Samuel J. Mixter
It is remarkable that many of the living descendants of Samuel Jason and Wilhemina Galloupe Mixter - over 100 strong - still keep in touch on a weekly basis. Though the pandemic has prevented a Mixter Family Reunion in 2020, we still gather virtually to keep in touch, share memories, and create new ones. And, we are planning a family reunion in Hardwick in the summer of 2022, so stay tuned for further developments.
But there is MUCH MORE to this site - we will be exploring the various maternal branches of our family tree - the Fays, Eatons, Murchies, Ruggles, and many more. We will be highlighting all these and more in the months ahead.
If you'd like a basic primer on the Mixter family and other family branches, "The Mixters of Hardwick,” written in 1986 by Jim Mixter (son of George Mixter) , is a great place to start. Click here to download a PDF copy of this family history.
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The Mixters of Hardwick really began when Jason Mixter moved from New Braintree to Hardwick in 1788. But it was during the first part of the 20th Century that the Mixter presence in Hardwick reached its peak. Today, our family is large and strong, yet its position in the town of Hardwick, is greatly diminished. From 1910 to 1925, The Mixter Farm, its people and employees, dominated the town. In the 1930's at least 8 Mixter and Mixter-related families lived in the town, when its total population was probably less than 200 souls. And the Mixters owned at least 12 houses and thousands of acres of Hardwick land.
John Gallop "came out of the North" (of England) in 1465. His great grandson was another John Gallop whose grandson was Thomas Gallop of North Bowdon, County Dorset. His grandson, John Gallop of Bridport, Dorsetshire, England came to America in the small ship "Mary and John," arriving on May 30, 1630, at Nantascot (later called Hull), Massachusetts. He was made freeman on April 1, 1634. Subsequent Gallop generations followed -- all in New England -- and records of them in the following towns still survive: Boston; New London, Connecticut; Ipswich; Stonington, Connecticut; Newbury; Boxford; Beverly; Topsfield; and Danvers, Massachusetts.
The Mixters in History
We have set up an on-going blog to be edited by Timothy Mixter which aims to set Mixter family ancestors and descendants within the context of historical developments. Click the MORE button to view this blog.
Newest Blog: “Midwife Alice Frost Blower Tilly and the First and Most Significant Collective Political Action of American women’s Prior to 1780”
New Brickwall Mystery
Help solve family mysteries to be posted periodically. For an index of earlier mysteries click the “brick walls” link in the quick links below. Newest Mystery: “Who were the parents of Mary Pierce?”
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