Elizabeth Godfrey

8th great-grandparent – 1 of 1026 in this generation

Elizabeth was born in Harwich, Massachusetts, on 20 Dec 1704 to Richard Godfrey and Lydia Freeman. The town of Harwich had been incorporated in 1694 and included the land that later became the town of Brewster. Some “oldcomers” from Plymouth Colony settled in Harwich when the colony was absorbed into Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Elizabeth’s mother died sometime after 1716 when Elizabeth was just 12 or thereabouts. At the age of 19, on 3 Feb 1724, Elizabeth married 22-year-old Prence Doane, the son of Israel Doane and Ruth Freeman, in his hometown of Eastham, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth and Prence had at least eight children, 4 daughters and 4 sons, including our Elkanah Doane, who was born in 1737.

Prence Doane died in 1751 in Saybrook, Connecticut while some of his children were still young. Elizabeth lived another 40 years and died in Eastham at the age of 86.

Charles Ludlam

8th great-grandparent – 1 of 1024 1008 in this generation

(1691-1769)

Charles was born on 27 January 1691 to Joseph Ludlam and Elizabeth (?). His father’s 2nd wife, Elizabeth Townsend, is said to be Charles’ step-mother. [see wikitree profile here].

Charles had at least three siblings, all older than he. His sister, Clemence, is also an ancestor of ours.

At the age of 30, Charles married Elizabeth Wright (or Townsend), and the two had seven children:

1. Charles, Jr., b.1717, m. Mary Weekes
2. Sylvanus, b.1720, m. Ann Ingraham
3. Henry, b.16 Oct 1722, m. Naomi Feke
4. Daniel, b.1725, m. Margaret Wright, died of drowning
5. Clemence, b.1728, m. ? Carman
6. Elizabeth, b.1730, m. ? Kissam
7. Susannah, b.1833, m. Richard Hallock

Charles died on 1 November 1769 in Centre Island, New York at the age of 78, and was buried in Ludlam Smith Burial Ground, Centre Island. View his findagrave record here.

Rachel Conkling

7th great-grandparent – 1 of 512 504 in this generation

(1703-1785)

Rachel Conkling was born on 2 January 1703 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, to Mary Dayton, age 34, and Cornelius Conkling, age 39.

She was only 9 when her mother passed away on 13 August 1712, in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, at the age of 44.

At the age of 19, Rachel married John Stannard in East Hampton on 10 January 1722.

Their son, John, was a “honeymoon baby,” born almost exactly 9 months after their marriage, on 8 October 1722 in Old Saybrook. John would later have children, of whom two were our ancestors.

Rachel was 45 when her elderly father passed away in East Hampton at the age of 84.

She was 60 when her husband died in Old Saybrook at the age of 68. They had been married 41 years. She outlived him by 22 years.

 

John Stannard, Sr.

7th great-grandparent – 1 of 512 504 in this generation

(1694-1722)

John was born on 24 August 1694 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, to Joseph Stannard, 31, and Hannah Brackett, 26.

He was just 8 years old when his father died on 17 April 1703 in New London, Connecticut, at the age of 35.

At the age of 20, on 17 Aug 1717, John married Hannah Jordan, the widow of Samuel Bate, in Old Saybrook. It seems Hannah must have died within the next five years.

John married 2nd Rachel Conkling in East Hampton, New York, on 10 January 1722, when he was 27 years old. Rachel was the daughter of Cornelius Conkling and Mary Dayton. Her 1st cousin was our ancestor, Jane Conkling.

His son, John, Jr., was born in Old Saybrook later the same year, on 8 October 1722.

Hannah Freeman

8th great-grandparent – 1 of 1024 in this generation

(1664-1743)

Hannah Freeman was born 16 February 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the daughter of Major John Freeman and Mercy Prence, who was the daughter of Plymouth Colony Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster, daughter of Mayflower passenger Elder William Brewster. She was the 7th of 9 children. Her brother, John Freeman, is also an ancestor.

At the age of 17, she married John Mayo, the son of Captain Samuel Mayo and Thomasine (or Tamzen) Lumpkin.

Hannah and John had the following children:

1. Hannah (1682-1747)
2. Samuel (1684-)
3. Mercy (1688-)
4. John (1691-)
5. Rebecca (1692-)
6. Mary (1694-)
7. Joseph (1696-1744)
8. Elizabeth (1706-1789)

Hannah died in Harwich, Massachusetts on 15 February 1743 at the age of 78. She was laid to rest in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

 

Daniel Fitch

8th great-grandparent – 1 of 1024 in this generation

(1692-1752)

Daniel was born on 20 February 1692 in Canterbury, Connecticut. He was the 3rd child, out of 8, of Major James Fitch and Alice Bradford. Daniel’s great-grandfather was Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford.

At the age of 26, on 5 March 1718, Daniel married Anna Cooke in Canterbury. Anna was the daughter of Thomas Cooke, Jr. and Sarah Mason.

Daniel and Anna had at least six children, all sons, before Anna died in 1735 at the age of 39.

1. William Fitch (1720-1763)
2. James Fitch (1722-)
3. Ebenezer (1724-1797)
4. John (1726-)
5. Daniel (1726-)
6. Theophilus (1731-)

Daniel died on 3 August 1752 in Canterbury at the age of 60.