This week we're going back on the Pulsipher family tree. "Pulsipher" was the maiden name of Carl Strand's mother, Mary Elizabeth Pulsipher. The Pulsiphers go back to the late 1600's in America. The first Pulsipher that I can find is Benedictus Pulsipher. Born about 1635 in Nottinghamshire, England. He came to the British colonies around 1660. Most of the information I've found on him is a little sketchy. It relies on the research of others I've found online so it may not be entirely accurate. He was married in England and had 2 or 3 children with his first wife. She passed away and in America he married a Susanna Waters. They lived in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Susanna and Benedictus were both Puritans. Susanna was once fined by the local parish/church for wearing too fine of clothes, adornments. The church elders thought she was vain. :) She was in her late teens/early 20s at the time. She married Benedictus and gave birth to 11 children. Benedictus was wealthy for the time and owned land around Massachusetts. He owned land on Plum Island, Castle Neck, and Hogg Island. He died in 1695, or 1710.
His son, David was born in 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married a woman also named Susanna. He was a sailor and his wife was licensed to sell strong drink. His date of death is given as June 17, 1775. The story goes that he went out to fight in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He went out with his son, also named David, and was not seen again. The family assumed he was killed in the fighting. David, the son, was also killed at Bunker Hill. If this is true, than my 7th and 8th great grandfathers were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
David, the son, was born in Boston in 1708 and married Elizabeth Stowell. They had a son named Ebenezer. Born in 1759. Around 1780 he moved to Vermont where he married Unity "Vully" Reed. Unity "may" be descended from Mayflower Pilgrims. If we have Mayflower heritage, it is through her.
Ebenezer also had a son named Ebenezer. Born in 1787 in Rockingham, Vermont. He married Charlotte Haydon and had many children in Vermont. In the 1840 census, though, he is living in Bainbridge, Ohio. He passes away in 1853.
One of Ebenezer's sons was named Horace, and was born in Stowe, Vermont in 1824. He moved with his father to Ohio. In 1844 he married Maryetta Downey Stone. Sometime between 1853 and 1859 they move from Ohio to Allegan County, Michigan. Coming with them is their son Albert. Born in 1849.
Albert Eugene Pulsipher was born July 22, 1849 in Ohio. Before the age of 10 he moved to Allegan with his family. In 1874 he marries Eva Brownell. The Brownell family has a history in America as long as, if not longer, than the Pulisphers.
On January 20, 1877 their second daughter, Mary Elizabeth is born. She marries William Strandt when she is 21 years old. The rest is history.
There is MUCH more to be written about the Pulsipher family. The Pulsiphers that stayed in Ohio were supporters of the abolitionist movement before the Civil War. One of Horace's cousins who fought in the Civil War was under the command of one of John Brown's sons.
Here are some pictures of Albert and Eva and family and their house, provided to me by a Pulsipher cousin. Our grandmother Mary is on the top, 2nd from the left. Albert and Eva sitting in the middle.
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