Tombstone Tuesday -- CAPT. GEORGE DENISON

Stone reproduced in 1981 by the Bensons of Newport, Rhode Island.
From: By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them: A Chronicle of the History and Restorations of Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground by William Hosley.  Above photo taken by me, Barbara Poole.

Ancient Burying Ground

Hartford, Connecticut

George Denison

Born:  About Dec. 10, 1629

Died:  Oct. 23, 1694


George was my 10th great-grandfather

Sentimental Sunday -- Not Father, But Grandfather

I don't have a single photo of me and my father, or a new one that hasn't been shown before, so I chose to show this one with my grandfather, Clarence F. Poole. My sister and I were visiting my grandparents in Evanston, Illinois.The note on the back, written by my mother, says it all. We were once again moving.


(My mother made the coats, I got pockets and a cape on mine.)

Founders of Hartford, Connecticut

The monument is located in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut. I took the photo a week ago. My direct ancestors, they are in green, shown below. Quite possibly I have a few more, but without the death dates, I can't be certain. Names in alphabetical order cover all four sides. Does anybody else share any of these names?

In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

Jeremy Adams
Matthew Allyn
Francis Andrews
William Andrews
John Arnold
Andrew Bacon
John Barnard
Thomas Barnes
Robert Bartlet
John Baysey
Thomas Beal
Nathaniel Bearding
Mary Betts
John Bidwell
Richard Billing
Thomas Birchwood
William Bloomfield
Peter Blanchford
Thomas Buckley
Thomas Bliss, Sr.
Thomas Bliss, Jr.
William Blumfield
James Bridgeman
John Bronson
Richard Bronson
Thomas Bull
Thomas Bunce
Benjamin Burr
Richard Butler
William Butler
Clement Chaplin
Richard Church
John Clarke
Nicholas Clarke
William Clarke
James Cole
William Cornwell
John Crow
John Cullick
Philip Davis
Fulke Davy
Robert Day
Nicholas Desborough
Joseph Easton
Edward Elmer
Nathaniel Ely
James Ensign
Zachariah Field
Thomas Fisher
John Friend
Samuel Gardiner
Daniel Garret
William Gibbons
Richard Goodman
Ozias Goodwin
William Goodwin
Seth Grant 
George Grave
Bartholomew Greene
Samuel Greenhill
Thomas Gridley
Samuel Hale
Thomas Hale
Stephen Hart
William Hayden
John Haynes
John Higginson
William Hills
William Holton
Thomas Hooker
Edward Hopkins
John Hopkins
Thomas Hosmer
George Hubbard
Thomas Hungerford
William Hyde
Jonathan Ince
Thomas Judd
Nathaniel Kellogg
Ralph Keeler
Edward Lay
William Kelsey
William Lewis, Sr.
Richard Lord
Thomas Lord
Richard Lyman
John Marsh
Matthew Marvin
Reinold Marvin
John Maynard
John Moody
John Morris
Benjamin Munn
Thomas Munson
Joseph Mygatt
Thomas Olcott
James Olmsted
Richard Olmsted
William Pantry
William Parker
Paul Peck
William Phillips
John Pierce
Thomas Porter
Stephen Post
John Pratt
William Pratt
John Purchas (Purchase)
Nathaniel Richards
Richard Risley
Thomas Root
Nathaniel Ruscoe
William Rusco
John Sable
Thomas Scott
Thomas Selden
Richard Seymour
John Skinner
Arthur Smith
Giles Smith
Thomas Spencer
William Spencer
John Stanley
Thomas Stanley
Timothy Stanley
Thomas Stanton
Edward Stebbins
George Steele
John Steele
George Stocking
John Stone
Samuel Stone
John Talcott
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Upson
Robert Wade
William Wadsworth
Henry Wakeley
James Wakeley
Samuel Wakeman
Samuel Wakeman
Nathaniel Ward
Andrew Warner
Richard Watts
Richard Webb
John Webster
Thomas Welles
William Westley
William Westwood
John White
Samuel Whitehead
William Whiting
John Wilcock (Wilcox)
Gregory Wolterton
Thomas Woolford
George Wyllys

Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut -- Wordless Wednesday

Front

Back

Front Porch

Photos taken at the Mark Twain house on June 11, 2011.

HAPPY FLAG DAY

The Flag and the Registry of Deeds for Northern Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Registry of Deeds (Great website.)

Richard P. Howe Jr., Register of Deeds

Bonney, Call, Lilley of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

The Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

Opposite side

ARTHUR PERKINS BONNEY

BORN JULY 9, 1826

DIED MARCH 25, 1896

EMMA AUGUSTA CALL

BORN AUGUST 15, 1828

DIED SEPTEMBER 14, 1892

WIFE OF ARTHUR PERKINS BONNEY

CHARLES SUMNER LILLEY

BORN DECEMBER 13, 1851

DIED APRIL 16, 1921

CLARA BONNEY

BORN JUNE 19, 1855

DIED JULY 19, 1894

WIFE OF CHARLES SUMNER LILLEY

Note: None of these people are related to me.

Colebrook and Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Trip

The Balsams Resort.

Soon after our June 2011 two-day visit, and two meals there, this resort closed. I save the breakfast menu from my first trip ca. 1985, see below. We didn't get a menu like this in 2011. While we strolled around, we saw very few people inside and out (see parking lot below). This was my second trip to this place, and I hope it re-opens soon.

Dixville Notch,

In this room, the first votes are cast for the President of the United States. The below photo shows the results of the 2000 election.

  

 As you can see, there were no people around in these public rooms.

  

  

  A few hours were spent in Quebec.

  Colebrook, New Hampshire 

was lovely, and we enjoyed spending a few nights there.

 The Lupines were in season.

  

Colebrook is on the yellow line, in the middle of the map, Canada to the north, and Dixville Notch is to the right of Colebrook.

The photos below were taken in 1985 when I went with Robert. (Unfortunately, I was using the camcorder, so no photos.)

The Facebook page for The Balsams keeps the public up-to-date with information and photos.

BELDEN of Connecticut

The Belden line is continued from last Saturday.

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Generation No. 4

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37.	OLIVER BELDEN (SILAS BELDEN4, JONATHAN BELDEN3, JOHN BELDEN2, RICHARD BELDEN1) was born 19 NOV 1732 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 16 SEP 1811 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Church On the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married ANN WOODRUFF 16 JUN 1768 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of EZEKIEL WOODRUFF and ANN COWLES. She was born 15 JAN 1736 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 19 FEB 1828 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Church On the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Abigail 8 AUG 1755. She was born 1733 in Brewster, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 NOV 1767.
	Children of OLIVER BELDEN and ANN WOODRUFF were: 39   i. Anna BELDEN was born 15 MAY 1765 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts. 40   ii. Chauncey BELDEN was born 27 MAR 1769 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 13 OCT 1817. He married Ruth MARTINDALE 28 FEB 1796. + 41   iii. Levi BELDEN was born 22 AUG 1770 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 22 SEP 1854 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts. 42   iv. Samuel BELDEN was born 10 SEP 1772 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 23 OCT 1865 in Charlton, New York. He married Betsy CURTIS. 43   v. Ezekiel BELDEN was born 6 JAN 1775 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 21 JUN 1862. He married Susan CHOATE. + 44   vi. ALMA BELDEN was born 7 JAN 1777 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 JAN 1828 in Whitney Point, New York or Chenango Forks, New York. Children of OLIVER BELDEN and Abigail were: 45   i. Abigail BELDEN was born 14 FEB 1756 in Canaan, Connecticut, and died 11 OCT 1839 in Chenango Falls, New York. She married Simon WILLARD. 46   ii. Lydia BELDEN was born 30 JUN 1757, and died JUL 1789. She married Josiah POND. He was born in of Shoreham, Addison Co., Vermont. 47   iii. Theodosia BELDEN was born 9 MAY 1759, and died 14 FEB 1818. She married Eliakim CULVER. He was born in of Shoreham, VT. 48   iv. Oliver BELDEN was born 13 MAR 1762, and died 1821 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Anna STEELE. She was born in of Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. 49   v. Anna BELDEN was born 16 MAY 1765, and died MAY 1808. She married Isaac FLAGG. He was born in of Shoreham, Addison Co., Vermont.

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Generation No. 5

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41.	Levi BELDEN (OLIVER BELDEN5, SILAS BELDEN4, JONATHAN BELDEN3, JOHN BELDEN2, RICHARD BELDEN1) was born 22 AUG 1770 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 22 SEP 1854 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He was buried in Church On the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Esther COLLINS.
	Child of Levi BELDEN and Esther COLLINS was: 50   i. Oliver C. BELDEN was born 25 MAR 1802, and died 4 MAR 1804 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

44.	ALMA BELDEN (OLIVER BELDEN5, SILAS BELDEN4, JONATHAN BELDEN3, JOHN BELDEN2, RICHARD BELDEN1) was born 7 JAN 1777 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 JAN 1828 in Whitney Point, New York or Chenango Forks, New York. She married NATHAN HUBBARD 4 JAN 1801 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, son of ZADOC HUBBARD and LOIS POMEROY. He was born 17 FEB 1775 in Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 MAR 1813 in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont. She married David SEYMOUR. He was born 7 SEP 1774 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 6 DEC 1856 in Lisle, New York.
	Children of ALMA BELDEN and NATHAN HUBBARD were: + 51   i. Franklin Belden HUBBARD was born 31 OCT 1801 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 MAR 1865 in Mercer, Pennsylvania. + 52   ii. Chauncey Pomeroy HUBBARD was born 17 NOV 1803 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 10 APR 1894 in Fredonia, New York. + 53   iii. FANNY BELDEN HUBBARD was born DEC 1805 in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont, and died 29 MAY 1857 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York. 54   iv. Nathan Pomeroy HUBBARD was born MAR 1813 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 MAY 1882 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Child of ALMA BELDEN and David SEYMOUR was: 55   i. Sarah B. SEYMOUR was born 21 DEC 1818, and died 2 JUL 1821.

Wordless Wednesday -- This Says It All

Forefathers Burying Ground, Chelmsford, MA 1655

U. S. Map Shows which Ancestries Make up that County

From The Washington Post, April 18, 2014. "The history of European colonization of the Americas is still evident today in most of the United States. This very cool map shows which ancestries make up the largest population in each of the country’s 3,144 counties."

United States and every county.

Another map showing the population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development appeared in the The New York Times and you can click on every county to get the above information.
Census Bureau; socialexplorer.com