Jeremiah Pierce/Pearce was born January 22, 1678 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island to Giles Pierce and Elizabeth Hall. He died April 25, 1754 in South Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island. He married in 1701 to Abigail Long. Abigail Long was born June 20, 1682 in Rhode Island to Phillip Long, Sr. and Hannah Fisher and she …
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Jedediah Ellis Family
Jedediah Ellis, son of Samuel Ellis, was born April 10, 1822 in Woodstock, Massachusetts (now Connecticut) to Samuel Ellis and Betsey Young. He died July 6, 1894, Syracuse, Onandaga, New York. He married April 3, 1845 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts to Harriet Augusta Moffitt. On James and Sophronia’s birth records it shows that Jedediah was …
William Cyrus Glass Family
Intro here William Cyrus Glass was born February 19, 1790 in Pennsylvania and died November 11, 1871 in Constantine, Cass, Michigan. He married Priscilla Willey in 1814. Priscilla Wiley was born May 19, 1790 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania and died February 19, 1865 in Constantine, Cass, Michigan. She was the daughter of Thomas Wiley (1753-1819) …
The Indian War that Wasn’t
A distant cousin shared this funny story with me recently. He also shared the picture of Richard “John” Hall. On Saturday the 6th day of January, 1838, near the same spot where a quarter of a century before the first settler in the Town of Ellington felled the trees and erected his rude log cabin …
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 …
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 …
William Bailey
William Henry Bailey was born September 8, 1871 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin to Charles E. Bailey and Rebecca Hall. He died April 20, 1950 in Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota. My grandmother described her father as being tall, handsome, determined and especially kind. He had a glass eye due to an unfortunate accident that occurred when …
Pierce Family
Double Pierce Connection Below is a chart of how my maternal and paternal families share one ancestor. Related Families Sources: Pearce Genealogy Being the Record of the Posterity of Richard Pearce An Early Inhabitant of Portsmouth, In Rhode Island Who Came From England, and whose Genealogy is traced Back to 979, by Col. Frederick C. …
Genealogy
I have enjoyed genealogy for over 40 years and this website reflects most of my work. I try to keep it updated, but my Ancestry.com tree is much more extensive and accurate. I hope you will feel free to contact me with questions. If I know of other sites that have additional information on a …