Category Archives: Historical Monument

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

Roger Shaw

Roger SHAW (1594 – 1661) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line. Roger Shaw was baptized 26 Aug 1594 in St. Peter’s upon Cornhill, London, England.  The church was badly damaged in the Great … Continue reading

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Samuel Fogg

Samuel FOGG (1628 – 1672) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line. Samuel Fogg was born on 1 Jan 1627/28 in Exeter, Devon, England. His parents were  John FOGG b: in Epping, Essex, … Continue reading

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Percival Lowell

Percival LOWELL (1571 – 1665)  determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World. and the Lowell clan settled on the North Shore at Newbury after they arrived in Boston 23 June 1639.(See wikipedia article)Percivial was Alex’s 11th Great … Continue reading

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Francis Wyman

Francis WYMAN (1619 – 1699)  was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Francis Wyman’s name survives in a portion of Route 62 in Burlington west of Cambridge Street known as the Francis … Continue reading

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Thomas Skinner I

Thomas SKINNER I (1617 – 1704) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096  in this generation of the Shaw line. Thomas Skinner was born 1617 in Chichester, Sussex, England, He married (1)  Mary GODDEN in England.  He emigrated between … Continue reading

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William Carpenter Jr.

William CARPENTER (1605 – 1659) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather two ways through his daughter Abigail and through his son Joseph.  He was two of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. William Carpenter was born in Wiltshire or … Continue reading

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John Tuttle

John TUTTLE (1618 – 1663) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048  in this generation of the Shaw line. His farm, Tuttle’s Red Barn, is the oldest continually operating family farm in the United States, having passed down through … Continue reading

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John Cheney

 John CHENEY (1605 -1666 ) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048  in this generation of the Shaw line. John Cheney was born 30 Jun 1605 in Roxburgh, Scotland.  His family are English coming from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, so … Continue reading

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John Burbeen

John BURBEEN (1628 – 1714) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048  in this generation in the Shaw line John Burbeen was born about 1628 in Saint Thomas, Scotland.   He married Sarah GOULD on  16 Apr 1660 in Woburn, … Continue reading

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John Houghton

John HOUGHTON (1630 – 1684) was a founder of the town of Lancaster, Mass. He was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation in the Shaw line John  Houghton was born on 24 Dec 1630 in Eaton Bray, … Continue reading

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