The Nelson Family of Rowley, Massachusetts


Book Description

"In 1638, Thomas Nelson traveled with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and his company from Rowley, Yorkshire, England, to settle Rowley, Massachusetts. This genealogy treats several generations of Nelson descendants and provides new insight into Thomas's possible ancestry at Drax, Yorkshire. An ahnentafel for Philip Stapleton, the maternal grandfather of Thomas and Philip Nelson, is also included, and indicates each way he descends from Edward I, King of England, and Edward III, King of England. Appendixes provide additional historical context regarding the establishment of Rowley, Massachusetts, and discuss the royal line of Dorothy Stapleton, Thomas Nelson's first wife" -- Publisher's description.






















The Bailey Family


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Richard Bailey, baptized 21 August 1614, at Bradford parish, York, England, son of Godfrey Bailey. He brought with him to Rowley, Massachusetts, his wife Edna Halsted, born in Halifax parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. They settled in Rowley in the early 1640's where he was one of a company that setup the first cloth mill in America. He died young, in 1647 leaving his widow with one child a son named Joseph Bailey. Edna married Ezekiel Northend, born 10 February 1621, on December 1, 1648. Edna died after her second husband on 3 February 1705-6 at Rowley. Descendants and relatives lived in California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York and elsewhere.







The Schempp Family History


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Descendants of Jerg or Georg Schempp (fl. 1544-1578) of Bissingen, Württemberg, Germany. They later settled in Erkenbrechsweiler and Dettingen in the same province. Christian Schempp (1838-1905) emigrated to Ohio about 1850, eventually settling in Lodi. Other family settled in Georgia and the state of Washington.