Genealogy Blog - Hazen, Bradley, Stricker, Rosemeyer Families

 Mary Chilton - Child on the Mayflower Family Connection - 9th great-grandmother of Ruth Anne Bradley  Mary Chilton was born in Sandwich, Kent, England in late May, 1607. She was baptized on May 30, 1607. Her father, James Chilton, and his wife whose name is unknown, lived in Canterbury and Kent before joining the Separatist colony in Leiden, Holland with their ten children.  James, his wife, and Mary were the only members of their family to travel on the Mayflower. On November 21, 1620, the Mayflower anchored in what is now known as Provincetown Harbor on the coast of Cape Cod. It was cold, they were short on food, and between the storms and the leaky ship, the passengers were col, hungry, and wet with seawater. Many colonists, including both of Mary Chilton's parents died that first winter before the ship even anchored at Plymouth.  At thirteen, Mary would have been too young to live on her own, so she was likely fostered, but we don't know any details. Tradition s...

 So far, my posts have been about men. What about the women, the wives and daughters? Well, that's the point. In Colonial America, women were known as ether the daughter of a man, the wife of a man, or the widow of a man. Some were independent of any male, but it was rare.  I will blog about women, I promise, but the historical record overwhelmingly centers the men. 

 Edward Hazen - Immigrant, Patriarch of Hazens in the U.S.  Family connection - seventh great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen Jr.  Edward Hazen was born in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England on December 14, 1614. His father was Thomas Hassen (1580-1628). His mother was Elizabeth Mowry (1582-1630).  Edward immigrated to the town of Rowley, MA in 1647. The  town was established in 1639, so he was an early settler, but not an original one.  Edward married Elizabeth, surname unknown. She died on Sept. 18. 1649 and was buried in the Rowley Burial Ground. They had no children.  On Mar. 2, 1650, Edward married Hannah Grant, daughter of Thomas Grant and Jane Haburne. At least one source indicates that the Grant family immigrated to Rowley on the same ship as Edward.  Edward and Hannah had 11 children:          Elizabeth - b. 1651, Hannah - b. 1653, John - b. 1655, Thomas - b. 1657, Edward - b. 1660,         ...

 William Brewster - Mayflower Passenger, Teacher, Church Leader Family Connections - 10th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker and 9th great grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen Surprise! This  post may be surprising for many - for the Stricker clan, they may be surprised that they have Mayflower ancestors. In fact they have six!  For reference, the Hazen clan has a whopping seventeen! So Hazens, enjoy the bonus post today!  William Brewster was born in 1566 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He was educated in Latin and Greek and attended Cambridge University, but did not complete a degree. He was on the staff of William Davison during Davison's term as Secretary of State, but when Davison was removed from his post by Queen Elizabeth, Brewster returned home and assumed his father's role as postmaster of Scrooby.  William helped establish a Separatist church in Scrooby, but was forced to leave England and join with other Puritans in Holland, first at Amst...

George Heyward - Founding Settler of Concord, Massachusetts Family connection - 7th maternal great-grandfather of Ruth Anne Bradley George Hayward and his wife Mary joined about twelve families led by the Rev. Peter Bulkeley to leave England and found what became the town of Concord, Massachusetts.  They arrived in the Massachusetts Colony in1638, and George was granted 505 acres of land.  George and Mary had nine children : John b. 1640, Mary b. 1642, Joseph b. 1643, Sarah b. 1645, Hannah b. 1647, Simon b. 1648, William b. 1651, George b. 1654, and Elizabeth, b. 1656.  George left what is now the center of Concord and built a mill on the Southwest side of Concord. He operated the mill until his death. Still today in the border area between Acton and Concord, there is a street called  Hayward Mill road and a pond called Hayward's Pond, where the mill once sat. Hayward Dam can still be found there, but the original dam has been replaced with a concrete dam.  Geor...

William Harmening - Immigrant, Farmer in Indianapolis, Indiana Family connection - maternal great-great grandfather to Anna Elnora Rosemeyer William Harmening was born in 1812 in Frille, Germany. Not much is known (yet) about his early life, but he immigrated on June 23, 1840, at age 27. He departed Bremen, Germany on the ship Copernicus, arriving in Baltimore. His stated destination on the ship manifest was Ohio.  The next record I have for William is his marriage in Indianapolis to Caroline Kuhlman on April 8, 1844.  He became a naturalized citizen in 1846, so by law, his wife Caroline was granted citizenship on that date as well.  They had four children:      William Harmening,  born Jan. 13, 1845      Henry Wilhelm Christian Harmening, born June 11, 1851     Ellen Harmening, born Feb. 23, 1855     Louisa Harmening, born Mar. 2, 1858 William was a farmer. Census records he and his wife could read, write, and speak ...

 John Vose  - Scholar, Educator. Author Family connection - great-great grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  John Vose was born on  July 10, 1766 in Bedford, New Hampshire, the son of Samuel Vose and Phoebe Vickery.  He married Lydia Webster on February 24, 1800 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. They were the parents of six daughters. An article referencing his life and work was published in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in the March 1917 Issue. Here's a link :  https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1917/3/1/john-vose-1795 . John Vose was a  graduate of Dartmouth College class of 1795 (more on that later), and spent about 35 years of his life as teacher and then principal at the Pembroke Academy in New Hampshire. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and at least one of his speeches to that society is listed in the holdings of the State Library of Pennsylvania. He retired from teaching around 1830, and became a farmer and surveyor.  During...

Frederick G. L. Struve family connection - great grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Frederick G. L. Struve was born on March 22, 1809, in Oldenburg, Germany - a town near Bremen.  His wife was C D Eliza Stutenburg, born in 1815 in Oldenburg Germany.  I haven't found his date of immigration yet, but it was likely in late 1847.  Frederick indicated his intent to become a naturalized citizen on December 20, 1847. He became became a naturalized US citizen in New York City on September 18, 1851.  His wife and children arrived on May 21, 1848 in New York. At that time is US history, if the head of household became a naturalized citizen, his entire household was automatically naturalized as well.  Some time between 1855 and 1870, the Struve family move to Farmington, WI and purchased a farm.  In 1870, Frederick Struve was appointed U.S Consul to Quebec. He served in that diplomatic post until his death. He died in Quebec City on June 30th, 1874. His funeral was...

  Stephen Bachiler  - Spiritual Leader and Cofounder of Hampton, New Hampshire Family connection - 10th great-grandfather of Ruth Anne Bradley Stephen Bachiler was born on June 23, 1561  in Hampshire, England. He was educated at St. John's College, Oxford, and became a minister. He married four times. His first wife, married sometime around 1593, was Anne Bates, and she was the mother of Ann Bachiler in the lineage below.  In 1623 he married Christian Weare, In 1627 he married Helena Mason. In about 1650 he married Mary Beadle.  He immigrated to the Massachusetts Colony in 1632 on the ship William and Francis. Several of his family members and many of his parishioners came with him.  He was given the ministry of a church in Lynn in 1632, in Ipswich in 1636, Yarmouth in 1637, and Newbury in 1638. It was not usual to move from parish to parish that quickly, but might indicate that there was dissention in each of his congregations.  Several scholars have ...

 Hello everyone! Here's some basic information about when new content will be posted. Starting next week, I plan to add Bradley family tree posts every Tuesday, Stricker family tree posts every Wednesday, Hazen family tree posts every Thursday, and (for now) Rosemeyer tree posts every other Friday. The Rosemeyer branch of the tree is a bit small with many (relatively) recent immigrants.  I hope to dig more deeply into records in Germany- I'm taking an on-line German genealogy research course that will help me and I still remember some of my high school German! Most posts will focus on an individual, but will usually include information on their families and where they lived.  On the main blog page, the newest post is at the top, recent posts are at the bottom, and all posts are available from the Archives on the right hand side of the blog. I have enabled comments, so if you have comments or questions about a post, please feel free!  Of course, feel free to read any ...