The Hereditary Society of Teachers

Ancestors

As membership is approved, we will be posting the names and home states of the ancestors who helped found our Nation with “readin’, writin’ and ‘rithmatic”. Please check back often.

ANCESTORS and MEMBERS VERIFIED AS TEACHERS AS OF

August 2023

(dates of life span given for deceased ancestors)

17TH Century (1600’s)

1. Bradbury, Thomas (1610-695) MA
2. Bower(s), John (1629/30-1687) CT
3. Brackett, Richard (1610-1690) Plymouth
4. Bulkeley, Hon. Peter (1640/1-1688) MA
5. Bulkeley, Rev. Peter (1582/3-1658/9) MA
6. Cary, John (1610-1681) Plymouth
7. Catlin, John ( -1704) New Jersey
8. Dunster, Henry (1609-1658) MA
9. Nathaniel Eaton (1609-1674) MA
10. Epes, Col. Daniel (1649-1772) MA
11. Frame, Thomas (1650-1705) Mass. Bay
12. Garner, John (1633-1710) VA
13. Hall, John (1646-1708) CT
14. Hicks, Margaret (d. 1665/6) MA
15. Higginson, Rev. Francis (1588-1630) MA
16. Higginson, Rev. John (1616 – 1708) CT
17. Daniel Mason (1652-1736/7) CT
18. Munson, Samuel (1643-1693) CT
19. Pardee, George (1623/4-1700) CT
20. Perkins, William (1607-1682) MA
21. Pitkin, William, Sr. (1635-1694) CT
22. Portmort, Philemon (1598-1679) MA
23. Provoust, David (1608 – 1675) New Amsterdam
24. Riggs, Thomas (1633-1722) MA
25. Shove, Rev. Seth (1667-1735) MA/CT
26. Stone, Samuel (1646-1708) CT – Not a School Teacher–a Church Teacher*
27. Street, Nicholas (1603 – 1674) Plymouth – Not a School Teacher–a Church Teacher*
28. Symmes, Rev Zachariah (1599-1681) MA
29. Tucker, Morris (1640-1711) Mass. Bay
30. Turpin, William (d 1709) RI
31. Whaley, Theophilus, (1616 – 1720) RI
32. Wheelock, Ralph (1600-1681) Mass. Bay
33. Wetherall, William (ca 1630-1719) MA

18th Century (1700’s)

1. Amweg, John Michael (1705-1779) PA
2. Bates, Henry (1690-1770) CT
3. Benton, James M. (1784-1849) TN
4. Bessellieu, Mark Anthony (c1720-1765) SC
5. Caldwell, Joseph (1724-7 – 1811) NH
6. Cossitt, Rene (c1690-1752) CT
7. Eakins, Joseph (c1762/7-1805) NC
8. Fontaine, Frances (1697 – 1749) VA
9. Col. Joshua Fry (1699-1754) VA
10. Higley, Katherine (1679-1740/41) MA
11. Hill, Caroline ( ) VA
12. Hunt, Samuel (1681/2-1729/30) Mass. Bay
13. Matthews, Darius (1766-1819) CT/VT
14. Walter Moore (1693-1782) MD
15. Melson, William A. (1821-1903) GA
16. Perley, Thomas (1669 – 1745) MA
17. Plumley, Abigail Preston (1726-1814) MA
18. Rigby, James (d. 1801) PA
19. Skinner, Thomas (1668 – 1758) MA
20. Timberlake, Francis (1758-1830) NC [2]
21. Vermeule, Adrian (1666 – 1735) NJ
22. Warner, Wettenhall (1736-1818) SC [3]
23. White, Thomas (1701-1763) MA
24. Willson, John (1701-1733) VA

18th and 19th Centuries

1. Albert, Joseph (1758-1811) GA

19th Century (1800’s)

1. Adams, Alma Fidelia (1864 – 1943) VT
2. Barber, Hester Ann Boykin (1825-1895) MS
3. Barlow, Alfred (1795 – 1870) PA
4. Barton, Lavinia (1839-1922) LA
5. Berryman, Jerome Causin (1810-1902) Indian Territory (KS)
6. Blakely, Abraham (1811-1864) OH
7. Blakely, Huldah Derry (1813-1894) KS
8. Bone, Josiah Nelson (1852-1937) NC
9. Buxton, Henry Eliud (1839-1912) MI
10. Cain, William Franklin (1818-1862) MS [2]
11. Chenoweth, Nathan R. (1857-1931) IN
12. Clement, Ellenor Osborn (1860-1939) NJ
13. Colgate, Asaph (1765-1855) VA
14. Comerford, Roberta Anne (1967 – ) NY
15. Cox, Elizabeth Marie King (1860-1938) NE
16. Cullen, Laura Josephine Preston (1861-1912) WI
17. Cummints, Julia Ann (1838-1930) IA
18. Daniels, Richard (1802 – 1868) LA
19. Dann, Nancy Maria Beers (1837-1867) NY
20. Fenn, Ambrose Joseph (1847-1931) CT
21. Freeman, Nathaniel (c1795-bf 1850) PA
22. Freeman, Martha (Mattie) Elva (1877-1943) IA
23. Fry, Joshua (1760-1839) KY
24. Gambrell, John Newton (1864-1931) TX
25. Garvin, Rev. James Stewart (1850-1937) PA
26. Hatcher, James Fulton (1837-1901) AL/AR
27. Hazel, Caleb (1756 – 1833) KY
28. Heales, Eliza A. Follett (c1850-1900) IA
29. Hendrick, Bernard Calvin (1836-1898) KY/TX
30. Hepfer, Clarence (1875-1940) IL
31. Holmes, John (1820 – 1896) OH
32. Howard, Sarah Irene Martin (1841-1931) MN
33. Johnson, Levi (1818-1900) IN
34. Johnson, William (1818 – 1901) TX
35. Kean, John Vaughan (ca 1803 – 1876) VA
36. Kiersted, Benjamin Martin Adams (1874- ?) NY
37. King, Peter C. (1845-1934) IA
38. Kirkendall, Margarette M. (1839 – 1914) IA
39. Lee, Olive Wheat (1802-1880) NY
40. Logan, Caleb Wallace (1819 – 1864) KY
41. Prudence Brattle Mabee (1916 – 2001) NY
42. Marshall, Dr. Louis (1773-1866) KY
43. McCloskey, William Tipton (1840-1901) PA
44. Martin, John (1773-1855) IN
45. Morgan, Benjamin (1753-1830) NC
46. Morgan, William (1700-1847) TN [3]
47. Morse, James Madison (1836-1887) IL
48. Ogilvy, Clara Jane Blakely (1852-1926) KS
49. Olds, Lovica Bartlett Hamilton Swarthout (1818 – 1891) IL
50. Patterson, George A. (1814-aft 1870) KY
51. Payne, Zebulon (1812-1886), TN
52. Phipps, Jacob (1795-1848), PA
53. Pinkerton, David (1789 – 1853) IL
54. Porter, Rev. Thomas (1788-1839) KY
55. Powell, Martha (1805-1851) GA
56. Sackett, Julia Cecelia (1873-1911) NY
57. Smith, Alice Emmiline Harmom (1828 – 1915) NY
58. Swisher, Silas Newton (1848-1929) WV
59. Sutherland, Andrew R. (1843-1897) NY
60. Teague, Lyman Wheelock (1853-1927) OH
61. Turnbull, Duncan R. (c1795-1836) MD
62. Wells, James Sullivan (1805-1891) MD
63. Weston, Cynthia S. (1825-1872) WI
64. Whitefield, William A. (1798 – 1857) NC
65. Wilson, Mahala Elizabeth Gooding (1857 – 1942) SC
66. Young, Calvin Berry (1859-1941) ME [2]

19th and 20th Centuries

1. Clement, Richard (1861-1922) NJ
2. Emerson, Byron Todd (1875-1951) MN
3. Harbaugh, George Frederick (1856-1931) IN
4. Roth, Harriet (1877-1951) MN
5. Walker, Fletcher Walker (1873 – 1959) IL
6. Hendrick, Nellie Wilcox (1879 – 1956) MI/IL

20th Century (1900’s)

1. Abernathy, Jo Ann Lewis (1934 -) GA
2. Alexander, Eva Ruth Pereboom (1897-1977) WY
3. Alexander, Joseph Dalry (1899-1962) TX
4. Baird, Betty Jane Blake, NC
5. Bandy, Elizabeth Strawn (1926-1993) GA
6. Bauknight, Pinckney Milton (1879 – 1972) FL
7. Black, Eda Lois (1888-1951) IL
8. Boese, Charles Ray (1938 – 2017) IL
9. Boultbee, Alice Annette (1902-1986) MA
10. Bourne, Jane Mackintosh (1901-1999) NJ
11. Blakely, Huldah Derry (1813-1894) KS
12. Breedlove, Billie Foutch (1928 – ) MS
13. Brooks, Norma Jeanette Sander (1926-2019) NY
14. Brown, Jennie Helen (1908-1984) IA
15. Burton, Ona May Rathbun (1902-1985) OK
16. Cain, Joseph Hillard, Sr. (1892-1962) MS
17. Caldicott, Laura Leigh Long, IL
18. Caldwell, Mildred Sweeney (1881-1966) KY
19. Cannon, Winnie Lee Day TX (1899 – 1958)
20. Carr, Forrest Praul (1885-1983) PA
21. Carr, Margaret Alice Long Ries (1947 – ) MO
22. Chaffin, Milbra Lee Spivey Chaffin (1919-2011) TN
23. Clark, Laura Elizabeth Stewart (1915-2005) AL
24. Clegg, Villa (1885 – 1980) IA
25. Clement, Elinor Richardson (1893-1940) NJ
26. Coan, Maurene Gayle Mast, IL
27. Cook, Ida Mae Sullivan (1891-1970) KS
28. Cox, Joe Burton, Sr. (1905-1995), TX
29. Craig, Frankie Celeste Steven Smith (1928-2016) TX
30. Cullen, Harold Dempster (1882-1962) AL
31. Cunningham, Constance Threatte (1923 – 2000) GA
32. Davidson, John Bunyan (1915 – 2003) TX
33. Deviney, Esther Lee Gambrell (1902-2005) TX
34. Deviney, Marvin Lee, Sr. (1895-1967) TX
35. Donnelly, Kathryn Supan (1902-1981) IL
36. Downing, Janet Lewis, WA
37. Eaton, Laura Mae Van Valkenburg (1893-1980) NY [2]
38. Eck, Mary Esther Deviney, TX
39. Eide, Bernice Lillian (1912-1996) NY
40. Ensminger, Mary Ann Sieverts, MD
41. Etheridge, Anne Phillips (1942 – 2009) GA
42. Farr, Mildred Clara (1884-1965) VT
43. Fender, Thelma Ennis Shepherd (1914-1998) NC
44. Fields, Thelma Nelson (1907-2002) GA
45. Finch, Jennnie Frances (1881-1928) OH
46. Foutch, William Repsie (1901-1981) TN
47. Griffith, James William (1922 – 2008) TX
48. Halterman, Wilma Wadsworth, NE
49. Hawn, Elizabeth L. Warnebold Allen (1930 – ) MO
50. Heil, Jo Ellen (1954 – ) CA
51. Heil, Samuel (1926 – 2011) CA
52. Hendrick, Helen Bartholomew (1906-1982) TX
53. Hepfer, Ida Ruth (1907-1999) IL
54. Holland, Margaret Ronayne (1889-1975) SD
55. Hoyt, Mary Margaret Stewart Hoyt (1894-1984) KS
56. Hughes, Perry B. (1871-1944) AL
57. Ingwersen, Mabel Esta Smith (1908 – 1990) IA
58. Johnson, Gertrude Mae King (1905-1983) NC [2]
59. Cook, Ida Mae Sullivan (1891-1970) KS
60. Jones, Lawrence Martin (1902-1988) MN
61. Jones, Mildred Evelyn Hallberg (1906-1967) MN
62. Jones, Vernie Mayhue (1898-1984) AR
63. Kelly, Dennis Edward III NJ
64. Kelly, Theresa Ann Daiuto NJ
65. Krise, William A. (1838-1920), PA
66. Lange, Rose King (1904-1984) OK
67. Ledebuhr, Delta K Hainbecker (1892-1966) MI
68. Lee, Wilton Anthony (1915 – 1988) SC
69. Lewis, Mary Ruth Goodman (1908-1978) AL & GA
70. Lewis, Muriel Morris (1911-1992) Philippines (US Territory)
71. Little, June Elizabeth Blackwood (1912-1973) VT
72. Long, Jessica Alice Broadstone (1895 – 1976) IL
73. Long, Marilynn Alice Mast (1940 – ), IL [2]
74. McElroy, Enid McKinley (1909-2002) IL
75. Maddox, Dorothy Mary McKinley (1917-2003) KY/TN
76. Mather, Prudence Brattle (1916 – 2001) NY
77. May, Mary Elizabeth White Pickard, NC
78. McClen, Susan Fenn (1896-1973) CT
79. Mitchell, Myrtle Esther (1880-1981) IN
80. Miller, Ellen Irene Fisher (1901 – 1965) OH
81. Mills, Henrietta Rosaline Wiek (1909-1986) WV [4]
82. Moore, Ann Fellows (1934 -), CO
83. Moore, Barbara Carmen Brewer McArthur Hall (1925-1995) NC [2]
84. Morris, Louise Ogilvy (1881-1943) KS
85. Morse, Catherine Mitchell (1910-1987) TX
86. Nathan, Charles Samuel (1928-2015) NY
87. Nathan, Rev. Bruce Adrian (1954 – ) IN
88. Newman, Clifton B. (1926 – ) KY
89. Nielsen, Alex Jerome (1922 – 2014) CA
90. Osborn, Myrtle Effie (1899-1927) VA
91. Owen, Lucille Harris (1915-2000) NC
92. Parker, Marilyn Joan (1935 – 1994) KS
93. Perkins, Charlotte May Webb (1903-1988) NH
94. Perry, Rena Waldron Hook (1901-1993) SD
95. Phillips, Anna Elizabeth ( 1904-1994) GA
96. Pogoloff, Boris (1931-1989) NJ
97. Prichard, Joe White (1915-2002) TN
98. Raywalt, Emily Jane MacIntyre Erickson (1885-1938) ND
99. Resch, Florence Magdalena Zeltinger (1907 – 2002) ND
100. Roberts, Ethel Marie (1911 – 1997) IL
101. Rochelle, Carolyn Jane Musser (1938-2021) VA MD
102. Roundtree, Virginia Lou (Speck) (Virgil) (1928 – 2013) OK
103. Rowland, Estelle Marie Downing (1893-1981) WA
104. Schenk, C. Perry, MN
105. Shenefield, Margaret Sue (1930-2013) OH
106. Sieverts, Bernard Louis Christian (1908-1968) MD
107. Sieverts, Kathryn Luella Wentz (1915-2007) MD
108. Sims, Sheryl Elise (1909-1971) LA
109. Smith, Mervin (1911-1985) TX
110. Nadine LaRue Hunter Smith, LA
111. Spivey, Patrick Hagan (1896-1959) VA
112. Stockwell, Herbert Grant (1866-1937) PA
113. Strawn, Eme Adeline Holland (1904-1996) GA
114. Thompson, Effie Florence Avent (1882-1961) NC
115. Thornton, Cynthia Lena Cantrell (1919-1978) AR
116. Utley, Alfred Ray (1936- ) AK
117. Virgil, Kenneth W (1952 – ) TX
118. Walker, Shirley Bloodworth (1929-2009) GA
119. Wadsworth, Grace Odgen (1900-1994) IA
120. Webster, Dorothy Kilmer (1907-1973) NY
121. Wells, Sallie Newsome (1898-1982) GA
122. Wenzel, Harold Audrian (1924-1997) AZ
123. White, Mary Elizabeth Eakins (1904-1997) NC
124. Whitmore, Shirley Ann Tompkins (1938 – ) FL
125. Whitmore, Warren Fredrick (1930 – ) IN
126. Whitt, Sarah Johnson (1900-1983) OH/KY
127. Zimmerman, Martha Rosenberger (1939- ) IL
128. Zachariah, Josephine A. (1897-1987) MI
129. Hendrick, Edward Livius (1874 – 1926) MI/IL

20th and 21st Century

1. Boese, Kent Charles (1964 – ) IL
2. Cain, Jonathan Walker (1977 – ), VA
3. Coan, Maurene Gayle Mast (1946 – ), IL
4. Comerford, Marilee Diane Stas (1946 -) NY
5. Gilham, Sylvia Bentley (1958 – ) CA
6. Hayes, Sonja Jean Saether (1941 – ) IL
7. Hurford, Martha Darlene Clary (1955 – living in 2017) TX
8. Idenden, John Edward (1947 – ), NJ
9. Martin, Jacqueline Sue, IN
10. Pamela E. Martin (1953 – )
11. Nathan, Dr. Joan Louise Graham (1955 – ) NY
12. Roberts, Bonnie Davine Moore (1943 – ), FL
13. Routt, Thomas Earl (1950 – ) TX
14. Steele, Karen Elizabeth Hinson ( 1966 – ) MD
15. Whisman, Diana L. (1957 – 2016) KY

21st Century (2000’s)

1. Comerford, Roberta Anne (1967- ) NY
2. Gilham, Jr., Douglas James (1992 – ) CA
3. Gilham, Sr., Douglas James (1956 – ) CA
4. Hanley, Neal James ( 1955 – ) KS
5. Henderson, Suzan Yvonne Hoffman (1970 -) TX
6. Hicks, Deborah Ann Whitmore (1958 – ) LA
7. Patterson, William Roland (1977- ) VA
8. Teague, Barbara Elaine (1949 – ) IL
9. Smith, Matthew Thaddeus (1984 – ) DC
10. Virgil, Casey L. (1989 – ) AZ
11. Ware, Shelley Louise (1975 – ) CA

*Not Eligible