Hello to all. Has anyone answered Dick Allen's message regarding his evidence of a brother Henry for George ALDRICH ? To me it does not seem impossible that George was a member of a large family with many possible brothers and sisters. It was the norm in England in those days which would appear to have been carried over to the colonies, judgeing by the size of size of the families of George and his descendents. As well, it does not seem impossible for more than one member of a family to have emigrated from England to the colonies at that time. Is there any evidence that George did not have brothers and sisters, and that one or a number of them arrived in the colonies around the same time as George.? Ralf Ralf >Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:20:21 -0800 (PST) >X-Originating-IP: [206.173.98.59] >From: "Richard Allen" <rjallen13@hotmail.com> >To: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:28:54 PST >Subject: [ALDRICH-L] Henry Aldrich >Resent-Message-ID: <"4D4xwB.A.lS.O9VD1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/621 >X-Loop: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: ALDRICH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >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 > > > Ralf and Sonja Aldrich Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Researching: *EBLE* KLEY* SCHWEIZER* OHR* OEESS* DAHLMAN*