Surname - Hare

List of people with Hare family information and/or histories in this blog:

Sarah Hare (1855-1943)

Sarah Hare (1855-1943)

Sarah Hare is my 2x Great Grandmother on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Sarah (Hare) Doucet

Sarah was born on the 1st of February 1855 in Nova Scotia, Canada to Thomas Hare and Margaret Haggerty.

She married Hilarion Doucet on the 10th of January 1875 in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada.




Sarah and Hilarion and had the following children:

Thomas Doucet (1875-1951)

1901 Canada Census showing the Doucets with all 12 children

Hilarion Doucet (1877-1956)
Rose Doucet (1880-1971)
Margaret Doucet (1882-1969)
Emersiana Doucet (1884-1970)
Bernice Doucet (1886-1969)
Lucie A. Doucet (1889-1972)
Albina Doucet (1890-1959)
Marie Doucet (1892-1969)
James Doucet (1894-1983)
Sarah E. Doucet (1895)
Mildred Doucet (1900-1994)

Sarah died on the 5th of February 1943 in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada and is buried with her husband at St. John's Evangelist Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Surname - Bouchard

Philomena Bouchard (1855-1939)

Philomena Bouchard (1855-1939)

Philomena is my 2x Great Grandmother through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Marriage Record of Etienne Boulay to Philomena Bouchard

Border Crossing in 1928 - shows Philomena's birth date

 Philomena was born on the 28th of September 1855 in Quebec, Canada to Ephram Bouchard and Agnes Lizotte. She married Etienne Boulay, becoming his second wife and step-mother to his previous family, on the 24th of July 1879 at St. Ulric, Quebec, Canada.

Philomena and Etienne had the following children:

Marie Elizabeth Boulay (1881-1945)

Horace Boulay (1884-1989)

Leonise Boulay (1885-1914)

Albina Agnes Boulay (1887-1960)

Mary Elizabeth Boulay (1890-1984)

Joseph Arcade Boulay (1892-1963)

Hermenigille Boulay (1895-1918)

Philomena died on the 3rd of February 1939 in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada 

Surname - Mallison

Priscilla Mallison (1590-1630)

Surname - McDonagh

McDonagh is a surname that came from the name Donnchadh (the brown one) which was a popular name in ancient Ireland. 

For more info visit:

The Marvelous McDonaghs - The Irish Times

List of people with family information and/or histories available in this blog (links to person's info):

Margaret McDonagh (1865-1911)

Margaret McDonagh (1865-1911)

Margaret McDonagh is my Great Grandmother through my maternal grandmother's bloodline.

Surname - Dirrane

Helen Theresa Dirrane (1899-1984)

Michael Dirrane (1861)

Michael Dirrane (1861)

Michael Dirrane is my Great Grandfather on my maternal grandmother's bloodline.

Helen Theresa Dirrane (1899-1984)

Helen Dirrane is my maternal grandmother.

Ellen (Helen) Dirrane - Baptismal Record information

Helen was born Ellen Dirrane in 1899 and was baptised the 8th of December 1899 in Aran Islands, Galway, Ireland to Michael Dirrane  and Margaret McDonagh.

Helen Harney Naturalization Paper

She left Ireland and came to Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the 5th of July 1926 on the ship Samaria. She came here and worked as a house servant. She became a citizen in August of 1942.

James Harney & Helen Dirrane on Wedding Day

She married James Joseph Harney on the 20th of June 1937 and they had two children.

Anne Marie Harney (1938-living) - (my mother)
James Harney (1940-1940) - died at birth

Helen passed on the 20th of August 1984 from complications after a stroke in Milford, Massachusetts, USA an is buried at St. Joseph's alongside her son and husband in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.

Surname - Harney

Harney Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAthairne ‘descendant of Athairne’, a personal name from athardha ‘paternal’, which was borne by a famous Old Irish satirist.

List of Harneys with family information and/or histories:

Daniel Harney (1750-1825)
Daniel Harney(1817-1882)
Hugh Harney (1694-1779)
James Joseph Harney (1889-1942)
Patrick Harney (1849-1908)
Thomas Harney (1720)

James Joseph Harney (1889-1942)

James Joseph Harney is my maternal Grandfather.

James Harney Birth Record

James Joseph Harney was born the 14th of April 1890 in Taghboy,  Roscommon,  Ireland  to Patrick Harney and Anne Hannon. He married Helen Dirrane on the 20th of June 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

James Harney's Petition for Naturalization

James arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on the 24th of July 1922 on the ocean liner RMS Laconia and petitioned to become a US citizen on the 12th of July 1927.



James and Helen had 2 children:

Anne Marie Harney (1938-living)
James Harney (1940-1940) - died at birth

James died in the year 1942 from complications due to colon cancer in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA and is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Patrick Harney (1849-1908)

Patrick Harney is my Great Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's bloodline.

Daniel Harney (1817-1882)

Daniel Harney is my 2x Great Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's bloodline.

Daniel Harney (1750-1825)

Daniel Harney is my 3x Great Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's bloodline.

Thomas Harney (1720)

Thomas Harney is my 4x Great Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's bloodline.

This is the grave marker in the Old Drum Cemetery that Thomas and his son Daniel had erected for Margaret (Conry), wife of Thomas and mother of Daniel.

Hugh Harney (1694-1779)

Hugh Harney is my 5x Great Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's bloodline.

This is the grave marker erected for Hugh by his son Thomas.

Surname - MacQuarrie

List of MacQuarries with family information and/or histories:

Donald MacQuarrie (1708-1800)

Donald MacQuarrie (1800)

Doanld D. MacQuarrie (1834)

Flora MacQuarrie (1873-1964)

John MacQuarrie (1752-1813)

Flora MacQuarrie (1873-1964)

Flora MacQuarrie is my Great Grandmother through my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

Doanld D. MacQuarrie (1834)

Donald D. MacQuarrie is my 2x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

Donald MacQuarrie (1800)

Donald MacQuarrie is my 3x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

John MacQuarrie (1752-1813)

John MacQuarrie is my 4x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

Donald MacQuarrie (1708-1800)

Donald MacQuarrie is my 5x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

Donald, aka "The Great Piper" (more about that later), was born on the Isle of Rum, Scotland in the year 1708. He married Catherine MacIsasac and due to religion, moved to the Isle of Eigg, Scotland.

According to the 1764 census records, Donald and Catherine had 4 children.

Lachlan MacQuarrie (1742)
Donald MacQuarrie (1748)
Catherine MacQuarrie (1750)
John MacQuarrie (1752-1813) (my 4x Great Grandfather)

Horace Boulay (1884-1989)

Horace Boulay is my Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Albina & Horace's Marriage Record

Horace was born in the year 1884 in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada to Etienne Boulay and Philomena Bouchard. He married Albina Doucet on the 30th of October 1907 in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.


They lived in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada and had 15 children.


Doris Boulay (1909-2011) (my paternal grandmother)
Lionel Boulay (1910-1991)
Sarah "Sadie" Boulay (1912)
Philomena "Phylis" Boulay (1913-2000)
Horace Boulay (1915-1999)
Lea Boulay (1916)
Mary Albina Boulay (1918-2007)
Theresa Ann Boulay (1920-2013)

1921 Census Horace Boulay family

Bernadette "Bunny" Boulay (1922)
Alfred Boulay (1924-1988)
Patricia Boulay (1927)
Esther Boulay (1929) *twin
Everett Boulay (1929-2015) *twin
Carmel Ann Boulay (1930-1936)
Ann Boulay (1936)

Photo from findagrave.com by Colleen Crane

Horace passed away at the age of 106 in 1989 and is buried at the Saint John's Evangelist Roman Catholic Cemetery in Belledune, New Brunswick Canada.

"Papa" Horace Boulay at home in Belldune

Etienne Boulay (1834-1908)

Etienne Boulay is my 2x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Etienne Boulay (1774-1848)

Etienne Boulay is my 3x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Paul Boulay (1737-1803)

Paul Boulay is my 4x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Paul Boulay (1708)

Paul Boulay is my 5x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Jacques Boulay (1664-1738)

Jacques Boulay is my 6x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Nicolas Boulay (1591-1641)

Nicolas Boulay is my 8x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Albina Doucet (1890-1959)

Birth Record for Albina Doucet

Albina Doucet is my Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Albina was born on the 27th of April 1890 in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada to Hilarion Doucet and Sarah Hare.

She married Horace Boulay on the 30th of October 1907 in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.

They lived in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada and had 15 children.



Doris Boulay (1909-2011) 

Lionel Boulay (1910-1991)
Sarah "Sadie" Boulay (1912)

Horace and Albina Boulay 1957

Philomena "Phylis" Boulay (1913-2000)
Horace Boulay (1915-1999)
Lea Boulay (1916)
Mary Albina Boulay (1918-2007)
Theresa Ann Boulay (1920-2013)

Bernadette "Bunny" Boulay (1922)
Alfred Boulay (1924-1988)
Patricia Boulay (1927)
Esther Boulay (1929) *twin
Everett Boulay (1929-2015) *twin
Carmel Ann Boulay (1930-1936)
Ann Boulay (1936)

Albina died on 24th of June 1959 and is buried with her husband at the Saint John's Evangelist Roman Catholic Cemetery in Belledune, New Brunswick, Canada.

Albina (Doucet) Boulay

Hilarion Doucet (1851-1937)

Hilarion Doucet is my 2x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Joseph Doucet (1826-1897)

Joseph Doucet is my 3x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Francois de Sales Doucet (1803-1881)

Francois de Sales Doucet is my 4x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Michel Doucet (1754-1813)

Michel Doucet is my 5x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Charles Doucet Sr. (1723-1798)

Charles Doucet Sr. is my 6x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Francois Doucet Sr. (1691-1763)

Francois Doucet Sr. is my 7x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Harry Melvin Mullen (1910-1982)

Harry Mullen is my paternal Grandfather.

Harry Mullen Birth Record

Harry was born on the 3rd of January 1910 in New Tusket, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada to Manning Mullen  and Flora MacQuarrie.

He moved to Oxford, Massachusetts, USA and met and married Doris Boulay.

Harry and Doris had the following children:

Paul Lawrence (25 Sep 1937)

Gail Elizabeth (06 Oct 1939)

David Dalton (12 Jan 1941)

Robert Manning (01 Apr 1946)

Mary Lee "Daisy" (13 Aug 1952)

Harry died 12th of August 1982 from complications after a heart attack in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is buried along side his wife at Knollwood Memorial Cemetery in Canton, Massachusetts, USA.

Harry owned and operated Mullen's Bakery out of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Paul on his father's delivery truck,

Mullen's Bakery on Centre St. in JP, MA

Harry & Doris at son Paul's wedding in 1963

Harry on his wedding day in 1936

Manning Mullen (1868-1948)

Manning Mullen is my Great Grandfather on my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

David Mullen (1841-1913)

David Mullen is my 2x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

David Mullen (1805-1890)

David Mullen is my 3x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

John A. Mullen (1782-1861)

John A. Mullen is my 4x Great Grandfather on my paternal grandfather's bloodline.

John A. Mullen was born on the 18th of June 1782 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA to Peter Mullen and Elinor Van Kleek. He married Mary Grant on the 6th of June 1805 in Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

John and Mary had the following children:

David Mullen (1805-1890) - (my 3x Great Grandfather)
James Mullen (1807-1881)
Henry Mullen (1810-1915)
Mary Jane Mullen (1811-1898)
John Mullen (1813-1867)
George Charlton Mullen (1814-1890)
Peter Mullen (1817-1859)
Rachel Mullen (1819-1860)
Enoch Mullen (1826-1917)

John died on the 22nd of October 1861 in New Tusket, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Surname - Bourgeois

Marie Bourgeois (1608)

Surname - Conry

Philip Conry (1700)

Surname - Boulay

Boulays with family information and/or histories from this blog:

Doris Boulay (1909-2011)
Etienne Boulay (1774-1848)
Etienne Boulay (1834-1908)
Horace Boulay (1884-1983)
Jacques Boulay (1664-1738)
Nicolas Boulay (1591-1641)
Paul Boulay (1708)
Paul Boulay (1737-1803)
Robert Boulay (1631 - 1707)

Surname - Mullen

David Mullen (1805-1890)
David Mullen (1841-1931)
Harry Melvin Mullen (1910-1982)
John A. Mullen (1782-1861)
Manning Mullen (1868-1948)
Peter Mullen (1748-1783)

Events - The Great Expulsion

The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, was the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island —an area also known as Acadia.^[5] The Expulsion (1755–1764) occurred during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War)^[6] and was part of the British military campaign against New France. The British first deported Acadians to the Thirteen Colonies, and after 1758 transported additional Acadians to Britain and France. In all, of the 14,100 Acadians in the region, approximately 11,500 Acadians were deported.^[7][8] (A census of 1764, indicates that 2,600 Acadians remained in the colony, presumably having eluded capture.^[9])

After the British Siege of Port Royal in 1710, the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht allowed the Acadians to keep their lands. Over the next forty-five years, however, the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain. During the same period, they also participated in various military operations against the British, and maintained supply lines to the French fortresses of Louisbourg and Fort Beauséjour.^[10] As a result, the British sought to eliminate any future military threat posed by the Acadians and to permanently cut the supply lines they provided to Louisbourg by removing them from the area.^[11][12]

Without making distinctions between the Acadians who had been neutral and those who had resisted the occupation of Acadia, the British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council ordered them to be expelled.^[13] In the first wave of the expulsion, Acadians were deported to other British colonies. During the second wave, they were deported to Britain and France, from where they migrated to Louisiana. Acadians fled initially to Francophone colonies such as Canada, the uncolonized northern part of Acadia, Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) and Isle Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island). During the second wave of the expulsion, these Acadians were either imprisoned or deported.

Throughout the expulsion, Acadians and the Wabanaki Confederacy continued a guerrilla war against the British in response to British aggression which had been continuous since 1744 (see King George's War and Father Le Loutre's War).^[14]

Along with the British achieving their military goals of defeating Louisbourg and weakening the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias, the result of the Expulsion was the devastation of both a primarily civilian population and the economy of the region. Thousands of Acadians died in the expulsions, mainly from diseases and drowning when ships were lost.

On July 11, 1764, the British government passed an order-in-council to permit Acadians to legally return to British territories, provided that they take an unqualified oath of allegiance.

The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow memorialized the historic event in his poem about the plight of the fictional character Evangeline, which was popular and made the expulsion well known. According to Acadian historian Maurice Basque, the story of Evangeline continues to influence historic accounts of the deportation, emphasising neutral Acadians and de-emphasising those who resisted the British Empire.

Surname - Doucet

Doucet is a French surname especially popular in Canada, the former area of Acadia in particular (now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and parts of Quebec and New England).

As a result of the Great Expulsion in 1755 and later from Acadia, Doucets are also amongst the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana.

The first Doucet to reach North America is thought to be Major Germain Doucet dit La Verdure, a French military officer at Port-Royal (now Annapolis Royal) in 1632 who attempted to defend what is now Maine and Acadia from invasions from Boston in 1654. Many Doucets in North America trace their lineage to Germain Doucet.

List of Doucets with links to family information and histories:

Albina Doucet (1890-1959)
Charles Doucet Sr. (1723-1798) 
Francois Doucet Sr. (1691-1763)
Francois de Sales Doucet (1803-1881)
Germain Doucet (1595)
Hilarion Doucet (1851-1937)
Joseph Doucet (1826-1897)
Michel Doucet (1754-1813)

Pierre Doucet Sr. (1621-1713)

Toussaint Doucet (1663-1733)

Surnames beginning with W

Surnames beginning with Z

Surnames beginning with X

Surnames beginning with Y

Surnames beginning with V

Surnames beginning with U

Surnames beginning with T

Surnames beginning with S

Surnames beginning with R

Surnames beginning with Q

Surnames beginning with P

Surnames beginning with O

Surnames beginning with N

Surnames beginning with M

MacQuarrie
McDonagh
Mullen

Surnames beginning with L

Surnames beginning with K

Surnames beginning with J

Surnames beginning with I

Surnames beginning with H

Hare
Harney

Surnames beginning with G

Surnames beginning with F

Surnames beginning with E

Surnames beginning with D

Dirrane
Doucet

Surnames beginning with C

Caisey
Conry

Surnames beginning with B

Boulay
Bourgeois
Bouchard
Boudreau

Surnames beginning with A

Toussaint Doucet (1663-1733)

Toussaint Doucet is my 8x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Toussaint Doucet was born in the year 1663 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) Nova Scotia, Canada to Pierre Doucet Sr. and Henriette Pelletret. He married Marie Caisey in the year 1690 in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Toussaint and Marie had 7 children:

Francois Doucet Sr. (1691-1763) - (7x Great Grandfather to me)
Marie Doucet (1692) 
Michel Doucet (1694)
Anne Doucet (1698)
Pierre Doucet (1702)
Marguerite Doucet (1706)
Madeleine Doucet (1710)

Toussaint died on the 11th of August 1733 in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canada and is buried at the Saint Anne's Cemetary.

Places - Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canada

Places - Sedan, Champagne-Ardennes, France

Sedan is located near the border of Belgium.

Henriette Pelletret (1641-1693)

Henriette Pelletret is my 9x Great Grandmother through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Henriette Pelletret was born in the year 1641 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) Nova Scotia, Canada to Simon Pelletret and Perrine Bourg. She married Pierre Doucet Sr. in the year 1660 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) Nova Scotia, Canada.

Henriette and Pierre had 10 children:

Anne Doucet (1661-1710)
Toussaint Doucet (1663-1733) - (8x Great Grandfather to me)
Jean Doucet (1665-1752)
Pierre Doucet Jr. (1667-1690)
Madeleine Doucet (1670-1740)
Louis Doucet (1674-1765)
Jeanne Louise Doucet (1674)
Rene Doucet (1678-1730)
Mathieu (1685-1760)
Marguerite (1685-1747)

Henriette died in the year 1693 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal), Nova Scotia, Canada and is buried at the Garrison Cemetery.

Places - Port Royal (now Annapolis), Nova Scotia, Canada

Events - 1654 Battle of Port Royal

In 1654, Colonel Robert Sedgwick led a force to capture Port-Royal made up of one hundred New England volunteers and two hundred professional soldiers sent to New England by Oliver Cromwell, the first professional English soldiers sent to North America. Prior to the Battle, Sedgwick captured and plundered present day Castine, Maine and La Tour's fort at present day Saint John, New Brunswick. Sedgwick also took La Tour prisoner. The defenders of Port-Royal numbered only about 130. After resisting the English landings and defending the fort during a short siege, the outnumbered Acadians surrendered after negotiating terms that allowed French inhabitants who wished to remain to keep their property and religion. Soldiers and officials were given transport to France while the majority of Port-Royal residents remained unharmed. However, in violation of the surrender terms, Sedgwick's men rampaged through the Port-Royal monastery, smashing windows, doors, paneling and even the floor boards before burning the monastery and the newly constructed Port Royal church. The English occupied Acadia for the next 16 years with a small garrison, leaving the Acadian residents mostly undisturbed.

(from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Royal_(Acadia)#Battle_of_Port_Royal_.281654.29)

Germain Doucet (1641-1698)

Marguerite Louise Doucet (1634-1686)

Pierre Doucet Sr. (1621-1713)

Pierre Doucet Sr. is my 9x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Pierre Doucet Sr. was born in the year 1621 in Sedan, Champagne-Ardennes, France to Germain Doucet and Marie Bourgeois. He married Henriette Pelletret in the year 1660 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal) Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pierre and Henriette had 10 children:

Anne Doucet (1661-1710)
Toussaint Doucet (1663-1733) - (8x Great Grandfather to me)
Jean Doucet (1665-1752)
Pierre Doucet Jr. (1667-1690)
Madeleine Doucet (1670-1740)
Louis Doucet (1674-1765)
Jeanne Louise Doucet (1674)
Rene Doucet (1678-1730)
Mathieu (1685-1760)
Marguerite (1685-1747)

Pierre died on the 2nd of June 1713 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal), Nova Scotia, Canada and is buried at the Garrison Cemetery.

Marie Bourgeois (1608)

Marie Bourgeois is my 10x Great Grandmother through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Marie Bourgeois was born in the year 1608. She married Germain Doucet in the year 1620 in Brie, Brittany, France.

Germain and Marie had 3 children:

Pierre Doucet Sr. (1621-1713) - (9x Great Grandfather to me)
Marguerite Louise Doucet (1634-1686)
Germain Doucet (1641-1698)

Priscilla Mallison (1590-1630)

Places - Brie, Brittany, France

Places - Coubron, Paris, France

Germain Theophile Doucet (1568-1640)

Germain Theophile Doucet is my 11x Great Grandfather through my paternal grandmother's bloodline.

Places - Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Dad's 64 by Name Origin

So one of the exercises they suggest you do after getting DNA done is to list out 4X Great Grandparents and where they are from. I am working on that using my Dad's DNA since I don't have much on my mom and know she is basically 95% Irish with a little bit of that Basque DNA in her.

Going out 6 generations gives you 64 grandparents and each of those should make up approximately 1.56% of your DNA. (That rounds it to 99.84% so added a little bit to the larger categories to round up to 100% total.)

I don't have everybody yet, so there will be a percentage of Unknown but here is what I have so far, first in list form then a pie chart. Also a pie chart separating Mullen and Boulay.

Paul Mullen's 64 4x Great Grandparents by Origin of Surname

Paul Mullen's 32 4x Mullen Great Grandparents by Origin of Surname

(this is an estimate of the DNA Paul got from his father Harry Melvin Mullen)

Paul Mullen's 32 4x Boulay Great Grandparents by Origin of Surname

(this is an estimate of DNA Paul got from his mother, Doris Boulay)

Places - New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam (now New York City) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. It was the capital of New Netherlands and was surrendered to the English by Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant of September 8, 1664.

Peter Mullen aka "Poughkeepsie Pete"

I, like many others doing genealogical research into the Mullen name with origins out of New York and into Nova Scotia, have all hit the same wall. That wall's name is Peter Mullen (the progenitor of the Nova Scotian Mullens).

Peter shows himself prior to the American Revolution on a few documents and a mention in the Van Kleeck histories that he married Elinor Van Kleeck, daughter of Johannes and Rachel van de Bogart in 1770

James Wakalee: Contentious Marriage & Accusations of Witchcraft

James Wakalee, my 10th great grandfather, born 1594 in Cambridgeshire, England, made his way to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1636. At this time, the religious factions of New England were battling it out.