Ray, Thank you for responding to my question. I had forgotten that the towns in that area had made many changes over the years. I have the same problem with the Litchfield, Northfield and Thomaston area. You never know where you're going to find the information! Anita McKinney Colorado Springs, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond Richard<mailto:cove_man@comcast.net> To: blakesley@rootsweb.com<mailto:blakesley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [BLAKESLEY] Abner Blakeslee's Marriage I think you will find, after further study, that the town of Plymouth came from Waterbury. Plymouth was later further divided as the population grew I believe and one of those towns was Terryville. I think this family lived in that portion of Waterbury that slowly became Plymouth and then Terryville. Regards, Ray Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANITA MCKINNEY" <newtonmac@msn.com<mailto:newtonmac@msn.com>> To: <blakesley@rootsweb.com<mailto:blakesley@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [BLAKESLEY] Abner Blakeslee's Marriage > Thanks Owen & David for responding. I'll have to see about the original > records. I just thought it was odd that basically the same people were > listed in 2 different town's info. I later noticed the same thing happened > to a couple of their children. > > Have a great evening, > > Anita McKinney > Colorado Springs, CO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Owen Kaser<mailto:owen@unbsj.ca<mailto:owen@unbsj.ca>> > To: blakesley@rootsweb.com<mailto:blakesley@rootsweb.com<mailto:blakesley@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:blakesley@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:09 AM > Subject: Re: [BLAKESLEY] Abner Blakeslee's Marriage > > > On 1/24/07, ANITA MCKINNEY <newtonmac@msn.com<mailto:newtonmac@msn.com<mailto:newtonmac@msn.com%3Cmailto:newtonmac@msn.com>>> > wrote: > > I am descended from Micajah/Macajah/Micah Blakeslee (1766-1845) and > Rhoda Hopkins. His father was Abner Blakeslee (1731-1817) but I'm confused > about Abner's wife. I was looking at the Barbour Collection for further > info and now I'm really confused. The Waterbury records show that an: > > "Abner, s. Jacob, m. Thankfull Peck, d. Sam[ue]ll, Sept. 23, 1755" > > > > While at the same time, the Plymouth records show an: > > "Abner, s. Jacob, m. Thankfull Peeter, d. Samuel, of Waterbury, Sept. > 23, 1755" > > > > It makes more sense that Peck is the correct last name since one of > their son, Abner Jr. named a son "Abner Peck" but who knows. > > > > Does anyone have any insight into this? > > I think you should view the actual Plymouth record (perhaps on > microfilm, if you have an LDS Family History Center near you). My > guess is that it's a matter of messy handwriting. Recall that the > Barbour records were transcribed in the 1930s as a Depression-era > project. (I think.) I don't know how much training the workers > received in reading messy old writing... I can imagine how Peck might > look like Peet, and maybe the "er" involved the imagination of the > transcriber! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com>> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BLAKESLEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message