Wilhelmina Baker was born in Rollins, Lenawee County, Michigan on 8 February 1865. Her mother [Almeda (Pratt) Baker] was born in Farmington, Ontario County, New York on 17 April 1829. Almeda had migrated from New York to Michigan with her parents [Charles Pratt and Betsey (Bill) (Arnold) Pratt] in 1834. Betsey (Bill) (Arnold) Pratt was a descendant of early Plymouth Colony settlers: John Howland [Mayflower, 1620], Thomas Prence [Fortune, 1621], William Bassett [Fortune, 1621], William Collier [Mary & Jane, 1633], John Lothrop [Griffin, 1634], and Matthew Fuller [1639]. Therefore, Wilhelmina Baker was a distant cousin of Mattie Belle Jewett [through John Howland, Thomas Prence and William Collier], Louis Cain Mixter [through John Lothrop], and Harlow Edgar Ellis [through William Bassett and Matthew Fuller].
Louis Cain Mixter was born in Locke, Ingham County, Michigan on 16 September 1870. His mother [Martha Randall Cain] was born in Rome, Oneida County, New York on 29 April 1831. His parents [Kiran Mixter and Martha Randall (Cain) Mixter] had migrated from New York to Michigan in 1856. Martha Randall (Cain) Mixter was a descendant of early Plymouth Colony settler: John Lothrop [Griffin, 1634]. Therefore, Louis Cain Mixter was a distant cousin of Wilhelmina Baker [through John Lothrop].
Mattie Belle Jewett was born in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan on 26 April 1874. Her mother, [Mary Atilla Claflin] was born in Byron, Genesee County, New York on 26 August 1849. Mary had migrated from New York to Michigan along with her parents [William Claflin and Martha Ann (Dewey) Claflin] in 1856. William Claflin was a descendant of early Plymouth Colony settlers: John Howland [Mayflower, 1620], Thomas Prence [Fortune, 1621], William Collier [Mary & Jane, 1633]. Therefore, Mattie Belle Jewett was a distant cousin of Wilhelmina Baker [through John Howland, Thomas Prence and William Collier]. Mattie’s father [Joseph William Jewett] was born in Lima, Washtenaw County, Michigan on 15 September 1842. Mattie’s mother and father were distant cousins, both descendants of Stephen Hopkins [Mayflower, 1620].
Harlow Edgar Ellis was born in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan on 20 May 1858. His mother [Ruth (Taylor) Ellis] was born in Penfield, Monroe County, New York on 12 June 1838. Ruth had migrated from New York to Michigan along with her parents [Paschal Enos Taylor and Alzina (Tripp) Taylor] in 1854. Paschal Enos Taylor was a descendant of early Plymouth Colony settlers: William Bassett [Fortune, 1621] and Matthew Fuller [1639]. Therefore, Harlow Edgar Ellis was a distant cousin of Wilhelmina Baker [through William Bassett and Matthew Fuller].
The first chart below provides a portion of the beginning generations of what is provided in the second more completed chart. Not only does this first chart provide an excerpt covering only the Hopkins, Collier, Prence, and Brewster lines, but it also includes a second Hopkins – Collier Pathway. Israel Cole and John Cole were nephews of Thomas Prence and both of them married into the Hopkins family. Bennet Freeman was a granddaughter of Thomas Prence and she also married into the Hopkins family. Israel Cole [a nephew of Thomas Prence] and Bennet Freeman [a granddaughter of Thomas Prence] were married to Mary Paine and John Paine [who were sister and brother, and both grandchildren of Constance (Hopkins) Snow. Israel Cole’s brother [John Cole] was married to Ruth Snow whose sister [Mary Snow] was the mother of Israel’s wife [Mary Paine]. It would seem that these convoluted in-law relationships may have possibly increased contacts between Thomas Prence and Nicholas and Constance (Hopkins) Snow, or even possibly had encouraged some of the friendships which eventually led to these marriages. Regardless, the parents of [52] Marcus Cole [Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Cole) Cole] were both descendants of [2] Stephen Hopkins and [9] William Collier.
The ancestral migration pathways, identified in the chart above, beginning with [2] Stephen Hopkins, [9] William Collier, [10] Thomas Prence, and [3] William Brewster, have been selected to receive attention during the initial phase of development of the biographical sketches which will eventually be posted on this website. These initial biographical sketches will serve as a companion to Thomas Prence’s Plymouth Colony as they provide the early generations of lineage between Thomas Prence and the author.
The two terminal descendants shown in the above chart, [62] Sarah Goff and [63] Betsey Bill, were both descendants of [9] William Collier and [10] Thomas Prence. In addition, they have a couple of interesting similarities in their parallel migration storylines. [62] Sarah Goff was born in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut in 1788 [baptized on the same day as her mother (18 July 1790) in the Haddam Neck Congregational Church in East Haddam]; lived in Mendon, Ontario County, New York with her husband John Claflin Jr. [at the time of the 1820 Federal Census]; prior to moving to Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio where she lived with her husband John Claflin Jr. [at the time of the 1830 Federal Census]. [63] Betsey Bill was born in Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut in 1783 [baptized on the same day as two of her sisters (20 June 1784) in the First Congregational Church in Hartland]; lived in Farmington, Ontario County, New York with her husband Charles Pratt [at the time of the 1820 Federal Census and 1830 Federal Census]; prior to moving to Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan where she lived with her husband Charles Pratt [at the time of the 1840 Federal Census and 1850 Federal Census].
The numbers on the chart (above) are keyed to the numbers used for the biographical sketches provided on this website. Refer to the CONTENTS as the means of accessing the biographical sketches. Once on the webpage for a biographical sketch, you can go either forward or backward one generation on a particular lineage pathway, or you can return to the CONTENTS from any webpage to access a different biographical sketch.
Born in Michigan... Made in America since 1620 