Jonathan Belcher (1681/2-1757) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Andrew Belcher, a prosperous shipping merchant, traveled extensively in Europe, became possibly the first American-born Freemason and Royal Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1730. His grandfather, Andrew (1617?-1673?), the son of Thomas (d. 1618) and Anne Solme of London and Sandon, Essex, England, emigrated to Sudbury, Massachusetts about 1638 and married Elizabeth...

William Brewster Barnard (b. 1921) married Harriett Johanna LeBotz. He was a descendant of William Brewster (1566/7-1644), who arrived in America on the Mayflower. Includes ancestry to Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scots, 849-859; through Alfred, the Great (849-901), as well through Charlemagne; and to Clovis, the Riparian (alive 420), known as the Frankish King of Cologne.

John Seay, Sr. (1764-1830)--son of Dutch immigrant Seay and Mary (Polly) Torian--married Sarah (Sally) McCarty in 1789 in Halifax County, Virginia, and moved to Smith County, Tennessee. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Clay families who came mainly from England and immigrated to America. Some focus is on (but not limited to) John Clay (born ca.1614), who left England to settle in Charles City County, Virginia, and died before 1660. His descendants lived in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. It also includes transcripts of various Clay genealogies...

"This book is arranged chronologically with separate chapters devoted to successive main-line Caldwell families, starting with John and Mary (Sweetenham) Caldwell who immigrated to Ireland from Scotland during the Plantation of Ulster. A brief overview of earlier Scottish ancestors precedes the family information and the entire book begins with an introduction of even earlier times." -- Contents

Nathaniel Thayer was christened in 1640 at St. Mary's Church in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. He and settled at Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1660. He married Abigail Harvey, the daughter of William Harvey, shortly after his arrival in America. Nathaniel was the nephew of Richard Thayer, son of Richard Thayer and Miss Dimery. Richard Thayer, the immigrant of 1641, settled in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where his brother Thomas...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Russell (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Germany, Ireland, Normandy, Scotland, and Wales. Some allied families came from Africa, France, and Norway. In the 1600s, some ancestors immigrated to Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia . In the 1700s, some settled in Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New...

John Paul Epling was born in about 1730-1750. He married Margaret in about 1770, probably in Virginia. They had five sons. John Paul died in 1809 in Giles County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and California.

Roger Billings was born in England in about 1620. He married Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth Pratt and was the father of eleven children. He died in 1683 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

George Webb married Nancy Knuckles, daughter of John Knuckles, 13 February 1795 in Botetourt County, Virginia. They had two children. He married Caroline Ritchie, widow of John Ritchie, and they had one child. He died in about 1821 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio.