Ancestry of Florence Foster Jenkins

compiled by Julie Helen Otto


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

This report was compiled by Julie Helen Otto. The contribution of the undersigned is limited to HTML-izing Ms. Otto's report.

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Ancestry of Florence Foster Jenkins
1 [Narcissa] Florence Foster, b. Wilkes-Barre, Penn. ca. 1866 (ae. 4, 1870 census) or ca. 1868, d. at her residence [the Hotel Seymour, 50 W 45th St.], New York, N. Y., 26 Nov. 1944, ae. 76 [New York Times 27 Nov. 1944 p. 23]; m. [ca. 1885?] by ca. 1893 "Dr. Frank [Thornton] Jenkins, son of Rear Admiral [Thornton Alexander] Jenkins" (Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy... [Chicago, Press of W.B. Conkey & Co., 1899, hereafter Foster 1899], p. 1014, #9503) (div. 1902). In 1880 Frank "P." Jenkins, b. D.C. ca. 1853, single, a physician ae. 27, DC-VA-MD, was living in the D.C. household of his father Adm. Thornton A. Jenkins (LDS 1880 U.S. Census Transcription, Washington, D.C., FHL #1254122/NARA #T9-0122, p. 264D, online at www.familysearch.org, seen 8 June 2004); he was the son of the admiral by appar. third wife Elizabeth G. [or Presley] Thornton (m. Baltimore 1 July 1848) [IGI]. In 1893 H. C. Bradsby called Dr. F. T. Jenkins "of Philadelphia" (History of Luzerne Co., Penn. [1893], 2:907). Who Was Who in America 4:492 calls her a "soprano [and] pianist," who attended Virgil School and Henry Gaines Hawn Dramatic School, and grad. Heyl Dramatic School, Philadelphia Music Academy; "gave song recital at Washington, D.C. Club, also Historical Society, Newport, R.I., gave annual song recitals, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, [New York City]; despite vocal limitations, essayed most demanding Mozartean and Italian arias; performed as soprano soloist at White House; also pianist for Sänger-fests throughout U.S.; most successful concert given at Carnegie Hall [25 Oct. 1944], shortly before [her] death. Founder, president Verdi Club; president National Society of Patriotic Women, president National League, American Pen Women, two years. Composed several songs; wrote stories, one play. Address: Hotel Seymour, 50 West 45th Street, New York City" (ibid.).
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2 Charles Dorrance Foster, b. Dallas, Penn. 25 Nov. 1836, living 17 So. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre ca. 1899 (Foster 1899, p. 1013, #9448, devotes a full page to him; see also H.C. Bradsby, History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections, 2 vols. [Chicago, 1893, hereafter Luzerne 1893], 2:906-907, photo facing 1:75), d. Wilkes-Barre 29 Sept. 1909 (will online: www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/patk/cfoster.htm). He may have been named for Rev. John Dorrance, an early minister (1833-1861) of the First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre (but he himself appears to have been Episcopalian; in his will he provided for a memorial window to Florence's younger sister Lilly Blanche Foster (d. ae. 8) in the Wilkes-Barre Episcopal church). In early business life C.D. Foster was a protégé of Lyman Hakes, Jr., Esq., of Wilkes-Barre. On 1 June 1870, C.D. Foster's Wilkes-Barre household consisted of Charles D. Foster, WM 33, lawyer, $42,000 in real estate, $10,000 in personal estate, b. Penn., a male U.S. citizen; Mary J. Foster, WF 25, b. N.J.; Narcissa, WF 4, b. Penn.; Eveline Hazell, WF 28, domestic servant, b. Penn.; Edward Gettys, BM 21, laborer, b. S.C. (1870 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Penn., City of Wilkes-Barre, 2nd Ward, Series M593, Roll 1369, p. 652, ##319-319, lines 23-27). He was a member of Kingston Lodge No. 395, and served as toastmaster at the centennial anniversary banquet for Lodge No. 61, F[ree] & A[ccepted] M[asons]. 19 Feb. 1894 (Oscar J. Harvey, A History of Lodge No. 61, F. & A.M., Wilkesbarre, Pa. [Wilkes-Barre, 1897], p. 625).
m. Newark, N.J. 4 Oct. 1865
3 Mary Jane Hoagland (DAR #29100) (Lineage Book, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 30 [1899 admissions/published 1910, hereafter Lineage Book], p. 36), b. Hunterdon Co., N.J. (ibid.; 1860 gives whole household at Newark, N.J. as b. N.Y.) ca. 1838 (1860 census), 1845 (1870 census), 1846 (1880 census), or 1850 (1910 census); her age revised itself downward in subsequent census. She was living So. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Penn., 2 May 1910, FW 60, widow, NJ-NJ-NJ, mother of two children, one living (1910 U.S. Census, Luzerne Co., Penn., City of Wilkes-Barre, Ward 7, Series T624, Roll 1370, p. 340, ##166-182, line 4), with servant Sarah Phoenix, FB 25, single, PA-PA-PA, servant in a private family (ibid., line 5). Luzerne 1893 is no help; its sketch on her husband gives no parents for her and simply identifies Mary J. (Hoagland) Foster as "of the New Jersey Hoaglands." Mrs. Foster belonged to dozens of lineage associations, according to her obituary in The New York Times, 8 Nov. 1930, p. 17, which says she "died yesterday in the Park Central Hotel". With profuse thanks to William Addams Reitwiesner, who produced the citation to Mrs. Foster's DAR lineage.
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4 Phinehas Nash Foster, b. Montpelier, Vermont 20 Dec. 1796 (Foster 1899, p. 1008, #9360; Rev. Sylvester Nash, The Nash Family: Or, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Nash of New Haven, Connecticut, 1640 [Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany & Co., 1853, hereafter Nash 1853], p. 104, #663, gives "25 Dec. 1795", no place), d. Jackson, Penn. 7 April 1878 (Foster 1899, p. 1008, #9360)
m. prob. in Penn.
5 Mary Bailey (Johnson) Bulford, b. Penn. 18 Aug. 1798, d. Jackson, Luzerne Co., Penn. 23 July 1884 [Foster 1899, p. 1008, #9360; Nash 1853, p. 104, #663, calls her "widow Mary Bulford" - her son C.D. Foster's will [in a last codicil dated 17 Sept. 1909] provides for his Bulford half-siblings and their heirs "lineally descended from her first marriage, her name at the time of her marriage to my father being Mary B. Bulford"]. She is most likely the "B. Mary Foster" ae. 82, b. Penn., parents b. Conn., in the household of Hezekiah Wilcheck at Jackson in the 1880 census (1880 LDS CD-ROM, citing FHL #1255148/NARA #T9-1148, "p. 117A"); Foster 1899 notes of her son #2 C.D. Foster that "though his business is strictly that of a lawyer with large practice, he takes great pleasure in overseeing and managing his large farm in Jackson and makes frequent visits thither with his fine team of horses; not only as a matter of business, but also to gratify his filial devotion to his aged mother, who still resides at the modest farm-house, where she has spent the greater part of her long life, and prefers the familiar scenes and objects of her early womanhood to all the wealth and splendor that a city can afford" [a passage that must have been written before her death in 1884] (Foster 1899, p. 1013, #9448). F.C. Johnson, Rev. Jacob Johnson of Wallingford (Conn.) and Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) (Wilkes-Barre, 1904, hereafter Johnson 1904), p. 13, gives her descendants down to #1 FFJ.)
6 Amos Hoagland (Lineage Book, p. 36), b. 9 May 1809 (Daniel Hoogland Carpenter, History and Genealogy of the Hoagland Family in America ... 1638 to 1891 [New York, 1891, hereafter Hoagland 1891], p. 209) in N.J. (per 1880 census) or N.Y. (per 1860 census), living Ward 9, Newark, N.J. on 24 July 1860, when his household consisted of himself, described as "sales man"; wife Susan, WF 52, b. N.Y., dau. Mary, WF 22, b. N.Y.; and Nancy [Hoagland?], BF 20, b. N.Y. (1860 U.S. Census, Essex Co., N.J., City of Newark, Ward 9, Series M653, Roll 688, p. 771, ##1359-1697, lines 14-17). Heads-of-household of this name at Newark in the 1860 U.S. Census were: Amos Hogland [sic] (9th ward, p. 771); John Hogland [sic] (3rd ward, p. 340); Martin Hoagland (2nd ward, p. 47); Mary Hoagland (5th ward, p. 610) and William Hoagland (5th ward, p. 595). Given the 1860 description as a "Sales Man", Amos Hoagland may have been the Amos Hoogland, WM 50, $6000 RE, $500 PE, "commercial traveler", boarding in the Ward 9, Newark household of William W. Berry on an unmarked day in 1870 (1870 U.S. Census, Essex Co., N.J., City of Newark, Ward 9, Series M593, Roll 881, p. 263).
m. by ca. 1838
7 Susannah Fisher (Lineage Book, p. 36), b. N.J. (per 1880 census) or N.Y. (per 1860 census) ca. 1808, living Newark, N.J. 24 July 1860, may have d. by 1870
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8 Edward Foster [Jr.], b. Mass. ca. 1773, rem. to Jackson, Penn. 1803, d. [there?] in 1814 (but see will, 1818, Luzerne Co. Probate A:200)
m. [where?] 10 Feb. 1791 (Foster 1899, p. 1000, #9268)
9 Lowly Nash, b. [Sheffield?] Mass. 12 Dec. 1760, d. [Wyoming?] Penn. 10 Oct. 1852. "Lowly [Nash], being unwilling to be published according to the laws of Massachusetts, they crossed the line into New York, and were married there, and immediately removed to Hubbardton, Vermont, and afterwards back to Wyoming [Penn.]" (Nash 1853, p. 104 [#237-IV]).
10 Jacob Johnson [3rd], b. [North Groton?] Conn. ca. 1765 (also per 1880 census), d. Wilkes-Barre, Penn. in May 1807 (Johnson 1904, p. 13, #52)
m.
11 Anna Bailey, b. Conn. (#5 M.B. Johnson's mother b. Conn., per 1880 census)
12 [Judge] Andrew Hoagland (Lineage Book, p. 36), b. N.J. (per 1880 census) 6 July 1780, d. [Flemington?] N.J. 18 May 1843. "He was a very worthy man, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Flemington, N.J., and for about 20 years he filled the offices of trustee and steward in the church. His obituary states that he was the leading man in his church, and preeminently respected as a citizen. He was Judge in the Hunterdon County Court" (Hoagland 1891, p. 209).
m. N.J. 20 Oct. 1804 (ibid.)
13 Mary Carman (Lineage Book, p. 36), b. N.J. (per 1880 census) 20 Aug. 1785, d. [Flemington?] N.J. 19 Sept. 1873 (Hoagland 1891, p. 209)
14 ____ [Fisher]
m.
15 ____
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16 Edward Foster, b. Chelmsford, Mass. 3 April 1747, d. [Milford, N.H.?] by 1823
m. Chelmsford 9 Nov. 1771 (Foster 1899, p. 993, #9195)
17 Phebe Pierce, b. Chelmsford 25 Dec. 1748, living 1823 (when mentioned in will of son William Foster of Boston), "sister of Gov. Pierce, and aunt of President Franklin Pierce" (Foster 1899, p. 993)
18 Phinehas Nash, b. [Deerfield?] Mass. in 1726 [not in published town VRs], "spent a portion of his youthful days in Greenfield, Deerfield, and Sunderland, Mass., and taught school there" (ibid., p. 1008, under #9360; Nash 1853, p. 38 [under #38-X] notes: "The grandchildren of [Daniel Nash?s] youngest son Phine[h]as think they heard their grandfather say, he was born in Deerfield, Mass."), res. a great many years in Wyoming, Penn. but d. Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N.Y. in 1824 ae. 98 (Foster 1899, p. 1008, under #9360; Nash 1853, p. 59, #92-X, places his death "in the winter of 1823-4, supposed to be about 98 or 99 years of age")
m. "rec. Sheffield, and taxed in Great Barrington" 1755 (Foster 1899, p. 1008, #9360) [AF: Sheffield, Mass. 15 May 1755]
19 Mary Hamlin of Sheffield, Mass., d. Wyoming, Penn. by ca. 1809 (ibid., p. 1008, under #9360); after her death her widower, "in his 83rd year", left Wyoming on horseback for Shelburne, Vermont (Nash 1853, p. 59). I suspect her to be related to Ebenezer Hamlin, Jr. of Egremont and Alford, Mass., and Farmington, Conn. [son of Dea. Ebenezer and Sarah (Lewis) Hamlin of Barnstable and Rochester, Mass., and Sharon, Conn.], who with first wife Prudence ___ was baptizing children [known: John, Israel, Thankful, Ebenezer 3rd] in the 1720s; in fact, this Ebenezer Hamlin sold land in the "Shawenon Purchase" [Alford/Egremont, just NW of Sheffield] on 20 April 1762 to Phineas Nash (Hon. Hamilton P. Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts ... [Exira, Iowa, 1902, hereafter Hamlin 1902], 1:75). Ebenezer Jr.'s brother Cornelius Hamlin (1705-1784) of Barnstable, Mass., Colchester and Sharon, Conn., Spencertown, N.Y. and again Sharon, and wife Mary Mudge had a daughter Mary, born at Colchester 25 Feb. 1735, but she apparently married a Richard Treat (later of Spencertown and Lebanon, N.Y.) in 1755 (Hamlin 1902, 1:79-80). Known children of yet another brother, Lewis Hamlin [who died of consumption caught by running out in his nightshirt at the clap of the earthquake of 1755] and his wife Experience Jenkins were too young to marry by 1755, and did not include a Mary.
20 [Rev.] Jacob Johnson [Jr.], b. Wallingford, Conn. 7 April 1713, d. Wilkes-Barre 15 March 1797, a 1740 graduate of Yale College. Rev. Johnson "came to Wilkes-Barre in 1772, and was the first permanently located minister west of the Blue Mountains, in the territory now comprising the State of Pennsylvania. He was a Congregationalist, the teachings of which church were for more than half a century the prevailing religion of the Wyoming Valley. He was a remarkable man, was especially influential with the Indians, speaking fluently the language of more than one of the tribes, and was a conspicuous figure on the Connecticut side, through all the so-called 'Pennamite' troubles" (Luzerne 1893, 2:906)
m. [Preston] Conn. by ca. 1755 (Johnson 1904, p. 13, #28)
21 Mary Giddings, b. Norwich, Conn. 7 March 1729 (Norwich VRs 1:106), d. Wilkes-Barre 18 Jan. 1805 (Johnson 1904, p. 13, #28, gives Mary's birthdate as 28 Nov. 1730, actually the birthdate of her sister Sarah). [Rev.] Jacob and Mary (Giddings) Johnson are bur. Hollenback Cem., Wilkes-Barre (Giddings 1998, photo section).
22 ____ [Bailey]
m.
23 ____
24 Amos Hoagland, b. Clover Hill, N.J. 1741, d. near Reaville, N.J. 1807, "served as a private in the Hunterdon Co., N.J. militia" (Lineage Book, p. 36). Hoagland 1891, p. 190, gives his birthdate as 21 Aug. 1741, states that he "settled on the Neshanic, near Reaville, where he died [in] 1807".
m. ca. 1774 (first child, Sarah [Hoagland] Williamson, b. 3 Oct. 1775) (Hoagland 1891, p. 190, which gives first name only for his wife)
25 Mary Titus, b. N.J. 6 Nov. 1752
26 Elijah Carman "was a Minute Man in the Monmouth Co. militia. He was born in Monmouth and died at the age of 85" (Lineage Book, p. 36). He may be the man of this name who d. Raritan twp., N.J. 8 Nov. 1841 ae. about 84 (Hunterdon County Democrat, 10 Nov. 1841), therefore b. ca. 1757.
m. Hunterdon Co., N.J. 3 Nov. 1780 (NJA 22:63; marriage bond #674)
27 Jane James (Lineage Book, p. 36)
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32 William Foster, b. Chelmsford, Mass. 11 Nov. 1716, "res. Chelmsford, Mass."
m. ____ 15 Sept. 1744 (Foster 1899, p. 990, #9150) (pub. Dracut 12 Sept. 1744) (Coburn-Colburn 1913, p. 27)
33 Hannah Colburn of Dracut, Mass. (Foster 1899, p. 990, #9150), b. Dracut 22 March 1724
34 Benjamin Pierce, b. Chelmsford 25 Nov. 1726, d. there 16 June 1764
m. Methuen, Mass. 2 Aug. 1746 (G.B. Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, 1st ed. [1995, hereafter AAP], p. 29, Pierce AT #4)
35 Elizabeth Merrill, b. Methuen 22 Feb. 1727/8; m. (2) Oliver Powers (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #5)
36 Daniel Nash, b. prob. Hadley, Mass. ca. 1676, d. Great Barrington, Mass. 10 March 1760 ae. 84 (g.s., Nash 1853, p. 38 [#38-X])
m. prob. Northampton, Mass. 1 June 1710
37 Experience Clark, b. Northampton 30 Oct. 1689 (Nash 1853, p. 37n)
38 [prob.] Ebenezer Hamlin [Jr.], b. Barnstable, Mass. 18 March 1698/9, bp. there 7 July 1701, "most likely the Ebenezer Hamlin who d. Colchester, Conn. 25 March 1774 ae. 75" (Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, vol. 6 [Pleasant Valley, N.Y., 2001, hereafter Beekman Patent], p. 133). This man left Barnstable for Middleboro, Mass., and thence to Farmington (that part now Bristol), Conn. ca. 1736; thence to the Shawenon Purchase (Alford/Egremont, Berkshire Co., Mass., just northwest of Sheffield) ca. 1756; "20 April 1762, [Ebenezer Hamlin, Jr.] sold to Phineas Nash 62 acres of the Shawenon Purchase" (Hamlin 1902, 1:75), but appar. returned to Colchester.
m.
39 [prob.] Prudence ____ (first wife) OR Mary ____, b. ca. 1709, d. Colchester, Conn. 28 Feb. 1779 ae. 70, widow of Ebenezer Hamlin [Jr.] (Beekman Patent 6:133) (second wife).
40 [Sgt.] Jacob Johnson, b. New Haven, Conn. 25 Sept. 1674, d. Wallingford, Conn. 17 July 1749
m. (1) New Haven/Wallingford 14 Dec. 1693 (Johnson 1904, pp. 10-11, #11)
41 Abigail Hitchcock, b. New Haven, Conn. 10 April 1674, d. [Wallingford] 9 Jan. 1726 (Johnson 1904, p. 10, #11)
42 [Capt.] Nathaniel Giddings [Jr.], b. Norwich, Conn. ca. 1705, d. Preston, Conn. 6 Feb. 1771, appointed captain in the militia there 1746, bur. Long Society Burying Ground, Preston (Giddings 1998, p. 64)
m. (1) Norwich, Conn. 12 June 1728 (Norwich VRs 1:106)
43 Mary Williams, b. Norwich 17 Feb. 1711, d. Preston 29 April 1733, bur. Long Society Burying Ground, Preston (Giddings 1998, pp. 30, 64-65)
48 Derrick Hoagland, b. Flatbush, L.L. ca. 1690,\made will 21 Aug. 1765, probated 5 Oct. 1765
m. ca. 1717
49 Mary Van Kirk
50 ____ Titus
m.
51 ____
52 Samuel Carman of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., N.J., will 22 May 1779
m.
53 Mary ____
54 ____ James
m.
55 ____
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64 Edward Foster, b. Chelmsford, Mass. 29 Jan. 1689, d. after 13 Oct. 1740 (Foster 1899, p. 984, #9134)
m.
65 Remembrance Fletcher, d. between 16 May 1752 (date of will) and 29 June 1752 (probate); she mentioned sons Edward, William, Josiah and Samuel; daus. Remembrance Fletcher, Mary Foster [non compos mentis], and Sarah Parker; and brother Ezekiel Fletcher, of Nottingham, N.H. (Foster 1899, pp. 984-85, #9134)
66 Aaron Colburn, b. Dracut 27 May 1700, d. there 24 Feb. 1745
m. there (pub. 9 Dec. 1722) (Coburn-Colburn 1913, p. 27)
67 Mercy Varnum, b. Dracut 17 April 1702, d. in 1785 (Coburn-Colburn 1913, p. 27; John Marshall Varnum, The Varnums of Dracutt [in Massachusetts]: A History ... [1907, hereafter Varnums of Dracut], p. 27)
68 Stephen Pierce, Jr., b. Chelmsford, Mass. ca. 1679, d. there 9 Sept. 1749
m. there 5 Jan. 1707 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #8)
69 Esther Fletcher, b. Chelmsford ca. 1681, d. prob. there 21 Sept. 1767 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #9)
70 Abel Merrill, b. Newbury, Mass. ca. 1690, d. Methuen, Mass. 29 March 1753
m. Haverhill, Mass. 15 Nov. 1714 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #10)
71 Sarah Bodwell, b. Andover, Mass. 1 Dec. 1694, d. Methuen, Mass. 4 Feb. 1737 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #11)
72 [Lieut.] Timothy Nash, b. "England, or at Leyden, in Holland," ca. 1626 (Nash 1853, p. 26, #7-V), an early settler at Hadley, Mass. where he d. 13 March 1699 (ibid.
m. New Haven in 1657 (ibid.)
73 Rebecca Stone, d. Hadley March/April 1709, testate (Nash 1853, p. 28, #7-V)
74 John Clark of Northampton, Mass.
m. (2) Northampton 20 March 1679 (Nash 1853, p. 37n)
75 Mary Strong
76 [prob.] Ebenezer Hamlin
m.
77 [prob.] Sarah Lewis
80 William Johnson, b. England, d. New Haven in 1716
m. there in Dec. 1664 (Johnson 1904, p. 6, #5)
81 Sarah Hall, b. 1643, bp. New Haven (by Rev. John Davenport) 9 Aug. 1646, d. by 1716 (Johnson 1904, p. 6, #5)
82 John Hitchcock of New Haven and Wallingford, Conn., d. Wallingford 6 July 1716
m. (1) 18 Jan. 1670
83 Abigail Merriman, b. New Haven 18 April 1654, d. after 24 March 1696 (Merriman 1914, pp. 140-41)
84 Nathaniel Giddings of Ipswich, Mass. and Norwich, Conn., whence he moved between 1714 and 1722, d. post 1736 (Giddings 1998, p. 30)
m. [Ipswich, Mass.?] 26 June 1702 (Giddings 1998, p. 30; Giddings 1882, p. 22, gives "1702/3"; not in Ipswich VRs)
85 Sarah Lee, b. ca. 1675, d. by 1735 (Giddings 1998, p. 30)
86 [Capt.] John Williams of Norwich, Conn.
m. Norwich 26 June 1707 (Norwich VRs 1:62)
87 Mary Knowlton. Note that Norwich VRs, 1:62, gives dau.'s birth as 17 Feb. 1713/4, rather young for a marriage in 1728.
96 Jan Dircksen Hoagland, b. prob. Bedford, L.I., ca. 1666, later of Raritan, N.J., d. prob. Amwell, Hunterdon Co., N.J., after 1741 (Hoagland 1891, pp. 166-170)
m. by ca. 1690
97 Jacoba (Schenk) Reyerse, appar. living 21 Aug. 1765 as an aged person, when she was provided for in the will of her son #48 Derrick Hoagland
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128 Samuel Foster, Jr., b. Wenham, Mass. in 1650, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 21 July 1730
m. Chelmsford? 28 May 1678 (Foster 1899, p. 983, #9116)
129 Sarah Keyes, b. ca. 1657, d. [Chelmsford] 10 Dec. 1738 (Foster 1899, p. 983, #9116)
132 Joseph Colburn, b. Ipswich, Mass. 10 June 1661, d. Dracut 134 Nov. 1733
m. (1)
133 Hannah ____
134 Thomas Varnum, b. Ipswich, Mass. 19 Nov. 1662, d. Dracut 7 Sept. 1739
m. Ipswich 10 Nov. 1697 (Varnums of Dracut, p. 27)
135 Joanna Jewett, b. [Ipswich] 8 May 1677, bp. 3 June 1677, d. [Dracut] 6 April 1753
136 Stephen Pierce, b. Woburn, Mass. 16 July 1651, d. Chelmsford 10 June 1733
m. Chelmsford 18 Nov. 1676 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #16)
137 Tabitha Parker, b. Chelmsford 28 Feb. 1658/9, d. Chelmsford 31 Jan. 1741/2 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #17)
138 William Fletcher, Jr., b. Chelmsford 21 Feb. 1656/7, d. there 23 May 1712
m. there 19 Sept. 1677 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #18)
139 Sarah Richardson, b. Chelmsford 25 March 1659/60, d. Dunstable, Mass. 30 Jan. 1748 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #19)
140 John Merrill, b. Newbury, Mass. 16 Feb. 1662/3, d. Haverhill, Mass. 15 May 1705 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #20)
m.
141 Lucy Webster, b. Newbury, Mass. 19 Dec. 1664, living 1718 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #21)
142 Henry Bodwell, b. ca. 1652, d. Methuen, Mass. 1 June 1745
m. Newbury, Mass. 4 May 1681 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #22)
143 Bethia Emery, b. Newbury, Mass. 15 Oct. 1658, living 1726 (AAP, p. 29, Pierce AT #23)
144 Thomas Nash
m.
145 ____
146 Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford, Conn., d. 20 July 1663 (Nash 1853, p. 27n)
m. (1)
147 ____, d. Hartford 1640
148 William Clark, b. England ca. 1609, d. Northampton, Mass. 18 July 1690 ae. 81 (Nash 1853, p. 37n)
m.
149 Sarah ____
150 Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass.
m.
151 ____
160 Thomas Johnson, drowned with Thomas Ashley in New Haven Harbor, 1640 (Johnson 1904, p. 5, #1)
m.
161 Helena ____ (Johnson 1904, p. 6, #1)
164 Matthias Hitchcock of New Haven, Conn.
m.
165 Elizabeth ____
166 Nathaniel Merriman
m.
167 ____
168 James Giddings, b. [Ipswich, Mass.?] 1641 (Giddings 1882, p. 22).
m.
169 Elizabeth Andrews, "only dau. of John Andrews" (Giddings 1882, p. 22).
170 Richard Lee
m.
171 Sarah Cox/Coy
192 Dirck Jansen Hoagland, b. prob. Maerseveen, Utrecht province, The Netherlands ca. 1635 (ae. 22 in 1657) (Hoagland 1891, p. 159), d. after 18 April 1706 (ibid., p. 165)
m. New Netherland 8 Oct. 1662
193 Annetje Hansen (Bergen) De Clerck, bapt. 22 July 1640, widow of Jan De Clerck (Hoagland 1891, p. 159)
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256 Samuel Foster, the immigrant, b. England ca. 1619, d. Chelmsford 10 July 1702
m. Dedham, Mass. 30 May 1647 (Foster 1899, p. 981, #9113)
257 Esther Kemp, d. Chelmsford 16 April 1702 (Foster 1899, p. 981, #9113)
258 Solomon Keyes
m.
259 ____
264 Edward Colburn, b. England ca. 1618, d. [Ipswich, Mass.?] 1712
m.
265 Hannah ____
268 Samuel Varnum, b. England ca. 1619, ae. 64 on 25 Sept. 1683, living 14 Nov. 1698, living 1702 when he signed a petition to establish the town of Dracut (Varnums of Dracut, p. 20)
m.
269 Sarah Langton. "Maj. Atkinson C. Varnum in his article on 'The last resting place of the early settlers of Dracutt' states that Samuel Varnum and his wife Sarah Langton were 'probably buried in a little cemetery about a mile and a half from Pawtucket Bridge, between Varnum Ave. and the Boulevard,' but that from the scarcity of monumental stone in those days, their graves were not marked ... The cemetery is now [1906] neglected and abandoned, but some headstones are still standing" (Varnums of Dracut, p. 20).
270 Nehemiah Jewett of Ipswich, Mass., d. 1720, "a man very prominent in the affairs of Essex County; most of the Wills of the townsmen up to the time of his death ... were drawn by him" (Varnums of Dracut, p. 22), b. Rowley, Mass. 6 April 1643, d. 1 Jan. 1719/20 (Frederic Clarke Jewett, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, 2 vols. [New York: The Grafton Press, 1908, hereafter Jewett], 1:30, 33)
m. Lynn, Mass. 17/19 Oct. 1668 (Jewett 1:30)
271 Exercise Pierce, d. Ipswich 13 Nov. 1731 (Jewett 1:30)
272 Thomas Pierce, Jr., b. ca. 1608/18?, d. Woburn, Mass. 6 Nov. 1683
m. Charlestown, Mass. 6 May 1635 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #32)
273 Elizabeth Cole, d. Woburn 6 March 1688 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #33)
274 Jacob Parker, bp. Great Burstead, Essex 19 Nov. 1626 (NEHGR 153 [1999]: 92), d. Malden, Mass. before 1669 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #34), selectman and first town clerk of Chelmsford, Mass. (NEHGR 153:92)
m.
275 Sarah ____, b. ca. 1626-27, d. Malden 13 Jan. 1707/8 ae. 81 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #33&#)59; NEHGR 153 [1999]: 92), m. (2) Malden 4 Aug. 1675 [Capt.] John Waite of Malden
276 William Fletcher, b. ca. 1622, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 6 Nov. 1677
m. Concord, Mass. 7 Oct. 1645 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #36)
277 Lydia (Fairbanks?) Bates [widow of Edward Bates], poss. bp. Boston, Lincolnshire 13 June 1622, d. Chelmsford 12 Oct. 1704 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #37)
278 Josiah Richardson, bp. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Nov. 1635, d. Chelmsford 22 June 1695
m. Concord 6 June 1659 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #38)
279 Remembrance Underwood, b. Concord, Mass. 25 Feb. 1639/40, d. Chelmsford 20 Feb. 1718/9 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #39)
280 Nathaniel Merrill, Jr., b. ca. 1634, d. Newbury, Mass. 1 Jan. 1682/3
m. there 15 Oct. 1661 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #40)
281 Joanna Ninian/Ninny/Nanny/Kenney/Kinney?, b. ca. 1627, d. [Newbury?] 8 Feb. 1717/8 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #41)
282 John Webster, Jr., b. ca. 1632, d. post 1716
m. Newbury, Mass. 13 June 1653 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #42)
283 Ann Batt, b. ____ 7 April 1635, d. ____ (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #43)
286 John Emery, Jr., bp. Romsey, Hampshire 3 Feb. 1629, d. post 1693
m. before 1650 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #46)
287 Mary ____, d. Newbury, Mass. 3 Feb. 1709 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #47)
288 Thomas Nash, the immigrant to New Haven, Conn., d. there 12 May 1658 (Nash 1853, p. 18)
m.
289 [Margery Baker], prob. d. New Haven between 11 Feb. 1655-1 Aug. 1657 (Nash 1853, p. 18)
336 George Giddings, bp. Clapham, Bedfordshire 24 Sept. 1609, d. Ipswich, Mass. 1 June 1676
m.
337 Jane Lawrence (RD), bp. St. Albans, Herts. 18 Dec. 1614, d. Ipswich, Mass. 2 March 1680 (Giddings 1998, pp. 1-5)
338 John Andrews
m.
339 Jane Jordan
386 Hans Hansen Bergen "was a native of Bergen, in Norway, but came from Holland to this country" (Hoagland 1891, p. 159n), d. ca. 1654
m. 1639 (ibid.)
387 Sarah Rapalje, b. New Netherland 9 June 1625, d. ca. 1685. "This Sarah Rapalje was the first female white person born in New Netherland ... [After Bergen's death] she soon after married Tunis Gilbertse Bogart, and so became the ancestress of all the Bogarts in the vicinity of New Amsterdam. At the marriage of Annetje to Hoagland the witnesses were 'Tunis Gisbert Bogart, stepfather, and Jan Louis Rapalje, uncle of Annetje'". (Hoagland 1891, p. 159n)
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514 Edward Kemp of Wenham, Mass.
m.
515 Ann ____
536 George Varnum, d. Ipswich 1649 (will dated 21st, 2nd mo. 1649, inv. taken 12th day, 8th mo. 1649) (Varnums of Dracut, pp. 14, 15)
m.
537 Hannah ____, prob. survived her husband
538 Roger Langton of Ipswich, Mass.
m.
539 ____ [called "Goodie" in Varnums of Dracut, pp. 17, 20; this is a form of the title "Goodwife", and not a proper name]
540 Joseph Jewett, bp. Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding 31 Dec. 1609, bur. Rowley, Mass. 26 Feb. 1660 (Jewett 1:16)
m. (1) Bradford, Yorks. 1 Oct. 1634 (Jewett 1:13)
541 Mary Mallinson, bur. Rowley, Mass. 12 April 1652 (Jewett 1:13)
542 John Pierce, of Lynn, Mass. (Jewett 1:30)
m.
543 Rebecca Wheeler
544 Thomas Pierce, b. England ca. 1583/4, d. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Oct. 1666 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #64)
m.
545 Elizabeth ____, b. ca. 1595/6?, d. post 1666/7 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #65)
546 Rice/Ryse Cole, d. Charlestown, Mass. 15 May 1646 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT # 66)
m. Great Bowden [Bowden Magna], Leicestershire 7 June 1612 (TAG 78 [2003]: 183-84; see also GMB 1: 426-29)
547 Arrold Dunington, bp. Great Bowden, Leics. [as "Harrowlde"] 21 Sept. 1587, d. Charlestown 20/25 Dec. 1661 (TAG 78 [2003]: 183-84; AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #67)
548 John Parker of Great Burstead, Essex, b. ca. 1585/90, living Great Burstead in 1630; served as a witness in the 1618 Essex [England] Court of Quarter Sessions (NEHGR 153:89)
m.
549 Ann/Anna ____, living Great Burstead, Essex in 1630
552 Robert Fletcher, b. ca. 1592, d. Concord, Mass. 3 April 1677 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #72)
m.
553 ____ (poss. ___ Hartwell?) (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #73)
554 (poss.) Richard Fairbanks (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #74)
m.
555 ____
556 Ezekiel Richardson, b. prob. Westmill, Hertfordshire ca. 1604, d. Woburn, Mass. 21 Oct. 1647 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #76)
m.
557 Susanna ____, d. Woburn, Mass. 19 Sept. 1681; m. (2) Henry Brooks (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #77)
558 William Underwood, b. ca. 1615, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 12 Aug. 1697 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #78)
m.
559 Sarah ____, d. Chelmsford 5 Nov. 1684 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #79)
560 Nathaniel Merrill, bp. Wherstead, Suffolk 4 May 1601, d. Newbury, Mass. 16 March 1654/5
m. ca. 1630 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #80)
561 Susanna ____, d. Newbury 25 Jan. 1672; m. (2) Stephen Jordan (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #81)
564 John Webster, b. ca. 1605, d. Ipswich, Mass. ca. 1645/6; m. ca. 1630 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #84)
m.
565 Mary Shatswell, b. ca. 1610, d. Newbury 28 April 1694; m. (2) #568 John Emery (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #85)
566 Nicholas Batt of St. John's, Devises, Wiltshire, d. Newbury, Mass. 6 Dec. 1679 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #86)
m.
567 Lucy ___, d. Newbury, Mass. 26 Jan. 1678/9 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #87)
568 John Emery, b. prob. Romsey, Hampshire 29 Sept. 1598, d. Newbury, Mass. 3 Nov. 1683 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #92)
m.
569 (poss.) Mary ___ (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #93)
672 John Giddings
m.
673 Joan Purrier/Puryear; m. (2) Robert Phage
674 - 675 See note 337, below.
774 Joris Jensen Rapalje bapt. Valenciennes 28 April 1604, d. 21 Feb. 1663
m.
775 Catalyntje Trico, b. Valenciennes 1605, d. 11 Sept. 1689. On 30 May 1680, Catalyntje Trico Rapalje was said to have 145 living descendants, soon to be 150. In an article in TAG 35[1959]: 193-202, George E. McCracken sets out to name them all. Sarah (#387 above) appears as number 1, Anneke (#193 above) appears as number 12, and Jan (#96 above) appears as number 90.
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1094 Edward Dunington, bur. Great Bowden, Leics. 26 April 1588
m. Great Bowden, Leics. 3 Feb. 1579 (TAG 78 [2003]: 184)
1095 Margaret Cox, m. (2) Great Bowden 4 Dec. 1589 Myles Poole (TAG 78 [2003]: 184)
1096 John Parker, b. "say 1560", bur. Great Burstead, Essex 5 Aug. 1613, "householder", son of #2192 John Parker (ca. 1525-1581) & #2193 Margaret ____ (living 15 March 1580/1), willed two houses in Great Burstead by his father in 1581
m. (1)
1097 ____, d. by 9 Oct. 1606, when her husband remarried.
1112 Thomas Richardson, d. Westmill, Hertfordshire 1633/4
m. 1590 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #152)
1113 Katherine Duxford, b. ca. 1565/70, d. 1631/2 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #153)
1120 Nathaniel Merrill [Sr.] of Wherstead, Suffolk, b. ca. 1570, d. 1626/7
m. ca. 1592/3 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #160)
1121 Mary Blacksoll, d. 1624, of Belstead, Suffolk (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #161)
1130 (poss.) William Shatswell of Ipswich, Mass. (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #170)
m.
1131 ____
1132 Richard Batt, d. 1612/3, of St. John's, Devises, Wiltshire (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #172)
m.
1133 Agnes ___, d. post 1612 (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #173)
1136 (prob.) John Emery of Romsey, Hampshire (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #184)
m.
1137 (prob.) Agnes ___ (AAP, p. 30, Pierce AT #185)
1344 Michael Gyddyns
m.
1345 Katherine ____
1348 - 1351 See note 337, below.
1548 Jean Rapariellet, b. ca. 1552, d. ca. 1606
m. ca. 1577
1549 Elisabeth Baudouin, b. 1560, d. 1606
1550 Jeronimus Trico
m.
1551 Michele Sauvagie








NOTES






337 -- For some of the Medieval gentry ancestry of Mrs. Jane Lawrence Giddings, along with her descent from Robert I, King of France (d. 923), see Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal descents of 600 immigrants ... [Baltimore, Genealogical, 2004], pp. 562-564.







FURTHER NOTES






In most of the discussions of Mrs. Jenkins and her career, mention is made of her long-time accompanist, Cosme McMoon. Most of the references claim that the name "Cosme McMoon" is a pseudonym. If so, the imposture was of long duration and unusual thoroughness.

In the 1920 Census, "Cosme V McMoon", a white male age 18, single, born in Mexico (mother tongue Spanish), immigrated in 1911 and still an alien, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Mexico, and with no occupation, is enumerated as a lodger in the lodging house at 70 Riverside Drive in New York, N.Y. [ED 572, sheet 25B, line 85].

The New York Times of 21 February 1925 prints on p. 20 the schedules of various radio stations. One of the performers on WFBH is a "Cosme McMoon".

In the 1930 Census, "Cosme McMoon", a white male age 28, single, born in Texas, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Mexico, occupation "Musician", is enumerated as living at 150 Riverside Drive in New York, N.Y. [ED 434, sheet 26A, line 7].

A "Cosme McMoon" gave a piano recital at Town Hall, in Manhattan, on the evening of Sunday 22 March 1936. See the New York Times of 15 March 1936, p. X6; 22 March 1936, pp. X6 (program) and X7 (photo of Cosme McMoon); and 23 March 1936, p. 20 (review by "H.T." of the recital).

A "Cosme McMoon" gave a piano recital at Town Hall, in Manhattan, in the afternoon of Saturday 13 March 1937. See the New York Times of 21 February 1937, pp. 154 and 155, and 28 February 1937, p. 168; 7 March 1937, p. 168 (program and photo of Cosme McMoon); and 14 March 1937, p. N7 (review by "I.S." of the recital).

A "Cosme McMoon" gave a piano recital at Town Hall, in Manhattan, on the evening of Monday 2 January 1939. See the New York Times of 1 January 1939, p. 100 and p. 102 (photo of Cosme McMoon); 2 January 1939, p. 30; and 3 January 1939, p. 18 (unsigned review of the recital).

A "Cosme McMoon", born on 21 Feb. 1901, died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, on 22 August 1980. See the Texas Death Index 1903-2000 and the Social Security Death Index [079-28-8578].









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