Genealogy Blog - Hazen, Bradley, Stricker, Rosemeyer Families

Henry William Harmening - Truck Driver, Shipping Clerk Family Connection - Grandfather of Anna Elnora Rosemeyer Henry William Harmening was born on Feb. 27, 1875 in Indianapolis, to parents Henry Wilhelm Christian Harmening and Christina Roepke Harmening. He was baptized at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church on April 4th, with sponsors (godfathers) Christian Kloepper and William Harmening.  On June 4, 1899, he married Anna Beckman. In the 1900 census, the couple was living with his parents at 1322 Wade St. in Indianapolis, with an infant, Marie. Marie was born on April 4, 1900, and died on Aug. 20, 1900. Henry was listed as a farm laborer on his father's farm.  By the 1910 Census, there were many changes in Henry's life. He and Anna were living next door to his parents, at 1334 Wade St., a home they owned with a mortgage. Henry was listed as a laborer doing odd jobs, and they had three daughters, Lillian, age 8, Louise, age 7, and Freda, age 1. Birth records also indicate th...

Roger Clap - Soldier, Captain at Castle Island Family Connection - 7th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  Roger Clap was born on April 12, 1609 in Sallcom, Devonshire, England. We know a lot about him, since he wrote his memoirs.  When he was twenty or twenty-one, a Puritan minister from forty miles away from the Clap home asked Roger's father if he could come talk to Roger. The minister was Rev. John Maverick, and he was recruiting young men to relocate to the Massachusetts colony. After the talk, Roger agreed to go, with his father asking Rev. Maverick to look after him.  Rev. Maverick and his new parishioners left Plymouth, England on March 20, 1630, on the ship Mary and John, which arrived at Nantasket on May 30, 1630. They came ashore and began to build the town of Dorchester. They built their first meetinghouse when they arrived. This stone marks the location of that first meeting house. Remember these were Puritans, and there was no separation of church ...

Humphrey Turner - Early Landowner of Scituate, Massachusetts, Tanner Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Monument to Early Settlers of Scituate Humphrey Turner was born in Little Baddow, Essex, England in 1593.  He married Lydia Gaymer in Essex on May 18, 1620. They had eight children. The first five were born in Essex, the last three in Scituate.      John, b. 1621     John, b. 1624      Thomas b. 1627     Lydia b. 1629     Mary b. 1634      Joseph b. 1636     Nathaniel b. 1638      Daniel b. 1641 Note that although it was legal under English law to give the children of the same parents the same name, it was more common for two children with the same first name to have different mothers and the same father. There is, however, no indication of a second marriage, so both John Turner children likely share the same mother and father.  Humphrey immigr...

George Badcock - Immigrant, Indentured Servant, Land Owner 8th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Bradley Okay, let's deal with the name spelling right away. The initial immigrants in this family spelled and pronounced the family name as Badcock, but around the time of the Revolutionary war, most family members were using the name Babcock instead. As this person was born in 1608, he used the spelling Badcock.  George was born in England in 1608. There is some confusion in the genealogy community about who his parents were, but DNA is being used to test the descendants, which over time, will straighten out who begat whom.  There were three Badcock men who appear in the colony records, George, Robert, and James, and it was always assumed that they were brothers, but DNA studies of their descendants have proven that George and Robert were brothers, but James, an early settler of Rhode Island, was not.  George immigrated to the New Haven Colony in about 1638. The first mention of ...

 Susanna Clarke Roots - Accused of Witchcraft in Beverly, Massachusetts Family Connection - 8th great-grandmother of Edward Elihu Hazen Jr.  Susanna Clarke was born in 1620 in England. According to some sources, her parents were Thomas Clarke and Susanna Ring, and the family immigrated to the Plymouth Colony before 1640.  In 1640, she married Josiah Roots in Salem. They moved to Beverly in 1650. He is listed as one of the founding members of the church in Beverly. They had seven children, including John Roots who was born in 1646.  Josiah died in 1683, and Susanna was given the  responsibility of taking inventory of the property and assets. She, however, declined to take on that responsibility, so the administration of the family estate was assigned to Andrew Elliot, not part of the Roots family. Then, with her sons dead or moved out of the area, she is placed under the care of her late son Thomas'  father-in-law. She was left destitute as a result. It is a...

 John Blackleach - Accused of Witchcraft, but NOT in Salem! Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker John Blackleach was born in about 1605 in Stepney Parish, London, England. In 1623, He married Elizabeth Bacon. While in London, their first three children, Elizabeth, John, and Marie were born.  In 1634, John and his family moved to Plymouth Colony, settling in Winnisimmet, what is now known as Chelsea, Massachusetts. The family moved frequently - to Salem by 1635, Boston by 1645, New Haven by 1658, Hartford by 1660, and Weathersfield by 1665.  Historical Map of Weathersfield John and Elizabeth had nine more children - Desire, Exercise, Joseph, Elizabeth (after death of first Elizabeth), Benoni, Elizabeth (after death of second Elizabeth), Solomon, Solomon (after death of first Solomon), and Mary.  John was apparently a good businessman, and accumulated significant wealth. He travelled to London and the West Indies for business, sometimes w...

 Rebecca Towne Nurse - Accused and Executed in Salem Witch Trials Family Connection - 8th Great-grandmother of Ruth Ann Bradley Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts Rebecca Towne was born on Feb. 21, 1621 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, to parents William Towne and Joanna Blessing Towne. The family migrated to Salem in 1635.  In 1644, Rebecca married Francis Nurse (sometimes spelled Nourse) in Salem. They had eight children:          John b. 1645          Rebecca b. 1647          Samuel b. 1649          Sarah b. 1651          Elizabeth b. 1656          Mary b. 1657          Frances Jr. b. 1660          Benjamin b. 1666 Francis was a woodworker, and was often called upon to arbitrate disputes about land boundaries and other disputes between townspeople. His business...

Hi Everyone! Later this week, my blogs will profile three women accused of being witches. Unfortunately, there were many, many more.  Here's the lists of some of the people in this family's trees who were accused in the witchcraft scares - they are all either direct ancestors in the specified tree or siblings to direct ancestors. There were also others in the family trees who were accusers - I'll name them some other day.  Accused: Bradley Family Tree - Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Easty, Sarah Towne Cloyce, Alice Pope Lake       - Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah were sisters. Alice was their half sister.  Rebecca, Alice, and Mary were executed. Hazen Family Tree - Susanna Clark Roots, Mary Ayer Parker - Mary was executed, Susanna was imprisoned Stricker Family  Tree - Anna Wolcott Griswold, Elizabeth Bennett Gilbert, John Blackleach - Anna was accused and acquitted, Elizabeth was convicted and may have been executed, John was      ...

Henry Wilhelm Christian Harmening - Indianapolis Farmer Family Connection - Great-grandfather of Anna Elnora Rosemeyer Henry W C Harmening > Henry William Harmening > Lillian Sophia Fanny Harmening > Anna Elnora Rosemeyer Henry Wilhelm Christian Harmening was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 11, 1851 to William Harmening and Caroline Kuhlman. For more about his father, see the blog post dated September 19th. In the 1860 Census, Henry is listed with his parents and siblings, with the location given as Indianapolis, Center Township, South Part. For those not familiar with Indianapolis, imagine the city as a three by three grid. Center Township would be the square in the center of that grid.  In  the 1870 Census, Henry is 18, completed school, and is living at home, helping his father work the family farm. In 1874, Henry married Christina Roepke. Henry and his wife were residing in a home next door to his parents by 1880. They have two children, Henry, age 5, and Ch...

Joseph Merriam - Early Settler of Concord, Massachusetts Family Connection- 9th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr., and 9th great-grandfather of Ruth Anne Hazen Joseph Merriam was born around 1600 in Tudeley, Kent County, England, the son of William Merriam and Surah Burgess. In 1623, he married Sarah Goldstone. He was a clothier by trade, like his father.  Joseph and Sarah had seven children:     William b. 1624     Sarah b. 1627     Joseph b. 1630     Elizabeth b. 1632     Hannan b. 1634     Thomas b. 1637     John b. 1641 after death of his father      Joseph, his wife, and their five children sailed on the ship "Castle" , from London, landing in Charlestown in July 1638. It is notable that Joseph formed a partnership to charter that ship to take both cargo and passengers to the colonies, so it seems he was a man of means.  Joseph and his family moved from Charlestown to Concord i...

Captain Peter Hunt - early settler of Rehoboth, veteran of King Phillip's War Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Roy Stricker Peter Hunt was born on July 4, 1619 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, to parents Enoch Hunt and Sarah Palmer Hunt. After the death of his wife, Enoch immigrated to the Weymouth, Massachusetts area sometime in the early 1640's with his sons, including Peter. After some time, Enoch returned to England, but his sons remained.  The town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts was first settled by Roger Williams - more about him another day, since he's also a direct ancestor of Roy Stricker. Williams purchased the land from the Narraganset tribe in the 1630's, but fled to what is now Providence, RI in 1636, when he was banished from the state of Massachusetts.  Peter Hunt first appears in records for Rehoboth in 1645. He purchased multiple parcels of land, and served as Town Clerk. He was Lieutenant of the Train Band (local...

 Peter Bulkeley - Puritan Minister, Founder of Concord, Massachusetts Family Connection - 9th Great-Grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen Peter Bulkeley was born on Jan. 31, 1583 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. His father, Rev. Dr. Edward Bulkeley was the rector of the church in Odell. His mother was Olive Irby Bulkeley.  At sixteen, Peter was enrolled at St. John's College, Cambridge. He earned a B.A. in 1605, and a M. A. in 1608. He was ordained to the ministry in 1608, and took over his father's parish when his father retired. Peter married Jane Allen (1587-1626) on April 12, 1613. After Jane's death he married Grace Chetwode (1602-1669) on April 15, 1634.  He had nine children with wife Jane, in Odell.          Edward b. 1614, Mary b. 1615, Thomas b. 1617, Nathaniel b. 1618, John b. 1620, Mary b. 1621,               Joseph b. 1623, Daniel, b. 1625, and Jabez b. 1626 He had four children with wife Grace, in...

 Hello again! I hope folks are enjoying reading these stories as much as I've enjoyed writing them. I want to share a tip that might help people find the stories that interest them most.  If today you want to see just the stories of one family, here's how to do that. Find the three short horizontal lines at the far right of the blog title. Click, and you will see a drop down menu, and under the header "labels", you can click on the family of interest. Your screen will then show the blog posts for only that family. It's also a good way to see a list of all the posts for each family, in case you need to catch up.  Enjoy!

 Lt. Thomas Grant Hazen -  Family Connection - 7th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen Jr.  Hazen-Kimball-Aldrich House  Georgetown, MA Thomas Grant Hazen was born at Rowley, Massachusetts on January 29, 1657. His parents were Edward Hazen and Hannah Grant.  In 1675 at age 18 Thomas joined Major Samuel Appleton's militia company and served in the Narraganset campaign known as the Great Swamp Fight in King Phillip's War.  As reward for his service, he was granted land in Narraganset Township #4, now Greenwich, Massachusetts.  He married Mary Howlett, daughter of Tomas Howlett and Lydia Peabody, on January 1,1683. Thomas and Mary had eleven children:               Hannah, b. October 10, 1684     Alice, b. June 10, 1686     John, b. March 23, 1688     Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1690     Jacob, b. Dec. 5, 1691     Mary and Lydia, twins, b. Sept. 1, 1694     Hepz...