Notes: Families Heading West

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1	2012-11-11-CRN: Buried in Arroyo Grande Cemetery in Arroyo Grande, CAhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74371201	BRANCH, Mary Louisa (I00005)
2	A batchelor	LEITCH, Colin (I00601)
3	A batchelor.	LEITCH, Neil (I00604)
4	A batchelor.	LEITCH, Archibald (I00603)
5	A batchelor.	LEITCH, John (I00602)
6	A Glencoe tailor.	LEITCH, Colin (I00560)
7	Also known as "Mamie"	BRANCH, Mary Louisa (I00005)
8	Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.	Source (S00009)
9	Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850.	Source (S00006)
10	Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), 1870.	Source (S00011)
11	Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.	Source (S00012)
12	Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.	Source (S00013)
13	Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009).	Source (S00026)
14	Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.	Source (S00020)
15	Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), State of California, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.	Source (S00001)
16	Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2000), State of California, California Death Index, 1940-1997, Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.	Source (S00008)
17	Ancestry.com, California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2008), State of California, United States, Great Register of Voters, Sacramento, California: California State Library.	Source (S00018)
18	Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), White, Lorraine Cook, ed, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.	Source (S00010)
19	Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc.).	Source (S00007)
20	Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).	Source (S00021)
21	Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2009), Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration.	Source (S00022)
22	Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), United States, Selective Service System, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.	Source (S00024)
23	Ancestry.com., Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2009).	Source (S00019)
24	Bob Cheeseman, Marshfield Town History (Internet, 2001), http://www.marshfield.net/History/markers.html.	Source (S00016)
25	Branch Family Tree states that Willliam Courtland Johnson had eight children, but only names 4. See page 10	JOHNSON, William Cortland (I00098)
26	Buried at Arroya Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, CAhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74371201	BRANCH, Mary Louisa (I00005)
27	Capt. John Lowe was Vice Admiral of Winthrop Fleet in 1630.	LOWE, John (I00116)
28	Chillton says she was from Marshfield, Mass, but maybe it was Conn.	SPEED, Mary (I00157)
29	Christopher Branch came from BRANCH England to Jamestown, Virginia, about 1623, and is the ancestor of a large and prominent family scattered through the southern states. In this family there is a tradition that Christopher was son of Thomas Branch and grandson of John Branch, Lord Mayor of London. William Flower, alias Branch, father of the Lord Mayor, is mentioned in Fox's Book of Martyrs; he renounced the Roman Catholic faith; was tried and condemned to death for an alleged attempt to kill a priest at the altar; married Fulton. It is now believed that John Branch, son of the Lord Mayor and grandson of the martyr, was father of Peter Branch, the immigrant to New England, mentioned below. (I) Peter Branch, immigrant ancestor, came from Holden, county Kent, England, on the ship "Castle" in 1638, dying on board during the voyage. His will was proved in Suffolk county. Massachusetts, dated June 16, 1638. He bequeathed his property to his son, John Branch, then eleven years old. apprenticed to Thomas Wiburne, late of Tenterden, Kent. England, and probably a relative. Wiburne, Wyburne, Wy- borne, Wyburn or \Viburn,as his name was variously spelled, came from Tenterden before 1638 and settled at Duxbury, Massachusets where he was a proprietor in 1638; removed to Scituate in 1643, and thence to Boston, selling out in 1652 at Scituate; a sadler. by trade. Peter Branch was a carpenter. The estate of Branch was committed in trust to Wiburne for eleven years and, if John died within eleven years, the estate was to go to the churches at Scituate and Concord. A bequest was also made to Stephen Ingleden's widow or her children. He married, in England, January 14, 1623, Elizabeth Gillame. She died before 1638. Their only child surviving: John, mentioned below. (II) John, s^n of Peter Branch, was born in Holden, county Kent, England; in 1627. He was apprenticed to Thomas Wiburne to learn the sadler's trade, as shown by his father's will mentioned above. He lived at Duxbury and Scituate with Wiburne, and settled on Branch Island, Marshfield, Massachusetts. He married, December 6, 1652, Mary Speed. Children : John, Elizabeth, Peter, mentioned below; Thomas, Mercy. (III) Peter (2), son of John Branch, was born on Branch Island, Marshfield, May 28, 1659. As early as 1680 he came from Marsh- field to Norwich, Connecticut, and bought a tract of land there a few miles east of Nor- jvich, of Oanaco, son of the famous Indian chief, Uncas, by deed dated December 10, 1683. His cattle mark was registered in 1680 at Norwich, and he was one of the original petitioners for the incorporation of the town of Preston where he lived. He was one of the incorporators and most prominent citizens of Preston, serving the town in various positions of trust and honor. He was on the committee that invited Rev. Solomon Treat to settle as minister in the town. He married, about 1684. Hannah Lincoln, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Austin) Lincoln, and granddaughter of Thomas Lincoln, the miller, who came from Hingham, England, to Hing- ham. Massachusetts, about 1635, and whose mill at Taunton. Massachusetts, was used as a place of meeting for the conference with King Philip before the war. Children: i. Mary. 2. Hannah. 3. Elizabeth. 4. John, born at Preston, March 31, 1694, married, October 20, 1726, Martha Williams. 5. Peter. 6. Thomas. 7. Samuel, mentioned below. 8. Sarah. 9. Joseph. (TV) Samuel, son of Peter (2) Branch, was born at Preston, September 3, 1701. He married. May 23. 1728, Anna Lamb, born 1701, at North Stonington, Connecticut, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Lamb, of Mystic, Connecticut. Among their children were: i. Samuel, born August 6, 1729, died 1772; married Hannah Witter, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Witter.. 2. Cyprian, settled at Richmond, Massachusetts. 3. Vine, mentioned below. (V) Vine, son of Samuel Branch, was born in Preston, January 21, 1743. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private from Richmond in Lieutenant Jabez Coe's company. Colonel David Rosseter's regiment, Berkshire county militia, July, 1777, reinforcing the northern army; was at the battle of Benning- ton in the same company under, Captain Aaron Rowley, August 13-20, 1777; also in the same company, Colonel John Brown's regiment of Bershire county at Pawlet, Vermont, reinforcing the northern army in September. 1777; also for two days in 1780, October 18-20, in Captain Joseph Raymond's company, Colonel Rosseter's regiment. Brigadier General Fellows' brigade to reinforce General Stark at Stillwater, New York; also in Captain Raymond's company. Colonel Hyde's regiment, October 29 to November 6. 1781, on another alarm from Stillwater. Vine Branch and others of the family settled during the revolution in Richmond, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and in 1790 the first federal census, shows that he had two males over sixteen, four under sixteen and five females in his family there. He married Dorothy Partridge. Child, Roswell, mentioned below. (VI) Roswell, son of Vine Branch, was born 1775-80, probably at Richmond. He married Theodocia Wright and lived at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Child, Grove Wright, mentioned below. (VII) Deacon Grove Wright, son or nephew of Roswell Branch, was born September 21, 1803. He removed to Dalton, Massachusetts, where his birth is recorded. He removed in early life to Pittsfield, where he was raised and educated, attending the common schools. He engaged in the grocery business for a number of years. In 1834 he removed to Dalton where he was the proprietor of the Eagle Hotel. He married (first) Pamelia Sprague, born March 7, 1805; (second) Sarah (Foote) Fairneld, born August 20. 1809. Children: i. Hayden W., born 1830, married : children,	BRANCH, Peter I (I00139)
30	David J. Saari, Francis Ziba Branch A California Pioneer From New York 1802-1874 (San Luis Obispo, California, Central Coast Press, 2009), ISBN 13:978-1-930401-662, This book -- the first, full-lenght biography of Francis Ziba Branch (who was one of 300 authentic California Pioners), opens a new door to a dramatically different California world. .	Source (S00002)
31	Died 10 months	SCHELL, Mary Elizabeth (I00420)
32	Died in infancy according to the Branch Family Tree	SAUER, William Branch (I00380)
33	Died in World War II. He was training to be a pilot and was killed in training in California. He was in Boy Scouts and there is a plaque commemorating him at the Scout Camp at the Boy Scount Lake near Kent Lake, in the Detroit area, Michigan. He was Order of the Arrow.	RUTHERFORD, Robert Earle (I00510)
34	He is a lawyer in St. Louis	FISHMAN, Jack (I00669)
35	John Branch was killed at Reboheth in King Phillips War in 1676	BRANCH, John (I00158)
36	Later moved to USA and lost contact	LEITCH, Alexander (I00592)
37	Lived 10 months	SCHELL, Gladys (I00427)
38	Lived one day	SCHELL, Edith (I00424)
39	Lived one week	SCHELL, Henry (I00423)
40	Mark Schell and Henry Schell were born in 1770. They were twins.	SCHELL, Mark (I00535)
41	Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 1998), Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan Death Index, Lansing, MI, USA.	Source (S00023)
42	Mungo Leitch was born 1892 on the homestead in Mosa Township. He took over the farm from his father and lived there most of his life untile 1977 when he and his wife exchanged the farm for the residence of their son, Bruce and his wife Donna, in the Village of Glencoe. Mungo married the former Monta Alteka Anderson (born 1900) in 1926 and they now life in Glenco. Mungo served 14 years as concillor and Reeve of Mosa Township. He was Warden of Middlesex in 1950, served 60 years on the Glencoe Fari Baoard and received the Centenial Medal from the Federal Govenment in 1967. At age 87 Mungo is compiling the Letich Family Tree (1980).	LEITCH, Mungo (I00624)
43	Mungo Leitch, History and Family Tree of the Leitch's 1819-1980 (, 1980), This family tree was given to Richard Noble by his grandfather, Murray Angus Leitch.	Source (S00025)
44	Neil Leitch as a young man nineteen years of age came to Canada along with his parents, John Leitch and Flora Johnston and other members of his family in the year year 1819.	LEITCH, Neil (I00555)
45	Online Resource.	Source (S00014)
46	Samuel Branch was grandfather of Wm. Branch, Revolutionary War hero	BRANCH, Samuel (I00135)
47	Sibyl Chilton, Branch Family Tree (Sibyl Chilton) (1449 Marelen Drive, Fullerton, CA 92635, Sibyl Chilton, August 1981), "This compilation of the Branch Family records could not have been accomplished without the help of my husband, Jay, who helped me search for and obtain the Brancroft History books and so many others- and my cousin, Oliver Branch, who gave me a copy of the Weed-Branch genealogy, and most of all without the loving encouraement of my Aunt Elsie Branch Anderson. Aunt Elsie has given me the Ramon Branch Family Bible started by him in 1864, which Jay and I have had beautifully restored. We had thirty parchment pages added to the Family reocrd section in order to accomodate the names contained in this booklet. "Page 4 "Francis Ziba Branch's ancestors. Excerpts copied from : "History of the Weed and Allied Families" compiled by Charles Allison Weed, PhD., published by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1971 - Lib of Contress Catalog Car #79-180701. Copyright 1971 by Chas. Allison Weed- pages 132-196".	Source (S00003)
48	Strathroy tailor	LEITCH, Neil (I00562)
49	Taught school, a graduate of Sinclari College, St. Thomas and Butler College, Indianapolis and finally Yale Univeristy, New Haven ,COnn where he received his B.D> and PhD degress. He served 35 years on the faculty of Bethany College, W. Va.	LEITCH, Andrew (I00621)
50	The daughter of Leo Carrillo, Antoinette, was adopted.	CARRILLO, Antoinette (I00047)