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Historical Highlights

American Revolution
The American Revolution

Our patriot ancestors include:
George Klock (1714-1790)
Judge Jacob G Klock (1738-1814
William Knowlton (1738-1784)
Cornelius Beekman (1733-1790)
Joseph Hall Jr (1757-1831)
Thomas Fournier (1732-1808)

Mayflower Connection
Mayflower Connections

We descend from families that came over on the Mayflower:
John Alden (1599-1687) and his wife Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
John Howland (1593-1672) and his wife Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
and William Brewster (1567-1644)

Mohwak Indians
Mohawk Indian Heritage

My wife's family comes from Brantford, Ontario. She is able to trace her Mohawk lineage back to Joseph Brant (1743-1807). He was a famous Mohawk Indian chief that sided with the British during the American Revolution.

New France Pioneer
New France Pioneer

Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) is our French pioneer that was one of the first settlers of Quebec. Him and his wife arrived in New France in 1646. Most people with the Surname Goulet descend from this man.

Past Births

1704 - Francois Fournier in Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada

1773 - Jacob G. Klock in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States

1778 - Marie Louise Plouf dit Laurent in Laval, Quebec, Canada

1778 - Michel Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1815 - Marie Josete Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1839 - Nicolas Martin Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1840 - Marie Odile Goulet in Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

1847 - Philomene Goulet in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1850 - Ferdinand Xavier Goulet in La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

1860 - Altha Ford in Ontario, Canada

1880 - Eugene Goulet in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

1881 - Julia May McInerny in Michigan, USA

1891 - Nettie May Dewar in Ontario, Canada

1904 - Valeria Goulet in Iron Mountain, Michigan

1917 - Marie (Sister Joseph Celine) Poulin in Quebec, Canada

1927 - Mary Jean Marker in Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa, United States of America

1929 - Alexander Charles Chevrier in Detroit, Michigan

1931 - Elizabeth Louise Stangle in Mahnomen, Minnesota, USA

Past Marriages

1678 - Guillaume Jourdain and Jeanne Constantin dit Vallee in Quebec, Canada

1678 - Joseph Vandandaigue dit Gadbois and Marie Louise Chalifoux in Quebec, Canada

1730 - Philippe Charles Rolland and Genevieve Barbeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1872 - William J Edwards and Martha Ann Green in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA

1887 - Joseph Goulet and Pauline Freibe in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

1887 - Anslem 'Sam' Goulet and Virginia Lanbees Sovey Lovey in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

1887 - Odias Goulet and Valerie Lachance in St Samuel, Lac Drolet, Quebec, Canada

1897 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Louise Gauthier in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - Zephirin Langlois and Marie Julie Leontine Dugal in St Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

1898 - Laurent Goulet and Celina Gobeil in St Honoré de Shenley, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1909 - Minter J Bush and Nancy A Skidmore in Gilmer, West Virginia

Past Deaths

1745 - Marie Barbe Hebert dit Larose in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1751 - Etienne Girard in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada

1754 - Andre Bombardier dit Labombarde in Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada

1805 - Marie Gagne in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1885 - Mary Walsh in Albany, Albany County, New York, United States of America

1887 - Anna Elizabeth Klock in Sheffield, Bureau, Illinois, United States

1900 - Frederick Thiede in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, USA

1986 - Priscilla Wilson in Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

1995 - Edmund Henry Bernard

1996 - Edice Jane Fisher in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

1997 - Bessie Gerhard in Hamilton, Butler, USA

2001 - Chester Gearheart

Last Names

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John Alden

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Full Name
John Alden
Date of Birth 1599
Place of BirthEngland
FatherUnknown Unknown
MotherUnknown Unknown
Spouse Priscilla Mullins
Date of Marriage 1624
Place of MarriagePlymouth, Mass.
ChildrenDavid Alden
Date of Death 12 Sep 1687
Place of DeathDuxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Fact: Birth

Date: 1599

Place: England

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

Fact: Departure

Date: 6 Sep 1620

Place: Southampton, England

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Fact: Arrival

Date: 9 Nov 1620

Place: New England

Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775

Event: Marriage

Date: 1624

Spouse:
Priscilla Mullins

Place: Plymouth, Mass.

Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Event: Marriage

Date: 1624

Spouse:
Priscilla Mullins

Place: Plymouth, Mass.

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

Fact: Residence

Date: 1632

Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

Fact: Residence

Date: 1632

Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

Fact: Death

Date: 12 Sep 1687

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775

Fact: Death

Date: 12 Sep 1687

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889

Fact: Death

Date: 12 Sep 1687

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Fact: Death

Date: 12 Sep 1687

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

Fact: Death

Date: 12 Sep 1687

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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