Schaffner/Ford Family Genealogy
This document contains the following sections:
- Genealogy of the Hawkes family that I received from my uncle Raymond Ford. I have updated it to contain more recent data
- Possible MAYFLOWER ancestors on the Ford side of the family
- Possible MAYFLOWER ancestors on the Schaffner side of the family
- New England to Nova Scotia migration in the 1760’s
- Notes on multiple possible ancestors descended from common ancestors on Ford side of family
- Notes on multiple possible ancestors descended from common ancestors on Schaffner side of family
- Notes on multiple possible ancestors descended from common ancestors on both the Ford and Schaffner sides of the family
- The Jaffrey Connection Part 1
- The Jaffrey Connection Part 2
- Possible Ancestors Mentioned in Salem Witch Trials
- Possible connections to Royalty & Nobility
- Possible connection to Poet Geoffrey Chaucer
- Possible connection to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Possible connection to President Theodore Roosevelt
- Possible connection to President James Abram Garfield
- Possible connection to President Zachary Taylor
- Possible connection to Jefferson Davis (President Confederate States of America)
- Possible connection to Bartholomew Gosnold early English explorer of the New England coast and founder of Jamestown Plantation
- Possible connection to Col. Timothy Pickering
- Possible connection to PresidentsJohn Adams and John Quincy Adams
- Possible connection to Philips Brooks
- Possible connection to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- Possible connection to President Ulysses Simpson Grant
- Possible connection to General Winfield Scott
- Possible connection to Stephen Hopkins signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Possible connection to Benedict Arnold
- Possible connection to brothers George and Charles Merriam who bought the publishing rights to Noah Webster’s Dictionary
- Possible connection to Calvin Coolidge
Note 1: The accuracy of any ancestral traces is only as good the data available.
Note 2: The number of ancestors (tracing only parent to parent) doubles every generation. If you go back 10 generations (8th great grand-parents) there are 1,024, go back 20 generations (18th great grand-parents) there are 1,048,576, go back 30 generations (28thgreat grand-parents) there are 1,073,741,824, go back 40 generations (38thgreat grand-parents there are 1,099,511,627,776. It is said that if you are of European descent that you are probably descended from Charlemagne, if you compare the numbers above to the number of people living in Europe in the 700’s it is obvious that this statement is probably true. The challenge is to be able to trace your family tree back to Charlemagne. As of July 2012 the US Census Bureau estimates the current world population to be 7,000,000,000+.
The below is based on a genealogy of the Hawkes familythat I received from my uncle Raymond Ford. I haveupdated it to contain more recent data.
Adam Hawkes born in England about 1608 died in Saugus, Mass. 1/13/1671. He married first Mrs. Ann (Brown) Hutchinson, who died 10/4/1669, and Adam married Sarah Hooper, daughter or William of Reading, Mass., June 1670.
Adam’s widow Sarah married Samuel Wardle (last name is probably Wardwell), 1/9/1672 in Andover, Mass. Samuel was executed as a witch 9/22/1692, and Sarah was also tried and condemned and held prisoner for a long time, but was freed at the time of the general delivery.
The family tradition is that Adam paddled down the Saugus River to the large grant of land given him by the English King, from Charleston, Mass, where he had been living several years, and where Ann had been admitted to the church. He built a log cabin which burned sometime after, and Adam went across the road and built another.
Adam left a will, in which he divided his property between his three children, his grandson Moses, and the four sons and daughters of his first wife, and his second wife. The records aren’t exactly clear as to how many children Adam had, but at least three are known. Through his daughter Susanna, Adam became the ancestor of a number of distinguished men, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Philips Brooks, and John Adams, President of the United States.
Children of Adam Hawkes and Ann (Hutchinson) Hawkes:
John, twin, born 1633 died 8/15/1694, married Rebecca Maverick
4/3/1658. He married second Sarah Cushman 4/11/1661.
Susannah, twin, born 1633 married William Cogswell 1650.
Children of Adam Hawkes and Sarah (Hopper) Hawkes:
Sarah, born 6/1/1671, married Francis Johnson 2/1/1693 at Andover.
John Hawkes, son of Adam and Ann, married Rebecca Maverick 4/3/1658. Rebecca was the daughter of Moses and Remember (Allerton) Maverick, and it is through the father of Remember, Isaac Allerton, that all descendants of John Hawkes have a Mayflower line. Rebecca died 11/4/1659 and 4/11/1661 John married Sarah Cushman, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Allerton) Cushman. Mary was another daughter of Isaac Allerton.
Children of John Hawkes and Rebecca (Maverick) Hawkes:
Moses born 1659, died 1/1/1709, married Margaret Cogswell 1698.
Children of John Hawkes and Sarah (Cushman) Hawkes:
Susannah born 1662, died 11/30/1675.
Adam born 1664, died 1691, married Elizabeth ------.
Anna born 1666, died 11/30/1675.
John born 1668, married at least twice,-- nor sure of death.
Rebecca born 1670, died 11/30/1675.
Thomas born 1673, died 1722, married Sarah Haven 2/16/1702.
Mary born 1675, married Nathaniel Goodhue of Ipswich 11/28/1698.
Ebenezer born 1676, died 12/9/1766, married Elizabeth Cogswell, married
Mrs. Sarah Bassett Newhall married Ruth (Philips) Graves.
Ebenezer Hawkes son of John and Sarah (Cushman) Hawkes, born 1676, died 12/9/1766. Married first Elizabeth Cogswell 6/16/1701, daughter of John and Margaret (Gifford) Cogswell, born 8/1/1677 and died 6/16/1718. He married second Sarah (Bassett) Newhall 5/13/1719, daughter of William and Sarah (Hood) Bassett born 12/5/1676 and died 3/27/1732. Ebenezer married third Ruth (Philips) Graves 11/9/1732 of Boston born 1686 and died 1/15/1670. Ebenezer was a blacksmith and storekeeper; he owned land in Marblehead where he settled and also in Windham, Maine. It was his grandsons who removed to Windham, along with other residents of Marblehead, and became settlers, and from whom most of the Maine Hawkes are descended. I do not feel that we have a complete list of Ebenezer’s children, but in his will only three are mentioned.
Children of Ebenezer Hawkes and Elizabeth (Cogswell) Hawkes:
Ebenezer born 7/14/1702, died 1742, married Anna Breed 1725.
Elizabeth born 4/24/1704 married Joseph Griffen.
Samuel born 5/12/1706, died 1772, married Philadelphia Estes 1727.
Samuel Hawkes son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Cogswell) Hawkes, born 5/12/1706, died 1772. Married Philadelphia Estes 4/28/1727, daughter of John and Hanna (Bassett) Estes, who were Quakers. Philadelphia’s brother William was grandfather to Lydia Estes who married Isaac Pinkham and became founder of the Lydia Pinkham Company. I have been told that Philadelphia was a Quaker preacher, which may account for the queerness of this line. Something is wrong, which I cannot account for. It was a set rule that children always named their first son for their father, the first daughter was named for either father’s mother or the wife’s, and while Samuel had a daughter Philadelphia, it is not carried out in any of his children’s lines. Philadelphia apparently died about 1740, as the younger children’s births occur so much later that he must have married a second time of which we have no record.
Children of Samuel Hawkes and Philadelphia (Estes) Hawkes:
Samuel birth unknown died 1756. Left a will in which he left to his sister
Philadelphia all his “Indoor Household movables together with 13 pound
6:8 pieces Lawful money”. Also mentions his sister Hannah and his brother
John.
Philadelphia birth unknown died 10/13/1787 recently found in an
unpublished Quaker diary, kept by Mrs. Pratt.
John born 1736 married Jerusha Merriam 12/7/1761.
Ebenezer birth unknown died 8/21/1791 married Rebecca Alley 1765.
Hanna birth unknown died 10/13/1756.
Matthew born 1753 married Ruth Breed 1774 married Ruth Collins 1778.
Deliverance born 10/23/1753 died 2/26/1825.
Joseph born 3/2/1754 probably married Mary Burrill 2/29/1774.
Patience born 1/25/1755 died 11/29/1838
Sarah alive in 1766.
John Hawkes son of Samuel and Philadelphia (Estes) Hawkes born 1736 was alive in 1825 mentioned in son’s will, married Jerusha Merriam 12/7/1761 supposed to be the daughter of Theophilus and Abigail (Ramsell) Merriam, but as she has no child by either name I think it is an error, especially so as the above named Merriam’s lived in Concord, Mass. and in the death record of Jerusha’s daughter Esther Shillaber, she gives her mother’s birth place as Walpole. Her death record has never been found either. John was a cordwainer or leatherworker.
Children of John Hawkes and Jerusha (Merriam) Hawkes:
Samuel born 4/19/1762.
Hannah born 10/30/1763 married Joseph Erving 1791.
John born 1764 died 1814 married Rebecca Shillaber 5/21/1788(1789).
Possibly Sarah born 2/5/1767.
Joseph born 5/8/1773 married Nancy Atwell 11/9/1799.
Elizabeth born 6/16/1775.
Mary born 10/2/1778.
Esther born 6/16/1780- married Jonathan Shillaber 4/13/1799.
John Hawkes son of John and Jerusha (Merriam) Hawkes, born 1764, died 1814. (I have been told a horse ran away with him, threw him and broke his neck, but have not been able to verify it.) He married Rebecca Shillaber 5/21/1789 daughter of Walter and Sarah (Nichols) Shillaber.
Children of John Hawkes and Rebecca (Shillaber) Hawkes:
Lydia born 10/12/1789 married Ahijah Estes 9/26/1812.
John born 1/7/1792 married Rachel Curtis 1/7/1816.
David born 3/25/1794 married Hanna Pratt 11/20/1816.
Jonathan born 5/6/1796 married Clarissa Palmer 5/5/1827.
Sally birth unknown married Jonathan Buxton 5/5/1827.
All the above are mentioned in settlement of father’s estate.
David Hawkes son of John and Rebecca (Shillaber) Hawkes born 3/25/1794 married Hanna Pratt 11/20/1816.
Children of David Hawkes and Hanna (Pratt) Hawkes:
Lydia Pratt born 1817 married John Loring.
James Franklin born 1819 married Hanna Parrott.
Charles Warren born 1821 married Hannah Pickering 1842.
Gilbert Pratt born 1824 married Eliza Fairchild.
Edward Everett born 1826 married Jane Pratt.
John Elmer twin born 1828 married Ruth Galencia.
David Herbert twin born 1828.
Seth Williams born 1830.
George Alfred born 1822 married Sarah Zanes.
William Wallace born 1836 married Emily Parker.
Charles Warren Hawkes son of David and Hanna (Pratt) Hawkes born 1821 married Hannah Pickering 1842. Charles Warren Hawkes left here in 1849 to go seek his fortune in the Gold Rush of 1849. He was with an organized party of men. He got as far as Delnot, Colorado and struck it rich. He kept several parchment diaries as he traveled over the miles. When he returned to Boston, he visited his daughter Sarah Helen. He brought back gold beads, a gold lover’s knot pin and other jewelry. He hired a suite of rooms at a Boston hotel as he claimed he was used to space and couldn’t be comfortable in a room at his daughter’s home. He also asked the hotel to get a goat as he was used to goat’s milk.
Children of Charles Warren Hawkes and Hannah (Pickering) Hawkes:
Sarah Helen born Lynn, Mass. 1843 married George Edmond Jackson born
1838 married 1860 son of William P. and Emiline B. of Boston. Sarah died
1865 George died 5/8/1918.
Francis born 1844 married George E. Jackson 1866.
Laura born 8/../1847 died 1869.
Lydia Loring born 1848 died 1850.
George Edmond Jackson enlisted 4/16/1861 at the age of 23. Was in “K” 31st Regiment Mass. Vol. Infantry promoted to 1st St. later promoted to 1st Lt. and muster as such 9/6/1864, mustered out 11/26/1864 (this information is from The Adjutant General). His wife Sarah Helen (Hawkes) Jackson died while he was away; he then married her sister Francis in 1866.
Children of George Edmond Jackson and Sarah Helen (Hawkes) Jackson:
Lizzie Maria born 11/11/1861 in Lynn, Mass. died 4/10/1931 married
William Ford.
Children of George Edmond Jackson and Francis (Hawkes) Jackson:
George E. born 1868 died 8/14/1957 married Dehlia Barry 6/16/1896.
Charles Warren born2/15/1872 died 10/5/1965 married Maude Sargent
1895.
Laura
William Henry born 4/28/1886 married Ethel M. Stone.
Ada
Elmer Stephen born 8/19/1888 died 12/26/1965 married Anna Marie
Maher born 7/4/1883 died 1962.
Lizzie Maria Jackson born 11/11/1861 died 4/10/1931 married William Ford born 1860 died 1927.
Children of William Ford and Lizzie Maria (Jackson) Ford:
William T. born 3/2/1883 died 11/8/1938 married 1909 Harriett Gosnell
born 11/13/1883 died 1944.
Alexander Scott born 1885 died 1942 married Ivy Redfield.
Isabelle Helen born 1/4/1888 died 1962 married Chester Lacount.
Herbert died at age 3.
Viola B. born 4/12/1893 died 1938 never married.
Everett Emery born 12/3/1895 died 1963 married Elizabeth Johnson.
Evelyn G. born 7/22/1898 married Daniel McKeeman born 7/10/1905.
William T. Ford born 3/2/1883 died 11/8/1938 married 1909 Harriett Gosnell born 11/13/1883 died 1944.
Children of William T. Ford and Harriett (Gosnell) Ford:
Raymond born 1912 died 1963 married Ruth Robbins.
George Jackson born 1/9/1914 died 1981 never married.
Bertram born 1916 died 1917.
Harriet Helen born 10/5/1921 died 5/21/1979 married 2/6/1944 Frederick
Schaffner born 1/3/1918 died 3/14/2008.
Frederick Schaffner born 1/3/1918, died 3/14/2008, married 2/6/1944 Harriet HelenFord born 10/5/1921, died 5/21/1979. At the time ofFrederick Schaffner death in 2008 there were four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; who are not listed as they are all still living.
Frederick Schaffner was the son of Ernest Stanley Schaffner and Catherine FrancesMurphy (also seen listed as Mary Catherine Fogerty). Her birth name was Mary Catherine Fogerty. She was adopted by her aunt and uncle, John and Margaret Murphy, her name was changed to Catherine Frances Murphy. I had her adopted mother listed as Margaret O’Rielly, from her marriage information it is listed as Margaret Donlearey. Also have seen some indication her birth parents might have been John Fogerty and Bridget Ryan. A certified copy of her death transcript lists her parents as John P. Murphy (adopted father?) and Bridget (birth mother?).
Possible MAYFLOWER ancestors on the Ford side of the family
I have traced back from Harriet Ford to the Allerton, Alden and Mullin’s families who came to America on the Mayflower. Below is the path from Isaac Allerton forward to Harriet Ford:
From Isaac Allerton:
Isaac Allerton (1586 - 1659)
is your 11th great grandfather
Mary Allerton (1616 - 1699)
Daughter of Isaac
Sarah Cushman (1639 - 1695)
Daughter of Mary
Ebenezer Hawkes (1677 - 1766)
Son of Sarah
Samuel Hawkes (1706 - 1772)
Son of Ebenezer
John Hawkes (1733 - 1814)
Son of Samuel
John Hawkes (1764 - 1813)
Son of John
David Hawkes (1794 - 1845)
Son of John
Charles Warren Hawkes (1821 - )
Son of David
Sarah Helen Hawkes (1843 - 1861)
Daughter of Charles Warren
Lizzie Maria Jackson (1861 - 1930)
Daughter of Sarah Helen
William Thomas Ford (1883 - 1938)
Son of Lizzie Maria
Harriet Helen Ford (1921 - 1979)
Daughter of William Thomas
Kenneth George Schaffner
You are the son of Harriet Helen
Below is the path from William Mullins forward to Harriet Ford
William***"Mayflower Compact" Mullins 11th MGGF (1578 - 1621)
12th great-grandfather
Priscilla (Mayflower) Mullins (1602 - 1680)
daughter of William***"Mayflower Compact" Mullins 11th MGGF
Hannah Alden (1618 - 1702)
daughter of Priscilla (Mayflower) Mullins
Hannah Ames (1641 - 1690)
daughter of Hannah Alden
Lydia Hayden (1670 - 1756)
daughter of Hannah Ames
Elizabeth Vinton (1698 - 1772)
daughter of Lydia Hayden
Benjamin Barnes (1726 - 1803)
son of Elizabeth Vinton
Rachel Barnes (1755 - 1814)
daughter of Benjamin Barnes
Bazaleel Bennett (1776 - 1864)
son of Rachel Barnes
Emaline M Bennett (1817 - 1852)
daughter of Bazaleel Bennett
George Edmond Jackson (1838 - 1918)
son of Emaline M Bennett
Lizzie Maria Jackson (1861 - 1930)
daughter of George Edmond Jackson
William Thomas Ford (1883 - 1938)
son of Lizzie Maria Jackson
Harriet Helen Ford (1921 - 1979)
daughter of William Thomas Ford
Kenneth George Schaffner
You are the son of Harriet Helen Ford
Isaac Allerton was a shrewd/questionable/unethical businessman.
Two excellent sources for information on the lives of the Mayflower passengers are:
The below listed ancestors came to Plymouth in 1621 on the Fortune:
William & Elizabeth Bassett
Robert & son Thomas Cushman
Possible MAYFLOWER ancestors on the Schaffner side of the family
I have traced back from Frederick Schaffner to the Eaton, Billington, Hopkins and Warren families who came to America on the Mayflower. Below are the paths from the Eaton, Billington, Hopkins and Warren families forward to Frederick Schaffner:
From John Billington:
John Billington (1580 - 1630)
is your 10th great grandfather
Francis Billington (1606 - 1684)
Son of John
Martha Billington (1638 - 1704)
Daughter of Francis
Sarah Eaton (1662 - 1726)
Daughter of Martha
Lydia Bump (1692 - 1740)
Daughter of Sarah
Mary Hurd (1731 - 1786)
Daughter of Lydia
Lydia Benjamin (1768 - 1847)
Daughter of Mary
Salome Silina Parker (1796 - 1876)
Daughter of Lydia
William Henry Balcom (1823 - 1889)
Son of Salome Silina
Annie Sophia Balcom (1859 - 1948)
Daughter of William Henry
Ernest Stanley Schaffner (1884 - 1956)
Son of Annie Sophia
Frederick Stanley Schaffner (1918 - 2008)
Son of Ernest Stanley
Kenneth George Schaffner
You are the son of Frederick Stanley
From Francis Eaton:
Francis Eaton (1596 - 1633)
is your 9th great grandfather
Samuel Eaton (1620 - 1684)
Son of Francis
Sarah Eaton (1662 - 1726)
Daughter of Samuel
Lydia Bump (1692 - 1740)
Daughter of Sarah
Mary Hurd (1731 - 1786)
Daughter of Lydia
Lydia Benjamin (1768 - 1847)
Daughter of Mary
Salome Silina Parker (1796 - 1876)
Daughter of Lydia
William Henry Balcom (1823 - 1889)
Son of Salome Silina
Annie Sophia Balcom (1859 - 1948)
Daughter of William Henry
Ernest Stanley Schaffner (1884 - 1956)
Son of Annie Sophia
Frederick Stanley Schaffner (1918 - 2008)
Son of Ernest Stanley
Kenneth George Schaffner
You are the son of Frederick Stanley
John Billington was hanged for murder, Francis Billington was as troublesome youth.
From Stephen Hopkins:
Stephen Hopkins (1581 - 1644)
is your 10th great grandfather
Giles Hopkins (1609 - 1689)
Son of Stephen
Deborah Hopkins (1648 - 1727)
Daughter of Giles
Deborah Cooke (1678 - 1745)
Daughter of Deborah
David Godfry (1707 - 1777)
Son of Deborah
Elizabeth Godfry (1735 - 1762)
Daughter of David
William Bishop (1759 - 1833)
Son of Elizabeth
Rebecca Bishop (1803 - 1874)
Daughter of William
John Schaffner Jr. (1833 - 1909)
Son of Rebecca
Leander Parker Schaffner (1859 - 1927)