Surname Saturday - HEALEY

Surname Saturday - HEALEY

Through the first 26 weeks of Surname Saturday posts, we named and discussed the surnames of my "round of thirty-two" (scroll down a bit) - back through 3rd great grandparents.

Now we are in the second week of sharing some of the "further back" surnames with which I have spent some time and done some research - some, like today, again, quite a bit, actually.

Today, we will look briefly at HEALEY, a common name in early Massachusetts. This is going back on my father's mother's line, PRESTON. Her father was James and her grandfather was William, The Old Sheriff. The father of William, the old sheriff was also William PRESTON (1755-1842) (and his wife, Elizabeth Cynthia LORD). His mother was Hannah HEALEY (1734-1812) who married William PRETON (1728-1804). This William was born in Beverly, MA, and died in Strafford, Orange Co, VT. Hannah HEALEY was born in Chester, NH, and died in Strafford, Orange Co, VT.

Hannah was the youngest daughter of William (1689/90-1771/2) HEALY and Mary (1690-?) SANBORN (we will look at SANBORN next Saturday!)


Families are Forever!  ;-)

Surname Saturday - LORD

Surname Saturday - LORD

On previous Saturdays, we have reported all of the known ancestor lineage surnames through  the great-great grandparent surnames (see earlier Saturday Surname posts in the left column, scroll down - back into 2009) and we have started on the next batch.

Looking ahead, from the "round of thirty-two" (scroll down a bit) - 3rd great-grandparents - We know and will have reported on 9 of the sixteen Male lines (four are from Denmark) we know and will be reporting on nine new female surname lines of the possible sixteen: VESTERSTROM, SPRANG, LORD, KIMMERLING, FIRESTONE, SCHWYHART, LEE, JONES, and KIRK.

Today, we will look briefly at LORD. This is going back on my father's mother's line, PRESTON. Her father was James and her grandfather was William, The Old Sheriff. LORD is believed to be his mother's surname, Elizabeth Cynthia LORD. Her husband, William, the father of William, the old sheriff, was a Revolutionary War hero and served in the NH State Legislature in 100 and 1802. His tomb (my daughter has visited it, in NH) marks him as Maj. William Preston (b. 6 Jul 1755, Rumney Twp, Grafton Co, NH), died Jan. 17, 1842, in the 88th year of his age. New Hampshire Pension Records show a lengthy record of Revolutionary War service, including capture by the British, gaining release, and going back and fighting some more. We will share more details of this story another day. He and his first wife, Elizabeth (1760-1807, buried with her husband at the Rumney, NH, Depot Cemetery), had 12 children between 1780 and 1801, the first being William, the old sheriff. At this time, we know nothing more of her family, for certain.

Families are Forever!  ;-)