Captain Jonas Childs played a role in the American Revolution. Jonas was commissioned at a Lieutenant in the spring of 1776 and was assigned to the Regiment of Benjamin Simonds. He was part of the all-Berkshire regiment.
It was common during this time of the war to go home and come back to war at different times. From looking at the records it looks like Jonas returned home to Becket, MA multiple times. After the Declaration of Independence was signed you can find clearer records of when Jonas is commissioned and discharged from the Continental Army.
The original crest we put on the site and shirts was the year of 1635. Originally I thought we just put the year of one of my paternal grandfather’s day that he arrived in the New World. I was reminded that his uncle, Ephraim Child, came five years before.
Ephraim came in 1630 and in 1648 he returned to England to visit his sister and other family members. At that time, he borrowed enough money from his sister to bring seven nephews to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as that is where Ephraim settled in 1630. So actually, Ephraim came in 1630 and he is in our blood line, so I think 1630 would be the date to use.
Hello family,
I am actively working on mapping out our family tree from the time we came to the United States until now. It would be great to get some help if anyone is interested. I didn’t realize how much work it would be to fill in all the holes as I started to build. If anyone is interested in helping me connecting dots please let me know. Here is a link to our family tree in Ancestry.com: Family Tree.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Cameron Childs
The original crest we put on the site and shirts was the year of 1635. Originally I thought we just put the year of one of my paternal grandfather’s day that he arrived in the New World. I was reminded that his uncle, Ephraim Child, came five years before.
Ephraim came in 1630 and in 1648 he returned to England to visit his sister and other family members. At that time, he borrowed enough money from his sister to bring seven nephews to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as that is where Ephraim settled in 1630. So actually, Ephraim came in 1630 and he is in our blood line, so I think 1630 would be the date to use.
