Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 21

Notes:

His will is printed in the Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XI, pg. 92.
He was in Plymouth in 1633.

!Death: Plymouth Register of Marriages and Burials for 1652, in Nathaniel B. Shurtleffs Records of New Plymouth, Vol. 8, pg. 14, reads: "William Pontus died the 9th of Febrewary."

!Marriage: "William Brewster: The Father of New England" by Rev. Harold Kirk-Smith, 1992, pg. 117: "On 13 November 1610 [in Leyden], William Brewster was a witness to the betrothal of William Pontus and Wybra Hanson". He cites: [Plooij, D., & J. Rendel Harris, "Leyden Documents Relating to the Pilgrim Fathers", pg. iv.]

William Pabodie

m: Elizabeth Alden (ABT 1624-31 MAY 1717)

Children:

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Town clerk for the town of Duxbury, Mass.
!Immigrant: On ship "Planter" 1635.

His will is dated Little Compton of Bristol Co., Mass, May 13, 1707; proved Feb 27, 1707.

!Death-Burial: Tombstone [NEHGR 115:263] reads: "William Pabodie who departed this life Dec. ye 13th 1707 in 88th year".

Elizabeth Alden

m: William Pabodie (1619-13 DEC 1707)

Children:

Notes:

!Marriage: From the town records of Duxbury, Mass. Also given in "The Date of Governor Bradf ord's Passenger List" by Geo.Ernest Bowman, in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 1, 1899. pg. 161-3.

!Birth: The Mayflower Descendant 3:11.

!Death-Burial: Tombstone Monument, NEHGR 115:263.
Tombstone monument reads:
"Elizabeth Pabodie daughter of the Plymouth Pilgrims, John Alden and Priscilla Mullin, the first white woman born in New England. \\ Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth, the wife of William Pabodie, who dyed May ye 31st 1717 and in the 94th year of her age. \\ Erected June 1882"

John Alden

m: Priscilla Mullins (BEF 1604-AFT 1650)

Children:

Notes:

Of the Mayflower.

Biography from the Random House Encyclopedia, 1977: American settler. b. England. A signer of the Mayflower Compact and organizer of Plymouth Colony, he settled in Duxbury, Mass. in 1627. Traditionally, he is known as the first Pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth Rock, and as the man who won the hand of Priscilla Mullens after first wooing her for his friend, Miles Standish, an event dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish." He wed Priscilla in 1625 and they had 11 children. He served as the governor's assistant (1623-41, 1650-86), twice serving as deputy governor.

See also The Mayflower Descendant 9:129,193.

He was hired at Southampton by the Pilgrims to be a Cooper (he wasn't a political refugee as were the other pilgrims).

Note: Zachariah Alden and Henry Alden have both been incorrectly identified as sons of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. They were not.

Articles entitled "John Alden Theories on English Ancestry" are in Mayf.Des. 39:111-122, 40:133-136, by Alica Crane Williams.

Theories of parentage:
1. Son of George and Jane Alden, grandson of Richard and Avys Alden of Southampton, England. William Bradford wrote that John Alden was hired at Southampton, so this is the natural place to look, but no supporting evidence for this theory has been found. The theory was put forth in "The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers", 1929, by Charles Edward Banks. The names George, Richard and Avys do not show up in John Alden's family, casting further doubt on this theory.
2. Son of John Alden and Elizabeth Daye of Harwich, Essex Co., England, grandson of John Alden and Elizabeth Russell, and great grandson of William and Elizabeth Russell. A son of William & Elizabeth Russell married Sybil Jones, who was the mother of Christopher Jones, the captain of the Mayflower. This family was also a sea-faring family. This makes this one of the more popular theories.

Priscilla Mullins

m: John Alden (ABT 1599-22 SEP 1687)

Children:

Notes:

She was aboard the Mayflower.

William Mullins

m: Alice [---] (-1621)

Children:

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On the mayflower.
!Occupation: Tradesman.

His probate record, made 23 Jul 1621, proves that the former residence of William Mullins was at Dorking, in the County of Surrey, and that he had left behind, in England, a married daughter, Sarah Blunden, who was appointed administrix by the court. From the will we also learn that his wife's name was Alice, and that his eldest son, William, was left behind in England.

The date on his will, 21 Feb 1620, is in old style date format, and is believed to be the same day that he died. The text of his will is as follows:

2 Apr 1621: [note: the date on the will is believed to be the date that his will was copied before being taken back to England]

In the name of God Amen: I comit my soule to God that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it came. Alsoe I give my goodes as followeth That fforty poundes in the hand of goodman Woodes I give my wife tenn poundes, my sonne Joseph tenn poundes, my daughter Priscilla tenn poundes, and my eldest sonne tenn poundes Alsoe I give to my eldest sonne all my debtes, bonds, bills (onelye yt forty poundes excepted in the handes of goodman Wood) given as aforesaid wth all the stock in his owne handes. To my eldest daughter I give ten shillinges to be paied out of my sonnes stock Furthermore that goodes I have in Virginia as followeth To my wife Alice halfe my goodes & to Joseph and Priscilla the other halfe equallie to be devided betweene them. Alsoe I have xxj dozen of shoes, and thirteene paire of bootes wch I give into the Companies handes for forty poundes at seaven years and if thy like them at that rate. If it be thought to deare as my Overseers shall thinck good And if they like them at that rate at the divident I shall have nyne shares whereof I give as followeth twoe to my wife, twoe to my sonne William, twoe to my sonne Joseph, twoe to my daughter Priscilla, and one to the Companie. Allsoe if my sonne William will come to Virginia I give him my share of land furdermore I give to my twoe Overseers Mr John Carver and Mr Williamson, twentye shillinges apeece to see this my will performed desiringe them that he would have an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and freindes to them; Allsoe to have a speciall eye to my man Robert wch hathe not so approved himselfe as I would he should have done.

Possible parentage: John Mullyns and Joane Bridger. [MD 44:41]

Alice

m: William Mullins (BEF 1578-3 MAR 1621)

Children:

Notes:

Died early in 1621, but after 2 Apr 1621.

She may have been born 1574 in England, the daughter of Nicholas Atwood (b.
Abt 1538 in England) and Olive Harman (b. Abt 1548 in England). Nicholas was the son of John Hewson and Margaret Atwood, and grandson of John and Denes Atwood.

Another theory is that she was a Poretiers. Neither has been proven. [MD 44:44]

William Collier

m: Jane Clark (ABT 1590-2 DEC 1661)

Children:

Notes:

He came to New England in 1633 on the ship "Mary and Jane". He lived in Duxbury.

The signature of William Collier appears in the Composition with the Plymouth Colony on 15/25 November 1626. (See Arber 1897, p.321). Apparently this one of the only 42 people in England with some stake in Plymouth Plantation at the time.

He served as Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He was reported to be the "Richest Man in the Colony". He was an advocate of Religious Toleration.

From Leon Clark Hills, "Cape Cod Series, Vol. II, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and first Comers to Ye Olde Colonie." Hills Pub. Co., Washington D.C., 1941:

He was a Merchant Adventurer & Brewer of London, and very active in support of the New England Settlers. In fact, he was one of those to subscribe for special aid to the Plymouth colonists on Nov 15, 1626. He finally decided, like so many other merchants, to remove himself and family to America. It is not surprising to find him, his four daughters and apprentices (not servants), among whom were the brothers John, Job, and Daniel Cole, disembarking from the good ship "Mary and James," together with 190 other passengers when it arrived at Plymouth in 1633. His wife probably had died, leaving him with the children.

He was an able man and soon took a high position in the Colony, especially in the matter of final settlement of acounts with the London Adventurers. He was a commissioner at the first meeting of the United Colonies in 1643, and served as Governor's Assistant from 1634 to 1665, a period of 31 years. The Court ordered a special aide for him in 1659, on account of "age and much business."

Great reference on William Collier: http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/WilliamCollier.htm

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Early Years:

The only known source for the year of his birth is testimony he gave on 16 Apr 1688 in Plymouth court where it was recorded "Mr. William Collier aged 85 or thereabouts testifieth..." [Kinsbury, 1925, http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/WilliamCollier.htm]. This places his birthdate at 1582 or 1582. There is a theory that his father was named Abraham Collier.

As a young man, William Collier was apprenticed for eight years to William Russell, then sworn in the Grocer's Company of London on 16 Aug 1609. Two years later, he married Jane Clarke [Wakefield, TAG 49(4), Oct 1973; St. Olave Parish records]. Beginning 15 Aug 1612, John Arnold, dyer, and William Hurdman, powterer, where sureties for William Collyer. As an adult, William Collier was a grocer of Southwark in Surry [John G. Hunt, "Origin of Three Early Plymouth Famlies: Cole, Collier and Clarke", TAG 42(2) April, 1966]. He also owned a brew house in London. On 3 Mar 1627/8, he became a partner in Southwark with Mr. Monger, and was sworn a free brother of the Grocers' company on that date. [TAG 42:120-1]. He had many children, whose births were recorded in St. Olave and St. Mary Magdalen parishes, but many of those children died in 1625, the same year as the great plague. Of his many children, only Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, and Elizabeth survived. However, it also appears that a daughter or possibly step-daughter other than these also survived to marry William Walker and have a daughter Sara Walker who married Nathaniel Warren.

He was Merchant Adventurer, one of a group of about 70 who raised stock to supply the colonists needs. These were voluntary contributors, whose primary goal was to "do good and plant religion" [Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., "Plymouth Colony Rates", NEHGR 4(3), July 1850], and to support a commerce between the colonies and England. He was on a list on 25 Nov 1626 of those who made an agreement with Plymouth Colony, indicating that he travelled there in that year, and apparently he bought land there during that trip.

In Plymouth Colony:

In 1633, William with most of his family moved to and settled permanently in Plymouth Colony, traveling over on the Mary and Jane, where he immediately took on a position of prominence. He quickly took the oath of fidelity and was made a freeman in January 1633/4. At that same time, he was assigned the highest rating, equal only to Edward Winslow, for public use of corn. [Anna . Kinsbury, "A Historial Sketch of William Collier], self-published 1925, sited by http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/WilliamCollier.htm]. He was repeatedly elected an Assistant from 1635 to 1665 (except in 1638, 1652, and 1653). He was on the Council of War, and served as a commissioner of the United Colonies in 1643.

He settled on North Hill in the town of Duxbury. The boundaries of this land were established by order of 7 Jan 1638/9. In 1660, he was licensed to sell "strong water" beverages to his neighbors in Duxbury, a license only granted to those of the highest respectibility. He was clearly one of the wealthiest of the settlers there. In the tax records of March 1633, he was the first listed [Winsor, J., "History of Duxbury, Mass., with Genealogical Registers, Crosby & Nicbols, Boston, 1849]. On 6 Mar 1649/50, William Colliar transfered land in upland "Duxborrow" to "my kinsman William Clark" [PCR 12:182]. On 2 July 1667, the court granted him 30 or 40 acres of land to "Mr. William Collyare's grandchild, that grandchild who is now servicable unto him" [PCD 4:159]. On 2 Dec 166?, William Collier of Duxbury, gentleman, with the consent of Mrs. Jane Collier, sold all his house and land that he was living on in Duxbury to Benjamin Bartlett, who did not enter it into the record until after the deaths of both William and Jane Collier. [http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/WilliamCollier.htm]

He sponsored several indentured servants while living in Plymouth colony. On 4 Apr 1637, William Morris, butcher of Hertford Co., having been indentured to William Collier, gentleman, for five years, switched service to Love Brewster of "Ducksborrow". [PCR 1:64]. On 20 Dec 1648, John Balden bound himself to Mr. William Collier of Duxburrow for a term of 5 years, in return for food and lodging, and after four yeras, a heifer of two years old. [PD 12:164].

While active and enterprising during his life, his activity level showed signs of slowing by about 1658, when a court ordered a servant to him owing to his inability to come to public business meetings and having much private business. That servant appears to have been a grand child, perhaps Daniel Cole? In the list of Freeman of Duxbury in 1670 he is listed as "Mr. William Collyar, dec'd", with a star indicating those so marked "are crossed out on the record" [Winsor, 1849].



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Note: he was also in on the first purchase of Dartmouth in 1652.

A posting on soc.roots by Jerry.Hodges@{windmill,agape}.com, 3009 47th Lubbock TX 79413, claimed that one of his wives was Jane Clark, and a dau. of their was Ruth (Collier) COLE, wife of Daniel Cole.

May.Desc. v.14, p.89: Deed from William Collyare of Duxborrow to Daniell Cole, dated 15 Oct 1659. Daniel is called "yeoman" and also "my son in law of Eastham" by William Collyare. Land is at Sawtucket Manscekkett and Poomett. [The identity of Daniel Cole here remains a mystery - there were two, Daniel Cole, son of Job and Rebecca (Collier) Cole and grandson of William Collyare, and Daniel Cole immigrant who m. Ruth (--).]

LDS Film #905407, pg 133 (not original records) of Barnstable Co., quotes this:
"A parcel of upland of Daniel Coles containing 8 acres more or less being part of the land given him by Mr William Collyer lying on the Westerly side of Namescakett river being bounded by a white oak marked on that side of it next Pattesksett and a black oak marked on the other side being 2 acres in length and to range North & South, Stephen Doane having a parcel of land adjoining these towards the head of the river. July 19th 1665." There is much material there about this being Daniel the immigrant who m. Ruth (---).

Elizabeth Walker

m: Richard Warren (BEF 1575-1628)

Children:

Notes:

Came to America in The Anne in 1623 with her five girls: Mary, Elizabeth, Anna, Sarah, and Ab igail.

The maiden name has not been proven. The oft cited claim that she was Elizabeth (Jaunealt) Marsh has been discredited -- the ages on the records of that person just don't agree with what is known.

!Death: Plymouth Register, in Shurtleff 8:35: "Mistris Elizabeth Warren, an aged widdow, aged aboue 90 yeares, deceased on the second of October, 1673, whoe, haueing liued a godly life, came to her graue as a shoke of corn fully ripe. Shee was honorably buried on the 24th of October aforesaid."

An article by Edward J. Davies in the April 2003 issue of TheAmerican Genealogist gives evidence that Elizabeth Warren may havebeen the daughter of Augustine Walker. An Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Augustine Walker, married a Richard Warren in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, on April 14, 1610. The will of Augustine Walker, dated April 19, 1613, refers not only to his daughter Elizabeth Warren but also her 3 daughters : Mary, Ann and Sarah. These three Warrendaughters correspond to three of the Warren daughters who werepassengers on the Anne in 1623.

John Eldridge

m: Elisabeth Collings (18 NOV 1744-)

Children:

Notes:

!Marriage: Pg. 35 of Original Truro town records (p. 105 of Bowman transcription)

!Birth: Pg. 35 of Original Truro town records.
!Baptism: MD 17:237: "John and William twin sons of Timothy Eldredg"

On 14 Feb 1768, John Eldred and Elizabeth his wife were made Covenant Owners in the Congregational Church Records in Truro, Mayf.Des.27:109.

Possible burial: There is a grave in the cemetery on N. Dennis Rd. at Follins Pond, in Yarmouth, "the smallpox cemetery", for a John Eldredge, d. 1797 January 6, age 54. This age matches (well, we would have turned 54 in one month). However, I rather doubt this is him. Our John Eldridge lived in/near Truro, not Yarmouth, and another separate Eldredge clan populated the area around Yarmouth. I have not located any possible grave for him in the Truro/Eastham vicinity either. I think there is a good chance he might have relocated to the Bucksport, Maine area.

Elisabeth Collings

m: John Eldridge (9 FEB 1743-)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth: Truro Vital Records, p. 93 (p.57 of transcription).

On May 28, 1769, Elizabeth, wife of John Eldred, was admitted to Full Communion to the Congregational Church of Truro. Church records p.309, Mayf.Des.27:116.

Timothy Eldred

m: Hannah Dyer (29 JAN 1717-)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth: On Pg. 30 of Original Truro Town Records, or p. 13 of Bowman's transcription.

!Marriage: On pg. 25 of Original Truro Town Records, or pg. 10 of Bowman Transcription.

Births of his children: Pg. 85 of Truro Vital Records (p. 51 of transcription)

!Adult-Baptism: Mayf.Des.9:176 (1907).

Samuel Eldred

m: Mary Bates (ABT 1681-)

Children:

Notes:

On 6 Feb 1725, Samuel and his wife Mary were admitted to the Congregational Church of Truro.

!Adult-Baptism: Mayf.Des.9:178.

Warning:
Birthdate and parentage was obtained from the Ancestrial File at the
LDS church. Further verification has not been done by me. Could be
unreliable.

Mary Bates

m: Samuel Eldred (25 SEP 1681-AFT 6 FEB 1726)

Children:

Notes:

!Adult-Baptism: Mayf.Des.9:178.

Warning:
Maiden name was obtained from Ancestrial File at the LDS church.
Further ancestry from here back has not been verified by me.

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