Finding the McCains: A Scots Irish Odyssey

This week Amazon has Finding the McCains: A Scots Irish Odyssey by Barry R. McCain on sale.   This book uses DNA studies and primary sources to draw insights about the McCain family of Nutfield (now Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire). 

From Barry himself:

“This is the family of James McKeen, first magistrate of Nutfield/Londonderry.  His in-law Rev McGregor, etc., his brother John McKeen's family also settled in Nutfield.  We discovered the connections during the DNA testing, which revealed, not only were the New England McKeens the same family as the Mississippi McCains, but the kinship was a close one.  We all descend from the same McCain family that lived in Ulster late 1600s.  The immigrant ancestors of the MS McCains, Alexander and Hugh McKean are the sons of James and John McKeen.  We have now traced the family back to the late AD 1290s using DNA testing and primary sources.

Finding the McCains is an account of one Mississippi McCain’s 40 year odyssey to find his family in Ireland. Senator John McCain and his cousin, novelist Elizabeth Spencer, both include a short history of the Mississippi McCain family in their respective memoirs 'Faith of our Fathers' and 'Landscapes of the Heart.' This history is a romantic tale of Highland Scots who supported Mary Queen of Scots and who fled to Ireland after her downfall in 1568. The search for the McCains became a mystery story with clues, false turns, many adventures, and then ultimate success through Y chromosome DNA testing. In 2008 the McCains were reunited with their family that remained in Ireland, after 289 years of separation.

The McCain history includes people and events familiar to readers of Irish and Scottish history; Redshanks, Iníon Dubh, Mary Queen of Scots, the Earls of Argyll, the Ulster Migration, and the Scots-Irish, are all part of this family’s story. Faint memories of this past were told for generations in Mississippi and as the research progressed the facts behind these memories were uncovered. Another theme in the book is the Scots-Irish. Contemporary histories about the Scots-Irish present stereotyped and romanticized accounts of this dynamic group.  Finding the McCains reveals a more complex history and shows the cultural conflation common in Scots-Irish popular history.  Finding the McCains is also a genetic genealogy how-to guide for people of Irish and Scottish ancestry.”

Barry R McCain was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and spent his early life in Ouachita parish, Louisiana. He is the administrator of the Ulster Heritage Project. The Project sponsors the Ulster Heritage DNA Project and promotes research into family and general history of the nine counties of Ulster. Mr McCain's main research focus is the Gaelic families and clans of Argyll, the southern Hebrides, and the Scottish Lowlands. Mr. McCain has a degree in history from Ole Miss and he works as a writer and lives in Oxford, Mississippi.   He is the author of the blog McCain’s Corner  http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/  and the author of The Laggan Redshanks:  The Highland Scots in West Ulster 1568 – 1630, 2014

Peer Review from Dr. William Roulston:

“In writing this book, Barry McCain has done a great service not only to those interested in the McCain ancestry, but to everyone fascinated by the millennia-old connections between Scotland and Ireland. In this volume he demonstrates the complexity of those connections, highlighting, for example, the often-overlooked Gaelic heritage of many of the families from Scotland that made Ulster their home. His use of DNA analysis to investigate otherwise hidden aspects of his ancestry serves as an exemplar of the way in which this technology can be applied to family history and the search for our forebears.

Throughout this book Barry's enthusiasm for his ancestry in both Scotland and Ireland, and his love for the people of both countries, shines through. This is a book to encourage all of us as we seek to discover something more of our past.”

I haven’t read this book yet, but I have recommended it to the Londonderry Leach library and the Derry Public Library to add to their genealogy collections.   

Link to the Amazon page for Finding the McCains

http://www.amazon.com/Finding-McCains-Scots-Irish-Odyssey/dp/0985587644/ref=as_sl_pc_ac_c_1_1_i_rec?tag=barryrmccainbooks-20&linkCode=w24&creative=496521&camp=212361&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fbarryrmccain.blogspot.com%2F

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Finding the McCains:  A Scots Irish Odyssey", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 13, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/finding-mccains-scots-irish-odyssey.html : accessed [access date]).  

Weathervane Wednesday ~ On a Church Steeple

This is an on-going series of blog posts on local weathervanes I post every week on Wednesdays.  Some of the weather vanes are whimsical, some are historical, but all are interesting.  Often my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weathervanes from their own areas!  If you know an interesting or historical weather vane, please let me know.

Today's weathervane is from New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #221?  Scroll down to see the answer!

This photograph was sent to me
by Andy Mack of Londonderry, NH

A few years ago Andy Mack of Londonderry sent me the middle photograph above.  He couldn't remember the church he had photographed, and I didn't know where to find this weathervane in Manchester.  After I moved to Manchester I was able to match up this photograph with the weathervane and steeple of the Brookside Congregational Church on Elm Street in Manchester.

The Brookside Congregational Church moved into this building in March 1970.  The congregational was formerly in the Franklin Street Church which stood on the corner of Franklin and Market Streets.  That congregation was organized in 1844 when the First Congregational Church became overcrowded.  The Franklin Street Church was demolished after the congregation moved to Brookside.

The Brookside Congregational Church website  http://www.brooksidecc.org/

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ On a Church Steeple", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 12, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/weathervane-wednesday-on-church-steeple.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Three James Voses, Bedford, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Old Bedford Cemetery, in Bedford, New Hampshire

ERECTED

to the Memory of

Lieut. James Vose

who died

Oct. 5, 1808 in the

75 year of his age.

James who died Jan. 3.

1770 aged 10 months

James who died Sept. 27, 1775

in the 3 year of his age. 

children of James Vose

and Abigail his wife.

Lieutenant James Vose was born on 2 March 1735 in Milton, Massachusetts, and died on 5 October 1808 in Bedford, New Hampshire.  He married Abigail Richardson, who was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire.  They had eight children, including these two young sons both named James.

James Vose was the son of Lieutenant Robert Vose, born 25 October 1693 in Milton, Massachusetts, and died 20 April 1760 in Milton.  He married Abigail Sumner on 14 September 1721 in Milton, daughter of William Sumner and Hester Puffer.  His wife, Abigail Richardson is a great granddaughter of Ezekiel Richardson (1604 - 1647) and Susannah Bradford, early settlers at Woburn, Massachusetts. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Three James Voses, Bedford, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 11, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/tombstone-tuesday-three-james-voses.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ GOULD of Topsfield, Massachusetts

1872 Topsfield, Massachusetts from www.old-maps.com

I have two lineages from Alexander Gould of Maine (click HERE to see these) and two lineages from Richard Gould (1530 – 1558), whose children came to Essex County, Massachusetts (and two of those children were my ancestors).  This post is for my Massachusetts GOULD lineages.

Richard Gould lived in England and had two wives, Elizabeth Young and Mary Colder.  With Elizabeth he had six children and at least three three came to New England; John  (1573 – about 1633) who settled in Amesbury, Priscilla (b. 1585, who married John Putnam in Bovington, Buckinghamshire and settled in Salem; and Zaccheus (1589 – about 1668) who settled in Topsfield.  I descend from Priscilla and Zaccheus.  There is a Jeremy Gould who settled in Rhode Island, who is probably another sibling.

Priscilla Gould’s husband John Putnam received a 100 acre grant in Salem in 1641 and by the time he died in 1662 he owned more than 800 acres, and was very wealthy.   Three of their sons all spent their entire lives in Salem, and had descendants, and a daughter, Elizabeth, married Richard Hutchinson (her brother, Nathaniel, married Elizabeth Hutchinson).    Some Putnam descendants were involved in the 1692 witch hysteria, especially the family of Priscilla’s brother Thomas Putnam.  His daughter-in-law, Ann (Carr) Putnam and granddaughter, Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679 – 1716) accused over 60 people of being witches.  (See my lineage from Priscilla Gould below)

Zaccheus Gould married Phebe Deacon in England.  They had six children, one son and four daughters including a daughter named Priscilla Gould (1625 – 1663), my 8^th great grandmother.  Zaccheus settled in the part of Ipswich, Massachusetts that became the town of Topsfield.  He left all his estate to his son, John Gould.  Priscilla Gould married John Wild, who was a witness against her brother, John Gould (1635 – 1710) during the 1692 witch trials in Salem. (See my lineage from Zaccheus Gould below, and click HERE for my post about the WILD/WILDES family.)

The Zaccheus Gould homestead is still standing at 85 River Road in Topsfield, Massachusetts.  It is a private home, and was probably built by John Gould for his father. See this Wikipedia article for a photo and story:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaccheus_Gould_House    The Topsfield Historical Society has also restored the Captain Joseph Gould (the great grandson of Zaccheus Gould) barn, circa 1710, and you can see a photo and story at this link: http://www.topsfieldhistory.org/gould_barn.shtml 

Some GOULD resources:

Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, by Walter Goodwin Davis, 1996 (also on CD-ROM), Volume II, pages 50 – 57 for sketch of Zaccheus Gould.

The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, by Benjamin Gould, 1895 (also online at archive.org)

My GOULD genealogy:

Generation 1:  Richard Gould,  born about 1553 in Stoke Mandeville, died 1604

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Priscilla Gould, born about 1585 in Bovington, died in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1611 in Bovington to John Putnam, son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed.  He was born 17 January 1570/80 in Wingrove or Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, and died 30 December 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. Four children.

Generation 3: Nathaniel Putnam, born 3 September 1619 in Wingrove, Buckinghamshire, died 23 July 1700 in Danvers (Salem Village);  married on 3 September 1652 in Salem to Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice Bosworth.  She was baptized on 30 August 1629 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England and died 24 June 1668 in Salem.  Seven children.

Generation 4: Elizabeth Putnam married George Flint

Generation 5:  George Flint married Jerusha Pope

Generation 6: George Flint married Hannah Phelps

Generation 7: Phebe Flint married John Flint

Generation 8:  Olive Flint married Luther Simonds Munroe

Generation 9: Phebe Cross Munroe married Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 10: Albert Munroe Wilkinson married Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 11: Donald Munroe Wilkinson married Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandmother)

Lineage B:

Generation 2:  Zaccheus Gould, born 1589 in Bovington, died after 20 March 1668 in Topsfield, Massachusetts; married about 1617 in England to Phebe Deacon, daughter of Thomas Deacon and Martha Field.  She was born in April 1597 in Hemel, Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and died 20 September 1663 in Topsfield.  Six children.

Generation 3.  Priscilla Gould, born about 1625 in England, died 16 April 1663 in Topsfield; married about 1645 to John Wildes.  He was born about 1619 and died 14 May 1705 in Topsfield.  Eight children.

Generation 4:  Sarah Wildes married Edward Bishop

Generation 5: James Bishop married Sarah Holmes

Generation 6:  Sarah Bishop married Daniel Poland

Generation 7: Martha Poland married Alexander Mears

Generation 8:  Samuel Mears married Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 9:  Samuel Mears married Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears married Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 11:  Joseph Elmer Allen married Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen married Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "Surname Saturday ~ Gould of Topsfield, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 8, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-gould-of-topsfield.html:  accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Nantucket Sleigh Ride?

Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  The first weathervanes I published were from the Nutfield (Londonderry) area, but now I've found interesting weather vanes from all over New England.  Some weathervanes are historical, some are whimsical, but all are interesting.  Often, my readers have sent me photographs of unique and unusual weather vanes from all across the USA and around the world.  If you know a historical or interesting weather vane, please let me know!

Today's weathervane is from New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #220?  Scroll down to see the answer!

There are lots of weather vanes to be seen along Ocean Boulevard in Rye, New Hampshire.  Some of the weather vanes are missing their turning figures, probably due to wind or weather.  This is a new one to me this year.  I've photographed a lot of weathervanes in Rye, so this is probably new construction or a replacement.

I called this weathervane "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" as a joke.  Actually, the whalers of old used to use the phrase Nantucket sleigh ride when a harpooned whale would head out to sea and drag the whaleboat and men behind.  This is more fanciful, and less bellicose version of a Nantucket sleigh ride.  No harpoons. And no whales were harmed.

What a fun weathervane for a sea side home!

Click here to see the entire Weathervane Wednesday collection

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday - A Nantucket Sleigh Ride?", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 5, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/weathervane-wednesday-nantucket-sleigh.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ One stone for seven children

This tombstone was photographed at the Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, New Hampshire

Memento mori

ERECTED

In memory of Seven

Children 2 sons and 4

Daughters of Mr. John

Bell & Mrs Sarah his wife

Mary Died Febr. 26th, 1756

Aged one year 9 months & 8 days

David died Decr. 29th 1756

Rebekah died Octr 6th 1758, Aged 

A few days

James Born & died Sept 1st 1759

Isaac died Sept 8th 1763 Aged

three years

Sarah died April 29th 1766

Aged one year 6 months & 7 days

Rachel Died August 30th 1777

Aged 15 years & 10 days

from The History of Bedford, New Hampshire, page 291

"BELL, John Bell, born in Ireland, came to Bedford, about 1736.  In 1739 he was followed by his wife, with four children, - John, Joseph, Mary and Susanna.  They lived for some time in a log house, in what is now called the "Old Orchard", and then moved to the "Thirds", so called...
     John, son of the above, born in Ireland, 1732; came with his mother to this town when seven years old.  He married Jane Carr, who soon died, without children.  He then married Sarah Bell, of Londonderry, and had eleven children- Joseph, John, Rachel, Susanna and Mary, the rest dying in infancy." 

On the tombstone the six children who died in infancy are listed, along with Rachel, who lived only to age fifteen, leaving only four who lived to adulthood.


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, " Tombstone Tuesday ~ One stone for seven children", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 4, 2015  ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/07/tombstone-tuesday-one-stone-for-seven.html:  accessed [access date]).

The Double Amputee Mystery

Researching this tombstone opened up a whole new can of worms for me…

JAMES TYLER HITCHINGS

Born in Lynn

Oct. 20 1795

Died

Oct. 29, 1863

Whilst wandering the Central Cemetery in Beverly for my HITCHINGS ancestors, I found this tombstone.  My maternal grandmother was Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (1905 - 2001), a descendant of Daniel Hitchings (1632 - 1731) an early settler at Lynn, Massachusetts.  I wasn’t looking for James Tyler Hitchings, but I thought I had found a relative when I took this photograph.  The name HITCHINGS is relatively rare, and most of the Essex County HITCHINGS are all descendants of the same family founded by Daniel Hitchings of Lynn.

After searching my family tree, I found many James Tyler Hitchings.  Which one was this James buried in Beverly?  I found several generations of James Tyler Hitchings, but none matched the dates on this tombstone, although the others were very close to the same time period.  What was going on?  Was my family tree research wrong?  Was the tombstone wrong?

It turned out that when I searched the vital records, there was another James Tyler Hitchings born in Lynn who matched this tombstone exactly.  He was the son of Thomas Hitchings (1762 – 1871) and Ruth Burchstead of Lynn, and the grandson of Ezra Hitchings born about 1740 in England.  Ezra was not a descendant of the early colonial settler Daniel Hitchings at all!

Through Google I found a reference to an article in The Essex Genealogist, Volume 15 [1994], page 102, which had this statement “…Ezra Hitchings (Hitchins), b. in England abt. 1740; d. at Lynn bef. 5 Jan 1830.  he arrived late at Lynn and there is no known connection to Daniel and Joseph Hitchings of Lynn (Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, "Hitchings... an Unconnected Family", TEG, 12 [1992]; 108.” 

Or course I went directly to the New England Historic Genealogical Society website to pull up the second TEG article.  This one listed the children of Ezra Hitchings, including the first child, Thomas:  “i. Thomas2, b. 15 Nov 1762, d. at Saugus, age 77 (Amer. Anc, 5:82), m. at Lynn 10 Jan 1787, Ruth Burchstead, bpt. at Lynn, 26 July 1767; d. at Saugus, "of Lynn, wid. Thomas, 1 Nov. 1843, a. 76 y"  (Sau. VR), dau. of Dr. [Henry] & Elizabeth (Newhall) Burchstead.  Children b. at Lynn 1. Thomas, b. 14 Apr 1787.  2. Benjamin Burchstead, b. 8 Jan. 1789; m. at Lynn, 5 Jan 1812, Jane Ballard. 3. Ruth, b. 24 Sept. 1790. 4. Ezra, b. 9 Apr 1793 5. James Tyler, b. 20 Oct 1795.  6. Tura, b. 9 Oct 1797. 7. Mira b. 2 Dec 1799. 8. George, b. 14 Jan 1802 9. Rozzel, b. 2 Dec 1803”.  Here was the James Tyler from the tombstone. 

However…

If there is no known relationship or kinship between the family of Ezra Hitchings and Daniel Hitchings, why did they both live in Lynn, Massachusetts?  Ezra Hitchings of England could have settled anywhere in the New World- why did he chose to live in Lynn with the only other know family in Massachusetts named HITCHINGS?  Why did both families have so many descendants named “James Tyler Hitchings”?   

Also, neither one of the TEG articles nor the American Ancestors journal articles mentioned this little tidbit I found while I was Googling for information on Ezra Hitchings- from The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: Volume XVI, being Volume XI of the Appendix, containing resolves, etc. 1757 - 1760, by John Henry Clifford, Alexander Strong Wheeler and William Cross Williamson, Boston: Wright & Potter Co, State Printers, 18 Post Office Square, 1909, page 687:

“Order allowing 15 pounds to Ezra Hitchings

A Petition of Ezra Hitchings of Lynn.  Setting forth that he was at the taking of Fort Cumberland in the year 1755 and in January 1756, while in the service of his majesty he lost both his leggs.  Praying an allowance.

Read and Ordered that the sum of fifteen pounds be paid out of the publick Treasury to the Petr. in full consideration for his Sufferings mentions.  Passed January 23

Legislative Records of the Council xxiii, 592, Mass. Archives ixxix, 264

Mass. Archives ixxix, 264.  House Journal pp. 88, 209”

If this Ezra Hitchings of Lynn, Massachusetts is the same Ezra that was the grandfather of the James Tyler Hitchings buried in Beverly, then he was 16 years old at the time he was injured at the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Maryland during the French and Indian War (possibly Braddock’s Defeat?).  He lost his legs soon after the battle (due to injuries?)  He was married on 9 March 1762 in Lynn and fathered 8 children after these devastating injuries.   The only other Ezra Hitchings in the records at that time period is his son, Ezra Hitchings, born 15 April 1765, ten years after the battle at Fort Cumberland.

Were the descendants of Daniel Hitchings, already living in Lynn, close enough kin to assist Ezra with his devastating injuries? (Just imagine how difficult life would be as a double amputee in 1766).

Or was there ANOTHER totally unrelated Hitchings family in Lynn, with another EZRA?  According to all the vital records, the only Ezra Hitchings listed are descendants of the Ezra born in England about 1740.  

According to Wikipedia, the population of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1790 was 2,291 people.  It was a small place in the 1760s, not the large city that it is today with over 90,000 people. 

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "The Double Amputee Mystery", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 3, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-double-amputee-mystery.html:  accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ WILDES of Topsfield and Salem, Massachusetts

WILDES/WILD/WILDE

John Wild (1619 – 1705), my 9^th great grandfather, and his brother, William, arrived in New England on board the ship Elizabeth on 10 April 1635.  John was listed as 17 years old, William was age 30.  They both first lived in Ipswich, and then John removed to Topsfield, Massachusetts. In several documents he was listed as a carpenter.   Although it appears that the brother, William, left no children, there are extensive records to be found on him in the court, land and probate records.

 About 1648 John Wild married Priscilla, the daughter of Zacheus Gould and they had eight children, who are listed in land records and in John’s last will and testament.  Priscilla died in 1663, and John remarried that same year to Sarah Averill, the daughter of William Averill of Ipswich.  Sarah was hanged as a witch during the witchcraft hysteria of 1692.  John then remarried to Mary, the widow of George Jacobs, who was also hanged as a witch.   George and Mary Jacobs were my 9^th great grandparents in another lineage.  It is interesting that these two “witch widows” married each other, don’t you think?

Sarah Wilde, born about 1651, was my 8^th great grandmother.  She married Edward Bishop, Jr. about 1675.  Edward Bishop (1648 – 1711) was the son of Edward Bishop (1620 – 1705) the third husband of my 9^th great grandmother, Bridge (Playfer) Oliver Wasselbee Bishop, who was also hanged as a witch on 10 June 1692.   You can see that this extended family was very affected by the witchcraft hysteria, and it touched many of the family members.  Sarah and Edward relocated to Rehoboth, Massachusetts during the time of the witch trials, to get away from the hysteria.  Rehoboth is more than 60 miles away from Salem. 

There are many good books out there on the 1692 Salem witch trials, and many include good sketches of the Wildes family. 

Some WILDES resources:

The Great Migration:  Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, Volume VII, pages 402 – 407 (sketch of John Wild)

The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759 - 1829, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, by Walter Goodwin Davis, 1959.

A Wildes Genealogy: The family of John Wild of Topsfield, Mass., and his descendants in Old Arundel, compiled by Douglas Wright Cruger, 1990

The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, by the Topsfield Historical Society, 1920, several volumes including John Wild’s probate papers in Volume 25, pages 115 -116, etc.

   

My WILDES genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Wildes, born about 1619 in England, died 14 May 1705 in Topsfield; married about 1645 to Priscilla Gould, my 9^th great grandmother.  She was born about 1625 in Great Missenden, England and died 16 April 1663 in Topsfield.  He married second on 23 November 1663 to Sarah Averhill who was hung as a witch on 19 July 1692, and married third to Mary Unknown (also my 9^th great grandmother, widow of George Jacobs who was hung as a witch on 16 August 1692, my 9^th great grandfather in another lineage).   John and Priscilla had eight children.

Generation 2:  Sarah Wildes, born about 1651; married about 1675 to Edward Bishop.  He was born 23 February 1648 in Salem and died 12 May 1711 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  Three children.  Edward Bishop was the son of Edward Bishop (1620 – 1705) who was married three times, once to Bridget Playfer, who was the first woman hung as a witch in Salem on 10 June 1692.

Generation 3:  James Bishop m. Sarah Holmes

Generation 4:  Sarah Bishop m. Daniel Poland

Generation 5:  Martha Poland m. Alexander Mears

Generation 6:  Samuel Mears m. Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 7: Samuel Mears m.  Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 8: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "Surname Saturday ~ WILDES of Topsfield and Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 1, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-wildes-of-topsfield.html: accessed [access date]).