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1st Generation
| Gustavus Adolphus Appelman | Born: February 23, 1817 | Mystic, CT |
| Died: November 4, 1893 | Clermont, IA |
| Prudence Anna Williams | Born: September 11, 1821 | Ledyard, CT |
| Died: December 5, 1880 | Clermont, IA |
2nd Generation
| John Frederick Appelman | Born: March 11, 1784 | Swedish Pomerania - Prussia |
| Died: May 8, 1869 | Mystic, CT | |
| Matilda Noyes | Born: November 12, 1791 | Unk |
| Died: January 3, 1845 | Unk |
| Erastus Williams | Born: September 16, 1785 | Ledyard, CT |
| Died: November 11, 11, 1845 | Ledyard, CT | |
| Anna Nancy Hewitt | Born: June 23, 1793 | Stonington, New London, CT |
| Died: September 16, 1876 | Unk |
3rd Generation
| John Jacob Appelman | Born: About 1740 | Wolgast, Prussia |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Unknown | Born: Unk | Unk |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Stephen Noyes | Born: Abt 1735 | Newbury, Essex, MA |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Betty Chase | Born: October 9, 1739 | Newbury, Essex, MA |
| Died: October 31, 1769 | Unk |
| William Williams IV | Born: February 17, 1739 | Ledyard, CT |
| Died: November 18, 1814 | Ledyard, CT | |
| Prudence Stanton Fanning | Born: November 7, 1754 | Ledyard, CT |
| Died: September 19, 1825 | Unk | |
| Elias Hewitt | Born: August 27, 1764 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: July 18, 1828 | Stonington, CT | |
| Anna Hull | Born: August 24, 1770 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: July 17, 1828 | N Stonington, CT |
4th Generation
| Unk | Born: Unk | Unk |
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| Unk | Born: Unk | Unk |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Unk | Born: Unk | Unk |
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| Unk | Born: Unk | Unk |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Thomas Noyes | Born: November 26, 1709 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: 1754 | Stonington, CT | |
| Mary Thompson | Born: 1714 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: Unk | Unk | |
| Samuel Chase | Born: May 13, 1690 | Newbury, Essex, MA |
| Died: July 24, 1743 | Newbury, Essex, MA | |
| Hannah Emery | Born: About 1692 | Newbury, Essex, MA |
| Died: October 6, 1776 | Newbury, Essex, MA |
| William Williams III | Born: June 26, 1709 | Ledyard, CT |
| Died: January 1795 | Unk | |
| Margaret Morgan | Born: 1717 | Groton, CT |
| Died: December 1785 | Unk | |
| John Stanton | Born: September 29, 1714 | Unk |
| Died: Unk | Groton, CT | |
| Prudence Chesebrough | Born: February 28, 1721 | Unk |
| Died: February 6, 1799 | Unk | |
| Rufus Hewitt | Born: July 9, 1726 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: November 15, 1811 | Stonington, CT | |
| Abigail Frink | Born: November 6, 1729 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: November 15, 1811 | Stonington, CT | |
| Latham Hull | Born: February 9, 1748 | S Kingston, RI |
| Died: December 18, 1807 | Stonington, CT | |
| Anna Wheeler | Born: 1752 | Stonington, CT |
| Died: Unk | Stonington, CT |
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Nathaniel Palmer 1799 - 1877
An American sea captain and antarctic explorer given credit for discovering Antarctica. While on a whaling voyage (1820-21) in the South Shetlands, he commanded (at age 21) the 14 meter sloop "Hero" on an exploring trip to the south and came back with a report that he had sighted land. Hence the name Palmer Land for the peninsula later named Graham Land by the British and known as Palmer Peninsula, Graham Land, or Graham Coast. On this expedition Palmer also discovered the South Orkney Islands. He was well known as a commander and designer of clipper ships.
James Noyes 1639 - 1719 of Stonington, CT
Acted as physician and minister in the Narragansett Indian wars of 1676, along with Capt George Denison. Came to Stonington by invatation from the town in 1664. For services during the Indian wars, he was liberally rewarded by the General Court by a grant of land which comprised the 1902 town of Voluntown. One of the founders of Yale College, New Haven, CT.
Mary Dyer (nee: Stewart) 1612 - 1660 A Short Bio
Mary Dyer was hanged on Boston Commons in 1660 for being a Quaker. Her mother, Arabella Stuart, was daughter of Charles Stuart and Elizabeth Cavendish. Arabella had no desire to be Queen of England and King James prohibited his cousin, Arabella, from marrying anyone. But she fell in love with Sir William Seymour, also a descendant of Henry VII through the House of Suffolk, and third cousin to Arabella. They were secretly wed in 1610. Within a year, they had a daughter and the secret was out. King James became very disturbed that this marriage doubled Arabella's qualifications for the throne. In his fear, he ordered Arabella to be sent to Highgate, and William Seymour imprisoned in the Tower of London. The infant girl was left in the care of Arabella's loving lady-in-waiting, Mistress Mary Dyer, who gave her own name to her adopted child and brought her up quietly and reclusively in the country. When Mary was twenty-two years old, she married her foster mother's first cousin, William Dyer, descendant of Sir Richard Dyer, Lord of the manor of Wincarton, Somersetshire. This is the story that was told by Frederick Nathaniel Dyer and revealed in the Colonial Dames account, as well as the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 98 and the biography of Arabella Stuart, by Blanche Christabel Hardy.
John Howland 1602 - 1672 (Pilgrim)
John Howland came on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver. He is best remembered for having fallen off the Mayflower during a mighty storm. Howland signed the Mayflower Compact. He married Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687) daughter of Pilgrim John Tilley.Famous Cousins:John Howland is an ancestor to President George Bush (both of them), and to First Lady Edith (Carrow) Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt). Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are descendants of John Howland's brother Henry. Winston Churchill is descended from John Howland's brother Arthur.
John Alden (1599 - 1687) and Priscilla Mullins (1601 - Bef 1687) (Pilgrims)
Believed to have been born about 1602 in Dorking, Surrey, England, Priscilla Mullins came to America aboard the Mayflower with her parents and younger brother in 1620. The other three members of the family died during the terrible first winter of the Plymouth Colony. Probably in 1623 she married John Alden, a cooper. They lived in Plymouth until about 1631, when they and others founded the settlement of Duxbury. They had 11 children. John Alden became a prominent figure in colonial Massachusetts, but virtually nothing is known of Priscilla's later life. The date of her death is unknown, but it may well have occurred before her husband's in 1687. Priscilla Alden alone, among the women of the Plymouth Colony, is remembered by name, owing to a legend transmitted orally in the family and then published in embellished form by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Courtship of Miles Standish" in 1858. The tale of the triumph of romantic love is nearly unique in the lore of the Pilgrims and is probably not founded in fact; nonetheless, the story--especially Priscilla's alleged words "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"--remains a part of American folklore.Famous Cousins:Alden & Mullins are ancestors of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Dan Quayle.
John Tilley 1571 - 1621 (Pilgrim)
Died the first winter in the Plymouth colony. He was either a "wool carder" or worked with silk. He was married to Joan Hurst (1566-1621).
William Brewster Abt 1566 - 1644 (Pilgrim)
Attended the University of Cambridge. In service at court, beginning Autumn 1584. A Mayflower Pilgrim, William was a signer of the "Mayflower Compact."
Katherine Grey 1540 - 1568
She was married at thirteen to Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke, on 25 May (or 21 May)1553 in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Jane. A formality only, the marriage was eventually dissolved by Pembroke when it was no longer advantageous to be associated with the Grey's. Katherine was fourteen years old when her father and sister were executed. In her early twenties, Katherine enjoyed the company of Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, son of the late Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector during Edward VI's reign. In December the couple wed in secret. While Edward was abroad Katherine discovered she was pregnant. Furious, Elizabeth recalled Hertford from France, imprisoning him and placing Katherine in the Tower. Katherine gave birth to a son in 1561, naming him Edward, after his father. The Lieutenant of the Tower allowed Katherine and Edward to continue meeting. Katherine fell pregnant again and gave birth to another son, Thomas. Elizabeth responded harshly. Edward was banished with the elder child to his mother's house, under house arrest. Katherine spent the rest of her life under the guardianship of various families. The couple wrote numerous letters to the Queen, pleading to be allowed to live together, but they never met again. Katherine died, unhappy, of tuberculosis on 27 January 1568, aged twenty seven.
Elizabeth Hardwick (Bess) 1527 - 1608
Elizabeth Hardwick, known as Bess of Hardwick, was a native of Derbyshire born around 1527. A marriage was arranged for her while she was still a child but her equally young husband died before it was consummated. In 1547 she married Sir William Cavendish (of Cavendish in Suffolk) and it from their second son that the present line of the Dukes of Devonshire descends. In 1567 Bess married for the fourth and final time. Her husband was George Talbot, the Earl of Shrewsbury, one of the most powerful men in the country. Queen Elizabeth I appointed the Earl as gaoler to Mary, Queen of Scots and she was frequently kept at Chatsworth while under his guard. In 1590, Lord Shrewsbury died and Bess became the richest woman in England after the Queen.
Jane Seymour 1506 - 1537
Jane Seymour (b. 1506? 1509?; d. 1537) was formally betrothed to King Henry VIII of England on May 20, 1536, the day following the execution (on trumped up charges of adultery and incest) of her predecessor, the widely reviled Anne Boleyn. In fact, as soon as he heard the guns signaling that Anne had been beheaded, Henry hurried to join Jane at the Strand, where she was getting her wedding clothes in order. The next day they held their betrothal ceremony at Wulfhall, Jane's family home in Wiltshire. Ten days later she became Henry's third wife. On 12 October 1537, Jane delivered the son that King Henry had so desperately wanted. The infant, named Edward, was christened on Monday, 15 October.
The next day Jane was quite ill, manifesting all the signs of puerperal fever, the deadly postpartum infection that carried off so many women. On Wednesday, 24 October, just ten days after presenting Henry VIII with his only surviving son, Jane Seymour died of complications from that delivery.
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