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Emerson Genealogy Prepared by a Member of the Family: EMERSON GENEALOGY HDT WHAT? INDEX EMERSON EMERSON WALDO EMERSON1 1. Reverend Ralph Waldo Emerson, born May 25, 1803 in Boston; attended Harvard College; married (1) Mrs. Ellen Louisa Tucker Emerson (1811-1831), no children; married (2) Mrs. Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802-1892), four children Wallie Emerson (Waldo Jr.), Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson, Edith Emerson; died April 27, 1882; buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery ———— 2. Father, the Reverend William Emerson (1769-1811); married Ruth Haskins (Emerson) died May 12, 1811 in Portland ME; buried Boston; minister of Old South Church in Boston 3. Mother Ruth Haskins Emerson, born November 9, 1768 in Boston; children William Emerson (1801-1868), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Edward Bliss Emerson (1805-1834), Robert Bulkeley Emerson (1807-1859), Charles Chauncy Emerson, John Clarke Emerson (1804-1807), died November 16, 1853 in Concord ———— 4. Grandfather, the Reverend William Emerson (1743-1776) of Concord, born May 21 or May 31, 1743; attended Harvard College; married Phoebe Walker Bliss (Emerson) (Ripley)on August 21, 1766; died October 20, 1776 in Rutland, Vermont 5. Grandmother Phoebe Walker Bliss (Emerson) (Ripley), born October 21, 1741; married (1) the Reverend William Emerson on August 21, 1766; bore five children; married (2) the Reverend Ezra Ripley on November 16, 1780; bore three more children; died February 16, 1825 in Concord 6. Grandfather John Haskins, born March 12, 1729 in Boston; distiller; privateer; married Hannah Upham (Haskins) on March 12, 1752; died October 27, 1814 in Boston; buried Trinity Church 7. Grandmother Hannah Upham Haskins, born May 6, 1734 in Malden; married John Haskins on March 12, 1752; bore sixteen children; died September 18, 1819 in Boston ———— 8. Great-Grandfather, the Reverend Joseph Emerson, born April 20, 1700 in Chelmsford MA; he was the officiating minister at the marriage of John Haskins and Hannah Upham (above); married Mary Moodyof Malden on December 27, 1721; died in Malden in 1767 9. Great-Grandmother Madam Mary Moody Emerson of Malden, born 1702 in York ME; married the Reverend Joseph Emerson of Malden on December 27, 1721; bore thirteen children; died March 15, 1779. It was her brother who was the Reverend Joseph “Handkerchief” Moody. 10. Great-Grandfather, the Reverend Daniel Bliss of Concord, born June 21, 1714 in Springfield MA; Married Phoebe Walker Bliss of Concord; Yale graduate; died May 11, 1764 in Concord 11. Great-Grandmother Phoebe Walker Bliss, born February 1, 1712 (new style 1713) in Stratford, Connecticut; married the Reverend Daniel Bliss of Concord; died 1797 12. Great-Grandfather Robert Haskins, died 1730 of smallpox; cooper; probably from England; married 1728 13. Great-Grandmother Sarah Cook Haskins Hake, born 19 July 1703 in Cambridge MA; married (2) Thomas Hake 14. Great-Grandfather Phineas Upham, born 1707/08 in Malden; married December 30, 1730; died of throat distempter on July 17, 1738 in Malden 1. Here is an Emerson genealogy prepared by a member of the family: EMERSON GENEALOGY “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project 1 HDT WHAT? INDEX EMERSON EMERSON 15. Great-Grandmother Hannah Waite Upham Cook, born September 17, 1709 in Malden; married (1) Phineas Upham on December 30, 1730; married (2) Israel Cook; died October 3, 1789 in Boston ———— 16. Great-Great-Grandfather, the Deacon Edward Emerson of Newbury, born April 26, 1679 in Mendon; married Rebecca Waldo Emerson of Chelmsford; justice of the peace; died 1743 17. Great-Great-Grandmother Rebecca Waldo Emerson of Chelmsford; born 1662; married Deacon Edward Emerson of Newbury; died 1752 18. Great-Great-Grandfather, the Reverend Samuel Moody of York, born January 4, 1675 (new style 1676) in Newberry MA; graduated from Harvard College in 1697; married 1698 in Newberry MA; died November 13, 1747 19. Great-Great-Grandmother Hannah Sewall Moody, born about 1677; died 29 January 1728 20. Great-Great-Grandfather Thomas Bliss, born 8 February 1668 in Springfield MA; died 10 November 1733? 21. Great-Great-Grandmother Hannah Caldwell Bliss, born about 1668 in Springfield, Massachusetts 22. Great-Great-Grandfather Robert Walker, born 5 August 1668 in Milford CT; died 1 April 1743 in Stratford CT; married 1 August 1695 23. Great-Great-Grandmother Ruth Wilcoxson Walker, born 31 August 1667; died after 1743 24. Great-Great-Grandfather x 25. Great-Great-Grandmother x 26. Great-Great-Grandfather Philip COOK, born 2 May 1661 in Cambridge MA; married 18 March 1696/98 27. Great-Great-Grandmother Sarah READ Cook 28. Great-Great-Grandfather Phineas Upham, born June 10, 1682; married November 23, 1703 Malden; died 1766 North Malden 29. Great-Great-Grandmother Tamesin Hill Upham, born 10 December 1685; died April 24, 1768 in Malden 30. Great-Great-Grandfather Joseph Waite, born about 1675 in Malden; married 1701; died April 9, 1725 in Malden 31. Great-Great-Grandmother Lydia Sargent Waite, born 1682; died after 1708 ———— 32. Great-Great-Great Grandfather, the Reverend Joseph Emerson, baptized June 25, 1620 in Bishops-Storford, England; perhaps the son of Thomas Emerson of York; in Ipswich as of 1638; freeman as of 1653; may have studied at Harvard College; preached two or three years at Wells, Maine around the year 1664; married a second time on December 7, 1665 in Concord to Elizabeth Bulkeley, daughter of the Reverend Edward Bulkeley (they would have three son of whom Peter, who married a Brown, and Edward Emerson, who married Mary Moody, daughter of Reverend Samuel Moody, would be the progenitors of a long list of clergymen); ordained in about 1667; became the first minister of Mendon in 1669 and remained there until the town’s destruction in King Phillip’s War, at which point he relocated his family to Concord; died January 3, 1679/80 in Concord 33. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Elizabeth Bulkeley Emerson Brown, born about 1638; married a second time to Captain John Brown of Reading; died September 4, 1693 in Reading, Massachusetts 34. Great-Great-Great Grandfather, the Deacon Cornelius WALDO, born about 1624; died 3 January? 1700 in Chelmsford MA 35. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Hannah COGSWELL Waldo, born about 1624 in England; died 25 December 1704 in Chelmsford MA 36. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Caleb MOODY, born 1637 in Newberry MA; died 25 August 1698 in Newberry MA; married (2) 9 November 1665 2 Copyright Austin Meredith HDT WHAT? INDEX EMERSON EMERSON 37. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Judith BRADBURY Moody, born 2 October 1638 in Salisbury (now Andover) MA; died 24 January 1699/1700 in Newberry MA 38. Great-Great-Great Grandfather John SEWALL, born 10 October 1654 in England; died 1699 in Newbury MA; married 17 August 1674 39. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Hannah FESSENDEN Sewall, died 1723 40. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Samuel BLISS, born about 1624 in England; died 23 March 1720 in Springfield MA; married 10 November 1665 in Springfield MA 41. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Mary LEONARD Bliss, born 14 September 1647; died 21 March 1724 42. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Thomas CALDWELL, died 9 October 1694 in Hartford CT 43. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Elizabeth STEBBING Caldwell, died 19 August 1668 44. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Joseph WALKER, born July 1646 in Boston; died 1687 in Stratford CT; married 14 November 1667 in Milford CT 45. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Abigail PRUDDEN Walker Hubbell, baptized 13 February 1647/48 in Milford CT; died about January 1717/18 in Stratfield CT; married (2) Sergeant Richard Hubbell 46. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Timothy WILCOXSON, born about. 1637; died 13 January 1712/13 (or 1710/11) in Stratford CT; married 28 December 1664 in Stratford CT 47. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Joanna BIRDSEY Wilcoxson, died August 1713 52. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Phillip COOK, died 10 February 1666/67 in Cambridge MA 53. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Mary LAMSON Cook, died 17 March 1714/15 in Cambridge MA at age 93 56. Great-Great-Great Grandfather, the Deacon Phineas Upham, born May 22, 1659 in Malden; married about 1682; died October 1720 in Malden; buried Old Burying Ground in Malden 57. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Mary MELLEN (or MELLINS?) Upham, born 1663/4; died after 1720 58. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Isaac HILL 59. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Sarah BICKNELL Hill 60. Great-Great-Great Grandfather Joseph Waite, born about 1648; died 1692 in Malden 61. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Hannah OAKES Waite 62. Great-Great-Great Grandfather John SARGENT, born 8 December 1639; married 19 March 1662 63. Great-Great-Great Grandmother Lydia CHIPMAN Sargent, died 9 September 1716 ———— 64. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather Thomas Emerson, baptized on July 26, 1584 in Bishop’s Stortford, England; died on May 1, 1666 in Ipswich 65. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother Elizabeth Brewster Emerson, no known relation to the Mayflower family 66. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather, the Reverend Edward BULKELEY, baptized 12 June 1614 in Odell, England; died 2 January 1695/96 in Chelmsford MA; attended Cambridge 67. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother Lucian ——— ——— Bulkeley, apparently from Plymouth colony, had married earlier 68. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather x 69. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother x 70. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather John COGSWELL, born about 1592 in Westbury Leigh, England; died 29 November 1669 in Ipswich MA; married 10 September 1615 in Westbury Leigh, England 71. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother Elizabeth THOMPSON, died 2 June 1676 in Ipswich MA “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project 3 HDT WHAT? INDEX EMERSON EMERSON 72. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather William MOODY, born about 1608 in England; died 25 October 1673 in Newberry MA 73. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother Sarah PIERCE, born about 1605 in England; died 13 January 1672/73 in Newberry MA 74. Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather, Captain Thomas BRADBURY, baptized 28 February 1610/1611 in Wicken Bonhunt, England; died 16 March 1695 in Salisbury (now Andover) MA; married about 1636 in Massachusetts 75.
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