Sergeant Thomas Foster (ca 1600-1682) and his brother, William came to America in 1634. He and his wife, Elizabeth settled in Weymouth, Massachusettes about 1640, but later moved to Braintree and then to Billerica where he died. One descendant was David Foster, Sr. (1758- 1821). Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, New Mexico, California, Canada and elsewhere.

Three children of Ferdinand Goetche/Goetsch/Gates, Sr. immigrated with their families from Pommern, Germany to America between 1856 and 1883. Other relatives came too, and most of them settled in Marathon County, Wisconsin. From there descendants migrated to Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia and elsewhere.

Francis Akeley, a immigrant ancestor, was living at Boston, Massachusetts, by 1750, when he married Tabitha Bull there. They had nine children, 1751-1769. He was one of the citizens of Boston who disguised themselves as Indians and threw tea in Boston Harbor in 1773. He died of wounds received in the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 at about age 45. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Washington, Maine,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Shropshire (and variant spelligs) families who came mainly from England and Wales. Some allied families came from Germany and Ireland. Some focus is on (but not limited to) Reverend St. John Shropshire (d. 1718), who probably came from Marlborough, Wiltshire, and was one of the first Shropshires in America. He was was the son of an inn keeper, Oliver Shropshire. Reverend St....