From my grandmother, Alethea Warren Shaw 1888-1978; the research is copied verbatim from her hand written book. I typed it as it was written, including her comments.

Buttolph Family (by W.H. Eldridge)

Thomas Buttolph, of Raynham, Suffolk, Eng., bn. 1603, and Anne, his wife, bn. Abt. 1611, sailed from London in the ship "Abigail" on May 5, 1635, and landed in Boston. [Thomas was 32 and Ann was 24, as stated on the ship's log-CG] He was made "freeman" in Boston in 1641 and constable in 1647. He was a glover and leather dresser, chosen appraiser of estates many times between 1654 and 1662. He was a member of the First Church of Boston where hi children were baptized.   Eight acres of land in the vicinity of Boston State House belonged to him, and Buttolph Street, changed to Irving Place, was laid out on its eastern border. (Buttolph Street derived its name from this family)

Thomas died between May 25, 1667, the date of his will, and June 18, 1667, when it was filed for probate.   His wife died Oct. 10, 1680. His will is printed in New Eng History and Gen. Resister Vol. 16, page 159 mentions," Brother Henry Bridgham" (probably brother-in-law).    Elizabeth Bridgham, widow of Henry Bridgham in Essex, Eng., in her will dated Aug 2, 1672 mentioned "Hannah Buttal". (spellings in early days varied greatly)

Children of Thomas and Anne (Hannah?); they had seven children of which John was the second, b. in Boston, Feb 28, 1639; died Jan 18 1692/1693 at Wethersfield, Conn., married Oct 16, 1663, at Salem, Mass., Hannah Gardiner. Hannah Gardiner, baptized Dec 5, 1644, at Salem, Mass., died June 6, 1681, at Wethersfield, Conn., daughter of George and Elizabeth (Orne) Gardiner.

John Buttulph (son of Thomas) was made Lieutenant of the Militia, Sept 1689 ( Colonial Records of Conn. 4-4 ) and Deputy of the General Court, May 8, 1690; also July 9, Oct. 8 and Nov 19, 1691 and May 12, June 22, and Oct 13, 1692 ( Colonial Records of Conn. 4-23, 32, 53, 54, 65, 75, and 78 ).   He married (2) June 27, 1682, at Wethersfield, Abigail Blake, widow of Nathaniel Sanford.

Children of Lieut. John and Hannah (Gardiner) Buttolph were eleven. The forth was David, b. May 7, 1669 at Salem, Mass., d. Apr. 5, 1717, at Simmsbury, Conn.,

Sergeant David Buttolph, b. May 7, 1669, at Salem, Mass; d. Apr 5, 1717, at Simsbury, Conn.; married 1693, probably Mary Goodrich (she was b. Apr. 23, 1676; d. 1728, daughter of John and Mary (Gibbs) Goodrich.) David Buttolph as a shoemaker at Wethersfield and Simsbury, Conn. The inventory of his estate was filed May 2, 1717 and the court ordered distribution to the widow Mary, and the nine children, Oct. 1, 1723. (the widow married (2) intent Oct. 7, 1725, Benjamin Smith, of Springfield, Mass.

Children of David and Mary (Goodrich) Buttolph were nine, of which the fifth was Mabel, born 25 Jan 1704, who married, Mar 1, 1722, Lieutenant David Holcomb, b. 1695, died 1784, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Holcomb, who? d. July 30, 1779.

Buell Family (by Albert Welles)

The first name of Bouil (or Bevill) appears "in the 54 th Henry III, AD 1270, William de Beuill witnessed a charter granted by the King for the protection of the Crusaders... In the 20 th Edward I, AD 1292, Thomas and Nicolas de Beverle witnessed for the King the acknowledgement for the surrender of Roland de Galvegia...In the 5 th Edward II, AD 1312, Ernaldo and Isaurus de Beuyle were, with others, summoned before the King, to give account of the number of men at arms they could bring to the service of the king. (about 15 records followed, were the name is variously spelled). The cognomen has varied greatly in the different countries to which they have been traced.   In New England, Buel, Buell, Bewell, Buhle, etc.; in Spain, Buil and Bueil; in England, Bewille, Bevile, and Beville; in Germany, Buelel, Buhle, etc., all probably of the same origin.... Sir Robert Beville, of Chesterton, in Huntingdonshire, England, Knight of the Bath, married Catherine, daughter of Sir John Goode, about 1600.

Our William Buell may be a younger son of Sir Robert, his mother's given name being Goode. William Buell, of Dorchester, Mass and Windson, Conn., was born at Chesterton, England about 1610. He settled at Dorchester, mass, and thence Windsor, Conn. About 1635-6, where he died 23 Nov 1681.   He was in the first land division at Windsor. He willed to Peter, land given him by Windsor. "He and wife in Oct. 1650, indicated in Plymouth Colony as Baptists; and again with others indicated for continuing their meeting from house to house on the Lord's Day contrary to the order of the Court." Later "Accounts made with William Buell for work done in the meeting house, etc. to 33 and 19 shillings".  

Widow Mary Buell died in Windsor, Sept 1, 1684.   William Buell's mother, Goode Buell, died in Windsor, Dec. 3, 1639.... William was a puritan... On Dec 13, 1667, he exchanged land with George Phillips....William was married at Windsor at Windsor, Conn., 18 Nov 1640 to Mary.

They had 8 children of whom Peter Buell was the third, born 19 Aug. 1644. He settled in Simsbury, Conn. In 1670, died there Jan. 8, 1729, aged 84 years.....The name of Peter Buell as a foreman appears in a list of names who were awarded meadow lands...At the May session of the General Assembly in 1677, Peter Buell appears to a petition with 9 others, asking that the rates for defraying the public charges be levied only upon lands, which   prayer was granted.   On Nov. 3, 1674, Peter Buell, one of a committee of three, for the town of Simsbury, joins his associates and grants the privilege to various Indians to hunt for venison in the town of Simsbury during their lifetime.

On the 7 th of May, 1686, he was chosen by the train band their sergeant.   Dec. 29, 1687 voted by the inhabitants of Simsbury to allow Peter Buell for his Deputyship and expenses, 20 shillings. In May 1688, he drew Lot No. 2 in the Eastern Section of town known at Turkey Hills (now Granby)....In years 1691 and 1696 his name appears among the lists for Ministers' rates; also as one of the Representative elected from the town of Simsbury to the General Assembly in the years 1687; also at the Oct. session in 1691 and 1696.

He married at Windsor 31 st of March, 1670 to Martha Coggens, daughter of Thomas Coggens of Taunton, Mass.   She died at Simsbury 22 May 1686. "Hers is the oldest tombstone in Simsbury."

They had 9 children, all born at Simsbury, Conn.   Martha Buell was the third, born 27 Dec. 1695.   Sgt. Peter Buell married (second time) about 1687 to Mary (or Mercy) Strong who died May 4, 1688 aged about 22 years, no children.   Peter married (third time) at Windsor 30 June 1699, Mrs. Mary Bissell, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Gillett, Jr. They had four children, all born at Windsor, Conn.

Martha Buell, daughter of Peter, was born at Simsbury 27 Dec 1675; died 6 Dec. 1760, aged 84 years; married Lieut. Nathan Holcomb. He was born 11 June 1673, died 29 Sept. 1766 age 93 years. He was the son of Nathanial Holcomb, of Windsor, who was born 4 Nov 1648, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb of Windsor, Conn. Their children were born at Simsbury, there were 12 of them, of which the seventh was David Holcomb, b. 1708.

The Chapin Family

According to English records, Deacon Samuel Chapin was the son of John and Phillipe (Easton) Chapin. (John Chapin and Phillipe Easton were married 14 Sep. 1590) Samuel Chapin was baptized 8 Oct. 1598; died 11 Nov. 1675.   He had two sisters and one brother. He was the third child. He married Cicely, 9 Feb 1623, baptized 21 Feb. 1601.

Samuel and Cicely Chapin had 7 children. Catherine Chapin was the second child of Samuel and Cicely Chapin, born before 6 Apr 1630, died 4 Feb 1712 at Springfield, Mass.   She married Nathaniel Bliss, 20 Nov. 1646. (see Bliss Family)

These Chapins are supposed to have arrived in Roxbury, Mass in 1635, and that they brought five children with them.

The Bliss Family

Before 1752, the year began March 25 (called Lady Day), although in Catholic countries after 1582, it commenced January 1 st . hence between January and March, it was common to double date.   The difference between the Julian and Gregorian year in the 18 th century was 11 days; after 1800, it was 12 days, which is to be added to any date in the Old Style to reduce it to the new calender.   (As in many histories, I find considerable information is based on tradition, The Bliss Family is no exception up to the first generation from England-AWS)

The Bliss family lived near Okahampton, in the village of Belstone, in Devonshire, England... Thomas Bliss was the father of those who came to America.   He had five children. Thomas, Jr. and George Bliss came to America in the autumn of 1635, landing in Boston, and Thomas settled in that part of Boston called the "Mount" afterward named Braintree from an atrocity committed by the Indians... removed to Hartford, Conn. 1636/7. Hartford was settled 1635.   He was assigned Lot 58; Thomas, Jr. Lot 59. He took the freeman's oath at Weynmouth, Mass 18 May 1642. Thomas, Sr. belonged to the class called Puritans, born about 1550-60, died 1635-1640.

Johnathan Bliss, son of the first Thomas, born at Belstone about 1875-80, died there 1635/6. He had Thomas, who died June 1649, Mary and several others.   This Thomas died in Rehobeth, Mass.

Thomas Bliss, of Devonshire, England, and of Braintree, Mass, and Hartford, Conn., was the son of the first Thomas Bliss of Belsone and was born about 1580-85; married in England about 1612-15 Margaret Lawrence. Had 10 children, of whom six were born before coming to this country: Ann, Mary, Thomas, Nathaniel, Lawrence, and Samuel.   Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah and John Bliss were probably born in America.

It is thought that Thomas Bliss wife's name was Margaret Lawrence (they named a son Lawrence) and that she was born about 1594 and married Thomas Bliss about 1612-1615. He died about 1639. She and her children after her husband's death, moved to Springfield, Mass 1643, where she bought a tract of land one-mile square in the South part of town on what is now Margaret Street and another Bliss Street. Margaret Bliss died 28 Aug. 1684, she lived more than 90 years.

Nathaniel Bliss, the forth child of Thomas, d. Nov 8, 1654, came to Boston 1635; to Springfield with his mother in 1643, married 20 Nov 1646 Catherine Chapin, daughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin.   They had ten children of whom Mary Bliss was the third.

Mary Bliss, born 23 Sept 1651, died 1722; married 27 Feb 1670, Nathaniel Holcomb of Windsor, Conn., who was born 4 Nov 1648; died 5 March 1741.

The Holcombs

Walter de Holcombe, a companion of William the Conqueror, settled in Devonshire, England.   Henry de Holcombe lived in Devon under Henry III and Edward I. John de Holcombe lived in Somerset and Godfrey de Holcombe in Oxford in 1273.

Edward Halcum in Somerset, England in 1574.... Lancashire called "Holcombe" the family seat was in counter Devon.   Old wills of Devonshire mention many of the name in 1078 (?)

"Holcombe Court" was called "the noblest Tudor Mansion in Devonshire"....has been the seat of Holcombe Rogus, the ground of which contain 3021 acres....As a property, Holcombe Court and Holcomb Rogus descended through Rogus heirs and intermarriage without a sale for nearly 500 years prior to 1830... On a marble tomb in the South side of Dorchester Abbey, there reclines a marble stature of a figure in ring mail, of a crusader by the name of "Holcombe", 1296.

Sire John de Holcombe was knighted and granted the manor of Holcombe by Richard (the Lion Hearted) for heroic action in battle in Palestine in the Third Crusade...Inventories of cattle of Bene de Holcombe and Robert Holcombe, 1296 and 1305. ...Walter de Holcombe, a great, great, grandson of Sire John, Knight as above, was Lord of Holcombe of County Devon, 1301.   John Holcombe married Isabel, daughter of Hugh, Esq., of Down Ralph, grandson of Sir Ralph Downs, who married Isabel de la Bruer, daughter of co-heiress Sire William, son of Geoffrey de la Bruer, great grandson of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, son of Henry I, King of England. A descendant of William the Conqueror, born 1027, son of Robert of Normandy.

Children of Sir John and Isabel; John Holcombe, of Hull, county Devon, England, married Margaret Avenall daughter of John Avenall of Blackpool. (Margaret 2, died April 7, 1499) Their forth child was Charles, born 1472, died 1528, married Jane____.

The third child of Charles and Jane Holcombe was Ellis Holcombe who married Elizabeth Sydenham, daughter of Thomas of Winford, Eagle, Dorchester.   Their first child was Thomas Holcombe, born 1540 (or 1559) married Margaret (or Jane) Thethford of Trethurfe, of Cornwall at Ashton.

Thomas Holcombe and Margaret Thethford's second child was Gilbert Holcombe, born about 1565, of Hull, married Anne, daughter of Peter Courtney of Vrottonin (?) of Cornwall. Gilbert signed his will in 1623. Their second child was Thomas Holcombe, married Elizabeth_____. All indications are that it was he who came to Massachusetts in the "Mary and John", about 1629 (or 30); died at Windsor, Conn., Sept 7, 1657. Elizabeth was a fellow passenger on the "Mary and John". A description of the Coat of Arms and origin of family names and a long history of the family back to Sire John Holcomb, show was in the third Crusade 1187-1191, who in battle beheaded three Turks with one stroke of the sword [pooh! AWS] for which he was knighted.... Which explains the four heads on the Holcomb coat of arms... and granted the "Manor of Holcomb"... He was of a company of 140 Puritans and Dissenters who assembled in the New hospital at Plymouth, County of Devon, England in 1630, and the Mary and John was chartered, after a 70 day voyage the shop arrived at Natasket, Mass. Two men were sent scouting for the best abode, later ordered to return as other members had spied a location at Mattapan on the Charles River.   Here they named their settlement Dorchester, where Thomas as a house in 1634. . In a lottery there Dec. 1, 1634, Thomas Holcomb drew land. He was made freeman March 14, 1634.. In the spring of 1636 he moved to Windsor, Conn. Together with 60 others. Thomas represented Windsor and Hartford County, Conn., together with 60 others.   Thomas represented Windsor and Harford County, Conn., on the General Court; served for both Hartford in framing the Constitution of the Colony of Conn. And as a deputy in 1649; he died at Windsor (Poquenock) Sept. 7, 1657, aged 57. He married Elizabeth Furguson, a widow, about 1632 in Wales.

On the first page of "The First Puritans of Windsor, Conn ".... After naming 19 persons, "others arrived at different times until 1639, when Rev. Ephraim Huit came from England and was settled as a colleague with Mr. Warham at Windsor in 1639.   Apart of his church cam with him, viz! Edward Griswold, John Bissell, Thomas Holcomb, Daniel Clark and Peter Tilton."

On page 80 of Ancient Windsor, Conn, 1649 we find the first mention of any settlement of that portion of the town known as Poquonock.   Thomas Holcomb was one of those who had moved here after living north of the point where Stony Creek crosses the highway, their home-lots bounding west on the brook before the house and garden; he sold it to Josiah Hull and removed to Poquenock in 1639.

Colonial Records, Conn . "The court ( General Courts in Hartford the 13 th of Sept. 1649 ) taking into consideration the many dangers that the familye of Thomas Holcombe (four other families nmes)...all of Windsor, are in and exposed unto, by reason of their remoate living from neighbors and nearenes to the Indeans, in case they should all leave theire families together without guard, doth free one souldger of the foremenconced families from training upon every training day."...

"History of Simsbury" by Phelps in 1716; "the Military Force" of Simsbury was divided into   two companies and Thomas Holcomb was appointed Captain, and Nathaiel Holcomb, Liet., and Joshua Holcomb, Ensign of the North company" Sgt. Nathaniel Holcomb 1703-05 was Representative; to the General Assembly 1703, 1706, 07, 08.

"The work of God was preached and expounded every day during the voyage" on the "Mary and John" which brought over 140 Puritans of which Thomas Holcomb was one. They landed at Nantucket May 30, 1630.   There is no evidence that any large ship had ever penetrated farther into the harbor previously.   They formed the town of Dorchester, named after Dorchester in England.   There was a tribe of Indians that dwelt in that vicinity.   Their chief was Chickatabot, but they were docile and few in number.   Much effort was made to civilize them and convert them to Christianity.

The property of Thomas Holcomb was inventoried Oct. 1, 1657, and amounted to £244, 9s-8. Thomas Holcomb and most of his ancestors usually added an "e" to the name; the "e" was dropped by descendants. Elizabeth, his widow married (2) Aug 5, 1658, widower James Eno. Elizabeth Holcomb had 10 children, Nathaniel was the eighth child.

Nathaniel Holcomb, born 4 Nov 1648; died in Poquonock, Conn., March 2 or 5, 1740, married (1) Feb. 27, 1670 Mary Bliss, (daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and wife Catherine Chapin). Married (2) Jan. 16-17, 1725, Sarah, widow of Josiah Owen. Nathaniel   and family removed to Massacoe (now Simsbury) Conn. Nathaniel Holcomb was Representative from Simsbury, Conn. 1703-06, 1720-22; was a farmer and Sergeant at war. Nathaniel Holcomb, Sr., signed a will Feb. 7, 1740/41. Nathaniel and Mary Bliss Holcomb had eleven children. The first was Nathaniel Holcomb, Jr. born June 1673, died Sept. 29, 1766; married Nov. 1, 1695, Martha Buell.

Lieut. Nathaniel Holcomb, Jr. served as Lieut. In 1716, lived in Simsbury, Conn for four terms 1748-53. (His wife was a daughter of Peter and Martha (Coggan) Buell. They had ten children of which the seventh as Lieut. David Holcomb.

Lieut. David Holcomb, born 1695; died Feb 1784; married (1) March 1, 1722, Mabel Buttolph, of Buttler. She was the daughter of David and Mary (Goodrich) Buttolph, born Aug. 25, 1704; died March 4, 1765.   He was an innkeeper and farmer, lived where the Episcopal Church now stands in Salmon Brook, Granby, Conn.; married (2) widow Elizabeth Hoskins, Feb. 21, 1770; died July 20, 1779.

The 12 th child of David and Mabel (Buttolph) Holcomb was -----

Eli Holcomb, born April 3, 1741/42 at Granby, Conn; died May 10, 1822/23 at Wooster, Penn. He married March 10, 1764/65 Hannah Crofut (or Crowfoot). Hannah died June 1, 1825 at Ulster, Conn. ( According to Aunt Alice Shaw's records ) Eli was a taxpayer at East Granby, Conn. Dec 2, 1785 and was among the first settlers at Ulster, Penn. They moved from Danbury, Conn. to Ulster, Penn. March 11, 1794.   He was a Corporal in the Rev. War in 1775, and also served in the War of 1812 at the age of 70 years.

Note: Eli Holcomb, certified copy of Military Archives, Boston, Massachusetts, Office of Secretary of Commonwealth, Vol. 14, page 66; Vol 56, page 59; Vol 57, page 6, "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution" Vol. III, page 91:"Eli Holcomb appears with rank of Corporal on muster rolls of Capt. Isaac Colton's Company, Simsbury, Conn., regiment of Col. David Brewer, dated August 1, 1775; time of enlistment May 20, 1775; time of service 2 month, 16 days, town of which soldier belonged, Simsbury, Conn."

Eli Holcomb appears among signatures to an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money, due for 8 months service in 1775 in Capt. Isaac Colton's Company, Col. Rufus Putnam's (late Brewer) regiment, dated Roxbury, Dec. 22, 1775, order payable to Sergt. Moses Gould.   "Eli Hocum appears with rank of Corporal on a company return of Isaac Colton's Company, Col. David Brewer's 9 th Regiment, dated Roxbury (Mass.) Oct 7, 1775. Town of which soldier belonged, Simsbury, Conn."

Eli and Hannah (Crofut) Holcomb had eight children, of whom Cynthia was the 8 th . Cynthia Holcomb was born March 17, 1783; died April 10, 1868; married Ebenezer Shaw, Feb. 26, 1801 at Ulster, Penn. She died at Sheshequin, Penn.

See history of Shaw Family for children of Ebenezer and Cynthia (Holcomb) Shaw.

William Bridge

From " Charlestown Genealogies and Estates" Vol. 1, page 125, "Peter Tufts allowed to join his brother [probably bro.-in-law] Williams Bridge, in keeping ferry, 1646-7".   "William Bridge, of Charlestown, in petition made about 1644, but no date attached, declares her came over with his father-in-law, John Oldham, twenty-one years before when Gov. Endicott was in office [Therefore he probably came in the "Anne" 1623] Inhabitant here 1643, married (1) Mary Oldhams' and (2) Persis Peirce, who was admitted to church 30 (9) 1643. (Persis married (2) John Harrison in 1652.) Mary Oldham Bridge died about 1646, William Bridge was a ferryman, made freeman May 26, 1647.

Samuel Bridge was the 2 nd child of William and Persis (Pierce) Bridge, born Charlestown, Mass. 19 Jun 1647 (another record says March 25, 1647) From the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company": "Samuel Bridge (1674) of Boston, in 1671, a carpenter, was admitted freeman in 1672. Between 1673 and 1701, he was elected or appointed to town office during 14 year; also being a member of Capt. Hill's (1677) company, he was chosen a thithing man in 1686, served on special committees; the last service being in 1718 to inspect the town in regard to the observance of the by-law for keeping ladders at each house.

He was born Aug. 19, 1647, son of William and Persis (Pierce) Bridge, died Nov. 29, 1717. "His mill ( Suffolk Wills, Vol. XX, folio 123 ) mentions five daughters and two sons. The latter Benjamin and Ebenezer Bridge joined the Artillery Co. in 1711 and 1717 respectfully". The will dated Nov. 29, 1717 names a grandson, William Bridge and four sons: Benjamin Bridge, Ebenezer Bridge, Samuel Torry and Arasmus Stephens. (Of course the last two are son-in-laws) "In Vol. XX, p. 326 appears inventory of estate of Samuel Bridge, late of Boston, totals 2461 pounds."

In King's Chapel burying grounds is a grave marked, "Here lyes buried the body of Mrs. Mary Bridge late wife to Mr. Samuel Bridge, aged 74 years, dec'd March ye 28 th of 1735"; another is marked "Thomas Bridge 1715".

"Prosperity of Thomas Pierce of Charlestown" by Frederick Beech Pierce.

Thomas Pierce came from England 1633/4 with his wife Elizabeth, and settled in Charlestown, Mass. He was born in England 1583/4; died Oct. 7, 1666.   His wife Elizabeth, was born in England 1595/6.   She was admitted to Church in Charlestown, Jan. 10, 1634/5, and he Feb. 21, 1634/5; freeman 6 May 1635. They had 9 children born in Charlestown.

Persis Pierce is thought to be the 8 th .   She was admitted to church 30 (9) 1643; married (2 nd wife) William Bridge.   Their son Samuel Bridge was born 19 (6) 1647 at Charlestown. (See Bridge records)

"The Almy Family" by Joris Jenesen Papalje

".....originally from France, from which he fled to escape dangers of proscription. Almy seems to have been "a leader of men" for we find him amoung those intrepid followers of William the Conqueror, the majority of whom were Knights and all of whom were soldiers.   He was probably in the train of Hugh d'Avaranche, Earl of Chester, who crossed the Dee, invaded North Wales....Having settled himself in Wales, the Earl of Chester apportioned the conquered lands amoung his Norman followers and this will perhaps account for the appearance of the leek, the National emblem of Wales, upon the Almy crest, which was conferred by the King of England for an act of personal bravery and gallantry during the Crusades.

"It is the company of such men as John Winthrop, John Eliot, Isaac Johnson and their class, that we find one of the Almy family of England coming to America.

William Almy was a native of Belinden Parish, Kent county, England, and was born in 1601.   He came to this country with John Winthrop and his associates about 1630, probably 1629.   The following official mention we find of the name in America appears in the court records of the Colony, Linn, when on June 14, 1631, William Almy was fined 11s "for taking away Mr. Glover's conoe without leave". On July 31, 1634, he was again fined "for not appearing at the last court, being summoned." (He was probably absent in England as he made two trips to and fro, before he brought his family to the New World.) On June 13, 1635, upon his second voyage to England, he presented his certificates of conformity to the Church of England and of loyalty to the Crown...He was permitted to embark on the ship "Abigail". Among the passengers were William Almy, aged 34, husband, and Audry Almy, aged 32 years (wife); Annis Almy, aged 8 years (daughter); Christopher, afted 3 years (son).

In 1636 William Almy gained a suit and secured judgement against the estate of David Johnson, but compromised the case with the widow.   On the same date, one Robert Way was ordered to serve William Almy until he had satisfied the sum of his indebtedness to him, which amounted to 111 pounds.

On April 3, 1637, Almy, with nine other men was given liberty to view and locate a place which would comprise sufficient land for the maintenance of three score families, and the same month he removed with his family to Sandwich, Mass.   One April 16, 1640, he received a grant of 8 1/2 acres, but seems not to have been satisfied with Sandwich as a place of abode, for he removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island.   In 1641, and on June 22, 1642, he sold his house and land in Sandwich to Edmond Freeman for 18 pounds.   In 1644, he secured a grant of land at Wading River, and on Jan. 5, 1656, he sold 8 acres to Richard Bulgar.

"William Almy was a member of a sect known as "Friends", afterwards designated as "Quakers" by Justice Bennett.   Almy soon became a prominent man in Portsmouth.   Made a freeman in 1655; in 1656, he served on jury; was a commissioner during years between 1656 and 1663.   In 1663, with three other men, he insured prompt payment of the tax due from the town of Portsmouth to the Government."

Three children were born to William and Annis Almy in America: John, Job and Cathers. William died in Portsmouth on Feb. 28, 1677. The eldest daughter, Annis ("Ann") Almy was married to John Green and had 11 children.   She died May 17, 1709 aged 82 years. According to "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", Ann was born 1627 [Ann's daughter Deborah green married William Torrey, who was great-grandfather of Abigail Campbell who married Capt. Jeremiah Shaw.]

"The Family of Greene" in England and America

The family of Greene derive their name, originally written de Greene from their ancient possessions in Northhamptonshire, where they were seated so early as the time of Edward the First.   In 1320, Thomas de Greene succeeded to the estates and was Lord of the Manors of Boughton and Norton, where the family continued to flourish for several generations ....In the 27 th year of the reign of Edward III (1354), Sir Henry Greene, Lord of Boughton Manor, obtained for himself and his heirs the grant of a Fair, to be held for three days, beginning on the Vigil of St. John the Baptist [June 25 or the Summer Solstice] the patron saint of the Parish....In the reign of Henry V, 1413-22, Thomas Greene was Warden of Whittlewood.   He owned lands in Servelle and Ashby, as well as in Greene's Norton....His widow, who died in the twelfth year of Henry VI, married four years before her death (1439) John Notyngham....In 1353, Sir John Greene, Lord Chief Justice of England, bought the Manor and gave his name to the village.   He was ancestor of six Sir Thomas Greenes who succeeded each other, the last dying in 1506....(A long history of disconnected events follows).

•  Peter, his heir, dying without issue, his brother Richard Greene became heir. Peter made his will May 20, 1583, which contains bequests to his relative and to his wife, Joan... Interred May 31, 1583.

•  Richard Greene

•  John

•  Alice

Richard Greene, son and heir of Bowbridge Hill, by his wife, Mary Hooker, had five sons and five daughters.

John, the forth child, born 1597, resided for some time at Salisbury, in Wiltshire, where on Nov. 4, 1619, he married, at St. Thomas Church, Joan Tattersall, who died in 1643, at Newport or at "Conanicut" (as tradition has it). If she was at "Conanicut", she must have been indebted to the Indians for hospitality, as "Conanicut" was sold to William Coddington and others in 1656, thirteen years later, by Cagnaquant.   According to a document still preserved in the rolls Office, at London, England, Mr. Green, described as Surgeon, late of Salisbury, together with his wife and children took passage for New England in the "James",of London, which sailed from Southampton in April, 1635.   This vessel arrived at Boston on the third day of June, and Mr. Greene proceeded to Rhode Iland and resided at Providence until 1643, when he with 12 others made arrangements for the purchasing of Narraganset from the Indians.   He was at one time in Salem [Mass.] (several pages of his activities follow)

He married (2) Phillippa _________, who survived him and died March 11, 1658. Buried beside his first wife (Joana) at Conanicut. His children were all born before he came to New England. His children were all born before he came to New England.

John Greene, baptized August 15, 1620, was a proprietor of Westerly, in Rhode Island, in 1661; one of the Council to Sir Edmond Andrew in 1687, he also held the rank of "Major of the Main" equivalent to our Major General, from 1683 to the time of Andros.   In 1651, he was Commissioner from Warwick and re-elected until 1659 and Assistant until 1686 when the Charter was suspended by James II.   Again elected Assistant in 1689 and in 1690 as Deputy Governor which office he held until 1700...In 1651/2, he was Recorder, and in 1657-9 and 1661 he was Attorney General....He died Nov. 27, 1708.   He married Anne Almy, daughter of William Almy of Portsmouth, RI. She was born in 1627, and died May 6, 1700 (or may 17) at Portsmouth, R.I.

Of their eleven children, Deborah Greene was the first, born Aug. 10, 1649; married William Torrey before 1670. (See Torrey Family for her children)

Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island states that the parents of Joan Tattersall who married John Green Nov. 4, 1619, where John and Joan Tattersall.

Ancestors of the Greens

From a book "Your Family Tree" by David Starr Jordan and Sarah Louise Kimball , there is a history of Kings of many countries, including Kings of Scotland from which this book claims the Greens descended, and Charles Shaw, a distant cousin, copied from it. [In a book on genealogy, I found that many genealogists say this book is not reliable, and has many errors. AWS]

"Alden or Aedhan, who succeeded his cousin King Kinatellus, AD 570. As early as the year 384 or 324 BC Aneas Trurmeach Tcamroch was the 31 st King of Ireland.   The records include the rulers up to Loarn, King of Dalrieda, as Ireland was called at that time. He was the last king.   This Loarn was the one to assist whom in his war against the Picts, his grandson, Fergus Mor MacRarca, when to Scotland AD 498 (or according to the Scottish chronicles, AD 424) and this Fergus Mor MacRarca was the founder of the Scottish monarchy.

There seems to be a connected line of all the Kings, and there is a record of the accomplishments of many of them.

"A great chart of genealogy, some 15 x 5 feet in size, was finished in 1912 by the junior altheor of this book and presented to the senior author. It gives a fragment of the list of descendants of Isabel de Vermanioria, a Norman Lady born about 1070. She died Feb. 13, 1131 (In the reign of King Henry I of England) She was married successively to two Norman lords, Robert de Bellemont, Earl of Leicester, and later William de Warrene, Earl of Warren and Surrey.   Isabel was the daughter of Hugh the great, Duke of France and Burgandy, and through six separate strains descended from Charlemagne' while her mother Adelheid de Vermandois was a lineal descendant of Alfred the Great.

[My ancestry traces to earl de Warrene according to " Your Family Tree " through the Shattucks"-AWS]

(All three of these exalted personages were no doubt ancestors of yours - CS)

"The descent of the British people, as far as trced back to Charlemagne and Alred the Great, exende a myriad of lines, four of which are compiled in records examined by us". Following:

•  Through Isabel from her mother, Adelheid de Vermandois;

•  Through Isabel de Vermandois from her father, Hugh the Great, son of Henry I, King of France.

•  Through Lady Alice de Courtenay, wife of Aymar de Taillefer, daughter of Pierre de Courtenay, son of Louis VI, called le Gros, a descendant of Charlemagne. Aymar and Alice being parents of Isabel de Taillefer, wife of King John.

•  Through the Plantagenets and other descendants of Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, herself descended from Alfred and Charlemagne alike."

Descent of kings.

1. Dongardus (or Donart), son of Fergus Mor MacEarca (Fergus the Great, son of Earca- CG), succeeded his brother, Constantine, who died 479 AD.

            2. Eochaidh, son of Dongardus; his son

            3. Gabhran (pronounced Gowran), also Romanized to Goranus; his son

            4. Alden, or Aedhan, who succeeded his cousin Kinatellus, AD 570.   He died AD 604, reigned 34 years and was buried at Icolmirill; he had three sons; Authur, Prince of Scotland and Dongardus, the third son, were slain in battle against the Picts and Saxons, there their other son was:

            5. Ecchaidh (or Eugenius IV), 605. His sons were:

            6. Ferchardus (who succeeded his father, 622 and reigned 24 years)

            7. Donald (or Donevald, or Donnal Broac) who succeeded his brother Perchardus, 636. He died in 650, reigning 14 years; buried at Icolmkill.

            Dongardus (or Donart), youngest son. Eochaidh-Rinnemhall (or Eugenus V) succeeded his uncle Malduinus, 688, died 692, having reigned 4 years, was buried at Icolmkill.

            Pindanus (some called brother of Eugenius V) had two sons.

            Eugenius VII died at Abernathy, 721, reigning 17 years; buried at Icilmkill.

            Mordacus (son of his brother Amberkolethus)

            Etfinus (or Aodh-Flonn) succeeded Mordacus, 730, died 761 reigning 31 years and buried at Icolmkill.

            Achaius, one of three sons of Etfinius, succeeded Solvanthius, son of Eugenius VIII, 787, who reigned 20 years. His son:

            Alpin, succeeded Dongallus, 831 (who succeeded Achaius 824) son of Selvathius. Slain in battle with the Picts at Bass Alpin in 834, having reigned three years.   His son:

            Kenneth II (or MacAlpin) succeeded his father in 834, defeated the Picts in 839 or 842 and became King of all Scotland. He removed the fatel marble stone from Argyle to Scone, or Fort Teviot, the old palace of the Pictish kings and translated the seat of the Pictish Bishop from Abernethy to St. Andrews. He died on Tuesday the ides of Feb (Feb 15) 858 or 854 and was buried at Icolmkill. Succeeded by his brother:

            Donald V.

            Constantine II succeeded his uncle, Donald V, in 862 or 859 (reigned 864-877). He was taken in battle by the Danes at a place called the Black Cove in Angus and beheaded. He was buried at Icolmkill. His son:

            Donald VI succeeded Gregary the great; aided the English against the Danes; reduced the thieves of Ross and Murray; reigned eleven years; died 903 and was buried at Icolmkill.   His son:

            Malcomb I reigned from 942 to 954 AD.   (Some say he reigned nine years, others say 15 years.) and he died in 958.   He was slain by the Murray men; buried at Icolmkill.   He had three sons: Morgallus, Duffus, and:

            Kenneth III succeeded in 976; and murdered in 994, reigning 18 years; buried at Icolmkill.   His son:

            Malcomb II succeeded Grimus in 1003 or 1008; was murdered in 1035; had three daughters;

(1)Docha, wife of Finlog, Thane or Governor of the county of Angus, parents of MacBeth, who succeeded his cousin Duncan in 1040;  

(2) Alice or Thera, wife of Sigurd, Earl of Orkney; and

(3) Beatrix, wife of Albanach, Grimus or Crinan, the Chief Thane or Governor of the Scots Islands. Their son:

Duncan I succeeded his grandfather Malcolm II, 1033; murdered in 1040; reigned seven years; buried at Icolmkill.   His son:

Malcomb III Cammore, having defeated MacBeth, was proclaimed King at Scone April 25, 1057.   He appointed a Parliament at Forfar and restored the land to the children of those who had been slain by MacBeth.   He introduced the titles of Dukes, Marquis, Earls, Baron, and Knights; and created MacDuff, Earl of Fife, and Patrick Dunbar, Earl of March.   Prince Etheling (whose wife Margaret was Malcomb's sister), being "drove" by tempest into Scotland, was royally entertained by King Malcomb, who protected him and many of his friends (from whom many families in Scotland are descended), against William the Conqueror, the invader of his undoubted right. This occasioned a long war between Scotland and England.   He founded the Bishopier of Murray and Gaithness.   He was slain in 1093, buried at Icolmkill.   His wife was Princess Margaret, daughter of Prince Edward, the exile, son of Edmond Ironside, King of England.   Margaret died of grief at the death of her husband, Nov. 16, 1093.   Of their children,

•  Mary, married Eustace, Count of Boulgne (brother of Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem, AD 1100, reigned 18 years and had Maud, wife of Stephen, King of England (whose mother Adele, was he daughter of William the Conqueror)

•  Matilda, married Henry I (son of William the Conqueror) King of England and:

David I (Saint David) succeeded his father Alexander, 1124. He was a wise and just Prince, married Maud, daughter of Waldeofus, Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Judith, whose mother Aldelade de Gand, Countess of Albemarle, was a half sister of William the Conqueror. David I erected the Bishopries of Ross, Dunblaus, Dunkell, and Brechen.   He died 23 May, 1153; reigning 29 years, 2 months, and 3 days; buried at Dunfarnding (which was built by his brother Alexander) His son:

Henry, Prince of Scotland, and Earl of Huntington, was one of the most accomplished princes of his time and a great favorite of King Stephen. Henry died before his father, David I, 1152.   He married Ada, second daughter of William, Earl of Warren and Surrey in England, and his wife Isabel de Vermandois, daughter of Prince Hugh Magnus, Count of Vermandois, second son of Henry I, King of France.   (see lineage of Charlemagne) Their son:

David, Earl of Huntington (brother of Malcomb IV and William IV, the Lion, both Kings of Scotland), was a great commander under King Richard I, the Lion-hearted, at the siege of Acre, in Palestine; he died at Yondly Castle in Huntington 1219.   David's wife was Maud, daughter and co-heiress of Hugh Kyviliock, Earl Palatine of Cherter.   Their son died without issue, whereupon the heirs of their daughter: Margaret, Isabel, and Ada, became claimants of the Crown of Scotland, and John Balliol, grandson of Margaret, was designated for the honor by King Edward I of England, acting as umpire, but Robert Bruce, the great-grandson of the secone daughter, Isobel, eventually became King of Scotland; the succession being established through his daughter, Marjory, wife of Walter the High Steward, ancestors of the Stuarts.

Margaret, eldest daughters married Alan McDonald, Lord of Galloway, and had:

Helen McDonal who married Roger de Quincy, created Earl of Winchester, one of the 25 suretris of the Magna Charta, son of ______[evidently cousin Charles left something out here-AWS      ] and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert, 3 rd Earl of Leicester, son of Robert, created the Earl of Leicester and his wife Isabel de Vermandois.   Their daughter:

Elene de Quinsey married Sir Alan, Lord Zouche of Ashby; died 1269; constable of the Tower of London, Governor of the castle at Northampton, and had:

Eudo de Zouche. He married Millicent de Cantilupe, and had:

Lucy de Zouche. She married Thomas de Greene and had:

Sir Henry de Green, Lord Chief Justice of England, 1353.   He married Catherine de Drayton, also of royal descent, and had

Sir Henry de Greene, who was beheaded by order of Henry IV.   He married Matilda de Maudit.   Their sons were Ralph, John, and Thomas. (Their daughter Eleanor was wife of Sir John Fitzwilliam) Their son:

Thomas de Greene, of Greene's Norton was grandfather of:

John de Greene, the fugitive, born about 1450, father of:

Robert Greene, of Bowridge Hall, Gillingham, Dorset, England 1543, was father of:

Richard Greene, of Bowridge Hall; father of:

Richard Green, of Bowridge Hall; married Mary Hooker and they had a son:

Peter; (Richard of Salisbury, who died 1617, leaving a will mentioning many relatives:

Robert of Cucklington, Somerset,

Rachel, wife of Richard Ferne, of Gillingham,

Mary,

Anne, wife of Giles Staff,

Rebecca, wife of Dowington ,

John Greene, forth and youngest son, 1597-1638, a surgeon of Salisbury, Wiltshire; came to Warwick, R.I., sailing on the ship "James" 5 April, arriving at Boston, Mass. 3 June 1635; removed to Providence, R.I. 1637. He was one of the 12 original members of the Baptist church. In Jan 1643, he and 10 others bought of Mianton and for 144 fathoms of Wampun, the tract of land called Shawomet (Warwick).   John Greene went to England with Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden in 1644, returning successful in their mission 1646.   He was Commissioner 1654-57; Deputy 1654. He married his first wife, Joan Tattersall, at Salisbury, England in St. Thomas Church, 4 Nov. 1619.   John Greene died 1658.   His son:

Major John Greene 1620-1708 was Commisioner to the General Court 1652-3; he was Attorney General 1657-1660; Assistant 1660-90; Colonial Agent to England 1670; member of Gov. Andros Council 1686; Deputy 1664-80; "Major of Main" 1696; Deputy Governer, 1690-1700; Captain, 1676; Major 1685, Colony of Rhode Island.   He married Ann Almy 1627-1709. (See Almy family)

Haviland Genealogy

Quite a history precedes the following: "Short notices of the   Lords of Haverland down to the Sieur Thomas de Haerland, of Guernsey, living AD 1460, from whom the unbroken pedigree commences". When Duke William in 1066, successfully asserted his right to the English throne he was accompanied by all the Norman chivalry and among them was Sieur de Haveralin of Havylland...

The next person on record is Robert, baron of Haverland, who appears in the year 1130 as a witness to a deed of his neighbor, Jordan de Rozel,... Next in succession was another Robert de Haverland, who in 1179, was Deputy Governor of the Island of Guernsey.   Then Phillipin de Havilland, who was one of the nobles present at the dedication of St. Martins Church, in Guernesy 1199.   Robert, baron de Haverland, next occurs as a witness to a charter of Phillip d'Aubrigne, in 1219.   He was succeeded by Michael and Richard de Haverland, who each held fief of the honor of Mortain under Philip, eldest son of Philip Augustus, King of France, Anno 1233, which fiefs were forfeited for adherence to the English King....The next family is William, Lord of Haverland, in the parishes of Golleville and St. Colomba, who accompanied Richard Coeur de Lion to Palestine....This William was succeeded by his son--

Peter, Lord of Haverland, who by a charter dated the first day of Feb. 1260, ceded to the monastery of Montisbourg, his close dicto as Peissons in the parish of St. Martin, of Golleville...Rudolf de Haverland was one of the King's Vavasseurs of the island of Guernsey who in 1248 was summoned to give testimony at the inquisition as to the fiefs held of the Crown in that island.   He was also a Jurat of Guernsey 1254....

Bernard de Haverland occurs in an insular document and was succeeded by his son William de Haviland in 1299.

Thomas de Haverland, William de Haverland, Hamdin de Haverland and Bernard de Haverland, all four appear in the extent of A'dl. 1331 as tenant of the King in the Island of Guersney, from whom was descended Thomas Seuer de Havilland, who fought with distinguished gallantry at the recapture from the French of Mont Orgueil Castle in Jersey.   The siege commended on the 19 th May, 1467 and lasted nineteen weeks and the Patent was granted as a reward for the services of himself and his companions....In order to avail himself of the privileges this Patent conferred upon him, he established his second son, James, at Poole, in Devonshire. (? AWS) James settled in this latter place about 1470 and was Mayor   four different times: 1494, 1498, and 1502-06. He was the progenitor of one branch.   By his wife, Helene de Beauvoire, he had (?? AWS) William, the youngest son, Mayor at Poole 1523, 1533, and 1544. William settled in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, in 1537....and by his wife, Francis Hungerford, had two sons, John and Matthew.

Christopher Havilland, born in Guernsey circa 1519, is the progenitor of the other branch which includes the majority of the Havilands today.   He was the son of James de Havilland, of St. Martins, Guernsey (Jurat from 1517 to Oct. 14, 1540)