The Capen Family, Descendants of Bernard Capen of Dorchester, Mass.;


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The Capen Family


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Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.




The Ancestry of Tennessee Williams


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Thomas Lanier Williams (1911-1983) was born in Canton, Mississippi to Cornelius Coffin Williams (1879-1957) and Edwina Dakin (1884-1980). Thomas was better known as Tennessee Williams, the great American playwright. Williams descended from English ancestors who settled early in both New England and the southern colonies.










Descendants of William Ames of Braintree, Massachusetts


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William Ames was baptized 6 October 1605 in Bruton, Somerset, England. His parents were John Ames and Christian Browne. He emigrated in about 1635. He married Hannah in about 1639. They had six children. He died in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1653. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri.




The memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift


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The memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, LL.D., U.S.A., first graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Chief Engineer U.S.A. from 1812-to 1818, 1800-1865 to which is added a genealogy of the family of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, Mass., 1634. By HARRISON ELLERY, Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.




Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Nichols Amsden and Amelia Jane Smith, 1636-1977


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Jonathan Nichols Amsden (1826-1891) was born in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York to Benjamin Cummings and Achsah Nichols Amsden. "In 1851 Jonathan came west to Illinois ... In Belvidere he met and courted Amelia Jane Smith, daughter of Barnabus Smith, Anna Cornwall ... Jonathan and Amelia were married in 1855"--Page 4. Shortly thereafter they moved to Lafayette, Iowa and then on to Missouri and later to Fort Lupton, Colorado where Jonathan is said to have died 27 July 1891. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon and elsewhere




Royal Families: Governor Thomas Dudley and descendants through five generations


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Thomas Dudley was born in 1576 in Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England. His parents were Roger Dudley and Susanna Thorne. He was a nineteenth generation descendant of William the Conqueror. He married Dorothy Yorke (1582-1643) 25 April 1603 in Hardingstone, Northampton. They had five children. They emigrated in 1630 and settled in Massachusetts where he was assistant governor and governor from 1630 to 1653. He married Katherine Deighton, daughter of John Deighton and Jane Bassett, 14 April 1644. They had three children. He died 31 July 1653 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and New York.