The handwritten in pencil record at the Discovery Museum does not read "Birdsey" but instead reads "Birdseye". I have seen it spelled both ways, but does anyone know if this Connecticut family is related to the frozen food giant's family? Jeanne Jain

Jeanne Jain wrote: > The handwritten in pencil record at the Discovery Museum > does not read "Birdsey" but instead reads "Birdseye". I > have seen it spelled both ways, but does anyone know if > this Connecticut family is related to the frozen food > giant's family? "The Birdseye family in America had its origin in John Birdseye, who came from England to Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., in the early days of that colony ... and died in 1694, aged seventy-four ..." ["The Empire State in Three Centuries," v. 3, Century History Company. USGenWeb Oneida County, NY pages, under Bios, Rufus Pomeroy Birdseye"] Dorothy/5 Birdsey married John/4 Brooks, Jr., father of Capt. John/5 of Bridgeport. And yes, it's often to usually spelled Birdseye, though I assume pronounced Birdsey, which is the way I've been spelling it. However, the frozen food tycoon spelled it the old way, so I guess I'll have to change my spelling. http://www.birdseyefoods.com/corp/about/clarenceBirdseye.asp "Clarence Birdseye, Father Of Frozen Food" After consulting my well-used ouija board, some time back I added Dorothy/5 Birdsey's ancestral line to John/1Birdsey at the Tributaries web site. :-) Within the Brooks surname in New England, I know of * Birdsey/6, son of Capt. John/5 and Polly Coe (Fairfield County line) * Birdsey/7, son of Asaph/6 and Abigail Hatch in the Cheshire line * Birdsey, line unknown, b. 1783 at Goshen, CT to Joseph and Amanda Brooks Thanks, Jean, for a fun and productive query. May we look forward to a transcription of the m.s. you copied? Chris