Sorry about doing this on the list, but I need to contact a lady who has been a member of this list and the e-mail address I have for her is not active. Would Wendy K Wilkerson (former address<wendykwilk@thurston.com>) please get in touch with me - a question on James Convis & Lucy Day has come up that I hope you might have some insight on. Or, if anyone has her address, please let me know. Thanks, Stephen

I have just uploaded the Woburn (Mass.) Vital Records (births, deaths, marriages) for Converse surname, contributed by Pat Brown, whom I want to thank for sharing. Windham Co., CT vitals have been online for a couple of days for Converse surname thanks to Elaine Merrell for sharing from that County Web site. I also added more pages to the Chas. A. Converse Converse genealogy. Find at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html More new things as time permits. Good luck --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Surnames: Kaylor, Ickes, Tedrow, Phelan, Ely, Stewart, Converse, Reid and many more. CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

As List Administrator, thought I should make all aware that I am having mail problems at my other address, so am using this one. If anyone needs to contact me, this address will work: treesearch76@hotmail.com If you get two of these messages, I apologize as things are really screwed up. Mary Ann _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Hi, Does anyone have any info. about a Jane Frances Converse, b. July 10, 1829, Dana, MA., m. Joel W. Thayer, abt. Oct. 20, 1849 Dana, MA & d. Sept. 25, 1895. Joel W. Thayer was born May 7, 1820, Dana, MA, d. Nov. 11, 1899 Tammy Thayer-Stevens

I am in the midst of mail problems, my mail could very well be bouncing, as I cannot receive it, but can send out. As I am List owner now of Converse Discussion List, thought I should let everyone know they can contact me at another address, if necessary: treesearch76@hotmail.com Lots to work on for the Converse Connections web site, including the Chas. A. Converse genealogy which I have started. Have several new items, thanks to Pat Brown, when I get time to type/scan them. In the meantime, check out the Vitals from Windham Co. and the Converse genealogy. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html Mary Ann --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Surnames: Kaylor, Ickes, Tedrow, Phelan, Ely, Stewart, Converse, Reid and many more. CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

Found this listing for Family History of Joseph Convers by Putnam on the following web site. Just in case anyone is interested. I have no connection with this. In fact I found three of my lineages listed, now if I just had the money to buy them all.<g> Mary Ann RARE GENEALOGIES Christopher Hartman Post Office Box 991015, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 http://www.raregenealogies.com/currentlist.htm [CONVERSE]. Putnam, John Jay, comp. Family History of Joseph Convers of Bedford, Massachusetts 1739-1828. Worcester, Mass., F.S. Blanchard, 1897. --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Surnames: Kaylor, Ickes, Tedrow, Phelan, Ely, Stewart, Converse, Reid and many more. CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

Hi everyone, I am still searching for the parents of Dorothy/Dolly CONVERSE who was of Sturbridge, MA when she marr. Abijah RICHARDSON on 4 Apr., 1807 there, but was probably not born there. Abijah is head of household in Charlton, MA in 1810. Can't seem to find any other CONVERSES in Sturbridge, but in Charlton in 1810 there is Willard, Uriah and Luke. And a Daniel in Spencer. Dorothy RICHARDSON is head of household in 1830, age 50-60, in Southbridge, MA, but Abijah did not die until 1857 in Southbridge, so this is strange. They are not buried in the main cemetery in Southbridge, as I was there and saw the books (all of them I believe). Might anyone know where they are buried? Don't have a date for Dorothy. I have seen the Edward Converse Gen. and although there are Dorothys they don't seem to be mine. Dorothy, dau. of Jude, did not marry Abijah Richardson. But I wouldn't be surprised to eventually learn that my Dorothy was also a descendant of Edward. I will try to get Converse wills of Worcester Co., MA, but was hoping someone might know something of these people in the meantime. Thank you and any info. will be very much appreciated. Carol Harrison Carol H726@aol.com

Hi, I have started posting on the Converse Connections web site, pages from: "The Converse Family and Allied Families", Some of the Ancestor and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. of Thompson Parish, Killingly, Conn.; Major James Converse of Woburn, Mass.; Hon. Heman Allen, M. C. of Milton and Burlington, Vermont; Captain Jonathan Bixby, Sr. of Killingly, Conn.; Compiled and edited by Charles Allen Converse - 1905, Eben Putnam Publisher, Boston Mass. As of today there are thirteen pages online. As time permits, I will continue posting from this book. I would like to thank Bill Converse for supplying me with the copies from his original edition of this genealogy. You will find a link to the page on the home page site at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html One hint......on the graphics "new" and "updated", on the Web site, one can put their mouse on the graphic and it will give you the date it was posted or updated, save some time checking things out. Mary Ann --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Surnames: Kaylor, Ickes, Tedrow, Phelan, Ely, Stewart, Converse, Reid and many more. CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

--- Mary Ann Kaylor <makaylor@npwt.net> wrote: (XVIII) Edward Convers, son of Christopher Convers or Conyers (17) Any comments? Good time to discuss this. --- end of quote --- Mary Ann, The genealogist, Douglas Richardson, who wrote the most recent article on the identity of Sarah Parker Converse is available on-line at: douglasrichardson@hotmail.com He is a frequent contributor to the GEN-MEDIEVAL News Group and has been helpful to me in the past when I delved into other medieval ancestral lines. If you have questions about Edward Converse's ancestry, Douglas may be able to help. His Sarah Parker article was, "The English Origin of the Parker Brothers of Massachusetts" NEHGR 153:95. He is also co-authoring a new version of the Magna Charta Sureties which is due out sometime before 2001. Jay Cary

--- Forwarded Message from Jay.A.Cary@Dartmouth.EDU (Jay A. Cary) --- >Date: 29 Aug 2000 08:01:31 EDT >From: Jay.A.Cary@Dartmouth.EDU (Jay A. Cary) >Subject: Re: Emma Almira Converse Austin >To: Defleur@prodigy.net >Cc: marlenelaing@hotmail.com, bouic1@midohio.net, Jay.A.Cary.68@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG Hello, Thanks for the note. I am afraid that I don't have any other information about the descendants of Emma A. Converse. I will copy this message to Marlene Laing and Marie Bouic, both of whom have closer connections to this line and might be of more help than me. Jay Cary --- You wrote: I am looking for information concerning my gr gr grandmother Emma A. Converse and her daughter Alice Ella Austin Humphrey in Michigan. My mother is a Humphrey and her mother Hazel died giving birth to her Sept 15 1935. I can find no obituaries for her in Kent Or Muskegon County Michigan. Your charts are the first that I can connect only because of my great aunt telling me names before she died. Hazel was the daughter of Will Humphrey and Alice Ella Austin. Hope this makes sense. Any information you can offer on this family would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, DJ Williams Faust DEFLEUR@prodigy.net --- end of quote ---

This URL was posted on the Gen-Massachusetts Mailing List http://www.ultranet.com/~woblib/chrnlgy.htm It is the Woburn (Mass.) Public Library Web site and has a chronological History of the City of Woburn. Believe this is in the book "Legends of Woburn" by Parker A. Converse, too. Home page for the library can be found at: http://www.ultranet.com/~woblib/cityinfo.htm with links to history, etc.. Interesting enough that I will put a link to it on the Converse Connections Web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html until I can type up something up from "Legends of Woburn" to put on our site. Mary Ann MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Reseaching: STEWART, CONVERSE, KAYLOR, TEDROW, ROBISON, WHEELER, CORY, PHELAN, CAMERER, REID, HAMILTON, PRATHER, ICKES, VAN NORMAN, ROBERTS, LOCKHART, FOSTER, HARDIN, CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html

Several Converse families were mentioned in the below list, so I thought that I would forward it... Source: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHWASH] List of Settler who arrived in 1788 This list does not contain the original pioneer party who land on 7 April 1788 This list is of those that followed in 1788, those landing in other than 1788 are marked Bazaleel Bryant Ebnenezer Battlelle and family James Backus James Brayman Nathaniel Cushing and family Benjamin Converse and family James Converse Archibald Crary Frederick Crary Joshua Cheever Lot Cheever Jeffery Chouchip Asa Coburn and family Asa Coburn Jr and family Nicholas Coburn William Dana and family( 1789) Luther Dana Edmond Dana Samuel Denney Narhan Dicks Daniel Dunham and famly(1789) Cornelius Delano Samuel Dorrenie Richard Elliott Sylvanus Eldridge Paul Fearing Oliver Fuller Griffin Greene and family Richard Greene Philip Greene Charles Greene and family Jonathan Gilbert Major Nathan Goodale and family Timothy Goodale William Gridley and family (1789) Benoni Hurlburt and family Selah Hart Thomas Hutchinson unnamed Holland George Ingersoll Ephraim Kimble Charles Knowles Theophilus Knight Hamilton Kerr John Lasa Ezra Lunt William P Lunt James Leach Thomas Lord Dick Laughton (Half Indian) James Minot John Miller (Half Indian) John Mitchell Samuel Mitchell Jeffery Matthewson Abel Mathews Neil McGuffey Nathaniel Moody and family James Owen and family Ichabod Nye and family Stephen Pierce and family (1789) Samuel H Parson Robert Oliver and family Isreal Pierce and family Launcelot Oliver Alexander Oliver and Family William Oliver Israel Putnam Waldo A Putnam Oliver Rice John Stratton Winthrop Sargent John Skinner Samuel Stratton Elais Stanley Jonathan Stone and Family (1789) Col William Stacey and family (1789) Samuel Stebbins (1789) General Benjamin Tupper and family Joshua Shipman and family (1789) Dean Tyler Jabez True Edward W Tupper Judah Tupper (died in War) James Varnum (died Jan 1789) Benjamin Tupper Jr Levi Woodward Simeon Wright Ebenezer Whittmore Andrew Webster and family Linda LRHall175@aol.com Now Researching MILLER, HALL, BURCHETT,PARKE, QUIMBY,CARPENTER

Can anyone help Patricia with her Conyers family? Mary Ann >From: Smyrna1624@aol.com >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:30:50 EDT >Subject: Re: Ancestry of Deacon Edward >To: makaylor@npwt.net >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 120 > >Hi: > >Do you know any thing of Azariah Conyers or Enoch Conyers of Nicholas Co., Ky. > >I found Azariah in Nicholas Co. in 1820 but not 1810. Enoch was not on the >1820 census but on the 1830 census of Nichola Co. > >Azariah is listed as having two white males living in the household from 25 >to 40 in 1820. I am wondering if one of these might have been Enoch Conyers. > I know that Enoch came from Illinois. Enoch later left on a wagon train of >1852. He was going to settle in California but some Mormons who didn't >believe in doctors refused to let Enoch treat some of their sick. So Enoch >refused to go on to California and turned northward to Oregon. He settled in >Astoria, Oregon. He became a member of the Oregon Legislature. His sons and >daughters became high public officials in Astoria and in Oregon. > >Thank you for your genealogy list. > >Do you have anything on the Conyers from Ireland? > >It seems the Conyers, Coiners and Coignieres got around in Europe too. > >Patricia Ruskauff --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html MY CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

I have just uploaded a Biography sent to me by Elaine Merrell who hosts the Windham Co. CT Web site. The biography is on Morton E. Converse but includes the original theory of the early ancestry of the Convers family. Go to the Converse Connectins Web site to view the entire biography. Morton descends from James s/o Edward. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html Thought I would post the ancestry here for those who might not have it: The Converse family to which Morton E. Converse, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, belong, is of ancient French origin. The early seat of the family was in Navarre, France, whence Roger de Coigneries, emigrated to England with William the Conqueror in the eleventh century. (I) Roger de Coigneries, to whom the ancestry of the American family has been traced, was born in France, about 1010. To him the Bishop of Durham gave the constableship of Durham. (II) Roger de Coigneries, son of Roger de Coigneries (I) lived in Durham, England. (III) Roger de Coiners, son of Roger de Coineries (2) lived in Durham and Sockburn, England. (IV) Galfred Coniers, son of Roger de Coiners (3) lived at Sockburn. (V) John Conyers, son of Galfred Conyers (4) settled and lived at Sockburn, England. (VI) Sir Humphrey Coigners, son of John Conyers (5) lived at Sockburn. (VII) Sir John Coigners, son of Sir Humphrey Coigners (6) settled at Sockburn. (VIII) Roger Coigners, son of Sir John Coigners (7) resided at Sockburn. (IX) Sir John Coigners, son of Roger Coigners (8), lived at Sockburn, died 1395. (X) Robert Coigners, son of Sir John Coigners (9) (XI) John Coigners, son of Robert Coigners (10) lived at Hornby, England. (XII) Sir John Coigners, son of John Coigners (11) resided at Hornby. (XIII) Sir John Conyers, son of Sir John Coigners (12) resided at Hornby. (XIV) Sir John Conyers, son of Sir John Conyers (13) resided at Hornby. (XV) Reginald Conyers, son of Sir John Conyers (14) resided at Wakerly. (XVI) Richard Conyers, son of Reginald Conyers (15) resided at Wakerly. (XVII) Christopher Convers or Conyers, son of Richard Conyers, was baptized 1552 at Wakerly, County Northampton. He married Mary Halford. Their children were: Edward, see forward; Mary, born 1590; John, 1593; Moses, 1595; Lucy, 1595; Joshua, 1596; Samuel, 1597; Noah, 1599. (XVIII) Edward Convers, son of Christopher Convers or Conyers (17) Any comments? Good time to discuss this. Mary Ann MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Reseaching: STEWART, CONVERSE, KAYLOR, TEDROW, ROBISON, WHEELER, CORY, PHELAN, CAMERER, REID, HAMILTON, PRATHER, ICKES, VAN NORMAN, ROBERTS, LOCKHART, FOSTER, HARDIN, CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html

Hi Converse Researchers, In case you haven't been to the new Converse Connections Web site lately, it has been updated: 1)Some Cemetery Listings in CT 2)Revised/updated Family of Deacon Edward Converse by attempting to put all theories, including citing sources. 3)Uploaded the original ancestry of Deacon Edward to World Connect 4)Added links to Windham Co., CT; Killingly, CT; Thompson, CT 5) Added a couple of Biographies (one is my greatgrandfather, Jeremiah Converse) Please feel free to comment or discuss Deacon Edward's family/ancestry. This List would be an excellent place for discussion. Even though we don't all agree, perhaps as a group we can discuss the different theories and come to a conclusion, if that is possible. I would welcome any documents/ resources/comments towards that end, as that is the purpose of the web site. Not just a listing of names & dates, which will come eventually if I ever get my database updated with more recent information, which will include all Deacon Edward Converse lineages known to me, not just my lineage. Converse Connections Web Site, dedicated to Deacon Edward Convers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html Thanks and lets hear from you! Mary Ann MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html Reseaching: STEWART, CONVERSE, KAYLOR, TEDROW, ROBISON, WHEELER, CORY, PHELAN, CAMERER, REID, HAMILTON, PRATHER, ICKES, VAN NORMAN, ROBERTS, LOCKHART, FOSTER, HARDIN, CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html

I will be moving into a home in Lyme, NH next week, Lyme being one of the ancestral homes of the Converses and home to the Converse Memorial Library. If anyone has Converse ancestors in Lyme and would like me to check a grave location, I would be happy to try, after I have a chance to get unpacked in our new home. All the best, Jay Cary

I have just acquired the Query Board for the Convers/Converse surname from Rootsweb's GenConnect. This will be found at the following URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/c/o/CONVERSE/queries I will soon have a link to this on my Converse Connections Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html In order to get the Query Board, I also had to take the other six boards, which are for Wills, Bios, etc., which you can also use, if you wish. I will put a link to all 7 of these boards on the Converse Connections Web site soon. It was suggested that we should have a message board in which to discuss the ancestry of Deacon Edward Convers, the immigrant ancestor. Hopefully this will serve that purpose. As most of you know, there are two different approaches to the parentage of Deacon Edward. So what do you think? Which one is correct? I, myself, am still undecided. Guess I need more proof <g> Can someone sway me? Mary Ann --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html MY CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

First let me say to Mary Ann, thank you for the very nice CONVERSE website. I will be watching it grow. I have been trying to make a definite link to Edward for years. Perhaps someone out there has the answer: My gggggrandfather, Ephraim FLAGG married Ruth CONVERSE in Wilmington, Middlesex Co., MA in 1757. Their marriage was recorded in both Woburn and Wilmington VRs. I believe Ruth was born about 1734 probably in Woburn, MA. She and Ephraim owned land partly in Woburn and partly in Wilmington, according to land deeds. They had two children recorded in Wilmington VRs: Gershom FLAGG, b: 3 June 1758 and Ebenezer FLAGG b: 28 Sept. 1763. It is possible there was another son, Theodore, born ca 1775. Ephraim and Ruth sold their land and moved to Reading for a short while then to Mason, NH where they joined their son Gershom, about 1796. Ephraim died in 1814 (age 79) and Ruth died 2 Jan 1816 (age 82), both in Mason, NH where they are buried. I am trying to find the parents of Ruth. There were a great many Ruth CONVERSEs. I am sure there is a link to Edward CONVERSE, but through which son? Ephraim FLAGG's son, Ebenezer FLAGG, married Rebecca SHELDON, daughter of Ephraim SHELDON and Eunice FELCH. Edward CONVERSE's daughter, Mary (according to his will) married a SHELDON, as well. A clue, perhaps? I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you. You can find info about my FLAGG family on my Mason, NH website. Rhett R. Owings Living in CA, but loving NH USGenWeb town coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm

I am in the process of a new Web site for Deacon Edward Convers and his descendants. I have only just begun, lots of work to do. Don't have lineages up yet, but do have some resources, such as Wills, cemetery, histories, memoriams, etc.. I would like to make this site different than others, in that descendants can contribute any items of interest, photo's, lineages, biographies, wills, cemetery, etc. If you are a descendant, I welcome any additions you might be able to make. In the meantime, bookmark the site and keep coming back, this will take some time to input all that I have. I will probably put the lineages on World Connect in order to save time, after I feel I have updated/added all that I can. But the Page will connect to these lineages. Go to: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html Thanks, Mary Ann --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html MY CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

7/13/00 To: Converse Family Membership From: Christopher Hartman Good afternoon. Please pardon the unsolicited posting, but I recently obtained the following, which I thought the Converse family membership would like to know about. I describe it thus: [CONVERSE]. Putnam, John Jay, comp. Family History of Joseph Convers of Bedford, Massachusetts, 1739-1828. Worcester, Mass., F.S. Blanchard, 1897. Tall 8vo. Pp. 97. Frontis. Orig. terra-cotta cloth, gilt printing on front panel, fore and bottom edges of text uncut. Light spotting, lightest of edgewear, otherwise very good. Includes interspersed penned marginal notes throughout. First and only edition. The copy of a descendant, Rutherford Mead Shaw, who has added two pages of manuscript genealogical data & inserted typed genealogical chart in rear. Appendix. Discusses the family from the first immigrant, Deacon Edward Convers of Wakerly, County of Northampton, England, Jan. 30, 1590; died at Woburn, Mass., Aug. 10, 1663. Rare. Toedteberg, #1628. $75.00 This is a nice copy of a fairly scarce book. As such, I must offer it subject to prior sale. Please advise if I can be of further assistance. With many thanks for your courtesy and consideration, I am, Sincerely, Christopher Hartman Rare Genealogies Post Office Box 991015 Boston, Massachusetts 02199-1015 Tel. 617-266-5790; Fax. 617-266-1089; email: raregenealogies@hotmail.com web: http://www.raregenealogies.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/