Category Archives: Historical Site

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Sgt. Thomas Wilmarth

Posted on June 21, 2010 by markeminer

Sgt. Thomas WILMARTH (1620 – 1690) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Thomas Wilmarth was born about 1620 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. Alternatively he was baptized in  Saint Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Wilmarth

Posted on June 21, 2010 by markeminer

Jonathan WILMARTH (1656 – 1733) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather, one of 1,024 in this generation of the Shaw line. Jonathan Wilmarth was born in 1656 in Rehoboth, Mass.  His parents were Thomas WILMARTH and Elizabeth BLISS.  He married Esther … Continue reading →

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Jonah Palmer

Posted on June 21, 2010 by markeminer

Jonah PALMER (1617 -1709) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Jonah Palmer was born about 1617 in England.  His parents were Walter PALMER and Ann Elizabeth [__?__].  He immigrated with his … Continue reading →

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William Reade

Posted on June 17, 2010 by markeminer

William READE (1601 – 1656)  was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. William Reade was born on 18 Apr 1601  in Brocket Hall, a country house in Hertfordshire,  England, the first of which was … Continue reading →

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Francis Wyman

Posted on June 17, 2010 by markeminer

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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Robert Pond

Posted on June 17, 2010 by markeminer

Robert POND (1592 – 1637) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048  in this generation of the Shaw line. Robert Pond was born in  1592 in Groton, Suffolk, England. His parents were  William POND and Judith GORDON.  He married Mary Margaret HAWKINS in … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Fairbanks

Posted on June 16, 2010 by markeminer

Jonathan FAIRBANKS  (1594 – 1668)  (wikipedia) was an American colonist who in 1637 built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts which is today the oldest surviving wood framed house in North America. Through Mary and Susan, he was Alex’s 9th … Continue reading →

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John Tuttle

Posted on June 14, 2010 by markeminer

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 Houghton

Posted on June 11, 2010 by markeminer

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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John Browne Sr. (Swansea)

Posted on June 7, 2010 by markeminer

John BROWNE Sr. (Swansea) (1583 – 1662) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line.  John was a friend and associate of the leaders of Plymouth Colony and it is said in his … Continue reading →

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