8 May 2002

John PROCTOR was christened on 12 Nov 1727 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³¹⁶⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Anne STORY.

Joseph PROCTOR was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³¹⁷⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Martha HARPER.

Joseph PROCTOR was born in 1636 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁹⁾ He died after 1672.⁽⁷³¹⁸⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Martha HARPER.

Marie PROCTOR was christened on 17 Oct 1633 in Assington, Suffolk, England.⁽⁷³¹⁹⁾ Assington is 5 miles from London. Pioneers of Massachusetts says she was born in London. She died in Jun 1668 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³²⁰⁾ Proctor (711) says it was 1667. He calls he Mary. Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Martha HARPER.

Martha PROCTOR was born in 1644 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁹⁾ She died after 1672.⁽⁷³²¹⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Martha HARPER.

Martha PROCTOR Parents: Benjamin PROCTOR and Deborah HART.

Mary PROCTOR Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Anne STORY.

Samuel PROCTOR Parents: Benjamin PROCTOR and Deborah HART.

Samuel PROCTOR was christened on 15 Feb 1729/30 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³²²⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Anne STORY.

Sarah PROCTOR was born on 12 Aug 1646 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁹⁾ She Was this the Sarah Proctor accused of witchcraft? in 1692. She died on 8 Feb 1706 in Beverly, Essex, MA.⁽⁹⁾ Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Martha HARPER.

Sarah PROCTOR Parents: Benjamin PROCTOR and Deborah HART.

Sarah PROCTOR Parents: John PROCTOR Yeoman and Anne STORY.

PRYOR

He married to Mary TUCKER between 1700 and 1719.⁽⁷³²³⁾

Charlotte QUAYLE

She married to Joseph WARE on 12 Aug 1813 in Maughold, Isle of Man.⁽⁷³²⁴⁾ According to the 1870 census, Joseph (and his son Daniel) were US citizens. Children were: WARE, Jane WARE, Daniel WARE, Joseph E WARE, John WARE, William WARE, Christiana WARE, Mary Ann WARE, Charlotte A WARE, Rhoda WARE, Ebenezer WARE.

Mary QUILTER was born on 2 May 1641 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³²⁵⁾⁽⁷³²⁶⁾⁽⁷³²⁷⁾ She moved in Apr 1671 to Rowley, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³²⁸⁾⁽⁷³²⁹⁾ Moved after her husband's death with three children. She died on 7 May 1707 in Rowley, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³³⁰⁾⁽⁷³³¹⁾

She married to Mighill CRESSEY on 6 Apr 1660 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³³²⁾⁽⁷³³³⁾⁽⁷³³⁴⁾ Children were: Mighill CRESSEY , William CRESSEY, Mary CRESSEY .

She married to Joseph HORSLEY in 1671.⁽⁷³³⁵⁾

Elizabeth RANDE Inherited the Manor at Pasfield Hall in High Ongar from father Peter Rande. before 1578 in High Ongar, Essex, England.⁽⁷³³⁶⁾ Peter Rande had inherited this property from his father William RANDE. She was buried on 15 Apr 1587 in High Ongar, Essex, England.⁽⁷³³⁷⁾⁽⁷³³⁸⁾ Siemiatkoski (627) contradicts herself by saying in chapter two that she was buried in Navestock. Parents: Peter RANDE and Joan.

She married to Henry LYMAN about 1577.⁽⁷³³⁹⁾⁽⁷³⁴⁰⁾⁽⁷³⁴¹⁾⁽⁷³⁴²⁾ I assumed that they were married one year prior to the birth of their first child. Only Trumbull (676) calls her Phillis, but then he gives Henrys death as the date of his marriage. Children were: Judith LYMAN, Jane LYMAN, Richard LYMAN I, Henry LYMAN, Agnes LYMAN, Sarah LYMAN.

Peter RANDE 20-acre tenement called Cashmans Heriette in 1530.⁽⁷³⁴³⁾ He A half acre meadow called Serleshope in 1541.⁽⁷³⁴⁴⁾ He A 7-acre cottage in 1541 in Pashfield, Essex, England.⁽⁷³⁴⁵⁾ He A croft of land called Petfyld in 1549.⁽⁷³⁴⁶⁾ He appeared in court on 27 Mar 1572 in Pashfield, Essex, England.⁽⁷³⁴⁷⁾ Fined £5 for allowing his barn to be out of repair. He appeared in court in Mar 1574 in Pashfield, Essex, England.⁽⁷³⁴⁸⁾ (juror) He died before 18 Jun 1578 in Pashfield, Essex, England.⁽⁷³⁴⁹⁾ Jacobus says "shortly before." Parents: William RANDE.

He married to Joan.⁽⁷³⁵⁰⁾ Children were: Elizabeth RANDE.

William RANDE died before 2 Apr 1560.⁽⁷³⁵¹⁾

Children were: Peter RANDE.

Mary RAY died on 1 Jul 1657.⁽⁷³⁵²⁾ Pope (471) says the DOD was 5 Jan 1657, but this occurs before the birth of her daughter, so I figure that Savage got it right.

She married to Samuel DEERING on 5 Sep 1651.⁽⁷³⁵³⁾ Savage say it was 15 Nov 1651. Children were: Hannah DEERING, Mary DEERING, Sarah DEERING.

Mary REED OR LAWRENCE was christened on 2 Jul 1721 in Norwich, New London, CT.⁽⁷³⁵⁴⁾

She married to Joseph TUBBS before 1719.⁽⁷³⁵⁵⁾ Judson does not cite her maiden name at all. The IGI says he married Mary Reed 4 Jun 1717 Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts. I have no idea where I read he married Mary LAWRENCE Aug 1717.
Judson notes the possibility that all of the baptism dates from Joseph's children may be birth dates. Children were: John TUBBS, Joseph TUBBS, Seth TUBBS , Sarah TUBBS, Mary TUBBS , Hannah TUBBS, Samuel TUBBS , Zebulon TUBBS, Daniel TUBBS , Deborah TUBBS, Joseph TUBBS .

Bernice REILLY Parents: Vincent Joseph Ryan REILLY and Luella Isabella DIBBLE.

Vincent Joseph Ryan REILLY

He married to Luella Isabella DIBBLE on 28 Jun 1923. Children were: Bernice REILLY .

Mary REYNOLDS was born before 8 Apr 1630 in England.⁽⁷³⁵⁶⁾ This is the date that the Winthrop fleet left Yarmouth, England. She died after 1711 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.⁽⁷³⁵⁷⁾⁽⁷³⁵⁸⁾ Parents: Robert REYNOLDS and Mary.

Captain Nathaniel REYNOLDS was born in 1627 in England.⁽⁷³⁵⁹⁾⁽⁷³⁶⁰⁾ He was 47 in 1674 and 79 in 1706. He signed a will in 1706.⁽⁷³⁶¹⁾ He a house he rented to Josiah Franklin, where his son Ben Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁶²⁾ He died on 10 Jul 1708 in Bristol, Bristol, RI.⁽⁷³⁶³⁾⁽⁷³⁶⁴⁾⁽⁷³⁶⁵⁾ He was a shoemaker.⁽⁷³⁶⁶⁾ He was an Inspector of leather (elected office).⁽⁷³⁶⁷⁾ Nathaniel became a prominent solider and Indian fighter. Parents: Robert REYNOLDS and Mary.

Robert REYNOLDS was born in 1585 in Boxford, Suffolk, England.⁽⁷³⁶⁸⁾ The location of his birth is a guess. Banks (512) cites this as the probable residence of Robert and Mary before they emigrated in 1630. They may have been born there as well. He emigrated in Jun 1630 to Salem, Essex, MA.⁽⁷³⁶⁹⁾ The history of Robert and Mary Reynolds (513) speculates that Robert and Mary came with the Winthrop fleet. According to Banks (512), this is confirmed. They came among the 700 passengers on 11 ships comprising the Winthrop fleet, which left Yarmouth, Isle of Wright, England on April 8 and May and arrived in Salem on 13 Jun and various dates in July. Robert came with his wife Mary and children Nathaniel, Ruth, Tabitha, and Sarah.

Some believe that there was a close friendship between Robert and Governor Winthrop even while they were in England which may have influenced Robert's decision to emigrate to America. Winthrop was interested in bring a good mix of carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors and other professions, and may have sought Robert's talents as a shoemaker. Governor Winthrop later became Robert's neighbor in Boston.

According to the Winthrop Society "Whereas, Governor John Winthrop and the Puritan colonists who came with him to plant the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 were the most important and influential single group of Europeans ever to arrive in North America, The Winthrop Society is dedicated to preserving their memory, philosophy and tradition and transmitting their example of courage, faith, civic duty and integrity. These first settlers, numbering scarcely 1000, and mainly from the counties of Dorset, Essex and Suffolk, although of comfortable estate in England, abandoned their homes and farms, and made a perilous Atlantic passage to settle in an unknown wilderness. They were motivated only by their need to practice their religion free from the persecution of the Crown-Church of England. About one-third perished during or soon after their voyage and may be considered martyrs for their faith." He moved in Sep 1630 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁷⁰⁾ The first people who settled what is now Boston came about 1625. This included Reverend William Blackstone, who built a log cabin near what is now the intersection of Beacon, Spruce and Walnut Streets. In 1630, Robert was among about 700 people who moved from Salem and founded the City of Boston (he receives very early mention in the Boston historical records). Those first settlers endured many hardships including a blizzard that Christmas eve which killed 200. He resided his large home and garden at High Street (now the southeast corner of Milk and Washington Streets) after 1634 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁷¹⁾⁽⁷³⁷²⁾ One of Robert's neighbors was Richard and Anne Hutchinson. Anne is considered to be America's first female religious leader, but her views were not in keeping with strict Puritan beliefs. Anne, like another of my ancestors, Mercy Sprague TUBBS, was self-exiled to Rhode Island, which was founded on the basis of religious freedom by Roger Williams. According to the web site Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, "Although they were victims of religious persecution in Europe, the Puritans supported the Old World theory that sanctioned it, the need for uniformity of religion in the state. Once in control in New England, they sought to break 'the very neck of Schism and vile opinions.' The 'business' of the first settlers, a Puritan minister recalled in 1681, 'was not Toleration, but [they] were professed enemies of it.' Puritans expelled dissenters from their colonies, a fate that in 1636 befell Roger Williams and in 1638 Anne Hutchinson, America's first major female religious leader. Those who defied the Puritans by persistently returning to their jurisdictions risked capital punishment, a penalty imposed on four Quakers between 1659 and 1661." He became a member First Church of Boston between 10 Jun 1634 and 29 May 1635 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁷³⁾⁽⁷³⁷⁴⁾ Boston was settled in 1630. For two years, its people attended church in Charlestown. In 1632, the First Church of Boson was built for 150 £. The church was simple and austere: a one story stone building, chinked with mud, unheated, with a thatched roof and few windows. Across the street from the church was the town whipping post. In 1640, the church was replaced with a larger one built for 1000 £. Still, the First Church of Boston remained the only church in Boston until 1650 when the Second Church Society built the North Church. It was made famous by Paul Revere's ride. In 1635, Robert was dismissed from the church so he could migrate to Wethersfield (although it appears that he never actually resided there).

Robert listened to the traditional Puritan ministers and their narrow intolerant theology. There was also, however, excitement caused over a couple of Indians in the congregation who repeatedly voiced sacrilegious questions. Such people included Anne Hutchinson, who was eventually driven out into exile in Rhode Island where Puritans at the time sent all of the people who seemed to have radical notions. There, a colony was began by Roger Williams of Salem, who had been driven out during the middle of winter in 1636, but who survived to create a colony of religious tolerance where people of all faiths where invited.

During Robert's time, the whipping post was often used, especially on Quakers, while all of the townspeople watched. Three women were publicly hanged for witchcraft: Margaret Jones on 15 Jun 1648, Mary Parson on 29 May 1651, and Anne Hibbins (Governor Bellinham's sister) on 10 Jun 1651. Later, a fourth. Goody Glover, was hanged on 16 Nov 1688 and was the last. As A Puritan, Robert probably approved of such executions and thought God approved as well. He took the oath of a freeman on 3 Sep 1634 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁷⁵⁾⁽⁷³⁷⁶⁾⁽⁷³⁷⁷⁾ He moved in 1635 to Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony.⁽⁷³⁷⁸⁾ Moving to the Connecticut River Valley was a major undertaking at the time. The valley had only just been settled in 1634 by John Oldham and several others, who founded Pyquag (Wethersfield). In the summer of 1635, Robert was probably among the first formal party to settle in Wethersfield (or at least within a few years). The genealogist Marion Reynolds (513) suspects that Robert went alone, leaving his wife and children in Boston, until he had built a home, but that his residence in Wethersfield was very short lived, and he returned to Boston within months. He moved after 1635 to Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁷⁹⁾ According to Marion Reynolds (513), Robert, having left Boston and moved to Wethersfield, resided there for only a few months before moving back to Boston. Marion Reynolds describes how divisive quarrels developed among the first Wethersfield residents immediately. between he politics and the Indians, many of the residents of Wethersfield chose to return to Boston that same year or the year after. Indeed, the Indians massacred in 1636. He moved on 29 May 1635 to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁸⁰⁾⁽⁷³⁸¹⁾ Cutter (638), says that he was dismissed from the Watertown church to move to Wethersfield on 29 Mar 1636 (at least 1 year too late). Trumbull (676) says he was among several men who went on 29 May 1635, but he does not define "went." I assume that he was dismissed from Watertown Church 29 May 1635. He alloted 25 acres of meadowland near the Cambridge town limits on 14 Dec 1635 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁸²⁾ According to Marion Reynolds (513), Robert Reynolds was granted property in Wethersfield but did not ever actually reside there. Those who believe he did may have confused him with a John Reynolds that settle din Wethersfield at a similar time and may have been a relative although the relationship is not known. He purchased, sold, and was granted many tracts of land between 1636 and 1653 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁸³⁾ Robert became a considerable land owner in Boston. He appeared in court on 22 Jun 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁸⁴⁾ This is a story about how a pig lead to the formation of an upper and lower Massachusetts legislature and forever influenced the development of American government into separate branches of government with bicameral legislature. In 1636, a wandering sow in Boston was brought to Captain Robert Keayne who kept it in his yard. Keayne brought people to see the pig but nobody claimed it. After a year, Keayne slaughtered the pig, but shortly afterwards, an irate Widow Sherman claimed that Keayne had killed her pig and took him to court. This ordinary civil suit captured the interests townspeople who took sides in the case of Sherman Vs. Keayne. In 1642, the case finally came to the governing General Court which functioned with the combined powers of an judiciary, legislative and executive. It would appear that my ancestor Robert Reynolds testified on behalf of Keayne for Keayne would later acknowledge him for his public support for his case. Keayne won the suit plus an extra 20 £ for slander. Sherman appealed the case but lost again. Governor Winthrop later said that the "sow business" was so hotly contested within the court itself, that Magistrates thereafter refused to sit next to the Assistants (Deputies) and the court soon split into two entirely separate houses, the Senate and Lower House of the Massachusetts legislature, and never again consolidated. Winthrop added that "Mrs. Sherman's pig was the origin of the present Senate." In 1656, the probated will of Robert Keayne left Robert Reynolds 20 shillings for his support during his "time of distress" regarding the pig case. He signed a will on 20 Apr 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁸⁵⁾ In this year, Robert became very ill and drew up his will, which he signed and was thus literate. He died on 27 Apr 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁸⁶⁾⁽⁷³⁸⁷⁾ He had an estate probated on 27 Jul 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁸⁸⁾⁽⁷³⁸⁹⁾⁽⁷³⁹⁰⁾ The house and land were valued at 110 £. Together with personal items, his estate was valued at 336 £. He was a cordwainer (shoemaker).⁽⁷³⁹¹⁾⁽⁷³⁹²⁾⁽⁷³⁹³⁾ The term cordwainer meant shoemaker and was derived from the famous cordovan leather of Cordoba, Spain. He was Puritan.⁽⁷³⁹⁴⁾ He was buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷³⁹⁵⁾ Robert's gravestone has not been located, as it was probably made of grey stone, which was too soft to withstand more than two centuries of weathering. It is probable, however, that Robert was buried there since it was the only cemetery in Boston when he died. It is located just north of the Park Street Church, built about 1667. Savage (474) says that he is "mentioned with remarkable kindness in the will of Captain Robert Keayne."

He married to Mary about 1610 in England.⁽⁷³⁹⁶⁾⁽⁷³⁹⁷⁾ Children were: Ruth REYNOLDS, Tabitha REYNOLDS , Captain Nathaniel REYNOLDS, Sarah REYNOLDS, Mary REYNOLDS.

Ruth REYNOLDS was born about 1622 in England.⁽⁷³⁹⁸⁾ She emigrated in 1630 to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷³⁹⁹⁾ In the winter prior to the arrival of the Winthrop fleet, 80 people in Salem and Cape Ann died from starvation and disease. Ruth came with her parents and siblings in 1630, one of the 700 passengers on 11 ships comprising the Winthrop fleet, which left Yarmouth (Isle of Wright) on April 8 and May and arrived in Salem on 13 Jun and various dates in July. So in 1630, 700 people emigrated. In 1631, 90. In 1632, 250. In 1633, a couple of thosand. This began the great migration of 1633 - 1642. She must have gone back to England She moved in Sep 1630 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷⁴⁰⁰⁾ Ruth moved with her father and family. She moved in 1635 to Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony.⁽⁷⁴⁰¹⁾ She moved in 1635 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽⁷⁴⁰²⁾ The family stayed in Wethersfield for less than a year. She died between 1692 and 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.⁽⁷⁴⁰³⁾ Parents: Robert REYNOLDS and Mary.

She married to John WHITNEY in 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.⁽⁷⁴⁰⁴⁾⁽⁷⁴⁰⁵⁾⁽⁷⁴⁰⁶⁾⁽⁷⁴⁰⁷⁾ Dates of his children birth differ slightly in Worcester County history (400). Children were: John WHITNEY III, Ruth WHITNEY, Nathaniel WHITNEY, Samuel WHITNEY, Mary WHITNEY, Joseph WHITNEY, Sarah WHITNEY, Elizabeth WHITNEY, Hannah WHITNEY, Benjamin WHITNEY.

Sarah REYNOLDS was born about 1629 in England.⁽¹⁶³⁹⁾⁽⁷⁴⁰⁸⁾ She died between 1684 and 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷⁴⁰⁹⁾ Parents: Robert REYNOLDS and Mary.

Tabitha REYNOLDS was born about 1625 in England.⁽⁷⁴¹⁰⁾⁽⁷⁴¹¹⁾ She died in May 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁷⁴¹²⁾ Parents: Robert REYNOLDS and Mary .

Sarah RHOADES

She married to Charles W. SPEAR.⁽⁷⁴¹³⁾

Abigail (Abbie) RHOADS was born on 14 Jan 1824 in Sharon, Norfolk, MA.⁽⁷⁴¹⁴⁾⁽¹²²⁵⁾ She Intention on 28 Oct 1843 in Sharon, Norfolk, MA.⁽⁷⁴¹⁵⁾ She died on 20 Jul 1896 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA.⁽¹²²⁵⁾ Parents: Ellis RHOADS and Caroline DAY.

She married to Israel SPEAR on 30 Nov 1843 in Walpole, Norfolk, MA.⁽¹²²⁵⁾⁽⁷⁴¹⁶⁾
Children were: Charles Naham SPEAR, George Prescott SPEAR, Edgar Warren SPEAR, Albert Newhall SPEAR, Ella Louisa SPEAR, Abbie Anna SPEAR, Carrie Josephine SPEAR, Ralph Varnam SPEAR, Elmer Scott SPEAR, Emma Augusta SPEAR, Ida Louisa SPEAR.

Ellis RHOADS

He married to Caroline DAY. Children were: Abigail (Abbie) RHOADS.

RIEMER Parents: Dov Ber (Jacob) RIEMER and Peske.

Abash RIEMER Parents: Dov Ber (Jacob) RIEMER and Peske.

Abraham RIEMER Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Ari Labe (Leon) RIEMER was born on 4 Jun 1906.⁽¹²²³⁾ Neal Riemer says that he was born 28 Jul 1906 (058). He died on 12 Dec 1993 in Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ.⁽²⁵¹⁾⁽¹²²³⁾ Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Baruch (William) RIEMER Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Dov Ber (Benjamin) RIEMER was born on 12 Feb 1897.⁽¹²²³⁾ Neal Riemer says he was born 2 Dec 1898 (058). He died on 21 Feb 1972.⁽²⁵¹⁾⁽¹²²³⁾ Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Dov Ber (Jacob) RIEMER Parents: Maeir RIEMER and Rachel.

He married to Peske .⁽²⁵¹⁾⁽²⁵²⁾ Becky DAMESEK's death certificate names her parents as Jacob and Peshe RIEMER of Russia. The informant on her DC was "wife" which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Phyllis says Dove Ber was the brother of Rabbi Raphael RIEMER. He fathered at least three children: Rebecca, a son Abrash and another daughter, but Rebecca was the only sibling to immigrate to the America. He was probably born in Vilna like Rebecca. Children were: Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER, Abash RIEMER, RIEMER.

Elilu Jacob (Elick Jacov) RIEMER was born on 15 Dec 1890 in Svinchanka, Svencionys, Russia.⁽³⁷⁰⁾ Neal Riemer says that he was born 24 Dec 1891 (058). He died on 26 May 1974 in Freehold, Monmouth, NJ.⁽³⁷⁰⁾⁽²⁵¹⁾ Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Esther RIEMER Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Maeir RIEMER

He married to Rachel.⁽²⁵¹⁾ Children were: Sarah RIEMER, Dov Ber (Jacob) RIEMER, Raphael RIEMER.

Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER (Private). Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

She married to Samuel DAMESEK 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.

Rachel (Rose) RIEMER Parents: Raphael RIEMER and Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY.

Raphael RIEMER resided before 1903 in Vilna, Russia.⁽²²³¹⁾ He moved about 1903 to Freehold, Monmouth, NJ.⁽²²³¹⁾ He was a Rabbi after 1903 in Freehold, Monmouth, NJ.⁽²²³¹⁾ Rabbi RIEMER "was a brilliant and learned man" who "set up a Jewish congregation" in Freehold. As Rabbi, Raphael was their leader and teacher. Rabbi RIEMER performed circumcisions (being a "Mohel") and oversaw the kosher slaughter of chicken, cows and calves. He died in 1931.⁽²⁵¹⁾ Parents: Maeir RIEMER and Rachel.

He married to Rifka WOODOVCHINSKY about 1889 in Vilna, Russia. I assumed that they were married one year before the birth of their eldest child. According to his granddaughter, Phyllis Damesek Ravenett, Raphael and Rivka later immigrated to America (port unknown) about the same time as Max and Rebecca DAMESEK (1903). No one met them at Ellis Island. Raphael came first with his eldest son and when they were settled in Freehold, with many neighbors from the old 'Shtetl (village), Rivka followed with the rest of the 7 children and died about 6 months after arriving." Raphael and Rivka settled in Freehold, NJ, a previously all gentle community which dated back to the Revolutionary War where people farmed the red clay ground. Raphael, Rivka and family settled in a poor Jewish "ghettoized area" of Freehold known as "Texas." Several other families from Vilna arrived in Freehold at about the same time. Mollie and her family experienced much antisemitism in Freehold from the families who "did not appreciate having Jews among them but always handled any incidents with dignity." In the summers, Rebecca, my grandfather Abbe and his brothers often visited Rebecca's uncle. Rabbi RIEMER died of cancer in 1990. The entire RIEMER family, coming from all over the US, gathered in Freehold and held a "wonderful memorial in his honor." Children were: Elilu Jacob (Elick Jacov) RIEMER , Rachel (Rose) RIEMER, Baruch (William) RIEMER, Dov Ber (Benjamin) RIEMER , Malka (Mollie/Min) RIEMER, Esther RIEMER, Abraham RIEMER, Ari Labe (Leon) RIEMER.

Sarah RIEMER Parents: Maeir RIEMER and Rachel.

Sura Rifka (Becky) RIEMER was born in 1880 in Vilna, Russia.⁽²⁵²⁾ My grandfather told me his mother was Rebecca RIEMER born in Vilna, Russia. That city is now known as Vilnius, Lithuania. My grandmother adds that hthat is the birthplace of violist Jascha Heifetz. According to Neal RIEMER (58), however, this was her adopted American name. Her real name was Sura Rifka RIEMER. Sura Rifka is Hebrew for Sarah Rebecca. Cousin Phyllis says that she was named after Peshka RIEMER. She emigrated after Jun 1902 to New York, New York, NY.⁽²²²⁷⁾⁽²⁵²⁾ Despite sconsiderable family lore that Max, Becky and infant Samuel came together, it would appear than "Yitzik DAMESHIK" from Dvinsk, Russia came alone aboard the SS Friesland which arrived 3 Jun 1902. Maybe I have the wrong guy (they supposedly resided in St. Petersburg before coming over) but I doubt it. My current hypothesis is that Becky came over later. She died on 12 Feb 1938 in Bronx, Bronx, NY.⁽²⁵²⁾ At the age of 60, Becky DAMESEK died of Carcinoma of Stomach and Melastatic carcinoma of liver. She was buried on 13 Feb 1938 in Ridgewood, Queens, NY.⁽²⁵²⁾ She was described as was nice looking, but put on a lot of weight later in life..⁽²²²⁸⁾ Parents: Dov Ber (Jacob) RIEMER and Peske.

She married to Yitzik Mendel (Max) DAMESEK 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.

Polly ROBERDS Genealogist John Fillerton (390) says that Susan Roberts Stanwood was the daughter of Zebulon and Mary Stanwood. I assume this is an error.

She married to Zebulon STANWOOD on 5 Apr 1795 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽⁷⁴¹⁷⁾ Children were: Susan Roberts STANWOOD.

ROBERTS

He married to Mary Ann WARE.

Ann ROBINSON was born in 1652.⁽⁷⁴¹⁸⁾ Parents: Thomas ROBINSON and Mary.

She married to Joseph DUDLEY on 6 Oct 1670 in Guilford, New Haven, CT.⁽⁷⁴¹⁹⁾ Source provides neither date not place. Children were: Mary DUDLEY.

David ROBINSON was born in 1660.⁽⁷⁴²⁰⁾ He died in 1747.⁽⁷⁴²¹⁾ Parents: Thomas ROBINSON and Mary.

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