Mildred Agnes Bailey, daughter of William Henry Bailey and Mary Harmison was married to John Malaney and they had a daughter Virginia. Virginia married Leo Gosliner and they had two sons. From Virginia’s obituary: “She was the consummate supportive parent, transporting her kids to pre-dawn low tides on the Marin Coast or to the Sierras …
Category Archives: Genealogy
Glass Family
According to family oral history, somewhere in Scotland the family of Mary (Rose?) Glass lived in a big house at the top of the hill. They were more prosperous than the family of Samuel (or Robert?) Sharpe. Mary was a very beautiful girl and she and Sam fell in love and were married over the …
Faulkner Family
The Faulkner family originated in Bedfordshire, England. John Faulkner born between 1705 and 1707 and died in 1758. He was possibly married to Elizabeth Margaret Dove born in 1702. They had one son, William who was born in 1723 in Biddenham, Bedfordshire, England and possibly died in 1803. He married December 26, 1748 in Biddenham …
Moffitt Family
Note many variations: Moffatt, Moffit, Moffitt, Mofit, Mofat. William Moffatt was born about March 10, 1663 in Newbury, Massachusetts and died January 16, 1747 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut [an original proprietor], he was at one time living in Salem, Massachusetts. He married about 1692 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts to Mehitable Cloyse daughter of Thomas Cloyes. …
Ellis Family
Captain Samuel Ellis (Allis) was born February 15, 1726* in Massachusetts and died December 21, 1802 at age 77. He married Abigail Smith on March 10, 1749 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died December 31, 1806. They had the following children: Jedediah Ellis married Martha Freeman on April 28, 1774. She was the daughter of …
Amidown Family
Note the variation in spelling: Amidown, Ammidown, Amidon, Amadown, Amadowne, etc. Roger Amidon can be found on Wikipedia. Roger Amidon was born in 1614 in Bordeaux, Departement de la Girdone, Aquitaine, France and died November 11, 1673 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Roger was a French Huguenot and emigrated to Massachusetts in 1629. He was a …
Cunningham Family
The Cunningham family has been very difficult to trace. This is probably due to the fact that much of our information was shared with us orally through Mary Cunningham, wife of Thomas B. Olin. Note that the last name may be spelled with one or two “n”s. The earliest ancestor that I can race so …
Spencer Family
Harold L. Spencer, Jr. has made corrections to the below information. His message, “I have noticed your reporting of the surname le Spencer apparently in reference to the early branches or individuals of the Bedfordshire Spencers at and immediately after the Conquest of 1066. The correct usage of the Spencer surname in that era is, …
Anneke Jans Bogardus
Anneke was born in 1605 in Flekkeroy, Vest Agder, Norway and died March 19, 1663 in Beverwyck, New York (Albany). She was buried at the Dutch Calvinist Burying Ground in Fort Orange, New York (Albany). However, it is supposed that her remains were removed to the Albany Rural Cemetery later. Her parents were Johan Jans …
Egan Family
John Egan was born in 1810 in Ireland and died in 1879 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He and his family emigrated from County Cork, Ireland in 1847 according to the 1900 U.S. census listing of his daughter Mary. This was the worst year for the Irish Famine. The Egans first settled in Ohio and then …