Life From The Roots

One Will Equal Two and The Great Migration -- Follow Friday

2012-02-03T14:46:00.008-05:00

Thomas Scott, who migrated 1634 from England and settled in Massachusetts, gave me a lot of problems. I used several references and some of the data didn't mesh. One source had Thomas as having four children, another had him having seven. His birth was off by three years, and the death by 10 years. The Scott family went into my tree, and online on RootsWeb, and I knew it was wrong. I was Just waiting for somebody to correct me. Finally, the best of the best books was published by Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 6, R-S in 2006. I just recently got around to looking at it, because the last of the series, Vol. 7, was released a few months ago, and I went through both books. (See below for more information about the books.)

Imagine, there two Thomas Scotts, both coming to America in 1634, both having children named: Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and Thomas! And they both lived for a time in Cambridge, MA. A merge and corrections were made, and just as quickly I uploaded it into my RootsWeb, and nobody ever knew of my error!

One of the more popular sources for doing early New England research are a series of books called, The Great Migration : Immigrants to New England. The first series comes in three volumes with the title, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, published in 1995 and contains more than nine hundred sketches. The second series, The Great Migration : Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, consists of seven volumes, the last volume published recently. Robert Charles Anderson, of the New England Historic Genealogical Society is the main author, and NEHGS is the publisher.

What can you do, if you can't purchase a volume? There are two options, the first is to go to www.worldcat.org (well-known library catalogue) and you should see that 320 libraries own a copy of the first series (1620-1633). Perhaps a library is near you.

The second option is to use Ancestry.com, if you are a subscriber. The first series is on their site, so in a way, it is free for you, since you already subscribe.

Wordless Wednesday -- Lynnfield, MA Library (Local History and Genealogy Room)

2012-02-01T07:39:00.001-05:00

Lynnfield Public Library, Lynnfield, Massachusetts

Tombstone Tuesday -- Edward Thurston, Sr. of Rhode Island

2012-01-31T07:11:00.014-05:00

HERE LYETH THE BODY

OF EDWARD THVRSTON

WHO LIVED 90 YEARS

AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE

_ 28 DAY OF FEBRVARY

1706

FindAGrave site

Coddington Cemetery

Newport, Rhode Island

Another tombstone entry for this cemetery.

Surname Saturday -- HARRIS

2012-01-28T08:38:00.122-05:00

Harris is a rather common surname, yet I only have two direct lines in my tree. However, there are 122 in my database because of my interest in this family. Viola wrote me quite a few years ago, asking for some help with her family, I didn't have much to offer, and again she wrote the other day. In checking my file, I was surprised to see that 120 Harris's weren't mine, but hers. The family is from the Stanbridge E., Dunham and Frelighsburg all towns in Canada, near Vermont, and several Vermont towns of my ancestors, many of the allied surnames are familiar, and a few settled in the city where I now live. Based on all these criteria, I'm posting Viola's lineage for my Surname Saturday, with hopes somebody else share's her line.

Generation No. 1

Alonzo Royce HARRIS was born 7 JAN 1805 in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 14 JUL 1892 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Phoebe THAYER 19 OCT 1831 in Franklin Co., Vermont, daughter of Timothy THAYER and Desire WING. She was born 1811 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 31 JUL 1875. He married Anne HAWKINS 20 OCT 1879 in Quebec, Canada. She was born 14 AUG 1835 in Cork, Ireland, and died 8 MAY 1932 in Quebec, Canada.

Children of Alonzo Royce HARRIS and Phoebe THAYER were:

+	2	i.	Orson Thayer HARRIS was born 3 APR 1834 in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 23 NOV 1876 in Alburgh, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.
+	3	ii.	Hannibal Conversse HARRIS was born 15 MAR 1832 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 22 FEB 1905 in Tacoma, Washington.
	4	iii.	Emily Jane HARRIS was born 3 JUN 1836 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 26 JAN 1916 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont. She married Orson Laselle Meigs 22 JAN 1856 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, son of Daniel Bishop MEIGS and Caroline BINGHAM. He was born 19 OCT 1830 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont.
	5	iv.	Mary Mariah HARRIS was born 17 APR 1843 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 4 JAN 1893 in Quebec, Canada. She married Alanson Henry HARVEY. He was born 26 DEC 1872 in Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	6	v.	Delia HARRIS.
	7	vi.	Caroline HARRIS was born 11 JUL 1842 in Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 17 FEB 1927 in Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont. She married Charles E. HAYDEN 13 MAY 1860 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was born 1836 in Maine.
+	8	vii.	Alonzo Royce HARRIS was born 9 SEP 1844 in Berkshire Twp., Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 24 SEP 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
+	9	viii.	Merville Marvin HARRIS was born 1 JUN 1847 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	10	ix.	Dora HARRIS.
	11	x.	Mary HARRIS.

Children of Alonzo Royce HARRIS and Anne HAWKINS were:

+	12	i.	Rachel C. Royce HARRIS was born 16 APR 1882 in Quebec, Canada.
	13	ii.	Nellie May HARRIS was born 20 DEC 1884 in Quebec, Canada. She married Asa WESTOVER 1920 in Quebec, Canada. He was born 1885.

Generation No. 2

Orson Thayer HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 3 APR 1834 in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 23 NOV 1876 in Alburgh, Grand Isle Co., Vermont. He married Mary Jane RHICARD, daughter of Abraham RHICARD and Abigail FARGO. She was born 28 MAY 1833 in of Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 11 JAN 1917 in Alburgh, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.

Children of Orson Thayer HARRIS and Mary Jane RHICARD were:

	14	i.	Bertha Jane HARRIS was born 29 MAR 1856 in Quebec, Canada.
	15	ii.	Charles HARRIS was born 1857 in Quebec, Canada.
+	16	iii.	Hobart O. HARRIS was born 1 JUL 1858 in Bedford, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1943 in Quebec, Canada.
	17	iv.	Dora M. HARRIS was born 1862 in Quebec, Canada.
	18	v.	Phebe HARRIS was born 1866 in Quebec, Canada.
	19	vi.	Caroline Cynthia HARRIS was born 6 DEC 1871 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 24 FEB 1924 in Alburg, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.
	20	vii.	Ednah Ella HARRIS was born 17 MAR 1872 in Quebec, Canada.

Hannibal Conversse HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 15 MAR 1832 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 22 FEB 1905 in Tacoma, Washington. He married Ellen C. CLEMENT 1 JUL 1856 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, daughter of Chauncey CLEMENT and Sarah BROWN. She was born 11 DEC 1836 in Quebec, Canada, and died 16 OCT 1898 in Tacoma, Washington.

Children of Hannibal Conversse HARRIS and Ellen C. CLEMENT were:

21	i.	George HARRIS was born 1858 in Quebec, Canada, and died 1859 in Quebec, Canada.
22	ii.	Albert Coleman HARRIS was born 1860 in Quebec, Canada, and died 18 JUN 1898 in Pierce, Washington.
23	iii.	Nellie HARRIS was born 1861 in Quebec, Canada.
24	iv.	Alonzo Royce HARRIS was born 1865 in Quebec, Canada, and died 1869 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
25	v.	Susie HARRIS was born 1868 in Quebec, Canada.
26	vi.	Chellis HARRIS was born 1871 in Quebec, Canada.
27	vii.	Ellena O. HARRIS was born 15 JUL 1873 in Quebec, Canada.
28	viii.	Ernest C. HARRIS was born 1877 in Quebec, Canada.

Alonzo Royce HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 9 SEP 1844 in Berkshire Twp., Franklin Co., Vermont, and died 24 SEP 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Almira Flanville PERKINS, daughter of Nathaniel PERKINS and Almira FLANVILLE. She was born 1847.

Child of Alonzo Royce HARRIS and Almira Flanville PERKINS was:

Stella HARRIS was born 7 JUL 1873 in Quebec, Canada, and died 19 JUN 1967 in Waterbury, Washington Co., Vermont.

Merville Marvin HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 1 JUN 1847 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Deborah Harriet MARTINDALE. She was born OCT 1852 in Quebec, Canada.

Children of Merville Marvin HARRIS and Deborah Harriet MARTINDALE were:

	30	i.	Merville M. HARRIS was born APR 1879 in Quebec, Canada.
+	31	ii.	Alonzo Royce HARRIS was born 31 OCT 1881 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died NOV 1979 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
	32	iii.	Dwight Millard HARRIS was born 12 JUL 1886 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 19 DEC 1969 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California. He married Emily G. She was born 1893.

12.

Rachel C. Royce HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 16 APR 1882 in Quebec, Canada. She married Myron CALLAGHAN 1901 in Quebec, Canada, son of James CALLAGHAN and Emeline JOHNSON. He was born DEC 1877 in Quebec, Canada.

Child of Rachel C. Royce HARRIS and Myron CALLAGHAN was:

Basil CALLAGHAN was born SEP 1908 in Quebec, Canada. He married Agnes WIGHTMAN 1934 in Quebec, Canada.

Generation No. 3

16.

Hobart O. HARRIS (Orson Thayer HARRIS², Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 1 JUL 1858 in Bedford, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1943 in Quebec, Canada. He married Emma Helen GAGE 1885 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, daughter of John GAGE and Hannah BOOMHOWER. She was born 2 MAR 1868 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1913 in Stanbridge East, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada.

Children of Hobart O. HARRIS and Emma Helen GAGE were:

+	34	i.	Malcolm Nathaniel HARRIS was born 24 JAN 1886 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 12 JUN 1935 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	35	ii.	Winnifred F. HARRIS was born 16 AUG 1888 in Bedford, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1905 in Quebec, Canada.

29.

Stella HARRIS (Alonzo Royce HARRIS², Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 7 JUL 1873 in Quebec, Canada, and died 19 JUN 1967 in Waterbury, Washington Co., Vermont. She married Karl Wallace MORSE. He was born 5 JAN 1870, and died 15 NOV 1920.

Child of Stella HARRIS and Karl Wallace MORSE was:

Myra MORSE was born 4 JAN 1894 in Vermont, and died 19 NOV 1991 in Vermont. She married John Ross BEATON. He was born 29 NOV 1877 in Vermont, and died 21 JUN 1955 in Vermont.

31.

Alonzo Royce HARRIS (Merville Marvin HARRIS², Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 31 OCT 1881 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died NOV 1979 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He married Loretta V. ROARK 28 NOV 1906 in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Frank E. ROARK and Mary A. REDMOND. She was born 1886 in Massachusetts.

Child of Alonzo Royce HARRIS and Loretta V. ROARK was:

Leon R. HARRIS was born 2 JUN 1908 in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 4

34.

Malcolm Nathaniel HARRIS (Hobart O. HARRIS³, Orson Thayer HARRIS², Alonzo Royce HARRIS¹) was born 24 JAN 1886 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 12 JUN 1935 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Lillian Amelia FORTIN 1 AUG 1906 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, daughter of Joseph FORTIN and Emma Philena RUSSELL. She was born 17 DEC 1887 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 27 JAN 1923 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Children of Malcolm Nathaniel HARRIS and Lillian Amelia FORTIN were:

38	i.	Grace HARRIS was born 1 JAN 1901 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 13 APR 1901 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
39	ii.	Ruth HARRIS.
40	iii.	Victor Lloyd Malcolm HARRIS was born 24 MAY 1909, and died 17 FEB 1988. He married Hilda Ernestine BOCKUS, daughter of George Allen BOCKUS and Ada Emma COREY. She was born MAY 1908 in Quebec, Canada.
41	iv.	Muriel Margaret HARRIS.
42	v.	Edyth May Helen HARRIS was born 1 AUG 1912 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1 DEC 1912 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
43	vi.	Dorothy HARRIS was born 1 JAN 1918 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
44	vii.	Allan Coleman HARRIS.

Tombstone Tuesday -- Jones at Mt. Auburn Cemetery

2012-01-24T08:13:00.051-05:00

LEWIS JONES

A. D. 1640

EDWARD F. JONES

COLONEL 6TH REG MA. V. M.

FIRST IN THE FIELD

BALTIMORE APR. 19, 1861

COLONEL 26TH REG. MASS. VOLS.

BVT. BRIG. GENERAL U.S. VOLS.

LT. GOV. NEW YORK

1886 TO 1892

BORN JUNE 3, 1828

DIED AUG. 14. 1913

NETTIE

HIS WIFE

DIED OCT. 23, 1862

AGED 35

FIND-A-GRAVE SITE FOR EDWARD F. JONES

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Can't Read a Will? -- Tuesday's Tip

2012-01-24T08:07:00.001-05:00

Have you ever tried to read a will, either an old one or a more recent one? Since I've been blogging, I've transcribed at least 10, and have had problems with reading the handwriting on all of them. The other day, while typing up my most recent for the post for yesterday, I discovered a way to figure out what some of the words were. I don't believe I've ever seen this method before. Being a huge user of Google, I decided to type in some key words, both before my unknown word/s and some key words after the unknown. Below, I give two examples of what I was up against, and Google helped!

I used these Key Words: lastly as to all the rest residue ___ whether real or personal (I knew I was missing about four words).

Correct: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, whether real, personal.

I used these Key Words: Decease her ____ apparel is to be given to my

Correct: Decease her wearing apparel is to be given to my

Amanuensis Monday -- Samuel Griffin

2012-01-23T07:25:00.016-05:00

Will for Samuel Griffin, my 6th great-grandfather.

In the name of God Amen I Samuel Griffin Essex in the County of Chittenden in the state of Vermont being weak in body but of sound and of perfect mind and memory do make and publish with this my last will and Testament in manner and form following That is to say I give to my Beloved wife Mercy Griffin all my Household furniture during her life with other possessions hereafter mentioned -- I give to my son John my farm on which I now live together with my Cattle Sheep and Swine also my tyme peace and loom on the following conditions viz He is to support my wife during her life and provide and furnish her with all things necessary for her Comfort and Convenience he is to pay all my debts that I shall owe at my decease he is to pay sixty Dollars to my three Daughters viz Twenty to Lois Kelsey to Polly Dowd and Twenty to Azube Davis My son John is to pay the aforesaid sum to my Daughters in one year after my wife's Decease and he is to have my Farming utensils -- my Carpenters and Joiners are to be equally divided between my five sons, viz Joel, Asahel, Samuel John and Dan after my wifes Decease her wearing apparel is to be given to my daughter Mercy Pelton and the remainder of my Houses hold furniture is to be divided as follows. Samuel and Dan are to have Each of them a bed and bedding The remainder is to [be] equally divided between my five sons above Mentioned excepting my son John lastly as to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate whether real or personal of what name or nature I give to my beloved wife Mercy Griffin whom I do appoint sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament Thereby revoking all other Wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16th of May in the year of our Lord 1808.

Signed sealed published and }

declared by the above named

Samuel Griffin to be his last

will and Testament in presence

of us who here unto subscribed

our names as witnesses in the }

presence to the Testator

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Zuriel Tyler

Benton Buck

Sam^l Griffin

An Inventory of the real and personal Estate of Samuel Griffin Late of Essex Deceased

Copies received from Joan Kaysen in July 2006 and Bradley Griffin in October 2009. Both are distant cousins, and it's taken me this long to discover I had two copies, and this long to transcribe it.

Amanuensis Monday was begun by John Newmark of the TransylvanianDutch blog. The term means, "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." Many bloggers enjoy doing this because it allows them to freely copy something that has been written.

Edwards of Massachusetts -- Surname Saturday

2012-01-21T12:08:00.112-05:00

The Edward line is another old Massachusetts line of mine, I'm showing my direct lines below in green. If you would like sources, please write.

Generation No. 1

ALEXANDER EDWARDS was born 10 FEB 1613 in Liandalog, Wales, and died 4 SEP 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married SARAH BALDWIN 28 APR 1642 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, daughter of RICHARD BALDWIN and ISABELL. She was born BEF 25 JUN 1621 in Cholesbury, England, and died 3 OCT 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Children of ALEXANDER EDWARDS and SARAH BALDWIN were:

+	2	i.	Samuel EDWARDS was born 7 MAR 1643 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 APR 1713.
	3	ii.	Hannah EDWARDS was born 18 FEB 1645 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 SEP 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel DAVIS 4 MAR 1668 in Northampton / Deerfield / Northfield. He was born 21 FEB 1644 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
	4	iii.	Joseph EDWARDS was born 8 AUG 1647 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 SEP 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth ELMORE 2 JAN 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah ATKINSON 27 NOV 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	5	iv.	Mary EDWARDS was born 20 JAN 1649. She married John FIELD.
+	6	v.	BENJAMIN EDWARDS was born 24 JUN 1652 in Springfield / Northampton, and died 31 OCT 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	7	vi.	Sarah EDWARDS was born 21 NOV 1654 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married James NORTH 20 NOV 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He died 25 JUL 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	8	vii.	Nathaniel EDWARDS was born 25 JUN 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 OCT 1731 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Hepzibah JANES 17 MAY 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 9 NOV 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth STILES AFT 9 NOV 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 APR 1719 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	9	viii.	Elizabeth EDWARDS was born 22 FEB 1660 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1740 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel CLARK 1 MAR 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was born 23 OCT 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

Samuel EDWARDS (ALEXANDER EDWARDS¹) was born 7 MAR 1643 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 APR 1713. He married Sarah BOYKIN 16 MAY 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Child of Samuel EDWARDS and Sarah BOYKIN was:

Abigail EDWARDS was born 7 JAN 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF 1 FEB 1749. She married William HOLTON 5 DEC 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of John HOLTON and Abigail FISHER. He was born 13 JUL 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 NOV 1755 in Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

BENJAMIN EDWARDS (ALEXANDER EDWARDS¹) was born 24 JUN 1652 in Springfield / Northampton, and died 31 OCT 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Bridge St. Cemetery. He married THANKFUL SHELDON 23 FEB 1681 in Northampton / Deerfield, Massachusetts, daughter of ISAAC SHELDON and MARY WOODFORD. She was born 27 AUG 1663 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 OCT 1741 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Children of BENJAMIN EDWARDS and THANKFUL SHELDON were:

	11	i.	Benjamin EDWARDS was born 15 JAN 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 MAR 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary CLARK 5 JAN 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	12	ii.	Ebenezer EDWARDS was born 18 NOV 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary NORTH. She was born 2 FEB 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	13	iii.	Mary EDWARDS was born 4 FEB 1686 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 NOV 1729 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel PHELPS 12 DEC 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
+	14	iv.	THANKFUL EDWARDS was born 6 DEC 1688 in Springfield, Hampden Co. Massachusetts, and died 22 DEC 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	15	v.	Esther \ Hester EDWARDS was born 19 JAN 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married John WAIT 27 NOV 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	16	vi.	Deliverance EDWARDS was born 14 JUN 1693 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 5 JUL 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	17	vii.	Mindwell EDWARDS was born 11 JAN 1695 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Noah PARSONS 17 JAN 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	18	viii.	Elizabeth EDWARDS was born 21 OCT 1697 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 AUG 1775 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Daniel BARTLETT 23 DEC 1719 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1665, and died 1747. She married Josiah PARSONS AFT 14 DEC 1738.
	19	ix.	Joseph EDWARDS was born 1700.
	20	x.	Hannah EDWARDS was born 3 APR 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	21	xi.	Isaac EDWARDS was born 12 JAN 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 18 JAN 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

14.

THANKFUL EDWARDS (BENJAMIN EDWARDS², ALEXANDER EDWARDS¹) was born 6 DEC 1688 in Springfield, Hampden Co. Massachusetts, and died 22 DEC 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM PHELPS 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of WILLIAM PHELPS and ABIGAIL STEBBINS. He was born 16 APR 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 JUN 1755 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan CLARK 25 JUL 1734.

Children of THANKFUL EDWARDS and WILLIAM PHELPS were:

	22	i.	Thankful Edwards PHELPS was born 17 DEC 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 FEB 1708 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	23	ii.	Eliakim PHELPS was born 17 JAN 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 MAR 1777 in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Lydia RUST 11 JAN 1730. He married Elizabeth DAVIS AFT 1753.
	24	iii.	Thankful PHELPS was born 20 JUL 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1783 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married CALEB POMEROY (his 2nd wife) 15 NOV 1733 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of ELTWEED POMEROY and MARGERY ROCKETT. He was born ABT 6 MAR 1641 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 18 NOV 1691.
	25	iv.	Benjamin PHELPS was born 10 MAR 1713 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Rachel BROWN 24 JUN 1731.
	26	v.	Josiah PHELPS was born 10 MAR 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	27	vi.	Eunice PHELPS was born APR 1720 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married John WAIT 1742.
+	28	vii.	LOIS PHELPS was born 1725 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 APR 1779.
	29	viii.	Experience PHELPS was born 17 MAR 1727 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Preserved BARTLETT 3 NOV 1754 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	30	ix.	Joseph PHELPS was born 1728, and died 20 DEC 1773 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah CADWELL 2 DEC 1763 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Eunice LUSK 20 OCT 1770.
	31	x.	William PHELPS was born 12 SEP 1731 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Abigail.
	32	xi.	Elnathan PHELPS was born 18 FEB 1734 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 JAN 1813 in Pownal, Bennington Co., Vermont. He married Eleanor BRIDGMAN 15 DEC 1757. He married Sarah 15 FEB 1776.

Wordless Wednesday -- Prince Spaghetti Advertising

2012-01-18T16:38:00.001-05:00

Here is an iconic ad: Prince Spaghetti commercial, starring Anthony

The small book, Prince Treasury of Italian Recipes has 305 pages.

The above items were used for advertising the Prince Spaghetti Company and Restaurant in Lowell, Massachusetts. The large paper place mat was still given away at the time the plant closed in 1997, and the bottom two items were much older things from years past. I have a few other items, taken at the time the company, now known as Borden, Inc., but still manufacturing pasta under the Prince label closed.

Tombstone Tuesday -- No Bull, You Need to Look at all 4 Sides

2012-01-17T07:13:00.014-05:00

After doing 98 Tombstone Tuesday entries for this blog and entering hundreds to Find-A-Grave.com, I am still learning new things. On a recent trip to Newport, Rhode Island, I took many photos, including several in the Coddington Cemetery, seen below. Why shouldn't I take a photo of the largest stone, the lighting was semi-perfect. Once home, I discovered I hadn't a clue what family this stone was for, no surname was listed! Apparently, I didn't walk around it, as I always tell people to do it...there are four sides. The biggest isn't always the best. Fortunately, I went to the Find-A-Grave site and able to see others listed for that cemetery, including who these two women were married to, it was Henry Bull. The site says he was an "American Colonial Governor. He emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts." Henry is listed on one of the sides of this stone. I was lucky, once again.

ELIZABETH

HIS WIFE,

DIED OCT. _ 1665

ANNE CLAYTON

HIS SECOND WIFE,

AND WIDOW OF

NICHOLAS EASTON

DIED JAN. 30, 1707

Edward Cross and Arizona's First Newspaper

2012-01-16T08:09:00.007-05:00

"Edward Cross, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1832, began working as a printer for his local paper, the Coos Democrat, when he was 15 years old. He then moved on to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked as a printer for the Cincinnati Times. Demonstrating writing skills, he served for a time as the paper’s Washington Correspondent. He became involved with directors of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company and moved west in 1857. He settled in Tubac, Arizona Territory, where he invested in the company’s mines and established the territory’s first newspaper, The Weekly Arizonian. The Washington printing press was brought to Tubac by Cross and his associate, William Wrightson, via the “Jackass Mail”, as the mule teams were called, and was used to print the first issue on March 3, 1859.

Cross, serving as editor of the paper, had strong convictions. He took exception to a number of articles written by Sylvester Mowry of Tucson that were published in Eastern newspapers. He criticized them for inflating the size of the local population and the magnitude of local mining operations. Mowry challenged Cross to a duel, which took place on July 8, 1859. Using Burnside rifles, four shots were fired before Mowry’s gun failed, entitling him to another shot. Cross stood waiting unarmed. Mowry refused to fire at an unarmed man, thus ending the duel. Both men exchanged apologies in person and in the Arizonian. The paper was sold a few weeks later, ironically to Mowry. He moved the press to Tucson where it was used to print the first issue of the Citizen and possibly theStar. Later it printed the Tombstone Nugget. In 1910, the press was donated to the Arizona Historical Society. The press ultimately returned to Tubac after an absence of 120 years in 1980, where it was installed in the period print shop at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Museum.

In addition to his writing and mining interests, Cross joined the U.S. Army scouts in their efforts against the Apaches. In 1860, he crossed the border into Mexico to command a Sonoran army garrison supporting the insurgency of Benito Juarez. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cross returned to New Hampshire where he accepted a commission as colonel of the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment.

Cross was reportedly an impulsive and colorful officer, occasionally striking non-commissioned officers with the flat of his sword when angry. He was known to wear a red bandana on his head instead of the traditional officer’s hat. This was his way of making himself easier to spot on the battlefield by his men. However, on July 2, 1863 Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock noticed that his bandana was black rather than red. Cross indicated that he had foreseen his own death and that black was more appropriate. Cross fought in the Battle of Gettysburg that day and was mortally wounded while helping to stabilize the left flank as it entered the Wheatfield. He fell near Rose Woods and died the next day at a field hospital. His body was shipped home to Lancaster and laid to rest in the town’s cemetery."

The article was copied from Tubac Presido Park and permission was granted by Cindy Monro.

My cousin, Larry McGrail forwarded this link to me in September 2011. Edward Cross is my first cousin, five times removed.

Obituaries -- Lowell, Massachusetts

2012-01-15T13:10:00.082-05:00

The below listed names were taken from The Lowell Sun newspaper's obituary section for this week. (If there is an * by the name, it means I knew that person, and you may write me if you have questions.)

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

LORRAINE A. DUCHESNE, OF LOWELL, MA; 71

JOSEPH FALCONE, OF SOMERVILLE, CAMBRIDGE, BILLERICA, BROCKTON, MA, WW II VETERAN, AGE 92

NORMA JEAN HITE WILGOREN, OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL, FORMERLY OF NEWTON, MA

DAVID F. STECCHI, OF DRACUT, MA; 76

KATHERINE B. OLIVER, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER; 84

LAURIE ELLEN QUINLAN, OF LOWELL, MA; 54

RITA A. (PELLETIER) DESIAURIERS, OF DRACUT, MA, 1937 - 2012

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

CECILE L. HUGO, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 98

JEFFREY PAUL McGRATH, OF HARWICH PORT, MA; 55

ARTHUR J. KEELEY, FORMERLY OF WOBURN, SON IN BILLERICA; 56

PETER M. BURKE, OF LOWELL, MA, AIR FORCE VET

JAMES JOSEPH DURKIN, JR., OF CHELMSFORD, MA, LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER

LUCY (FREITAS) PITTA, LONGTIME HIGHLANDS (LOWELL) RESIDENT; 93

ALEXANDRIA 'ALICE' HIGGINS, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 75

HAROLD A. HAWKES JR., TEWKSBURY MACHINIST; 82

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

RICHARD N. DENNIS, RETIRED ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER; 64

GABRIELLE E. COOLONG, OF CHELMSFORD, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 70

ROBERT J. FADDEN, OF DRACUT, MA, M/A-COM RETIREE, ARMY VET; 73

EVANGELINE LAGANAS, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, DESIGNED, MADE CUSTON WEDDING GOWNS; 85

ROSALIND B. CARITO, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LOWELL, MA

IRENE DANCAUSE, RETIRED LOWELL, MA SCHOOLTEACHER; 92

JOHN 'JACK' J. ROSCOE, LIVED IN TEWKSBURY; ARMY, AIR FORCE VET; 74

VALDEMIRO M. 'VAL' SILVA, OF TEWKSBURY, MA, LIVED IN LOWELL, ST. ANTHONY CHURCH MEMBER; 65

MARY R. 'BECKY' GALLAGHER, LOWELL, MA NATIVE; OF DAVENPORT, FL, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
FRANCISCO P. MONTEIRO, OF LOWELL, SERVED IN PORTUGUESE ARMY; 93
ROSALIND B. CARITO, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LOWELL, MA
HELEN B. (BOWMAN) CUNDALL, FORMERLY OF GROTON, MA; 80
SUSAN M. ABERLE OF BURLINGTON, MA
JOAN BYRNE HEATON, MOTHER OF CHRIS BROWN, GRANDMOTHER OF ETHAN BROWN
OUDALONE SOUKSANANIKONE, BORN LAOS, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED FATHER; 53
FRANK M. POLAK SR., OF NASHUA, NH, USPS RETIREE, WW II VET; 89
JOAO P. MADERIA, BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER; 70
BEATRICE HUNT IAMS, OF CHELMSFORD, CHORISTER AND CHOIRMASTER, VARIOUS EPISCOPAL CHURCHES FOR 84 YEARS; 99
GARY W. DREW, OF PEPPERELL, AIR FORCE VET; 69\

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
JAMES P. PATSOURAKOS, OF LOWELL, MA; 95
MARIA FREITAS, BORN PORTUGAL, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER
ELEANOR KIRBY CHASE, OF BEVERLY, MA FOR OVER 90 YEARS, DIED IN ACTON, MA; 1918 - 2012; AGE 93
GLADYS (FICHTNER) JOHANSON, OF LITTLETON, MA; 83

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
IRENE C. (DESROSIERS) MARQUIS, OF PELHAM, NH; FORMERLY OF LOWELL; 82
FRANK MICHAEL POLAK SR., OF NASHUA, NH; 89
EARL A. LeBOURDIS; LIFELONG LOWELL RESIDENT; 84
THERESA JULE (DILLENSCHNEIDER) PALMER, FORMERLY OF BRAINTREE, OF WEYMOUTH, MA
STEVEN DECKER, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, MA, DIED VALRICO, FL; 52
LEON RALPH HICKEY, OF CARIBOU, ME, FORMERLY OF LOWELL; 65

SUNDAY, JANUARY 15,L 2012
BARBARA HUNTLEY, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, MA, OF BARRINGTON, RI; 91
DOLORES C. MARCOTTE, FORMERLY OF PELHAM, NH AND DRACUT, MA; 75
JIM REILLY, OF BOSTON, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, FORMER GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER AND US NAVY VETERAN; 64
HARRY C. CURTIS, JR., OF SPRING HILL, FL, FORMERLY OF BILLERICA, MA; 75
DAVID M. DRINAN OF BILLERICA, MA; 58
ARMAND P. MERCIER; 78, FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AND MAYOR
JOHN O. ROBERTS, OF HUDSON, NH; 73
JOHN J. POWERS, III, FORMERLY OF WESTFORD, MA, OF NEW IPSWICH, NH; 48
JOSEPHINE A. NEVESKA, OF TEWKSBURY, MA; 88

Saturday Surname: Graves of Connecticut

2012-01-14T09:20:00.003-05:00

The Graves line is another old Connecticut line of mine, I'm showing my direct lines below in green. The other day I posted a blog titled, When a Reader Corrects my Lineage, and I am glad to be providing correct information for this Graves family.

JOHN GRAVES (GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born ABT 1633 in Prob. England, and died 31 DEC 1695 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH CRUTTENDEN 26 NOV 1657 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of ABRAHAM CRUTTENDEN.

Children of JOHN GRAVES and ELIZABETH CRUTTENDEN were:

+	2	i.	JOHN GRAVES was born 27 FEB 1658/9 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 DEC 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	3	ii.	Elizabeth GRAVES was born 11 APR 1661 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	4	iii.	Elizabeth GRAVES was born 16 SEP 1665 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 28 MAY 1687.
	5	iv.	Sarah GRAVES was born 14 MAR 1667/8 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Thomas ROBINSON 17 JAN 1692 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He was born 1666.
	6	v.	Abigail GRAVES was born 6 MAR 1669/70 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 13 AUG 1753. She married Ebenezer BENTON14 JUN 1694 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	7	vi.	Joseph GRAVES was born 27 AUG 1672 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 1716. He married Margaret WILCOXSON BEF 1699 in Hartford / Guilford, Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH WILCOXSON and ANNE. She was born 1672 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 9 FEB 1763 in No. Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	8	vii.	Daniel GRAVES was born 17 SEP 1675 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 8 NOV 1675 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	9	viii.	Nathaniel GRAVES was born 27 JAN 1677/8 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died JAN 1727. He married Elizabeth BARNES 25 NOV 1709 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
	10	ix.	Hannah GRAVES was born 12 JAN 1679/80 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 21 MAR 1757. She married Nathaniel STONE 6 JAN 1709. He was born 1678.

Generation No. 2

JOHN GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born 27 FEB 1658/9 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 DEC 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH FOOTE 12 JAN 1685 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of ROBERT FOOTE and SARAH POTTER. She was born 18 MAR 1663 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 14 MAY 1730 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Children of JOHN GRAVES and ELIZABETH FOOTE were:

	11	i.	Elizabeth GRAVES was born 17 JUL 1686 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 25 MAY 1687 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
+	12	ii.	John GRAVES was born 1 FEB 1690 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JUL 1763 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	13	iii.	Ann GRAVES was born 29 AUG 1692 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
+	14	iv.	NOAHDIAH GRAVES was born 4 DEC 1694 in E. Guiliford (now Madison), New Haven, Connecticut, and died 24 JUL 1751 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	15	v.	Mindwell GRAVES was born 4 NOV 1696 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 12 FEB 1771 in E. Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Nathaniel STEVENS 10 NOV 1713 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	16	vi.	Sarah GRAVES was born 14 APR 1699 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 30 MAY 1784 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Thomas FRENCH 14 DEC 1720 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	17	vii.	David GRAVES was born 31 JAN 1701 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 SEP 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Prudence WILLARD 17 FEB 1721 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	18	viii.	Elizabeth GRAVES was born 4 JAN 1703 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 2 NOV 1775 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Daniel REDFIELD 18 MAR 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Theophilus REDFIELD and Priscilla GRINNELL. He was born 22 SEP 1707 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 11 JAN 1758 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	19	ix.	Ebenezer GRAVES was born 15 JUL 1705 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 MAR 1785 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Mary ISBEL 12 FEB 1730 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
+	20	x.	Mehitable GRAVES was born 1 FEB 1688 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 JUL 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Generation No. 3

12.

John GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES³, JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born 1 FEB 1690 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JUL 1763 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail STARR 1728. He married Elizabeth STEEVENS 10 MAY 1714 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She was born ABT 1695 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 FEB 1725 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Naomi 1753.

Children of John GRAVES and Elizabeth STEEVENS were:

21	i.	Anne GRAVES.
22	ii.	John GRAVES.
23	iii.	John GRAVES.
24	iv.	Ezra GRAVES was born 3 JUL 1722 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 26 SEP 1759. He married Elizabeth GRAVES, daughter of NOAHDIAH GRAVES and SARAH. She was born 21 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

14.

NOAHDIAH GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES³, JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born 4 DEC 1694 in E. Guiliford (now Madison), New Haven, Connecticut, and died 24 JUL 1751 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in OId Burying Ground, Durham, Connecticut. He married SARAH ABT 1718. She was born ABT 1692, and died 10 MAY 1777 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in OId Burying Ground, Durham, Connecticut.

Children of NOAHDIAH GRAVES and SARAH were:

+	25	i.	ELIZABETH GRAVES was born ABT 1700 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	26	ii.	Sarah GRAVES was born 20 MAR 1721 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	27	iii.	Noahdiah GRAVES was born 20 JUN 1721 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	28	iv.	Elizabeth GRAVES was born 21 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Ezra GRAVES, son of John GRAVES and Elizabeth STEEVENS. He was born 3 JUL 1722 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 26 SEP 1759.
	29	v.	Abigail GRAVES was born 25 SEP 1725 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	30	vi.	Rozwell GRAVES was born 5 DEC 1731 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

20.

Mehitable GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES³, JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born 1 FEB 1688 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 JUL 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Cornelius HULL 1 FEB 1715 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was born ABT 1686, and died 24 MAR 1756 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Mehitable GRAVES and Cornelius HULL were:

+	31	i.	Cornelius HULL was born 31 OCT 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	32	ii.	Rebecca HULL. She married Joseph MEEKER, son of Daniel MEEKER and Elizabeth OGDEN. He was born in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1752.

Generation No. 4

25.

ELIZABETH GRAVES (NOAHDIAH GRAVES⁴, JOHN GRAVES³, JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born ABT 1700 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married JAMES WRIGHT.

Children of ELIZABETH GRAVES and JAMES WRIGHT were:

	33	i.	Samuel WRIGHT was born ABT 13 JUL 1718 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (as Right).
	34	ii.	Abigail WRIGHT was born ABT 26 DEC 1720.
+	35	iii.	DANIEL WRIGHT was born ABT 23 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1794 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

31.

Cornelius HULL (Mehitable GRAVES⁴, JOHN GRAVES³, JOHN GRAVES², GEORGE GRAVES¹) was born 31 OCT 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail CHIPMAN 1 JAN 1746 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Joseph CHIPMAN.

Children of Cornelius HULL and Abigail CHIPMAN were:

+	36	i.	Sylvanus HULL was born 13 OCT 1746 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 24 OCT 1818 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	37	ii.	Cornelius HULL was born 5 MAR 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	38	iii.	Abigail HULL was born 26 JUL 1749 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	39	iv.	Samuel HULL was born 10 DEC 1751 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 29 JAN 1830 in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	40	v.	Ann HULL was born 3 FEB 1755 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	41	vi.	Huldah HULL was born 6 MAR 1758 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	42	vii.	Charles HULL was born 5 MAY 1760 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1826 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	43	viii.	Giles HULL was born 4 JUL 1762 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

When a Reader Corrects my Lineage

2012-01-12T09:37:00.026-05:00

A reader, Jan, wrote me stating, "You may find this of interest. There was just one wife named Elizabeth for John Graves, a widow. Of course Donald Lines Jacobus research is the gold standard." This caught my eye two days ago because it pertained to my John Graves line, out of Guilford, Connecticut. I hadn't written anything about this old direct line of mine on my blog, Jan instead found my RootsWeb site and decided to correct a wrong. Fortunately, she provided some information about The American Genealogist (TAG) article written in 1955 by Donald Lines Jacobus.

Immediately, I thought "how did that happen," "where did I get my information," "how many copied it," "darn, I have to change data," and "what is my correct lineage?" What Jan sent me didn't include the next generation, so I was pretty frantic, not knowing if my next person was still in the tree. There was nothing found on google either. Fortunately, a few hours later, I remembered that The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston had the TAG books, so I made plans for a visit in a few days. Then a lightbulb went off, and I recalled many of these periodicals are online through the NEHGS site at www.AmericanAncestors.org. Everything was there.

What was my error? Very simple, All old sources had John Graves as being married to two different Elizabeth's. However, there was only one, and she was a widow. Therefore some records had her maiden name, others had her 1st married name. My corrections will be very easy, and I'm lucky. Thank you Jan for taking the time to write.

Before I make my corrections, and prepare to post the lineage for my Surname Saturday entry, I'm sharing two sentences in the last paragraph of what Donald Lines Jacobus wrote.

"It seems a pity that so many compilers of genealogies continue to rely on compilations published half a century or more ago, instead of seeking out the primary sources."

"Once more I find myself harping on the old refrain: the only certain sources of genealogical knowledge are the contemporary documents.

Obituaries -- Lowell, Massachusetts

2012-01-08T06:17:00.124-05:00

MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

JENNIE (UCEWICZ) HUSSON, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW OF DUNSTABLE, MA
EVERETT K. WICKS OF BELMONT, TIES TO GR. LOWELL AREA; WWII VET
JANE M. (HALL) LEONARD, LONGTIME BILLERICA RESIDENT; 69
KATHERINE M. (BYRNE) CARROLL, R.N., RETIRED TEACHER, GR. LOWELL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL; 80
WILLIAM E. VEAGUE, OF PEPPERELL; FORMER TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF GROTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL; 96
GERTRUDE (POWELL) (BLAKE) SCULLY, LIFELONG WEST GROTONIAN
JEAN E. (WOOD) HARRIS, BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 85
HOWARD RICH, OF WEBSTER, NH, FORMERLY OF TYNGSBORO AND DUNSTABLE, MA; 74

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
JUDITH ANN 'JUDY' SHEA LEMIEUX, BELOVED MOTHER, DEVOTED GRANDMOTHER; 66
BRENT J. NELSON, FORMER LOWELL HIGH STAR ATHLETE; 65
GEORGE STUART BAILEY, OF ACTON, MA, MASON AND OUTDOORSMAN; 84
WILLIAM J. ROACH, ACTIVE IN THE BILLERICA SENIOR COMMUNITY; 69
MARIA A. MARTINS, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 86
RONALD A. KAUFFMAN, SR., FORMER BILLERICA, MA CATERING CO., OWNER; 73
JAMES P. JACKSON JR., FORMERLY OF WESTFORD, MA; NAVY VET; 87
ROBERT F. LORANGER SR., FORMER BILLERICA TEACHER; 80
ELIZABETH SMALL, OF N. CHELMSFORD, MA; AGE 102
DEMETRIA 'DEMI' BOTOS, ACTIVE AT TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH, LOWELL, MA; 93
JANET L. (BRAND) BORNGEN-SYLVESTER, ACTIVE WITH THE LOWELL SCHOOLS; 58
JEANNETTE L. ELIE, LONGTIME DRACUT RESIDENT; 89

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012
CECILLE L. (PATENAUDE) O'LOUGHLIN, OF LOWELL, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 91
WILLIAM F. ROBERTSON JR., OF CHELMSFORD, GAS CO. RETIREE, WWII VET; 85
FRANCES L. KELLEY, LOWELL, MA NATIVE, WORKED AT RAYTHEON; 80
BARBARA E. (PERRY) DEXTER, OF LOWELL, BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 82
ARLINE T. JUSSAUME, OF LOWELL, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 82
WILLIAM ROBERT COSTA, OF PELHAM, NH, MARINE VET; 53
RICHARD A. 'DICK' HARRINGTON, SR., NEWINGTON, CT, LOWELL NATIVE
ALFRED J. BADGER, OF N. CHELMSFORD, MA, FORMERLY OF NAPLES, FL; 79
ROSE MARIE FARLEY, OF WEST TOWNSEND, MA, LIVED IN WESTFORD, KNOWN AS 'THE CAKE LADY'
LORRAINE (EVICCI) REILLY, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 89
WILLIAM C. 'BILL' MONTMINY, OF HUDSON, NH, LOVING HUSBAND AND BROTHER; 55
DOROTHY PRICE OLDFIELD, OF CHELMSFORD, FORMERLY OF WESTFIELD,, NJ, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 98

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
JOANNE (HACKETT) ROBERTS, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING SISTER, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 65
CATHERINE R. (MEEHAN) MURPHY, OF LOWELL, MA, RETIRED FROM LOWELL SCHOOL DEPT., 85
LAURA M. (GOMES) BUCK, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 68
JOAN E. RILEY, OF BURLINGTON, MA, FAMILY IN GR. LOWELL AREA; 77
DONNA J. (DONATO) POWER, OF SCHENECTADY, NY AND TEWKSBURY, MA; 61
DORIS M. 'DOT' KEMP, OF PEPPERELL, MA, LOVING SISTER AND AUNT; 91
NANCY DICKSON, OF HARVARD, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 87
DONNA M. (SHERIDAN) LIBERTY 1960 - 2011; 51
HERVE 'HARVEY' DUMAIS, OF DRACUT, MA; LOVING FATHER AND GRANDFATHER; WORLD WAR II U.S. ARMY VETERAN; 90
ROSE E. ROSENQUIST, OF DRACUT, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER; 83

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012
JOANNE (FORNI) DRISCOLL, OF TYNGSBORO, MA, FORMERLY OF ARLINGTON, MA; 68
WINNEFRED R. ANDERSON-BOUDREAU, OF TYNGSBORO; 78
LOUISE A. DUFFANY, OF EAST BRIDGEWATER, DAUGHTER IN DRACUT; 96
REV. JOSESPH E. O'DONNELL, JR., OF NEWTON, MA
LORENE M. FAVREAU, OF BILLERICA, MA, FORMERLY OF EVERETT AND MALDEN, MA, LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER; 55
GRACE R. (OICKLE) INMAN, OF BILLERICA, MA; 87

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012
COREY A. BUXTON, OF SHIRLEY, MA, LOVING SON, BROTHER, GRANDSON, NEPHEW; 15
JOYCE (STONER) NORTON, OF DUNSTABLE, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 67
DEBORAH A. PIKE, OF BILLERICA, MA, LOVING MOTHER, DAUGHTER, AND SISTER; 46
KEVIN PRESCOTT, OF SUNCOOK, NH, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, MA; 56
HELEN I. (ALLEN) DROVER OF WOBURN, MA, FORMERLY OF WILMINGTON AND N. READING, MA; 66

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012
ELIO M. CONDE, OF LOWELL, MA; 56
JOSEPH A. GUEVIN, LOWELL, MA NATIVE, NAVY VET; 73
ARTHUR DAVID 'ARTIE' SIMARD, OF LOWELL, MA; 75
SHIRLEY (SPEAKER) CHAMBERS, OF WESTFORD, MA; 86
GORDON DINGWALL DUNN, OF WESTFORD, MA; 78
CATHERINE ELIZABETH 'KAY' MANNISTO, "BELOVED MA, NANA AND GREAT NANA BANANA"
CHARLES DANIEL, OF BURLINGTON; FORMERLY OF MEDFORD, MA; 93
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, OF LITTLETON, MA; 72
FREDERICK W. BLONDIN, OF METHUEN, MA; 79
KEVIN POLITO SR., OF CLEARWATER, FL, TIES TO LOWELL, MA, DIED NOV. 23, 2011; 44
ROBERT "BOB" R. DUNDERDALE, OF CHELMSFORD, MA; 79
ESTHER T. (AWEN) HERRMAN, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 81
DAWN F. O'HARE, OF HUDSON, NH, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, MA; 64
ETHEL A. MORRELL, OF PEPPERELL, MA, 98
INEZ A. FRENCH, FORMERLY OF NO. HAMPTON, NH AND CHELMSFORD, MA; 79
PAUL MICHAEL NOLAN, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER; 70
PAUL HENRY CORNELLIER, FORMERLY OF DRACUT, OF AMESBURY, MA
ROSE A. WANIAK, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER; 76
OVIDE NOE' COUILLARD, OF LOWELL, MA

Tombstone Tuesday --

2012-01-03T07:55:00.003-05:00

Eli Tower

Born 1807, - Died 1886.

His Wife

Mary Fletcher

Born 1813, - Died 1878.

Children

Waldo

Born 1840, - Died 1841.

Albro W.

Born 1846, - Died 1848.

Lilian Eva

Born 1853, - Died 1916.

TOWER

Fairview Cemetery

Westford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Obituaries -- Lowell, Massachusetts

2012-01-01T20:33:00.001-05:00

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011

GABRIELLE M. 'GABY' PATENAUDE, LIVED IN LOWELL'S PAWTUCKETVILLE SECTION; 89

BARBARA A. MOTYKA, OF BILLERICA, MA; 1934 - 2011

GERALDINE E. INGALLS, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER, SISTER, AND AUNT; 60

BRENDA (ZAGORITES) PATTERSON, OF DRACUT, MA; 66

ELSIE W. CANN, FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BILLERICA, MA; 96

MRS. R. ANDREA (WILLETT) GOLAS, OF LOWELL, MA

GERALD A. 'JERRY' GAGNE, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, WAS CARPET CO. OWNER; 65

ADELVA J. GRILLO, FORMERLY OF ABINGTON, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 84

FRANCIS ABREU, BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER; 70

KATHLEEN ANN (CRAIG) AUSTIN, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, OF WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS; 67

THEODORA DEMOGENES, OF LOWELL, MA; 91

LINDA J. HARRIMAN, FORMERLY OF BILLERICA, MA; 69

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

JOSEPH D. McLAUGHLIN, JR., DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER; WORLD WAR II, U.S. ARMY VETERAN; RET. DEPT. FIRE CHIEF - LOWELL FIRE DEPT.; 86
RAYMOND L. LANE, SERVED ABOARD USS WASP DURING US GEMINI RECOVERY, NAVY VET; 68
ROGER J. PAQUETTE, OF SALEM, NH, RAYTHEON RETIREE, ARMY VET; 78
MILDRED L. 'MILLIE' URBANEK, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 90
R. ANDREA GOLAS OF LOWELL, MA
ELAINE M. SHAUGHNESSY, OF BILLERICA, MA; 1941 - 2011
HILDA C. BRAGA, OF WESTFORD, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 92

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
MARGARET M. (McCARTIN) TEAGUE, FORMERLY OF LOWELL AND WESTFORD, MA
REV. FRANCIS X. GORHAM, OMI, MISSIONARY OBLATE PRIEST FOR 53 YEARS; 80
ETHELINE E. (LUNN) McGEE, OF LEOMINSTER, MA; 90
NANCI DALE MILLIN, OF WAKEFIELD, RI, FAMILY IN LOWELL AND NO. CHELMSFORD; 45
LOUIS M. PICA, OF WOBURN AND BILLERICA, MA; 1951 - 2011
ELLEN T. 'SIS' DILLON OF DRACUT, MA; 77
CARRIE ISABEL FARWELL, OF LEESBURG, FL, FORMERLY OF BILLERICA, MA; 92
KAREN M. (McMANUS) CALHOUN, OF DRACUT, MA; 58
HELEN MELLONAKOS, OF DRACUT, MA; 79
CHIEF RAYMOND BRODLEY, OF PLYMOUTH, MA,LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER; 69
DAVID ROBERT CORCORAN, OF MYRTLE BEACH, SC, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, MA, TSGT, RETIRED, USAF
HARRY CARD LIGHTFOOT JR., OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, FORMERLY OF WEST CHELMSFORD, MA
PATRICIA ANN FARRELL-ROBSON, OF TYNGSBORO, MA; 50
CONCEICAO B. DeFREITAS, OF LOWELL, MA; 87

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
MARY J. CONWAY, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 94
MILDRED MENDONCA, TEWKSBURY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT; 89
WALTER E. KILLERBY, OF LOWELL, MA, WWII VETERAN; 89
ROBERT NICHOLAS HOPKINS, OF BILLERICA, MA
JULIA (AMIRALLAN) LeBLANC, FORMERLY OF PEPPERELL, MA
HARRY CARD LIGHTFOOT JR., OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; FORMERLY OF W. CHELMSFORD; 84
RAYMOND A. LESSARD, SR. OF GILFORD, NH; FORMERLY OF LOWELL AND NASHUA; 77
THOMAS E. McMULLEN, OF BILLERICA, MA; 70
GENNARO D. "DOMENIC" ROCCO, LONGTIME HILTON HOTEL EMPLOYEE; 77
LEO MERCIER, OF SPRING HILL, FL, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, MA
PFC DOMINIC MORUM NOP, USMC OF LOWELL, MA

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
YING NHEM, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER; 89
BARBARA L. (NUTTALL) MELVIN, OF DRACUT, MA; 65
MARK LEIGH ROBERTSON, OF WASILLA, ALASKA, FORMERLY OF GROTON, MA; 39

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011
EDMUND L. KAPUST, RETIRED BILLERICA HOUSSE OF CORRECTION, DEPUTY SHERIFF; 79
MARLIN T. YOUNG, FORMERLY OF LITTLETON, MA, NAVY VET; 88
WILLIAM ELIAS CONWAY, LOWELL, MA NATIVE; RENOWNED FOR HELPING OTHERS ACHIEVE QUALITY CONTROL; 85
GENEVIEVE M. (CONNORS) SMITHSON, FORMERLY OF MERRIMAC, MA, RETIRED TEACHER; 93

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012
JOHN J. 'JACK' COREY, LONGTIME LOWELL RESIDENT; 83
JOHN J. 'JACK' MOYNIHAN, JR., WWII NAVY VETERAN; LOWELL SCHOOL DEPT. RETIREE; 84
ADELA CRUZ, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 76
PETER J. COOK, OF LOWELL, SELF-EMPLOYED CARPENTER; 50
ROBERT E. McDONALD, FORMERLY OF THE GREATER LOWELL, MA AREA, OF TRENTON, FL; 56
EDWARD A. MARTIN, CHELMSFORD WATER DEPT. RETIREE; ARMY VET; 76
MICHELLE RICCIO CAPERCI, OF NASHUA, NH, FORMERLY OF WILMINGTON, MA; WORKED AT THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, BILLERICA; 46

Happy New Year to all Bloggers and Readers

2011-12-31T17:27:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year and Don't Forget to Stop and Smell the Roses.

Surname Saturday -- ROOT

2011-12-31T08:09:00.188-05:00

The Root line is another old New England family. My direct lines are in green.
Generation No. 1

JOHN ROOT (JOHN ROOT¹) was born 26 FEB 1608 in Northampton, England, and died 16 AUG 1684 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married MARY KILBORN ABT 1639 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS KILBORN and FRANCES MOODY. She was born ABT 1619 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, and died 1697 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Children of JOHN ROOT and MARY KILBORN were:

+	2	i.	Joseph ROOT died 18 DEC 1739.
+	3	ii.	John ROOT was born 1642, and died 24 SEP 1687 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	4	iii.	Samuel ROOT was born ABT 1644, and died 27 NOV 1711. He married Mary ORTON BEF 1680 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She was born 16 MAY 1650.
+	5	iv.	THOMAS ROOT was born ABT 1648 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 16 AUG 1709.
+	6	v.	Mary ROOT was born ABT 1650.
+	7	vi.	Stephen ROOT was born ABT 1652, and died 6 JAN 1717.
+	8	vii.	Susannah ROOT was born ABT 1654 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 5 DEC 1712 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
+	9	viii.	Caleb ROOT was born 1658, and died 10 JUN 1712.

Generation No. 2

Joseph ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) died 18 DEC 1739. He married Elizabeth WARNER 17 SEP 1691. He married Ruth PORTER 3 MAY 1727, daughter of Thomas PORTER.

Children of Joseph ROOT and Ruth PORTER are:

10	i.	Elizabeth ROOT was born 22 JUN 1692.
11	ii.	Mary ROOT was born 22 JAN 1694, and died 1760. She married Jonathan LEE 4 JUN 1713.
12	iii.	Joseph ROOT was born 27 AUG 1699, and died 1751.

John ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 1642, and died 24 SEP 1687 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery. Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary ASHLEY 18 OCT 1664 in Deerfield / Westfield / Wethersfield / Farmington, daughter of Robert ASHLEY. She was born 6 APR 1641, and died 9 MAR 1702.

Children of John ROOT and Mary ASHLEY were:

	13	i.	Mary ROOT was born 22 SEP 1667. She married John SMITH 23 FEB 1686.
	14	ii.	Sarah ROOT was born 24 SEP 1670. She married Adijah DEWEY.
+	15	iii.	John ROOT was born 28 DEC 1672 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 MAY 1731.
	16	iv.	Samuel ROOT was born 16 SEP 1675 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 SEP 1756.
	17	v.	Hannah ROOT was born 9 DEC 1677. She married John DAVIS. He was born in of Enfield.
	18	vi.	Abigail ROOT was born 26 JUN 1680. She married Jos. MOSELEY 13 SEP 1696.
	19	vii.	Joshua ROOT was born 23 NOV 1682 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 SEP 1730.
	20	viii.	Mercy ROOT was born 15 MAR 1685. She married Samuel FOWLER.

THOMAS ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born ABT 1648 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 16 AUG 1709. He married MARY SPENCER 7 OCT 1675 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING. She was born 18 MAY 1655 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 4 NOV 1690. He married Sarah DUMBLETON 25 JAN 1692 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She died 3 JAN 1694. He married Mary GRIDLEY 1670 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She died 1673.

Children of THOMAS ROOT and MARY SPENCER were:

	21	i.	John ROOT was born 29 OCT 1675 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
+	22	ii.	JOHN ROOT was born 25 DEC 1676 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 OCT 1744 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	23	iii.	Samuel ROOT was born 16 FEB 1678 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 DEC 1712 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah WARNER 22 JUN 1711 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	24	iv.	Elizabeth ROOT was born 16 FEB 1681 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 10 JAN 1706. She married Nathaniel BANCROFT 20 DEC 1705 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, son of Nathaniel BANCROFT and Hannah WILLIAMS. He was born 23 SEP 1680.
	25	v.	Sarah ROOT was born 27 JUL 1683 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married Israel DEWEY. She married Henry WRIGHT 15 MAR 1711 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	26	vi.	Timothy ROOT was born 3 DEC 1685 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 NOV 1743. He married Sarah PEASE 17 NOV 1710 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
	27	vii.	Joseph ROOT was born 16 JUN 1688 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 10 FEB 1750. He married Sarah in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.

Children of THOMAS ROOT and Sarah DUMBLETON were:

	28	i.	Thankful ROOT was born 12 NOV 1693.
	29	ii.	Mercy ROOT was born 12 NOV 1693.

Children of THOMAS ROOT and Mary GRIDLEY were:

	30	i.	Thomas ROOT was born 1 SEP 1671, and died 25 FEB 1689.
	31	ii.	Mary ROOT was born 21 OCT 1673. She married Isaac MEECHAM 12 DEC 1700.

Mary ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born ABT 1650. She married Isaac BRONSON 1669 in Farmington / Woodbury, Connecticut. He died AFT 1719.

Children of Mary ROOT and Isaac BRONSON were:

32	i.	Isaac BRONSON was born 1670, and died 13 JUN 1751. He married Mary MORGAN.
33	ii.	John BRONSON was born 1673, and died 1746. He married Mary HICKOX.
34	iii.	Samuel BRONSON was born ABT 1676. He married Ruth.
35	iv.	Mary BRONSON was born 15 OCT 1680, and died 1756. She married Thomas HICKOX.
36	v.	Joseph BRONSON was born 1682, and died 10 MAY 1707.
37	vi.	Thomas BRONSON was born 16 JAN 1686, and died 6 MAY 1777. He married Elizabeth UPTON.
38	vii.	Ebenezer BRONSON was born DEC 1688. He married Mary HULL. He married Susannah LANGDON.
39	viii.	Sarah BRONSON was born 15 NOV 1691, and died 1748. She married Stephen UPSON.
40	ix.	Mercy BRONSON was born 28 SEP 1694. She married Richard BRONSON.

Stephen ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born ABT 1652, and died 6 JAN 1717. He married Sarah WADSWORTH BEF 1681 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of John WADSWORTH. She died 20 MAR 1740.

Children of Stephen ROOT and Sarah WADSWORTH were:

41	i.	Hannah ROOT.
42	ii.	Timothy ROOT was born ABT 1681, and died 1713.
43	iii.	John ROOT was born 1685, and died 15 NOV 1764.
44	iv.	Mary ROOT was born ABT 1691, and died 10 DEC 1751. She married William JUDD 21 JAN 1713, son of Thomas JUDD.
45	v.	Sarah ROOT was born 17 DEC 1693, and died ABT 1776. She married Thomas GRIDLEY 5 DEC 1734.

Susannah ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born ABT 1654 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 5 DEC 1712 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph LANGDON 1 OCT 1683 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, son of John LANGDON and Mary SEYMOUR. He died 31 MAR 1736 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Child of Susannah ROOT and Joseph LANGDON was:

Sarah LANGDON was born 29 APR 1685 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 21 MAY 1751. She married Ebenezer PHELPS 1740, son of WILLIAM PHELPS and ABIGAIL STEBBINS. He was born OCT 1697 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 MAR 1769 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan WOODRUFF 10 JUL 1711 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, son of SAMUEL WOODRUFF and REBECKAH CLARK. He was born 30 NOV 1688 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 29 APR 1712 in Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Caleb ROOT (JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 1658, and died 10 JUN 1712. He married Elizabeth SALMON 9 AUG 1693 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Miss GILETTE.

Children of Caleb ROOT and Elizabeth SALMON were:

	47	i.	Samuel ROOT.
	48	ii.	Mary ROOT was born 6 MAR 1695. She married John BURR 15 NOV 1722, son of John BURR.
	49	iii.	Caleb ROOT was born 14 MAR 1698.
	50	iv.	Thomas ROOT was born 16 JAN 1702, and died 13 MAY 1789.
+	51	v.	Elizabeth ROOT was born 8 APR 1706, and died 27 JAN 1746.

Generation No. 3

15.

John ROOT (John ROOT³, JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 28 DEC 1672 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 MAY 1731. He married Elizabeth SACKETT SEP 1713. He married Sarah STEBBINS 8 JAN 1701. She was born in of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Children of John ROOT and Elizabeth SACKETT were:

52	i.	Stephen ROOT was born 8 MAY 1714 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 SEP 1714 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
53	ii.	Son ROOT was born 9 MAY 1715, and died 10 MAY 1715.
54	iii.	Son ROOT was born 9 FEB 1716.
55	iv.	Moses ROOT was born 17 JUN 1717 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 OCT 1744 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.

Child of John ROOT and Sarah STEBBINS is:

Sarah ROOT was born 9 MAR 1702, and died 1760. She married Thomas NOBLE 1722.

22.

JOHN ROOT (THOMAS ROOT³, JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 25 DEC 1676 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 OCT 1744 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married MARY LEONARD 14 APR 1703 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JOSIAH LEONARD and SARAH DUMBLETON. She was born 12 MAR 1678 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 MAY 1766.

Children of JOHN ROOT and MARY LEONARD were:

	57	i.	Elisha ROOT was born 28 FEB 1703 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 FEB 1755 in Southwick, Hampden Co., Massachusetts (or d. Feb. 4, 1775). He married Mary SCOTT.
	58	ii.	John ROOT was born 15 NOV 1705 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1781. He married Anna LOOMIS.
	59	iii.	Elizabeth ROOT was born 26 JUL 1707, and died 19 JUN 1736.
	60	iv.	Daniel ROOT was born 23 APR 1710 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1756.
	61	v.	David ROOT was born 15 FEB 1711 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth POMEROY 29 MAY 1744, daughter of SAMUEL POMEROY and ELIZABETH STRICKLAND. She was born 25 FEB 1723 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	62	vi.	Samuel ROOT was born 2 NOV 1713 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	63	vii.	Lydia ROOT was born 14 MAR 1715. She married Ebenezer HUTCHINSON 17 AUG 1748.
	64	viii.	Solomon ROOT was born 17 NOV 1716 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
+	65	ix.	NAOMI ROOT was born 19 JUN 1718 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 JAN 1800 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
	66	x.	Stephen ROOT was born 2 JUN 1720 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1744.
	67	xi.	James ROOT was born 1 DEC 1720 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah NOBLE.
	68	xii.	Mary ROOT was born 26 JAN 1724. She married Nicholas BROWN DEC 1755 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	69	xiii.	Huit \ Hewit ROOT was born 6 JUN 1724 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusettsssachusetts, and died 1788. He married Experience POMEROY.

51.

Elizabeth ROOT (Caleb ROOT³, JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 8 APR 1706, and died 27 JAN 1746. She married Ebenezer ORVIS 23 JAN 1733.

Child of Elizabeth ROOT and Ebenezer ORVIS was:

Keziah ORVIS was born 4 AUG 1743 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 21 SEP 1795 in Homer, New York.

Generation No. 4

65.

NAOMI ROOT (JOHN ROOT⁴, THOMAS ROOT³, JOHN ROOT², JOHN ROOT¹) was born 19 JUN 1718 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 JAN 1800 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Pilgrim's Rest section, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. She married DANIEL HUBBARD 2 DEC 1736 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, son of JOHN HUBBARD and RUTH. He was born ABT 1713 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 19 DEC 1777 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Pilgrim's Rest section, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

Children of NAOMI ROOT and DANIEL HUBBARD were:

	71	i.	Daniel HUBBARD was born 29 DEC 1737 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 SEP 1798 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Rachel FALLY ABT 28 OCT 1759.
	72	ii.	Zadock HUBBARD was born 16 OCT 1743 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 MAY 1747 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	73	iii.	Elizabeth HUBBARD was born 29 MAR 1739, and died BEF APR 1783. She married Joshua ROBBINS, son of Nathaniel ROBBINS and Mary. He was born 9 FEB 1740 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1796.
	74	iv.	James HUBBARD was born 15 APR 1744 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1813. He married Martha LIVERMORE 1766.
+	75	v.	ZADOC HUBBARD was born 9 JAN 1749 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1827 in Aurora, Onondaga Co., New York.
	76	vi.	Ruth HUBBARD was born 14 AUG 1752 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 14 SEP 1831 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married William ASHLEY 18 SEP 1779 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
	77	vii.	Dorothy HUBBARD was born 1754 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 OCT 1813. She married Caleb WADHAM.
	78	viii.	Paul HUBBARD was born 1756, and died 1758.
	79	ix.	Paul HUBBARD was born 7 NOV 1758 in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 1784.
	80	x.	Sarah HUBBARD was born 1760, and died 1847. She married Robert FRANCIS.

Was it a Revolutionary War Red Coat, or Made Before?

2011-12-29T16:14:00.002-05:00

The Revolutionary War Red Coat Worn by my Ancestor Blog has received a large number of hits over the two years since I posted it. When I recently received my copy of a newsletter From Missisquoi Heritage News, the Missisquoi Historical Society, Fall 2011 issue, I immediately noticed an article about my ancestor's coat. (Missisquoi County is in Quebec, Canada, just over the Vermont border, the area is referred to as The Eastern Townships.)

"Restoration Granted
Earlier this year an application was sent to the Centre de conservation du Quebec (CCQ) requesting restoration for the red wool Ten Eyck coat housed in our museum. The coat was donated by the Ten Eyck family many years ago and dates from the pre-Revolutionary War period (circa 1760s) and was brought into Missisquoi County by United Empire Loyalists Andres Ten Eyck in the 1790s. The coat is one of the artefacts in our collection which serves to represent our museum on a national scale.

The application to the CCQ was successful and before the end of 2011 the coat will be leaving our museum and will travel to the CCQ in Quebec for the many months it will take to have the coat restored to an excellent condition."

I then wrote the curator at the Museum to ask a few questions. Heather Darch, wrote back with quite a bit of additional information. I include some of her information below:

"Thank you for your interest in the Ten Eyck Red Coat. It is a fascinating artefact and over the years since the museum obtained it from Mrs. Ellis, there has been a lot of study on it by myself and Revolutionary War experts. The cut of the coat is what makes it a particular mystery as it reflects an earlier time period than the late 1770s era. It is also free of any accessories such as cuffs and collars very typical of the Revolutionary War coats. A great deal of searching has been done on the first owner Andres Ten Eyck as well and his military records are a little unclear. So the provenance of the coat and its date of fabrication was widened to allow me and researchers other avenues of study and possibility. Andres Ten Eyck appears in earlier records than the Revolutionary War so there is a very strong possibility that the coat was made during the French-Indian Wars of the late 1750s -1760s a decade earlier. The style of the coat suggests this is a possibility. I have dismissed the oral legend that was attached to the coat for many years that Andres Ten Eyck wore the coat to avoid being pressed into military service by the British Navy. The military records that have been uncovered reveal that he was very much in favour of the King's army and served in good faith in the King's service and did not avoid active service. His true story is much more fascinating than the "press-gang" story." She wrote more, which I will share in another blog.

The above two articles were written by Heather Darch, Curator of the "Missisquoi Historical Society/Missisquoi Museum, and were used with permission. The photo is from the Society / Museum and permission was granted two years ago.

Wordless Wednesday -- Share and Share Alike

2011-12-28T07:27:00.005-05:00

The photos of Mary Jane Westover and her husband, James Albert Ryckman were sent to me by Jeannie Slater, after she found a cemetery photo of mine on Find-A-Grave recently. On that site, I have a statement where I allow anybody permission to copy my photos, and they don’t have to ask. I’ve learned it’s better to share, if you don’t you could be limiting yourself from receiving from others.

Jeannie wrote me, we exchanged information and, in-turn, has allowed me to share her photos. I have over 900 Westovers in my tree, and I'm hoping to place Mary Jane Westover into it, and maybe Jeannie and I will be related.

Mary Jane Westover Ryckman

James Albert Ryckman

Tombstone Tuesday -- PECKENS of Westford, Massachusetts

2011-12-27T08:15:00.002-05:00

MARCUS PECKENS

BORN APRIL 11, 1784 - DIED APRIL 18, 1862

SALLY PECKENS

BORN SEPT. 26, 1785 - DIED MAR. 3, 1860

FLETCHER PECKENS

BORN JUNE 3, 1819 - DIED JUNE 11, 1905

CAROLINE M. CUREY

BORN AUG. 3, 1829 - DIED JUNE 22, 1913

FAIRVIEW CEMETERY

WESTFORD, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Amanuensis Monday -- Finding the Will of Charles Adams

2011-12-26T08:35:00.134-05:00

When I found the below document on microfilm at the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, I quickly wrote down the page number and went to the scanning room where it was printed on two sheets, sized 11" x 17". For over three years, it has been in a pile. How embarrassing now to discover I never wrote down the source, as in the film number or name of book. All I have are the pages numbered 45 and 46.

However, sometimes my memory bank works. I thought maybe I got the volume number from David Samuelsen's website SAMPUBCO, covering New York Counties Will Testators Indexes, so I went to that site and selected Genesee County, then went to another page where I selected the A-D tab with hope to find my ADAMS surname. Bingo. I now had a listing of surnames in Genesee County, with headings for Name of Testator, Place of Residence of Testator and the last column had County #, Volume # and Page #.

I looked for Adams and found my person: ADAMS, CHARLES W. STAFFORD NY-19-25-45. It showed page 45, which matches what I wrote on the printed will. Researchers are not always so lucky when backtracking to find their original source, but I was lucky. However, I still don't know the FHL film number, but it shouldn't be difficult to find out.

Charles was my first cousin, four times removed.

(Transcribed by Barbara Poole)

Charles W. Adams Testator

At a Surrogate's Court, held in and for the County of Genesee, at the Surrogate's Office in the Town of Batavia, in said county, on the 1st day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

Present Hon. Stafford E. North Surrogate

Genesee County, }SS.

Be it remembered, that heretofore, to wit : on the 14th day of S___ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety ___ Marietta Adams, one of the Executors named in the Last Will and Testament of Charles W. Adams late of the town of Stafford. in the county of Genesee, deceased, appeared in open court before the Surrogate of said county, and made application to the said Last Will and Testament, which relates to real and personal estate, proved ; and on such application the Surrogate did ascertain, by satisfactory evidence, who were the heirs and next of kin of the said Testator and their respective residences.

And said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation in due form of law, directed to certain of the said heirs and next of kin by their respective names, stating therein their respective places of residence, requiring them to appear before the said Surrogate at his office in the town of Batavia in said county, on the 1st day of November 1897, to attend the probate of such said Will.

And afterwards on the 1st day of November aforesaid, satisfactory evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the due service of said citation, in the mode prescribed by law, and said Marietta Adams and E. W. Moulthrop Executors as aforesaid, appearing for the purposes of proving said Will and all the remaining heirs at law and next of kin, being of full age, having severally duly in writing waived the issue and service upon them of a citation to appear in this court and attend the proof and probate of said will, and no one appearing to contest the probate of such Will, such proceedings were thereupon had, that the Surrogate took the proof of said Will hereinafter set forth, upon this 1st day of November A. D. 1897, and adjudges and proofs are as follows, that is to say :

In the name of God Amen I Charles W. Adams of Batavia New York being of sound mind and memory do make publish and declare the following as and for my last will and testament.

First I direct all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid

Second I direct my executors hereinafter names to place a suitable tombstone over my grave

Third I hereby give devise and bequeath the use and income of my farm where I now reside to my beloved wife and after her death to my brothers and sisters Horace Adams Quincy Adams George Adams Jane Jones and Mary Blair

Fourth I hereby bequeath to Jane Adams the sum of three hundred dollars

Fifth I hereby bequeath to Mary Jones Hattie Blatchford Ada Sherwin Emma Blair and Charles Adams each the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.

Sixth I hereby give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate of whatsoever name or native to my beloved wife Marietta Adams absolutely.

Lastly, I hereby nominate and appointment my wife Marietta Adams and E. W. Moulthrop executors of this last will hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this this [sic] 14th day of August 1897.

C. W. Adams (L.S.)

We the undersigned do hereby certify that Charles W. Adams duly signed published and declared the above instrument as and for his last will and testament and we at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other duly signed our names as witnesses hereto.

L.E. Curtice Buffalo, N. Y.

Frederick G. Bagley, Buffalo, N. Y.

Obituaries -- Lowell, Massachusetts

2011-12-26T06:07:00.001-05:00

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

STEPHEN WOJNAR, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, USPS RETIREE, ARMY VET; 70
GERTRUDE A. SANCHEZ OF LOWELL, FORMERLY OF BILLERICA, MA
ELRENE I. FREEMAN, LOVING MOTHER, NAN, AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 95
VENUS (KOUTSOS) ZIAGOS MATCZAK, OF LOWELL, BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
WILLIAM J. POITRAS, OF TYNGSBORO, RAYTHEON RETIREE, WWII VET; 95
IRENE C. HARNDEN, LONGTIME TEWKSBURY RESIDENT; 89
ANNA T. FEDERICO BLUE, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LYNN; 84
DOROTHY 'MA' (VELMURE) (DUMAS) LARSEN, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 77

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
MARY W. KANDROTAS, HOLY TRINITY POLISH CHURCH; 94
TERESA (AREIAS) NUNES, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LOWELL; 80
RALPH F. LALLY, OF DRACUT, MA; 63
JOANNE C. COLLINS, OF TYNGSBORO, MASS; 58
DELMONT E. "GENE" HILL, FORMERLY OF WALTHAM, OF BILLERICA; 78
CHARLES L. TIRONE SR., OF LITTLETON; 78
ELRENE I. FREEMAN, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, OF WINDHAM, NH; 95
ELEANOR 'GIBBI' GIBBONS, FORMERLY OF READING, MA AND PELHAM, MA; 72

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011
ROBERT L. LAJEUNESSE, HUSBAND, DAD, "PEPERE" OF WEEKI WACHEE, FL AND DRACUT, MA; 87
EDITH R. RICARD, OF DRACUT, MA; 79
STEPHEN M. DUNBAR, OF FITCHBURG, MA; 59
JOANNE L. (CHARRON) DAVIS, OF NASHUA, NH; 68
NORMAND K. BEAUDRY OF DRACUT, MA; 64
ELIZABETH R. CONVERSE, OF ANDOVER, MA; 94
JEAN HOWLAND, OF PEPPERELL, MA; 82
ROBERT H. GITSCHIER, OF LAWRENCE; FORMERLY OF DRACUT; 88
CHARLES L. TIRONE SR., OF LITTLETON; 78
CHARLES P. PETROPOULOS, OF DRACUT, MA; 93

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011
VIRGINIA ECONOMOU, DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER, MEMBER OF ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH; 91
JOSEPH S. HAYES JR., RETIRED AIR FORCE VETERAN; 91
FRANCIS JOSEPH MURPHY, OF BILLERICA, MA
DAVID ROBERT CORCORAN, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, MA; 58

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011
MARY A. MORRIS, OF AYER, MA, LOVING SISTER; 51
JOHN M. FERREIRA, JR., OF TEWKSBURY, MA, ANTIQUE AUTO ENTHUSIAST; 79
SALLY A. LORDEN, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, FAMILY IN MA; 61

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2011
MARY LOU (McGARRY) GEOFFROY, LOWELL, MA NATIVE, WAS BANK TELLER; 55
MARGARET E. (DOODY) McGRATH, OF SALEM, NH, TOWN OF GROTON, MA RETIREE; 83
CHARLES E. WHEELER, FORMER GROTON, MACHINE CO. OWNER; 83
MARGARET 'MEG' MARY O'COIN, OF TYNGSBOROUGH, MA, WORKED FOR THE USPS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011
FRANCES JOSEPH WIDMAYER JR., OF WEST ACTON, MA, BUSINESSMAN; 82
BENJAMIN R. ANTHONY, OF LITTLETON, MA, LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, SON AND BROTHER; 55
BRENDA PATTERSON, OF DRACUT, MA, LOVING DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 66
JOHN J. 'JACK' COREY, LONGTIME LOWELL RESIDENT; 83
THEODORA (KOKINACIS) DEMOGENES, LONGTIME LOWELL RESIDENT; LOVING AND DEVOTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER; 91
EVA D. RICCI OF WILMINGTON, MA; 85

They Married on Christmas Day

2011-12-25T07:33:00.007-05:00

My great-grandparents, Everett R. Bishop and Mira J. Kilborn, were married on December 25, 1888.

Merry Christmas to All

2011-12-24T16:06:00.001-05:00

Surname Saturday -- HULL of Connecticut (continued)

2011-12-24T07:41:00.000-05:00

With 203 Hulls in my family tree, I am continuing the lineage from last week, in which I posted the first three generations. My direct lines are in green.

Generation No. 4

33.

Josiah HULL (John HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 17 SEP 1676. He married Elizabeth.

Children of Josiah HULL and Elizabeth w\o Josiah HULL are:

62	i.	Peter HULL was born 15 NOV 1713.
63	ii.	Josiah HULL was born 23 FEB 1720.
64	iii.	Sarah HULL was born 29 MAY 1725.

35.

Samuel NETTLETON (Martha HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 8 MAR 1673 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1702. He married Hannah BARBER BEF 1698 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM BARBER and RUTH PARKER. She was born 1675 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Samuel NETTLETON and Hannah BARBER are:

	65	i.	Hannah NETTLETON.
+	66	ii.	Ruth NETTLETON was born 1700 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 9 OCT 1732 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

38.

Elizabeth NETTLETON (Martha HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born ABT 1680, and died AFT 8 MAY 1753. She married Samuel STANNARD ABT 1698 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of JOSEPH STANNARD and ELIZABETH SPENCER. He was born ABT 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 2 JAN 1716 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph POST 20 NOV 1717 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of ABRAHAM POST and MARY JORDAN. He was born 6 FEB 1678 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 DEC 1728 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Elizabeth NETTLETON and Samuel STANNARD are:

	67	i.	Jemima STANNARD. She married George DENISON.
	68	ii.	Elizabeth STANNARD was born 3 SEP 1699 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Daniel HASFORD. He was born in of Hebron, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
	69	iii.	Samuel STANNARD was born 18 DEC 1702 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1756.
	70	iv.	Martha STANNARD was born 5 MAR 1710 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 2 SEP 1756.
+	71	v.	Josiah STANNARD was born 24 MAR 1712 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 13 JUN 1791.
+	72	vi.	Mary STANNARD was born 11 FEB 1715 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 23 SEP 1786 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

46.

George HULL (Joseph HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 18 OCT 1678 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 DEC 1755 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Clinton Cemetery. He married Phebe RUTTY 2 DEC 1708 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Edward RUTTY and Rebecca STEEVENS. She was born 23 APR 1687 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 25 APR 1731 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah KELSEY 21 DEC 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of George HULL and Phebe RUTTY are:

73	i.	Elizabeth HULL was born 19 AUG 1721 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married John GRISWOLD, son of Benjamin GRISWOLD and Abigail NORTON. He was born 12 MAR 1719 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
74	ii.	George HULL was born 9 JUL 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe PRATT 24 JAN 1753 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
75	iii.	Phebe HULL was born 29 JUN 1726 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel GRAVES 14 JAN 1746 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
76	iv.	Joseph HULL was born 4 JUL 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JAN 1731.

46.

Children of George HULL and Phebe RUTTY are:

73	i.	Elizabeth HULL was born 19 AUG 1721 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married John GRISWOLD, son of Benjamin GRISWOLD and Abigail NORTON. He was born 12 MAR 1719 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
74	ii.	George HULL was born 9 JUL 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe PRATT 24 JAN 1753 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
75	iii.	Phebe HULL was born 29 JUN 1726 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel GRAVES 14 JAN 1746 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
76	iv.	Joseph HULL was born 4 JUL 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JAN 1731.

48.

Elizabeth HULL (THOMAS HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 20 DEC 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 27 SEP 1752 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Michael GRISWOLD 15 SEP 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Isaac GRISWOLD.

Children of Elizabeth HULL and Michael GRISWOLD are:

+	77	i.	Ebenezer GRISWOLD was born 26 MAY 1722 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 18 SEP 1752 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	78	ii.	Elizabeth GRISWOLD was born 10 JAN 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died JUN 1790.
+	79	iii.	Sybil GRISWOLD was born 9 MAR 1727 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	80	iv.	Rebecca GRISWOLD was born 11 APR 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Josiah CHATFIELD 17 OCT 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was born 23 FEB 1728.

54.

Ebenezer HULL (THOMAS HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 10 DEC 1705 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 7 JAN 1753 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Damaris KELSEY 2 NOV 1737 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Joseph KELSEY and Hannah HAYDEN. She was born 13 APR 1711 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Lois WILCOXSON 18 MAY 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died 3 DEC 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Ebenezer HULL and Damaris KELSEY are:

	81	i.	Nathaniel HULL was born 28 DEC in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	82	ii.	Ebenezer HULL was born 24 AUG 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	83	iii.	Abner HULL was born 27 JUL 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 14 JUN 1802 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	84	iv.	Loes HULL was born 19 APR 1745 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	85	v.	Demaries HULL was born 23 AUG 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Ezra PORTER 26 AUG 1779 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	86	vi.	Nathaniel HULL was born 4 SEP 1753 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Ebenezer HULL and Lois WILCOXSON are:

+	87	i.	Nathan HULL was born 18 SEP 1734 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 21 SEP 1813 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	88	ii.	Ebenezer HULL was born 23 NOV 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 19 DEC 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

55.

Josiah HULL (THOMAS HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 10 SEP 1707 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 13 OCT 1753 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Union Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth REDFIELD 3 FEB 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth BUEL 1 DEC 1743 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died 9 MAY 1773 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Union Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Josiah HULL and Elizabeth REDFIELD are:

89	i.	Lydia HULL was born 29 OCT 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
90	ii.	Sybil HULL was born 7 JUN 1735 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
91	iii.	Samuel HULL was born 31 AUG 1737 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
92	iv.	Joel HULL was born 22 MAR 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
93	v.	Amos HULL was born 31 JUL 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
94	vi.	Roswell HULL was born 16 JAN 1745 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
95	vii.	Oliver HULL was born 26 MAR 1747 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 31 JAN 1831. He married Martha. She died 18 NOV 1833.
96	viii.	Mercy HULL was born 2 APR 1749 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
97	ix.	Jurdonson HULL was born 6 MAR 1750 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
98	x.	Josiah HULL was born 24 JUL 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

56.

LEMUEL HULL (THOMAS HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 20 MAR 1711 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 17 FEB 1795 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Old Southwest Cemetery (now Evergreen), Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH EARL 24 DEC 1729 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOHN EARL and MARY RAYNOR. She was born ABT 14 SEP 1707 in East Hampton, Long Island, New York, and died 7 AUG 1769 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Old Southwest Cemetery (now Evergreen), Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah PORTER 5 APR 1769.

Children of LEMUEL HULL and ELIZABETH EARL are:

	99	i.	Ezekiel HULL was born 8 NOV 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 16 NOV 1793. He married Sybil \ Sibbel HULL30 MAR 1756 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Josiah HULL and Elizabeth w\o Josiah HULL. She was born 7 JUN 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	100	ii.	Lemuel Jr. HULL was born 4 AUG 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 12 APR 1761.
+	101	iii.	ELIZABETH HULL was born 12 NOV 1734 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 AUG 1811 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	102	iv.	Moses HULL was born 23 APR 1737 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	103	v.	John HULL was born 17 MAR 1739 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1 JUN 1788 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	104	vi.	Chloe HULL was born 17 APR 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 8 NOV 1768 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

57.

Hannah HULL (THOMAS HULL⁴, JOSIAH HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born 15 SEP 1714 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 16 JAN 1783 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Nehemiah PARMELEE 3 APR 1734 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Nathaniel PARMELEE and Esther KELSEY. He was born 15 SEP 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 25 MAY 1790 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Hannah HULL and Nehemiah PARMELEE are:

	105	i.	Abner PARMELEE was born 4 AUG 1734 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 27 MAY 1806 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Lucy BUELL 20 MAR 1757 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	106	ii.	Esther PARMELEE was born 20 MAR 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Peter HULL 10 JUN 1760 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	107	iii.	Lois PARMELEE was born 15 OCT 1737 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	108	iv.	Roswell PARMELEE was born 23 AUG 1739 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Jerusha KELSEY 19 DEC 1765 in N. Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of DANIEL KELSEY and ABIGAIL HURD. She was born 19 DEC 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 14 APR 1786 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	109	v.	Nehemiah PARMELEE was born 5 OCT 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 AUG 1819 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Sybil PARMELEE 5 JUN 1766. He married Martha TURNER 1 DEC 1773 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth NETTLETON 30 SEP 1776 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	110	vi.	Hannah PARMELEE was born 19 DEC 1743 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Eleazer ISBELL 28 APR 1763 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	111	vii.	Adin PARMELEE was born 24 FEB 1746 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	112	viii.	Joel PARMELEE was born 22 APR 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth WHITTLESEY 12 DEC 1771 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	113	ix.	Amos PARMELEE was born 4 SEP 1750 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth LORD 30 SEP 1773 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	114	x.	Solomon PARMELEE was born 4 SEP 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	115	xi.	Siba PARMELEE was born 7 OCT 1755 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Silvanus MEIGS 27 OCT 1774 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

58.

Sarah HUBBELL (Elizabeth GAYLORD⁴, Elizabeth HULL³, GEORGE HULL², THOMAS HULL¹) was born ABT 1676 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 17 DEC 1726 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Josiah STEEVENS 25 JUN 1699 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of William STEEVENS and Mary MEIGS. He was born 8 DEC 1670 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 15 MAY 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton.

Children of Sarah HUBBELL and Josiah STEEVENS are:

+	116	i.	Josiah STEEVENS was born 25 MAR 1700 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 17 DEC 1726 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	117	ii.	Daniel STEEVENS was born 18 OCT 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+	118	iii.	Jerusha STEEVENS was born 19 OCT 1704 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 DEC 1792 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	119	iv.	Jeremiah STEEVENS was born 1706.
	120	v.	Nathaniel STEEVENS was born 1710.
+	121	vi.	Elnathan STEEVENS was born 13 APR 1703 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Wordless Wednesday -- Christmas Sights

2011-12-21T08:00:00.002-05:00

Tombstone Tuesday -- FITZGERALD, COUPE and O'NEIL of Lowell, MA

2011-12-20T07:32:00.001-05:00

FITZGERALD

MARY FITZGERALD

DIED APRIL 19, 1900

CATHERINE COUPE

DIED JUNE 9, 1918

JAMES A. FITZGERALD

DIED MAY 8, 1934

ELLEN DAVEY

DIED MARCH 10, 1937

O'NEIL

MARY O'NEIL

DIED OCT. 8, 1921

JOHN O'NEIL

DIED OCT. 23, 1930

BRIDGETT O'NEIL

DIED MARCH 20, 1937

JOHN J. O'NEIL

DIED AUGUST 6, 1937

EDWARD L. O'NEIL

DIED FEBRUARY 5, 1952

VERONICA M. O'NEIL

DIED JANUARY 18, 1959

HELEN R. O'NEIL

DIED APRIL 13, 1964

Buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

Memorial at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

2011-12-20T07:19:00.000-05:00

World War II Memorial

at Lake Sunapee, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire

James W. Brooks

Douglas N. Blodgett

Harland F. Chase

William A. O'Haier

George O. Kavisto

I have taken quite a few photos of memorials, and will be posting them as I come across the photos in my photo file. This was taken on Oct. 12, 2011.