Hi All: Mike e-mailed me privately and told me he had a scanner and that he would be willing to scan data. He said that flat pages of data work better, so it would be better to copy the pages of the book then scan them in. He can be reached at <mldanahy@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> Thank you Mike. With whoever is keeping track of the ideas and suggestions, this is certainly worth keeping in mind. Alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hello to all! I have been reading the messages here with great interest. Thanks to Scott I have corrected the link problem on the NAA page. The problem of creating, maintaining and updating a complete data base for the Aldrich Family is quite complex. Most of all it requires somebody with lots of time and a great deal of dedication. I do commend Robert Criswell for his years of dedication to that end. I am sure he would welcome help from somebody who would help in this task. He has many pages of data which need to be added to a searchable data base. David Samuelson has been doing a fabulous job with maintaining a large Aldrich Gedcom file on the Internet. Alice has given you an excellent synopsis of the situation. Yes, our monetary resources are limited to our $5.00 membership fee. We hope by keeping it low we can entice more people to join our Association. I hope as many people as possible will come to our annual reunion in July. If there are any questions, please contact me. Please make your reservations early, as space is limited. We will be in New Hampshire at the height of the tourist season and the available rooms will fill up quickly. A great weekend has been planned! Please join the National Aldrich Association! John Aldrich,, President, NAA National Aldrich Association Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343 e-mail: jaldrich@wsii.com

Hi All Cuz', It's been awhile since you've heard from me!! I have had sickness the the house that has taken much of my time of late.. However I did want to respond to a few questions being asked.. Mrs. A.J. Aldrich widow of A.J. who published the 6 volumes of GAG genealogies and completed the 7th , I believe, and did not get to publish it before his death, a few years ago. I have spoken with Mrs. AJ several times , and she does have many of volume 3 to 6 avaiable for sale at $50.00 each. She is presently out of Vol 1 and 2.. and yes, is sitting on an unpublished Vol 7.. However, her request for any books have all been for Vol 1 and 2.. which she has none of.. and that are NOT available elsewhere, either. as a reprint is needed! Anyone wishing her address , please contact me. She was looking into having a reprint of Vol 1 and 2.. and also would like to have Vol 7, published.. but cannot at present see her way to do so. I believe we are abt, 100 members or over on this list, and to my knowledge only 2 members have all 6 volumes. not a good average.. 1 member has 5 volumes and most of us have one or two.. I myself, need vol 2.. and would not purchase any other Vol. until I have Vol 2.. whether it's 3 or 7. :) I get letters daily from people looking for Vol 1 the most popular volume printed.. As Sec. of the NAA I know the Association does not own one volume of this series. although we were interested in purchasing the set, but without Vol ! and 2 , we opted not to, at present. How many people would be interested in Vol 7 ?? if you DO NOT have Vol 1 or 2 or thru 6????? Now be truthful!! :) Myself, I do not believe "Vol 7 " is top priority until Vol 1 and 2 are in reprint!! MY opinion ony!!!! The NAA has what we call the Ralph and Pearl Aldrich files. aka as NAA's Aldrich Gen. This is a huge file, of many updated families, some not even mentioned in AJ's books.. This data is NAA property, and we have discussed various ways to make it available to others, also. (it has errors as all Genealogies do) This is a future NAA project., and has top priorty over any other project of publishing, reprinting, or entering 6 or 7 volumes of AJ 's work in a data base.. which has already been done on Micro film, I believe??? Any list member or Aldrich descendants are welcome to join the National Aldrich Association, dues is $5.00 per year, per family. We have a yearly reunion the 3rd week of July, 1 or 2 newsletters or notices per year . We have in the past accomplished many historic projects with the dues received, as this is the only source of income. At the last annual meeting we voted to place a plaque in the Old Cemetery in Mendon, Ma. on a large boulder that is believed to be one of the two sites of George Aldrich's burial. Many people come to Mendon looking for a Marked boulder, as AJ made an error in his Vol, 1 stating there was a Marked boulder, in that cemetery , which there never was.. I have been informed this new marker will be in place in April of this year.. so now all Aldrich descendants may see and find the possible burial site of George -1; :) A story about the two burial sites is on the NAA home page as the " Mystery Story". The NAA homepage was also another decision made at the last annual meeting, the new Pres. John Aldrich opted to to this for us, after much discussion it was opted to have it strictly as a NAA homepage, and not include a data base at present.. not to say there won't be one someday. :) At present our largest Aldrich links and dta bases are to David Samuelson's home-page (also our list owner) and to the NV. Jack's, Homepage also. . I believe there maybe others?? I do believe a little article added to the NAA homepage about the often asked and copied dates of George Aldrich's birth and his father's death, which is 4 years before George was born would be an added asset to the page.. It is believed this is an error that has been carried down for generations and should be put to rest once and for all.. The parents of George Aldrich -1 are NOT George Aldrich and Joan THURGOOD. unless anyone can prove that George -1 was born before 1601. :) However, the date abt. 1605 for George -1, birth , is used religiously. I have never seen a record on either.. for many years, I used bef. 1601, as his b-date, as a deduction from his supposedly father's death.. .and was told I was wrong.. as abt. 1605 was correct??? So therefore this was most likely NOT his father. :) Can anyone add anything here.. If I can gather all the facts here I will post a story on the NAA page concerning this . it may also help others to understand this MYSTERY! :) Thanks for reading this tome. :) If anyone wishes to join the NAA send me an e mail and I'll tell you how, who etc. Thanks Again, Hope to see you all at the reunion July 18th & 19th in NH. Have a Nice Day, Alice I do not have a spell check so please no flames and excuse all spelling errors. :) alicep@ma.ultranet.com Alice Pickering Palladini Secretary, National Aldrich Association Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343

At 10:30 AM 3/20/98 PST, Richard Allen wrote: Hi Dick, >Hi Scott, >Whats the website addreess for The Aldrich Association Home Page? http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343/ W. David Samuelsen's page: http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/aldrich D. Scott Scheibe dsscheibe@earthlink.net

At 01:06 AM 3/20/98 -0800, W. David Samuelsen wrote: >> There is an easier way though to do it. First what is needed is a started >> database of George Aldrich's family, say a couple generations out. Then >> everyone could contribute what information they have beyond that in the >> form of gedcoms. What the standards of data verification would have to >> hashed out by the people involved in such a project. Once the project had >> some measure of completeness a gedcom of the database could be made >> available to searchers of Aldrich roots from the Aldrich association home >> page, the Ancestry gedcom world tree, and other sites that might be >> appropriate. What think ye? >I think you know from others, I have the largest database on web. The >only other one is on paper - Robert Criswell has them but only male >lines plus one generation of females. Actually no, didn't have a clue, no one had mentioned it and I'd not see the URL before that I recall. I didn't learn about the Aldrich home page until I searched the Ancestry site and was reading messages about George's parents. I didn't find a link from it to your home page, which would be a good idea. Did find one of the links to mystery is bad because it is misspelled. I've downloaded some gedcoms from www.ancestry.com with George in them. A couple of them gave George a father who is 3 years older than he is.. I though some of the people who done work on some of the lines in tree were sloppy.. >In my case ALL descendants male and female. >http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/aldrich Went and looked last night a little. But then the computer spontaneously rebooted and decided the heck with it and went to bed. Netscape 4 has acted up on and off since I installed it and was giving me problems before I logged on to your page. I see your using Ancestral Quest. I have 2.0 which is ok. I downloaded the demo version of 2.1 the other day, I think I will wait until 3.0 comes out. The web page generation is an interesting feature but I can live with out it for now. >I have more to add. The database at present time contain around 7,000 >including spouses. This is from the submitted sheets the Aldrich LDS >members sent to the LDS Church Family History Library archives and a I should of found time to go when I lived 3 miles from a small one.. But I've been waiting to see what my Uncle who holds most of the information for that side of the family has. He wanted some of the work I've done and said he would review it and get back to me, that was a year ago.. I have no clue if he has any Aldrich information or not. I know he did not have the Myers cousins data I did from the books obtained at the reunion I got to attend. >good part from volume 1 and small part of vol 2. I have yet to get back Seems like Alison said the information she sent was from Vol. 1 >in the track to get going to get 3 to 6. Mrs. A. J. Aldrich has volume 7 >that is not published yet. The NAA officers are looking for ways to get >that volume published and marketed in her children's behalf. >There are quite a number of errors contained in those GAG books. That is That's what Alison told me. I know some of the Myers books I have differ on the number of children some couples had and the order. D. Scott Scheibe dsscheibe@earthlink.net

I would like to see Vol. 7 published. I am ignorant about publishing problems and costs, what estimate in dollars are we talking about to get this done?? Maybe people would be willing to donate some, and if there is enough in the treasury, could the Aldrich Assn. contribute? Could we raise the dues for a period of time to cover this so all would come from the Assn.? Just suggestions. Derby Gordon MailTo:derby@penn.com Member: DAR - General Joseph Warren Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Warren, Pa. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361/ DAC- Kanoagoa Chapter of the Daughters of American Colonists, Warren, Pa. Aldrich Family Assn. http://www.geocities.com.SouthBeach/Marina/2343 Jacobs Family Assn. MailTo:marydale@erols.com Sanborn Family Assn. Ellis Island Foundation http://www.ellisisland.org OGS Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/public/default.htm Addie's Home Page Everything you will ever need for Genealogy!!! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978

In a message dated 98-03-20 07:51:26 EST, afranks1@juno.com writes: << Another suggestion would be to ask Mrs. AJ's permission to reprint volume 1 say in a lower cost form of printing, sell it to the various people who would like a copy, and make enough to cover the cost of printing, and also a bit more to help offset the costs of Mrs. AJ getting volume 7 done. Yes there are errors in Vol 1, but it would be at least a tool. She may have the drafts of the first volume, rather than look for a copy to "destroy", though with care, one could be unbound, used to photocopy, then rebound. >> I like this suggestion. Don't forget that there are lots of people doing genealogical research who are not on the internet and do not have access to things posted there. This would be available to all. Also, David does already have a website for Aldrich info. Do we really need another? Sue

I think a web site is a great idea. There are a number of surname web sites out there. We need to be careful of copyright (such as published vital records). The York list has just put up a web site. Since there is no common ancestor, rather than a single data base, members are adding links to theirs. Shirley

Hi Scott: This sounds like a good idea, and were it to happen, perhaps the first 4 generations could be done, with as many of the corrections, additions etc [with sources of course] be included. This would mean that a few of the girls would be carried on also, and if they link up to an existing family data base, to get it then added to that data base, with the link to Aldrich, for all to see. Just in George 1's children are 3 daughters who married and had families. You are asking for a tremendous undertaking here. Also I believe it would be prudent to ask Mrs. A. J. for permission to utilize the Aldrich Genealogy [GAG Vol 1-6]. I understand from past dialog, that she has enough material to publish Vol 7. Just that she doesn't have the funds to make it happen. I don't know what the cost would be to publish another volume, but I would like to see this done before I am no longer here to see it. Why not put our heads together to come up with something that could make Vol 7 happen, and then the NAA do a vol 8 to correct, add etc. to all 7 volumes citing the sources. Another suggestion would be to ask Mrs. AJ's permission to reprint volume 1 say in a lower cost form of printing, sell it to the various people who would like a copy, and make enough to cover the cost of printing, and also a bit more to help offset the costs of Mrs. AJ getting volume 7 done. Yes there are errors in Vol 1, but it would be at least a tool. She may have the drafts of the first volume, rather than look for a copy to "destroy", though with care, one could be unbound, used to photocopy, then rebound. This is food for thought. Let's hear some ideas on this, and please no "knocking". I further suggest that one of the "wheels" of NAA be the one to gather the ideas, and then give a report to the list on the best way or the most feasible thing to do here. The web sounds to me like an excellent idea. Perhaps we can do it and do the books too. Remeber, LDS has filmed the GAG. As to whether all 6 volumes are done, I do not know. Another suggestion is to canvas all of us to find out who has what. With this in mind, I will state what I have that can help: GAG Vol 1-5 Vital Records of Braintree, Mendon, Milford, Uxbridge, Upton, Northbridge, and many many more. I don't have a scanner, but I can copy the pages of the vitals and send them to someone who does have a scanner, and they could be then sent to the list for all to download. The only ones that present a problem are Braintree where the vitals are not separated by families, but are by dates, so it is a page to page lookup. Regards, Alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Scott Scheibe wrote: > > I understand there are 6 or 7 volumes of GAG. I was wondering if anyone > has a database with gedcom capability of GAG or has considered creating > one? I am slowly working on a database for the copy of Descendents of > Capt. Henry WOODWARD book I have in my possession. It is only one volume > and I know the amount of time I've put into it so far just to get 10% of it > done. I can imagine with what I'm doing with the WOODWARD information what > it would take to do with the GAG, a tremendous undertaking. I've made > estimates from what I've accomplished on the Woodward book and guess's on > how many pages in it > (it was numbered once but many additions were added later on and not > renumbered) that there is some where around 4-5 thousand people listed in > the Woodward book. It is not a big book, I guess around 300 letter sized > pages, text on both sides. > There is an easier way though to do it. First what is needed is a started > database of George Aldrich's family, say a couple generations out. Then > everyone could contribute what information they have beyond that in the > form of gedcoms. What the standards of data verification would have to > hashed out by the people involved in such a project. Once the project had > some measure of completeness a gedcom of the database could be made > available to searchers of Aldrich roots from the Aldrich association home > page, the Ancestry gedcom world tree, and other sites that might be > appropriate. What think ye? > > D. Scott Scheibe > dsscheibe@earthlink.net I think you know from others, I have the largest database on web. The only other one is on paper - Robert Criswell has them but only male lines plus one generation of females. In my case ALL descendants male and female. http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/aldrich I have more to add. The database at present time contain around 7,000 including spouses. This is from the submitted sheets the Aldrich LDS members sent to the LDS Church Family History Library archives and a good part from volume 1 and small part of vol 2. I have yet to get back in the track to get going to get 3 to 6. Mrs. A. J. Aldrich has volume 7 that is not published yet. The NAA officers are looking for ways to get that volume published and marketed in her children's behalf. There are quite a number of errors contained in those GAG books. That is what this list is for - to share primary sources information and requests for corrections from different sources. W. David Samuelsen

I understand there are 6 or 7 volumes of GAG. I was wondering if anyone has a database with gedcom capability of GAG or has considered creating one? I am slowly working on a database for the copy of Descendents of Capt. Henry WOODWARD book I have in my possession. It is only one volume and I know the amount of time I've put into it so far just to get 10% of it done. I can imagine with what I'm doing with the WOODWARD information what it would take to do with the GAG, a tremendous undertaking. I've made estimates from what I've accomplished on the Woodward book and guess's on how many pages in it (it was numbered once but many additions were added later on and not renumbered) that there is some where around 4-5 thousand people listed in the Woodward book. It is not a big book, I guess around 300 letter sized pages, text on both sides. There is an easier way though to do it. First what is needed is a started database of George Aldrich's family, say a couple generations out. Then everyone could contribute what information they have beyond that in the form of gedcoms. What the standards of data verification would have to hashed out by the people involved in such a project. Once the project had some measure of completeness a gedcom of the database could be made available to searchers of Aldrich roots from the Aldrich association home page, the Ancestry gedcom world tree, and other sites that might be appropriate. What think ye? D. Scott Scheibe dsscheibe@earthlink.net

Hi All: I saw this on another list and I went and checked it out. They have loads of data, and also a page for the Smithfield (RI) Meeting. They also have other links which I investigated, in fact even posted a query on one of the pages. I did not delve deep enough to see if any ALDRICH data was posted. You might want to look yourselves. Anyone with Quaker ancestry or suspects Quaker ancestry might want to look at this. Pass it along to your friends. <http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/Geneal.html> Regards, Alison _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi Cheryl: Vol 5 of the George Aldrich Genealogy pg 147 Hattie Clineburg m 09 Jun 1880 Yorkville, IL Willard Samuel 8 Aldrich [as his 2d wife] b. 26Jun 1846 Leon, Cattaragus Co., NY d. 27 Oct 1930 Hampton, Ia from a stroke son of Jonathan Lorenzo 7 and Amerlia (Lyons) Aldrich m1) 1866 Yorkville, ILL Margaret Manning b. 1822 d. 17 Nov 1877 in childbirth Lineage is: Willard Samuel 8; Jonathan Lorenzo 7; Gideon 6; Joseph 5; David 4, 3; Jacob 2, George 1 children by Hattie: Elizabeth May b. 18 Aug 1884 d. m1) Charles Gates m2) Oscar Albert Lindelof note this family is carried on Argie b. d. m Gilbert Halfhill resided in Hampton, IA Vernett Lorenzo b. d. m Hattie Leota McQueen note this family is carried on Geneva b. d. m Mr. _________Brochey You will need Vol 6 to finish out the family, and I do not have it. Sorry Also no record of a son Willis, unless the genealogy is wrong, and as there are no sources in this I do not know. Regards, Alison Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association Aldrich too _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Reminder.....Reminder.....Reminder.....Reminder.....Reminder National Aldrich Association - Annual Reunion Now is the time for you to make your room reservations. Space may be limited so please call early. Sat-Sunday, July 18-19 1998 Swanzey, New Hampshire Room Availability Keene, NH Best Western/Soverign Hotel 131 Rooms Indoor Pool 1-800 528-1234 Indoor Pool, Free Breakfast included Dbl Rm Rate $70.00 + tax We have reserved a block of rooms at the Best Western. They are offering us a discount and were the best people to deal with. Full Breakfast included. Members must make their own reservation. Please make your reservation at least four (4) weeks in advance. Please tell them you are with our group to get our rate. Keene Chamber of Commerce Call for information (603) 352-1303 NH Bed and Breakfast listings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, July 17, 1998 6 PM Early Bird dinner at the Best Western, Keene, NH for those interested. Copperfield's Restaurant. Jody and John Aldrich will be there to welcome you. Saturday, July 18, 1998 11:00 AM Meet at the Swanzey Historical Society, Route 10, West Swanzey Opens at 10 AM - free admission. This museum contains a complete set of town reports from the late 1800's to the present day listing vital statistics, newspaper clippings, cemetery records, town censuses to early 1800's. View the Concord Stage Coach used in Ware, NH a hundred years ago, old maps, early tools and household goods. Includes loft and basement areas. 11:15 AM Travel to Richmond (rt 32) to view old Aldrich Cemetery. This is a short walk up a small hill through a wooded area off the highway. Bring long pants and walking shoes. There are 70 old stones, many of them are Aldrich descendants of Capt. Levi Aldrich from Mendon. 12:30 Luncheon at the Monadnock View Restaurant, Route 12, Troy New Hampshire. Enjoy a spectacular view of Mt. Monadnock with your meal. Good food at reasonable prices. 2:00 PM We will go to Aldrich Road in East Swanzey for a tour of old Amasa Aldrich house. (Present Owners will show their old house and barn- circ. 1800) Richard Scaramelli (owner) is the past president of the Cheshire Historical Society. He will answer your questions as he very knowledgeable of the Aldrich house and the history of the area. 3:30 PM We will go to Mt Ceaser Cemetery, East Swanzey. -Many Aldrich & allied family stones will be viewed here. A large Aldrich family stone with an enclosed burial plot will be seen. 4:00 PM ---Old Home Day Activities in Swanzey with crafts, antique cars, crafts, tag sale Log rolling and more...... 5:30 PM Church Supper at First Congregational Church, Swanzey Center - Partake of a traditional New England Church Supper. 7:00 PM Outdoor Band Concert at the Potash Bowl, Swanzey Center. Bring sweater, jackets and umbrella . Wheelchairs and lawnchairs are welcome. 8:00 PM "The Old Homestead" featuring the Swanzey Players at Potash Bowl by Denman Thompson. This play has been presented annually for over 50 years. The play was seen in Boston, New York and around the USA & Canada. This is a comedy-melodrama about a man named "Josh" who tries to measure New York City by what he knows of life in Swanzey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday, July 19, 1998 Morning Church Services in Keene, NH. Protestant and Catholic Churches on Main Street 11:30 AM Aldrich Association Luncheon at Historical Society of Cheshire County 246 Main Street, Keene, HN Good Fellowship, Genealogy and annual Meeting will be held A luncheon will be catered by a local group at the Historical Society. The Archive Center at the Historical Center will be open to us for research. This center contains books, manuscripts, photographs, maps and business records. Genealogy books include the 6 volumes on A J Aldrich, "George Aldrich Genealogy" plus many others. Total cost for luncheon and use of Historical Center aprox $15.00 p/p. (based on 25 people) - includes $55.00 fee required to open the Center on Sunday. For further information please write to : John Aldrich, President, National Aldrich Association National Aldrich Association Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343 e-mail: jaldrich@wsii.com

Hi Group, Could someone please help me find the name of the Aldrich gentleman who married Harriet M. Clineburg? In a copy of her father's,(Ignatius Clineburg)obit it said that Harriet M. Aldrich was living in Iowa. (Ignatius died July 1893. I can find nothing as to her husband, but she had two children, Bessie and Willis. Ignatius raised the children in Cortland NY so that is where I guess Harriet met Mr. Aldrich. Please help. Cheryl ccline@erols.com

Richard Allen wrote: > > Hi, > > Another subscriber to this list E-Mailed that his Grandfather told him > that all Aldriche's in this country were descended from two brothers > that came from somewhere many years ago. > I wonder if George had a brother Henry? > > Dick Allen You're correct about the earlier message concerning the alleged brothers. I have NOT seen any evidence, document or whatever showing the brothers together on any record. George and at least first 3 generations of descendants do NOT have "Henry" in the names, so I would be skeptical of it. W. David Samuelsen

Dear Cookies, I have just fininshed re-posting all of the back "recipes" of Sue's Cook Book and I have also sent out two new ones, for a total of 12. If you missed any of them, you can find them on the Web in the following places: Ellie Stephens homepage -- http://members.aol.com/CookCooke Lisa Cleversey homepage -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5421 Dana Thomas homepage -- http://members.aol.com/TreeCrazyD/suerec1.html I will be happy to forward them to anyone who doesn't have internet service, otherwise, I'm sure you can get them from one of these places. I keep getting requests-- Can I forward them to a friend? Can I put them on my webpage? Can I post them to a mail list? Etc. So I've decided that I need to have a general policy. Here goes: 1. I have given permission to the three people listed above, all Cook list members, to post them with full credit given to me. I actually think this is enough websites. I might consider giving permission to someone else--but you must have my permission and my name and address attached. 2. I write these recipes especially for the Cook mail list. I am also sending them to the Aldrich list. A couple of people have asked permission to send them to other mail lists. In order to send them to other mail lists, you must have my permission and the permission of the list owner. Please do not forward them to any other list without getting these two permissions first. 3. You may forward them to a friend without permission as long as my name and address is attached, so that they will be able to contact me if they have questions. I hope that this will help to clear up the many questions and requests I have been getting lately. Your "Cousin", Sue Roe

Hi karin: I checked volumes 1-5 of the George Aldrich Genealogy (GAG), and I did not find a James G. or a James with a dau dau. Gwendolyn. Sorry. Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association Aldrich too _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi Everyone! I have the following my mother found in 1982 in the Genealogy New England, Vol 1, page 234. "The family of Aldrich in this country was founded by George Aldrich of Braintree and Mendon Mass., and Henry Aldrich of Dedham same colony who was presumable a brother of George. The latter came from Devonshire, England in 1631 arriving on Mass. coast, Nov 6 and settled at Darchester, whence he removed to Braintree. He was among the pioneer settlers of Mendon, Mass. in 1633 and spent the rest of his life there. Henry Aldrich died in Dedham, Mass. in 1645 leaving a son Samuel and other sons. Most of the members of this family were Quakers, they were ignored in the Puritan records and very little can be found concerning them. There is a mention of a Benjamin Aldrich (decendant of Henry) in Braintree in 1651, he may have been the grand father of a Benjamin with whose name the line here-in traced must begin, but all circumstances go to indicate that he was more probably decended from Henry of Dedham. A Thomas Aldrich lived in Dedham where he married (1) 1675 (2) 1678. I Benjamin Aldrich born abt 1694 in Walpol, Mass. was one of the grantees of Westmorland, N.H. to which he removed in 1749, died 1763, married in Bridgewater, Mass. 1742 to Mary Shaw. They had ten children: Mary 1725; Caleb mentioned below; Elizabeth 1732; Benjamin 1734; luke 1736; George 1738; Ebenzeer 1740; Joel 1743; Sarah 1749; and Susannah 1727. II Caleb, oldest son of Benjamin and Mary (Shaw) Aldrich, born 1730 at Walpol, resided in Weymouth, Mass. 1755 - 1758. The next ten years were spent in Abington, Mass. In 1788 settled in Westmoreland until his death. His farm was in the Eastern part of town and was sucessively owned by son Niles, grandson Niles, and ggrandson Allen Aldrich. He married in Weymouth 1755. III Deborah, daughter of caleb and Deborah (Niles) Aldrich was born 1750 in Abington, became wife of Nathaniel Wilber of Westnmorland." Searched by Mildred (Henshaw, Avery, Aldrich) Allen, 1982 I typed this exactly as my mother typed it. However, I think there may be a typo. The marriage date for for Benjamin Aldrich and Mary Shaw is probably not 1742 as they would have been married after most of their children were born. The correct date is probably around 1722. If the date is correct @ 1742, then this would be the second marriage of Benjamin Aldrich. And The Plot Thickens. Dick Allen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Looking for information about James G. ALDRICH, b. abt 1880, married to Edith. One daughter, Gwendolyn, b. 1805 in Omaha, NE. Gwen lived with her parents in Hollywood, CA when she attended high school there. I've heard James was a grocer but I don't know when or where. Thanks from Singapore. Karin