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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.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Follow Friday -- Facebook or Google

If somebody had asked me which of the two, Facebook or Google, was getting the most hits per week, I would have said Google without a doubt.

Imagine my surprise when, I read in the Boston Globe the other day that "Facebook surpasses Google in US hits" wow, I thought what does this mean?  Of course, I know what it means, but what about down the road? I can imagine Google starting up a social network site of its own, (not the new Buzz, but something totally different) and Facebook will offer a blogging format. Now a days, you shouldn't get too used to anything on the net, because it will change soon.  This is a little news item, nothing more.  I just thought it was interesting.  So for Follow Friday, I will be following whatever news there is on Facebook and Google, and may the best site win.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - NEWELL of Connecticut (3 generations)

The Burial Ground Hill Cemetery is now known as The Oak Hill Cemetery
located at Southington, Connecticut
Samuel Newell (above)
Born:  February 19, 1685/86, Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Died:  February 11, 1750/51, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
My 6th great-grandfather
Asahel Newell (above and below)
Born:  May 05, 1725, Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Died:  April 05, 1769, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
My 5th great-grandfather

Mark Newell family (above and below)
Born: October 17, 1757, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Died:  January 09, 1829, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut

His wife, Phebe Sill
Born:  May 27, 1756, Prob. New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Died:  October 26, 1809, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
My 4th great-grandparents
Note:  The wives of the first two Newells are buried in another cemetery.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Madness Monday -- Asking for Help #2

If you live in certain areas of the East Coast, you know that it has been a very rainy, windy and cold weekend. A perfect time to spend the day or days writing your blog, reading others, using new templates to create a new face for your blog, or if you are like me (and I doubt you were), just trying to fix up the old format. What a huge time waster, and I mean hours and hours. I couldn't even get the colors to match. I did, in fact, try the beta format for the new, templates and then in a second it was wiped out. Truth be told, I don't think I saved it. So with the frustration intact, I went back to the old. It is just madness, but there aren't any questions as yet on this topic. Read all about the new version from Blogger Buzz, also, Tom MacEntee wrote about it.  However, even with my failure, I enjoyed seeing some of the newly created designs during the weekend, such as Apple's at Apple's Tree, Midge's at Granite in my Blood, and Heather's at Nutfield Genealogy.

I hope you all like my same, old blog. One quick question, how in the heck do I make my photo go all the way across? Before this new version, it went to within 1" on the right, then I removed it to try again, and I get this small photo.

Les Larrabee of  Bits and Pieces wrote the following to me, as he was trying to leave a comment on my Foote blog, "I can't always post a comment to the type of comment field in your blog and others using that style. I use firefox for a browser but Explorer doesn't work either. Do you ever have that problem?" Later, he provided more information, "I just tried it using Explorer and got the same results but this time it gave a message that the comment would not process. And again it's not just your blog, its any with your style comment field. The google blogger style and the one that asks for and email address both work OK. It does drive me crazy so it fits Monday madness" And, he is asking me? Is there anybody who can answer his question?  Thanks Les.  I seem to receive quite a few comments, so I'm not sure what is going on.  Can anybody help Les? And, thanks Les, great question.

Happy follow up.  Thank you to Apple at Apple's Tree.  She was able to resize my blog photo, and I'm very happy.  It is almost like having a "Brick Wall" come down, the blog looks normal!

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Surname Saturday -- FOOTE (two generations)

Nathaniel Foote and his family establish a very old line in Connecticut.  He was born September 21, 1592 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex Co., England and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut.  Nothing too unusual about that, other than the fact that both my parents can claim him as their 9th great-grandfather.  I am not sure how the calculation of Family Tree Maker determined that my parents are 6th cousins, perhaps it was through one of the two other lines in which they are also related, but I do know they claim Nathaniel Foote as an ancestor.  Nathaniel Foote is buried in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and I am anxious to go to that cemetery. But, I need to do some homework first, as there are 2,700+ stones there.

One of the links to Find-A-Grave gives me a good idea of what the cemetery looks like, and even provides an address where I can get a gravestone guide. I think I need to do that soon. The link for Nathaniel Foote is impressive, but there is no cemetery stone!

The Foote Family Association of America has a nice web site, if you are interested in this line. And, Foote family: comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, Volume 1 By Abram William Foote is free on Google books.

My Foote genealogy is below, and those in green are my direct lines. You can view my entire Foote tree on RootsWeb.

1. NATHANIEL FOOTE (ROBERT FOOTE1) was born ABT 1593 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex co., England, and died BEF 20 NOV 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Behind Congregational Church, Wethersfield. He married ELIZABETH DEMING ABT 1615 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex co., England. She was born ABT 1595 in Colchester, Essex co., England, and died 28 JUL 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Children of NATHANIEL FOOTE and ELIZABETH DEMING were:

+ 2 i. ELIZABETH FOOTE was born 8 SEP 1616 in Of Colchester, Essex, England, and died 8 SEP 1700 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3 ii. Nathaniel FOOTE was born ABT 1620 in England, and died 1655. He married Elizabeth SMITH 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of Samuel SMITH.
+ 4 iii. MARY FOOTE was born ABT 1623 in England, and died AFT AUG 1685.
+ 5 iv. ROBERT FOOTE was born 8 DEC 1627 in England, and died 1681 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
+ 6 v. Frances FOOTE was born 1629 in England.
+ 7 vi. Sarah FOOTE was born ABT 1632 in England, and died 1673.
+ 8 vii. Rebecca FOOTE was born ABT 1634, and died 6 APR 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH FOOTE (NATHANIEL FOOTE2, ROBERT FOOTE1) was born 8 SEP 1616 in Of Colchester, Essex, England, and died 8 SEP 1700 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married JOSIAH CHURCHILL 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was born 1 JAN 1611/12 in England, and died 1 JAN 1686/87 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Children of ELIZABETH FOOTE and JOSIAH CHURCHILL were:

+ 9 i. MARY CHURCHILL was born 24 MAR in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1690 in Prob. Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
+ 10 ii. Elizabeth CHURCHILL was born 15 MAY 1642.
11 iii. Hannah CHURCHILL was born 1 NOV 1644, and died BEF 11 NOV 1683.
12 iv. Ann CHURCHILL was born 1647. She married Mr. RICE.
13 v. Joseph CHURCHILL was born 2 DEC 1649, and died 1 APR 1699. He married Mary (__) w\o Joseph CHURCHILL 13 MAY 1664.
14 vi. Benjamin CHURCHILL was born 16 MAY 1652, and died 30 OCT 1712. He married Mary (__) w\o Benjamin CHURCHILL 1677. She was born ABT 1652.
15 vii. Sarah CHURCHILL was born 11 NOV 1657. She married Thomas WICKHAM 11 JUN 1673. He was born 15 OCT 1651 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 30 APR 1730 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

4. MARY FOOTE (NATHANIEL FOOTE2, ROBERT FOOTE1) was born ABT 1623 in England, and died AFT AUG 1685. She married Thomas TRACY. He was born in of Norwich, Connecticut, and died 7 NOV 1685. She married JOHN STODDARD ABT 1642 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was born ABT 1620 in of Watertown, Massachusetts, and died ABT 20 DEC 1664 in wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married JOHN GOODRICH 4 APR 1674 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, son of JOHN GOODRICH and MARGERY HOW. He was born BET 1615 AND 1616 in Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk England, and died 6 APR 1680 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Children of MARY FOOTE and JOHN STODDARD were:

+ 16 i. Mary STODDARD was born 12 MAR 1642/43 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 23 AUG 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
+ 17 ii. JOHN STODDARD was born 12 APR 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 4 DEC 1703 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
18 iii. Caleb STODDARD was born 12 SEP 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
19 iv. Joshua STODDARD was born 12 SEP 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1725. He married Bethia Goodwin SMITH 15 AUG 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of Richard SMITH.
20 v. Mercy STODDARD was born NOV 1652, and died 1715. She married Joseph WRIGHT 10 MAR 1684/85 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
21 vi. Elizabeth STODDARD was born JUL 1656. She married Mr. WRIGHT.
22 vii. Nathaniel STODDARD was born MAR 1660/61, and died 9 FEB 1713/14. He married Mary (__) w\o Nathaniel STODDARD BEF 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She died 17 JAN 1692/93. He married Eunice STANDISH 7 DEC 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS STANDISH and Susannah SMITH. She was born 1664, and died 5 AUG 1716.

5. ROBERT FOOTE (NATHANIEL FOOTE2, ROBERT FOOTE1) was born 8 DEC 1627 in England, and died 1681 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married SARAH POTTER BEF 1660 in New Haven / Branford, Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM POTTER and FRANCIS (__) w\o WILLIAM POTTER. She was born ABT 22 AUG 1641 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died AFT AUG 1706 in (Prob.) Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Children of ROBERT FOOTE and SARAH POTTER were:

23 i. Nathaniel FOOTE was born 13 APR 1660 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1714 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. He married Tabitha BISHOP. She was born 14 SEP 1657 in of Branford, Connecticut, and died 1715.
24 ii. Sarah FOOTE was born 12 FEB 1661/62 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Isaac CURTIS 13 AUG 1682, son of Richard CURTIS. He was born in of Wallingford, Connecticut, and died 15 FEB 1711/12. She married Nathaniel HOW 9 AUG 1714. He was born in of Wallingford, CT.
+ 25 iii. ELIZABETH FOOTE was born 18 MAR 1662/63 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 14 MAY 1730 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
26 iv. Joseph FOOTE was born 6 MAR 1665/66 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 6 MAR 1750/51 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. He married Abigail JOHNSON 1690. He married Sarah ROSE 1710. He married Susanna (Henbury) FRISBIE 8 SEP 1741.
27 v. Samuel FOOTE was born 14 MAY 1668 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1696 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail BARKER.
+ 28 vi. John FOOTE was born 24 JUL 1670 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1713 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
29 vii. Stephen FOOTE was born 14 DEC 1672 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 23 OCT 1762 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth NASH 1702. He married Hannah (__) HOWD 27 JUN 1739.
30 viii. Isaac FOOTE was born 14 DEC 1672 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 11 FEB 1758 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Rebecca DICKERMAN 1709, daughter of ABRAHAM "Abram" DICKERMAN and MARY COOPER. She was born 27 FEB 1678/79 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 13 OCT 1757.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Tragic or Unexpected Deaths

March is National Women's History Month and a genealogist has come up with the topic "Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family?"

All deaths are tragic, some expected, but none more surprising than a physically fit 70 yr. old woman dying on her bike. She was on a bike trip, but one which began hours before in Acton, MA., with her leading The Nashoba Valley Pedalers, a group of riders to ride 12 miles to see the Lexington, MA parade in honor of Patriot's Day on April 16, 1990. On their return trip, she had a massive heart attack. A nurse was a rider, but the CPR couldn't save my mother. From what I recall, there were about 10 in the group, of which she was the president and tour leader.

A little background. She didn't drive until I was out of high school, so she biked, took a bus, or walked everywhere. Speaking of biking, for fun, she took long trips; for instance, many 100-mile-a-day trips, and her goal was 5,000 miles a year.  There were bike tour trips to Russia, China, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands and she was due to do a bike tour in France just six weeks after her death. Along with biking, she enjoyed swimming, cross country skiing and in my early years, there was ice skating and tennis.

She was a widow, my non-athletic father died the year before. She lived alone and never wasted a minute between her sports and volunteering for six to eight organizations.  I never got the chance to discuss her parents and grandparents or other older family members, as I had just begun doing genealogy. But she did give me a lot of her old DAR papers in December 1989, and four months later she was dead.

A side note. Two years later I was in London seeing a play. During the break, while in the restroom I had a nice conversation with a lady, we shared where we were from. I said Alexandria, VA and she said Acton. Naturally, I asked if she knew my mother. Yes! She did and even mentioned her death, the funeral, and the reception. I left with chills up and down my arm and every time I thought about that encounter for several years.

Note:  The photo was taken by a good friend,  and it was included in a large newspaper article about her, four years before her death.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A Sad Farewell

Today was an unhappy day; it began with my knowing I was going to go to a wake. Not just any wake, but to one of a former genealogy club member, somebody I've know about 12 years. Our genealogy club has about 70 members, of which usually 15 people show up, and more often than not, the same people attend. Our club is pretty unique in that we have five husband and wives, a mother with two daughters and a mother with a daughter and son-in-law. Most of the regulars have been attending as long as my husband and I.
 
The other day when I was notified that one of the long-time members died suddenly at 59, it was a shock to us all. As written in her obituary, her passion was genealogy and she was a proud member of the genealogy club. How could you not cry? Her love of genealogy was like all of ours. Her mother also did it, and her husband seemed to be interested in it as well. This afternoon, I asked her husband about it, and I think he might try to do it, since my friend was also working on his lineage. We all hate going to a wake alone, but I did, and met two of the couples there, as well as one of the other members. We all knew each other and it was comforting. More members were going this evening.

I think too, my friend would be pleased with the number of her genealogy friends who showed up. We will all miss her.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Madness Monday -- Asking For Help#1

An update to my question regarding converting a PDF to a Jpeg brought many responses and many different methods.  See post of March 1.

I just called Smart Computing magazine's technical support office and presented my question to them. As a subscriber, the support is one of their benefits.  I was told there wasn't a way, other than getting an application downloaded to your PC.  Some applications may be free, free for a while or you pay immediately.

However, as I learned yesterday, a Mac will do it.  Kathryn Doyle at CaliforniaAncestors emailed, and had me send her my DAR certificate image to her, and within minutes I had the image back in a jpeg format!  Publically, I want to thank Kathryn.  In addition, Kathleen Brandt at a3genealogy had offered to do it for me as well.

I am thinking this might be an idea for the Monday posts.  And, I am hoping others have questions about blogging and technology.  Perhaps you could send me your question or questions, and I can post here.  I would love to hear your suggestions about this idea.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

1914 DAR Certificate and FedEx

DAR Certificate of 1914 belonging to my great-grandmother.
I don't have many items that belonged to my great-grandmother but the three things I have pertain to the DAR.  She and her mother were both early members of the organization. Therefore, this document is quite meaningful to me. Some of you may remember my post about donating the 1901 certificate to the DAR, and they now can't locate it.


The other day, I went to FedEx armed with several items and many questions.  What joy to find there was no line, and I had the clerk all to myself.  We began with my five cemetery photos, 4 x 6 in color, which I wanted enlarged and put on heavy paper. That was done quickly.  Then from my flashdrive, the clerk found an image I had saved and printed it on heavy paper.  The last thing was to scan the above DAR document, which measures 14' x 17' and saved it on my flash drive. (There machine didn't do color, but a FedEx nearby does.) The machine used was amazing, as it can scan anything 36" wide and as long as you need.  I didn't need the image printed out, just saved..to show you.  In the future, I will have some descendant trees printed there.  Anyway, everything came to just under $6 and I was very pleased.

Once home, I tried out the flash drive.  The DAR certificate was there, but saved as a PDF, all I could get was the much smaller image (at 36% in size) to print out, which is what is above.  Yes, I can open the huge document, but of course, can't put it on the blog.  Seems like I experienced this problem before.

A quick phone call to FedEx and I was told, I could bring back the flash drive, and they can put the image into jpeg format.  Yes, I will do that. The employee was great, and really seemed to know his job and best of all, didn't mind all my questions. I learned, it is a good place to go to get information.


Based on the replies I received from a number of people who had suggestions to my Monday Madness  -- Asking For Help#1 post, there are several different ways to put a PDF onto your blog, but no easy way.  When I go back to FedEx next week, I will ask for their opinion.  Maybe there will be another way.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Surname Saturday -- KNAP Connecticut to Canada

The Knap line was one of the lines that I had a very easy time tracing their migration. Since I worked backwards and was initially stuck on the parents of Anna Knap, daughter of Jonathan. How was I ever going to locate Jonathan? He wasn't anywhere in the Quebec area where his daughter and husband were. During a cemetery hunt in Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada to see where my Anna Knap Pell was buried, there were two large stones, those of her parents! Written on the tombstones were what we all love to see:


"Knap, Jonathan (Capt.) b. Redding, CT. May 17, 1750 - Apr. 25, 1828 h/o Mary Alvord" And, next to him was,


"In memory of Mary Alvord wife of Capt. Jonathan Knap who departed this life July 31, 1842. Aged 88-3-5." Perfect.


Once I returned home and made a trip to the library to get the Alvord Genealogy, it stated, "Mary Alvord (Elisha, Thomas, Thomas, Alexander), born Fairfield, Conn., Apr. 26, 1754; died in her 89th year; married Fairfield, Conn., Sept. 7, 1772, Jonathan Knap, son of David and Anna (Mallory) Knap. Res. Redding, Conn." A few additional sources tied the Connecticut line to the Quebec line rather easily. He was a loyalist who left Connecticut and went to Canada. But, it was all by accident that I even looked at those stones.


The five generations are below, and my direct lines are in All Caps. The first four generations are all documented in History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus, several other books, a will and early census. The fifth generation has my Jonathan Knap born in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut and died in Quebec, Canada.


1. JOSIAH KNAP (ROGER KNAP) was born 1652, and died 1690. He married SYBIL DICKERSON BEF 1677 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS DICKERSON and MARY. She was born ABT 1655 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 2 AUG 1709 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
 
Children of JOSIAH KNAP and SYBIL DICKERSON are:


2 i. Mary KNAP was born 7 NOV 1677 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


+ 3 ii. MOSES KNAP was born 1688 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died BET 3 AND 11 NOV 1755 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


4 iii. Jonathan KNAP was born 21 APR 1690 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


5 iv. Daniel KNAP was born ABT 21 JUN 1696 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died ABT 1771. He married Abigail BANKS 5 MAR 1709/10 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Benjamin BANKS.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 2


3. MOSES KNAP (JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 1688 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died BET 3 AND 11 NOV 1755 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married GANDA ADAMS BEF 1712 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of NATHAN ADAMS and MARY JAMES. She was born BEF 23 DEC 1694 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1755.


Children of MOSES KNAP and GANDA ADAMS are:


6 i. Hannah KNAP was born in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Ebenezer MALLORY 6 FEB 1743/44.


7 ii. Ruth KNAP was born in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Daniel LYON. She married Seth WHEELER 27 OCT 1746.


+ 8 iii. DAVID KNAP was born ABT 15 MAR 1711/12 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 7 MAY 1795 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


9 iv. Sarah KNAP was born ABT 24 AUG 1712 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Gerrard FINNEY. He was born in of Dutchess Co., New York.


10 v. Jonathan KNAP was born ABT MAY 1715 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


11 vi. Rebecca KNAP was born 8 SEP 1717 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Simon DeWolf \ DOLPH 1739 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He was born 8 MAR 1708/09 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1771 in Northeast, Dutchess Co., New York.


12 vii. Moses KNAP was born ABT 28 JUN 1719.


13 viii. Rachel KNAP was born 7 JUN 1726 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Josiah WHITLOCK in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of John WHITLOCK.


14 ix. Eunice KNAP was born 1728 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Jabez WILLIAMS 1753 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


+ 15 x. Mary KNAP was born ABT 1730 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 9 DEC 1756 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 3


8. DAVID KNAP (MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born ABT 15 MAR 1711/12 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 7 MAY 1795 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married ANNA (__) w\o Isaac MEEKER 24 OCT 1736 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was born ABT 17 MAY 1713 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 4 AUG 1797.


Children of DAVID KNAP and ANNA (__) w\o Isaac MEEKER are:


+ 16 i. Anna KNAP was born 29 JUL 1737 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1811 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


17 ii. Aquila KNAP was born 20 DEC 1738 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 11 SEP 1760 in Fort Edward, Washington Co., New York.


18 iii. Priscilla KNAP was born 8 MAR 1740/41 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married John SEYMOUR.


+ 19 iv. Lois KNAP was born 1 JAN 1742/43 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 8 MAY 1833 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


20 v. David KNAP was born 18 MAY 1745 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1769. He married Ruth. He married Abigail BENEDICT 16 MAY 1765 in Danbury, Connecticut.


+ 21 vi. JONATHAN KNAP was born 6 MAR 1749/50 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 25 APR 1828 in St. Armand E. (Freighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada..


+ 22 vii. Moses KNAP was born ABT 1754 in of Arlington, Vermont, and died 13 FEB 1816 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


15. Mary KNAP (MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born ABT 1730 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 9 DEC 1756 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Gershom FAIRCHILD 19 NOV 1754 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of Alexander FAIRCHILD and Mary MALLORY. He was born ABT 1734 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 20 DEC 1792 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Child of Mary KNAP and Gershom FAIRCHILD is:


23 i. Mary FAIRCHILD was born 9 DEC 1756 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 4


16. Anna KNAP (DAVID KNAP4, MOSES KNAP3, JOSIAH KNAP2, ROGER KNAP1) was born 29 JUL 1737 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1811 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Nehemiah WHITLOCK.


Child of Anna KNAP and Nehemiah WHITLOCK is:


24 i. Solomon WHITLOCK was born ABT 1760 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died ABT 1830 in New Brunswick, Canada.


19. Lois KNAP (DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 1 JAN 1742/43 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 8 MAY 1833 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married John DAVERN. He was born 1739 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Children of Lois KNAP and John DAVERN are:


25 i. David DAVERN was born ABT 1764 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


26 ii. John DAVERN was born ABT 1766 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1832.


+ 27 iii. Talcott DAVERN was born 1768 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 18 NOV 1847 in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.


28 iv. Lucy Jane DAVERN was born 1770 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1856 in Bethel, Connecticut. She married Lemuel PATCHEN. She married Samuel CROFUT.


29 v. Betsey DAVERN was born ABT 1775 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 10 DEC 1854. She married Eri CROFUT 29 NOV 1798 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


21. JONATHAN KNAP (DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 6 MAR 1749/50 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 25 APR 1828 in St. Armand E. (Freighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.. He was buried 28 APR 1828 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery. Frelighsburg, Missiquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married MARY (Molly) ALVORD 7 SEP 1772 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of ELISHA \ ELIAS ALVORD and HANNAH GOODSELL. She was born 26 APR 1754 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 31 JUL 1842 in St. Armand E. (Freighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.. She was buried 2 AUG 1842 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery. Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


Children of JONATHAN KNAP and MARY (Molly) ALVORD are:


30 i. Mary KNAP was born 15 APR 1774 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph DOLPH.


31 ii. Jonathan KNAP was born 29 DEC 1777 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Lucy BURR 10 APR 1800 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


+ 32 iii. Aquila KNAP was born 5 DEC 1785 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 23 MAR 1877 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


33 iv. Priscilla KNAP was born 25 APR 1788 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 20 APR 1864 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


+ 34 v. Moses KNAP was born 8 JAN 1790 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 27 DEC 1863 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


35 vi. Rachel KNAP was born 6 SEP 1792 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 26 AUG 1854. She married Lewis Leach \ COCHAN.


+ 36 vii. ANNA KNAP was born 22 APR 1798 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 20 FEB 1866 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


22. Moses KNAP (DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born ABT 1754 in of Arlington, Vermont, and died 13 FEB 1816 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried 16 FEB 1816 in All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Charity HURD ABT 1789, daughter of Abraham HARD and Charity Munsee \ Mamsee \ MUNSON. She was born ABT 1760 in Connecticut, and died 13 MAR 1851 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She was buried 17 MAR 1851 in All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


Child of Moses KNAP and Charity HURD is:


+ 37 i. Diantha KNAP was born 23 APR 1791 in Salisbury, Addison Co., Vermont, and died 24 MAY 1852 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 5


27. Talcott DAVERN (Lois KNAP, DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 1768 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 18 NOV 1847 in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. He married Temperance (__) DAVERN.


Child of Talcott DAVERN and Temperance is:


38 i. Laura DAVERN was born 1814 in New York, and died AFT 1880. She married Ransom BILLINGS 27 AUG 1831 in Thompson, Geauga Co., Ohio. He was born 1803, and died 3 JAN 1861.


32. Aquila KNAP (JONATHAN KNAP, DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 5 DEC 1785 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 23 MAR 1877 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried 25 MAR 1877 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery*, Frelighsburg, Canada. He married Margaret (Sands) DAVIS 1828. She was born 1794 in Long Island, New York, and died 1855.


Children of Aquila KNAP and Margaret (Sands) DAVIS are:


39 i. Aquila Sands KNAP was born FEB 1830 in Quebec, Canada, and died 11 JUL 1830 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


40 ii. Edward Sands KNAP was born 19 JUN 1831 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


34. Moses KNAP (JONATHAN KNAP, DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 8 JAN 1790 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 27 DEC 1863 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried 29 DEC 1863 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery*, Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Ruth GETTY 8 JAN 1824 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, daughter of Robert GETTY and Eleanor MILLER. She was born ABT 1805 in Quebec, Canada, and died 3 FEB 1862 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She was buried 5 FEB 1862 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery*, Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


Children of Moses KNAP and Ruth GETTY are:


41 i. Alvord KNAP was born 29 MAR 1820 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 4 AUG 1836 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
+ 42 ii. Eleanor Meller KNAP was born 13 JUL 1827 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 8 JUN 1900 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


+ 43 iii. Jonathan KNAP was born 4 JUN 1829 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 2 SEP 1867 in of Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


44 iv. Moses KNAP was born 27 APR 1834 in Quebec, Canada, and died 4 NOV 1835 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


36. ANNA KNAP (JONATHAN KNAP, DAVID KNAP, MOSES KNAP, JOSIAH KNAP, ROGER KNAP) was born 22 APR 1798 in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 20 FEB 1866 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She was buried 22 FEB 1866 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery, Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She married GEORGE A. PELL 26 MAR 1823 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, son of JAMES (GIBBINS) PELL and (__) w\o JAMES (Gibbins) PELL. He was born ABT OCT 1797 in Canada, and died 14 JUN 1832 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried 15 JUN 1832 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Angl. Church Cemetery. Frelighsburg, Missisquoi.


Children of ANNA KNAP and GEORGE A. PELL are:


+ 45 i. Susannah M. PELL was born 14 FEB 1824 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died AFT 1881.


+ 46 ii. JAMES GIBBINS PELL was born 6 JUL 1825 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 20 MAR 1913 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.


+ 47 iii. George Anna PELL was born 31 DEC 1826 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 25 SEP 1916 in Waterloo, Shefford Co., Quebec, Canada.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Seeing President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Ferdinand Marcos of the Phillippines

President Ronald Reagan and Ferdinand Marcos of the Phillippines on the White House lawn.

President Ronald Reagan meets with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the White House lawn.