On This Day : May 17

1589 - John BASSETT born in Heyshott, Sussex, England.  John was my 11x-great grandfather.


1681 - Hannah WITTER born in Lynn, Massachusetts.  Hannah was the daughter of Josiah WITTER and Sarah CRANDALL.


1667 - Anne PHILBRICK died.  Anne was the daughter of William KNAPP.  She was my 9x-great grandmother.


1698 - Joseph HURLBUT married Mary CASTLE.  Joseph was the son of Joseph HURLBUT and Rebecca ________.  Mary was the daughter of Henry CASTLE.  They were my 8x-great grandparents.


1715 - Elizabeth PIERCE born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Isaac PIERCE and Grace TUCKER.


1766 - Robert HAINES married Rachel VENICOMB in Burlington County, New Jersey. Robert was the son of Jeremiah HAINES and Hannah BONNELL.  Rachel was the daughter of Francis VENICOMB and Rachel LIPPINCOTT.  They were my 6x-great grandparents.


1767 - Mary CARTER born.  Mary was the daughter of Sarah CARTER.  She was my 6x-great grandmother.


1769 - Charity WILLIAMS married William HIATT in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Charity was the daughter of Richard WILLIAMS and Prudence BEALS.


1774 - Judiah H. HIGGINS married Mary HILL in Hunterdon, New Jersey.  Judiah was the son of Jonathan H. HIGGINS and Ann BRITTON.


1776 - William HUNT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  William was the son of Isiah HUNT and Elizabeth FLOYD.


1780 - Elizabeth McPHEETERS born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of William McPHEETERS and Rachel MOORE.


1787 - Mary SCHENCK died in Marlboro, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS.


1795 - Edward BOND married Anna HUFF.  Edward was the son of Edward BOND and Elizabeth Ann MILLS.


1829 - Anne Marie Ilsbein KAHRE married Heinrich Hermann LUBBERT.  Anne was the daughter of Heinrich Hermann KAHRE and Anna Marie Elisabeth KAHRE.


1832 - Emeline Sarah BISHOP married John Stockton IRICK in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Emeline was the daughter of Japeth BISHOP and Rachel HAINES.


1833 - Tennent McDaniel McPHEETERS died.  Tennent was the son of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.


1848 - John MILLER married Barbara F. WEHRLY.  John was the son of George MILLER and Catherine PETRY.


1866 - Carl Heinrich KAHRE married Maria MEIER in Darmstadt, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Carl was the son of Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE and Marie Caroline Wilhelmina KORFF.


1870 - John William WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana. John was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.


1879 - Daniel DUFFEY died.  Daniel was the son of John M. DUFFEY and Catherine WALDECK.  He was Eileen's 3x-great grandfather.


1887 - Caroline A. SWAFFORD born.  Caroline was the daughter of James Newton SWAFFORD and Nancy C. LITTLE.


1895 - George Raymond SWAFFORD born.  George was the son of William E. SWAFFORD and Mary Lou SHERRILL.


1897 - Benjamin BOYER married Docia WHITE in Warrick County, Indiana.  Benjamin was the son of Christopher C. BOYER and Nancy Ann McCOOL.