There are two Martin family lines that converge through marriage though they are not related to each other. Because of this, I am starting out with the first branch and then will follow with the second branch. Bartholomew Martin Little is known about our first known ancestor on this branch. Bartholomew Martin was born about …
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Arthur Glass Family
Arthur Emerson Glass, son of Benjamin M. Glass and Emily M. Hendee, was born April 20, 1883 in Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois and died July 20, 1957 in Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois. He worked on the railroad for most of his life. After retirement he moved to Missouri to try his hand at farming. On May …
Benjamin Glass Family
Benjamin Metler Glass was born November 22, 1860 in Woodford County, Illinois and died June 16, 1913 at Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois. He was the son of Samuel Glass and Mary Elizabeth Yowles. (His birth certificate says Mary Purdy, in the History of Whiteside County it shows Mary Yowles, Purdy may have been his step-mother “Hurley”). …
Bollen Family
Thomas Bollen, Sr. was born in 1776 in Virginia and died in 1826. He married Mary Potts on October 2, 1804 in Jefferson, Ohio. She was his second cousin. Their children: John A. Bollen, Sr. born July 22, 1805 in Guernsey County, Ohio and died January 2, 1888 in Spring Hill, Whiteside, Illinois. He married …
Potts Family
Much of my source of information on the Potts family was taken from “The Potts Family in America” by Thomas Maxwell Potts, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1901. This was further enhanced by contributions from Cy Potts. Recently, there have been many corrections to William Potts’s work as it was discovered that much of the information contradicted itself. …
Sea Slug
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 …
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 …