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Massachusetts and New England Emersons

I'm from the Massachusetts Emersons, the same line as the sage of Concord, Ralph Waldo Emerson. My line goes:

1. Reverend Joseph Emerson m. Elizabeth Bulkely
2. Peter Emerson m. Mary Brown
3. Deacon Brown Emerson m. Sarah Townsend
4. John Emerson m. Katherine Eaton
5. Romanus Emerson m. Jemima Burnham
6. George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
7. Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder
8. Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
9. Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Permalink Reply by Doris McClenton Smith on July 25, 2009 at 10:45pm

Wow while lookin for relatives on Ancestry i found Ralph Waldo Emerson in my family line also, my Emersons were from Mississippi. thanks for sharing my first known Emerson's were from South Carolina in 1807 Ben Emerson(unconfirmed) migrated to Mississippi

Permalink Reply by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on July 26, 2009 at 7:35am

Yes, here is RWE's lineage:

1. Robert Emerson and Susan Crabbe
2. Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster
3. Joseph Emerson and Elizabeth Bulkely
4. Edward Emerson and Rebecca Waldo
5. Joseph Emerson and Mary Moody
6. William Emerson and Phebe Bliss
7. William Emerson and Ruth Haskins
8. Ralph Waldo Emerson b. 25 May 1803 Boston

Permalink Reply by Mark Taylor Edwards on December 16, 2010 at 4:25pm