Reminder for those of you in the area: The Genealogical Society of Marion County's Annual Conference will be held on Saturday, November 16 at the Indiana History Center, in partnership with the Indiana Historical Society. This year's program: Photographic History, Preservation and Archiving" with Joan Hostetler. For details visit http://genealogyindy.org/
The bulk of the remaining families allied to the Simmons-Jennison branch of Mom's family came from various shires in England and settled in Massachusetts. Down the line their descendants married into the previously mentioned families. A few still remain a mystery as to their country of origin. Two, although based in Massachusetts, deserve mention:
Nourse/Nurse - Towne: The Townes hailed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The Nurse family was from Yarmouth, Bristol, England. Rebecca Towne and Francis Nurse married in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1644. They had the misfortune of residing in Salem Village in 1692 and being on the wrong side of local church politics. Rebecca was wrongly accused of witchcraft, but faced the gallows anyway. Her descendants found their way west.
MacCallum/Callum: Micam (Malcolm) MacCallam was a patriotic young Scot captured by Cromwell's Army at the Battle of Dunbar in December of 1650. Cromwell shipped a sizable number of his prisoners to the Saugus Iron Works near Lynn, Massachusetts in early 1651. The Scots became indentured servants there. Micam had earned his freedom by 1655. He added a few drops of Scots blood to the family's westward movement.
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