Help Filling Out Jean Fraser Spader's tree

Question

Jean Fraser Spader is connected to the Global Tree already, but there are a lot chances for more connections to other folks if we can build out her tree a bit more. Kyle Dane has done a bit already, but he could use a hand. The link is to Jean, and her tree is public, so you can click on it and see places for expansion. Any discussion can happen here, questions, thoughts, neat finds!

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I found this page with an ahnentafel of James Spader's family tree that is even deeper than what's at Geni:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/spader.htm

If you scroll all the way down to the bottom, you'll see a whole bunch of sources listed, too.  Wow.

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Awesome; thank you Kyle! Hopefully, we'll get some folks to help fill out the tree. There are several near relatives of AJ's like Jean who, with a little help building their trees out, could really open up connectionpossibilities.

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I don't know how long I can keep at this, but while I have the motivation to do it, I'm quickly becoming an expert on James Spader's family tree.

Answer 1

It may be small steps, but take Richard Ingersoll, the immigrant ancestor of that family as an example.  Currently, he's at 19 steps.  Once we connect up his line along Jean Spader's family tree (there are two steps missing), he should be at 16, I believe.  I'm going to work on that one this weekend.  

Answer 2

I've been working on the Spader family and found a nice connection into the New Netherlands project, which I've now completed.  James is a direct descendant of Hans Hansen Bergen (Bergen-4).  His connection will go down from 19 steps to 15.