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From: "Anne Baldwin" <>
Subject: RE: [MFLR] Hopkins line thru Nathan Kenney
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:15:48 -0500
In-Reply-To: <009f01c5152d$a9f14480$349ffed8@ca>


Does anyone know of a documented and alive direct descendant of Richard
Warren of the Mayflower ?

thank you

Anne Baldwin
NY



Anne B.




>From: "Susan E. Roser" <>
>To:
>Subject: [MFLR] Hopkins line thru Nathan Kenney
>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:17:10 -0500
>
>Some time ago we had a discussion going regarding the children of Nathan
>Kenney & Mercy Smith5 (Bethiah4 Snow, Stephen3, Constance2 Hopkins,
>Stephen1).
>
>According to MF 6:255 (3rd ed.), only one child, John, has been proven, the
>others have all had question marks. As a state Historian, I have tried
>unsuccessfully in recent years to have these other children recognized -
>until now.
>
>I recently sent a proposal to the Historian General, Bette Bradway,
>including copies of several printed sources, by top genealogists, which
>accept that Nathan and Mercy had children Nathan, Heman, Sarah, Miriam and
>Elizabeth (along with John). Between the sources and the argument I put
>forth, Bette has agreed that these children should be accepted. Note that
>in recent years, lines thru Heman, Nathan and Elizabeth had already been
>approved, but despite this fact, the society would not allow any more
>approvals.
>
>So - for those of you who wish to join (or do a supplemental line) based on
>one of the above children of Nathan & Mercy - once you make contact with
>your state Historian, have him/her contact me and I will provide the
>sources for the child in question along with a copy of the letter from the
>HG stating that she will approve the line. Hopefully one day solid proof
>will be found for these children, but until then, they will be approved
>with a weak rating for parentage.
>
>Susan E. Roser, Historian
>Canadian Society
>www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html
>
>
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