Howard Parker Moore

John Lewis was living in Charlestown, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1634. He had at least six children by his first wife, Marguerite, who died in 1649. About 1650, he married Mary Brown and they had six more children. After his death on September 16, 1657, she married a Mr. Cutler. Only the descendants of four children have been followed.

Chiefly, a record of descendants and some ancestors of Samuel Gage who was born December 8, 1749. He married Lydia Fish of Uxbridge on June 8, 1769. Lydia was the daughter of John Fish and they both were 19. She was born September 8, 1749. They emigrated to Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York and were there for ten years until they took up forest land as squatters in Fulton County near the town of Caroga, north Bush section. They had eight children....

Thomas Knowles and his wife, Elizabeth had two children before he died in 1646. One son, Lt. Thomas Knowles died without issue. The other child, Eleazor, married Jane Porter. Their sons were also named Thomas and Eleazor. Descendants remained chiefly in New England.

John Clifford (1614-1694) was the son of George Clifford of Boston. He married three times and had at least eight children. Elizabeth, a daughter, married Jacob Basford. Four generations of descendants lived in New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

William Winn (1784-1829) was the son of Isaac Winn (1757-1822) and his wife, Sarah (1757-1841). About 1800, they homesteaded in Ghent, N.Y. In 1803, William married Martha Howard (1783-1869). They had 12 children. The homestead was occupied by Winns for over 100 years.

Valorus Frederick Lang (1849-1876) was the eighth generation from Robert Lang (1650-1716). In 1875, he married Weltha Louise Chase. They had two sons; Frederick Clarence Lang and Valorus Franklin Lang. Descendants lived throughout the United States.