On This Day ; June 17

1639 - Abigail PIERCE born.  Abigail was the daughter of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth ________.


1689 - Sarah BOWATER born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Sarah was the daughter of Thomas BOWATER and Sarah EDGE.  Sarah was my 8x-great grandmother.


1741 - Nicholas FESSENDEN died in Watertown, Massachusetts.  Nicholas was the son of William FESSENDEN and Martha WYETH.


1756 - Deborah NEWCOMB died in Lebanon, Connecticut.  Deborah was my 9x-great grandmother.


1758 - William FESSENDEN died.  William was the son of William FESSENDEN and Martha WYETH.


1760 - Mildred DOWNS born.  Mildred was the daughter of Capt. Henry DOWNS and Frances CHEW.


1795 - Mary WEST born in New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Job WEST and Sarah JACKSON.  Mary was my 4x-great grandmother.


1806 - Rebeckah WILLIAMS married Garland WADE.  Rebeckah was the daughter of Silas WILLIAMS and Mary HUNT.


1832 - Henry WARDLAW born in Ohio.  Henry was the son of Preston WARDLAW and Nancy WISBY.


1833 - Rachel DAVIS born.  Rachel was the daughter of Nathan J. DAVIS and Keziah DAVIS.


1834 - Jane Elizabeth McPHEETERS born. Jane was the daughter of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.


1861 - Austin PIERCE died in Villenova, New York.  Austin was the son of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.


1863 - Nicholas Modest MIGUET married Caroline A. LONG in Buchanan County, Iowa.  Nicholas was the son of John Peter MIGUET and Frances ________.


1868 - Charles W. MORRISTON born.  Charles was the son of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1868 - William SUMNER died in Hamilton County, Indiana.  William was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.


1886 - Ethel May WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Ethel was the daughter of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.


1890 - George David Ellsworth HALEY married Nettie M. PREMER in Jay County, Indiana.  George was the son of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.


1903 - Frank ALDERMAN born.  Frank was the son of George W. ALDERMAN and Sarah JARRARD.

On This Day : May 1

1655 - Anna SCHWARTZ died in Egenhausen, Württemberg.  Anna was the daughter of Hans WACKENHUT.  Anna was my 10x-great grandmother.

1704 - Caleb NYE died in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.  Caleb was the son of Benjamin NYE and Elizabeth TUPPER.  Caleb was my 9x-great grandfather.

1707 - Jonathan MAXSON married Content ROGERS.  Jonathan was the son of John MAXSON and Mary MOSHER.

1725 - William KOUWENHOVEN married Mary Theodorus COLYER in New Jersey.  William was the son of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS.

1762 - William MADISON born.  William was the son of James MADISON and Eleanor Rose CONWAY.

1771 - Michael STANLEY born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Michael was the son of Strangeman STANLEY and Jemima MILLS.

1806 - Lydia MAXSON married Joseph WELLS.  Lydia was the daughter of Silvanus MAXSON and Lydia LEWIS.

1821 - Elizabeth HAWORTH born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel HAWORTH and Anna OLIPHANT.

1823 - Margaret Caroline MAXON born in Pennsylvania.  Margaret was the daughter of Jesse MAXON and Jane NAGLE.

1828 - Josiah STOUT born.  Josiah was the son of Jesse STOUT and Sarah MORRISON.

1829 - Lewis PENISTEN married Elizabeth BOYLES in Pike County, Ohio.  Lewis was the son of George PENISTEN and Rebecca WHEATON.

1838 - Anna ALDERMAN married William KINGMAN in Marion County, Indiana.  Anna was the daughter of James ALDERMAN and Martha CANTELL.

1859 - Thomas J. BEALS married Sarah Malinda THOMPSON.  Thomas was the son of Nathan C. BEALS and Elizabeth CHEW.

1867 - Elizabeth J. BEALS married Solomon HINSHAW.  Elizabeth was the daughter of John T. BEALS and Mary DAVIS.

1869 - Phillip D. LeMASTERS died in Darke County, Ohio.  Phillip was the son of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Mary Keziah CHEW.

1872 - David Erwin JACOBS born in Milton Township, Ashland County, Ohio.  David was the son of William JACOBS and Catherine EICHELBERGER.

1881 - Esther DOWNS died.  Esther was the daughter of Silas WILLIAMS and Mary HUNT.

1889 - Joseph Lancaster MAXON married Josephine Agnes May GAMBLE in Monongalia County, West Virginia.  Joseph was the son of Melford Joseph MAXON and Mary E. LANCASTER.

1960 - Clyde C. SHERRICK died in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio.  Clyde was the son of Abraham Leander SHERRICK and Ruth M. THOMAS.

Martha Taylor (b. January 17, 1701/02)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 8th-great grandmother, Martha Taylor.

Martha was born January 17, 1701/02 in Virginia (probably Orange Co.), the daughter of James and Martha (Thompson) Taylor. Martha was married circa 1722 to Thomas Chew, son of Larkin and Hannah (Roy) Chew. Thomas was born circa 1700 Virginia and died in 1782.

Martha comes from the Taylor family that includes President Zachary Taylor.

Known children of Thomas and Martha (Taylor) Chew are as follows :
i. Joseph Chew b. 1725 Virginia, d. ca. 1800 Canada m. Grace Deshon
ii. Larkin Chew b. 1727 Virginia, d. 1796 Virginia
iii. Frances Chew b. 1730 Virginia, d. 1784 m. Henry Downs
iv. Hannah Chew b. ca. 1731 Virginia
v. Thomas Chew b. ca. 1733 Virginia
vi. Coleby Chew b. ca. 1735 Virginia, d. 1758 Fort Duquense, PA
vii. Elizabeth Chew b. ca. 1737 Virginia
viii. Alice Chew b. ca. 1739 Virginia, d. 1796 m. Zachary Taylor
ix. Mildred Chew b. ca. 1741 Virginia, m. James Coleman
x. Samuel Chew b. ca. 1743 Virginia, d. March 1778 Connecticut, m. Lucy Miller
xi. James Chew b. 1745 Virginia, d. ca. 1783 Virginia, m. Mary Caldwell

I descend from Thomas and Martha (Taylor) Chew through their son, James, as follows :
Martha Taylor and Thomas Chew
James Chew and Mary Caldwell
Andrew Chew and Ann Barthos
Elizabeth Chew and Nathan C. Beals
John T. Beals and Mary Davis
Nathan Thomas Beals and Elizabeth Caroline Poe
Pearl May Beals and Charles Wilson Lambertson
Clemon Beals Lambertson and June Kirk Davis (my great-grandparents)