Emm o n s Family G en ealo gy A RE C O RD OF THE EMIG RAN T Tho m as Emmo n s OF EW PORT R E S L N D N , HO D I A WITH MANY O F HIS D ES C EN DAN T S Fr o m 1 639 t o 1 905 C OMPI LE D B Y EDWA R D N EVI LLE E M M O N S Y S YR A U S E . C , N G o d c e a e d m a n i n His o w n im a e i n t h e im a e o f G o d r t g , —g h e cre a e d h e h im m e n fe h em n . t ; al a d m al e c r e at e d e t . G <J I ' 5 4 5 F, , 0 5 [ 4 o 1 0 b C pyright , 9 5 , y E WA R E MM S D D ON . M N B RO S R LY A . P I NT ERS R S E N S C . Y . Y A U , A S A MEM EN To ‘ OF THE LA B OR OF TH EIR FATH ER WH EN PAST H IS THREE - SCORE YEARS A N D TE N THIS B OOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO MY B OYS . Exp la n ato ry The order o f arrangement in this wo rk is by genera tions ; als o by families in chronological order as nearly as practicable . a r e t o f e Full names given the heads o famili s , followed by the christian name of their children . Individuals are consecutively numbered , some names appearing first as a child , and next as the head of a family . In the latter case , the number first given is marked by a plus sign , and is repeated in a bracket , as a genealogical number in the following and proper generation . o o A star , den tes an addition to the rec rd , which will appear in the supplement . To o f find the line descent , look for the genealogical o r ( bracket) number which precedes the name desired , and o r the person thus found , if the head , eldest of a family , will be immediately fo llowed by the lineal descent by e . n o t o gen rations If a head , trace backwards the relati n o r o f ship , as a brother sister , the preceding persons until the head is reached . The lineage can also be traced either forwards o r backwards , by using first an individual number , and next , o o n e t o a similar number in brackets , alternating fr m the o — r ther o vice versa . o o . o Abbreviations in c mm n use , and the f llowing l . specia s , are used in this work . A o . a e . A . abt b ut ged bap Baptized . a d m o b r . A . o . o dmitted B rn Br ther . b t w B 5 o n . etween . inf Infancy . S . h e . Child , Children Married . Sister . o r C h u r c h . (1 d u n m . U Die mem Member nmarried . o dau Daughter res . Residence . wid . Wid w . r F o further explanation see indexes . In trodu cti o n o o To write a perfect geneal gy , is beyond the p wer and skill of man . As his th o ughts turn toward the misty ages o o o of the past in search of ancestral kn wledge , he s n finds like himself a wanderer over a trackless desert , utterly lost o n upon the wide domain which he has entered , and as a mirage fades away and disappears befo re his wondering o o vision , so d es much sought for data , elude his m st faith ful research . o Geneal gy , may be compared to a chain , the links of o f which are composed births , marriages and deaths , and as o f a faulty link endangers the strength and security a chain , so a faulty record , impairs the reliability of this endless of l of chain life and death , and although the compi er genealogical statistics desires to be accurate in every detail , o r o f he is more less a victim circumstance , dependent as he o o wh o is upon the accuracy of numerous c rresp ndents , are o m re or less u n i n t e n t i o n ably liable t o erro r . As all sh o uld be interested in the threefo ld phases o f human experience , we deem it advisable to embody in a o co n tangible form , a rec rd of those families , who by o r f o l sanguinity a finity , are m re nearly a lied to us than are we t o others . Only in this way , are enabled to hand down posterity a succinct kno wledge of o u r fo refathers and fore o m thers . o i n o rn With this th ught mind , was this little work c o o piled , and alth ugh it may be f und very imperfect in many o u r n o o — we o respects , o ly ap l gy is , that have d ne the best we could . The name ‘ EMMONS ’ is undoubtedly of English o rigin . Surnames having the same phonetic sound , and o f the appearance being derivatives of the same root , yet f o being entirely di ferent in their orth graphy , are a source of vi THE EMMONS FAMILY I NTRODUCTION much tro uble and uncertainty to the investigator o f gen ea logical records in determining which out of the numerous o catalogue thus enc untered , should be classed as belonging to a particular family . Especially is this the case in tracing ’ the genealogy of the Emmons family in Old England . A few examples taken from church records and other sources in that country , will illustrate some of the numerous : forms under which the name appears , viz “ ’ Married at St . Albans Abbey . o Ci cil i a 1 8 1 5 59 E . mun Nich las Fitch , wid , Jan o f o o Baptized at Parich Church Th ringt n . o o t o o m a n s D o n s N o v E R E . maus bert , s nne Ge rge y y his wife , , 24 1 594 E o o f o Em a n s D o n s , ; maus William , s nne Ge rge y y his wife , May , 28 1 598 Em a n s Ol ve r o o f o r E D o n s , ; y , s nne Ge ge maus y y his wife , June 1 8 , ‘ ‘ E A o I o o o maus braham , was enr lled as an nn cent under the C mm n ’ f o o . 1 6 wealth I reland when Charles I I succeeded Cr mwell in 5 6 . ‘ E o - L o L o o mins J hn , church warden , Fench ane , C rnhill , nd n , had a 5 servant buried at St . Michaels Jan . , , “ m n o o Au 1 0 1 6 25 E y J hn , l st his wife Mary by the plague , g , , . t o m a n E . Ee s L meus Susan , servant Mr in French ane , was buried 2 Dec 8 . O . Lo o Married at St Mary Magdalene Church , ld Fish St nd n . o t o o 8 1 6 2 R I 0. Emm ns Benjamin , smith ; se ves , June , ” o o o A . L . t St Peters , C rnhill , nd n o Co n cl a d e 6 1 64 2 E R O . mins bert Mary , ct , , t o N S . L o . Buried at Christ Church , ew Gate , nd n m mi n o 3 1 6 73 E s . g J hn , March , Married at St . Dunstan , Stepney . E o o o f R ff t o A A mm ns J shua , atcli , mariner , nn Grinnell , pril ” At St . Martins in the Field . o Au 1 9 1 1 E E H 7 7 . mmins William lizabeth use , g , , A . t St James , Clerkenwell E o s o n o f Emm a n s o t 1 6 1 738 mmaus J hn , William Mary , b rn Sep , , . ’ ” A . o i . t St Ge rge s Chapel , May Fa r mm o n t o o N o v 1 4 1 4 2 H . E 7 . Bridget , Th mas arris , , , A . o H o o t St Ge rge , an ver Square , C unty Middlesex . Emm en s 81 a 2 1 8 1 6 7 . James Frances Freel nd Faithful , May , Some o f the fo regoing forms are duplicated in the United States as a distinct family name , but in general the TH E EMM ONS FAMILY INTRODUCTIO N vii difference in orth o graphy is o wing t o the mistakes of those o who had the making up of rec rds , where the name was . o given orally to be transcribed and in so d ing , they were written in accordance With the ph o netic s o und rather than o by the correct rthography .