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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.

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Friday, January 28, 2011

Almira was Adopted

Almira Richardson, my 3rd great-grandmother was adopted, between her birth in 1798 and marriage in 1820. Although I don't know anything about her family, there is a marriage record stating Almira was the adopted daughter of JOHN BRYAN. Fortunately, I found quite a bit about her adopted family from a church record, and that is presented below. I'm hoping to find more information to solve this brick wall, for instance; who her parents were, what happened to them and did Almira have siblings. Perhaps somebody from the RICHARDSON or the BRYAN family will provide a clue. 


Almira Richardson Adopted Daughter of JOHN BRYAN
  
Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN BRYAN  (RICHARD) was born February 23, 1754 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died December 11, 1840 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He married (1) MABEL / MARY CLARK, daughter of JOHN CLARK and MABEL LINES.  She was born October 08, 1754 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died March 17, 1815 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He married (2) MOLLY CLARK January 11, 1816 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOHN CLARK and MABEL LINES.  She was born November 09, 1757 in Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died February 05, 1844 in New Haven Co., Connecticut.
     
Children of JOHN BRYAN and MABEL CLARK are:
                   i.    ELIJAH BRYAN, b. February 09, 1780, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. 1860; m. SARAH (TREAT) PECK; b. February 14, 1778, Connecticut.
                  ii.    JOHN BRYAN, b. June 04, 1781, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. April 18, 1824, Orange (No. Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut; m. HANNAH FOWLER, March 27, 1805, Orange (Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut; b. December 28, 1779, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. February 20, 1851, Orange (No. Milford), New Haven Co., Connecticut.
                 iii.    MARY BRYAN, b. April 12, 1785, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. January 11, 1811; m. JOSEPH STONE.
2.              iv.    RICHARD BRYAN, b. November 01, 1788, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. September 08, 1858.
3.               v.    ALMIRA RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1798, Orange, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. April 22, 1861, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Generation No. 2

2.  RICHARD BRYAN (JOHN, RICHARD) was born November 01, 1788 in New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died September 08, 1858.  He married MARY TREAT September 08, 1813, daughter of SAMUEL TREAT and SARAH NETTLETON.  She was born June 05, 1780.
     
Children of RICHARD BRYAN and MARY TREAT were:
                   i.    MERRITT TREAT BRYAN, b. June 23, 1814.
                  ii.    MARY STONE BRYAN, b. April 28, 1817; m. SAMUEL PECK.
                 iii.    JOHN BRYAN, b. March 20, 1822; m. GRACE A. PLUMB.
                 iv.    GEORGE HART BRYAN, b. October 20, 1825.
                  v.    WILLIAM BRYAN, m. CLARISSA TREAT, May 05, 1824; b. October 10, 1800.


3.  ALMIRA RICHARDSON (JOHN BRYAN, RICHARD) was born Abt. 1798 in Orange, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died April 22, 1861 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  She married AARON KILBORN April 09, 1820 in No. Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, son of JONATHAN KILBORN and ELIZABETH FARNHAM.  He was born September 03, 1798 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died August 29, 1876 in Orange, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
     
Children of ALMIRA RICHARDSON and AARON KILBORN were:
4.                i.    AARON RICHARDSON KILBORN, b. July 09, 1821, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. February 05, 1861, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
5.               ii.    MEHITABLE ELIZABETH KILBORN, b. October 22, 1822, Whitneyville, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1880.
                 iii.    ALMIRA PHINETTA KILBORN, b. June 01, 1824, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. August 21, 1905, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; m. JOSEPH L. HOTCHKISS, May 05, 1844, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; b. March 1816, Connecticut; d. March 26, 1904, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
6.              iv.    ESTHER FARNHAM KILBORN, b. June 24, 1828, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. December 23, 1899, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
                  v.    MARY LOUISA KILBORN, b. November 21, 1829; d. September 06, 1832, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
7.              vi.    GEORGE FRANKLIN KILBORN, b. October 30, 1832, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. December 16, 1910, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
                vii.    BENJAMIN "BENNY" HART KILBORN, b. April 25, 1837, Connecticut; d. Abt. February 29, 1908, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; m. GEORGIANA BARNES, May 03, 1858, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; b. March 1836, Connecticut; d. Abt. October 18, 1909, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Generation No. 3

4.  AARON RICHARDSON KILBORN (ALMIRA RICHARDSON, JOHN BRYAN, RICHARD) was born July 09, 1821 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died February 05, 1861 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He married ELIZABETH M. SMITH October 14, 1844 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of BETSEY SMITH.  She was born Abt. 1823 in Connecticut, and died Aft. 1880.
     
Children of AARON KILBORN and ELIZABETH SMITH were:
                   i.    CHARLES HENRY KILBORN, b. June 09, 1846, Connecticut.
8.               ii.    EDWIN BEERS KILBORN, b. October 16, 1848, Connecticut; d. 1922.
                 iii.    EUGENE SMITH KILBORN, b. August 14, 1856, Connecticut.
9.              iv.    CLARENCE WAITE KILBORN, b. August 14, 1856, Connecticut; d. 1940.


5.  MEHITABLE ELIZABETH KILBORN (ALMIRA RICHARDSON, JOHN BRYAN, RICHARD) was born October 22, 1822 in Whitneyville, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1880.  She married WILLIAM WELLES WAITE June 02, 1844 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He was born Abt. 1815 in Connecticut, and died Aft. 1880.
     
Children of MEHITABLE KILBORN and WILLIAM WAITE were:
10.              i.    RICHARD WELLS WAITE, b. June 17, 1845, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1900.
                  ii.    MARY ELIZABETH WAITE, b. August 14, 1847, Connecticut; d. December 30, 1854, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
                 iii.    GEORGE THOMAS WAITE, b. September 20, 1850, Connecticut; d. August 09, 1851.
                 iv.    GEORGE WASHINGTON WAITE, b. November 09, 1852, Connecticut.
                  v.    ESTHER FLORENCE WAITE, b. September 21, 1854, Connecticut; d. May 25, 1869, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.


6.  ESTHER FARNHAM KILBORN (ALMIRA RICHARDSON, JOHN BRYAN, RICHARD) was born June 24, 1828 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died December 23, 1899 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  She married JOHN HENRY JOHNSON June 01, 1846 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He was born 1824, and died July 19, 1853 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
     
Children of ESTHER KILBORN and JOHN JOHNSON were:
                   i.    JOHN SUMMERFIELD JOHNSON, b. May 20, 1849.
11.             ii.    PHINETTA "NETTIE" ELIZABETH JOHNSON, b. April 23, 1852, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.


7.  GEORGE FRANKLIN KILBORN (ALMIRA RICHARDSON, JOHN BRYAN, RICHARD) was born October 30, 1832 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died December 16, 1910 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.  He married SOPHIA POLLY DAVIS August 31, 1851 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of ALVIN DAVIS and JULIA WRIGHT.  She was born January 11, 1831 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died May 03, 1928 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
     
Children of GEORGE KILBORN and SOPHIA DAVIS were:
12.              i.    GEORGE AARON KILBORN, b. February 26, 1853, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. 1930.
13.             ii.    SOPHIA (LETTIE/LAYETTE S.) ELIZABETH KILBORN, b. April 21, 1855, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. 1930.
14.            iii.    WILLIAM W. KILBORN, b. February 1858, Illinois; d. Aft. 1910.
15.            iv.    MIRA (ALMIRA) JULIA KILBORN, b. October 07, 1861, Carbondale, Jackson Co., Illinois; d. September 01, 1929, No. Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
16.             v.    CHARLES W. KILBORN, b. August 1863, Connecticut; d. Abt. September 06, 1912, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.


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