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• John Parker of Early New England (953 KB)
  Connections from John Parker thru John Oliver who married Mary Shortwell at Georgetown,Lincoln County, MA(Now Sagadahoc County,ME)in 1742. My Jones connects to them as found in M'flwr Line:Brewster/Freeman/Hinckley/Oliver/Jones tree on this site.
• M;flwr LineCooke/TomsonTaber/Thornton/Currie/Jones (444 KB)
  From Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, Kimbroughs,Thorntons & Williams from the UK, to the Craig Currie family in 2000. Surnames prevalent are Alexander,Atkins,Currie,Dorris,Douthit,Jones,Kimbrough,Mahieu,Mitchell,Tabor,Thornton, Thomson(Thompson),Spooner,Warren,& Williams
• Blackingtons in America (232 KB)
  Where did the earliest Blackington come to America from? Help me to find out. This large file contains many surnames as follows:Blackington 40 %, Meservey/Meserve 20 %, and Woodcock 5 %.
• M'flwr Line: Brewster/Blackington/Meservey/Cowley (1002 KB)
  729 surnames From W'm Brewster/Mayflower largely Brewster/Woodcock/Blackington/Meservey/Cowley/Kalloch/Petrie/Shorey/Jones
• Norwegian Ancestry Halvorsen, Lerche,Hansen,etc (119 KB)
  My mothers origins in Norway Anderson, Halvorsen, Pedersen, Nielsdtr, Hansen, Johanssen, to Jones in US in 1921.
• M'flwr Line:Brewster/Freeman/Hinckley/Oliver/Jones (1045 KB)
  My ancestors Hansen & Lerche & Yornberg from(Norway),Brewster, Whicker, Oliver, Parker (ENG),Jones (Wales), and Other's fewer Bradshaw, Rollins, Tate, Mayo, Pedrick, and Prence

Family Photos

• My Hometown about 1990 from the air! (371 KB)
  Wiscasset, Maine a few years before they removed the "Old Boats" Hesper & Luther Little. Also showing the bridge over the Sheepscot River and one of the best inland deepwater harbors on the East Coast.Photo taken from helicopter at 4th of July celebration at the waterfront.
• Sergt. James Jones US Army about 1870 (92 KB)
  James JONES Civil War veteran 1864-65 who reenlisted 1868 and continued an army career ending in 1883-1897 as resident Sgt.in charge of Fort Popham at the mouth of the Kennebec River. His last two children Frank and Esther were born there. He retired to Bath,ME ; was active GAR member and city councilman where he died in 1917 at the age of 75.
• James Sargeant Jones USN about 1918 (305 KB)
  Career Naval Officer WW I & WW II.Served in WW I as Carpenters Mate. Retired as Lieut. Commander after WW II.
• S/Sgt. George Allan Jones USAAF 1943 (250 KB)
  Air Force enlistment in Reserves Univ. of Me 1941 Active duty Basic Training Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas spring 1943. Graduated 15th in class of 200 from Radio School Sioux Falls,S.D.fall 1943. Aerial Gunnery Scholl Yuma, AZ winter 1943. Air Crew Training in B-25 Mitchell Bombers spring 1944.Picked up new B-25 Mitchell Bomber in Savannah,GA May 1944 flew to Sacramento,CA for outfitting bomber for crossing to Honolulu,HA June 1944 with extra gas tanks that were removed in Honolulu before going on to Australia. Flew 55 combat missions (New Guinea thru the Phillipines). Returned to US in June 1945. Flew cover at the landings at Zamboanga, Mindanao and Cebu City, Cebu, PI.
• Ethan Allan Jones 1898 (102 KB)
  Ethan was a member of the Hyde Light Guards in Bath, ME and they mustered at Fort Powers, Augusta at the time of the Spanish American War. He served in Cuba.After the war he was reinstated in the Maine National Guard, Company C , Second Regiment as Sergeant on Jan. 27th 1900 under his old war commander now a Colonel, Everard Newcomb.
• Aunt Sadie (3 KB)
  Sarah Ann Meservey Webster
• John Sylvester Jones family abt 1895 (738 KB)
  Taken at the old family homestead at Stewart Station, PA
• Jane Rees abt 1852 b. Llanedi,Carmathenshire,Wales (27 KB)
  Wife of immigrant John Jones from Llandyfrydog, Anglesea, No. Wales. Mother of John S., James, and Paul.Shortly after coming to Pittsburgh he married Jane Rees (also an immigrant from Llanedi, Carmathenshire, So.Wales) , eldest daughter of Widow Mary Rees. They had three sons John S., James, and Paul. In 1846 after his injury in the mines, he was idle for a year before moving to Bradys Bend Iron Works, Pa. then in the zenith of its fame. They moved there in the spring of '48. In 1852 his wife left him and went to her people in Pittsburgh; and he "Batched" with his boys (aged 14,10, and 5 years). She returned in the fall of the same year and they divided the household property and forever after separated.
• Dawn Jones (2 KB)
  At Beth's weding.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Owen Jones (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Patience Brewster (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Love Brewster (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Pentecost Blackington (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Clement Messervy (View PDF)

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