Clare Rood/Mary Dodge descendants and ancestors

     Immigrant grandparents of 7ggf John Shumway I:

1. His fraternal grandfather Peter Shumway I [9ggf ca.1635-1695] is one of our few non-English immigrant ancestors. He arrived in Massachusetts between 1660 and 1674, one of the Protestant French Huguenots fleeing religious persecution, many passing first thru England. In Dec 1675, Peter was one of the colonists to take part in the Great Swamp Fight in Rhode Island. This and other excursions involving Indians earned him the nickname "Peter the Soldier" as a means of differentiating him from his son of the same name. There is little verifiable information on his wife Frances (Unknown) [9ggm ca.1639-1714], who may have been born either in England or Topfield, Mass.

2. If his maternal grandfather, Robert Smith [9ggf ca.1626-1693] did arrive in Boston in 1638 (single, age 12) as has been attributed, my guess is that he was apprenticed to someone. On 26 Mar 1656, 9ggf Robert (age 21) married Mary French [9ggm 1635-1684] in Boxford, Mass. No further information on Mary.

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggm Mary (Dana) Shumway, wife of John I:

1. The first of the Dana family found in New England is Mary’s great grandfather Richard Dana [10ggf 1617-1690]. 10ggf Richard arrived about 1640 and was one of the early settlers of Cambridge, Mass. About 1648, he married Anne Bullard [10ggm 1624-1711] in Cambridge. 10ggm Anne arrived in the 1630s with her parents Robert Bullard [11ggf 1599-1639] and Anne (Martyn) Bullard [11ggm 1604-1660]. There is a tradition that 8 Bullard brothers came to New England about the same time- 11ggf Robert, Benjamin, Jonathan, William, John, Isaac, Nathaniel and George, with 11ggf Robert, Benjamin and George settling in Watertown, Mass.

2. Thomas Goble [9&11ggf 1591-1657] was previously discussed in Clare’s tree in the 5ggf David Twitchell section of 3ggf Josiah Foster Rood. There Clare descends from Thomas’ daughter 8ggm Elizabeth (Goble) White. Here Nonnie descends from his son Thomas Goble, Jr. [10ggf 1635-1690].

3. The maiden name of Mary’s mother was ‘Wood’ and the first of that line was William Wood II 11ggf 1582-1671] who arrived in Concord, Mass. in either 1635 or 1638. His wife Margaret (Hatch) Gibbons [11ggm 1585/86-1659] definitely arrived with him. Most probably his son Michael Wood [10ggf 1616-1674] also accompanied his parents. It is less certain if 10ggf Michael married Mary Hall Harlow [10ggm 1615-1707] in England or after arrival in Concord.

4. Joseph Merriam I [11ggf ca.1600-1640] was "a prosperous businessman in the clothing trade" in England. In 1638 he formed a partnership to charter a ship, the Castle of London to haul freight and passengers including his wife Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam [11ggm 1602-1671] and children including son Joseph Merriam II [10ggf ca.1628-1677]; they settled in Charlestown, Mass.

5. On 12 Jul 1653, 10ggf Joseph Merriam II (above) married Sarah Stone [10ggm 1633-1704] in Concord, Mass. 10ggm Sarah arrived in Mass. Bay Colony about 1635 (age 2) with her parents Deacon Gregory Stone [10&11ggf 1592-1672] and his 2nd wife the widow Lydia (Fiske) Stone [11ggm 1595-1674]. We previously met Deacon Gregory as Clare descends from him and his first wife 10ggm Margaret (Garrard) Stone as shown in the 5ggm Elizabeth (Ward) Mitchell section of the page on 3ggf William B. Warner.

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     Immigrant great grandparents and older of 7ggf John Mills:

1. The first of our Mills line in New England was Samuel Mills [10ggf ca.1619-1695] who is found in Weymouth, Mass. where he gave a deposition on 11 Mar 1640 (age 21). On 11 Mar 1644 in Dedham, Mass., 10ggf Samuel married Frances Pembroke [10ggm 1624-1684]. No further information on 10ggm Frances, but following her 1684 death, Samuel remarried to the widow Mary (Riggs) Twitchell [8ggm 1625-1694]. 8ggm Mary was previously discussed as an ancestor of Clare in the Twitchell branch of 3ggf Josiah Foster Rood.

2. On 1 May 1674, Benjamin Mills [9ggf 1651-1718] (son of 10ggp Samuel and Frances Mills, above) married Mary Thorne [9ggm 1655-1718] in Dedham, Mass. There is a lack of consensus as to the English immigrant parents of 9ggm Mary. Her father was probably named William Thorne, but it appears there are two men of that name in Massachusetts at that time, causing confusion.

3. John’s maternal grandfather is Ebenezer Ware [9ggf 1667-1756] who was the youngest of 10 children and is said to have had five wives, one son and six daughters. His father, Robert Ware [10ggf unk.-1699] arrived in New England sometime prior to his 24 Mar 1644 marriage in  Dedham, Mass. to Margaret Hunting [10ggm 1628-1670]. 10ggm Margaret arrived in Dedham, Mass. in the spring or summer of 1638 (age 9) with 4 siblings and their parents John Hunting [11ggf 1602-1688] and Hester (Seabourne) Hunting [11ggm ca.1605-1676]. 11ggf John and 7 others founded the Dedham church and on 24 Apr 1639 he was elected ruling elder.

4. John’s maternal grandmother is Martha (Herring) Ware [9ggm 1668-1709], one of the wives of 9ggf Ebenezer (above). It is not known when her father Thomas Herring II [10ggf 1620-1684] arrived from England as a young man with his parents Thomas Herring I [11ggf 1598-ca.1660] and Phillis (Hancocke) Herring [11ggm 1597-ca.1634], but it would have been sometime before the 1634 death of 11ggm Phillis.

5. Mary (Pierce) Herring [10ggm 1630-1708] was born in Dedham, Mass. and that is where she married 10ggf Thomas Herring II (above) in 1650. Family legend weaves a tale of a shipboard romance between her parents Robert Pierce [11ggf 1587-1667] and Ann Greenway [11ggm 1601-1695] on the Mary and John, a vessel in John Winthrop’s fleet, but the passenger list for that 1630 voyage does not include a Robert Pierce. 11ggm Ann and her parents John Greenway [12ggf ca.1576-1652], a millwright, and his wife Mary (Appleford) Greenway [12ggm 1575-1659], however, were passengers on the Mary and John.

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     Immigrant great grandparents and older of 7ggm Judith (Fuller) Mills, wife of John:

1. Our first ancestor by the name of “Fuller” was Judith’s fraternal great grandfather Thomas Fuller [10ggf 1620-1690] whose first mention in New England is on 25 Nov 1642 when he was "admitted to the purchase of Martin Phillip's house" in Dedham, Mass. One year later, 10ggf Thomas married Hannah Flower [10ggm 1622-1701] also in Dedham. There is reasonable speculation the 10ggm Hannah immigrated to Watertown, Mass. in 1635 (age 13) with John Kingsbury and wife, kinsman who had no children of their own.

2. On 8 Feb 1672, John Fuller [9ggf 1645-1719], son of 10ggp Thomas and Hannah (above), married Judith Gay [9ggm 1649-1718] in Dedham. Judith’s father John Gay [10ggf ca.1613-1688] arrived about 1634 (age 21, single) in Watertown, Mass. and in 1638 married the widow Joanna (Hooke) Borden [10ggm 1612-1691]. 10ggm Joanna had arrived in Watertown in 1635 (age 23) with her first husband John Borden (age 28) and their two children aboard the Elizabeth and Ann which left London 12 May 1635.

3. The maiden name of Judith’s mother was 8ggm Mary Fisher and we have already met the first of that name in our line. The immigrant ancestor Anthony Fisher [10&11ggf 1591-1671] arrived in Boston harbor in 1637 and settled in Dedham., Mass. Among those with him was his daughter Lydia (Fisher) Morse [9ggm 1621-1691]. She was Clare’s ancestor in the Twitchell branch. Also aboard was Anthony’s son Daniel Fisher [10ggf 1618-1683] (age 19), grandfather of 8ggm Mary above and thus Nonnie’s ancestor.

4. 10ggf Daniel Fisher’s wife Abigail Marrett [10ggm 1623-1683] arrived from England in 1635 (age 12) with her parents; she and Daniel married in Dedham on 17 Sep 1641. Her parents were Thomas Marrett [11ggf ca.1589-1664] and Susan (Wolfenden) Marrett [11ggm 1594-1664] and they settled in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas was a cordwainer- a shoemaker who made new shoes from new leather; can be contrasted with the cobbler's trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes.

5. The maternal grandfather of 8ggm Mary (Fisher) Fuller was Richard Ellis [10ggf 1621-1694] who arrived in Dedham, Mass. from England about 1635 as a teenager with his widowed mother and younger brother. Very little is known of his mother who is referred to in the records simply as Widow Ellis [11ggm unk.-bef. 1656].

6. On 19 Sep 1650, 10ggf Richard Ellis married Elizabeth French [10ggm 1629-1697] in Dedham. 10ggm Elizabeth arrived in Boston harbor on 8 Oct 1635 (age 8) aboard the Defense with her parents and three siblings. We have already met these parents- William French [10&11ggf ca.1605-1681] and his wife Elizabeth (Unknown) [10&11ggm unk.-1668]. Their youngest daughter Sarah French [9ggm ca.1638-1694] married Jonathan Peake [9ggf 1637-1700], and they appear in the 3ggf Philander Dodge section G 3), of Nonnie’s tree.

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     Immigrant grandparents of 7ggf Nathaniel Sanford:

1. Nathaniel’s fraternal grandfather was  Thomas Sanford [9ggf 1607-1681], eldest son of Englishman Ezekiel Sanford and his wife (Unknown) (Warner) Sanford. The mother was sister to 9ggf Andrew Warner, direct ancestor of 3ggf William B. Warner, appearing in Clare's tree. That would make 9ggf Andrew Warner an uncle of Thomas. The first record of 9ggf Thomas Sanford in New England is when he received 4 acres in Dorchester, Mass. on 22 Nov 1634 and an additional 16 acres on 4 Jan 1635; Thomas’ occupation was “cowherd”. His younger brothers Robert & Andrew followed him to New England, but they settled in Hartford, Conn. near their Uncle Andrew Warner. In 1636, 9ggf Thomas married Sarah (Unknown) [9ggm ca.1610-1681]; no further details on Sarah.

2. Nathaniel’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Powell [9ggf 1616-1681]. He arrived in New Haven Colony between Jun 1639 (not a signer of the Fundamental Agreement) and Jan 1641 when he was granted meadow land in the Mill meadow and the Island in the East River. It is uncertain if 9ggf Thomas married Priscilla (Uncertain) [9ggm ca.1616-aft. 1681] in England before immigration or after arrival in New England. They had 6 daughters.

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     Immigrant grandparents of 7ggm Bethia (Kirby/Stebbins) Sanford, wife of Nathaniel:

1. Bethia’s fraternal grandfather was John Kirby [9ggf 1624-1677].  It is unclear who he traveled with, but he was registered as "Jo. Kerbie", aged 12, on the passenger list of the Hopewell, which sailed from London Sep 11, 1635 for Plymouth. He may also have been an apprentice as it appears his parents both died in England previous to his departure. In 1644, at Weatherfield, Conn. 9ggf John married Elizabeth Hinds [9ggm 1624-1697]. No further information on 9ggm Elizabeth

2. Bethia’s mother Sarah Markham [8ggm ca.1657-unk.] married Bethia’s father Joseph Kirby [8ggf 1656-1711] on 10 Nov 1681 in Wethersfield, Conn. There is no further information on 8ggm Sarah or her Markham origins.

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     Immigrant great grandparents of 7ggf Stephen Hickok:

1. The first of our Hickok line in New England was William Hickok [10ggf ca.1609-ca.1645]. No, he was not known as “Wild Bill”, but he is an ancestor of the famous guy- 10ggfWilliam→ 9ggfJoseph→ 8ggfJoseph II→ 7ggfStephen (above)→ Aaron→ Oliver→ William A.→ James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill). That makes our 7ggfStephen the great-great grandfather of Wild Bill. It is uncertain if 10ggf William and wife Elizabeth Upson [10ggm 1621-1655] married in England before immigration or after arriving separately. In either case, both events would have happened before the birth of their oldest son Samuel, born 14 Nov 1643 in Waterbury, Conn. 10ggf William died shortly after the birth of their second child, Joseph Hickok [9ggf 1645-1687]. 10ggm Elizabeth, remarried shortly thereafter and when she died in 1655 her second husband William Adams was left to raise the two young Hickok sons.

2. There is equal uncertainty about the immigrant parents of Mary Carpenter [9ggm 1650-ca.1710] wife of 9ggf Joseph Hickok (above); married 16 Jun 1672 in Woodbury, Conn. Her father David Carpenter [10ggf ca.1624-1651] arrived in Connecticut Colony about 1640 as a teenager, probably an indentured servant. He died a year after daughter 9ggm Mary was born and his wife Elizabeth (Unknown) [10ggm ca.1625-1694] remarried and outlived two additional husbands.

3. Thomas Fairchild [10ggf ca.1610-1670] is considered one of the founders of Stratford, Conn. It is not known if he married (Uncertain) Seabrook [10ggm ca.1620-1659] before or after their arrival from England, but both events would have been before the 31 Aug 1640 birth of their oldest son Samuel, generally accepted as the first baby born to the English settlers of Stratford.

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     Immigrant grandparents and great grandparents of 7ggm Bethia (Root) Hickok, wife of Stephen:

1. The twice widowed Emma (Norrington) Mason (formerly Root) [10ggm 1583-1646] arrived in 1635 aboard the Hercules from England and settled in Salem, Mass. Traveling with 10ggm Emma was her 22 year old son Josiah Root [9ggf 1612-1683]. Sometime before 1640, 9ggf Josiah married Susanna (possibly Clark) [9ggm ca.1621-1692] whose parentage and arrival are not known. During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Susanna (age 70) was accused as a witch by Thomas Putnam, clerk of the parish. She was arrested 21 May but due to a lack of evidence, was released from jail. She died less than a month after her release.

2. There is much confusion about the origins of Bethia’s maternal grandfather George Abbott [9ggf bef.1635-1690]. There were at least four different men of that name who migrated to New England about the same time. The others went to Massachusetts and our George is first found in Connecticut in 1640. Due to his youth, he may have been an indentured servant. About 1657, 9ggf George married Mary Weed [9ggm ca.1637-ca.1672] in Wethersfield, Conn. 9ggm Mary was born in Connecticut, but her parents were both born in England. Her father was Jonas Weed [10ggf bef.1610-1676], who arrived in Watertown, Mass. about 1630 as a single man. The origins of her mother Mary (Unknown) [ca.1616-bef.1689] are unknown.