Saturday, October 14, 2017

RootsTech Early Bird Discount Extended till Monday!

I received this from RootsTech today:

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Early Bird Discount Extended till Monday!

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Price increases to $199 on October 17.


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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Were You Doing in 1990?

Hey genea-folks, 
it's Saturday Night again, 


 time for more Genealogy Fun!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) Do you recall what you were doing in 1990?  Family, school, work, hobbies, technology, genealogy, vacations, etc?


2)  Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment on this blog, or in a Facebook or Google+ post.


Here's mine (from our Christmas 1990 family yearly newsletter):

"We spent Christmas 1989 in San Francisco with Linda's father and brother.  Over Easter week, we spent three days in wild Palm Springs lounging around the pool.  We went up the tramway to the snows of Mount San Jacinto.  In early July, we went to family camp at Forest Home in the San Bernardino Mountains for rest, relaxation and spiritual renewal.  In mid-august, we spent a week on Maui sunning, resting sightseeing and snorkeling.  In mid-September, Randy and his brother Scott went to Uncle Ed and Janet Seaver's 50th wedding anniversary celebration in Leominster, Massachusetts and had a week of sightseeing, fun and family visits.

"Bobby Sox softball was a major family activity.  Tami played on a league team, the all-star team and a fall travel team.  Lori played on a Prep League team.  Randy coached for all of the teams, and Linda kept score and cheered them on.

"Tami is now age 14, 5'8" tall, and a 9th grade student at Hilltop Junior High in the Foreign Language and Global Studies program.  She is the top student in her third year Russian class and is also taking English, geometry, social science, P.E. and works as an aide to the assistant principal.  Tami dances with the Chinese and French dance troupes at school.  She broke a finger at school and her right hand in the all-star softball tournament, and had a tonsillectomy in August.  Tami also teaches Sunday school, is active in the church youth group, and went to Forest Home Junior High camp.  On Mondays, she does volunteer work as a "Candy-Striper" at Scripps Hospital.  She received the Girl Scout "Silver Award" this year and is active in her senior scout troop.

"Lori is age 16, 5'9" tall, and a junior at Chula Vista High School in the Beyond the Basics academic program.  She has AP U.S. History, Honors English, Honors Math, Chemistry, Psychology and Drama this year.  She is a JV cheerleader and attended Cheer camp, several competitions, and many sports events.  She also is an Amity League officer and played JV softball as a pitcher.  She got her driver's license in May, and worked for a few weeks in the summer as a carhop in a Sonic drive-in.  She is a church group leader, went to Oakland on a youth group work project, to Catalina high school camp, and Forest Home Senior High camp.  With the driver's license came more freedom and responsibility - she loves going to the beach, staying out late on the weekends, and being with her friends.

"Linda's schedule was hectic.  She teaches 4th grade at Montgomery Elementary School, and is challenged by the students and school environment.  She is making a difference in the lives of some of the kids.  Her time is also taken by Marriage Encounter weekend scheduling, ticket-master for the church Living Christmas Tree program, teaching Sunday School, and attending her Forest Home Women's Auxiliary meetings.  She spent two weeks on jury duty.  Linda received the PTA Honorary Life service award this year.  She had a great weekend with friends at Forest Home women's retreat in September.   She loves to correspond with and talk to friends on the phone.  

"Linda's father fell, injured his head, and had to have brain surgery, and Linda went to San Francisco twice to be with him. He's still recovering and hopes to be back to normal in a few months.  

"Randy continues working as Chief of Aerodynamics at Rohr Industries, and did al ittle traveling to Hartford in the spring and Derby, England in the fall.  His leisure time has been spent researching the family history, and the trip to New England was very fruitful - he found some long lost cousins, discovered a Seaver home built in 1773, and spent time with the extended Seaver family.  During the year, he identified at least 6 Mayflower ancestors and is working on over 120 family names.  

"As you can see, our life has been hectic and fun.  We love the high school football games, the house full of kids, and helping the girls with their homework.  We also cherish the occasional quiet dinner out together, the chance to read a good book, and time with each other."


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Surname Saturday - SMALLEY (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 #2035, who is Phebe SMALLEY (1699-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations of this SMALLEY family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

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


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1862-1952)

30.  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)
31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874)

62.  Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907)
63.  Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895)

126.  John Putman (1785-1863)
127.  Sarah Martin (1792-1860)

254.  Mulford Martin (1763-????)
255.  Betsey Rolfe (1766-????)

508.  Thomas Martin (1737-1767)
509.  Elizabeth Ayers (1745-1767)

1016.  Mulford Martin (1713-1744)
1017.  Zerviah Dunham (1716-1741)

2034.  Ephraim Dunham, born 02 May 1696 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 4068. Edmund Dunham and 4069. Mary Bonham.  He married  16 January 1715 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
2035.  Phebe Smalley, born 20 June 1695 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

Children of Ephraim Dunham and Phebe Smalley are:
*  Zerviah Dunham (1716-1741), married 1733 Mulford Martin (1713-1744).
*  Elisha Dunham (1719-1771).
*  Ephrasim Dunham (1722-1815)
*  Phebe Dunham (1724-????).
*  Susannah Dunham (1727-????).
*  Benjamin Dunham (1729-????).
*  Elizabwth Dunham (1730-????).
*  John Dunham (1732-????).
*  Edmund Dunham (1734-????).
*  Jeremiah Dunham (1737-????).
*  Bathsheba Dunham (1740-????).

4070.  John Smalley, born 08 September 1644 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 13 September 1732 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married 18 October 1676 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
4071.  Lydia Martin, born 1655 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States; died 20 October 1731 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 8142. John Martin and 8143. Hester Roberts.

Children of John Smalley and Lydia Martin are:
*  Lydia Smalley (1679-1682).
*  John Smalley (1681-1682).
*  Jonathan Smalley (1683-1763), married 1707 Sarah Bird (1682-1752).
*  John Smalley (1685-1692).
*  Lydia Smalley (1687-1699).
*  Martha Smalley (1692-????), married 1746 Caleb Balding (1690-????).
Phebe Smalley (1695-????), married 1715 Ephraim Dunham (1696-????).
*  Martin Smalley (1697-????).
*  Elisha Smalley (1699-1771), married 1721 Mary Dunham (1700-????).
*  Benjamin Smalley (1702-1737), married 1725 Mercvy Gardiner (1705-????).

8140.  John Smalley, born about 1615 in Bideford, Devon, England; died 30 July 1692 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married before 1641 in probably Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
8141.  Ann Walden, born 1616 in England; died 29 January 1693 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 16282. Ralph Walden and 16283. Joyce Enland.

Children of John Smalley and Ann Walden are:
*  Hannah Smalley (1641-1708), married 1659 John Bangs (1628-1708).
John Smalley (1644-1732), married 1676 Lydia Martin (1655-1731)
*  Isaac Smalley (1647-1724), married 1682 Esther Wood (1664-1701).
*  Mary Smalley (1647-1703), married (1) 1669 John Snow (1638-1692); (2) 1692 Ephraim Doane (1645-1700).

Information about the Smalley family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson (editor), The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Volume III, pages 1687-1689), John Smalley sketch.

*  Bruce Campbell McGonigle, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 4, Edward Fuller (Boston, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1990), page 109.

*  Hugh D. Vail, "Woodbridge records; marriages, births and deaths, 1668-1781," FHL US/CAN Microfilm 441,466.

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