WELCOME TO

 

 

 

The Old Fishing Hole

 

 

 

Our Family Tree And The Links In Our Gene Pool

 

 

 

Hello! Thanks for joining us in our community swim! Please step into our Gene Pool.

DURRELL HENRY JOHNSON, Dad (1921-1954), was born in Princeton, MA, and raised in Oxford, MA. The Johnsons first settled in Charlestown, MA William Johnson, a brick maker, was one of the original founders. My grandmother Johnson was a Knight who was born, raised in Enfield, CT. Her paternal ancestor, Richard Knight, came to Newport, RI by way of Norfolk, England in about 1647. Many of Dad's ancestors came from Merrimack County, NH, Deerfield, NH , Loudon, NH, Hampstead, NH and Raymond, NH

ARLENE MAY STEVENS, Mom (1923-1988), was born in Oxford, MA, and raised in Charlton, MA. The Stevens first settled in Boston and Rutland, MA. My grandmother Stevens was an Allen who was born and raised in Brookfield, MA.Her paternal ancestor, Benjamin Allen, was of Newbury, MA. Many of Mom's ancestors came from Ashford, CT , Willington, CT , Pomfret, CT , Woodstock, CT Windham County,CT, Tolland County,CT and Killingly, CT

 

To View Pictures of the Stevens & Johnson Family:

 

Walter & Laura M. (Knight) Johnson, click here

Walter Harriman Johnson Family, click here

Ethel Myrtle Allen, click here

George & Flora Belle Allen, click here

Laura M. Baker, click here

Grace Darling Weeks, click here

 

 

My husband's side of the pool

Richard Kendall Merrell, Jr. is an architect in Waterbury, CT, and is the son of RICHARD KENDALL MERRELL, (1921-1979) Richard Kendall Merrell, Sr was born in East Hartford, CT and raised in Summit, NJ. The Merrells are descendants of Nathaniel Merrell and Susanna Wolerton. His paternal grandmother is Isabel Leah Kendall who was born in Waterford, PA and is a descendant of Levi/Ralph Kendall of Lyman, ME.

Barbara Louise Moody, (Mom) was born in Quincy, MA, and is the daughter of Clarence L. Moody, and a descendant of Captain Joshua Moody and Eliza Jane Titcomb of Cumberland Co., ME. His paternal grandmother is Minnie Lucretia Nason who was born in Conway Center, NH, and is a descendent of Willoughby and Esther Nason of Ipswich, MA

To View Pictures of the Merrell & Moody Family:

Cheney Dodge, click here

Silas Dinsmore Brown and Miranda Dodge, click here

Luetta L. Brown, click here

Minnie L. Nason, click here

Everett E. Nason, click here

Clarence L. Moody, click here

Emily McDonald, click here

Edwin R. Merrell, click here

 

 

Click on this little fish to search our surnames

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the links to the other pools. Click on the key to the pool that you want to search!

Cloyse Pool. It's really really dark down here!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF HELPFUL LINKS

New England Genealogy Room. Helpful genealogy links to New England

Eastman Genealogy and History

Taft Family Association

 

GENERAL GENEALOGY ROOM. Helpful genealogy links in general, other than New England.

USGenWeb Project

Cyndi's List of Genealogy

Surname Associations

Ancestry

 

The Officer's Deck

 

Please E-MAIL your comments, messages and queries to Elaine Merrell, Woodbury, CT. USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created September 15, 1997 and updated October 24, 2005