From Oxford Ancestors I received this certificate from Oxford Ancestors in October 2007. It shows descent from “Mitochondrial Eve” (bottom left) and the relationship among the major world haplogroups (“clan”). I belong to Haplogroup V, shown top left as “Velda.
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Fyrsten
Per Hemmingson (c1746-?) was a crofter at Högsby in Småland, Sweden. He married Stina Danielsdotter (c1753-aft 1803). Daniel Persson Fyrstén (1791-1837) was a master smith at Gärdserum. Daniel adopted the surname Fyrstén (”fire stone”). He married Christina “Stina” Nilsdotter (1786-1849), daughter of Nils Persson and Maja Persdotter. Their sons and grandsons carried on the family…
Swanström
The Svanströms were soldiers, crofters and tailors in and around Gärdserum and Ukna in the county of Kalmar in Småland, Sweden. The earliest known ancestor of the family is Petter Jönsson Cavat, an infantry soldier who was taken prisoner by the Prussians at the Battle of Demmin and never returned to Sweden. He was probably…
Brigham’s Destroying Angel
Excerpts from William Hickman, Brigham’s Destroying Angel (1904). CHAPTER II. HICKMAN’S NARRATIVE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE-FIRST DEED OF DARING-KILLING THE PANTHER-EDUCATION-MARRIAGE-JOINS THE MORMONS-ACQUAINTANCE WITH JOSEPH SMITH -THE TROUBLES AT NAUVOO-HICKMAN IN PRISON- INGENIOUS ESCAPE-FIRST ACT OF VIOLENCE UNDER THE RULE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG-KILLING THE COUNTERFEITER-SHOOTING THE INDIANS-FLIGHT OF HICKMAN-ADVENTURES ON THE PLAINS-ARRIVAL AT SALT LAKE. In the…
Dutton
John Dutton (1792-1863) came from Oswego County, New York to Will County, Illinois about 1834. He married Sarah Abbott (1798-1861), daughter of Joseph and Chloe Jane (Blackman) Abbott. John’s ancestry in unknown, but he appears to have been a descendant of the John Dutton who settled at Boston in 1630. He might have been a…