Jonathan Chapman married Jane Taylor (?), and the family immigrated from England to Philadelphia. Jonathan died ". . . before the year 1749 ..." Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Kentucky, California and elsewhere.

Henry Leland (approximately1625-1680) married Margaret Badcock, and immigrated in 1652 from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts, later moving to Sherburne, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New Jersey, and elsewhere. Includes ancestry to the early 1500s in England, as well as the earlier history of the name.

"Jonathan Fairebanke (Fairbank, Fairbanks) came from Sowerby in West Riding of Yorkshire, England to Boston, Mass., in the year 1633, and in 1636 settled in Dedham, Mass, where he built the noted "Old Fairbanks House"...He was born in England before the year 1600...when he settled in Dedham,...[he] was one of the earliest pioneers...he died in Dedham, Dec. 5, 1668. His wife's name was Grace Lee. She died 28th 10 m. 1673 or 19: 3: 1676. Their children...

George Speere was born ca. 1620 in England. He married three times and was the father of twelve children, born 1644-1682, the youngest at Dartmouth, Maine. Descendants listed lived in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Washington, Michigan and elsewhere. Few locality names given in record of earlier generations. Descendants spelled their name "Speer" or "Speer".

Nicholas Graffis (1746-1822) immigrated (with his parents and their family) from Germany to York County, Pennsylvania in 1749, served in the Revolutionary War, and married Maria Elizabel Correll (Coryell?) in 1769. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Indiana, New Hampshire, California and elsewhere.

"Jonathan Fairebanke (Fairbank, Fairbanks) came from Sowerby in West Riding of Yorkshire, England to Boston, Mass., in the year 1633, and in 1636 settled in Dedham, Mass, where he built the noted "Old Fairbanks House"...He was born in England before the year 1600...when he settled in Dedham,...[he] was one of the earliest pioneers...he died in Dedham, Dec. 5, 1668. His wife's name was Grace Lee. She died 28th 10 m. 1673 or 19: 3: 1676. Their children...

Stephen Streeter immigrated to New England about 1639-1640, probably from Goudherst, Kent, England. He married Ursula Adams, daughter of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., about 1640. Their children were Stephen, b. abt. 1641; Sarah, b. abt. 1643; Hannah, b. 1644; Samuel, b. abt. 1647; Rebecca, b. abt. 1649; John, b. abt. 1651; and Mary, b. 1653. Stephen Streeter died in 1652. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Rhode Island,...

William Hess Sr. (b.ca.1750), son of a German immigrant, married Mary Waltour Hess (?) and lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota, Washington, California, Indiana, Oklahoma, New York, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Missouri, Idaho, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. Includes history of the seven annual Hess--Higbee Family Reunions between 1903 and 1909 in various...

John Johnson (d.1659) and his family immigrated from England to Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1630; he married twice (once in England). Descendants lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and elsewhere.