Vicki
I already had your name in my file from some VERY throough Jenness
researchers. Have you contacted any of them? If it still exists there was a
Jenness page at <
www.familytreemmaker.com/users/j/e/n/Mary-A-Jenness>.
Also Mrs Don Hanson and Mrs John Perrett in Iowa did a huge listing of
"Jenness Family records, 18491947" starting with Myron and Emily Jenness.
As for the Allertons et al. I think that the Mayflower society has accepted
that Sarah Harris Calder was his descendant. Another Researcher, Paul Robins
has, I believe been accepted as a member of the Mayflower Society as her
descendant. Don't start to brag too soon, until you read the bio I wrote for
him below:
Isaac Allerton, b. ca 1583, Suffolk, England
"In 1607, he left England for Amsterdam with a group of religious
Separatists (Mayflower passengers are properly classified as Separatists,
who desired to separate from the Church of England and whose views were not
as extreme as Puritans who wanted to ³purify² or change it). In 1608, they
moved to Leyden, Holland. On 22 July 1620, 35 members of the congregation,
including Allerton, his wife Mary Norris (c), son and two daughters, left
Leyden for Southampton on the Speedwell. On August 15, the Speedwell and the
Mayflower, carrying about 120 passengers, sailed from Southampton with most
of the Leyden people on the Speedwell. Twice, dangerous leaks on the
Speedwell forced them back, first to Dartmouth and then to Plymouth. Twenty
passengers gave up and the rest were packed onto the Mayflower, and on 06
September 1620, the historic voyage began. On 11 November 1620, landfall was
made and after scouting up and down the coast for a suitable settlement area
they made their historic landing on December 21. His wife died shortly
after, and ca 1626, he married Fear Brewster, daughter of William Brewster,
the Reverend Elder of the Plymouth colony. Allerton worked as a tailor but
also had other interests. From 1632-33, he had a trading post at Machias,
ME. He was elected Assistant Governor of the colony for a number of years
from 1621. He made five voyages to England while serving as an agent for the
colony. The Governor felt that Allerton abused the trust the colonists
placed in him. A disproportionate number of pages in the Governor¹s journal
are taken up with Allerton¹s enterprises and financial contortions. He
increased their debt enormously while enriching himself. He shipped his own
goods bundled up with theirs and only he knew which were which. It usually
turned out that the goods that sold well were his and the remainder had been
the colony¹s. Any goods lost at sea were, by coincidence, the colony¹s. They
finally got rid of him as their agent following an incredible series of
financial disasters. By 1633, he had one of the best houses in Plymouth, but
left that year, after his second wife died. In 1635, he lived with his
daughter Remember Allerton (q.v.) in Marblehead, ME, and had a fishing fleet
of eight vessels. He traded along the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia,
competing unsuccessfully with the French. He moved to Manhattan, where he
owned a residence and a wharf. By 1645, he moved to New Haven, CT where he
married Joanna Swinnerton and is said to have built a ³grand house on the
creek with four porches,² adjacent to his warehouse and wharf. He carried on
extensive trade with goods from Massachusetts, Maine, and Manhattan, tobacco
from Virginia, grain from Delaware, and sugar from Barbados. He speculated
in goods, ships etc., making money, losing it, and leaving a trail of debts,
usually with someone else¹s money. Misfortune befell him with a series of
fires and shipwrecks. On 17 February 1645, ³coming from New Haven in a
ketch, with his wife and divers (sic) other persons, [they] were taken in a
great storm at northeast with much snow and cast away at Scituate [MA], but
the persons all saved.² While it was thought that he had made a fortune, he
died insolvent, there being little after his creditors were satisfied. He
has been called the ³first Yankee trader.² The term Yankee comes from the
Dutch ³Jan Kees,² originally used for a pirate and later applied by colonial
Dutch as a disparaging nickname for English settlers in Connecticut.
[Kenneth MacDonell Fowke]
Ken
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From: "Vicki Anderson"
<vicki.k.anderson(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: CALDER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: CALDER in Scotland
Date: Mon, May 10, 2004, 11:18 PM
Hi Kenneth,
Thank you for the information on Robert Calder and for passing my e-mail to
Kenneth Calder. He has already sent me his chapter on Robert. Fascinating
stuff! The e-mail, which I sent to Kenneth Calder is below.
Dear Kenneth,
I cannot thank you enough for the information. My line is as follows:
Robert Calder, Sarah Allen Calder (who married James Jenness, Sr.), James
Jenness, Jr., Myron Jenness, Arthur Jenness, Alma Jenness (who married
Leonard Hendricksen), Karen Hendricksen (who married Lyle Anderson), and me.
I hope to one day join Daughters of the American Revolution. Obviously,
Robert is my patriot. I've had quite a bit of difficulty with some of the
Jennesses as the records aren't very good. Specifically, dates and places
for Sarah Allen ("Sally") Calder's husband, James Jenness, Sr., are very
sketchy.
I saw the pedigrees for Sarah Harris on-line and noticed that it extended to
Isaac Allerton, his wife, and daughter so that we are related to three of
the passengers on the Mayflower. I would love to have more substantial
proof of that. I am the only one in my family doing this research, and
frankly, and don't think that they believed me when I told them about the
Allertons. In addition, I work full-time and have very little opportunity
to do the research. I didn't know about Zachary Taylor and FDR! That's
fantastic! When you get time, could you please provide me with those lines?
As far as Robert Calder is concerned, I just need birth, marriage, and death
evidence (i.e., dates and places). I have the book, History of the Town of
Wolfeborough New Hampshire.
Again, thank you!
Vicki Anderson
165 E. County Road B2, #131
Little Canada, MN 55117
(651) 766-8356
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth M. Fowke" <kfowke(a)cyberus.ca>
To: <CALDER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: CALDER in Scotland
> Vicki
>
> I to am a descendant of Robert Calder, born in Elgin, Scotland about 1733
> who settled in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and married Sarah Harris.
>
>
> The info I have on him via a much better informed Ken Calder. Ken went
> through the Elgin Parish records and fount that the only possible Robert
> baptised is a Robert bpt on 31 (sic) Nov 1736. to parents Hugh Calder and
> Barbara Gordon (only link from known (Robert) and assumed (Hugh/Barbara).
>
> From Ken and other sources I have put together that ...
>
> Robert was educated in England and entered the service of John Wentworth,
> the last Royal Governor of New Hampshire. They sailed from England in
1767.
> Until 1775, he was called Wentworth¹s ³gardener² which was likely the
> manager at his Wolfeborough Estate. In addition to his duties to the
> Governor, he was described in 1767 as ³a symbol of a more effete
Portsmouth²
> and he advertised himself as ³cuts and dresses Ladies and Gentlemen¹s hair
> in the genteelest of fashions, either at his house, or attends at the time
> and place directed by those that will favor him with custom.² In 1771, he
> purchased the lease of the Inn at Newburyport, ME and advertised that it
was
> ³furnished with convenient accommodations for travelers and good stabling
> for horses. The public¹s favor is humbly entreated, and the best
> entertainment, with diligent attendance will be provided for travelers and
> others who may be pleased to favor him with their custom.² He remained on
> the estate for a number of years after Wentworth was forced to flee by the
> American Revolution. Robert went to Portsmouth to purchase powder and
other
> supplies to prepare for the revolution and was elected both selectman and
> deputy sheriff for Wolfeborough. He seemed to balance between helping both
> the revolutionaries and Wentworth for when Wentworth asked him to dig up a
> box under a tree on the estate and burn it without looking at the
contents,
> Robert did so. It is suspected that it contained counterfeit colonial
money
> that the British were using to break up the colonies¹ economy. In 1784
(some
> sources say 1779), he moved a few miles to Brookfield, NH. The house he
> built there is still inhabited.
>
> My lineage is
> Robert Calder and Sarah Harris
> - Frances Wentworth Calder m. Robert Calder (her cousin)
> - Charles Wentworth Calder m. Maria Hall
> - Lewis B. Calder m. Mary Ellen ³Emma² Leonard
> - Truman Frederick Calder m. Adella ³Della² Cochrane
> - Doris Adella Calder m. Malcolm James ³Mac² MacDonell
> - Mary Alison MacDonell m. Vernon Carroll Fowke
> - Kenneth MacDonell Fowke
>
>
>
> As Ken Calder is much more informed on Robert's ancestors, I have passed
> your Email to him. Where do you descend from Robert and Sarah?
>
>
> Kenneth M. Fowke
> 118 Fairlop Way
> Ottawa, ON, K2J 5B8
> (613) 825 2951
> <kfowke(a)cyberus.ca>
>
> ----------
> >From: "Vicki Anderson" <vicki.k.anderson(a)worldnet.att.net>
> >To: CALDER-L(a)rootsweb.com
> >Subject: Re: CALDER in Scotland
> >Date: Tue, May 4, 2004, 11:33 PM
> >
>
> > Hi Libby,
> >
> > I'm also looking for more information on a Robert Calder, but this one
was
> > born in Elgin, Scotland about 1733. I don't know who his parents were,
but
> > he settled in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and married Sarah Harris.
> >
> > Vicki
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Libbybaker(a)aol.com>
> > To: <CALDER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: CALDER in Scotland
> >
> >
> >> Diane,
> >>
> >> Actually more like 1600's and 1700's. I'm looking at the
ancestors of
> > Robert
> >> Calder born in Aberdeenshire, Parish of Glass, Scotland about 1692, son
of
> >> Alexander Calder and Barbara Skene. Robert emigrated to Charlestown,
MA
> > and
> >> married Hannah Lawrence.
> >>
> >> Would love to talk with anyone about this or related lines.
> >>
> >> Libby
> >>
> >> In a message dated 5/4/2004 10:09:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> meregra(a)cableone.net writes:
> >> Good Morning Calder's........
> >>
> >> Is there anyone on this list who is researching CALDER in Scotland,
> >> in the 1700's??
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Diane in Iowa, USA
> >>
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