- WILLIAM
BARSHAM of Watertown, Massachusetts. His parentage remains
unknown. Best research
remains: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins;
Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (NEHGS, Boston, 1995)
1:108-111. BOGUS LINE: parents given as William Barsham and Ann
Yelverton, she the daughter of Henry and Bridget (Drury) Yelverton (see
PA3, p. 791 for this last couple).
See http://homepage.mac.com/billwesco/WC05/WC05_126.HTML. A google search of Barsham andYelverton
brings up over 2,000 hits.
- GILES
CROMWELL of Newbury and Salem,
Massachusetts. His first
marriage record from Eling, Hampshire, England reads: Giles Cromwell, of
Southton (sic for Southampton), miller m. Alice Weeks of Eling, spinster.
[Hampshire Marriage Licences 1607-1640 by Church of England Diocese of
Winchester by Arthur James Willis (1960), p. 68]. His parentage is unknown and he is
certainly not the son of Sir Oliver Cromwell, uncle to the Lord
Protector. Knights do not
have sons who are millers.
- JOHN
DRAKE of Windsor, CT. John Drake’s parentage remains
unknown but he clearly hails from Arden, England, where he marries in
1616. Best research is: unpublished material by Douglas
Richardson; TAG 65 (1990):87—8 and TAG 63 (1988):193-206. For years confused with another
John Drake, the son of William Drake and Philippa Dennys.
- WILLIAM
DUDLEY of Guildford,
Connecticut. See The
English Origins of William Dudley of Guilford, Connecticut, The
American Genealogist 82 (2007):63-75. BOGUS LINE:
parents generally given as David and Joanne (Arnold) Dudley,
grandfather as a Thomas Dudley with various ties to the baronial
Dudley/Sutton family.
Example: http://www.geocities.com/bjcarrington/dudley.html.
- EDWARD
GRISWOLD of Killingworth,
Connecticut. His parentage is
given as George and Dousabel (Leigh) Griswold, but nothing further is
known. Best research: The
Griswold Family: The first Five Generations in America by
Esther G. French and Robert L. French (Griswold Family Association,
Wethersfield, CT); and Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (n.p. 1931, 1943).
- VINCENT
MEIGS of Killingworth, Connecticut,
whose parentage remains unknown, but certainly hails from in or about
Chardstock, Dorset, England where he married about 1609. Best research is: http://www.meigs.org/ and Search for
the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630 Vol. 25, p.
47-8. See the aforementioned
webpage for the BOGUS LINE. Father given as Lawrence
Meigs/Meggs, son of Nicholas and Jane (Peverel) Meggs. Lawrence’s wife is given as Anne
Woods, a descendant of the St. Leger family.
- GEORGE
MORTON of Plymouth,
Massachusetts. Parentage
uncertain. See: Dictionary
of American Biography ed. by Dumas Malone (Scribner's, New
York, 1932) Vol. 13:254; The Scott Genealogy by Mary Lovering Holman (1919); Robert Charles Anderson, The
Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
(NEHGS, Boston, 1995) 2:1296-7; The Ancestry of Eva Belle
Kempton 1878-1908: Part I, The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton
1817-1879 by Dean Crawford Smith
(Boston, NEHGS, 1996); and The Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers
Brainerd by Thomas C. Brainerd; edited
by Donald Lines Jacobus (Montreal, 1948). BOGUS LINE: Father or grandfather given as Anthony Morton whose
wife is Mary Plumpton.
Anthony Morton’s mother is given as Markham and there are various ties to the Constable,
Wentworth and Skipwith families.
See http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/rfc/gw55.htm
among other places.
- THOMAS
ROBERTS of Dover, New Hampshire. The son of John Roberts of
Wollaston, England, but his wife and his mother’s identities uncertain and
unproven. Any link to the
Hilton family is complete conjecture at present. Best research: Genealogical Dictionary of ME and NH
by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis
(Portland, 1939, reprinted Baltimore, 1988).
- ROBERT
WHITE of Messing, Essex, England who
married Bridget Allgar and whose descendants immigrate to
Connecticut. His parentage
remains unknown. Best
research remains: The Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd
by Thomas C. Brainerd; edited by Donald Lines Jacobus (Montreal, 1948);
Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines 2 vols. (n.p., 1943 and 1931); Genealogical
Notes on the Founding of New England
by Ernest Flagg (1926, reprint 1973) and “The Children of Robert White of
Messing . . “ NEHGR 55 (1901):22-31.
- THE
WINSLOW BROTHERS of early Plymouth,
Mass. Sons of Edward and
Magdalene (Oliver) Winslow
both of whose ancestry is debated and tenuous. See The Winslow Families
of Worcestershire 1400-1700 by Brandon Fradd (Boston, Mass.:
Newbury Street Press, 2009) and earlier articles: "Clues to the
Ancestry of Winslow of Droitwich" TAG 41(1965 ):168-175;
"Governor Edward Winslow's Mother's Family: The Olivers" TAG 42
(1966):52-55; "Mayflower Winslows: Yeomen or Gentlemen" by John
G. Hunt NEHGR 121 (1967):25-9 and NEHGR 122 (1968):175-8 and 124
(1970):182-3; “The `Loving Cosens:’ Herbert Pelham, Sir Arthur Hesilrige,
and Gov. Edward Winslow” by Kenneth W. Kirkpatrick, NEHGR 154
(2000):78-108.
So glad that you point out the bogus connection of William Barsham. I can't believe how many people have copied it, not realizing that they have a son born six months after his father, also.
Posted by: Diana Thornton | 01/31/2011 at 05:37 AM