All families in the United States have immigrated somewhere in their line, even Native American tribes. That's the beauty of hearing a new person's name, and trying to figure out where their family lived, and if the spelling, pronunciation, or actual name was changed when entering the country. I love languages, and have also found that asking how to spell a person's name helps me remember what it is. Also thinking of a song with his or her name, and humming it every time you think of the person. This documentation process takes a long time when the ancestors immigrated 400 years and 10 generations ago, so I'll break it into several parts, according to my great-grandparents. I'm sure my ancestors moved eons ago all over the world, but this is how I ended up in the United States of America, Part I:
The Moore's son's in-law, 7. William Savory, born about 1600 in Hannington Parish, Wiltshire, England. Death unknown, but his wife 8. Susannah Coleman was born about 1604 in Hannington Parish, Wiltshire, England, and died in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1670. Wm could have passed away before she travelled to the new world around the time of the Mayflower, but it's likely they went together. It also lists her being married to a Robert Savory, so that could either be the same person or his brother.
9. Philip King(e), born 2 October 1709 in Devonshire, England (Christened in Saint Petrox, Dartmouth, Devonshire, England), died 1783 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That would've been an interesting period of time in Phily. Ooh, his wife, 10. Catharina Ann Voltz, birthplace in 1710 is listed as (at sea), of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Her parents aren't listed.
This is where it gets complicated. Philip King has another spouse listed, 11. Anna Brooke or Ann Brook. I may not be blood-related, but she's possibly part of my family. Oh wait, I'm not blood related to any of these people until farther down the list. (*See note at bottom of post) Anna Brooke's great-grandfather, 12. John Brooke, born either 1608 or 1638 in Yorkshire, England, died 1699 in Haddonfield, Gloucester, New Jersey. His wife, 13. Frances Cockshaw, born about 1638 in Yorkshire, England, also died in 1699 Haddonfield, Gloucester, New Jersey.
Anna Brooke's grandfather on her other side, 14. John Kendall, born 1687 in Derbyshire, England, died March 1744 in Philadelphia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Mary, was born in Pennsylvania, and her parents are not listed.
15. Richard Higgins was christened 1 December 1613 in Leominster, Hertford, England and died before 1665 in Pistcataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Immigration information: It notes he went to New England in 1632 and settled in Plymouth! On http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm, three ships are listed as leaving from London, England in 1632. The Lyon on its third and fourth voyages, and the William and Francis. Headway for further information!
Richard Higgins' wife, Lydia Chandler, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her grandfather, 16. John Alden, was born in 1599 Southampton, Hampshire, England and died 22 September 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His wife 17. Priscilla Mullins, born about 1601 in Dorking, Surrey, England (lovely), died 5 February 1688 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Going back down a few generations, and up on another branch, 18. John Rush II, born in 1660 Horton, Oxfordshire, England died 17 March 1732 (St. Patrick's Day-way before we invented it) in Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania. He's my eight-great-grandfather. His parents also emigrated. 19. John Rush (I), born 1619 Horton, Oxfordshire, England, and 20. Susannah Lucas, born 19 January in Guilsborough, Northampton, England, died in Byberry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 1699 and 5 July 1707.
John Rush II's wife's parents, 21. William Carver, born 1660, and 22. Joan Kinsey, born 1665, immigrated from Hertford, England to Byberry/Bibery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They passed away in 1736 and 1692.
John Rush III's in-laws 23. Johannes Jacob Rappoldt, born 1712 in Languedoc, France, and 24. Louisa, immigrated to Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They died 28 August 1760 and before 1755.
Those are the immigrant ancestors I can find through Morise LeRoy at this point. Now for biological immigrant paternal ancestors of Calvin Muir Hooper:
Grandpa Hooper's biological father, 25. John Marshall Sharp(e), born 14 September 1890, Haldimand Township, Burnley, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada applied to visit someone in 1915 Detroit. In 1923 he worked as a cheesemaker in Beaver, Beaver, Utah. At this time his place of death is unknown. His parents, Joseph Marshall Sharpe and Ellen Nora (Lenora) Fernia Sharp lived in Ontario. Joseph Sharp's father, 26. Godfrey Sharpe was born in Ireland, 1826. www.treesbydan.com
I'm very proud of my adventurous, probably terrified, ancestors who came to the United States so early in the European migration to the New World. I actually had no idea any of my ancestors were French, just English, Scottish, and Irish. I've already learned quite a bit, and gotten more ideas about whom to research. Picking up an moving to a new country would be so intimidating, especially if you don't already have relatives there with a job and lodgings for you, and if you're bringing a family. Thank you.
*Note, due to my Grandpa Hooper having a biological father he never knew, and being raised and religiously sealed to his mom's second husband, Morise LeRoy Hooper, I am not blood related to 1-24. Family history is a sloppy mess sometimes. To Grandpa, he was a Hooper, and Morise was his dad, so I'm sure some of this qualities were passed down, even if they weren't genetic.
Dad's Dad's Mom's side, or paternal ancestral immigrants of Calvin Muir Hooper (through Morise LeRoy Hooper and John Marshall Sharp(e)*:
Going back on new.familysearch.org, I'm looking for the transition from a birth in Europe (I haven't found any ancestors outside of Europe yet), and a death in the United States.
Going back on new.familysearch.org, I'm looking for the transition from a birth in Europe (I haven't found any ancestors outside of Europe yet), and a death in the United States.
Whoa, the direct Hooper line ends in 1861 New Jersey. Down to the female side of that line...
The first winner!
1. Richard Skinner, born 1639 on the Isle of Jersey, England. Died in 1682 Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey (not surprisingly). His wife, 2. Susana Poulain, born St. Germain-en-la, Seine-et-Ois, France. She also died in Woodbridge, after 1714. My dad's eighth-great grandparents, my ninth great-grandparents. She immigrated with her parents, 3. Louis Paulain and 4. Maruereitte Daniel, who were born in Heillecourt, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France around 1610. Her father died before 1690 in Turkeyfoot, Bedford, Pennsylvania, and her mother's place of death, around 1647, is unknown.
5. Francis Moore, born 2 September (special for someone I know) 1592 in Maldon, Essex, England, died 20 August 1671 in Newberry, Essex, Massachusetts. His wife, 6. Catherine Montfort born 28 October 1586 St. George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, died December 1648 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Was she really six years older, or were the dates off? Huh. They are the Skinner's son's grandparents-in-law, so Dad's ninth-great grandparents, my tenth-great grandparents.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Anna Brooke's grandfather on her other side, 14. John Kendall, born 1687 in Derbyshire, England, died March 1744 in Philadelphia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Mary, was born in Pennsylvania, and her parents are not listed.
15. Richard Higgins was christened 1 December 1613 in Leominster, Hertford, England and died before 1665 in Pistcataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Immigration information: It notes he went to New England in 1632 and settled in Plymouth! On http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm, three ships are listed as leaving from London, England in 1632. The Lyon on its third and fourth voyages, and the William and Francis. Headway for further information!
Richard Higgins' wife, Lydia Chandler, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her grandfather, 16. John Alden, was born in 1599 Southampton, Hampshire, England and died 22 September 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His wife 17. Priscilla Mullins, born about 1601 in Dorking, Surrey, England (lovely), died 5 February 1688 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Going back down a few generations, and up on another branch, 18. John Rush II, born in 1660 Horton, Oxfordshire, England died 17 March 1732 (St. Patrick's Day-way before we invented it) in Makefield, Bucks, Pennsylvania. He's my eight-great-grandfather. His parents also emigrated. 19. John Rush (I), born 1619 Horton, Oxfordshire, England, and 20. Susannah Lucas, born 19 January in Guilsborough, Northampton, England, died in Byberry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 1699 and 5 July 1707.
John Rush II's wife's parents, 21. William Carver, born 1660, and 22. Joan Kinsey, born 1665, immigrated from Hertford, England to Byberry/Bibery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They passed away in 1736 and 1692.
John Rush III's in-laws 23. Johannes Jacob Rappoldt, born 1712 in Languedoc, France, and 24. Louisa, immigrated to Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They died 28 August 1760 and before 1755.
Germantown 1683-1820 (wikipedia)
Those are the immigrant ancestors I can find through Morise LeRoy at this point. Now for biological immigrant paternal ancestors of Calvin Muir Hooper:
Canadian Pacific Railway passenger car, 1900
Grandpa Hooper's biological father, 25. John Marshall Sharp(e), born 14 September 1890, Haldimand Township, Burnley, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada applied to visit someone in 1915 Detroit. In 1923 he worked as a cheesemaker in Beaver, Beaver, Utah. At this time his place of death is unknown. His parents, Joseph Marshall Sharpe and Ellen Nora (Lenora) Fernia Sharp lived in Ontario. Joseph Sharp's father, 26. Godfrey Sharpe was born in Ireland, 1826. www.treesbydan.com
I'm very proud of my adventurous, probably terrified, ancestors who came to the United States so early in the European migration to the New World. I actually had no idea any of my ancestors were French, just English, Scottish, and Irish. I've already learned quite a bit, and gotten more ideas about whom to research. Picking up an moving to a new country would be so intimidating, especially if you don't already have relatives there with a job and lodgings for you, and if you're bringing a family. Thank you.
*Note, due to my Grandpa Hooper having a biological father he never knew, and being raised and religiously sealed to his mom's second husband, Morise LeRoy Hooper, I am not blood related to 1-24. Family history is a sloppy mess sometimes. To Grandpa, he was a Hooper, and Morise was his dad, so I'm sure some of this qualities were passed down, even if they weren't genetic.
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