tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post6601380758200395957..comments2024-03-28T22:21:09.705-04:00Comments on Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog: William Pontus Abt. 1583 to 1652 England to Plymouth, Mass.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-71282825697293660442021-01-18T19:32:57.712-05:002021-01-18T19:32:57.712-05:00Interesting story about your Churchill family, Jus...Interesting story about your Churchill family, Justin. Thank you for sharing!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-84812491835073521402021-01-01T14:19:31.048-05:002021-01-01T14:19:31.048-05:00I am a direct blood descent of William and Wybra, ...I am a direct blood descent of William and Wybra, their daughter, Hannah, married my direct Plymouth ancestor John Churchill, my ancestors stayed in Massachusetts until 1760 when they were located in the Mohawk Valley, Tribes Hill, in 1798 they removed to Canada. The males (my line) married into various Loyalist families throughout the 19th century. They also married native British from England before immigrating back to America (Cleveland) in 1930.Justin Churchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402021846330978070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-25057836889715758912020-11-20T11:15:51.732-05:002020-11-20T11:15:51.732-05:00I'm not aware of any relationship to William B...I'm not aware of any relationship to William Bradford. If anyone else knows, please chime in! Chris Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-77080018390306755162020-11-19T12:44:59.688-05:002020-11-19T12:44:59.688-05:00how was Wybra related to William Bradford?how was Wybra related to William Bradford?skot vesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198332020195128172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-45199464707077083372017-07-25T20:15:20.267-04:002017-07-25T20:15:20.267-04:00Thanks, Wendy! Chris Thanks, Wendy! Chris Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-17158727711895904982017-07-19T16:12:17.326-04:002017-07-19T16:12:17.326-04:00Thank you for your great research and for sharing ...Thank you for your great research and for sharing it with those of us who are descended from William. He and Wybra are my 10th g.grandparents also.Wendy G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11087842532194385161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-74052649898609097232017-06-17T14:33:34.247-04:002017-06-17T14:33:34.247-04:00Hi Donna, I haven't seen anything about Wybra ...Hi Donna, I haven't seen anything about Wybra being imprisoned but it isn't something I've looked for specifically. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs' wrote in his book Strangers and Pilgrims, Travellers and Sojourners, Leiden and the Foundations of Plymouth Plantation, that William Pontus was a churchwarden at Mattersey (bordering Scrooby on the west and Lound on the south). He was presented at court, together with Barbara Jessop, for failure to take communion. He soon left for the Netherlands, where he was a member of John Robinson's congregation before emigrating to Plymouth Colony. <br />He writes that Wybra was possibly from Austerfield or Scrooby. --Chris <br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-25413828414758190392017-06-07T03:35:59.012-04:002017-06-07T03:35:59.012-04:00Like a multitude of others, William and Wybra were...Like a multitude of others, William and Wybra were some of my Great Grandparents x10 through their daughter Hannah and so on down the line. I am trying to locate information on William's parents, so far with no luck.<br />I am greatly interested in Wybra and her life. I have found some documentation regarding her parentage, but, no record of her birth, baptism or much of anything beyond when she married. Do you have any clues as to who her parents were or anything to substantiate the oft repeated statement that she was imprisoned in the UK and fled to Holland to escape further religious persecution? Thanks for any help you can give me. <br />Donna<br />donna.darnell@yahoo.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-42840836062124753642015-08-15T16:04:22.505-04:002015-08-15T16:04:22.505-04:00Your Churchill family is certainly of historic sig...Your Churchill family is certainly of historic significance! Chris Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-46865392631274209982015-07-19T14:59:33.002-04:002015-07-19T14:59:33.002-04:00I very much enjoyed your genealogical site. Willi...I very much enjoyed your genealogical site. William Pontus and Wibra Hanson are my ancestors. Their daughter , Hannah, Pontus, married John Churchill of which I am a direct descendant. We are the Plymouth, New Eng. Churchills. Am Mayflower, DAR, Daughter of Rev. VII Century and back to Charlegagne. Frances Churchill , fhart0701@aol.com. Very awkward on Internet. Charlemagne spAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-91733809717065292312013-05-18T10:43:42.565-04:002013-05-18T10:43:42.565-04:00Hello, I too am a relative of William Pontus, thro...Hello, I too am a relative of William Pontus, through Mary, Wybra Glass and then Joseph Bumpas. William was my 10th great-grandfather. I have great identification with him as I am an ordained minister who has read many puritan writings with which I have affinity. Reading the biography of John Robinson by Ozora Davis gives you a great understanding of what William's life must have been like. Thanks for the work you have done, it is very interesting.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943933420772003248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-20757737218047396142012-11-04T11:32:23.651-05:002012-11-04T11:32:23.651-05:00Hi Linda: I've never seen anything about Willi...Hi Linda: I've never seen anything about William being a Huguenot, but I'm not sure. His daughter, Mary, married Philip Delano who is said to have been a Huguenot. Chris Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871808068395590865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037326832482088445.post-65246855302620109002012-11-03T20:29:18.946-04:002012-11-03T20:29:18.946-04:00HI....I think I too am related to William Pontus t...HI....I think I too am related to William Pontus thru Hannah marrying into the Churchill family and the line goes into the Harrisons in VA...Do you know if William was a Huguenot? Linda Peyman...best direct at ljp58172@verizon.net <br /><br />ThanksLinda Peymannoreply@blogger.com