I am an active member of WikiTree. Here is my family tree and here are 10 generations of my direct ancestry. That ancestry is almost entirely in the northeastern United States (including some of the earliest settlers), and I mostly work in New England, New Netherland, New York, and Pennsylvania.
In WikiTree I currently serve as volunteer Project Leader for the New Netherland Settlers Project and United States Project, Project Co-Leader for the Palatine Migration Project, and Project Leader supporting the Massachusetts Project.
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Ellen Smith
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
[private sister (1950s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2014 | Last significant change: 19 May 2022
16:21: Beryl Meehan posted a comment on the page for Ellen Smith [Thank Beryl for this]
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Biography
Born, grew up, and still living (last time I looked!) in the United States of America.
Status of Ancestry Information
The table (table format at Space:Table of Known Ancestors) below summarizes the extent of the information on my ancestry that is included in Wikitree. For the ten generations previous to mine, it shows the number of possible ancestors, the number of these ancestors who are currently identified/documented included in WikiTree, and the percentage of the possible ancestors who are identified here. Cumulative (overall) totals are also provided. Generations 9 and 10 are not up to date.
"Identified" ancestors include some with unknown last names at birth. It also includes some questionable identifications and people that I have not researched.
| ANCESTORS BY GENERATION | OVERALL ANCESTORS (CUMULATIVE) | ||||||||
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| Gen. # | Direct Relation to Self | Dates of Birth | Matches | # | # Identified in WikiTree | % Identified in WikiTree | Total # | Total # Identified | Total % Identified |
| 1 | Parent | 1920s | siblings | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2 | grandparent | 1890s | 1st Cousins | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 3 | great grandparent | 1850s to 1870s | 2nd Cousins | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 14 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 4 | 2nd great grandparent | 1810s to 1850s | 3rd Cousins | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
| 5 | 3rd great grandparent | 1770s to 1820s | 4th Cousins | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 62 | 62 | 100.0% |
| 6 | 4th great grandparent | 1740s to 1790s | 5th Cousins | 64 | 52 | 81.2% | 126 | 114 | 90.5% |
| 7 | 5th great grandparent | 1700s to 1760s | 6th Cousins | 128 | 89 | 69.5% | 254 | 203 | 79.9% |
| 8 | 6th great grandparent | 1670s to 1740s | 7th Cousins | 256 | 141* | 55.1% | 510 | 344 | 67.5% |
| 9 | 7th great grandparent | 1650s to 1700s | 8th Cousins | 512 | 250* | 48.8% | 1022 | 594 | 58.1% |
| 10 | 8th great grandparent | 1590s to 1670s | 9th Cousins | 1024 | 401* | 39.2% | 2046 | 981 | 47.9% |
*There are several duplicates (people who appear on multiple branches of the tree) in these generations (see "Endogamy" section below for a list). These people are counted more than once in the numbers for both possible ancestors and identified ancestors. Cumulative numbers of distinct individuals in my WikiTree-documented ancestry are: 343 at generation 8, 570 at generation 9, and 934 at generation 10.
Presidential Relatives
See this page.
Endogamy
Autosomal DNA matching with me may be complicated by the number of ancestors who are represented in my lineage more than once. These distant ancestors' DNA may be somewhat amplified in my DNA. Also, if the same ancestor appears on different branches of my family tree, that may reduce the chance of triangulating a particular DNA segment to a particular common ancestor.
Identified ancestors appearing in multiple lines of my ancestry include (this list is not yet complete):
Generation 8
- Maternal
- Paternal
Generation 9
- Maternal
- Teunis Terpenning
- Gretzen DeGraff
- Pieter Van Aken
- Rutsjen Damen
- Henry Stevens Jr.
- Elizabeth Fellows
- Jacob Jacobse Schermerhorn
- Geertjie Hendrickse Van Buren
- Paternal
- Samuel Smith
- Mary Marvin
- Robert Stetson
- Mary Collamore
- Benjamin Thayer
- Margaret Curtis
- Samuel Fuller
- Elizabeth Thacher
- Josiah Richmond[1]
- Mehitable Deane[1]
- Edward Richmond[2]
- Mercy (Unknown) Richmond[2]
- Benjamin Deane[2]
- Sarah Williams[2]
Generation 10
- Maternal
- Marinus Van Aken
- Pieternelle Du Pre
- Jan Corneliszen Damen
- Sofia "Fytie" Martens
- Gerrit Lammertsen
- Annetie Hoogland
- Moses de Graaff
- Hester Delamater
- Anna Cross
- Elizabeth Gallup
- Henry Stephens Sr.
- Ephraim Fellows
- Jacob Janse Schermerhorn
- Jannetje Van Egmont
- Hendrick Cornelissen Van Buren
- Elizabeth Van Slyck
- Pieter Winne
- Tannatje Adams
- Paternal
- John Smith
- Mary Huntley
- William Durkee
- Martha Cross
- Joseph Stetson
- Prudence (Unknown) Stetson
- Anthony Collamore
- Sarah Chittenden
- Richard Thayer
- Rebecca Mycall
- Theophilus Curtis
- Hannah Payne
- Samuel Fuller
- Mary (Unknown) Fuller
- Rodolphus Thacher
- Ruth Partridge
- John Richmond Jr.
- Abigail Rogers
- Edward Richmond[2]
- Mercy (Unknown) Richmond[2]
- Benjamin Deane[2]
- Sarah Williams[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Occurs once in Generation 8 and once in Generation 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Occurs once in Generation 9 and once in Generation 10
Notes on DNA Matches
See my Notes on DNA Matches page for information on DNA confirmation of maternal and paternal relationships.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Ellen's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
- private siblings' names
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ellen or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ellen or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Ellen Smith: Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup H1e
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100.00%
100.00%
Ellen Smith:
23andMe, GEDmatch M162952 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch EP9026105 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Susan (Mason) Balsley
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AncestryDNA
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Ellen:
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 28, 2022.
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 7, 2022.
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 24, 2022.
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 19, 2022.
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 4, 2022.
- Ellen Smith is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 19, 2022.
Ellen is 18 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 27 degrees from David Attenborough, 23 degrees from Bill Bryson, 24 degrees from Richard Dawkins, 31 degrees from Bengt Feldreich, 28 degrees from Ruth Gates, 22 degrees from Stephen Hawking, 33 degrees from Julius Miller, 17 degrees from Bill Nye, 27 degrees from Magnus Pyke, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan and 17 degrees from David Randall on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Devoor-13 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Devoor-31
Thank you.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barentsz-14 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/VanHorn-345
Thank You
I just entered my first pre-1700 profile. Chilson-425, I would appreciate it if you could take a look and make sure my sources are up to Wiki-Tree standards. Thanks in advance for your help.
A new Wikitreer is a descendant (I'm a desc of Mary's sister Sarah) - wondering if you might added this new person to sharing the management of Sarah's profile - his id Reed-28962 Thank You.
edited by Beryl Meehan
Bea is semi-retired from WikiTree. She adopted that profile in 2017 to facilitate a complicated merge, and apparently forgot to remove herself afterwards.
The profile is very minimal. :-(
Advise the new member that they will be able to edit that profile after they obtain pre-1700 certification. They should become eligible to self-certify tomorrow.
I can't add a member to a trusted list unless I have their email address, and email addresses cannot be posted on public pages. If they send me a PM (including a link to the profile they want), I can add them.
Ellen
This lady joined the Texas subproject of United States History. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-16158 Will you award the US_history badge for her?? Paula cannot as she has gone Emeritus.
She has also answered the g2g post for US History.
Thanks
Mary Rchardson, Texas Project Coordinator
Many thanks for your reply. I know matches at 3cM are dubious, but if, having traced a distant cousin through the line of descent, you have a DNA match, however small, it's better than no match!
I've just looked at the page for Theophilus Elsworth and it has - Theophilus "Christopher, Christoffel, Stoffel" Elsworth formerly Ellsworth aka Elswaert ". The Elsworths in NY were single 'l' - Elsworth consistently through to the early 19th century, so this entry should reflect in Theo's profile, and the lines down, to prevent confusion and misattribution to Ellsworth who in early times were in CT and elsewhere.
Best wishes
John
edited by John Phillips
edited by Ellen Smith
Hopefully you can help me. I am a new Wikitree member and have run into quite a few problems. 1. I have added a son of mine whose first wife died and he now has married another wife. I can't find a way of adding the new wife and the children of that marriage. 2. When I added my father I made a mistake and put my mother's name in with his and now I have two profiles of him and can't eliminate the second one. on his parents profile he is listed as two of their children. 3. My wife is a direct ancestor of William Brewster. On the Wikitree Benjamin Brewster Sr., born 1799 is shown as the father of Frank Brewster. But Benjamin Sr is not the father, but the Grandfather. and Benjamin Sr's son Benjamin Jr. born in 1826 is Franks father. How do we get this fixed. It is well documented in The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1909, By Emma C. Brewster Jones Published by The Grafton Press in 1908. I have a copy of this book(Both volumes) 4. I have many pictures of members of our ancestors Do you know of a way I can upload them to the Wikitree site? Thanks for any help you can provide. Jack Whiting
2 - Duplicate profiles can be merged. Go to the lower left of the profile to find the heading Pending Merges. Click on the hyperlink that says "initiate a merge" and follow the instructions that appear.
3 - Open the profile for Frank Brewster. Open the Edit screen. On the right-hand side, you will see a hyperlink for "replace/remove father." Open that link and enter the ID of the correct father in the box. Before saving the page, scroll down the page and see if there are any checkboxes asking you about the mothers or wives of the profile you are editing. (If you find one, correct any errors before you save the page.)
4 - I assume these are images saved on your computer. Go to the profile of the person for whom you have an image and click on the Images tab. You will be invited to browse your computer folders for the file name, select the file, then follow the rest of the instructions.
Good luck!
Note that questions like these usually get answered pretty quickly if you post them in the G2G forum.
edited by Ellen Smith
We have a DNA match on Gedmatch at 3cMish on Ch 10, 17,18,19 and 22 which makes it pretty dilute. The likely common ancestor is Theophilus Elsworth 1625 (England) - c1712 New York, who is my 8 x GGF. Happy to compare notes if you are interested. John
If you are interested in using WikiTree for exploring DNA matches, I suggest that you add your parents and earlier ancestors to this site. The relationship comparison tools here are very powerful for those of us who have our ancestors entered here.
Thanks!
Ellen Smith and Martha Garrett are both descendants of Isabel (Cox) Leffingwell (abt.1616-1671).
1. Ellen is the daughter of David Smith DNA confirmed 2. David is the son of John Smith [confident] 3. John is the son of Alice Katherine (Blackmer) Smith (1867-1936) [confident] 4. Alice is the daughter of Sarah Arminda (Barnes) Blackmer (1831-1908) [confident] 5. Sarah is the daughter of Anna Sawyer (Morgan) Barnes (1804-1872) [unknown confidence] 6. Anna is the daughter of Betsy (Sawyer) Morgan (1776-1856) [unknown confidence] 7. Betsy is the daughter of Lemuel Sawyer (bef.1749-1830) [unknown confidence] 8. Lemuel is the son of Abigail Sawyer (1721-1812) [unknown confidence] 9. Abigail is the daughter of Abigail (Houghton) Sawyer (1689-1753) [unknown confidence] 10. Abigail is the daughter of Esther (Leffingwell) Houghton (1657-1740) [unknown confidence] 11. Esther is the daughter of Isabel (Cox) Leffingwell (abt.1616-1671) [unknown confidence] This makes Isabel the ninth great grandmother of Ellen.
1. Martha is the daughter of Glen Elmer Garrett (1922-2018) DNA confirmed 2. Glen is the son of Flossie Dell (Hatfield) Garrett (1893-1986) [confident] 3. Flossie is the daughter of Daniel Bates Hatfield (1860-1940) [confident] 4. Daniel is the son of Elijah Richardson Hatfield (1833-1905) [confident] 5. Elijah is the son of Miranda Eliza (Richardson) Hatfield (aft.1813-1876) [confident] 6. Miranda is the daughter of Cheever Richardson (1791-1869) [unknown confidence] 7. Cheever is the son of Lurana (Cheever) Richardson (1755-abt.1821) [unknown confidence] 8. Lurana is the daughter of Ebenezer Cheever Jr (1728-1786) [unknown confidence] 9. Ebenezer is the son of Ebenezer Cheever Sr (1692-) [unknown confidence] 10. Ebenezer is the son of Abigail (Leffingwell) Cheever (1655-aft.1702) [unknown confidence] 11. Abigail is the daughter of Isabel (Cox) Leffingwell (abt.1616-1671) [unknown confidence] This makes Isabel the ninth great grandmother of Martha.
On behalf of the G2G Integrators Project Leaders, we are doing a first of the year check-in with members. Please let us know if you are still active.
If you are active, please let us know in which ways you most enjoy contributing to the project. All of us would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.
Please reply as we look forward to hearing from you soon.
David, Pip and Dorothy ~ G2G Integrators Project Leaders and PC
Thanks for contributing to Puritan Great Migration profiles over the last six months. Every little bit helps, so please keep those edits coming!
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members twice per year and it's that time again. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
If you'd like to tell me about a particular project or family you're working on, I'd love to hear about that as well.
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Brad Stauf, PGM membership coordinator
Have a good evening! Brad
I love that badge you have....Follows Rabbits, and would like very much to have it on my profile, if it's available. I tried a search, but couldn't find it. Would you show me how to get it, when you have time? TIA Donna
Lee
So you should add his email address to his profile. Wikitree will then send him an invitation to become a member. He should accept the invitation, thus making his profile become a Guest member. Then he can log in and add his data (and, of course, you can help him).
edited by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Regardless, I did a little bit of looking at your Mary Wood problem. Wood seems to have been a somewhat common name among early New England settlers, which makes it more difficult to pin down a specific Mary Wood. (I have some Woods in my ancestry, too.) I did not even find a record of any Mary Wood being born 31 Oct 1653. Dean Crawford Smith, who is a respected professional genealogist with much experience in this time and place, does quote that date -- see <https://archive.org/details/ancestryofsamuel00smit/page/90/mode/2up>. According to the NEHGR article about Isaiah Wood, there are no deed records for Isaiah, but Dean Crawford Smith cites several land records related to Edward and Mary (Wood) Ordway that show associations with other children of Isaiah Wood. I think his work is a good basis for accepting Mary Wood as probably the wife of Edward Ordway.
Furthermore, I saw that the marriage record for Joseph Fuller is a torn page that identifies the wife only as "M." And the book at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=78tMAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA177 shows Joseph Fuller and [presumably] Mary having ten children from 1690 to 1712, when a woman born in 1653 would have been age 37 to age 59 -- that is not consistent with female fertility in that age range. Thus, I think the case for connecting him to Mary Wood is weak.
thank you for looking into the Mary Wood question. I appreciate your work and insights very much, and i especially appreciate the new sources that you have brought forward: Dean Crawford, and the torn marriage record for Joseph Fuller, of which i had no knowledge. I shall work these insights and sources into both Mary Wood Ordway's and Mary Wood Fuller's profiles. Again, thank you! Albertus. Postscriptum - 21 June 2021. See here the fruit of your help, Ellen: Mary Wood Ordway, Mary Hayward Fuller, formerly Mary Wood Fuller.
edited by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
I could only conclude that the profile of Lysette Aktok was created to represent the wife whom oral history said was the daughter of a Mohawk sachem or chief, and that the name Lysette was a mistaken copy of the name Lysbet (the woman who needed the shroud). It is clear that Pieter van Woggelum existed and had a wife, but I do think that the profiles created to represent his Native wife are essentially fiction.
I do not know what to make of the idea that this woman was a Montauk or Montaukett (from eastern Long Island), since eastern Long Island was English territory (not Dutch) and Pieter van Woggelum lived in the Albany-Schenectady area (Mohawk territory).
My recent edits were in response to the forum discussion at https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1222512/merger-help-from-native-americans-project-pre-1600-profiles . I just happen to be the New Netherland project leader who handled some of the merge proposals that came out of that discussion. The forum (in general) and that discussion (in particular) would be a more appropriate place to present your opinions about oral tradition related to the Van Woggelum family.
The WikiTree Native Americans Project has found that many, many, Americans have family traditions of a Native American ancestor -- particularly Pocahontas -- that are unsupported by all known evidence, and in many cases can be proven wrong. Similarly, there are many family traditions of descent from European royalty that are demonstrably wrong, and there are many other traditions about ancestors of European origin that cannot be proven or disproven because the records have been lost (or perhaps have not been found yet). WikiTree profiles can discuss oral history traditions in the text, but we should not make connections between people unless they are supported by documented genealogy. The members of the Native Americans Project research various Native lineages, including those that are supported by documented evidence, those that are contrary to the evidence, and those whose validity cannot be determined from the known evidence.
I tried to merge two profiles that are both project protected by the New Netherland Settlers Project. See below. Can you please complete the merge?
Delamater-172 is project protected. This means that it cannot be merged into any other profile. Profiles need to be merged into it instead. Click here to reverse the merge so that Delamater-153 is merged into Delamater-172.
Delamater-153 is project protected. This means that it cannot be merged into any other profile. Profiles need to be merged into it instead. Click here to reverse the merge so that Delamater-172 is merged into Delamater-153.
Thank you.
Karen
I am typing this on my phone at the moment, so I have not investigated the current status of the profiles.
I made some notes about her at Delamater-153.
Bruce
I sent you an email about Maine Project. Just posting this here in case it didn’t make it to you. Thx. S Willson
Sharman PS. Tried out the "Connections to me" for the first time after seeing someone below mention they are related to you and having recognized a few names listed in your generational lists above. Marinus van Aken and Pieternelle De Pre are both of our 8th great grandparents. Hello cousin! :)
Sometimes it seems like everybody who has significant New Netherland ancestry is related. That is not actually true, but since you and I both seem to have roots in Kingston and its environs, I guess I expected that we would be distant cousins. Glad to meet you, cousin!
Thanks for looking!
https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Strycker-34&public=1
The link is already in notes - Image 18- https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00180?clickref=1101ldzWkxpo&lang=en-US
I'm curious to know why Arent Danielse (abt.1681-1756) is identified by his middle name rather than by his surname, Van Antwerpen? His father is identified by the surname, as are his children (my direct ancestors) but he is not. It seems to me that some consistency is in order here, and would curb some unnecessary confusion. BTW, how long does it take to find out if I've been accepted to the NNS group? Respectfully, Jim Sellers
I am way behind on awarding badges. Please consider yourself a member, even if you do not have a badge yet.
I agree that Danielse is a patronymic name, but it certainly is not a last name, as you infer. Van Antwerpen is the surname or family name, if that's a better descriptor. Leaving it completely off of his name is foolishness, when we know it really should be there. In "A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times : being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley", our subject is quite clearly referred to as; Arent Danielse Van Antwerpen in it's narrative regarding the patent. Your last sentence regarding his father is the tell-all for me. He had surname... we should use it! I'm not a neophite nor am I simple.I would just like this group to use a little reason. Thank you kindly, I'm waiting anxiously for my badge! Respectfully, Jim
Thanking you yet again for all the work you do. If you know anyone in Wikitree Ad-Min maybe they could develop a 5x and 10x thank you button, it would be a lot easier. Thanks, Mark
I like to join the Massachusetts state project. I just discovered this woman which added and her husband. Unfortunately, I only have birth date for her and found a marriage record. I added her husband to day but I only had the marriage. They both need more research. I started adding them to categories and placed stickers not sure if your Medford Massachusetts project would need to be alerted but thought I message you In case.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Watson-28870
Billie
Thank you for suggesting a merge on this profile! Judy
In the merge proposal section at the bottom of the screen, where it says [compare] [merge] [match] [reject], if you click on [merge] you should be taken to a new screen where you can complete the merge. Because the other profile has no manager, your approval is all that is needed for the merge to be ready to go. :-)
The New Netherland Settlers Project has posted many resources on this website to help people who are researching New Netherlanders, and you can search WikiTree for the names of the people who you think might be ancestors, to see what information we have.
edited by Keith Cook
Thanks for sharing the find of "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County". I've already found a few entries of interest.
Jim Moore
edited by Jim Moore
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-588. I was wondering if you could look at it and give your opinion? It seems solid. Does it merit incorporating it in the biography, and changing the Unknown Origins section? Or should it be a research note? So far no one else has offered an opinion. Thank you.
More comments on the Ogden-588 profile.
The 2020 Source-a-Thon is taking registration now at this [1]. The S-a-T will take place from 8 AM EDT Friday, October 2 to 8 AM EDT Monday, October 5. If you want to participate as a member of Team Massachusetts, go to the post and answer indicating the team name. You need to answer the question so Eowyn can officially add you to the Team. We did a good job last year. Let's see what we can do this time around. Don’t forget to visit our Chat Page. Bob
edited by Ellen Gustafson
Ellen Smith and Enrique Treat (Gleason Gleeson) Gleason Esq. are both descendants of David Ackerman.
1. Ellen is the daughter of Catherine (Van Aken) Smith DNA confirmed 2. Catherine is the daughter of Homer Van Aken DNA confirmed 3. Homer is the son of John De Baun Van Aken (1863-1957) [confident] 4. De Baun is the son of Abigail (Lansing) Van Aken (1832-1907) [unknown confidence] 5. Abigail is the daughter of Alida (Groat) Lansing (1805-1866) [unknown confidence] 6. Alida is the daughter of Cornelis A. Groot (bef.1758-1850) [unknown confidence] 7. Cornelius is the son of Rachel de Graaf (bef.1730-) [unknown confidence] 8. Rachel is the daughter of Aeltje (Hennion) de Graaf (bef.1685-) [unknown confidence] 9. Aaltje is the daughter of Anneken Davids Ackerman (1642-1731) [unknown confidence] 10. Anneken Davids is the daughter of David Ackerman (1615-1663) [unknown confidence] This makes David the eighth great grandfather of Ellen.
1. Enrique Treat is the son of Fred Trent Gleason (1920-1998) DNA confirmed 2. Fred is the son of Frederick Treat Gleason (abt.1872-1934) DNA confirmed 3. Frederick is the son of Emma S. (Treat) Gleason (1853-1930) DNA confirmed 4. Emma is the daughter of Mary J. (Gardner) Treat (1824-1867) [confident] 5. Mary is the daughter of Levyntje (Francisco) Gardner (1795-abt.1876) [confident] 6. Levyntje is the daughter of Johannis T Francisco Jr (1771-1827) [unknown confidence] 7. Johannis is the son of John A. Francisco (1749-1832) [unknown confidence] 8. John is the son of Aaltje (Dormus) Francisco (1726-1771) [unknown confidence] 9. Aaltje is the daughter of Anneken Abramse Ackerman (1691-abt.1750) [uncertain] 10. Anneken Abramse is the daughter of Abraham David Ackerman (1659-1724) [confident] 11. Abraham David is the son of David Ackerman (1615-1663) [confident] This makes David the ninth great grandfather of Enrique Treat.
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree over the weekend. We are proud of your efforts.
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
edited by Ellen Gustafson
For future reference, in profile messages like this one, you can make a link to a profile by using double square brackets (same as in a biography).
Really appreciate you, Colleen
I noticed those duplicates when I did a name search for some similar names (I think I was searching for Mar* Ro*), and then sorted the search results by birth date. I did not find what I was looking for, but I found those duplicate Robinsons!
I had answered the New Netherlands join question about 20 days back. What is the normal wait time on getting a badge?
Thx, Thom
This fellow wants to join Colorado subproject of United States History. He wrote to me asking, and needs the US_history badge https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Stock-1325
Thanks in advance
Have a happy Monday:)
The standard format for a Sources list starts out with the tag <references />. That does look like it might be a hidden instruction to guide editing, but in fact it is a mandatory element that should not be removed. That tag generates a list of numbered footnotes when the profile is formatted to use footnotes (the preferred approach for citing sources, by the way).
Each item in the Sources list should be preceded by an asterisk (*) to create an indented bullet. When we create a new profile, the first item automatically gets preceded by an asterisk, but we have to enter the asterisks for the other items manually. Please don't use colons to create sources lists.
If I have failed to adequately explain a detail about formatting a Sources list, you can always look under the Edit tab on a properly formatted profile to see what the coding looks like.
Happy hunting!
The message we exchanged before didn't sit 100% well with me, so I thought I'd just check in a day later. First off, I wanted to make clear I do plan on G2G-ing whenever parents' profiles will need to be added. I think it is good to let everyone have a final say! Secondly, I really try to update the profiles of the people who lived in the early Dutch colonies now and then. I noticed that a lot of these -fairly often important (with regards to number of descendants)- profiles are not using primary sourcing, and can be hard to edit because you often need a bit of knowledge about Dutch history and culture too. Because of this, I decided to contribute every now and then :-).
Because I want to contribute, I wonder when you think a G2G is necessary, as our opinions seem to differ on what would require such a post. Personally, I think it is only needed whenever difficult source discussion is taking place, or different theories can be supported through all primary sources.
When primary sources show that more common attributions of parentage (mostly due to copying of trees on Ancestry etc.) are dead wrong I personally do not think it is necessary or ethical to keep the theory as a possibly accepted theory on WikiTree. In my opinion, it would be best to show that the theory exists and why it is wrong - disproving research should not require a G2G post.
I would love to know when you would want me to post to G2G and the logic behind posting such posts in those cases :-) I also wonder what you would change to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corszen-5 right now, to better be able to update profiles in the future!
Have a nice day / evening (Dutch time),
Willem
P.S. Thanks for your earlier notice anyway, as it did point me towards the fact that I should round of the conclusions a bit better instead of leaving them open.