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Category Archives: Wikipedia Famous
Sir Henry Cromwell
Sir Henry (Williams) CROMWELL (1524 – 1604) (Wikipedia) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather, one of 8,192 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was a Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and a grandfather of the famous Oliver Cromwell. Sir Henry (Williams) CROMWELL was born about … Continue reading
Sir Oliver Cromwell
Sir Oliver CROMWELL (1563 – 1658) was uncle and godfather to the famous Oliver Cromwell, known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England and Scotland. However, Sir Oliver lost all … Continue reading
George Martin
George MARTIN (1618 – 1686) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. George Martin was born in 1618 in Romsey, Hampshire, England. His parents were not Christopher Martin and Marie Prower, Mayflower Pilgrims who died … Continue reading
John Proctor
John PROCTOR (1595 -1672) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. John Proctor was born in 1595 in London, England. He married Martha HARPER 1 Jun 1630 in Groton, Suffolk, England. He sailed on … Continue reading
Robert Cushman
Robert CUSHMAN (1578 – 1625) was a Pilgrim leader and made arrangements for the Leiden congregation to immigrate to North America. He preached the first recorded sermon in the New World. (Wikipedia) He was Alex’s 11th Grandfather; one of 4,096 in … Continue reading
Isaac Allerton
Isaac ALLERTON (1586 – 1659) was one of the original Pilgrim fathers who came on the Mayflower to settle the Plymouth Colony in 1620. (Wikipedia) While serving as Plymouth’s business agent he used the colony’s collateral for his own failed business ventures. He … Continue reading
Francis Cooke
Franics COOKE (c.1583 -1663) (Wikipedia) was one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower. This early settler is one of the twenty-six male Pilgrims known to have descendants. He was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of … Continue reading
Philip Taber
Philip TABER (1604 – 1672) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line. Philip Taber was born 1 Sep 1604 at Tiverton, Devonshire, England. Alternatively, he was born about 1605 in Essex, England. … Continue reading
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George Morton (Pilgrim Father)
George MORTON (George Mourt) (c. 1585 – 1624) was an English Puritan Separatist. (Wikipedia) He published and wrote the introduction to the first account in Great Britain of the founding of Plymouth Colony, called Mourt’s Relation. George was Alex’s 10th … Continue reading
Edward Wanton
Edward WANTON (1632 – 1716) was Alex’s 9th great grandfather, one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miner line. He was a prominent Boston shipbuilder who converted to Quakerism and moved to Scituate, Massachusetts in 1661. The Wanton family, known … Continue reading
Miner Descent 