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Historical Highlights

The American Revolution
Our patriot ancestors include:
George Klock (1714-1790)
Judge Jacob G Klock (1738-1814
William Knowlton (1738-1784)
Cornelius Beekman (1733-1790)
Joseph Hall Jr (1757-1831)
Thomas Fournier (1732-1808)

Mayflower Connections
We descend from families that came over on the Mayflower:
John Alden (1599-1687) and his wife Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
John Howland (1593-1672) and his wife Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
and
William Brewster (1567-1644)

Mohawk Indian Heritage
My wife's family comes from Brantford, Ontario. She is able to trace her Mohawk lineage back to Joseph Brant (1743-1807). He was a famous Mohawk Indian chief that sided with the British during the American Revolution.

New France Pioneer
Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) is our French pioneer that was one of the first settlers of Quebec. Him and his wife arrived in New France in 1646. Most people with the Surname Goulet descend from this man.
Past Births
1640 - Madeleine Martin dit Lescossois in Quebec, Canada
1681 - Marie Anne Jared dit Beauregard in Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada
1770 - Marie Bazinet dit Tourblanche in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1783 - Marie Marguerite Goulet in St-Martin, Laval, Quebec, Canada
1791 - Louis Goulet in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
1796 - Herman Heinrich Poelking in Sudlohne, Lohne, Oldenburg, Germany
1802 - Marie Sophie Goulet in Canada
1809 - Charles Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1829 - Margaret A Klock
1830 - Joseph Theophile Goulet in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada
1833 - Frances Jane Spradlin in Fayette, Georgia, USA
1843 - Alfred Goulet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1845 - Rosanah Hime in Pennsylvania
1846 - Marie Odile Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Marie Adelina Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Katharine Friederike Fuder in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1866 - Joseph Eudore Fournier in Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
1866 - Marie Albertine Fournier in Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
1873 - Adelia Sevigny in Quebec, Canada
1874 - Frederick Poyerd in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1878 - Julia Goulet in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1898 - Viola Laura Goulet in Syracuse, New York
1902 - Lucille Laplante in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1905 - Lauretta Goulet in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1907 - Aurelien Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1921 - Minnie Holbert in Center Point, Doddridge, West Virginia
1921 - Raymond Goulet in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA
1923 - Maurice Leo Goulet in Portland, Maine
1923 - Yvette Goulet in Maine
Past Marriages
1654 - Jean Creste and Marguerite Gaulin in Quebec, Canada
1699 - Pierre Lussier and Marguerite Viau in Varennes, Quebec, Canada
1781 - Joseph Hall and Lucy Sears in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1864 - Francois Firmin Goulet and Marie Olympe Tardif in Lambton, Beauce West, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Pierre Andre Goulet and Philomene Boily in Chambord, Quebec, Canada
1897 - Cleophas Bourret and Alphonsi Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1904 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Elmire Metivier in Sts Anges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1904 - Lucippe Goulet and Rose Lambert in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1909 - Sinaie Lambert and Malvina Labonte in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
1909 - Charles Leclerc and Valdeda Bedard in Roberval, Quebec, Canada
Past Deaths
1687 - Marie L'Herault in Quebec, Canada
1690 - Francoise Loiselle in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1690 - Toussaint Huneau dit Deschamps in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1749 - Marie Catherine Charlotte Vaudry Beaudry in Lachenaie, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada
1754 - Marguerite Blouard in St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency, L'Île-d'Orléans, Capitale-Nationale, Québec Province, Canada
1805 - Francois Goulet in St Augustin, Quebec, Canada
1837 - Marie Constance Goulet in St Stanislas, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Joseph Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Sheldon Klock
1870 - Elzear Goulet in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1896 - Ida Morellis Cutler
1918 - Victoria Bekas in Eloise, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
1945 - Apolline Labrocque
1979 - George Goulet in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1992 - Marie Denise Gobeil in Ste Anne, Manitoba
1992 - Marie Antoinette Goulet
1998 - J Oliva Valliere in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2010 - Lawrence Louis Berry in Howell, MI
Mary Elizabeth
Full Name | Mary Elizabeth |
Date of Birth | 1792 |
Place of Birth | North Carolina, USA |
Father | Unknown Unknown |
Mother | Unknown Unknown |
Spouse | Hardy Bentley |
Date of Marriage | Unknown |
Place of Marriage | Unknown |
Children | John Alexander Bentley |
Date of Death | 13 Mar 1857 |
Place of Death | Haywood County, Tennessee, USA |
Fact: Birth
Date: 1792
Place: North Carolina, USA
Fact: Death
Date: 13 Mar 1857
Place: Haywood County, Tennessee, USA