Grandma's Granny's Family Album

 Last year's episode of Anne Searching for Ancestors in Nova Scotia ended with our missing links in the Mayflower Descent still missing.  As you will remember, the descent of Passenger Richard Warren on down to Planter Samuel West is proven.  My documents of my 2xgreat-grandmother Susan West Rushton down to me are solid.  It's how we get from Samuel to Susan that's the problem. 1782 1804 1810 & 11 1853 1854-1875 1861 & 71 1881 1891 1901 1911 19 18 Saml born Samuel marries Samuel has kids                           Levi lives in Roslin w wife and kids Levi lives in Kings Co   w son     ...

 Do you have a radio?  What is your house built of?  Did you work yesterday?  The 1931 Canadian census just came out, and I was struck by the meager salaries and months of unemployment our family endured.  I thought I would write about how we made it through.   I included a family chart at the bottom to help you keep track of everyone mentioned (go to bottom for family charts; see posts Robertson Family, Spence Family, Rushton Family Pedigree Charts, Descendant Charts) My grandmother Bessie Spence Robertson often spoke about how she managed a household during the Depression.  Every penny was put to use.  She planned with such precision that "at the end of the week, I didn't even have a nickel left over to buy a Coke."  There was swimming at Valley Stream Lake State Park not far away, but it cost 10 cents after 9 in the morning.  The Robertson kids went swimming, but only before 9 when it was free.  Of course it wasn't hot out that ...

     We know we are descended from Mayflower passenger Richard Warren, we are somehow descended from the first European woman in New York, some of our West family think our Massachusetts Wests are the same Wests who founded Virginia (not likely), so could we also be descended from survivors of the Lost Colony of Roanoke?  Could we have had ancestors at the foundings of most of the North American colonies? Artist interpretations of: Englishmen finding the carving on the tree; Westover Plantation, Virginia; Catalyntie Trico rocking her baby in Albany, New York; Richard Warren signing Mayflower Compact Probably not. One of Americans' biggest unsolved mysteries is that of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.   In the 1500s, there was a lot more activity off the southeast coast of North America than we generally think of.  The English were making landings and meeting the local Indians.  But the ships couldn't land in the shallow waters off of present-day North ...

When I saw my DNA saying I am 1% Nigerian, I knew that it must be from Catherine Oxendine.    (see Attack! and Fall, the Bloody Tragedies of Catherine Oxendine post, see Robertson Pedigree Chart). Now my mother's hair was platinum, so blonde it was almost white.  She was so pale, she could get sunburned in the shade - 2% African.  Auntie Grace's skin resembled white tissue paper - 4% African. Anne Robertson Sulzbach on Jones Beach, NY, abt. 1942 Auntie Grace Robertson Wilson's 96th birthday, June 1980, with grandnephew Gary (grandson of her brother Joe Robertson) My mother Anne is easy to spot in photos because of her shockingly blonde hair - here in 1922, her father Joe's hair is the same color If we take this back, that means that my great-grandfather Joseph Ellis Robertson was 8% African, his mother Catharine Madden 16%, and the little girl who had to flee the American colonies for Canada, who saw her father shot to death by an arrow, was 32% African.   ...

Scovel, Arter 7 (son of Arthur 6, grandson of Stephen 5, ggrandson of Arthur 4) and his wife Jemima Coldwell 7 (dau of Jane Jordan 6, granddau of Jane 5)                                                                             seventh generation Scoville is also spelled Scovil, Scovel, Scovill, Scovell, Scofield, Schofield, Scholfield.  In each case I have used the spelling that is most often associated with that person. Jemima & Arter's 4 oldest children:  Nathan/Nathaniel, William, Levi, and Ezekiel Scoville  Jemima & Arter's 3 youngest children: Abner, Jerusha, and Charlotte Schofield see Scholfield Pedigree Chart see Scovel/Scovil/Scoville Pedigree Chart see Scholfield Family - Hannah Ward & Nathaniel Scholfield Descendant Chart see West Family - Charlotte Schofield ...

 West, Seth 7 (son of William 6, grandson of Capt. Thomas 5, ggrandson of Dr. Thomas 4, gggrandson of Francis 3) and his wife Mary/Polly Crossman 6 (dau of Alice Potter 5)                                                              seventh generation Polly & Seth's 2 known children:  Samuel and Jane West see West Pedigree Chart see West Family - Charlotte Schofield & Samuel West Descendant Chart

West, Samuel 8 (son of Seth 7, grandson of William 6, ggrandson of Capt. Thomas 5, gggrandson of Dr. Thomas 4, ggggrandson of Francis 3) and his wife Charlotte Scofield 8 (dau of Jemima Coldwell 7, granddau of Jane Jordan 6, ggranddau of Jane 5)                                                                                                 eighth generation Charlotte & Samuel's 3 known children:  Levi, Abner, and George West see Scholfield Pedigree Chart see West Pedigree Chart see West Family - Pheby Scholfield & Levi West Descendant Chart

 Ward, William 7 and his wife Elizabeth Flintoff 7 (dau of Hannah Helm 6)                                                                 seventh generation Elizabeth & William's oldest 5 children:  Moses, Hannah, John Simeon, William Wallace, and Joseph Ward.  Moses was baptized Moses Flintoff in Yorkshire and does not appear to be William's biological son.  Hannah was their first child born in North America. Elizabeth & William's 4 middle children: David, Sarah, William, and Rebecca Ward. Elizabeth & William's 2 youngest children: Susannah and Aaron William Ward see Scholfield Pedigree Chart see Scholfield Family - Hannah Ward & Nathaniel Scholfield Descendant Chart

The Scholfield/Schofield/Scofield/Scovel/Scoville/Scovell, Ward, Coldwell/Coaldwell, Flintoff/Flintoft, Willey, and Jordan families of Horton, Beech Hill, Gaspereau, Black River, and White Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia; East Haddam, Lyme, New London, and Hadlyme, Connecticut Colony; Helmsley, Yorkshire, England; Norfolk, England; and Taunton and Stoughton, Massachusetts Colony see Scovil/Scovel/Scoville Pedigree Chart for next ancestors; see West Pedigree Chart for descendants.

 Scholfield, Nathaniel 8 (son of Arter Scovel 7, grandson of Arthur Scoville 6, ggrandson of Stephen Scovell 5, gggrandson of Arthur Scovel 4) and his wife Hannah Ward 8 (dau of Elizabeth Flintoff 7) Hannah & Nathan's 6 oldest children:  Ann, John, Aaron, Olive Lavinia, Elisha, and William Schofield We Hannah & Nathaniel's 7 youngest children: Pheby, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, Hannah Susan, William, and Elijah see Scholfield Pedigree Chart see West Family - Pheby Scholfield & Levi West Descendant Chart see Ward Family - Elizabeth Flintoff & William Ward Descendant Chart see Scovel Family - Jemima Coldwell & Arter Scovel Descendant Chart

 Levi West 9 (son of Samuel 8, grandson of Seth 7, ggrandson of William 6, gggrandson of Capt. Thomas 5, ggggrandson of Dr. Thomas 4, gggggrandson of Francis 3) and his wife Pheby Scholfield 9 (dau of Hannah Ward 8, granddau of Elizabeth Flintoff 7) ninth generation Pheby & Levi's 4 oldest of their known children:  Rebecca Elizabeth, Hannah Susan, Mary Jane, and Nathaniel G. West Pheby & Levi's 4 youngest of their known children:  Rachel J., Aaron, Serafina/Sarah L., and Harding West see West Pedigree Chart see Rushton Family - Susan West & Thomas Rushton Descendant Chart see West Family - Charlotte Scofield & Samuel West Descendant Chart see Scholfield Family - Hannah Ward & Nathaniel Scholfield Descendant Chart

Harrison, John 7 and his wife Sarah Lovell 7 (dau of Thomas Lovell 6 & unknown mother)                                                                                  seventh generation Sarah & John's 3 oldest children:  Luke, Mary, and Sarah Harrison Sarah & John's 3 middle children:  John, Thomas, and Hannah Harrison Sarah & John's 3 youngest children:  Ann/Nancy, Elizabeth, and William Harrison The Harrison family immigrated together, "forced to leave the Kingdom being over rented in (their) land."  They  arrived on either the 14th or 16th May 1774 on either the Thomas & William or The Prince George. Both departed from Scarborough, Yorkshire and arrived in Halifax on the same days. Separate passenger ...

Brown, Richard 7 and his wife Esther 7  Esther & Richard Brown's 3 known children:  Mary, William, and James Brown.  The 3 siblings, along with William's wife Jane and daughter Jane, immigrated to Nova Scotia together, leaving Hull, England, on 28 February 1774, for the purpose of seeking a better livelihood.  In England, Mary was a servant, William a carpenter, and James a husbandman.  A husbandman is a farmer who works for someone else. see Rushton Pedigree Chart see Brown Family - Sarah Harrison & James Brown Descendant Chart

 Brown, James 8 (son of Richard 7) and his wife Sarah Harrison 8 (dau of Sarah Lovell 7, granddau of Thomas Lovell 6 & unknown mother)                                                                                     eighth generation Sarah & James's 5 oldest children:  William, John, James, Ann/Nancy, and Ester Brown Sarah & James's 5 youngest children: Sarah, Hannah, Thomas, Matthew P., and Charlotte Brown see Rushton Pedigree Chart see Rushton Family - Ester Brown & Isaac Rushton Descendant Chart see Harrison Family - Sarah Lovell & John Harrison Descendant Chart see Brown Family - Esther & Richard Brown Descendant Chart

 Oxendine, Benjamin 8 and his wife Martha Mortimer 8 (dau of John Mortimore 7 & unknown mother) Martha Mortimer 8 married 2nd Jacob Glance 8                                                                                             eighth generation Martha & Benjamin's only known child:  Catherine Oxendine Martha & Jacob's 3 children:  Elizabeth, Margaret, and Mary Glance see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Catherine Oxendine, Michael Madden, and Timothy Mahaney Descendant Chart

 Madden, Michael 9   married 1st Isabella Sinclair 9 , married 2nd Catherine Oxendine 9 (dau of Martha Mortimer 8, granddau of John Mortimore 7 and unknown gmother) Catherine Oxendine 9 married 2nd Timothy Mahaney 9                                                                                                    ninth generation Isabella & Michael had no children. Catherine & Michael's 4 oldest children:  Isabella, Benjamin T., Margaret, and Rebecca Madden. Rebecca again, then Catherine & Michael's 3 youngest children:  Michael, Catharine, and Martha Madden. Catherine & Timothy's 3 children:  twins Joseph & Mary, and William Mahaney. see Robertson...

 Rowland, William 8 and his wife Rachel 8                                                            eighth generation Rachel & William's known children:  possibly Thomas B., Felicia/Phillis, Ann, Mary, and Eleanor Rowland see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Acker Pedigree Chart see Acker Family - Felicia Rowland & Stephen Acker Descendant Chart

  The Acker, McSparling/Sparlin, Rowland, Crank/Crankheyt/Krankheyt, and Daniels families of Birchtown, Churchover, Gunning Cove, and Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia; and Phillipsburgh Manor and Sleepy Hollow and elsewhere in Westchester County, New York Colony

 Crankheyt, Hendrick 7 (son of Hendrick Krankheyt 6) and Hester/Esther Daniels 7                                                                           seventh generation Hester & Hendrick's 5 known children:  Maria, Antje, Ester/Hester, Jan/John Crankheyt/Cronk, and Rebecka Crankheyt see Acker Pedigree Chart see Acker Family - Ester Crank & John B. Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Catherine McSparling & Henry Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Felicia Rowland & Stephen Acker Descendant Chart

 Acker, John B. 8  and his wife Ester/Hester Crank/Crankheyt 8  (dau of Hester Daniels 7)                                                                                          eighth  generation Ester & John's 3 oldest children:  Henry R., Catherine, and Stephen F. Acker Ester & John's 4 youngest children:  John M., Jacob M., Timothy E., and Esther Acker see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Acker Pedigree Chart see Crankheyt Family - Hester Daniels & Hendrick Crankheyt Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Catherine McSparling & Henry Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Felicia Rowland & Stephen Acker Descendant Chart

 Acker, Henry R. 9 (son of John B. 8) and his wife Catherine McSparling/Sparlin  9 (dau of Isaac McSparling 8 and unknown mother)                                                                    ninth generation Catherine & Henry's only known child, Isaac John McSparling Acker see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Acker Family - Ester Crank & John B. Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Elizabeth & Capt. Isaac J. McSparling Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Felicia Rowland & Stephen Acker Descendant Chart

 Acker, Stephen F. 9 (son of John B. 8) and his wife Felicia/Phillis Rowland 9 (dau of Rachel 8)                                                            ninth generation Felicia / Phillis & Stephen's 4 oldest children:  Easter Ann, Rachel, Elizabeth Catherine Rowland, and Phillis Acker Felicia/Phillis & Stephen's 3 youngest children:  William Rowland, Eleanor/Ellen, and John James Acker.  Sisters Phillis and Ellen both marry the same man, Henry Acker Shoultz. see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Acker Family - Ester Crank & John B. Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Elizabeth & Capt. Isaac J. McSparling Acker Descendant Chart

 Acker, Isaac John McSparling 10  (son of Henry 9, grandson of John B. 8) and his wife Elizabeth Catherine Rowland Acker 10 (dau of Felicia Rowland 9, granddau of Rachel 8)                                                                                     tenth generation Elizabeth & Isaac's 3 oldest children:  Catherine Maria, Stephen Henry, and Ann Elizabeth Acker Ann again, then Elizabeth & Isaac's 3 youngest children:  Isaac John McSparling Jr., Joseph, and Emma Jane Acker see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Robertson Family - Ann Acker & Joseph Robertson Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Felicia Rowland & Stephen Acker Descendant Chart see Acker Family - Catherine McSparling & Henry Acker Descendant Chart

 Frederick, John Thomas 12 (son of John Frederick 11) and his wife Blanche Ellen Robertson 12   (dau of Ann Elizabeth Acker 11, granddau of Elizabeth Catherine Rowland Acker 10, ggranddau of Felecia Rowland 9, gggranddau of  Rachel 8) twelfth generation Blanche & Jack's children:  Mildred Robertson & Helen Emma Frederick see Robertson Pedigree Chart see Robertson Family - Ann Acker & Joseph Robertson Descendant Chart