Women of Poetry Connection Combat: Anne Bradstreet vs Ruth Park

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This week's Connection Combat game features two women of poetry: Anne Bradstreet (England/United States) and Ruth Park (New Zealand/Australia).

Here's how the game is played:

1. Check your connection to Anne Bradstreet and Ruth Park (click "Connection to Me" in each profile pull-down menu).
2. Click "Answer this post" below. Choose Team Bradstreet  or Team Park and say how many degrees are in your chosen connection path.
3. See if you can verify each relationship along your connection path with a reliable source [more explanation].
4. Post comments below your answer as you progress and when you run into trouble. Someone else might be able to help.

The player with the closest verified connection wins! For overachievers, there are also seven additional ways to win and enter the Connection Combat Hall of Fame.

Will you join us? Answer below.

This game runs from April 30-May 7.

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Answer 1

At 16 degrees, it's team Bradstreet for me!

Answer 2

Wow, only 14 degrees to Anne Bradstreet!

Comments

How cool!

Answer 3

Team Anne Bradstreet all the way!!  She 13 degrees and my direct ancestor.   

Comments

Kevin, We are DNA related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

Answer 4

17 degrees Anne Bradstreet.

Comments

Anne, we are related by au and mtdna. Jerry

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I'm not sure how we are related. Can you please elaborate on that?

Answer 5

Team Bradstreet for me, too.  She is my 11th great grandmother and 13 degrees away

Comments

We are au and mtdna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

Answer 6

13 degrees to Anne Dudley Bradstreet for me. And the intriguing thing is, it's through another Puritan Dudley, my 3rd ggm, who doesn't seem to be closely related to her family. And a point of pride, I think I have done some of my personal best work already on #5, Mary Eliot, granddaughter of another famous Puritan writer.

0: Anne Dudley

1: ↔ Mercy Dudley (her sister)

2: ↓ John Woodbridge (her son)

3: ↓ John Woodbridge (his son)

4: = Jemima Eliot (his wife)

5: ↔ Mary Eliot (her sister)

6: ↓ Samuel Hart (her son)

7: ↓ Ruth Hart (his daughter)

8: ↓ Ruth Dudley (her daughter)

9: ↓ Julia Landon (her daughter)

10: ↓ Elmer Maffett (her son)

11: ↓ Templyn Maffett (his son)

12: ↓ Rosalie Maffett (his daughter)

13: ↓ Katherine Bogue (her daughter)

Comments

Katherine. We are au and mtdna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

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Jerry, I have done my mtdna, but haven't figured out how to see if I am mtdna connected to someone on wikitree. Any pointers?

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I’m also curious, my earliest known mtdna ancestor is a brick wall at this point.

Answer 7

Team Bradstreet for me, at 17 degrees. (I'm 23 from Ruth Park.)

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And that was almost too easy, because I already verified most of these profiles for an earlier Connection Combat!

0. Anne Dudley →
1. Mercy Dudley (her sister)→
2. John Woodbridge (her son)→
3. Mercy Woodbridge (his daughter)→
4. Benjamin Ruggles (her husband)→
5. Rebecca Ruggles (his sister)→
6. Joseph Read (her son)→
7. Eliphalet Read (his son)→
8. Eliphalet Read (his son)→
9. George Read (his son)→
10. James Read (his son)→
11. Sarah Bowser (his wife)→
12. Johnson Bowser (her brother)→
13. Lloyd Bowser(his son)→
14. Private→
15. Private→
16. Private →
17. Erin Breen

Answer 8

Team Anne Bradstreet, 13 degrees, Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (1612-1672), Dudley-318, 7c, 9r, mrca Bonville-3, Grey-370, England/United States/Canada vs 23 degrees Ruth Park, New Zealand/England/United States/Canada

0. Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

1. her sister, Dudley-283

2. her daughter, Woodbridge-25

3. her daughter, Ruggles-182

4. her son, Lane-3329

5. his wife, Abbott-6771

6. her husband, Hildreth-378

7. his sister, Hildreth-382

8. her daughter, Coburn-624

9. her son, Wheeler-18871

10. his son, Wheeler-18812

11. his son, Wheeler-18807

12. his son Wheeler-18911

13. his daughter, Wheeler-18799
 

Fourteen degrees Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

0. Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

1. her daughter, Bradstreet-22

2. her son, Cotton-361

3. his daughter, Cotton-367

4. her son, Whiting-2360

5. his wife, Parker-23840

6. her mother, Richardson-19837

7. her sister, Richardson-6924

8. her son, Coburn-618

9. her daughter, Coburn-624

10. her son, Wheeler-18871

11. his son, Wheeler-18812

12. his son, Wheeler-18807

13. his son, Wheeler-18911

14, his daughter, Wheeler-18799
 
Fifteen degrees Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

0. Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

1. her father, Bradstreet-129

2. his wife, Deighton-7

3. her sister, Deighton-6

4. her daughter, Lugg-12

5. her daughter, Bell-3215

6. her daughter, Hall-17170

7. her daughter, Wellman-56

8. her daughter, Grover-1057

9. her husband, Wheeler-5196

10. his brother, Wheeler-5195

11. his son, Wheeler-18871

12. his son, Wheeler-18812

13. his son, Wheeler-18807

14. his son, Wheeler-18911

15. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

Sixteen degrees Anne ((Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

0. Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, Dudley-318

1. her sister, Dudley-484

2. her husband, Wade-1214

3. his sister, Wade-1016

4. her daughter, Rogers-10381

5. her husband, Dudley-1873

6. his mother, Wheeler-224

7. her brother, Wheeler-223

8. his son, Wheeler-232

9. his son, Wheeler-4022

10. his son, Wheeler-5189

11. his son, Wheeler-5195

12. his son, Wheeler-18871

13. his son, Wheeler-18812

14. his son, Wheeler-18807

15. his son, Wheeler-18911

16. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

Twenty-Three degrees Ruth (Park) Niland, Park-504

0. Ruth (Park) Niland, Park-504

1. her father, Park-2477

2. his brother, Park-1779

3. his daughter, Park-1375

4. her husband, Hooker-700

5. his father, Hooker-1692

6. his father, Hooker-1074

7. his brother, Hooker-1498

8. his wife, Newton-7479

9. her father, Newton-7278

10. his father, Newton-1646

11. his father, Newton-1597

12. his brother, Newton-1598

13. his daughter, Newton-1654

14. her daughter, Morse-2120

15. her son, Allen-1840

16. his daughter, Allen-51383

17. her husband, Cobb-9995

18. his mother, Wheeler-20339

19. her brother, Wheeler-18871

20. his son, Wheeler-18812

21. his son, Wheeler-18807

22. his son, Wheeler-18911

23. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

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Mildred. We are au and mtdna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

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Hello cousin Jerry, thank you for the message.

Answer 9

I am related to five of the Women of Poetry! And I am on Team Anne Bradstreet:

1) 14º Anne Bradstreet: 11th cousins/10xr MRCA Robert (Holand) de Holland

2) 17º Emily Dickinson: 7th cousins/3xr MRCCA Edith (Squire) Adams

3) 17º Elizabeth MacDonald: 7th cousins/4xr MRCA Margaret (Hulings) Bliss

4) 19º Anne Barnard: 14th cousins/7xr MRCA Elizabeth (Salmlesbury) de Holland

5) 37º Lola Rodriguez de Tio: 14th cousins/7xr MRCA Adelaide (Roucy) Montdidier

Other non-related Women of Poetry:

21º  Ruth Niland Park; 22º Isabella Crawford; 23º Mary Gilmore; 25º  照 松平 ; 28º Karin Boye and Christina Rossetti; 32º Nikki Giovanni

"Hope is the thing with feathers..."

Comments

Carol. We are au and mtdna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

Answer 10

19 marriages degrees Anne Bradstreet

Answer 11

Team Bradstreet here, 12 degrees, my 10th great grandmother!

Comments

Me/mine, too!

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Here is my verified, weevil-free line:

0: Anne Dudley

1: ↓ Dorothy Bradstreet (her daughter)

2: ↓ John Cotton (her son)

3: ↓ Mary Cotton (his daughter)

4: ↓ Stephen Whiting (her son)

5: ↓ Cotton Whiting (his son)

6: ↓ Elizabeth Whiting (his daughter)

7: ↓ Patience Gowing (her daughter)

8: ↓ Albert Garland (her son)

9: ↓ Grace Garland (his daughter)

10: ↓ Frances Burhart (her daughter)

11: ↓ My mother (her daughter)

12: ↓ Jean Hannaford (her daughter)

Answer 12

Team Bradstreet - 18 degrees!

Comments

Melanie. We are au and mtdna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

Answer 13

I chose to work on Anne Dudley Bradstreet at 16 degrees. It was interesting to read about the Salem Witch Trials, what an awful time in history.

1. Anne Dudley-318
2. John Bradstreet-13
3. Samuel Bradstreet-311
4. Sarah Clark-27125
5. Damaris Dorman-128
6. Phebe Dorman-122
7. Judith Porter-1684
8. Enoch Hewins-133
9. Susanna Hewins-192
10. Erastus Richards-23278
11. Corydon Richards-21920
12. Irene Richards-17466
13. Stephen Young-47189
14. Ida May Young-47045
15. Clarence Alvin Finch-7413
16. My Dad
17. Myself Finch-7411

Answer 14

12 degrees to Anne Bradstreet.

Comments

Eric. We are Ydna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

Answer 15

16 degrees to Anne Bradstreet. Cleaned up and verified.

0. Anne Dudley →
1. Thomas Dudley (her father)
2. Katherine Deighton (his wife)
3. Frances Dighton (her sister)
4. Nathaniel Williams (her son)
5. Elizabeth Williams (his daughter)
6. Joseph Macomber (her son)
7. Judith Macomber (his daughter)
8. Isaac Thomas (her husband)
9. Lois Thomas (his sister)
10. Narcissa Pierce (her daughter)
11. Narcissa Hopson (her daughter)
12. Commodore Worthington (her son)
13. Philip Worthington (his son)
14. Arthur Worthington (his son)
15. Joan Worthington (his daughter)
16. Shonda Sayers-Howell (her daughter)

Comments

Shonda. We are au dna related. Jerry (Spivey-1619)

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Hello, cousin!

Answer 16

Team Bradstreet for me! I am a DNA relative of her granddaughter Maryah Cotton and Maryah's husband Samuel Partridge.

Female Poets:

• 17 degrees from Anne Bradstreet
• 27 degrees from Ruth Niland
• 31 degrees from Karin Boye
• 28 degrees from 照 松平
• 17 degrees from Anne Barnard
• 37 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió
• 29 degrees from Christina Rossetti
• 18 degrees from Emily Dickinson
• 30 degrees from Nikki Giovanni
• 24 degrees from Isabella Crawford
• 24 degrees from Mary Gilmore
• 20 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald

Answer 17

Anne is a triple cousin through three of my GPs.

Answer 18

I'm 15 degrees from Ann Bradstreet.

She's also my 11th cousin 14 times removed.

Answer 19

17 degrees to Anne - 4th cousin 13x removed. No connection to Ruth.

Answer 20

12 degrees to Anne Bradstreet, direct ancestor.