Pioneer Heritage


Book Description

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Alexander McColley and Polly Razey. Alexander was born 1 October 1805 in Vermont or New York, the son of James McColley and Charlotte Hancock. Polly was born 9 April 1805 in New York, the daughter of Silas Razey and Hannah Garnsey. Alexander McColley married Polly Razey 20 September 1827 in New York. They lived in Wisconsin and were the parents of seven sons and five daughters. Ancestors lived in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and elsewhere. Descendants lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Washington, California and elsewhere.







Thomas Spencer Cotting and Jane Burgess, Ancestors and Descendants


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A genealogy and a history of the ancestors and descendants of Thomas Spencer Cotting born 29 Apr 1815 in Worcester Co., Mass., died 6 Oct 1887 in Bristol, Wisc. and his wife Jane Burgess born 17 Sep 1817 in New York and died 13 Sep 1904 in Wisc.







Chamberlain-Tancarville Connection and Allied Lines


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Richard Chamberlaine lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts. His second wife was Sarah Bugbee (b. 1630), daughter of Edward Bugbee of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They had eleven children. Richard died in 1673 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Richard's possible ancestry in England is traced. Descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts, New York, Michigan and elsewhere.




Two Pierce Families


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John Pers was born about 1588 and lived for a time in Norwich in Norfolk County, England. He came to America about 8 June 1637 and lived in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts where he died 19 August 1661.