Ancestors of Lydia SMITH BAKER - Apr 15 1999

COMPILED BY MARGE MCGREW (MARGE)

FIRST GENERATION

1. Lydia SMITH1 was born on Jun 29 1779 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She died on Jun 24 1843 in Marion , Marion, Ohio. Lydia was baptized in Eastham, Mass. on July 4, 1779. She would marry Eber Baker her 1st cousin once removed, have 5 children in Maine and 1 in Newark, Ohio, move to Marion, Ohio with her family to found a new town. She would live 64 years, and is buried with her husband and daughter, Mahatable's family in the Marion Cemetery, Summit Lawn Sec. Lots 11 & 12.

SECOND GENERATION

2. Benjamin SMITH Lt.1 was born on Nov 23 1749 in Chatham, Mass.. He died on May 15 1814 in Litchfield Corners, Lincoln, Maine. In the Mayflower 5 generations, Benjamin married Elizabeth Sparrow, was a Lt. in the Revolution, moved from Mass., to Barrington NS and to Litchfield, Me. This is the same route his sister Mehetable the grandmother of Eber Baker takes. Also their other brother Thomas .

Benjamin was the father of Lydia Smith who would marry Eber Baker and move to Marion, Ohio.

In the records of The First Church of Orleans the baptisms of Benjamin and Elizabeth's children are listed: April 16, 1775-John and Benjamin; October 1, 1775-Elizabeth; Aug. 17, 1777-Sarah.

Benjamin served as a Lieutenant in the Continental Army from Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War serving in Captain Micah Hamilton's company under the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Otis. He also served in Captain Hamlen's company under the regiment commanded by Colonel Simon Cary. He served in Captain Hamlen's company under the brigade commanded by Brigadier General James Otis and also with Captain Hamlen's company under the regiment commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Freeman.

His service extends from April 19, 1775, until September 30, 1779. He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III, 1990, page 2698.

He would settle with his family in Litchfield, Maine in 1784 after the war.

Benjamin and Elizabeth are both buried in the Smith-Baker Cemetery in Litchfield, Maine with their son Smith and his family. There is a headstone located next to the headstone of his wife.

In the Book "The Making of Moscow", Maine written for the town 175th Anniversay in 1991, Benjamin's sons Asaph, Reuben and John are found as moving at some time to Moscow and living there. Later moving back to Litchfield or Ohio except John who stayed there. It is said of Benjamin that he was a prominent and prosperous farmer in Litchfield, Maine, as well as one of the religious leaders of the day. He was married to Elizabeth SPARROW on Feb 8 1770 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass..

3. Elizabeth SPARROW1 was born on Jan 19 1750/51 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.. She died on Sep 5 1826 in Litchfield, Maine. Benjamin SMITH Lt. and Elizabeth SPARROW had the following children:



1 i. Lydia SMITH.

THIRD GENERATION

4. John SMITH1 was born on Apr 7 1703 in Eastham, Mass..2 He died on Apr 2 1767 in Eastham, Mass.. The births of John and Elizabeth's children were recorded in Chatham, Mass., Vital Records, Pg. 93. "The teen children births were recorded from the account their father gave to me in writing, Nov. 22, 1752, entered by Paul Sears Town Clerk". See the Mayflower Descendent, Vol. XII, 1910, pg. 172

The deaths of Nathaniel and Elknah were recorded there in Nov. 22, 1752.

In his father's Will of Jan. 11, 1722, John is stated to be a minor of 19 yrs. and his father leaves guardianship to Richard Knowles of Chatham.

His first wife died in 1762 and he remarried Lydia Smith Snow in 1763.

In his will dated 23 Oct. 1766 and proved Apr. 14, 1767, John is called a carpenter. He names his wife Lydia as executrix, sons Reuben, and Benjamin, daus. Elizabeth Rogers, Mehitable Baker and Rhonda Nicorsen and son Thomas.

His second wife, Lydia dies in Litchfield, Maine in 1799 and may be the Liddah Smith enumerated by herself at Washington, Me. in 1790. He was married to Elizabeth BROWN on Sep 21 1727 in Eastham, Mass..3

5. Elizabeth BROWN1 was born in 1706 in Easham, Mass.. She died on Sep 25 1762 in Chatham, Mass.. This connection is not verified. Elizabeth not really been identified. In Stephen Hopkins "5 Generation", it is noted she was a little young to belong with this Knowles, but possible. Is not listed in the "Mayflower Descendant", as one of their children. John SMITH and Elizabeth BROWN had the following children:

2 i. Benjamin SMITH Lt..

6. Jonathan IV SPARROW1 was born on Feb 2 1725/26 in Easham, Mass.. He died before Oct 10 1769 in Eastham, Mass.. He was married to Elisabath HURD on Nov 9 1749 in Eastham, Mass..4

7. Elisabath HURD1 was born in 1727. She died before Mar 12 1766. Jonathan IV SPARROW and Elisabath HURD had the following children:

3 i. Elizabeth SPARROW.

FOURTH GENERATION

8. John SMITH1 was born on May 26 1673 in Eastham, Mass.. He died on Feb 25 1717/18 in Chatham, Mass.. John left a will dated 1717/1718. In it he lists his children and their ages at the time. He was married to Bethiah SNOW on May 14 1694 in Chatham, Mass..5

9. Bethiah SNOW1 was born on Jul 1 1672 in Eastham, Mass.. She died on Mar 7 1746/47 in Chatham, Mass.. John SMITH and Bethiah SNOW had the following children:



4 i. John SMITH.

10. George BROWN1 was born in Feb 1650/51. He died in 1721. He was married to Mahitable KNOWLES about 1674 in Easham, Mass..

11. Mahitable KNOWLES1 was born on May 20 1653. She died after 1721. George BROWN and Mahitable KNOWLES had the following children:

5 i. Elizabeth BROWN.

12. Jonathan SPARROW1 was born in 1695 in Eastham, Mass.. He died in 1790 in Eastham, Mass.. Jonathan is found in the Mayflower through 5 generations as marrying Dorcas Vickery. He is the son on Jonathan Sparrow and Rebecca Merrick (Rebecca was the daughter of Abigail Hopins)so he and Dorcas are 3rd cousins.

He was called Jonathan Jr. of Eastham in the records.

He left a will dated Nov. 25, 1737 and names his son. No probate record have been found in Barnstable Ct. for Jonathan or Dorcis, or was he listed as a head of household in Ma. 1790 census. He was married to Dorcas VICKERY on Oct 12 1721.

13. Dorcas VICKERY1 was born on Mar 13 1697/98 in Hull, Mass.. She died in 1776 in Easham, Mass.. In the records of the First Church in Orleans, formerly the First Church of Eastham, Mass there is a record of Dorcas baptism by Elnat Snow on Oct. 18, 1772. Jonathan SPARROW and Dorcas VICKERY had the following children:

6 i. Jonathan IV SPARROW.

FIFTH GENERATION

16. Samuel SMITH1 was born on Jul 11 1641 in Hingham, Mass.. He died on Mar 22 1696/97 in Eastham, Mass. Samuel's estate was settled April 22, 1697, by order of the probate court of Barnstable Co. He was married to Mary HOPKINS on Jan 3 1665/66 in Eastham, Mass..3

17. Mary HOPKINS1 was born in Nov 1640 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She died on Jul 2 1700 in Eastham, Mass.. Samuel SMITH and Mary HOPKINS had the following children:

8 i. John SMITH.

18. Stephen SNOW1 was born in 1636 in Plymouth, Mass.. He died on Dec 17 1705 in Eastham, Mass.. He was married to Susanna DEANE on Oct 28 1663 in Eastham, Mass..

19. Susanna DEANE1 was born in 1634. She died in 1701. Stephen SNOW and Susanna DEANE had the following children:

9 i. Bethiah SNOW.

22. Richard KNOWLES1. He was married to Ruth BOWER on Aug 15 1639.

23. Ruth BOWER1. Richard KNOWLES and Ruth BOWER had the following children:

11 i. Mahitable KNOWLES.

24. Jonathan SPARROW1 was born on Jul 9 1665 in Eastham, Mass.. He died on Mar 9 1739/40 in Eastham, Mass.. Jonathan left a will dated November 25, 1737. He names his wife Serah, 4 sons, Jonathan, Joseph, John and Jabiz. His grandson Joshua Hurd, granddaughter Sarah Mayo, his daughter Hannah Hurd, the children of Sam Mayo that he had by daughter Abigail, the children of Joshua Payne that he had by daughter Rebeccah, his daughter Sarah Knowls. He was married to Rebecca MERRICK about 1690 in Eastham, Mass..6

25. Rebecca MERRICK1 was born on Nov 28 1668 in Eastham, Mass.. She died before May 5 1723 in Eastham, Mass.. Jonathan SPARROW and Rebecca MERRICK had the following children:

12 i. Jonathan SPARROW.

26. Benjamin VICKERY1 died on Jan 10 1717/18 in Hull, Mass.. He was married to Dorcas PAINE about 1689 in Hull, Mass..7

27. Dorcas PAINE1 died on Oct 30 1707 in Hull, Mass.. She was born in Eastham, Mass.. Dorcas had 7 children. She died at the birth of her youngest child, Oct. 30, 1707. Benjamin VICKERY and Dorcas PAINE had the following children:

13 i. Dorcas VICKERY.

SIXTH GENERATION

32. Ralph SMITH1 was born in 1616 in Hingham Ct, Norfolk, England. He died on Sep 14 1685 in Eastham, Mass.. A John Smith was probably the father of Ralph. The early settlers of Hingham, Mass., were mostly from Hingham Ct., Norfolk, England, from which place Ralph came to New England in 1633. He drew a lot on Batchelor St. in 1637.

He removed to Eastham, in Plymouth Colony about 1653, where he held several town offices at various times. In 1657, in Plymouth Colony, he took the oath of fidelity. He was constable of Eastham in 1660.

No record of his marriage has been found, but in a court order Oct. 27, 1685, administration is granted to Grace Smith, the relict of Ralph and Samuel, his son, all of the town of Eastham, in the colony of New Plymouth, on the estate of Ralph Smith. There is doubt that Grace was the mother of his children.

33. GRACE1. Ralph SMITH and GRACE had the following children:

16 i. Samuel SMITH.

34. Giles HOPKINS1 was born in 1609 in England.8 He died in 1689 in Eastham, Mass.. Giles (also Gyles) was the eldest son of Stephen of Plymouth. He came with his father on the Mayflower in 1620 and was one of the boys on that famous voyage. On the voyage he was one of the quieter boys and developed a retiring disposition as he grew older, entirely unlike his father and brother Caleb.

He would volunteer to go with his father and brother Caleb against the Indian tribe the Pequots in 1637.

In 1638 he would go to his father's holdings in Yarmoth to check things out and in 1639 we still find him there. After moving back and forth he would become a resident of Yarmouth in 1644. By 1650, he has moved to Eastham.

He left a will at Eastham dated 19 Jan. 1682, it was probated 16 April 1690. In it he mentions his wife, Catorne and sons.

Giles is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg. 324; 1605-1690; Volunteer against Pequots, 1637. He was married to Catherine WHELDEN on Oct 9 1639 in Plymouth, Mass..3

35. Catherine WHELDEN1 died in 1689 in Eastham, Mass.. Giles HOPKINS and Catherine WHELDEN had the following children:

17 i. Mary HOPKINS.

ii. Abigail HOPKINS1 was born in Oct 1644 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She died in Eastham, Mass..

36. Nicholas SNOW1 was born in 1607 in England. He died on Nov 15 1676 in Eastham, Mass..9 Nichols may be the Nicholas bp. 25 Jan. 1599 at St. Leonard's Shoreditch, London, England son of Nicholas of Hoxton CT., Middlesex. The parish of St. Leonard's adjoins St. Mary's Whitechapel, where Stephen Hopkins, Constance father, marries his second wife in 1618.

Nichols Snow came on the "Ann" in 1623 and was made a freeman at Plymouth in 1633. By 1645 he had settled at Eastham where he served as clerk, selectman, deputy, constable, highway surveyor, excise collector and on court committees. He left a will dated 14 November 1676 in Eastham.

Nicholas was very young when he arrived at Plymouth,received a share of land in Plymouth in 1624 and was married before 1627. In April 1644 he and six other prominent men of Plymouth, seven families of forty-nine persons, began the settlement of Eastham (Nauset) across the bay from Plymouth. He became a large landowner in Hartwich, Eastham and Truro.

Nicholas is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg 356; -1676. Plymouth Militia, 1643. Deputy from Eastham, Mass., 1648. He was married to Constance HOPKINS in 1628 in Plymouth, Mass..3

37. Constance HOPKINS1 was born in 1607 in England. She died in Oct 1677 in Eastham, Mass.. Constance also called Constanta, came on the Mayflower with her father Stephen, her brother Giles, and the rest of her family. Having a half-brother born on the voyage. She would live with her husband Nicholas and 12 children in Eastham. Governor Bradford wrote in his notes dated between 6 March and 3 April 1651 "Constanta is also married, and hath 12 children all of them living, and on of them married" The last three children listed, names unknown were all living and unmarried in 1651. Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS had the following children:

i. Mary SNOW1 was born in 1630 in Plymouth, Mass.. She died on Apr 28 1704 in Eastham, Mass.. Mary is called a good wife and mother. Her son Dea. John states in his diary that she was " a careful mother" a "quiet neighbor" and a "diligent reader of God's Holy Word".

18 ii. Stephen SNOW.

38. Stephen DEANE1 was born in 1605 in England.10 He died in Oct 1634 in Plymouth, Mass.. He was married to Elizabeth RING in 1630.11

39. Elizabeth RING1 was born on Feb 23 1602/3 in Ufford, Suffolk, England. Stephen DEANE and Elizabeth RING had the following children:



19 i. Susanna DEANE.

48. Jonathan SPARROW Capt.1 was born in 1629 in England. He died on Mar 21 1706/7 in Eastham, Mass..4 Jonathan held numerous public offices, including that of schoolmaster, and acted as an attorney for thownsmen. He was a deputy at 19 sessions of the Colonial Court, and commanded a troop of horse. He left a will dated March 10, 1706/07 and probated April 3, 1707, names his 3 sons, John, Jonathan and Richard, grandsons, John Sparrow, Jonathan Sparrow, brother Joshua Bangses, 3 daughters, Rebecka, Lydia and Patience and his wife Sarah ,the 3 children that Capt. Samuel Freeman had with his daughter Elizabeth,and Sarah Williamson who lives with his wife. He left much land to be divided up.

Jonathan is buried in Eastham, Mass next to his parents and wives. He was 73 years old at his death.

Jonathan is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg 356; Capt. 1630-1695, Eastham, Mass. Lieut., Capt. John Gorham's Co., King Phillip's War, Narragansett Swamp Fight, Deputy at Plymouth, and at Boston after the union of the Colonies. Capt., French and Indian War, 1690. He was married to Rebecca BANGS on Oct 28 1654 in Easham, Mass..12

49. Rebecca BANGS1 died about 1666. According to Mayflower Descent-Vol XIV-pg 197-Rebecca's death date is unknown. Jonathan SPARROW Capt. and Rebecca BANGS had the following children:

24 i. Jonathan SPARROW.

50. William MERRICK1 was born on Sep 15 1643 in Duxbury, Mass.. He died on Oct 30 1732 in Harwich, Mass.. William was admitted a legal voter of Eastham in 1675. Sometime later he removed to Harwich, where he was on of the original members of the church there in 1700. His wife was admitted in 1704. He was an Ensign in the Militia and represented the town in the General Assembly in 1719. William left a will in Harwich, dated 5 May 1723. He died in Harwich 1732 in 90th year. He was married to Abigail HOPKINS on May 23 1667 in Eastham, Mass..3

51. Abigail HOPKINS1 was born in Oct 1644 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She died in Eastham, Mass.. William MERRICK and Abigail HOPKINS had the following children:

25 i. Rebecca MERRICK.

52. George VICKERY1 died in 1679. He was married to Rebecca PHIPPEN about 1647 in Hingham, Mass..

53. Rebecca PHIPPEN1. George VICKERY and Rebecca PHIPPEN had the following children:

26 i. Benjamin VICKERY.

54. Thomas PAINE1 died on Aug 16 1706 in Easham, Mass.. He was born in Kent, England. Thomas is said to have come to New England at the age of ten and to have lost the sight of an eye by and arrow. He was resident at Eastham in 1653 and made a freeman of Plymouth Colony 1 June 1658. He and Giles Hopkins served as surveyors of highways for Eastham in 1662. He served several different offices for the Colony. In 1696 he represented the town at the General Court and on 14 March 1696 he purchased a home in Boston. He moved back to Eastham in 1697. He was a cooper and builder of mills. He left a will dated 12 May 1705 and proved 2 Oct 1706. He was married to Mary SNOW before Apr 1651.

55. Mary SNOW1 was born in 1630 in Plymouth, Mass.. She died on Apr 28 1704 in Eastham, Mass.. Mary is called a good wife and mother. Her son Dea. John states in his diary that she was " a careful mother" a "quiet neighbor" and a "diligent reader of God's Holy Word". Thomas PAINE and Mary SNOW had the following children:



27 i. Dorcas PAINE.

SEVENTH GENERATION

64. John SMITH1. John SMITH had the following children:

32 i. Ralph SMITH.

68. Stephen HOPKINS1 was born in 1580 in England. He died in 1644 in Plymouth, Mass..3 Stephen joined the Mayflower company as a merchant adventurer, residing then just outside London Wall near Aldgate. His family was the largest aboard, and a fourth child was born on the voyage. He was called a tanner or leather maker at the time of the voyage; later a merchant and planter. His first residence at Plymouth was on the slope from the highway to the beach, not far from Plymouth Rock. He built a house a Yarmouth but returned to Plymouth and gave the Yarmouth dwelling to son Giles, who remained there.

On the Mayflower he was among the men signing the Mayflower Compact in the cabin. He was one of three men designated to provide counsel and advice to Capt. Myles Standish on the first land expedition. During the third day out, the company chanced upon an Indian deer trap, and Stephen was able to explain its function and danger. In Feb. 1621 when Indians appeared on the neighboring hilltop, Capt. Standish took Stephen with him to negotiate with the savages. Thereafter he was invariably deputized to meet the Indians and act as an interpreter. In July of 1621 he served a envoy to friendly Chief Massasoit, and he made a friend for the colonists of Samoset, another Indian whom Stephen entertained in his home.

Despite the mortality caused by tribulations of the first Pilgrim winter, Stephen's household of eight persons was one of only four households that escaped loss.

He was made a freeman by 1633 and served with sons Giles and Caleb and son-in-law Jacob Cooke as "Voluntary" in the Pequot War of 1637.

Probably because of his status in the Colony as a "stranger", he found himself on occasion in official difficulty. That he had a fiery temper is borne out by several records in the colon

His will at Plymouth was dated 6 June 1644 and provides for all of his family

In Bradford's notes he says about Stephen "Mr. Steven Hopkins and Elizabeth, his wife and 2 children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter both by a former wife; and 2 more by his wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was borne at sea; and 2 servants called Edward Doty and Edward Litste"

In 1651, 30 years later, Bradford again writes " Mr Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20 years in this place and had one son and 4 daughters borne here. Ther sone became a seaman, and dyed at Barbadoes; one daughter dyed here and 2 are maried, one of them hath 2 children and one is yet to marry. So their increase which still survive are 5. But his sone Giles is maried and hath 4 children and his daughter Constanta is also maried and hath 12 children, all of them living and one of them maried."

Stephen is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONY WARS-pg. 324; 1644, Plymouth. In the "First Encounter with the Indians, Dec. 8, 1620. Member of Gov.'s Council, 1633-36. Council of War for Plymouth, 1642. Volunteer in Pequot War. He was married to UNKNOWN in 1618 in England.

69. UNKNOWN1. Stephen HOPKINS and UNKNOWN had the following children:



37 i. Constance HOPKINS.

34 ii. Giles HOPKINS.

70. Gabriel WHELDEN1 died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Gabriel WHELDEN had the following children:

35 i. Catherine WHELDEN.

74. Stephen HOPKINS1 was born in 1580 in England. He died in 1644 in Plymouth, Mass..3 Stephen joined the Mayflower company as a merchant adventurer, residing then just outside London Wall near Aldgate. His family was the largest aboard, and a fourth child was born on the voyage. He was called a tanner or leather maker at the time of the voyage; later a merchant and planter. His first residence at Plymouth was on the slope from the highway to the beach, not far from Plymouth Rock. He built a house a Yarmouth but returned to Plymouth and gave the Yarmouth dwelling to son Giles, who remained there.

On the Mayflower he was among the men signing the Mayflower Compact in the cabin. He was one of three men designated to provide counsel and advice to Capt. Myles Standish on the first land expedition. During the third day out, the company chanced upon an Indian deer trap, and Stephen was able to explain its function and danger. In Feb. 1621 when Indians appeared on the neighboring hilltop, Capt. Standish took Stephen with him to negotiate with the savages. Thereafter he was invariably deputized to meet the Indians and act as an interpreter. In July of 1621 he served a envoy to friendly Chief Massasoit, and he made a friend for the colonists of Samoset, another Indian whom Stephen entertained in his home.

Despite the mortality caused by tribulations of the first Pilgrim winter, Stephen's household of eight persons was one of only four households that escaped loss.

He was made a freeman by 1633 and served with sons Giles and Caleb and son-in-law Jacob Cooke as "Voluntary" in the Pequot War of 1637.

Probably because of his status in the Colony as a "stranger", he found himself on occasion in official difficulty. That he had a fiery temper is borne out by several records in the colon

His will at Plymouth was dated 6 June 1644 and provides for all of his family

In Bradford's notes he says about Stephen "Mr. Steven Hopkins and Elizabeth, his wife and 2 children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter both by a former wife; and 2 more by his wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was borne at sea; and 2 servants called Edward Doty and Edward Litste"

In 1651, 30 years later, Bradford again writes " Mr Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20 years in this place and had one son and 4 daughters borne here. Ther sone became a seaman, and dyed at Barbadoes; one daughter dyed here and 2 are maried, one of them hath 2 children and one is yet to marry. So their increase which still survive are 5. But his sone Giles is maried and hath 4 children and his daughter Constanta is also maried and hath 12 children, all of them living and one of them maried."

Stephen is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONY WARS-pg. 324; 1644, Plymouth. In the "First Encounter with the Indians, Dec. 8, 1620. Member of Gov.'s Council, 1633-36. Council of War for Plymouth, 1642. Volunteer in Pequot War. He was married to UNKNOWN in 1618 in England.

75. UNKNOWN1. Stephen HOPKINS and UNKNOWN had the following children:

37 i. Constance HOPKINS.

34 ii. Giles HOPKINS.



78. William RING1. The name Sigurd Ring is mentioned early in the history of Scandinavia and England. The family name Ring appears in the register of the Parish of Hoghton, Lancaster Ct., Eng. for more than 700 years.

It is doubtful that William came to the Colonies, the records show Widow Ring and her 3 children came to Plymouth, Mass. in 1629. Her son Andrew was 13.

Widow Ring is found in several records and dies in New Plymouth in 1631. She left a will, naming her son Andrew, son in law Stephen Deane, daughter Elizabeth Deane,and daughter Susan Clarke.

79. Mary DURRANT The Widow Ring1 died in 1631 in Plymouth, Mass.. William RING and Mary DURRANT The Widow Ring had the following children:

39 i. Elizabeth RING.

96. Richard SPARROW1 died on Jan 8 1659/60 in New England. He was born in England. Richard came to Plymouth in 1635. He is in the list of freemen, January 1, 1933. He would serve in several offices in Plymouth and was a Yeoman. He is found moved to Eastham by 1653. His will is in Eastham, dated 19 November 1660 and names his wife, son and grandson, John.

Richard, Pandora, their son Jonathan, his wives Rebecca and Hannah are buried side by side in Eastham, Mass.There is a modern stone, erected in 1876 by their descendants.

Richard is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg 356; -1660; Plymouth Company, 1643.

97. PANDORA1 was born in England. Richard SPARROW and PANDORA had the following children:

48 i. Jonathan SPARROW Capt..

98. Edward BANGS1 was born before Oct 28 1591 in bap. Panfield, Essexshire, England. He died in Feb 1677/78 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.. Edward arrived at Plymouth in 1623 in the "Ann". He was made a freeman in 1633 and moved to Eastham in 1644 with the planters of that town where he served as a Grand-Juryman, overseer of the Board. He was a Deputy to the Colony Court for 4 or 5 yrs.

Edward was a ship wright. He was in charge of the construction of the first vessel built in Plymouth which was a barque of 40 or 50 tons. He was a Captain of the guard of the milita company in 1643 and a deputy of the General Court in 1652.

He would live 86 years. In his will dated 19 Oct. 1677 he mentions his deceased daughter and her children, but does not name them. He was married to Rebecca HOBART on Oct 26 1654.13

99. Rebecca HOBART1 was born before Dec 29 1611 in Bap. Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died before 1677. Edward BANGS and Rebecca HOBART had the following children:

49 i. Rebecca BANGS.

100. William MERRICK Ensign1 was born in 1615 in Wales. He died in 1688. William was born in Wales about 1615.

William was the oldest of 4 brother to reach Charlestown in the "James" in the spring of 1636, and was a soldier serving for 6 years in the Colonial Militia under Capt. Standish as an Ensign and Lieutenant. At the end of his service he married, very likely in Eastham. He married late in life.

He made his will Dec. 3, 1686, proved Mar. 6, 1688-9. He was married to Rebecca TRACY in 1642.

101. Rebecca TRACY1. William MERRICK Ensign and Rebecca TRACY had the following children:

50 i. William MERRICK.

102. Giles HOPKINS1 was born in 1609 in England.14 He died in 1689 in Eastham, Mass.. Giles (also Gyles) was the eldest son of Stephen of Plymouth. He came with his father on the Mayflower in 1620 and was one of the boys on that famous voyage. On the voyage he was one of the quieter boys and developed a retiring disposition as he grew older, entirely unlike his father and brother Caleb.

He would volunteer to go with his father and brother Caleb against the Indian tribe the Pequots in 1637.

In 1638 he would go to his father's holdings in Yarmoth to check things out and in 1639 we still find him there. After moving back and forth he would become a resident of Yarmouth in 1644. By 1650, he has moved to Eastham.

He left a will at Eastham dated 19 Jan. 1682, it was probated 16 April 1690. In it he mentions his wife, Catorne and sons.

Giles is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg. 324; 1605-1690; Volunteer against Pequots, 1637. He was married to Catherine WHELDEN on Oct 9 1639 in Plymouth, Mass..3

103. Catherine WHELDEN1 died in 1689 in Eastham, Mass.. Giles HOPKINS and Catherine WHELDEN had the following children:

17 i. Mary HOPKINS.

51 ii. Abigail HOPKINS.

108. Thomas PAINE1. Thomas PAINE had the following children:

54 i. Thomas PAINE.

110. Nicholas SNOW1 was born in 1607 in England. He died on Nov 15 1676 in Eastham, Mass..15 Nichols may be the Nicholas bp. 25 Jan. 1599 at St. Leonard's Shoreditch, London, England son of Nicholas of Hoxton CT., Middlesex. The parish of St. Leonard's adjoins St. Mary's Whitechapel, where Stephen Hopkins, Constance father, marries his second wife in 1618.

Nichols Snow came on the "Ann" in 1623 and was made a freeman at Plymouth in 1633. By 1645 he had settled at Eastham where he served as clerk, selectman, deputy, constable, highway surveyor, excise collector and on court committees. He left a will dated 14 November 1676 in Eastham.

Nicholas was very young when he arrived at Plymouth,received a share of land in Plymouth in 1624 and was married before 1627. In April 1644 he and six other prominent men of Plymouth, seven families of forty-nine persons, began the settlement of Eastham (Nauset) across the bay from Plymouth. He became a large landowner in Hartwich, Eastham and Truro.

Nicholas is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-pg 356; -1676. Plymouth Militia, 1643. Deputy from Eastham, Mass., 1648. He was married to Constance HOPKINS in 1628 in Plymouth, Mass..3



111. Constance HOPKINS1 was born in 1607 in England. She died in Oct 1677 in Eastham, Mass.. Constance also called Constanta, came on the Mayflower with her father Stephen, her brother Giles, and the rest of her family. Having a half-brother born on the voyage. She would live with her husband Nicholas and 12 children in Eastham. Governor Bradford wrote in his notes dated between 6 March and 3 April 1651 "Constanta is also married, and hath 12 children all of them living, and on of them married" The last three children listed, names unknown were all living and unmarried in 1651. Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS had the following children:

55 i. Mary SNOW.

18 ii. Stephen SNOW.

EIGHTH GENERATION

196. John BANGS1 was born in 1567. He died in 1632.

197. Jane CLAIRE1 was born in 1563. She died in 1632. Her name could be Claire or Chavis John BANGS and Jane CLAIRE had the following children:

98 i. Edward BANGS.

198. Edmund HOBART1 was born in 1574 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on Mar 8 1646/47 in Hingham, Plymouth, Mass.. Edmund was listed as a Freeman on March 4, 1633/4 as Edmond Hubbert. (MBCR 1:368). The family were member of the Charlestown Church. He was married to Margaret DEWEY on Sep 7 1600 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

199. Margaret DEWEY1 was born in 1574 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England. She died in Oct 1634 in Norfolk, England or Charleston, Middlesex, Mass.. Margaret was Edmund's 2nd wife. Edmund HOBART and Margaret DEWEY had the following children:

99 i. Rebecca HOBART.

200. John MERRICK1 was born in 1579. John MERRICK had the following children:

100 i. William MERRICK Ensign.

202. Stephen TRACY1 was born in Great Yarmouth, England. He was married to Tryphosa LEE on Jan 2 1620/21 in Leyden, Holland.

203. Tryphosa LEE1. Stephen TRACY and Tryphosa LEE had the following children:

101 i. Rebecca TRACY.

204. Stephen HOPKINS1 was born in 1580 in England. He died in 1644 in Plymouth, Mass..3 Stephen joined the Mayflower company as a merchant adventurer, residing then just outside London Wall near Aldgate. His family was the largest aboard, and a fourth child was born on the voyage. He was called a tanner or leather maker at the time of the voyage; later a merchant and planter. His first residence at Plymouth was on the slope from the highway to the beach, not far from Plymouth Rock. He built a house a Yarmouth but returned to Plymouth and gave the Yarmouth dwelling to son Giles, who remained there.

On the Mayflower he was among the men signing the Mayflower Compact in the cabin. He was one of three men designated to provide counsel and advice to Capt. Myles Standish on the first land expedition. During the third day out, the company chanced upon an Indian deer trap, and Stephen was able to explain its function and danger. In Feb. 1621 when Indians appeared on the neighboring hilltop, Capt. Standish took Stephen with him to negotiate with the savages. Thereafter he was invariably deputized to meet the Indians and act as an interpreter. In July of 1621 he served a envoy to friendly Chief Massasoit, and he made a friend for the colonists of Samoset, another Indian whom Stephen entertained in his home.

Despite the mortality caused by tribulations of the first Pilgrim winter, Stephen's household of eight persons was one of only four households that escaped loss.

He was made a freeman by 1633 and served with sons Giles and Caleb and son-in-law Jacob Cooke as "Voluntary" in the Pequot War of 1637.

Probably because of his status in the Colony as a "stranger", he found himself on occasion in official difficulty. That he had a fiery temper is borne out by several records in the colon

His will at Plymouth was dated 6 June 1644 and provides for all of his family

In Bradford's notes he says about Stephen "Mr. Steven Hopkins and Elizabeth, his wife and 2 children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter both by a former wife; and 2 more by his wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was borne at sea; and 2 servants called Edward Doty and Edward Litste"

In 1651, 30 years later, Bradford again writes " Mr Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20 years in this place and had one son and 4 daughters borne here. Ther sone became a seaman, and dyed at Barbadoes; one daughter dyed here and 2 are maried, one of them hath 2 children and one is yet to marry. So their increase which still survive are 5. But his sone Giles is maried and hath 4 children and his daughter Constanta is also maried and hath 12 children, all of them living and one of them maried."

Stephen is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONY WARS-pg. 324; 1644, Plymouth. In the "First Encounter with the Indians, Dec. 8, 1620. Member of Gov.'s Council, 1633-36. Council of War for Plymouth, 1642. Volunteer in Pequot War. He was married to UNKNOWN in 1618 in England.

205. UNKNOWN1. Stephen HOPKINS and UNKNOWN had the following children:

37 i. Constance HOPKINS.

34 ii. Giles HOPKINS.

206. Gabriel WHELDEN1 died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Gabriel WHELDEN had the following children:

35 i. Catherine WHELDEN.

222. Stephen HOPKINS1 was born in 1580 in England. He died in 1644 in Plymouth, Mass..3 Stephen joined the Mayflower company as a merchant adventurer, residing then just outside London Wall near Aldgate. His family was the largest aboard, and a fourth child was born on the voyage. He was called a tanner or leather maker at the time of the voyage; later a merchant and planter. His first residence at Plymouth was on the slope from the highway to the beach, not far from Plymouth Rock. He built a house a Yarmouth but returned to Plymouth and gave the Yarmouth dwelling to son Giles, who remained there.

On the Mayflower he was among the men signing the Mayflower Compact in the cabin. He was one of three men designated to provide counsel and advice to Capt. Myles Standish on the first land expedition. During the third day out, the company chanced upon an Indian deer trap, and Stephen was able to explain its function and danger. In Feb. 1621 when Indians appeared on the neighboring hilltop, Capt. Standish took Stephen with him to negotiate with the savages. Thereafter he was invariably deputized to meet the Indians and act as an interpreter. In July of 1621 he served a envoy to friendly Chief Massasoit, and he made a friend for the colonists of Samoset, another Indian whom Stephen entertained in his home.

Despite the mortality caused by tribulations of the first Pilgrim winter, Stephen's household of eight persons was one of only four households that escaped loss.

He was made a freeman by 1633 and served with sons Giles and Caleb and son-in-law Jacob Cooke as "Voluntary" in the Pequot War of 1637.

Probably because of his status in the Colony as a "stranger", he found himself on occasion in official difficulty. That he had a fiery temper is borne out by several records in the colon

His will at Plymouth was dated 6 June 1644 and provides for all of his family

In Bradford's notes he says about Stephen "Mr. Steven Hopkins and Elizabeth, his wife and 2 children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter both by a former wife; and 2 more by his wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was borne at sea; and 2 servants called Edward Doty and Edward Litste"

In 1651, 30 years later, Bradford again writes " Mr Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20 years in this place and had one son and 4 daughters borne here. Ther sone became a seaman, and dyed at Barbadoes; one daughter dyed here and 2 are maried, one of them hath 2 children and one is yet to marry. So their increase which still survive are 5. But his sone Giles is maried and hath 4 children and his daughter Constanta is also maried and hath 12 children, all of them living and one of them maried."

Stephen is found in the book SOCIETY OF COLONY WARS-pg. 324; 1644, Plymouth. In the "First Encounter with the Indians, Dec. 8, 1620. Member of Gov.'s Council, 1633-36. Council of War for Plymouth, 1642. Volunteer in Pequot War. He was married to UNKNOWN in 1618 in England.

223. UNKNOWN1. Stephen HOPKINS and UNKNOWN had the following children:

37 i. Constance HOPKINS.

34 ii. Giles HOPKINS.

NINTH GENERATION

392. Richard BANGS1 was born in 1563. He died in 1586. He was married to MARGARET on Jan 30 1586/87 in Panfield, Essexshire, England.

393. MARGARET1. Richard BANGS and MARGARET had the following children:

196 i. John BANGS.

400. William MERRICH Rev.1. Was the Rector of St. Davids, Penbrokeshire William MERRICH Rev. had the following children:

200 i. John MERRICK.

404. Stephen TRACY1 died in 1630 in Great Yarmouth, England. He was born in England. Stephen left a will dated October 25, 1630 in Great Yarmouth, England. He was a freeman of Yarmouth, England, 1606, and resided at Great Yarmouth, County Norfolk, England. His occupation was that of a mariner. The Tracy family is old in England, going back in some lines to "Woden", 300-400 A.D. However, the parents of this Stephen have not been definitely identified. He was married to Agnes ENDLEY on Feb 23 1584/85.

405. Agnes ENDLEY1. Stephen TRACY and Agnes ENDLEY had the following children:

202 i. Stephen TRACY.

TENTH GENERATION

800. John MERRICK Rev.1 was born in 1513 in Wales. Was Rector of Llandegai(Llandachya). It is understood that Rev. John left the navy to enter the ministry, which seemed to appeal to members of this family. John MERRICK Rev. had the following children:

400 i. William MERRICH Rev..

ELEVENTH GENERATION

1600. Llewellyn MERRICK1 died about 1538. Was a Captain of the Guard at the coronation of Henry VIII, April 25, 1509. He was the first High Sheriff of the County Anglesey, which office he held until his death. From him the name "Meyrick", signifying "Guardian", is derived as a surname, in pursuance to an act of Henry VIII, requiring that the name of every man at the time should be borne by his descendants as a surname, there being no surnames before that time in Wales. He married Margaret, daughter of Roland, Rector of Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales. His will is dated November 30, 1538.

1601. MARGARET1. Llewellyn MERRICK and MARGARET had the following children:

800 i. John MERRICK Rev..

TWELFTH GENERATION

3202. ROLAND1. ROLAND had the following children:

1601 i. MARGARET.

SOURCES

1. GEDCOM file imported on Apr 15 1999.

2. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. Xl, 1909, Pg. 236.

3. Mayflower Families through five generations.

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. LXIV 1910.

5. Genealogies of Mayflower Families From the NEHGR Vol lll pg. 355.

6. New England Marriages prior to 1700-Jonathan Sparrow and Rebecca Merrick. Pg. 694.

7. New England Marriages prior to 1700-Benjamin Vickery and Docas Paine. Pg. 767.

8. Mayflower Families through five generations. Pages 10 and ll.

9. Ibid. Pages 4 and 5.

10. Leon Clark Hills. History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters. Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1977. Page 54.

11. The Great Migration Begins-Christopher Hussey. Pages 515-517.

12. The Mayflower Descendant-Vol XIV-Oct 1912-Pages 193-202. Vol XIV-Page 197.

13. Genealogical Dictionary of the New England Settlers. Vol. 1, page 112.

14. Mayflower Families through five generations. Pages 10 and ll.

15. Ibid. Pages 4 and 5.

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