This family, along with the Knowlton family are the most familiar to me from Y research. I've been working with Elmers of one branch or another from the very beginning of my searches at SMGF using my ancestry.com Y results.
Over the last several years I've been working with friends who are also related to Edward to figure out how all of us fit into the picture and..at some point in the future, to hopefully take us farther back to England and connect up with an Elmore/Elmer there.
a monument to the founders of Hartford listing Edward
borrowed from http://thepilgrimscame.com/?page_id=278
As of writing this (Feb 2015) I have my closest Y match in the line of Edward Elmer 2 (son of Edward) and his son Hezekiah Elmer born in 1686 in Hartford and possibly dying in Massachusetts or Vermont as the borders may have changed.
blatantly stolen from Find a grave for Hezekiah Elmer added by PhotographerintheWoods. I believe the birds are Cornish Choughs a member of the crow family, but Since the English Thompson arms feature hawks..I think it's nice we get to stick with the bird motif.
Blatantly stolen from an auction site. This is John Aylmer son of Bishop Aylmer.
As things progress, it is becoming ever more clear that the U106 Thompsons are actually Elmores. I'm sure I'll be updating these as I learn more.
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