The Best Well-Known Genealogist Reversed the Wives

The Bishop surname was the first name I researched when I began on my genealogy road to finding my ancestry. My grandfather, Earle Bishop had done the groundwork, and because Bishop is my middle name, I thought I would have an easy time. Especially, since the family lived in Connecticut for over three hundred years, and the records in Connecticut are excellent.

Many years ago, I used the book, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 4, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus in 1927. He is known as the Dean of American Genealogy, and most genealogists have heard of him. There were plenty of sources and I quickly entered them as I trusted his work. Fast forward 19 years. 

In looking at my file recently, mostly to find out if there were any grave entries on Find-A-Grave, I realized there were major differences in what I had for dates and spouses. A dash to my Bishop binder and upon checking the contents, I found several, long forgotten pages copied from an article by Donald L. Jacobus, almost 20 years after his original Bishop genealogy. Below is the major discovery I found.

From The American Genealogist, Vol. 25 : 208-209. Vol. 3. (July 1948) Two James Bishops of New Haven, Conn. by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., of New Haven, Conn. I'm sharing three paragraphs written by Mr. Jacobus. Serious genealogists might enjoy reading what he wrote, and personally, I would never have my Bishop lineage if it wasn't for his help.

"Deputy-Governor James Bishop had two grandsons named James Bishop. They were born within the same year; each married (though three years apart) a woman named Elizabeth; both lived in the north parish (now North Haven) of New Haven, Conn.; and the mother of both was named Abigail, making that name among their children worthless as evidence. The recorder inconsiderately failed to distinguish them as "sr." and "jr." in their records of marriage, hence either James could have married either Elizabeth. Neither James had probate; one conveyed late in life to all his surviving children, son and daughters, in a single deed in lieu of a will, while the other conveyed in separate deeds to his sons. Presumably the latter James portioned his daughters at marriage, and their identity cannot be established by either probate or land records.

When working on a specific Bishop problem for Mrs. A. O. Lunt of Salt Lake City, Utah, the writer became convinced that in his early work on Families of Ancient New Haven (1 :201-3, 206-7) he had reversed the wives of the two cousins named James Bishop and had also made a couple of mistakes regarding their older children, and the following correction is made with Mrs. Lunt's permission.

While absolute proof cannot be claimed, the Writer has no doubt that the following is a correct account. The circumstantial evidence, however, is so involved and difficult to make clear to anyone who has not searched the records, that it would require a monograph to set forth the evidence and the chain of reasoning based on it. Here we shall have to limit ourselves to presenting the revised genealogical statement."

While I appreciate his taking responsibility for the mistakes, I am glad I was able to correct his errors in my tree. I'm very fortunate in knowing I had the best work on my genealogy.

I decided to see how many others have errors based on the James Bishop who died in 1780 and who he married. Using RootsWeb, I found 28 entries.  There were 11 who had him marry Elizabeth Clinton, which is wrong, 14 who had Elizabeth Perkins which is right, and 3 who had both wives listed which of course is wrong.

The above is my plan for the following five winter months.

A lot of time has passed since I last did a Surname Saturday entry. I have been doing other things, some related to genealogy and some pertaining to the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, that I now find to be an extremely interesting city and lots of fun to photograph. Why not check out my label, Lowell Series to see my photos and learn the history (see right side tab).  In addition, I've made connections with other researchers and people who contacted me.

My interests are no longer with the oldest of my ancestors to make cousin connections, after all how fun can it be to share a 10th generation ancestor. I think that stems from when Gary Boyd Roberts once told me there are over a million people who share my John Alden ancestor. I am now more interested in finding a 3rd, 4th or 5th cousin. That being said, I do have a lot of research already done on my oldies, and I plan on using my data from my Roots Web site for future entries here. I update it at least twice a month, by making corrections and adding more sources.  With almost 44,000 names, I am not interested in adding more names, unless brick walls are solved. My direct lines are in All Caps. If you have questions, by all means, please write me.

The above is my plan for the following five winter months.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

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1.	ROBERT LANE was born 19 DEC 1634 in Derby, England, and died 12 APR 1718 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married SARAH PICKETT 19 DEC 1665 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOHN PICKETT and MARGARET w\o JOHN PICKETT. She was born ABT 19 NOV 1648 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 MAR 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of ROBERT LANE and SARAH PICKETT are: + 2   i. SARAH LANE was born 24 FEB 1666 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. 3   ii. Hannah LANE was born 24 DEC 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 21 DEC 1727 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Nathaniel WILCOXSON 21 NOV 1695 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of JOSEPH WILCOXSON and HANNAH MITCHELL?. He was born 29 AUG 1668 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 13 JUN 1712 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 4   iii. Daniel LANE was born 27 JUL 1671 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 17 MAR 1673/4 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. + 5   iv. John LANE was born 12 JUL 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 2 OCT 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 6   v. Elizabeth LANE was born 31 JAN 1676/7 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Thomas FITCH ABT 1695 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. + 7   vi. Margaret LANE was born 18 AUG 1679 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. 8   vii. Rebecca LANE was born 7 MAR 1682 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married George NETTLETON ABT 1705, son of John NETTLETON and Martha HULL. He was born ABT 1682, and died BET 31 DEC 1745 AND 11 SEP 1750. + 9   viii. Jonathan LANE was born 16 OCT 1685 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. 10   ix. Mary LANE was born 23 SEP 1688 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

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2.	SARAH LANE (ROBERT LANE1) was born 24 FEB 1666 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married EBENEZER HURDABT 1694 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, son of JOHN HURD and ANNA TUTTLE. He was born 9 NOV 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
	Children of SARAH LANE and EBENEZER HURD are: 11   i. Robert HURD was born 16 OCT 1695 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 28 JUL 1796 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Elizabeth CHITTENDEN 2 JUN 1719 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 12   ii. Daniel HURD was born 1 MAY 1696 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1 JAN 1766 in (Prob.) Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 13   iii. Ruth HURD was born 17 JAN 1697 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel KELSEY in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Daniel KELSEY and Jane CHALKER. He was born 14 JAN 1702 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 12 AUG 1787. She married William WELLMAN 1722. 14   iv. Elnathan HURD was born 12 OCT 1699 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 27 JAN 1750 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Thankful NETTLETON 4 DEC 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 15   v. Josiah HURD was born 1 NOV 1701 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe BUELL 1 SEP 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 16   vi. Rebecca HURD was born 24 OCT 1703 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 31 MAY 1758 in N. Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 17   vii. ABIGAIL HURD was born 5 OCT 1705 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. 18   viii. Hannah HURD was born 20 SEP 1707 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 31 OCT 1709. + 19   ix. Hannah HURD was born 31 OCT 1709 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

5.	John LANE (ROBERT LANE1) was born 12 JUL 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 2 OCT 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Lydia \ Lidia KELSEY 31 DEC 1700 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOHN KELSEY and HANNAH DISBOROUGH. She was born 26 MAY 1680 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 22 APR 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah PARKS 16 JAN 1711 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was born 1679, and died 31 MAY 1744. She was buried in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of John LANE and Lydia \ Lidia KELSEY are: 20   i. Sarah LANE was born 17 SEP 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 21   ii. Joseph LANE was born ABT 1702 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 25 MAR 1718 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 22   iii. Robert LANE was born 1 JUL 1704 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 7 SEP 1709 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 23   iv. Lydia \ Lidia LANE was born 9 JUN 1706 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 24   v. John LANE was born 20 APR 1708 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 MAY 1755. + 25   vi. Daniel LANE was born 11 APR 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1794 in Wolcott, Waterbury Co., Connecticut. Child of John LANE and Hannah PARKS is: 26   i. Robert LANE was born 1713, and died 1794.

7.	Margaret LANE (ROBERT LANE1) was born 18 AUG 1679 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She married Theophilus CRANE 5 DEC 1699 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of HENRY CRANE and CONCURRENCE MEIGS. He was born 5 JAN 1674 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 OCT 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Margaret LANE and Theophilus CRANE are: + 27   i. Nathaniel CRANE was born 18 JAN 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 28   ii. Theophilus CRANE was born 25 JUN 1703 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 29   iii. Elizabeth CRANE was born 20 DEC 1705 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 30   iv. Mary CRANE was born 4 MAR 1708 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1 MAY 1714 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 31   v. Margaret CRANE was born 26 SEP 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 32   vi. Jemima CRANE was born 23 APR 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 33   vii. John CRANE was born 21 MAR 1720 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 15 FEB 1722 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

9.	Jonathan LANE (ROBERT LANE1) was born 16 OCT 1685 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married Marcy WELLMAN1 FEB 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died 13 NOV 1727 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Patience STRONG 17 SEP 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Jonathan LANE and Marcy WELLMAN are: + 34   i. Elizabeth LANE was born 17 MAR 1712 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 35   ii. Nathan LANE was born 22 JUL 1717 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Child of Jonathan LANE and Patience STRONG is: 36   i. Jonathan LANE was born 22 DEC 1731 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 26 NOV 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 3

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12.	Daniel HURD (SARAH LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 1 MAY 1696 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1 JAN 1766 in (Prob.) Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Rachel SMITH 10 FEB 1719 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died in (Prob.) Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried 31 MAY 1744 in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton.
	Children of Daniel HURD and Rachel SMITH are: 37   i. Dorothy HURD. 38   ii. Ebenezer HURD was born 4 OCT 1719 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died AUG 1729 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 39   iii. Daniel HURD was born 16 SEP 1722 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 40   iv. Abraham HURD was born 23 FEB 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 41   v. Ruth HURD was born 25 AUG 1727 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 42   vi. Rachael HURD was born 10 FEB 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 16 FEB 1739. 43   vii. Ebenezer HURD was born 26 OCT 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 44   viii. Rachel HURD was born 16 FEB 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 45   ix. Mary HURD was born 17 FEB 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

16.	Rebecca HURD (SARAH LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 24 OCT 1703 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 31 MAY 1758 in N. Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Union District Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph WILCOXSON 13 AUG 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of JOSEPH WILCOXSON and HANNAH KELSEY. He was born 17 JAN 1695 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 MAY 1774 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Union District Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Child of Rebecca HURD and Joseph WILCOXSON is: + 46   i. Sarah WILCOX \ WILCOXSON was born 7 DEC 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

17.	ABIGAIL HURD (SARAH LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 5 OCT 1705 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. She marriedDANIEL KELSEY 21 MAR 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of JOHN KELSEY and PHEBE CRANE. He was born 22 MAR 1698 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 22 MAY 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of ABIGAIL HURD and DANIEL KELSEY are: + 47   i. DANIEL KELSEY was born 30 DEC 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 OCT 1810. 48   ii. Ira KELSEY was born 18 FEB 1729 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 49   iii. Amos KELSEY was born 16 APR 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 13 NOV 1804 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mabel PARMELEE 6 OCT 1757 in N. Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Nathaniel PARMELEE and Bethia KELSEY. She was born 26 MAR 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 50   iv. Abigail KELSEY was born 25 NOV 1734 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 30 JUL 1759. 51   v. Sarah KELSEY was born 5 JUN 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Josiah CARTER 10 MAR 1763 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 52   vi. Zadock KELSEY was born 30 APR 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 FEB 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 53   vii. John KELSEY was born 28 AUG 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 15 FEB 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 54   viii. Jerusha KELSEY was born 19 DEC 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 14 APR 1786 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Roswell PARMELEE 19 DEC 1765 in N. Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Nehemiah PARMELEE and Hannah HULL. He was born 23 AUG 1739 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 55   ix. Lydia \ Lidya KELSEY was born 27 MAR 1745 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 56   x. Zadock KELSEY was born 2 SEP 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 23 SEP 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

19.	Hannah HURD (SARAH LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 31 OCT 1709 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. She marriedJames STEEVENS 5 NOV 1729 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of James STEEVENS and Hannah HULL. He was born 27 MAR 1706 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 23 APR 1790 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Hannah HURD and James STEEVENS are: 57   i. Ame STEEVENS was born 10 DEC 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 58   ii. Anne STEEVENS was born 23 DEC 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1821. 59   iii. Hannah STEEVENS was born 27 APR 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 60   iv. Thankful STEEVENS was born 13 OCT 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 61   v. Peter STEEVENS was born 2 DEC 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 62   vi. James STEEVENS was born 8 JUL 1738 in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. He married Mercy BAILEY 20 MAR 1760, daughter of Jonathan STEEVENS and Marcy HOLMES. She was born 22 MAY 1739, and died 30 APR 1822 in Essex, Chittenden Co., Vermont.

25.	Daniel LANE (John LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 11 APR 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1794 in Wolcott, Waterbury Co., Connecticut. He married Jemima CRANE 8 JAN 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Theophilus CRANE and Margaret LANE. She was born 23 APR 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Daniel LANE and Jemima CRANE are: 63   i. Daniel LANE was born 18 DEC 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary GRISWOLD 14 JUL 1763. He married Sarah SEWARD 6 APR 1791. 64   ii. Mary LANE was born 28 DEC 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 24 MAY 1775 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut. + 65   iii. Rossel LANE was born 15 APR 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1806. 66   iv. Sarah LANE was born 12 NOV 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married David WILCOX. 67   v. Jemima LANE was born 12 AUG 1744 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 68   vi. Hannah LANE was born 26 FEB 1747 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Enoch SMITH?. 69   vii. Joel LANE was born 18 OCT 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 18 AUG 1806. He marriedElizabeth ATKINS 22 MAY 1776. 70   viii. Elijah LANE was born 11 SEP 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary SCAUETT? 19 APR 1779 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

27.	Nathaniel CRANE (Margaret LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 18 JAN 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Eunice KELSEY 2 MAY 1723 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Joseph KELSEY and Hannah HAYDEN. She was born 22 DEC 1699 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Nathaniel CRANE and Eunice KELSEY are: 71   i. Samuel CRANE was born 10 FEB 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 72   ii. Margaret CRANE was born 26 DEC 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 73   iii. Elisha CRANE was born 28 AUG 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 74   iv. Ann CRANE was born 26 DEC 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 75   v. Theophilus CRANE was born 3 MAY 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 76   vi. Ezra CRANE was born 6 MAR 1735 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 77   vii. Simeon CRANE was born 12 APR 1737 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 78   viii. Eunis CRANE was born 15 APR 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 79   ix. Elizabeth CRANE was born 2 APR 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

32.	Jemima CRANE (Margaret LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 23 APR 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Daniel LANE 8 JAN 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of John LANE and Lydia \ Lidia KELSEY. He was born 11 APR 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1794 in Wolcott, Waterbury Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Jemima CRANE and Daniel LANE are: 63   i. Daniel LANE was born 18 DEC 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary GRISWOLD 14 JUL 1763. He married Sarah SEWARD 6 APR 1791. 64   ii. Mary LANE was born 28 DEC 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 24 MAY 1775 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut. + 65   iii. Rossel LANE was born 15 APR 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 1806. 66   iv. Sarah LANE was born 12 NOV 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married David WILCOX. 67   v. Jemima LANE was born 12 AUG 1744 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 68   vi. Hannah LANE was born 26 FEB 1747 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Enoch SMITH?. 69   vii. Joel LANE was born 18 OCT 1751 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 18 AUG 1806. He marriedElizabeth ATKINS 22 MAY 1776. 70   viii. Elijah LANE was born 11 SEP 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary SCAUETT? 19 APR 1779 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

34.	Elizabeth LANE (Jonathan LANE2, ROBERT LANE1) was born 17 MAR 1712 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Nathanial WILLIAMS DEC 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Child of Elizabeth LANE and Nathanial WILLIAMS is: + 80   i. Nathanial WILLIAMS was born 30 NOV 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Seeing Fall Reds in Lowell, Massachusetts

There Is A Lot to Like About Lowell -- Gotta Love the Name of Swamp Locks

"There is A Lot to Like About Lowell" is the city slogan.

(See tab on right side called "Lowell Series" for many more articles about Lowell.)

Gotta Love the Name of Swamp Locks 

Swamp Locks in October 2014.

Swamp Locks in 1975* (above).

The photo above was taken this morning in the fog (Oct. 29, 2014). The canals are emptied several times during the year, and I was glad to get this picture.

Behind the Locks is the American History Textile Museum and Lowell Sun building.

Tourists arriving back from a trip to the Francis Gate, along the man-made Pawtucket Canal. The tour is given by the National Park Service from spring to fall. Per Dick Howe, "The canal was one and one-half miles long and used four locks to accommodate the 32 foot difference in elevation between the upper Merrimack and the Concord. One of the four locks was eventually deconstructed leaving the three we have today." Please enjoy the rest of his article about the history of this canal by reading it at http://www.richardhowe.com/2011/10/13/the-pawtucket-canal/

This tour was taken during the last weekend for the year, and it was very cold. They began in rain, and ended in sun. They then boarded a waiting trolley for a short ride back to the Visitors' Center.

* PAWTUCKET CANAL: SWAMP LOCKS, TAKEN WHILE CANAL SYSTEM DRAINED: W. Richard Ansteth, Photographer 1975 - Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ma0549/photos.080819p
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540

War Memorials in Centralville, Lowell, Massachusetts

GREATER LOVE NO MAN HATH

WWI

THAN TO GIVE HIS LIFE.

IN MEMORY OF THE CENTRALVILLE BOYS

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

LIEUT. PAUL T. KEARNEY

LIEUT. GEORGE F. STEWART

SERGT. FRANK J. LYONS

SERGT. ROY L. HUMPHREYS

CORP. GERALD T. SILK

CORP. BERNARD L. BOISVERT

FIREMAN 1ST CLASS GEORGE F.H. ROGERS

PRIV. ERNEST SMITH

PRIV. BURNO SILK

PRIV. RALPH G. HURD

PRIV. ADELARD JULIEN

PRIV. CHARLES A. WEBSTER

PRIV. JOSEPH MAILLE

PRIV. FRANK URBANEK

PRIV. CHARLES K. BUK

PRIV. LAWRENCE MOCZYROG

PRIV. EDWARD J. DONOVAN

PRIV. PETER R. MOULTON

The Frank J. Lyon Memorial Park in Centralville is at the foot of the John E. Cox Memorial aka Bridge Street Bridge.

The Centralville Memorial Park is at the foot of the Joseph R. Ouellette Bridge aka Aiken Street Bridge.

Across the street is another Memorial Park. I couldn't determine if the names were those of just veterans nor could I tell if they were for just Centralville or all of Lowell.