Progressive Men of Western Colorado

Early Life in Colorado

This manuscript, in its essence, is a collection of 948 biographies of prominent men and women, all leading citizens of Western Colorado. In this context, Western Colorado encompasses the counties of Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, and San Miguel.

Biography of James P. Heaton

James P. Heaton, who was a prominent citizen of Newman and a member of its board of education, was born August 16, 1845, and died March 14, 1897, aged fifty-one years, six months and twenty-eight clays. He was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, where his early youth was passed among the picturesque hills and scenery of that mountainous region. He was a son of William and Mary Heaton. At the age of sixteen years he came to Illinois and located on the Ridge, four miles north of Newman. At that time there was no church building in that section … Read more

Genealogical and Family History of Vermont

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont vol 1

Hiram Charlton took on the publication of the Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont for Lewis Publishing. In it, he enlisted the assistance of living residents of the state in providing biographical and genealogical details about their family, and then he published all 1104 family histories in two distinct volumes.

Marriages of Charlotte County Virginia, 1784-1815

1911 Map of Charlotte County Virginia

This volume, “Marriages of Charlotte County, Virginia, 1784-1815,” compiles the marriage bonds and minister’s returns from Charlotte County during the specified period. The original work was painstakingly copied by Catherine Lindsay Knorr and published in 1951. The book spans 119 pages and includes a wealth of historical data on marriages that took place in this Virginia county. This publication presents several challenges for readers. Some pages are slightly tattered and torn, and the manuscript features irregular pagination. Additionally, there are tight or nonexistent margins, particularly at the bottom of the pages, and one page is typed on different paper than the rest.

Sybil Todd Heaton

HEATON, Sybil Todd4, (Eleazer3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Jan. 23, 1734-35, died 1805, married Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Phebe (Cooper) Heaton, who was born March 21, 1732, died July 12, 1803. Children: I. Sarah, b. 1755, m. Daniel Gilbert. II. Thankful, b. 1757, m. David Talmadge Jr. III. Sybil, b. 1759, m. (1) Sacket Gilbert; (2) Timothy Andrews. IV. Patience, b. 1761, m. Joseph Dorman. V. Joseph, b. 1764. VI. Phebe, b. 1766, d. young. VII. William, b. 1768, d. 1802, unmarried. VIII. Nathaniel, b. 1770, d. 1784. IX. Willis, b. 1774.

Hannah Todd Heaton

HEATON Hannah Todd3, (Samuel2, Christopher1) born Feb. 17, 1679-80; died April 1739, married June 2, 1701, Seth, son of James and Sarah (Street) Heaton, who was born March 25, 1676, died April 8, 1741. Children: I. Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1702; m. Feb. 25, 1724-5, Daniel Barnes. II. Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1704. III. Thankful, b. Jan. 21, 1706; m. Jan. 15, 1728, Nathaniel Yale. IV. Esther, b. April 27, 1709; m. Jan. 28, 1728, Ephraim Sanford. V. Lydia, b. Jan. 1, 1711. VI. Seth, b. Oct. 29, 1714; m. Dec. 19, 1739, Sarah Morris. VII. Lydia, b. Feb. 16, … Read more

Eleazer Todd

Eleazer Todd5, (Seth4, Eleazer3, Michael2, Christopher1) born in 1774, died April 8, 1825, married Chloe (???)who was born in 1780, died Sept. 10, 1808. Children: 480. Seth, b. 1803, d. Sept. 6, 1822. 481. Merab, m. Anthony Harper, son of Oliver Stoddard, who was b. Aug. 19, 1797, d. April 15, 1842. He m. (2) Dec. 20, 1829, Juliet Watrous, who was b. July 28, 1808. He lived at Seymour, Conn., then Hudson, Ohio, then Mexico, Oswego County, N. Y. 482. Sally, m.(???)Heaton. 483. Betsey.

Chase Family of Fall River MA

King Philip Mills ad from 1896.

CHASE (Fall River family). The Chase family here considered is strictly speaking a Massachusetts-Rhode Island one, springing as it does from the early Roxbury Yarmouth family, a later generation of which located in Portsmouth, R. I. In the third generation from the immigrant ancestor through Joseph Chase, who located in Swansea, Mass., and Benjamin, who settled in Portsmouth, R. I., have descended the Chases who have come from those respective localities. And both branches have shared largely in the commercial and industrial life of this section of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. From the Portsmouth branch came the late Borden Chase, … Read more

1894 Michigan State Census – Eaton County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Eaton County Bellevue Township. – Elias Stewart, Frank F. Hughes, Edwin J. Wood, Samuel Van Orman, John D. Conklin, Martin V. Moon. Mitchell Drollett, Levi Evans, William Fisher, William E. Pixley, William Henry Luscomb, George Carroll, Collins S. Lewis, David Crowell, Aaron Skeggs, Thomas Bailey, Andrew Day, L. G. Showerman, Hulbert Parmer, Fletcher Campbell, Lorenzo D. Fall, William Farlin, Francis Beecraft, William Caton, Servitus Tucker, William Shipp, Theodore Davis. Village of Bellevue. – William H. Latta, Thomas B. … Read more

A Genealogy of the Lake Family

Ancestor Register of Esther Steelman Adams

A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!

Mary Todd Heaton

HEATON, Mary Todd3, (Samuel2, Christopher1) born Feb. 11, 1674-75, married Nathaniel, son of James and Sarah (Street) Heaton, who was born Nov. 19, 1664. Children: I. Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1695; d. Feb. 27, 1707-08. II. Samuel, b. Mar. 29, 1699; d. June 10, 1700. III. Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1701; d. Feb. 25, 1707-08. IV. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 19, 1704; m. Oct. 13, 1726, Phebe Cooper, who died 1740. V. James, b. Feb. 16, 1706-07; m. Oct. 29, 1730, Hannah Peck. VI. Samuel, b. Dec. 9, 1709; d. 1736. VII. Sarah, b. June 14, 1712.

Families of Ancient New Haven

Four Corners New Haven Connecticut

The Families of Ancient New Haven compilation includes the families of the ancient town of New Haven, covering the present towns of New Haven, East Haven, North Haven, Hamden, Bethany, Woodbridge and West Haven. These families are brought down to the heads of families in the First Census (1790), and include the generation born about 1790 to 1800. Descendants in the male line who removed from this region are also given, if obtainable, to about 1800, unless they have been adequately set forth in published genealogies.