The earliest known ancestor was Thomas Pait who lived at Woodhead of Blackwood, Lemahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the father of Thomas Pait (b. 165-?) who was the ancestor of George Pate (b. 1773) whose descendants immigrated to Canada and changed their names to Peat. Descendants live in Scotland, Canada and other parts of the world. The supplement includes information on a branch of the family that immigrated to New Zealand in 1864.

Thomas Fairchild was one of the first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut. He probably married Sarah Seabrooke, daughter of Robert Seabrooke, in England. They immigrated to America ca. 1638 and settled at Stratford. They had seven children, ca. 1639-1653. He married 2) Catherine Craig of London in 1663. They had three children, 1664-1669. Descendants listed lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Missouri, Ohio, Vermont,...

Francis Nicholls. son of Francis Nicholls and Margaret, settled in Stratford, Connecticut in 1639. He had four children by his first wife. He married Anna Wines in 1645 and they had one daughter. Caleb Nicholls married Ann Warde in about 1650. They had thirteen children.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Piatt (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Germany, and Holland. Some were Huguenots. Some allied families came from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of Rene Piat, alias LaFleur, who married Elizabeth Sheffield. Other Christian names he was known by include Renatus, Regnier, and Renipiat. His...

Lawrence Johnson (1801-1860) was a descendant of Richard Johnson (b. ca. 1550) and Ann Sympson who were married in Lincolnshire in 1576. He was born in Hull, England and died in Philadelphia, Penn. In 1825, he married Sarah Bacon Murray (1808-1834). They had two children. In 1837, he married Mary Winder (1814-1877) and they had ten children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in England, Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere.