This blog focuses on my personal family history and genealogy in general.
I'm descended from English Puritans, Irish potato farmers, and Russian Jewish merchants-- all of whom ended up in New England. That is therefore where most of my research centers.
Please note that I am not a professional genealogist, though I'll share knowledge, tips, and resources that I've personally found helpful.
I reside in Florida.
SURNAMES
Here are surnames in my family tree, along with what I know of where they came from and where they settled. Please feel free to request or share information.
Parents:
KRANTZ: Wolyn, Russia > Krasnystaw, Poland > Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
HOWES: Northern Ireland > New Brunswick,Canada > Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Grandparents:
PALMER: England > Essex County, Massachusetts > Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
RYAN: Ireland > Boston, Massachusetts.
Great-grandparents:
SMUTER: Krasnystaw, Poland
FITZGERALD: Ireland > Boston, Massachusetts
SIMMONDS: Corwall, England > New Brunswick, Canada > New Hampshire.
WINSLEY > WINSLOW: Cochester, Essex, England > Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts > Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
2nd great-grandparents:
KILEY: Boston, Massachusetts
RUSSELL: New Brunswick, Canada
BAKER: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada > Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
PUDDINGTON > PURRINGTON > PURINTON: Tiverton, Devon, England > York County, Maine > Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
MACE: Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
3rd great-grandparents:
PARKER: Perth Amboy, New Jersey > Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
SPECHT: Brunswick, Germany > Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
BAILEY: Bradford, Yorkshire, England > Essex County, Massachusetts > Rockingham County, New Hampshire . Swanzey, New Hampshire.
FITTS/FITZ: Tavistock, Devon, England > Essex County, Massachusetts.
SEVERANCE: England > Salisbury, Massachusetts > Kingston, New Hampshire
BLY: Plaistow, New Hampshire
4th great-grandparents
MUNROE: Massachusetts > New Brunswick, Canada
SINCLAIR: Campobellow Island, New Brunswick, Canada
THURBER: Lincolnshire, England > Rehoboth, Massachusetts > Nova Scotia, Canada
SWETT: Guernsey, Channel Islands, England > Essex, Massachusetts
CLARK: Billerica, Massachusetts > Swanzey, New Hampshire
COLBY: Horbling, Lincolnshire, England > Essex County, Massachusetts
DAVIS: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England > Newbury, Massachusetts
WEBSTER: Norfolk, England > Rockingham County, New Hampshire
TOWLE: Devon, England > Rockingham County, New Hampshire
GIBSON: Rockingham County, New Hampshire
5th great-grandparents
LEWIS: Nova Scotia, Canada
EVANS: Rowley, Massachusetts
HARDY: Yorkshire, England > Essex County, Massachusetts
LAWS: Kemnay, Scotland > Billerica, Massachusetts
COLLINS:
WILIAMS:
SOUTHER: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
BARTLETT: Sussex, England > Essex, Massachusetts
FRENCH: Essex, England > Essex, Massachusetts > Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire
GEORGE: Dorset, England > Essex, Massachsuetts > Rockingham, New Hampshire
SARGENT: Somerset, England > Essex, Massachusetts > Rockingham, New Hampshire
6th great-grandparents:
SABIN: Titchfield, Hampshire, England > Rehoboth, Briston, Massachusetts > Berwick, York, Maine > Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
DOWNER: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England > Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
TENNEY: Yorkshire, England > Essex, Massachusetts
GREEN:
FOWLER:
BAGLEY: Suffolk, England > Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts > Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
HASKELL: Wincanton, Somerset, England > Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
JEWELL: Kingston, Surrey, England > Braintree, Massachusetts > Amesbury > Massachusetts > Hingham, Massachusetts > Amesbury, Massachusetts
HOLGATE: Salem and Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
STANYAN: London, England > Boston, Massachusetts, Hampton, New Hampshire
FAVOR: Salisbury, Massachusetts > Newton, New Hampshire > Amesbury, Massachusetts
TUCKER: Kent, England > Amesbury and Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
PRESCOTT: Lincolnshire, England > Hampton, New Hampshire >
HEALEY:
7th great-grandparents:
HALLET:
LAVALLE:
JACKMAN: Exeter, Devon, England > Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
EATON: Hatton, Warwickshire, England > Haverhill and Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
COKER: Wiltshire, England > Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
CONNER: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
BARNARD: England > Salisbury and Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
WORTHEN: Bristol, Somerset, England > Amesbury and Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
TUTTLE: St. Albans, Herefordhshire, England > Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
HUSE: Wiltshire, England > Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
LANCASTER:
WELLS:
STEVENS: Oxfordshire, England > Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
PAGE: Ormesby, Norfolk, England > Salem, Essex, Massachusetts > Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
FOOTE: Bedfordshire, England > Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
NICHOLS:
BRACKETT:
MARSTON: Yorkshire, England > Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire