Category Archives: Immigrant

Samuel Patterson Jr.

Samuel PATTERSON Jr. (1765 – 1833) was Alex’s 5th Great Grandfather, one of 64 in this generation of the Miner line. Samuel Patterson Jr was born 17 Oct 1765 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. His parents were Samuel PATTERSON … Continue reading

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Jan Theunissen Pier

Jan Theunissen PIER (1631 – 1676) was Alex’s 10th Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Jan Theunissen Pier was born 19 Oct 1631 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His parents were Teunis Jansz PIER and Jannetje ARENTE. … Continue reading

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Joseph Gibbson

Joseph GIBBSON (1595 -1686) was Alex’s 12th Grandfather; one of 8,192 in this generation of the Shaw line.  His was also Alex’s 11th Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. Joseph Gibbson was born in 1595 … Continue reading

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William Warriner

William WARRINER (1583? – 1676) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather;  one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miner line. Family tradition says a William Warriner eloped around 1600 from Lincolnshire, England with Alice, Lady Clifford, daughter of Admiral. Thomas Howard … Continue reading

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Samuel Kitcherel

Samuel KITCHREL (1619 – 1650) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather;  one of 8,192  in this generation of the Miner line Samuel Kitcherel (Kitcheral or Kitcherell) was born in 1619 in Rolvenden, Kent, England.  His parents were Joseph KITCHEREL (1587  Sandwich, Kent, … Continue reading

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Lt. Abel Wright

Lt. Abel WRIGHT (1631 – 1725) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather;  one of 4,096  in this generation of the Miner line. Lt. Abel Wright was born 01 Jan  (or Mar 1), 1630/31 in Leverton, Lincolnshire, England.  His parents were not John … Continue reading

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George Sexton

George SEXTON (1632 – 1690) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather;  one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miner line. George Sexton was born in 1632 in Limerick, Ireland.  He married Katherine COWING on 10 Jun 1663 in Ireland.  His parents … Continue reading

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Rev. Joseph Downing

Rev. Joseph DOWNING (1589 – 1656) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather;  one of 8,192 in this generation of the Miner line. Rev. Joseph Downing was born circa 1589 at St. Nicholas, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His parents were George DOWNING and Dorcas BELLAMY. … Continue reading

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Richard Montague

Richard MONTAGUE (1614 – 1681) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather;  one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miner line. Robert Montague writes: Although the heraldic visitation (census) of 1634, conducted by Richard St. George, Clarenceux Herold, shows the emblazon … Continue reading

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Robert Carver

Robert CARVER (1594 – 1680)  was probably not Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather;  one of 8,192 in this generation of the Miner line.  See note from Bev Anderson below.   The town of Carver, Massachusetts, that is called the cranberry capitol of … Continue reading

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