8 May 2002

Jonathan CROSS Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Margaret CROSS was born in 1636 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.⁽²¹²⁴⁾

Martha CROSS was born on 15 Mar 1643 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹²⁵⁾⁽²¹²⁶⁾ She in 1664.⁽²¹²⁷⁾⁽²¹²⁸⁾ Cross was not happy with Martha because she had developed a relationship with William Durkee. Martha left home to live with her sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth consulted Goodman Story, who advised Cross told her Robert that Martha was in a sorrowful condition to and advised him to permit her to marry. Cross not only disapproved but sued William Durkee for abusing his daughter. Durkee counter sued that Cross had withdrawn his consent after giving it. Whatever the result of the suits, William and Martha married anyway. She died on 11 Jan 1726/27 in Windham, Windham, CT.⁽²¹²⁹⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Mary CROSS was born on 14 Jun 1640 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹³⁰⁾⁽²¹³¹⁾ Mary was "from Salem" She moved between 1693 and 1710 to Preston, New London, CT.⁽²¹³²⁾ She likely lived with her son Stephen. She died after 1710 in Preston, New London, CT.⁽⁷⁹⁾⁽²¹³³⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

She married to Ephraim HERRICK on 3 Jul 1661 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹³⁴⁾⁽²¹³⁵⁾⁽²¹³⁶⁾⁽²¹³⁷⁾⁽²¹³⁸⁾⁽²¹³⁹⁾ Cross (734) says they were married in Beverly. He settled on a farm given to him by his father at Birch Plain in Beverly, MA and "took oath of freeman" on 29 April 1668 (23). Children were: John HERRICK , Ephraim HERRICK, Mary HERRICK , Stephen HERRICK, Sarah HERRICK , Samuel HERRICK, Timothy HERRICK , Anna HERRICK.

Mary CROSS was born on 10 May 1641 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁴⁰⁾ Parents: John CROSS and Mary.

Nathaniel CROSS was born in 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁴¹⁾ Gulford (617) says he was born about 1662. He died on 28 Oct 1714 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT.⁽²¹⁴²⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Peter CROSS was born in 1653 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁴³⁾⁽²¹⁴⁴⁾ He died on 9 Apr 1737 in Mansfield, Tolland, CT.⁽²¹⁴⁵⁾⁽²¹⁴⁶⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Ralph CROSS was born on 15 Feb 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁴⁷⁾⁽²¹⁴⁸⁾⁽²¹⁴⁹⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Richard CROSS was born about 1637 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.⁽²¹⁵⁰⁾

Robert CROSS was born on 26 Jun 1613 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England.⁽²¹⁵¹⁾ He was christened on 26 Jun 1613 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England.⁽²¹⁵²⁾ He emigrated on 24 May 1634 to Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁵³⁾⁽²¹⁵⁴⁾ Came on the Mary and John, which left Southampton, England 24 Mar 1633/34. He was accompanied by his soon-to-be bridge Anna JORDAN and her parents Stephen and Susanna JORDAN. He Granted six acres of land adjoining that of his father-in-law Stephen Jordan in 1635 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁵⁵⁾⁽²¹⁵⁶⁾ He served as a soldier in 1637 in Pequot Indian War (1637).⁽²¹⁵⁷⁾⁽²¹⁵⁸⁾⁽²¹⁵⁹⁾⁽²¹⁶⁰⁾ He Granted a small lot of marshland for his services in the war in 1639 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁶¹⁾⁽²¹⁶²⁾ He appeared in court in 1649.⁽²¹⁶³⁾ Robert believed that the magistrates were against him and in the is year he was admonished for his word. He moved on 19 Mar 1649/50 to Chebacco (later southern Ipswich), Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁶⁴⁾⁽²¹⁶⁵⁾ He moved to a 40 acres farm purchased from John Burnham, whom he later brought suit. He appeared in court in 1657.⁽²¹⁶⁶⁾ In this year, Stephen JORDAN and Robert CROSS were both sued by Gov....... Bradstreet. He had previously entrusted them with the care of 30 sheep. Their care seems to have been taken over by the sons of Robert who were careless and may have allowed the death of many of the sheep. He took the oath of a freeman in 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁶⁷⁾⁽²¹⁶⁸⁾ He appeared in court in 1663.⁽²¹⁶⁹⁾ Robert was further embittered with the magistrates when two of his sons were jailed and set in stocks for training day misbehavior that Robert called "nothing." He appeared in court in 1664.⁽²¹⁷⁰⁾⁽²¹⁷¹⁾ Cross was not happy with Martha because she had developed a relationship with William Durkee. Martha left home to live with her sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth consulted Goodman Story, who advised Cross told her Robert that Martha was in a sorrowful condition to and advised him to permit her to marry. Cross not only disapproved but sued William Durkee for abusing his daughter. Durkee counter sued that Cross had withdrawn his consent after giving it. Whatever the result of the suits, William and Martha married anyway. He Slave or indentured servant owner Owned 2 servants, N. Vauden & L. Clinton. Vauden was fined £40, branded/collared for running away. about 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁷²⁾ According to Cross (617), "Robert Cross had two bound servants, Nicholas Vauden and Lawrence Clinton. Vauden ran away several times, each time being pursued, captured and returned, and in 1670 he was fined 40 pounds, branded on the forehead and forced to wear a collar. Clinton married an aging spinster who bought off his remaining time. Her family sued Cross, saying that he had connived with Clinton to get her money. They won the case but when Cross appealed he matter he won the review. Clinton meanwhile departed happily to Rhode Island and Connecticut for greener pastures!!" He appeared in court before 1685.⁽²¹⁷³⁾ He successfully sued Thomas Wells for slander after Wells called Cross a "cheating knave." He appeared in court in Jun 1693 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁷⁴⁾⁽²¹⁷⁵⁾ According to Guilford (617), Robert CROSS Sr had purchased 40 acres of farmland from John BURMAN Jr. The bounds became disputed and, following several disputes, CROSS sued BURMAN and for neighbors for trespass and "the recovery of 30 acres of land at Ipswich." Robert won, the case was appealed, and the sentence was upheld. He appeared in court in May 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽²¹⁷⁶⁾ According to Guilford (617), John BURMAN Jr appealed the suit he lost to Robert CROSS concerning ownership of 30 acres of land at Ipswich but the case was upheld. He died between May 1694 and 4 Dec 1710 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁷⁷⁾⁽²¹⁷⁸⁾⁽²¹⁷⁹⁾ There is no doubt that Robert CROSS lived to a good old age, but whereas Cross (734) says he died 8 feb 1692/93, Giulford (617) says that in court in either 1693 or 1694, he testified that "I am the ancientest man of the first proprietor that ever lived on the south side of the Chebacco River." He Cross bcame "paranoid" that the Ipswich court was acting unfairly agasit him. in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁸⁰⁾ According to Guilford (617), over the years, Cross had several run ins with the Ipswich court and believed that he was mistreated: fined necessarily, that the authorities were keeping the court fees, and that his sons were 'set in stocks and punished for nothing." Parents: John CROSS and Ann.

He married to Ann (Hannah) JORDON on 20 Aug 1635 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁸¹⁾⁽²¹⁸²⁾⁽²¹⁸³⁾⁽²¹⁸⁴⁾ Citation is for location only. Stearns (674) has quite different infortmation regarding the wives of Robert CROSS: he married first wife unbknown and second Martha TREADWELL (daughter of Thomas) 19 Feb 1665. Stearns also list children and birthdates being born between 1658 and 1678. Children were: Elizabeth CROSS, Mary CROSS, Robert CROSS, Martha CROSS, John CROSS, Stephen CROSS, Anna CROSS, Peter CROSS, George CROSS, Nathaniel CROSS, Sarah CROSS, Ralph CROSS, Jonathan CROSS.

He married to Mary after 1677.⁽²¹⁸⁵⁾

Robert CROSS was born on 21 Jan 1641/42 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²¹⁸⁶⁾ He appeared in court in 1663.⁽²¹⁸⁷⁾ One of two sons of Robert Cross Sr. jailed and set in stocks for training day misbehavior. He appeared in court in 1667 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁸⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁸⁹⁾ On this date, Robert Cross Jr was jailed for a day, placed in the stocks for an hour, and fined £6:13:4 for a "barbarous and inhuman act." Robert had been drinking "sack" and led several young men, all drunk, to open the grave of a Sagamore Indian, removed the bones, and carried his skull on a pole. Robert was also remanded to bury the bones and erect a 2-foot tall stone cairn. He appeared in court in 1671 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁹⁰⁾ On this date he was admonished for drunkenness. He appeared in court in 1673 in Salem, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁹¹⁾ On this date he was admonished for drunkenness. He appeared in court in 1673 in Lynn, Essex, MA.⁽²¹⁹²⁾ Robert sold Ezekiel Needham 200 feet of lumber and sued for payment. He won the case. He appeared in court in 1677.⁽²¹⁹³⁾ Fined for breach of peace. He appeared in court in 1677.⁽²¹⁹⁴⁾ Robert sold Hugh March 16,000 feet of pine boards and sued for payment. He won the case. He appeared in court in 1680.⁽²¹⁹⁵⁾ He sued John Lee for not delivering 3,160 feet of pine boards. He appeared in court in 1680.⁽²¹⁹⁶⁾ After leasing land on "little neck," he feuded with the fishermen there. He appeared in court in 1686.⁽²¹⁹⁷⁾⁽²¹⁹⁸⁾ On this date he was charged with assaulting Captain John Ayers, an old shepherd, who kept a flock of sheep on the neck (land that Robert leased). . He served as a in 1690.⁽²¹⁹⁹⁾ Participated in the expedition against Quebec for which he was given a land grant in Winchendon, Worcester, MA. He died on 29 Oct 1710.⁽²²⁰⁰⁾ Cross (734) says that he died in 1713. He was a lumberman.⁽²²⁰¹⁾ He He was an alcoholic. The drinking was the resean that he was repeatedly cited and fined..⁽²²⁰²⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Sara CROSS was born about 1635 in London, England.⁽²²⁰³⁾

Sarah CROSS

She married to Israel HOLLY on 25 Feb 1724/25 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT.⁽²²⁰⁴⁾ Children were: Sarah HOLLY, Israel HOLLY, Nathaniel HOLLY, Martha HOLLY, Deborah HOLLY, Margaret HOLLY.

Sarah CROSS was born in 1656 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²²⁰⁵⁾⁽²²⁰⁶⁾ She died in 1711.⁽²²⁰⁷⁾ Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

Stephen CROSS was born in 1647 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²²⁰⁸⁾⁽²²⁰⁹⁾ Based on him being 16½ in 1663. He appeared in court in 1663.⁽²²¹⁰⁾ One of two sons of Robert Cross Sr. jailed and set in stocks for training day misbehavior. He appeared in court about 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²²¹¹⁾ Stephen Cross and some other youths damaged the town's bridges. For this offense they were jailed, set in stocks, and fined £3. He appeared in court in 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽²²¹²⁾ In this year he was fined for contempt of court for failing to appear when summoned for getting into a fist fight at the meeting house at sermon time. He died in 1704 in Cross Island, Essex, Essex, MA.⁽²²¹³⁾⁽²²¹⁴⁾ He was a mariner.⁽²²¹⁵⁾ Captain of the 21 ton sloop Adventure. The ship was captured by pirates off Cape Cod in 1689. In 1690, he was commander of the ketch Lark on which many died on an expedition to Canada although he brought the Lark home. Parents: Robert CROSS and Ann (Hannah) JORDON.

William CROSS was born about 1633 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.⁽²²¹⁶⁾

Sir Captain Robert CROSSE was born about 1552 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England?.⁽²²¹⁷⁾ He served as a Captain CROSSE served under both Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raliegh between 1572 and 1592 in The Seven Seas?.⁽²²¹⁸⁾ Unless specifically stated otherwise, the source of the following is Cross (374):

1572-1573: CROSSE was one of Queen Elizabeth's 500 Berwick soldiers dispatched of to take Edinburgh Castle. A bombardment of the castle began on May 21 and continued for six days until the 160 men inside surrendered. According to on-line historical sources, the "Lang siege" was the most destructive episode in the history of Edinburgh Castle. Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, refused to surrender the castle to the Regent Morton. Morton sought assistance from England and received heavy guns from Berwick. Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange defended Edinburgh Castle until his surrender in May 1573. He was executed; hung for treason.

1585-1586: CROSS was a Captain aboard Sir Francis Drake's fleet of 29 ships and 2300 infantry. They left Plymouth, England 14 Sep 1585. On 1 Oct 1585, Voice Admiral Martin Frobisher entered into negotiations with the Spanish commander of the Bayona Islands to During this time, he held two Spaniards hostage; likewise he sent two two of his own men, Captain CROSSE and Captain Sampson to Bayona as hostages. After 5 days of negotiations, an agreement was reached to end English-Spanish hostilities in the West Indies and Captains CROSSE and Sampson were released. On 31 Dec 1585, Drake attacked Santo Domingo and captured the city the next day. A month later, Drake captured Cartagena and a booty of treasure and provisions. Some time in April, Drake attacked the Spanish fort at San Augustine in Florida, picked up some English colonials who had given up on the idea of a settlement on Roanoke island, and returned to England in June 1586.

1587: Served as one of 8 Captains under Sir Francis Drake who commanded 21 ships including four of the Queen's ships. Each captain commanded his own ship and was assigned a lieutenant, and ensign, two sergeants and four corporals. On 19 Apr 1587, In a surprise attack of the Spanish fleet at Cadiz, Spain, Drake destroyed 24 Spanish ships, many large. Drake soon sailed to Cape St. Vincent in the West Indies and captured the castle there that effectively prevented a planned invasion of England by the Spanish Armada. Drake then sailed to the Azores and, despite his fleet being separated by storm, captured a Portuguese ship valued at £140,000. The fleet returned 7 Jul 1587.

1588: Captain CROSSE served as rear admiral of Sir Francis Drake's ships in the historic Battle of Gravelines in the English Channel where the English won a decisive battle against the larger Spanish Armada. Drake's fleet engaged the Spaniards at dawn on 29 Jul 1588 in a close cannon battle that raged until the afternoon. CROSSE commanded the Queen's ship "The Hope," which was one of the few ships to sink a Spanish vessel with its cannons (the 272-man 24-cannon La Maria Juan). Most of the Armada were caught in a storm and blown into the North Sea. In the end, English looses were minor but 1500 Spanish were killed or drowned and another 800 were wounded.

1589: As Provost Marshall for of Sir Francis Drake, CROSSE was in charge of provisioning the 15 supply ships that supported the attack on Lisbon by Drake's 180 ships and their 20,000 men. Drake lost 10,000 men to disease and failed to defeat Lisbon causing Queen Elizabeth to scale back the undeclared war with Spain to privateering of Spanish shipping, but the strategy yielded many rewards.

1592:
He appeared in court in Jul 1587 in England.⁽²²¹⁹⁾ CROSSE testified at the trial of Captain William Borough who was accused of deserting his fleet at the Battle of Cadiz. He died in 1611 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England.⁽²²²⁰⁾ He was buried on 11 Aug 1611. His body was interred in Molsham Hall, suggesting that the CROSSes and MOUSONS were related. He was an A career naval officer, Captain of ships commanded by both Sir Francis Drake abd Sir Walter Raliegh in The Seven Seas?.⁽²²²¹⁾ In 1578, Robert's sister Elizabeth married Thomas Sydenham. His nephew's daughter Elizabeth married Sir Francis Drake. Seven years later, Robert is hired as Captain by Sir Francis Drake in his 1585 expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies.

He married to Olyve TURNER on 10 Jun 1576 in Saint Michael, London, England.⁽²²²²⁾ Children were: John CROSS.

He married to Unknown about 1605.⁽²²²³⁾

John CUSTER was born in Jan 1855 in Germany.⁽²²²⁴⁾ He was a Woolen finisher in 1900 in Vernon, Tolland, CT.⁽²²²⁴⁾ He died in 1919.⁽²²²⁵⁾

He married to Louisa LANGE about 1873.⁽²²²⁴⁾ In the 1900 census, in the column labeled Relationship to Head of Household, John CUSTER is labeled H, Louisa as W, the children as S or D, Henry as FL, and Annie as DL. I assume that FL is father-in-law and DL is daughter-in-law. This makes Louisa a daughter of Henry.

DAMESEK Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Esther LEVINE.

Abraham (abbe) DAMESEK was born on 25 May 1904 in Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽²²²⁶⁾ Abraham DAMESEK was born to Russian immigrants (now Latvia and Lithuania) in New York City. Like all of my grandparents, his was the last generation to be delivered at home by midwives, rather than in a hospital by doctors. Everyone called grandpa "Abbe." In fact, I never knew his name was Abraham until I saw his birth certificate 18 years after he died. He was a pianist before 1941 in New York, New York, NY.⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽²²²⁸⁾⁽²²²⁹⁾⁽²²³⁰⁾ All but Mike played piano, unlike their parents, Max and Becky, who did not. Sam and Abbe used to play piano together when they were young at silent movie houses to add atmosphere to the screen story. This required considerable improvisation. As they became adults, Abbe continued his piano but Sam did not. Alex told me that Abbe was a wonderful storyteller.
Chronology:
1917-1918: played for silent movies (his first playing job was when he was 13)
1930 about: Studied with Rosina Lhevinne
1932: Accompanied Jeanette MacDonald
1932: Played in Rudy Vallee's orchestra
1932: Was ship's pianist on first trip to South America
1932-1934: Toured with Arthur Tracy (known as the Street Singer), on the "Loewes circuit" (including a performance at Capital Theater, NYC), for whom he composed and published music and played.
1933: Was ship's pianist on second trip to South America
1934: Played trio at the Russian Embassy restaurant in Wash. DC with violinist Phil Sharf from Chicago Symphony & Sally playing cello-
1934: St. Moritz
1934: Was ship's pianist on third trip to South America
1934-1935: Ritz Carlton
1935: The Plaza
1936: Little Club
1936: Some big Philadelphia hotel with a violinist who snored so loud Abbe my had to commute for several weeks in order to get any sleep
1938 about: El Morocco
1940-1943: La Cave restaurant
1940: Was ship's pianist on fourth trip to South America
1941: Abbe got a job with an all-man trio that needed a cellist called ____. Abbe insisted on giving Sally an audition, which is how Grandma, grandpa and a violinist began playing at the ______, a fancy restaurant in Washington DC where Senators came to eat. Grandma says that she never lost an audition in her life. During this time, Jennie was taking care of Esta in New York, "which happened a lot."
Year? Played with Jan Peerce (who played violin at that time) on the borscht circuit
Year? Pierre's (she doesn't remember this one)
1945: Composed String Quartet in C Major. It has been performed by the Cleveland Friends of Music Quartet, the Roman Totenberg Quartet, the Gingold String Quartet on WJZ, and the Tri-City String Quartet.
He was a pianist on a steamship in Nov 1941 in South America.⁽²²²⁸⁾ Abbe got a job playing on a steamship with traveled through South America, including Lima, Peru, Brazil and the Panama Canal. He was away for two months. While Abbe was aboard ship, Pearl Harbor was bombed in the Pacific and war broke out with Japan. Security was now an issue and the ship captain ordered a complete black out. Two spies were found on board. While Abbe was away, he was unable to contact grandma at all. Sally was worried since war had broken out with Japan and she had not heard a word from Abbe. He moved in 1967 to Miami, Dade, FL.⁽²²²⁸⁾ Sally and Abbe moved to Miami to retire. He moved in 1970 to Schenectady, Schenectady, NY.⁽²²²⁸⁾ After three years in Miami, Sally and Abbe became board and moved to Schenectady to be closer to their daughter and her family. They lived in the lower flat of a two family house on 1621 Rugby Road in Schenectady own by my grandfather Frank, who becomes their landlord. He died on 27 Nov 1979 in Schenectady, Schenectady, NY.⁽²²²⁸⁾ He died at St. Claire's Hospital. Abbe and his brothers, Sam, Mike and Alex were boys in the years 1910-1920. They used to swim in the East River which was not polluted back then, near their home in the Bronx. Once they made a "neat" wagon by stealing the wheels off a baby carriage and attaching them to a double fruit box, but Max could never believe his boys were capable of any mischief. "My boys would never do such a thing. They play the piano." In the summers, Rebecca and the four boys would visit Rebecca's uncle, Raphael RIEMER in Freehold, NJ. Max had to keep the store open. Raphael was a Rabbi who kept chickens in his side yard. The boys used to chase the chickens there until they literally dropped dead for sport. Grandpa Abbe was once rummaging around in the upper section of their barn when he fell through the floor and into the cow manure. He avoided breaking his neck, but got a good scolding and a long bath. When Abbe was about 11, he ran away from home and took a train all the way to Freehold - a full day's journey. Because Rabbi RIEMER did not have a phone, it took a week before Abbe's parents', Max and Rebecca, learned that Abbe was safe. They were very worried and could not believe that Abbe could make such a trip all alone (027). Parents: Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK and Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER.

He married to Sadie Gertrude (Sally) KEMPLER on 3 Apr 1932 in New York, New York, NY.⁽²²²⁸⁾ In 1931, Sally would play cello in Yorkville to 3am and take the subway home. One night, while waiting for a train on the 125th street elevated subway platform for the train to the Bronx, a man walked up to her and said, "I think we have a friend in common, Sam Schwartz." When the guy mentioned Sam, grandma knew he was on the level. Grandma let the man take her home. For the next 6 months, most of the courtship occurred between 3 and 6am. Grandma and the man would drink a little of the milk which came in the morning, leading her mother Jennie to suspect that a poor person was doing it. The man's named was Abbe and later would be my grandfather. One mourning they were necking and Abbe said, "Let's get married or something." So grandma replied, "Let's get married or nothing!" There was later a more formal proposal. Sally was married in NYC in an orthodox synagogue (at her father's insistence). The reception was held at a restaurant owned by a man named Greenspan. One of the guests that attended her wedding was Arthur Tracey, a vaudeville entertainer known as The Street Singer. Abbe was his arranger and accompanist. Tracey sang popular songs in several languages. Sally became proficient in Yiddish by listening to Abbe's parents, since her own parents spoke mostly in English. As a child growing up in the 1970s, I remember that when the family got together, it was usually at grandma Sally's house. She was a good cook. They lived only a mile from my parent's house and I used to visit fairly often, sometimes when I did not like what mom was having for dinner. I never really thought of grandpa and Grandma DAMESEK as old then because they were only in their 70s, whereas my Dad's parents were in their 90s and 100s. Even grandma Sally called grandpa Frank "The old man." We all got together at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It always took my father two trips to drive mom and me and his parents next door to Sally and Abbe's house because Dad had a pickup. Once on Thanksgiving it snowed two feet and it took dad nearly an hour to finish playing taxi driver. Children were: Esta DAMESEK.

Alex DAMESEK (Private). Parents: Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK and Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER.

Beverly DAMESEK (Private). Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER.

Chasha DAMESEK Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Esther LEVINE.

Dora DAMESEK Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Esther LEVINE.

Esta DAMESEK (Private). Parents: Abraham (abbe) DAMESEK and Sadie Gertrude (Sally) KEMPLER.

Children were: Peter Evan BLOOD.

Meyer (Mike) DAMESEK was born on 14 Jan 1910 in Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽³⁷⁰⁾ He died in May 1965.⁽³⁷⁰⁾ Died suddenly from spinal meningitis, probably contracted from a patient. He was an anesthesiologist at hospital in New York, New York, NY. His parents may have named him Meyer, but everyone just called him "Mike." He studied in Bonn, Germany, Bologna, Italy, and Basil, Switzerland in the 1930s and learned French, Italian, German and Latin. Mike was called skinny as a kid (28). Mike was a physician, an anesthesiologist. Mike married Shirley and had two children. One was Renee (1942) who married Bruce FREISNER. Parents: Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK and Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER.

Peshka (Phyllis) DAMESEK (Private). Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER.

Raphael DAMESEK (Private). Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER.

Samuel DAMESEK was born on 15 Oct 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russia.⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽³⁷⁰⁾ He was a hardware store owner in 1920. Like his father, Sam pursued the the hardware business. He rented a store on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. He later opened his own glass and shade store, a few subway stops from his father's hardware store. He was a part owner of Square Deal Supply Company about 1932 in Bronx, Bronx, NY. Max and Sam merged their businesses, creating Square Deal Supply Company, located at 1120 Southern Boulevard. He died on 18 Dec 1990.⁽³⁷⁰⁾ Parents: Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK and Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER.

He married to Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER on 16 Jan 1924.⁽²⁵¹⁾⁽²²³¹⁾ Sam and Mollie's names are memorialized on the stone wall at the Ellis Island museum, courtesy of their granddaughters, Carol Lisa, Erica and Julie. Children were: Peshka (Phyllis) DAMESEK, Beverly DAMESEK, Raphael DAMESEK.

Samuel DAMESEK

He married to Esther LEVINE before 1874.⁽²²³²⁾⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽²²³¹⁾ The date of the marriage is merely an estimate: I assumed they were married one year before the birth of their oldest child. Alex and Phyllis say Max had two older sisters (Chasha and Yetta) and one younger (Dora). Meyer DAMESEK was the informant on Max DAMESEK's Death Certificate who said Max's parents were Samuel and Esther LEVINE. Alex DAMESEK also said that Max's father was Samuel, but he did not know the wife's name. According to Alex DAMESEK (28), all of Samuel's children eventually emigrated to America, but not together. Children were: Chasha DAMESEK, Yetta DAMESEK, Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK, Dora DAMESEK, DAMESEK.

Yetta DAMESEK Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Esther LEVINE.

Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK was born on 3 Sep 1877 in Dvinsk, Russia.⁽²²³²⁾⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽²²²⁶⁾⁽²⁵¹⁾ My grandfather told me that his father was Max DAMESEK and that he was born in Dvisk, Russia. That city is now known as Dauagavpils, Latvia. According to Neal RIEMER (58), however, this was Max's adopted American names, and his real name was Itzik Mendel DAMESEK. Itzik is Hebrew for Isaac. The birthdate is according to Meyer DAMESEK, the informant on Max's Death Certificate. The year, 1877, is confirmed by Abbe DAMESEK's Birth Certificate (16) and Alex DAMESEK (28) He emigrated on 3 Jun 1902 to New York, New York, NY.⁽²²²⁷⁾ ⁽²²³³⁾⁽²²³⁴⁾ Came aboard the SS Friesland which left Antwerp on 24 May 1902. He came alone, which contradicts family lore that that the family came together with baby Samuel 6 months old. It could be that I have thew wrong "Yitzik DAMESHIK" as it shows he was born in 1875, not 1877. On the other hand, it says he is Russian and resided in Dvinsk. On the other hand, family lore was than he resided in St. Petersburg before coming over. He resided 130 Norfolk Street about 1903 in New York, New York, NY.⁽²²²⁷⁾ They first lived in a predominately Jewish neighbor on Manhattan's Lower East Side heavily populated by new immigrants. He was a Painter between 1904 and 1913 in New York, New York, NY.⁽²²³³⁾⁽²²²⁶⁾ He may have worked as a painter even later. He moved in 1912 to Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽²²²⁸⁾ Max moved his family from the Lower east Side in Manhattan to the Bronx. He was described as 5 foot 5 inches with dark complextion, brown eyes, and brown hair on 5 Aug 1913 in New York, New York, NY.⁽²²³³⁾ Sally and Phyllis both said that he was a handsome man. He was a part owner of Square Deal Supply Company about 1932 in Bronx, Bronx, NY. Max and Sam merged their businesses, creating Square Deal Supply Company, located at 1120 Southern Boulevard. He resided 811 Bryant Avenue before 1944 in Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽²²³²⁾ Max and Alex lived in the upstairs of a two family house located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx until they died. Sam, Mollie and their children lived downstairs where the kids could run around without disturbing the grandparents. He died on 18 Oct 1944 in Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽²²³²⁾ At the age of 67, Max DAMESEK died of lung cancer first diagnosed two years previously. He was buried on 19 Oct 1944 in Ridgewood, Queens, NY.⁽²²³²⁾ He was a hardwarestore owner in Bronx, Bronx, NY. Max later rented a store on in the Bronx that he turned into a hardware store. "Boulevard Glass and Shade" sold glass, windows, shades, plumbing, carpets and paint. The family lived in an apartment in the back of the store. CHECK NAME OF STORE - SAM OWNED HIS ON HARDWARE STORE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. He resided Southern Boulevard in Bronx, Bronx, NY. The family lived in an apartment in the back of "Boulevard Glass and Shade." Parents: Samuel DAMESEK and Esther LEVINE.

He married to Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER about 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia.⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽²²³¹⁾ After arriving in the US, it is possible that Max and Becky never contacted their respective parents again. They certainly did not contact them by telephone, according to Alex and Phyliis, which was rare then in Vilna. It is likely that Max and Becky spoke Yiddish, Russian, Hebrew, and English, but at home, Max and Rebecca spoke only Yiddish and some broken English. Grandma Sally says she reamed most of her Yiddish from them, not her own parents.

Max sang in a choir called the Halevi Singing Society as a tenor. Once they sang together with Enrico Caruso at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. Max enjoyed playing cards and "liked the ladies" according to Phyllis (026).

Max was not a religious man, but the DAMESEKs did celebrate traditional Jewish holidays (Rosh Hosanna, Yom Kipper, and Pesach/Passover) and eventually Thanksgiving. He was interested in politics. He was a socialist.

Grandma Sally said Rebecca was a good cook and kept and immaculate house. She loved her dog Tippy, a Boston Bull which was white with black spots. Rebecca was a housewife and cared for four boys.

I met Sam, Lex, Raphael, and Phyllis when I was 19, when they came up from NYC for Abbe's funeral. I remember liking Raphael. I started speaking with Phyllis in 1997 regarding genealogy. She is very nice. Children were: Samuel DAMESEK, Abraham (abbe) DAMESEK, Meyer (Mike) DAMESEK, Alex DAMESEK.

Mary DAVIS was born on 20 Oct 1805 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽²²³⁵⁾ She died on 30 Jun 1833 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽²²³⁶⁾ Mary died less than two months after the birth of her son John (155).

She married to Captain Silas BRAY on 10 Mar 1825 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽¹¹⁾ Children were: Zubulon Davis BRAY, Lydia D. BRAY, Silas BRAY, Silas BRAY, John James BRAY.

Caroline DAY

She married to Ellis RHOADS. Children were: Abigail (Abbie) RHOADS.

Ralph DAYGHTON was born about 1588 in Kent, England.⁽²²³⁷⁾⁽²²³⁸⁾ Alternatively, he may have been born in Maidstone, Kent, England. He moved before 1617 to Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²³⁹⁾ He emigrated before Jun 1639 to New Haven Colony.⁽²²⁴⁰⁾⁽²²⁴¹⁾⁽²²⁴²⁾ He He was a signer of the covenant of habitancy in Jun 1639 in New Haven Colony.⁽²²⁴³⁾ He resided on 29 Nov 1639 in Milford, New Haven Colony.⁽²²⁴⁴⁾ On this date, Ralph Dayton enrolled as a free planter. New Haven had on been settled two years earlier in 1637. He Granted a houselot on 17 Mar 1641/42 in New Haven Colony.⁽²²⁴⁵⁾ He was Appointed with 2 other shoemakers to assess shoes made by a 4th shoemaker who was getting complaints in 1647 in New Haven Colony.⁽²²⁴⁶⁾ He moved about 1650 to East Hampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁴⁷⁾⁽²²⁴⁸⁾⁽²²⁴⁹⁾ He was Appointed Agent to Connecticut Colony in 1651 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁵⁰⁾ He was Chosen Constable on 7 Oct 1651 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁵¹⁾ He moved between 1656 and 1658 to Southampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁵²⁾⁽²²⁵³⁾ He was Dayton was sent to Conneciticut to obtain a Code of Laws to goven the new colony. on 7 Mar 1658 in East Hampton, Southampton Colony.⁽²²⁵⁴⁾ He signed a will on 25 Jul 1658 in Southampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁵⁵⁾ Wife Mary got £60. Son Samuel got land in Southold and house in Northampton. Gave to daughter Alice's husband £20 and £20 to his children to be divided equally. He died between 25 Jul 1658 and 22 Sep 1658 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁵⁶⁾⁽²²⁵⁷⁾⁽²²⁵⁸⁾ He was a shoemaker.⁽²²⁵⁹⁾⁽²²⁶⁰⁾⁽²²⁶¹⁾ Parents: William DEIGHTON and Agnes GREEN.

He married to Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON on 16 Jun 1616 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁶²⁾⁽²²⁶³⁾ 621 cites this as 1616 on page 346 and 1617 twice on age 347. Children were: Ralph DAYTON, Alice DAYTON, Samuel DAYGHTON, Ellen DAYTON, Robert DAYTON.

He married to Mary between 18 Nov 1655 and May 1656.⁽²²⁶⁴⁾

Samuel DAYGHTON was christened on 7 Feb 1624 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁶⁵⁾⁽²²⁶⁶⁾ He died on 5 Jul 1690 in Brookhaven Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁶⁷⁾⁽²²⁶⁸⁾ Parents: Ralph DAYGHTON and Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON.

Alice DAYTON was christened on 22 May 1620 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁶⁹⁾⁽²²⁷⁰⁾⁽²²⁷¹⁾ She died on 4 Feb 1708/9 in Amagansett, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁷²⁾ Jacobus (621) says he died in East Hampton. Parents: Ralph DAYGHTON and Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON.

Ellen DAYTON was born in Feb 1623/24.⁽²²⁷³⁾ She was christened on 3 Dec 1626 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁷⁴⁾⁽²²⁷⁵⁾ She emigrated in 1639.⁽²²⁷⁶⁾ She died on 1 Apr 1654 in Guilford, New Haven, CT.⁽²²⁷⁷⁾ Died during the birth of her daughter Hannah (the same day). She was buried in Guilford, New Haven, CT.⁽²²⁷⁸⁾ Parents: Ralph DAYGHTON and Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON.

She married to John LINSLEY in 1645 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.⁽²²⁷⁹⁾ Children were: Sarah LINSLEY, John LINSLEY , Mary LINSLEY, Hannah LINSLEY .

Ralph DAYTON was christened on 28 Jun 1618 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁸⁰⁾⁽²²⁸¹⁾⁽²²⁸²⁾ He died on 10 Feb 1706 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁸³⁾⁽²²⁸⁴⁾ Stayed behind whereas the other children appeared to emigrate. Perhaps his father "set him up" as Jacobus (621) suggests. Jacobus suggests that Ralph Jr. may have married in England about 1639. Parents: Ralph DAYGHTON and Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON.

Robert DAYTON was christened on 3 Jan 1628/29 in Ashford, Kent, England.⁽²²⁸⁵⁾⁽²²⁸⁶⁾ Jacobus in 712 says it was 28 Jun 1626. He Signed the Charter on 9 Dec 1686.⁽²²⁸⁷⁾ He signed a will on 11 Feb 1710.⁽²²⁸⁸⁾ He died on 16 Apr 1712 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY.⁽²²⁸⁹⁾ Parents: Ralph DAYGHTON and Alice GOLDHATCH/WILTON.

Thomas DEBLE was born in 1614 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾⁽²²⁹¹⁾ He emigrated on 20 May 1635 to Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾⁽²²⁹²⁾ He granted a lot next to his father's lot on the condition that he build within a year on 17 Dec 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾⁽²²⁹³⁾ He took the oath of a freeman on 17 May 1637 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²²⁹⁴⁾ He moved before 1640 to Windsor, Connecticut Colony.⁽²²⁹⁵⁾ He granted land on which he built a house that he later sold to Robert Watson in 1640.⁽²²⁹⁶⁾ He took the oath of a freeman in 1640 in Connecticut Colony.⁽²²⁹⁷⁾⁽²²⁹⁸⁾ He bought a house from William Hubbard in 1670.⁽²²⁹⁶⁾ He died on 17 Oct 1700 in Windsor, Hartford, CT.⁽²²⁹⁹⁾⁽²³⁰⁰⁾ Parents: Robert DEEBLE and Unknown.

He married to Mary or Miriam in 1635.⁽²³⁰¹⁾ In 1676, his name appears in Windsor records as among those who gave to the poor (202). Children were: Israel DIBBLE, Samuel DIBBLE, Ebenezer DIBBLE, Hepsibah DIBBLE, Samuel DIBBLE, Miriam DIBBLE, Thomas DIBBLE, Joanna DIBBLE.

He married to Elizabeth HAYDEN on 25 Jun 1683.⁽²³⁰²⁾

Oliver DEEBLE was christened on 22 Jul 1610 in St. Germain, Cornwall, England.⁽²³⁰³⁾ Parents: Robert DEEBLE and Unknown.

Robert DEEBLE was born about 1585 in England.⁽²³⁰⁴⁾ According to VanBuren Lamb (202) he was from the West Counties (Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall). He found one record stating that his birthplace was Somersetshire but was unable to find proof. He notes that many Dibble wills from the 1400s were destroyed in the blitz. Robert was the first of the surname in America from which most DIBBLEs descend. Deeble is the old English spelling for "dibble" which was a device used to set beans in the ground. Three deebles appear on the DIBBLE coat of arms. This coat of arms is also found on the tombstone of Reverend Samuel DIBBLE who died in 1750 in Plymouth, England. He became a member Dorchester (England) Congregational Church in 1629 in New Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, England.⁽²³⁰⁵⁾ Some of the members of the congregation, under the leadership of Rev. John Warham, left Weymouth, England for America. Robert and his wife were original members of the congregregation. He resided before 1633 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.⁽²³⁰⁶⁾⁽²³⁰⁷⁾ He emigrated on 24 Jun 1633 to Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾⁽²³⁰⁸⁾ The name of the ship Robert and his wife arrived on is not known but he possibly arrived on this date, at roughly the age of 55, with 78 other passengers of his congregation. They left Weymouth, Dorset, England 20 Mar 1635 under the Reverend Joseph HULL with several of his children (his son Robert came as an indentured servant) and settled in Dorchester, MA (202). He became a member of the Dorchester Congregation between 1634 and 28 Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾ Original members. He Receives 30 acres in the division of a hill between Roxbury and Dorchester on 4 Jan 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾ He took the oath of a freeman on 6 May 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾ He was a Bayliff of Dorchester (tax collector) between Mar 1638 and 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²²⁹⁰⁾ He became a member Dorchester Congregational Church in Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²³⁰⁵⁾ Listed as members in this year, but had been original members of the congregation since 1629 in England. He died after 1652 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.⁽²³⁰⁹⁾ Regarding Robert and his wife, VanBuren Lamb states, "I have found no further record of them in New England, so it may be possible that they returned to England with other dissatisfied members of the congregation after their leader and many of their friend removed to Windsor, Conn." He was educated Probably better than most being a balif and able to sign his name.⁽²³⁰⁵⁾ His signature appears on the flyleaf of the History of Dorchester, Mass.

He married to Unknown about 1606 in England. I assumed that they were married a year before the birth of their oldest child. Children were: Robert DIBBLE, Oliver DEEBLE, Francis DIBBLE, Thomas DEBLE, John DIBBLE, Abraham DIBBLE.

Bethiah DEERING was born on 6 Jun 1649.⁽²³¹⁰⁾⁽²³¹¹⁾ Parents: Samuel DEERING and Bethiah BAXTER.

Elizabeth DEERING was born on 12 Jul 1670.⁽²³¹²⁾ Parents: Samuel DEERING and Mary NEWCOMB.

Hannah DEERING was born on 14 Dec 1654.⁽²³¹³⁾ Savage says it was 14 Feb 1655. Parents: Samuel DEERING and Mary RAY.

Mary DEERING was born on 16 Nov 1652.⁽²³¹⁴⁾ Savage says it was 16 Jan 1653. Parents: Samuel DEERING and Mary RAY.

Rachel DEERING was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³¹⁵⁾ Rachel DEERING became George's stepdaughter (when her mother Mary NEWCOMB Deering married George SPEAR) AND later married Ebenezer SPEAR, George's 4th child (117). She died on 16 Oct 1717 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³¹⁶⁾ She was buried in Central Cem, Randolph, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³¹⁷⁾ Parents: Samuel DEERING and Mary NEWCOMB.

She married to Ebenezer SPEAR on 16 Jul 1679 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³¹⁸⁾ In 1675, four months after Ebenezer's mother died, his father George remarried the widow Mary NEWCOMB Deering. Mary's daughter Rachel DEERING, was 15 when her mother married George SPEAR. Ebenezer, at age 20, suddenly had a stepsister, although he probably was not even living home at this time. Four years later, Ebenezer married his stepsister Rachel (117).

On 29 Oct 1678, Ebenezer took the Oath of Allegiance, as id his father George on the same day (118).

Mary (Bass) Webb Copeland (daughter of John Bass and Ruth ALDEN) was born 11 Feb 1669/70 (117). She was the widow of Christopher Webb and William Copeland (118). When she was about 48, and Ebenezer was 63, they married on 2 May 1718 in Braintree (117). Like his father, Ebenezer second marriage occurred only months after his first wife's death. Unfortunately, it was a short marriage. Less than a year later, Ebenezer died on 21 Mar 1719 in Braintree at the age of 64 (117). His widow Mary was only 50.

On 10 Jan 1697/98, when Ebenezer was 43, "he signed an agreement of the men of Braintree to defend the ancient rights of the town against the claims of Boston." This had something to do with the fact that Braintree had purchased land from "Boston gentlemen." Failure to take the oath carried a fine of £5 (118).

In 1702, he sold land with a house located in Braintree's northern precinct, now Quincy, to Nathaniel Owen (118).

In 1715, SPEAR deeded part of the farm in Braintree's southern precinct, now Randolph, to his third son Joseph (118).

In 1717, SPEAR deeded his remaining lands to his second son Samuel and fifth son Benjamin. Gideon SPEAR, Ebenezer's first son, did not apparently inherent land from his father - at least during his lifetime (118).

On 24 Feb 1724/25, Ebenezer's second wife, Mary Bass Webb Copeland SPEAR, sold the land (118). Children were: Ebenezer SPEAR, Mary SPEAR, Samuel SPEAR, Rachel SPEAR, Joseph SPEAR, Nathaniel SPEAR, Abigail SPEAR, Benjamin SPEAR, Deering SPEAR.

Samuel DEERING emigrated in 1647 to Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽²³¹⁹⁾ He moved about 1663 to Block Island, Washington, RI.⁽²³²⁰⁾ He moved in 1670 to Braintree, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³²¹⁾ He died on 23 Aug 1671 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.⁽²³²²⁾⁽²³²³⁾ Colket say it was Oct. He was a planter.⁽²³²⁴⁾

He married to Mary NEWCOMB on 9 Oct 1657.⁽²³²⁵⁾⁽²³²⁶⁾⁽²³²⁷⁾ She had been the third wife of Samuel DEERING but he left her a widow (117). Her marriage to Samuel DEERING was 10 Nov 1657 according to Savage and 10 Nov or 9 Dec accoring to Ferris (615). Children were: Rachel DEERING, Elizabeth DEERING.

He married to Bethiah BAXTER in 1647.⁽²³²⁸⁾ Children were: Bethiah DEERING .

He married to Mary RAY on 5 Sep 1651.⁽²³²⁹⁾ Savage say it was 15 Nov 1651. Children were: Hannah DEERING, Mary DEERING, Sarah DEERING.

Sarah DEERING was born on 30 Jun 1657.⁽²³³⁰⁾⁽²³³¹⁾ She died in Jul 1657.⁽²³³²⁾⁽²³³³⁾ Parents: Samuel DEERING and Mary RAY.

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