Hi, Phoebe, Another connection, but What Does It All Mean?? What a mess. I'm retiring at the end of Jan., so will finally be able to take the "brain time" needed to do my share for the mini-group in sorting some of this stuff out. I just made a mental connection, but don't know how it fits. You mention here a Roswell CARPENTER Coleman. Well, my GGgrandfather (James CARPENTER, b. abt. 1823; lived in Madison Co., NY, then went West to IN, MI, MN, and SD) had a son named Francis Adelbert, who settled in SE Michigan. Frank in turn had a son named Roswell CARPENTER. No Coleman, but what the hey?! Acc. to my sources, Roswell was born in 1875. They lived in Decatur, MI. So you guys work your magic and tell me how this ties together. <g> Somewhere a CARPENTER woman married a COLEMAN man, and then left us cute little clues to follow. Who was the wonderful uncle or grandparent who deserved having two descendants named for him? Roswell was second son. Here are his sibs: William Francis; Amy Belle; Orrie M.; Maude Estelle; (Roswell); J. Erwin; Altha V.; Nellis A. Birthdates range from 1868 to 1883. Any other tie-ins? Take care, George --- George R. Carpenter carpgl@ismi.net ---------- > From: MzCortez@aol.com > Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 2:17 PM > Orange Co. Historical and Biographical Record pg 1125 notes that > Roswell CARPENTER Coleman son of James CARPENTER Coleman who married Phoebe > Meade was gr. grandson of Benjamin b 1755 who m Hannah (CARPENTER) Finch who > was born 1761 (that would be the mother not the dau. above). It further > states that "she" and "her" father's family were refugees of the Wyoming > Massacre (1779). > > Phoebe in CA >