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Diana, Goddess
of the Hunt — for Ancestors!
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Every-Name Index |
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| Pedigree Chart of Gale's Father, Albert Roy STRAUB |
| Pedigree Chart of Gale's Mother, Nina WILLIS |
| Eligibility for Hereditary Societies |
| Ancestors of Nina Gale STRAUB |
| Immigrants
Old England to New England — The Great Migration
Cavaliers and Pioneers — Our Southern Ancestry
Pennsylvania Deutsch — Our German Ancestry
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| Pioneers (settled in a state before statehood)
Charles & Martha (REASON) CARRICO, by 1801, settled Northwest Territory (became Indiana in 1816) et al. |
| Patriots of War
Nicholas OLMSTED, King Philip's War, Capt. of Dragoons, 1675 Thomas PRENTICE, King Philip's War Capt. Thomas STANTON, Pequot War Pvt. Joseph RASEY II, Revolutionary War, NH Bezaleel HALE, Revolutionary War, Minute Man; Alarm List of Middlesex Co., MA Pvt. Nehemiah HOPKINS, Sr., Indian War, Revolutionary War, Vermont Militia Edward C. CHENEY, Revolutionary War, Minute Man at Lexington & Concord 19 Apr 1775 Pvt. Silas HOLT, Revolutionary War, Minute Man, 3 yrs Continental Army, Massachusetts Line Nehemiah HOPKINS, Jr., lost an arm in Shay's Rebellion, 1786 1st Lt. Seth HOLT, War of 1812, U.S. Army Light Infantry; died in service, Niagara Falls, NY Charles CARRICO, War of 1812, Pvt., Capt. Pierre Andre's Co., U.S. Mounted Rangers Samuel Lucas HOPKINS, Mexican War, lost a leg Ira Baker BROWN, Mexican War — to the "Halls of Montezuma" (Mexico City) Albert Roy STRAUB, Philippine Insurrection — Bronze Medal, Purple Heart |
| Royalty
Charlemagne (740s-814), Holy Roman Emperor Brian Boru (c941-1014), High King of Ireland William the Conqueror (c1028-1087), Duke of Normandy, King of England Descent from Cerdic, King of the West Saxons, through Henry II, King of England Descent from Cerdic, King of the West Saxons, through Edward I, King of England et al. Magna Carta Sureties
Through our "gateway" New England ancestor, Olive WELBY, we descend from 14 Magna Carta sureties, 13 crusaders, William the Conqueror, Brian Boru, and Charlemagne, among others. [Documented connection to Charlemagne through Olive WELBY confirmed by researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (30 Nov 2015).] |
| Armorial Ancestors
Edmund FAULKNER of Kingsclere, Hampshire, England — three silver falcons on a black shield |
| Firsts
Edmund & Dorothy FAULKNER, first marriage in the history of Salem, MA, 1647 (by Rev. Cotton MATHER) |
| Founders
Dea. Richard BUTLER, original proprietor of the City of Hartford, CT |
| Salem Witch Trials - 1692
Samuel PRESTON - accuser Thomas PRESTON, Sr. - accuser Joseph BALLARD, Sr. - accuser Rebecca (TOWNE) NURSE - hanged Mary NURSE - hanged Sarah NURSE - condemned, but escaped Ann (ALCOCK) FOSTER - died in jail awaiting hanging Abigail (DANE) FAULKNER - condemned, but reprieved We are descendants of one of the accusers (viz., Samuel PRESTON) and blood-kin to the two other accusers (the other two men); we are kin-by-marriage to the five victims (the women). Rebecca (TOWNE) NURSE is the most famous of the victims as the central character in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. |
| Other kin (aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, etc.), both near and distant . . . |
| Big Money
Johns HOPKINS, Quaker philanthropist, endowed the university and the hospital of that name John D. ROCKEFELLER, oil tycoon, philanthropist Mark HOPKINS, railroad baron, California "Big Four," namesake of the hotel in San Francisco Collis Potter HUNTINGTON, railroad baron, California "Big Four," shipping magnate, philanthropist |
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| Entertainers
Humphrey BOGART, actor Katharine HEPBURN, actor Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGRAW, country singing star Audrey Faith (PERRY) HILL, county singing star Bette DAVIS, actor Carole LOMBARD, actor Robbie CARRICO, 2008 American Idol semi-finalist |
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| Fanatics
Frederick BROWN, killed by Rev. Martin WHITE at Osawatomie, KS, 1856 John BROWN, abolitionist, hanged at Charles Town, (West) Virginia, 1859 |
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| First Ladies
Jane Means APPLETON, w/o Franklin PIERCE, 14th President Julia Boggs DENT, w/o President Ulysses S. GRANT, 18th President Alice Hathaway LEE, 1st w/o Theodore ROOSEVELT, Jr., 26th President |
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| Other Firsts
Christopher HUNTINGTON, first European male born in Norwich, CT, 1660 |
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| Artists and Literary Figures
Louisa May ALCOTT, writer Emily DICKINSON, poet Archibald MacLEISH, poet, playwright Andrew Newell WYETH, painter — thru Sarah (WYETH) FISKE Charles Lewis TIFFANY, jeweler Louis Comfort TIFFANY, glass designer Tennesee WILLIAMS, playwright Christopher Michael STRAUB, fashion designer; contestant, Project Runway, 2009 |
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| Murder Most Foul — and Other Crimes
Pascoe & Hannah (FAULKNER) CHUBB, killed by Indians, 1698 Israel BENSLEY, stabbed to death, 1880 [read newspaper story] Tom HORN, (wrongly?) hanged for murder in 1903 in Cheyenne, WY William Tellison LOW, murdered in El Centro, CA, in 1940 George W. STRAUB, rapist/murderer, died Jackson State Prison, MI, in 1944 William Claud STRAUB, rapist (brother of George), 8-10 yrs Jackson State Prison, MI |
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| Politicians
George WASHINGTON, 1st President of the United States James MADISON, Jr., 4th President of the United States Millard FILLMORE, 13th President of the United States Ulysses S. GRANT, 18th President of the United States Grover CLEVELAND, 22nd/24th President of the United States Theodore ROOSEVELT, Jr., 26th President of the United States Calvin COOLIDGE, 30th President of the United States Herbert HOOVER, 31st President of the United States Gerald FORD, 38th President of the United States George Herbert Walker BUSH, 41st President of the United States Nelson ROCKEFELLER, Governor of New York, Vice-President of the United States George Walker BUSH, usurper of the 43rd Presidency of the United States Barack Hussein OBAMA, Jr., 44th President of the United States |
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| Professionals
Frederick Law OLMSTED, landscape architect (designer of Central Park, NY) Clarence Almon TORREY, noted New England genealogist Julia (McWILLIAMS) CHILD, chef and TV personality |
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| Academics
Prof. B. Smith HOPKINS, U. of Ill., worked towards discovery of Promethium (61st element) |
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| Royalty
Princess Diana (we, and an estimated 20 million other Americans, are distant cousins to the late Princess) |
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| Signers
Josiah BARTLETT, Declaration of Independence William WILLIAMS, Declaration of Independence |
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| Soldiers — in War Time
Capt. Norman C. HOPKINS - War of 1812 (wounded); Blackhawk War of 1832 Cpl. Asahel RASEY - War of 1812 Pvt. Henry Loucks HOPKINS - Mexican War
Clarence Joseph DREISCHMEYER - WWI Carroll Forest FINDLAY - WWI Stephen Hopkins STRAUB - WWII, Canadian Royal Air Force Cmdr. Earl Edward WAUGH - WWII, U.S. Navy M/Sgt. Lawrence William CREHORE, Jr. - WWII, survived the Bataan Death March 2nd Lt. Ellis Josephine STRAUB - WWII, U.S. Army Nurse Corp T/Sgt. Arthur Robert MATTHIESEN - WWII, U.S. Army, European Theater Hans Alfred STRAUB - WWII, Germany |
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| Wives of the Rich and/or Famous
Mary BRONSON, wife of Vermont hero, Ethan ALLEN Louisa JAMES, wife of sculptor, Alexander CALDER Frances Louise TRACY, wife of banker, J. Pierpont MORGAN Ella Botts RICE, first wife of eccentric industrialist, Howard HUGHES |
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| Sports Legends
Frank Edwin "Tug" McGRAW - New York Mets, Philadelphia Philies |
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| IF our link to the BLOUNTs is proven, we are also related to these Notable Kin. |
| Family Legends |
| 1. That we are descended from Stephen HOPKINS (c1578-1644), Mayflower passenger, and from Stephen HOPKINS (1707-1785), signer of the Declaration of Independence. Untrue. Our HOPKINS ancestry does include a Stephen HOPKINS, but this Stephen is neither of the famous ones. |
| 2. That we are cousins of Mark HOPKINS, railroad baron, one of the California "Big Four," and namesake of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, CA. True. We and Mark HOPKINS share a common ancestor in Stephen HOPKINS (c1629-1689), son of John HOPKINS (1613-1654), the 1634 immigrant to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 3. That Sarah CORBIN, mother of Albert Roy STRAUB and daughter of Elijah Kelley CORBIN & Elizabeth ELY, was descended from the "Earl of Jennings." Untrue. There is no such title in the English, Scottish, or Irish peerage as the "Earl of Jennings," so this legend cannot possibly be true. Yet, the story may allude to a connection to Col. Edmund JENINGS, an early Governor of Virginia, who married Frances CORBIN, daughter of Henry CORBIN, the 1654 immigrant to Virginia from Hall End, Warwickshire. Henry and his wife, Alice ELTONHEAD, are both "gateway" ancestors to the royals of Europe, so virtually every American CORBIN family has attempted to connect to them. Alas, Y-DNA testing shows our Guernsey-Baltimore CORBINs are not remotely related to the Hall End CORBINs of Warwickshire. |
| 4. That Sarah CORBIN, mother of Albert Roy STRAUB, is a descendant of Margaret CORBIN, a.k.a., "Captain Molly" or "Molly Pitcher." Untrue. Molly Pitcher was not one person: "Molly Pitcher" was a nickname applied to any woman who carried water to fighting men during battle in the Revolutionary War — to cool down the over-heated cannons — and there were many such women. The two most famous "Molly Pitchers" were Mary (HAYS) McCAULY and Margaret (COCHRAN) CORBIN because each took her husband's place in battle when he fell. Margaret's husband, John CORBIN, was shot and killed in the defense of Fort Washington, NY, in 1776. Margaret took her husband's place at his artillery piece and continued to fight until she was, herself, severely wounded (and permanently maimed). For her heroism, she was awarded a pension by Congress — the first woman in U.S. history to receive a pension for military service. She is buried at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. She never remarried and had no children, so she cannot be anyone's ancestor, which is too bad, because I would surely be proud to be her descendant. As yet, no one has been able to identify her husband, John CORBIN (i.e., connect him to his parents or any other CORBIN kin). |
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