John Emery Adams was born in Andover, Massachusetts in 1780 and married Sarah (Sally) Moody in 1805. His parents moved to Andover when John was about ten years old. Sometime after their marriage John and Sally took their family along with some extended family members to settle the Ohio territory. In 1840 John died in Iowa while he was staying with his children who had moved to Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived in Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, California,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Chandler (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, and Scotland. Some settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, immigrated to Nova Scotia (Canada), and to Delaware, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. During the 1800's,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Porter families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, and Scotland. Some allied families came from Germany. Some Porters immigrated first to Canada, then into the United States of America. In the early 1600s, some immigrated to Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (especially Jamestown). In the 1700s, some settled in...