7) Ancestry added 103 new DNA matches this past week, with no new ThruLines, and MyHeritage added 41 new DNA matches. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe. Added Notes to 18 more AncestryDNA matches with cM values, relationships and known shared ancestors, but have no new matches with known common ancestors.
8) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 40,335 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 85).
9) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 61,436 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 87), and 132.913 source citations (up 294). I TreeShared with my Ancestry Memb
It s Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.
The treasure today is the 1678 birth entry for Ester Wheeler in the Concord, Massachusetts town vital records book:
The birth entry is the 9th from the top of the The County Records Again birth listings:
The birth record transcription is: Ester daughter of John Wheeler born 1.10.78
The source citation for this record is:
George Tolman (compiler), Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord, Mass. : Committee on Printing, 1894), page 22, Esther Wheeler birth entry, 1.10.78 (1 December 1678).
[1–2] Deed: 5 May 1698 (about age 24), granted 90 acres in Lancaster by father, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
[4] Deed: 24 October 1707 (about age 33), bought 150 acres in New Grant of Concord from James Russell for £60; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
[5] Distribution: 21 February 1721/2 (about age 48), father s will proved; Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Marriage 1: 5 May 1698 (about age 24), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
[1-3,10] Child 2: Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774) Child 3: Amos Prescott (1705-1785) Child 4: Mary Prescott (1707-????) Child 5: Sarah Prescott (1709-????)