Ancestry of Ted Danson

compiled by Robert Battle


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ted Danson should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

This report was contributed by Robert Battle. The undersigned HTML-ized Mr. Battle's report.

Michael J. Wood added to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Ted Danson
1 Edward Bridge ("Ted") Danson III, b. 29 Dec 1947 San Diego, CA [Allen 148]
PARENTS
2 Edward Bridge "Ned" Danson, Jr., b. 22 Mar 1916 Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH, d. 30 Nov 2000 Riverside, CA [SSN 527-44-6095, issued 1952 AZ]
m. 7 Nov 1942 Pasadena, CA
3 Jessica MacMaster, b. 2 Nov 1916 WA
GRANDPARENTS
4 Edward Bridge Danson, b. Bolton cum Seacombe, sub-district of Wallasey, Birkenhead district, 2 Nov. 1862 [entry no. 7], d. 1 Feb 1927 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
m. 7 Nov 1907 Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH
5 Anna Louise Allen, b. 27 Mar 1880 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, d. 4 Nov 1964 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH (age 84; widow; vol. 17865, cert. 82764)
6 James Eric MacMaster, b. 5 Jan 1887 MN/England, d. 30 Dec 1965 Los Angeles Co., CA [SSN 556-38-5457, issued CA bef. 1951] [CADI: James E. MacMaster, b. 5 Jan 1887 England, mother Ralston, d. 30 Dec 1965 Los Angeles]
m. ... [c1913]
7 Lucile Johnston, b. 18 Nov 1889 WA, d. 22 Jul 1981 Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA [SSN 555-21-7903, issued CA 1973] [CADI: Lucile Johnstone MacMaster, b. 18 Nov 1889, father Johnstone, mother Brace, d. 22 Jul 1981 Los Angeles]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Richard Danson, bp. 20 Mar 1836 St. John's Old Haymarket, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, d. abt. Sep 1876 Cheshire, England (age 41)
m. Holy Trinity Church, Walton on the Hill, Lancs, 24 Jan. 1860 [entry no. 134]
9 Frances Hickson, b. c1835 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, d. abt. Sep 1902 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (age 66)
10 William Mercer Allen, b. 25 Feb 1853 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, d.6 Sep 1927 Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH
m. 5 Oct 1876 Cincinnati
11 Virginia Reakirt Thompson, b. 25 Aug 1856 OH, d. 13 Sep 1929 Glendale
12 ___ MacMaster, b. Scotland
m.
13 ___ Ralston, b. Scotland
14 Calvin Knox Johnston, b. 21 Sep 1850 OH, d. 22 Aug 1903 Spokane, WA
m. Dec 1885
15 Harriet Brace, b. Jun 1863 Canada
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Edward Danson, bp. 17 Aug 1800 St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
m. 29 Sep 1824 Saint Nicholas
17 Margaret Duckworth
18 William Hickson, shipwright, d. by 24 Jan 1860
m.
19 ___
20 Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen, b. 21 Sep 1822 New London, CT, d. 15 Jul 1900 Lakewood, NY
m. 1 Jun 1852 Cincinnati, OH
21 Jane Deverdier Woodruff, b. 1 Sep 1832 Hartford, CT, d. 30 Aug 1878 Cincinnati, OH
22 Moses Franklin Thompson, b. c1822 VA, d. bef. 1900
m.
23 Anna Maria Reakirt, b. Aug 1832 OH
28 Samuel Power Johnston, b. 23 Jun 1804 near Armagh, Indiana Co., PA, d. 14 May 1893 Logan Co., OH
m. 19 Feb 1829
29 Eleanor Margaret Thompson, b. 11 Mar 1811 near Cayuga Lake, NY, d. 5 Apr 1893 Belle Center, OH
30 Lewis John Brace, b. 1836 Goderich, Ontario, Canada
m. 1858 Goderich
31 Mary Gibson, b. England
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Richard Danson
m.
33 Ann Lilley
40 Lewis Allen, b. 2 May 1783 Mount Pleasant, New London, CT, d. 3 May 1844 New London, CT
m. 18 Sep 1805
41 Mary Denison Smith, b. 20 Jul 1789 Pequonnoc (Groton), CT, d. 21 Oct 1854 New London, CT
42 Truman Woodruff
m.
43 Mary ___
44 John Thompson, b. c1787 PA
m.
45 ___
46 John Reakirt, b. c1790-1800, d. bef. 1850
m.
47 Nancy ___, b. c1795 PA
56 Nathan Johnston, b. 19 Jun 1776 Franklin Co., PA, d. 15 Jan 1845 Harrison Co., OH;
m. 5 Feb 1801
57 Mary Black, b. 26 Jun 1782 Adams Co., PA, d. 18 Dec 1855 Logan Co., OH
58 James Thompson
m. 1803
59 Jane Thomson, b. 1777 near Carlisle, PA
60 Harvey Brace, b. 30 Dec 1808 Luzerne, NY, d. 22 Feb 1892 Spokane, WA
m. 1834
61 Mary Ann Fisher
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
80 Thomas Allen, b. 10 Sep 1755 New London, CT, d. 16 May 1842 Pomfret, CT
m. 23 Apr 1778 St. James' Church, New London, CT
81 Amelia Taber, b. 11 Feb 1758 New London, CT, d. 14 Jan 1838 Pomfret, CT
82 Denison Smith, b. 19 Jun 1769, d. 27 Dec 1860, bur. Smith Lake Cemetery, Pequonnoc, CT
m. 6 Mar 1788 Pequonnoc
83 Waity Smith, b. 1770, d. 18 Aug 1853, bur. Smith Lake Cemetery, Pequonnoc
112 Samuel Johnston, b. c1747, d. 13 Apr 1803
m.
113 Mary Futhey, d. 21 Jan 1821
114 James Black, b. c1756, d. 13 Dec 1846
m.
115 Jane Stewart, b. c1753, d. 2 Aug 1835
118 Hugh Thomson, b. 1748 Belfast, Ireland, d. 9 May 1812 Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD, bur. Piney Creek Presbyterian Churchyard
m. 1770
119 Jane Boyd, b. c1745, d. 1829 bur. Piney Creek Presbyterian Churchyard
120 Bannister Brace
m.
121 Rhoda Burnham
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
160 Thomas Allen, d. 19 Nov 1793 New London, CT
m. 29 Oct 1753
161 Elizabeth (Christophers) Shackmaple, b. 13 Sep 1714 New London, CT
162 Pardon Taber, b. 1710 Tiverton, RI, d. 10 Sep 1803
m. 19 May 1747 New London, CT [New London VRs 2:92]
163 Elizabeth Harris, b. 1729 New London, CT, d. 2 Jan 1806
164 Col. Oliver Smith, b. 27 Apr 1738 Pequonnoc (Groton), CT, d. 1 Aug 1811, bur. Smith Lake Cemetery, Pequonnoc, CT
m. 1759
165 Mary Denison, b. bp. 24 Jan 1742 Stonington, CT, d. 17 Sep 1800 [Howland 452]
166 Jabez Smith
m.
167 Waity Burrows
224 Nathan Johnston, killed by Indians near Shippensburg, PA
m.
225 Elizabeth Power, killed by Indians near Shippensburg, PA
226 Robert Futhey
m.
227 Isabella Kidd
236 William Thomson, b. c1711 County Derry, Ireland, d. 4 Jul 1800 near Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD
m. 1746
237 Jane Hanna
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
320 Nathaniel Allen, b. 1699 London, England, d. 1 Nov 1770 Shrewsbury, MA
m. c1726/7
321 Dorcas Bowes, d. Apr 1779 Leicester, MA
322 Richard Christophers, b. 10 Dec 1685 New London, CT, d. 17 Jan 1736 New London
m.
323 Elizabeth Saltonstall, b. 11 May 1690, d. 22 Nov 1738 New London
324 Philip Taber, d. 27 Dec 1750 Shrewsbury [See Francis Cooke 5, pp. 214-215]
m.
325 Elizabeth Tillinghast, b. 1685 Providence, RI, d. 1750
326 Richard Harris
m.
327 Lucy ___
328 Nathan Smith
m. 5 Dec 1723
329 Mary Denison, b. 29 Aug 1705 Stonington, New London Co., CT
330 John Denison, b. c1703 Westerly, RI, d. 28 Nov 1777 Stonington, CT [Howland 451]
m.
331 Mary Noyes, b. 1705, d. 14 Jun 1742 Stonington
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
644 Richard Christophers, b. 13 Jul 1662 Cherston Ferrers, Devonshire, England, d. 9 Jun 1726 New London, CT
m. 26 Jun 1682 New London
645 Lucretia Bradley, b. 16 Aug 1661 New London, d. 12 Jan 1691 New London
646 Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall
m.
647 Jerusha Richards
656 Nehemiah Smith
m.
657 Dorothy Wheeler
660 Edward Denison, b. c1678, bp. 14 Nov 1683 Stonington, CT, drowned 9 Dec 1726 Westerly, RI [Howland 113]
m. 29 Nov 1701 Yarmouth, MA
661 Mercy Hedge, b. Sep 1680 Yarmouth, MA, d. aft. 18 Oct 1715 Westerly, RI
662 Dr. James Noyes
m.
663 Anne Sanford [Sanford 8]
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1290 Peter Bradley, d. 3 Apr 1662 Flushing, Long Island, NY
m. 7 Sep 1653
1291 Elizabeth Brewster, b. 1 May 1637 Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, d. 11 Nov 1713 Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
1292 Nathaniel Saltonstall
m.
1293 Elizabeth Ward
1314 Isaac Wheeler
m.
1315 Martha Parke
1320 George Denison, b. c1653, d. 27 Dec 1711 Westerly, RI
m. c1677 Barnstable, MA
1321 Mercy Gorham, b. 20 Jan 1658 Barnstable, MA, d. 24 Sep 1725 Stonington, CT
1322 Elisha Hedge, will dated 13 Feb 1729/30
m.
1323 Mary ___
1326 Peleg Sanford, b. 10 May 1639 Portsmouth, RI, d. aft. 1 Sep 1701, Governor of Rhode Island [Sanford 7-8]
m. 1 Dec 1674
1327 Mary Coddington, b. 16 May 1654 Newport, RI
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2582 Jonathan Brewster
m.
2583 Lucretia Oldham
2584 Richard Saltonstall, bp. 1 Oct 1610 Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
m. 4 Jul 1633 Allhallows, Honey Lane, London, England
2585 Muriel Gurdon, b. c1613
2630 Thomas Parke
m.
2631 Dorothy Thompson
2640 George Denison, bp. 10 Dec 1620 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
m. c1645
2641 Ann Borodell
2642 Capt. John Gorham
m.
2643 Desire Howland, b. c1625, d. 13 Oct 1683 Barnstable, MA
2652 John Sanford, b. c1605 England [Sanford 1]
m.
2653 Bridget Hutchinson, bp. 15 Jan 1618/9 Alford, Lincolnshire, England, d. bef. 18 Aug 1698
2654 William Coddington, b. c1601, bur. 6 Nov 1678 Newport, RI Governor of Rhode Island
m. (3rd) c1650
2655 Anne Brinley, b. 1628, d. 9 May 1708 Newport
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
5164 William Brewster, Mayflower passenger
m.
5165 Mary ___
5262 John Thompson
m.
5263 Alice Freeman
5286 John Howland, b. c1592, Mayflower passenger, d. 23 Feb 1672/3 Plymouth, MA
m. c1624
5287 Elizabeth Tilley, bp. 20 Aug 1607 Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, Mayflower passenger, d. 22 Dec 1687 Swansea, MA
5286 William Hutchinson, bp. 14 Aug 1586 Alford, Lincolnshire, England, d. aft. Jun 1641
m. 9 Aug 1612 St. Mary Woolnoth, London, England
5287 Anne Marbury, bp. 20 Jul 1591 Alford, d. 1643
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10574 John Tilley, Mayflower passenger
m.
10575 Joan ___ Mayflower passenger
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 - Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH, e.d. 359, sheets 22a-b

Danson, Ann A.      Head    F W 50 Wd   OH OH      OH
___, Virginia T.    Dau     F W 21 S    OH England OH
___, Anna A. Jr.    Dau     F W 18 S    OH England OH
___, Edward B.      Son     M W 14 S    OH England OH

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1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, e.d. 113, sheet 26b

MacMaster, James E.    Head    M W 43 M 26    MN Scotland Scotland
___, Lucile            Wife    F W 40 M 23    WA OH       Canada Eng.
___, Eileen            Dau     F W 15 S       WA MN       WA
___, Jessie            Dau     F W 13 S       WA MN       WA

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1910 - Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH, e.d. 345, sheet 10b

Allen, William M.  Head  M W 57 M1 34       OH CT CT  President Title Galamite Co.[?]
___, Virginia      Wife  F W 53 M1 34 4 4   OH VA OH
___, Stanley W.    Son   M W 22 S           OH OH OH
___, William T.    Son   M W 18 S           OH OH OH

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1900 - Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, e.d. 231, sheet 8a

Allen, Thomas H.   Head   W M Sep 1822 77    M 48        CT CT CT
___, Laura         Wife   W F Jul 1853 46    M 20 5 5    OH England
___, Charlotte     Dau    W F Jan 1887 13    S           OH CT OH
___, Fredrick      Son    W M Feb 1891  9    S           OH CT OH
(4 servants)

(John H. Allen family)

Allen, William M.  Head   W M Feb 1853 47    M 24        OH CT CT  Drugs
___, Virginia      Wife   W F Aug 1856 43    M 34 5 4    OH OH OH
___, Florence      Dau    W F Jul 1877 22    S           OH OH OH
___, Anna          Dau    W F Mar 1880 20    S           OH OH OH
___, Stanley       Son    W M Mar 1887 13    S           OH OH OH
___, William       Son    W M Oct 1891  8    S           OH OH OH
Thompson, Anna     GMo    W F Aug 1837 67[?] Wd 6 2      OH PA OH
(1 servant)

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1900 - Spokane, Spokane Co., WA, e.d. 60, sheets 4b-5a

Johnston, Knox     Head   W M Sep 1850 49 M 15       OH     NY  OH          Mining Broker
___, Harriet       Wife   W F Jun 1863 36 M 15 3 3   Canada Eng Eng 1879 20
Johnston, Elenor   Dau    W F May 1886 14 S          WA     OH  Canada
___, Walter        Son    W M Oct 1887 12 S          WA     OH  Canada
___, Lucile        Dau    W F Nov 1890  9 S          WA     OH  Canada

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1901 - Hampstead, London, England

James E. Macmaster    Boarder    14    Scholar    America British Subject

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1901 - Ashley, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Frances Danson   Head  Wid 65   Living on own means                         Lancs Liverpool
Jessie   do      Dau   S   30   Cert. Assist. Elementary High School Worker Cheshire Egremont
Fanny    do      Dau   S   27   Assistant Teacher                           Cheshire Egremont

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1891 - Horfield, Gloucestershire, England

Frances Danson   Head  Wd 55   Living on her own means    Lancs, Liverpool
Jessie Danson    Dau   S  21   Teacher National School    Cheshire, Egremont
Fanny      Do    Dau   S  18   Teacher National School    Cheshire, Egremont
William H. Do    Son   S  16   Stationers Clerk           Lancs, Liverpool

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1881 - Horfield, Gloucestershire, England

Frances Danson     Head Wd 45    Liverpool, Lancashire
Edward B. Danson   Son     18    Seacombe, Cheshire      Insurance (Fire) Clerk
Jessie Danson      Dau     12    Egremont, Cheshire
Fanny Danson       Dau      9    Egremont, Cheshire
William A. Danson  Son      6    Liverpool, Lancashire

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1880 - Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, e.d. 148, sheet 21 (p. 11a)

Allen, Wm. M.      W M 27                     Drug Clerk    OH CT OH
___, Virginia      W F 23            Wife                   OH VA OH
___, Florence      W F  2            Dau                    OH OH OH
___, Anna L.       W F    2/12 Mar   Dau                    OH OH OH
Woodruff, Stanley  W M 35            Uncle    Drug Clerk    OH OH OH
(2 servants)

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1871 - Liscard, St. John, Egremont, Cheshire, England

Richard Danson    35    Head    Liverpool, Lancashire
Frances Danson    35    Wife    Liverpool, Lancashire
Arthur Danson     10    Son     Liverpool, Lancashire
Edward Danson      8    Son     Wallasey, Cheshire
Jessie Danson      2    Dau     Wallasey, Cheshire
Fanny Rayson      16    Serv    Milton Morwbury, Leicestershire

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1870 - 11th Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p.

Thompson, M. Frank    39 M W    Hat dealer    17,600 17,700    VA
___, Anna Maria       38 F W                                   OH
___, Frank            15 M W                                   OH
___, Virginia         13 F W                                   OH
___, Mire[?]           1 F W                                   OH
___, John             82 M W    No Profession                  PA
(2 servants)

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1870 - 11th Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, pp. 586b-587a

Allen, T. H. C.        47 M W    Dealer in Medicine   32,100  81,800   CT
___, Mrs. Jennie S.    37 F W                                          CT
___, Allen, Wm. M.     17 M W                                          OH
___, Thom. W.          13 M W                                          OH
___, Jonathan H.       11 M W                                          OH
Woodruf, Stanley       30 M W    Clerk in Store                        OH
(2 servants)

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1860 - 11th Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 284a (573)

Thomas H. C. Allen    38 M    Medical agent    500    CT
Jane           "      28 F                            CT
William        "       7 M                            OH
Thomas         "       5 M                            OH
John           "       1 M                            OH
(1 boarders and two servants)

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1860 - 6th Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 11a

Moses F. Thompson   37 M    Wholesale merchant    500 600    VA
Anna         "      27 F                                     OH
Franklin     "       5 M                                     OH
Virginia     "       3 F                                     OH
Carrie       "       1 F                                     OH
John Reakirt        30 M    Clerk                            OH
Minnie Hughes       24 F    Servant                          Wales
Ann Shope           26 F    Servant                          Germany

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1850 - Ohio Twp., Clermont Co., OH, p. 455b (910)

Nancy Reakirt    54 F                1200    PA
William     "    27 M    Carpenter           OH
Anna M.     "    17 F                        OH
Arabella C. "    15 F                        OH

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1840 - New Richmond, Clermont Co., OH, p. 226

John Reakirt - 2 males 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 40-50,
2[?] females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 40-50

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NOTES






2 -- Allen 148: "Edward Bridge Dauson[sic] Jr. was born Mar. 22, 1916 in Glendale, Ohio. He was the third child of Edward Bridge and Anna Louise (Allen) Dauson. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1940, with B.A. degree and from Harvard University, with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Edward Bridge Dauson Jr. was married Nov. 7, 1942 in Pasadena, Calif., to Jessica MacMaster. Jessica MacMaster was born Nov. 2, 1916. She attended Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Calif. Edward Bridge Dauson Jr. is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz."



5 -- Allen 146: "Anna Louise Allen was born Mar. 27, 1880, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the second child of William Mercer and Virginia Reakirt (Thompson) Allen of Cincinnati....Anna Louise Allen was married Nov. 7, 1907, in Glendale, Ohio, to Edward Bridge Dauson[sic]. Edward Bridge Dauson was born Nov. 2, 1862, in Egremont, England. He was the son of Richard and Frences Dauson of Egremont, England. Edward Bridge Dauson came to America in 1888 and became an American citizen in 1922. He was President of the Kemper-Thomas Calendar & Novelty Company, of Cincinnati, until his death, Feb. 1, 1927."



6 -- Johnston 47: "Lucille Johnston, married Eric McMasters who was born in 1887 and died Dec. 1965. He was with the British Consular Service. Their children are: (a) Jessica McMasters, married Edward Dawson..."



10 -- Allen 143-144: "William Mercer Allen...was born Feb. 25, 1853 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the first child of Thomas H. C. Allen by his first wife, Jane Deverdier Woodruff....William Mercer Allen was married Oct. 5, 1876 at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Virginia Reakirt Thompson....Virginia Reakirt Thompson was born Aug. 25, 1856. She was the daughter of Moses Franklin and Anna Reakirt Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio....William Mercer Allen died Sept. 6, 1927, at his home in Glendale. His wife Virginia Reakirt (Thompson) Allen died Sept. 13, 1929 in Glendale. Both are buried in the Allen lot in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio."



14 -- Johnston 46: "Calvin Knox Johnston was born Sept. 21, 1850 and died Aug. 22, 1903 at Spokane, Wash. where he was in the real estate business. He was a graduate of Amherst College and studied for a while in Germany. In Dec. 1885 he married Harriet Brace and had three children..."



20 -- Allen 142-143: "Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen...was born Sept. 21, 1822 in New London, Conn. He was the seventh child of Lewis and Mary Denison (Smith) Allen....Thomas H. C. Allen went in the spring of 1840, to reside in Salina, afterwards the First Ward of Syracuse, N.Y., at that time the great salt-mart of the West, but returned to New London, Conn., his native place, in 1842; he was in business there until the spring of 1848, when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and established the medicine business. After introducing 'Perry Davis' Pain Killer' throughout the West and Southwest, he bought out 'Allen's Lung Balsam' and introduced that throughout the United States and Canada and into some foreign countries....Thomas H. C. Allen was married June 1, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jane Deverdier Woodruff....Jane Deverdier Woodruff was born Sept. 1, 1832 in Hartford, Conn. She was the daughter of Truman and Mary Woodruff....Jane Deverdier (Woodruff) Allen was an invalid for many years, and died Aug. 30, 1878, aged 45 years. She was buried in the Allen lot, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnnati, Ohio....Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen died July 15, 1900, at his summer cottage at Lakewood, N.Y., on Lake Chautauqua. He was buried in his lot in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio."



28 -- Johnston 38-39: "Samuel Power Johnston...., the second child of Nathan and Mary Black Johnston, was born near Armagh, Indiana County, Pa. on June 23, 1804 and he died in Logan County, Ohio on May 14, 1893. While still an infant he was taken by his parents to Harrison County, Ohio to the new Brush Run farm not far from the present town of Hopeville....Like his father and his brothers, he became an ardent abolitionist before the Civil War and his farm home became a 'station' on the 'underground railway' where escaping slaves could stop on their way to Canada and freedom....On Feb. 19, 1829 he married Eleanor M. Thompson of Cadiz, Ohio, not far from his home in Harrison County. She was born near Cayuga Lake, New York, on March 11, 1811."



29 -- Johnson 39: "Eleanor Margaret, married Samuel Power Johnston....Eleanor died at Belle Center, Ohio, on April 5, 1893; scarcely a month thereafter Samuel Johnston died. Both are buried in the Northwood cemetery."



40 -- Allen 22-23: "Lewis Allen...was born May 2, 1783 on his father's farm called 'The Mount Pleasant Estate' near New London, Conn. He was the third child of Thomas and Amelia (Taber) Allen Jr....Lewis Allen was married Sept. 18, 1805 to Mary Denison Smith....Mary Denison Smith was born July 20, 1789 in Pequonnoc (Groton) Conn. She was the eldest daughter of Denison and Waty Smith. Her father, Denison Smith was a merchant. He was the seventh child of Col. Oliver and Mary (Denison) Smith. Col. Oliver Smith married his own cousin, Mary Denison, who was the only child of Jabez and Waty (Burrows) Smith. Oliver and Jabez being brothers. Col. Oliver Smith was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was born Apr. 27, 1738 and died Aug. 11, 1811. His wife Mary (Denison) Smith died Sept. 17, 1800. Denison Smith died Dec. 27, 1860 at the age of 91 years. His lovely wife Waty, died Aug. 18, 1853, aged 83 years. Both were buried in Smith Lake Cemetery, Pequonnoc (Groton) Conn....Lewis Allen was a great sufferer for many years with cancer of the face. He died at his own home in Main Street [New London], May 3, 1844, aged 61 years. His wife died there Oct. 21, 1854, aged 65 years. They were both buried in his lot in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn."

Allen preface: "All the descendants of Lewis Allen of Fisher's Island, are also descendants, through him, of the following Mayflower passengers: John Alden, William Brewster, Francis Cooke, and John Howland. They are also descendants of three Colonial Governors: Gurdon Saltonstall of Connecticut, and Governor Coddington and Peleg Sanford, of Rhode Island."



56 -- Johnston 24: "Nathan Johnston, the oldest child of Samuel and Mary Futhey Johnston, was born June 19, 1776 in Franklin County, Pa. He died Jan. 15, 1845 in Harrison County, Ohio, with burial in the old Beech Spring cemetery beside members of his wife's family. On Feb. 5, 1801 he married Mary Black, oldest daughter of James and Jane Stewart Black....She was born on June 26, 1782 in Adams County, Pa. and died on Dec. 18, 1855 in Logan County, Ohio, with burial in the old Northwood cemetery."



59 -- Johnston 39: "Jane Thomson was born near Carlisle, Pa. in 1777. In 1803 she married James Thompson, thereby adding one more letter to her last name. While living near Cayuga Lake, New York, three daughters were born..."



80 -- Allen 14-16: "Thomas Allen Jr....was born Sept. 10, 1755 in New London, Conn. He was the only son who lived of Thomas and Elizabeth (Christophers-Shackmaple) Allen Sr....Thomas Allen Jr. was married Apr. 23, 1778, to Amelia Taber. They were married in St. James' Church, New London, Conn....Amelia Taber was born Feb. 11, 1758 in New London, Conn. She was the fourth child of Pardon Taber by his second wife Elizabeth Harris....In 1830 Capt. Allen returned to the smaller Nightingale farm, where his wife Amelia died, Jan. 14, 1838, aged 79 years, from dropsy in the chest....Capt. Allen died May 16, 1842....He was buried beside his wife in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn."



118 -- Johnston 39: Hugh Thomson was born in 1748 and married Jane Boyd early in 1770. Along with his parents, he took his bride to America and landed in Philadelphia, Pa. where his first child, Elizabeth, was born on Dec. 25, 1770. About two years thereafter he took his family and went with his father's family to the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania where the two families settled about twelve miles west of Carlisle. This was not long after the ravages of the Indians had subsided when Nathan Johnston and his wife were killed by Indians near Shippensburg. Here were born other children of Hugh and Jane Thomson and here his mother died. Her grave is in the old Presbyterian burial ground at Newville. When the Revolutionary War started Hugh Thomson enlist[t]ed as a private. After the close of the war he took his family, along with his father, to Maryland where they settled near Taneytown in Carrol County. Here the father, William Thomson, died on July 4, 1800 aged 89 years. Hugh Thomson and his wife also died here, he on May 9, 1812 aged 64 and his wife in 1829 aged 84 years. Their graves are in the old Piney Creek Presbyterian Churchyard."



160 -- Allen 13-14: "Thomas Allen...was born Sept. 19, 1728, in London, England. He was the third child of Nathaniel Allen and the first child by his second wife, Dorcas (Bowes) Allen. He came to Boston, New England, in 1734....Thomas Allen married Oct. 29, 1753, Elizabeth, the widow of John Shackmaple Jr. Elizabeth Christophers was born Sept. 13, 1714, in New London, Conn. She was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Saltonstall) Christophers, and a granddaughter of Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall....Elizabeth (Christophers-Shackmaple) Allen died Aug. 5, 1783, aged 68....Thomas Allen Sr. died Nov. 19, 1783 in New London, Conn. He was sixty-five years old; he was buried in the 'Second Burying Ground.' In April 1853, his granddaughters Elizabeth Allen and Frances Taber Smith, bought a lot in Cedar Grove Cemetery and removed his remains to that place."



236 -- Johnston 39: "William Thomson was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1711. In 1746 he married Jane Hanna and went to Belfast to live and where all ten of their children were born, the oldest being Hugh."



320 -- Allen 5: " Nathaniel Allen was born in London, England, in 1699....He married Dorcas Bowes, of London, for his second wife, about 1726-7....Nathaniel and Dorcas (Bowes) Allen, with their sons...came to Boston, New England, as early as 1734....Capt. Allen was a shop-keeper in Boston, some years....He moved to Shrewsbury, Mass. in 1757....Capt. Allen died in Shrewsbury, Mass. Nov. 1, 1770, aged 71 years, and was buried beside his sister. His widow, Dorcas (Bowes) Allen, moved to Leicester...died there April 1779, and was buried in her son's lot..."



2584 -- [RD600 198]



2585 -- [RD600 182-3]



5263 -- [RD600 540-3]



5287 -- [RD600 278-81]







FURTHER NOTES




















SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above. Also:

Allen -- Mary Allen Phinney, Allen Genealogy: A Brief History of Lewis Allen (of Fisher's Island and New London, Conn.) and his Descendants from 1699 to 1954 [Rutland, VT, 1954].

Howland -- Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, vol. 1 [Camden, ME, 1990].

Johnson -- D. Fuller Stewart, Johnston-Black Genealogy.

Sanford -- Jack Minard Sanford, President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island 1605-1965 and His Descendants with Many Allied Families [1966].









William Addams Reitwiesner

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