James Shearer and his brothers George, John, William, of Scot lineage, immigrated about 1740 from County Armagh, Ireland to America. One settled in New York, two in Pennsylvania, and one in South Carolina. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi and elsewhere. "... about 1740, four brothers... came to America, ... from the County of Armagh and...

George Chapman (1804-1884) was born in Ohio, married Johanna Aber in 1825, and settled in Allen County, Indiana. Descendants lived Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, New Mexico, California and elsewhere.

Alexander Canedy was born in about 1650 in Scotland. He between 1714 - 1718 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Annable, daughter of John Annable and Anna Whipple. They had seven children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsyvlania, New York, Illinois and Minnesota.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical research and history of Parmenter (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, the Netherlands, and other parts of Europe. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of the French Huguenot, Guilluamme de Parmentier or William Parmenter (b. 1465), who moved from France to England in 1520 to escape persecution. His posterity remained in Little Yeldham, England for several...

John Drake (d.1659) immigrated from England to Boston, Massachusetts during or before 1630, moving to Taunton, Massachusetts by 1637, and by 1640 moving to Windsor, Connecticut. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and elsewhere.