This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iQB.2ACE/662.1 Message Board Post: William, You are obviously a Uran/Urin/Uren descendant, so am I. You can see the Isle of Shoals from the NH coast, so actually if it was a placid day (or not) a good sized rowboat would get you there, and you wouldn't actually need a "ship." I'm not sure if this answers your question.... Here's a little bit I have on the Uran family of the Isle of Shoals... BIOGRAPHY: From the Urann Family of New England - New England Historical and Genealogical Society William-1 URIN, sometimes spelled Uran, Urann, Uren, Yuran, Youring and Yourin, was probably the ancestor of all bearing the name in New England. It has not been learned where he came from, but he was at the Isles of Shoals as early as 1653, for on 12 Sept. of that year he was granted a lot of land there, "between goodman Jacksone and William Cotton with convenient la[nding?]," At various times later he was given grants of land. He was one of the petitioners "that a Court might be held at the Isles of Shoals," also "that the inhabitants might be granted the privileges of a town." Like most of the inhabitants of the islands he was a fisherman. He died at the Isles of Shoals, and the inventory of his estate, filed 11 July 1664, amounted to L433.12.8 ------------ His widow ELEANOR married secondly, about 1672, Richard Woolcome or Willcomb, who purchased part of the estate of William Urin, deceased 17 July 1672. She died in 1699, and in her will, dated 19 Sept 1699, she leaves the balance of her estate to her "five chidlren, son-in-law John Muchemore to take care of Joseph Youring to bring him up in the faith of God and to such Larning as is convenient for one of his degrees." Richard Gooss or Goss, her kinsman, was one of the overseers of the will. ------------- Richard Woolcome and Eleanor had two chidlren: Zacheus, and Anne who married John Muchemore. In a petition of John Urin, son of Eleanor, to have his brother-in-law John Muchemore administer upon this mother's estate, he states that John Muchemore's wife "was his sister on his mother's side." The will of John Muchemore dated 11 Feb 1717-8, mentions wife Anne and children, John, Richard, Joseph, William, Sarah, Abigail Priest, and Rachel Downs. William Wilkins or Willcomb of Ipswich, grandsome of Richard Woolcome of Star Island was appointed administrator of the estate 11 Aug 1719. RESIDENCE(S): From "Isle of Shoals, A Capsule History", http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/history.html Rich land speculators Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason were granted royal title to all the key colonies from Virginia to Maine. When the Piscataqua area failed to yield gold, copper, or precious spices, they had to settle for fish -- lots of fish. In fact, the potential profits were so great that the investors surgically divided their property down the center. Half the Isles of Shoals ended up in the royal province of New Hampshire, the other half in Maine. The hardy new breed of "Shoalers" quickly grew in number and independence. Trees imported from the mainland became homes to as many as 600 residents by 1645, most living on Hog (now Appledore) and Smuttynose Islands in Maine. Some suggest the population may have risen to 1,000 residents. When Massachusetts annexed Maine and presumed to tax the Shoalers, most of the population emigrated to nearby Star Island in New Hampshire -- early evidence of the Granite State"s quirky "live free or die" attitude. There, after much petitioning, they formed the town of Gosport which remained largely ungoverned. When Harvard educated Rev. John Tucke of Hampton arrived on the Isles in 1732, he found a hard drinking, hard working population isolated from mainland laws, manners, mores and religion. His missionary efforts to "civilize" the islanders continued until his death in 1773, just before the American Revolution. Unable to protect the Isles from British naval forces, the province of NH ordered the Shoalers to the mainland. Many came, dismantling and floating their homes to shore. Many of these homes reportedly still exist, scattered from York. Maine to Ipswich, Massachusetts. --------------- I descend this way... William Urin (d 1664 Isle of Shoals) & Eleanor d. 1699 John Urin (1655-1734) & Rebecca Cate (1657-1745) Richard Urin (1686-1776) & Mehitable Corliss (1698-1742) John Urin (1718-?) & Sarah Duty (1721-1759) James Uran (1757-1845) & Mary Corser (1759-1834) Anna Uran (1787-1821) & Daniel KILBORN (1780/81-1857) [end of Uran line in my tree] Looking forward to hearing from you.. Janice