My cousins are descended from the famed couple by their daughter Ruth who married John Bass. They still bear the Bass surname. Kathy P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol White" <cahwhite@comcast.net> To: <genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Alden and Mullens > Just for your info. I'm descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins > through their daughter Elizabeth who married William Pabodie, then > Grinnell, then Redfield for many generations and then finally to Hawks > and Clark which was my mother's maiden name. Who was Rhoda Clark's > husband whom you might be descended from? > > Carol > > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:36:14 -0500 >> From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> >> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] LONGFELLOW descendants (WADSWORTH, >> APPLETON) >> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <64A4EC5C1FB54C5AB18742DA6E655B8E@LivingRoom> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Hello, >> >> This morning on the daily "Mass Moments" note it discusses the famous >> author, Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW (1807-1882). The article says he >> had >> 6 children, so he must have had many descendants. Does that name >> still >> exist in New England? And, it says his mother was descended from "the >> Pilgrims," including John ALDEN. But it doesn't mention his parents' >> names. >> >> http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=343 >> >> Oh, this site says his parents were Stephen LONGFELLOW and Zilpah >> WADSWORTH, >> and he grew up in the (now) WADSWORTH-LONGFELLOW House. His >> grandfather >> was Peleg WADSWORTH, a general in the Rev. War. Henry was one of 8 >> children. He and Frances APPLETON had 6 children. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow >> >> Just an FYI for you. But, it's curious that these surnames are very >> rarely >> seen on the Lists. >> >> And, this page talks about John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS, and that >> they >> had 10 children survive to adulthood, and they had many notable >> descendants. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alden_(Pilgrim) >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA) >> >> >> P.S. >> >> A researcher in CT has been trying to prove that her ancestor, Mrs. >> Rhoda >> (MANCHESTER) (LAVARE) CLARK, with parents a MANCHESTER / TOMPKINS couple >> from Westport, MA (and RI) were Mayflower descedants. And, I think >> she >> said that the mother was descended from John ALDEN. >> >> She is descended from a LAVARE son, and I "think" that I am descended >> from >> Rhoda's CLARK daughter. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message