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[22224] John was "associated with" Margaret of Bonkyl daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander de Bonkyl, in Berwickshire. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart_of_Bonkyll.
[2975] Joan's ancestry and family is available (June, 1999) on the Internet at http://www.gendex.com/users/Enf_Bry/Enf_Bry/i374.html#I59572 - where her parents are given as John Bruley (b. ca. 1373 in Waterstoke, Oxfordshire) and Matilda Quartermaon (b. ca. 1378, m. ca. 1395 in Waterstoke) - this site gives Joan as b. ca. 1406, d. after 1450, m. (1) Walter Mauntell and (2) John Danvers. Joan's ancestry connects to Charlemagne. Also see (June, 1999) http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/jcollins/42741
[49632] "The Ellsworth American [Ellsworth, Maine], 4 January 2021": "Sullivan - On Dec. 27, 2020, Patricia L. Dunbar passed away peacefully in her sleep with family at her side. She was born Jan. 26, 1933, in Ellsworth to Victor and Evelyn (Flood) Campbell. She attended Ellsworth schools and graduated from Ellsworth High School in the Class of 1952. Shortly after graduation, while working at JJ Newberrys, Patricia fell for the love of her life, Allen 'Bussie' Dunbar. They married in October of 1954 and resided in Sullivan. Patricia was a homemaker, raising three daughters, and helped run the family businesses, Abrahams Restaurant, Dunbar Store and Dunbar Construction. She was known to greet customers with a can of Tab in her hand and a smile. When it came to the construction side, she had an unbreakable patience with Bussie. Many nights his tinkering would lead off with 'Ill be in in a minute' and end with him returning hours later; there she would be waiting with his dinner warm in the oven and his glass of milk in the fridge, unbothered. Over the years, as the girls grew up and moved out, her doors became wide open to her four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren who she helped love, nurture and raise throughout her retirement. Over the years Pat, referred to by most as 'Mammie Pat,' spent her weeks at home with family and her weekends during the summer at her camp on Flanders Pond. She would tell you a crowd would 'nerve' her up, but she loved every minute of it. She was the hostess with the mostess, fixing meals on a whim and offering coffee and tea to anyone who came through the door. Pat also had a fondness for the winter months, during which she would grab her daughters or grandchildren and run away to a hotel for the weekend to see her beloved Portland family. Pat served as a sounding board for many, and offered a helping hand whenever needed. Everyone who knew Pat probably had a moment that she filled you in on town happenings or told you just how it was with her unfiltered wit that always guaranteed a fit of laughter. You never knew what she was going to say, and we loved her for it. Pat will be missed by so many. Pat was predeceased by her husband, Allen 'Bussie' Dunbar, in 1990, her beloved daughter Debra Briggs in 2005, beautiful granddaughter Whitney Doughty in 2019, her parents, a sister, Shirley Fickett, and brother, Donald Harris. She is survived by daughter Lynn and husband, James Murphy, Dawn and husband, Tim Doughty, brother Courtney Campbell, son-in-law Tim Briggs, three grandchildren, Erika Briggs (Nicholas Gatcomb), Courtney Briggs (Brandon Johnson) and Allen Doughty (Emma Sweeney), and three great-grandchildren, Ian and Bryleigh Gatcomb and Gracin Johnson, many nieces, nephews and special friends and family members who have always referred to her as -Aunt Pat.' We as a family would like to extend a special thank you to the MDI Hospital and staff for taking such great care of Patricia throughout her stays. The grandchildren would also like to thank Dawn, Lynn & husbands for opening their homes and being 'Mammie Pats' primary caregivers during her later years."
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[24968] Doug Thompson at http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/index1.htm states: "Loretta was married to Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, sometime Steward of England. She retired to live as a recluse in Hackington, Kent, about 1220. As a widow her dower estates had included the manor of Chalton (Hants) and the borough of Hungerford (Berks). In April 1265, when Simon de Montfort was Steward, he sent messengers from Gloucester to Loretta at Hackington to try to clarify the 'rights and liberties' attached to the office formerly held by her husband."
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[55397] Walter served as Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 22 March 2007, p. 17: "Holden - Walter H. Foster, Jr., born Nov. 2, 1919 in Belmont, Mass., made his transition March 20, 2007, at a Bangor hospital. Walter was a well-known appraiser and respected community leader. He attended Belmont Hill School, playing football, other sports and theater productions. Attending Harvard University. he joined the crew team. but left to join the Army Air Corps during World War II and trained bombardiers in Nevada and New Mexico. After the war Walter received a Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry from the University of Maine and formed a farm in Lyndeborough, N.H., with his brother Richard and tremendous support from his first wife, Hazel. They raised their four children there and he worked evening shifts at the local mill. Realizing farming was not as prosperous as it once was, he moved his family to Oakland. to be territory sales manager for Beacon Milling. an animal feeds company/ He was the first contract chicken farmer in the state of Maine He formed Sherwood & Foster, Inc., a woodworking business in Old Town leaving to become a real estate sales representative at Bangor Real Estate then chief appraiser and real estate broker at James W. Sewall Co.; later joining J.F. Singleton Co. as sales manager and chief appraiser. At this time he met Nedra Thompsom King and they have celebrated 30 years together. Walter became an owner and chief appraiser of American Heritage Real Estate when he and partners James Stoneton and Dick Leblanc purchased the company later adding a Coldwell Banker franchise. Highlight of this time in Walter's life was the birth of another son Timothy. A real estate broker since 1967 and 1972 graduate of the Realtor Institute. Appraisal courses were taken at University of Maine and Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Throughout his lifetime he attended appraisal and real estate seminars all over the United States and Canada. A qualified appraiser for a number of organizations, he appraised many types of real estate for a variety of clients. He also held a real estate license for 37 years. He was a member of the State Board of Property Tax Review and former member and chairman of the Maine Real Estate Commission. He served many commissions and boards including Holden Board of Assessment Review. Numerous memberships included many professional and military associations. Walter was a certified residential specialist; National Association of Realtors Board affiliate member of the Appraisal Institute past president of Bangor Board of Realtors; life member of Maine Association of Realtors; past director, president and realtor of the year. He served as dean of the Tri-State Realtor Institute. Walter instructed University of Maine pre-licensing courses for Maine Real Estate Commission seminars at Husson College and National Association of Realtors. A proud founding member of the Bangor Area Breakfast Rotary Club, he served on the board of directors in various capacities and was a Paul Harris Fellow Award recipient. Walter was an enthusiastic gardener for years but ultimately lost a savage war with the local wild life. He was a talented woodworker and an avid reader reading an average of a book a day. His greatest joys in life were his work, family listening to Timothy's latest adventures his fellow Rotarians which were like family to him and reading his beloved books. Walter leaves his beloved, wife Nedra A (Thompson) Foster of Holden, his dearly loved children, Walter Herbert Foster, III, of New Hampshire; Katherine Dali of Bowdoin; Stephen Foster of Florida; Banton Foster of Florida and New Hampshire; and Timothy Foster of Florida; several adored grandchildren; and greatgrandchildren; his mother-in-law Doreen Thompson of Stillwater; a special sister-in-law, Randa Shirland of Holden; three brothers-in-law, Brett Thompson and his, wife Sandy of Bowdoinham; Shawn Thompson and Michael Mooney, both of Portland, many nieces, nephews and extended family members. Walter was predeceased by his parents, Walter H Foster and Gertrude (Sullivan) Foster, as well as a brother, Richard and sister, Daphne."
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[16793] Theodorus m. 2 May 1846 Roxana Borden (b. 14 July 1821) and had Althea M. (14 Oct 1849), F. Smallwood (29 Aug 1852) , James E. (20 Jan 1855) and Clarence E. (14 April 1862).
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[55009] Doris is daughter of Emerson Parritt (1859-1922) & Sophronia J. Young (b. in 1866; m. 2 October 1886 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., ME).
[55771] The unverified file LCJN-PZF in familysearch.org offers: "When David Pratt was born on 6 March 1782, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Pratt, was 31 and his mother, Molly Porter, was 29. He married Mary Shaw on 25 September 1804, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 January 1868, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85."
[30695] The unverified Ashmore Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2011 states that Thomas is son of Thomas Rudd (b. 1437 in Higham, Northamptonshire, d. 9 May 1490 in Hingham Ferrers, Northamptonshire) and Katherine Paris (b. 1467 in Linton, Cembridgeshire).
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Posted on Ancestry.com 25 Dec 2007: "The Reverend Thomas Shephard was born in Towcester, near Northampton, in Great-Britain, November 5, 1605. He was the son of Mr. William Shepard, who called him Thomas, because his birth was supposed to be at the very hour, when the Gunpowder Treason was designed to be perpetrated; a plot, concerning which he observed, 'This child of his would hardly believe that ever such wickedness could be attempted by the sons of men.' At the age of fifteen, he became prepared for the university, and entered Emanuel College in Cambridge. Here, after a residence of about two years, he was impressed with very powerful convictions of his misery in unregeneracy, which, though occasionally suspended, were effectualy renewed through the instrumentality of that celebrated Divine, Dr. Preston, in 1624. From this time, he gave himself to daily meditation, which he attended every evening before supper. Having proceeded A.M. at Cambridge, he accepted an invitation to Earl's Coln, where he held a lecture, supported by the pious charity of Dr. Wilson, for three years. At the close of this term, the inhabitants of Earl's Coln were so reluctant to part with him, that they raised a salary among themselves for his support; and prevailed on him to continue with them. Although he was yet a young man, there was an unusual majesty and energy in his preaching, and a holiness in his life, which rendered him eminently useful to his own people, and to the towns in the vicinity, from which several afterwards accompanied him to New-England, to enjoy the benefit of his ministry.
"When Dr. Laud became bishop of London, Mr. Shepard was silenced for his Puritanism. Being invited into Yorkshire, he officiated there, for sometime, as a private chaplain, in the family of Sir Richard Darly, whose near kinswoman he afterwards married. To that family and neighbourhood he appears to have been a great blessing. Bishop Neal refusing him liberty for his ministry without subscription: he removed to Heddon, in Northumberland, where his labours were very successful. But the zeal of the bishop reached him, even in this remote corner of the kingdom, and prohibited him from preaching here any more.
"The removal of Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone and others, to America had already excited many pious people, in various parts of England, to contemplate a similar removal. Several of Mr. Shepard's friends in New England, and others who purposed a removal, uniting their solicitations, at this juncture, he resolved to repair to this new plantation. Having, accordingly, preached his farewell sermon at Newcastle, he went in disguise to Ipswich, and thence to Earl's Coln; whence, accompanied by Mr. Norton, he went to Yarmouth, intending to embark there for New England. Pursuivants, however, were employed to apprehend him. These pursuivants having discovered Mr. Shepard's quarters, had, by a sum of money, obtained a promise, from a boy belonging to the house where he lodged, to open the door for them at a certain hour of the night. But by the singular providence of God, the design was frustrated. Some serious expressions of Mr. Shepard being uttered in the hearing of this boy, he was struck with horror at the thought, that he should be so wicked as to betray so good a man; and, with tears, discovered the whole plot to his pious master, who took care immediately to convey Mr. Shepard out of the reach of his enemies.
"Toward the close of the year 1634, Mr. Shepard embarked at Harwich; but in a few hours the ship was driven back into Yarmouth road, where arose one of the most tremendous storms ever known. The ship was almost miraculously saved, but so materially damaged that the proposed voyage was relinquished. Mr. Shepard, after spending the winter at Bastwick, went, in the spring, to London, where, by a removal of his lodgings, he again narrowly escaped his pursuivants. In July, he sailed from Gravesend, and, on the third of October, 1635, after a hazardous voyage, he arrived at Boston. His friends at Newtown [Cambridge] soon conducted him to that infant settlement, destined to be the field of his future labours.
"After a diligent, laborious, and successful ministry, he died of the quinsy, August 25, 1649, aetat. XLIV. On his death-bed, he said to the young ministers around him, 'That their work was great, and called for great seriousness;' and mentioned to them three things concerning himself: 'That the study of every sermon cost him tears; That before he preached any Sermon he got good by it himself; and, That he always went into the pulpit, as if he were to give up his accounts to his Master.'
"He is said to have been 'a poore, weake, pale complectioned man.' He was distinguished for his humility and piety; and as a preacher of evangelical truth, and an author of experimental religion, he was one of the foremost of his day. He was an influential patron of learning, as well as of religion, and was zealous in promoting the interests of the infant college, as well as those of the infant church, at Cambridge. 'By his death, not only the church and people at Cambridge, but also all New-England, sustained a very great loss. He not only preached the gospel profitably and successfully, but also left behind him divers worthy works of special use, in reference unto the clearing up the state of the soul toward God.'"
Wikipedia.org offers: "Shepard was regarded as one of the foremost Puritan ministers of his day, esteemed in the company of individuals like Richard Mather and John Cotton. He took special interest in Puritan ministry to the Massachusetts Native Americans. His written legacy includes an autobiography and numerous sermons, which in some measure of contrast with others of his day, tended to accent God as an accessible and welcoming figure in the individual life. Today a plaque at Harvard University, in the words of Cotton Mather, records that it was in consideration of the salutary effect of Shepard's ministry that the college ultimately came to be placed in 'Newtowne', known today as Cambridge, Massachusetts. Three of Shepard's sons followed him into the ministry; Thomas Shepard II, Samuel Shepard, and Jeremiah Shepard. Thomas Shepard II was an ancestor of U.S. Presidents John Quincy Adams and Franklin D. Roosevelt."
Also see "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4," James Savage (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994), p. 76, and "Pioneers of Massachusetts - 1620-1650," Charles Henry Pope (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), p. 411-412.