Surname Saturday -- All About Names Beginning with My Father to Generation 6

Surname Saturday is all about names. We can write about one person, our family, another unrelated family or even about a person who is a brick wall. Just about anything goes. Last week's post "Numbers on the Tree" proved to be an eye-opener, because after I posted it, I printed out my entire tree, thanks to RootsMagic4. Not only was I able to see whom I'm missing, but I saw the Location Report was a total mess, and nothing at all professional looking (I will deal with this problem later).

I am listing my first five generations, not to impress anybody but to hopefully get a cousin connection. Most of my readers are finding me through google searches because they want information on a surname they are looking for, a report about a historic site, a certain cemetery, the DAR, NEHGS, a historical society, a location, or something about a celebrity or murder. So, it goes without saying, if you happen to find my site, and have any of these names, I would love to hear from you. This Generation List will be continued next week.

Generation 1

1. Me

Generation 2

2. JOHN ADAMS POOLE: born 12 Dec 1919 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois; married 24 Sep 1942 in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas; died 16 Mar 1989 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

3. JANE T. BISHOP: born 27 Sep 1919 in New York City, Manhattan, New York; died 16 Apr 1990 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation 3

4. CLARENCE FREDERIC POOLE: born 19 Aug 1891 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois; married 23 Feb 1918 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan; died 18 Aug 1957 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois.

5. MARJORIE ANDERSON ADAMS: born 11 Feb 1891 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan; died 13 Jan 1953 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois.

6. EARLE KILBORN BISHOP: born 22 Dec 1891 in New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut; married 22 Jun 1918 in New York City, Manhattan, New York; died 23 Aug 1981 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

7. SARAH DUMONT "Sadie" TENEYCK: born 30 Jun 1890 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 20 Apr 1953 in Kensington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Generation 4

8. CHARLES CLARENCE POOLE: born 27 Nov 1856 in Benicia, Solano Co., California; married 8 May 1884 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois; died 3 Dec 1914 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.

9. ANNA "Annie" POOLE: born 22 Sep 1857 in Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 30 Oct 1930 in Winnetka, Cook Co., Illinois.

10. YATES A. ADAMS: born 26 Aug 1860 in Batavia, Genesee Co., New York; married 20 Oct 1887 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan; died 7 Mar 1917 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.

11. SARAH BELLE FARMER: born 26 Sep 1864 in Battle Creek area, Calhoun Co., Michigan; died 4 Jan 1931 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois.

12. EVERETT RUSSELL BISHOP: born 7 Feb 1860 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut; married 25 Dec 1888 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died 20 Aug 1926 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

13. MIRA JULIA "Almira" KILBORN: born 7 Oct 1861 in Carbondale, Jackson Co., Illinois; died 1 Sep 1929 in No. Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

14. CHARLES TENEYCK: born 1 Aug 1859 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; married 20 Jan 1886 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada (Holy Trinity  Church); died 26 Aug 1907 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

15. LYDIA JANE "Jennie" PELL: born 25 Nov 1867 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 16 Oct 1948 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Generation 5

16. CHARLES HENRY POOLE: born 5 Feb 1825 in Danvers (now Peabody), Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 26 Mar 1850; died 25 Jan 1880 in Washington, District of Columbia.

17. MARY ABBY DANIELS: born 15 Feb 1824 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 4 Mar 1907 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois.

18. WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE: born 21 Dec 1821 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 22 Nov 1854 in St. Peter's Church, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York; died 1 Mar 1894 in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois.

19. FRANCES MARIA "FANNY" GLEASON: born 1 Mar 1834 in Mercer, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Jan 1904 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

20. LIBERTY ADAMS: born 3 Oct 1821 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York; married 20 Apr 1846 in Prob. Genesee Co., New York; died 14 Mar 1867 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York.

21. MARTHA ALETTA ANDERSON: born 13 Sep 1826 in New Jersey or Pennsylvania; died 2 May 1886 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

22. JOHN NELSON FARMER: born 3 Mar 1839 in Wilson, Niagara Co., New York; married 18 Sep 1862 in LeRoy, Calhoun Co., Michigan; died 27 Jul 1892 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

23. LANY / LANA A. SCRAMBLING: born 14 Aug 1841 in Otsego Co., New York; died 9 Sep 1872 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

24. JAMES H. BISHOP: born abt 1804 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut; married 29 Sep 1841 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 2 Oct 1868 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

25. LAURA ANN LOWREY: born 3 Sep 1820 in Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 14 Jun 1892 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

26. GEORGE FRANKLIN KILBORN: born 30 Oct 1832 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut; married 31 Aug 1851 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died 16 Dec 1910 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

27. SOPHIA POLLY DAVIS: born 11 Jan 1831 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died 3 May 1928 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

28. HENRY TENEYCK: born 4 Aug 1818 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; married 14 Mar 1850 in St. Armand W, Bedford, Quebec, Canada; died 28 Jun 1886 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

29. CAROLINE ROSENBERGER: born 21 Sep 1823 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 9 Dec 1866 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

30. JAMES GIBBINS PELL: born 6 Jul 1825 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; married 24 Dec 1864 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 20 Mar 1913 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

31. JULIA ANN JAQUAYS: born 10 Mar 1846 in United States; died 12 Dec 1922 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Generation 6

32. FITCH POOLE: born 13 Feb 1772 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 13 Jun 1802 in Hamilton, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 22 Jan 1838 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

33. ELISABETH "Eliza" CUTLER: born 4 Jul 1779 in Hamilton, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 22 Apr 1854 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

34. STEPHEN DANIELS: born abt 1798 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 19 Jun 1823 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 6 Aug 1872 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

35. ABIGAIL "Nabby" FLOYD: born 16 Jun 1798 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 3 Jul 1854 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

36. WARD POOLE: born 30 Jan 1799 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 24 Jan 1819 in Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 22 May 1864 in So. Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

37. ELIZABETH WILDER: born 6 Apr 1801 in Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; died 24 Jan 1859 in So. Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

38. EZRA W. GLEASON: born 30 Apr 1804 in New York; married 24 Oct 1828 in Center Lisle, Broome Co., New York; died 22 Feb 1853 in En route to California.

39. FANNY BELDEN HUBBARD: born Dec 1805 in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont; died 29 May 1857 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York.

40. JOHN ADAMS: born 17 Jan 1792 in Connecticut; married 19 May 1816; died 31 May 1860 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York.

41. BATHSHEBA POLLOCK: born 1 Aug 1792 in (Prob.) Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware; died 11 Feb 1858 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York.

42. Maj. GEORGE ANDERSON: born 8 Mar 1796 in along the Raritan River, Somerset Co., New Jersey; married bet 16 Nov 1816 and maybe 30 ??? 1816 in Somerset Co., New Jersey; died 10 Jan 1879 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin.

43. VIOLETTA / ALETTA TENEYCK: born 22 Sep 1797 in New Jersey; died 1840.

44. ALEXANDER F. "Alex" FARMER: born 5 Mar 1814 in Canada or New York; married abt 1833 in (Prob.) New York; died 27 Jan 1864 in Calhoun Co., Michigan.

45. HULDAH S. LAY: born 5 Sep 1817 in Niagara Co., New York; died 11 Sep 1902 in LeRoy, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

46. JACOB S. SCRAMBLING: born 16 May 1810 in Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; married abt 1840 in New York; died 9 Apr 1881 in LeRoy, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

47. SARAH "Sally" Van WOERT: born 17 Aug 1813 in Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; died 18 Feb 1863 in W. LeRoy, Calhoun Co., Michigan.

48. NATHANIEL WATERMAN BISHOP: born abt 4 Jan 1778 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; married 11 Jun 1801 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 14 Mar 1832 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

49. ESTHER BARNES: born 1780 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 21 Oct 1844 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

50. EDMUND LOWREY: born 15 Nov 1788; married 9 Nov 1819 in Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 10 Oct 1857 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

51. HARRIET NEWELL: born 3 Mar 1794 in Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died 17 Jun 1878 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

52. AARON KILBORN: born 3 Sep 1798 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; married 9 Apr 1820 in No. Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died 29 Aug 1876 in Orange, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

53. ALMIRA RICHARDSON: born abt 1798 in Orange, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died 22 Apr 1861 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

54. ALVIN DAVIS: born 16 Dec 1807 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; married 28 Nov 1827 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died 14 Dec 1860 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

55. JULIA LOUISA WRIGHT: born 3 Jun 1807 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died 30 Jul 1886 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

56. ANDREW TENEYCK: born 6 Jun 1786 in of Albany, Albany Co., New York; married 25 Dec 1817 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 19 Sep 1831 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

57. JANE "JANETTE" TENEYCK: born 8 Jul 1799 in Quebec, Canada; died 1 Mar 1875 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

58. HENRY ROSENBERGER: born 21 Sep 1784 in Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York; married 3 Feb 1818 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 29 Mar 1845 in St. Armand W. (Philipsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

59. CATHERINE WESTOVER: born 3 Jul 1794 in St. Armand, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 8 Nov 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

60. GEORGE A. PELL: born abt Oct 1797 in Canada; married 26 Mar 1823 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; died 14 Jun 1832 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

61. ANNA KNAP: born 22 Apr 1798 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died 20 Feb 1866 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

62. WILLIAM CROSS JAQUAYS: born 18 Oct 1819 in United States; married 24 Oct 1839 in Franklin, Franklin County, Vermont; died 17 Dec 1865 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

63. LYDIA JOHNSON: born abt 1822 in Vermont; died 22 Mar 1858 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Tombstone Tuesday -- Cutler of Killingly Now Putnam, Connecticut

This past weekend I went on another cemetery hunt, this being my 4th trip to Connecticut this summer. The timing was the worst as far as photographing the stone. As with all my other visits, I knew exactly which cemetery this person was in. But I didn't know the sun would be casting a huge shadow on the stone. My heart sank of course. Luckly, there is a great photo in FindAGrave and Jack Shackles who took the better picture gave me permission to post (see below). 

Aspinwall Cemetery

Putnam, Windham Co., Connecticut

Hezekiah Cutler

Born: Abt 20 Apr 1707, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Died: 4 Oct 1792, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut

His Wife

Susanna Clark

Born: Abt 1712, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Died: April 4, 1775, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut

They were my 5th great-grandparents.

Note: They were the parents of the well-known Manasseh Cutler

See: Dr. Manasseh Cutler - A minister, doctor, statesman, botanist and ancestor

  

The Boy Scouts made the sign and diagram of the cemetery plots (no names were given).

Photo taken by Jack Shackles, used with permission.

Numbers on the Tree -- Surname Saturday

When Judy Russell's blog appeared this morning (Saturday, August 18th), I read it and realized her topic was something I was interested in. Her blog is The Legal Genealogist, and the topic was "More Lost than Found" about statistics, that being how many ancestors she had for each generation and comparing the numbers to the possible numbers for each generation. Genealogy blogs and my facebook friends often get ideas for their topics from others, and in this case, Judy got it from Lisa B. Lee, who did an analysis of her own family (on facebook), by figuring out how many ancestors she has for each generation and compared the figures to what she could have.

Generation	Number Possible	What I Have
My parents	2	2
Grandparents	4	4
Great-grandparents	8	8
2nd great-grandparents	16	16
3rd great-grandparents	32	32
4th great-grandparents	64	60
5th great-grandparents	128	120
6th great-grandparents	256	241
7th great-grandparents	512	490
TOTAL	1022	963 (94.2%)

Since I have a RootsWeb tree, you may see my first 6 generations here: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=trees4u&id=I28370

And, if the pedigree chart interests you (does All generations), you can follow my tree here: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=trees4u&id=I28370

My figures surprised me, but doesn't impress me. Why? I am focused on my "Brick Walls" and that's what matters. For almost 23 years, genealogy has been my life, and I've been lucky (lots of time, a husband, no children). My lines are mostly in Massachusetts and Connecticut, where I've found excellent records. Great records were found in New York and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I've been to all those places and continue to hunt for information and cemetery stones. I also love cousin connections, cousins can help a great deal. One great-grandfather did a large manuscript, now at NEHGS, and one grandfather, another side, worked on genealogy for many years (both were professional men whose work helped me get a good start), as well as my working at the DAR for quite a few years, where I looked at books on a daily basis and received help from their genealogy staff. All those factors have contributed to my being lucky and having high statistics, but I really want to solve the brick walls.

Historical Society -- Southwick, Massachusetts

About Southwick, Massachusetts

Over the past two years, I've taken a lot of Historical Society photos. Sometimes I couldn't remember if I had, because I also do a series on Libraries with genealogy collections. Below, is a running list of all the societies with appropriate links. (The list will be applied to each new Historical Society photo I post.)

CONNECTICUT

Granby, Connecticut

Simsbury, Connecticut

Wethersfield, Connecticut

Windsor, Connecticut

MAINE

Boothbay, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Wells and Ogunquit, Maine

MASSACHUSETTS

Acton, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

Billerica, Massachusetts

Bolton, Massachusetts

W. Boylston, Massachusetts

Carlisle, Massachusetts

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Dracut, Massachusetts

Groton, Massachusetts

Harvard, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Nahant, Massachusetts

No. Andover, Massachusetts

Southwick, Massachusetts

Townsend, Massachusetts

Westford, Massachusetts

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ashland, New Hampshire
Cheshire, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
New Castle, New Hampshire
New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Rindge, New Hampshire

RHODE ISLAND
Newport

CANADA
Quebec
Missisquoi County Historical Society

Westover Obituary with a lot of help.

How did I get so lucky? Last week, Linda Cromheecke sent me a pdf containing the below two images of her ancestor's obituary. (Linda received it from Margaret Maloney Croft, her cousin 2x removed.) I was very interested in the obituary because the Westover Canadian line is new to me. However, I couldn't open it, she sent another image, no luck either. So, I copied the pdf onto a flash drive, and FedEx transferred it to a jpeg for me, free of charge!

While I was attempting to transcribe this, there were too many names, and locations I just couldn't read. I decided to do a google search, using key words wild rose Wisconsin Yagler. I thought the Yagler family might have lived in Wild Rose, Wisconsin. It did, and up popped the obituary all typed (see below). Of course, I copied it, thus saving me at least an hour or more of trying to read the obit and figure out unfamiliar words. I guess that was a smart move, and it's my hint to you, constantly use google to help you. I just wish I could give credit, but here is the site: http://www.oocities.org/gail1668/ETTABRADFORD2.html (An old GeoCities site.) "This Page is an antiquarian - possibly outdated - usergenerated website brought to you by an archive. It was mirrored from Geocities in the end of october 2009. For any questions about this page contact the respective author. To report any mal content send URL to oocities[at]gmail[dot]com. For any questions concerning the archive visit our main page:OoCities.org."

Thanks to Linda, FedEx and google for all your help.

"The Randolph Advance
Dodge County, Wisconsin
Thursday, March 12, 1931

Robert James Westover, youngest son of Isaac and Susan Westover, was born in St. Catherine, Canada, October 15, 1855, and passed to his eternal reward Friday morning at 12:30 o'clock March 6, 1931. At the age of eleven years he moved to Wisconsin with his parents and Settled in the town of Mackford, Green Lake county. He was untied in marriage to Etta Bradford of Westford, February 22, 1878. To this union nine children were born, two of whom preceded the parents in death. Mrs. J. N. Derby who passed away in 1914 and Claudia, who died in infancy.

Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Westover moved to Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, where they lived for about thirteen years, after which they moved back to Wisconsin and have lived in the vicinity of Fox Lake and Randolph to the close of life. For  the past thirty-two years Mr. Westover has lived in Randolph. His wife preceded him in death August 2, 1924 and since that time he has made his home with his daughters, Mrs. H. C. Smith and Mrs. O. J. Griffith.

Mr. Westover is survived by five daughters and two sons; Mrs. Herman Smith of Randolph, Mrs. Frank Yagler of Wild Rose, George of Markesan, Robert of Randolph, Mrs. Edward Maloney of Madison, Mrs. Sjouke Dykstra of Randolph and Mrs. O.J. Griffith of Randolph. His loss is also mourned by twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, and a host of more distance relatives and friends, including two nephews, Sumner and Bruce Rogers.

About five weeks ago Mr. Westover was taken seriously ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Maloney of Madison, and after a few days was moved to the hospital to receive the best medical treatment possible. He seemed to realize that his end was approaching and longed to get back to his home town of Randolph. The children took an ambulance and moved him back to his home with his youngest daughter, Mrs. O.J. Grittith where loving hands did all that children could do for a parent, but after the short sickness death entered and removed the father to his Eternal Home.

During his long residence in Randolph Mr. Westover has made a host of friends who honored him for his honestly and upright moral life. He was always of a genial nature and cared for the duties of life in an industrious fashion. For the past sixteen years he been sexton of the Randolph Cemetery and has kept everything in fine condition and has been kind and efficient to the hundreds of sorrowing people with whom he been associated. It will be difficult to find efficient and obliging a sexton to succeed him. Among the men of town he was greeted in the very friendly fashion. "Good morning, Dad".  He will be missed on our streets and at the cemetery as well as in his family.
Now the laborer’s task is o'er
Now the suffering all is past
Now upon the father where shore
Lands upon voyager at last
Father, in Thy precious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

The Ladies Aid Society of the First Congregational church of Randolph served dinner in the parlors of the church Sunday noon to the family and relatives who were here for the funeral. Services were held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. O.J. Grittith at 1:30 and at 2 o'clock from the Congregational church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Daniel Woodward officiating, with interment in the Randolph cemetery.. Grandsons were pallbearers. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Downes sang three very appropriate selections as a quartet, accompanied at the pipe organ by Miss Lulu Smith. The church was filled to its extreme capacity at the services. - D. Woodward, Pastor.

Obituary states he was the youngest son Isaac and Susan Westover. Also started in obituary, he is survived by two nephews, Bruce and Sumner Rogers. Robert came to Wisconsin at the age of 11 with family and settled in town of Mackford, Green Lake County. Moved to Buffalo Lake, Rennville County, Minnesota with wife and children. Margaret Croft, granddaughter had been told the move to MN was to help Robert's parents. They lived there from about 1881 to 1893. The family moved back to Fox Lake/Randolph, Wisconsin to care for Etta's parents. According to Margaret the older children remembered coming back in a covered wagon with a cow walking behind. For a period of time they managed a hotel just north of Randolph, Bonnie Meade."

Robert James Westover was my 3rd cousin, 4 times removed.