News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    James Convers

    Male Bef 1630 - 1715  (> 84 years)


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    • Name James Convers  [1, 2, 3
      Born Bef Jun 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 1715 
      Notes 
      • Mother may be Jane Clark.

        From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 1: Deacon Edward Convers was on of the select company of Puritans who came from England to this country in the fleet with Winthrop, whose ship, the "Arbella", preceding the other vessels of the fleet, arrived at Salem 12 June 1630, after a stormy passage of sixty-three days. With him came his wife, Sarah, and chilren, Josiah, James, and Mary. They settled first in Charlestown, Mass.

        Inherited with his brothers, his fathers corn mill in Woburn, Massachuetts.
      Person ID I5891  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 28 Mar 2010 

      Father Edward Convers,   b. 30 Jan 1590/91, Wakerly, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1663, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
      Mother Sarah,   d. 14 Jan 1661/62, Wobrun, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Bef Jun 1630 
      Family ID F2212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Anna Long 
      Married 24 Oct 1643 
      Last Modified 28 Mar 2010 
      Family ID F2207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S05433] Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr., Charles Allen Converse, (Eben Putnam, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 1905), page 1.
        ... arrived at Salem 12 June 1630, after a stormy passage of sixty-three days. With him came his wife, Sarah, and children, Josiah, James, and Mary.

      2. [S05433] Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr., Charles Allen Converse, (Eben Putnam, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 1905), page 5.
        In his will he mentions his wife, Sarah; his sons, Josiah, James, and Samuel; Edward, the son of James; his daughter Mary and her chilren by her first marriage;

      3. [S42180] Family History in the Line of Joseph Convers of Bedford, Massachusetts, John Jay Putnam, (F.S. Blanchard & Company; Worchester, MA; 1897.), page 12.
        II --2. James; born in England 1620; died 1715; married Oct. 24, 1643, Anna Long, of Charlestown.