The Register delves into Mighill lineage

If you’ve ever puzzled over the two Thomas Mighills of Windham County, Conn. – both of whom had a wife named Mary – you’ll be interested in the conclusion of Gale Ion Harris’ “John Mighill of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut,” published in the October issue of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

The two Thomases were grandsons of John Mighill, Harris explains in her 16-page article. One Thomas married Mary Bacon, and the other married Mary/Molly Howard.

As I’m sure you know, articles that appear in The Register, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, are very well-researched.

Also in this issue are:

. “The English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hampton, New Hampshire,” by Edgar Joseph Shaw. They appeared to have had their early children in Gawsworth Parish. Roger married second, Susanna Tilton.

. “The Ancestry of Charles Barnes of East Hampton, Long Island, New York,” by Charles Stanley Ashley. Ancestor Thomas Barnes, who died 1503-1506, was from Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.

. “Rebecca, Wife of Thomas Josselyn of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts,” by Roger D. Joslyn. The Josselyns came from London in 1635 aboard the Increase. Rebecca appears to have been a Jude.

. “The William Archer Family in England,” by Myrtle Stevens Hyde. A recent issue of The Register also contained “The English Origin of Henry Archer of Ipswich, Massachusetts,” by Melinde Lutz Sanborn and Leslie Mahler. William was a grandfather to Henry.

. “The Origins of Benjamin Nye: Examining the Sources,” by Ian Hilder, George R. Nye and Jonathan A. Shaw. The article disproves a claimed ancestral line for Nye in England. Part 2 in the January issue will present a documented account of Nye and his children.

. “John Wall of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, Third Husband of Agnes (Wylley) (Denison) (Gace) Wall,” by William Wyman Fiske. Agnes was the mother of William and Edward Dennison. John Wall had children Agnes, Bennet, William, Mary, John and Edward, according to his will.

. “Burial Records from the Account Book of Thomas Clap of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1762-1797,” continued, by David Allen Lambert.

. Reviews of books and CD-ROMs.

. Index to volume 158 by subject and by person.

You can find The Register in many larger libraries. Subscriptions are $60, including The Register; or $75 for both The Register and a research membership with access to the NEHGS Web site and research library.

Write NEHGS, 101 Newbury St., Boston, MA 021165-3007; call toll-free (888) 296-3447; e-mail memberservices@nehgs.org; or visit the Web site at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org.

Richard Ames has written the article “Col. Charles Jarvis Whiting: Castine Resident, Civil War Hero and Guardian of the Western Frontier” for the Castine Visitor, newsletter of the Castine Historical Society.

Ames notes that Whiting led the 5th Cavalry at the Battle of Gaines Mill. He was captured and spent five weeks at Richmond (Libby) Prison. The article includes accounts of the battle by First Lt. Eben Swift and Confederate Lt. Gen. J.B. Hood.

He points out that the commander of the Confederate troops at Gaines Mill was Whiting’s first cousin, Gen. William H. Chase Whiting.

Charles Whiting was dismissed from the Army after a run-in with General “Spoons” Butler, but was later reinstated by President Ulysses Grant.

It was Whiting who in 1868 led home to the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado some 7,000 Navajos who had been captured by 1868 and held at Fort Sumner and the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation in New Mexico.

Whiting served in the Army until age 56. His Army pension was $20 a month.

Membership in the Castine Historical Society is $15, $5 student, $25 family, sent to Castine Historical Society, P.O. Box 238, Castine 04421.

Thanks to Merrill Burgess of Sangerville for catching my mistake last week on the authorship of a piece on the Burgess family of Dover in The Shiretown Conserver. The correct author is Ted Grant.

3308. GAGNON-MITCHELL-TREPANIER-DUBE-RANCOURT-THOMPSON. Seeking info, descendants, death date and place in New Hampshire for my great aunt, Eva (Gagnon) Mitchell. Husband’s first name unknown. One male child. Eva was born about 1880, Canada, daughter of Joseph Gagnon and Philomene (Dube) Trepanier. Siblings were Rose Gagnon, born May 15, 1867, Canada, md. Jan. 30, 1888, at Waterville to John Rancourt, family lived in Benton; and Ida Gagnon, my grandmother, born Feb. 25, 1885, Canada, md. June 21, 1906, at Albion to Fred Thompson, family lived in Albion. Henry Thompson Sr., P.O. Box 375, Brooks 04921.

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