1. | Mehitable DAMON was born on 20 Nov 1699 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas DAMON and Lucy Ann EMERSON); and died. Mehitable married Nathaniel COWDERY on 9 Nov 1673 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Nathaniel (son of Samuel COWDERY and Elizabeth PARKER) was born on 20 Nov 1691 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 3 Apr 1751 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Thomas DAMON was born on 31 Jan 1659 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Thomas DAMON); died on 20 Oct 1753 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Thomas married Lucy Ann EMERSON on 15 May 1683 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Joseph EMERSON and Elizabeth BULKELEY) was born on 2 Oct 1667 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jan 1740 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Lucy Ann EMERSON was born on 2 Oct 1667 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Joseph EMERSON and Elizabeth BULKELEY); died on 17 Jan 1740 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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4. | Thomas DAMON was born on 28 Oct 1627 in Faversham, Kent, England (son of Thomas DAMON and Rachel); died on 7 Dec 1683 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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6. | Joseph EMERSON was born about 25 Jun 1620 in Bishops Stortford, Heretfordshire, England (son of Thomas EMERSON and Elizabeth BREWSTER); died about 3 Jan 1680 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Notes: He is the ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous poet and writer. After emigrating to the new world, he settled in Mendon, Massachusetts. Joseph married Elizabeth BULKELEY on 7 Dec 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born in 1638 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 4 Sep 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth BULKELEY was born in 1638 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 4 Sep 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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8. | Thomas DAMON was born on 30 May 1596 in Oare, Kent, England; died on 7 Dec 1683 in Oare, Kent, England. Thomas married Rachel. Rachel was born in 1599 in Oare, Kent, England; died on 17 Feb 1629 in Davington, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Rachel was born in 1599 in Oare, Kent, England; died on 17 Feb 1629 in Davington, Kent, England.
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12. | Thomas EMERSON was christened on 26 Jul 1584 in Bishops Stortford, Heretfordshire, England (son of Robert EMERSON and Susanna CRABBE); died on 1 May 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes: Several sites give he and his wife's christening/birth dates on the same day in towns that were 135 miles apart though this believed to be an error in transcription along the way. His wife's birthdate is not known. It has been proven that Major-General Denison, a close friend of Thomas, who was mentioned in Thomas' will, emigrated from Bishop's-Stratford. Thomas Emerson was probabably born in Sedsfield Parish, Durham, England. He was baptized at Bishop's-Stratford, England, July 26, 1584 and was married July 1, 1611 in that parish to Elizabeth Brewster. Their children were recorded in St. Michael's Church at Bishop's Stratford as: Robert, Benjamin, Ralph, James, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Nathaniel and Susan. According to the church warden's book of St. Michael's, he is recorded as a collector for the poor in 1636. He was at Ipswich, Massachusetts, as early as 1638, when 80 acres of land was granted to him. English records indicate the family was non-conformist. Thomas married Elizabeth BREWSTER on 1 Jul 1611. Elizabeth was born before 1598 in of Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1638 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Elizabeth BREWSTER was born before 1598 in of Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1638 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.
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