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 …
Category Archives: Genealogy
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 …
Calvin Harmison
Calvin “Cab” P. Harmison was born July 12, 1844 in Dodge County, Wisconsin to Isaac Harmison and Eunice Barrett. He died sometime around 1911. He most likely died in Eau Claire or Half Moon Lake although on recent trips to Eau Claire I have been unsuccessful in locating a death certificate or grave site. I …
Harmison Family
Thomas W. Harmison born in 1720 probably in Virginia and died January 13, 1790 in Berkeley, James, Virginia. He married in 1745 in Virginia to Mary K. Bowen who was born in Virginia. Her parents were Henry Bowen (1738-1808) and Nancy G. Ledbetter (1737-1805). It is important to note that the Harmison name has been …
Hall Family
Richard John Hall was the father of Joseph Hall (Richard) who married Sarah Kimball. Their son was Benjamin Hall below. Third Generation Benjamin Hall (Joseph, Richard) was born April 27, 1712 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, and died October 27, 1795 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts. Benjamin married Rebecca Farnham on October 9, 1735 in Massachusetts. She …
Russ Bailey, Baseball Pioneer
Russell C. Bailey was born January 26, 1879 in Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin to Charles and Rebecca (Hall) Bailey. Mr. Bailey’s career as a baseball player and manager began in 1905, when he played with Eau Claire in the Illinois-Wisconsin league. He retired from active participation in the game in 1912, when he was manager …
Bailey Family
The earliest ancestor that I know of is Russel Claude Bailey who was born about 1821. He is listed in the death certificate of his son Charles as being born in Manchester, Massachusetts. Family legend says that either Russel or his father was a doctor in Newfoundland and was of English extraction. However, according to …