Relatives of Michael Anthony Horne

Jason John /Champlin/
      Sex: M
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          Birth: 23 Sep 1972 - Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan ³⁸
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          Death: 9 Apr 1991 - Mesa, , Arizona ³⁸
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         Father: Jay Christopher /Champlin/ 
         Mother: Loretta Dee /Phillips/ 
Jay /Champlin/
      Sex: M
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         Father: Scott Edmund /Champlin/ 
         Mother: Jane /McClosky/ 
Jay Christopher /Champlin/
      Sex: M
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         Father: James Clemens /Champlin/ 
         Mother: Beverley Ann /Sutherland/ 
Spouses and Children
1. *Loretta Dee /Phillips/
       Children:
                1. Shawn Marie /Champlin/
                2. Jason John /Champlin/ (1972-1991) ³⁸
Jeffrey /Champlin/
      Sex: M
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          Birth: 1704 ³⁶^,37^,38
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         Father: William /Champlin/ Jr. (1677-1746) ³⁶^,37^,38 
         Mother: Mary /Clarke/ (1680-1760) ³⁶^,37^,38 
Jeffrey /Champlin/ Jr.
      Sex: M
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          Birth: 1650 - Newport, , Rhode Island ³⁷^,38^,194
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         Father: Jeffrey /Champlin/ Sr. (Abt 1621-Between 1688) ³⁷^,38^,194 
         Mother: Eulalia Vladi /Garde/ (1632-1656) ³⁷^,38^,194 
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1. *Susannah /Long/ (       -       ) ³⁷^,38^,39 
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                1. Jeffrey /Champlin/ III (      -      ) ³⁷^,38^,194
Jeffrey /Champlin/ Sr.
      Sex: M
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          Birth: Abt 1621 - Bideford (Devonshire) , England ³⁷^,38^,194
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          Death: Between 1688 and 1695 - Westerly, , Rhode Island ³⁷^,38^,194
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         Father: /Champlin/ (      -      ) ³⁷^,38^,194 
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1. *Eulalia Vladi /Garde/ (5 Feb 1632 - 1656-1657) ³⁷^,38^,194 
       Marriage: 1649-1650 ³⁷^,38^,194
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                1. Jeffrey /Champlin/ Jr. (1650-      ) ³⁷^,38^,194
                2. William /Champlin/ Sr. (1654-1715) ³⁷^,38^,39
                3. Christopher /Champlin/ (1656-      ) ³⁷^,38^,194
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General:

He is believed to have been buried with his son William in the family cemetery located on William's farm. This burial ground is known today as the Westerly Historical Cemetery #03 and/or the Wilcox Lot. The long abandoned cemetery is located in the midst of a tangled stand of bull briars along the south side of Shore Road between Westerly and Dunn's Corners. On May 5, 1995 I located this burial ground. There were many small unmarked stones scattered throughout the all but impenetrable bull briars, which made it impossible to get near most of them at that time of year. William's stone, which was made of shale, was found and a faint inscription was still readable. Other stones bore even fainter inscriptions and were usually surrounded by several other stones that appeared to be nothing more than odd shaped rocks jutting out of the ground.

During the American Revolution, many of the early vital records of Rhode Island were destroyed by fire. Other records were removed by the British and sent to New York for safe keeping. The ship that was used to transport these records sank in New York harbor before its cargo could be unloaded. Eventually, some of these vital records were recovered but most were no longer readable.

The last known recorded mention of Jeffrey during his lifetime was made in 1688. In 1695, his eldest son (Jeffrey) refers to his father in a document confirming a deed by saying: "Know all men by these presents that I, Jeffrey Champlin of Kingstown do own and acknowledge that my brother William Champlin and Brother Christopher Champlin have full power to dispose of that house and hundred akers of land which was my dissesed father's - - which Lyes in westerle for acknowledgement hereunto I have set my hand in the yeare 1695, December ye 6th".

It is not known how Jeffrey came to the New World (or when), but there are reports that he was in Boston as early as 1627. The first white settlement on Aquidneck was established in March of 1638 on the north end of that island. The settlement was called "Pocasset" until 1640 when it was renamed "Portsmouth" - the name it retains to this day.

Jeffrey was registered as an inhabitant of Newport on November 24, 1639, was made a Freeman there on September 14, 1640 and granted 10 acres of land. That same year, the Pocasset and Newport settlements united upon the libertarian rules of Pocasset and William Coddington was made the Colony's first governor. His name also appears on the roll of Freemen in 1641 and 1655.

At Newport, Jeffrey engaged in the buying and selling of property and was thought to have become a cordwainer. Cordwainers were leather workers who made use of cordovan (a soft, colored leather usually made of sheep, goat or dog skin, or split horse hide) to design and make custom made shoes. This was considered to be a pre-eminent profession in those days.

In the "Colonial and Land Records" the following account of Jeffrey's acquisition of land is given: "Whereas, according to certain orders, made for the Establishing and giving Assurance of the Land, Be it known, Therefore that Geoffrey Champlin and Richard Sarle, having exhibited their acquaintances, under the Treasurer's hand, of Newport, wherein appears fully satisfaction to be given, for the number of twenty Acres of Land, Lying within the precincts of such bounds as the Committee, by Order appointed, did bound it withal, together with ten acres apiece given and granted to them gratis, by the Towne, for and in consideration of Service done by them, which number, together with the former, amounting to Forty acres, is thus laid forth. Four acres apiece for homelots, lying in the Towne, and six acres apiece, lying next to William Cowly's land and adjoined upon Thomas Hazard's land, a highway passing there-through, with half a Cow's hay in harbour Marsh lying at the first Entrance, and three acres of Marsh, lying at Sachnet, next the falls, Mr. Smith's Marsh, lying on the South East side thereof, with, another parcel of Sixteen acres, more less, lying....." (remainder of entry missing - possibly burned).

Soon after the granting of this land in 1640, Jeffrey bought out the portions belonging to Richard Searle and William Cowley and sold both to Henry Bull: "Memorandum that Geoffrey Champlin of Newport, having bought and purchased of Wm Cowley and Richard Sarle their pts and ptions of land in that feeld that lay between ye Land granted to Thomas Hazard and Edward Robinson at ye South end of ye Towne, and ye sd Geoffrey had made over and soald unto Henry Bull of ye saide Towne, for a valowable consideration given and received, whereon ye sd Geoffrey doth disclaime all interest in ye sd Land and doth acknowledge full propriety to belong to Henry Bull, his heires, executors, administrators and assignes to ye world's end". This transfer took place late in 1644.

Jeffrey purchased twenty acres located on the east side of Robert Griffin's property from Adam Mott, Sr. in 1646. He sold ten acres "adjoining his house lot" (Newport) to William Brenton of Boston in 1657.

He was a witness to the sale of some property by Roger Williams to Richard Smith:

Newport the 3d of ye 7th month Soe called 1651

This writeing testifieth that I, Rog'r Williams of Providence, for and in Consideration of fifty pounds already received have Sould and Demised unto mr. Rich'd Smith of portsmouth on Road Island, his heires & assignes for ever, my tradeing house at Narragansett, together with two Iron Guns or murderers, there Lyeing as alsoe my fields & fenceing aboute the s'd House, is alsoe the use of the litle Lisland for goates which the old Sachem, deceased, Lent mee for that use, for confirmation of all which I Sett my hand & Seale ye daye and yeare aforesaid.

Roger Williams & a seale.

In the presence of
Thomas Newton,

Jeffere Champlain John Roome William Holmes

According to Hunter, Jeffrey would have had to have served as an apprentice shoemaker in England before coming to the New World as there were no shoemakers among the early Rhode Island settlers for him to apprentice under. He probably married his first wife in England as there is no mention of his marrying in Rhode Island, and the laws being what they were, he would not have been granted as large an amount of land in Newport in 1640 as he did if he wasn't already married. His home lot occupied the block along the south side of Mary Street, from Spring Street west to Water Street and south to the waterfront.

In 1661, Jeffrey migrated to the region of Misquamicut along the Pawcatuck River (in the western part of what is modern day Rhode Island) with another group of dissatisfied settlers comprising 24 other families. There, they founded the town of Westerly - Jeffrey signing a document which purchased Misquamicut from Chief Socoa in 1661. About 75 people signed this document but only a few actually removed to what was to become Westerly. He took the oath of allegiance to Rhode island on May 17, 1671 and three days later he was fined 20 shillings for refusing jury duty.

Jeffrey was elected to the Westerly Town Council in 1680 and was Moderator of the Westerly Town Meetings from 1680-1684. He was Deputy in the Rhode Island Assembly from 1681-1686. In 1685, Jeffrey was assigned to survey highways".

By 1669, Jeffrey had sold all of his properties in Newport - the last seeming to be a 40 acre tract (which included his home lot and dwelling) that was purchased by Walter Clarke. In the deed of transfer, Jeffrey was called a shoemaker.

In 1675-76, during King Phillip's War, Jeffrey sought refuge in Newport, returning to Westerly after the defeat of the Pequots in 1677.

Note: While commonly referred to as "Rhode Island" the actual name of the smallest of the 50 states is: RHODE ISLAND AND THE PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. It is comprised, for the most part, of an inverted horseshoe shaped mainland in the middle of which lies a large island known as Rhode Island. Aquidneck was the original name for RHODE ISLAND (the island); and the PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS referred to those mainland colonies or "plantations" which were founded by Roger Williams (Providence), Samuel Gorton (Shawumet) and William Arnold (Pawtucket). ³⁷ ^,38 ^,194
Marriage Notes (Eulalia Vladi Garde)

Whoever she was, Jeffrey's first wife must have died prior to 1650 as she would have been rather old (for that era) and married too long to suddenly start bearing children in the 1650's. Thus, Jeffrey probably married for a second time around 1649-1650 with his second wife (presumably Eulalia) being the mother of his three sons. Both wives may have been members of the Garde family. This certainly was true of Jeffrey's brother, William Champlin. William, who never came to the New World, married sisters Rebecca (in 1641) and Mary Garde - daughters of Roger Garde of Bideford.

While in Newport, Jeffrey married. Again, the destruction of vital records has prevented us from knowing the date of this union or the certain identity of his wife - although it is believed that her name was Eulalia Vladi Garde, daughter of John Garde and Rebecca Copp. She was baptised on February 5, 1632 (or 1623, depending on source) at Bideford, England and died sometime around 1656 or 1657 as references to her dowry cease as of this time in Jeffrey's various legal documents. It is believed by some (notably, Champlin genealogist William J. Hunter of Ottawa, Ontario) that Jeffrey may even have been married twice and that the marriage to Eulalia was Jeffrey's second. ³⁷ ^,38 ^,194

Jeffrey /Champlin/ III
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         Father: Jeffrey /Champlin/ Jr. (1650-      ) ³⁷^,38^,194 
         Mother: Susannah /Long/ (      -      ) ³⁷^,38^,39 
Spouses and Children
1. *Susannah /Cole/ (       -       ) ³⁷^,38^,194 
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Jeffrey Joel /Champlin/
      Sex: M
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         Father: Robert Darrow /Champlin/ 
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth /Sarvine/ 
Jennie P. /Champlin/
      Sex: F
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          Birth: 1874 ³⁷^,38^,74
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         Father: Albert Benedict /Champlin/ (1844-1913) ³⁷^,38^,59^,74 
         Mother: Alice Filmida /Honeywell/ (1850-1920) ³⁷^,38^,59^,74 
Jill Ann /Champlin/
      Sex: F
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         Father: James Clemens /Champlin/ 
         Mother: Beverley Ann /Sutherland/ 
Spouses and Children
1. *Delmar Carl /Spence/
       Children:
                1. Lori Lynn /Spence/

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