Notable Kin

Notable Kin

The person links below are to FamilySearch. Other links are to sites with additional information.

American Revolution

These men fought to liberate the thirteen original colonies from England between 1775 and 1783.

  1. Capt. Andrew Grant
  2. James Kenney

California Gold Rush

  • William Howe
  • Horse thief

Civil War

Clergy

  1. Rev. Elmer Phillip Howery (?-1921), Methodist minister

Colorado Gold Rush

Colorado Pioneers

  • Gillespie, Left Hand Canyon
  • Oard

Colorful Characters

  1. Frances Mariam “Mamie” (Bair) Tarter, Madam in Big Piney, Wyoming – mother-in-law of great grandfather
  2. Sarah Elizabeth (Luce) Hickman (1828-1909) – 3rd great aunt

Danites

The Danites were a group of Mormon vigilantes.

  • William Adams “Wild Bill” Hickman (1815-1883) – 3rd great uncle
  • Jason Reid Luce – 3rd great uncle
  • John Martin “Matt” Luce – 3rd great uncle
  • Wilford Woodruff Luce – 2nd great grandfather

Gateway Ancestors

Gateway ancestors are colonial immigrants to North America with proven lines to European royalty.

  1. Rose (Stoughton) Otis (1629-1677), descendant of Edward I – 8th great grandmother

Mayflower Passengers

Indian Massacres

Indian Wars

  1. Jason Luce – 2nd great uncle

Religious Leaders

Musicians

Politicians

  1. Leikny Øgrim (1953- ), Norwegian feminist
  2. Ruth Bernhardina (Øgrim) Bull (1911-2005), wife of Brynjulf Friis Bull (1906-1933), Mayor of Oslo – 2nd cousin 1x removed
  3. Tron Øgrim (1947-2007), one of the founders of the Norwegian Workers’ Communist Party – 3rd cousin

Royalty and Nobility

  1. Edward III, King of England

Salem Witch Trials

These are accusers and participants of the Salem Witch Trials, which occurred in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Rampant paranoia ensued in the 1690s when young girls accused others of performing witchcraft. Many of the accused were hanged in one of the darkest periods of human history.

Salvation Army

Scottish Prisoners of War

These Scottish men were captured by the English and deported to the British colonies in North America. The Battles of Durham (1650) and Worcester (1651) were battles of the Scottish Covenanters against the English under Oliver Cromwell. Their descendants organized the Scottish Prisoners of War Society. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 ended the Jacobite resistance to the Hanoverian dynasty.

  • Peter Grant (c1632-1709/12), deported to Maine after the Battle of Dunbar in 1650
  • William Shaw (c1720-aft 1777), deported to Virginia in 1746 after the Battle of Culloden in 1746 – xth great grandfather
  • John Sinclair (c1634-bef 1700), deported to Maine after the Battle of Dunbar in 1651

South Pass Gold Rush

These people came to South Pass, Wyoming after the discovery of gold there in 1867. Bill Hickman was skirmishing with the U.S. Army near Ft. Bridger, but his diary shows he and a band of his boys were at South Pass.

Territorial Pioneers

These people lived in territories of the United States prior to statehood.

  1. Gillespie
  2. Denver Howes, Montana Howes

Town Founders

  • Col. Henry B. Gillespie (1847-1903), father of Aspen, Colorado – 1st cousin 4x removed
  • Jacob Howry, founder of Howrytown, Virginia

United Empire Loyalists

  • Walliser

Utah Pioneers

These people were Utah pioneers (before the coming of the railroad in 1869). See Mormon Pioneer Database for additional details.

  1. Malatiah Luce, arrived in 1848, pioneer of Salt Lake City – 4th great grandfather
  2. Mary Ann (Wheeler) Luce, arrived in 1848, pioneer of Salt Lake City – 3rd great grandmother
  3. Ruth (Grant) Luce (1775- ), arrived in 1848, pioneer of Salt Lake City and Ogden – 4th great grandmother
  4. Stephen Luce, arrived in 1848, pioneer of Salt Lake City – 3rd great grandmother
  5. James Pace
  6. Annie (Quarmby) Luce, arrived in 1847, pioneer of Salt Lake City – 2nd great grandmother
  7. Ira Samuel Sutton (1809-1894), pioneer of Green River

Utah War of 1858

These men served in the Nauvoo Militia, attempting to prevent the annexation of Deseret by the United States.

  • Stephen Luce – 3rd great grandfather

Wild West

  1. William Adams “Wild Bill” Hickman (1815-1883) – 3rd great uncle
  2. Sarah Elizabeth (Luce) Hickman (1828-1909) – 3rd great aunt
  3. Wilford Woodruff Luce
  4. Wilford Woodruff Luce, Jr.
  5. James Pace

Wyoming Pioneers

  1. Wilford Woodruff Luce, Jr. (1864-1948), rancher – great grandfather

Disproven and Doubtful Connections

  1. Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French.
  2. Sven Duwall, Swedish baron. The Wåhlstrand family has a tradition they are descended from an illegitimate son.
  3. Tom Horn, gunslinger.
  4. John Howland, Mayflower passenger.
  5. Frans Ludvig Svanström (c1625-1678), Swedish noble.
  6. Sven (Rospigg) Eketrä (c1562-1626), Swedish noble. He was rumored to be an illegitimate son of Duke Magnus Vasa.
  7. Gustaf I Vasa, King of Sweden.

Other

  1. Jonny Edwards, according to FamilySearch, he is descended from Michel Haché (c1660-1737), of Acadia in French Canada. This Michel is supposed to be son of a “Sauvage Eskimaude (savage Eskimo).

This post is modeled after Chris Ferraiolo’s Notable Relations page at Wikitree

Originally published at Wikitree.com. This article is updated periodically to add new information and to revise links.

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