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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Gaylord of Windsor, Connecticut -- Surname Saturday

This early New England family settled in Windsor, Connecticut. I've decided not to bold my direct lines, but you can see them because they are in All Caps. As in the past, I'll share my sources, if you want them.


Generation No. 1

1.WALTER GAYLORD (WILLIAM GAYLORD1) was born 1626 in Somersetshire, England, and died 9 AUG 1689 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah ROCKWELL 22 MAR 1659 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM ROCKWELL and SUSANNA CAPEN. She was born 1639, and died 17 AUG 1683 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married MARY STEBBINS 22 APR 1648 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of EDWARD STEBBINS and FRANCES TOUGH. She died 29 JUN 1657 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
  
Children of WALTER GAYLORD and MARY STEBBINS were:
+2  i.JOSEPH GAYLORD was born 13 MAY 1649 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 2 FEB 1712 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
 3  ii.Mary GAYLORD was born 19 MAR 1650 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married John DAY.
 4  iii.Joanna GAYLORD was born 5 FEB 1652 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1716. She married John PORTER 16 DEC 1669 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, son of John PORTER and Mary STANLEY. He was born 3 JUN 1651 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1699.
 5  iv.Benjamin GAYLORD was born 12 APR 1655 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died bef 5 FEB 1691. He married Ruth WILLIAMS in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 6  v.Isaac GAYLORD was born 21 JUN 1657 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died abt 1674.


Generation No. 2

2.JOSEPH GAYLORD (WALTER GAYLORD2, WILLIAM GAYLORD1) was born 13 MAY 1649 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 2 FEB 1712 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married SARAH STANLEY 14 JUL 1670 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOHN STANLEY and SARAH SCOTT. She was born 18 FEB 1652 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 12 FEB 1712 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
  
Children of JOSEPH GAYLORD and SARAH STANLEY were:
 7  i.Mary GAYLORD.
 8  ii.Joanna GAYLORD. She married John JOHNSON 19 NOV 1741. She married Robert ROYCE. She married Joseph HOLD 19 DEC 1745.
 9  iii.Sarah GAYLORD was born 11 JUL 1671 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 10  iv.Joseph GAYLORD was born 22 AUG 1673 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 20 JUN 1706 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary HICKOCK 8 FEB 1699 in Waterbury, Litchfield Co., CT. She was born 25 MAY 1678, and died JAN 1706 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+11  v.JOHN GAYLORD was born 21 AUG 1677 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 30 OCT 1753 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 12  vi.William GAYLORD was born 1680.
 13  vii.Elizabeth GAYLORD was born BEF 21 NOV 1680 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 14  viii.Ruth GAYLORD was born ABT 1686.
 15  ix.Abigail GAYLORD was born BEF 7 NOV 1686 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married James WILLIAMS.
 16  x.Benjamin GAYLORD was born ABT 1692 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.


Generation No. 3

11.JOHN GAYLORD (JOSEPH GAYLORD3, WALTER GAYLORD2, WILLIAM GAYLORD1) was born 21 AUG 1677 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 30 OCT 1753 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH HICKOCK 20 NOV 1701 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH HICKOCK and MARY CARPENTER. She was born 12 NOV 1678 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 19 DEC 1751 in Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
  
Children of JOHN GAYLORD and ELIZABETH HICKOCK were:
 17  i.Experience GAYLORD. She married William COLE? 22 DEC 1721 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
 18  ii.Patience GAYLORD.
 19  iii.Abigail GAYLORD.
 20  iv.Edward GAYLORD. He married Mehitable BROOKS 16 AUG 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
 21  v.Elizabeth GAYLORD was born 1 JAN 1705, and died 2 DEC 1789. She married Jeremiah HOWE 11 MAR 1730 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
 22  vi.Sarah GAYLORD died APR 1735 in Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
 23  vii.Joseph GAYLORD was born 1712, and died ABT 1796 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 24  viii.John GAYLORD was born abt 21 NOV 1714 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 24 OCT 1778.
 25  ix.David GAYLORD was born abt 10 JAN 1717 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died APR 1776 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail MORRIS 1736. She was born 11 JAN 1720.
 26  x.Mary GAYLORD was born abt MAR 1719 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+27  xi.MARY GAYLORD was born abt 25 SEP 1720 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1759.
 28  xii.Benjamin GAYLORD was born abt 1722 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 18 MAY 1801 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah FRISBEE. She was born 24 JAN 1719 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 25 FEB 1803 in Connecticut.
 29  xiii.Nathan GAYLORD was born ABT 1724, and died 2 JUL 1802 in Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Thankful BROOKS 30 MAY 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. She was born 19 DEC 1725 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, and died 17 APR 1796 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut.


Generation No. 4

27.MARY GAYLORD (JOHN GAYLORD4, JOSEPH GAYLORD3, WALTER GAYLORD2, WILLIAM GAYLORD1) was born abt 25 SEP 1720 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1759. She married STEPHEN BARNES, son of EBENEZER BARNES and DEBORAH ORVIS. He was born MAY 1714 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 21 MAR 1757 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
  
Children of MARY GAYLORD and STEPHEN BARNES were:
 30  i.Mary BARNES was born 13 FEB 1741 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
+31  ii.THOMAS BARNES was born 1 APR 1744 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 8 DEC 1825 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
 32  iii.Stephen BARNES was born 1746, and died BEF 7 MAY 1757.
 33  iv.Azuba \ Azulah BARNES was born 13 FEB 1749 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married Jonathan CARRINGTON.
 34  v.Anna BARNES was born 11 OCT 1755 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Frederick Law Olmsted's House -- A Dream of A Visit in Brookline, Massachusetts

I am posting this for two reasons, first, it is a National Historic site, and second, I always wanted to see it. Unfortunately, it was in the process of closing and we only saw one room in 2013. It was still closed in 2016. The park and house are now open, see HERE.
Walkway to the house. The tree by the rock was planted by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Wikipedia

Frederick Law Olmsted's FindAGrave site.


"About the Olmsted Legacy

Beginning in 1857 with the design for Central Park in New York City, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), his sons and successor firm created designs for more than 6,000 landscapes across North America, including many of the world's most important parks.  Olmsted’s remarkable design legacy includes Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Boston’s Emerald Necklace, Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, Mount Royal in Montreal, the grounds of the United States Capitol and the White House, and Washington Park, Jackson Park and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago.  Olmsted’s sons were founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects and played an influential role in the creation of the National Park Service." The article is taken from the Olmsted website.


Great enclosed porch photos.




I was delighted to see Wisteria still growing, our visit was on June 30th.

Below is a page from the "The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857–1979," and the visitors center allowed me to copy the section for Lowell.
The last entry above is for Tyler Park, Lowell, MA, a 5-minute walk from my house. See photos below.