Phyllis Ann Boutwell and Eric Gordon Dearborn

Introduction

This site is the result of many thousands of hours of research and data entry. I hope my work will help others find the information they need to break down their brick wall.

Living individuals are searchable - but there is very little data to be seen due to privacy issues. The easiest method to locate someone is using the "search" tab.

Direct line ancestors of mine are marked with * for paternal and ** for maternal. These people have been very researched, vetted and I am confident they are as correct as possible.

I am still working direct line ancestors of my late husband, Eric Gordon Dearborn Sr . If the listing is marked with # for paternal and ## for maternal it has been researched and vetted. If there is no symbol I'm still working on it.

If an entry is marked with an ampersand (&) that person is a direct line for both myself and my husband. There are several families that meet this criteria.

I have entered all of the data from 34 of the Silver Books for the Mayflower passengers and descendants - many of them are relatives in some degree, but certainly not all.

I have entered most of the data from the Great Migration Series, both the original and the second series. Again, many are relatives, many are not.

I have entered most of the data from the book Genealogy of the family of Samborne or Sanborn in England and America 1194-1898, vol 1, by V. Channing Sanborn. There are many, many Sanborns in our lines.

I am currently working on data from the James Savage series. This data is changing a lot of the information I had for the 1600's period of time in the US - it's amazing how much data he was able to obtain given the time frame of these publications!

Spelling, especially going back hundreds of years, is always a challenge. I have tried to use the most common spelling, but sometimes it just is what it is. Always try Soundex and try alternative spellings.

Dates are also a challenge. If I do not have exact dates they are always shown with (est). For many entries I had to use the theory that every generation is considered to be 25 years and have used that math to estimate the dates. The further back you go, the more this may have distorted the data. Any date shown in B.C. is an estimate and is not marked as such. If a birthdate show as "bef" it is almost always a baptismal date. If a wedding date shows as "aft" it is the date the intention was published. For dates before the current Julian calendar (i.e. Gregorian) I have entered those as Julian dates. While this is probably not the best action, I had done this for a long time and changing them now would be a logistical nightmare.

I know that regardless of how careful I think I have been, I'm sure that there are errors of all kinds. I would be very grateful for any corrections you can provide - however, I will only make corrections if you provide the appropriate source material. Grandma's story about her great-uncle makes for fantastic family stories, but are not necessarily valid sources of hard data.

Please feel free to email me at pdearbor@gmail.com for any comments or corrections. I promise I read all of them and will respond wherever possible.