John Keen was born ca. 1578 in London, England. He married Martha (surname unknown) in England and they were the parents on seven children. John and Martha left Southampton, England 11 April 1638 with five of their children and immigrated to America aboard the ship "Confidence". They arrived in Boston and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. Descendants lived primarily in Maine and Massachusetts.

Elbridge Gerry, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, was born 17 July 1744 at Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Greenleaf Gerry. He married Ann Thompson (1765-1849), the daughter of James and Catharine (Walton) Thompson, 12 January 1786. They had nine children. He died 23 Nov. 1814 in Washington, D.C. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, District of Columbia, New York and elsewhere.

Contains lineage charts showing the ancestries of Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) and his wife Ann Thompson (1763-1849). Includes a chronology of events in the history of the United States of America beginning with the birth of Christopher Columbus in 1451 to the taking of the 20th census of the U. S. A. in 1980. Includes Greenleaf, Elbridge, and related families.

James Ross (d.1690) emigrated from Scotland to Sudbury, Massachusetts. Samuel Ross (1762-1808), direct descendant in the fifth generation, moved from Templeton to Coleraine, Massachusetts and married Jean McCrillis in 1783. Descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts and elsewhere.

Joseph Killgore, son of John Kilgour and Helen Litster, was born 6 July 1701 in Markinch, Fife, Scotland. He married Penelope Treworgy (Trueworthy) (b. 1694) 17 January 1720/21 in Kittery, Maine. They had eight children. He died 2 May 1764 in York, Maine. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maine.

Chiefly descendants of Reverend John Graham of Woodbury, Connecticut. "John Graham, son of Andrew of the Grahams of Kincardine and Montrose, born at Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, September 20, 1690. Graduated University of Glasgow, March 10, 1714. Studied Medicine and Theology at Edinburgh. Emigrated from the valley of the Bann between County Antrim and Londonderry, arrived in Boston Aug. 4, 1718."--P. 4. John became a member of the Congregational...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Gerry families whose ancestors came from England to America during the 1600-1700's. Some focus is on (but not limited to) the ancestors and descendants of Elbridge Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Elbridge (b. 1744) and his wife, Ann Thompson, lived in Massachusetts. In the 1700's, many Gerry families also lived in Connecticut, Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania....