tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59957617960539989752024-03-05T23:55:44.942-05:00For All My RelationsDedicated to New England's Communities of ColorCheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-54444057096577553232018-01-11T17:01:00.000-05:002018-01-11T17:01:49.496-05:00Ardelle Barbadoes Roberson<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Eileen and Ardelle Wanso (later Roberson). circa 1901 in Worcester, MA</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ardelle was born on 30 April 1868 in Boston, MA. She married William Gloster Wanso (1872-1905) on 23 December 1897 in Worcester, MA. The couple had one child, Eileen Wanso (also recorded as Arlene Roberson), who was born about 1899. The couple divorced and William moved to Philadelphia where he later died in 1905. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ardelle then married John Roberson on 8 November 1901 in Clinton, MA. Their son, Ralph Roberson, married Nipmuc Julia Almira Hazzard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ardelle was the granddaughter of well-known community leader and abolitionist, James George Barbadoes. James was one of the founders of the Massachusetts General Colored Association and supported William Lloyd Garrison in the founding of the New England Antislavery Society. In 1833, Barbadoes traveled to Philadelphia as a delegate to the 1st Annual Convention of Free People of Color. The American Antislavery Society, with Garrison as its head, was formed as a result of this convention and its delegates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The last record I have of Ardelle is the 1920 Federal Census for Worcester, MA where she is listed as the head of her household with daughters Arlene and Millie Roberson and son Ralph Roberson.</span><br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-51073795966871722172017-12-11T09:09:00.000-05:002017-12-11T09:22:30.475-05:00Sarah (Scott) Shepard<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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William Bullard, <em>Mrs. Shepard and Two Children</em>, about 1900, courtesy of Frank Morrill, the Worcester Art Museum, and Clark University.</td></tr>
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Sarah Ann Scott is my 3rd great-aunt. She was the daughter of Edward Scott and Catherine Annie Jackson of Warrenton, VA. You can read more about Sarah's parents and her younger brother, Charles, <a href="http://forallmyrelations.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-family-scott.html" target="_blank">here</a> and about her older sister, Mary Jane, <a href="http://forallmyrelations.blogspot.com/2017/12/mary-jane-scott-smith-and-james-martin.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Sarah was born on 7 Oct 1864 in West Boylston, MA - the 2nd Scott child to be born free in Massachusetts. On 30 Nov 1893, she married Nipmuc Eugene James Shepard in Sturbridge, MA. Eugene was the son of Jeremiah Shepard and Harriet White, a member of the Dorus/White Nipmuc clan from the Sturbridge area. Sarah and Eugene had two children, Florence May and Eugene, Jr.<br />
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The couple lived in Worcester for the entirety of their marriage. Eugene worked a variety of jobs from polisher at a car wash on Park Ave to a janitor in a theater to a molder at a foundry. Sarah worked as a housekeeper in a private household. Eugene died on 18 Nov 1925 and Sarah continued living in Worcester with her adult children (and for a short while her sister Mary Ann) until she herself passed away sometime after 1949. There is no record of her death in Worcester. It is possible that she moved with her son Eugene Jr. to Holyoke, Massachusetts.<br />
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Florence May Shepard was born on 28 Jul 1895 in Worcester. In 1920, she married Mashpee Wampanoag Julian Arthur Piper who was a private in WWI. The Pipers quickly divorced and Florence continued to live in Worcester with her mother and Eugene who was also divorced. Florence worked as a laundress and for a time, served as the secretary of the Hassanamisco Club, an organization founded by Sarah Cisco for Nipmuc tribal members.<br />
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Eugene, Jr. was born in Worcester on 4 Feb 1897. He married Alma Eva Nixon, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1921 after serving in WWI. The couple's only child, Eugene III was born on 19 Jul 1923. Eugene Jr. and Alma were divorced by 1935 and Eugene moved in with his mother and sister. He eventually moved to Holyoke where he passed away on 24 Jul 1981. Alma lived in the Beaver Brook neighborhood with Eugene III until she moved with him to Leominster, Massachusetts where she passed on 31 Jul 1995.<br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-40913071651119573602017-12-04T14:17:00.000-05:002017-12-05T14:12:21.084-05:00Mary Jane (Scott) Smith and James Martin Smith<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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William Bullard, <em>Mary Jane and James Martin Smith</em>, about 1900, courtesy of Frank Morrill and Clark University.</div>
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Mary Jane Scott was born on 13 Nov 1862 in West Boylston to
Edward W. Scott and Catherine Annie Jackson. Edward and Catherine were former
slaves who traveled from their birthplace in Warrenton, VA to Massachusetts
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Mary Jane married James D. Smith in Worcester, MA on 20 Dec
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daughter of Leslie Wilson and Lena Jackson. Thomas and Bernice's daughter, Rheta Virginia Smith, was born 15 Aug 1938. In 1940, family resided with the Jacksons at 67 Mason St.</div>
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-65403823224337841982016-06-05T17:45:00.003-04:002016-06-05T17:45:43.998-04:00A Virtual High-FiveI recently received an email from a Courtney Phillips who mentors a group of youngsters in her area. She said that they had visited my <a href="http://www.pasttensegenealogy.com/" target="_blank">PastTense Genealogy</a> website, checked out the resources, and wanted to give me a "High Five" for the resources I included on the site.<br />
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She then suggested I add <a href="http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html" target="_blank">this site</a> to my list of resources - "<a href="http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html" target="_blank">History at Home - A Guide to Genealogy</a>.<br />
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So thanks for the suggestion Courtney and class!! And a "High Five" right back to you for working on your own family history!<br />
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CherCheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-59370187756817748532016-03-31T22:06:00.002-04:002016-05-19T02:43:38.613-04:00The #mycolorfulancestry CrazeIt seems like every genealogist on Facebook posted their version of the colorful Excel chart developed by <a href="http://geneaspy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Geneaspy</a> blogger, J Paul Hawthorne. So without further ado, here's my 5-generation Excel chart showing the birthplaces of myself and my ancestors. As you can see, I am a New Englander.<br />
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And here's a 6-generation chart which shows a little bit of variation.<br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-58215389108431215872015-11-28T23:09:00.001-05:002015-11-28T23:09:12.477-05:00The Storms of Vermont, Part 2 - Susannah Storm's Probate RecordSusannah Storms was the eldest child of Primus and Parmelia. She was born in 1788 in Fishkill, NY to a slave mother and free father. The family traveled to Basin Harbor, Vermont with Platt Rogers, mother Parmelia's owner.<br />
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The Storms became one of the many free, land-owning Black families in Vermont. When Susannah died unmarried on 16 September 1845, she left her 54 acre "Home Farm" to her family. Her father, Primus and her brother Joseph had already passed on so Susannah's estate was divided eight ways. Her mother and six living sibling each received 1/8 share of the land. The five children of her brother Joseph each received 1/5 of the last eighth of land. Below is the surveyor's rendering of the division.<br />
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Susannah never married but she did leave records of her life. She lived for many years with a Quaker family in Ferrisburgh - siblings Joseph and Mary Rogers. Mary kept a diary and wrote often about Susannah according to Rokeby Musuem's Jane Williamson. Jane authored the article "African-Americans in Addison County, Charlotte, and Hinesburg, VT 1790-1860."<br />
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According to that article and church records, Susannah was a member of the local Baptist church in Panton and had at one point leased land for the Stone School in Panton. Her probate records reference the Stone School as a boundary point but does not show any of her heirs receiving it. Perhaps she had sold or given the land to the town prior to her death. Or the town may have held on to the parcel since the town's school was built upon it.<br />
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Susannah was buried next to her father in the Basin Harbor cemetery. Today her stone is broken and placed upside down in the ground - which I intend to repair the next time I visit.<br />
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I hope to visit Rokeby Museum and read Mary Rogers' diaries myself to see her thoughts about my 5th great aunt. I'll let you know what I find out!<br />
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Aquene,<br />
CherCheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-86383730753674897712015-08-01T21:54:00.002-04:002015-08-01T21:54:42.431-04:00Hassanamisco Indian Fair<div style="text-align: left;">
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We celebrated our 92nd Annual powwow this past Sunday. The Creator gave us glorious weather and a great crowd. Here are a few photos from the event. All the below photos were taken by Dave TallPine.</div>
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-73429814532637260632015-07-22T10:22:00.003-04:002015-08-01T21:47:28.050-04:00Caesar Toney Again<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">As a followup to yesterday's post - </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">What is the relationship between John Hazeltine, Esquire and Caesar Toney?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">The deed states that Hazeltine is selling and gifting this land to Caesar "</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;"> in Consideration of the Love and good Will I do bear to Cesar Tony"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">Why would a white male in 1754 hold love and good will for a black male not apparently related? Was Caesar a former slave of Hazeltine's? Or perhaps a child of Hazeltine? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">The deed goes on to state that of the twenty acres deeded to Caesar Toney, 14 of those acres were paid for and the remaining six were a gift from Hazeltine to Toney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;"> "Containing Twenty acres fourteen acres of which I the said John Hazeltine sell to the said Cesar Tony for the sum of money above mentioned and the other six acres I the said John Hazeltine do freely give and quitclaim to him the said Cesar Tony as aforesaid to Encourage him to be a good Husbandman"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">Again, why is John Hazeltine gifting land to Caesar Toney?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">The answer is perhaps in the town records of Upton, MA or Sutton, MA where Hazeltine resided in 1754. A little more than 50 years later, Toney's sons (Abraham and Caesar Jr.) sell the Upton land and buy land in Royalston, MA where two of John Hazeltine's sons reside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">Cher</span>Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-87866928574549770122015-07-21T11:16:00.001-04:002015-08-01T21:47:07.674-04:00Caesar ToneyCaesar Toney is my 5th great-grandfather. He married Margaret (Peggy) Romsor of Worcester on 7 September 1756 in Upton, MA. Peggy and Caesar had two sons Caesar Jr. and Abraham. Caesar Jr. and Abraham married two Narragansett sisters, Susannah and Mary Harry.<br />
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Caesar and Peggy and their family lived on their own farm in Upton, MA - a bit unusual for people of African descent in 1700s New England. John Hazelton (who founded a few Massachusetts towns before moving to Vermont) both sold and gifted land to Caesar in 1754. The deed and it's transcription are below.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hazeltine to Toney Worcester County,
Massachusetts Bay Colony Drawn 10 December 1753, Recorded 12 April 1754
Worcester County, MA Registry of Deeds Book 35, Page 20 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“To all People To whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I
John Hazeltine of Sutton in the County of Worcester & Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in new England Esq For and in Consideration of the Love and good Will I do bear to Cesar
Tony hereafter more fully mentioned and
discribed [<i>sic</i>] as also for and in consideration of the Sum of Twenty
Two Pounds Eight Shillings Lawfull money of this Province to me in hand well and truly paid by the said
Cesar Tony of Upton in the County of
Worcester and Province aforesaid Negroman Laborer the Receipt where of I do have by acknowledge
and my self therewith fully Satisfied
and contented and thereof and of every part and parcel thereof do Exonerate acquit and discharge him the
said Cesar Tony his heirs Executors and
adm</span><sup><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -5.5pt;">d </span></sup><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">forever by these Presents have given Released Quitclaimed granted bargained aliened
conveyed & confirmed and by these
Presents do give Release and and quit claim and freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain aliene
convey and confirm unto him the said Cesar Tony and his heir forever a Certain
Tract of Land Scituate [<i>sic</i>]in
Upton aforesaid near the </span><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">�</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Dwelling [“now” inserted above Dwelling] House of John Clemons
Containing Twenty acres fourteen acres of which
I the said John <s>Clemons</s> Hazeltine sell to the said Cesar Tony for
the sum of money above mentioned and the other six acres I the said John Hazeltine do freely give and quitclaim
to him the said Cesar Tony as aforesaid
to Encourage him to be a good Husbandman
and I bound and discribe the whole twenty acres to him the said
Cesar Tonny [<i>sic</i>]as follows
[illegible] beginning at a heap of stones northwesterly Corner of the land of John Clemons aforesaid
and from thence it runs Westerly Twenty
Six Rod to a heap of stones and thence
it runs Southerly to a heap of stones and so continuing near or the same Course in all tell one- hundred
and Twenty Six Rod is near out to Henry Walkers Land then it [inkblot] Turns
and Runs Easterly on said Walkers Land
Twenty Six Rod to John Clemons Land afores</span><sup><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -5.5pt;">d </span></sup><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">and thence northerly and by said Clemons Land
one hundred and Twenty Six Rod to the
Bounds first mentioned To have and to
Hold the said given and quitclaimed granted & Bargained Premises with all the appurtenances Priviledges [<i>sic</i>]
and Comodities [<i>sic</i>] to the same
belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Cesar Tony</span></span></div>
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Death came in the early morning hours on May 19, 1676. Hundreds of Native families were gathered under the Falls on the for the annual fish run. In May and June of each year, salmon, shad, eel, lamprey and herring made their journey upstream to spawn. The Connecticut River was thick with fish, making it an ideal time to gather food for the entire year. Annual corn fields were also growing nearby- come autumn, it would be picked and stored for the winter. And on this occasion, hungry Native refugees from war-torn Southern New England had also made their way to the Falls.<br />
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Both Native leaders and the the English authorities were at rest from the conflicts of the King Philip's War. Talks of peace had been ongoing for several months. The weary Nipmuc, Narragansett, and Pocumtuc warriors that had accompanied the families to the Falls gathered in nearby, separate camps.<br />
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Meanwhile, soldiers, residents and even the clergy occupying nearby Hadley, Massachusetts grew increasingly frustrated with the recent peace talks. Many were displaced from battles with Philip's men in Greenfield and Deerfield and wished to retaliate. After Native warriors raided nearby Hatfield and carried off cattle, Captain William Turner, commander of the Hadley garrison, decided to take action despite the instructions from his superiors.<br />
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Turner led more than 150 men on the 25 mile ride from Hadley to (what is now the town of) Gill. They gathered on the hill above the camp containing the families there to gather fish. The soldiers rushed down the hill and slaughtered the elders, women and children still sleeping in the early morning light. The noise of the assault woke the Native warriors camped nearby. The warriors gave chase to the English soldiers fleeing downriver but killed relatively few. Captain Turner was among those that perished and as a reward for his role in the deaths of those families, the area is now known as Turners Falls.<br />
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This one act was a turning point in King Philips War. By August of 1676, Metacomet (King Philip) was dead. Fighting continued in Northern New England until 1678 but Metacomet's death effectively ended the war in southern New England. Native survivors who participated in the fighting were either executed or sold into slavery. Native families dispersed, some going north to shelter with tribes up there. Others returned to their homelands where their descendants still remain.<br />
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<br />I realize that this rendition of "The Battle of Great Falls" is a bit biased. But it is how I view the destruction of not only lives but an entire lifestyle. A way of life that had lasted for thousands of years before the coming of the English.<div>
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Dudley, Massachusetts vital records state that Joseph Peagan (sic) died in Dudley on 11 December 1818. The U.S.Pension Roll of 1835 gives the same date of death along with the age of the veteran, 62 years. That places Joseph's birth around 1756.<br />
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Joseph Pegan was the son of Joseph Pegan (1718-1761) and Martha Bowman, the daughter of Samuel Bowman of Natick. He married Mary Sampson on 9 April 1787 and perhaps had two children, Edward Pegan and Betsey Pegan.</div>
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By many accounts, Betsey Pegan was actually Betsey Caesar, the granddaughter of Samuel Pegan - a Dudley Indian and Patience David - a Hassanamisco Indian. Betsey married Henry White and their daughter, Angenette is my 4th great-grandmother. (I wrote about the Angenettes in my family <a href="http://forallmyrelations.blogspot.com/2014/09/nipmuc-angenettes.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</div>
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Edward Pegan is often associated with this Joseph Pegan. They are the right ages to be father and son and both lived in Dudley/Webster area. Both were Nipmuc Indians. Edward's death record names his parents as Joseph and Salome Pegan not Joseph and Mary. Also, Joseph's probate record did not name any children even though both Edward and Betsey were alive in 1818 when Joseph passed.</div>
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Of course this is not proof that Edward and Joseph are not father and son. But perhaps some of the family lines listed above should rethink who they actually descend from.</div>
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-14936911858270231462015-05-22T22:04:00.000-04:002015-05-23T22:27:53.545-04:00Surname Saturday - CURLESS/CURLISS/CORLISS<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Mary Ann Curless Vickers was my 4th great-grandmother. She lived to be more than 100 years old. Born in Smithfield, Rhode Island on 16 August 1797, she also resided in nearby Thompson, CT and Oxford, MA. Her parents were Nancy (Annie) Pollock and Christopher Curless. Christopher is sometimes mistakenly called Samuel in later records.<br />
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Mary had ten children - James, Sarah Ann, Chandler, Mary Ann, Rufus, Christopher, Monroe, Betsey, Almon and Cordelia. She raised her granddaughter, Esther Jane, and often Esther is listed as one of Mary's children. Another common error when listing the children of Mary is the inclusion of Erastus Vickers. Erastus is the son of one of the many Samuel Vickers living during that era.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary was a Nipmuc Indian through her mother, Annie Pollock the daughter of Molly Pegan. She was also Narragansett through her father, Christopher Curless. Many of Mary's ancestors are part of the Nipmuc Nation through the Hassanamisco Band of Nipmuc Indians. Two of the sachems (Chiefs) of the Hassanamisco Nipmucs descend from Mary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary was the subject of two articles in local newspapers. In 1895, a local editor of the Oxford, Massachusetts Mid-Weekly featured an interview with Mary called "Almost 100 - Interesting Life of Mrs. Mary Vickers". In the article Mary tells of her early life in Thompson, CT. Mary's mother, Annie Pollock Curless, died when Mary was five years old in about 1802. After Annie's death, Mary was placed with the Brown family in Thompson where she worked and helped take care of younger children. She told the reporter that her father, Christopher, worked very hard, had remarried and that she rarely saw him. But when Mary was about 11 years old, a neighbor notified her father of the harsh conditions Mary lived in. After learning this, Christopher wasted no time in terminating Mary's employment with the Brown family. Mary went home to her father and his new family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Three of her sons fought in the Civil War but only one returned. Both Rufus and Christopher Vickers died in prisoner-of-war camps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary had one sibling - her brother Chandler. Chandler went to Salem and was never heard from again. Whether Chandler left as a child or as an adult is not known.</span><br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-75780904588894351712015-05-14T22:04:00.000-04:002015-05-15T09:58:45.328-04:00The Women Before MeI thank Heather Rojo from <a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a> for her post on how she organizes her Surname Saturday posts. I'm going to work on the maiden names of women in my ancestry beginning with my maternal line. Those names include:<br />
Ransom, Slocum, Dailey, Curless, Vickers, Williams, Scott, Harry, Foster, Money, Henry, Quow, Jackson, Willett, Romsor, Pegan, Pollock, Brown, Toney, and Hazzard.<br />
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And, yes, I know these names all lead to males (fathers) in my line. But I'd still like to honor the women in my ancestry. And some of the names wont go any further than describing the ancestress bearing that last name.<br />
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The maiden names in my paternal line include:<br />
Kent, White, Pierce, Brown, Steemer, Sprague, Ayres, Vickers, Wheeler, Dorus, Mason, Pegan, Gibson, Nedson, Hazard, Coffee, Sampson, Storms, Sawyer, Cormier, Arkless, Anderson, Henries, and Morse.<br />
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CherCheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-32451595765336846682015-04-21T08:53:00.001-04:002015-04-21T08:53:32.491-04:00NERGC 2015This was my 5th NERGC (New England Regional Genealogical Conference) conference and I think it was the best one yet! It was held at the Rhode Island Conference Center which was a beautiful spot. My hotel was a block away (the Courtyard Marriott) and my room was fabulous.<br />
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The conference was special for me because it was my first time presenting at NERGC. I made two presentations, one planned, the other a "fill-in" for someone who didn't make it.I was nervous as always and I had tech problems!!!! But it was still pretty great. Here are the front slides for the two presentations-<br />
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NERGC is loaded with presentations for all levels of genealogists. Not much is offered for people of color though but through all the years I've been coming that seems to be improving. For the first time, the Massachusetts chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) had a booth and great offerings. I was definitely happy to see them!</div>
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There are plenty of social events as well during NERGC - lunches, banquets, Social Hours, and many more.</div>
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The above picture is a plaque that now hangs in the second floor of City Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. The ceremony yesterday was charming and long overdue. As it states on the plaque, Charles E. Scott served as a City Councilor from 1918 to his death on 11 October 1938. Elected not by the tiny people of color population but instead by white, mostly European immigrants, Councilman Scott was truly ahead of his time.</div>
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Charles E. Scott was born to Edward W. Scott and Catherine Annie Jackson in 1869 Sterling, Massachusetts. His parents came up from Virginia to Massachusetts with Methodist missionaries shortly after the Civil War. At age 19, he married Agnes Gimby (1869 - 1953) of Worcester. Charles and Agnes had several children including Marion, Laura, Nelson, Winfred, Charles Edward and Lyman.</div>
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Catherine Annie Jackson was born about 1842 in Warrenton, VA to Beverly Jackson and Mary Johnson. She died in childbirth on 14 November 1876 in Worcester, MA. Sadly, two other Scott children died that same year - William M. (1861 - 23 April 1876) and Arthur H. (11 May 1875 - 10 June 1876). </div>
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Edward W. Scott was born about 1841 also in Warrenton, VA. His parents were Walter and Mary Jane. The Scott children included William (above), Mary Jane (b. 13 November 1862), Sarah A. (b. 7 October 1864), Hannah E. (b. 1 February 1867), Charles E. (above), Walter (b. 1871), Clara (b. 1873) and Arthur (above). Edward married his second wife, Harriet Jackson Edmundson on 26 December 1889. Hattie, as she was called, was born about 1854 in Amherst, MA to William and Mary Jackson.</div>
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Edward Scott, recently a shoe repairer and later a restaurant owner at 194 Chandler St., observed the 78th anniversary of his birth at his home, 126 Belmont Street yesterday. Though he says he is 78 years old, he is not quite sure of it and thinks that there is a possibility that he is but 76. However, he is just as happy. Mr. Scott is in good health. He was a slave in his young days and was freed by Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. He was born in Virginia, near Winchester and came to Worcester in 1876. He lived in Oakdale at one time and while there learned to be a shoe maker. Mr.Scott has been married twice, the last time 11 years ago. By his first marriage he had eight children, four of whom are alive."</div>
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This is one of my favorite family stories. My great-great grandmother was Edward and Catherine's daughter, Hannah. Hannah died at age 29 of pneumonia leaving four young children including my Grama Nellie.</div>
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Although I didn't know it at the time, my best friend from grammar school is a descendant of Venture Smith. She and other family members recently journeyed to Africa to witness the beginnings of their ancestor's incredible life. You can read about the trip in the New York Times Travel Section by following this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/travel/on-slaverys-doorstep-in-ghana.html?_r=1">link</a>.<br />
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Venture Smith was born about 1730 in a place he called Dukandarra in West Africa. At about the age of ten, he was kidnapped and taken to Anomabo, a fortress in what is now Ghana. From there he was sold to slavers and taken to America.<br />
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Venture's journey across the Atlantic ended in Newport, Rhode Island where he was purchased by George Mumford. Venture grew tall (6'2"), married and had children. He was not a shy man. By all accounts, he made his wishes known and even pressed charges against his owners.He was sold to various men but managed to save enough money to free not only himself but his wife and children as well.<br />
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The first Angenette in my family was born Angenette Briggs White in 1829 Webster, MA. She was a member of the Pegan Band of Nipmuc Indians and the daughter of Henry White and Betsey Pegan Caesar. She married twice - to Esbon B. Dorous on 13 March 1844 in Sturbridge, MA and to Samuel Hazard on 19 November 1867 in Woodstock, CT.<br />
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Esbon Dorous - sometimes called Solomon- was born about 1811 and the son of John Nedson and Polly Pegan. He and Angenette separated sometime after 1865. The censuses for 1870 and 1880 show his children and grandchildren living with him, but no new wife. He died sometime before 1897.<br />
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Samuel Hazard was born about 1815 and the son of Sampson Hazard and Hannah Coffee. Census records give his occupation as "physician" and "shoemaker". <i>The History of Woodstock, CT</i> describes Samuel as the "Indian Doctor Hazard". Samuel died on 3 August 1883 in Woodstock, CT. His children with Angenette include Jack A. Hazzard and Joseph T. Hazzard.<br />
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Esbon and Angenette's daughter, Elizabeth (Betsey) Dorous, married Henry Albert Arkless on 7 September 1870 in Worcester, MA. Henry was born in June of 1850 in Uxbridge, MA to Isaac/Israel P. Arkless and Polly Vickers. Polly Vickers was born about 1827 in Hampton, CT and the daughter of Samuel Vickers and Eliza Hazard.<br />
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One of Henry and Betsey's daughters was named Angenette. Angenette B. Arkless was born on 5 August 1873 in Webster, MA. She married first Luke Goins/Noyes around 1897. Lemuel Winifred Henries married Angenette Goins about 1901. They had several children including my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Rogers Henries. My great-great grandmother Angenette married once again in 1913 - this time to Lewis Jackson.<br />
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Lemuel Winifred Henries was born in April of 1869 to Lemuel Henry and Lydia A. Sprague. Before marrying Angenette, he had married Ida L. Lewis on 25 November 1891 in Webster, MA. Known as Winifred, he died on 19 May 1912 in Webster, MA.<br />
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Elizabeth Rogers Henries was born on 4 May 1902 in Woodstock, CT. She married Charles Emerson Morse on 3 October 1918 in Wayland, MA. They had several children among whom was my grandmother, Angenette Irene Morse.<br />
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Angenette Briggs White (1829 - 11 January 1897)<br />
Angenette B. Arkless (5 August 1872 - 28 October 1942)<br />
Angenette Irene Morse (7 February 1924 - 25 May 2005)<br />
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AqueneCheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-15029638889780748942014-06-16T01:57:00.000-04:002014-07-03T21:34:29.544-04:00Happy Father's DayWhen I think about my dad, it's not my biological father that comes to mind. The man I call 'Daddy', Alfred Bruce Shepard, was my step-father. He raised me and loved me as if I were his biological child and I am forever grateful for it. When I discovered I was pregnant with my first child, I called him first - weeks before I told the rest of my family. He did not live to see Erica, his first granddaughter, though. He died of cancer two short months before her birth at the young age of 48.<br />
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Shep, as he was called, was born on 6 August 1939. (Fifty years later, my second daughter, Morgan, was born on that same date.) He was born in Worcester, MA to Muriel Rebecca Hazard and Peter Shepard. He lived in Worcester for most of his life. He served in the Air Force and the Air Force Reserves and spoke fluent Greek. He learned that language while serving in Greece although I only heard him speak it while ordering in the local Worcester pizza shops.<br />
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He loved to fish - I used to help clean the mackeral before he fried it up in the pan. He liked to cook and did it often. He worked in construction when we were young but eventually went to work as a guard at the local jail. We took long drives in the country nearly every Sunday and visited relatives every weekend. His favorite deep sea fishing spot was up in New Hampshire near Seabrook. And that's where my siblings and I sprinkled his ashes after he passed on 23 January 1988.</div>
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Peter Shepard was born on 14 August 1910 in Coffeeville, Kansas to Anna Bell and Peter L. Shepard. He left Kansas as a young man and made his way to Chicago. At 19 years of age in 1930, he was working as a pin setter in a Chicago bowling alley. He enlisted in the US Army on 9 September 1942 and was discharged honorably on 8 February 1946. He settled back in Worcester with his wife and son and lived there until his death on 16 February 1967.</div>
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Muriel Rebecca Hazard was born in Worcester on 28 March 1919 to Ruth Ellen Dominis and Charles Sumner Hazard. She taught me how to crochet, how to cross-stitch and embroider, and how to make cookies. Knowing how to cross-stitch kept me sane through many trying years. From those tiny stitches grew my love for beading, quilting and nearly every piece of art I've ever created. She outlived both her husband and her only child - passing on 7 February 1995. I still have her cookbook with her hand-written recipes inside the covers. I still remember all those embroidered pillowcases and handkerchiefs.</div>
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So Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there and to all the moms who do double duty as dads. If you still have your dad with you, give him a kiss for me.</div>
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Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-15504033835862888052014-06-02T09:37:00.000-04:002014-06-02T09:37:15.854-04:00Suicide by Drowning in the Charles RiverWhile collecting vital records on my Storms ancestors, I came across<br />
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The above is from the Massachusetts death records. The date of death was February 18, 1884. The town of Boston records included his burial site which was Mt. Hope Cemetery in Boston. There was no indication of who his parents were or where he was born in either record. I also couldn't find any newspaper articles referencing the drowning. The records state that he was married but no mention of his wife's name.<br />
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According to my family genealogy database, Charles is one of my Storms relations. But is this Charles Storms the son of Philip Storms and Rebecca Williston of Vergennes, VT?<br />
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Charles H. Storms enlisted in Company K, 55 Reg't Mass. Inf. (Col'd) on 10 December 1863. He was 29 years old and born in Vergennes, VT according to his military records. This would put his date of birth around 1834. By December 31st, he was assigned to Colonel Hartwell as the colonel's private cook. At the time of his enlistment, he had already married Jane Jackson, also of Vermont. "Mrs. Charles H. Storms No 2 Sands' Yard in rear of 880 Washington St Boston Mass." is listed on Charles' military service record as Jane's then current address. I've not located a marriage record for Charles and Jane - not in Vermont or Massachusetts. The 55th regiment mustered out in August of 1865 and Charles along with it.<br />
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Charles, Jane and their daughter, Emma J., were living in Boston in 1865 according to the Massachusetts State Census of that year. His occupation was still cook. It looks like the census was taken in January of 1865 when Charles was supposedly still in the service. Charles and Jane and their children continue to be counted in the 1870 and 1880 censuses in Boston.<br />
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I was unable to find a death record for Jane Jackson Storms, or a marriage record after Charles' death. Charles and Jane had two other children - George Henry, born in 1865 Boston and May R. born in 1869, again in Boston. I have no further information on Emma Storms or May Storms but son George married twice in his life. His first marriage was to Mina Cota on 8 July 1890 in Haverhill, MA. They had one son, Daniel. George's second marriage was to Fall River Wampanoag Rachel E. Crank, the daughter of Thomas Crank and Julia Simmons. There were no children from this marriage. George Storms died on 9 February 1926 in Providence RI. His parents were listed as Charles Storms and Jane Jackson.<br />
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Philip and Rebecca had several children and there is a Charles among them. Philip Storms was born in 1795 in Vermont (most likely Ferrisburg) and died on 25 February 1854. He and his family are included in the federal censuses for Vergennes, VT in 1830, 1840, and 1850. Rebecca Williston Storms and three of her children can be found on the 1860 federal census living in different households in Vergennes and Panton, VT. Charles was not found in Vergennes, Ferrisburg, or Panton, VT. All of these towns had several of the extended Storms family living there. Rebecca Storms died on 15 March 1865 in Panton, VT.<br />
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The 1840 census does note a male child that could be Charles. But Philip Storms' probate record does not mention Charles nor do any of Philip's land transactions. There are many other avenues to research however. I have been able to uncover quite a bit about George Storms, Charles and Jane's son. My next steps will be to further investigate Charles and Jane's other children, Philip and Rebecca's other children, Philip's siblings and their children and expand the search beyond Boston and Addison County, Vermont.<br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-72554998528601452842014-05-25T23:29:00.000-04:002014-05-25T23:30:12.849-04:00Hattie McKinley Anderson and familySome photographic images recently surfaced of African-Americans living in Worcester, MA in 1900. Two of those photos are labelled 'Kenneth Anderson' and 'Mrs. Anderson and baby'. Kenneth was my great-grandmother Hattie's younger brother and Mrs. Anderson was Hattie's mom.<br />
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Here's a quick genealogical sketch of my great-grandmother, Harriet McKinley Anderson Bostic.</div>
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Hattie McKinley Anderson was born at Worcester, Massachusetts on 4 November 1896. Her parents were Joseph Edward Anderson (also known as J. Edward Anderson) and Bettie A. Sawyer. She married Walter Andrew Louis Bostic on 25 December 1918 at Worcester. Walter was the son of Walter St. Clair Bostic and Hattie E. Storms and was born on 30 October 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Walter died on 27 October 1957 in Worcester. Hattie passed away on 19 February 1966. The couple had three children including my grandfather, Walter Andrew Bostic.<br />
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Hattie's brother, Kenneth Augustus Anderson, was born on 2 March 1899 in Worcester. He married Mary F. Schuyler in Worcester, MA in 1919. Mary and Kenneth had at least 3 children and lived until at least 1940 with Mary's father, Richard Schuyler.<br />
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Bettie Sawyer was born about 1872, most likely in Beaufort, North Carolina to Isaac and Tamer (Bell) Sawyer. She married J. Edward Anderson on 30 April 1891 in Worcester. Tamer was also born in North Carolina about 1844 to Charles Bell and Maria Howard. I have little information on Isaac Sawyer. He was born about 1843 in North Carolina and was deceased by 1900 when his wife, Tamer, was living in the Anderson household.<br />
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Joseph Edward Anderson was born in June of 1871 in Worcester. His parents were Joseph A. Anderson and Margaret Gibson. Joseph A. Anderson was born about 1844 in Virginia to William and Julia. He married Maggie (Margaret Gibson) on 29 October 1868 in Worcester. Maggie was born about 1847 in Scotland to John and Sarah Gibson. <br />
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I haven't done much research on my Anderson line - it is on my 'To-Do' list though!<br />
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Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-85896268831776701522014-04-22T16:42:00.001-04:002014-04-22T20:35:08.730-04:00Unraveling Six Generations of Nipmuc Sarahs<span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Because land passed through the females of our matriarchal tribe, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarah Burnee married twice - to Prince Dam sometime before 1768 and to Boston Phillips in 1786. She had no known children with Dam but did have a boy and a girl with Boston Phillips - Ben and Sarah. Boston died in 1798 after a long illness that is much discussed in the existing guardian accounts. By order of the town selectman, Boston was removed from his home and cared for by English neighbors. After his death, Sarah was forced to sell 20 acres to pay for the debt incurred by his illness. Sarah Burnee herself died around 1812.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarah Phillips, or more often, <b>Sarah Boston </b>was now the matriarch of the Muckamaug parcel. She was quite famous and stories about her are still told. She had two children - Joseph who was born in 1813 and Sarah Mary who was born in 1818. She died in 1837, the last Nipmuc Sarah to live on that homestead. At the time of her death, the Muckamaug parcel had dwindled to less than 20 acres.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1854, <b>Sarah Mary Boston </b>petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for permission to sell the remaining acreage. Sarah Mary had married prominent African-American barber Gilbert Walker and lived in Worcester. The land was sold and turned into an apple orchard. Sarah and Gilbert had one daughter, <b>Sarah</b> <b>Ellen Walker</b>. There is not nearly as much in the records about the two Worcester Sarahs as there is on the Hassanamesit Sarahs. It appears that Sarah Ellen never married and died in 1892 from epilepsy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A team from the University of Massachusetts has for several years been excavating the Muckamaug parcel now known as Hassanamesit Woods. They have uncovered material culture that further illuminates the lives of these Nipmuc women. I look forward to learning more about these generations of Nipmuc Sarahs.</span></span><br />
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His parents were Christopher Vickers and Mary Curliss. He married Celinda Dailey on January 30, 1852 in Killingly, CT and Diannah Hazard Smith/Thomas on December 1, 1863 in Oxford, MA. Diannah was the mother of Christopher's sister-in-law, Fannie Thomas Vickers, and nearly ten years older than Christopher. Christopher had three known children, William Christopher (21 Feb 1855 - 9 Mar 1878), Henry A. (Jan 1858 - 19 June 1859), and Albert R. Vickers (4 June 1862 - aft. 1919).<br />
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Christopher volunteered for Company G, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery on December 4, 1863. He was captured in Plymouth, North Carolina in April of 1864 and died while a prisoner of war. His military records each carry a variety of dates for his death- August 30, 1864 at Andersonville, Georgia, September 15, 1864 at Andersonville, and October 1864 in Charleston, South Carolina.<br />
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His widow's pension application (and after her death, his son Albert's pension record) discuss the various dates and settle Christopher's date of death on August 30, 1864 from chronic diarrhea.</div>
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Diannah Vickers died on October 11, 1877. Her son, William, passed on March 9, 1878. Son, Albert Vickers successfully applied for the pension in his own right.</div>
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Christopher Vickers was not the only Nipmuc casualty of the Civil War. His older brother, Rufus Vickers (3 July 1824 - 6 November 1864), also perished at Andersonville. Others who did not return include Daniel Gigger, William H. Cady, and Hezekiah Dorous.</div>
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Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-42676019405009453232014-03-13T09:53:00.000-04:002014-03-13T09:54:22.883-04:00My Favorite Resource for New England Native American Research<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">My favorite record group for tracking Native people in New England is housed in the <a href="http://nara.gov/">National Archives </a>down in Washington, DC. It's part of Record Group 75 also known as the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The pages known as <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.12.2">75.12.2</a> are the Records relating to Kansas claims of New York Indians. Below is the front page of one of the many records found in this group.</span></div>
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Back in the early 1780s, Samson Occum and Joseph Johnson from the Mohegan tribe in Connecticut founded a town in north central New York for Christian Natives from New England. They negotiated with the Oneida Tribe of New York for this plot of land and called it Brothertown. Families from Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuc, and other southern New England tribes joined Occum and Johnson in Brothertown. Of course, north central NewYork had good, fertile soil and by the early 1800s, the wants of the white settlers in that region outweighed the needs of the Native people.</div>
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The United States encouraged and assisted the Oneidas and Brothertons (and the Stockbridge Indians who had by this time joined the Brothertons in New York) in negotiating a treaty agreement with the Menominee and Ho-Chunk tribes for land to settle on in Wisconsin. Soon after the treaties were signed by all parties, the Wisconsin tribes objected - stating that they had believed the New York tribes would only live on the land not own it.</div>
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The United States tried to reconcile the matter by moving the New York Indians further west to Kansas. That didn't work out either and many of the families stayed in Wisconsin. The "Kansas Claims" are the result of a suit forcing the federal government to make reparations for the land that should have gone to the tribes.</div>
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What a genealogical goldmine! Applicants were instructed to give names, dates and birthplaces of themselves, their spouses and their children. In addition, the application asks for the names and places of birth of the applicant's (and spouse's) parents, siblings, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. All that information conveniently located on three pages! As an extra bonus, the form also asks for all ancestors as far back as 1838.</div>
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Annie Scott is not a relation of mine but this is still an exciting document! Many of these documents can also be found at the <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/">New England Historical and Genealogical Society</a> (NEHGS) in Boston, MA. The Brotherton Collection in the manuscript department at NEHGS has much information on Brothertown history and ancestry.<br />
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<br />Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-67806438161320381522014-02-01T20:23:00.000-05:002015-11-28T22:37:48.958-05:00Family History Writing ChallengeThis is my second time participating in this yearly challenge. This year I want to write a bit on two of my favorite families - the Toneys and the Storms (I'm doing two because I couldn't decide on one).<br />
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Caesar Toney and Primus Storms are my 5th great grandfathers. Without them, I wouldn't be me. I don't know as much as I'd like to about them but what I do know, you'll soon know as well.</div>
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In a tiny cemetery in Basin Harbor, VT, four headstones stand together at the end of a row. One headstone reads "Primus Storms died May 23, 1842 aged 107 years." Also in the row are Primus' wife, Parmelia, and their daughters, Parmelia Langley and Susannah Storms. As far as anyone knows, they are the only African-Americans buried in that cemetery.<br />
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Local Addison County, VT history tells the story of Platt Rogers who journeyed to the Vermont side of Lake Champlain and started the town of Basin Harbor. Rogers, a Revolutionary War veteran, traveled from his home in Fishkill, NY, part of Duchess County. Besides settling Basin Harbor, he also created roads between the towns of Ferrisburgh, Vergennes and Panton, VT and ran a ferry that crossed to Lake Champlain's New York side.<br />
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Rogers arrived in Vermont in 1789, bringing with him a female slave, "Millie" (Parmelia Storms). Parmelia's formerly enslaved husband, Primus Storms and their children followed Rogers to Vermont. The local story is that Primus worked for Rogers for a set number of years in exchange for freedom for his wife and children and a plot of land. I'm not sure about that story because slavery was abolished in Vermont in 1777. It may be that Primus worked for Rogers in exchange for the land only.<br />
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Primus and Parmelia settled in Panton, VT, just a short walk from Basin Harbor. Primus built a home and planted an apple orchard. In later years, the orchard became known as Nig*** Orchard. Primus and Parmelia had five sons and three daughters. All lived, worked and died in Vermont. Most of their grandchildren, however, left Vermont before 1900 and settled in Massachusetts and New York.<br />
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I know little about Primus' early years. The owner of the Basin Harbor Club (where the cemetery is located) told me that Primus served General George Washington during Washington's New York campaign in the Revolutionary War. I do know that there was a wealthy landowning (and possibly slave-owning) family named Storms in Fishkill, NY during the mid to late 1700s. It's possible that Primus was once owned by the Fishkill Storms.<br />
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I think it's remarkable that a man of color lived to be over 100 years old in nineteen century Vermont. That alone testifies to what an extraordinary man he must have been. On a recent trip to Panton and Basin Harbor, my boss (who happens to own the land once owned by Platt Rogers) and I went to the old Nig*** Orchard and discovered an old cellar hole. She thinks the stones on the cellar hole are arranged similar to the ones in the old "Homestead" in Basin Harbor - a building thought to have been built by Primus. Here's a picture of the cellar hole-<br />
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Cheryll Toney Holleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995761796053998975.post-12869620369127177762014-01-29T17:49:00.002-05:002014-01-29T17:55:17.082-05:00The Native Ancestry of Laura Vickers<div class="NarrativeText">
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She married Walter Tuttle on August 22, 1889 in Sturbridge, MA. Her marriage
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Charles appeared in the 1870 census in Dudley and in the
1880 Sturbridge, MA census. He served in the Civil War, 76th US Colored Troops,
Co. K, with his father, Samuel Vickers.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_13"></a> Samuel Vickers
is probably the grandson of Narragansett Revolutionary War veteran Sampson
Hazard. Polly Dorus and Charles K. Vickers were married on April 22, 1868 in Woodstock,
CT. Laura’s mother, Polly Dorus, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_14"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_15"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_16"></a>was
born in March of 1848 in Woodstock, CT.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_17"></a> She
died on June 24, 1899 at the age of 51 in Sturbridge, MA.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_18"></a> Polly
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L. Dorus</b> and <b>Mary Ann Dixon</b>. Charles Dorus was born about 1818 in Connecticut
to <b>Joseph Dorus </b>and <b>Polly
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Charles L. Dorus were married about 1845.<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><!--[if supportFields]><span
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1830 in Woodstock, CT to <b>Hosea Dixon</b>
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Dorus died on March 1, 1888 at the age of 57 in Sturbridge, MA and was buried
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style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_248"></a>Joseph Dorus was born about 1770<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_249"></a> most likely in New York. He and Polly Pegan Nedson were
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style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_251"></a>Polly Pegan Nedson was born about 1778 <span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">in </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_252" style="text-indent: -1.1in;"></a><span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">Connecticut. She died
on July 14, 1872 at the</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">age of 94 in Dudley, MA. Her death record clearly
states that her mother’s maiden name was Pegan. Pegan</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">One of the children of Joseph Dorus and Polly
Pegan Nedson was </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_260" style="text-indent: -1.1in;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_262" style="text-indent: -1.1in;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_263" style="text-indent: -1.1in;"></a><b style="text-indent: -1.1in;">Soloman
W./ Esbon B. Dorus. </b><span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">Esbon</span></div>
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born about 1811 in Pittsfield, MA. He married </span><span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">Nipmuc Angenette Briggs White on March 13, 1844.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">He died on February 11, 1884 at age 72 in Webster, MA. His death record notes
that he was buried in</span></div>
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“Indian Ground” (Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915:
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"DIXON:Hosea (b. 1798) " \f A<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
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style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>xe "MA:Milford " \f B<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_276"></a>Hosea Dixon was born on January 11,
1798 in Milford, MA.<sup> </sup><!--[if supportFields]><sup><span
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He died on October 25, 1857 at the age of 59 in Woodstock, CT.<sup> </sup><!--[if supportFields]><sup><span
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Hopey Reynolds and Hosea Dixon were married about 1823. <!--[if supportFields]><span
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between 1790 and 1797 in RI.<sup> </sup><!--[if supportFields]><sup><span
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She died on October 25, 1864 at the age of 74 in Woodstock, CT.<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Among the children of Hosea Dixon and Hopey Reynolds
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field-begin'></span>xe "DIXON:Elizabeth (Lovan Tiffany) (b. 1836) "
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"CT:Woodstock " \f B<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
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Dixon</b> was born on 4 Feb 1836 in Woodstock, CT.<!--[if supportFields]><span
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B<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_309"></a> She died on 19 Aug 1931 at the age of 95</div>
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in Putnam, CT.
She was also known as Lovan Tiffany <span style="text-indent: -1.1in;">Dixon.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Woodstock Woman of Indian Blood. Miss Lovan Dixon Dies at Home of Miss
Elizabeth Child Wednesday. Child of 8th
Generation born During her Lifetime." "She was in her 96th year. She was born February 4, 1836, in North
Woodstock, in the English Neighborhood. of Indian parentage and was the last
survivor of a family of ten children born to Hosea and Hopey Dixon. They were of the Wabbaquasset tribe which had
long lived in Woodstock. She is
mentioned in the recent "History of Woodstock" by Clarence W. Brown. At the time of her birth the family lived
east of the "Luther rawson Place."
It is not standing at the present time.
At another time their home was near the woolen mill in "Pond
Factory" now known to some as "Laurel Pond."</span></i></div>
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style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>xe "DIXON:Henry H. (b. 1840) "
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member of the Pequot tribe, he died on January 23, 1845 at the age of 85 in
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A<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_334"></a>Mary Pegan
was born about 1760.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5995761796053998975" name="INDEX_335"></a><sup> </sup></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The
Nedson family still occupied their reservation near Hatchet Pond, swingling
flax, chopping wood, weaving baskets and chair bottoms, when not too full of
liquor. It was perhaps one of the
progenitors of this family who shouldered a barrell-full of cider and trudged
home with it. A pail-full at the gulp
was nothing for them" (Larned, <u>History of Windham County</u>, Book IX,
Vol. II).”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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The above evidence demonstrates that the ancestors of
Laura Vickers Tuttle are both Wabaquaset Nipmucs and Pegan Band Nipmucs. Their
earliest known ancestors are John Nedson (Pequot), Mary Pegan (Pegan Nipmuc),
Hosea Dixon (Wabaquaset Nipmuc) and Hopey Reynolds (Wabaquaset Nipmuc). In
every subsequent generation, the children of these four ancestors married other
Nipmucs and Native people.</div>
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Tribe/Band</div>
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Spouse</div>
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Tribe/Band</div>
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John Nedson</div>
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Pequot</div>
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Mary Pegan</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Polly Nedson</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Joseph Dorus</div>
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New York Indian</div>
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Hosea Dixon</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Hopey Reynolds</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Charles Dorus</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Mary Ann Dixon</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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Charles Vickers</div>
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Narragansett(living in Nipmuc country abt. 1800)</div>
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Polly Dorus</div>
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Nipmuc</div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">*Dorus is often spelled Dorous
or Doras.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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