St. Patrick's Day 2022-

I have more than 23,631 names on my family tree now

I was notified by ancestry.com that my DNA estimate has been updated due to  better tools for telling regions apart, especially closely related regions like Ireland and Great Britain. They also have 16,000 reference samples now instead of 3,000, which helps screen out less-likely regions. "We've added even more data to our reference panel, which makes it easier for us to tell nearby regions apart. This means you may see changes in your results and a more precise estimate.""

"How do we come up with your estimate?

To figure out your ethnicity regions, we compare your DNA to a reference panel made up of DNA from groups of people who have deep roots in one region. We look at 1,001 sections of your DNA and assign each section to the ethnicity region it looks most like. Then we turn those results into the percentages you see in your estimate. Your genetic link to these ethnicities can go back hundreds of years or even more."

Updated information:

As of May 9,2022, I am now Norway 10%Sweden & Denmark 23%Great Britain-(includes France, Germany, north west Europe) 43%; Ireland/-20%; Scottish/Wales- 4%, 

As of March, 2022, I was Norway6%Sweden & Denmark35%Great Britain-(includes France, Germany, north west Europe) 65%; Ireland/-26%; Scottish/Wales- 7%, Iberian Peninsula-3%.}

I was: Scandinavian-30%;  Western European-26%; Great Britain-24%; Ireland-17%; and others-

Finnish/Northern Russia region, Iberian Peninsula-3%.

I have discovered other early pilgrim families. 

Humphrey Turner was born in England about 1593. Humphrey died June 5, 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA, at 79 years of age.

He married Lydia Gaymer October 24, 1618 in Sandon, Essex, England. Lydia Gaymer  Lydia was born before May 18, 1602  in Terling, Essex, England. Lydia was the daughter of Richard Gaymer and Margaret Mason. Lydia died before 1673 in Scituate, MA. She was christened May 18, 1602 in Terling, Essex, England.

Although there is no document that connects the daughter of Richard and Margaret Gaymer of Terling to the Lydia Gamar who was married in Sandon, the circumstantial evidence is strong. No other Lydia Ga-m-r of an appropriate age is known. The orphaned Lydia would very likely have married soon after her sixteenth birthday. The Turners came to Terling to baptize their son, John. It may be noteworthy, however, that the couple apparently named no child after either of the Gaymers.

Samuel Deane, in his History of Scituate, Massachusetts says he "arrived with his family in Plymouth in 1628." That statement is put in doubt by the record of the baptism of his daughter Lydia in Little Baddow, in Essex, on 17 February 1629/30. Deane says he had a house lot assigned to him in 1629, and built a house and resided there until probably 1633, when his house lot on Kent Street, "4th from the corner of Satuit brook", was layed out. Perhaps he built his first house, and then sent for his wife and young children. He erected a tannery in 1636, and was thereafter frequently mentioned in the public records.

Eugene Stratton, in Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691, listed him among those who had been freemen before 1 January 1632/3, and on the 1633 and 1634 tax lists of Plymouth Colony. Humphrey, Lydia his wife, and John the elder, John the younger, and Thomas, sons of Humphrey, and Lydia, his daughter appear in a list of 1627-1634 arrivals.

Deane quotes from his will, which named his children, in this order: "John, Joseph, young son John, Daniel, Nathaniel, Thomas, daughter Mary Parker -- daughter Lydia Doughty -- Grandchildren, Humphrey (son of Thomas) Mary Doughty -- Jonathan, Joseph and Ezekiel (sons of John, sen.) and Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel." Executors were Nathaniel and young son John.

John Evarts, the first settler in America of that name, came to Concord, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman in 1637. Some in the family say he was born in Wales in 1608.

 

He later purchased land in Guilford, Connecticut (1651) and settled there.

He was tillingman in 1667. The precise definition of the word "tillingman" is not present in any of the on-line dictionaries, nor in the big Websters. It may have to do with making sure land owners are farming "tilling" all the land agreed to in their purchase.

 

One of John's children, Elizabeth, had the misfortune to marry one Peter Abbott, who murdered her and was duly hung for the deed in 1667.

 

Of John's four sons, John, Judah, Daniel, and James, all, save Judah, had children at least one of whom was named John. Its hard to tell why Judah did not follow suit, but there were enough Johns to go around. We are concerned with John Jr.

 

He married twice and fathered twelve children, ten by his second wife, Mary Bow. His first wife, Mary French, died in 1668 probably giving birth to her second child, another John. All the children's names were biblical, as was usual for these devout Puritans, except his last two daughters who were named Silence and Patience; valued virtues for girls at that time.

 

Nathaniel Evarts, was born in 1675, the second son of John Jr. He married Miss Margaret Hastings, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Anna (Hawkes) Hastings of Hatfield. This union indicates he was doing well in the world. His worth for taxation in 1716 was 66 pounds, 7 shillings, and sixpence. This was a tidy sum for the early eighteenth century. They lived in East Guilford. His first child was a daughter who was named after his wife. The first son was named, guess what, John.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawrence-239

Thomas Lawrence was the son of John Lawrence and Elizabeth (Bull) Lawrence.[8] He was christened on 2 February 1588/9 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[9][10][8]

Thomas married Joan Antrobus, daughter of Walter Antrobus and Jane Arnold, on 23 October 1609 at St. Albans Abbey.[11][12][8]

Thomas and Joan had the following children, all baptized at at St. Albans Abbey:

1. Joane, bpt. 29 August 1610,[13] d. 31 August 1610[13]
2. Jane, bpt. 18 December 1614,[14][8] m. 20 February 1633/4 George Giddings at St. Albans, Hertfordshire,[8] d. 2 March 1680[/1?] at Ipswich, Massachusetts[8]
3. Marie, bpt. 17 November 1616,[15] d. 28 November 1616[15]
4. John, bpt. 26 July 1618,[16][8] m. Susannah ______,[8] d. before 15 May 1699 (date of probate) in New York City[8]
5. Thomas, bpt. 8 March 1619/20,[17][8] m. Mary _____,[8] d. before 25 February 1703/4 (date of probate) in Newtown, Queens County, New York[8]
6. William, bpt. 28 June 1622[18] or 28 July 1622,[19][8] m. 1st ________,[8] m. 2d Elizabeth Smith in New York,[8] d. before 25 March 1680 (date of administration granted) in Flushing, Queens County, New York[8]
7. Marie, bpt. 10 April 1625,[20][8] m. about 1640-5 Thomas Burnham,[8] d. 27 March 1715 at Ipswich, Massachusetts[8]

Thomas Lawrence was buried on 20 March 1624/5 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[21][8] Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Joan on 21 March 1624/5.[8]

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