My Mayflower Connection

With today being Thanksgiving, several Geneabloggers have been participating in the meme of listing their Mayflower ancestors.  I discovered a couple of years ago that my family has a direct connection to the Mayflower through the Hopkins line.  I'd appreciate any additions/corrections to this line.

1. Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644) and wife Mary (  -1613).
2. Constance Hopkins (1606-1677) and Nicholas Snow (1598-1676)
3. John Snow (1638-1703) and Mary Smalley (1647-1703)
4. Rebecca Snow (1676-1753) and Benjamin Smalley (1664-1721)
5. Joseph Smalley (1712-1783) and Jemima Ordway
6. Francis Smalley (1744-1811) and Sarah Hutchinson (1750-1780)
7. Thirsa Smalley (1771-1861) and Gordon Pierce (1773-1865)
8. Francis S. Pierce (1806-1881) and Rebecca Page (1806-1893)
9. Edmund G. Pierce (1837-1875) and Catherine Groenendyke (1843-1913)
10. William Francis Pierce (1865-1950) and Clara A. Penisten (1869-1906)
11. Edna Muriel Pierce (1897-1968) and Virgil Lee Wright (1894-1972)
12. William Lee Wright (1919-1973) and Bonnie Mae Lambertson (1924-1984)
13. My mother
14. Me

Stephen Hopkins has an interesting story, his page at Wikipedia gives more detail.  Apparently, he was previously shipwrecked in Bermuda, and was the inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest.  Tried for treason, found guilty and sentenced to hang, sounds like my kind of ancestor.

Lydia Bacon (b. March 6, 1655/56)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 9th-great grandmother, Lydia Bacon.

Lydia was born March 6, 1655/56 in Newton, Suffolk Co., MA, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Reade) Bacon. Lydia married December 9, 1680 to Samuel Pierce, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cole) Pierce. Samuel was born April 7, 1656 in Woburn, Middlesex Co.,MA and died July 5, 1721 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. Lydia died December 5, 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA.

Known children of Samuel and Lydia (Bacon) Pierce are as follows :
i. Samuel Pierce b. November 25, 1681 Middlesex Co., MA., d. January 26,1774 Windham Co., CT., m. Abigail Johnson
ii. Lydia Pierce b. May 25, 1683 Middlesex Co., MA., m. Timothy Snow
iii. Joseph Pierce b. March 28, 1685 Middlesex Co., MA
iv. Isaac Pierce b. March 22, 1686/87 Middlesex Co., MA., m. Grace Tucker
v. Abigail Pierce b. February 27, 1688/89 Middlesex Co., MA., m. Peter Waite
vi. Sarah Pierce b. June 22, 1691 Middlesex Co., MA., d. August 16, 1717 m. Peter Waite
vii. Ruth Pierce b. February 14, 1692/93 Middlesex Co., MA., m. Abraham Hill
viii. Tabitha Pierce b. August 28, 1697 Middlesex Co., MA., d. September 30, 1697 Middlesex Co., MA.
ix. Tabitha Pierce b. March 10, 1699/00 Middlesex Co., MA.

I descend from Samuel and Lydia (Bacon) Pierce through their son, Samuel, as follows :
Lydia Bacon and Samuel Pierce
Samuel Pierce and Abigail Johnson
Seth Pierce and Elizabeth Nye
Seth Pierce and Bethiah Field
Gordon Pierce and Thirsa Smalley
Francis S. Pierce and Rebecca Page
Edmund G. Pierce and Catherine Groenendyke
William Francis Pierce and Clara Pennisten
Edna Muriel Pierce and Virgil Lee Wright

Austin P. Hatch Family - Kane Co., IL

Today I sourced the census records of the Austin P. Hatch family in the 1870 of Kane Co., IL. Austin was a druggist living in Aurora. Also in the household were his parents, Jethro and Minerva (Pierce) Hatch. The value of Jethro's real estate was listed at $154,000 in 1870.

Austin P. HATCH b. June 23, 1843 New York, d. after 1870 census, m. Melissa J. SNOW. Melissa b. ca. 1846 Illinois, d. after 1870 census.

Children :
i. Elsie Hatch b. ca. 1867 Illinois
ii. M____ Hatch b. ca. 1869 Illinois

Jethro HATCH b. ca. 1791 New York, d. February 7, 1875, m. February 10, 1829 to Minerva P. PIERCE, daughter of Gordon and Thirsa (SMALLEY) PIERCE. Minerva b. January 25, 1803 Vermont, d. after 1870 census.

Interesting side note : I did a Google search, and found out that Austin P. Hatch's brother, Jethro Ayers Hatch, was a U.S. Congressman.