On This Day : March 15

1665 - Francis JEWETT born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Francis was the son of Ezekiel JEWETT and Faith PARRAT.  Francis was my 8x great-grandfather.


1677 - Col. Samuel CHEW died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  Samuel was the son of John CHEW and Sarah GALE.


1724 - Hannah TAYLOR born.  Hannah was the daughter of Col. James TAYLOR and Martha THOMPSON.


1758 - John GRUBB died in Wilmington, Delaware.  John was the son of John GRUBB and Frances VANE.


1786 - Absalom SUMNER born in Stokes County, North Carolina.  Absalom was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.


1763 - Samuel MAXSON married Mary DOWNING.  Samuel was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Content ROGERS.


1797 - Samuel WOOLSTON born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Samuel was the son of Samuel WOOLSTON and Hannah HAINES.


1816 - Rebecca HAINES died in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Rebecca was the daughter of Robert HAINES and Rachel VENICOMB.


1831 - Jane LEMASTERS married Thomas McVAY in Shelby County, Ohio.  Jane was the daughter of Jacob LEMASTERS and Hannah ________.


1831 - Chester PIERCE married Abigail MARSH.  Chester PIERCE was the son of Samuel PIERCE and Persis BARROWS.


1842 - Rebecca CAMPBELL married Joshua HALL in Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of William CAMPBELL and Elizabeth McPHEETERS.


1848 - Henry Thomas HIGGINS born in Bond County, Illinois.  Henry was the son of John HIGGINS and Lucinda ALDERMAN.


1851 - John HIGGINS born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  John was the daughter of Judiah H. HIGGINS and Mary HILL.


1854 - Mary BURR died.  Mary was the daughter of John HILLIER and Frances HAINES.


1864 - Sarah MARSHALL died in Strawberry Point, Iowa.  Sarah was the daughter of Ephraim MAXSON and Mary SMITH.


1880 - John ALDERMAN married Louisa SALISBURY in Bond County, Illinois.  John was the son of William Perry ALDERMAN and Elizabeth Ann LEE.


1898 - Mary C. MARKLEY died in Brown County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1902 - Florence Helen LeMASTERS born in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.  Florence was the daughter of Charles Clinton LeMASTERS and Maude TURNER.


1931 - Job MATTHEWS died.  Job was the son of Job MATTHEWS and Christina BOYER.


1941 - Minnie P. POWELL died in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.  Minnie was the daughter of Christopher SILLS and Samantha SHELLY.