Tag Archives: Jenks

More Flashing Bright Objects, plus other stuff

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I was looking at my daily notications from my genealogy app and noticed that yesterday (June 11) was the birthday of two of my 4th great-grandfathers: Simeon Botsford was born at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut in 1763; Laban Jenks was … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Rabbit Hole of DNA

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I seem to be lost in trying to connect my DNA matches (Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe) to my documentation on my genealogy database. As of today, I have 51,308 matches on Ancestry, 5,000 matches on 23andMe, 5,701 matches on FamilyTreeDNA, and … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, 10 Times Great Grandfather, Thomas Lawrence.

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Pat Shaul

So, on the 8th of March 1619 (404 years ago), my tenth great grandfather was born. Thomas Lawrence was just another entry in my long line of ancestors, or was he? Grandfather Lawrence has a special location in genealogy history … Continue reading →

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Reschedule original plan to add comments on the one above / below.

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Pat Shaul

I had planned to go ahead with the next book on my list of why each is taking up bookshelf space in my den when I got sucked into looking at the just prior book and digging deeper into what … Continue reading →

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New Englanders in the 1600s

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Pat Shaul

The Guide to Genealogical Research by Martin E Hollick was published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. I bought it because I knew I should be able to find a number of my ancestors listed. P 17 – Botsford, … Continue reading →

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Tioga County, New York, was a stop-over for my Jenks Line

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Pat Shaul

Early on in my research into how my 4 times great-grandparents had migrated to Oakland County, Michigan, I was online in a genealogical site and when I mentioned my Jenks line, a distant cousin from New York told me I … Continue reading →

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Saugus, Massachusetts was home for the family in the 1600s

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Pat Shaul

I found this volume on eBay a number of years ago. Since my research indicated that 8 and 9 times great grandfathers, Joesph Jenks and his son, Joseph Jenks, Jr. both had a hand in the development and building of … Continue reading →

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And Massachusetts, too…

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Pat Shaul

Besides the author’s name drawing me to this work, I knew that a number of my ancestors passed through Lynn, Massachusetts in the mid 1600s. A number of ancestors appear through the book, and from pages 420 – 426, the … Continue reading →

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The First Family History Book I found with my family mentioned.

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Pat Shaul

The first family history book I found (at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society Library) was the Jenks Family of America by William B, Browne. The book was commissioned by Harlan Walker Jenks and published in 1952, ten years … Continue reading →

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Genealogy (in part) of the Sprague Families in America.

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Pat Shaul

As descended from Edward Sprague of England from 1614. This book starts out the with the wills of Edward Sprague and that of his son William, who settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1636. Edward Sprague (1576 – 1614) was my … Continue reading →

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