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James Emerson 1649 – 1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1649

Birth Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1756

Death Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Father: Joseph Emerson

Mother: Elizabeth Woodmansey

Spouse(s): Sarah Ingersoll

Children(s): Elizabeth Emerson

The story of James Emerson began in 1649 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. James Emerson married Sarah Ingersoll, and had children including Elizabeth Emerson. James Emerson passed away in 1756 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • The story of James Emerson began in 1649 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
  • James Emerson married Sarah Ingersoll, and had children including Elizabeth Emerson.
  • James Emerson passed away in 1756 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Emerson's Ancestors

Self
James Emerson
1649 – 1756
Birth Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Joseph Emerson
1620 – 1680
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Woodmansey
1638 – 1654
Massachusetts
Grandparents
Thomas (Frederic) Emerson
1591 – 1660
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Elizabeth Brewster
1584 – 1666
Bishop's Stortford, Herts, England
Thomas (Robert) Woodmansey
1594 – 1657
England
Margaret Clement
– 1667
Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ortus Emersone
1561 – 1621
Susanna Crabbe
1556 – 1626
William Brewster
1566 – 1644
Mary Wentworth
1569 – 1627
Sir Woodmansey
1550 – 1628
Lady Stonor
1557 – 1626
William Clement
1568 – 1629
Myldred Hall
1575 – 1628
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Emerson
1540 – 1595
Joanna Brasse
1542 – 1607
William Brewster
1535 – 1590
Lady Smythe
1540 – 1590
Lord Wentworth
1529 – 1554
Lady Gascoigne
1522 – 1574
Lord Woodmansey
1557 –
Lady Ellen
1560 – 1626
Sir Stonor
1530 – 1625
Lady Lake
1530 –
Richard Hall
1555 – 1607
Ann Tyndale
1560 – 1588

James Emerson's Descendants

1.
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James Emerson (1649 – 1756) m. Sarah Ingersoll (1657 – 13 Oct 1732)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Emerson (1687 – 10 Mar 1760) m. Captain (Joseph) Taft (1680 – 18 July 1747)
    1. 1. Lieutenant (Moses) Taft (30 January 1712 – 13 Jul 1788) m. Priscilla Thayer (1720 – 1790)
      1. 1. Margaret Taft (1742 – 1800) m. Levi White (30 Jan 1743 – 1813)
        1. 1. Orpah White (30 April 1770 – 14 Mar 1845) m. Silas Morse (12 Mar 1767 – 20 March 1813)

James Emerson's Timeline

4 Records

1649
1649
Birth of James Emerson in Wells, York County, Maine, United States of America
Wells, York County, Maine, United States of America
1649
1649
Birth of James Emerson in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1686
1686
Age 37
James Emerson was married
None
1756
1756
Age 107
Death of James Emerson in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1649
    Event Place: Wells, York County, Maine, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1649
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1686
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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