Desiree CLARY

[11212]

9 NOV 1777 - 17 DEC 1860

Family 1 : Charles XIV John, King of SWEDEN
  1. +Oscar I, King of Sweden And NORWAY

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[11212] Desiree or Desideria is daughter of Francois Clary, b. 25 Jan 1725 in Marseilles, France, d. in Marseilles, France on 20 Jan 1794, On 26 Jun 1759, when Francois was 34, he married Francoise Rose Somis.

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Thomas COBB

[5197]

BY1401 - LIVING IN 1441

Father: Edmund (Esq.) COBB

Family 1 :
  1. +John COBB

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                                                                    _John (Esq.) COBB ___|__
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                                             _Richard (Esq.) COBB _|
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                       _Edward (Esq.) COBB _|
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|--Thomas COBB 
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[5197] For information on his brother, John, who was a large landowner, see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/kent.htm - Thomas sold to his brother, John, his interest in a field called Cobbs Close and then moved to Chislete in the Parish of Reculver (temp. 14 Henry VI).

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Thomas DARCY

CA 1360 - 1405

Father: Thomas DARCY

Family 1 :
  1. +Robert DARCY

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|--Thomas DARCY 
|  (.... - 1405)
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Roger I DE COMMINGES

[23678]

____ - ____

Family 1 : Adelaide DE ROUERGUE
  1. +Bernard-Roger DE FOIX

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[23678] Roger I and Adelaide are from Stuart, Roderick W., "Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa" Fourth Edition. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).

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Phoebe GREEN

9 FEB 1824 - 8 JUN 1903

Father: Joseph GREEN
Mother: Sophronia Susannah KINNEY

Family 1 : Hiram HOLMES
  1. +Annabell Isabel HOLMES

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 _Joseph GREEN ______________|
| (1799 - 1876) m 1823       |
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|--Phoebe GREEN 
|  (1824 - 1903)
|                                                                                                _Daniel KINNEY __________________________+
|                                                                                               | (1682 - 1744) m 1705                    
|                                                                         _Daniel (II) KENNEY __|_Mary RICHARDS __________________________
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|                                                   _Israel KENNEY ______|
|                                                  | (1739 - 1791) m 1763|
|                                                  |                     |                       _William STOCKWELL ______________________+
|                                                  |                     |                      | (1686 - 1747) m 1706                    
|                                                  |                     |_Elizabeth STOCKWELL _|_Elizabeth SHAW _________________________
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|                             _John KENNEY ________|
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|                            |                     |                                             _Nathaniel HOOD _________________________+
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|                            |                     |                      _Nathaniel HOOD ______|_Joanna DWINNELL ________________________
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|                            |                     |_Susannah HOOD ______|
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|                            |                                           |                       _Samuel POTTER __________________________+
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|                            |                                           |_Abigail POTTER ______|_Sarah, perhaps widow of Robert BURNETT _
|                            |                                             (1713 - ....) m 1735                                           
|_Sophronia Susannah KINNEY _|
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Jacob D. HEPLER

[40536]

CA 1808 - 9 AUG 1854

Father: Daniel HEPLER
Mother: Catherine KLINE

Family 1 : Catherine HEPLER

                                                                                                        _John Casper HEPLER __
                                                                                                       | (1650 - 1720) m 1676 
                                                                             _John Casper (II) HEPLER _|_Margaretha KELLER ___
                                                                            | (1680 - 1746)              (1651 - ....)        
                                              _John Casper (III) HEPLER ____|
                                             | (1713 - 1769) m 1743         |
                                             |                              |                           _Johann Georg KRAMER _
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                                             |                              |_Anna Margaretha KRAMER __|______________________
                                             |                                (1684 - 1746)                                   
                       _George Jacob HEPLER _|
                      | (1744 - 1808) m 1767 |
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                      |                      |                               _Hans Jacob SCHEIBLE _____|______________________
                      |                      |                              | (1688 - 1779) m 1708                            
                      |                      |_Susannah Ephrosina SCHEIBLE _|
                      |                        (1718 - 1757) m 1743         |
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                      |                                                     |_Agnes BADER _____________|______________________
                      |                                                       (1687 - 1750) m 1708                            
 _Daniel HEPLER ______|
| (1772 - 1861) m 1799|
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|                     |_Elisabethe YACKEY ___|
|                       (1745 - 1809) m 1767 |
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|--Jacob D. HEPLER 
|  (.... - 1854)
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|_Catherine KLINE ____|
  (1784 - 1859) m 1799|
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[40536] This family is from the unverified http://www.geocities.ws/bevs-family in 2016 which lists the children of Jacob and Catherine: Margaret Mary Hepler (1830 - ); Martha Hepler (1831 - ); David Hepler (1832 - ); Samuel J Hepler (1838 - 1883); Lavina Hepler (1847 - 1875); Catherine Hepler (1850 - ); Paul Hepler (1852 - 1910).

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Stephen SARGENT

14 SEP 1710 - 2 OCT 1773

Father: Thomas SARGENT
Mother: Mary STEVENS

Family 1 : Judith ORDWAY
  1. +Peter SARGENT

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                                             _William Richard SARGENT _|
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                       _Thomas SARGENT _____|
                      | (1643 - 1706) m 1667|
                      |                     |                                                 _Henry PERKINS _______+
                      |                     |                                                | (1555 - 1609) m 1579 
                      |                     |                           _John PERKINS _______|_Elizabeth SAWBRIDGE _
                      |                     |                          | (1583 - 1654) m 1608  (.... - 1603)        
                      |                     |_Elizabeth PERKINS _______|
                      |                       (1611 - 1670)            |
                      |                                                |                      _Michael GATOR _______
                      |                                                |                     | (.... - 1624) m 1576 
                      |                                                |_Judith GATOR _______|_Elizabeth BAYLEY ____
                      |                                                   m 1608                                    
 _Thomas SARGENT _____|
| (1676 - 1719) m 1702|
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|                     |_Rachel BARNES ______|
|                       (1649 - 1718) m 1667|
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|--Stephen SARGENT 
|  (1710 - 1773)
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|_Mary STEVENS _______|
  (1680 - 1766) m 1702|
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Lovina SCHREFFLER

[32403]

8 AUG 1844 - 12 OCT 1914

Father: John SCHREFFLER
Mother: Salome REBUCK

Family 1 : John FALCK
  1. +William Schreffler FALCK

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                                                                          _Johannes Heinrich SCHREFFLER _|_____________________
                                                                         | (1714 - 1784) m 1745                                
                                               _Gottfried SCHREFFLER ____|
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                                              |                          |_Anna Maria WEBER _____________|_____________________
                                              |                            (1716 - 1776) m 1745                                
                       _Gottfried SCHREFFLER _|
                      | (1787 - 1870) m 1808  |
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 _John SCHREFFLER ____|
| (1820 - 1895)       |
|                     |                                                                                   _Peter LEBO _________+
|                     |                                                                                  | (.... - 1783)       
|                     |                                                   _Peter LEBO ___________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                  | (.... - 1807)                                       
|                     |                        _John Philip LEBO ________|
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|                     |                       |                          |_Anna Catharina JORDAN ________|_____________________
|                     |                       |                            (1744 - ....)                                       
|                     |_Eva Gretha LEBO ______|
|                       (1790 - 1872) m 1808  |
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|                                             |_Anna Marie WOHLFORD _____|
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|--Lovina SCHREFFLER 
|  (1844 - 1914)
|                                                                                                         _Johann Adam REBUCK _
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|                                                                         _Valentine REHBOCK ____________|_____________________
|                                                                        | (1730 - 1802) m 1757                                
|                                              _Johann Michael REBUCK ___|
|                                             | (1769 - 1852)            |
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|                                             |                          |_Anna Barbara BALDAUF _________|_____________________
|                                             |                            (1735 - 1808) m 1757                                
|                      _Gottfried REBUCK _____|
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|                     |                       |_Maria Margaretha THOMAS _|
|                     |                         (1762 - 1820)            |
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|_Salome REBUCK ______|
  (1821 - 1893)       |
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                      |_Catharine WAGNER _____|
                        (1801 - 1875)         |
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[32403] Lovina's ancestry is from the unverified OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com in 2012 and must be documented. www.findagrave.com lists her death date: 24 March 1913.

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Abigail SHAW

[44784]

CA 1626 - 24 OCT 1694

Family 1 : Stephen BRYANT
  1. +John BRYANT

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[44784] In 2018 http://www.jackwhitesfrontporch.com/20363.html offers: "She has been confused (by some) with the Abigail Shaw of Weymouth, Ma. Daughter of John and Alice (Phillips) Shaw of Weymouth, Ma. The Abigail of Weymouth was not born until 15 Jul 1672. Also her death date is the same as her father's death date."

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Hugo (Wardall or) WARDALE

[662]

1538 - ____

Family 1 :
  1. +John Wardall DE WELL

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1155.htm#24904 stated in 2002: "Hugh WARDALE was born 1538 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He died Nov 1585 in Alford and was buried 26 Nov 1585 in Alford. Hugh married Isabel on 1561 in Alford. Isabel was born 1541 in Alford, Lincolnshire. She died Jan 1590 in Alford, Lincolnshire and was buried 12 Jan 1590 in Alford. They had the following children: John WARDALE was christened 13 Jun 1562 and died Oct 1617; William WARDALE was born 1564; Miles WARDALE was born 1566 in Alford; Thomas WARDALE was born 1570." See also http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/u/n/g/Neil-Ungerleider-MA
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The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s':

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water.

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock a person out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

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