John Root was baptized 26 Feb 1608 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England, son of John Root and Mary Ann Russell. He is my son-in-law’s 9th great-grandfather. John came to the new world before 1640, he has a child baptized in Farmington, CT in 1642. It is unclear, which ship he came …
Jan Hendrik Menke was baptized 24 Feb 1745 in Amsterdam, eldest son of (Jan) Hendrik Menke (dutch link) and Catharina Elizabeth Zimmerman. He is my husband’s 4th great-granduncle. Sponsors at his baptism were Johan Coenraad Flecke and Johanna Doorn, who don’t seem to be related. As a matter of fact, very few …
Johanna Mayer was born 21 Feb 1833 in Schifferstadt, Germany, daughter of Abraham Mayer (dutch link) and Amalia Wolff. She is my husband’s maternal great-grandaunt. Was yesterday’s story one of lots of intermarrying, today’s is even more so. The Jewish community in the Pfalz was strongly interconnected, and the same surnames …
Joseph Furnas was born 20 Feb 1763 as son of John Furnas and Mary Wilkinson. It is supposed he was born on the ship that brought his parents from England to South Carolina, after they had docked in Charleston. He is my son-in-law’s 5th great-granduncle. His twin uncles supposedly also …
Berend Schuurman was born 19 Feb 1891 in Ambt Ommen, The Netherlands. He was the son of Tone Schuurman and Berendina Schutte, and had at least three other siblings who married in Ambt Ommen, and two siblings who died young. For some reason Ommen births do not show up in …
Jacob and Isaac were baptized 18 Feb 1722 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, sons of Jan ten Bronkaten (dutch link) and Geesie …
Suitbertus (Sweer or Swier for short) was baptized 17 Feb 1740, third child of Gerardus Schepers and his second wife Maria Gasthuis (dutch …
Josiah Winslow was baptized 16 Feb 1606 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, the youngest son of Edward Winslow and Magdalen Oliver. He is …
Sarah Levison was born 15 Feb 1890 in then Russia, now the Ukraine, daughter of Aron Levison and Fannie Brodie. I still …
Phoebe Agnew was born 12 Feb 1797, daughter of William Agnew and Margaret Brant. It is unclear where she was born, the …
