The Slovak Yankee

Slovak Citizenship

As of April 1. 2022, the Slovak government altered their citizenship rules.  Now you can gain citizenship by descent if you have a great-grandparent born in (what is now) Slovakia and they waived the  language requirement. 

So as an English speaker I can now gain Slovak citizenship since I have four great-grandparents born in Slovakia.  That would mean a Slovak passport and instant European Union citizenship.  I could live, visa free, in any EU country (such as France, Italy or Portugal).

I am sincerely looking into this possibility.  I already possess the paperwork to prove my descent so  applying won't be hard.

 

Reuben Heard 1722-after 1806 of Rochester, N.H.

My latest supplemental line for the SAR is for Reuben Heard.  No has gone in to the SAR on him ever.  There  are four DAR lines for him all through his daughter Olive Heard.

I've done all this research decades ago and it's fun  (and a little frustrating) to  go over the evidence to  present it for an application.  Reuben born in Dover but lived in Rochester which is low on vital records. He had all his children baptized in the Rochester church but my ancestor  who is noticeably absent. Why we'll never know.

But his son Jonathan Heard left the perfect deed which I have transcribed on this blog.  In the deed Jonathan gives land to his well beloved son Frederick Heard that was his late honored father Reuben Heard's.  The language  is specific.  That ties those three generations together.  Unfortunately the SAR is so genealogically challenged that using a deed for evidence is quite unique and needs explanation even in this case where the relationships are openly stated.

All the generations are proven to my mind.  But there is no direct evidence for Benjamin W. Hurd being the son of Frederick Heard.  So  we have to build a genealogical proof  argument for the application.  Here it is:

Proof Argument 06-01
Benjamin W. Hurd - Parentage

Proof that Gen 06 Benjamin W. Hurd is the son of Gen 07 Frederick Hurd and Nancy Hayes.

Problem: No single document of direct evidence has been found that records the parents of Benjamin W. Hurd. Analysis of three other primary source documents provides indirect evidence through which his parents can be conclusively proven.

Evidence:

1. 1850 U.S. Census, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, p. 4b, Line 16 Entry for Benjamin Hurd, Head of Household.

Analysis: In the 1850 U.S. census, the household of line 16 Benjamin Hurd, age 25, includes his inferred wife, line 17 Abiah, age 25, and two inferred daughters. It also includes line 20 Nancy Hurd, age 55. Considering her stated age and surname, she is the mother of Benjamin Hurd.

2. 1860 U.S. Census, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, p. 714, Line 4 Entry for Abiah Hurd, Head of Household; and Line 9 Entry for George Hurd, Head of Household.

Analysis: In the 1860 U.S. census, the household of line 4 Abiah Hurd, age 29, now includes three inferred daughters. At line 8 is Nancy Hurd, age 65. It has previously been established through analysis of the 1850 census that she is the mother of Benjamin Hurd and therefor the mother-in-law of Abiah. Most importantly in looking at this 1860 US census page is the consideration of relationships between the family 588 entries and the next entries for family 589. Family 589 begins at the line 9 entry for George Hurd and his inferred wife, line 10, Louisa. Based on the analysis discussed below in paragraph 3, George Hurd is also a son of Nancy Hurd, and Louisa Hurd is the sister of Abiah Hurd.

3. Massachusetts, Newton Marriages, Entries for Benjamin Hurd & Abiah Learned, 31 Dec 1846; and George Hurd & Louisa Learned, 7 May 1846.

Analysis: The separately enclosed record of the marriage of Benjamin Hurd and Abiah Learned at Newton, Massachusetts also includes the entry for the marriage of George Hurd and Louisa Learned. The later entry is significant because it also cites that the parents of George Hurd are Frederick and Nancy. By inference, the parent’s surname is Hurd. This is also a case of two brothers marrying two sisters.

Correlation and Summation: The analysis of the evidence discussed in paragraph 1 and 2 establishes that the mother of Benjamin Hurd is Nancy Hurd. The paragraph 2 analysis establishes that Nancy Hurd is also the mother of George Hurd who by correlation and association is the brother of Benjamin Hurd. The separately enclosed Gen 06 marriage record that includes George Hurd and Louisa Learned discussed in paragraph 3 establishes that his parents are Frederick and Nancy Hurd. Through the established sibling association, the parents of Benjamin Hurd are also Frederick and Nancy Hurd. The separately enclosed marriage records of Gen 07 Frederick Heard and Nancy Hayes proves the maiden name of Nancy Hurd. The separately enclosed death record for Gen 07 Frederick Hurd shows that the spelling of the surname had changed from Heard to Hurd.

Conclusion: Benjamin W. Hurd is the son of Frederick Hurd and Nancy Hayes.

So we'll see if the national office OKs this lineage.

 

 

The American Genealogist

Well, we didn't have to wait six months.  Only three months, a regular quarter.  Good  for Nat Taylor.  So the next issue (a double issue July/October 2021) was in my mailbox.

In it is part two of  the Sanborn article which corroborates my provisional royal line that I posted.  Also included is some baronial descents for Elder William Wentworth of New Hampshire.

Another great issue.  Hopefully we'll get the next issue in April.

 

Royal Line for the Sanborn Brothers

I did some poking around and I found what could be the royal line for the Sanborn brothers.  The full article on their English origins in TAG won't be published for six months, so until then:

1.  Henry III, King of England m. Eleanor of Provence

2. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster m. Blanche d'Artois

3. Henry, 2nd Earl of Lancaster m. Maud Chaworth

4. Eleanor m. John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont

5. Henry de Beaumont, 3rd Lord Beaumont m. Margaret de Vere

6. John de Beaumont, 4th Lord Beaumont m. Katherine de Everingham

7. Elizabeth de Beaumont m. William Botreaux, 3rd Lord Botreaux

8. Margaret Botreaux m. Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford

9. Eleanor Hungerford m. John White

10. Robert White m. Margaret Gaynsford

11. Anne White m. Nicholas Tichborne

12. Dorothy Tichborne m. John Samborne

13. Richard Samborne m. Anne Milborne

14. Richard Samborne, Jr. m. Ann Bachiler

 

 

The American Genealogist

My issue of The American Genealogist arrived today.  I always enjoy reading TAG.  This issue has the English origins of the Sanborn brothers of Hampton, NH and their royal line.  Also, Margaret, wife of John Warren of Watertown is given a surname and family back in England.  Two big discoveries (of many).

It is too bad that the publishing schedule for TAG is so slow.  This issue is January/April 2021 and noted as published in August 2022 (arriving today).  That puts them a year and half behind.  It will be at least six months before another issue arrives with the parts two of many of these articles.  I can hardly wait.

SAR: Thomas Pinkham

My supplemental line for Thomas Pinkham was accepted and approved by the Sons of the American Revolution.  So counting my original application, this is two patriots for me.  And it is father and son.  And no one has gone into the SAR or DAR on either of these men.  I am the first person in 250 years to remember and venerate their service to our country.  I'm helping my mother join the DAR on the same line so that both the DAR and SAR have these lineages in their records.

My nephews and (soon) nieces will be able to join SAR and DAR with little difficulty based on my research and lines. 

Two more supplemental lines to go.  Reuben Heard and Benjamin Learned.

 

 

Happy 60th Anniversary

Today is my parent's 60th anniversary.   This is a picture of their reception.  Only two people are still alive today in this photo.

Descent from a Colonial Governor

I don't have that many politicians in my family tree.  A few state legislators.  No federal office holders.  Many local townsmen.  And I note that there are three governors I descend from.  Two weren't really governors but had that honorific:  Tristram Coffin, Governor of Nantucket and Thomas Roberts, Governor of Dover, N.H.  And I descend multiple times from each of them.

But there is one colonial royal governor I do descend from:

1. Samuel Allen 1642-1705, Governor of New Hampshire 1692-1699 m. Elizabeth Dowse (whose English origins I published)
2. Frances Allen m. George Walton
3. George Walton, Jr. m. Temperance Bickford
4. Jane Walton m. Reuben Heard
5. Jonathan Heard m. Sarah Yeaton
6. Frederick Heard m. Nancy Ann Hayes
7. Benjamin Wingate Hurd m. Abiah Russell Learned
8. Olive Ann Hurd m. George Hale Pinkham
9. Burt Hale Pinkham m. Kate Kinmond
10. Clarence Melvin Pinkham, my maternal grandfather

 

Descent from a Salem Witch

Although there were nineteen victims of the Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692, I descend from someone who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die, but didn't.  There are a myriad of reasons for this.  She was from the top tier of society and the victims of the witch hunt were mostly from the poorer ranks of society.  Her husband was a very important man in the colonies.  In any case, the women convicted with her on the same day did hang and she was released when the hysteria quieted down.  She was accused of turning into a blue boar by one of her neighbors.

1. Mary Perkins 1615-1700 m. Thomas Bradbury, of royal descent
2. Elizabeth Bradbury m. Rev. John Buss
3. Elizabeth Buss m. John Smith
4. Hannah Smith m. Abraham Runnels
5. Ebenezer Runnels m. Betsey  Stanton
6. Alice Runnels m. Jonathan Pinkham
7. Luther Hale Pinkham m. Mary Chamberlain Wallis
8. George Hale Pinkham m. Olive Ann Hurd
9. Burt Hale Pinkham m. Kate Kinmond
10. Clarence Melvin Pinkham 1912-2007, my maternal grandfather

 

Four Descents from the Ship de Eendracht (1624)

Much like the Mayflower of 1620, the first ship to New Amsterdam (New York City) was in 1624 and named de Eendracht.  However, there were 102 souls on the Mayflower and 26 possible families from whom to descend. There were only 4 families on de Eendracht:

The only four families known to have arrived aboard either The Eendracht or The Nieuw Nederland in 1624 are these:

1. Joris Rapalje and Catalina Trico;
2. Jean Monfort and his wife Jacqueline Moreau and their son;
3. Philippe du Trieux, a Walloon, was probably accompanied by his second wife Susanne du Chesne, and his children Philippe and Marie; and
4. Ghislain and Adrienne (Cuvellier) Vigne and their children Marie, Christine, and Rachel.

It just so  happens that Michael descends from two of the four families in four lines of descent.  Here they are:

1. Ghislain Vigne m. Adrienne Cuvellier
2. Marie Vigne m. Abraham Verplanck
3. Catalyntje Verplanck m. David Pieterszen Schuyler
4. Abraham Schuyler m. Gertrude Ten Broek
5. Abraham Schuyler, Jr. m. Katrina Staats
6. Eleanor Schuyler m. David Williamson
7. Eleanor Williamson m. James Schureman
8. Rev. Dr. John Schureman m. Julia Anne Conover
9. Matilda Wycoff Shureman m. Charles C. Clarkson
10. Charles Clarkson m. Julia Berkeley Brown
11. Vida Hamlin Clarkson m. Daniel Burton Ridpath
12. John Wesley Ridpath m. Nell Carmon
13. Doris Carmon Ridpath m. Edmund Berrigan Clark
14. Michael Berrigan Clark m. Martin Edward Hollick

Line #2

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Neeltje Couwenhoven m. Jan Pieterse Wyckoff
5. William Wyckoff m. Agnes Van Doren
6. Eleanor  Wyckoff m. John Covenhoven
7. Elias Conover m. Anne Fish
8. Julia Anne Conover m. Rev. Dr. Schureman, see #8 above

Line #3

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven m. Patience Davis
5. Elias Covenhoven m. Willempie Wall
6. John Covenhoven m. Eleanor Wyckoff, see #6, Line #2 above

Line #4

1. Jean Montfort m. Jacqueline Moreau
2. Pieter Montfort m. Sarah de Plancken
3. Jannetje Pieterse Montfort m. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven
4. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven m. Patience Davis
5. Jannetje Van Kouwenhoven m. William Williamson
6. David Williamson m. Eleanor Schuyler, seek #6, Line 1 above