Nine Generations Back from the Leading Edge

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Alphabetical List

On the page for any individual, clicking Descent chart will give you a chart showing the line of descent from that individual to ancestors in Generation 4. You can also see a descent chart by clicking any "(our ancestor)" link.

Bean, Philip, 1766-1842 (Republican Generation)

Bell, Abigail, 1758-1850 (Republican Generation)

Brown, Margaret, b. 1758 (Republican Generation)

Burrill, John, II, b. 1765 (Republican Generation)

Edmands, John, 1757-1846 (Republican Generation)

Ellis, Margaret, wife of John Findley I

Faergerson, Lydia, d. 1804, wife of Philip Bean, 1766-1842

Findley, John, I

Fisk, Samuel, 1762-1818 (Republican Generation)

Gilson, Mary, 1771-1856 (Compromise Generation)

Mansfield, Benjamin, 1743-1816, uncle to Margaret Mansfield(1)

You will notice that Benjamin Mansfield, 1743-1816, and Margaret Mansfield, 1765-1812, are both in Generation 9, on this page, but Benjamin is uncle, not cousin, to Margaret. How is that possible? The following chart can shed some light on this question: The third-cousin-once-removed relationship of spouses Ella Josephine Mansfield (1849-1923) and Artemas Seymour Edmands (1837-1920), which illustrates not only how Benjamin and Margaret can be considered in the same generation but also how each Mansfield ancestor from Thomas Mansfield I, 1717-1758 on back can belong to more than one generation, depending on which descent line you consider.
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Mansfield, Margaret, 1765-1812, niece to Benjamin Mansfield(1)

You will notice that Benjamin Mansfield, 1743-1816, and Margaret Mansfield, 1765-1812, are both in Generation 9, on this page, but Benjamin is uncle, not cousin, to Margaret. How is that possible? The following chart can shed some light on this question: The third-cousin-once-removed relationship of spouses Ella Josephine Mansfield (1849-1923) and Artemas Seymour Edmands (1837-1920), which illustrates not only how Benjamin and Margaret can be considered in the same generation but also how each Mansfield ancestor from Thomas Mansfield I, 1717-1758 on back can belong to more than one generation, depending on which descent line you consider.
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Phelps, Joshua, II, 1774-1807 (Compromise Generation)

Sherett mother (and mother-in-law) of John Richie

Stickney, Abraham, III, 1758-1821 (Republican Generation)

Stocker, Elizabeth, b. 1747 (Republican Generation)

Williams, Sarah, 1762-1848 (Republican Generation)

Wilson, Benjamin, II, 1767-1843 (Compromise Generation)

Wright, Sabrina

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Family Line List

On the page for any individual, clicking Descent chart will give you a chart showing the line of descent from that individual to ancestors in Generation 4. You can also see a descent chart by clicking any "(our ancestor)" link.

EDMANDS Line
Edmands, John, 1757-1846 (Republican Generation)

Burrill Line
Burrill, John, II, b. 1765 (Republican Generation)

Brown Line
Brown, Margaret, b. 1758 (Republican Generation)

Findley Line
Findley, John, I
Ellis, Margaret, wife of John Findley I

Bean Line
Bean, Philip, 1766-1842 (Republican Generation)
Faergerson, Lydia, d. 1804, wife of Philip Bean, 1766-1842

Phelps Line

Stickney Line

Richie Line

Sherett Line

Mansfield Line(2) In our ancestry there is only one Mansfield family, but they are divided into three branches on this list, according to the line they married into. (Only two of the branches are documented on this page.) All three branches are descended from Robert Mansfield, 1594-1666 (in Generation 15 or in Generation 14, depending on which descent line you consider), who is counted among the "married to Edmands" ancestors, because his sixth great-granddaughter (great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter), our ancestor Ella Josephine Mansfield, 1849-1923 (in Generation 6), married into the Edmands family. (Since all the branches are eventually absorbed into the Edmands family, we should consider the "married to Edmands" branch the main one.)

Now it begins to get confusing: Among Robert's children were two sons, Andrew Mansfield, 1620-1683 (Robert's second child, in Generation 14 or in Generation 13, depending on which descent line you consider) and Joseph Mansfield, <1628-1694 (Robert's fourth child, in Generation 14), and we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Andrew as his fifth great-granddaughter). Brother Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary Mansfield, b. 1709, in Generation 11, married into the Burrill family, so she and her ancestors back through Joseph are counted among the "married to Burrill" ancestors.

Now it gets even more confusing: Among the children of brother Andrew's great-grandson Thomas Mansfield I, 1717-1758 (who was a second cousin of Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary, and was in either Generation 11 or Generation 10 [depending on which descent line you consider]) were two sons, Thomas Mansfield II, 1736-1790 (in Generation 10) and Benjamin Mansfield, 1743-1816 (in Generation 9, on this page), and, again, we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Benjamin as his great-granddaughter). Brother Thomas's daughter Margaret Mansfield, 1763-1812 (in Generation 9, on this page), married into the Wilson family, and so she and her father--that is, brother Thomas (Thomas Mansfield II, in Generation 10)--are counted among the "married to Wilson" ancestors.

It should not surprise you that the Mansfields are featured prominently on the Kissing Cousins page. Charts can shed some light on some of these relationships:


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Mansfield, Benjamin, 1743-1816 (Republican Generation)

Stocker Line
Stocker, Elizabeth, b. 1747 (Republican Generation)

Williams Line
Williams, Sarah, 1762-1848 (Republican Generation)

Brown Line
Brown, Margaret, b. 1758 (Republican Generation)

Wilson Line
Wilson, Benjamin, II, 1767-1843 (Compromise Generation)

Fisk Line
Fisk, Samuel, 1762-1818 (Republican Generation)

Wright Line

Mansfield Line(2) In our ancestry there is only one Mansfield family, but they are divided into three branches on this list, according to the line they married into. (Only two of the branches are documented on this page.) All three branches are descended from Robert Mansfield, 1594-1666 (in Generation 15 or in Generation 14, depending on which descent line you consider), who is counted among the "married to Edmands" ancestors, because his sixth great-granddaughter (great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter), our ancestor Ella Josephine Mansfield, 1849-1923 (in Generation 6), married into the Edmands family. (Since all the branches are eventually absorbed into the Edmands family, we should consider the "married to Edmands" branch the main one.)

Now it begins to get confusing: Among Robert's children were two sons, Andrew Mansfield, 1620-1683 (Robert's second child, in Generation 14 or in Generation 13, depending on which descent line you consider) and Joseph Mansfield, <1628-1694 (Robert's fourth child, in Generation 14), and we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Andrew as his fifth great-granddaughter). Brother Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary Mansfield, b. 1709, in Generation 11, married into the Burrill family, so she and her ancestors back through Joseph are counted among the "married to Burrill" ancestors.

Now it gets even more confusing: Among the children of brother Andrew's great-grandson Thomas Mansfield I, 1717-1758 (who was a second cousin of Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary, and was in either Generation 11 or Generation 10 [depending on which descent line you consider]) were two sons, Thomas Mansfield II, 1736-1790 (in Generation 10) and Benjamin Mansfield, 1743-1816 (in Generation 9, on this page), and, again, we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Benjamin as his great-granddaughter). Brother Thomas's daughter Margaret Mansfield, 1763-1812 (in Generation 9, on this page), married into the Wilson family, and so she and her father--that is, brother Thomas (Thomas Mansfield II, in Generation 10)--are counted among the "married to Wilson" ancestors.

It should not surprise you that the Mansfields are featured prominently on the Kissing Cousins page. Charts can shed some light on some of these relationships:


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Mansfield, Margaret, 1765-1812 (Republican Generation)

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