Posts of interest - 2011

As a means (an attempt) to freeze a point in time (which we know is not possible), the last post of 2011 will list the top four posts in terms of having been read (well, views, anyway). Perhaps, this will be a yearly event.

Aside: As said in Mission and Method, posts are to contribute to a theme, though there may be divergent ones from time to time. Blogs allow categories, but these are problematic since they collect and present in a time order. From time to time, there ought to be a super-post that gives a more coherent view (here is an example - Truth, Fiction, and Finance). Perhaps, that type of thing will be done more often in the coming year.

Posts of interest, as of today:

• -- George C. Lunt (Silversmith) -- From Mar 2011. This post is linked to Wikipedia, so wiki is source for the views. George's company was a long time in existence. Too, the work that these artisans do is wonderful. The post provides a link to information about a project to identify early artisans and tradesmen. 

• -- Great migration -- From Feb 2011. This seminal work allows one to make grounded claims. Too, though, it can be used to establish a basis from which to fill in gaps. After the start of arrivals in the early 1600s, there was a massive influx for a number of years which then ebbed for a number of reasons. This work helps us understand some of what happened. 

• -- Henry Lunt (Mariner) -- From May 2011. Henry was a long time at sea. Too, he sailed in interesting times and with interesting people. Too, we have a portrait of Henry's son from 1805. We'll be looking at Henry again, for many reasons. 

• --  Newbury, MA -- From Jan 2011. This town got its start about the same time as Ipswich, its neighbor (Rowley was a spin-off from Ipswich). Turns out that Newbury had a better access, than Ipswich, to ocean waters. We will have to look more closely at the founding times and the people involved. 

Remarks:

12/29/2012 --  Summary - 2012. 

Modified: 12/29/2012

First year

A year ago, we started by looking at Henry and Ann and their kids. At that time, we didn't have much more to go on then the book by Thomas Simpson Lunt.

Since then, we've followed several paths. There is a whole lot more to do.

For now, let's look at the most popular post for this first year.

• George C. (March) -- There is a link to this post from the Wikipedia page on Lunt Silversmiths which closed recently. It was an interesting post to research as the material touched upon many collateral families that had been seen before.
• Great Migration (February) -- It was nice to see the results of this project. They are about 1/2 way done. A big benefit is that the effort scrutinizes material related to families and then does a summary based upon those things that are of value. That is, a whole lot of speculation is dropped many times when the appropriate mixture of documents is seen. As well, things that may need just a little more support are mentioned, rather than just thrown out as if there were no justification.
• Newbury (January) -- This was done after finding out about the Sons & Daughters of the First Settlers. Of course, the area itself is interesting. Ipswich was the larger area which then split. The motivation, many times, was to have a church that was more easily accessible due to the need for getting there on time. Ipswich's History has a section about the early efforts at establishing Newbury and its close-by cities.
• Henry and Ann (December) -- When one looks at the family tree for any Henry descendant, one finds all sort of other families, many of whom were early into Newbury. And, there are many stories to find out about. At some point, we will need to collect names of the many who are descendants, especially those from other families.
• Henry Lunt (May) -- This post came about from finding Lunt associated with John Paul Jones. Coopers writes up an interesting side to this relationship.

This is the order as of today for all views over the year; this list can change. For instance, over the past month there were other posts of interest: Two generations, Col Pickering, and grandson Henry. In that last post, we see how other families can fill in the missing information.

In other words, good genealogy work seems to look at siblings at each generation. Too, something is added about the families into which the children married.

Remarks:

10/30/2011 --

Modified: 10/30/2011

George Lunt

While reading Charles Levi's book on the Woodbury family and some of their collateral families, the blogger came across a reference to a poem by George Lunt (Bloody Brook). The particular chapter of the Woodbury book dealt with the life of Peter who died, in 1675, in the Battle of Bloody Brook.

Who was George? George Lunt (ca 1803 -- 1885) was the prominent author who descended from Henry and Ann through their son, Daniel (Chapman, in process tree). George was the grandson of Henry, the mariner, that we looked at before.

George graduated from Harvard in 1824 and became a practicing attorney. As well, he was successful as a writer. Several of his poems were used at ceremonials such as one, in 1869, celebrating American Independence.

Remarks:

10/26/2011 -- The blogger first ran across this reference to George after reading what Charles Levi had written about Mt. Wollaston. Too much partying there, in the playground of New England, drove John Endicott crazy.

Modified: 10/26/2011

Ann Lunt (Oth Gen)

We don't know much about Henry and Ann before they arrived in 1634. Some think that Ann's maiden name was Hurst.

However, we can start to collect notable descendants. We have already mentioned Col. Timothy Pickering. We can add Sen. John Kerry and Alice Hathaway Lee (1st wife of Pres Theodore Roosevelt).

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One interesting family tie is via Ann's second marriage to Joseph Hills after Henry died. He has Walt Disney and Ansel Adams (Spooner's description) as descendants. As well, his descendant line married into the Lunt family about 100 years later which we'll look at later.

Remarks:

05/30/2012 -- From whence Lunt?

09/20/2011 -- In his will, Henry used Anna. In the Great Migration, they show that Ann, Anne, and Anna were used. We'll try to be consistent here and use Ann.

Modified: 05/30/2012

Henry Lunt (2nd gen)

There are many Henry Lunts starting with the immigrant. In this case, we're looking at the son of Daniel (1st gen) and the grandson of Henry and Ann.

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Henry (2nd gen), #11 in the 1913 book, is said to have married Mary. Henry (2nd gen) lived in Newbury. It is through one of his sons that we find out who Mary was. That is, son Johnson who married Joanna Bale.

It is like this. We need to use family information, if it can be confirmed, many times to fill in the records which were destroyed or lost.

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Later researchers, using such type of information from the family, say that Henry (2nd gen) married Mary Wingate. Both the Dowling and the Standish trees have her parents as John Wingate and Sarah Taylor. As well, Mary is the sister of Joshua who married Mary Lunt, who is the daughter of Henry (1st gen) the brother of Daniel (1st gen) and who is the mother of Mary (Wingate) Pickering who is the mother of Timothy Pickering.

Remarks:

08/30/2011 --

Modified: 08/30/2011

John Lunt (1st Gen)

So far, of Henry and Anne's kids, we have started with Mary and Priscilla.

Recently, I just ran across a connection with Bradstreet and Lunt which brings up a son, John. He married Mary Skerry whose brother, Henry, married John's sister, Priscilla.

With a fuller tree (Robinson), we can see other connections. The Skerry family had Moultons as ancestors. This family had some of the early silversmith experts.

There are many other relationships to look at. For now, consider the Bradstreet ancestors, Robert Crosby and John Pickard.

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It is interesting how American families have motivated some of the work overseas. Perhaps, we can expand Lunt information someday.

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We will have a major node for each of the kids.

Remarks:

08/17/2011 -- John, Mary, and Priscilla

Modified: 08/17/2011

Mary Lunt (1st gen)

There were a couple things reported for Mary, earlier: spouse of Thomas Nelson and mother of Ephraim Nelson.

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We can extend the descendant tree for Mary a little further. Ephraim was her only child, but he had children with three wives. For now, here are descendants lists for each.

• Sarah Brocklebank -- Dowling family, Cornelius family
• Deborah Searle -- Gage family, Cornog, et al
• Mary Kilborn -- ...

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As with her sister, Priscilla, we'll be looking further at collateral families (Larson tree): Ephraim, Sarah, Deborah. Using one of Ephraim's and Deborah's descendants (Francis Edgar Stanley, using the Larson tree) shows all of the families involved at the mid-1800s.

Remarks:

02/01/2013 -- Update rootsweb references for Larson tree.

08/17/2011 -- John, Mary, and Priscilla

Modified: 02/01/2013