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Edward Hart and Margaret ?

 




Husband Edward Hart



 
         Born: Abt 1616 - Braintree, Essex Co, England
   Christened: 
         Died: 
       Buried: 
 
     Marriage: 



Wife Margaret ?



 
         Born: Abt 1620 - Braintree, Essex Co, England
   Christened: 
         Died: Abt 1671 - Rhode Island
       Buried: 

 
 Other Spouse: John Gould (Abt 1633-1680) - 1665-1669 - Rhode Island 1



Children


1 M Thomas Hart



 
         Born: 1642
   Christened: 
         Died: 1671
       Buried: 
 
       Spouse: Freeborn Williams (1635-1709)
         Marr: Abt 1661 - Newport, Newport, RI



2 M Jonathan Hart



 
         Born: 1650 - Flushing, Long Island, NY
   Christened: 
         Died: 1711 - Rye, Westchester Co, NY
       Buried: 
 
       Spouse: Hannah Budd (1648-      )
         Marr: Bef 27 Oct 1684 - Southold, Long Island, NYT 2




General Notes: Husband - Edward Hart


Edward Hart is reported to have been born in Braintree, Essex County, England about 1616. It is also believed that he may have been among the first major migration of Pilgrims to arrive in Massachusetts in 1630, on the ship Mary & John. His name has not been found on any ship's log, however, original records of the passengers of the Mary & John have never been found. The only records existing are incomplete . He married Margaret (last name unknown) and had at least two children, Thomas and Jonathan. After Edward's death, Margaret returned to Rhode Island to marry John Gould. Edward received a grant of land at Dorchester, MA in 1635 (N.E.R. Vol. 21 , pg. 335). Edward is, then, listed as one of the 53 lot owners of the town for Providence, Rhode Island in a 1638 document detailed at page 35 of the "Annals of the Town of Provodence from its First Settlement to the Organization of the City Government in June 1832" by William R. Staples, published in 1843. It is interesting to note that Providence was founded by a Baptist preacher named Roger Williams who was excommunicated from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and bought land in the area of Providence in 1636. Williams was an advocate of freedom of religion and wrote extensively on this subject. Edward's son, Thomas, married Roger Williams' daughter, Freeborn. Edward Hart was, also, one of the signatories, in 1640, to the agreement to form a government in Providence, as set forth in the Annals at pages 40-43. Baptists were generally unliked by the Puritans, as were Quakers. The Hart family and the Williams family are intertwined in Rhode Island and it is likely that Hart knew Williams well and was influenced by his thinking.

Edward next turns up at Flushing, on Long Island, (which, from the best attainable data, appears to have been first settled about 1643, and chartered by Gov. Kieft, in 1645), as one of the twenty-one original patentees of that town. Edward's presence in Providence and Flushing, accompanied by those who had been unwelcome, for religious reasons, in the original settlements in Massachusetts, makes it very likely that he had left Massachusetts to escape persecution for his beliefs. His removal from England was most likely for the same reason, as this was the primary reason for immigration to the English Colonies, whether by Puritan, Baptist or Quaker. The belief that Edward was a Baptist (or Anabaptist), rather than a Puritan is consistent with his relocations and associations during this period . If he had been a Quaker, he would not have been allowed in Flushing to begin with, for the Dutch did not tolerate the Quakers as evidenced by the need for the Remonstrance. One is, therefore, left with the only likely conclusion being that Edward was a Baptist. Baptists were greatly persecuted in England by the state/church and in the early colonial settlements by the Puritans of Massachusetts. The main area of contention was the Baptists belief that children should not be baptized. This was in opposition to what both the Church of England and the Puritans had accepted as part of their religious practice. For this reason, Baptists, Quakers and others, were forced to find their own settlements in more remote and often very dangerous settlements . Many of the early settlements were frequently attacked by Indians.

Many of these Baptists migrated to Long Island as one of the friends and close followers of Lady Deborah Moody. Lady Deborah Moody was the daughter of a member of Parliament (Walter Dunch) and the widow of Sir Henry Moody of Wiltshire, England, a baronet created by King James in 1622. She arrived at Lynn between 1638 & 1640 and in the same year united with the church of Salem. She became impressed with the views of Roger Williams and his utterances upon the invalidity of infant baptism (Lady Moody was actually associated with Anabaptists in London prior to her hasty departure). A strong-willed and determined woman she made no secret of her non-conformist views. Just as Roger Williams was forced to leave the Bay Colony, Lady Moody was first admonished and finally excommunicated for her views that infant baptism "might not be an ordinance of divine origin." It is believed Lady Moody bought a fairly large boat and departed from Boston with a group of men and women (and cattle and hogs) and sailed around the cape, landing first at Providence, Rhode Island where Roger Williams had founded a colony of similar minded dissenters. Lady Moody and her followers weren't satisfied there and they then sailed to New Haven, Conn., a settlement founded by John Davenport which was also not run to their satisfaction. Finally they set anchor at the southern extremity of Manhattan in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands at Fort Amsterdam about June of 1643 and Lady Moody negotiated with the Dutch for permission to start their own settlement on Long Island at Gravesend. At least two associates of Edward Hart in Flushing, ( Michael Milner, the blacksmith, and William Thorne) both left Lyn, Massachusetts with Lady Deborah and later settled in Flushing. Gravesend has the distinction of being the only settlement where the original patentees were headed by a woman, and one who enjoyed the respect and confidence of both Governors Kieft and Stuyvesant to an unusual degree. Gravesend was first settled in June 1643, several months after the emigration from Lynn. The timing was unfortunate in its coincidence with the increased intensity of the Indian conflicts. Repeated raids necessitated the settlers fleeing to Flatlands and it is probable that Lady Moody and her adherents returned to Gravesend only after August 30, 1645 when Governor Kieft and the Indian sachems negotiated a treaty of peace which brought at least a temporary respite to hostilities. Later that same year ( December 19th) the Governor and Council of New Netherlands granted a formal patent to Gravesend to Lady Moody and her associates. Both the charters of Gravesend and Flushing promised freedom of conscience after the manner of Holland. Only fragmentary portions of the first Town Minutes of Gravesend are in existence. Among them are records showing allocation of planters' lots i.e. , farms of some 40 acres each. A number of the named allottees, including William Thorne, appear in the Lynn records prior to 1644. There is little doubt from this close association both at Lynn and Gravesend, that William Thorne was one of the original adherents and close followers of Deborah Moody. During the next five years Gravesend settlers had hard times with attacks from the Indians, and quarrels between the Dutch and English governments.

Under the Dutch government of the New Netherlands, the little community of Flushing had a liberal admixture of Englishmen, from the New England colonies. The previous experience of this class of Flushing settlers in civil and political liberty, and their sturdy independence, naturally led them to resist any encroachments of the Dutch Governor and his Council upon what they considered to be their vested rights; and to refuse to render to the Colony any assistance other than that nominated in the bond of their charter. Having felt the keen blasts of proscription and outlawry on account of their religious views, and having sought this place as a permanent refuge, relying upon the well accredited liberality of the government of Holland , which had purchased for its subjects the price of religious liberty at a terrible cost of blood and treasure, and which was disposed to accord the privileges it had gained to the oppressed of every nation. Notwithstanding the Dutch reputation, freedom of conscience did not mean free exercise of religion; only that each person was entitled to their own religious beliefs. The people of Flushing were surprised to find, within three years from the date of their charter, that Governor Kieft was about to enforce upon them arbitrary and uncalled for restrictions in civil matters , as well as to impose upon them the maintenance of a minister of the Reformed (State) Dutch Church. As his support would have to be made a tax upon the people, they resisted; On January 17, 1648, according to an original document in the Secretary of State 's office, at Albany, N. Y., "John Townsend, Edward Hart, Thomas Stiles, John Lawrence and John Hicks, inhabitants of Flushing, in New Netherlands, with a few others, who are principal opponents who resist the votes of their neighbors, so [both, i. e., as well as] in contributing their share to the maintenance of the Christian and pious Reformed minister, and also [in the matter] of the nomination of the Sheriff , pretending [alleging] that it is contrary to the custom of the Fatherland to nominate only a single individual, and then to request the Director and Council to [ ] him;" the said persons were summoned before the Court of January 23rd next [1648] under penalty of prosecution." Edward was part of a second protest in 1653 against a law that all public officials of Flushing be members of the Dutch Reformed Church.

However, Edward is most remembered for his third protest, the "Flushing Remonstrance", which he wrote in 1657. This was the first declaration of religious freedom by private citizens in the Colonies. In 1957, a 3 cent stamp was issued, commemorating the 300 year anniversary of the Remonstrance. There isn't a doubt that he was an educated man for his day, for the language of the Remonstrance is rather elegant. There is also no doubt that Edward was a man of strong religious convictions and that he was more than familiar with the words of the Old and New Testament. Also; he was elected Town Clerk of Flushing, which meant he had some considerable education for the time, and was well respected. It is often stated that the Flushing Remonstrance was the work of all the Flushing residents who signed it at a meeting and only written down by Hart. I have attached my correspondence with Dr. Haefeli, which marshals my evidence that Hart is the sole author. He merely stated otherwise in court to deflect blame from himself. He did, however, admit that the Remonstrance was written in advance of the meeting at which it was signed. The Court proceedings are attached. For his part in the Remonstrance, he was sentenced to an indefinate amount of time in jail by the Dutch Governor. Due to his age and frail condition, and pleadings by his family, he was released after three weeks.

On January 23, 1658 Edward Hart wrote the following: "Right honrable governor and coucnil: - Forasmuch as I have written a writing whereas you take offence, my humble desire is, that your honours would be favorable and gracious to me, for it was not written in disobedience unto any of your laws: therefore, my humble request is for your mercy, not your judgment, and that you would be pleased to consider my poor estate and condition, and relieve me from my bonds and imprisonment, and I shall endeavor hereafter, to walk inoffensively unto your lordships, and shall ever remain your humble servant to command." Note that he did not disavow the Remonstrance but merely asserted that his writing of it did not break any laws.

On the same date, Governor Stuyvensant and council made the following decision: "Being presented, and rad, the petition of Edward Hart, clerk of Vlissengen, and considered his promises that he would conduct himself mor prudently, and the intercession of several of the inhabitants of said village, that he always was willing to serve his neighbors, and that, as one of the oldest inhabitants, he was thoroughly acquainted with their affairs: and further, that the sheriff, Tobias Feeke, advised him to draw the aforesaid remonstrance of the first of January, and then presented: and further, that he has a large family to maintain; so is it, that the director general and council pardoned his fault for this time, provided that he pays the expense and mises of justice."

I have attached hereto two sermons that I wrote to examine the impact of Hart and his fellow religious free thinkers in New Amersterdam on the evolution of the concept of a right of free exercize of religion as set forth in the Bill of Rights of the US constitution and how that concept has evolved since.

I have not found a record reflecting where Edward Hart went after being released from prison in 1658. It may well be that he fled from Flushing with his family to Southold, Long Island (which at that time was part of the English colony of Connecticut), as it appears that his son, Jonathan, met and married Hannah Budd in Southold, Long Island prior to October 1684 (see notes for Jonathan). When Jonathan's mother returned to Rhode Island (where she remarried), Jonathan may have stayed on Long Island.

As to the origin of the Hart name, see p. 253 of the Third Edition of our "IRISH PEDIGREES", that it was in the 12th century that a junior branch of the "O 'Hart" family anglicised their name Harte, from the Irish O'h-Airt, and first employed the final "e" in the name. The prevailing way of spelling the name, which, however, has obtained in the New World, is: "Hart," "Harte," "Hartt," "Heart," and "Hearte". For more on Edward Hart see my UU sermon and accompanying readings and my second sermon .


General Notes: Wife - Margaret ?


Edward's wife Margaret remarried. She returned to RI to marry John Gould. That's in Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages prior to 1700."


General Notes: Child - Thomas Hart


From John Osborn Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 3 14-316: Thomas, d. 1671, m. Freeborn Williams, b. Oct 1635, d. 10 Ja n 1710, dau. of Roger & Mary Williams. Freeborn, m.(2) 6 Mar 1683 Walter Clarke. Thomas was a deputy to the General Assembly from Newport in 1666. On 4 Sep 1666, it was voted that a boat be procured and sent oit Warwick. Thomas was ordered to procure the boat and hands to go to Warwick. His will was made 22 Mar 1670 and probated 7 Aug 1671 in Newport. Overseers, friends Jireh Bull and Walter Clarke. He mentions wife Freeborne, eldest son John, daughter Mary Hart, sons James and Thomas, father-in-law (i.e., step-father) John Gould, mother Margaret Gould). Children of Thomas & Freeborn (Williams) Hart: 1. John, m. Priscilla Gould, b. 20 Jun 1661, d. 23 Jan 1689, dau. of Daniel & Wait (Coggeshall) Gould. He was a Quaker. On 12 Jun 1685, he and wife Priscilla sold to Joseph Mowry of Jamestown, 4 acres at Jamestown. 2. Mary, b. 1663, d. 17 Sep 1710, m. Samuel Cranston, b. Aug 1659, d. 26 Apr 1727, son of John & Mary (Clark) Cranston. Children: Mary, John (b. 4 Aug 1684), James, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas (b. 1698), Hart (b. 1699). 3. James, b. 1666, d. 20 Jul 1693, m.(1) Mary Clarke, b. 11 Jan 1670, d. 11 Nov 1690, dau. of Weston & Mary (Easton) Clarke ; m.(2) Frances Clarke, b. 17 Jan 1673, d. 26 Jun 1693, dau. of Walter & Hannah (Scott) Clarke. It says he had no issue. He was a Quaker . His first wife died at her father Weston Clarke's. His second wife died with stillborn son. He died on ship Elizabeth, coming from Barbados. 4. Thomas. No information on him.


General Notes: Child - Jonathan Hart


Hannah Budd (John2 Budd (Jr.), John1 Budd (Sr.)) was born Southold, Long Island 1657, married Jonathan Hart in NY, before October 27 1684. Jonathan was born in 1650. Jonathan was the son of Edward Hart and Margaret ???. Jonathan was one of the first settlers of Rye, Westchester Co, NY having acquired land there in 1685. Jonathan died 1711 in NY, at 61 years of age. Excerpts from the Book Edward Hart Descendants by Clara Hart Kennedy include: "The Hart family are descended from Edward Hart, one of the early settlers of Flushing. In 1657 he with other inhabitants issued a strong protest against the order of the Dutch government forbidding them to entertain Quakers. For this act he was imprisoned. His son Jonathan came to Rye in 1685 . He married Hannah Budd". See Edward Hart record on more details on the Flushing protest. The Westchester Patriarchs has "Jonathan Hart, s/o Edmon/Edward of Flushing; Capt., mariner, born about 166X, d after 1711, bought land at Rye 1685; m. Hannah Budd d/o John and Mary Budd. Resided Rye and had: Mary b 2 Apr 1694; married Jonathan Purdy of White Plains. Jonathan, b. bef 1702, Monmouth b. abt 169X m. Sarah. Hannah Budd and Jonathan Hart had the following children: 11 i. Monmouth Hart was born 1690. 12 ii. Mary Hart was born Westchester Co. NY 2 Apr 1694 . She married Jonathan Purdy. 13 iii. Jonathan Hart was born Westchester Co. NY Bef 1702. Jonathan is reported to have been the warden of the church in Rye, NY in 1695 and 1711.

He moved to Budd's Neck on the north side of Mamaroneck Harbor in 1685. He added to his lands on the lower part of Budd's Neck in 1702. This land was likely obtained from his father in law, John Budd, whose father, John Budd acquired substantial land in that area from the indians. See his entry.

 

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John Gould and Margaret ?

 




Husband John Gould



 
         Born: Abt 1633
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         Died: 1680 - Rhode Island
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       Father: Jeremy Gould (1581-1654)
       Mother: P. Glover (1582-1655)



 
     Marriage: 1665-1669 - Rhode Island 1



Wife Margaret ?



 
         Born: Abt 1620 - Braintree, Essex Co, England
   Christened: 
         Died: Abt 1671 - Rhode Island
       Buried: 

 
 Other Spouse: Edward Hart (Abt 1616-      )



Children



General Notes: Wife - Margaret ?


Edward's wife Margaret remarried. She returned to RI to marry John Gould. That's in Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages prior to 1700."


Notes: Marriage


She returned to RI to marry John Gould. That's in Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages prior to 1700".
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Thomas Donne and Anne \ \

 




Husband Thomas Donne



 
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Wife Anne \



 
         Born: 
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         Died: 1592
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1 M Richard Donne



 
         Born: 
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         Died: 1633
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       Spouse: ? Praxides (      -1640)




General Notes: Husband - Thomas Donne


The Donne family lived in Norfolk as early as the 14th century. Tradition asserts that they came originally from Wales and were a branch of the family of Dwns of Picton and Cwdweli Castles, Pembrokeshire. The name is a cognate of Dunn(e) and Don(n). It means "dark, swarthy".


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Thomas Donne and Unknown \ \

 




Husband Thomas Donne



 
         Born: 1589 - Norfolk, England
   Christened: 9 Nov 1589 - Holt, Norfolk, England
         Died: 1654
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       Father: Richard Donne (      -1633)
       Mother: ? Praxides (      -1640)



 
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Wife Unknown \



 
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1 M Thomas Donne



 
         Born: 1615
   Christened: 30 Apr 1615 - Holt, Norfolk
         Died: 19 Nov 1685 - Norfolk, England
       Buried:  - St Peter, Hungate, Norfolk, England
 
       Spouse: Anne Roberts (1618-1667)



2 F Ursula Donne



 
         Born: 1617
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         Died: 1617
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3 F Anne Donne



 
         Born: 1620
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         Died: Abt 1642
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4 M Richard Donne



 
         Born: 1625
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         Died: 1626
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5 M William Donne



 
         Born: 1627
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6 M John Donne



 
         Born: 1628
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7 F Martha Donne



 
         Born: 1630
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         Died: 1630
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8 F Susan Donne



 
         Born: 1632
   Christened: 
         Died: 1634
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William J. Patton and Mary A.

 




Husband William J. Patton



 
         Born: 1854 - NC
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       Father: George Patton (1823-1897)
       Mother: Martha Catherine Murray (1829-1902)



 
     Marriage: Abt 1877



Wife Mary A.



 
         Born: 1852 - NC
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1 M Alexandria E. Patton



 
         Born: 1878
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2 F Mary Patton



 
         Born: 1879
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Albert Wilder Trail and Oeda A.

 




Husband Albert Wilder Trail



 
         Born: Dec 1927 - Broadford, Smyth Co., VA
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         Died: 20 Mar 1987 - Bluefield, Tazewell Co., VA
       Buried:  - Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co., VA



 
       Father: Rufus L. Trail (Abt 1908-1994)
       Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Hogston (Abt 1911-1975)



 
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Wife Oeda A.



 
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Peter Eller and Abby

 




Husband Peter Eller



 
         Born: Abt 1807 - Ashe Co, North Carolina
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       Father: Jacob Eller (Abt 1784-1855)
       Mother: Catherine White (Between 1788/1789-1854)



 
     Marriage: 

 
 Other Spouse: Sarah (Abt 1810-      ) - Bef 1832 - North Carolina



Wife Abby



 
         Born: Between 1827 and 1828 - Tennessee
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General Notes: Husband - Peter Eller


Census Place: Staggs Creek, Ashe, North Carolina Source: FHL Film 1 254952 National Archives Film T9-0952 Page 594B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Peter ELLER Self M M W 72 NC Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Abby ELLER Wife F M W 52 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Elisa W. HEDDY GDau F S W 9 TN Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: NC

CENSUS: 1860 US Census Ashe Co., NC
Peter Eller, age 50
Sarah age 50
Susan age 14
Mary age 12
Martha age 16
Also in 1860 US Census are sons Jacob Eller with wife Delia and 5 children, and Luke Eller, age 26 with wife Catherine and son John age 2
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Michael Cline and Mary Ellen Ackers

 




Husband Michael Cline



 
         Born: 1792 - Wythe Co., Virginia
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         Died: 1860 - Wythe Co, Virginia
       Buried: 1860 - Wythe Co, Virginia



 
       Father: Nicholas Cline (1745-Bef 1840)
       Mother: Anna Marie (Mary) Krieger (1750-1842)



 
     Marriage: 13 May 1856

 
 Other Spouse: Nancy Mahood (      -      ) - 19 Sep 1819 - Wythe Co., Va

 
 Other Spouse: Elizabeth Miller (      -      ) - 14 Dec 1851 - Wythe Co., Va



Wife Mary Ellen Ackers



 
         Born: Abt 1838 - VA
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1 M William Gordon Cline



 
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2 M James M. Cline



 
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Lewelyn Gwilym Rees Lloyd ap Adam

 




Husband Lewelyn Gwilym Rees Lloyd ap Adam



 
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1 F Margaret



 
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       Spouse: Morgan David Gam (Abt 1395-1460)




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Walter Seabury Sands and Annie C. Adams

 




Husband Walter Seabury Sands



 
         Born: 6 Dec 1839 - NYC 3
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       Father: Robert Alfred Sands (1805-1879)
       Mother: Ellen Gedney (Abt 1806-1889)



 
     Marriage: 14 Nov 1866 - Parkersburg, WV

Events

1. Occupation: attorney in Va.

2. Residence: 1865, Wood Co., WV.

3. Occupation: Abt 1880, Attorney in Parkersburg, WV.




Wife Annie C. Adams



 
         Born: Aug 1847 - Braxton Co., WV
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       Father: Preston Moore Adams (      -      )
       Mother: Virginia (      -      )





Children


1 M Robert P. Sands



 
         Born: 5 Jan 1868
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2 M George G. Sands



 
         Born: 16 Feb 1870
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Sources


1 Clarence Almon Torrey.

2 The New York Historical Society, <i>Abstracts of Wills Vol I 1665-1707</i>.

3 The West Virginia Encyclopedia, ed. and compiled by Jim Comstock, vol. 8, pg. 162.


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