Plymouth, Massachusetts

This book is dedicated in loving memory of Evadne and Nisbet Grammer.

Without them, there would be no book

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Introduction to Descendants of the Mayflower

Family

This book is a collection of our ancestors’ memories, their stories and their history.Curiosity leads us to ask questions, listen to stories about the different people in the family, search for memorabilia (letters,

obits, grave sites, Library of Congress) and then pull all this data together. Finding out what one did or experienced, together with sharing traditions of family heirlooms and events, has enriched our lives. This puts meaning into being a family. Even today, as one talks with nieces and nephews or siblings, one talks about what they remember bringing it forth into today’s life.

Our grandparents were Evadne Mullett Holloway and Nisbet Grammer. To share their story, this book was put together with photographs and illustrations that reflect their lives.. The Grammer Line shows descendants to Nisbet Grammer. The Mayflower lineage descends from Isaac Allerton, Degory Priest, and William and Mary Brewster, and comes together with the union of Eleazer Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs down to Evadne Mullett Holloway. To understand their lineage, we briefly introduce their ancestors who traveled via the Mayflower (1620) to what would become New Plymouth Colony in the present-day State of Massachusetts.

The book brings the two family lines (Grammer-Holloway) together, with the marriage of Nisbet Grammer and Evadne Mullett Holloway. Their children are Nisbet Grammer, Jr. (died at birth-1925), Mary Ann Grammer Byers and Frances Nis-bet Grammer Williams Stevenson.

This book is the result of the extensive research of Nancy Grammer Byers Roberts. All of her detailed records have been organized in the a program called “Reunion,” which can be reviewed with Nancy at anytime. The artwork of the “Trees”, the Concrete Central and the cover of the book were done by Nancy. Mary Ann Grammer Byers spent much time and research in editing the write-ups for the different individuals in the book. Bruce Nisbet Byers designed the layout of the book, in addi-tion to restoring the family’s historic photographs. “Family history is the greatest gift that one generation passes to another.”

We hope the people and family ancestors you meet in this book become your friends and inspire you to learn more about the history of your family and the days of yore.

Mayflower in Plymouth Mayflower Compact SigningBad water tale

Like branches on a tree

We grow in different directions

Yet our roots remain as one.

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The light version: The Mayflower left Harwich, England September 06, 1620 with her Master and Captain, Christopher Jones. Land was sighted November 9, 1620. They landed on the 11th in Plymouth Harbor. The Mayflower departed “Cape Cod” on April 5, 1621 and returned to England.

The heavier version: The 180-ton Mayflower was an elderly ship by 1620. She left the port of Rotherhithe on the Thames in mid-July 1620, with Robert Cushman and his family, which included his son Thomas. She anchored at Southampton Water in the English Channel to await her escort, the smaller Speedwell, who was already leaking on her trip from Delfshaven, Holland.

Robert Cushman (1577–1625) was an important leader and organizer of the Mayflower voyage in 1620. Cushman and his family sailed on the Mayflower from London to Southampton where they boarded the Speedwell coming from Leiden. Prob-lems with the Speedwell caused the Cushman family not to sail along with the Mayflower. The Cushman family later sailed on the ship Fortune with Master Thomas Barton and arrived at Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving.

Isaac Allerton (c.1586–1658/9) and his family were also passengers in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship Mayflower. Allerton was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Cushman, (age 12) and Mary Allerton (age 4) were both on the Mayflower together for a short time during its first trip from London to Southampton to meet the Speedwell coming from Leiden, which the Cushman family boarded. In 1632 Thomas and Mary were married in Plymouth, MA.

Degory Priest (c.1579-1621) was a member of the Leiden contingent on the historic 1620 voyage of the ship Mayflower. He was a hat maker from London who married Sarah, sister of Pilgrim Isaac Allerton in Leiden. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact in November 1620 and died less than two months later.

William Brewster (c.1566-Apr 1644) and wife, Mary Brewster, and his sons Love Brewster and Wrestling Brewster, joined the first group of Separatists aboard the Mayflower on voyage to North America. Brewster became the senior elder of the Plymouth Colony, serving as its religious leader and as an advisor to Governor William Bradford.

THE VOYAGE

When it was time to leave Southampton, Cushman with his family, made sure he joined his friends aboard the Speedwell. But the ship was not seaworthy. Cushman stated: “She is as open and leaky as a sieve.” Soon after the Mayflower and the Speedwell cleared the coast, they put in for repairs at Dartmouth, a port 75 miles west of Southampton. The repairs were completed on August 17 but they were forced to remain in Dartmouth due to lack of wind. By then half their food had been eaten. In his writings Cushman was very concerned about this. Many of the passengers wanted to abandon the voyage even though, to many, it meant losing everything they possessed. Cushman stated that the Mayflower captain refused to let them off. “He will not hear them, nor suffer them to go ashore,” Cushman stated, “lest they should run away.” The two ships left Dartmouth and sailed more than 300 miles but they again had to turn back, this time to Plymouth in Devon, because of trou-ble on the Speedwell. The Speedwell had to be abandoned because she would never have survived the voyage. The trade-off for a safer passage was the reduction of the 120 passengers to about 102 passengers and a crew of about 30–40 in extremely cramped conditions. Among those from the Speedwell who did not board the Mayflower was the family of Cushman.

On November 9-19, 1620, after about three months at sea, including a month of delays in England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called Provincetown Harbor. And after several days of trying to get south to their planned desti-nation of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11-21, 1620. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. Issac Allerton and Degory Priest were among the signers.

The Mayflower

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6. Adam Grammer

6. Jacob Grammer (Catherine Schaeffer)

7. Benjamin Grammer (Margaret Schaeffer)

7. Samuel Blanchard Grammer (Sarah Hannah McCoy)

8. Samuel Bratton Nisbet (Agnes Carr Pritchett)

8. William K Arnold

9. Watkins Fuquay Nisbet (Sarah Frances Arnold)

9. Sarah Frances Arnold (Watkins Fuquay Nisbet)

9. Frances G. Nisbet

10. George Jackson Grammer Sr (Sarah Arnold Nisbet)

11. Sarah Arnold Nisbet (George Jackson Grammer Sr)

11. George Jackson Grammer Jr (Gertrude Voss)

12/13. Nisbet Grammer (Evadne Mullett Holloway)

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JACOB GRAMMER ID #378

Birth: 15 Mar 1747/9 (Lancaster, PA) Death: 13/15 Mar 1813 (Lancaster, PA)Marriage: Catherine Schaeffer(Westminster, MD)Occupation: Military Revolutionary WarReligion: LutheranChild: Benjamin

History: Jacob and John Grammer, two brothers, came to this country from Germany before 1776, settled in Lancaster County, PA, and later resided in Maryland. John left no descendants.

Jacob Grammer married Catherine Schaeffer and lived in what is known as Cranberry Valley, near Westminster, MD. He and his wife are buried in the old Krider (Lutheran) Cemetery in Westminster, MD.

They had four sons: Benjamin, Henry, Jacob and John. Nisbet’s ancestor is Benjamin (Nisbet Grammer).

Jacob’s place of residence during the Revolutionary War was Frederick Co, MD. Jacob is the ancestor who assisted in es-tablishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of First Lieutenant.

CATHERINE SCHAEFFER ID #379

Birth: 5 July 1753Death: 5 Jan 1823 (Westminster, MD)Marriage: Jacob Grammer

ADAM GRA(M)MER ID #393

Occupation: FarmerRel: LutheranChild: Jacob Grammer

Records indicate that the family name was of German descent, and was originally spelled “Gramer”.

Owned land in PA. (Lancaster Co).

Grammer men tended to be farmers who were steady hard working people, comfortably well off, but not wealthy.

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BENJAMIN GRAMMER ID #358

Birth: 29 Jun 1776 (Baltimore, MD)Death: 11 Dec 1851 (Arendtsville, PA)Married: Margaret Schaeffer 13 Mar 1806Child: Samuel Blanchard Grammer

This was written by Nisbet Grammer.

• Samuel B. (grandfather to Nisbet Grammer).• Thomas F. who was a school teacher at Arendtsville, PA.• Elijah who had 2 sons, Rev. George A. Grammer, a Baptist minister and William B. Grammer,

who died in Vicksburg, MS in 1877.• John Grammer, who married a Miss Newman, had descendants in Zanesville, OH, afterward

lived and died in Vicksburg, MS.• Daniel died at the age of 7 years. • Lewis lived in Vincennes, IN and Vicksburg, MS He died in Vicksburg, MS.• Jacob never married. He died in Vicksburg, MS.• George died in infancy.

MARGARET SCHAEFFER ID #359

Birth: 03 Dec 1785 (Baltimore, MD)Death: 01 Aug 1867 (Arendtsville, PA)Daughter in-law to Catherine Schaeffer

SAMUEL BLANCHARD GRAMMER ID #335

Birth: 13 Jan 1809 (Baltimore, MD)Death: 28 Mar 1845 (Zanesville, OH)Woodlawn Cemetery Married: Sarah Hannah McCoy Child: George Jackson Grammer (Captain Jack)Children: All six children born in (Zanesville, OH)

History: “Samuel Blanchard Grammer and Sarah Hannah McCoy married at Connelsville, PA, moved to Zanesville OH, where he had a flour mill at the Falls of Muskingum River. They had 4 sons, including my father, George J. Grammer and 2 daughters, all of whom are now dead.” (letter of Nisbet Grammer - Buffalo, NY)

SARAH HANNAH MCCOY ID #336

Birth: 20 Mar 1834 (Connelsville, PA)Death: 21 May 1876 (Evansville, IN)

The Grammer line continues through the son of Samuel Blanchard Grammer; George Jackson Grammer Sr (Captain Jack) who married Sarah Arnold Nisbet. The following 2 pages introduce the Nisbet line. The Grammer line will resume with George Jackson Grammer Sr (Captain Jack) after the Nisbet data.

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SAMUEL BRATTON NISBET ID #572

Birth: 21 Apr 1794 (Lancaster Co, SC)Death: 17 Aug 1876 (Madisonville, KY)Burial: Aug 1876 Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, KY.Married: Agnes Carr Pritchett ID #573Occupation: Shoe MakerMilitary Service: War of 1812 ThamesChild: Watkins FuquayFather: James Nisbet Sr b: 27 Feb 1765 in Fishing Creek, Jacksonham District, Lancaster County, SCMother: Jane Bratton b: 29 Jan 1764 in South Carolina

Samuel Bratton Nisbet came with his parents from SC to KY in 1800. He mar-ried Agnes C. Pritchett. When she died she was the first of the Nisbet family to be buried in the Nisbet Cemetery, near the homestead (this is now Grapevine Cemetery and Church). Agnes sister Mary Ann Butler Pritchett married Sam-uel’s brother, James Nisbet Jr. The Pritchett’s are recorded in Madisonville, KY

court house and the will of Samuel Nisbet is recorded there May 6, 1871.

When only 18 years of age, Samuel Bratton Nisbet served in the War of 1812, was in the Battle of the Raisin and Thames River. After the War, Samuel lived in the Hopkins County area where he practiced in the medical profession for many years. His wife Agnes was 20 when they married and had nine children, Agnes died shortly after the ninth was born.

WILLIAM K. ARNOLD ID #1863

Birth: 1791 in North CarolinaResidence: 1850 -Hopkins, KentuckyDeath: UnknownMarried: Clara Lavina Sale. Birth: 1807 in VirginiaChild: Francis (Fannie) Arnold Birth: 12 Jun 1831 in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Oak Hill Cemetery1400 E. Virginia Street Evansville, Vanderburgh County, INNisbet ancestors plots

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WATKINS FUQUAY NISBET ID #333

Birth: 12 Nov 1825 (Hopkins County, KY)Death: 7 July 1886 (Evansville, IN)Married: Sarah Frances Arnold 23 Nov 1852 in Hopkins County KentuckyBurial: Jul 1886 Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburg County, IndianaChildren: Sarah Arnold NisbetFrances G. Nisbet (Aunt Fannie)

Watkins F. Nisbet (1825-1886) was a local merchant in the Mackey-Nisbet Dry Goods Company, a wholesale dry goods business, lived in Evansville, IN with his wife, 8 of his 10 offspring and three servants.

SARAH FRANCES ARNOLD ID #334

Birth: June 12, 1831Death: Dec 30, 1898 (Evansville, IN)Married: Watkins Fuguay Nisbet 23 Nov 1852 (Hopkins County, KY)23 Nov 1852 (Evansville, IN)Children: Sarah Arnold Nisbet ID #328 b: 24 May 1855 (Hopkins County, KY)Frances G. Nisbet (Aunt Fannie) Birth: 20 Jan 1869 (Indiana)Frank W. Nisbet Birth: 20 Jan 1869 (Indiana)

Watkins Fuquay Nisbet Home, 310 SE 1st Street, Evansville, IN

Constructed 1878-1879

Mackey-Nisbet Dry Goods Company

FRANCES G. NISBET ID #582

Frances G. Nisbet Known as Aunt Fannie: A ring she had was passed down to Frances Nisbet Grammer who in turn passed it on to Frances Whitehead Williams Hummell. There is also a butterfly pin that is shared by the Williams’ sistersBirth: 20 Jan 1869 (Indiana)Death: 12 Mar 1929 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Henry Hopson Holeman ID #583

Daughter of Watkins Fuquay NisbetSister of Sarah Arnold NisbetTwin of Frank Nisbet

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GEORGE JACKSON GRAMMER (CAPTAIN JACK) ID #327

Birth: 11 Nov 1843 (Zanesville, OH)Death: 4 Feb 1907 (Chicago, IL)Married: Sarah Arnold Nisbet 17 Oct 1878 (Evansville, IN)Occupation: Railroad ExecutiveChildren: Nisbet Grammer George J. Grammer Jr William Blanchard Grammer

George had interest in the steamboat business on the Ohio River. For years GJG was general manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR (started in RR business in 1881). When the railroad was taken over by the New York Central RR, George J Grammer became vice president of the latter railroad and at the time of his death in 1907 was in line for the presidency.

In reference to the steamboat stories in Ohio and Mississippi Valley, here is an interesting excerpt from an article entitled “The Pocket Periscope” by Thomas James de la Hunt that appeared in the Evansville Courier and Journal on December 19, 1928. “It would be hardly fair to this story not to mention two who rose to eminence as river men in Evansville. They were Henry T. Dexter and George J. Grammer, who came here from Gallipolis, OH. Dexter as the commander of a vessel and Grammer-whom many will recognize as ‘Captain’ Jack Grammer, who came as a boy to Evansville, arose to the cap-taincy of a steamboat and later to the superintendent of a line of steamers. He became the general freight and passenger agent of the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad and afterward its president. He then went to the Big Four rail-road and at his death, was a vice-president of the Vanderbilt lines, in charge of traffic.”

Note on transportation. Now there is scarcely any transportation except by barge lines. True, there are a few small local packets but the name of steam-boat as it was once understood hardly applies to this small craft. Thus it is that the builder of the steamboat has seen his business decline to almost noth-ing, in its stead has come first the growth of the railroad and then its inability to meet the transportation needs of the growing nation. Thus has come the national problem known as the freight charge. But the restless American is used to solving problems when confronted with them and the scientist has begun to make the railroad tremble in its turn, as the old river man trembled when the trains sped past him while he slowly wended his way over the river’s bosom with his delightful boat, its load of freight and cabin full of passengers.

“The short line railroad with electric propulsion, the auto-truck and the passenger automobile are now eating into the vitals of the railroad, just as the railroad scuttled the steamboat.”

(actual paper in large newspaper archive box)

George Grammer’s position in the railroad had a great influence on Nisbet Grammer’s Concrete Central. This was due to being able to ship grain by rail during the winter. “A profit is made by putting grain in and out of the elevator, not by storing it.”

Cemetery data: Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville IN is the Nisbet plot-Block 45, Lots 19 and 20, Certificate #1. Sarah Nisbet Grammer lot is Block 45, Lot 15, Certificate #15 (Certificate from Perpetual Care fund at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Nisbet/Grammer drawer RT-PAREN.)

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SARAH ARNOLD NISBET ID #328

Birth: 24 May 1855 (Hopkins Co, KY)Death: 12 Mar 1929(Buffalo, NY)Married:George Jackson Grammer Sr(Captain Jack)Children:Nisbet GrammerGeorge J. Grammer JrWilliam Blanchard Grammer

Two female girls died at birth, little is known about Sammuel B

Cemetery data: Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville IN is the Nisbet plot-Block 45, Lots 19 and 20, Certificate #1. Sarah Nisbet Grammer lot is Block 45, Lot 15, Certificate #15 (Certificate from Perpetual Care fund at the Oak Hill Cem-etery in Nisbet/Grammer drawer). FNG and MAG did not know her well, but remember visiting her home on Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY. Sarah Arnold Nisbet was known as Sallie.

GEORGE JACKSON GRAMMER, JR ID #404

Birth: 2 May 1887 (Evansville, IN)Death: 9 Oct 1947 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Gertrude S. Voss 15 June 1936 Buffalo, NYEducation: University School, Cleveland, OHYale University 1908Rel: Presbyterian

George J. Grammer was vice president and secretary of the Eastern Grain Elevator Corporation of Buffalo, NY until it dissolved was taken over by the Continental Grain Company in 1945.

Born in Evansville, IN, May 2 1887, the son of George Jackson Grammer and Sarah Arnold Nisbet, he was educated in the University School, Cleveland OH and was graduated from Yale in 1908. About the same time he came to Buffalo NY.

Mr. Grammer was a certificate member of the Buffalo Athletic Club and served for a time as a direc-tor of the club and chairman of its Games Committee. He was a member of the Park Country Club, the Buffalo Club and Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY. He had two brothers, the late Nisbet and W. Blanchard Grammer. He married later in life and had no children. Gertrude Voss was very attentive to his nieces, Mary Ann and Frances Nisbet Grammer. They enjoyed their relationship.

GERTRUDE S. VOSS ID #405

Birth: 8 Jun 1904Death: 21 Sept 1971(Buffalo, NY)(Aunt Jerry)

George J. Grammer Jr

George J Jr Nisbet Willam B

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NISBET GRAMMER ID #204

Birth: 24 Oct 1881 (Evansville, IN)Death: 21 Apr 1935 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Evadne Mullett Holloway 26 Apr 1924 (Chicago, IL)Occupation: Engineer, Owner: Eastern Grain, Elevator Corp & Steamship BusinessChildren: Nisbet Jr. 1925 died at birth Mary Ann 9 Oct 1926 Frances Nisbet 10 May 1928

Nisbet Grammer came to Buffalo, NY as manager of the Iron Elevator and Transfer Co. (Elk St. and Abbott Rd.) The original Nisbet elevator burnt down and was rebuilt. By 1908 he owned the company. 1910 formed Eastern Grain Co. with offices in the Marine Trust bldg.

In 1897: Electric Grain Elevator, 40 Childs Street, Buffalo, was built. In 1925 it was sold to Eastern Grain.

1914 - Nisbet merged the Eastern Grain Company and the Iron Elevator Transfer, call-ing the new company the Eastern Grain Elevator Corporation. Mr. Grammer was chair-man of the board of the company from the time of its organization until he died. He contributed much to making Buffalo a leading grain center.

1915-17 - Nisbet built the Concrete Central Grain Elevator on the Buffalo River at the foot of Ensign St. The corporation purchased Hecker-Jones-Jewell Co. and changed the name to Nisbet Elevator Corp with Nisbet Grammer as president. He was also president of Eastern Steamship Co Ltd, which had its main offices in Port Colborne, Ont. Canada.

His father was George J. Grammer Sr an official of the Lake Shore Railroad and later vice president of the New York Central Railroad. When the elder Mr. Grammer died in 1907, he was in line to as-cend to the presidency of the railroad system. The Grammer family moved from Evansville to Cleve-land, when Nisbet Grammer was a boy. He was educated in the schools of that city and then entered Yale University. He was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1901.

In 1928, the Standard Evelator was built by the Standard company, a subsidiary the Hecker Compa-ny. In 1929, they sold it to Eastern Grain and it was renamed the Nisbet Elevator. In 1938, the Nisbet Elevator was sold back to the Standard Company again and renamed the Standard Elevator.

Nisbet Elevator

The Electric Elevator

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With the help of his father, George, Nisbet built a railroad siding around the Concrete Central and therefore was able to unload the elevator and ships of grain by rail in the winter. Nisbet stated that “A profit was not made by storing grain but by loading and unloading the elevator.”

Although an ardent Democrat, Mr. Grammer did not become active in politics until it was proposed to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway water route. He believed that the Seaway would ruin Buffalo as a port and he worked untiringly for the defeat of the proposal appearing before Senate committees in Washington to oppose the project. He was an ardent foe of the proposal, believing it inimical to the interests of the Port of Buffalo.

1932 - Gov. Lehman appointed Nisbet Grammer to The Buffalo-Fort Erie Bridge Authority. Lehman stated at Nisbet’s death, “In the death of Nisbet Grammer, Buffalo suffers an irreparable loss, particularly so at this time when men of his rare type and ability are so much needed.” He was a Member of the Buffalo Regional Labor Relations board, serving as a repre-sentative of industry, a member of The Buffalo Club, The Corn Exchange and The Chamber of Commerce.

Self-effacing modesty is not always an attribute of a forceful, positive personality. But Nisbet Grammer combined the two in rare measure. Vigor, strength of mind and character made Mr. Grammer a leader in Buffalo’s civic and business life. Probably no one man did more to make Buffalo one of the world’s great grain ports. His activities on behalf of the Peace Bridge and against the St. Lawrence Seaway project contributed to the material welfare of the whole Niagara Frontier. His latest public service, as a member of the Regional Labor Relations Board, was marked by the same combination of candor, courage and fairness, which characterized other phases of his career. This man did a great number of things and did them well in his comparatively brief span of life. But there is no record of his ever having said, in effect, to his fellow-citizens: “I, Nisbet Grammer, did this.” On the contrary, he sought as far as possible to dissuade others from calling attention to himself as an individual. In brief, his whole interest apparently lay in achievement and in service, without concern for public notice or public praise. American civic life could well use more Nisbet Grammers.

1935 - Leading Grain Man, Nisbet Grammer, outstanding Buffalo business man and a nationally-known figure in the grain industry, died in his home, 771 West Ferry Street (Easter Sunday) of a heart attack. Mr. Grammer was 53 years old.

Concrete Central on The Buffalo RiverPhoto Credit Buffalo Historical Society

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16. Isaac Allerton (Mary Norris)

17. Robert Cushman

18. Mary Allerton (Thomas Cushman)

19. (Thomas Cushman) Mary Allerton

20. Eleazer Cushman (Elizabeth Combes)

20. Degory Priest (Sarah Allerton)

20. Sarah Priest (John Combes Sr)

20. John Combes Jr (Elizabeth Royal Barlowe)

20. Elizabeth Combes (Eleazer Cushman)

21. Moses Cushman (Mary Jackson)

23. Amos Perry Jr (Sarah Cushman)

21. William Brewster (Mary)

21. Jonathan Brewster (Lucretia Oldham)

22. Mary Brewster (John Turner)

22. Jonathan Turner (Mercy Hatch )

22. Ruth Turner (Amos Perry Sr)

23. Amos Perry Jr (Sarah Cushman)

23. Sylvina (Silence) Perry (James Mullett)

First Mayflower Line

Second Mayflower Line

Third Mayflower Line

23. (James Mullett) Sylvina (Silence) Perry

24/25. Anna Mullett (John Farrar)

26. Chilion Mullett Farrar (Almira Siver)

27. Anna Mullett Farrar (John Allen Holloway)

27. Isaac Holloway (Mary Ann Allen)

28/29. Evadne Mullett Holloway

30/31. Forest Lawn Cemetery

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ISAAC ALLERTON ID #234

Birth: 1586 (Suffolk, England)Death: 10 Feb 1659 (New Haven, CT)Married: Mary Norris 4 Nov 1611 (Leyden, Holland)Children: Mary (Cushman)

Isaac Allerton was a passenger on the ship called the “Mayflower” August to October 1620

THIS IS A DOUBLE MAYFLOWER LINE

The Mayflower Descendants of Isaac Allerton and his sister Sarah Allerton each run separately until they combine with Moses Cushman to form a single Mayflower Line.

Based on a deposition given in 1639, Isaac Allerton was born in England around 1586. Isaac Allerton, in 1620, came to Plymouth on the Mayflower with his wife, three children and his apprentice John Hooke. Hooke died that first winter. At Plym-outh, Allerton became active in colony affairs. William Bradford when he became the second governor of Plymouth Colony affairs and assistant to him. Starting in 1626, he made many trips back and forth to England as a representative of the colo-ny. Amidst much controversy, he left his role as Plymouth’s agent and went to live in Marblehead. After 1646 he was said to be “Of New Haven” where he died in 1658/9.

LIFE IN HOLLAND

Allerton became betrothed to Mary Norris in Leiden by October 7, 1611. He lived in Pieterskerkhof near St. Peter’s Church. In 1614 he became a citizen of Leiden. While in Leiden in 1619 Allerton worked as a tailor; John Hooke, who would travel with Allerton on the Mayflower, was his apprentice.

The Mayflower voyage, terminated at Plymouth, New England, December 1620. This is the line submitted for the May-flower lineage.

MARY NORRIS ID #235

Birth: 1590 (Newbury, England) Death: 7 Mar 1621 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Isaac Allerton 4 Nov 1611(Leyden, Holland)

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ROBERT CUSHMAN (1577–1625) ID #1863

Father of Thomas CushmanBirth: ca 1578 (England)Death: ca 1625 (London, England)Married: Sarah Reder ca 1606

Robert Cushman was an important leader and organizer of the Mayflower voyage in 1620, serving as Chief Agent in Lon-don for the Leiden Separatist contingent from 1617 to 1620 and later for Plymouth Colony until his death in 1625 in England.

Robert Cushman seems to be one of the earlier carriers of the name “Cushman” which over many years, per Kent parish records of the 16th and 17th centuries, derived from such surnames as Cuchiman, Cutchman, Cuchman, Cowchman, Cow-cheman, etc.

Preparing for the Voyage to the New World

Robert Cushman and his family immigrated to Leiden, Holland, sometime before 4 Nov 1611, where he was a woolcomber. In the year 1616, before his appointment as agent of the Leiden (Leyden) Church, Robert Cushman had three family losses. His wife Sarah died early in the year (1616 Leyden, Holland). One child died in March and another in October.

Beginning in September 1617, Cushman spent much of his time in England, working on preparations for the voyage to the new colony. He, along with John Carver, became an agent of the Leiden (Leyden) Holland congregation for doing business in England. With Elder William Brewster in hiding, being searched for by men of James VI and I for Brewster’s distribution of religious tracts criticizing the king and his bishops, the Separatists looked to John Carver and Robert Cushman to carry on negotiations with officials in London regarding a voyage to America. By June 1619 Carver and Cushman had secured a patent from the Virginia Company for the Separatists. Cushman and Carver, as purchasing agents for the Leiden congrega-tion, began to secure supplies and provisions in London and Canterbury.

His historically famous booklet titled “Cry of a Stone” was written around 1619 and finally published in 1642, many years after his death in 1625. The work is an important pre-sailing Pilgrim account of the Leiden group’s religious lives.

Passengers of the Leiden, Holland CongregationOn the Provincetown memorial to Pilgrims who died in Cape Cod Harbor.

Allerton, Isaac (possibly Suffolk)Mary (Norris) Allerton*, wife (Newbury, Berkshire)

Bartholomew Allerton, 7, son (Leiden, Holland)Remember Allerton, 5, daughter (Leiden)

Mary Allerton, 3, daughter (Leiden) Degory Priest Birth: ca 1579

In 1699 Mary Allerton was the last of the Mayflower Company to die.

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MARY ALLERTON ID #231

Birth: Jun 1616 (Leyden, Holland)Death: 28 Nov 1699 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Thomas Cushman 1636 (Plymouth, MA)Children: Eleazar

Mary Allerton Cushman (c. 1616 – November 28, 1699) was a settler of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. She was the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. She arrived at Plymouth on the Mayflower when she was about 3 years old. She lived there her entire life and died at aged 83.

Mary Allerton was born about 1616 (according to some sources). She was baptized in June 1616) in Leiden, Holland, to parents Isaac and Mary Norris Allerton. Around 1636, she married Thomas Cushman, who had come to Plymouth in 1621 at the age of thirteen on the ship Fortune with his father Robert Cushman, a prominent member of the Pilgrims’ congrega-tion in Leiden. Thomas and Mary had a surprisingly prosperous family. Seven of their eight children survived to adulthood, got married and provided at least 50 grandchildren. Thomas and Mary both lived to a very old age, having never moved from Plymouth. Thomas died in December 1691, reaching nearly 85 years in age. Mary, who gave birth to and raised eight children, lived to the age of 83.

Both Mary and Thomas wereburied at Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA

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THOMAS CUSHMAN ID #230

Birth: Feb 1608 (Leyden, Holland)Death: 21 Dec 1691 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Mary Allerton ca 1636 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Eleazer Cushman

Thomas Cushman (ca.1607/08-1691) was baptized at St Andrew’s church, Canterbury. He died in Plymouth, Massachu-setts, December 11, 1691. He married Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac Allerton about 1636 in Plymouth. They had eight children. Mary died in Plymouth November 28, 1699, the last of the Mayflower passengers.

Thomas Cushman at age fourteen, was left behind at New Plymouth in the charge of the governor, William Bradford, after his father, Robert, returned to England. Thomas Cushman became Ruling Elder of the Plymouth Church in 1649 and re-mained in that office forty-two years until his death in 1691.

Robert Cushman and his son Thomas arrived on the ship the Fortune on November 11, 1621 at New Plymouth. Thomas was one of the passagers that did not come on the original trip of the Mayflower, due to space and supplies needed for the voyage. His future wife, Mary Allerton, was a child of three years and she did travel to the new colony on the Mayflower. Robert Cushman, having already been at sea four months, returned to England shortly thereafter, leaving young Thomas in the care of Governor William Bradford. Bradford recorded that Robert Cushman’s stay to attend to business regarding the London Adventurers agreement with the colony was “not above fourteen days”. Thomas remained in Plymouth, working as a surveyor of roads and as a rate-assessor, as well as numerous other minor positions. January 1, 1633/34 he was admitted a Plymouth freeman.

The 1643 “Able to Bear Arms” list named him among those authorized to own and use weapons. March 3, 1645/46 Cush-man made a successful motion in court that Mr. Isaac Allerton be allowed a year’s time to recover his debts in the colony, Allerton being his father-in-law. April 6, 1649 he was chosen as Ruling Elder of the church, succeeding William Brewster, a position he held until his death.

Thomas died December 10 or 11, 1691. His stone is among the oldest, of the second generation, on Burial Hill.

Cushman memorial on Burial Hill in Plymouth: A 25 foot granite column, erected by Cushman descendants in 1858, memorializes the Cushman family and recognizes Robert Cushman, his son Thomas Cushman and his wife Mary (Allerton) Cushman, daughter of Mayflower passenger Isaac (see WIKI encl, for references)

The ship Fortune, with Robert and Thomas Cushman on board, with Master Thomas Barton, arrived at Plymouth on No-vember 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving. The passenger list is based on the 1623 Division of Land, the passenger list compiled by Charles Edward Banks in Planters of the Commonwealth and by the information found in Eugene Aubrey Stratton’s Plymouth Colony. It’s History and its People, 1620-1691.

ROBERT CUSHMAN ID #232

Father of Thomas CushmanBirth: ca 1578 (England)Death: ca 1625 (London, England)Married: Sarah Reder ca 1606 (Leyden, Holland)Child: Thomas Cushman

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Second Mayflower Line

Non Mayflower

DEGORY PRIEST ID #240

Birth: 28 Feb 1579 (Hartland, Devon, England)Death: ca 1620/21 (New Plymouth Colony MA)Came over on the Mayflower 1620.Married: Sarah Allerton ca 1611 (Leyden, Holland)Child: Sarah Priest

Degory Priest was a member of the Leiden contingent on the Mayflower. He was a “Hat Maker” from England. Degory Priest came alone on the Mayflower. He intended to send for his wife and daughters once the colony was es-tablished. Priest was signatory to the Mayflower Compact in Nov 1620. He died two months later. Buried in Coles Hill Cemetery in New Plymouth Colony, MA.

SARAH ALLERTON ID #241

Non MayflowerBirth: na (England)Death: 24 October 1633Married: Degory Priest ca 1611 (Leyden, Holland)Child: Sarah Priest

Sarah Allerton is sister to Isaac Allerton

Degory Priest and Sarah Allerton were married on 4 Nov 1611, the same day as Sarah’s brother, Isaac Allerton married Mary Norris. Sarah came to MA in 1623 on the Fortune

After Degory died, she remarried and came over to Plym-outh 1623 with her daughter Sarah Priest, on the ship Anne.

SARAH PRIEST ID #239

Birth: ca 1615 (Leyden, Holland)Death: Sarah died in an epidemic 1648Married: John Combes 1631Child: John Combes Jr

JOHN COMBES SR ID #238

Non MayflowerBirth: na (Plymouth, MA)Death: 15 Oct 1646Married: Sarah Priest ca 1631Child: John Combes Jr

JOHN COMBES JR ID #236

Birth: ca 1632Death: before 29 May 1668Married: Elizabeth Royal Barlowe 24 Feb 1661-2 (Boston, MA)Child: Elizabeth Combes

ELIZABETH ROYAL BARLOWE ID #237

Non MayflowerBirth: naDeath: Jan 1671-2 (Boston, MA)Child: Elizabeth Combes

ELIZABETH COMBES ID #229

Birth: 30 Nov 1662 (Boston, MA)Death: 14 Oct 1723 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Eleazer Cushman12 Jan 1687 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Moses Cushman

ELEAZER CUSHMAN ID #228

Birth: 20 Feb 1656 (Plymouth, MA)Death: after 14 Oct 1723 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Elizabeth Combes12 Jan 1687 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Moses Cushman

Mary Allerton was his mother who made the complete voyage on the Mayflower.

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MOSES CUSHMAN ID #226

Birth: ca 1693 (Plymouth, MA)Death: 12 Aug 1766 (Halifax, MA)Married: Mary Jackson

22 Aug 1721 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Sarah Cushman

MARY JACKSON ID #227

Non-MayflowerBirth: 15 Apr 1701 (Plymouth, MA)Death: 25 Feb 1782 (Halifax, MA)Married: Moses Cushman

Non Mayflower

Third Mayflower Line

WILLIAM BREWSTER ID #1060

Birth: ca 1566/7 (Doncaster, England)Death: 10 Apr 1644 (Plymouth, MA)Married: Mary 1690 England Child: JohnathanEngland, Postmaster and English TeacherPlymouth: The only Pilgrim with politi-cal and diplomatic experience. William Brewster was an “elder” and preacher in the church,William was the highest-ranking layperson of the Congregation and would become their designated spiritual leader in the New World.He was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth.Came over on Mayflower 1620

MARY ID #1601

Birth: 1569 (Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire, England)Death: 17 Apr 1627 (Plymouth, MA)Married: William Brewster 1690 EnglandChild: JonathanMary came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620 with her husband William. Mary was one of only five adult women to survive the first winter and one of the only four women to survive to the so called “First Thanksgiv-ing” in 1621. Son Jonathan Brewster joined the family in Nov 1621, arriving at Plymouth on the Ship Fortune.

JONATHAN BREWSTER ID # 1058

Birth: 12 Aug 1593 (Scrooby, England)Death: 7 Aug 1659 (New London, CT)Married: Lucretia Oldham 1624 (Plymouth, MA)Child: MaryBecame a Dutch Citizen 30 June 1617.Arrived Plymouth 1621 on the Fortune. Was a “Lintwerker” or a ribbon maker in Holland.In Plymouth was he was a surveyor (laid out high-ways). Military commissioner in the Pequot War 1637.Started a Ferry Çompany. He was also a lawyer.

LUCRETIA OLDHAM ID # 1059

Non-MayflowerBirth: 1606Death: 3 Apr 1677/1679Married: Jonathan Brewster 1624 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Mary

Non Mayflower

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Non Mayflower

MARY BREWSTER ID #1057

Birth: 16 Apr 1627 (Plymouth, MA)Death: after 23 Mar 1696/98 (Scituate, MA)Married: John Turner 10 Nov 1645 (Plymouth, MA)Child: Jonathan

JONATHAN TURNER ID #1052

Birth: 2 Sep 1646 (MA)Death: 18 Apr 1724 (MA)Married: Mercy Hatch 1690Child: RuthOccupation: Cordwainer.

Succeeded to the tannery that his father had built up and built a house on the land.

RUTH TURNER ID #225

Birth: 6 Mar 1693/4 (Scituate, MA)Death: after 7 Nov 1757Married: Amos Perry Sr 8 June 1620 (Scituate, MA)Child: Amos Perry Jr

Amos Perry Sr and Ruth Turner lived near the

Cornet’s dam on the third Herring Brook.

JOHN TURNER ID #1056

Non-MayflowerBirth: EnglandDeath: 20 May 1697 (Scituate, MA)Married: Mary Brewster 10 Nov 1645 Plymouth MAChild: Jonathan

John Turner settled 390 Rods northwest of Union bridge, where he succeed to a tannery. which his father had built, and John lived on the land. He held numerous town offices, and served on committees to develope the town. He and his brother served on juries at the Plymouth Court.

MERCY HATCH ID #1053

Non-MayflowerBirth: 15 Apr 1665 (MA)Death: 26 Oct 1714 (MA)Married: Jonathan Turner 1690Child: Ruth

AMOS PERRY SR ID #224

Non-MayflowerBirth: 3 Oct 1690/91 (Scituate, MA)Death: before 5 Jul 1756 (Scituate, MA)Married: Ruth Turner 8 June 1620 (Scituate. MA)Child: Amos Perry Jr

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SARAH CUSHMAN ID #223

Birth: 20 Oct 1727 (Plymouth, MA)Death: 3 Jul 1776 (Scituate, MA)Married: Amos Perry JrChild: Sylvina (Silence)Daughter of Moses Cushman & Mary Jackson

JAMES MULLETT ID #218

Non-MayflowerBirth: ca 1752/54 (Milton Abbey Dorsetshire, England) Death: 8 Feb1829 (Darien Center, NY)Married: Sylvina (Silence) Perry 24 Apr 1783 (Western, MA)Child: Anna

AMOS PERRY JR ID #224

Birth: 11 Oct 1726Death: ca 1786 (Scituate, MA)Married: Sarah Cushman 1751Child: Sylvina (Silence)

SYLVINA (SILENCE) PERRY ID #223

Birth: 19 Feb 1764/65 (Scituate, MA)Death: 28 Sept 1851 (Darien Center, NY)Child: Anna (Wife of John Farrar)

Junction of the the First(Allerton) & Second(Priest) Mayflower Lines with the third Mayflower Line (Brewster) by the marriage of Amos Perry Jr. and Sarah Cushman.

Non Mayflower

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JOHN FARRAR ID #210

Birth: 27 Jun 1793 (Rutland,VT)Death: 14 Jan 1874 (Detroit, MI)Married: Anna Mullett 29 May 1825-6 DetroitChild: Chilion Mullett Farrar

The family originally took its name from Ferriers, a town in the Gastenois, France, celebrated for its iron mines. The de-scendants of John and Jacob Farrar have been in all the wars incident to the United States; have served as judges and filled various professorships at Dartmouth, Andover and Cambridge.

John Farrar spent his childhood with his parents on their farm in Rush, New York. His education included private in-struction in surveying and architecture at Canandaigua, New York. On July 1st 1812, when nineteen years old, he entered

the American Army and served in Captain James McNair’s company of Colonel Philetus Swift’s regiment of volunteers. He was stationed at Black Rock on the Niagara frontier. On the sixteenth of October, the sailors, under the command of Lieutenant Elliott, boarded and cut loose the brig “Adams” and the schooner “Caledonia” (then lying at anchor at Fort Erie) to send them over Niagara Falls. The “Adams” grounded on Squaw Island and was burned. The “Caledonia” land-ed off Long Battery. In this affair John Farrar took a prominent part. While serving under General Scott he participated in and was wound-ed at the battle of Lundy’s Lane. At the close of the campaign he was among the troops left to guard the Niagara frontier and remained there through the winter of 1813. For these services he received a pension and a grant of land.

June 15, 1815, at Canandaigua, New York, he became a member of the Masonic body. He received the degree of Master Mason on No-vember 6th 1820, at Ontario Lodge, No. 23. He subsequently became a member of Zion Lodge, No. 1 in Detroit, Michigan; filled all the of-fices and was one of the founders of Detroit Lodge, No. 2. During the anti-Masonic excitement their lodge meetings were discontinued. But after a lull of fourteen years they aided in re-establishing Masonry and administered the Royal Arch degree from memory, each one recalling

a part of the ceremony. John Farrar was High Priest of Monroe Chapter in 1825-26, a Knight Templar and a member of Monroe Council, R. A. S. M. and Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Michigan. During the time of his death he was one of the oldest members in the United States and a year before was received with honors at the Grand Chapter.

John Farrar arrived in Detroit, May 22, 1817 and became very active in the city formation. He purchased a building on the corner of Bates and Atwater Streets, the last named street, thus being the chief business thoroughfare and in 1836 opened a general store goods, running what was then considered a thriving business. In the great fire of April 27th 1837, the store and all its contents were burned.

1826: John Farrar aided in the erection of the Court House. Prior to this he had given most of his time to building and surveying (1820-80). Farrar was frequently called upon to pass judgment on structures for the city, territory or State. He held many positions in that category. He favored education and was on the committee who selected the university grounds at Ann Arbor. In 1834 he was on the committee that established the first district school in Detroit. It was conducted by Charles Wells in the old academy on Bates Street.

Mr. Farrar was brought up a rigid Puritan but became a more liberal thinker and in 1831 joined Trinity Catholic Church. He was thoughtful of the needs of others, a liberal giver to charities and a great entertainer, many families emigrating to Western homes found an asylum with him. His homestead was at the corner of Bates Street and Farrar Street in Buffalo, NY. The latter street perpetuates his name.

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ANNA MULLETT ID #320

Birth: 4 Sept 1792 (Halifax,VT)Death: 18 July 1872 (Detroit, MI)Married: John Farrar 29 May 1825-6 Detroit

He had a very retentive memory; possessed a fund of information on matters connected with the military and political history of the United States and took great delight in relating incidents connected with his personal and ancestral histo-ry to relatives and intimate friends. John Farrar was naturally of a retiring dispo-sition and although importuned to become a candidate for prominent positions, Farrar steadfastly refused, yet he filled several municipal offices with honor and trust and with a zeal that was eminently characteristic. He was a Whig in politics and when that party ceased, became a Republican.

At his death, a funeral was held at Unitarian Church, with the remains escorted by the Detroit Commander of Knights Templar as guard of honor, Monroe Chap-ter of Royal Arch Masons and the Detroit Lodge No.2 Masons were present from Windsor and Sandwich. The procession contained over 400 Masons. He was bur-ied in Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, MI with Masonic honors.

Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit MI

Anna Mullett, of Darien Centre, New York was born at Halifax, Vermont, September 4, 1792, and died at Detroit, July 18, 1872. She was the sister of the late James Mullett of Fredonia and Buffalo, New York and of John Mullett, one of the pioneers of Detroit, from whom the Mullett farm and street take their names. Their grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth Gibbons Mullett were from Milton Abbas, England, and descendants of William Malet de Graville, whose name appears on the roll of Battle Abbey.

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CHILION MULLETT FARRAR ID #208

Birth: 6 Oct 1829 (Detroit, MI)Death: 17 Apr 1907 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Almira Siver Dec 1854 (Buffalo, NY)Occupation: Inventor / Manufacturer of EnginesChild: Anna Mullett Farrar

A self-made man, Chilion C. M. Farrar attained national leadership in the iron industry. He was a founder of the iron works known as Farrar & Trefts and invented the reversible steam engine. While he was a partner in this firm, it produced most of the engines used in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. They had seen great potential in the oil business and wanted to build a superior steam engine that would run for 25 years with very little care for the engine. During the course of the buisness many patents were acquired including a patent for the palm link. In 1900, the company was taken over by the Erie Pump & Engine Co.

In a book called Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York, a description of Mr. Farrar’s personality is as such: “Mr. Farrar was an industrial leader, never a seeker for public honors, always on

the side of honesty and justice in civic affairs, a good citizen, a kindly, estimable man. You could not put your finger on an act of his life that would not bear inspection,” said one who knew him. “An honorable, well ordered life like this is an answer to much current pessimism. Death reveals what is overlooked in life. Such men as Mr. Farrar exert an influence for good that lives after them and the world is better for their living in it.”

A life-long Mason, he served as treasurer and master of Hiram Lodge. Born in Detroit, Chilion Farrar lived in Buffalo during the most productive years of his life. He came to Buffalo in 1870 at the age of 21. Buffalo was his home until his death in 1907.

Farrar married Almira Siver. With their daughter, Anna Mullett, they lived in a mansion commissioned by Chilion, de-signed and built by Richard Waite. After Mr Farrar’s death, Anna continued to live in the house with her husband, John A. Holloway. His name is immortalized in Allentown’s Holloway Alley, which runs behind 506 Delaware, between Park Street and Delaware Avenue. It allows access to the mansions and houses on both Park Street and Delaware Avenue between Vir-ginia Street and Allen Street. According to popular tradition, a long room opened onto the spacious porch at which President McKinley paused for a chat with Chilion Farrar on the occasion of the President’s ill-fated visit to the Pan-American Exposition.

The home at 506 Delaware Ave was built about 1870. It was sold to the Knights of Columbus in 1912. The Catholic group contin-ues to operate a health club in the basement under a long-term lease. The building, with 47,000 square feet of more recently add-ed office space, also housed the Buffalo and Erie County Private Industry Council.

ALMIRA SIVER ID #209

Birth: 22 Apr 1829 (Amsterdam, NY)Death: 19 Oct 1910 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Chilion Mullett Farrar

506 Delaware Ave. The same house today.Built in 1870.

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ANNA MULLETT FARRAR ID #207

Birth: 22 Aug 1856 (Buffalo, NY)Death: 11 Jan 1924 (Paoli, PA)Married: John Allen Holloway 28 Oct 1874Rel: PresbyterianDaughter of Chilion FarrarChildren: Evadne Mullett Holloway,Marre Farrar Holloway

Chilion Farrar, father of Anna Mullett Farrar, told grand-children, Marre and Evadne, he would disinherit them if they lived with their stepfather. Marre chose to live with her mother and stepfather in Paoli, Pa, while Evadne elected to live with Chilion, in Buffalo, NY. John Allen Holloway died at the age of 40 years. Anna Mullett Farrar Holloway married a second time to A. Edward Perrin.

“At the North Presbyterian Church in the city of Buffalo, NY on this twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy four. John A. Holloway and Anna M. Farrar, entered into the covenant of Marriage and were by us pronounced to be husband and wife. In the presence of family and friends, as listed on certificate.”

Wolcott Calkins wrote the certificate and Darium H. Hull-er, minister of the North Church officiated the union.

John A. Holloway, the eldest son of the late Isaac Holloway, was born in Buffalo 40 years ago and spent his whole life here. He was engaged with his father in the street paving and contracting business, on an extensive scale, and since the latter’s death, had carried on the business alone. At the time of his death he had many large contracts on hand. Mr. Holloway left a widow, the daughter of Mr. C. M. Farrar and two little daughters.

Mr. Holloway in former years was active in military affairs as an officer on the staff of Gen. Rogers, with the rank of Colo-nel. He was a member of the Lodge of the Ancient Landmarks, R. & A. M. Few men in Buffalo enjoyed such wide popularity, on account of his innate manliness and genial disposition. He had the physique of a professional athlete, was warm hearted, generous and made friends of all with whom he became acquainted.

The bright sunshine of the Easter morning was turned into blackest clouds for one well-known and highly respected Buf-falo family. Mr. John A. Holloway expired very suddenly at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. C. M. Farrar, No. 605 Del-aware avenue. The sad news quickly became known throughout the city and many were the heartfelt expressions of sorrow at Mr. Holloway’s untimely death and of sympathy for his family. Mr. Holloway had an attack of the grip during the winter and since then had been very susceptible to colds.

John Allen Holloway owned Point Abino, a sandy beach covering a point of Shale on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, opposite Buffalo. He was in the sand business and unfortunately, he went broke. His Father, Isaac Holloway, saved the day by endorsing a note with help from his friends, of which Walter Fleming Stafford was a part. Buffalo, once called the “Sandy City,” used to have big beaches and once the sand was removed, the sand contractors turned to Point Abino. Isaac Holloway built the Original House on the east side in 1880. The west side had most of the sand due to the winds and waves from up the lake. John Allen received a grant in 1892 from Queen Victoria of England for the West Shore Land and water front property to enhance his business of Sand and gravel (300 feet out into the lake from the high water line). In the 1900s, those who built at the base of the west shore sand dunes benefited the most with a beautiful yearly renewal of Sand Beaches.

JOHN ALLEN HOLLOWAY ID #206

Birth: 23 Jan 1850 (Buffalo, NY)Death: 6 Apr 1890 (Buffalo, NY)Occupation: Paving ContractorFather was Isaac HollowayMother was Mary Ann Allen

Isaac Allen Holloway

Anna Mullett Farrar Holloway, Marre Farrar Holloway, John Allen Holloway

Mary Ann Allen

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EVADNE MULLETT HOLLOWAY ID #205

Birth: 17 Oct 1883 (506 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY)Death: 1 Dec 1958 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Nisbet Grammer, 26 Apr 1924 (Chicago, Il)Occupation: Red Cross, Real Estate, Eastern Grain ElevatorChildren: Nisbet Jr, Mary Ann, Frances Nisbet

As a teenager Evadne attended Ogontz School (ca 1902) for young ladies (a five-year finishing school which gave her a good education. Evadne learned to march and carry guns military style and became very good at cleaning and using a rifle. After John Holloway died, Anna lived chez Chilion with her children. When she married Perrin, she moved out and planned to take her children with her. At that time Chilion gave Marre and Evadne the option of staying in his house or being disinherited, as he did not care for Perrin. Marre went with her mother and Evadne stayed with Chilion. After Chilion died Evadne stayed on until she married Edwin Thomas.

Two stories of my mother’s wild oats: She took the family car and ran it up Delaware Ave. to Gates Circle. She put on the brakes hard, turned 180 degrees and came back. Fun? She also was allowed to take the car to Ithaca, NY but had to be back early. She was very late. Reason: Gas lines fed the engine by gravity. There were many hills to climb and she had to back up each hill, therefore it took a while.

Evadne married Edwin Thomas (6/6/1905), son of Edwin Thomas, the builder of the Thomas Flyer Automobile. He en-tered a race from Buffalo, NY to Paris, France. The car had to be driven forward at all times with the crew in it. Mother and Edwin went to Paris to greet the winning cars. Another car came in first with the Thomas Flyer coming in several hours later. In the end, the Thomas Flyer won the race. Why? The winning car was pushed up over the Alps and therefore disqualified.

What many called “The Great Race” was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and the LA MATIN (a Paris newspaper). The torturous New York to Paris race route was: NYC, Albany, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Valdez Alaska, Japan, Vladivostok, Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin and finally Paris. The Thomas Flyer Team covered three continents and over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The “Race of 1908” was ultimately won by the American Thomas Flyer driven by George Schuster Sr. of Buffalo, NY. The feat has never been equaled. They still hold the world record over 100 years later!

Eventually Evadne divorced Mr. Thomas because she felt, “He loved his car more than he loved her.”

Evadne earned a living buying houses. She decorated and remodeled them for resale. Her partners and helpers in this project were May Ziemer and Annie Harden. Evadne was well versed in antiques and used them in her decorating business.

During World War I, Evadne went over seas with the American Red Cross and was stationed in Paris doing Canteen work as well as helping the soldiers. While volunteering for the Red Cross, Evadne took a training course for Auto Mechanics, which she scored a 97. This was unheard of for a female to be so knowledgeable of cars during this time.

In 1924 Evadne married Nisbet Grammer, (Nisbet was Chairman of the board of the Eastern Grain Elevator Corporation, which he founded). Nisbet died in 1935. After Nisbet’s death, Evadne was the Chairman of the board and owner of the Eastern Grain Elevator Corporation for several years. She eventually sold it.

Evadne became a mother of two girls, Mary Ann (1926), and Frances Nisbet (1928). She traveled with her daughters on many vacations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Evadne continued her involvement in the Buffalo Community; as a vol-unteer for the Buffalo Chapter of the Red Cross of which she was Vice President, an active member in the Junior League of Buffalo, member of the 20th Century Club, The Garret Club and widow member of the Buffalo Club. She was also an avid bridge player at home with friends and as a club member.

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Ogontz School For Young Ladies Class of 1902

Evadne Mullett Holloway

Evadne Mullett Holloway,Anna Mullett Farrar Holloway, Marre Farrar Holloway

Evadne Mullett Holloway Evadne Mullett Holloway

Evadne Mullett Holloway

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Founded in 1849, with more than 160,000 residents inside its 269 acres, Forest Lawn is one of America’s premier his-toric cemeteries. It is home to a U.S. President, 47 Buffalo mayors and many of the other great citizens who shaped the historic landscape of Western New York.

When Buffalo was made the western terminus of the Erie Canal in 1825, the city became the western outpost of the East and the East’s gateway to the West. In 1842, Joseph Dart, buried in Section 1 of Forest Lawn Cemetery, invent-ed the steam-powered grain elevator, which mechanized the unloading and loading of wheat and other grains. This in-troduced incredible productivity to the previously laborious process of transferring grains to and from shallow-bottomed canal barges and large lake ships. Buffalo’s economy surged forward and by 1849, it was the busiest grain-transfer port in the world, surpassing London, Odessa and Rotterdam.

A Buffalo lawyer, Charles E. Clarke, recognized the need for a cemetery of substantial size to serve the city’s booming population. What he had in mind was more than a buri-al ground. In 1849, he purchased land in the country 2-1/2 miles from downtown Buffalo, following the vision created by Père-Lachaise, the world’s most famous cemetery, estab-lished in Paris in 1804. Originally located on a rural estate overlooking the city, Père-Lachaise balanced nature and art, allowing civilization to be present without disturbing the grandeur of the romantic setting. Our Family was honored to be included in the wonderful cemetery (Lot #9).

Chilion Mullett Farrar was buried there next to his wife Almira Siver. Later their daughter, Anna Mullett Farrar, and her husband John Holloway were buried next to them. Be-side them is their daughter, Evadne Mullett Holloway and Nisbet Grammer. Over on the other side is the grave of their son, Nisbet Grammer Jr.

In the center of the plot is a large Celtic Cross, honoring our Episcopal origins. On it are the names Holloway, Gram-mer and Byers. Next to it is a small plant holder with the name Holloway.

Around the corner behind the Farrar-Holloway-Gram-mer monument with the Celtic cross on top is where George Jackson Grammer Jr. and wife, Gertrude Voss, are buried. Mary Ann Grammer and The Rev. John Ross Burns Byers Jr. have their names on the last stone although JRBBJr ashes lie at the end of Point Abino, Canada. In section Sec H/Lot 8+9 are the Holloway grave-sites.

George J Grammer Jr

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York

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Nisbet Grammer

MARY ANN GRAMMER ID #203

Birth: 9 Oct 1926 (Buffalo, NY)Named after Mary Ann Allen ID #243

FRANCES NISBET GRAMMER ID #310

Birth: 10 May 1928 (Buffalo, NY)Death: 17 June 2008 (Augusta, GA)

Evadne Mullett Holloway

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Nisbet Grammer,William Blanchard GrammerGeorge Jackson Grammer Jr.

The Nisbet Grammer•built1926

The Nisbet Grammer sunk in May 1926 after colliding with another ship in the fog while down bound in Lake Ontario.

The Nisbet Grammer was found in Aug 2014 by a team of shipwreck enthusiasts including Dan Scoville, Jim Kennard, Craig Hampton and Chip Stevens.

Video was taken using an underwater ROV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i69pujbPUvI

Grammer ships in Port Corborne for the winter

Nisbet Grammer

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Grammer Holloway Byers LineTable of Contents

Non-Grammer Holloway Byers

32. Chart Mayflower - Grammer Holloway Byers Line

34/35. Evadne Mullett Holloway (Nisbet Grammer)

40/41. Mary Ann Grammer (John Ross Burns Byers Jr)42/43. John Ross Burns Byers Jr (Mary Ann Grammer)

44/45. Nancy Grammer Byers (Brian Marlen Roberts)45. Brian Marlen Roberts46/47. Christopher Marlen Burns Roberts

48. John Ross Burns Byers 3rd (Nena Darlene Phillips)49. (Nena Darlene Phillips)50. Hillary Morgan Byers51. Aubrey Madeline Byers

52. Bruce Nisbet Byers (Jeanne Borofsky)53. Jeanne Borofsky 53. Amanda Leigh Byers

54. Mary Ann Newman Byers (Jeffery Reidpath Sullivan)55. Jeffery Reidpath Sullivan56. Sean Reidpath Sullivan (Caitlin Ann Schwamberger)57. Caitlin Ann Schwamberger58. Brendan Farrar Sullivan (Dana Hill Beckley)59. Dana Hill Beckley

60/61. Stephen Farrar Byers

62/73. Photo Gallery

74. Sources

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Non-Grammer Holloway Byers

Grammer Holloway Williams

Clockwise from upper left. Mary Ann Newman Byers Sullivan, Nancy Gram-mer Byers Roberts, Sara Nisbet Williams Wacker, Grace Hummell (FWWH

daughter}, Frances Whitehead Williams Hummell, MaryAnn Grammer Byers, Ann Holloway Williams Ewell

37. Chart Mayflower -Grammer Holloway Williams Line

38/39. Frances Nisbet Grammer

(Lucien Williams Sr) (Major General Dudley Stevenson)

Ann Holloway Williams Ewell (Anthony Ewell)

Lucien Williams Jr (Cassandra Williams)

Frances Whitehead Williams Hummell (Joe Hummell)

Sara Nisbet Williams Wacker (Michael Saron) (Craig Wacker)

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FRANCES NISBET GRAMMER ID #310

Birth: 10 May 1928 (Buffalo, NY)Death: 17 June 2008 (Augusta, GA)Married: Lucien Williams, Sr ID #309Married: Major General Dudley Stevenson ID #313 1972Rel: EpiscopalEducation: Elmwood School (Buffalo, NY)Westover School in Middlebury, Ct. 1945 Cornell University (BA) 1949

Frances and Lucien lived in Augusta, GA until he died in 1971. Frances then married John (Steve) Stevenson in 1972, who died in 1995. She was a very active person in Augusta with the Jr. league, the Garden Club, the Augusta Country Club and the Episcopal Church.

Frances and Mary Ann, her sister, went south to Augusta for the first years of their lives and made many good contacts. They both attended a two-room schoolhouse. Both Frances and sister Mary Ann rode horses at the Saddle and Bridle Club in Buffalo, NY and trail rode in the summers. They attended Camp Hanoum in Thetford, Vt for four summers.

At Cornell, Mary Ann was a Chemistry Major and Frances an English Major. Both joined the Alpha Phi Sorority. After Cornell, Frances worked at the Buffalo Historical Society until she married Lucien.

Frances Grammer Stevenson was active in community affairs in Augusta for many years. At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, she served on the Vestry both as Junior and Senior Warden. She was one of the four original founders of Augusta Prepara-tory Day School and served on the Board of Trustees until 1982. She also was a long-term member of the Sand Hills Garden Club and served as President. She was President of the Junior League of Augusta and of the Volunteer Board of University Hospital. She was a member of the Augusta Country Club, the Augusta Assembly, the Pinnacle Club and the Pendleton King Park Commission. Her children are, Ann Williams (Anthony) Ewell of Augusta, GA, Lucien (Cassandra) Williams of Au-gusta, GA, Frances Williams (Joseph) Hummell of White Hall, MD and Sara Williams (Craig) Wacker of Sparks, MD. Three stepchildren, John Dudley Stevenson, Jr, Trent Stevenson Colbert and Martha Stevenson Olson. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Riley Grammer Williams, Lucien Zadoc Williams, Joseph Grammer Hummell, Grace Farrar Hummell, Tyler Bryning Saron, Frances Nisbet Saron and seven step grandchildren.

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Ann Holloway Frances Whitehead Lucien Jr Sara Nisbet

Major General John Dudley StevensonLucien Williams Sr

The two room school house in Augusta Ga. which MAG &FNG attended in the winters when they went down with their father and mother. It would be

dated in the early 1930’s before Nisbet died.

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MARY ANN GRAMMER ID #203

Birth: 9 Oct 1926 (Buffalo, NY)Married: 21 June 1950, John Ross Burns Byers, Jr at Trinity Episcopal Church, Delaware, Ave, Buffalo NY; by The Rt. Rev. Cameron Davis Bishop Davis, Rev. Thomas Heath and the Rt. Rev Laustin Scaife. Re-ception held at the Garrett Club on Cleveland Ave, Buffalo, NY.Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: House wife, Medical Research, Horse Enthusiast Vol-unteer Am Red Cross 1942-1948. Med Research at Buffalo General Hospital under David Greene 1948-1950. Nurse’s Aide, 1964-l985.

1929-34 The family grain business was a “summer business”, later becom-ing a year-round business. Because of this the family spent winters in Au-gusta, Georgia. Nisbet played golf with the best including Bobby Jones while Mary Ann and Frances attended a two-room schoolhouse.

Mary Ann loved the outdoors as a child. She rode horses at the Saddle and Bridle Club with Mr. Enders as her riding instructor and throughout the

parks of Buffalo, NY. During the summers the family fished and camped at Muskoka and at Hollow Lake in Canada. Mary Ann vacationed with her mother and sister in Cape Cod, MA, Sea Island, Georgia, Dude Ranches in Wyoming and rented houses in Abino Hills, Canada until 1958 when she built a house of her own. Mary Ann also loved the water so she played in their rowboat, swam and sailed often on Lake Erie.

During Mary Ann’s high school years she was an avid tennis player and was picked for the senior field hockey team of the Westover School. Mary Ann followed her mother’s footsteps and learned to play bridge, volunteered for the American Red Cross and joined The Garret Club at age 18.

Mary Ann met John Byers after WWII and was engaged in 1949. After marriage in 1950, Mary Ann followed John to California while he attended Divinity school. While in California, she learned a lot about the Episcopal Church. The Dean’s wife taught her how to embroider and the wives each made a complete vestment sets. Mary Ann and John worked with a Japanese Mission in San Francisco for two years, teaching the Buddist children to be Christians. She also became a good Japanese cook. Nancy was born in January 1952 and in the fall they moved to Lovelock, Nevada.

In Nevada Mary Ann loved the desert life. It was hot in the daytime and always cool at night (4000 feet of cool air). Love-lock was full of interesting people. Of course Mary Ann continued her love for horses and rode often. The desert life was a new adventure and they learned to be very resourceful. Mary Ann helped John at St. Francis’ in Lovelock and with two missions 50 miles outside of Lovelock on the Indian reservations. John 3 (1953) and Bruce Nisbet (1955) were born.

In 1958 Mary Ann’s family moved to Terryville, CT. John had a small mission. They lived in a big house on a hill. Mary Ann Newman (1958) and Stephen Far-rar(1959) were born. Mary Ann and John brought up five children. The family raised horses which they rode in the CT snow fence circuit. Mary Ann started showing big time with Jack McGrane Stables. Friends, Pat and Felix Borkowski, had two son who played with John and Bruce.

In 1963 the family moved to Copake Falls, NY where John was the priest at St. John in the Wilderness, a 166 year old church (1849) with a great history. John remained there until his retirement in 1985. The family grew up loving the out-doors, fishing, skiing, swimming, hiking, riding horses, school sports and spend-ing summers in Abino Hills, Canada. While in Copake Falls, Mary Ann ran the Blood Bank in Hudson NY for several years. She was the Leader of the 4H El Caballo Horse Club, in Copake Falls, NY. Bred and showed American Saddlebred

Horses from 1950-1993. Mary Ann loves a challenge so she learned how to drive a horse carriage where she competed in many cross country and show events with her driving horse.

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Nancy Grammer

John Ross

Burns 3

Bruce Nisbet

Stephen Farrar

Mary Ann

Newman

Brownie, Nancy G, Bruce N, John RB3, Terryville, CT 1960

Full set of the Byers Family, Terryville, CT 1959

MAGB, JRBBSr, JRBBJr, SFB,BNB, JRBB3, NGB, Abino Hills

Full set of the Byers Family Copake Falls, NY 1972

BN, JRBjr, JRB3, NG Lovelock, NV 1957 JRBJr, BN, JRB3,

Grand Canyon 1963

In 1985, John and Mary Ann retired to Orchard Park, NY. Mary Ann contin-ued to raise horses and trail ride. She showed with Gary Guz until 2010. She is on the board of the New York State Horse Council and the East Aurora Driving Society. Mary Ann continues her involvement with the church as a member of the altar guild at St Mark’s in Orchard Park, NY.

What makes her most happy is being a part of the family and watching her grandchildren grow up. Now she has a great granddaughter.

Mary Ann has always been a big advocate of educating the youth, whether it is through animal care, raising horses, sports, religion, good manners, medicine, etc.

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REV. JOHN ROSS BURNS BYERS JR ID #202

Birth: 28 Feb 1924 (Women’s Hospital, NYC) Died: 8 Aug 1995 (Buffalo, NY)Marriage: Mary Ann Grammer (Trinity Church Buffalo, NY) 21 June 1950Rel: EpiscopalBaptism: June 14, 1924. Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, NJ. Minister: Rev. Randall W. Conklin. Godparents: William O. Burgelin, Henry Shaw New-man, Ethel K. Shaw.

Education: Rutherford HS (1942), Rutherford, NJ. Cornell Univ. (changed from med-ical to ministry) 1942-43, 1946-49. Graduated with BA, majoring in Ancient History.and medicine. Church Divinity School of the Pacific Berkeley, CA (1949-52 with Bache-lor of Divinity degree). The Rt. Rev. Ben M. Washburn (Patterson, NJ) ordained JRBBJr a Deacon (6/15/52). The Rt. Rev. William Fisher Lewis, Bishop of Nevada, ordained

JRBBJr a priest at St. Francis Church, Lovelock, NV (12/19/1952). Louis Christian Newman (great grandfather of JRBBJr) ordained a priest in Philadelphia, PA (Diocese of PA) 12/19/1858.

Youth Training: “Boy Legislators” and Hi-Y Clubs Model; This program was part of the YMCA and learning about gov-ernment and problems that confront Youth; JRBBJr introduced a Resolution sponsored by Honorable Douglas G. Wagner, member of the Rutherford Borough Council. The resolution concerns the Police Pension Fund and requests that the State Legislature appoint a committee to make a detailed study of the various Police Pension Funds. JRBBSr did it in rough draft

and helped JRBBJr present his paper.

Child Hood Excitement

JRBBJr told NGB to keep article on Morro Castle tragedy on the Jersey shore. I believe it happened somewhere near where Dad went to visit relatives in Ocean Grove, NJ. Morro Castle was a cruise ship that left Havana on route to NYC. Fire broke out off the New Jersey coastline shortly after 2am 8 Sept 1934. 134 of 549 passengers died. Article in file.

The War Years 1942-1945

JRBBJr notes to Ada Baldwin: “I enrolled at Cornell University in the Army in November 1942. I was called to active duty (19 Jul 1943), at Fort Dix NJ. I took my basic training in the Medical Corps

at Fort Bragg and Camp McCall, NC. In March 1944, I went to Fort Benning GA, to parachute school where, after making three jumps from an airplane, I broke my back. Six months later, upon discharge from the hospital, I was sent to Camp Chaffee AR. I stayed there about ten days and then transferred to Fort Leonard Wood, MO to the Medical Detachment, 273 Infantry of the 70th Infantry Division. I was later assigned in Nov 1944 to “E” Company as a Medical Aide man with that Rifle Company. Before I went overseas My full attachment was as follows: Aide Man, 2nd Platoon, “E” Co, 276 Infantry, 70th Infantry Division”.

“In Nov, shortly after Thanksgiving, we sailed from Boston to West Point, later the USS Amer-ica and landed at Marseilles December 15th. Later went on the front lines with the 7th Army in France. On Jan 8th, while on patrol with the 3rd Squad of “E” Co, we were ambushed.” I was wounded and taken prisoner. (He was the sole survivor of the ambush, having received a bullet between the helmet and his head, another between the ground and stomach and the third one hit him in the ankle. The Germans found him later that day and took him to a German hospital). I finally got back into Germany to a town called Witcenverra, which was near Kassel. On April 7th, the 69th Division overran the town I was in. I started my journey back to the US by airplane by way of France, England, Scotland and then to Atlantic City, NJ. I was discharged from the Army of (23 Oct 1945). When discharged, I was a P.F.C. I was awarded the Combat Aide Man’s Badge. I received the ribbon for European Theatre Operations with one Battle Star, Good Conduct Ribbon; also, I was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.”

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Honeymoon: 21 June 1950. After being graduated from CU, John headed for Nevada and visited three vacation Church Schools. 1. St. Mary’s Church, Pyramid Lake, NV. 2. Old Virginia City. 3. Trinity Church, Reno. He took 3 weeks off to visit old ghost towns, then Ely, NV. St. Bartholemew. He then drove back by way of Lake Tahoe to Berkeley, CA. He was gradu-ated from CDSP two years later. His first Church was in Lovelock, NV.

John’s copy of Ordination to the priesthood. Diocese of Nevada, Rt. Rev. William Fisher Lewis-Bishop of Nevada, by Devine Providence of Nevada, conferring Holy Orders under the protection of Almighty God, in St. Francis Church, Love-lock, NV, on 19th of December, 1952, ordained John Ross Burns Byers Jr into the priesthood. JRBBJr became a Mason and a Shriner in Lovelock NV. He was also a member of the Lion’s Club.

Churches: John was known as Pastor. His interest was helping his parishioners and teaching the word of God. As he loved to get to know everyone in each of his parishes, he preferred small churches. He never wanted to be a bishop or be involved in the running of the church at headquarters. He was kind and considerate, loved by all. After graduation from Cornell fol-

lowing the war, he attended Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA and was ordained an Episcopal priest. He served during the course of his career as a missionary at St. Francis in Love-lock, NV. In 1986, he retired to Orchard Park. John became active in the Orchard Park Lions Club, Blazing Star Masonic Lodge, and Ismailia Temple of the Shrine.

Summer 2004 - Re-corded JRBBJr in the National WWII memo-rial (www.WWIImemo-rial.com).07070 Ruth-erford NJ (0413039). In file, V-mail letter; a

letter sent during WWII-wrote information in a letter form; then the US government made it into a photograph (3.5 x 3.5 inches) and sent it to the US and photograph enlarged to be able to be read. (2 Aug 1988). Veterans Administration at Federal Bldg, 111 W. Huron Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. This letter certified that the records of the Veterans Administration disclose that JRBB Jr was a Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) during WWII for more than 30 days. Signed: RJ Ryan Note: After death, received document honoring the memory of JRBB Jr, signed by President William Clinton, President of the USA.

Health:

John was diagnosed with a benign pineal gland tumor at the age of 31. Thanks to a great MD, a shunt and radiation he received he lived another successful 40 years. It caught up with him in 1995. In July, his sense of humor was still there and he still had a twinkle in his eye.

The Memorial Services (funeral) was held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Quaker St, Orchard Park, NY (Brown’s Funeral Home cremated). There was a reception after the funeral. Sunday his wife Mary Ann and children, Nancy, John, Bruce, Mary Ann and Stephen went up to the Lighthouse at Pt. Abino and took the trail back towards Galilee. We had a short service and covered the hillside with ashes. A Memorial Service was held at St. John in the Wilderness, Copake Falls, NY on September 9, 1995. Mary Ann, Bruce, Jeanne and Amanda joined Mom. Rector: The Rev. Peter H. Whelan. Lay reader/Chalice Bearer: Harry Koeppel. Lector: Jean Peck. Acolyte: Dorothy Baker. Ushers: Charles Fox and Arthur Flynn. Eucharist.

Abino Hills sand dunes, Canada John and Mary Ann Byers built a home on the dunes in 1958, naming it “Galilee.” Many summers were spent there with family, friends and rel-atives. It was a great family summer camp. The family sailed, rode horses, drove the VW, played golf, tennis, waterskied and spent many great times together. The home was sold in the late 90s.

(l-r) St. John, Copake Falls, NY, St. Mark’s, Terryville, Ct. and St. Francis, Lovelock, NV.

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NANCY GRAMMER BYERS ID #458

Birth: 11 Jan 1952 (San Francisco, CA)Married: Brian Marlen Roberts (Pt Abino, Canada) 20 Aug 1977Rel: EpiscopalBaptism: The Rev. Joseph Tsukamoto baptized NGB at the Christ Mission (2/52) Lived: 1035 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA.Occupation: Asst. Curator Denver Art MuseumWeaver/Textile ConservatorEducation: Roeliff Jansen Central School Sept 63 -69Grier School, Tyrone PA. 10th grade. RIT, School of American Craftsman BFA. 1974, Towson St. College, MDU of Denver (BA)Child: Christopher Marlen Burns Roberts 24 Feb 1981

In Nov or Dec 1951, Dad said to Mom that he wanted her to attend a meeting at the church in San Francisco. The weather was bad. Wind blowing, raining, they left Oakland and crossed the Oakland Bay Bridge. It swayed and traveled like a bamboo bridge. Mom was not too happy. They arrived at the home where the meeting was to be held and found out that the meeting had been canceled. So, the hostess offered Mom some tea. Went to get it and it turned out to be a surprise baby shower for Mom. In my doll collection I have a Japanese doll fully dressed for my eventual wedding.

Lovelock NV (1952-1957) Terryville CT (1957-1963)

My first pony was Brownie…we showed him with a basket carriage in the Memorial Day parade. As long as he was not heading towards the barn, he was fun to ride. We kept him on a long line in the center of town, but he managed to unscrew the post in the ground, and he would head for the barn. The police would call and ask parents what to do and Mom said he would be at the barn in the morning. Horses have been a part of my life ever since….showed pet pony (Lassie) and equita-tion. Trail riding was a lot of fun (Bet and Mr. Wonderful) I started piano lessons and continued till 12th grade; to this day, love to hear music performed on the piano.

Copake Falls, NY (1963-1969)

Lived at the entrance of Taconic State Park. Spent a lot of time hiking and enjoyed Bash Bish Falls. Also, did snow skiing and snowshoeing. Member of 4-H El Caballo Horse Club. Very active equestrian rider, 3-giated show horses, fox hunts, trail rides and sleigh rides(always tried to take sleigh out on New Years Eve before the snowplow cleared the roads). Swimming has been apart of my life as recreation, competition and rehab.

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BRIAN MARLEN ROBERTS ID #457

Birth: 7 Oct 1948 (Benton Township, MI)Married: Nancy Grammer Byers 20 Aug 1977(Pt. Abino, Ont Canada)Rel: MethodistOccupation: VeterinarianEducation: Purdue University, 1973

DVMDr. Roberts graduated from the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine in

1973. Prior to purchasing the Fountain Inn Animal Clinic in 1982, he practiced small animal medicine for nine years in Colorado and Indiana. As an active member of the local and state community, Dr. Roberts has been the president of the Greenville County and the Blue Ridge Veterinary Medical Associations. He has been both the director and chairman of the Greenville Animal Emergency Clinic. Dr. Roberts has also been the president of the Fountain Inn Rotary Club.

In his spare time, he enjoys beekeeping and carving. Dr. Roberts is currently pres-ident of the Piedmont Beekeepers Association and is an acting director for the South Carolina State Beekeeper Association. He has earned the honor of Journeyman bee-keeper due to his involvement and knowledge of beekeeping.

Brian and Nancy have a son, “Topher.” He has been a big help with the Clinic for over 20 years. Brian built the clinic in 1972. He has enlarged and remodeled it since then. Brian and Nancy have also built a house in Simpsonville, SC.

The Roberts like the out of doors and have taken many trips out west.

I attended RIT to study Fine Art and transferred to the Craftsman School. After being graduated from RIT, I traveled around the world to learn how textile pieces were made. I visited schools and worked with craftsmen in SE Asia, India and Africa (27 craftsmen in all) to understand how they did their craft. It opened doors and friendships--the sad thing is that it is a dying art. I came back in 1974 and lived with the Navajo-Yazzie family at Fruitland and Chaco Canyon, NM and learned their craft. Fall 1975-78, I studied with Kate Peck Kent at Denver Univ. (Anthropoloy and Museum Conservation). My in-ternship at the Museum of Northern Arizona was with the Hopi weaving.

My dissertation was with the Mixtec in NW corner of Oaxaca, Mexico. 1978-79. Assistant Curator at Denver Art Museum w/Imelda De Graw in Tex-tiles. The State of Colorado offered me a full time position, but Brian moved to Valparaiso, IN to run a veterinary clinic. Since 1982, we have lived in Simp-sonville, SC and run a veterinary clinic. On the side I continued to do textile restoration for private collectors and weave and quilt. I started a beehive in 4-H in Copake Falls NY, while in high school. We started a beehive shortly after moving to SC and we have been raising honey, making soap and lip balm.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLEN BURNS ROBERTS (TOPHER) ID #459

Birth: 24 Feb 1981 (Valparaiso, IN)Rel: MethodistOccupation: Football Operations; Commodity TradingEducation: Grade school: Simpsonville, SC. High School: Christ Church, SC. College: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillSaint Leo University - MBAChrist Church Episcopal School (29 May 1999)

Every year NGBR asks for a Christmas list.

The Eddie Bauer magazine hasn’t gotten here yet, but here is all that I can think of now.

1981-through High School lived in Simpsonville, SC.

After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he played both football and soccer for the Tarheels. In the spring of 2004, he interned with the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe during their training camp in Tampa, Florida, as well as with the Southern Conference serving as the Tar Heels punter and kickoff specialist for his time there. He was also a forward on the UNC men’s soccer team.

2006 - Topher worked for the Georgia Force AFL team, in the winter (owned by the Georgia Falcons) and the Falcons during the rest of the year.

2007 - Topher begins his third season with the Force as the team’s football operations assistant. Roberts will aid in many of the logistical aspects of the club, including player personnel and travel, along with other football administration respon-sibilities.

So why is Topher a compelling story right now? Because the Falcons have only one kicker -- Michael Koenen -- for warm-ups. And rather than have him run all over the field, punting balls to the Falcons punt returners and kick the ball off the Birds kick return specialists, the Falcons employ Roberts (who is on Falcons road trips anyway in a professional capacity) to kick off. He’s got a good leg, too. He sets up at midfield, takes one step and puts his foot into the ball in a borderline leisurely fashion and places the football five yards deep into the end zone. I wonder where he’d put it if he lined up at the 30 and put his weight behind it.

10 Mar 2008 - Email to mom: I am an NFL employee. The organization made an internal move today.....to bringing me over from the Force to be Director of Logistics for the Falcons.

Jan 2009 - Left Falcons, started to referee Soccer games in the Atlanta area. Hired in March to work for Georgia Tech. Also, studying for MBA.

October 2011 - Left Georgia Tech to work for an International Meat company doing logistics.

2013 - Joining his family running marathons and triathalons. Several in foreign countries.

2015 - Working in China with Interra International.

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Christopher Marlen RobertsBrain Marlen Roberts

Nancy Grammer Byers Roberts

Christopher Roberts inside Concrete Central Elevator, owned by his Great Grandfather Nisbet GrammerChristopher Marlen Roberts

In China with Interra Int.

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Concentration in Computers and Marketing.1976-1977: Lanier Business Products, Orlando, FL

1977-1982: Lipton Tea Company in Orlanda FL; Ocala FL; Dallas TX; Houston, TX.

1982-1990: Scripto in Orlando FL; Atlanta GA; Los Angeles, CA.

1990-2006: Shachihata in Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, GA.

2007- 2008: Unisource in Atlanta, GA.

2008 -2010: Federal Stamp & Seal Atlanta, GA

2010-2011: Identity Group Nashville, TN

2011-Present: Tombow Suwanee, GA

JOHN ROSS BURNS BYERS 3RD ID #412

Birth: 4 Sept 1953 (Reno, NV)Married: Nena Darlene Phillips, 20 July 1985 (Houston, TX)Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: SalesEducation: Florida Southern 1975Children: Hillary Morgan, Aubrey Madeline

John RB Byers III – Was born in Reno NV. Moved to Terryville CT at the age of three. In the 6th grade John moved to Copake Falls NY and lived there through college. 1975. After college John worked in Orlando, FL. Ocala, FL. Dallas, TX, Houston, TX (where he met Nena), Orlando, FL, Atlanta, GA (when Nena and John were engaged) moved to Anaheim Hills CA, (where his kids were born) Back to Atlanta where he has been living for the last 23 years.

“Over the years I have been fortunate to be able to visit many countries in-cluding Canada (where my parents had a place on Lake Erie), Japan, Australia, Spain, England, France, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan to name a few. My work has been mainly in the consumer products industry selling in the retail and commercial markets.”

“I like to stay active in sports such as Scu-ba Diving, Tennis, Hiking and Biking. Very involved with my family and we all like to do things together. I have been on vacation to most places in the U.S. and I believe our favor-ite place to go is the CA coast.”

The loves of my life are my wife Nena and daughters, Hillary and Aubrey. I would like my legacy to be that I was a good father and husband to my family.

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NENA DARLENE PHILLIPS ID #423

Birth: 17 Oct 1956 (Houston, TX)Marriage: John RB Byers, 3, 20 July 1985 (Houston, TX)Rel: BaptistOccupation: Dental Hygienist/Interior DesignEducation: San Jacinto College 1975-78University of TX school of Dental Assisting 1976University of TX School of Dental Hygiene 1978Loma Linda University, Local AnesthesiaChildren: Hillary Morgan, Aubrey Madeline

Nena was born in Houston Texas at the Heights hospital Oct 17, 1956. Lived off of 290 on the northeast side of town with her parents and three brothers, Gary, Robbie and John. Was graduated by CE King High School in 1975. Nena was a cheer-leader with all of my friends. Her best friend is Karen Brune who lived in their neighborhood.

After getting her Dental Hygienist License she worked for a couple of Dentists in the Houston area. During the 1980s she was renting a condo with a friend of hers in the same complex as John Byers. They met at the complex pool. “I had a hard time seeing who John was because I did not have my glasses. He asked me out that night and we started dating.”

John found a job with Scripto in Orlando, FL and they dated long distance for about a year. Their dates would be meeting in New Orleans for the weekend. When John got promoted to Atlanta she then moved there to be near him. They dated for another year and John asked Nena to marry him.

“We were married on July 20th 1985 in Houston in an Episcopal church down by the medical center. Boy was it hot! We had to move our wedding date from August 20th so we could go to Japan for our honeymoon. On our honeymoon we stayed in Pacific Grove CA for the weekend before our flight to Japan. It was the house of 7 Gables sitting right on the ocean.”

After they got back from their honeymoon they bought a house in Alpharetta, GA. They were only in the house for a year when John’s company moved them to their new headquarters in CA. John and Nena returned to Anaheim Hills, CA. In 1988 Hillary was born in Newport Beach, CA and then a few years later Aubrey in 1990 in Orange, CA.

Our family moved back to Alpharetta, GA where we built the house we have lived in for the past 23 years. Hillary when to GCSU in GA and then FIT in NY. Aubrey went to GCSU in GA.

“I spent most of my married life as a stay at home mom and feel it was the right choice because I have two great daughters. After the girls got into high school I started working again as a dental assistant.”

Mary Ann G Byers, John RB Byers 3, Nina D Byers

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HILLARY MORGAN BYERS ID #545

Birth: 12 Feb 1988 (Newport Beach, CA)Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: FashionEducation: GA College 2006-2008, FIT NYCHigh School Graduation from Northview HS, (28 May 2006)Ceremony: Gwinnett Civic Center, Duluth, GAEngaged 4 Apr 2014 to Stephen Settle

Hillary Morgan Byers born on Feb 12, 1988 in Newport Beach, CA. at Hoag Hospital. At the age of two/three she moved to Atlanta, GA, where she grew up. She lived in a neighborhood called Fox Creek for her whole life. She had a dog named Bunny. She attended Medlock Bridge Elementary and then State Bridge elementary. Middle School at Taylor Road Middle School. She later attended Northview High School and was graduated in 2006.

Hillary was involved in Girl Scouts and played tennis and soccer at Taylor Road Middle School.

Sports: Cheerleading freshman/sophomore years, Volleyball as a sophomore, Lacrosse from Freshman year to Senior year. During High School - won senior superlative for best dressed.

2008-2010, Hillary was graduated by the Fashion Institute of Technology with an Advertising and Marketing Communi-cations Degree.

Interned: Calvin Klein PR Job: ideeli.com (PR Coordinator), Philippe Matignon US (Brand Marketing Manager), Hanky Panky (e-Commerce Merchandiser) Started hillarybyers.com consulting, twoandseven.com (founded editorial site). Lived in NYC for 5 years - Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Upper West Side and Upper East Side.

Moved back to Atlanta in 2013 and started working at TrustWorkz as the Digital Marketing Manager.

2015 - Content Marketing Manager at Insightpool.

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AUBREY MADELINE BYERS ID #545

Birth: 10 July 1990 (Orange County, CA)Rel: Non-denominationalOccupation: Marketing CoordinatorEducation: High School Education: Northview High School(25 May 2008 at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA)College: Georgia College & State

Aubrey Madeline Byers was born on July 10, 1990 in Orange County hospital. At the age of one she moved to Atlanta, GA, where she grew up. She lived in a neighborhood called Fox Creek for her whole life and in the exact same house. She grew up with a dog named Bunny. Started attending State Bridge elementary. Aubrey was involved in Girl Scouts, tennis and soccer. She started Middle School at Taylor Road and finished at Autry Mill. While in school, she was known for winning the Citizenship Award and Mentor-ship award. She also cheered for the Junior Titans but realized she had a passion for lacrosse. With that passion drew interest to be better and she attended many summer camps in North Georgia Mountains as well as Princeton one year. Started attending Northview High School in 2004.

Joined the lacrosse team freshman year along with volleyball. She was the captain of the Varsity lacrosse team for three years. While captain her Senior year, her entire team flew to London, England to play the UK National Champs and the runner-ups. She stayed there for five days. She also won the superlative for most beautiful her senior year and was on the homecoming court. Every summer while not in school, she worked to pay for fun activities and a car. Her jobs consisted of being a nanny, being a cheer-leading coach, working for an advertising company as well as being a field supervisor at a local park. She was able to save up half of the payments for a car and purchased her first car as a junior in high school and it was a used 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, red. Aubrey attended Georgia College and State University in 2008.

She became involved in Alpha Delta Pi sorority her freshman year. Aubrey received her major in Business focused on Marketing. Started an organization on her campus called the Toms Club at GCSU to bring awareness of the brand and cause of Toms shoes. Had two very successful events while at school and raised a lot of money and awareness. She was graduated with a 3.0 in 2012 while also finishing up her last course over the summer while in Sevilla, Spain. She lived in the town of Sevilla for a month in an apartment while taking classes at a local school. There she studied international marketing and saved up enough to continue traveling Europe after she finished. While in Spain, she was able to attend a European soc-

cer game, Spain vs. China, a Bullfight and more. She was able to visit a few cities in Spain; Madrid, Sevilla, Toldeo, Cadiz and Barcelona. After, she caught a flight to Liver-pool, England where she stayed with a family for ten days whom she had met in the states. While visiting, she trav-eled to London, Wales and Ireland. When she returned she started her career at a start-up company called Roam where she was in charge of all the member events. She lived at home for a few years to save up money and pur-chase her second car. It was a new white Jetta. After two years, Aubrey got a new job as a marketing coordinator at a company called Giant Impact and moved to the city of Atlanta.

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BRUCE NISBET BYERS ID #198

Birth: 31 Mar 1955 (Reno, NV)Married: Jeanne Borofsky 5 Dec 1987 (NYC)Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: PhotographerEducation: RIT 1973-1977 Bachelors of Fine Art (1977)Child: Amanda Leigh

1955-1957 Lovelock, Nev

1957-1964 Terryville, CT

1964-1972 Copake Falls NY

High School: Gow School, East Aurora, NY, 9th and 10th, Marvelwood School, Cornwall, CT. 11th and 12th (1973). College: Rochester Institute of Technology,

Rochester, NY. Bachelors of Fine Art (1977) Obtained his real estate license in 2012.

Baptism: The Rt Rev. Wm Fisher Lewis (Bishop of Nevada) baptized Bruce on April 20, 1955. Sponsors - Donna Mae Klopfer, Frederick A. Schilling and the Rev. Joseph K. Tsukamoto.

Fashion photographer in NYC. 1978, Studio at 11 West 20th Street, NYC. (closed in 1994). Moved to 220 West 19th Street, 10th floor untill 2004. First apartment was on 72nd Street and Broadway, then 26th and 3rd. In 1978 he moved into 11 West 20th street, his first studio. Then 62nd Street and Columbus Ave. 1994 moved to 165 East 72nd Street. 2004 till now, he is working out of 165 East 72nd Street.

Bruce Byers started photographing at age 8. He has been photographing as a professional photographer based out of NYC from 1975 to today. Did studio work and location work, travel to Europe, Asia, Middle East, The Islands, Cuba and all over the United States. Give him an airline ticket and he will go anywhere, with his cameras.

Bruce has traveled a good part of the world doing advertising, travel, commercial and mis-sion work. Went to Bangladesh with “Smile Bangladesh” to photograph the doctors and pa-tients. Also created pictures in Cathedrals all over Europe for the Paulist Fathers. Bruce developed a company in 2014 after getting a people-to-people cultural exchange license from the US government to take Americans legally into Cuba on trips for artist and photographers and cultural exchange. www.wpce-cuba.com. In 2015 he started www.cameravoyages.com to lead photographic workshops around the world.

Bruce has had a number of shows of his work, The Old Print Shop on Lexington and 29th street, NYC. Other locations in NYC, Amsterdam and Germany.

Websites: www.brucebyers.com

www.streetmoments.com

Dental mission Cambodia 2006Cleft mission Bangladesh 2010

Darkroom at Marvelwood School

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JEANNE BOROFSKY ID #199

Birth: 19 May 1955 (NY, NY ) Grew up in Greenfield, MassMarried: Bruce Nisbet Byers, 5 Dec 1987 (NYC)Rel: JewishOccupation: Art Director, Real Estate AgentEducation: Tufts UniversityChild: Amanda LeighFamily: Mother: Marge Lewin, Father: Milt Borofsky, Brother: BobAdvertising; Started in Boston, MA. Moved to NYCWorked in Advertising until 2010.Obtained her Real Estate License and has been doing it full time.

Jeanne was born on May 19, 1955 and grew up in Greenfield, MA. Her mother, Margaret Borofsky, was a successful costume jewelry designer who worked into her mid-80s. Jeanne’s father, Milton, was a pilot in the Air Force during WWII and later built and managed a Howard Johnson’s Restaurant and Motor Lodge franchise. Jeanne was Bat Mitzvahed at age 13. From 9th through 12th grade she attended Stoneleigh-Burnham School. She was grad-uated from Tufts University summa cum laude with a major in Art History. She has one brother, Bob, seven years older who lives in NH.

Jeanne worked for over 20 years as an advertising art director and creative director. She worked on brands such as Saab, Revlon and the country of Ber-muda — winning all major industry awards during that time. Bruce and Jeanne met when they were each 30. They were married on December 5, 1987. Bruce’s dad, The Rev. John Byers, performed the wedding ceremony. Amanda Leigh was born on Jan 4, 1991.

Jeanne got her Real Estate License in Aug of 2010. She currently works with Halstead Property, offering sellers and buyers her honed marketing skills in ad-dition to her expertise in Real Estate.

AMANDA LEIGH BYERS ID #200

Birth: 4 Jan 1991 (NYC, NY) Born at New York HospitalEducation: Town School, York Prep, Winston Prep

Amanda Leigh was born in NYC, a true New Yorker. Her first school was the Town School on 76th St where she went until the end of the 4th grade. She picked up her love for acting and began understanding other languages such as French and Japanese. She

went to York Prep for 5th and 6th grade. She ended up at Winston Prep acting in the plays produced by the school. After high school she took two years at Pace University for undergraduate work towards an acting degree.

Her love for animals has given her the chance to work with a dog walking service while being able to continue with her acting.

Loves animals. Amanda is great with learning languages. She been working as a back-ground actor on TV shows and movies. Maybe we will see her on the Red Carpet someday.

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MARY ANN NEWMAN BYERS ID #523

Birth: 2 May 1958 (Bristol, CT)Married: Jeffery Reidpath Sullivan (Snyder, NY) Aug 1980Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: Horsewoman & MotherEducation: BS Management & Accounting, Bentley CollegeChildren: Sean Reidpath, Brendan FarrarGrade School: Roeliff-Jansen School, Hillsdale, NY from K-7 Taconic Hills, Philmont, NY 8-12 (1976). Bentley College (graduated 1980) major (AS) Asso-ciate in accounting, (BS) in management.Baptism: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Terryville CT. by John RB Byers Jr

Sponsors: Grace T. Newman, Anne Sanford, Lucien Williams.In 1963, Mary Ann moved to Copake Falls, NY with her family. She joined the Girl Scouts as a Brownie, then changed over

to 4-H because of her love for horses. She rode the Snow Fence circuit and later trained with Jack McGrane, showing Ameri-can Saddlebred horses in the big circuit. This included Madison Square Garden (NYC), Virginia and Kentucky. During high school she was a basketball cheerleader, played field hockey, ran track and skied at Catamount and in VT with the family. Her best childhood memories were the summers her family spent in Abino Hills, Ontario, Canada swimming, riding, water skiing and sailing.

Throughout college, Mary Ann continued riding her horse with Gary Guz, played field hockey and took many trips to Clarkson to see Jeff. After graduation, Mary Ann traveled to Germany and Austria with her parents to see the Oberammer-gau Pageant. At home she worked the horse circuit, showing horses and managed a Tack Shop. After their wedding in 1980, Mary Ann and Jeff moved to Ithaca, NY. Jeff studied for his Masters and Mary Ann worked in the Minority Affairs office at Cornell keeping their books.

After Jeff ’s graduation, they cycled down the west coast from Oregon to San Diego, California. In 1982, they moved to Boston, NY. Mary Ann worked as a Barn Manager for a local horse barn.

From 1983-1987—Mary Ann and Jeff built a timber frame octagon shaped house where they still reside in today. The only one in Buffalo at the time.

1985-present - Mary Ann pursued her dream of raising, training and trail riding the family horses with her mother, She continued to show horses for her mother, Mary Ann Grammer, with Gary Guz. These years were also filled with family activities of many sports including family skiing, backpacking/camping and traveling.

2007 - Mary Ann started to volun-teer at Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, NY where she works closely with the nurses and families.

2012 - Mary Ann became a Sprint triathlete. She competed locally in NYS and qualified for Nationals and World’s; competing in VT, Wis-consin, England and Canada.

Rock the Juke Box

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JEFFERY REIDPATH SULLIVAN ID #522

Birth: 24 May 1956 (Kingsville, TX)Married: Mary Ann Newman Byers (Snyder, NY) Aug 1980Rel: BaptistOccupation: Mechanical Engineer, VP McGard LLCEducation: Amherst Central School, Amherst, NY 1974Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 1980 BS Mechanical EngCornell University, Ithaca, NY 1982 MS Mechanical EngMilitary: US Marine Corps, 1974-76, Stationed @ Camp LeJeune, NC

Children: Sean Reidpath 4 Sept 1985, Brendan Farrar 15 Mar 1988

Jeff moved to Amherst, NY in 1958. Jeff grew up playing football, canoeing in the Adirondacks with his uncle and cousins, running cross-country and he skied the Alps in Germany and Austria.

In the summer of 1974, while Jeff was a day camp counselor for Pt. Abino Day Camp, he met his future wife, Mary Ann Newman Byers. During his service in the USMC he traveled to Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. During his college years, Jeff continued his cross-country running and he skied the mountains of Canada, VT and NY.

In 1982, Jeff and Mary Ann bicycled down the west coast from Oregon to San Diego, CA with a side trip to Sacramento and Yosemite National Park. When they returned to Buffalo, Jeff started his employment with McGard. During his years at McGard as a Mechanical Engineer, Jeff was granted 18+ patents, traveled the world, was promoted to VP of the Special Projects Division and designed the Fiber-Shield Man Hole cover. (Made out of composite material)

From 2006-2009, Jeff climbed three 14,000 ft. peaks, Mt. Fuj (Japan), Mount Rainier (Washington) and Pikes Peak (Col-orado). Jeff also enjoys his yearly fishing trips, riding his motorcycle, hunting and woodworking. His real love is being a father to his sons.

In 2010, Jeff started competing in triathlons. He has competed in many Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman distances over the years. His great uncle, Charles Reid-path, an Olympian, has passed down his athletic abilities!

Jeff, Mary Ann, Brendan,Caitlan, Sean, Riley

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SEAN REIDPATH SULLIVAN ID #537

Birth: 4 Sept 1985 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Caitlin Ann Schwamberger 14 Feb 2009 (Naperville, IL) Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: 2007 US Marines, 2nd LT. July 2011-Cpt. US Marines.Education: Eden Central, Eden, NY 2003, Eden, Boston NYUS Naval Academy, 07Child: Riley McKenna Sullivan, 8 Oct 2013 (Bethesda, MD)

Sean was a very inquisitive boy growing up. He loved to take things apart to see how they worked. Sean did gymnastics when he was young but moved over to Allegro to enjoy his passion of music. Sean’s other passion was computers, which he excelled in through Future Kids. He kept active in sports like town soccer, baseball, rode bikes and the family horse, Gobs.

In high school, Sean’s interest in computers increased and he became very knowledgeable in the workings of the computer systems. Sean kept active in school activities like, mock trial, student council and was nominated into the National Honor Society. He continued his love for music through the Jazz and Wind Ensembles. Sean was picked for Boys State in hopes to attending the USNA. In the community, he volunteered for IHN along with serving on the church vestry and was an acolyte in his church.

Sean left soccer and put all his efforts into cross-country, swimming, track and skiing. Who knew he would be a Profes-sional triathlete later. Sean had some travel opportunities to Germany, Alaska for a family eleven-day canoe trip, Canada for Camp Pathfinder and many backpacking trips to the Adirondack Mountains.

By the time college came around he was determined to attend USNA, which he did in June 2003. The USNA opened many opportunities. He traveled his summers to Germany, Canada and sailed a submarine, YP’s and a 44’ sailboat. Sean led the Navy in three Academy cyber defense exercises vs USMA, USAFA and USCG where they won one. He joined the cyclist and triathlon teams and never looked back.

Sean was graduated in May 2007 with a Computer Science degree and was commissioned as a 2ND LT in the USMC. He completed his Marine Officers training at TBS in Quantico, Virginia. The computer experiences in high school and at the academy paid off because he is now an Intelligence Officer for the USMC.

In February 2009, Sean married his Academy sweetheart, Caitlin Ann Schwamberger, in Na-perville, IL. They were then stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sean at Kaneohe Bay and Caitlin at Pearl Harbor. Sean’s first deployment to Afghanistan, then to South Africa to train the Liberian Army. During his five years he was an intelligence office for the 3RD Marine regiment. Sean

was promoted to Captain in July 2011. In 2013 he was stationed to Maryland, where he works as an Operations Officer at the USMC base in Washington DC.

Sean continues to compete as a pro in the half Ironman distance. He competed in Worlds with his mom, Mary Ann, in the Olympic distance and is now 25th in the World in his age group. On Oct 2013, he became a dad to a baby girl, Riley McK-enna Sullivan.

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CAITLIN ANN SCHWAMBERGER ID #6154

Birth: 21 June 1986 (Windfield, IL)Married: Sean Reidpath Sullivan 14 Feb 2009 (Naperville, IL)Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: Captain in US Navy Fort Meade MD; Stationed in Pearl Har-bor as combat information center officer/legal officer.Present 2015: Engineer at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, MDEducation: Neuqua Valley High School, Napaville, IL US Naval Academy, 2008Child: Riley McKenna Sullivan 8 Oct 2013 (Bethesda, MD)

Caitlin grew up in Naperville, IL. Through out Caitlin’s school years she was an avid swimmer on the swim team and very active in theatre and the Student Council. During this time she traveled to Hawaii and Canada with her family.

In June of 2004 Caitlin attended the USNA. On top of her studies and military obligations she was a member of the Glee Club. The Glee Club was full of very talented singers and performers. They performed many times at the Academy func-tions and in other parts of the USA. In Caitlin’s “spare time” she was the trainer for the men’s Varsity Lacrosse team. During Caitlin’s summer commitments she traveled to Europe.

In May 2008, she was graduated as an Ensign of the US Navy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In February 2009, Caitlin married Sean R. Sullivan in Naperville, IL. She was then stationed at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii as an assistant Operations Officer doing the training exercises and logistics for eight ships in harbor. Her employment took her took her to Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Caitlin was promoted to Captain in May 2012. She is now stationed at Fort Meade as a Finance Officer.

On 8 Oct 2013 Caitlin became a proud mother of a baby girl, Riley McKenna Sullivan.

Riley McKenna Sullivan was born October 8, 2013 in the Bethesda hospital in Bethesda, MD. She resides in Severn, MD with her parents, Sean and Caitlin.

Riley McKenna Sullivan

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BRENDAN FARRAR SULLIVAN ID #440

Birth: 15 Mar 1988 (Buffalo, NY)Married: Dana Hill Beckley, 27 Sept 2014 (Boston, NY)Rel: EpiscopalOccupation: Air Force Helicopter PilotEducation: Eden Central High School, Eden, NY 2006US Air Force Academy 2010

Brendan grew up as a happy baby who loved learning from his brother, Sean. He had and still has a passion for reading and learning the ins and outs of whatever task is at hand. He started swimming at six months and gymnastics at five years. Brendan played town soccer and baseball and acquired quite the throwing arm. Throughout the years Brendan become very interested in airplanes. Who would of

known he would end up flying helicopters later in life.

In high school Brendan was involved in Model UN, AFS and Mock trial. He received the Presidential Achievement Award and was recognized in Who’s Who among high school students. His community work was volunteering in the school PTA, IHN and he was an acolyte in his church.

Brendan started out competing in swimming and soccer but found his love of wrestling, cross-country and track in 10th grade. Summers were filled with backpacking and Camp Pathfinder and winters skiing with the family. Brendan had the opportunity to travel to Germany and Alaska for an eleven-day canoe trip with the family. One summer he was picked to go to Boy’s State and a USNA summer seminar in anticipation of attending USAFA.

In 2005 Brendan was inducted into the National Honor Society.

With the help of a nomination from the Vice President of the United States of America, he entered the USAFA in June of 2006. His summers were filled with Academy commitments and travels to Japan, Malaysia and Italy. Brendan got his jump wings in 2008. Somehow he seemed to fit in two Ironman’s with the triathlon team and skied the Colorado Mountains.

Brendan was graduated May 2010 as a 2ND LT in the USAF with a Civil Engineering degree. He traveled to Europe to see some family friends and see the Tour de France. He was stationed at the Columbus Air Force base in Mississippi for pilot training in a T6. In 2012 he earned his wings and a helicopter slot. He took his helicopter training at Fort Rucker in Daleville, MS and his survival training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.

2012: Brendan is a helicopter pilot/instructor with the hope of flying H60’s in the future. He was promoted to Captain in May 2014.

On Sept 27 2014 He married Dana Hill Beckley, born in Princeton, NJ.

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DANA HILL BECKLEY ID #6950

Birth: 27 May 1988 (Princeton, NJ)Married: Brendan Farrar Sullivan, 27 Sept 2014 (Boston, NY)Occupation: CopywriterEducation: Fashion Institute of Technology, 2011

Dana was born in Princeton, NJ to parents Donald and Kathleen Beckley. She has one brother, Taylor Beckley, born July 4, 1994. Growing up, Dana was involved in many activities including dance class, gymnastics, horseback riding lessons, and pia-no lessons. Creatively inclined, she also attended art summer camps and art classes throughout the year.

In 2006, Dana was graduated from Hamilton High School West in Hamilton, NJ where she participated in the National Honor Society as well as varsity swimming. In her free time, Dana continued with her artwork, worked as a babysitter and held a part-time job at a local coffee shop. A later stint as a retail associate helped cultivate her passion for fashion.

After receiving a full scholarship to Mercer County College, Dana trans-ferred in 2008 to FIT in New York City. While attending, she interned for several notable companies included Marie Claire magazine and Fiftytwo Showroom. She was also a member of the school’s NJCAA swim team, where she competed at nationals in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Here, she also met best friend and roommate Hillary Byers, who would later introduce Dana to her cousin, Brendan Sullivan. Dana was graduated magna cum laude in 2011 with an AS and BS in Adverting and Marketing Communications.

Before graduation, Dana secured a job with online retailer Bluefly.com as a fashion copywriter, where she wrote product descriptions for 1,000+ designer brands, as well as attended fashion shows to write editorial reviews for the company’s blog. In 2012, Dana moved on to Bloomingdales.com, where she continued writing copy for products, marketing emails, landing pages, and more.

On September 27, 2014, Dana and Brendan were married at Mary Ann and Jeff Sullivan’s home in Boston, New York.

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STEPHEN FARRAR BYERS ID #209

Birth: 5 Oct 1959 (Bristol, CT)Rel: Episcopal

Occupation: Alaska Survival Products, Owner, Special Education Teacher, National Park Service (Everglades 1992, North Cascades 1990-1993,Yellowstone 1994), Juneau Fire Fighter 1989-2008, Juneau Mountain Search and Rescue, Outward Bound Instructor (Hurricane Island)

Education: Avon Old Farms School- Universities and Degrees: Paul Smiths Col 1983-84-Associates of Forestry, Western Illinois (July 1987) Major: Recre-ation & Park Admin; Minor: Natural Resource Conservation. Central Washing-ton University, Ellensburg WA 1996: Col of Education & Profession Studies. BA in Education. Major: Elementary Ed (K-8); Special Education K-12, 1998. Fres-

no Pacific University 1999, Master of Math and Science.

Boards: 2010 - Public Education Health Trust, Trustee, Anchorage Alaska

2013 - True North Credit Union, Board Member, Juneau, Alaska

River Runner (Nickname)-(Class 3/4 skill Level) Nahanni (NWT), Snake (NWT), Wind (NWT)

Rel: Episcopal

Baptismal: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Terryville CT.

Priest: The Rev. John RB Byers Jr (father)

Sponsors: Gertrude Grammer, Kenneth Newman and Frank Farrar

Galilee Bandita, my blue-eyed Siberian Dog was my pride and joy. Over the years Bandita and Steve went on one adventure after another. One time when we were on Blue Berry Mountain above Bash Bish Falls, I slipped and fell into a river and was pinned by his backpack face down. For what seemed like eternity, Bandita stayed with me barking and sniffing until I broke the pack.

Mountain Climbing: Longs Peak, Mount Meeker, Ixtapa, and Popocatepetl.

Teaching assignments:

Noorvik Village (8/1996-5/1998) on the Kobuk RIver. Steve’s assignment was Special Education Resource Teacher. 1998-snow machine through ice in - 40 below weather. 1998 Christmas race across the tundra from Noorvik to Kotubue Airport. Adopted by Thomas and Edith Pungulik into their family - Eskimo name Pungulik Gak “Man that Moves Fast”.

Huslia Village (8/1998-5/1999) on the Koyukuk River. Steve’s assignment was Special Education Resource Teacher. Atha-bascan are known as the bead people of the Arctic. Traveled by Sno Go from Noorvik to Huslia by solo Sno Go (350 miles). Learned to talk to the Ravens while watching break up on the Koyukuk River.

Juneau School District 8/1999 - Present, Southeast Alaska. Steve’s assignment is Special Education Resource Teacher. Worked at Harborview Elementary School. Adopted by Agnes Bellinger and given the Tlingit name Gaax.aa “Howling Wolf ”. Unknown to her when I was with Bandita, we would howl at the stars together at night in the fields next to St. John in the Wilderness Church, in Copake Falls, NY. Bandita has never left my soul. My spirit animal is the Wolf.

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One Foot Of Ground

Oh what do I see in my one foot by one foot of ground? I see plants towering to the fullest of their ability. As I look further, I see the ancestors that had fallen before, but as I look further, I do not see any color except green. Some would say this is not beauty; Not I, you must look far and wide for it. Outward Bound 76.

Cloud

I am a cloud in the sky. I see what people and animals do. I can change moods of peo-ple by making them sad or happy. I can bring water or no water to the animals. Trees; I can help them spread out or even start as a new seedling. I have the power of life and death. When the land is not taken care of, I bring destruction. Nothing can stop it...nothing. Once I brought 40 days and forty nights of rain. No more will I do this because I have said so. To prove my work is true, I give you a beautiful rainbow. The animals and man as one can enjoy this rainbow. No one owns it more than the other one. That is the irony of my power, the cloud. It is a bunch of molecules whispering across the sky in a mountain or the trade winds. ECOEE 86

23 July 2000 while solo kayaking in Mtchell Bay on Kootznoowoo Island, Alaska (Island called Fortress of the Bears) I was mauled by a brown bear (Grizzly) in the morning, at my campsite. Article written in Sea-Kayaker Dec 2000 about the incident. Grizzly Bear entered my right side with its jaw. I paddled out to Angoon and was flown to the Sitka Coast Guard Station. The doctors put thirteen stitches in my side. This is why number 13 is my lucky number. Next year I went back and canoed across Admiralty Island where incident happened. How about them mountains!

I live by three rules:

1. Wilderness does not forgive

2. Wilderness does not forgive

3. Go back to 1 and 2

Move quickly my kin.......Fish On!

Mary Ann Newman Stephen Farrar on Lassie Pt Abino

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Mary Ann Grammer at Cornnell

Evadne Mullett Holloway at finishing school

Mary Ann G Byers in Paris

Marre Holloway Evadne Mullett Holloway

John RB Byers Jr Cornell

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MAGB and JRBBJr

JRBBJr

JRBB3, MAGB, NGB JRBB3, BNB Abino Hills

JRBBJr, MAG Cornell JRBB3, NGB, MAGB New York City

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MANB, JRBB3, SFB, NGB Terryville CT

Stephen F Byers Terryville

Stephen F Byers Mary Ann N Byers Terryville

Stephen F. Byers Terryville

JRBB3, BNB, Wiskers, NNGB, MANB, Boots, SFB Canada

Lady in Abino Hills

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Mary Ann G. Byers Amanda L Byers Sean Sullivan, Brendan Sullivan, Bruce Byers, Amanda Byers

Stephen Farrar ByersChristopher, Brendan, Hillary, Aubrey

Steven F Byers, Mary Ann N Sullivan in Alaska Amanda Leigh Byers

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Mary Ann NB Sullivan Fishing in AlaskaNancy GB Roberts

Bruce Nisbet Byers in Long Island Sound

Stephen Farrar Byers - Fishing in Alaska

Christopher M Roberts, Brendan F Sullivan

Amanda Leigh, Jeanne B Byers

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Amanda Leigh Byers

Mary Ann G Byers, John RB Byers 3, Bruce N Byers - Egypt 94’

Nancy Grammer, John Ross Burns 3

Topher, Brendan, Hillary, Aubrey

Amanda Leigh Byers Bruce Nisbet Byers Nancy Grammer John Ross Burns 3

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Bruce Nisbet Byers on Golden Bet Stephen Farrar Byers on Lassie

MANB, MAGB, SFB, Lassie, BNB Mary Ann Grammer Byers on Budding Genius

Nancy G on Mr Wonderful Bruce N on Lassie Nancy Grammer

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Bruce N Byers at Terryville Horse Show 60’sBrownie, NGB, BNB, JRBB3 - Terryville

Nancy Grammer Byers - Lovelock Nancy Grammer ByersBNB on Brownie, Stephen Farrar

Bruce Nisbet with Lani Class Must Tell

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Mary Ann Grammer

Mary Ann Grammer Byers - Paris Mary Ann Grammer Byers - ParisJohn RB Byers Jr, Nancy Grammer

John RB Byers Jr - St Mark’s

Mary Ann Grammer Byers - Lovelock

Mary Ann Grammer Byers - Buffalo

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Letter about service for WW2

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Concrete Central 2015

Nisbet Grammer on one of his ships

Buffalo River ca 1900

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Buffalo River ca 1900

Roof of the Concrete Central 1970’s

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• Nancy Roberts Reunion Program

• Wikipedia

• The Web

• http://mayflowerhistory.com/

• Ancestry.com

• Relatives and Friends’ Contributions to Write Ups

• Constance Stafford Constantine (Connie)

• Various Cemetery Records

• Personal visit to various sites involved

• Official Records of People involved (courthouses)

• WW2 Memorial, Washington DC

• Buffalo Historical Museum

• Buffalo Public Library

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) #869788

• The DAR research is for Nancy Grammer Byers Roberts back to Revolutionary Ancestor: Alexander Burns.

• Alexander Burns (Birth 20 Feb 1740 Ayre, Scotland. Died. 20 Jun 1821 Findlay Twp, Allegheny Co, PA (Montour Cemetery).

• Married 13 Jan 1774 Nancy Ann Barnes (Born. 5 May 1754 MD) Died. 3 Nov 1840 (Findlay Twp, Allegheny Co, PA).

• This lineage is through paternal line of my father, John RB Byers Jr.

• Mayflower research is in motion. Application has been submitted through Evadne Mullett Holloway Grammer. The lineage goes back to Degory Priest.