About ♪♫ The Winkel-Gurley Family ♫♪
The Story Tellers:
We are the chosen.
My feelings are in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors.
To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story to feel
that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of
facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before.
We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called as
it were by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So,
we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves.
How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times
have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family and you would be proud of us?
How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for
me? I cannot say.
It goes beyond just documenting facts.
It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do.
It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and
saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my
flesh.
It goes to doing something about it.
It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed
to what we are today.
It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up,
their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family.
It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation.
It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we
might
be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do.
With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them
and they are us. So, I tell the story to my family. It is up to that one called in
the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family
storytellers. That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those
young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones.
Famous Names That We Are Connected Too.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Richard Gere, Anna Mary Robertson, JOHN HOWLAND, George W. Bush → George H. W. Bush,
Alexander 'Alec' Baldwin, Humphrey Bogart. Actor. Joseph Smith. Mormon founder and
leader, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Famous poet. President Richard Nixon, President Gerald
Ford, and Winston Churchill are all descended from brothers of Mayflower passenger
John Howland. Elvis Aaron Presley, Lisa Marie, Presley, PRICILLA BEAULIEU, Roy
Orbison, President Thomas JEFFERSON, President James Earl Carter, Willie Nelson,
President Franklin Pierce, HEATH, Sarah Louise Is Palin, Ran for Vice President
2008 President JOHN F. KENNEDY 1917-1963 Isaac Shelby, First Governor of Kentucky,
Fifth Governor (1812) of Kentucky, President Theodore ROOSEVELT, President Abraham
LINCOLN
Please take the time to read more about my family located on this page. Our
family did help to build this United States and I am proud to be a part of
it.
"Daniel Kenneth Winkel"
As my brother, Travis Harold Adair would say! "I'll be a Son, of a basket eating,
basketball playing, no good son of a gun". And Then There Was In Celebration,
"Here's to the bees, the busy old souls, those who don't care for birth control,
that's why day's like these, there are so many sons of bees."
I'm Glad I Hung with, the Brother. 1935 - 1996
Hello Everyone, Please take the time, and sign our guest book. Thank You!
The day I fell into this Captions chair was in 1982 when my father ElRoy Edwin Winkel
went home. It was a fire that took his life, in a little old shack by the Milwaukee
River In Mequon, Wisconsin.
I offer this website to my family, and to all that want it.
This is for all my kids. "If you keep your head's, out of your Ass. You will be
allright know matter what comes your way" Including ME! "I Love You All"
In one word he said, "Let there be life" Then he sang... We are not done,
YET.
Pruitt, Knight. My Great Grand Parents, Mothers side. Thomas PRUITT born 1616
had three sons John is the side of Edith Knight, Pruitt, Gurely.
I have also found a switch in names. Johns 2nd son William PRUITT to his sons.
Someplace after William they started spelling the name PRUETT.
I have only found the change in that family line. First names and dates match
So, You will see alot of matching first names that are the same person on both
Pruitt, and Pruett.
Note: In the 1830 Census of Spartanburg County, SC, Benjamin Pruett (spelled
Prewet in the Census) had 11 slaves.
In the 1840 Census he is listed and the name is spelled "Pruit." He is listed
as having 9 slaves at that time. This family is spelled Prewitt in the 1850 and
1860 census of Spartanburg county.
CHEROKEES, CREEKS, Choctaw, Chickasaw, NATIVE AMERICANS, Georgia Genealogy All
Nine names are found. Lawhorn, Jordan, Gurley, Knight, Pruitt, Adair, Wells Sanders
and Townsend.
The first North American rush took place in 1829, when gold was discovered in
Georgia. The exhibition includes original documents related to Georgia's state
land lottery by which claims were parceled out to prospectors despite numerous
treaties with the Cherokee. In 1830, the Cherokee Removal Act was passed and
more than 13,000 native people from the area were marched westward. Five
thousand of them died on the way.
An examination of the annual census records from 1860 to 1890 shows the
beginnings of the enumeration of Native Americans in the census. Article I,
section 2, of the Constitution requires a census to be taken every 10 years so
that seats in the House of Representatives can be apportioned among the states.
Section 2 excludes "Indians not taxed" those Indians living on reservations or
those roaming in unsettled areas of the country.
The first federal decennial census that clearly identifies any Native Americans
is the 1860 census.1 The instructions to the 1860 census enumerators defined
who was to be counted and who was not:
The Dutch, German surname Winkel is of Occupational origin, deriving from the
trade profession of the original bearer. In this instance the surname Winkel
derives from the Dutch term "Winkel" meaning "shop".
The surname Winkel is of location origin, deriving from a feature, either man
made or natural, near witch The original bearer of the name once lived or held
land. In this Instance, the surname derives from the German term "Winkel"
indicating a Piece of land that is surrounded by forest.
Research also indicates, that the name indicates a piece of land located
between two streams.
Occasionally, the name is of toponymic origin, deriving from the name of the
Place, where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land, in This
instance, The surname derives from places named Winkel which we find.
Toponymic is a last name derived from the name of a particular town or region
from which the person comes.
In the Netherlands and many German speaking countries. The term "Winkel" Is
also found as element in many other places names, like Krawinkel. Dohwinkel And
Keehwinkel. Just to name a few. Someone hailing from one of these places, But
now living someplace else could be called Winkel.
Dutch surname did not Come widely into use until the early nineteenth century.
The surname Winkel And its variant forms of Winkel and Winckl can be found in
documents dating Back to the fourteenth century.
Documents for the year 1389 indicate one Hans in Ben Winkel was a resident of
Goerlitz. US Census records for the Year 1860 indicates that a family named
Winkel, Adolph (age 23) a farmer, his Father Albert (45) and Adolph's wife (21)
came from the Netherlands and Settled in Clinton, Essex county New Jersey. A
coat of arms was granted to A family named Winkel of the Hesse region.
Winkel, Haut-Rhin, a place in the Haut-Rhin department, France
Winkel (North Holland), a town in the Netherlands
Winkel (Haaren), a village in the Netherlands
Winkel (Cranendonck), a village in the Netherlands
Winkel, Switzerland, a village in the canton of Zurich
Winkel, part of the municipality Oestrich-Winkel in Rheingau, Hesse, Germany
Winkel, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Winkel, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in Saxony Anhalt, Germany
Winkel, several places in Austria
Winkel, Dutch for "shop"
Winkel, the color and letter coded patch used by Nazis to classify prisoners in
Concentration Camps
Paris
n. capital city of France; city in Texas (USA); Trojan prince who abducted
Helen of Troy which started the Trojan War, also known as Alexandros or
Alexander (Greek Mythology)
Paris
Paris is the capital city of France. It is situated on the River Seine, in
northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region ("Région
parisienne"). The City of Paris has an estimated population of 2,153,600 within
its administrative limits. The Paris unité urbaine (similar to the North
American "urban area") is an area of unbroken urban growth that extends well
beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 9.93 million. A
commuter belt around the unité urbaine completes the Paris aire urbaine
(similar to the North American "metropolitan area") that, with its population
of 12 million, is one of the most heavily populated areas in Europe.
Gurley
Gurley is the name of three places in the United States:
Gurley, Alabama
Gurley, Nebraska
Gurley, South Carolina
Gurley is the name of a place in the Australia:
Gurley, New South Wales
There is also:
Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - ), author and longtime editor-in-chief of
Cosmopolitan magazine
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, socialist
John A. Gurley, Civil War era Ohio congressman
Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797 - 1872), clergyman and a major force in the
American Colonization Society
Hilda Gurley-Highgate, writer
Gurley Precision Instruments, A manufacturing company based in Troy, New York
that was established in 1845 by William Gurley and his brother.
Gurley, two distinct units of measure popularized by measurement devices from
Gurley Precision Instruments, one of stiffness and one of air permeability
(porosity)
Fick's laws of diffusion describe diffusion and can be used to solve for the
diffusion coefficient D. They were derived by Adolf Fick in the year 1855.
Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle
Ages. In the Commonwealth of Nations, knighthood is a non-heritable form of
gentility, but is not nobility. In the High and Late Middle Ages, the principal
duty of a knight was to fight as, and lead, heavy cavalry (see serjeanty); more
recently, in the United Kingdom, knighthood has become a symbolic title of
honour given to a more diverse class of people, from mountain climber Edmund
Hillary to musician Paul McCartney. By extension, "knight" is also used as a
translation of the names of other honourable estates connected with
horsemanship, especially from classical antiquity.
Sir Robert Fitzgerald de Adair (Gerald Fitzgerald , Maurice , Thomas , Maurice ,
John , Thomas , Maurice , Gerald , Maurice , Gerald , Walter ) was born about 1366 in
Limerick, County Antrim, IRELAND. He died in Galloway, Galloway, SCOTLAND.
The ADAIRS came from the noble house of FITZ-GERALD, the Anglo-Norman Viceroys of
Ireland, and Earls of Desmond and of Kildare in Ireland. The Fitz-Geralds trace their
lineage back to the Dukes of Tuscany, and the Tuscans claim their origin in the plains
of Troy. We know nothing beyond the Trojans but according to these claims, we trace
the ancestry of our antecedents back to sometime in the ninth century. Robert Adair,
the first of the name, and founder of the family was a scion, or younger son of the
Noble House of Fitz-Gerald; Anglo-Norman Viceroys of Ireland, and Earls of Desmond and
Kildare in Ireland. According to tradition, (which is mainly confirmed by history and
Heraldry), he fought a duel with the White Knight at the town of Adair, which was
located on the Desmond Estate in Limerick County in Ireland. Robert slew his
antagonist in single combat. He then sailed for Scotland under the name of Robert
FitzGerald de Adair; but after landing in Galloway he discarded his patronimic
designation and wrote himself ADAIR. He first appeared in Galloway in 1388, according
to the history of Potree and Dunsky. As a younger son with no important inheritance
rights, he set out to seek a fortune on his own. A man named Currie had been entrusted
with keeping of Wigton Castle in Galloway and for some reason, in 1388 had been
declared a rebel by the King of England. There was a proclamation issued that whoever
produced Currie, dead or alive, would be rewarded with his lands. Robert Adair, being
an adventurer, waited for an opportunity and seized Currie. The land and castle became
his.
According to FIVE HUNDRED FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA - Sixth Edition 1978-79 (Editor -
Alexander Du Bin), the Adair family can be traced back to the sister of Julius Caesar
through Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Alfred the Great and Kings of Scotland. In
the 14th century, the family name was Fitzgerald and one branch gave us in modern
times, President John F. Kennedy. The first Adair was Robert Fitzgerald de Athdara -
the later part of the name indicating that he lived near the oak tree (dara) at the
ford (ath) of the river. He lived in Ireland in the 14th century. Though the name is
Irish, he was of Norman origin. After killing the White Knight in a duel, he moved to
Galloway, Scotland (around 1380) and changed his name to Robert Adair. Editor Williams
explains the designation Kinhilt in his introduction. After Robert moved to Scotland,
there was a proclamation that whoever could produce the incorrigible robber and
pirate, Currie, dead or alive, should be rewarded by his lands. Robert proved to be
the one to accomplish this, killing the robber with the hilt of his sword. After being
awarded Currie's property, Robert built a castle on the spot where Currie was stuck
down and called it Kinhilt.
From Adair's History and Genealogy, 1924, by Dr. James Barnett Adair. One of the Dukes
of Tuscany migrated to Normandy in France and settled. Bye and bye when Prince William
was making up his army of invasion these Tuscans took a prominent part. After the
conquest of Britain in 1060 A. D. these Tuscans were honored by the King with Cabinet
positions and other prominent places. About a century later or three generations, they
were sent to Ireland by King Henry II.
Robert married Arabella Campbell about 1380. Arabella was born about 1360 in SCOTLAND.
"She was from the illustrous Scottish House of Argyle - one of the most powerful in
all the land".
Adair, People Family name
Adair is a family name of Irish and Scottish origin.
Allan Henry Shafto Adair -- (1897-1988) British army officer, 6th Baronet
Beegie Adair -- (born 1936) jazz pianist
Bill Adair -- (1913 - 2002) baseball player/manager
Charles Wallace Adair -- (1914 - 2006) U.S. ambassador
Daisy Adair -- fictional TV character
Daniel Adair -- (born 1975) Canadian drummer
Deborah Adair -- (born 1952) American actress
Donald Adair -- (born 1960) American figure skater
Douglass Adair -- (1912 - 1968) American historian
E. Ross Adair -- (1907 - 1983) U.S. Representative from Indiana
Forrest Adair -- (1865 - 1936) real estate developer
George Adair -- (1823 - 1899) real estate developer
Gilbert Adair -- (born 1944) author and journalist
Gilbert Smithson Adair -- (1896 - 1979) British scientist
J. Leroy Adair -- (1887 - 1956) U.S. Representative from Illinois
James Makittrick Adair -- (1728 - 1802) Scottish army officer, doctor
James Adair (historian) -- (1709 - 1783) explorer and author
James Adair (serjeant) -- (died 1798) Irish soldier, politician
Janet Adair -- (1901 - 2005) American actress
Jean Adair -- (1873 - 1953) actress
Jerry Adair -- (1936 - 1987) professional baseball player
John Adair -- (1757 - 1840) American soldier, politician (Kentucky)
John Adair (anthropologist) -- (1913 - 1997) Professor of Anthropology
John Adair (Leadership Guru) -- (born 1934) UK leadership expert
John Adair (surveyor) -- (c. 1655 - 1722) Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
John A. M. Adair -- (1864 - 1938) U.S. Representative from Indiana
Johnny Adair -- (born 1963) Ex Loyalist Paramilitary
Joseph Adair -- (1877 - 1960) Canadian politician
Nancy Adair -- documentary producer
Neil Adair -- Green Party web designer
Peter Adair -- (1943 - 1996) filmmaker and artist
Rachel Adair -- fictional character on General Hospital
Paul "Red" Adair -- (1915 - 2004) oil field firefighter
Rhona Adair -- (1878 - 1961) British golf champion
Robert Adair -- (1876 - 1951) Irish cricketer
Sir Robert Adair -- (1763 - 1855) English diplomat
Tatum Adair -- American actress
Virginia Hamilton Adair -- (1913 - 2004) American poet
Catherine Steiner-Adair -- Psychologist and author
Townsend
The first Townsends arrived on the shores of the North American continent
before 1640. The Townsends have participated in many major events which formed
the United States. The Townsend name is found in documents dating as far back
as the 1200's.
Ruiz refers to: Julieann Ruiz, Semph, Winkel
Julie was spelled Jullie Ruiz on the birth certificate with no middle name listed.
Her mother had her by way of Cesection and she was born at St. Agnes Hospital on
January 20th 1959 case number 157628. Weight 3 lbs 4 3/4 oz body length was 41 cm. She
was premature 7th month genststion. The mother had maternal bleeding from an abruptio
placenta. On discharge she was 9 lbs 3 oz, Her release date was April 9th 1959. She
was dismissed to a welfare worker from Winnebago Wisconsin. That would be Winnebago
County, Wisconsin. The doctor was K. K. Borsack M.D. Looks like Kare. ST AGNES
HOSPITAL, 430 EAST DIVISION STREET FOND DU LAC, WI 54935
The Adoption took place at an adoption agency located in Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin about
three years later. Julie lived in foster homes until the date of that adoption. The
name Julieann, one word still no middle name took place after the adopted parents
I guess the information we have, leads us to believe that the mother did not want to
give Julie up because it took the three years to sign the paper work. We have also
been told that the father was going to school at Oshkosh University at the time of the
pregnancy, and was of genus stature.
I would put the mother at a young age, probably only about 13 to 20 but my guess is 15
and the paper work didn't get signed until her age of 18. That makes her born around
1944 and would be around the age of 65 at this time.
My other belief is the there are Siblings from both parents making Julieann the sister
of a few people that may have been located in the same area. I'll bet they are all
younger and attended school in the area.
My hope is that we find the missing connection to Julie's family and that they are
well and have had a good life. Julie has been fortunate in that she has had four
children and except for, life's ups and downs every-one is doing just fine. She just
became the Grand Mother for the 3rd time.
Daniel Kenneth Winkel
http://winkel.tribalpages.com/
Famus RUIZ Names
Ashley Ruiz (1976?), American singer, prior member of the group Menudo
Blas Ruiz, Spanish explorer
Carlos Ruiz (1979?), Guatemalan football player
Chris Ruiz (contemporary), German electronic DJ and producer
Estela Ruiz, Mexican-American Marian visionary
Fermín Cacho Ruiz (contemporary), Spanish athlete, 1992 Olympics medalist
Frankie Ruiz, (1958?1998) Puerto Rican salsa singer
Héctor Ruiz (1945?), Mexican-American businessman, CEO of AMD
Hipólito Ruiz López Spanish botanist
John Ruiz a.k.a. ?The Quiet Man? (1972?), Puerto Rican boxing champion
José Francisco Ruiz (1795?1840), Texas revolutionary and politician
José Ruiz, pseudonym Azorin (1873?1967), Spanish poet and writer
José Ruiz (1952?), Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament
Juan Ruiz (1283?1350), Spanish priest and poet
Lorenzo Ruiz (c. 1600?1637), Filipino saint
Miguel Ángel Ruiz (1952?), a.k.a., "Don Miguel Ruiz", Mexican author, shaman,
and teacher of the Toltec tradition
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881?1973) Spanish painter and one of the most recognized
figures in 20th century art, probably most famous as the co-founder, along with
Georges Braque, of cubism.
Paola Ruiz Peruvian actress.
Raoul Ruiz (1941-), Chilean filmmaker
Renata Ruiz (1984?), Chilean model, 2005 Miss Universe contestant
Rodrigo Ruiz (1972?), Chilean football player
Rosie Ruiz (1953-), woman who finished first in the 1980 Boston Marathon but
was later found to have cheated by jumping in during the middle of the race
Samuel Ruiz (1924-), Mexican bishop from the state of Chiapas
Tracie Ruiz (1963-), American synchronized swimmer
The Wisconsin Adoption Search Law
Wisconsin's Adoptions Record Search law is set forth in State Statutes Sections 48.432
(PDF, 749kb) and 48.433 (PDF, 749kb). The primary purpose of the law is to help
persons who have been adopted or whose birth parents have terminated their parental
rights in Wisconsin to obtain information about themselves and their birth relatives.
This information includes:
Non-identifying social history information Medical and genetic information on birth
parents and members of their families, including routine health information and any
known hereditary or degenerative disease. Most recent names and address of birth
parents in Department of Health and Family Services files.
A copy of the impounded birth certificate (the birth certificate on record prior to
the time of adoption). The law specifies conditions and protections under which a
search may be conducted. Birth parents have the opportunity to file a notarized
statement (affidavit) consenting to the release of identifying information or the
right to refuse to allow release of identifying information.
How the Law Affects Adoptee
When an adoptee is 18 years old, he/she can request medical and genetic information
about his/her birth relatives and non-identifying social history information.
Upon written notification from a licensed medical provider, the Department of Health
and Family Services or another licensed adoption agency must make every effort to
notify an adoptee, 18 years or older, if a birth parent(s) or sibling has developed a
genetically transferable disease or condition.
Also, at age 18 an adoptee may request a search for birth parent(s) identity and
location and a copy of his or her impounded birth certificate.
Identity and location of birth parent(s) will not be disclosed unless an affidavit of
consent has been signed by birth parent(s). If a court has legally determined
paternity, or the father's name appears on the impounded birth certificate, affidavits
usually will be needed from both birth parents.
If the birth parent(s) files the necessary affidavits of consent, identity and
location of the birth parent(s) and the impounded birth certificate will be released
upon request.
If affidavits of consent are not on file, a search for the birth parent(s) will be
conducted. If located, the birth parent(s) has the option of signing an affidavit of
consent to release identifying information.
To obtain additional information about this program or to request an application
packet,
Mail:
Adoption Records Search Program
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
Phone: (608) 266-7163
Fax: (608) 261-5994
E-Mail: mailto:BOLDEJR@dhfs.state.wi.us
When inquiring about the Adoption Records Search Program please indicate whether you
are a birth parent, adult adoptee, or an adoptive parent.
Preserving a piece of history
The Old Prewitt Slave Cemetery
By Carolyn Mason
September 07, 2006
The Prewitt Cemetery
On a gentle bluff overlooking the northern shore of Lake Tuscaloosa is the Old Prewitt
Slave Cemetery, the final resting place of 300 to 500 slaves and their descendents.
Plantation owner and slave trader John Welch Prewitt, who was said to have owned more
than 600 slaves, established the burial ground in the 1820s. Prewitt’s estate once
covered more than 6,000 acres north of Northport. His home, which burned down in the
1940s, was a few hundred yards uphill from the cemetery.
To get to the graveyard, take U.S. Highway 43 to the northwestern edge of Lake
Tuscaloosa and turn at the historic marker for Alabama’s first public road. Then
follow what’s left of Old Byler Road until it reaches the lake. Once a toll road that
crossed land that was swallowed by Lake Tuscaloosa, Old Byler Road connected the
Warrior and Tennessee rivers and ran through the Prewitt plantation.
Prewitt, who is reported to have owned slave ships that docked in Mobile, designated a
two-acre parcel of land next to the road for his slaves to bury their dead. After
Emancipation, many of the freed slaves took the last name of their former owners — as
was the custom of the time — and settled in the same vicinity.
Possibly the largest existing slave cemetery in Alabama, Prewitt cemetery’s location
has remained well known within the black community since its oral history was passed
down through the generations.
Although the last burial in the cemetery was in 1945, Prewitts continued to gather
there to pay respect to their kin and roam across the sacred ground in search of
familiar names among the haphazard gravestones. The markers include hand-cut river
rock with crude etchings, solid slabs of arched stone, footstones and flat rocks
tented together to keep out animals. The markings range from initials scratched into
stone to full names and dates going back to 1819, the year Alabama became a state.
Over time, however, nature and development conspired to send the cemetery into ignoble
obscurity. Vines and brambles overtook the site, tree roots cracked stone markers and
loggers clandestinely hauled timber through sacred ground, toppling headstones and
destroying gravesites. Periodic cleanups organized by members of nearby Pole Bridge
Baptist Church, the official landowner of the historic cemetery, took place. But the
cemetery was deteriorating and the handmade carvings on the scattered stone markings
were crumbling.
By the early 1990s, the cemetery was overgrown, nearly impassable and seemingly headed
for ruin.
Because of its location on prime lakefront property and its difficult access,
descendents and historians such as Marvin Harper of Northport were concerned that the
burial ground would be lost to future generations.
About that time, a petite blonde named Eloise Prewitt found her curiosity piqued by a
series of articles that Harper wrote about Tuscaloosa County pioneers, including John
Welch Prewitt, a veteran of the War of 1812. Prewitt had always wondered about her
last name and its link to the history of Tuscaloosa. Motivated by that curiosity, she
embarked on a genealogical journey that would lead her to some startling discoveries.
With guidance from both Harper and the Tuscaloosa Public Library’s genealogical
research department, she pored over census records, eventually confirming that she was
the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Welch Prewitt. After scouring land near
Lake Tuscaloosa, she finally found his grave, prominently marked with a deteriorating
headstone resting among about two-dozen markers. The practically unknown cemetery is
deep in a heavily wooded and almost inaccessible location on the southern side of the
portion of Lake Tuscaloosa that crosses U.S. Highway 43.
In 1998, Prewitt resumed up her quest and found the Prewitt Slave Cemetery. “I felt a
strong pull, a sense of family and a determination to do something about the condition
it had fallen into,” she said. “I wanted to help.”
What followed was a massive restoration and preservation effort that continues today.
The mission brought Prewitt the warmth and acceptance of an extended family, including
Floda Prewitt Taylor, known as Miss Flo, and now-deceased Willie Prewitt, black
descendents of Prewitt plantation slaves.
“She did more than just help out,” said Taylor, 88, and still active in clean-up
duties. “She’s family now. Her efforts have been astonishing, and I think of her like
a sister for all she’s done.”
The white and black sides of the Prewitt clan have formed a close connection through
their work at the cemetery. But make no mistake: It is backbreaking work against the
forces of nature. Volunteers spend hours toiling in the sun’s heat, pulling weeds,
cutting vines, digging up stumps and trying to halt nature’s impulse to cover her
ground.
The markers at the cemetery have been placed randomly, reflecting times when there was
always room for the body of one more family member. They were days when it was common
to mark a grave by planting a flower, vine or bush or merely breaking a dinner plate
and scattering the pieces.
The cedar trees at the site date to pre-Civil War days and possibly were planted in
memory of the deceased, and every rock and stone must be treated with due respect.
That this once overgrown cemetery is now easy to access and its appearance is
remarkably improved is often credited to Eloise Prewitt.
She says her efforts are nothing more than something families do to help each other.
But her actions speak volumes. She set two goals: to help with the physical
preservation of the cemetery and to match existing genealogical records with the
writings on the grave markers to create a historical account before nature erases the
last clues.
“I care that future generations have these records before it’s too late,” Prewitt
said.
She has compiled comprehensive, though not-yet completed, notebooks with photographs,
slave census records, press clippings and detailed information on every grave she’s
documented. She shares her notebooks with volunteer workers and court-assigned clean-
up crews.
“If there’s any interest, I try to show them the importance of what they are working
on,” she said. “Some of them are amazed at the historical significance of the ground
they are standing on.”
There’s still a lot of work to be done to ensure the preservation of the cemetery.
Both sides of the Prewitt clan would like to see a historic marker placed at the site,
a perpetual clean-up fund and a fence or landscaped barrier put up between the
cemetery and the construction next to it. Ideally, there would be benches, parking and
a permanent display for artifacts collected on the grounds over the years.
Taylor and Prewitt both worry about keeping the endeavor alive for future
generations. “I think it’s important for our young people to stand upon these sacred
grounds, to understand their history and to continue the efforts we’ve begun,” Taylor
said.
John Howland
John Howland was the son of Henry Howland and was born near Fenstanton,
Huntingdonshire, England, about 1592/3. He died at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts,
February 23, 1672/3. Plymouth Colony records state:
“The 23th of February Mr. John Howland Senir of the Towne of Plymouth Deceased…Hee
lived until hee attained about eighty yeaes in the world…and was the last man that was
left of those that Came over in the ship Called the May flower, that lived in Plymouth
hee was with honor Intered att the Towne of Plymouth on the 25 of February 1672.”
The John Howland Memorial Stone
Burial Hill, Plymouth, MAOn Burial Hill is a monument to John Howland erected in 1897
with funds raised by Mrs. Joseph Howland. This replaces a stone erected about 1836 by
John and Henry Howland of Providence, Rhode Island. The earlier stone was buried under
the new one. This earlier stone stated that John Howland’s wife was “a daughter of
Governor Carver”, but after the discovery in 1856 of Governor William Bradford’s
manuscript Of Plimoth Plantation, it was known that he married Elizabeth Tilley,
daughter of John and Joan Tilley who were also passengers of the Mayflower.
John Howland boarded the Mayflower in England in September 1620, arrived in
Provincetown Harbor, November 21, 1620 and, although called a man-servant of Governor
Carver, he was the thirteenth signer of the Mayflower Compact in Plymouth Harbor on
December 21, 1620.
Within a few years he married Elizabeth Tilley, built a house on First Street and
gradually as land was allotted to each family, he acquired four acres on Watson’s
Hill, Plymouth and considerable acreage in Duxbury. February 2, 1638/9 he bought from
John Jenny the property called Rocky Nook (Kingston). Some of this land is still owned
by our Society.
He served in the General court of Plymouth as Committeeman in 1637, 1639-1652 and as
Deputy 1652, 1659, 1661-1668 and 1670.
He had two brothers, Arthur and Henry who arrived a few years later. Arthur Howland
married Margaret Reed, settled in Marshfield and had five children. Sir Winston
Churchill, an honorary member of the Pilgrim John Howland Society, was one of his
descendants. Henry Howland married Mary (Newland) and lived in Duxbury. They had eight
children. Both brothers joined the Society of Friends. For many generations the
descendants of these two men remained Quakers, many settled around Dartmouth, MA where
they became very prosperous.
TIMELINE
1620 – John Howland and Elizabeth arrive on the Mayflower.
1632 – They went to Maine.
1638/9 – Bought the Rocky Nook farm.
1670 – Jabez Howland bought the house at Plymouth. John and Elizabeth winter there.
1672/3 – John Howland died in the Plymouth home of his son.
Circa 1675 – The Rocky Nook Farm house burned to the ground. Elizabeth makes her home
with Jabez' family.
1680/1 – Jabez sells the Plymouth house. Elizabeth signed the deed and moved to
Swansea to live with her daughter, Lydia Brown.
1687 – Elizabeth Tilley Howland died and was buried in the Brown Family plot.
Between 1620 and 1630 a "Mayflower," or "Mayflowers," crossed the seas three times.
One in 1620 carried the Pilgrim Fathers to New Plymouth; one in 1629 carried
Higginson's party to Salem; and one in 1630 carried Winthrop's party to Charlestown.
It has generally been assumed that these three voyages were made by the same ship; but
the strong probability is that the voyages of 1629 and 1630 were not made by the ship
that sailed in 1620." According to Bowman the name Mayflower for ships was uncommonly
common, with numerous ships of that name trading from numerous ports abroad.
(Hotten) William Trevore and unknown Ely, two crewmembers; are commonly, but
incorrectly reckoned in the number of the first company of passengers for the Colony;
BRADFORD himself says: "Two other seamen were hired to stay a year; when their time
was out they both returned." Accordingly he says of the Mayflower company: "These
being about a hundred souls, came over in the first ship." Afterwards he adds: "Of
these one hundred persons who came over in this first ship together, the greatest half
died in the general mortality, and most of them in two or three months' time."
Omitting those two hired sailors who returned, and counting the person that died and
the child that was born while on the passage as one passenger, we have the exact
number---one hundred of the Pilgrim Company, "who came over in the first ship." And,
as fifty-one died the first season, this enumeration makes good those other words of
the historian, that,” the greater half died in the general mortality."
Alden, John Born about 1599. Died at Duxbury, 12 September 1687. He married, at
Plymouth, before 1624, Priscilla Mullins (WILLIAM) Ten children. Numerous descendants.
Allerton, Isaac. Isaac Allerton was born about 1586. He died at New Haven, Conn.,
before 22 February 1659. He married, first, at Leiden, 4 November 1611, MARY NORRIS.
He married, second, at Plymouth, between July 1623, and 1 June 1627, Fear Brewster
(WILLIAM), who died at presumably at Plymouth in 1634. He married, third, before 1644,
Joanna Swinnerton, who survived him.
Allerton, Mary (Norris), wife, died at Plymouth, 7 March, 1621
Allerton, Bartholomew, son., Born about 1612/13. Born at Leiden. He returned to
England, married and had children there, and was living in 1650.
Allerton Mary. Daughter. Born at Leiden abt. 1617. Died at Plymouth, MA, 28 November
1699, She married, at Plymouth, about 1636, Thomas Cushman, who was born in February
1608, and died at Plymouth, 22 December 1691.
Allerton, Remember, daughter Born about 1615, m. by 6 May 1635 Moses Maverick
Allerton, John Seaman on the Mayflower. Not known to be related to ISAAC. Died at
Plymouth, between 11 January and 10 April 1621. No known issue.
Billington, John Hanged at Plymouth, in September 1630. He married by about 1607
ELEANOR Billington
Eleanor. Wife Died after 12 March 1643. She had married, second, at Plymouth, in
September 1638, Gregory Armstrong, who died at Plymouth, 15 November, 1650.
Billington, John son, b. say 1604, d. Plymouth between 22 May, 1627 and September
1630, unmarried.
Billington, Francis son, b. about 1606; married Plymouth, July, 1634 Christian (Penn)
Eaton, widow of Francis Eaton. He died December 1684, Middleboro, MA.
Bradford, William Bp. Austerfield, Yorkshire, 19 March, 1589/90., son of William and
Alice (Hanson) Bradford. Died at Plymouth, May 9, 1657. He married, first, in
Amsterdam, Holland, 10 December, 1613, DOROTHY MAY,. He married, second, at Plymouth,
24 August 1623, Alice (Carpenter) Southworth (widow of Edward Southworth). 3 Children,
William, Mercy, Joseph She died Plymouth, 26, March 1670.
Bradford, Dorothy (May) wife She was born about 1597, and was accidentally drowned at
Cape Cod Harbor, December, 1620. One child John m. Martha Bourne
Brewster, William Born in 1566 or 1567, prob. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, son of William
Brewster. Died at Duxbury, 10 April 1644. He married, before 1593, MARY, surname
unknown despite extensive research to date.
Brewster, Mary, wife Died at Plymouth, 17 April 1627. Surname unknown.
Brewster, Love, son B. about 1607-11. Died at Duxbury, late 1650 or early 1651. He
married at Plymouth 15 May 1634, Sarah Collier (William) Brewster, Wrestling, son
Died, unmarried, between after 1627 and before 1651
Britteridge, Richard Bradford, as quoted by Prince says, "Dec 21 [1620], dies Richard
Britteridge, the first who dies in this harbour." Single, among the signers of the
Mayflower Compact.
Browne, Peter Born by about 1600. Died at Plymouth, 1633. He married, first, at
Plymouth, by 1626, Martha (—) Ford, who died at Plymouth, 1630 or 1631. Children Mary
and Priscilla. He married, second, Mary _____ by 1631. Children: Rebecca, child --
name unknown, d. by 1647 Mary was also prob. dead by 1647as one of her daughters sells
land without reference to widow's dower rights.
Button, William A youth, servant to Samuel Fuller who died as "they drew near the
coast."
Carter, Robert Servant of William Mullens. "Died the first winter." (Bradford)
Carver, John. Governor at Plymouth until his sudden death in April 1621. Born by about
1580-85. By 1609 was married to
Catherine (White). Leggatt daughter of Alexander White.
Carver, Katherine. (Leggett)(White), wife She died Plymouth about five or six weeks
after her husband. No known surviving children. Two possible unknown children buried
Leiden.
Chilton, James Tailor. Born about 1556 probably at Canterbury, son of Lionel Chilton.
Married by 1586. Died on the Mayflower, at Cape Cod Harbor, about 8 December 1620.
Another daughter Isabella came later and married Roger Chandler.
Chilton, Mrs. wife His wife died early in 1621, after 11 January. Neither her maiden
nor surname are known..
Chilton, Mary. daughter Baptized St. Peter’s Sandwich, May 1607. Died at Boston,
shortly before 1 May 1679. She married, at Plymouth, by 1 June 1627, John Winslow, who
was bp. at Droitwich, England, 18 April 1597, son of Edward and Magdalen (Oliver)
Winslow.
Clarke, Richard Died soon after arrival in the general sickness. Among the signers of
the Mayflower Compact.
Cooke, Francis Born in or shortly after 1583, died Plymouth 7 April 1663. Married in
Leiden 1603, Hester Mahieu, who followed later. Other children include a child buried
in Leiden, unknown; Jane, Elizabeth, Jacob, Hester and Mary.
Cooke, John. Son Bp Leiden 1607. Died at Dartmouth 23 November 1695. He married, at
Plymouth, 28 March 1634, Sarah Warren (RICHARD).
Cooper, Humility Born about 1619, and no more than about a year old when she sailed on
the Mayflower and was included in the Edward Tilley family, along with Henry Sampson
as "cousins." By 1651, she was sent "for into" England and according to
Bradford, "died there." Unmarried.
Crackstone, John Died in the first mortality at Plymouth, between 11 January and 10
April, 1621. Married by about 1600, wife unknown, and probably dead by 1620 and
perhaps considerably earlier. A child Anna was married in Leiden. He was among the
signers of the Mayflower Compact.
Crackstone, John son Came with his father in 1620 and died at Plymouth about
1627, "having lost himself in the woods; his feet became frozen, which put him into a
fever of which he died." [Bradford 442,445]
Doty, Edward Planter, born by about 1599 and a servant upon his arrival. Died at
Plymouth, 23 August, 1655. First wife, unknown. He married, second, at Plymouth,
January, 1634/1635, Faith Clark (Thurston), who was buried at Marshfield, 21 December
1675. She had married, second, John Phillips. Nine children by his second wife,
Faith.
Eaton, Francis Carpenter, born by about 1595/6 based on the birth of first child. And
a baptismal record in Bristol, Gloucester, England. Died Plymouth late 1633. Married
by 1620, Sarah ______, who came on the Mayflower and died early in 1621. Married
second, about 1622, unidentified wife (thought to be the unnamed servant of John
Carver). She died a year or two after. Married third, Christian Penn, passenger on
the Anne, who married second Francis Billington, son of John Billington. Children by
Eaton and Christian were Rachel, Benjamin, child, unnamed, an "idiot" living 1651.
Eaton, Sarah wife Died soon after arrival Eaton, Samuel son came as an infant. Born
late 1619/20, m. by 1646, Elizabeth ____, who died after 1652 and before 1661. He
married second, Martha Billington, his stepsister, January 1660/1.
English, Thomas Hired to "go master of a shallop." [Bradford] Died during the winter
of 1620/1.Probably a young, unmarried man.
Fletcher, Moses Smith, born by about 1565. Died at Plymouth, early 1621 during the
first winter. He married, first, in Maria (Mary) Evans, who died late 1613. He
married, second, at Leiden, 21 December, 1613, Sarah (—) Dingby, widow of William.
There is no further record of her. He had ten children by his first wife, but,
according to Bradford, "left no posterity here."
Fuller, Edward Died during the first winter. Bp. Redenhall, Norfolk, September 1575,
son of Robert Fuller. Married, unknown, by about 1605. A son Matthew born about 1605
was not among those names included in the voyage, but married by about 1630 Francis
______, possibly in England. Matthew died 1678, Barnstable, MA. Edward was brother
of Dr. Samuel Fuller.
Fuller, Mrs. ____ wife Maiden and Surname is unknown. Died during the first winter.
Fuller, Samuel son Born about 1608, married April 1635 Jane Lothrop, daughter of Rev.
John Lothrop.
Fuller, Samuel (Dr) Bp. Redenhall, Norfolk, January 1580, son of Robert Fuller.
Married first, Alice Glascock, who died by 1613. Married second, Agnes Carpenter in
Leiden, April 1613. She died by 1617. He married third, Bridget Lee, Leiden, May 27,
1617. Children by Bridget, include possible Bridget, born 1619; Mercy, b. after May
22, 1627, but no further record; and Samuel born about 1629. Dr. Fuller died between
9 August and 26 September 1633, Plymouth.
Gardinar, Richard According to William Bradford, Richard became a seaman and died in
England or at Sea. Died after 1623 as he was granted land in the Plymouth land
division. He was among the signers of the Mayflower Compact. No known wife or
children.
Goodman, John John is listed by Bradford as one of seven men who died soon after their
arrival in the general sickness, however he (or perhaps someone in his behalf) was
awarded land in the Plymouth land division. He was dead, however, by 1627 as he is not
in the Cattle division of that year. No known descendants.
Holbeck, William Servant to William White and died soon after landing.
Hooke, John Died at Plymouth, early in 1621. A servant boy to Isaac Allerton.
Hopkins, Stephen Tanner and Mercant. Born by about 1582. Died at Plymouth, between 6
June and 17 July, 1644. Married by about 1604-7 to first wife, Mary, who was buried
at Hursley, Hampshire, England in May 1613. They had three children Elizabeth,
Constance, Giles. He married second in London, February 1617/8 Elizabeth Fisher, who
predeceased her husband.
Hopkins, Elizabeth (Fisher) wife Died at Plymouth in the early 1640’s
Hopkins, Giles son by first marriage Bp. 30 January 1607/8, Hursley, Hampshire,
England. Died at Eastham, between 5 March 1688/9 and 16 April 1690, Eastham, MA. He
married, 9 October, 1639, Katharine Wheldon
Hopkins, Constance, daughter by first marriage Bp. 11 May 1606, Hursley, Hampshire,
England.
Married Plymouth by 1627 Nicholas Snow.
Hopkins, Damaris, daughter Born about 1618, died probably before the birth of her
sister in about 1628 of the same name
Hopkins, Oceanus, son Born at sea aboard the Mayflower, died by 1627.
Howland, John Of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, son of Henry and Margaret ____ Howland.
Born about 1592/3-9. Died at Plymouth, 23 February, 1672/3. He married, at Plymouth,
before 1624/5, ELIZABETH TILLEY (JOHN), who was born about 1607, and died at Swansea,
22 December 1687, aged eighty. Ten children. Characterized by Bradford as a "lusty
young man" and manservant to John Carver. He was nearly swept to his death during a
severe storm on the passage.
Langmore, John Servant to Christopher Martin. Died during the first sickness.
Latham, William Servant to John Carver and after twenty years stay, according to
Bradford went to England and from there to the Bahamas where he and others starved for
want of food. There is no record of a marriage or children during his stay in the
colony.
Leister, Edward Servant to Stephen Hopkins. According to Bradford, after his liberty,
he went to Virginia, and there died. No known descendants.
Margesson, Edmund Died soon after arrival. No known descendants.
Martin, Christopher Of Great Burstead, Essex, merchant. Birth by about 1582, died
Plymouth, January 8, 1620/1. Married Great Burstead, Essex 26 February, 1606/7 Mary
______ Prower, widow of _____ Prower. Child, Nathaniel, apparently alive in Great
Burstead in 1620, no further record.
Martin, Mary (Prower), wife Died during the first winter
Minter, Desire came in the household of John Carver. Bradford says "Desire Minter
returned to her friend and proved not very well and died in England. No known husband
or children.
More, Ellen, . "A little girl." Sister of JASPER. Died at Plymouth, early in 1621,
after 11 January. These four children were the children of Samuel More, of Royal
descent and his wife, a first cousin, Catherine, but discovered by Samuel to be the
illegitimate children of his wife's lover. After a difficult divorce, Samuel put them
in the care of John Carver and Robert Cushman who were to maintain them for seven
years and provide them with fifty acres of land. Sadly, only Richard More survived.
Ellen was put to the family of Edward Winslow. See New England Historical Register,
114:163-68, 124:86-87 for an account of this family by Sir Anthony Richard Wagner.
More, Jasper, brother "A little boy." Died on the Mayflower, at Cape Cod Harbor, 16
December 1620. He was put to the Carver family
More, Richard, brother Of Shipton, Shropshire, bp. 13 November 1614, Shipton,
Shropshire, England. He was reputedly the illegitimate child of Jacob Blakeway and
Katherine (More) wife of Samuel More. He was the only surviving Mayflower More child.
He died Salem between 19 March, 1693/4 and April 20, 1696. He married, Plymouth,
October 1636 Christian Hunter who died in Salem, March 18, 1676. He married second,
Jane ____ Crumpton, widow of Samuel Crumpton. He had seven children by his first wife.
More, Mary, sister Died at Plymouth, early in 1621, after 11 January. Bradford calls
this child brother to Richard, but it is felt he may have erred as court records for
Samuel and Catherine specifically name the children and include Mary. In any event
the child did not survive the first winter.
Mullins, William Shoemaker of Dorking, Surrey. Born about 1568. Died Plymouth,
February 21, 1620/1 He married by 1593 Alice _____. They had four children: William
who married twice in England and in Boston, one daughter who married three times, but
died without issue; Joseph who died early; Sarah, who married by 1622, _____ Blunden;
and Priscilla who married John Alden. Bradford notes that only the two children
Priscilla and Joseph accompanied them on the Mayflower. William Mullins made out his
death-bed will on 21 February 1620/1, in which he mentions his wife Alice, daughter
Priscilla, son Joseph, and married children William and Sarah who were still in
Dorking at the time
Mullins, Alice, wife. Died early in 1621, after 2 April.
Mullins, Priscilla daughter. Born about 1603. Married John Alden by about 1623.
Mullins, Joseph son Born about 1596. Died at Plymouth, early in 1621, after 2 April.
Priest, Degory Born about 1579. Died at Plymouth, 1 January, 1620/1. He married, at
Leiden, 4 November, 1611, Sarah (Allerton) Vincent (the widow of John Vincent). She
was sister to Isaac Allerton and came afterward with two children Mary, who m. Phineas
Pratt and Sarah, who m. John Coombs.
Prower, Solomon Died at Plymouth during the first winter. As he came with the family
of Christopher and Mary Prower Martin, it has been speculated that he was related to
her in some way, perhaps a son by a former marriage or a nephew. No known descendants.
Rigsdale, John Died during the first winter
Rigsdale, Alice, wife Died during the first winter
Rogers, Thomas Birth by about 1572, son of William and Eleanor (____) Rogers of
Watford, Northampton shire. He died in Plymouth, soon after arrival, although his son
Joseph, the only of his children to come with him, survived. Bradford notes that "his
other children came afterwards," but of those only John Rogers is known to have
arrived. Thomas married 24 October 1597, Watford, Northamptonshire, Alice Cosford,
daughter of George Cosford. A 1622 Poll Tax for Leiden, Holland shows the surviving
widow and children living there in 1622. Children (all bp. Watford, Northamptonshire):
Thomas, died as infant; poss. Richard, died as infant; Joseph, see below; John, bp. 6
April 1606, m. Plymouth, 16 April 1639, Anna Churchman; Elizabeth, bp 26 December
1609, living in Leiden, 1622, no further record; Margaret, bp. 30 May 1613, living at
Leiden 1622, no further record.
Rogers, Joseph son Bp. 23 January 1602/3. Married by 1633 Hanah _____ who is
mentioned in his will of 2 January 1677/8. It is not certain that she was his only
wife, nor the mother of his children. He died Eastham after January 2, 1677/8 (will)
and before Jan. 15, 1677/8 when Joseph's inventory was taken. Buried there in the Old
Cove Burial Ground. Children: Sarah, died as infant; Joseph, prob. born Duxbury 19
July, 1635, m. Eastham 4 April 1660, Susanna
Deane, dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Deane, no known children; Thomas b. prob
Duxbury 29 March 1638, m. Eastham, 13 December 1665, Elizabeth Snow; Elizabeth, b.
prob. Duxbury, 29 Sept 1639, m. Eastham 9 January 1660, Jonathan Higgins; John, b.
prob. Duxbury, 3 April 1642, m. Eastham 19 Aug 1669 Elizabeth Twining; Mary, b. prob
Duxbury, 22 Sept 1644, m. Barnstable aft. 19 April 1718, John Phinney; James, b.
Eastham 18 Oct. 1648, m. Eastham 11 Jan 1670, Mary Paine; Hannah, b. Sandwich or
Eastham 8 Aug 1652, m. aft. 16 July 1679 Jonathan Higgens.
Samson, Henry Bp. Henlow, Bedfordshire, 15 Jan 1603/4, son of James and Martha
(Cooper) Samson, died Duxbury bet 24 Dec 1684 (will) and 5 March 1684/5 (probate).
Married, Plymouth, 6 Feb 1635/6 Anne Plummer. Children: Stephen, John, Elizabeth,
James, Hannah, Daughter (unknown given name), Mary, Dorcas, Caleb.
Soule, George Died at Duxbury, bet 20 Sept 1677 when he made a codicil to his will and
22 January 1679/80 when his inventory was taken.. He married at Plymouth, before 1627
when she is included in the Plymouth division of cattle,
Mary Buckett, who died at Duxbury about December 1672? Her surname is a deduction of
writers by way of the argument that she was the only available Mary in Plymouth at
that time.[TGM 3:1706]
Standish, Myles was born about 1584-93 and died 3 Oct 1656 Duxbury. He married 1st
Rose ____, who died early in 1620/1. He m. 2nd Barbara who d. after 6 Oct 1659. Seven
children
Standish, Rose wife Died early in 1620/1
Story, Elias, servant to John Winslow, died soon after arrival.
Thompson, Edward, servant to William White, died soon after landing
Tilley, Edward, of Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, was bp. there 27 May, 1588 as
Edmond, son of Robert and Elizabeth (_____) Tilley. TGM 3:1819 citing TAG 52:203. In
Bradford's Passenger List he includes Edward Tillie, and Ann his wife. Both died soon
after arrival.
Tilley, Ann, wife Died soon after arrival Tilley, John, brother to Edward was bp.
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, 19 Dec 1571. He m. in Henlow 20 Sept 1596 Joan (Hurst)
Rogers. She had married 1st Thomas Rogers. Of five children: Rose, John, Rose again,
Robert and Elizabeth, only Elizabeth who is known to have descendants. Of the others
there is no further record.
Tilley, Joan (Hurst)(Rogers), wife Died soon after arrival
Tilley, Elizabeth, daughter, bp. Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, 30 Aug 1607. She m.
about 1625 John Howland. See Howland.
Tinker, Thomas Died in the first sickness
Tinker, Mrs. Thomas, wife Died in the first sickness
Tinker, ----- son Died in the first sickness
Turner, John Died in the first sickness. His wife's name is unknown and she did not
come over. A daughter Elizabeth, who remains a mystery, was, according to Bradford
[443] living in Salem, coming some years after. Thus she was alive in 1650/1 at the
writing of Bradford's list.
Turner, ---- son Died in the first sickness
Turner, ---- son Died in the first sickness
Warren, Richard died Plymouth, 1628. He m. by about 1609, Elizabeth She d. Plymouth
in October 1673. Bradford says, "Mr. Richard Warren, but his wife and children were
left behind and came
afterwards." Seven children
White, William Died soon after arrival at Plymouth. He. m. About 1615 Susanna
______. Two children from her marriage to William White. Their second son Peregrine
was born 4 December 20 aboard the Mayflower and m. Sarah Bassett, dau. of William
Bassett
Susanna White, wife, She married 2nd Plymouth 12 May 1621 Edward Winslow.
Resolved White, son b. abt 1615, m. Scituate 8 April 1640, Judith Vassall, dau. of
William Vassall.
Wilder, Roger A. servant to John Carver who died early. No known issue. Bradford
says: "Mr. Carver and his wife, dyed the first year, he in ye spring, she in ye somer;
also his man Roger . . ."
Williams, Thomas Among the signers of the Mayflower Compact. Died soon after arrival
in the general sickness.
Winslow, Edward, bp. Droitwich, Worcestershire, England 20 October 1595, son of Edward
and Magdalen (Oliver) Winslow. Died at sea 8 May 1655. He married second (Sus)anna (?
Fuller) Winslow 12 May, 1621
Winslow, Elizabeth (Barker), wife, m. at Leiden Edward Winslow, died Plymouth, 24
March 1620/1
Winslow, Gilbert Brother to Edward, bp. Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, 29 Oct
1600. There is no marriage nor any children recorded for Gilbert. Bradford
says: "Gilbert Winslow after diverse years abroad here, returned into England and dyed
there."
Unnamed maid servant of John Carver Bradford’s Passenger List: Mr. John Carver.
Kathrine his wife. Desire Minter; & 2 man-servants John Howland Roger Wilder. William
Latham, a boy & a maidservant. & a child yt was put to him called, Jasper More. She is
deduced by some to be the second, unnamed wife of Francis Eaton.
It is reported that currently there are over 10 million living descendants of the 52
Mayflower Pilgrims who had children. Are you one of them?
John Adams (2nd U.S. President) — John Alden & William Mullins
John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. President) — John Alden & William Mullins
Maude Adams (stage actress) — John Howland
Humphrey Bogart (film actor) — John Howland
Marie Corinne ("Lindy") Morrison Claiborne Boggs (US Ambassador to the Vatican,
Congresswoman) — William Brewster
Phillips Brooks (wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem") — John Howland
William Cullen Bryant (poet) — John Alden & William Mullins
George Herbert Walker Bush (41th U.S. President) — John Howland, Francis Cooke and
John Tilley
Barbara Bush (U.S. First Lady) — John Howland & Henry Samson
George W. Bush (43nd U.S. President) — John Howland, Francis Cooke, Henry Samson, and
John Tilley
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (Florida Governor) — John Howland, Francis Cooke, John Tilley
and Henry Samson
Bing Crosby (film star & singer) — William Brewster
Bob Crosby (Big Band Leader, Bing's Brother) — William Brewster
Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet) — John Howland & John Tilley
James A. Garfield (20th U.S. President) — John Billington
Nathaniel Gorham (Continental Congress President) — John Howland
Ulysses Grant (U.S. General & 18th President) — Richard Warren
Hugh Hefner (founder of Playboy Magazine) — William Bradford
Esther Allen Howland (produced the first American Valentines) — John Howland
Josiah Granville Leach (originator of Flag Day, June 14th) — Francis Cooke
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (U.S. Senator) — John Howland
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet) — John Howland
Marilyn Monroe (actress) — John Alden & William Mullins
Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (20th century American primitive painter) —
Francis Cooke
Dan Quayle (U.S. Senator & Vice President) — Myles Standish, John Alden & William
Mullins
Cokie Roberts (Political Analyst for ABC and NPR) — Elder William Brewster
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President) — Isaac Allerton, Francis Cooke, John
Howland, Degory Priest, John Tilley, Richard Warren
Lillian Russell (stage & film actress) — John Howland
Deborah Samson (took part in Revolutionary War battles disguised as a man) — William
Bradford, Myles Standish, John Alden, and William Mullins
Alan B.Shepard, Jr. (first American in space and fifth man to walk on the moon) —
Richard Warren
Joseph Smith (founder, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) — John Howland
Zachary Taylor (12th U.S. President) — William Brewster & Isaac Allerton
John Trumbull (painter of Revolutionary War scenes, soldier and aide to General
Washington) — John Alden
James Mitchell Varnum (Brigadier General, Continental Army) — Francis Cooke
Noah Webster (author of the first American dictionary) — William Bradford
Orson Wells (stage & film actor, director, producer) — John Alden, Francis Cooke, and
Richard Warren
Leonard Wood (U.S. General, colonial administrator and surgeon; commander of "Rough
Riders") — Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins & Richard Warren*
* GSMD Governor General 1915-1921
Phineas D. Gurley
Rev. Phineas D. Gurley was the Pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Washington where the Lincolns attended church. He and his wife were frequent guests at
the White House. He often brought religious delegations and personal requests to the
President. In one letter to President Lincoln on March 13, 1863, Dr. Gurley
successfully requested a job for a friend, who was placed at the Treasury Department:
Permit me to commend to your confidence and kindness my highly esteemed friend, Mr.
Amos Young. Formerly he resided in Georgetown; now he is residing in this city. Our
civil troubles have made his home a desolation. The extent of his losses he himself
will tell you, and you can rely with the most implicit confidence upon his every
statement. His character is so pure, his loyalty so unwavering, and his need so
urgent, that I really hope you will take such an interest in his case as will secure
him employment. He is a worthy and suffering servant of Christ, Mr. President, and, as
a minister of Christ, I earnestly entreat you to consider his claims and favor his
appeal. His habits have such as to give him excellent qualifications for a clerkship.1
More often, according to historian David Rankin Barbee, Dr. Gurley intervened on
behalf of Northern or Southern clergymen who had been arrested and imprisoned by the
Union army. In one letter to Mr. Lincoln, Dr. Gurley wrote: "Pardon me, Mr. President,
for saying that I think the business of suppressing churches with pastors, which the
War Department seems disposed to undertake, will not only be difficult and
troublesome, but rather injurious than beneficial to the Government."2
Historian Allen C. Guelzo wrote: "There was much that Lincoln admired in Gurley's
rhetorical gifts as a preacher, and he once remarked to John Hay that it had to be a
good sign that Gurley's 'faith in ultimate success' in the war was so vast.
Gurley 'spoke with an authoritative air of sincerity,' and 'his preaching was confined
with remarkable closeness to the great central doctrines of the cross,' but, happily,
he also managed to stay away from politics. [Government printer] John DeFrees believed
that Lincoln 'had several conversations with the Rev. P.D. Gurley...on the subject of
religion,' and on at least three occasions Lincoln allowed Gurley to present petitions
for pardons or appointments. Yet Lincoln never developed a particularly close
relationship with Gurley, apart from inviting Gurley to the White House from time to
time and allowing Gurley to be generally understood by Washington society as the
Lincolns' pastor."3 Once when accosted as he left the White House after an early
morning meeting, Dr. Gurley explained that he and the President had "been talking of
the state of the soul after death. That is a subject of which Mr. Lincoln never tires.
This morning, however, I was a listener. Mr. Lincoln did all the talking."4
Dr. Gurley played an important role at President Lincoln's deathbed and funeral
services. He comforted Mrs. Lincoln during the death watch at the Peterson Home and
delivered a brief prayer after Mr. Lincoln died on April 15. He delivered the funeral
sermon on April 19 at the White House, saying:
Since the days of Washington, no man was ever so deeply and firmly imbedded and
enshrined in the hearts of the people, as Abraham Lincoln; nor was it a mistaken
confidence and love. He deserves it all. He merited by his character, by his acts, and
by the whole tone and tenor of his life. His integrity was thorough, all pervading,
all controlling, and incorruptible. He saw his duty as the chief magistrate of a great
and imperilled people, and he determined to do his duty, seeking the guidance and
leaning on the arm of Him of Whom it is written: 'He giveth to the faint, and to them
who have no Might he increaseth strength.' Never shall I forget the emphatic and deep
emotion with which he he said, in this very room to a company of clergymen who had
called to pay their respect to him in the darkest days of the civil
conflict. 'Gentlemen, my hope of success in this struggle rests on that immutable
foundation, the justice and goodness of God, and when events are very threatening, I
still hope that in some way all will be on our side.5
Dr. Gurley also said prayers at the Capitol and the Washington train station and again
at the graveside in Springfield, Illinois. He also composed a funeral hymn, "Rest,
Noble Martyr."
Dr. Gurley had been appointed Senate chaplain in 1858 and had previously served a
congregation in Dayton, Ohio. Before she left the White House, Mrs. Lincoln arranged
to have her late husband's hat sent to Dr. Gurley. She got very upset later in the
year when she discovered he had not received it. Dr. Gurley continued to serve as
pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church until his death in 1868 and spent
the last two years as moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA
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