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Descendants Of Roger Terrill of Milford, Connecticut, a collaborative effort to gather and share information on the Roger and Abigail (Ufford) Terrill family through the generations, is now in Phase 2.
Our goals are still to accurately document and preserve Roger Terrill family history, and to continue the search for Roger’s origins. In phase 1, which began in May of 2009, we put up on this web site a large number of records pertaining to Roger and Abigail and their children. In phase 2, while continuing to add records for Roger and Abigail’s descendants, we will intensify the search for Roger’s origins in England.
Much has already been written about Roger’s origins, and much about his early life in New England, but most of this is undocumented and some is contradictory. DOR plans to start from a solid foundation, based on primary records, to see where we can go from there. It won’t be easy to sort everything out and build anew. We invite you to follow our efforts, or join us in the venture!
All for the best, . . . . . (posted 29 August 2009)
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. Conrad W. Terrill This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Thomas2 line) |
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. Nancy Tyrrel Theodore This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (John2 line) |
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A new and promising
Possible Roger1!
DOR-Terrill has learned of a new Roger1 Terrill possibility, one baptized 9 Nov. 1620 at St Magnus The Martyr parish, at the London Bridge entrance to London. He was a son of Roger Terrill born 1592 (in Petersfield, Hampshire) and Hellen Layton. This new possibility stands out because he would have been about the same age as Abigail Ufford. We’re assuming at present that Abigail was born around 1621, and that Roger1 and she married around 1640, when this new Roger would have been 20, and Abigail about 19. This new Roger would have been 62 in 1682, which is about when our Roger1 died. So he’s a good possibility. Our primary concern right now is whether it was he, or his father, who was buried in St Mary Whitechapel parish (East End) on 14 July 1625. It is proving difficult to find out. If we could show that this new Roger was our Roger1, we would then know our Roger1’s ancestry back another three generations. In the process of trying to find out about him we’ve learned a lot about his father (Roger b. 1592). If you're a member of DOR-Terrill click here to see all the latest research results.
Mayor Roger Tirrell of Petersfield, Southampton, England We don’t know yet if Roger Tirrell bapt. 1620 was our Roger1, but we do know that his grandfather was a tanner of Petersfield, county Southampton (now Hampshire), who served stints there as burgess and mayor. If you're a member of DOR-Terrill, click here to read the story of his trials and tribulations. |
A new look at our earliest
Roger Terrill record
DOR-Terrill has a new interpretation of the list of nine men presented on the first page of Milford land records, dated 20 Nov. 1639. We believe that these young men were chosen to lay out the new town of Milford. This realization came soon after the discovery last fall of a new possibility for our Roger1, one baptized in 1620. He would have been 19 in November of 1639, which seems too young for him to have been admitted as a Milford planter. Noticing, however, that others on the list of nine were younger yet we decided to see if we could determine if all on the list of nine were young. Click here to read more, including the results of our study. Postscript: Milford historian Richard N. Platt Jr. has informed us that he has Lambert’s own annotated copy of his 1838 History of the Colony of New Haven ..., and the annotation indicates that Lambert became uncertain, soon after publishing, of his interpretation of the 1639 list of nine. Click here to read more ...
Roger Terrell in the 1624/5 Ossulstone hundred subsidy roll The puzzle of why the name Roger Terrill is not on the 1621 Ossulstone hundred subsidy roll has finally been resolved. As expected, Charles E. Banks had misled us, and it is the 1624/5 roll on which the name actually appears. We've now learned a little more about this Roger Tirrell, who was baptized in Petersfield parish, county Southampton, in 1592. Click here to read more ... (Pictures added 16 Aug. 2011) |
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Register with DOR-Terrill When you join our web site you’ll see additional tabs along the top, and additional menus on the right. Presently, the additional tabs take you to our Research section (where you can read about current research projects), YDNA Roger (focussed on our genetic genealogical research), and DOR1 (which contains all the newsletters from NTT’s original Descendants of Roger Terrill society, from 1989 to 1995). The most useful additional menu on the right is the Member Menu, which you can use to leap to our online Library, to our Old Pictures section (which now contains pictures of tombstones too), to our Bible Records, Etc. section, and to our Members Area (which allows members to exchange information). Lastly, we notify all members (by email) of significant new developments.
Roger Terrill Articles A new look at our earliest Roger Terrill record The 1639, 1643 and 1646 Lists of Milford Free Planters Milford First Congregational Church Records - Vol. I, 1639-1837 Milford land records for Roger1 Terrill Roger Terrill stands up before the Court on behalf of his brother-in-law Roger1 Terrill's Sons — by Deed We Shall Know You Looking at Roger's inventory.....
Other Articles Our Roger's Tree section contains most of our articles and records, tucked away in a descendant tree filing system, starting from Roger1. Check the Site Guide for more detail, and try our Search this web site menu, at top right, to find articles of interest.
Bible Records (Etc.) Wanted If you’ve been wondering how to share those old family Bible records with others who might be vitally interested, you can do it by sending us photocopies. Contact Conrad. Other old records are welcome, too. |
FTDNA Terrell Surname Project
DOR-Terrill is a major participant in the Family Tree DNA Terrell Surname Project. Other Terrell lines are participating too. The aim of this project is to sort out all the “Terrell” lines throughout the world using yDNA genetic genealogy. DOR-Terrill, using this project, has already homed in on Roger’s yDNA, to 67 markers. We’re now working on identification of branches, and on connecting to Roger’s ancestors. Our YDNA Roger page presents all the details. If you don’t know if you’re a descendant of Roger, you can find out by getting tested through the Terrell Surname Project. If you’re not a descendant of Roger you might find out what Terrell line you actually belong to. The project is growing fast.
New on DOR Postscript to “A new look at our earliest Roger Terrill record,” by CWT & NTT, Aug. 2011 Roger Terrell in the 1624/5 Ossulstone hundred subsidy roll, by CWT & NTT, Jul. 2011 A new look at our earliest Roger Terrill record, by CWT & NTT, Jun. 2011. John Terrill of Brookhaven and Lyme, CT: An Update, by Edward H. L. Smith III, 1998 (an addendum to Samuel Terrill of Easthampton and Brookhaven: Colonial Blacksmith, by Audrey Terrill MacLellan, 1996, and incorporated in that article) Added May 2011 War of 1812 Pension Application Index, Terrel thru Tyrrell, with Widow's Pension Documentation for Philander6 Turrell, by NTT, May 2011
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New for Members Old Pictures: Tombstones of Samuel5 Tyrel (1758-1834) and Eunice Tyrel (1762-1842) (added Jan. 2012) Bible Records, Etc.: My Ancestry, from the diary of Adam Thompson Terrell (1818-1842), by Elizabeth Paullin Terrell, Dec. 2011 Bible Records, Etc.: Bible records for Samuel5 (Ezra4-3, Roger2-1) & Eunice Tyrel family, by CWT, Nov. 2011 Old Pictures: Tombstone of Ichabod5 Terrel d. 1825 (added Nov. 2011) The DOR YDNA Roger STR tree, by CWT, Sep. 2011 A yDNA Terry-Terrill Connection — part 2, by CWT, July 2011 Mayor Roger Tirrell of Petersfield, Southampton, England, by NTT, Jun. 2011. A yDNA Terry-Terrill Connection, by CWT, May 2011. [continued in]
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