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     Jeremiah Alvord was born on 31 March 1694 at Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Jeremiah Alvord and Mehitable Frary.¹ Jeremiah Alvord died on 10 July 1718 at drowned, Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA, at age 24.¹

     Nancy Alvord was born on 15 August 1696 at Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Jeremiah Alvord and Mehitable Frary.¹

     Mercy Gull was born on 27 June 1668 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of William Gull and Elizabeth Smith.¹ Mercy Gull married Jeremiah Alvord, son of Alexander Alvord and Mary Vore, at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.¹

     Elizabeth Alvord was born on 1 April 1703 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Jeremiah Alvord and Mercy Gull.¹ Elizabeth Alvord died in infancy.¹

     Elizabeth Alvord was born on 14 June 1705 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Jeremiah Alvord and Mercy Gull.¹ Elizabeth Alvord died in 1783 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA; unmarried.¹

Elizabeth willed her property to Eliab and Thomas Alvord and their sisters. ²

     Hannah Alvord was born in 1707 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Jeremiah Alvord and Mercy Gull.¹ Hannah Alvord died; probably unmarried.¹

     Ebenezer Alvord was born on 11 November 1710 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Jeremiah Alvord and Mercy Gull.¹ Ebenezer Alvord died on 27 November 1772 at age 62; unmarried.¹

     Nathaniel Foote was born on 5 March 1618 at England. He was the son of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming.

     Ruth Baker was born on 6 May 1668 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Baker and Ruth Holton.¹ Ruth Baker married Ebenezer Alvord, son of Alexander Alvord and Mary Vore, in 1691 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ Ruth Baker died on 4 March 1706 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, at age 37.¹

     Sadie B. Holcombe was born circa 1871 at MA.¹ She was the daughter of Frederick K. Holcombe and Emma Knight.¹

     Willie Holcombe was born circa 1875 at MA.¹ He was the son of Frederick K. Holcombe and Emma Knight.¹

     Hester Ingersoll was also known as Esther Ingersoll. She was born in 1652 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of John Ingersoll and Abigail Bascom. Hester Ingersoll married William Gurley in 1684. Hester Ingersoll married Benoni Jones. Hester Ingersoll died on 27 November 1705 at Montreal, Québec, Canada.

from the NEHGS Electronic Newsletter, June 13, 2003, by Deborah Southworth Sweet of New City, New York:


Hester and Benoni started a small settlement, called Pascommuck, at the north end of Mt. Tom, in Northampton, Massachusetts, with a few other related families. Hester and Benoni had four children. The Jones house was the most fortified in the settlement, and so, on May 13, 1704, most of the settlers were there when the Indians attacked and set the house on fire, driving everyone out into the open. Hester no doubt witnessed the deaths of her husband Benoni and two of her young sons, Ebenezer and Jonathan, and the scalping of another son Benjamin (who survived).


Hester and two others were forced by their captors to walk to Montréal, Québec, where she eventually came to the l'Hotel Dieu, a hospital run by the Hospitaliers of St. Joseph, a group of Catholic nuns. Hester took ill and was cared for there by the good sisters, who quite naturally for the time, had conversion to Catholicism as a prime objective. However it is said that Hester kept to her faith until the end, only agreeing to convert on her deathbed after being promised that if she recovered she would be sent home. She died on Nov. 27, 1705, and was buried in the churchyard there.

     William Gurley married Hester Ingersoll, daughter of John Ingersoll and Abigail Bascom, in 1684. William Gurley died in 1687.

     Benoni Jones married Hester Ingersoll, daughter of John Ingersoll and Abigail Bascom. Benoni Jones died on 13 May 1704.

     Isaac Lenoir Barnes was born in 1804 at Sumter, Sumter Co., SC. He was the son of James Barnes and Mary Lenoir. Isaac Lenoir Barnes married Neoma Bates in 1829.

Information provided by Linda Rogers Weiss, Greenville, SC on 14 Jun 2003.

     Neoma Bates was born in 1808. She married Isaac Lenoir Barnes, son of James Barnes and Mary Lenoir, in 1829.

     Catherine Elizabeth Barnes was born on 10 June 1833. She was the daughter of Isaac Lenoir Barnes and Neoma Bates. Catherine Elizabeth Barnes married Joseph Alston Rogers, son of Jonah Malone Rogers and Caroline Alston Holmes, on 9 November 1849 at Marengo Co., AL. Catherine Elizabeth Barnes died on 29 November 1911 at age 78. She was buried at Nanafalia Cemetery, Nanafalia, Marengo Co., AL.

     Joseph Alston Rogers was born on 1 May 1822 at Clarke Co., AL. He was the son of Jonah Malone Rogers and Caroline Alston Holmes. Joseph Alston Rogers married Catherine Elizabeth Barnes, daughter of Isaac Lenoir Barnes and Neoma Bates, on 9 November 1849 at Marengo Co., AL. Joseph Alston Rogers died at Strawberry Plains, TN; on his way home from the war.

     Joseph Holmes Rogers was born on 5 December 1855. He was the son of Joseph Alston Rogers and Catherine Elizabeth Barnes. Joseph Holmes Rogers died on 21 February 1924 at age 68.

Joseph and Sarah were enumerated in the 1880 Nanafalia, Marengo Co., AL, federal census (NA film T9-0023, page 682A). He was a farmer age 24, she was 20. The only child in the household was Joseph, 7 months. Also in the household were mother Catherine 45, and sister Martha, 19.

     James Marvin Rogers was born on 28 December 1889. He was the son of Joseph Holmes Rogers and Sarah Grantham. James Marvin Rogers married Lillian Irene Murray, daughter of George Washington Murray and Mattie Shannon, in 1923. James Marvin Rogers died on 7 November 1973 at Nanafalia, Marengo Co., AL, at age 83.¹

James and Lillian met while James was attending Auburn and Lillian was a teacher. He then went out west to the University of Montana. He returned and they married.

     Jonah Malone Rogers married Caroline Alston Holmes.

     Caroline Alston Holmes married Jonah Malone Rogers.

     Lillian Irene Murray was the daughter of George Washington Murray and Mattie Shannon. Lillian Irene Murray married James Marvin Rogers, son of Joseph Holmes Rogers and Sarah Grantham, in 1923.

     Caroline Eleanor Rogers was the daughter of Joseph Alston Rogers and Catherine Elizabeth Barnes.

     Joseph Rogers was born circa 1880 at AL.¹ He was the son of Joseph Holmes Rogers and Sarah Grantham.¹

     Elizabeth Bird was born on 23 November 1684 at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.¹ She was the daughter of James Bird and Lydia Steele.¹ Elizabeth Bird married Ebenezer Alvord, son of Alexander Alvord and Mary Vore, circa 1708.¹ Elizabeth Bird died circa 1770 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹

     Ebenezer Alvord was born on 24 August 1693 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Alvord and Ruth Baker.¹ Ebenezer Alvord died in infancy.¹

     Joseph Alvord was born in March 1697 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Alvord and Ruth Baker.¹

     Mary Alvord was born on 24 June 1699 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Alvord and Ruth Baker.¹ Mary Alvord died on 14 March 1773 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, at age 73.¹

     Noah Alvord was born on 27 June 1701 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Alvord and Ruth Baker.¹

     Ruth Alvord was born on 24 August 1710 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Alvord and Elizabeth Bird.¹

     James Bird married Lydia Steele.¹

     Lydia Steele married James Bird.¹

     James Alvord was born on 2 July 1712 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Alvord and Elizabeth Bird.¹ James Alvord died on 28 July 1712.¹

     Elizabeth Alvord was born on 7 September 1713 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Alvord and Elizabeth Bird.¹

     Rebecca Alvord was born on 25 October 1716 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Alvord and Elizabeth Bird.¹ Rebecca Alvord died on 29 November 1716.¹

     Rebecca Alvord was born on 10 February 1718 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Alvord and Elizabeth Bird.¹