Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page bookcompiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must add sales tax).
Based on information from the Genealogy Society of Durkee, it appears that I am a half-5th cousin, 7 times removed of President Franklin Pierce. I am suspicious of the connection between Martha Cross and Susanna Wolterton through Anna Jordan, but I'm including this line. Anyway, here's how:
| Nathaniel MERRILL, Sr. (1st husband) chr. 4-May-1601, Wherstead, Suffolk, ENG d. 16-Mar-1654/55, Newbury, MA | == | Susanna WOLTERTON d. Jan-1671/72, Newbury, MA | == | Stephen JORDAN (2nd husband) d. 8-Feb-1669/70, Newbury, MA |
| Nathaniel MERRILL, Jr. b. about 1634 d. 1-Jan-1682/83, Newbury, MA | Anna JORDAN d. 29-Oct-1677, probably Ipswich, Essex, MA | |||
| John MERRILL b. 16-Feb-1662/63, Newbury, MA d. 15-May-1705, Haverhill, MA | Martha CROSS b. 15-Mar-1638/39, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 11-Jan-1726/27, Windham, Windham, CT | |||
| Abel MERRILL b. about 1690, Newbury, MA d. 29-Mar-1753, Methuen, MA | Thomas DURKEE b. about 1666, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 1757, Woodbury, Litchfield, CT | |||
| Elizabeth MERRILL b. 22-Feb-1727/28, Methuen, MA | Joseph DURKEE b. about 1707, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 1744, Preston, New London, CT | |||
| Benjamin PIERCE, Jr. b. 25-Dec-1757, Chelmsford, MA d. 1-Apr-1839, Hillsboro, NH | Moses DURKEE b. before 24-May-1741, possibly, Preston, new London, CT d. 6-Oct-1801, Bolton, Tolland, CT | |||
| Franklin PIERCE 14th President, USA b. 23-Nov-1804, Hillsboro, NH d. 8-Oct-1869, Concord, NH | John W DURKEE b. 9-Apr-1775, Preston, New London, CT d. 29-Feb-1820, Farmington, Ontario, NY | |||
| Clarissa DURKEE b. 21-Feb-1798, CT d. 8-Mar-1864, Carlton, Orleans, NY | ||||
| Elizabeth STRICKLAND b. 22-Feb-1833, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 1-Oct-1893, Gaines, Orleans, NY | ||||
| James Henry HOBBS b. 11-Dec-1851, Hartland, Niagara, NY d. 16-Feb-1929, Carlton, Orleans, NY | ||||
| Edd Harrison HOBBS b. 13-Mar-1878, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 3-May-1955, Gaines, Orleans, NY | ||||
| Fern Loretta HOBBS b. 13-May-1906, Kenyonville, Orleans, NY d. 20-Oct-1996, Greece, Monroe, NY | ||||
| (living) MURPHY b. 1931, NY | ||||
| Douglas John MURPHY b. 1962, NY | ||||
Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page book
compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must
add sales tax).
RootsWeb also has its own section containing extracts from his work.
Doug Murphy
Omaha, Nebraska, USA