On This Day, January 13th

English: My 2009 photo of Wilbor House in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

JANUARY 13, 1714- My ninth great grandaunt, Anne Sisson, dies at the age of 67 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. Daughter of Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson, she married Peleg Tripp, son of John Tripp & Mary Paine, in 1667.

On This Day, January 10th

January 10, 1683- A son, Samuel, is born to William Abernathy & Sarah Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

January 10, 1696- My ninth great granduncle, Samuel Peck, dies at the age of 49 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British America.
The son of Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale, Samuel was born in Hartford. In 1672, he married Elizabeth Gilpin.

January 10, 1700- A daughter, Elizabeth, is born to John Stowe & Bathsheba Howe in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

January 10, 1701- A daughter, Phebe, is born to Ebenezer Cole & Mehitable Luther in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.

January 10, 1702- A son, Francis, is born to Francis Whitmore & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 10, 1703- A daughter, Hepzibah, is born to Robert Hubbard & Abigail Adkins in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 10, 1704- A son, Ebenezer, is born to Samuel Salisbury & Jemima Martin in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.

January 10, 1713- A daughter, Elizabeth, is born to Samuel Abernathy & Elizabeth Peck in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America.



(Samuel Abernathy is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Elizabeth Stowe is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and Paul Peck & Martha Hale.
Phebe Cole is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.
Francis Whitmore is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.
Ebenezer Salisbury is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Salisbury & Susanna White.
Hepzibah Hubbard is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.
Elizabeth Abernathy is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle)

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June 1741, Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 20, 1741

A daughter, Isabel, is born to Peleg & Bathsheba Sherman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Isabel Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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March 1741, Massachusetts

English: Apponogansett Meeting House, Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

March 15, 1741

A daughter, Thankful Potter, is born to William Potter & Elizabeth Mosher in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Thankful Potter is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

December 1733, Massachusetts

December 4, 1733- Tabitha Seamans is born to John Seamans & Priscilla Wood in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Tabitha Seamans is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Susannah & Dr. William Wood and Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury.)

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April 1733, Massachusetts

April 9, 1733- Hannah Sherman is born to Thomas Sherman & Phoebe Lawton in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Hannah Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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February 20, 1733- Aaron Seamans is born to Thomas Seamans & Martha Wood in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Aaron Seamans is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury.)

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January 1733, Rhode Island

January 14, 1733- Thomas Shearman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(Thomas Shearman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton and Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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August 27, 1732- Isaac Lawton and Sarah Howland are married in Bristol, Rhode Island.

( Isaac Lawton is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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May 12, 1732- Joseph Mosher is born to Jonathan Mosher & Isabel Potter in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Joseph Mosher is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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April 1732, Rhode Island

April 24, 1732- Thomas Lawton, husband of Margaret Allen, dies at the age of 44 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

(Thomas Lawton is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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March 1732, Massachusetts

Slocum Family Monument, Prospect Hill Cemetery - Northville, NY, erected 1908 by Dr. Charles E. Slocum

 Part of the above monument reads: 
ELEAZER SLOCUM, SON OF ELEAZER, BORN 20 JANUARY, 1694; MARRIED DEBORAH SMITH. THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. RESIDED IN DARTSMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, A YEOMAN AND MERCHANT AND THERE DIED, HE IN JANUARY, 1739. THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN: 1.JOHN. 2.DAVID. 3.MARY. 4.ELEAZER. 5.ELEPHEL. 6.HUMPHREY. 7.ANN. 8.DEBORAH.

March 6, 1732- Anne Slocum is born to Eleazer Slocum & Deborah Smith in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

 A short history of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical; embracing eleven generations of the first-named family, ... in the female lines as far as ascertained

March 23, 1732- Jesse Cornell is born to John Cornell & Sarah Sherman in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Anne Slocum is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Freeman.
Jesse Cornell is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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February 1732, Rhode Island

February 1, 1732- Stephen Mott & Abigail Lawton are married in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

(Abigail Lawton is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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January 1732, Massachusetts

January 10, 1732- Jeremiah Brown and Elizabeth Sisson are married in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

January 23, 1732- Oliver Sherman is born to Thomas Sherman & Phebe Lawton in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Elizabeth Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. Jeremiah Brown is my first cousin 11 times removed. Our common ancestors are James Cole and Mary Lobel.
Oliver Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Elizabeth Sisson is his second cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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1732- Daniel Sherman, husband of Sarah Jenney, dies at the age of 70 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Daniel's grandson, Moses Sherman, son of Ebenezer, is born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Daniel Sherman is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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August 7, 1731- Richard Ward is born to Joseph Ward & Sarah Weeden in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

August 15, 1731- Joseph Cook is born to John Cook & Mary Slocum in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

August 17, 1731- Anne Peckham is born to Isaac Peckham & Jane Sisson in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Richard Ward and Anne Peckham are my second cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. Richard Ward, Anne Peckham and Joseph Cook are third cousins.
Joseph Cook is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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June 3, 1731- Thomas Sherman marries his second cousin, Phebe Lawton, in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Thomas Sherman and Phebe Lawton are my second cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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February 3, 1731- Peleg Sherman, son of Peleg Sherman & Alice Fish, marries his first cousin, Bathsheba Sherman, daughter of Samuel Sherman & Sarah Pearce, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Their fathers were brothers. They were married by Justice William Sanford.

The Shermans were an ancient family in England. The name is said to be derived from their ancient occupation, they having been cloth dressers or shearers of cloth.

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(Peleg and Bathsheba Sherman are my second cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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1730 Rhode Island

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Mary Randall is born to Joseph Randall & Lydia Williams in Providence, Rhode Island.

(Mary Randall is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler. 
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