Who's Your Daddy?first: last:You are currently anonymousHomeSearchLoginFindSurnamesBookmarksPlacesDatesCalendarCemeteriesSearch PeopleSearch FamiliesMediaPhotosDocumentsHeadstonesHistoriesRecordingsVideosAlbumsAll MediaInfoWhat's NewMost WantedReportsStatisticsTreesNotesSourcesRepositoriesContact UsThe Dame Garrison House in Dover, NHFounding FathersJohn Damme    Thomas Conary    Swan Magnus Hanson    John Fuller    George Sutton    William Cecil    Hans EngebretsenJohann Friedrich GuntermanFounding MothersLydia Huckstep    Easter Twombley    Elizabeth Cole    Elizabeth Pomfret    Cicely Thayer   Mercy Latham Hannah WebbContactI would love to add your family stories or photos. This site is continually updated and revised. If you have any questions, comments or would like to share research with me, please contact me.The Charles Hanson HouseHastings, MNFree internet ancestor search:Welcome... to my genealogy web site. Our family story is the story of the United States. Here you will find stories of original settlers and pioneers.Family StoriesOriginally from Cheshire, England, John Damme settled in Dover, NH in 1633. 
Thomas Conary immigrated from Ireland and settled in Deer Isle, ME. All the early New England Conary's are his descendants. 
John Folsom and Mary Gilman, both from distinguished families, immigrated for religious reasons, producing many notable descendants.
Mary Baily was a survivor during judgmental Puritan times.
Notable Family Members
Emily Dickinson - beloved poet
Kenneth Roberts - historical novelist
Harriet Patience Dame - civil war nurse
Thomas Nelson - signed the Declaration of Independence
Alice Martin - one of the first women in the US to be hanged
Mary Chilton - our Mayflower ancestor; her parents, James Chilton and Susanna Furner, did not survive the voyage
George Soule - our other Mayflower ancestor
Thomas and Joseph Rogers - more Mayflower ancestors
Sir Francis Drake - explorer, slave-trader, privateer
See more notables in the "Noteworthy Ancestors" report.
Military Service
Many of our ancestors joined the military, some on opposing sides.
Conrad Cuntramann (Countryman) was acknowledged by Ripley's Believe It or Not for having 26 sons and grandsons serving in General Washington's army. Another son, Jacob, was a tory.
Samuel Staples had been married twice and had 11 children and several grandchildren when the British soldiers arrived in Kittery, Maine. Samuel was in his 60s. The British grabbed him and forced him to serve on a war ship. He must have been more trouble than he was worth because he was shot and thrown overboard, never to see his family again. This enraged the community and many young men in the area joined General Washington's forces, including 2 of Samuel's sons. 
Reuben Sutton joined Union forces on 30 Mar 1865, saw the closing of the Civil War, including at least 8 battles, Lee's surrender, and Lincoln's assassination. He was killed after 38 days of service.
Joshua Staples served 6 years