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

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

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

Saturday, August 14, 2010

White Flower Farm, Litchfield, Massachusetts


 White Flower Farm (website)
Litchfield, Connecticut

  
I have been to White Flower Farm before this visit, it isn't a farm but a family-owned nursery, with some plants from outside the United States. This is a great place to order bulbs, seeds, and plants of all kinds. Even though it was August 14, 2010, we had a spring-like day, and fortunately, no tourists or shoppers around! It was too early to buy bulbs for fall, tho they had a few to sell. It's a nice place to walk the trails and enjoy all the sights in front of you.

Check out their catalog. When I was into gardening, I ordered from them frequently, usually getting my catalog in January or February, and had a few months to dream about gardening in winter.






 



 
My husband Bill posed for a photo.

















 
Our August 2010 program.

Saturday Surname -- JUDSON of Connecticut (2 Generations)

Another Connecticut line, and direct lines are in green.  Please write if you would like sources or want to make an addition or correction.

Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

1. JAMES JUDSON (JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 24 APR 1650 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 25 FEB 1720/21 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Congregational Burying Place, Stratford. He married REBECCA WELLES 18 AUG 1680 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS WELLES and HANNAH TUTTLE. She was born MAY 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 5 NOV 1717 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Congregational Burying Place, Stratford. He married Anne WELLES 22 OCT 1718 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Samuel WELLES and Elizabeth HOLLISTER. She was born 1668, and died 1739.


Children of JAMES JUDSON and REBECCA WELLES are:


+ 2 i. HANNAH JUDSON was born 30 MAY 1681 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 2 JUL 1756 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
3 ii. Sarah JUDSON was born 16 FEB 1682/83 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 31 MAY 1745. She married Nathaniel CHAUNCEY 12 OCT 1708 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
4 iii. William JUDSON was born 4 JAN 1684/85.
5 iv. Rebecca JUDSON was born 25 FEB 1684/85 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 26 FEB 1696/97.
+ 6 v. Joseph JUDSON was born 10 JAN 1685/86 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1755 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
+ 7 vi. Phebe JUDSON was born 2 OCT 1691 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 11 SEP 1753 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
+ 8 vii. David JUDSON was born 7 AUG 1693 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 5 MAY 1761 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
+ 9 viii. James JUDSON was born 1 APR 1689 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1744 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 2


2. HANNAH JUDSON (JAMES JUDSON, JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 30 MAY 1681 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 2 JUL 1756 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Episcopal Burying Grounds, Stratford, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married JAMES LEWIS 11 NOV 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of BENJAMIN LEWIS and HANNAH CURTIS. He was born ABT 1677 in of Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 29 JAN 1766 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Episcopal Burying Grounds, Stratford, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Children of HANNAH JUDSON and JAMES LEWIS are:
+ 10 i. John LEWIS was born 20 DEC 1703 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 5 APR 1775 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
+ 11 ii. MARY LEWIS was born 18 MAY 1706 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 11 DEC 1769 in Greenfield Hill (now Fairfield), Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
12 iii. James LEWIS was born 12 OCT 1708 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 1766. He married Naomi SHERMAN DEC 1730 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Nathaniel SHERMAN and Abigail BURR. She was born 5 MAY 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 27 JAN 1797 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
13 iv. David LEWIS was born 5 JUN 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 13 NOV 1783 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe CURTIS ABT 1734, daughter of Ephraim CURTIS and Elizabeth STILES. She was born 31 AUG 1713 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
14 v. Ephraim LEWIS was born 1718 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 29 FEB 1788 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah EVERITT ABT 1739. She was born ABT 1720 in Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 5 MAY 1776 in Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
15 vi. Abigail LEWIS was born 9 NOV 1722 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Nehemiah BEARDSLEY ABT 1740 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of Nathan BEARDSLEY and Dinah CURTIS. He was born 5 APR 1719 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


6. Joseph JUDSON (JAMES JUDSON, JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 10 JAN 1685/86 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1755 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah HAWLEY 14 MAR 1707/08 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of John HAWLEY and Deborah PIERSON. She was born 13 OCT 1689 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1 DEC 1739. He married Esther CURTIS 20 DEC 1734 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Daniel CURTIS. She was born 5 APR 1706 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1772.


Children of Joseph JUDSON and Hannah HAWLEY are:
16 i. Ephraim JUDSON.
17 ii. Rebecca JUDSON.
18 iii. Hannah JUDSON.
19 iv. Joseph JUDSON.
20 v. Nathan JUDSON.
21 vi. John JUDSON was born 22 MAR 1711/12.
22 vii. John JUDSON was born 8 JUL 1716.
23 viii. Henry JUDSON was born 11 NOV 1720, and died BET 6 MAY 1756 AND 24 JUN 1766.


Children of Joseph JUDSON and Esther CURTIS are:
24 i. William JUDSON was born 25 JUL 1737 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
25 ii. Amy JUDSON was born 2 JAN 1739/40 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
26 iii. Abel JUDSON was born 28 NOV 1740 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


7. Phebe JUDSON (JAMES JUDSON, JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 2 OCT 1691 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 11 SEP 1753 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Episcopal Burying Grounds, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph LEWIS 29 JUN 1714 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of BENJAMIN LEWIS and HANNAH CURTIS. He was born ABT 1682 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 3 JUL 1756. He was buried in Episcopal Burying Grounds, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Children of Phebe JUDSON and Joseph LEWIS are:
27 i. Rebecca LEWIS was born 14 APR 1715 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died JUL 1715 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
28 ii. Rebecca LEWIS was born ABT 1716 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Robert WALKER.
29 iii. Rebecca LEWIS was born 22 JUL 1716 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
30 iv. Thomas LEWIS was born AUG 1718 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Eunice WELLES. He married Anne.
31 v. Joseph LEWIS was born ABT 1720 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah BLACKLEACH.


8. David JUDSON (JAMES JUDSON, JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 7 AUG 1693 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 5 MAY 1761 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Congregational Burying Place, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe STILES 29 OCT 1713 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Ephraim STILES and Bathsheba TOMLINSON. She was born 25 MAR 1696 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 20 MAY 1765 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Congregational Burying Place, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Children of David JUDSON and Phebe STILES are:
32 i. Agur JUDSON.
33 ii. Sarah JUDSON.
34 iii. David JUDSON was born 26 SEP 1715 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
35 iv. Phebe JUDSON was born 19 FEB 1717/18 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
36 v. Abel JUDSON was born 31 JAN 1719/20 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 18 SEP 1721 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
37 vi. Abel JUDSON was born 12 FEB 1720/21 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
38 vii. Rebecca JUDSON was born 1722.
39 viii. Ruth JUDSON was born 26 APR 1726 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
40 ix. Daniel JUDSON was born 26 APR 1728 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah CURTIS 1 JAN 1752 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
41 x. Abner JUDSON was born 4 JUN 1733 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah CURTIS 19 DEC 1756 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
42 xi. Betty JUDSON was born 12 JAN 1736/37 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


9. James JUDSON (JAMES JUDSON, JOSEPH JUDSON, WILLIAM JUDSON) was born 1 APR 1689 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1744 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Martha LEWIS 18 DEC 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of BENJAMIN LEWIS and HANNAH CURTIS. She was born ABT 1691 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 30 SEP 1754.


Children of James JUDSON and Martha LEWIS are:
43 i. Abigail JUDSON was born 15 SEP 1713 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
44 ii. Sarah JUDSON was born 8 JUL 1715 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
45 iii. Eunice JUDSON was born 24 OCT 1717 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
46 iv. Martha JUDSON was born 18 FEB 1718/19 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph CURTIS.
47 v. James JUDSON was born 27 NOV 1721 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth CURTIS.
48 vi. Lewis W. JUDSON was born ABT 23 AUG 1723 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
49 vii. Elizabeth JUDSON was born 25 SEP 1725 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Job PECK.
50 viii. Benjamin JUDSON was born 13 SEP 1727 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth CURTIS.
51 ix. Hannah JUDSON was born 17 JUL 1729 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
52 x. Elihu JUDSON was born 11 MAY 1732 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
53 xi. Sarah JUDSON was born 31 JAN 1735/36 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.