Other Descendancy Charts
John Whitfield
John Whitfield was a lead actor in London, England from the 1770’s to his death in 1814. John was married twice, first to Mary Lane and second to Maria Elizabeth Healy. John’s descendants ended up living in England, Africa, Canada, Jamaica and the United States of America.
Thomas Fletcher
Thomas Fletcher was probably a soldier during the Revolutionary War. During the War of 1812 when British Soldiers and allied Indians forces marched on the road in front of his home, Thomas was so enraged that he fired on these troops with no personal regard for his own life. The British then sent a squad of soldiers who killed Thomas in the doorway of his own home. The wife of Thomas, Mary McMillan Fletcher was standing behind her husband when the British fired on her husband. Mary’s face was permanently scared from the flames out of the musket barrels that killed her husband.
Joshua Wiggins
Joshua Wiggins was born in New Hampshire and then moved to Vermont. Joshua was married to Sarah Lamson. Nathaniel Wiggins, the son of Joshua moved from Vermont to what was then the Great Western Reserve in 1828. The family settled on 80 acres in Independence just above what is today Cleveland, Ohio.
William L. Campbell
William L. Campbell was born in Virginia, moved to Kentucky then to Lawrence, Indiana where he died. Three of his son’s George, Williamson and John went to California in 1850 during the California gold rush.
Warner Davis
Warner Davis was born in North Carolina to a Quaker family. Warner moved to what is today Parke county, Indiana as early as 1807. At this time Indiana was still call the Indian Territories. In letters back to North Carolina he wondered why his sister had not moved to Indiana. Warner also speaks of Indians and bears tearing up their cabins. About 1844 Warner and family move to the Quaker community of Salem, Iowa. In 1859 Warner was murdered by Clark Osborn to prevent him from testifying about discovering Clark counterfeiting.
Owen Scott
Owen Scott was born in Pennsylvania and then moved to Ohio. According to Owen’s great granddaughter Cora Campbell Miller, German was spoken in the home until grandfather Phillip was 21 years old when his father married a second time.
James Patterson
James Patterson was born in Pennsylvania where he married for the first time. Their oldest son James was born on 6 June 1759. After moving to Virginia from Pennsylvania, James remarried to Elizabeth Carson in 1763. James married a third time to Martha Boyd in 1770. The family then moved to the part of North Carolina that became the Free state of Franklin and then Tennessee. It appears that James was a Captain of the militia during the Revolutionary War. James Patterson and his son James Patterson, Junior participated at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
John Poole
John Poole was born in Germany and moved to Gorey, Wexford, Ireland in 1709. Queen Anne of England resettled Protestants to the American colonies and Ireland. Those settled in Ireland were referred to as the Palatine Irish.
Mathew Buchinger
Mathew Buchinger was born without legs and with arms that were more like flippers in Germany. Mathew came to England with George I, when George became the King of Great Britain. Mathew who was world famous hoped to become part of King George’s court. Mathew became wealthy exhibiting himself and selling items that he made. Mathew’s fourth wife, Ann Tyse also a German Palatine, was from Ireland which is why they eventually settled there.
Elisha Phelps
Elisha Phelps studied medicine under Moses Bartlett and married his daughter Mary “Molly”. After Molly became blind Elisha divorced her and married Susanna Eastman who had been their housekeeper. Charles Bartlett Phelps the oldest son became a Judge and was a member of the Connecticut Assembly. Elisha’s youngest daughter was Mary Almira was the first wife of Roswell Martin Field. Roswell Martin Field is famous as the attorney for Dred Scott.
Peter Martin
Peter Martin was born in Jefferson county, New York and moved to Kenosha county, Wisconsin where he appears to have owned a tavern. Peter eventually moved to Pana, Illinois where he was living with daughter, Mary Augusta Martin McKoy when he died.
Thomas Nevins
Thomas Nevins, a veteran of the War of 1812 was born in New Hampshire and moved to New York where he died in 1858. In 1840 it appears that Thomas was with his son Russell Munsell Nevins in Wisconsin. Thomas’s oldest son Thomas Jefferson Nevins was an agent for the American Tract Society. Thomas Jefferson Nevins went to California during the gold rush as a ship’s chaplain where he start the San Francisco public school system and helped start the California Academy of Science. Grandson Julius Martin Nevins went to California as a 49er. Julius’ diary of this journey was published in 1921 in the Placer County History.
John King
John King was born in Kent County England. It appears that he joined the British Army in 1803 when he was fifteen years old. To join the British Army you were supposed to be eighteen years old. John served in the 52nd Foot Regiment and was in most of the battles of the war against Napoleon. John was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo at which time he was a Sergeant. In 1819 he was mustered out of the Army. According to family history lore he was a groomsman for the King of England. John marries during this period, a woman named Ann in the City of Westminster, England. This is probably Ann Pattison who is a widow. The family moved to Canada by 1824 where John appears to still be in the Army. About 1844 the family moved to the township of Elba near Columbus, Wisconsin.
Perley Tyler
Perley Tyler was born in Connecticut and moved to Northfield, Vermont where his daughter Matilda married Russell Munsell Nevins.
Enoch Arnold
Enoch Arnold, Sr. was born in East Haddam, Connecticut and married three times. Enoch first wife was Dorothy Emmon, second Abigail Crocker and third Elizabeth Peepoon. Enoch Arnold, Jr. was also married three time. Enoch, Jr.’s son Josiah was an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church leader Joseph Smith, Jr. credited Josiah with saving his life.
Lawrence Johnson
Lawrence Johnson and family were Loyalists during the American Revolution. With the United State of America separating from Great Britain, it became expedient to move to Nova Scotia, Canada. The family stayed in Nova Scotia until 1795 when Ontario was opening up to Loyalists with 200 acre land grants.
Elijah Hommen
Elijah Hommen, probably born in Germany, was killed outside of Fort Frederick, Maryland by Indians. Daughter Catherine married John Fisher in 1792 in Pennsylvania. The family moved to North York in Ontario, Canada as they were Loyalist during the American Revolution. John Fisher died in 1799 and Catherine then married Abraham Johnson.
John Rutgers Marshall
John Rutgers Marshal was a Priest for the Church of England during the American Revolution in Woodbury, Connecticut. During this period he was beaten a couple of times for working for the King. The parsonage that John lived in had a secret passage for escape if needed. At the end of the American Revolution twelve of the fourteen Church of England Priests met in John’s home. At this meeting the Priests decided to break with the Church of England and created the Episcopol Church based in the United States of America. John Rutgers Marshall’s ancestors were Dutch settling in New Amsterdam which today is New York City.
Martha Hughes Cannon
Martha Cannon or Mattie as she was known to her family was born July 1, 1857, in Llandudno, Wales to Peter and Elizabeth Evans Hughes. Mattie’s parents were recent converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints. When Mattie was three years old the family decided to move the family to the United States of America to join other members of their church in Utah. The family stayed first in New York City where Mattie’s mother Elizabeth sewed men’s silk ties to support her family. While in New York City, Mattie’s father Peter Hughes contracted consumption. In July of 1861 just after Mattie had turned four years old the family started walking across the plains from Nebraska to Utah as members of the Joseph Horne company. Two weeks before their arrival Mattie’s sister Annie died at age two years old. Annie was buried in an unmarked grave along the trail and three days after the family arrived in the Salt Lake valley in Utah, Peter Hughes, Mattie’s father died. Elizabeth Evans Hughes had walked across the plains wearing out all three pairs of her shoes. Elizabeth came into the valley with rags tied around her feet so that her sick husband could ride in their half of the wagon they shared with another family with her young daughters. The shock of losing a sister and her father motivated Mattie to want to study medicine so that she could help others. In 1878, after receiving a certificate in chemistry at what would become the University of Utah, Mattie left to study medicine at the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, Mattie studied Medicine and obtained her Medical Doctorate in 1880. Mattie then attended the University of Pennsylvania to study pharmacology where she obtained a bachelor’s degree. Mattie also studied at the National School of Oratory while in Philadelphia so that she would be able to lecture on public health. Returning to Utah, Mattie became the second resident physician at the Deseret Hospital in Salt Lake City. While working at the hospital Mattie met her future husband Angus Munn Cannon. Angus was President of the Salt Lake Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mattie became Angus’ fourth wife and after the birth of their daughter Elizabeth Rachel, left Utah to go back to England to avoid prosecution for practicing polygamy. When daughter Elizabeth was three Mattie returned to Utah as the statute of limitations had run out to be prosecuted for the birth of her child. In 1890 son James Hughes Cannon was born and Mattie moved to Healdsburg, California to keep her husband out of jail. When Mattie returned to Utah, she was active in the women’s suffrage movement and was nominated to run for the Utah State Senate in 1896 as a Democrat. The Republicans then nominated her husband Angus to run against her. When the results of the election were counted Mattie was elected the first women state Senator in the United States of America. Mattie’s husband Angus was the ecclesiastical leader of all voters in Salt Lake County where they both ran for office. It is interesting to note that the voters chose Mattie not her husband.