Category Archives: Historical Monument

Ancestor named on a historical monument or plaque including an existing grave marker

Oliver Webber

Oliver WEBBER (1797 – 1862) was Alex’s 4th Great Grandfather; one of 32 in this generation. Oliver A. Webber Esq.’s birthdate of 1797 is estimated from the 1850 census.  His parents were Charles WEBBER Jr. and Ruth THATCHER.   He married … Continue reading

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Horace Horton Blair

Horace Horton BLAIR (1894 – 1965) was Alex’s Great Grandfather; one of four in this generation. Horace Horton Blair was born on 18 Feb 1894 in Anderson’s Corners Quebec.  He went by his middle name Horton.   His parents were William Lewis BLAIR and Susan Wilhelmina CRUTCHFIELD. He … Continue reading

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Walter Palmer

Walter PALMER (1585 – 1661)  (Wikipedia) was an early Separatist Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who helped found Charlestown and Rehoboth, Massachusetts and New London, Connecticut. He was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather twice, one of 4,096 in the … Continue reading

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Guilford Dudley Coleman

Guilford Dudley COLEMAN (1832 – 1903)  was Alex’s 3rd Great Grandfather, one of 16 in this generation of the Shaw line. Guilford Dudley Coleman was born on 22 February 1832 in Vassalboro Maine.  His parents were Dudley COLEMAN and Cynthia RICHARDSON … Continue reading

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Lt. William Miner

Lt. William MINER (1670 – 1725) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather, one of 512 in this generation. William Miner was born on 6 Nov 1670 in Niantic, CT near Lyme and New London. He was son of Clement MINER and Frances … Continue reading

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Lt Clement Miner

Lt Clement MINER (1638 – 1700) is Alex’s 9th great grandfather – one of 1,024 grandfathers in this generation of the Miner line. Clement Miner was baptized on 4 Mar 1638 in Hingham, MA.  His parents were: Thomas MINER and Grace … Continue reading

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Thomas Miner

My Paternal American Ancestor, Thomas MINER (1608 –  1690) was a founder of Charlestown and Hingham Mass and  New London and Stonington, Connecticut, and the author of one of the few diaries to survive 17th Century New England. The Diary of Thomas … Continue reading

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