The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Messenger · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Edward Messenger

Born 1617. Died 1688.

Family time line

◉ Edward Messenger 1617–1688
◉ Dorcas Bosworth 1620–1702
No marriage recorded
◉ Dorcas Messenger 1650–1688

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth
place per WikiTree: Lincolnshire, England; per WikiTree Messenger-187, NO EVIDENCE YET
 1617 not yet documented
Living at
'MESSENGER, Edward, had land, 1650, at Greenfield (now Bloomfield)... Ch. (O. C. R.): 1. Dorcas, b. 23 Sept., 1650; m. Peter Mills, the Dutchman' (Stiles, Henry R., The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. II (1891), p.493) - compiled, no record seen
 1650 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America from a compiled source
Death
place per WikiTree: Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony; per WikiTree Messenger-187, NO EVIDENCE YET
 12 May 1688 not yet documented
16171688 163016401650166016701680

Sources

  • Stiles, History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. II p.494, MILLS — Peter Mills x Dorcas Messenger — Living at, about this person
  • WikiTree (wikitree.com) member tree - finding aid only, NO EVIDENCE YET (owner rule s1211) — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1600 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Dorcas Messenger 1650–1688
    1. Esther Mills abt 1666–1757
      1. Esther Eggleston 1682–aft 1761
        1. Josiah Filley 1704–
        2. Samuel Filley 1706–
        3. William Filley 1709–1756
        4. Esther Filley 1712–
        5. Dorcas Filley 1714–
        6. Deliverance Filley 1716–
        7. Abigail Filley 1719–
        8. Erasmus Filley 1721–
        9. Mary Filley 1725–
      2. Abigail Eggleston 1683–
      3. Sarah Eggleston 1687–
      4. James Eggleston 1689–
      5. Dorcas Eggleston 1692–
        1. Dorcas Drake 1723–
      6. Deliverance Eggleston 1695–1715
      7. Ann Eggleston 1698–
      8. Damaris Eggleston 1700–
      9. John Eggleston 1703–
      10. Martha Eggleston 1705–
      11. Edward Eggleston 1708–
    2. Peter Mills abt 1668–1756
      1. Pelatiah Mills 1693–1762
        1. Susanna Mills 1733–1810
      2. Gideon Mills 1715–1772
        1. Elizabeth Mills 1754–1825
    3. Mary Mills abt 1676–1760
      1. Pelatiah Soper abt 1701–
      2. Sarah Soper abt 1704–
      3. John Soper abt 1707–1749
        1. Phebe Soper 1731–
        2. John Soper 1733–
        3. Joel Soper 1735–
        4. Elizabeth Soper 1736–
        5. David Soper 1738–
        6. Abigail Soper 1741–
        7. Timothy Soper 1742–
      4. Abigail Soper abt 1708–
      5. Dorcas Soper abt 1713–
      6. Return Soper abt 1716–
    4. Sarah Mills abt 1677–
    5. Ebenezer Mills 1688–
    6. Dorcas Mills
    7. Return Mills –1689
    8. Martha Mills –bef 1704