Category Archives: Massachusetts Genealogy
Amanda Taft Whitney (1798–1872): An Ancestor Sketch
Born in Massachusetts in 1798 and carried west as an infant by her migrating family, Amanda Taft Whitney spent her life in Broome County, New York — raising ten children and outliving most of her generation. Her story is unusually well-documented. Read on to meet a woman the census records refused to forget. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Family Lines, New York Genealogy, Massachusetts Genealogy, Roberts-Barnes, Geographic Genealogy, Ancestor Features
Tagged Chauncey Whitney, 4th Grand-Aunt, Ancestor Sketch, Sarah Whitney Taft, Broome County NY, 1800 Census, Sharon Schoharie County New York, Taft Family, Triangle Broome County New York, Asa Taft, 1850 Census, Partridgefield Massachusetts, Hinsdale Massachusetts, 1865 New York State Census, 1855 New York State Census, Amanda Taft Whitney, New England Migration
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Lurancy Taft (1796-1870)
Luransa Taft (1796–1870), Ahnentafel #41, was the daughter of Asa Taft and Sarah Whitney and spent most of her life in Triangle, Broome County, New York. Married at seventeen to Luman Olmstead, she raised a large family and appears regularly in state and federal censuses. This profile confirms her maternal line and helps clarify confusion surrounding similarly named women in the Taft family. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Massachusetts Genealogy, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged Broome County New York, Asa Taft, Partridgefield Massachusetts, Luransa Taft, Lurancy Olmstead, Berkshire County Massachusetts, Sarah Whitney, Taft, maternal lineage research, 19th Century Genealogy, Triangle New York
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Taylor – Surname Saturday
The Taylor surname traces an occupational origin rooted in England and extends through multiple generations of my family from 17th-century New England to 19th-century Michigan. This article examines three documented Taylor ancestors—John Taylor, Rhoda Taylor, and Fanny Taylor—highlighting their place in early colonial settlement, frontier warfare, Atlantic migration, and American industrial expansion. Continue reading
Posted in Surname Saturday, Brown-Montran, Massachusetts Genealogy
Tagged Rhoda Taylor Parsons, John Taylor 1641, Montran, Fanny Taylor Blackhurst, Sanford, Michigan pioneers, occupational surnames, Parsons, Massachusetts Colony, Taylor surname, English immigration, New England genealogy
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Rowley – Surname Saturday
I examine the surname, Rowley. Continue reading
Posted in Surname Saturday, Brown-Montran, Massachusetts Genealogy
Tagged Genealogy, Rowley
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