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CONVERSE Connections
      CONVERSE CONNECTIONS
    Sept 11, 2001

      DEACON EDWARD CONVERS

      and his descendants
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      Immigrant Ancestor
      of the CONVERSE families
      of America

      As you look toward the future,
      always remember the treasures of our past.
      Every generation stands on the shoulders
      of the generations that came before.
      Jealousy guard the values and principles
      of our heritage, They did not come easy.
      - Ronald Reagan

      In Memoriam
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      Deacon Edward Convers

      Born Wakerly, County of Northampton, England, January 30, 1590
      Landed Salem, Mass. June 12, 1630
      In Company of Governor Winthop
      Died Woburn, Mass. August 10, 1663
      Founder City of Woburn, Mass.
      and First Church, Woburn.
      Forefather of The Converse Family in America
      Erected In His Memory By His descendants
      The Converse Family In America - 1961

      (Epitahs - First Burial Ground, Woburn, Massachussetts)


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      Edward Converse House - 1640
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      Historical Marker - First House Built in Woburn, MA





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      Crossing over the Converse Bridge
      to the site where the Converse Mill would have been
      and further upstream to Park built around Mill Pond
      Contributed by Hal Whitmore


      Rev. War Plaque
      W. Thompson CT Cemetery
      Click above

      Woburn, Massachusetts Site
      Ye Olde Woburn

      Thanks for sharing, Toni

      Welcome all Converse researchers!!

      This site is dedicated to all descendants of Deacon Edward Convers, who immigrated to America in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet and settled in Charlestown and Woburn, Mass.


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      St. Thomas Church and Cemetery
      Navestock, England

      Where Edward Convers was baptized - taken by Hal Whitmore July 2005
      Genealogy of
      The Converse Family and Allied Families

      Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of
      Samuel Convers, Jr. and Major James Converse

      by Charles Allen Converse - 1905

      Click Here for INDEX

      Descendants of Deacon EDWARD CONVERS
      World Connect

      Ongoing databases of several Converse researchers. Use Rootsweb search engine to find Deacon Edward Converse listings.

      Different versions, plus sources cited
      Descendants of Allin Convers
      Allin is the probable brother to Deacon Edward Convers.
      Family Record
      Deacons James W. Converse
      Elisha S. Converse

      by Wm. G. Hill - 1887
      Family History
      Joseph Convers of Bedford
      Massachusetts, 1739 - 1828

      John Jay Putnam 1897
      The English Origin and Ancestry of The Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker
      Wife of Edward Converse

      by Doug Richardson
      As published in the NEHGS Register, Vol. 153 - January, 1999, No. 609
      The Road to Royalty is Broken
      by Robert J. Kurtz - 1998
      A different theory of the Converse Ancestry
      Abstracted from
      The Great Migration Begins
      by Robert Anderson - NEHGS Boston 1995 Vol. 1 A-F
      Deacon Edward Convers
      Research Notes/Theory
      July 2005 European Research Notes
      for Deacon Edward Convers

      By Hal Whitmore



      BIBLE


      BIOGRAPHIES
      Madison County OH Bios


      CENSUS


      CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS

      TOMBSTONE PHOTOS

      OBITS

       DIARY
      Sarah Grandey Converse
      1894 & 1891
      PHOTO ALBUM
      Can you Identify these Converse Photos?


      CHURCH
      Records of the First Congregational Church of Putnam, CT



      COUNTY HISTORIES// SOURCES
      Northamptonshire Record Office Sources

      LETTERS
      Wm P Converse to Jas H DeGrange

      WILLS

      Probate Index - Woburn, Mass.

      LAND
      Jeremiah & Howard Converse
      Madison Co OH

      MILITARY RECORDS
      CW Diary of Wm F Converse
      Letter from Wm F Converse
      (in Libby Prison, Civil War) to Esther Converse, his sister.

      VITAL RECORDS
      Births, Deaths, Marriages
      MISC

      "VT Warnings Out"
      Grace Converse Book

      QUERIES
      Post your Converse Query

      LINKS
        Amherst College Biographical Record Converse surname
        Descendants of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins Converse Connection
        The Political Graveyard Converse listings
        Windham County, Conn. USGenWeb Site
        Addison County, Vermont USGenWeb Site
        Killingly, Conn. USGenWeb Site
        Thompson, Conn. USGenWeb Site
        Jay Cary's Converse Connection
        My Family Genealogy inc my Converse direct ancestors
        Vanderhoof and Converse Cemetery Pics  Debra Arnison-Sutton Site
        Stones and Stories with Sandy  Some Converse Tombstone Photos, Also see Converse Tombstone Photos Link above. Thanks, Sandy!!
        The Genealogy Register

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