Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Sniffen, Kniffin (and other variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and Holland. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants and relatives of George Snifton who came from Kniveton, County Derby, England. He arrived in Stratford, Connecticut in 1650, and married Mary Whelpley ca. 1664. They moved to Rye, New York. George died ca. 1694. His posterity continued...

Les descendants de Pierre Boes et Marguerite Frantz, qui se sont mariés en 1695 à Kirsch-les-Sierck, Moselle. Leurs descendants se sont établis dans la région Lorraine, en particulier dans le departement de la Moselle et la région allemande du Rhin, dans Obernaumen, Merzig, Kirschnaumen, Haut-Sierck, et Merchingen. Plus tard, ils ont modifiés leur nom, qui est devenu Bies.

John Warford (ca. 1650-ca. 1699) emigrated from England and was admitted as an inhabitant of Eachester, New York, in 1680. He married twice and was the father of at least three children. He migrated to Baltimore County, Maryland, ca. 1688 and probably died there. His son, John Warford (ca. 1683-1769), was born at Mount Vernon, New York. He married Elizabeth Stout (ca. 1691-176_) ca. 1708 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. They had ten children, 1709-1731....

John Burns was born in 1891 in Iowa. He married Mary Elizabeth Haggard in 1856. Their children included William Oscar, George F., Mira Lou. Other surnames include Lake, Young, Thompson, Hann, Roberts, Burns, Lynn, Bevercomb, Watson, Boyd, Ellis.

William Elder was born in 1707 in Prince George's County, Maryland to William Elder and Elizabeth Finch. He married Ann Wheeler, daughter of Richard Wheeler. They had five children. She died in 1739. William married Jacoba Clementina Livers, daughter of Arnold Livers and Hellen Gordon, 1 February 1742. They had seven children. He died 11 April 1775. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois.