TWELFTH GENERATION
8 Nov. 1716
31 Mar. 1721 Windham, Windham, CT"PARISH, *(2304) JOHN, Groton, perhaps s. of (4608) Thomas the first, or a br. [conf. above Thos. w. (4609iii)] as seems more likely, was says Butler, an orig. propr. and in 1[6]83, serv. on a com. with Page and Lawrence, others of the earliest sett. to prove the ld. rights of the town bef. its destruct. in Philip's war; rep. 1690."
PARISH, ...(2304) JOHN, Groton, prob. s. of the preced. [(2304) John (sic), but actually s/a above] by w. (2304[2]) Mary had (2304[2]a) Lydia, b. 20 Apr. 1687; and (2304[2]b) Elizabeth 19 Mar. 1691."
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary Of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/
14 Dec. 1687 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
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2306. Lieut. Jonathan Tracy
24 Oct. 1728 Preston, New London, CT
vii. David Tracy
a. David Tracy
1. Solomon Jackson Tracy
"ROOD, (2308) THOMAS, Norwich, had sev. childr. bef. liv. there; (2309i) Sarah, b. Oct. 1649; (2309ii) Thomas, Mar. 1651; (2309iii) Micah, Feb. 16. 1653; Rachel, Feb. 1655; (2309v) John, Sept. 1658; (2309vi) Joseph, Mar. 1661; (2309vii) Benjamin, Feb. 1633; (2309viii) Mary, Mar. 1664, d. soon; and (1154) Samuel, June 1666. His w. d. happi. Mar. 1668, for his d. Sarah was whip. and he execut. 18 Oct. 1672, as in Trumbull. Col. rec. II. 184, is detail. Perhaps the name was changed to Rudd or Rude."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
2309. Sarah "Leffingwell White"
"RUDE, (2309v) JOHN, with this latter spelling was a petitnr. 1686, for Preston townsh."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"[(2308) Thomas Roode was] hung 18 Oct 1672 at Saybrook, CT... for the crime of incest of his daughter Sarah Rood"
"Thomas Rood was executed October 18, 1672 in Norwich, CT, and has the dubious distinction of being the only person executed in North America for incest. His daughter Sarah was publicly whipped. Their progeny, George Rood, was sent to live with his uncle Lt. Thomas Leffingwell. See Savage's Dictionary of English Settlers before 1692 Vol. 3: Rood, Thomas
http://delanoye.org/primary/savagevol3.txt.
-- http://www.daynesfamilytree.com/separatingfactfromfiction.htm
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"LEFFINGWELL WHITE": As far as I can see, this surname is a composite created by genealogists, after the fact. All we actually know of any "Leffingwell-Rood" connection, is the fact that Thomas Leffingwell was named as the guardian of Thomas Rood's orphaned son, and called the child's "uncle" in the deposition.
The term "uncle" neither does now have, nor has ever had, a precise meaning. In depositions of the time, such as wills, "brothers" and "sisters" also included "brothers-in-law" and "sisters-in-law", and "uncle" and "nephew" followed suit. Even today, the term is nebulous: I knew three "uncle"s as a child: One was the half-brother of my mother; another was the husband of my mother's sister; the third was the second husband of my mother's first husband's sister. Extending this thinking to the Rood and Leffingwell families, it is possible that Thomas Rood's wife Sarah was:
1. Thomas Leffingwell's sister,
2. the sister of Thomas Leffingwell's wife Mary, or
3. some other close relationship, such as adoption of both Thomases into Uncas's tribe.
Concerning the women, nothing is known for sure about either of them. There are two traditions in the Leffingwell family: one, that Thomas L made a mysterious journey back to England to get a wife. There is no record of such a journey, either coming or going, and no marriage record. The other tradition is that Mary, or "Mary White" was a daughter of Uncas, the product of young Thomas L's close association with Uncas's Mohegans.
I have seen a lot of baloney, trying to pass as genealogy, concerning Mary's identity. Thomas Leffingwell is considered by most kin, as having been the inspiration of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Hawkeye" or "Natty Bumpo" in his work "Deerslayer". In Hawthorne's story, Bumpo was a young white man who, I will note, had been adopted by a Delaware ("Lene Lenape") Indian. Bumpo's side-kick, Chingakskuk, is even described as a descendant of Uncas (who was reconstructed in the legend as a Delaware).
Thomas Leffingwell was a footloose teenager of about 15 when he first had dealings with the Mohegans; and he had the sort of rapport and access with them that could only have come from being adopted into the tribe. If one rules out the phantom "trip to England", it is more than likely that the second family legend is true -- namely, that Leffingwell's wife was a Mohegan woman.
Whatever Mary Leffingwell's identity, Thomas Rude's equally mysterious wife Sarah must have had the same identity (either English or Mohegan), for the two to have been sisters. Thomas Rood was as intimately involved with Uncas as Leffingwell was, so the possibility that both women were Indians is very real. This is especially true, since Thomas Rood bore the distinctive honor of having been buried in the "Sachem Burial ground" of Norwich, CT. As with Leffingwell, there is no primary evidence of an English origin for his wife.
So much for the wives' identities. The other possibility is that Mrs. Sarah Rood was Thomas Leffingwell's sister. If one could produce a will or other such document that would prove this, I would be soundly convinced. As it stands, an English identity for both women is based on a questionable voyage that probably never happened; whereas a Mohegan identity is based on something very probable, but which Nathaniel Hawthorne considered unthinkable: that Natty Bumpo married Chingakskuk's sister.
Apart from discovering some hitherto hidden records, there is little one can do to prove one case or the other. "Whole DNA" testing is a possibility. I have undergone such, and found myself to be 7% Native American, +/- 3%. Of course, this could have come from any of my lines, and I have some much less fetchy prospects than Uncas -- who accounts for only 0.1% of my DNA. If someone were a direct female descendant of either Mary (Leffingwell) or Sarah (Rood), of course, they could be DNA tested and end this discussion. As of yet, though, no such person has come forward. |
| A Thomas Mariner immigrated to Salem, MA in 1650. |
SRC: TURK, MARION G. The Quiet Adventurers in North America. Parts 1 and 2. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993. 670p. Page: 424 c/o ancestry.com
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"In the records of Salem, Mass. we find that Capt. Richard Mariner sold his home on the "first month 29th day 1652" (29 March1652)...
" ...(according to Underhill "Descendants of Edward Small" Revised Edition, Vol. III) we find in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1681 an Andrew Mariner [b. ABT 1658]. Perhaps he is the same Andrew Mariner (signing himself Andre Marine) who on 10 Nov 1684 was in Boston "a shoemaker from New London at George Cables's." He bought land shortly in Boston and the next year (1685) his first of five children [by Ruth Hollard] are recorded in Boston birth records... "Andrew was evidently connected with the Huguenot Colony in Boston because Francis Barers and Benjamin Fanieul witnessed one deed. He later moved to New York as Underhill shows... "...Andrew's family [sp. Marriner in IGI] in Boston were named (in order of birth) Margaret [7 Sep. 1685-], Ruth [6 Feb. 1686-], Priscilla [1 May 1688-], and twins Andrew and George [19 Jan. 1689-; m. Naragansett, RI]." |
-- The Rood/Rude Record, Vol II, page 49 c/o http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Il8cTTHKTbMJ:www.rood.net/Gen1 -2.pdf+%2B%22thomas+mariner%22+% 2Bsalem&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=28&gl=us
(The "New London" connection links Andrew's family with Mary's).
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The IGI lists Andrew's parents as John Marriner (France-21 Dec. 1717 Gloucester, Essex MA Age 73) and Elizabeth unknown (ABT 1645 France-), with children James, Andrew, Joseph Josue (m. Boston, MA), Martha, Susannah (d. 28 Feb. 1705) and John (1675 France-1748 at sea; m. of Gloucester, MA).
Mary Mariner's father is listed as Thomas, b. ABT 1642. |
Batch #5026175, Continental Europe, is cited for the info. on John & family. No sources are cited for Thomas.
Very little is known of the Mariners, so for now all we can do is "connect the dots": I will assume that the New London Mariners (Andrew and Mary) were first cousins, that the two Salem Mariners (Capt. Richard and Thomas) were father and son, respectively, that Thomas and John were brothers, and that the whole family was of Huguenot origin.
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