Very interesting, Chris! After mentioning "Beardsley", I started reading about Clarence Birdseye on the Birdseye website (lots of mergers and acquisitions with that company!!). However you arrived at the point I might have gotten to by next week!! Thanks! Kathy (Hartford County, CT and brought up in Fairfield County) At 02:40 PM 8/13/2005 -0400, Christopher Brooks wrote: >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 > > > > > > > >==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > BROOKS-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com >or BROOKS-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com

Kathy Chiappetta wrote: > Very interesting, Chris! After mentioning "Beardsley", I > started reading about Clarence Birdseye on the Birdseye website > (lots of mergers and acquisitions with that company!!). However > you arrived at the point I might have gotten to by next week!! I went straight to "About Our Founder." :-) Question: Since the product name is pronounced "bird's eye," and the website bio has the story about the medieval ancestor shooting a hawk through the eye, does that mean that the personal name was actually pronounced "bird's eye?" Hi, I'm Frank Johnson. Pleased to meet you, I'm Bird's Eye Brooks. ????? Does anyone know a Birdsey/Birdseye personally? Or an accomplished researcher of this surname? Chris