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This page is reserved for queries about people who lived in Plymouth County, but whose town of residence is unknown, or who lived in multiple towns. If you know the Plymouth County town of residence for a person you should post your query to one of the town-specific query pages, if one exists for that town. See the Town Websites to check for town-specific query pages. In addition to this page you could post your query in the Plymouth Colony Forums in order to reach a larger audience.

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Queries are organized in two pages. The queries themselves appear as queries sorted by date. The surnames heading each query are hyperlinked to the index of surnames so you can look for other queries with the same surname. The index is just that - an index with no actual queries, where each entry consists of a surname followed by individual links to each query which includes that surname.

ASHLEY / CASWELL
June 8, 2007; Ann Harrington


Looking for James ASHLEY and family. He was born about 1740 in Rochester and married Annette CASWELL. They moved to Franklin County, MA, and then to Huron County, OH, around 1800.

PEIRCE
March 8, 2005; Bruce Harrison


Looking for the parents of David PEIRCE who married Martha CANADY 01-Dec-1763. He may have been son of Moses Peirce.

DAVENPORT
December 24, 2004; Jon E. Traud


Seeking any information John and Sarah (___) DAVENPORT in the period 1845-1890. According to his death record their son John William DAVENPORT was born in 1861 somewhere in Plymouth County. His parents were living in East Bridgewater in 1860, but in 1870 it's just John living with his niece. I have hit a brick wall on my great-grandfather John William DAVENPORT and would appreciate any information on his parents.

HARMS
November 15, 2004; Buzz Reynolds


Seeking information about Frank HARMS, born 1914 in Roxbury, died January, 1972, in Hanover.

BILLINGTON
September 20, 1998; Stafford-Ames Morse


John BILLINGTON of Plymouth was hung in September 1630 for murder. Was he the first hung (due to a trial) in New England or the colonies of that time?

PERRY
September 20, 1998; Stafford-Ames Morse


Looking for more info on the parents of Mary M. PERRY, 1807- of Middleborough. Her father was John PERRY and mother Lavina. Info on the father? Info on the mother's father and mother?

BANGS / GUNNING / SNOW
August 23, 1998; Betty Donaldson


I am descended through Constance and Nicholas SNOW. My problem is Lemuel, son of Jonathan SNOW and Sarah BANGS. They married February 24, 1736, and Lemuel was born in 1729. This cannot be right, but I go to the LDS library often and have not found this to be correct. Yet my aunt lived in CT and she must have found it someplace. But Lemuel was born before they were married. Can you help me out, I have been at this for a few years. I need help on Mom's side (GUNNING), and my husbands family. They came from Scotland shortly before he was born in 1917. I have very little information to go on, only his name and his mother's, but I have two different spellings for her name. If you can help me I will be very grateful. Betty Donaldson, 398 Hawthorne, Eugene, OR 97404.

BRADFORD / CARPENTER / NEWCOMB / OSTRANDER
February 21, 1998; Terence Kelley


Hezekiah NEWCOMB married Jerusha BRADFORD in 1716. Jerusha was the great-granddaughter of William BRADFORD and Alice CARPENTER. I descend from the great-great-granddaughter of Jerusha and Hezekiah, Irene NEWCOMB, who married Joseph OSTRANDER about 1824. Do I have distant cousins who descend from Jerusha, also?

BRIGHTLY / CHANDLER / ELLIS
July 31, 1997; Thomas Barclay


I am researching my g-g-grandmother's family (ELLIS). I have traced them all the way back to the Mayflower. I am more interested in learning about the family in general. The earliest person I know anything about is one John Milton ELLIS, Esq., of Plympton. His daughter, Maria Chandler ELLIS, moved to Philadelphia with her mother, Abigail Ripley CHANDLER, and married one Charles BRIGHTLY. She then married my g-g-grandfather and lived and died in Yardville, NJ. Anyone know anything about her or her family?

HAYARD / HAYWARD
June 30, 1997; Dan Olsen


I am researching Thomas HAYWARD who came to Bridgewater around 1638. I have good information on him and his descendants, but I am always trying to verify my information. Some of it is from books and other is from family history written by one of my ancestors. It was found in my grandmother's house, and is handwritten. It looks like it was written around the late 1800s. My great-grandmother was a HAYWARD and a descendant of Thomas HAYWARD, who died about 1681.

LOCKE
May 10, 1997; Jerry Harrison


Parmenas LOCKE, son of Daniel, b. about 1820 of Abington. He m. Susan ?, b. about 1823. They had Mary (1847), Henry (1853), Herbert (1853) and Frank (1857). They were found in Abington in the 1860 U. S. Census. Did they remain in Abington, what was Susan's surname? Did the children live to adulthood? Thanks in advance for any information in regard to this family.

FOWLER / PARKER
May 3, 1997; Doug Smith


Searching for information on Rachel PARKER who married John FOWLER, 1737, Rochester.

HUNSTABLE / LIVINGSTON
April 15, 1997; Annita Powell


Looking for info on the HUNSTABLE surname. William, Samuel, Thomas, Samuel Livingston, Lydia, Hannah, and Samuel Parkman LIVINGSTON.

FEENEY / SIMMONS
April 7, 1997; Karen McElrath


Looking for information (e.g., marriage record, death record) for Mary Feeney SIMMONS (wife) and Franklin SIMMONS (husband). The couple had several children, including Edward R. SIMMONS. Mary Feeney SIMMONS and Franklin SIMMONS lived in Somerset, circa 1893, and may have married there. I need this information to locate records for Mary Feeney SIMMONS' mother, Mary Cryan FEENEY.

EASTLAND / JENNEY / PHINNEY
March 5, 1997; Doug Smith


Who was the John EASTLAND who married Elizabeth JENNEY, 1700 in Plymouth, and married second Mary PHINNEY, 1702 Plymouth?

DEANE / DOANE / HOWLAND / TWINING / YOUNG
March 4, 1997; Jon Holcombe


Seek information on family of John & Abigail (HOWLAND) YOUNG who lived in Eastham about 1650. Their daughter Abigail married Stephen TWINING, son of William. This family is also related to the DOANE family. Would like to hear any information about the above or correspond with others who may be researching these lines, which eventually wound up in Bucks County, PA.

FULLER / PEARL
February 11, 1997; Michael Taylor


I am a descendant of Loring FULLER, born ca. 1790 in MA, died of cholera in Tioga County, NY, ca. 1830. I am trying to determine if my Loring FULLER is that same Loring FULLER who was born in Kingston in 1792, the son of Zephaniah FULLER. My Loring FULLER married Mercy PEARL of Willington, CT.