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Maternal Ancestors: Ames, Arnold, Axtell, Babbitt, Bradshaw, Brown, Bulkeley, Burwell, Byram, Carnes, Chilton, Chandler, Coleman, Condict, Cresson, Crossman, Dixon, Dodd, Edson, Egbert, Gehrig, Gilbert, Grosvenor, Hallock, Harrison, Harvey, Hoare, Horton, Hubbard, Ingoldsby, Irby, James, Jones, King, Kingsbury, Leonard, Letelier, Loree, Merriam, Mellick, Phillips, Pratt, Purrier, Philhower, Reeves, Riggs, Stanborough, Stevens, Swayze, Tarne, Thayer, Thompson, Tisdale, Van Horn, Van Sickle, Voorhees, Walker, Ward, Wheeler. Locations: CT: Branford, Derby, Fairfield, Greenwich, Milford, New Haven, Stamford MA: Braintree, Bridgewater, Charlestown, Concord, Plymouth, Salem, Sudbury, Taunton; NJ: Bedminster, Elizabethtown, Mendham, Morristown, Newark, Peapack, Westfield; NY: Amagansett, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Southampton, Southold; RI: Providence SC: Dorchester, Newington Plantation.

Paternal Ancestors: Bartholomew, Danner, Drumm, Engle, Heiser, Immhoff, Mussina, Noss, Stewart, Winter. Locations: PA: Aaronsburg, Allentown, Bath, Easton, Kreidersville, Lewisburg.

    Common Ancestors with presidents and presidential candidates
  • Rev. Edward Bulkeley and Olive Irby: George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, John F. Kerry
  • Josiah Stanborough and Frances Gransden: Howard B. Dean
  • Judge Samuel Swayze and Penelope Horton: William Henry Seward

    Connections with other presidents and presidential candidates
  • Our ancestor Daniel Thompson Jr's stepfather, Benjamin Pitney, was related to Barach Obama's mother
  • Our relatives, Daniel and William Axtell, owned 3,000 acres of land in Bedminster, NJ which now includes Donald J. Trump's summer home and his two golf courses.
  • Our family members are buried in two cemeteries in the Bedminster area - the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, which is next to the Trump property, and the Peapack Union Cemetery in Gladstone