James Penniman (1600-1664) married Lydia Eliot and immigrated from England to Boston, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan and elsewhere.

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During America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canadian border, as international tensions prompted Thomas Jefferson to ban American exports to France and Great Britain. Some Vermonters turned to smuggling. Federal seizure of a boat called the "Black Snake" went deadly wrong--three men were killed that day, and another died later in the state's first hanging execution. The outbreak of the War of 1812 brought thousands of troops, along with drunkenness, disease and a general disregard of civil rights, including the imposition of extra-legal military trials. Using his extensive knowledge of the law, author Gary Shattuck sheds new light on this riotous era.

Ancestors include: Ephraim Kempton (1591-1645) of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England and Scituate, Massachusetts -- Richard Cutting (1621/2-1695/6) of Great Bromley, Essex, England and Watertown, Massachusetts.

Frances Maria Goodman was born 28 July 1829 in Boston. Her parents were William Goodman and Margaret Adams. Her grandparents were Moses Goodman, Amy Seymour, Samuel Adams and Margaret Austin. She married Learner Blackman Harrison in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in England, New England and Virginia.