Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Madden (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and Ireland. Some allied families came from Ireland and Germany. Some Maddens settled in Maryland and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. During the 1800's, some moved to Newfoundland and Ontario (Canada),...

The story of the authoress's grandmother, Anne Madden, and her family who settled in Atchison, Kan. in 1865.

Rudolph Duckwall was born in 1696 and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1737 from the Isle of Wight in England. He settled near Mannheim, Pennsylvania. His son, George Frederick, was born in 1725 and about 1780 settled near Berkley Springs, West Virginia. He died in 1809. Descendants lived in Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Idaho, and elsewhere.

Josias Lanham was born in England, probably in Suffolk County. He married Mary Tibbold 14 February 1621/22. They had six children. Their grandson, John Lanham, was born in Wortham, Suffolk, England 18 May 1661. He immigrated to the United States in 1678. He married Dorthy Burch in 1689. John and Dorthy had four known sons, all born in Maryland. John likely died in Maryland sometime after the year 1745.

Chiefly a record of some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Harvey Madden. He was born 7 Jan 1796 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, to John W. and Elizabeth. He married Rebecca Ann Greer 21 Dec 1853. She was born 2 Aug 1837 in Benton County, Tennessee, to Hezekiah Greer and Mary Wyatt. She died 17 Dec 1918 in Belton, Texas. He died 22 Jul 1888 in Belton, Texas. They were the parents of nine chldren. Descendants lived in California, Oregon, New...

Stephen Farmer and his wife, Nancy Russell, were born born in Virginia before 1775. They had six children, 1790-1812, born in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The family was living in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1812. Descendants listed lived in Kentucky and elsewhere.

Johan Jurg Immeler (b.ca.1720/1730) emigrated from The Netherlands or Germany to West Camp, New York, and married Christina (Catherina) Foxen in 1749. Descendants used the surname of Embler, and lived in New York, Ohio, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.

Jeremiah J. Murphy (1814-1905) was the son of James Murphy and his wife (Driscrol) Murphy of Cork, Ireland. He married twice: (1) Margaret Harrington (1824-1869) and (2) Catherine Sullivan (1834-1899) in 1870. He emigrated to America and settled at Lewiston, Me. He was the father of seven children in the first marriage and two children were born in the second marriage. Several generations of descendants are given. Includes Breen, Burns, Sullivan,...