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101	Josiah Fox was the designer of the U.S.S. Constitution, otherwise known as "Old Ironsides.â"	Fox, Josiah (I7172)
102	Killed by a train.	Webb, Edmund J. (I5647)
103	Killed in action.	Rickard, Joseph Henry (I4794)
104	Kinney - In Prairie Ronde township, Thursday, Jan 6th, (1898) D. C. Kinney, aged 74 years. Deceased was born in Huron Co., Ohio and came to Michigan in the year 1853 (this probably should read 1835), located on the farm where he lived and died. By industry and good management he cleared up one of the best farms of several hundred acres in the township. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Caroline Webb, and this union was blessed with four children, two of which, with the wife and mother, survive him. Mr. Kinney was one of the pioneers of the township. His funeral, on Sunday, under auspices of Schoolcraft Lodge of F. & A.M., of which he was a member of 35 years, was the largest in attendance ever known in that community, over 100 buggies by actual count being in the procession. The services were conducted by Rev. D. H. Reiter, at the home, and scores of people were unable to get in the house. Obituary courtesy of Kathy Linderholm.	Kinney, Didymus C. (I5638)
105	Last name is possibly Heaton.	Parr, Jane (I6247)
106	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I1502)
107	Leon is in Williamstown, Ingham, Michigan in 1910, 1920, and 1930. He is farming. He is the census enumerator in 1920 and 1930.	Webb, Leon Edward (I5188)
108	Letter from Orlando Blair to his sister Emma Blair. The letter was written and mailed in Glencoe, MN and sent to Putnam, NY in the Spring of 1872. Spelling, punctuation, and captializations are preserved. Dear Sister Emma, Your kind letter was received by us a short time since but Lura was not destined ever to answer it. she was confined on the 17th and gave birth to a boy babe on the 24th seven days after died. The same vitality has prevailed through this section of the country more than one half of child bed confinements have proven fatal she seemed doing well until the third day when she took or had a slight chill and from that time grew worse, yet we all had hopes of her recovery until almost her last day it is something that the Phiscians do not understand the vitality that prevails among the child bed confinements. Lura had one of the best nurses in the country attending her who had nothing to do but to attend to her we had a hired girl besides the nurse and also Mary Shear from Michigan was visiting us which was a great source of comfort to me for she has always been like a sister to me when I was in Michigan her Phiscian visited her almost hourly after she was taken with the chill on the 3 day so she had i am satisfied all the care that a mortal could have had. but my dear Sister she was to good for this sin sick world and God in his infinit wisdom called her home to be with him on high she had no fear of death and hoped that all her friends which are many would so live that when God should call them hence they would meet her in heaven. O! Emma, of all the many greivances that I have had this has been by far the hardest and the heaviest that I ever can have the death of the wife of my youth But God in his infinite mercies has left me a momento of the lost one that I loved so well Oh! Emma you have never realized how precious she was to me, nor never can until you have been affected as I have been; but may God spare you from this trial Lura named the baby Frank Lewis Lewis in honor of her brother that died I shall stay here until Fall anyway and get some one to take care of the babe after that I do not know what I shall do Mary has not concluded yet weather she will stay here and teach school this summer or not but I hope she will for I would like to have one relative near me Maggie Lee that married Mr. Bennett about 6 months before I was married died yesterday she was a niece of Agness Wiley Blair Mrs. Chubb, Agnes sister is very sick There has been a lot of sickness here this spring And now dear sister I will close this sad epistle for I have many more to write yet. Write me often will you not Love to all enquiring friends Your affectionate Brother Orlando Blair Don't forget me to Robert	Washburn, Lura Ann (I91)
109	Listed in Michigan Death Index. Married. Bookkeeper. Motherâ€™s Name Jane McGrath. Died of consumption.	McGrath, William (I5794)
110	Living in Highland, Orange Co., NY in 1880. Occupation is listed as â€œwatchman at hotel.â€ Living in Highland, Orange Co., NY in 1900. Occupation is listed as â€œpainter.â€	Harris, George A. (I5979)
111	Living in Hindley, Lancashire, England in 1881. He is a coal miner. They are living at 2 Low Green Fold. Mining coal in Ince in Makerfield, Lancashire, England in 1891.	Waring, Thomas (I6236)
112	Living in Howell, Livingston Co., MI in 1910.	Brayton, William P. (I6106)
113	Living in Munising, Alger, Michigan in 1900. Occupation is listed as lighthouse keeper. Living in Los Angles, Los Angles, California in 1920. He is retired.	Prior, George (I3774)
114	Living with her daughter, Mary and family, in 1910. She has a son, William, listed with her. William is 11. He was born in England and came to the US in 1904. She claims to have had seven children, five of whom are still living. In the 1920 census, Eliza claims to have come to the US in 1881 and to have been naturalized in 1883. She must have gone back and forth several times.	Unknown, Elizabeth (I6210)
115	Louis Cooke was a circus agent and proprietor of the Continental Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. There is a brief article about him on the New Jersey Historical Society website. It may be reached by clicking here. Another site dealing with circus history exhibits some writings of Cooke regarding his early life and his experiences as a circus agent. That site may be found here.	Cooke, Louis Edwin (I3663)
116	Margaret was an elementary principal in Taylor, Wayne Co., Michigan. An elementary school there was named after her following her retirement.	Hubbs, Margaret Evesta (I5865)
117	Married by Edwin R. Bishop, Rector of St. Paul's Church John Hanford and Richard Miller were the witnesses.	Family F1050
118	Married by Rev. I. Law.	Family F472
119	MARY (HALE) KING ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT IN 1681, CHARGED WITH POISONING HER BOARDERS.	Hale, Mary (I4423)
120	Mary's parents, James Chilton and Susanna, were married before 1587. James was the son of Lionel Chilton, and Susanna may have been the daughter of Francis and Isabelle Furner. In the early 1600s, many English men and women began to question some of the teachings of the Church of England that had been founded by Henry VIII in the previous century. Some of these individuals remained members of the church but tried to "purify" it from within, and were called "Puritans." One group of Puritans founded MA Bay Colony at Boston in 1630. More radical individuals believed that the church was too contaminated by "error" to be salvaged, and these individuals separated from the church. The so-called "Separatists" were persecuted by the monarchy and to a lesser degree by the Puritans, and a few congregations of Separatists fled to Holland, where the Separatists' religious views were tolerated. Although James Chilton in the past was not thought to be a Separatist, later research discovered a record of James and his daughter Mary being attacked by a group of rock throwing boys in Leyden, Holland in 1619, and it therefore appears that he was a member of that group. Although the Separatists were able to worship freely in Holland, they found that it was very difficult to make a living there. (Most of the Separatists had been farmers in England, and they had to learn new but lower paying job skills in urban Holland.) The Separatists also discovered that their children were slowly slipping away from the Separatist faith in easy going Holland, and in fact were becoming more Dutch than English. Accordingly, the Separatists in Leyden entered into an agreement with a group of "Adventurers" (venture capitalists, really) in England pursuant to which the Adventurers would pay for the passage of some of the Separatists to America in return for a certain percentage of the fruits of their labors. The Adventurers also financed the passage of a number of passengers who came to America for purely economic reasons and who were called the "Strangers" by the Separatists. James, Susanna and Mary Chilton came to America with the first group of Separatists on the Mayflower in 1620. Congregationalist churches evolved from the Separatist congregations that came to America. Either by accident or design, the Mayflower did not land as intended at Jamestown, VA Colony but instead arrived at Cape Cod in November. James Chilton was one of the oldest of the Mayflower passengers, and he died on 18 December 1620 while the Mayflower was still in Provincetown harbor and shortly after he signed the Mayflower Compact. There is no record regarding whether he was buried on land or at sea. The Mayflower crossed Cape Cod Bay, and the passengers founded a new colony at Plymouth. According to tradition, Mary Chilton raced John Alden to the front of the launch bringing the Mayflower passengers to the shore and was the first woman to set foot on Plymouth Rock. The painting "The Landing of the Pilgrims" by Henry Bacon and exhibited in Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, MA reflects this tradition. During the first winter in America, almost half of the Mayflower passengers died during the First Sickness, including Susanna Furner on 21 January 1620/1621 (Old Style calendar). The thirteen year old Mary Chilton was left an orphan, and based upon a later division of land it is believed that she lived for the next few years with the family of either John Alden or Myles Standish. Mary's husband John Winslow came to Plymouth on the Fortune in 1621. John was the brother of Edward Winslow, a Mayflower passenger and a Governor of Plymouth Colony. Mary and John moved to Boston about 1655, where John became a successful merchant and shipowner. John died after 12 March 1673. Mary left the only will of a female passenger on the Mayflower, which is preserved at the Suffolk County Registry of Probate in Boston. They were buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, where their tombstones still stand. Sources: Stratton and MF Chilton	Chilton, Mary (I476)
121	Mining coal in Ince Makerfield, Lancashire, England in 1891.	Waring, James (I6240)
122	Mining coal in Nevins, Vigo, Indiana in 1910. He is a coal miner in Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana in 1920. Last name is spelled Waring. Came to the US in 1905.	Wareing, John (I5942)
123	Morton family information based on a Rootsweb posting by Helen Schatvet Ullmann and additional information provided by Robert Morton. Martin fought in the Revolutionary War.	Morton, Martin (I6336)
124	Most of the early Hammond information was taken from the internet at www.tcnet.net/hammons/. It represents the work of C. Richard Matthews 113 Paula Drive Pineville KY 40977. You can get there by clicking here.	Hammond, John (I5404)
125	Moved to from Pelham, MA to Cambridge, NY in the 1760s, and resided on Lot 47, which consisted of 180 acres bounded by "Blair's Brook." Member and probably one of the founders of the Coila Presbyterian Church and held many town offices including Selectman. In 1777, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 16th Albany County, NY Regiment and served throughout the war and afterward.	Blair, Colonel John (I137)
126	Murdered	Ericksen, Robert Bruce Blair (I1498)
127	Name: JOHN PICKERING Sex: M Birth: 1615 in Newgate, Coventry, England Death: BEF. 1 JUL 1655 Fact 8: Left London on the "William and John" Fact 9: Ship Captain: Rowland Langram Fact 12: for protection against the Government of Massachusetts Fact 13: 1635 Occupation: Built a Meeting House Census: He was the town carpenter Census: Built the first bridge Census: 1651 Built his house @ 18 Broad ST. Census: JUL 1665 Signed "Petition of the Inhabitants of Pourtsmouth and Strawberry Bank Census: 1951 House maintained by the Pickering Foundation Census: 1997 This House is the oldest house in America occupied by the same family _NAMS: Boat left from Gravesend district of London Event: Land Complete ownership of house is documented	Pickering, John (I2503)
128	One of the original 30 settlers to migrate from Pelham, MA to Cambridge between 1761-1763. Captain of the Cambridge Company of the 16th and participated in all the battles of the Saratoga Campaign. A home near Coila, believed to be the original home of Captain Gilmore stands today, and a street called Gilmore Avenue remains as a memorial George Gilmore and his descendants.	Gilmore, George (I150)
129	Operated Hotel Reece in Kenton, Onio until his retirement in 1899.	Day, William Nelson (I169)
130	Passenger on Lyon during winter trip arriving Boston on February 5, 1630/1. He and his wife are positions 107 and 108 on list of early members of Boston First Church. Their daughter, Lydia, was baptised at this church on 3 June 1632. He was one of four men appointed to set bounds between Dorchester and Roxbury. He was a deputy of the court on 26 May 1636. The Town of Ipswich paid him 12p a day as a soldier against Indians. He made is will on March 28, 1654 naming his wife as Executrix. The will was proved on September 26, 1654.	Perkins, John (I690)
131	Please click here to reach a website about the ancestors of William Bowdish.	Bowdish, William Merwin (I332)
132	Possibly died in Lowell, Kent, Michigan in 1874	Blair, John Darwin (I106)
133	Prior pedigree and descendany information found in WFT Volume 10, Tree 2083. He is a boat builder in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan in 1880.	Prior, George (I3772)
134	Prior pedigree information found in WFT Volume 10, Tree 2083. Appears in the 1871 British Census in Hastings, Sussex at age 75. Philadelphia is 78.	Prior, George (I5731)
135	Prior pedigree information found in WFT Volume 10, Tree 2083. Sailor in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan in 1880. Lighthouse Keeper of the Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Outer lights in Duluth, Minnesota from 1888 until 1908. There is an article about James from a book about the Great Lakes. You can find it by clicking . There is a wonderful website about the lighthouses of the western Great Lakes. There are descriptions of the houses, their construction, exciting events, etc. There are also lists of the keepers. You may find the site by clicking here.	Prior, James L. (I3586)
136	Prior pedigree information found in WFT Volume 10, Tree 2083.	Prior, George (I5733)
137	Proprietor of the Horseshoe Tavern, and a tailor.	Pollard, Jonathan , "Captain" (I945)
138	Ran-away on the 24th of February, from CORNELIUS JOHNSON of Amwell in Hunterdon County, an Irish Servant Man named Cornelius Hannigan, about 35 Years of age, of short Stature and a round Visage. He had on when he went away, a new Felt Hat, a light Wig or a blue course Cap, an old light colour'd Kersey Coat without Cuffs, and a brown Coat with green Lining; a Linsey-Woolsey Jacket with red Lining, very much patch'd about the fore Lappets; a short Flannel Jacket; a pair of old Leather Breeches mended on the Knees, with Brass Buttons, and every way too big for him; a pair of gray Stockings, and a new pair of Shoes with Steel Buckles not fellows. Whoever secures the said Servant and gives Notice thereof to his Master so that he may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward and reasonable Charges, paid. By CORNELIUS JOHNSON (in The American Weekly Mercury, Feb. 28 to March 7, 1737, p.8). --William Nelson, ed., Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. 11 (Paterson, NJ: Press Printing and Publishing, 1894), 524-25.Â	Jansen or Johnson, Cornelius (I4400)
139	Richard, Member of Parliament from Canterbury, Co. Kent, resided in St. Paul Parish; will mentions his deceased wife Isabell and bequeaths bulk of his estate to his son Lyonell (per Mayflower Quarterly, 8/1977, p. 81). "Dictionary of English Surnames" (1958) states that first Chilton recorded is William de Chilton, 1195. The surname Chilton may mean "child's town", a place where young nobles prepared for knighthood.	Chilton, Richard (I984)
140	Robert Latham and his daughter, Mercy, wife of "Issack" Harris complained to the General Court at Playmouth that Harris, "departed the government" leaving her with child. The court took action on July 5, 1669. I'm not clear what "the action" was, and he must have come back because they had children well after 1669.	Harris, Isaac (I710)
141	Robert served as a Lt. in the 16th Albany County Militia under his father, Col. John Blair.	Blair, Robert (I148)
142	Robert was convicted of manslaughter in February 1654/1655 (Old Style calendar) for the death of his young servant, John Walker. The jury found that John's death was caused by "unreasonable correction [that is, whippings and beatings], by withholding the necessary food and clothing, and by exposing [John] to extremities of seasons." The court punished Robert by branding him on the hand and confiscating all of his property. He apparently was able to climb the economic ladder again, and by at least 1660 he was a landowner. In 1676, Indians burned Robert's house and barn to the ground. Robert and his family were away at the time, so they were not injured, and most of his personal property and crops were saved. A party of settlers set off after the Indians, but the Indians were not caught.	Latham, Robert (I465)
143	Sarah was the first white child born in the colony of Fort Orange.	De Rapalje, Sarah (I1841)
144	Served as a Private with Capt. Sam'l Growenkyke's Co. (2nd Kingswood) Second Regiment, Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia, Col. Jos. Bevens. Served as a Private with Capt. Daniel Bray's Co. (6th Kingswood) Second Regiment, Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia, Col. Jos. Bevens. Served as a Sergeant in the NJ State Troopers during the Revolutionary War. William Coolbaugh or Coolbrook, said to have been a sea captain, settled in Hunterdon Co. NJ with his wife, Sarah Johnson. Thence he moved to Monroe Co. PA.	Coolbaugh, William (I957)
145	Served in the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Was discharged as a Lieutenant.	Pickering, Hiram (I184)
146	Served in the Civil War. Died of typhoid fever.	Harris, William E. (I6073)
147	Served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a Lt. in Company F of the 11th Pennsylvania Veterans Calvary. Went from Pennsylvania to Hillsdale County, Michigan to work the farm with his sister, Mary Delphine, and his brother-in-law, Cyrus King. Met Carrie Piatt in Hillsdale. Married her in 1870. They moved to Bay Springs, Michigan in 1887.	Pickering, John VanWey (I265)
148	Served with Napolean in France. One of the first settlers in Hillsdale County, Michigan coming there about 1855. From his obituary: "He was never sick a day in his life and died sitting in his chair like a clock running down. His mind was clear and bright to the last." From the February 18, 1868 edition of Hillsdale Standard: Notice - Whereas, my wife Dorothy, has left my bed and board without cause or provocation whatever, I forbid any one harboring or trusting her on my account. Antony Piatt Hillsdale, Feb. 17, 1868 She is shown as being with him in the census of 1870 and 1880 and she is buried next to him in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsdale. In Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY in 1850 on page 271. Birthplace is listed as Germany.	Piatt, Anthony (I165)
149	Settled in Dartmouth (now Fairhaven, MA). He was a carpenter and an ensign. At the beginning of Phillip's War he was killed with his wife by Indians as they were going to the garrison. Earlier in the afternoon they had sent their children to the garrison. Jacob and Susannah reached the garrison, but died of their wounds. The children were sent to Bridgewater to be raised by the Uncle Edward.	Mitchell, Jacob (I740)
150	She died in prison before being brought to trial for witchcraft. Her maiden name may have been either Addington or Shelly.	Unknown, Rebecca (I5593)