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[16318] Family tradition states he joined Daniel Boone on the trip to Kentucky and was killed there by Native Americans. His heirs are mentioned in his father's will, but names are not known.
[54038] The unverified file LYP1-BFM in familysearch.org offers: "Nellie Ellen Callan was born on 22 May 1850, in Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. She had at least 3 sons and 9 daughters with Jacob Newell Cunningham. She lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Waldo, Waldo, Maine, United States for about 40 years. She died on 22 April 1931, at the age of 80, and was buried in Waldo, Waldo, Maine, United States."
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[24391] Ezekiel m. 17 June 1680 Abigail Lippingwell and had children. "Ezekiel Cheever and Some of His Descendants" in NEHGR 38:172 reports Ezekiel took the oath of fidelity in 1678 and of freeman 11 May 1681. He was an original member of the church at Salem Village. His role in the Salem Witch Trials is mentioned in "A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience", Emerson W. Baker (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
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_Aaron CHICK ________|_Mary HERSNEL ________
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| _John WILLIAMS ______|_Abigail MAKEPEACE ___
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[20667] George m. (1) in 1866 Mary Rider Freese (1842-1877) and m. (2) 20 October 1887 Harriet ("Hattie") Jayne (1857-1944). He enlisted in the Union Army 23 Sept 1861 and was mustered in 4 Nov 1861 - he was a First Sgt., left the service 2 Feb 1866 - his service record states he is a lumberman. The 11 July 1870 federal census lists him and his family in Glenburn, Penobscot Co., ME and states he is a farmer with wife Mary and son Georgie (age 2). For wives and children see the unverified "Chicks of Maine" tree in Ancestry.com.
[51694] Lucy is daughter of Orrin Fernald (1822-1900) & Hannah R. Newman (1824-1913; m. 1 August 1848 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., ME).
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[34017] Johann's information and parents are from the unverified Henry Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2012.
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| |_Elizabeth SNOW ________|_Huldah WATKINS _____
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| _Daniel BRIDGES ________|_Elizabeth BRAGDON __
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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 Thomas' life and times in 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 !
See the unverified file LJ2S-XSB in familysearch.org.
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[30003] Abraham m. Barbara Metzer (b. ca. 1740 in PA).