Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: 7 Generations in 1 Chart

From this week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings: 

1. DNAsleuth (Ann Raymont) created a 7-in-1 chart showing 7 generations of ancestors on one page several weeks ago - see her blog post at https://dnasleuth.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/7-gen-1-sheet/. In her post, there is a link to her Word document if you wish to use it.

2. Linda Stufflebean's husband, Dave, took the concept a step further, and created an Excel template of the 7-in-1 chart. You can download Dave's file from my [Randy's] Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s7rTacxacWVCWxUEWq5pAArJCv8mCZWT/view?usp=sharing. Linda's chart is in https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2020/09/using-excel-to-display-7-family-generations-on-1-sheet/ (I [Randy] opened it to "Editor" so you can download it and work with it).

As you can see below, the left column is the Generation number, and the other columns are for ancestors of Gen. 1 listed in columns for each grandparent. So the chart covers Ancestors #1 through 127 in an ahnentafel list or a large pedigree chart.

3. The challenge tonight is to fill out your 7-in-1 chart and show it to us.  I [Randy] used the spreadsheet, added the ancestor numbers while adding the names (starting with 1 = me, 2=father, 3= mother, etc.). I [Randy] added the names and birth-death years (if known) for the first 7 generations.  Then I [Randy] colored the boxes by birth place by countries, and saved my chart as an XLS file. I [Randy] then saved my chart as a JPG by using the Windows Snipping Tool to create the image. This task took me an hour to complete, so plan ahead!

4. Show us your 7-in-1 chart in your own blog post, or in a Facebook post.  Please leave a link to your creation in a comment on this post.

I had already set up my chart using Ann Raymont's Word document and mine is a little bit different than how Randy set his up. (I didn't have enough room to add birth and death years.) This prompt reminded me that I had wanted to set it up with color-coding for birthplaces. This was fun:

By using color coding that is somewhat geographical, I can see how each grandparents' ancestors came from certain regions.

Thank you to Ann Raymont for sharing this form.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Lifespans of My 2x Great Grandparents

A little late to the fun, but I liked Randy Seaver's (of the Genea-Musings blog) challenge this week.

1) We each have 16 great-great grandparents. How did their birth and death years vary? How long were their lifespans?

2) For this week, please list your 16 great-great grandparents, their birth year, their death year, and their lifespan in years. You can do it in plain text, in a table or spreadsheet, or in a graph of some sort.

3) Share your information about your 16 great-great grandparents with us in a blog post of your own. 

These are my second great grandparents. (By the way, you can see my third great grandparents here.)

16. James Pyle (1823 – 1900), 77 years
17. Esther Abigail Whitman (1828 – 1921), 93 years
18. David Hunter McAlpin (1816 – 1901), 85 years
19. Frances Adelaide Rose (1829 – 1870), 41 years
20. James Monroe Adsit (1809 – 1894), 85 years
21. Susan Arville Chapin (1820 – 1906), 86 years
22. Daniel Morgan Ashby (1827 – 1907), 80 years
23. Mary Elizabeth Gorin (1833 – 1891), 58 years
24. Henry Clay Copeland (1832 – 1912), 80 years
25. Sarah Lowell (1833 – 1916), 83 years
26. Samuel Sewall Greeley (1824 – 1916), 92 years
27. Eliza May Wells (1839 – 1880), 41 years
28. James Hunter (1844 – 1902), 58 years
29. Mary Freeland (1850 – 1902), 52 years
30. George Lysle, Jr. (1845 – 1900), 55 years
31. Marion Helen Alston (1850 – 1885), 35 years

The average birth year for my 16 second great grandparents is 1831, with a 41-year range from 1809 (Adsit) to 1850 (Alston and Freeland). The average death year is 1900, with a 51-year range from 1870 (Rose) to 1921 (Whitman).

And the average lifespan is almost 69 years for my 16 second great grandparents, with a range of 35 (Alston) to 93 (Whitman) years. The great grandfathers averaged a lifespan of 76.5 years, and great grandmothers averaged lifespan is 61 years. Interesting to see that I have several second great grandmothers who died young, (and not due to complications of childbirth).

Bill West, of West in New England, added an interesting analysis, averaging this information for his paternal line versus his maternal line. When I do that, I find that the eight great grandparents on my father's side had an average lifespan of over 75 years and the eight great grandparents on my mother's side had an average lifespan of only 62 years. Of course, there were several very early deaths on that side of the family.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Updating My Ancestor Score

This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge from Randy Seaver is not new, but is interesting to update periodically.

1) Determine how complete your genealogy research is. For background, read Crista Cowan's post Family History All Done? What’s Your Number? and Kris Stewart's What Is Your Genealogy "Score?" For comparison purposes, keep the list to 10 or 11 generations with you as the first person.

2) Create a table similar to Crista's second table, and fill it in however you can (you could create an Ahnentafel (Ancestor Name) list and count the number in each generation, or use some other method). Tell us how you calculated the numbers.

3) Show us your table, and calculate your "Ancestral Score" - what is your percentage of known names to possible names (1,023 for 10 generations).

I did this challenge back in January 2014 and so to update my chart, in Family Tree Maker for Mac, I ran a new Ahnentafel report for ten generations of my ancestors and counted the names. I then updated the spreadsheet that I had created the last time I did this.

My "Ancestral Score" is 468 known names to 1,023 possible names in ten generations for a percentage of 45.7%, an increase of 3.1% (32 names) since the last time I calculated this.

The changes are on my mother's side, partially because of work I did on my Townsend line. (See Surname Saturday ~ Townsend of England, Massachusetts and Maine). This is a colonial New England line, so I should be able to add to this branch with not too much work.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ What's Your Ancestor Score?

Randy Seaver has given a challenge that he gave us awhile ago:

1) Determine how complete your genealogy research is. For background, read Crista Cowan's post Family History All Done? What’s Your Number? and Kris Stewart's What Is Your Genealogy "Score?" For comparison purposes, keep the list to 10 or 11 generations with you as the first person.

2) Create a table similar to Crista's second table, and fill it in however you can (you could create an Ahnentafel (Ancestor Name) list and count the number in each generation, or use some other method). Tell us how you calculated the numbers.

3) Show us your table, and calculate your "Ancestral Score" - what is your percentage of known names to possible names (1,023 for 10 generations).

I did this challenge back in August 2012 and so to update my chart, I ran a new Ahnentafel report for ten generations of my ancestors and counted the names. I then updated the spreadsheet that I had created the last time I did this.

My "Ancestral Score" is 436 known names to 1,023 possible names in ten generations for a percentage of 42.6%, an increase of .6% (six names) since the last time I calculated this.

The changes are on my mother's side, because of my current research on my Scottish immigrant ancestors. (John Alston and David Freeland).

If I went out to fifteen generations, the percentage found column would get much smaller.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ How Many Surnames?

I have been busy and have not been able to blog much recently, but Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun was an interesting and fun task.

1) Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database.

2) Tell us which GMP you're using and how you did this task.

3) Tell us how many surnames are in your database and, if possible, which Surname has the most entries. If this excites you, tell us which surnames are in the top 5! Or 10!

I use Family Tree Maker for Mac 2.

I have 4,530 individuals in my database. At the Plan Workspace there is a section that includes facts about the tree and when I look at "More" Statistical Information About File", it tells me I have 777 surnames. However, I estimate fewer unique surnames, because quite a few are unknown.

When I run a Surname Report, sorting by surname count, the top surnames are as follows (not including Last Name Unknown, which would be at the top):

Surname   Count    Male   Female   Earliest   Most Recent

Chapin         100       50       50          1591          1858
Pyle              87       58       29           1594          2008
McAlpin        72       41       31           1781          1931
Stanton         72       31       41           1617          1790
Copeland       71       38      33            1603          1938
Greeley         70       37      33            1617          1932
Lowell           62       33      29            1571          1897
May              60       33      27            1590          1800
Smith            56       36      20            1601          1887
Adsit             53       36      16            1652          1897

Pretty evenly divided between paternal ancestral families (Chapin, Pyle, McAlpin, Stanton, Adsit) and maternal ancestral families (Copeland, Greeley, Lowell, May, and most of the Smiths).

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Where Were They 100 Years Ago?

Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings Saturday Night Genealogy Fun asks us to do the following:

1)  Determine where your ancestral families were on 1 January 1913 - 100 years ago.

2)  List them, their family members, their birth years, and their residence location (as close as possible).  Do you have a photograph of their residence from about that time, and does the residence still exist?

3)  Tell us all about it.

My father's side:

My great-great-grandmother, Esther Abigail (Whitman) Pyle (born 1828), was living at 200 West 57th Street, New York City. She was a widow and lived with one servant (in the 1910 census). I don't have a photograph of this apartment building and I don't know if the building that still stands there is the one she was living in 100 years ago.

Aerial photo of Hurstmont

My great grandmother, Frances Adelaide (McAlpin) Pyle (born 1860), is not listed in the New York City Directory, but I know that when her husband, James Tolman Pyle, died less than a year before, they were living at 673 5th Avenue, New York City. In 1913, she was living at either New York City and / or Morristown, New Jersey (see my early Hurstmont post for current photo). See Review Old Photos for an aerial photo of Hurstmont from what I am guessing is the 1930's. I do have several other photos of the home in New Jersey.

My grandfather, Charles McAlpin Pyle (born 1893) would likely have been living with his mother in New York City or Morristown, New Jersey.

My great-grandparents, Charles Chapin Adsit (born 1853) and his wife, Mary Bowman (Ashby) Adsit (born 1863 or 1866) were living at Ritchie Court, Chicago, Illinois. The household included their son, Charles, Jr. (b. 1892) and my grandmother, Elizabeth (b. 1897). If I looked, I bet I have a few photos of this home, as I know I have photos of Charles, Jr. as a baby in a carriage outside the home. I don't know if this address still exists in Chicago; there is a North Ritchie Court that has older-looking homes on it (see Google Maps) but the numbers are different than in 1913.

My mother's side:

Calais, Maine - current photo

My great-great-grandmother, very recently widowed Sarah (Lowell) Copeland (born 1833), lived on Main Street, in Calais, Maine. I do have a couple of old photos of this home. This home still stands and a Find A Grave volunteer from the area shared a current photo of the home with me.

My great-grandparents, Lowell Copeland (born 1862) and Ethel May (Greeley) Copeland (born 1875), were living on Maple Street, New Trier Township, Illinois. Included in this household were my great-great-grandfather, Samuel Sewall Greeley (born 1824), as well as my grandfather, Lowell Townsend Copeland (b. 1900) and his two sisters. I do have some old photos that include this house.

My great-grandparents, Percy Earle Hunter (b. 1873) and Marguerite (Lysle) Hunter (b. 1876) were living at 3623 Perrysville Avenue in the 1910 census, but were living at 5629 Elgin Avenue in November 1913, when their eldest daughter died (per her death certificate). My grandmother, Helen Lysle Hunter (born 1907) would have lived there with her four older sisters. See a photograph of what I believe is the Perrysville home at Hunter Family Home. The home at Perrysville Avenue is no longer there, based on my search of Google Maps. Also using Google Maps, it looks like there is a home at 5629 Elgin Street, but I don't know if it's the same home.

Interestingly, 100 years ago, none of my ancestors lived in Massachusetts, yet this is where my immediate family has lived for over 50 years.

Thanks Randy for a fun Saturday Night!

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Matrilineal Line

Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge is a repeat, but one that can be repeated on a different line. The details of the challenge are as follows:

1) List your matrilineal line - your mother, her mother, etc. back to the first identifiable mother. Note: this line is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you!

2) Tell us if you have had your mitochondrial DNA tested, and if so, which Haplogroup you are in.

3) Post your responses on your own blog post, in Comments to this blog post, or in a Status line on Facebook or in your Stream at Google Plus.

4)  If you have done this before, please do your father's matrilineal line, or your grandfather's matrilineal line, or your spouse's matrilineal line.

5)  Does this list spur you to find distant cousins that might share one of your matrilineal lines?

My matrilineal line is listed here, and I shared the results of my mtDNA test here.

So today, I will show my father's matrilineal line.

a) Charles McAlpin Pyle, Jr. (1924, NY - 1993 MA)
b) Elizabeth (Libby) Adsit (1897, IL - 1983, MA) married Charles McAlpin Pyle
c) Mary Bowman Ashby (1863, KY - 1956, MA) married Charles Chapin Adsit
d) Mary Elizabeth Gorin (1833, KY - 1891, IL) married Daniel Morgan Ashby
e) Mary Ann Bowman (1814, KY - 1870, KY) married Thomas Jefferson Gorin
f) Polly Walthall (1793 - 1850) married Granville Bowman
g) This line goes back into Virginia and is a line I need to research.

My grandmother, Libby, passed along her mtDNA to Dad, but as a male, he could not have passed it along to any of his children.

The closest cousin who could share this matrilineal line would be a descendant of the sister of my second great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Gorin.

Any descendants of the daughters of Emma Gorin and Henry C. Murrell: Mamie Murrell, b. 1866 in Kentucky and Florence Murrell, b. 1873 in Kentucky out there?

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Ancestral Name Number

Last week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings was something I had wanted to do since I saw Crista Cowan's post mentioned in #1 below. However, I was on vacation, so I'm late, but my mathematical mind was interested in doing this.

1)  Determine how complete your genealogy research is.  For background, read Crista Cowan's post Family History All Done? What’s Your Number?  For comparison purposes, keep the list to 10 generations with you as the first person.

2)  Create a table similar to Crista's second table, and fill it in however you can (you could create an Ahnentafel (Ancestor Name) list and count the number in each generation, or use some other method).  Tell us how you calculated the numbers.

3)  Show us your table, and calculate your "Ancestral Name Number" - what is your percentage of known names to possible names (1,023 for 10 generations).

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I created an Ahnentafel report in Family Tree Maker and counted the names in each generation and came up with the following totals.

For ten generations (including me), my Ancestral Name Number (my percentage of known names to possible names) is 42%. I do think it's pretty cool that I can name all my third great grandparents.

I included names in each generation even if I didn't know the last name (or in one case a first name). For example, once you get back to the 17th or 18th century, sometimes all you get is "Susanna, wife of John Griswold" or perhaps "daughter of Benjamin Mathis, born in 1684" married Mr. Franklin.

I will also note that in many cases, I am relying on secondary, not primary, sources, but I try to evaluate them to determine if they are relatively reliable. (An online family tree is not reliable, but can be a "hint" to look for particular primary source records to confirm relationships.) One of my ongoing projects is to ensure I have accurate source citations to know where I found someone's name.

Interestingly, I have just a few more paternal ancestral names than maternal ancestral names. When I get back to the 9th and 10th generations, I find many of my dad's ancestors in Connecticut and Virginia. For my mother, I find ancestors in the 9th and 10th generations in Massachusetts and Connecticut. These states have pretty good records.

For some specifics, see a previous Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post that lists my sixteen second great-grandparents as well as noting each set of my thirty-two third great-grandparents.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Ancestral Name Roulette

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has another Saturday Night Genealogy Fun project for us. Details are as follows:

1. What year was your paternal grandfather born? Divide this number by 100 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."
2. Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?
3. Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."

1. My paternal grandfather, Charles McAlpin Pyle, was born in 1893. Dividing by 100 and rounding gives me 19 as a roulette number.
2. Number 19 in my ancestral list is Frances Adelaide Rose, born August 23, 1829, died November 28, 1870, at age 41.
3. Three facts about Frances Adelaide Rose:

*  She is descended from Mayflower passengers, John Howland (1592-1672/3) and Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687).
*  Married to David Hunter McAlpin (1816-1901), she gave birth to nine sons:
         Douglas P. McAlpin (1846-1847)
         Edwin Augustus McAlpin (1848-1917)
         David Hunter McAlpin, Jr. (1851-1853)
         Joseph Rose McAlpin (1853-1888)
         George Lodowick McAlpin (1856-1922)
         William Willet McAlpin (1858-1925)
         David Hunter McAlpin, Jr. (1862-1934)
         Charles Williston McAlpin (1865-1942)
         John Randolph McAlpin (1870-1893)
         and one daughter: Frances Adelaide McAlpin (1860-1937), my great grandmother.
*  The death notice in the New York Times indicates that she died suddenly on the morning of Monday, November 28, 1870. (I need to look for a death certificate, as I don't know what she died of, though giving birth to ten children in 24 years would certainly qualify as exhaustion!)

New York Times, November 29, 1870

She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. See my recent Tombstone Tuesday post about the family gravestones there.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Two Degrees of Separation

Thank you to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for this blog post idea. Details can be found at Genea-Musings: Using your ancestral lines, how far back in time can you go with two degrees of separation? That means "you knew an ancestor, who knew another ancestor." When was that second ancestor born?

I "met" my great-grandmother, Marguerite Lysle Hunter (1876-1967) when I was about 9 months old (in 1965, around the time of her 89th birthday). When Marguerite was born, her grandfather, George Lysle (1800-1877) was still living and I'm sure was thrilled to meet his granddaughter, as this family lived near each other for many decades in Allegheny, now the North Side of Pittsburgh. Marguerite was born in August 1876 and George Lysle died in January 1877 in a train accident.

That means that I can connect, with two degrees of separation, to my third great grandfather, George Lysle, born in 1800.

My descent from George Lysle (1800-1877) > George Lysle, Jr. (1843-1900) > Marguerite Lysle (1876-1967) > Helen Lysle Hunter (1907-1990) > my mother > me.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Historical County Boundaries

Thank you to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for the idea for this blog post. See the challenge details at Genea-Musings. In a nutshell, I visited the Historical U.S. County Maps page on Randy Majors website at http://randymajors.com/p/maps.html and chose a location to explore its historical jurisdiction in time.

I chose Winnetka (a village in the township of New Trier), Illinois (where the Greeley family was for many decades), but I could just as easily have chosen Chicago, Illinois (where the Adsit family was from soon after its founding) which is about 16 miles south of New Trier. Both communities are currently in Cook County. Because Illinois did not become a state of the United States until December 3, 1818, the very early history of the area had many jurisdictional changes, which made this more of a challenge than I originally anticipated. However, it is interesting to see how often these territory and county boundaries changed in these early years of our country.

Map images and descriptions of territory and county changes come from Randy Majors County Maps page.

07/13/1787: The U.S. created the Northwest Territory to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.

Knox Co., NW Terr., 1790-1796

 
06/20/1790: KNOX (Ind.) created by the Northwest Territory from non-county area; included parts of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Wayne Co., NW Terr. 1796-1805

Between 1787 and 1818, when Illinois became a state, the area that is currently known as Cook County, Illinois, underwent many changes in jurisdiction. Early on, the area was known as Wayne County in Indiana Territory.

In 1809, Illinois Territory was created from Indiana Territory. The area where Winnetka and Chicago are now located was known (in chronological order between 1809 and 1818) as St. Clair County, Madison County, Edwards County, and Crawford County. This territory included land in present day Michigan and Wisconsin.

Illinois county
boundaries, 1818

12/03/1818: Illinois became the 21st state of the United States. The county of Crawford lost all territory in present Michigan and Wisconsin when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois Territory.

Illinois county
boundaries, 1830

Between 1819 and 1831, the county names of this area included: Clark, Pike, "non-county area," Putnam, then on 01/15/1831, Cook County was created from Putnam. Later in the 1830's, Cook County lost some area to the creation of McHenry County, then to Du Page County.

Moving along year by year with the Illinois map at Randy Majors County Maps page shows how the state was populated by people moving northward from south of present-day Illinois.

The Town of Chicago was organized in 1833.

Illinois county
boundaries, 1840

My second great (paternal) grandfather, James Monroe Adsit, arrived in Chicago in 1838. He lived the rest of his life in Chicago.


My second great (maternal) grandfather, Samuel Sewall Greeley, arrived in Chicago in 1853. His obituary indicates that he moved to the village of Winnetka in 1898.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Genealogy Database Statistics

Thank you to Randy Seaver for his most recent Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge, the details of which can be found at Genea-Musings. I'm a little late, but decided to rise to the challenge, which is to figure out how to find out how many persons, places, sources, etc. are in my Genealogy Management Program (i.e. my software database) and then to share this information.

I use Family Tree Maker (for Mac). The first screen you see when you start up Family Tree Maker is the Plan screen, which shows the following:

When I click <more> I see the following details:

The most recent birth date was that of my cousin's son in May, but I don't feel comfortable publishing that information, which is why it's blacked out.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ List Your Matrilineal Line

Thank you to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for the idea to write this blog post. See the details of the challenge at Genea-Musings. The challenge is to list my matrilineal line - my mother, her mother, etc. back to the first identifiable mother. Note: this line is how my mitochondrial DNA was passed to me!

a) Elizabeth

b) My mother (still living) married Charles McAlpin Pyle, Jr.

c) Helen Lysle Hunter (1907 - 1990) married Lowell Townsend Copeland

d) Marguerite Lysle (1876 - 1967) married Percy Earle Hunter

e) Marion Helen Alston (1850 - 1885) married George Lysle, Jr.

f) Lillias Johnston (about 1807, Scotland - 1852) married John Alston.  They arrived in New York City in August 1835 from Scotland and settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where the next four generations of women were born.

I have not had my mitochondrial DNA tested, but I hope to do it one of these days.

February 2014 Update: I have had my mtDNA tested, and I shared the results here.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun ~ Heritage Pie Chart

Thank you to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for the idea to write this blog post. See the details of the challenge at  Genea-Musings.

The basic details of my sixteen great-great-grandparents are as follows:

16.    James Pyle was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Manchester, Boylston, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of Stephen Pyle and Elizabeth/Betsey Hull. He died on 20 Jan 1900 in New York, New York, New York, USA. He married Esther Abigail Whitman on 16 Aug 1853 in New York, New York, New York, USA.

17.    Esther Abigail Whitman was born 02 Feb 1828 in Manchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, died 08 Nov 1921 in New York, New York, USA. She was the daughter of Thomas Cutler Whitman and Diana Morgan.

18.    David Hunter McAlpin was born on 08 Nov 1816 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, USA. He was the son of James McAlpin and Jane Hunter. He died on 08 Feb 1901 in New York, New York, New York, USA. He married Frances Adelaide Rose on 16 or 18 April 1845 in New York, New York, New York, USA.

19.    Frances Adelaide Rose was born 23 Aug 1829 in New York, New York, New York, USA, died 28 Nov 1870 in New York, New York, New York, USA. She was the daughter of Joseph Rose and Frances Stanton Willet.

20.    James Monroe Adsit was born on 05 Feb 1809 in Spencertown, Columbia, New York, USA. He was the son of Leonard Adsit and Frances Davenport. He died on 04 Sep 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. He married Susan Arville Chapin on 21 Jan 1841 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

21.    Susan Arville Chapin was born 09 Jun 1820 in Ludlow City, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA, died 06 May 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. She was the daughter of Orramel Chapin and Susan Rood [brick wall here].

22.    Daniel Morgan Ashby was born in Jan 1828 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA. He was the son of Stephen Ashby and Pamela Christian. He died on 13 Jul 1907 in Winnetka, Cook, Illinois, USA. He married Mary Elizabeth Gorin on 11 Feb 1857 in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, USA.

23.    Mary Elizabeth Gorin was born 28 Jun 1833 in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, USA, died 07 Jul 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gorin and Mary Ann Bowman.

24.    Henry Clay Copeland was born on 07 Jan 1832 in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, USA. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Copeland and Julia Elvira Townsend. He died on 07 Nov 1912 in Calais, Washington, Maine, USA. He married Sarah Lowell on 15 Dec 1858 in Calais, Washington, Maine, USA.

25.    Sarah Lowell was born 30 Dec 1833 in Calais, Washington, Maine, USA, died Jan 1916 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Reuben Lowell and Sarah Smith.

26.    Samuel Sewall Greeley was born on 11 Oct 1824 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of Samuel Greeley and Louisa May. He died on 08 Mar 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. He married Elizabeth (or Eliza) May Wells on 05 Sep 1866 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

27.    Elizabeth (or Eliza) May Wells was born 20 Aug 1839 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, died 18 Sep 1880 in London, London, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Goodwin Wells and Elizabeth Sewall Willis.

28.    James Hunter was born on 20 Jun 1844 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was the son of Samuel K. Hunter and Catherine Carr. He died on 17 Oct 1902 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Mary Freeland on 13 Apr 1871 (probably in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA).

29.    Mary Freeland was born 11 Feb 1850 in (probably Allegheny County), Pennsylvania, USA, died 14 Mar 1902 in (probably Allegheny County), Pennsylvania, USA. She was the daughter of James Freeland and Nancy Rainey.

30.    George Lysle, Jr. was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was the son of George Lysle and Margaret McIlwaine. He died on 21 May 1900 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Marion Helen Alston on 13 Oct 1875 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

31.    Marion Helen Alston was born May or June 1850 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA, died 2 May 1885 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. She was the daughter of John Alston and Lilleas Johnston.

Here is my "Heritage Pie" chart: