Category Archives: Wikipedia Famous
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
William Johnson
William JOHNSON (1559 – 1637) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096 8,192 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 8,192 in the Miller line. (See his great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors) William … 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
Everard DIGBY (1578 – 1606) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather; one of 8,192 in this generation of the Miner line. Everard Digby was born between 1540 and 1545 in Stoke Dry, Rutlandshire [the smallest county in England]. Alternatively, he was born … Continue reading
Peter Montague
Peter MONTAGUE (1580 – 1638) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather; one of 8,193 in this generation of the Miner line. Peter Montague was born 11 Dec 1580 in Boveney, Burnham Parish, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a small Hamlet, picturesquely situated upon the … Continue reading
James Carver
James CARVER (1527 – 1560) was Alex’s 13th Great Grandfather; one of 32,768 in this generation of the Miner line. James Carver was born in 1527 in Doncaster, West Riding Yorkshire, England. He married Catherine [__?__]. James died in 1560 … Continue reading
George Downing
George DOWNING (1556 – 1611) was Alex’s 13th Great Grandfather; one of 16,384 in this generation of the Miner line. George Downing was born about 1556 in Beccles, Suffolk, England. His parents were George DOWNING and Cicely [__?__]. Alternatively, his … Continue reading
Johann Conrad Weiser
Johann Conrad WEISER Sr. (1662 – 1746) (Wikipedia) was a German soldier, baker, and farmer who fled his homeland with thousands of other German Palatines and settled in New York. Weiser became a leader in the Palatine community and was founder of their … Continue reading
Alexander Carpenter
Alexander Carpenter (1546/1551 – 1612) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; two of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line, once through his daughter Juliana and again through his daughter Priscilla Two of his grandchildren [first cousins] Lt. Ephraim MORTON and … Continue reading
