Submitted by Name: Clyde Mighells From: Pennsylvania USA E-mail: Contact
Comments: Charles Ernest Hotchkiss was raised by the Mighells family near Randoph NY but was never adopted. He nevertheless assumed their name so though our name is Mighells, our blood line is Hotchkiss. Thank you for all the work and history that has gone into this site!
Added: December 6, 2019
Submitted by Name: Lisa Brookes From: Australia E-mail: Contact
Submitted by Name: Kim Taylor From: Isle of Rum, formerly stirling E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi Rex
My 5th great grandparents were Robert Alexander Taylor and Margaret Watson. Thomas Taylor was my 4th great grandfather. He was married to Isabel Graham then to Mary McDugal Cowan in 1857, 3 months later my Great grandfather Robert was born.
Admin reply: So you are saying that both Robert Taylor (christened 13 Jun 1841) with parents Thomas and Isabel and Isabel herself died prior 1857, When Thomas remarried to Mary McDugal Cowan and had at least one child named Robert. -- Thank you. I'll look for those records.
Added: August 27, 2019
Submitted by Name: Colin Robert deans mackay From: Bedford(previously Falkirk) E-mail: Contact
Comments: My grandfather Amos Hotchkiss patrolled the river Forth during both world wars being to young for the first and to old for the second
Added: August 8, 2019
Submitted by Name: Lynne Morris From: Pierce County, Washington USA E-mail: Contact
Comments: I am a descendant of Samuel Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Cleverly through their son John Hotchkiss. Glad to find your website.
Added: August 1, 2019
Submitted by Name: Tom Paterson From: Stenhousemuir E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi Rex,
Just thought I'd update you on my DNA connections. To remind you, my line goes back to Cornelius Hotchkies and Agnes Connochie both b. abt 1765 in Carronshore. C's parents were Cornelius Hotchkies and Janet Stewart who migrated from Madeley, Shropshire.
The DNA matches I'm talking about are with, currently, 14 different individuals in the US who all trace back to Samuel Hotchkiss (1623-1663) and Elizabeth Cleverly in New Haven, Connecticut who emigrated from Shropshire abt. 1640. The 14 connections are through 5 sons of Samuel.
I believe my line must come down through one of Samuel's brothers making our common ancestors their parents John Thomas Hotchkiss and Margaret Nevitt. They would be my 10th great-grandparents.
For the time being I've assumed that the line is through Thomas (1611-1693) and Grace, through their son John m. Mary > son John m. Elizabeth Manton > Edward m. Ann Hatton > Cornelius m. Janet Stewart
Most of the connections have been worked back on my Ancestry account and I'll add them to my web-site as soon as I can
All the best Tom
Added: July 16, 2019
Submitted by Name: Bonnie Booth From: Boulder, CO E-mail: Contact
Comments: Recently began researching my maternal grandmother's ancestry (Maude Hotchkiss of Warsaw, NY). This website is amazing and I am happy to have found it!
Added: June 27, 2019
Submitted by Name: Lisa Lee Hotchkiss From: Santa Monica, CA E-mail: Contact
Comments: Just decided to do a search on my last name after watching the PBS series "Finding Your Roots" & stumbled on your website. I would love to do a family tree sometime. My father's side of the family is from Darien, Connecticut, USA. Thank you!
Name: Martin Hotchkiss
From: Lanarkshire,Scotland
E-mail: Contact
Looking for record of paternal grandfather who left his family behind in Scotland in 1951 and sailed to Canada.