Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Mercy 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1746
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Rogers (25 Feb 1743 -       ) 1 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Rogers (1773-Bef 1781)
                2. Stephen Rogers (1775-      )
                3. Rebecca Rogers (1781-      )



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Mercy 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1650
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Chandler (Abt 1646 -       ) 2 
       Marriage: Bef 1673 - Plymouth  Colony 3
         Status: 



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Mercy 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1810 - of Orleans, Mass.
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Winslow Smith (Est 1800 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Smith (1829-      ) 4
                2. Phebe Taylor Smith (1827-      ) 4
                3. Winslow Smith (1831-      ) 4
                4. Nathan Sparrow Smith (1834-      ) 4



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Mercy 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1685
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Mar 1718 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 5
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Nathaniel Baker (1679 - 1750)
       Marriage: Est 1704
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Benney Baker (1705-1706) 5
                2. Mercy Baker (1706-      )
                3. Sarah Baker (1708-1708) 5
                4. Nathaniel Baker (1709-      )
                5. Nicholas Baker (1711-      )
                6. Sarah Baker (1713-      )
                7. Thankful Baker (1715-      )
                8. Benney Baker (1716-      )
                9. Elizabeth Baker (1718-      )



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Mercy K 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Oct 1814
        Baptism: 
          Death: 27 Dec 1858 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *William Freeman (Est 1811 -       )
       Marriage: 
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Notes
General:
stone:
MERCY K.
Wife of
WILLIAM FREEMAN
Born Oct. 31, 1814
Died Dec. 27, 1858
Æ. 44 years & 28 days 6

picture Mercy P 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Mar 1814 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Oct 1891 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old Section - Number 2
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Joshua Cook (23 Feb 1794 - 25 Jan 1881) 8 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Meribah 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1780
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Zachariah Small (Est 1780 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Meribah Small (1802-      ) 9
                2. Zachariah Small Jr (1803-      ) 9
                3. Warner Eldredge Small (1808-      ) 10
                4. Zebedie Small (1812-      ) 9
                5. Reuben E Small (1819-1864)
                6. Paulina C Small (1822-      ) 9



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Meribah 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1742 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Reuben Phillips (30 May 1739 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Bethuel Phillips (1784-      )



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Merle 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1944
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Kenneth P Kew (1942 -       )
       Marriage: 
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Micah 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1735 - (Africa)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Bathsheba Towardy (Est 1740 -       )
       Marriage: 3-27 1759 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 11
         Status: 



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Minerva 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Dec 1805 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Mar 1882 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: pneumonia 12

Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Nye Cole (20 Nov 1805 - 20 Mar 1881) 13 
       Marriage: Between 1836 and 1849 - (Sandwich, Massachusetts)
         Status:
Notes
General:
"Minerva Cole died Mar. 7, 1882, aged 73 yrs."
14
Medical:
age 76-2-9
widow
parents Gideon & Lydia

picture Minerva 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1828 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1880
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Pervere (       - Bef 1880)
       Marriage: 
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Notes
General:
In 1880 Wellfleet, Minerva Pervere (?) was a widowed daughter-in-law (of whom?, Ruth Higgins?) in the household of Rufus and Sarah Higgins.
1880 US census: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
FHL Film 1254519, NA film # T9-0519, page 114B

picture Minerva K 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1820
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1877
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Amos Selew (7 Mar 1815 - 1856)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Emme Selew (1850-1851) 15
                2. Asa Selew (1848-1856) 15
                3. Ella Selew (1853-1856) 15



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Minnie 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1858 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Arthur L Boynton (1852 -       )
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Gertrude Boynton (1877-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Arthur L Boynton)
1880 census, Hyde Park, Mass.
Arthur L Boynton, self, 28, tin smith, all b NH
Minnie Boynton, wife, 22, keeping house, all b MA
Gertrude Boynton, dau, 3, b MA, father NH, mother NH
(so Minnie apparently not Gertrude's mother)

picture Miriam 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1780
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Edward Kenrick (Est 1780 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Polly H Kenrick (1814-1816) 6



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Molly 
      Sex: F
AKA: Polly
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1758
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Jul 1844
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Jabez Sparrow (26 May 1754 - 3 May 1846) 16 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Polly Sparrow (1783-      )
                2. Godfrey Sparrow (1785-      )
                3. Olive Sparrow (1787-1845)
                4. Jabez Sparrow (1790-1863)
                5. Deborah Sparrow (1792-      )
                6. Joel Sparrow (1796-1885)
                7. Joanna Sparrow (1798-      )



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Molly 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1780
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Sep 1834 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Atwood (9 Sep 1768 - 5 Feb 1841)
       Marriage: 
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Molly 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1740 - (Chatham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Samuel Doane (Est 1740 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Betsey Doane (1773-1805)



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Monique 
      Sex: F
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Degeofroy (Est 1900 -       )
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Myra F 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1875
        Baptism: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Carlton Houdlette Curtis (7 Apr 1874 -       ) 19 20 21 
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Benjamin F Curtis (1898-1898) 18
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Sources

1 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 98 (MD17:145). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

2 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Great Migration Study Project.), 328.

3 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Great Migration Study Project.), 328. [Small Gen 1050-51, citing PCLR 3:287].

4 "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 24.

5 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 15 (MD3:72).

6 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

7 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

8 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

9 "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 84.

10 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:134.

11 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 25:133.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 26.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:65.

14 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 37.

15 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 52 north.

16 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 112 (MD24:88.

17 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:170.

18 Curtis cemetery, Swan Island, Maine (records at Patten Library, Bath Maine).

19 1880 United States Census (FamilySearch.com).

20 Joan Sickles, "Ancestors of Esther Phoebe Betts," Oct 2002.

21 Ruie L. Curtis, Perkins (formerly Swan Island) (1935. Richmond, Maine: Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Richmond Chapter). typewritten manuscript. The 1850 census transcription seems error prone.

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