It's that time of year, when some genealogists (and the media) turn to thoughts of ancestors who actually celebrated the event, popularly called the first Thanksgiving. While my ancestors are not among the Mayflower passengers (mine all arrived with the 17th-century Dutch, Norwegians, Huguenots, Swedes and a few English and Welsh stowaways (I suspect), plus a number of early 18th-century Swiss and Germans), my husband's line goes back to a famous couple who arrived in 1620.
Descent from Mayflower passengers John Alden and
Priscilla Mullins
John Alden (Sr.) [ca 1599-1687] = Priscilla Mullins
(Molens) [ca 1602-1680/87]
Joseph Alden [ca 1628-196/7] = Mary Simmons [ca
1641-after 10 March 1696/7]
Isaac Alden [ca 1666-1727] = Mehitable Allen
[1664-after 20 October 1727]
Captain Ebenezer Alden [1693-1776] = Anna Keith
[1695-1775]
Abigail Alden [1721-1762] = Ebenezer Byram Jr.
[1716-1762]
Mary Byram [1755-1819] = Silas Ayres [1749-1826]
Hannah Ayres [1781-ca 1832] = Isaac Pierson
[1779-1859]
Byram Ayres Pierson [1801-1886] = (3) Catherine
Holflick(Hossick) [1810-1890]
Isaac Pierson [ca 1847-1911] = Katherine Maybee
[1850-1887]
Claude (née Pierson) Gormley [1886-1942] = Cleo (née Cummings)
Endicott [1902-1975]
Leo C. Gormley
It is interesting, genealogically speaking, to learn about some well-known descendants of this couple, such as:
President John Q. Adams →Ruth Alden = John Bass →John
and Priscilla
William Cullen Bryan →Jonathan Alden =Abigail Hallett →John
and Priscilla
Marilyn Monroe →Elizabeth Alden = William Pabodie →John
and Priscilla
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow → Elizabeth Alden = William
Pabodie →John and Priscilla
Vice President Dan Quayle → Sarah Alden = Alexander
Standish →John and Priscilla
Dick Van Dyke →Sarah Alden = Alexander Standish →John
and Priscilla
Orson Welles →Elizabeth Alden = William Pabodie →John
and Priscilla
Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours. Gobble up!
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