Library and resources
The list of discrepancies still to resolve, then the archives, indexes and websites used to build the tree and the scrapbook.
Discrepancies needing attention
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From the scrapbook register
| Person or item | What disagrees, and the latest lead | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Florence Sarah Beane Davis | Birth day: 12 Oct or 12 Nov 1899? | 1916 passport application vs 1945 consular card and tree |
| Florence Sarah Beane Davis | Husband Davis unidentified; widowed by 1930 | 1930 and 1940 census entries in tree |
| Eric T. S. Miles | Descent from Alfred Miles (b. 1861) not proven | Biographical notes vs tree |
| Anthony Gleane | Born 1630 is too late for a daughter born 1644 | Tree dates |
| Esther Sallis | Mother of both Hannah (1644) and Anthony (1686)? | Tree family structure |
| Hannah Morrell née Gleane | Born c. 1640 England or 1644 Long Island City? | Geni vs tree |
| Jan Jansen Fyn / John Fine | Death: Mar 1701 in tree, but will proved May 1703 | Will abstract vs tree |
| Susannah Fine | Daughter (alive by 1701) or granddaughter (b. 1704) of John Fine? | Will abstract vs tree |
| Hester Jans | Two records; Guadeloupe vs Flatbush birthplace | Duplicate tree entries |
| Mary Bassett | Arrival Boston 1624 predates Boston's founding (1630) | Tree |
| Stedman Embree Glean | Born 1864 or 1869? Married 1880 (wife aged 11)? | gleanealogy.com vs tree |
| Sarah Rebecca Moore | Died 7 Jan 1943 or 1942? | Berkeley-Thomas tree vs Simpson tree |
| Wharton Embree Glean | Children Vernon Embree and Alice Louisa missing from the tree | gleanealogy.com |
| Thomas Berkeley (LBS claimant) | The tree's Thomas (b. 1820) was only about 15 in 1835; which Thomas? | LBS vs tree |
| John Berkeley (Morne Rouge) | Unidentified | LBS |
| John Glean (Grenada 839); Jane and John Thomas (Tobago) | Unidentified | LBS |
| Glenn & Jennifer Campbell | Children Robert and Vivian to add; entries misplaced in the tree. Resolved: both died in the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, 31 Aug 1988 | Tree; Christmas card |
| Alfred Shakespear Miles family | Voyage date and ship; children Joan Muriel and Peter Percy to add once he's linked | Passenger list |
| James David Glean | Born 1840 or 1850? Mother Louisa Boyden or Louisa Taylor? | Tree vs Ashley Steele's report (MR 548 of 1876) |
| J.D. Glean & Eliza Jane Brown | Married 13 Apr 1870 or 16 Nov 1876? | Tree vs Grenada MR 548 of 1876 |
| Ursula & Ted Thomas | Where they married in 1900; Ursula in Brighton, April 1898 | 1898 carte de visite |
| Snapshots of the Thomases | Identities and dates unconfirmed; who is the baby? | No captions |
| Merchiston; arched-porch house; bay | Location of Merchiston; other two unidentified | Photo captions |
| Sarah Miles née Brown | Husband James Miles (1825–1874), m. Dec 1847, not in the tree; children Henry, James and Marian Louise missing | CuriousFox note; David Simpson's letter |
| Alfred Miles | Born 1855 or 1861? | CuriousFox note vs tree |
| Florence Beane Davis | Daughters Elizabeth (c. 1926) and Joan (c. 1936) missing; widowed by 1930 yet a daughter c. 1936 | 1930 and 1940 censuses |
| William Gleane (eldest son of Anthony) | Town clerk 1698, died 1704 — so born c. 1670 or earlier, not 1687 | Riker; Munsell vs Simpson tree |
| Anthony Glean, Revolutionary soldier (d. 1842) | Son of James (1718–1793), per Riker | Riker vs tree line through Anthony (1715–1776) |
| Berkeley origin | "Henry Berkeley M.D. of Essex" (Family Bible) or "Maurice Berkeley, surgeon" (pedigree)? | Bible vs pedigree |
| Maurice Julian / Augustus Berkeley | Born 1857 / 1869 or 1860 / 1868? | Pedigree vs tree |
| "Grandma Berkeley" photo | Who was Evelyn; Sarah Ann's death date | Photo inscription |
| Hannah Gleane (b. 1644) | Probably Esther's daughter by Samuel Sallis, not Anthony's | Research report |
| Anthony Glean (1686–1734) | Daughters Elizabeth, Susannah, Phebe and older married daughters; brother-in-law Johannes Buckhout | His will, 1734 |
| Susannah Fine | Born 1704 in the tree, but son William born 1709 | Tree vs will and Riker |
| Maurice Berkeley (Nevis) | Son of Maurice Berkeley of St Olave's (b. 1661), or "alias Rutley"? | Caribbeana pedigree vs research-report hypothesis |
| Glean family grave | Year of restoration notes; full headstone inscription | Grave notes |
| Alice Maude Glean | Buried 18 Jan 1928 "aged 40", so born c. 1887–88, not 1897 | Burial record vs Ashley's report and tree |
| Maurice Julian Berkeley | Chief Justice of Fiji? Wikipedia gives that office to Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley | Printed pedigree vs Wikipedia |
| Nicolls's 1664 expedition | Anchored 26 or 27 Aug 1664; about 300 or about 450 soldiers? | 2014 news piece vs family Narrative and histories |
| Don Francisco R. Glean (Cuba) | Is he "Frank", son of Anthony Glean (c. 1778–1818) and Nancy Gorham? | Family typescript vs FRUS 1896 |
Resolved (5)
- J.D. Glean's children — Maude died Jan 1928 (tree: 1960); Ethel Clare b. 1896, d. 1980 London (tree: 1898–1966); duplicate Mabel/May and James/Percy
Resolved 2026-10-16: Ignore ashleys report on this
- Anthony Gleane (c. 1630) — Earliest record: land sale as garrison drummer, 20 Nov 1667; parentage (Burgh le Marsh) unproven
Resolved 2026-10-16: parentage to be further researched take out Burgh le marsh reference
- James Embree Glean (1778) → James (1814) — the link is established by family stories and the family's portraits of James Embree Glean (1778–1839, lost at sea), the first to settle and build estates in Grenada. Grenada deeds 1811–1831 would add documents
Resolved Oct 2026: the link is established by family stories and the family's portraits of James Embree Glean (1778–1839, lost at sea), the first to settle and build estates in Grenada. Grenada deeds 1811–1831 would add documents
- Mary Earle (b. 1742) — Mary Earle has been detached from the tree, removing the wrong Earle line (John Earle of Watertown, d. 1689). Her father was John Earle of St Kitts
Resolved Oct 2026: Mary Earle has been detached from the tree, removing the wrong Earle line (John Earle of Watertown, d. 1689). Her father was John Earle of St Kitts
- Felix Fitzhardinge Thomas — confirmed first-hand by Sancia and by Lilias Glean as Sancia's father
Resolved Oct 2026: confirmed first-hand by Sancia and by Lilias Glean as Sancia's father
Records and databases
Searchable collections of original records, or close transcriptions of them. Start here when you want a fact backed by a document.
Legacies of British Slavery (UCL) www.ucl.ac.ukUniversity College London's database of every claim for compensation made when slavery was abolished in the British colonies in the 1830s. Each claim lists the claimants, the estate, the number of enslaved people and the award. It is the source for the Berkeley, Glean and Thomas claims in the scrapbook.LBS claim: Grenada 607, Mount Granby lbs.ucl.ac.ukJames Embree Glean's uncontested claim of 9 November 1835 for 29 people, awarded £719 0s 2d.LBS person: Thomas Berkeley (1770–1836) www.ucl.ac.ukBiography of John Henry Earle Berkeley's uncle and partner in the Grenada estates, who moved to Brussels and died in 1836.LBS estate: St John's parish, Grenada www.ucl.ac.ukAn estate owned in 1763 by "Mandillon Labastile senior", in the same parish as Mount Granby. It supports the Mandilhon family link.LBS person record 2146640785 www.ucl.ac.ukA Legacies of British Slavery record from your saved list of sites.Caribbean Family History: Barbados burials www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.orgAn index of Barbados burial registers giving age, residence and occupation. It holds James David Glean's burial at Westbury Cemetery on 1 August 1915.James David Glean's burial record www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.orgBuried 1 August 1915, aged 64, "planter of St Patrick's, Grenada".Robert Francis King's burial record caribbeanfamilyhistory.orgThe rector of St Philip, Barbados, before Canon Robert Fitzhardinge Berkeley; buried 12 February 1875.Find a Grave: Anthony Gleane Sr. www.findagrave.comMemorial 225929493, Old Newtown Cemetery, Elmhurst. It quotes the 1667 land sale that calls Anthony a garrison drummer at James Fort.Find a Grave: Joost Duryea www.findagrave.comRecords that Joost Duryea witnessed the will of Johannes Fyn of Newtown in 1714, proved 1715.Abstracts of Wills, New York, vol. I (1665–1707) hdl.handle.netThe New-York Historical Society's printed abstracts of colonial wills, on HathiTrust. Where Anthony Gleane's 1691 will or administration should appear.Abstracts of Wills, New York, vol. III (1730–1744) hdl.handle.netThe same series, covering the will of Anthony Gleane of Flushing (1734) and Samuel Embree's will (1739/40).HathiTrust catalogue record 000362454 catalog.hathitrust.orgA HathiTrust catalogue record from your saved list of sites.
Books and printed histories
Older published histories, most of them free to read online.
Riker, The Annals of Newtown (1852) archive.orgThe standard early history of Newtown, Long Island. Its footnote on p. 110 is the key account of Anthony Gleane: drummer under Governor Nicolls, his marriage to Esther Sallis and his sons. Appendix G lists the town's freeholders of 1666.Google Books: "Anthony Gleane Newtown" books.google.co.ukA Google Books page from your saved list, found by searching for Anthony Gleane and Newtown.A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Savage) www.familysearch.orgFamilySearch's guide to James Savage's dictionary of New England settlers before 1692, which covers the Embree and Bassett families.First Settlers of New England (online edition) firstsettlers.genealogyvillage.comA searchable online version of the same first-settlers material.Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, 1661–1668 www.british-history.ac.ukSummaries of government papers, on British History Online. Includes Colonel Nicolls's reports from New York in 1664 and the taking of the Delaware.The English Conquest of New York (USGenNet) usgennet.orgAn older history giving the four ships of Nicolls's fleet, their guns, and about 450 soldiers.NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission archaeology report s-media.nyc.govUses Riker's map to place "Anthony Glene's" house on the Jamaica Road, in today's Elmhurst, Queens.NYG&B Record article index www.newyorkfamilyhistory.orgThe index to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Harry Macy Jr.'s articles on the Verschuer family (vols 124–125) cover the Fyn (Fine) line. Reading them needs NYG&B membership.
Other researchers' family trees
Compiled by other family historians. Useful leads, but check them against records before adding anything to the tree.
McCurdy Family Lineage: Robert Embree mccurdyfamilylineage.comRobert Embree and Mary Bassett, with citations to New Haven records and printed genealogies.McCurdy Family Lineage: Margery Bassett mccurdyfamilylineage.comMary Bassett's mother. Her 1656 will names her "son Emery", Robert Embree.McCurdy Family Lineage: George Baldwin mail.mccurdyfamilylineage.comMary Bassett's second husband, married at Stamford in 1656, later of Hempstead.McCurdy Family Lineage: Sarah Embree www.mccurdyfamilylineage.comMarried a Glean before 3 March 1739: the wife of Anthony Gleane (1715–1776).McCurdy Family Lineage: Abigail Rowland www.mccurdyfamilylineage.comSarah Embree's mother, with the children of Samuel Embree.Morrill Online: Thomas Morrell and Hannah Gleane morrillonline.comA Morrell surname site giving their marriage about 1660 and seven children.Morrill Online: Thomas Morrell and Martha morrillonline.comThomas Morrell's later marriage, after Hannah's death in 1676.Geni: Thomas Morrell I of Newtown www.geni.comGeni profile of Hannah Gleane's husband.Morrell lineage page sites.rootsweb.comA RootsWeb family tree of the Morrell line.Brouwer Genealogy Database sites.rootsweb.comRecords Jan Jansen Fyn buying a house and lot in Flatbush in June 1666.WikiTree: Johannes Buckhout www.wikitree.comAnthony Gleane of Flushing's brother-in-law and executor, baptised 1683.Shunk family tree: the Buckhouts sites.rootsweb.comRecords Johannes Buckhout's marriage to Esther Fine on 17 May 1712.
Background and history
Context for the people and places in the scrapbook.
Conquest of New Netherland (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgThe English capture of New Amsterdam in 1664, which brought Anthony Gleane to New York.Royal Marines (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgShows the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment was only formed in October 1664, after Nicolls sailed.The British Military Presence in America, 1660–1720 www.historyreconsidered.netHow Nicolls's foot companies garrisoned Fort James, Fort Orange and the Delaware.Goody Bassett (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgThe woman hanged for witchcraft at Stratford in 1651 and exonerated in 2023. Not Mary Bassett's mother.Gleane baronets (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgThe Gleane family of Hardwick, Norfolk, the best-known English Gleanes.Alfred Berkeley, bishop (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgUrsula's uncle, Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands from 1917.Henry Spencer Berkeley (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgChief Justice of Fiji, 1889–1902, from the St Kitts Berkeleys.Berkeley Memorial (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgThe memorial fountain in Basseterre, St Kitts, to Thomas Berkeley Hardtman Berkeley.Berkeley Memorial: memorial drinking fountains blog memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.comPhotographs and history of the same memorial.The Berkeley Memorial (SKNIS) www.sknis.gov.knThe St Kitts government information service on the memorial and its inscription.Spitalfields Life: Nicholls & Clarke spitalfieldslife.comThe lead and glass firm connected with James Miles's business.Grafton, Tobago: UWI archive (beach hotel) archivespace.sta.uwi.eduA 1974 design for Mrs E. Alefounder at Grafton, Tobago.Grafton, Tobago: UWI archive (houses) archivespace.sta.uwi.eduA second 1974 Alefounder design at Grafton.Grafton Caledonia Bird Sanctuary afar.comThe former Grafton cocoa estate, now a wildlife sanctuary.Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgThe 1988 accident at Dallas in which Jennifer and Glenn Campbell died.Shipwrecks in August 1839 (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.orgChecked for the vessel James Embree Glean was lost on; nothing from Grenada yet.Full Fact: the slavery compensation loan fullfact.orgHow the £20 million compensation fund converts to today's money by prices, incomes and share of the economy.UK inflation since 1835 www.in2013dollars.comA price-inflation calculator based on Office for National Statistics data.
Places to search next
Collections not yet searched for this family, where the open questions are most likely to be answered.
The National Archives (Discovery) discovery.nationalarchives.gov.ukThe UK national catalogue. Holds the slave registers and compensation files (T 71), wills (PROB 11) and the State Papers on Nicolls's expedition (SP 29).FamilySearch www.familysearch.orgFree records and catalogue, including parish registers from England, the Caribbean and New York.FreeREG www.freereg.org.ukFree transcriptions of English parish registers. A place to look for Gleane baptisms around 1630.Civil War Petitions www.civilwarpetitions.ac.ukPetitions from soldiers and widows of the 1640s and 1650s, searchable by name.British History Online www.british-history.ac.ukFree printed calendars of state papers and county histories, including the Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1663–4.Ancestry www.ancestry.co.ukSubscription site holding the British slave registers (1813–1834), passenger lists and many census records.Findmypast www.findmypast.co.ukSubscription site strong on English parish registers, newspapers and military records.