|Waldo Delette Stevens
| [Infamous ancestors
in this line:
|
Martha Allen Carrier,
hanged at Salem as a witch.
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Anne Mountford Bill, published author in the
1600s.
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John Bill, publisher to King James I in 1613.
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White settlers of Hampton,
NH.
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Stephen Bachilor, infamous preacher of freelove movement in the
1600s.
|
White settlers of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
|
William
Leete, governor of the New Haven colony and Connecticut.
|
White settlers of Guilford,
Connecticut. ]
| m. 27 Feb 1894 Chester VT by the reverend J.E. Fullerton,
pastor [In Irene's 1934 diary she says
"Ma married 40 yrs today [1894]" but in her 1935 diary Irene says "Ma's anniversary 42nd [1893]."
The 1894
date is correct.] To see their gravestones, go here.
|Rose Etta Warren
|
[Infamous
ancestors in this line:
|
Hannah Emerson Dustin, infamous heroine of the Dustin
Massacre, 15 Mar 1697.
|
James Ross, Scottish prisoner of war, and
|
Mary
Goodenow, publicly whipped for fornication, which ultimately married.]
|Ray
b. 7 Feb 1908 Saxton's River VT d.25 Jan 1994 Alstead NH
In 1929, was emp. by Western Union Tel. Co., N.Y. City. In November 1940 the town of Alstead paid Ray
$5.95 for "labor" and $4.20 for "team", which I assume means the use of his team of
horses.
| m.16 Nov 1932 Lakeland
FL (1st Baptist Church of Lakeland)
| |Francis
Wilder Covey (The Covey Line to Charlemagne) (See
references to "Dad" in Irene's
diaries. See his will, a letter and photographs at Frank Covey's Things.)
| |
[Infamous
ancestors in this line:
| |
Charlemagne.
| |
Margaret Stephenson Scott, hanged at
Salem as a witch.
| |
White settlers of Concord and Chelmsford,
Massachusetts.
| |
Grace Lee and Jonathan Fairbanks whose 1635 house still stands in Dedham,
Massachusetts.
| |
White settlers of Lancaster and Bolton, Massachusetts.]
|
| m. 9 Mar 1906 Haverill MA
| |Miranda
Elizabeth Gilman
|
| [Infamous
ancestors in this line:
|
|
Edward Doty, Mayflower to Plimouth Plantation.
|
|
Francis Cooke, Mayflower to Plimouth Plantation.
|
|
Elizabeth
Fisher Hopkins, Mayflower to Plimouth Plantation.
|
|
Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower to Plimouth Plantation.
|
|
Stephen Hopkins in a ship wreck that inspired William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
|
|
White
settlers of Dedham, Medfield, and Concord, Massachusetts.]
|Irene b. 5 Apr 1910
Portsmouth NH d.13 Aug 1989 Keene NH Read her diaries here.
|My
dad
| m.16 Aug 1958 Alstead NH
|
|Earl Mortimer Pitcher
On 20 Feb 1953, he
went to a basketball game in Keene with Grandpa Ray and my dad. In January 1938,
drew ice for Irene and Ray Stevens [Irene's Diaries]. On August 9, 1954 "Son
worked on road + ate dinner on front porch with Earl Pitcher + Gramp Aiken."
On March 8, 1955 "Town meeting + Earl Pitcher lost to Benny Crosby for road
agent." -- and the next day "Ben Crosby new road agent. Earl Pitcher
out. Bill Hayes out job too." Same time the following year: "Clark got
road agent - Pitcher lost again." In August 1958, Sonny and Joanne moved
the apartment at Earl and Vera's house.
|
|
[Infamous ancestors in this line:
|
|
White
settlers of Dorchester and Milton, Massachusetts.
|
|
White settlers
of Dedham and Concord, Massachusetts.
|
|
William Pitcher, a
minuteman in the American Revolution.
|
|
William Downton, jail keeper and
executioner during the Salem witch trials.
|
|
Bathsu (Bathsheba) Folger Pope, unstable accuser of witches at the Salem witch
trials.
|
|
Settlers of Lancaster and Salem,
Massachusetts.
|
|
Hannah Green Eastman, captured, held captive 3 years until rescued by
husband Jonathan Eastman.]
|
| m. Wed evening 30 April 1913 at the home of Ceylon
Dodge (Vera's grandfather)
|
| Service performed by Rev.
Frances Kimball. They lived on Mechanic St, Alstead NH. [News clipping]
|
|Vera Lillian Comstock
(The Comstock Line to Charlemagne)
|
|
[Infamous ancestors in this line:
|
|
Charlemagne.
|
|
Susannah (North) Martin who was hanged as a witch in the Salem witch trials.
|
|
Many Salem
residents who were active in the Salem witch trials.
|
|
White settlers of
Haverhill, Salem, and Andover, Massachusetts, as well as Hampton, NH.
|
|
Thomas
Minor, whose diary of 1653-1684
was published in 1899.
|
|
Jonathan Rudd and Mary Metcalf,
married across a river now called
Bride Brook in Saybrook, CT.]
|
|Maurice
b. 27 May 1914 Alstead NH d. 8 Sept 1971 Jamestown NY [while away on business]
Mentioned in Irene's diaries
for 1933 (see Oct 2), 1934
(see May 22), and 1935 (see Sept 16) and
1937. In
1934, the road agent for the town of Alstead paid Maurice Pitcher $21.40 for
"labor". [1935 Alstead Town Rpt]] On 29
June 1953, Grammy Irene started working in his
store in Alstead village. On 14 Aug 1953, he was hospitalized for his back. He moved on 5 Sep that same year,
had an auction on 30 Sep. [1953 - Irene's diaries] On 19 Dec 1952, Irene makes a note
that May "moved to the old Ellis place. Pitcher owns it." On December
1, 1955, "Son got up early + hunted deer - no luck. Maurice Pitcher too"
December 7 1956: "Grace + I got gro. at Pitchers" October 21, 1958:
"Maurice Pitcher lost job." Listed as a "compositor" in the
Alstead NH Annual Report (Vital Statistics, Births Registered...)
| | m.30 April 1938,
Alstead, NH (On Maurice's parents' 25th wedding anniversary.)
| |
|Walter John Simino
| |
|
[Infamous ancestors
in this line:
| |
|
Sullivan Church who fought for the north in the Civil War.
| |
| French ancestors
migrated in the 1600s.]
| |
| m. ??? div. ??? remarried 23 March 1957,
Claremont NH
| |
|Maude Alice Hood
| |
| [Infamous ancestors
in this line:
| |
| Anne
Marbury Hutchinson, who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony by John
Winthrop.
| |
| Joseph Towne witnessed 3 of his father's sisters accused of
witchcraft at Salem and 2 hanged.
| |
| Sir John Forster who saved the life of
King Richard I at the siege of Acre
in 1191.]
| |Lilla
b.30 Jan 1916 East Swanzey NH d. 26 June 2000 Keene NH
Lilla was named after her grandmother, Lilla Belle Church, who died less than a
year before she was born. July 18, 1956 "Son to Joanne’s - her sis
[Andrea] + Ma [Lilla Pitcher] went to Washington for 2 weeks [probably to visit
Lilla’s sister, Rene and her husband Harry Neal]." August 27, 1958,
Andrea died in a bicycle accident. October 5, 1958: "Pitchers moved
today."
|My mom
THE SPOTLIGHT
Links:
Andrew Garner's Death Notice
(Pitcher line)
Bathseba Folger Pope
(Pitcher line)
The Covey Line to Charlemagne
The Comstock
(Huntley) Line to Charlemagne
Henry Comstock
Inventory of Anthony Colby's Estate
(Hood line)
Martha Allen Carrier
(Stevens line)
Margaret Stephenson Scott
(Covey and Comstock/Huntley lines)
Michael Blackwell
(Gilman line)
Earl Pitcher
The Dustins of Haverill
(Warren line)
The Emersons
(Pitcher and Warren lines)
Bride's Brook Revisited!!!
(Comstock line)
Gravestones
(Stevens and Warren lines)
The
Fairbanks family association (Covey and Pitcher lines)
The
Cummings family page (Covey line)
The
Coffin family (Stevens line)
The
Dow family (Comstock line)
The
Harriman family (Warren and Comstock lines)
The
Marston family (Stevens line)
The
Wheeler family (Stevens, Gilman, Warren, and Pitcher lines)
The Edmund
Rice Association page [Covey, Pitcher, and Warren lines]
Go to the Spotlight Archive.
