Ancestry of "Bill W."

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


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

Christopher Challender Child contributed most of this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of "Bill W."
1 William Griffith Wilson, "Bill W.", co-founder, with "Dr. Bob S.", of Alcoholics Anonymous, b. East Dorset, Vermont, 26 Nov. 1895, d. Miami, Florida 24 Jan. 1971
m. 24 Jan. 1918
Lois Burnham of Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Clark Burnham.
PARENTS
2 Gilman Barrows Wilson, b. Vermont Sep. 1870
m. East Dorset, Vermont Sep. 1894
3 Emily Griffith, b. Vermont Mar. 1871
GRANDPARENTS
4 William C. Wilson, b. Vermon ca. 1840, d. 1880-1900
m. 5 May 1861 Dorset, Bennington, Vermont
5 Hellen E. Barrows, b. Macomb Co., Michigan Sep. 1843
6 Gardner T. Griffith, b. poss. Danby, Vermont Jan. 1841
m.
7 Ella A., b. Vermont Dec. 1849
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10 Blake Barrows, b. 13 Nov. 1807 Dorset, Vermont, d. bef. 1900 [Barrows #138]
m.
11 Betsey Cochran, b. Vermont Aug. 1817
12 John Tabor Griffith, b. Danby, Vt., 10 March 1805, d. Danby, Vt., 16 March 1872
m. ... 6 Nov. 1827
13 Olive Hulett, b. ... , Vt., 7 April 1806, d. Danby, Vt., 18 March 1849
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
20 Experience Barrows, b. Mansfield, Ct. 4 Oct. 1777, d. Dorset, Vermont 12 Aug. 1861 [Barrows #138]
m. Windham, Ct. 6 June 1804
21 Lucretia Wales, b. Windham, Ct. 9 Dec. 1779, d. Dorset, Vermont 1872 [Brewster 315-16]
22 Jonathan Cochrane, b. Vermont 15 Oct. 1777
m.
23 Polly Butler, b. Mass.
24 George G. Griffith
m.
25 Lydia Tabor, b. Liverton, R. I., 22 Aug. 1770, d. Danby, Vt., 24 March 1825
26 Jonathan Hulett, b. Belchertown, Mass., 10 May 1779, d. Dorset, Vt., 20 Jan. 1872
m. 4 April 1804
27 Matilda Harrington, b. Eastown, N. Y., 9 Oct. 1787
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
40 Solomon Barrows, b. Mansfield, Ct. 18 Sep. 1752, d. 18 Oct. 1863 [Barrows #75]
m. Mansfield, Ct. 24 Nov. 1774
41 Lydia Babcock, b. Stonington, Ct. 14 Aug. 1757, d. 22 Oct. 1786
42 Nathaniel Wales, b. Windham, Ct. 1 June 1733, d. Windham, Ct. 13 Nov. 1810
m. Windham, Ct. 9 Feb. 1755
43 Grace Brewster, b. Preston, Ct. 19 Feb. 1738, d. Windham, Ct. 31 Jan. 1816 [Brewster 154]
44 David Cochran, b. ca. 1751, d. Dorset, Vt., 11 April 1832
m. Rockingham, Vt., 26 Dec. 1775
45 Mary Aiken, b. 19 Aug. 1756
52 Thomas Hulett, b. Scituate, R. I., 26 Aug. 1741, d. E. Dorset, Vt., 20 May 1838
m.
53 Annie ... , d. Belchertown, Mass., 1781
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
80 Thomas Barrows, b. Plymouth, Mass. 13 Sep. 1716, d. 16 Sep. 1802 Mansfield, Ct. [Barrows #31]
m. Jan. 1751/2
81 Elizabeth Turner, b. 1729
82 James Babcock of Stonington, Ct.
m. Stonington, Ct. 10 Oct. 1754
83 Mehitable Bennett
84 Nathaniel Wales, b. Milton, Mass. 25 May 1694, d. Windham, Ct. 5 Nov. 1782
m. 27 Dec. 1726
85 Prudence Denison, b. 28 Nov. 1709, d. Windham, Ct. 15 May 1792 [Denison 20]
86 William Brewster, b. Preston, Ct. 16 Sep. 1714, d. Middlebury, Vt. ca. Nov. 1801, aged 88 [Brewster 90]
m. Preston, Ct. 24 Mar. 1737
87 Damaris Gates, b. Norwich, Ct. 18 Dec. 1718, d. Canterbury, Ct. 7 Sep. 1751
90 Edward Aiken, b. Londonderry, N. H., 2 Sept. 1727, d. Windham, Vt., 15 March 1808
m. 25 Jan. 1751/2
91 Margaret Woodburn, b. ca. 1730, d. Windham, Vt., 22 Jan. 1823
104 John Hulett, b. Newton, Mass., 29 Dec. 1710, d. ca. 1776
m. Swansea, Mass., 9 March 1736/7
105 Bernice Hale, b. Swansea, Mass., 23 May 1719, d. Belchertown, Mass., 6 Aug. 1777
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
160 Robert Barrows, Jr., b. Plymouth, Mass. 8 Nov. 1689, d. Mansfield, Ct. 17 Aug. 1779 [Barrows #9]
m. Plymouth, Mass. 25 Apr. 1711
161 Bethia Ford, b. Plymouth or Mansfield 1690/91, d. Plymouth 12 Nov. 1773
162 Phillip Turner of Mansfield, Ct.
m.
163 ...
170 Joseph Denison, bap. 14 Nov. 1683, d. 18 Feb. 1724/5 [Denison 6]
m. 17 Feb. 1706/7
171 Prudence Minor, bap. 6 May 1688, d. 17 May 1726
172 Benjamin Brewster, b. Duxbury, Mass. 7 July 1688, d. 1752 [Brewster 57-8]
m. Preston, Ct. 10 or 16 Oct. 1713
173 Elizabeth Witter, b. Preston, Ct. 3 March 1691/2, d. Preston, Ct. 21 Feb. 1739/40
174 Joseph Gates
m.
175 Damaris Rose
180 Nathaniel Aiken, b. Ireland 14 May 1696, d. New Boston, N. H., 1 Dec. 1783
m.
181 Margaret Cochrane, d. N. H. 1788
182 John Woodburn
m.
183 ...
208 John Hulett
m.
209 Patience ...
210 Richard Hale
m.
211 Ann Mason
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
320 Robert Barrows, b. prob. Salem, Mass. 5 Nov. 1639, d. Plymouth 1707
m.
321 Lydia Dunham
322 Michael Ford
m.
323 Bethia Hatch
340 George Denison, b. ca. 1653, d. Westerly, RI ca. 27 Dec. 1711
m.
341 Mercy Gorham, b. Barnstable, Mass. 20 Jan. 1658, d. 24 Sep. 1725
342 Joseph Minor
m.
343 Mary Avery
344 William Brewster, d. Duxbury, Mass., 3 Nov. 1723 [Brewster 39-40]
m. 2 Jan. 1672
345 Lydia Partridge, d. Duxbury, Mass., 2 Feb. 1742/43
346 Ebenezer Witter
m.
347 Dorothy Morgan
360 Edward Aiken, b. Ireland ca. 1660, d. Londonderry, N. H., 15 Nov. 1747
m.
361 Barbara Edwards, b. Ireland ca. 1670, d. Londonderry, N. H., 3 Aug. 1744
362 John Cochran
m.
363 Jean Cochran, b. 1675, d. Londonderry, N. H., 6 April 1760
416 John Hulett, d. Rehoboth, Mass., 6 Nov. 1708
m.
417 Abigail Powell
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
640 John Barrows, d. Plymouth 12 June 1692
m.
641 Anne Thompson
642 John Dunham
m.
643 Abigail Wood
680 George Denison, b. 1620, d. 1694
m.
681 Ann Borodell, d. Stonington, Ct. 26 Sep. 1712
682 John Gorham
m.
683 Desire Howland
688 Love Brewster
m.
689 Sarah Collier
690 George Partridge
m.
691 Sarah Tracy
694 Joseph Morgan
m.
695 Dorothy Parke
724 Peter Cochran, d. Nutfield, N. H., 25 Dec. 11722
m.
725 Christian Wallace
726 Marmaduke Cochran
m.
727 Elizabeth Cratts
834 Michael Powell, d. Boston, Mass., 23 Jan. 1672/3
m.
835 Abigail Bedle
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1366 John Howland, Mayflower passenger
m.
1367 Elizabeth Tilley
1376 William Brewster, Mayflower passenger, d. Plymouth, Mass., 10 April 1644
m.
1377 Mary ...
1378 William Collier
m.
1379 ...
1390 Thomas Parke
m.
1391 Dorothy Thompson
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2782 John Thompson
m.
2783 Alice Freeman
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








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NOTES






10 -- For some of his ancestry, see http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=shipmaker&id=I0406.



11 -- For some of her ancestry, see http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=antiojo&id=I0452. and http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:2745603&id=I0205.



12 -- For some of his ancestry, see http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:286061&id=I564716800.



2783 -- For some of the ancestry of Mrs Alice Freeman Thompson, including her descent from Æthelred II, King of England (d. 1016), see RD600 540-543.













SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above. Also:

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Brewster --

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William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com