Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the probate file of Simon Gates (1739-1803) of Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts.. He was married to Susannah Reed (1745-1833) in 1766, and they had eleven children (Nathan (1767-1830), Elizabeth (1769-1778), Susannah (1772-1778), Simon (1774-1778), Anna (1777-1778), Simon (1779-1852), Daniel (1782-1847), Gerry (1784-1784), Reuben (1786-????), Ezekiel (1789-1809), Elizabeth (1794-1819). Only six children were living when Simon Gates died, and three were minors.
Simon Gates of Gardner died intestate, and left a sizable estate. The original probate records can be found in Worcester County Probate Packet No. 23,252 at the Worcester County Courthouse in Worcester, MA. Each record in a Worcester County probate packet is also recorded as clerk's copies in the county probate court records, which are available on FHL microfilms. I have summarized the contents of the records in the probate packet below:
The packet includes a letter of administration naming the widow, Susanna Gates, as administratrix on 6 April 1803 (Worcester County Probate Records, Volume 125, page 62). A $10,000 bond was posted by Stephen Miles and Stephen Hoar, sureties (Worcester County Probate Records, Volume 171, page 27).
An inventory was taken on 14 May 1803, in the sum of $5,636.17 by Stephen Miles, Stephen Hoar and Levi Fairbanks; the inventory was accepted by the Court on 19 May 1803 (Worcester County Probate Records, Volume 32, page 28).
A warrant of partition was issued to Aaron Wood, Matthias Mosman and Stephen Hoar on 7 September 1803. Their report was filed and allowed on 17 May 1804 (Worcester County Probate Records, Volume 33, page 9).
The administratrix filed her account and it was allowed on 17 May 1804, with the balance of $599.65 to be distributed to the heirs as ordered (Worcester County Probate Records, Volume 33, page 16). Receipts were received from Simon Gates, Elizabeth Gates, Daniel Gates, Merari Spaulding and Merari Spaulding (guardian) on 17 May 1804 (Worcester County Probate Records, Vol. 32, page 436).
The partition of the estate was very detailed and very complex, due to the large landholdings of Simon Gates. The land included:
1) The home farm in the northeastern part of Gardner, 98 acres and 23 rods of mowing, plowing, orcharding, pastureland and woodland, together with two dwelling houses, barn and other outbuildings. The land was bounded southerly by Josiah Kendall, southeasterly by Josiah Kendall, a town way, Daniel How, and widow Ray, northerly by John Owens, and westerly by Edward Jackson. This home farm was appraised at $2,525.
2) 30 acres of pasture and woodland, called the Conant lot, in the eastern part of Gardner, bounded northerly by a town road, westerly by John Pierce and William Chappel, southerly on fourth division land, and easterly by Edward Jackson. This land was valued at $330.
3) The Marshall lot in the southeastern part of Gardner, comprising 48 acres and 149 rods of mowing pasture and woodland, bounded northwesterly and southwesterly by David Read, southeasterly by Ephraim Pratt, John Pierce and Jabez Bigelow, and northeasterly by William Penniman. This land was appraised at $490.
4) Two Fourth Division lots numbers 99 and 100 in Gardner, containing 34 acres; valued at $185.
5) A tract of 18 acres of swamp land in the northwestern part of Westminster, called the Coburn Swamp, appraised at $190.
6) Pew number 15 in the Gardner meeting house, valued at $44.
7) A pew in the galleries of the Gardner meeting house, valued at $27.
8) A horse stable near the meeting house valued at $5.
The entire real estate totalled $3,796, of which the widow's one-third dower rights amounted to $1265.33-1/3.
The appraisers set off to the widow, Susanna Gates, one half of the dwelling house, 32 acres of the home farm, the 30 acre Conant lot, one half of pew 15 in the Gardner meeting house, and one half of the stable near the meeting house. This added up to $1,265.33-1/3.
The remaining amount was $2,530.66-2/3 to be divided amongst the children.
The oldest child, Nathan Gates, had received the sum of $266.67 from his father, and was indebted to the estate by $747.04 principal and interest, totalling then $1,033.72. By agreement with the other children and heirs of Simon Gates, Nathan Gates agreed to quitclaim any further real or personal estate of his father in return for being relieved of all demands from the estate. Therefore, he was not considered to be part of the distribution of the remaining estate.
Each child - Simon Gates, Daniel Gates, Elizabeth Gates, Ezekiel Gates and Reuben Gates - was to receive $506.13-1/3.
Elizabeth Gates was apportioned the other half of pew 15 in the Gardner meeting house ($22) and $484.13-1/3 to be paid by her brothers Simon and Daniel Gates.
Ezekiel Gates was apportioned $506.13-1/3, to be paid by his brothers Simon and Daniel Gates.
Reuben Gates was apportioned the Marshall lot ($90) and $416.13-1/3 to be paid by his brothers Simon and Daniel Gates.
Simon and Daniel Gates were apportioned the other half of the dwelling house and the remainder of the home farm (98 acres plus), the two Fourth Division lots, the Coburn Swamp land in Westminster, the gallery pew in the meeting house and one half of the horse stable. Their portion amounted to $2,018.66-1/3. They were directed to pay their siblings the amounts listed above.
The personal estate was listed in a detailed inventory, and totalled $1,887.25. The widow, Susanna Gates charged herself with this amount, and filed the account listing the charges and debts paid to many people, totalling $1,287.62. This left a balance of $599.63 to be distributed to the heirs. She was granted her one third share ($199.88), and was directed to pay the other five children $79.95 each.
Receipts for their shares were signed by Simon Gates, Daniel Gates, Elizabeth Gates, and Merari Spaulding, the guardian of Ezekiel Gates and Reuben Gates.
This probate process shows that estates can be divided up fairly evenly, and logically. My ancestor, the eldest son Nathan Gates, was given a break by his mother and his siblings - he owed more than his share of the inheritance. The two sons that received most of the real estate, Simon and Daniel, were young men at the time, but soon married. I wonder if they were able to pay their siblings the money owed to them? Perhaps they sold some of the land to raise the money. The mother of the children, Susannah (Reed) Gates, died in 1833, and only three of her children survived her. I should check for a probate record or for land records for her.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Vote for your favorite Genea-Blogs NOW!
Family Tree Magazine has just announced the nominees for its 40 Best Genealogy Blogs contest with results to be announced in the July 2011 issue!
The list of 117 candidate blogs in eight categories are listed, with links, in the post Family Tree Magazine’s 40 Best Genealogy Blogs – Vote For Your Favorite on Geneabloggers.
You have until 11:59 p.m. Monday, December 20th to vote for your favorite genealogy blogs.
The survey form is at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ft40-2011voting.
A number of genealogy blogs were not eligible for nomination - any blogs associated with Thomas MacEntee, Lisa Louise Cooke, DearMYRTLE or Randy Seaver because they agreed to serve as Family Tree 40 blog panelists.
Do your duty, and go VOTE!
Advent Calendar - 13 December: Holiday Travel
This is the 13th of 24 posts for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories, a Geneablogger tradition.
On the 12th day of Christmas,
we packed up the car to go
All the way to San Francisco.
1) Did you travel anywhere for Christmas?
As a kid, we never traveled anywhere for Christmas, other than to Cousin Dorothy's, my grandparents and the Christmas tree lot.
After we were married, we would alternate Christmas between San Diego and San Francisco, because Linda's parents and brother were there. They would come to San Diego one year, and we would go to San Francisco the next year. Until the kids were older, we usually flew to San Francisco on Christmas Day and returned before New Years Day. As the kids grew older, we would drive to San Francisco, usually leaving on the 23rd and arriving on the 24th. This let us do some winter vacationing in Yosemite and other places.
We tried each year to have a get-together and dinner with my brothers here in San Diego. If the girls were here, then we would have a Christmas Day dinner at our house or my brothers' house.. If we were going north, we would get together with the brothers the weekend before Christmas.
Our daughters started their own families, and so now we have to juggle everybody's schedule. Last year, Lori and her family flew down for several days, and Tami and her family came down for Christmas Day. This year, we are going to Tami's home in Victorville, then to Linda's brother's home in Monte Rio north of San Francisco, and we'll get to Lori's home on Christmas Day, and be home by New Year's Eve.
2) How did you travel and who traveled with you?
We either flew to San Francisco and were picked up by Linda's father or brother, or we drove the 550 miles, usually up Highway 101 because it wasn't as subject to snow, ice and fog like Interstate 5 was. Now, we almost always drive alone, as described above.
3) Do you remember any special trips?
The trip to Yosemite after Christmas in about 1985 was the best! The girls were pre-teens and loved to travel. We stayed in a motel, but were able to wander around the lodge, see the waterfalls, bike around the valley, and go to the ski resort. There, we did some sliding on mats (I think), had snowball fights, watched the skiers, and enjoyed hot drinks in the lodge. That night, we visited Linda's cousin in Fresno and stayed the night, and headed home the next day.
On the 12th day of Christmas,
we packed up the car to go
All the way to San Francisco.
1) Did you travel anywhere for Christmas?
As a kid, we never traveled anywhere for Christmas, other than to Cousin Dorothy's, my grandparents and the Christmas tree lot.
After we were married, we would alternate Christmas between San Diego and San Francisco, because Linda's parents and brother were there. They would come to San Diego one year, and we would go to San Francisco the next year. Until the kids were older, we usually flew to San Francisco on Christmas Day and returned before New Years Day. As the kids grew older, we would drive to San Francisco, usually leaving on the 23rd and arriving on the 24th. This let us do some winter vacationing in Yosemite and other places.
We tried each year to have a get-together and dinner with my brothers here in San Diego. If the girls were here, then we would have a Christmas Day dinner at our house or my brothers' house.. If we were going north, we would get together with the brothers the weekend before Christmas.
Our daughters started their own families, and so now we have to juggle everybody's schedule. Last year, Lori and her family flew down for several days, and Tami and her family came down for Christmas Day. This year, we are going to Tami's home in Victorville, then to Linda's brother's home in Monte Rio north of San Francisco, and we'll get to Lori's home on Christmas Day, and be home by New Year's Eve.
2) How did you travel and who traveled with you?
We either flew to San Francisco and were picked up by Linda's father or brother, or we drove the 550 miles, usually up Highway 101 because it wasn't as subject to snow, ice and fog like Interstate 5 was. Now, we almost always drive alone, as described above.
3) Do you remember any special trips?
The trip to Yosemite after Christmas in about 1985 was the best! The girls were pre-teens and loved to travel. We stayed in a motel, but were able to wander around the lodge, see the waterfalls, bike around the valley, and go to the ski resort. There, we did some sliding on mats (I think), had snowball fights, watched the skiers, and enjoyed hot drinks in the lodge. That night, we visited Linda's cousin in Fresno and stayed the night, and headed home the next day.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
CVGS Holiday Luncheon is Wednesday, 15 December
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society Holiday Luncheon is on Wednesday, 15 December from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Chula Vista South Branch Library (389 Orange Avenue, on southeast corner of Orange Avenue and fourth Avenue; the parking lot entrance is on Orange Avenue east of Fourth). Park in the west end of the parking lot, near Fourth, and enter through the door facing the parking lot.
The event will feature a slide show on the theme of “Out of the Past and Into the Future.” There will be an Officer Installation with past society Presidents doing the honors.
The luncheon will have turkey, ham, and drinks provided by CVGS. The pot luck breakdown for the rest of the meal will be (for last names starting with):
* A-F: salads, rolls, butter;
* G-K: snack trays, condiments, olives, pickles, cranberry or apple sauce;
* L-P: potatoes (regular or sweet), vegetables, or casseroles;
* Q-Z: desserts.
Please call Virginia (619-425-7922, or email irishdoll@cox.net) to coordinate potluck dishes.
Members are requested to bring canned food and/or unwrapped toys for donation to the Salvation Army.
A gift exchange will be held (maximum value $10): bring a wrapped gift in order to draw one.
For the Door prize: everyone gets a free ticket to win a Santa or an Angel.
Opportunity drawing (tickets available for purchase): to win centerpiece decorations.
Meat leftovers will be auctioned off to the highest bidders.
I hope to see you there!
The event will feature a slide show on the theme of “Out of the Past and Into the Future.” There will be an Officer Installation with past society Presidents doing the honors.
The luncheon will have turkey, ham, and drinks provided by CVGS. The pot luck breakdown for the rest of the meal will be (for last names starting with):
* A-F: salads, rolls, butter;
* G-K: snack trays, condiments, olives, pickles, cranberry or apple sauce;
* L-P: potatoes (regular or sweet), vegetables, or casseroles;
* Q-Z: desserts.
Please call Virginia (619-425-7922, or email irishdoll@cox.net) to coordinate potluck dishes.
Members are requested to bring canned food and/or unwrapped toys for donation to the Salvation Army.
A gift exchange will be held (maximum value $10): bring a wrapped gift in order to draw one.
For the Door prize: everyone gets a free ticket to win a Santa or an Angel.
Opportunity drawing (tickets available for purchase): to win centerpiece decorations.
Meat leftovers will be auctioned off to the highest bidders.
I hope to see you there!
Best of the Genea-Blogs - December 5-11, 2010
Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Some of My Favorite Texas Resources by Greta Koehl on Greta's Genealogy Bog blog. Thank you, Greta, for the nice list of resources!
* For better or worse? Unusual names in our marriage records by Jess Moore on the findmypast blog. A funny survey of English marriage records.
* A Date With An Old Photo by footnoteMaven on the Shades Of The Departed blog. I knew fM would love the historical Sears Catalogs on Ancestry.com - see what goodies she highlights in this post.
* Kudos: Michael Hait by Craig Manson on the GeneaBlogie
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Some of My Favorite Texas Resources by Greta Koehl on Greta's Genealogy Bog blog. Thank you, Greta, for the nice list of resources!
* For better or worse? Unusual names in our marriage records by Jess Moore on the findmypast blog. A funny survey of English marriage records.
* A Date With An Old Photo by footnoteMaven on the Shades Of The Departed blog. I knew fM would love the historical Sears Catalogs on Ancestry.com - see what goodies she highlights in this post.
* Kudos: Michael Hait by Craig Manson on the GeneaBlogie
Advent Calendar - 12 December: Charitable/Volunteer Work
This is the 12th in a series of 24 posts for the 2010 Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories.
On the 13th Day of Christmas,
My true love gives to the community
Her time, prayers and compassion.
1) Did your family ever volunteer with a charity such as a soup kitchen, homeless or battered women's shelter during the holidays?
These are difficult questions for the Genea-Scrooge...I don't think my parents ever did this in the 1940-1980 time frame. Charity was not on the radar, other than dropping coins in the Salvation Army kettles.
Our church has hosted a homeless shelter for two weeks twice a year, and the shelter is there this week and next. We donate food items to this, but haven't been physically present at the shelter. Linda went down on Saturday to help set up the shelter cots and bedding.
Linda has been part of the Forest Home Women's Auxiliary for many years - Forest Home is a Christian camp in the San Bernardino mountains that our family attended for many years when the kids were kids. The Auxiliary has run a thrift shop in La Mesa for many years until just recently. We donated many clothing and household items over the years, and Linda worked one day a month at the shop.
Randy has essentially sat on his butt and not done anything of charitable value...sad to say.
2) Or perhaps were your ancestors involved with church groups that assisted others during the holiday?
Once again, I have no idea about this about the ancestors.
3) Were you able to make the holidays special for someone less fortunate? (This question was from three years ago).
The people that I can think of are Linda's great-aunts and second cousins who lived alone in San Francisco during the 1970s and early 1980s. We would go pick them up and bring them to Linda's parents house for Christmas dinner and gift exchange.
Over the years, we have occasionally invited some of the elderly church members with no local family to Christmas dinner with us, and they really appreciate the invitation and invariably are enthusiastic, friendly and fun. Linda was a Deacon at church in past years, and the Deacons usually "adopt" one or more church families, or friends of church families, who won't have Christmas gifts for their children or need help with meals. She is one of two persons who sometimes go with the pastor to serve communion to the shut-in church members.
Needless to say, I almost didn't respond to this prompt, but what the heck - my readers need to know that I'm a Genea-Scrooge sometimes, at least when it concerns the community. Maybe it's genetic, or a learned behavior?
On the 13th Day of Christmas,
My true love gives to the community
Her time, prayers and compassion.
1) Did your family ever volunteer with a charity such as a soup kitchen, homeless or battered women's shelter during the holidays?
These are difficult questions for the Genea-Scrooge...I don't think my parents ever did this in the 1940-1980 time frame. Charity was not on the radar, other than dropping coins in the Salvation Army kettles.
Our church has hosted a homeless shelter for two weeks twice a year, and the shelter is there this week and next. We donate food items to this, but haven't been physically present at the shelter. Linda went down on Saturday to help set up the shelter cots and bedding.
Linda has been part of the Forest Home Women's Auxiliary for many years - Forest Home is a Christian camp in the San Bernardino mountains that our family attended for many years when the kids were kids. The Auxiliary has run a thrift shop in La Mesa for many years until just recently. We donated many clothing and household items over the years, and Linda worked one day a month at the shop.
Randy has essentially sat on his butt and not done anything of charitable value...sad to say.
2) Or perhaps were your ancestors involved with church groups that assisted others during the holiday?
Once again, I have no idea about this about the ancestors.
3) Were you able to make the holidays special for someone less fortunate? (This question was from three years ago).
The people that I can think of are Linda's great-aunts and second cousins who lived alone in San Francisco during the 1970s and early 1980s. We would go pick them up and bring them to Linda's parents house for Christmas dinner and gift exchange.
Over the years, we have occasionally invited some of the elderly church members with no local family to Christmas dinner with us, and they really appreciate the invitation and invariably are enthusiastic, friendly and fun. Linda was a Deacon at church in past years, and the Deacons usually "adopt" one or more church families, or friends of church families, who won't have Christmas gifts for their children or need help with meals. She is one of two persons who sometimes go with the pastor to serve communion to the shut-in church members.
Needless to say, I almost didn't respond to this prompt, but what the heck - my readers need to know that I'm a Genea-Scrooge sometimes, at least when it concerns the community. Maybe it's genetic, or a learned behavior?
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Be Careful with the Publish button...
Genea-bloggers need to be aware that if you hit the Publish button on your blog writer (for me, http://www.blogger.com/), that Google Reader is really quick on the draw. No sooner did I hit the Publish button this afternoon that I realized I meant to delete the post rather than publish it. I quickly went to the "Edit posts" list and deleted the post. It existed on the Internet for all of 30 seconds.
But wait - here is what I saw in my Google Reader a few minutes ago:
When I clicked on the title, my computer said that the link didn't exist.
But when I click on Genea-Musings in my Google Reader, it is still there! I wrote the post because I was struggling in FTM 2011 to delete a duplicate Fact - and the Delete button didn't do it. I read the Help section, and noticed that I can delete a Fact by highlighting it and then hitting the X button...d'oh!
So how long will the post that was published for 30 seconds last? I don't know. What I do like is that Google Reader finds the updated version of posts. I can't go edit the offensive post because I deleted it! Oh well! I wonder if a Google search for the post will bring up a cached version? I would guess not, but will test it to see! Nope, not yet!
The lesson learned: Think twice before you hit Publish, and then think twice about deleting the entire post. If I had edited the post title and content rather than deleted the entire post, I could have hidden the mistake easily. I didn't, and it's out there for all Google Readers to see!
Is it in your blog reader, or did it get sent via RSS feed to your email?
But wait - here is what I saw in my Google Reader a few minutes ago:
When I clicked on the title, my computer said that the link didn't exist.
But when I click on Genea-Musings in my Google Reader, it is still there! I wrote the post because I was struggling in FTM 2011 to delete a duplicate Fact - and the Delete button didn't do it. I read the Help section, and noticed that I can delete a Fact by highlighting it and then hitting the X button...d'oh!
So how long will the post that was published for 30 seconds last? I don't know. What I do like is that Google Reader finds the updated version of posts. I can't go edit the offensive post because I deleted it! Oh well! I wonder if a Google search for the post will bring up a cached version? I would guess not, but will test it to see! Nope, not yet!
The lesson learned: Think twice before you hit Publish, and then think twice about deleting the entire post. If I had edited the post title and content rather than deleted the entire post, I could have hidden the mistake easily. I didn't, and it's out there for all Google Readers to see!
Is it in your blog reader, or did it get sent via RSS feed to your email?
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Contribute to GeneaLeaks!
Come on geneaphiles - it's Saturday Night - time to have more Genealogy Fun!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) You've probably heard about WikiLeaks - the web site that has been exposing United States government secret documents to the world. Well, Travis LeMaster on his TJLGenes blog posted GeneaLeaks this week - please read his post. I had to make this a SNGF topic...
2) For SNGF, please answer one or more of these questions:
* What GeneaLeak do you want to expose to the world from your own research or experience? Do it!
* What GeneaLeak about your own family history research would you like exposed to help you in your genealogy pursuit?
* What GeneaLeak about genealogy websites, collection providers, genealogy software or genealogy bloggers, writers, or colleagues would you like to see exposed?
Be creative, but not mean, please!
3) Share your GeneaLeaks list on your own blog, as a comment to this blog post, or in a note or comment on Facebook.
Here's mine:
* My own GeneaLeak: I have a new first cousin, three times removed! My first cousin's granddaughter, Megan, had a baby in September named Griffin. I saw his picture on Facebook. You know you're getting old when you have a cousin three generations later than yourself.
* The GeneaLeak I need: The birthdate, birthplace and parents names of Thomas J. Newton (1795?- after 1834), who married Sophia (Buck) Brigham in about 1833 and had two children, including my great-great-grandmother, Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923).
* The GeneaLeak I want to see: The discussion, decision making and paper trail at Ancestry.com developing the most sophisticated genealogy search engine in existence (with all of the default/exact options, wild card options, old/new search algorithms, unique search boxes for different collections, etc.). These are very creative people and I'm alternately confused and awed by the product.
Thank you, Travis, for the great SNGF idea!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) You've probably heard about WikiLeaks - the web site that has been exposing United States government secret documents to the world. Well, Travis LeMaster on his TJLGenes blog posted GeneaLeaks this week - please read his post. I had to make this a SNGF topic...
2) For SNGF, please answer one or more of these questions:
* What GeneaLeak do you want to expose to the world from your own research or experience? Do it!
* What GeneaLeak about your own family history research would you like exposed to help you in your genealogy pursuit?
* What GeneaLeak about genealogy websites, collection providers, genealogy software or genealogy bloggers, writers, or colleagues would you like to see exposed?
Be creative, but not mean, please!
3) Share your GeneaLeaks list on your own blog, as a comment to this blog post, or in a note or comment on Facebook.
Here's mine:
* My own GeneaLeak: I have a new first cousin, three times removed! My first cousin's granddaughter, Megan, had a baby in September named Griffin. I saw his picture on Facebook. You know you're getting old when you have a cousin three generations later than yourself.
* The GeneaLeak I need: The birthdate, birthplace and parents names of Thomas J. Newton (1795?- after 1834), who married Sophia (Buck) Brigham in about 1833 and had two children, including my great-great-grandmother, Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923).
* The GeneaLeak I want to see: The discussion, decision making and paper trail at Ancestry.com developing the most sophisticated genealogy search engine in existence (with all of the default/exact options, wild card options, old/new search algorithms, unique search boxes for different collections, etc.). These are very creative people and I'm alternately confused and awed by the product.
Thank you, Travis, for the great SNGF idea!
Surname Saturday - GUILD (England > Dedham/Medfield MA)
It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 139, who is Mary GUILD (1735-1800), one of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]
My ancestral line back through five generations of GUILD families 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)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1784-1869)
68. Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69. Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)
138. Amos Plimpton, born before 16 Jun 1735 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA; died 20 Aug 1808 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA. He was the son of 276. John Plimpton and 277. Abigail Fisher. He married 1756 in Norfolk County, MA.
139. Mary Guild, born 1735 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA; died 20 Mar 1800 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA.
Children of Amos Plimpton and Mary Guild are: Molly Plimpton (1758-1813); Elizabeth Plimpton (1761-1766); John Plimpton (1763-1765); Amos Plimpton (1770-1800); Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850).
278. Nathaniel Guild, born 20 Mar 1711/12 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; died 10 Sep 1796 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA. . He married 12 Jun 1733 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
279. Mary Boyden, born 09 Feb 1707/08 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA. She was the daughter of 558. Thomas Boyden and 559. Deborah Wight.
Children of Nathaniel Guild and Mary Boyden are: Mary Guild (1735-1800); Nathaniel Guild (1741-1793); Samuel Guild (1746-1816); Mercy Guild (1748-????); Susan Guild (1750-1822); Mehitable Guild (1752-1816).
556. Nathaniel Guild, born 12 Jan 1678/79 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 28 Jan 1774 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. He married before 1708 in probably Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
557. Mehitable Farrington, born 20 Jul 1693 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 10 Feb 1771 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. She was the daughter of 1114. John Farrington and 1115. Mary Janes.
Children of Nathaniel Guild and Mehitable Farrington are: Mehitable Guild (1708-1798); Mary Guild (1709-1762); Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796); Susanna Guild (1713-1714); Susanna Guild (1717-1742); Samuel guild (1719-1743); Rebecca Guild (1721-1793); Sarah Guild (1723-????); Moses Guild (1725-????); Aaron Guild, (1728-1818).
1112. Samuel Guild, born 07 Nov 1647 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 01 Jan 1729/30 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. He married 29 Nov 1676 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA.
1113. Mary Woodcock, born 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; died before 1703 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. She was the daughter of 2226. John Woodcock and 2227. Sarah.
Children of Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock are: Samuel Guild (1677-1750); Nathaniel Guild (1679-1774); Mary Guild (1681-1768); John Guild (1683-1684); Deborah Guild (1685-1773); John Guild (1687-1767); Israel Guild (1690-1766); Ebenezer Guild (1692-1774); Joseph Guild (1694-1751); Elizabeth Guild (1697-????).
2224. John Guild, born about 1616 in ENGLAND; died 06 Oct 1682 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. He married 24 Jun 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
2225. Elizabeth Crooke, born about 1618 in ENGLAND; died 31 Aug 1669 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
Children of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke are: John Guild (1646-????); Samuel Guild (1647-1730); John Guild (1649-1723); Eliezer Guild (1653-1655); Ebenezer Guild (1657-1661); Elizabeth Guild (1661-1740); Benjamin Guild (1664-1682).
Nearly all of the information that I have on the GUILD family is from the town vital record books and the family history book:
Charles Burleigh, The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family, published by Brown Thurston & Company, 1887.
My ancestral line back through five generations of GUILD families 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)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1784-1869)
68. Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69. Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)
138. Amos Plimpton, born before 16 Jun 1735 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA; died 20 Aug 1808 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA. He was the son of 276. John Plimpton and 277. Abigail Fisher. He married 1756 in Norfolk County, MA.
139. Mary Guild, born 1735 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA; died 20 Mar 1800 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA.
Children of Amos Plimpton and Mary Guild are: Molly Plimpton (1758-1813); Elizabeth Plimpton (1761-1766); John Plimpton (1763-1765); Amos Plimpton (1770-1800); Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850).
278. Nathaniel Guild, born 20 Mar 1711/12 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; died 10 Sep 1796 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA. . He married 12 Jun 1733 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
279. Mary Boyden, born 09 Feb 1707/08 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA. She was the daughter of 558. Thomas Boyden and 559. Deborah Wight.
Children of Nathaniel Guild and Mary Boyden are: Mary Guild (1735-1800); Nathaniel Guild (1741-1793); Samuel Guild (1746-1816); Mercy Guild (1748-????); Susan Guild (1750-1822); Mehitable Guild (1752-1816).
556. Nathaniel Guild, born 12 Jan 1678/79 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 28 Jan 1774 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. He married before 1708 in probably Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
557. Mehitable Farrington, born 20 Jul 1693 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 10 Feb 1771 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. She was the daughter of 1114. John Farrington and 1115. Mary Janes.
Children of Nathaniel Guild and Mehitable Farrington are: Mehitable Guild (1708-1798); Mary Guild (1709-1762); Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796); Susanna Guild (1713-1714); Susanna Guild (1717-1742); Samuel guild (1719-1743); Rebecca Guild (1721-1793); Sarah Guild (1723-????); Moses Guild (1725-????); Aaron Guild, (1728-1818).
1112. Samuel Guild, born 07 Nov 1647 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA; died 01 Jan 1729/30 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. He married 29 Nov 1676 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA.
1113. Mary Woodcock, born 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; died before 1703 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MA. She was the daughter of 2226. John Woodcock and 2227. Sarah.
Children of Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock are: Samuel Guild (1677-1750); Nathaniel Guild (1679-1774); Mary Guild (1681-1768); John Guild (1683-1684); Deborah Guild (1685-1773); John Guild (1687-1767); Israel Guild (1690-1766); Ebenezer Guild (1692-1774); Joseph Guild (1694-1751); Elizabeth Guild (1697-????).
2224. John Guild, born about 1616 in ENGLAND; died 06 Oct 1682 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. He married 24 Jun 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
2225. Elizabeth Crooke, born about 1618 in ENGLAND; died 31 Aug 1669 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
Children of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke are: John Guild (1646-????); Samuel Guild (1647-1730); John Guild (1649-1723); Eliezer Guild (1653-1655); Ebenezer Guild (1657-1661); Elizabeth Guild (1661-1740); Benjamin Guild (1664-1682).
Nearly all of the information that I have on the GUILD family is from the town vital record books and the family history book:
Charles Burleigh, The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family, published by Brown Thurston & Company, 1887.
Advent Calendar - 11 December: Other Traditions
This is the 11th in a series of 24 posts for the 2010 Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories.
On the 14th Day of Christmas
I tried to share ethnic traditions
but we are plain old Protestant Christians!
1) Did your family or friends also celebrate other traditions during the holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa?
The short answer is "no." When I was growing up, I knew no people of the Jewish faith and Kwanzaa had not been invented yet.
2) Did your immigrant ancestors have holiday traditions from their native country which they retained or perhaps abandoned?
I don't know, because my latest immigrants were from England in the 1850's. Linda's latest immigrants were from Norway in the 1850's.
The holiday traditions we have observed are pretty much the modern American Protestant Christmas expressions with caroling, gift-giving, prayers and family gatherings. And Santa Claus.
On the 14th Day of Christmas
I tried to share ethnic traditions
but we are plain old Protestant Christians!
1) Did your family or friends also celebrate other traditions during the holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa?
The short answer is "no." When I was growing up, I knew no people of the Jewish faith and Kwanzaa had not been invented yet.
2) Did your immigrant ancestors have holiday traditions from their native country which they retained or perhaps abandoned?
I don't know, because my latest immigrants were from England in the 1850's. Linda's latest immigrants were from Norway in the 1850's.
The holiday traditions we have observed are pretty much the modern American Protestant Christmas expressions with caroling, gift-giving, prayers and family gatherings. And Santa Claus.
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