Attached below as a downloadable Word document is an article about my mother’s ancestor William Handy (1762-1856), sea captain, whaler and, ship owner.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
November 2015
Posted above as a downloadable Word document is a brief article discussing the fact that my maternal grandparents Ralph Ellis Handy (1893-1947) and Annie Congdon (Hart) Handy (1894-1972) had a common ancestor.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
November 2015
Posted below as a downloadable Word document is a report concerning the family of James Flint (1724-1802).
Charlotte Flint (1784-1831) — James’s daughter by his second wife, Mary (Hart) Flint (1740-1801) — married Thomas Livermore Whittredge (1783-1858). This couple were the great-grandparents of my paternal grandmother, Esther Whittredge Smith (1886-1970).
— posted by Roger Whittredge Smith
November 2015
My maternal grandmother Esther (Whittredge) Smith was descended from Flints on her father’s side. This report (downloadable Word document below) concerns her Flint ancestry, beginning with Thomas and William Flint (said to be brothers, although this has, not to my knowledge been proven) of Salem Mass.
— Roger Whittredge Smith
November 2015
This report concerns my most recent Congdon ancestors, who go back to nineteenth century New Bedford, Mass.
I am descended from them through my maternal grandmother Annie Congdon Handy (nee Hart). Her great-grandmother (on her father’s side) was Lydia Congdon Hart (1793-1839).
See downloadable Word document, above.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
November 2015
Below is a downloadable Word file which comprises a report on my Ellis ancestors from Cape Cod. They include the first immigrant, Lt. John Ellis of Sandwich, Massachusetts (b. ca. 1620); his wife Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis (b. 1625): Lt. Mordecai Ellis of Sandwich (1650/51-1709/10); and recent Ellis descendants to whom I am related to on my mother’s side through her ancestors Anson Burgess Ellis (1813-1853) of Plymouth, Massachusetts; Lydia Perkins (Ellis) Handy (1851-1930) of Sandwich, Massachusetts; and Ralph Ellis Handy (my maternal grandfather).
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2016
This report (downloadable Word document above) concerns my Congdon ancestors from Rhode Island. I am descended from the Congdon family through my maternal grandmother, Annie Congdon (Hart) Handy (1894-1972).
— Roger W. Smith
May 2011
My mother’s ancestor Amy Hart was born in 1741 in Dartmouth, Mass., the daughter of William Hart (b 1710) and Mary (Shepherd) Hart (ca. 1719-1809). She had an interesting life, which included the birth of a son, Simpson Hart, upon which she was disowned by members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). She had distinguished progeny.
Posted above as a downloadable Word file is an article about Amy Hart and her son, Simpson Hart of New Bedford, MA.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
May 2011
Posted above as a downloadable Word document is a very brief account of the death of Florence (Norman) (Hart) Whitredge, who died in 1672 in Ipswich, Mass. under extraordinary circumstances, apparently a suicide.
— posted by Roger Whittredge Smith
May 2011
Posted below as a downloadable Word document is a brief article about my earliest known Whittredge ancestors, namely William Whitteredd, who emigrated in 1635 with his wife and son, and William’s father, Robert Whitred of Colkirk, Norfolk, England, my earliest known Whittredge ancestor.
– posted by Roger Whittredge Smith
May 2011
