| My legal name is Norman William Scofield but in the family I am called Shad after my 3rd great uncle Shadrach SCOFIELD son of Neazer SCOFIELD and Thankful SCOFIELD. That's right, cousins getting married, making me related to myself or so my computer says. Here are my great-grandparents and their families.1) Norman Bishop SCOFIELD - His family originated in England and settled in Stamford, CT by 1641. Related family names are AMBLER, BATES, BUXTON, FINCH, GRAVES, HOLLY, HOYT, KNOWLES, MEAD, MERWIN, MOREHOUSE, NEWMAN, PETTIT, POTTER, SEELY, STEVENS and WILDMAN. The family moved to Hadley, NY for one generation, married Susan BISHOP and then on to Washington, Iowa where they married into the MAZE and MITCHELL families.2) Stella Alice McCray - Her family names include BAKER, BRADFORD, BUNKER, CARPENTER, COTTLE, GRANT, HATCH, HICKS, HOLBROOK, HOUSTON, LOOK, PRENCE, MONTGOMERY, NODING, SHAW, SHERMAN, SNOW and WINSLOW. Many of these families are associated with Plymouth Colony. Famous names include Govenor William Bradford, Govenor Edward Winslow and General Sam Houston.3) Edward FEARON from Portadown, Ireland.4) Mary Loise Gushurst - Her family is from Baden-Baden, Germany.5) Peter Paul BENZ - His family is from Montlingen, Switerland. Related names include LUCHINGER, KOCH, STEIGER, WUST, ZACH, ZIGERLICH and ZUND.6) Johanna Magereta RETTNER is from Egenhausen, Bavaria, Germany while her father John Niklaus RETTNER was born in Fell Appolonia, Germany.7) George Waterman ADAMS Jr. - He was born in Niagara, NY while his grandfather was born in Connecticut. His mother was a CRANE from New Jersey.8) Alice Isabell SULLIVAN - Her grandparents left Ireland to escape the Potato Famine in the 1840s. After staying in Scotland for twenty some years, they moved to Centerline, Macomb, MI. |
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