Surname Saturday -- ELDRED (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1491, who is Mary ELDRED (1646-1712) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this ELDRED family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

186.  Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)
187.  Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????)

372.  Thomas Hazard (1707-1745)
373.  Hannah Slocum (1710-1737)

744.  Stephen Hazard (1665-1727)
745.  Elizabeth Helme (1677-1727)

1490.  Rouse Helme, born about 1644 in of Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died 17 May 1712 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2980. Christopher Helme and 2981. Margaret Rouse.  He married about 1673 in Rhode Island, United States.
1491.  Mary Eldred, born 15 June 1646 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 09 May 1712 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Rouse Helme and Mary Eldred are:
*  Samuel Helme (1675-1728), married 1694 Dorcas LNU (1679-1727).
*  Elizabeth Helme (1677-1727), married 1695 Stephen Hazard (1665-1727)
*  Margaret Helme (1679-1727), married 1699 Ichabod Potter (1677-1755).
*  Mercy Helme (1680-????), married 1711 Samuel Watson (1689-1740).
*  Rouse Helme (1682-1751), married 1709 Sarah Niles (1685-1749).
*  William Helme (1685-????).

2982.  Samuel Eldred, born beofre 29 November 1620 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 27 November 1697 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 5964. Thomas Eldred and 5965. Anna Watson.  He married 25 November 1640 in St. Mary's at the Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
2983.  Elizabeth Miller, born about 1624 in Needham Market, Suffolk, England; died 1711 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Samuel Eldred and Elizabeth Miller are:
*  Elizabeth Eldred (1642-???).
*  Samuel Eldred (1644-1720), married 1683 Martha Knowles (1651-1728).
*  Mary Eldred (1646-1712), married 1673 Rouse Helme (1644-1712)
*  Thomas Eldred (1648-1726), married 1669 Susannah Cole (1653-1726).
*  James Eldred (1650-1687).
*  John Eldred (1659-1724), married 1682 Margaret Holden (1663-1740).


Information about this Eldred family line was obtained from:

*  Gyneth E. Saunders and Helen E. Smith, Eldred, Heyer, Whitney Genealogy, Second Edition (Cortland, N.Y. : the authors, 1987).

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