Category Archives: Storied
Raid on Deerfield – 1704
John FRENCH’s son Thomas settled in Deerfield, MA. and was Deacon of the Deerfield Church. He was blacksmith, town clerk and deacon. He and all his family were taken in the Deerfield raid of 1704. The raiders destroyed 17 of … Continue reading
Minutemen – April 19, 1775
Today is Patriots’ Day. Wesley Korir wins Boston Marathon in heat-slowed time of 2:12.40 Shields Goes 8 1-3 Innings, Rays Top Red Sox 1-0 . . I was surprised to find the phrase “marched on the alarm April 19, 1775″ in so many of … Continue reading
Col. Edmund Reade
Col. Edmund READE (1563 – 1623) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather, He is one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 4,096 in the Miller line. (See his 2nd great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of … Continue reading
Everard “Greenleaf” Digby
Everard DIGBY Esquire (1414-1461) was Alex’s 17th Great Grandfather; in the Miner line. Everard “Greenleaf” DIGBY was born 1415 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England. His parents were Simon DIGBY and Joan BELER. He married Agnes CLARKE on 1439 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England. … Continue reading
Ezekiel Rogers
Ezekiel Rogers (1588-1661) (wiki) was an English nonconformist clergyman, and Puritan settler of Massachusetts. Of the 20 Yorkshire families that accompanied him from Rowley, Yorkshire and Rowley, Massachusetts, almost half were our direct ancestors. We’re here in part because he didn’t like the … Continue reading
Everard Digby (Tilton)
Everard DIGBY Esquire (1440-1510) was Alex’s 16th Great Grandfather; in the Miner line. Everard DIGBY Esquire was born 1440 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England. His parents were Everard “Greenleaf” DIGBY and Agnes CLARKE. He married 1463 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England … Continue reading
Sir John Digby Knight
Sir John DIGBY Knight (1464-1533) was Alex’s 15th Great Grandfather; in the Miner line. Sir John Digby Knight was born 1464 in Stoke Dry, Rutland, England. His parents were Everard DIGBY Esquire and Jacquetta ELLIS. He married Katherine GRIFFIN on 1485 in Eye Kettleby (Ab Kettleby), Leicestershire, … Continue reading
William Digby
William DIGBY (1495 – 1558) was Alex’s 14th Great Grandfather; in the Miner line. William DIGBY was born in 1495 in Ketteby Luffenham, Rutland, England [Ab Ketterby is about 25 miles NW of Luffenham, I’m not sure which is meant by the … Continue reading
Simeon Digby
Simeon DIGBY (1520- 1570) was Alex’s 13th Great Grandfather; in the Miner line. Simeon DIGBY was born 1520 Bedale, North Yorkshire, England. His parents were William DIGBY and Rose PRESTWICH. He married Anne GREY on 3 Jun 1539 in St. Pancras Soper Lane, Middlesex, England. In … Continue reading
Henry I of France
I started this post thinking we descended from William the Conqueror, but that lineage turns out to be 19th Century myth. Instead, our ancestors include his uncle Henry and his loyal companion William de Warenne. This one was especially fun … Continue reading
