across at that time.
William Gager and his family, given their close connection with John Winthrop, very likely made the move from Charlestown to Boston in early September, and so that is given as the place of death of William, his wife and two daughters.
The order of the Court to provide maintenance for Gager does not state the service that he was to provide, but it may have been as a surgeon to the whole colony. The starting date for his term of service, 20 June 1630, was a Sunday shortly after the Winthrop Fleet had arrived in New England, and was the day of their return from scouting out Charlestown as the place they would settle.
On 29 October 1639 John Winthrop made out a will which was later revoked, in which was the following bequest: "I will that Jo[hn] Gager shall have a cow one of the best I shall have, in recompense of a heifer his father bought of me, and an 2 ewe goats and 10 bushels of Indian corn" [WP 4:147]. In about August 1646 William Morton of New London passed on to John Winthrop Jr. the desire of John Gager to "buy him a shirt cloth" [WP 5:94].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Jacobus prepared an excellent treatment of this family, including the evidence needed to identify the wife of John Gager [Granberry 223-25].

The Great Migration Begins
Sketches
PRESERVED PURITAN

Ancestry Chain: 11th gr grandfather William GAGER Immigrant b.1592, Sarah GAGER Immigrant b.1620, Hannah ALLYN b.1650, Joanna ROSE b.1678, Joanna AVERY b.1700, Hannah ALLEN b.1734, Lucretia NEEDHAM b.1760, Shadrach ROUNDY b.1789, Almeda Sophia ROUNDY b.1829, Charles PARKER b.1853, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923, Lark, TR.

Hyrum and Eliza H. DAVIDSON Family Portrait

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Eliza Annie HAWKES daughter of Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE
married 3 Apr 1889 Hyrum David DAVIDSON son of Thomas Bell DAVIDSON and Ellen HALL
(Hyrum and Eliza DAVIDSON had eight children)

Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE family group sheet

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left side: father Francis HAWKES, Clarence Christopher (Cal) CRESSAL and Mary Ann FARNES, Eliza Annie HAWKES and Hyrum David DAVIDSON, Francis William HAWKES child, Sarah Ann HAWKES and Harry WORLEY, Herbert Henry HAWKES and Sarah Amy JONES.

right side: mother Eliza COLE, Alvin James HAWKES and Margaret SMITH, Martha Maria HAWKES and William Henry BROUGH, Horatio Paul HAWKES and Annie McNiel SMITH, Nellie May HAWKES and not pictured Albert Milton CURTIS, Elizabeth HAWKES and Edmund Rodoph GIBBS.

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Ancestry Chain: CR, Lark, Camilla SMITH, Amy Ella HAWKES, Herbert Henry HAWKES, Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE.

Clyde F. SMITH - half brother of grandfather G. Ensign SMITH

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Clyde Fuhriman Smith son of Isaac SMITH (1857-1914) and Elizabeth FUHRIMAN (1871-1944).
Birth: 10 Aug 1913 in Riverdale, Franklin, Idaho
Death: 12 Feb 2000 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina
Married: 9 Jul 1936 Logan, Cache, Utah
Crystle Keller daughter of Selestres Alvirus Keller (1879-1970) and Clara Adell Egley (1885-1982).
Birth: 21 Jan 1912 in Mink Creek, Franklin, Idaho
Death: 17 Feb 2002 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina

Clyde F. SMITH pictured in front row

with children of Isaac SMITH
Clyde's mother Elizabeth Furhiman SMITH center back row.

Clyde Fuhriman Smith (1913-2000)

(NC State University Insect Museum)

Aphid specialist Clyde Fuhriman Smith was born 10 August 1913, in Franklin County, Idaho, where his early education began. He went on to study entomology, earning degrees at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University: B.S. 1935, M.S. 1938) and the Ohio State University (Ph.D. 1939). In September 1939, he accepted a position in Raleigh as an Assistant Entomologist at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and N.C. State College (now University) and subsequently progressed to Associate Professor (1943-1950), Professor and Department Head (1951-1963), Professor (1964-1979), and Professor Emeritus (1980-2000). His graduate students included: R. Bastida, C. S. Black, Jr., C. S. Parron, and L. Van Balen (all M.S.); M. M. Cermeli-Lollini, H. L. Comroy, M. H. Farrier, J. Graham, H. B. Moore, Jr., A. T. Olive, M. E. Pérez-Escolar, and C. G. Wright (all Ph.D.).

Smith studied insects and mites associated with nearly every major crop in North Carolina, but is perhaps best known for his taxonomic work on aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae). Outstanding among his contributions on aphids are: Aphididae of Puerto Rico (1963, with L. F. Martorell and M. E. Pérez-Escolar), Bibliography of the Aphididae of the World (1972), Keys to and Descriptions of the Genera of Pemphigini in North America (1974), An Annotated List of Aphididae of North America (1978, with C. S. Parron), An Annotated List of Aphididae of the Caribbean Islands and South America (1979, with M. M. Cermeli [Cermeli-Lollini]), and A Key to Many of the Common Alate Aphids of North Carolina (1992, with R. W. Eckel and E. Lampert). Smith's doctoral dissertation on a group of small wasps parasitic on aphids was the basis for his Aphidiinae of North America (1944).

The extensive collection of papers Smith used to compile his bibliographies, checklists and taxonomic works is deposited with the NCSU Libraries's Special Collections Department as the Clyde F. Smith Papers. The papers, some of which are rare, encompass literature, reprints, pamphlets, and books, primarily pertaining to the insect family Aphididae. Associated with the papers are approximately 288,000 index cards on Aphididae with indexes that include: an annotated generic and specific index to all literature cited in Smith's 1972 Bibliography of Aphididae, a host plant index indicating the aphids associated with each host, the source citing this association, and an index of aphid-parasitoid associations. Together, the 1972 Bibliography and the 1978 Annotated List of Aphididae of North America provide indexes to the Smith Papers.

Smith's large research collection of aphids, deposited at the NCSU Insect Collection, is rich in material from North Carolina and Utah, but includes specimens from around the world. Also at NC State are his collection notebooks (including field notes) as well as his collection of small parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Additionally, The W. F. Barr Entomological Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Entomological Museum of Utah State University, Logan, both hold significant numbers of aphid slides donated by Smith. The primary types of most (75) of the aphid species that Smith authored (or coauthored) are deposited at the U.S. National Collection of Insects and Mites housed at Beltsville, Maryland.

He had a remarkable ability to bring together scientific colleagues and others to exchange information. The present names of organizations he founded or helped to found are the Southeastern Peach Workers Conference (initiated 1948), N.C. Agricultural Chemicals School (1949), N.C. Pest Control Technicians School (1950), N.C. Pest Control Association (1950), N.C. Entomological Society (1956, first President), and Heliothis Conference (late 1950s, now meeting with the Entomological Society of America). In 1972, Smith received the N.C. Entomological Society's Entomologist of the Year award. Furthermore, he held membership in several other scholarly societies: Entomological Society of America (President of Southeastern Branch in 1972), Washington Entomological Society, Society of Systematic Zoology, Georgia Entomological Society, Gamma Sigma Delta, Society of the Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He was also instrumental in the passage of the N.C. Structural Pest Control Act of 1955 and served as chair of the N.C. Structural Pest Control Commission from 1955 to 1967.

Smith died 13 February 2000, following a period of ill-health initiated by a stroke in early February 1999.

Publications by Clyde F. Smith

Cermeli L[ollini], M. [M.], and C. F. Smith. 1979. Keys to species of the genus Picturaphis (Homoptera: Aphididae) with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 611-620.
Clayton, C. N., H. C. Fink, C. F. Smith, and G. F. Turnipseed. 1954. Apple spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 19: 1-16.
Clayton, C. N., and C. F. Smith. 1947. Apple spray suggestions for 1947. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Clayton, C. N., and C. F. Smith. 1948. Apple spray information for 1948. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 6. [pagination unknown]
Clayton, C. N., and C. F. Smith. 1949. Apple spray information for 1949. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 6 (revised): 1-8.
Clayton, C. N., and C. F. Smith. 1950. Apple spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Circular 6 (revised): 1-12.
Clayton, C. N., and C. F. Smith. 1956. Apple disease and insect control recommendations - 1956. North Carolina Pesticide Manual 1956: 27-28.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and K. A. Sorensen. 1971. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1971: 124-125.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and K. A. Sorensen. 1972. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1972: 124-125.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and K. A. Sorensen. 1973. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1973: 221-222.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and K. A. Sorensen. 1974. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1974: 251-252.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and K. A. Sorensen. 1975. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1975: 251-252.
Clayton, C. N., C. F. Smith, and G. T. Weekman. 1970. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual 1970: 112-113.
Clayton, C. N., G. F. Turnipseed, and C. F. Smith. 1957. Apple spray information. North Carolina Extension Circular 406: 1-20.
Clayton, C. N., G. T. Weekman, and C. F. Smith. 1968. Peach spray program. North Carolina Pesticide Manual 1968: 76.
Clements, K. M., B. M. Wiegmann, C. E. Sorenson, C. F. Smith, P. A. Neese, and R. M. Roe. 2000. Genetic variation in the Myzus persicae complex (Homoptera: Aphididae): evidence for a single species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93: 31-46.
Fields, H. M., G. C. Klingman, C. F. Smith, and C. N. Clayton. 1963. Pesticides, facts on their use in North Carolina. National Agricultural Chemicals Association News and Pesticide Review 21(4): 8-10.
Harris, J. H., F. A. Hassis [Haasis], and C. F. Smith. 1955. Azaleas and camellias. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 246: [1-32].
Harris, J. H., F. A. Hassis [Haasis], and C. F. Smith. 1957. Azaleas and camellias. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 246 (revised): [1-32].
Harris, J. H., F. A. Haasis, and C. F. Smith. 1960b. Azaleas and camellias. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 246 (revised): [1-32].
Harris, J. H., F. A. Haasis, and C. F. Smith. 1960b. How to grow azaleas and camelias. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Extension folder.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935a. Tomato fruitworms. Utah State Agricultural Experiment Station Leaflet 61: 1-4.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935b. The desert gridiron-tailed lizard. Copeia 2: 102-103.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935c. Toads in the control of auto-camp insects. Journal of Economic Entomology 28: 496.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935d. Currant and gooseberry aphids. Utah State Agricultural Experiment Station Leaflet 63: [1-4].
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935e. Beet leafhopper predators--birds. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 12: 249-253.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1935f. Notes on Utah Scarabaeidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Entomological News 46: 241-244.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936a. Lizard aids in range insect control. Journal of Economic Entomology 29: 461.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936b. The aphid genus Epameibaphis in Utah. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 38: 89-92.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936c. Capitophorus aphids infesting Chrysothamnus. Canadian Entomologist 68: 107-113.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936d. Notes on intermountain aphids. Entomological News 47: 210-213.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936e. Rose insects. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 13: 263-267.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936f. Strawberry insects. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 13: 289-292.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936g. Capitophorus aphids infesting Artemisia. Canadian Entomologist 68: 229-234.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936h. Descriptions of some rabbit brush and willow aphids. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 29: 776-778.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1936i. Aphid studies. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand (Rg, Latvija) 1: 487-492, plate VIII.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1937. Some aphids of the genus Capitophorus. Canadian Entomologist 69: 150-152.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1938a. Notes on western conifer aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae). Entomological News 49: 65-69.
Knowlton, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1938b. The aphid genus Pseudoepameibaphis. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 46: 217-222.
Knowlton, G. F., C. F. Smith, and F. C. Harmston. 1938. Pea aphid investigations. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 15: 71-80.
Knowlton, G. F., J. S. Stanford, and C. F. Smith. 1934. Birds as predators of the beet leafhopper. Journal of Economic Entomology 27: 1196-1197.
Metcalf, Z. P., and C. F. Smith. 1956. Introduction. pp. iii-vii. In Metcalf, Z. P. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 18. Eurybrachidae and Gengidae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh.
Metcalf, Z. P., and C. F. Smith. 1957. Introduction. pp. iii-viii. In Metcalf, Z. P. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 13. Flatidae and Hypochthonellidae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh.
Metcalf, Z. P., and C. F. Smith. 1958. Introduction. pp. iii-vii. In Metcalf, Z. P. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 15. Issidae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh.
Rabb, R. L., F. E. Guthrie, H. E. Scott, and C. F. Smith. 1955. Tobacco insects of North Carolina and their natural enemies. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 394: [1]-35.
Randall, G. O., H. R. Garriss, and C. F. Smith. 1951. Successful rose culture. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Extension Circular 200 (revised): [1-26].
Randall, G. O., H. R. Garriss, and C. F. Smith. 1954. Successful rose culture. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 200 (revised): [1-24].
Smith, C. F. 1937. The aphid genus Flabellomicrosiphum in Utah. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 13: 127-129.
Smith, C. F. 1939a. The digestive system of Macrosiphum solanifolii (Ash.) (Aphidae: Homoptera). Ohio Journal of Science 39: 57-59.
Smith, C. F. 1939b. Hymenopterous parasites of aphids with special reference to the Aphidiinae. Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations (Ohio State University, Columbus) 30: 169-174.
Smith, C. F. 1940. Notes on some Ohio aphids. Ohio Journal of Science 40: 139-142, plate I.
Smith, C. F. 1941a. Control studies of the woolly apple aphid. Journal of Economic Entomology 34: 590.
Smith, C. F. 1941b. A new species of hymenopterous parasite of the pea aphid (Macrosiphum pisi Kaltentbach). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 34: 537-538.
Smith, C. F. 1941c. The genus Drepanaphis Del Guercio east of the Rocky Mountains. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Society 57: 226-242.
Smith, C. F. 1941d. Trichogramma and the Oriental fruit moth. Journal of Economic Entomology 34: 590.
Smith, C. F. 1942. The use of cyanide in controlling the root form of the woolly apple aphid. Journal of Economic Entomology 35: 908-910.
Smith, C. F. 1943a. North Carolina. p. 6. In State by state summary of 1943 orchard pest problems. American Fruit Grower 63(2): 6.
Smith, C. F. 1943b. Scale insects harm peach trees in North Carolina. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 1(2): 12.
Smith, C. F. 1943c. Experiments with the peach tree borer in North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology 36: 215-218.
Smith, C. F. 1943d. Peach tree borer control recommendations, 1943. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1944a. Drepanaphis tissoti, a new species of aphid from Florida. Florida Entomologist 27: [55]-57.
Smith, C. F. 1944b. Peach insect control. Proceedings of the Southern Workers' Conference on Entomology (18th Annual Meeting, February 1-3, 1944) 18: 63-67.
Smith, C. F. 1944c. The Aphidiinae of North America (Braconidae: Hymenoptera). Ohio State University Press, Columbus. xii + 154 pp.
Smith, C. F. 1944d. Peach tree borer, control recommendations for North Carolina. [alternate title: The peach tree borer in North Carolina]. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 277: [1]-8.
Smith, C. F. 1944e. Controlling the plum curculio on peaches. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 2(2): 2-3.
Smith, C. F. 1945. Reduced concentrations of ethylene dichloride for peachtree borer control. Journal of Economic Entomology 38: 500-501.
Smith, C. F. 1946a. Curculio control recommendations for North Carolina. North Carolina State College, January 14, 1946. [lithograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1946b. Controlling soybean insects. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 4(3): 7, 9.
Smith, C. F. 1946c. Plum curculio, post harvest spraying. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, August 1, 1946. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1946d. Peach insects, North Carolina--1946. Proceedings of the Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers' Conference (23rd Annual Meeting) 23: [? 20 or 22].
Smith, C. F. 1947a. Controlling pea aphids. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, March 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947b. Burning to control the curculio. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, March 12, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947c. Emergence of the plum curculio. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, March 20, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947d. Curculio emergence and petal fall spray. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, April 7, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947e. Emergence of the plum curculio. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, April 16, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947f. Wormy drops. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, April 28, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947g. Notes on hexaethyl tetrophosphate. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, June 3, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947h. Plum curculio; post harvest spraying. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, August 19, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947i. Things to do and not to do; peach borer control; scale insects and burning. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, September 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F. 1947j. Plum curculio control in North Carolina--1947. Proceedings of the Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers' Conference (24th Annual Meeting) 24: 26-29.
Smith, C. F. 1948a. Pea aphid control in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 7: [1-7].
Smith, C. F. 1948b. A new aphid on sweet potato. Florida Entomologist 31: 24-26.
Smith, C. F. 1948c. Plum curculio control in North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology 41: 220-227.
Smith, C. F. 1948d. A new aphid on devil shoe string (Tephrosia virginiana, L. Pers.). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41: 384-386.
Smith, C. F. 1949. DDT-parathion: new weapon for peach growers. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 7(3): 3.
Smith, C. F. 1956. Zeno Payne Metcalf, distinguished entomologist. Science 123: 1022.
Smith, C. F. 1958. What's new in insecticides? Agricultural Chemicals 13(3): 43, 45.
Smith, C. F. 1959. A new species of aphid on sugar maple (Aphidae: Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 52: 647-649.
Smith, C. F. 1960a. Aphids (Aphidae: Homoptera) on "cacao" in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 44: 154-156.
Smith, C. F. 1960b. New species of Aphidae: Homoptera from Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 44: 157-162.
Smith, C. F. 1960c. North Carolina finds 3-year old inspection form still acceptable. Pest Control 28(9): 40-41.
Smith, C. F. 1961. p.194. In Comments of the proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type-species for Euceraphis Walker, 1870. Z.N.(S.) 1363. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 194.
Smith, C. F. 1962. p. 196. In Discussion of the case "Aphis Linnaeus, 1758, its type-species, and the family-group name derived from it (Insecta: Hemiptera). Z.N.(S) 881". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 19: 195-198.
Smith, C. F. 1965a. Tiliphagus lycoposugus, new genus, new species (Aphididae: Homoptera) from Tilia americana and Lycopus virginicus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58: 781-786.
Smith, C. F. 1965b. Book review: Entomological Techniques. How to Work with Insects, by Alvah Peterson. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 11: 96.
Smith, C. F. 1969a. Pemphiginae associated with the roots of conifers in North America (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 62: 1128-1152.
Smith, C. F. 1969b. Controlling peach scale. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 28(1-2): 12.
Smith, C. F. 1970a. Emergence of the peach tree borer in North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology 63: 1700-1701.
Smith, C. F. 1970b. Notes on the genus Picturaphis and related genera with a new species of Picturaphis from Puerto Rico (Aphididae: Homoptera). Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 54: 683-688.
Smith, C. F. 1970c. Sexual activity and egg fertility of the peach tree borer. Journal of Economic Entomology 63: 1909-1910.
Smith, C. F. 1971. The life cycle and redescription of Mordvilkoja vagabunda (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 73: 359-367.
Smith, C. F. 1972a. Synonymy, redescription, and biology of Neoparacletus corrugatans (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65: 1328-1331.
Smith, C. F. 1972b. Bibliography of the Aphididae of the world. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 216: [1]-717.
Smith, C. F. 1974a. The genus Phloeomyzus with the description of P. dearborni n. sp. from Populus tremuloides Michx. (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76: 66-72.
Smith, C. F. 1974b. Keys to and descriptions of the genera of Pemphigini in North America (Homoptera: Aphididae: Pemphiginae). North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 266: [i]-vi, [1]-61.
Smith, C. F. 1980a. A fourth species of Toxopterella Hille Ris Lambers (Homoptera: Aphididae) from North America with a key to species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82: 276-283.
Smith, C. F. 1980b. Notes and keys to the species of Carolinaia (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82: 312-318.
Smith, C. F. 1982. A key to the species of Hyalomyzus (Homoptera: Aphididae) in North America, with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84: 325-331.
Smith, C. F. 1983. A new species of aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Potentilla canadensis. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85: 64-68.
Smith, C. F. 1985. Pemphiginae in North America. pp. 277-302. In Szelegiewicz, H. (ed.). Evolution and Biosystematics of Aphids. Proceedings of the International Aphidological Symposium at Jablonna, 5-11 April 1981. Zaklad Narodowy im Ossolinskich Wyawnictwo, Warsaw.
Smith, C. F., and L. Bennett. 1951. Some tobacco insects and their control. Movie, 16 mm., color, sound. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, December 1951.
Smith, C. F., and C. Black. 1950. Peach borer paradox. Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 8(3): 5, 7.
Smith, C. F., and W. V. Campbell. 1979. Charles Henry Brett 1909-1978. Journal of Economic Entomology 72: 157.
Smith, C. F., and M. M. Cermeli [Cermeli-Lollini]. 1979. An annotated list of Aphididae (Homoptera) of the Caribbean Islands and South and Central America. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 259: [i-ii], 1-131.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1947. First generation curculio and brown rot control. North Carolina Agricultural Experimental Station, June 9, 1947. [mimeograph printing]
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1948. Peach spray information for 1948. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 5. [pagination unknown]
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1949. Peach spray information for 1949. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 5 (revised): 1-8.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1950. Peach spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 5 (revised): 1-[11].
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1951. Peach spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 12: 1-11.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1953a. Peach spray information, 1953. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 17: 1-11.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1953b. Peach spray information, 1953. North Carolina Agricultural College Plant Pathology Information Note 31: 10-15.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1954. Peach spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Special Circular 20: 1-12.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1956. Peach insect and disease control recommendations - 1956. North Carolina Pesticide Manual 1956: 29-31.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1957. Peach spray information. North Carolina Extension Circular 407: 1-16.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1959. Peach spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407 (revised): 1-15.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1970. Peach disease and insect control in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407: 1-17.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1972. Peach disease and insect control in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407 (revised): [1]-17.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1976a. Peach disease and insect control in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407 (revised): 1-19.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1976b. Peach spray program. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407 (supplement): 1-4.
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1978a. Peach spray information. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Circular 407 (supplement, revised): [1-4 (folded leaflet)].
Smith, C. F., and C. N. Clayton. 1978b. Peach disease and insect control in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service AG-146 [revision of former Circular 407]: [i-ii, 1]-23.
Smith, C. F., and H. A. Denmark. 1982. Trichosiphonaphis polygoni (van der Goot) (Homoptera: Aphididae), a genus and species new to the United States. Florida Entomologist 65: 381-382.
Smith, C. F., and H. A. Denmark. 1984. Life history and synonymy of Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Fitch) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Florida Entomologist 67: 430-434.
Smith, C. F., and D. G. Dillery. 1968a. The genus Drepanaphis Del Guercio (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 185-204.
Smith, C. F., and R. W. Eckel. 1996. Aphis crassicauda n. sp. (Homoptera: Aphididae), with a key to the alate species of Aphis on Viburnum spp. in the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 44-49.
Smith, C. F., R. W. Eckel, and E. Lampert. 1992. A key to many of the common alate aphids of North Carolina (Aphididae: Homoptera). North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 299: [i]-vi, 1-92.
Smith, C. F., and S. M. Gaud. 1974. The alate viviparae of Picturaphis Blanchard (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 58: 381-383.
Smith, C. F., S. M. Gaud, L. F. Martorell, and M. E. Pérez-Escolar. 1971. Additions and corrections to the Aphididae of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 55: 192-258.
Smith, C. F., and J. Graham. 1967. Life history, synonymy, and description of Neoprociphilus aceris (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 67-72.
Smith, C. F., and O. E. Heie. 1963. Megouroparsus, new genus, related to MicroparsusMegoura Buckton (Homoptera: Aphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56: 401-406. Patch and
Smith, C. F., I. D. Jones, and L. D. Calvin. 1950. Effect of insecticides on the flavor of peaches--1949. Journal of Economic Entomology 43: 179-181.
Smith, C. F., G. D. Jones, and R. L. Rabb. 1953. Tobacco insect control. North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Raleigh. 4 pp.
Smith, C. F., I. D. Jones, and J. A. Rigney. 1949. Effect of insecticides on the flavor of peaches--1948. Journal of Economic Entomology 42: 618-623.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1937. Macrosiphum aphids infesting ChrysothamnusGutierrezia. Canadian Entomologist 69: 269-272. and
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1938. The aphid genus Microsiphum in Utah and Idaho. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 31: 162-166.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1939. Three intermountain aphids. Canadian Entomologist 71: 241-243.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1940. Three aphids of the genus Brevicoryne van der Goot. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 33: 404-405.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1943. The aphid genus Drepanaphis Del Guercio. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Society 59: 171-176, plate 22.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1966. The genus Aspidaphium Börner (Homoptera: Aphididae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42: 20-24.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1971. Pleotrichophorus tetradymiae, a new species of aphid from Utah (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 73: 320-323.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1975. Moss aphids in the United States (Homoptera: Aphididae). United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative Economic Insect Report 25: 423-431.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1977. The genus Rhopalosiphoninus Baker (Homoptera: Aphididae) in North America. United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative Plant Pest Report 2: 75-80.
Smith, C. F., and G. F. Knowlton. 1983. A key to the species of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) on wild Geranium spp. in the United States, with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85: 686-690.
Smith, C. F., L. F. Martorell, and M. E. Pérez-Escolar. 1958. Myzus persicae (Sulzer) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 42: 263-266.
Smith, C. F., L. F. Martorell, and M. E. Pérez-Escolar. 1963. Aphididae of Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Paper 37: [1]-121.
Smith, C. F., and C. S. Parron. 1978. An annotated list of Aphididae (Homoptera) of North America. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 255: [i]-viii, 1-428.
Smith, C. F., and J. O. Pepper. 1968. Grylloprociphilus frosti, new genus, new species, from the eastern United States (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70: 57-60.
Smith, C. F., and R. L. Rabb. 1954. The effects of insecticides on the flavor of tobacco. Proceedings, Association of Southern Agricultural Workers (51st Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, February 1-3, 1954) 51: 107.
Smith, C. F., and W. H. Rankin. 1947. Does fertilization increase grain aphids? Research and Farming (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh) 6(1): 6.
Smith, C. F., and A. G. Robinson. 1975. The genus Myzodium with the description of M. knowltoni, new species (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 77: 481-486.
Smith, C. F., and H. L. G. Stroyan. 1972. The probable identity of Prociphilus (Pulvius) probosceus (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65: 804-807.
Smith, C. F., and N. Tuatay. 1960. The genus Microparsus Patch (Aphidae: Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 53: 735-742.
Smith, C. F., and O. Veerhoff. 1947. Ethylene dichloride injury to peach. Journal of Economic Entomology 40: 588.
Starý, P., and C. F. Smith. 1976. The Nearctic distribution, host plants and nomenclature of Monoctonus (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 78: 171-175.
Turnipseed, G. F., and C. F. Smith. 1953. Life history and control of scales on apples in North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology 46: 969-972.

Mary Ann SPARKS GIBSON

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Devin Ferguson found this picture of Mary Ann SPARKS GIBSON in the St. George, UT "Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum." There are many of her grandchildren and step grandchildren who will be thrilled to finally see a picture of this amazing women.

Mary Ann SPARKS GIBSON (1802-1871) daughter of Josiah SPARKS and Lydia TOLLISON.
First wife of George Washington GIBSON (1800-1871) son of Robert GIBSON and Mary EVANS.

They were both born in Union County, South Carolina and in 1822 were married there.
Mother of 11 children: Mary Densia GIBSON NEW, Robert Malek GIBSON, Lydia Ardelicia GIBSON HUNT, Robert Pulaski GIBSON, William Washington GIBSON, Francis Abigail GIBSON, William Gilbert GIBSON, Laura Arrilla GIBSON ANDRUS, Moses Washington GIBSON, Manomas Levina GIBSON ANDRUS, Joseph Smith GIBSON.

They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mississippi and entered the Salt Lake Valley with the Pueblo / Mississippi Saints in July 1847. Settling in Cottonwood/Holladay then moving to the Dixie Mission. Where they both died at Duncan Retreat, UT and are buried in Grafton.

As time permits I will add photos of their children.

Grandma, Granddaughters and Great Grandsons

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Dinner with Grandma

By BR

"We went to have dinner with my grandma last night. She is usually in Washington, but in Salt Lake for the summer. She will be 90 next month."

"Reuben is named after her dad (and son). So, she told Reuben a bit about her dad. He drove a truck for the state. He would walk two miles to town, to get the truck. Drive it all day, then walk the two miles back home. He had a large family and had to do what he had to. And the state was paying then."

"Jordan asked her if she wore fingernail polish, (because my nails were looking good). And yes she did. She was a beautician. Her cousin went to beauty school and came home with romantic stories so she and her sister went. When asked if she liked it, she said, 'I guess. I didn't know any better." She said, "I wasn't very imaginative. Someone would tell me they did something, and I'd decide to do it.'"

"This is a very telling statement about my Grandma. She has great ability. She can see something, decide to do it, and then do it--successfully. She might not think she was imaginative, but she has great ability. Not everyone can decide to do whatever they see and then do it..."

(Borrowed family post, thanks.)

Happy Father's Day

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1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us ^alove one another: for ^blove is of God;

and every one that loveth is ^cborn of God, and knoweth God.

He that loveth not ^aknoweth not God; for God is love.

William, William and William CARPENTER

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Description = Bevis Passenger list England to America in 1638 AD

Three Grandfathers (son, father, grandfather) all William Carpenter and One Grandmother (Abigail Briant Carpenter) Arrive Together on the Ship Bevis 1638

Ancestry Chain: 11th great-grandfather William CARPENTER Immigant b.1576, 10th great-grandfather William CARPENTER Immigant b.1605, 9th great-grandfather William CARPENTER Immigant b.1631, Daniel CARPENTER b.1669, Eleazer CARPENTER b.1704, Elihu CARPENTER b.1752, Betsy CARPENTER b.1788, Adaline RAWSON b.1811, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark JR.

The Rehoboth Carpenter family is an American family that helped settle the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1644.^[1]

The first immigrant and founder of this line was William Carpenter (generation 1) (b. c1575 in England), his namesake son, William Carpenter (Generation 2) (c1605 in EnglandBevis from Southampton, England, in 1638. William Carpenter (Gen. 2) and the son's wife and children (then numbering four) arrived on the arrived on the Bevis from Southampton, England, in 1638. Nothing more is known of the father, William, in Massachusetts and he is presumed to have perished either in passage, shortly after arriving in the new world or, less likely he returned to England. William Carpenter (Gen. 2) is buried in the Newman Congregational Church Cemetery with a simple field stone marked with a "W. C.".

William Carpenter, (Gen. 2) first appears in New England records in 1640, as a resident of Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was among the founders (at Weymouth in late 1643) of the Plymouth Colony town of Rehoboth (settled 1644). His son, William (Gen. 3) Carpenter (b. 1631 in England - 1702/3 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA), was for many years Rehoboth town clerk, by virtue of which his name—not that of his father—appears with some frequency in Plymouth Colony records, in association with a number of local vital-records lists that he certified and forwarded to colony authorities. The name William Carpenter appears in copious Plymouth Colony records and in the writings of John Winthrop and in other public records over the generations.

Three Carpenter family houses in Rehoboth are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places: Christopher Carpenter House, Col. Thomas Carpenter III House, and Carpenter House.

William Carpenter (Gen. 1) born about 1575 in England. He died after 2 May 1638 (Bevis passenger list) and certainly before 1644 when his son, William settled in Rehoboth. He was of Newtown, Shalbourne Parish, Wiltshire, England, by 1608, when he became a copyholder (semipermanent leaseholder) at Westcourt Manor (Westcourt Recs 7). Shalbourne, completely in Wiltshire since 1895, previously it straddled the line separating Wiltshire and Berkshire, with Westcourt comprising the Wiltshire part of the parish (Shalbourne Map); the Hampshire border was/is about four miles away. It is likely that William was born in one of these three counties. William's renewal of his Westcourt tenancy on 22 June 1614 gives his age as 40 (Westcourt Recs 7). The passenger list of the Bevis, the ship on which he left England, is dated 2 May 1638 and states William's age as 62 leading to an estimate of about 1575 for his birth.

His son William Carpenter (Gen. 2) was born about 1605 in or of Wiltshire, England. He died 7 February 1658/1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. He married Abigail Briant, daughter of John & Alice, on 28 April 1625 in Shalbourne Parish, Berkshire, now in, Wiltshire, England.

Their children:

John Carpenter - Christened 8 Oct.1626 in Shalborne Parish - Bevis passenger
Abigail Carpenter - Chr. 31 May 1629 in Shalborne Parish - Bevis passenger
William Carpenter (Gen. 3) - Chr. 22 Nov. 1631 in Shalborne Parish - Bevis Passenger
Joseph Carpenter - Chr. 6 Apr. 1634 in Shalborne Parish - Bevis Passenger
Samuel Carpenter - Chr. 1 Mar 1636/1637 d. 20 Apr 1637 both in Shalbourne Parish.
Samuel Carpenter - b. abt. 1638 of, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA - his mother was probably pregnant on the Bevis
Hannah Carpenter - b. 3 Apr. 1640 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Abiah Carpenter - b. 9 Apr. 1643 of, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA

(Wikipedia)

Ship BEVIS - DESTINATION: Weymouth 1638

Name	Age	Occupation
Carpenter, William	62	carpenter, of Wherwell (listed "Horwell"^cit.3), county Hampshire
Carpenter, William, Jr	33	carpenter, of Wherwell, county Hampshire
(wife) Carpenter, Abigail	32	(Maiden Name: Briant*; listed "Abigael"^cit.3)
(child) Carpenter	-	under 10 (John*)
(child) Carpenter	-	under 10 (Abigail*)
(child) Carpenter	-	under 10 (William*)
(child) Carpenter	-	under 10 (Joseph*)
Banshott, Thomas	14	(Carpenter servant)

Thomas PRENCE 4th, 8th & 12th Governor of Plymouth Colony

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Thomas Prence House Eastam, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built 1646. Demolished.

Thomas Prence Governor of Plymouth

Thomas Prence (1599 – March 29, 1673) was a co-founder of Eastham, Massachusetts, a political leader in both the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, and governor of Plymouth (1634, 1638, and 1657 - 1673).

Early Life:
Thomas Prence was born in 1599 at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England a son of Thomas Prence and Elizabeth Tolderby. Thomas emigrated to America in 1621 on the ship Fortune, arriving in Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few days after the first Thanksgiving.

A chair belonging to Thomas which now resides in the Pilgrim Hall Museum.
75 Court Street (Route 3A), Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360

Marriage and Family:
Prence married three times. He married as his first wife on August 5, 1624 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (the ninth marriage recorded in the colony), Patience Brewster, a passenger on the Anne which arrived in Plymouth in 1623. She was born circa 1600 probably in Scrooby a small village, where her father was born, in the northern part of the English county of Nottinghamshire and died before December 12, 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, of a "pestilent fever." She was a daughter of Elder William Brewster, (c. 1567 - April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.

Thomas and Patience had four children: Thomas Jr., Rebecca, Mercy, and Hannah. Rebecca married first Edmund Freeman, Jr. the son of Edmund Freeman and had two children. Rebecca married second Capt. John PUTMAN they had ten children. She died in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Mercy married John Freeman, had eleven children, and settled in Eastham, Massachusetts. Hannah married Nathaniel Mayo, had six children, and died in Eastham.

Prence next married on April 1, 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Mary Collier, bapt. in 1612 at St Olave's Church, in the parish of Southwark St Olave, an area of south-east London, now the London Borough of Southwark, England and died before December 1662 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Jane (____) Clark and William Collier, one of the investors, or Merchant Adventurers, and an initial shareholder in the Plymouth Plantation. She was the sister of Sarah Collier, the wife of Love Brewster, a passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Elder William Brewster.

They were the parents of five children: Mary Prence, Jane Prence, Elizabeth Prence, Sarah Prence, Judith Prence. Jane Prence (November 1, 1637 - 1712) married Mark Snow the son of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins, a daughter of Stephen Hopkins (born about 1582 – 1644), a tanner and merchant who was one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, settling in Plymouth Colony.

Lastly, Prence married Apphia Quicke in December, 1662. It is unknown if they had any children.

COMMENTS: For many years it was believed that Prence had married only three times and that his last wife was "Mary" Freeman, but this was straightened out in 1904 by Ella Florence Elliott, who divided the erroneous construct into its proper wholes, revealing divorcee Apphia Freeman and widow Mary Howes as Prence's last two of four wives.

Career
He was allowed to join with Bradford, Allerton and Standish as a member of the Trade Monopoly. Later, in 1644, he and several other prominent families left Plymouth for better land and founded the community of Eastham, Massachusetts. He became governor of Plymouth, for the first time, in 1634; he was elected again in 1638 and served from 1657 to 1673. After the death of Governor Bradford in 1653, he became the leader of the Plymouth Colony serving in that capacity until his death.

He was distinguished for his religious zeal, and opposed those that he believed to be heretics, particularly the Quakers. He became infamous for the banishment of those who would not conform to his specific church law, including Samuel Gorton, the first governor of Rhode Island. He restructured the local government to secure his position and led the persecution of numerous people for offenses such as smiling in church, harboring non-church members, and tending garden during the Sabbath. He also procured revenue for the colony's grammar schools so future generations would be better educated.

Governor Prence gave to Wamsutta and Pometacom, the sons of Massasoit, the names Alexander and Philip as a compliment to their warlike character.

Plots belonging to our Grandfathers found on this map are:
William Brewster, Thomas Prence,
Peter Browne, Stephen Hopkins and [Uncle Dr. Samuel Fuller.]

"He was another able business man to arrive in Plymouth on the Fortune in 1621, and became Governor of Plymouth Colony for 20 years, serving at times from 1634 to 1673. He followed his father-in-law, William Brewster, to Duxbury in 1632, and finally removed to Nauset (Eastham) in 1644 with six other families, returning later to Plymouth where he died."
- Leon Clark Hills, The Mayflower Planters, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters & First Comers to Ye Olde Colony, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, Baltimore, MD.

"Prence arrived at Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune, and from the beginning seemed to have taken a leading role in Plymouth affairs. Of the eight Plymouth Undertakers, who seemed to be the most important men in the colony in 1627, Prence was the only one who had not arrived on the Mayflower. He became governor in 1634, and was elected an Assistant in 1635, and from then on he was either an Assistant or governor every year for the rest of his life. He also served as treasurer, as president of the Council of War, and in various other capacities. With the death of of Bradford in 1657, Prence became without a doubt the most important and influential man in the colony. He was of a conservative nature, as is shown by his siding with Bradford and Winslow in the 1645 Vassall controversy, and by his actions against the Quakers. He was involved in several law suits which were decided in his favor, ... " - Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691.

"In July 1627, Thomas Prence became one of the eight parnters called undertakers, who guaranteed the purchase of Plymouth Colony from the merchant adventurers. He, with his father-in-law, William Brewster, and brother-in-law, Jonathan Brewster, signed 'Articles of Agreement' to have the 'whole trade consigned to us for some years' to pay the 'debts (of the colony) and set them free:' and to 'transport as many of our brethern of Leyden over' to Plymouth. Thomas Prence served Plymouth Colony as Governors Assistant in 1632, 1635-37, and 1639 through 1656. He was the treasurer of Plymouth Colony from 1637 to 1640 and he served as Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1645, 1650 and 1653-56. On 1 January 1633/34, when he was only 34 years old, Thomas Prence was elected as the fourth governor of Plymouth Colony. He served his second term in 1638, during which time he presided over the trial of four men wh had robbed and murdered an Indian near Providence. The evidence presented to the court resulted in them being found guilty and they were hung, one having escaped. 'On 3 June 1657, Thomas Prence was again elected Governor of the jurisdiction of New Plymouth and served until his death in 1673.'"^- Barbara Lambert Merrick, William Brewster Of The Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996. "Thomas Prence was the most distinguished of the settlers of Eastham, though not the best educated. At the time of his removal in 1645, he was holding the position of an assistant ofFortune, in November, 1621. At the time of his removal he was residing in Duxbury. His farm at Eastham contained many acres. It was situated northwest of Town cove, in that part now include within the present town of Eastham. His house stood on the est side of teh county road, near where Mr. E. Doane's howse now [1916] stands. It is said his farm comprised teh 'richest land' in the place. The famous old pear tree planted by him while a resident, and which was blown down in 1849, stood but a few rods westward from the site of his house. He was a large land-owner. He owned land in what became afterwards Harwich and Truro, besides tracts at Tonset and other localities iin ht Colony. He disposed of most of his landed estate before his death. His tracts at Sauquatucket, now Brewster, which came to him by grant, on the account of haveing been a 'Purchaser or Old-Comer,' he sold to his son-in-law, Major John Freeman, in 1672. His 'half share' at Paumet, both 'purchased and unpurchased,' lying between 'Bound Brook,' at Wellfleet, and 'Eastern Harbor or Lovell's Creek,' he sold to Mr. Thomas Paine in 1670. "Mr. Pratt, in his History of Estham, says the homestead of Gov. Prence was given by will to his son-in-law, Samuel Freeman, but the statement is not supported by documentary evidence. Records show that Gov. Prence did sell to his 'beloverd son-in-law, Mr. Samuel Freeman, Jan. 12, 1671, for thirty pounds' his 'hose lot situated and being in the town of Eastham' and 'containing eighteen acres of upland, be it more or less,' boutnde 'at the northeasterly end' by a creek, together with other upland and meadows in other parts of the town. Records also show that Gov. Prence provided a place of abode for his son-in-law, Samuel Freeman and Mercy his wife, soon after thier marrigae, and that in December, 1662, it was conveyed to them. They were then residing upon it. It was the place of the governor purchased of Mr. Josiah Cook, a 'gentleman' of Eastham. The position of this house lot the writer cannot give, but undoubtedly it was near Gov. Prence's place. "Gov. Prence continued in the office of an assistant by successive elections till 1657, when he was unanimously elected to the office of governor, as successor to Gov. Bradford, who died that year. As the law required the governor to reside at the seat of government, a dispensation was obtained from him, and he was allowed to remain at Eastham, as he desired. Mrs. Bradford was engaged to entertain him and his assistants while at Court; and attendant was appointed to attend him in his journey to and from Plymouth, and Mr. Allyn of Barnstable was engaged to accommodate him and his attendant in his house with private rooms when passing 'to and from' In 1665, Gov. Prence removed to Plymouth, and occupied the place provided by the government at a place called Plain Dealing, which the late Judge John Davis, a native of Plymouth, says was 'nearly two miles from the centre of the town on the road to Boston.' The late William Russell in his Guide to Plymouth, says the place called Plain Dealing 'extended it is believed to Kingston line'; and that Gov. Prence's house was near 'Mr. Hedges,' and in the vicinity of 'Starts Hill.' At this place, while occupying the gubernatorial chair, he died March 29, 1673, in his 73d year. He was 'honorably interred at Plymouth, April 8th.' Judge Davis says: 'The Plymouth church records, in expressing Mr. Prence's character and his amiable and pleasant conversation, depart from their usual course by an indication of his personal appearance, from which it may be supposed that it was peculiarly dignified and striking. He was excellently qualified for the office of governor. He had a countenance full of majesty, and therein, as well as otherwise, was a terror to evil doers. Gove. Bradford, and had twice been chosen govenor of the infant colony-first election in 1634, and second election in 1638. He was a native of Lechlade, a parish in Gloucestershire, England, it is understood, and born about the year 1600. He came to Plymouth in the ship

Besides holding the office of governor, Mr. Prence was a great number of years an assistant of Gov. Bradford. He was one of the commissioners of the United Colonies many years; colonial treasurer and one of the council of war. He was one of those who stood bound to the adventures for the payment of the sum they demanded for their interest in the stock, trade, etc., of the Colony, when the purchase was made in behalf of those who came in the three first ships, viz: Mayflower, Fortune and Ann.

"Gov. Prence's will bears date March 13th, 1673, and codicil march 28th, 1683. He appointed his wife, Mary, executrix, and desired that his brother, Thomas Clark, and Mr. Josiah Winslow be her advisers. To his wife mary, he gave the profits of his part of the mill at Sauquatuckett, now West Brewster, with the land adjacent to it, which he desired at her death to go to his grandson, Theophilus Mayo, who was living with him. This, he said, he gave him for his encouragement to proceed in learning. HE also gave him all his 'books fit for him in learning. He enjoined him to 'carry it well with his grandmother,' and, in case he did so, to have a 'bed.' How dutiful he was to his aged grandparent, we have no means of knowing. He doubtless removed with her to Yarmouth. From what can now be gathered he did not survive her. His death, it is supposed, took place about 1678. He was the youngest son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Prence) Mayo, and it would seem, at the death of his father, was taken by the governor into his family. The governor also gave him one-half of his land and meadow near Namassakett, in Middleboro, which if he died without descendants, would be equally divided between Gov. Prence's daughters. Of his books he gave, among others, 'to Maj John Freeman, of Eastham, Speed's, Church's and Wilson's Dictionary; Simpson's History of the Church, and Newman's Concordance.' He made other bequests, but we cannot mention them all.

"The inventory of the governor's estate shows he owned on the Cape, 'one fourth of the mill and land adjoining to it at Satuckett,' now West Brewster; twenty acres of land and three acres of meadow at Tonsett in Eastham, and eighteen acres on Porchy Island. Befre his death Gov. Prence disposed of most of his estate by deeds. Thomas Prence's descendants are numerous upon the Cape. Thomas Prence, the only son of the governor, died in England, leaving no sons, consequently he has no descendants of the patronymic living."^-Josiah Paine, "Early Settlers of Eastham," Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, 33 and 34 (1916), 63 pages.

(http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/ThomasPrence.htm)

Death:
Prence died March 29, 1673, in Plymouth, Massachusetts and was buried on Burial Hill.

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Ancestry Chain: 12th gr. grandfather (Gov.) Thomas PRENCE b.1599, Rebecca PRINCE b.1625, Priscilla PUTNAM b.1657, Lydia BAILEY b.1695, John JEFFORDS b.1724, John JEFFORDS b.1746, Lucretia JEFFORDS b.1766, Amariah RAWSON b.1787, Adaline RAWSON b.1811, Mary DUNN b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark WOOD, TR.

GILLETT Family Bible

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Gillette family bible, carried from England by Jonathan Gillett in 1630 The version of Bible that Jonathan Gillett brought with him from England to America is known as the ‘Breeches Bible’ because the ‘fig-leaf garment’ worn by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden - which is called ‘apron’ in the King James Version - is called ‘breeches’ in this edition. Jonathan's Bible was printed in Amsterdam in 1599 and was one of numerous editions of that translation, which was first printed in Geneva in 1559. This edition was favored by the Puritans in England, and it had a profound effect on the King James translation in 1611. The ‘Breeches Bible’ remains in Windsor. It has been torn and damaged, with many of its pages missing. The Bible passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family. The Gillett-Holcomb Bible became known as the "Bear Bible," because it was placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear, wanting to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, where it can still be plainly seen. The blank pages between the Old and New Testaments are still intact, and their pen and ink entries establish the copy as having belonged to the early Gillett family. The script of the entries is the very old style, which was in use in England around 1600, in the hand of Jonathan Gillett of the second generation.

Ancestry Chain 1: (10th gr.grandfather) Jonathan Sr. GILLETT (GYLETTE) Immigant b.1604, Mary GILLETT b.1638, Abigail BROWN b.1662, Jonathan FOWLER b.1685, Catherine FOWLER b.1723, Lydia NOBLE b.1768, Horace Datus ENSIGN-76 b.1797, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITM b.1926, Lark, TR.

Ancestry Chain 2: (10th gr.grandfather) Jonathan Sr. GILLETT (GYLETTE) Immigant b.1604, Samuel GILLETT, Hannah GILLETT b.1674, Mary TAYLOR b.1708, David BRONSON b.1733, Sylvanus BRONSON b.1769, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITM b.1926, Lark, TR.

Ancestry Chain 3: (11th gr.grandfather) Jonathan Sr. GILLETT (GYLETTE) Immigant b.1604, Joseph GILLETT, Joseph GILLETT b.1664, Elizabeth GILLETT b.1688, Esther MARSH b.1714, Esther SAWYER "GUNN" b.1739, Esther REMINGTON b.1772, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITM b.1926, Lark, TR.