Because this software does not allow for dates of marriages, or other personal details, here are some of those details: Many of the Puritans who settled at Plymouth, MA, in 1620, later received land grants in Duxbury, MA. In 1645, the settlers of Duxbury incorporated the town of Bridgewater, MA, where the Howards, Keiths, Edsons, etc., lived, and this was evidently the same place that had been called Duxbury before 1645. -- Edson, Deacon Samuel, and Susanna Bickley, married March 1, 1638 at Holy Trinity Church in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. -- Hass, Charles August, left home in Prussia aboard the ship Nichols at age 12 in 1856, and settled in Bucksport, ME. He married twice; name of his first wife is unknown, but had no children. Remarried in 1874 to Hannah Woodbridge Thompson, who would have been about 15 at the time! Son Pearl Hass born January 12, 1875; then Warren Charles Hass born August 12, 1883. -- Hass, Edward Warren married Maria L. Mijares October 6, 1996. -- Hass, John William, married Rosemary Theresa Rodino April 30, 1977 -- Hass, Richard Erich married Sari Michelle Klein July 19, 1987. -- Hass, Warren Charles, lived at 272 Graves Street, Bangor, ME, until house destroyed in Great Bangor fire of 1911, then lived at 363 Essex Street, Bangor, ME, house where Charles, Marjorie, Robert, and William Hass were raised. -- Hass, William Warren, married Marianne G. Schaefer December 22, 1948. -- Howard, Amasa, married Judith Weeks in January, 1826. They moved to Bangor, ME, in 1834, where he was a blacksmith and edge tool maker at Union Iron Works. In 1843, they lived in Guilford, ME. -- Howard, David married Bethia Leonard on February 7, 1727. -- Howard, David Jr., married Kaziah Ames on February 5, 1761. -- Howard, David III married Polly Kingman on October 15, 1788. He married Rebecca Whitman on November 14, 1791. He would marry 3 more times: to Abigail Alden Snell (daughter of Eleazer Alden of Bridgewater, MA, and widow of William Snell of Eaton, NH) in 1814; to Hannah Roberts about 1822; and to the widow Elizabeth Snow in 1825. David Howard III's home was destroyed by fire in 1811; by an odd coincidence, 100 years later, the home of his great-granddaughter, Grace Marion (Howard) Hass was also destroyed by fire. -- Howard, Ephraim, married Mary Keith in 1689. -- Howard, Franklin married Abbie Appleton in 1870. -- Hayward/Howard (sometimes also spelled Haward), John, is of questionable heritage in England. His mother Mary lived in London, but no record of his father. Unconfirmed legend, passed down in the Hass family, says that he was in an English debtor's prison, with no way to pay his debts or his bail, and was sent to the colonies, pretty much to fend for himself, rather than have the English public continue to finance his imprisonment indefinitely. The earliest conformed record is that he moved to Duxbury, MA, at age 15, and lived in home of Captain Miles Standish (who, like many of the original settlers of the Plymouth colony, had moved to Duxbury), where again unconfirmed Hass verbal legend has it that he was a servant. But however sordid John Howard's past might have been, that seems to have been forgiven and forgotten when he moved to the colonies, undoubtedly due to the influence and sponsorship of Captain Miles Standish. He was granted the right to bear arms in 1643, and became an original proprietor of Bridgewater, MA, in 1645. Married Martha Hayward April 6, 1657. Rank of ensign on September 27, 1664. Opened Howard Tavern (inn) in 1670, which (again according to family legend) became a popular stop for travelers and remained in the family of his descendants for approximately 150 years. On June 5, 1678, he became a selectman and a deputy of the Massachussetts General Court until 1683. Rank of Lieutenant in 1689. His brother George also came to Duxbury, but his sister Susanna remained in England. --Hayward (sometimes also spelled Haward), Thomas, shipped from Sandwich, England to Massachussetts on the Hercules in 1625, with two brothers, his wife Susanna, and five children. They moved to Duxbury, MA in 1638 and Thomas was among the original proprietors when Duxbury became Bridgewater in 1645. Became a freeman in 1646 and died 1681. His 7 children (last two born in MA) were Thomas, Nathaniel, Jean, Joseph, Elias, Mary, and Martha. -- Keith, Reverend James, graduated Marischal college of Aberdeen, Scotland, at age 14 in 1658. Brought to Bridgewater, MA at age 18 in 1662, by Dr. Increase Mather to serve as the minister of Bridgewater, MA. Married Susanna Edson May 3, 1668 in Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA. --Keith, Robert, father of Reverend James Keith, most sources list as born 1621 in Aberdeen, Scotland, but one source (http://www.northrim.net/humphri/d0000/g0000012.html#I14590) places his birth at 1612 (possibly the digits were reversed from 1621?) and his wife's birth at 1616 but no source is cited for that date. http://www.wkc3.com/keith.htm provides two possibilities for who this Robert Keith might have been, but neither is definitely the father of Reverend James Keith: 1. 93. v Robert Keith b. 1620/4, Scotland, parents were 80. William Keith (71.George12, 56.William11, 50.William10, 40.Robert9, 34.William8, 30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1600, Kintore, Aberdeen, Scotland, m. 12 Oct 1609, Mary Erskine, b. ~1593, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, (daughter of John Erskine and Mary Stewart) d. Aft 1664. William died Oct 1635, Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scot. LDS #9GVG-G9. 2. 87. xi Robert Keith b. 4 Apr 1619, Aberdeen, Scotland, parents were 71. George Keith (56.William11, 50.William10, 40.Robert9, 34.William8, 30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. 1553, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. 4 Feb 1580, in Berwickshire, Scotland, Margaret Home, b. ~1557, Berwickshire, Scotland, (daughter of Alexander Home and Margaret Ker) d. May 1598, Scotland. Geroge died 2 Apt 1623, Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scot., buried: St. Bridges, Dunottar, Kincardineshire. LDS #8533-1H. The first Robert Keith above was a grandson of the George Keith who was father of the second Robert Keith mentioned. If that George Keith was grandfather or great-grandfather to the Reverend James Keith (which there is NO evidence to support this conjecture, other than the dates of the Robert Keiths being approximately right), then the previous generations (tracing backward into history) of Keiths were: 1. 56. William Keith (50.William10, 40.Robert9, 34.William8, 30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1527, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. 14 Jan 1547, in Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, Elizabeth Hay, b. ~1531, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, (daughter of George of Erroll Hay and Margaret Robertson). William died 10 Aug 1580, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland. LDS #8531-TC. 2. 50. William Keith (40.Robert9, 34.William8, 30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. 24 Jul 1506, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. 6 Sep 1530, in Inverugie, Aberdeen, Scotland, Margaret Keith, b. ~1520, Inverugie, Aberdeen, Scotland, (daughter of William Keith and Janet Gray). William died 7 Oct 1581, Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scot. LDS #8530-Z2. 3. 40. Robert Keith (34.William8, 30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1483, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. 1505, in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Elizabeth "Beatrice" Douglas, b. ~1488, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, (daughter of John Douglas and Janet Crichton) d. After 1527. LDS #8531-Z2. 4. 34. William Keith (30.William7, 26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1451, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. 1481/2, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Elizabeth Gordon, b. ~1462, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, (daughter of George Gordon and Annabella, Princess of Scotland). 5. 30. William De Keith (26.William6, 21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. 1425, Scotland, m. ~1451, Mariot "Muriella" Erskine, b. ~1430, Selkirkshire, Scotland, (daughter of _____ Erskine and Janet Douglas). LDS #S2R8-1L. 6. 26. William Keith (21.Robert5, 11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1389, Dunottar, Kincardine, Scotland, m. 26 Apr 1414, Marjorie Frasier, b. ~1393, Lovat Castle, Kilmorack, Inverness-Shire, (daughter of Alexander Fraser and Elizabeth Keith) d. Bef Aug 1442. William died 16 Mar 1463/4. LDS #8530-M6. 7. 21. Robert Keith (11.William4, 10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1363, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. ~1379, in St. Andrews Diocese, Fifeshire, Scotland, Heiress of Troup, b. ~1363, Troup, Banffshire, Scotland. Robert died 1430. LDS #8530-M6. 8. 11. William De Keith (10.Edward3, 2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1315, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. ~1347, Margaret Fraser, b. ~1321, Touch, Frasier, Sterling, Scotland, d. Bef 1410. William died 1407/10. LDS #8531-CX. 9. 10. Edward De Keith (2.William2, 1.John1) b. ~1280, Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, m. Bef Jul 1305, in Sinton, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Isabella De Synton, b. ~1285, Sinton, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Edward died 17 Oct 1346, Battle of Neville's Cross, England. LDS #8531-F9. 10. 2. William Keith (1.John1) b. ~1236, Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, m. ~1261, Barbara Seton, b. ~1216, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, (daughter of Adam De Seton and Janet Gifford). William died Bef 1293. LDS #852Z-10. 11. 1. John De Keith b. ~1212, Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, m. ~1235, Margaret Cumyn, b. ~1217, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. John died Bef 1270. LDS #852Z-3B. -- Sanborn, John, born in Brimpton, Berkshire, England, 1620. Granted a land tract in Hampton, NH, in 1640. Became a selectman February 7, 1657. Freeman in May, 1666. Ensign in 1664, Lieutenant on October 15, 1679, fought in King William's war in 1689. Representative to NH General Assembly in 1685. His first wife, Mary Tuck was daughter of Robert Tuck of Gorlston, Suffolk, England and Hampton, NH. His second wife, MARGARET, was daughter of Robert Page of Ormsby, Sufolk and Hampton, NH, and widow of William Moulton. His 12 children, all by his second wife, were JOHN, Mary, Abigail, Richard, Mary, Joseph, Stephen, Ann, Dinah, Nathaniel, Benjamin, and Captain Jonathan Weeks. -- Sanborn, John Jr, married Judith (daughter of Tristam) Coffin of Newbury, MA, on November 19, 1674. Became a freeman April 25, 1678. Ten children: Judith, Mary, SARAH, Deboarh, John, Tristam, Enoch, Lydia, Peter, and Abner. -- Schaefer, D. Eduard Max Erich, married Elizabeth Jedwabnick March 30, 1924. -- Thompson, John (married to Hannah Sophia Woodbridge), was a sailor who died at sea off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Canada) in August, 1862. His children were William H. Thompson, Annie J. Thompson (married George Clark), Clara Thompson (married John Bolin), Charlotte Thompson (married James Bennett), Hannah Woodbrige Thompson (born 1859, married Charles August Hass), and Addie Thompson (December 12, 1861-March 1866). Since she was born July 17, 1842, she was 17 when her daughter Hannah was born, so even figuring one child per year, with 3 older children, she must have married at about 14! -- Weeks, Captain Samuel. Built a brick house at Greenland, NH, about 1710, which his descendants lived in and this became a separate family branch from the "Bay Side" Weeks family on the ancestral Leonard Weeks property. He and Elinor (Haines) Weeks had 7 children: Samuel, John, Walter, MATTTHIAS, Mary, Elinor, and William. -- Weeks, Matthias, married widow Sarah Ford, daughter of John Sanborn of North Hampton, NH, in 1735. Sold father's inherited ancestral land on the Great Bay (not the Brick House property), and moved to Gilmanton, NH, in 1773. Ten children: JOHN, Olive, Matthias, Elinor, Mary, Samuel, Joanna, Benjamin, Noah, and Josiah. -- Wyke/Weeks, Leonard, appears to be the first in that family to have spelled the name Weeks, but was evidently born Wyke. This may be what is meant by the oral legend in the Hass family, about an ancestor changing spelling of a name, although spellings seemed to have been sloppy in general before the 1`8th century, as evidenced by John Hayward also being John Howard and John Haward, possibly a confusion with his wife's maiden name being Hayward and sometimes spelled Haward. He was a witness to a bond at York County, ME, December 6, 1655, and received a grant of eight acres of land at Portsmouth, NH, on June 29, 1656. On April 26, 1660, he had to appear in court on charge that he called John Hall of Greenland, NH, "ould dog" and "ould slave, and swore "by God, I will knock you in the head," fined ten shillings for swearing "by God" and three shillings court cost, but only admonished for threatening John Hall with bodily harm, which certainly shows where the Puritans priorities were, that "by God" is a worse offense than threatening to knock someone in the head! On July 5, 1660, he received three separate land grants, of 44, 34, and 10 acres. In February, 1661, he settled at the Winnicut River in Greenland, NH, and became a selectman of Portsmouth the same year, and soon after became constable, in spite of (or perhaps because of) his bullying John Hall in 1660, again odd priorities the Puritans had! In 1669, he served on a committee "to lay out the highway between Greenland and Bloody Poynt." He married Mary Haines, daughter of Deacon Samuel Haines, in 1667; their children were John, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, Margaret, and Sarah. -- Willett, Thomas, of Batcomb (near Urington), Somersetshire, England, is credited with having 20 teenage "daughters" at the same time, one of whom (first name unknown) married Henry Wyke of Stanton Drew, Somersetshire. It always seemed odd to me how one man could have 20 daughters who were all teenagers at the same time, unless he had a lot of mistresses on the side, in which case he would probably not have acknowledged them as his daughters, or unless there were a lot of twins/triplets, etc. But then I met a genealogist at the New York Public Library, in the 1970s, who told me that merchants who provided ladies of pleasure and/or wives to English noblemen, often referred to them as his "daughters", and while there is no way to know if Henry Wyke's wife was one of these, it certainly makes for an interesting and colorful background to be descended from. And if this is the case, then Henry Wyke's wife's true maiden name was probably not Willett. One can speculate that some of Willett's "daughters," such as Henry Wyke's wife, were selected as the medieval equivalent of today's mail-order brides, while others were for less honorable arrangements (possibly also including Henry Wyke's wife prior to their marriage), but again, all of this is mere speculation.