Dear Cherryl. I saw the posting with reference to, The Delano Family and The Delano Cemetery. Jonathan Delano mentioned. An electronic version was mentioned, also the LDS version. Is there much information about the Delano's? That is one of the familys I am researching. Is there just a brief reference to Delano, or is there more, that would make getting an electronic version worthwhile? Regards, Gordon Delano

I have found a very, very peculiar land transaction in the deeds of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, in the year 1785 and would like some ideas to explain it. All I can think of is *tax evasion.* The time is just after the American Revolution and two years before Shays' Rebellion. In general, there is a money crunch. The state governments are demanding that land taxes be paid in specie (gold and siver coin), and there is a terrible shortage of specie, and farmers who cannot pay their taxes in specie are being thrown in jail. With that background... In 1780 Thomas Hazen sells Lot 63 (100 acres) to Rowland Powell 5th. (This is Rowland 5th's first recorded land purchase). In 1784 Rowland Powell 4th, the daddy of the clan (known as Rowland Jr.), sells 100 acres of Lot 59 to son Rowland Powell 5th, keeping 50 acres back for himself. In March, 1785, Rowland 5th sells all 100 acres of Lot 63 to his (much) younger brother Luther Powell. So far, so good. The family is just rearranging the furniture. But now the mystery. On September 18, 1785, Rowland Powell 5th of Hartford, VT sells his 100 acres of Lot 59 to John Bicknell of Windham Co., CT for 179 pounds. Note that John is out of state (and may well be buddies with the Powells from the old days when they lived in Lebanon, CT). OK. Rowland Powell 5th now has no land of his own, though he might still be living on Lot 59. And, being out of state, maybe John Bicknell is out of reach from the Vermont tax man. On October 18, 1785, John Bicknell of Connecticut turns around and sells the 100 acres of Lot 59 back to daddy Rowland Powell 4th for 125 pounds (at a 55-pound loss). Daddy Rowland Powell 4th now has all 150 acres of Lot 59 again. In this musical chairs of land deals, we're right back where we started in 1784, except that Luther has Rowland 5th's Lot 63 land, and Rowland 5th has nothing. Why this one-month land swap with Connecticut (Sept. 18, 1785 to Oct. 18, 1785)? It's not a loan secured by the deed as collateral, or if it is, it's a bad loan, because Mr. Bicknell loses 55 pounds on the deal. And loans normally run for three years or so, not one month (here, one month to the day). I get a feeling that Rowland 5th sold his share in Lot 59 just before his taxes came due -- to evade the taxes. Then maybe had insufficient funds to buy the land back again after the tax man went away. So, daddy Rowland 4th had to clean up the mess and make things square (almost) with Mr. Bicknell. Son Rowland 5th wouldn't buy or sell any land at least for many, many years into the future. He might have moved into a house in a village and just taken up shoemaking, as one guess. Such is one theory. What I need to know is, When (in what month) did the land taxes come due in Windsor County, Vermont, in the year 1785? If the tax man came in late September/early October, this would be very tidy. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Oaths were a big deal back then. There was also the Oath of Supremacy that many Puritans were forced to sign before they could sail to the New World -- "supremacy" of the Church of England. Since they were not separatists, they could sign it with a clear conscience. In Bristol alone there was discovered thousands of such signed oaths from that period. Since my WETMOREs are said to have sailed to MBC from Bristol, they may be among them. Unfortunately I can't find the reference anymore. :-( The same oath probably was required in other ports. Yrs aye, Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lester M Powers" <lesterps@juno.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:08 PM Subject: [CRV] Re: Freemens' oath > Cynthia said "freemens' oath in the subject line, but... > > >From: "Christina Aubin" <aubin@gate.net> > > A list of those who took "the oath of fidelity" from > > Sorry to be dense but can you tell me what the oath was? > > Thanks, > > Christina > > Christina says oath of fidelity. > > One really must be very specific here. A freemens' oath, > at least in the late 1700s/early 1800s, at least in > Vermont, was simply one's admission to the freemens' > meetings and thus to the voter rolls. I.e., it was > part of "registering to vote" in elections, as we > would put it. The oath was taken the same day that > one first voted in an election, too. Kinda like > drive-thru voter registration. > > BUT!!!! An oath of fidelity COULD be something else > depending on time and place. Could be, for example, > a promise to be a good boy and not do that again after > having sinned, say for example, in Shays' Rebellion. > > The question, to be answered properly, needs to > specify when and where this oath was taken, and if > possible in what context. > > Lester Powers > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > This list covers genealogy and history of The Connecticut River Valley > Accuracy is important--double check your spelling and dates . > Got information to share-----share them.....list sources > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Ct-River-Valley area) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [research lib in Indiana] > listowner; NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >

Lester, YES, with the electronic copy you can search by 'words'. So, you may find more occurrences than those listed in the index. In the index "Powell, Rowland, Jr. 60, 140", while a search of 'POWELL' found 14 occurrences. Taking of the last 'l' found 2 additional occurrences. With the electronic version you are able to be more flexible. You can go directly to those items that interest you and play around with the spelling. Rowland POWELL (6)occurrences vs. (2)indexed: pg 7 ... 5 Rowland Powell 52 pg 60 GERTIFICATE BY THE PROPRIETORS' COMMITTEE ... Rowland Powel Junr on his own Right pg 90 ... ??Privates--Elnathan Allen, Wm Allen, Jonathan Bennett, David Bliss, Wm Burch, Erastus Chapman, Joseph Chapman, Simon Chapman, John Cheney, Dan'l Clark, Nehemiah Closson, Simeon Curtis, Barjone Demmon, Levi Demmon, John Dutton, Enoch Eaton, Enoch Emerson, Daniel O. Gillett, Ezekiel Gillett, Isarael Gillett, Jacob Hall, Jonathan Hall, Willis Hall, Daniel Hazen, Solomon Hazen, Thomas Hazen, Thomas Hazen, Jr., Thomas Holbrook, Timothy Johnson, Abel Marsh, Samuel Marsh, John Marsh Lieutenant-Governor Joseph Marsh, Joseph Marsh, Jr., Roger Marsh, Elijah Mason, David Newton, Christopher Pease, Daniel Pease, Samuel Pinneo, Eliot Porter, Calvin Powell, Luther Powell, Rowland Powell, Rowland Powell, Jr., Jonathan Reynolds, Jehial Robbins, Francis W. Savage, Seth Savage, Solomon Sitzele, Ashbell Smith, Ignatius Sprague, Benajah Strong, Phineas Strong, Solomon Strong, Solomon Strong, Jr., Josiah Terry, Josiah Tilden, Stephen Tilden, Barnabas Tisdel, James Tracy, Thomas Tracy, Lemuel White, Joseph Williams, Benjamin Wright, Jonathan Wright. Total number of officers and privates, 78. Amount of pay, ?60.5s.7p. A true copy of the pay-roll, attest Joshua Hazen Capt Norwich June ye 9th 1781. pg 140 ... Dated at Hartford this | Signed DAVID JANES 21st day of June 1790. | STEPHEN TILDEN JUN | BENJ WRIGHT JUN | Freeholders. ROWLAND POWELL | pg 191 ... DELANO CEMETERY.1 Near G. H. Savage's Year. Name of Decedent. Age 1790 Powell, Mrs. Mary Anne 29 1801 Powell, Rowland 70 1806 Powell, Mrs. Mary Ann 77 pg 412 THE DELANO FAMILY. ... After his arrival in Hartford, Jonathan bought, June 13, 1793, the home farm of Rowland Powell, Jr., which comprised the farms now owned and occupied by Frederick A Huse, and his next door neighbor, George H. Savage, who reside on the White River turnpike, about three miles west of Hartford village. Jonathan Delano was born in 1732. He married Anna Ladd, born in 1734, by whom he ...

Who is this BENJAMIN WRIGHT? Notes for BENJAMIN WRIGHT: He was "supposed" to be the son of Deacon Samuel Wright. He is mentioned in the following sources: Hist. Springfield., vol.2, p.659; Hist Deerfield. Gen., p.392; Hist. Northfield., p.567; and, NE Families, p.1986. Information is sketchy on him and there isn't any mentioning of him being m. nor having any children. He was not mentioned in his father's nor mother's wills which further shows he was prob. not their son. Benjamin Wright was b. in 1627, was in Northampton, MA in 1668, and d. there Oct. 24, 1704. (Source: Hist. Northfield., p.567.) He is bur. in Springfield., MA, his headstone reads: "Heare Liys the Body of Benjamin Wright, He deceased the 24th of October, 1704, at near the age of 78 years." (Source: Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave yards of Northampton..., p.116.) Click here > mailto:PontegwaTrail@juno.com Charles B. Wright PO Box 519, Walpole, NH 03608 PontegwaTrail@juno.com

One more person who is thankful for Thankful Lord Shepherd. I am descended from her daughter, Judith, who married Samuel Pettibone on 8 Nov 1699 in Simsbury. Anyone interested in the Pettibone line please contact me as I have done quite a bit of research on my Pettibone ancestors. Kearby Parker Easton, MD

----- Original Message ----- From: <DMS59Dart@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [CRV] Nathan Hale Picture > In a message dated 12/05/2000 2:39:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, > WebMerlin@Megsinet.net writes: > > > > Subj: Re: [CRV] Nathan Hale Picture > > Date: 12/05/2000 2:39:11 AM Eastern Standard Time > > From: WebMerlin@Megsinet.net (Warren Wetmore) > > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com">CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com< /A> > > To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > Probably there is no contemporary portrait of Hale. All I've seen is > > statues -- and who knows what liberties the sculptors took. > > > > Yrs aye, > > > > Warren Wetmore > > > > > > > > I have, since my post, found this to be absolutly true. Thanks for the help. > Dave (LI) My pleasure. Best, Warren

MALDEN,MASS by D.P.Corey,1899 ------- Michael Wigglesworth..1658+-to 1674,later of New Haven,Conn ------ Rev.Benjamin Blakeman/Blackman, 1674-8 He married Rebecca Scottow,dau of Joshua,Boston, in 1675. Later moved to Black Point[which is now in Maine located on the Saco River]. --- Rev.Thomas Cheever**, 1679-? his salary was paid regularly at the rate of £50 and firewood was supplied by the following men: Cutters: Symond Grover Will Teale Sam Lewis Sam Haward [Howard?Hayward?] Ben Whittamor John Winsleed Will East Jacob Winsleed Robt: Cally Isack Green -- Carts carried wood,each one load: [most of them cut their wood] Jos Bucknam Henry Swnaway John Green Jos Wayte [Waite] Hen.Green Jo.Green. hill Sam.Green Sam.Sprague Jo.Sprague,jr Laz Grover Jo Lynde** Phin Vppam [sic] Ens.Lynds** Cor't Green John Wayt,sen Jonath Knoher Leut Sprague Jo.Greenland Nath Haward Capt John Wayte -------- those that fell behind in supplying wood: Phin Sprague Will Bordman Jo.Chadwike Joel Jenkins Lem Jenkins Jo.Paul Jonath.Spragu Jo Chamb'la'n [Chamberlain] Tho.Birditt[Burdett?] Jo.Sargent Jo.Scholly Jacob Park'r ____Lewis Will Buckn'm Sam.Wayt Phill Atwood --------- Cynthia -- got a beef? contact me...do not post on list! usual email: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net have ? email me at: suggestions_questions@yahoo.com need lookup ? email: LookUpsNE@hotmail.com --- past postings: http://archiver.rootsweb.com -- Cynthia Listowner: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com MaNorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com --

History of Scituate by Deane,1831/1899 ----- page 155-157 A list of "allowed and approved inhabitants to whom portions of the common lands were assigned,by the joint committee of the Court and Town in 1673: Ensign John Allen John Buck,sen Nicholas Baker John Bumpus Lieut Isaac Buck Widow Bird John Bryant,sen John Bryant,jr Walter Briggs John Bailey Joseph Barstow James Briggs William Brooks Isaac Buck John Booth John Buck,jr William Blackmore John Briggs Isaac Chittenden Thomas King,jr Peter Collarmore Josiah Litchfield Richard Curtis Henry Joslin Thomas Clap John Merritt Thomas CHittenden's heirs John Hew's heirs John Cushing Thomas Lapham Major Cudworth Thomas Nichols Nathaniel Church** Thomas Oldham** William Curtis William Peakes John Curtis Michael Pierce Anthony Collarmore Samuel Jackson Samuel Clap George Russell Jonathan Cudworth Edward Right Joseph Coleman,jr Thomas Pincin,jr Israel Cudworth Cor.Robert Stetson Zechariah Coleman Moses Simons Henry Chittenden Benjamin Stetson Richard Dwelly Robert Sprout** James Doughty John Magoon Anthony Dodson Joseph Stetson John Daman,jr Thomas Stetson John Daman,sen Abraham Sutliffe Rhodophus Ellmes Charles Stockbridge Henry Ewell Richard Standlake John Ensign Samuel Stetson Widow Ensign Thomas Perry Widow Garrett Thomas Palmer John Hanmer,sen John Palmer,sen John Hanmer,jr John Palmer,jr Thomas Hiland,sen John Turner,sen Thomas Hiland,jr John Turner,jr Samuel House Humphry Turner's heirs Walter Hatch Daniel Turner Jeremiah Hatch Thomas Turner Daniel Hicks Nathaniel Turner William Hatch Stephen Tilden Thomas Hatch James Torrey Thomas Ingham Widow Torrey Edward Jenkins Nathaniel Tilden William James Widow Tilden[Joseph] Thomas King,sen William Ticknor Jonathan Turner Nicholas Wade Nathaniel Man Robert Whitcomb John Stetson John Hallett Stephen Vinall Timothy White Thomas Woodworth Jonathan Jackson Samuel Witherell John Witherell Throphilus Witherell William Parker William Wilcome Widow Young. ----- Cynthia **my lines -- got a beef? contact me...do not post on list! usual email: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net have ? email me at: suggestions_questions@yahoo.com need lookup ? email: LookUpsNE@hotmail.com --- past postings: http://archiver.rootsweb.com -- Cynthia Listowner: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com MaNorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com --

In a message dated 12/05/2000 2:39:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, WebMerlin@Megsinet.net writes: > Subj: Re: [CRV] Nathan Hale Picture > Date: 12/05/2000 2:39:11 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: WebMerlin@Megsinet.net (Warren Wetmore) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com">CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Probably there is no contemporary portrait of Hale. All I've seen is > statues -- and who knows what liberties the sculptors took. > > Yrs aye, > > Warren Wetmore > > > I have, since my post, found this to be absolutly true. Thanks for the help. Dave (LI)

Cherryl Thank you very much indeed for your reply post on "Hartford, VT - 2nd Division of 50 Acre Lots." Looks like my Rowland Powell gets more active and earlier in time than I thought. I had rented a microfilm of "History of Hartford, VT" from the LDS several many months ago, but it was out of focus, and I was able to get only a few semi-legible photocopied pages from it. That, plus your new -- readable -- information should go together nicely. And I plan to re-rent a second "History of Hartford, VT" microfilm next year, praying the while that the next one will be in focus. One question -- Does your electronic version of the book include an index that is in addition to and more detailed than the regular index printed at the back of the book? Thank you again. Lester Powers ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I erred in my original posting; needed that 2nd or 3rd cup of coffee - or just to engage brain before sending!!! I skipped a whole generation. I am inserting it following Joshua Fuller/Joanna Taylor and before Anna Hill et al. I also know where Joanna Taylor probably died; we have been unable to find a gravestone for her. Thanks for your indulgence! I think I have it correct now. Hello folks. Hope someone is able to help me with the following. This much I know: JOSHUA FULLER, b. 10/3/1727 @ Barnstable MA, d. 3/19/1816 @ Surry NH, m. 12/3/1750 JOANNA TAYLOR b. 8/17/1734 @ Bolton CT, d. 7/25/1823 @ Surry NH. They had a number of children one of whom was LYDIA FULLER b. 4/13/1751 @ Bolton CT, m. JOHN HILL 3/23/1772. They resided in Surry NH (and other parts unknown). They had 2 daughters that I've seen documentation on: dau. ANNA HILL (my line) b. 4/3/1776 @ Alstead NH d. 9/14/1841 @ Montague MA m. 8/8/1805 JOEL SHEPARD @ Surry NH b. 2/6/1765 @ Plainfield CT, d. 12/5/1859 @ Montague MA.; BETSEY HILL b. 1786 @Surry NH at home in 1808. Questions: 1) when and where did JOHN and LYDIA HILL- there is no record they died in Surry NH, was it in Montague MA or elsewhere in NH (they moved away from Surry between 1786 and 1790 - where did they go?, but returned to Surry). 2) did they have a dau. SARAH(Sally) HILL b. ~ 1775 who married 7/6/1801 @ Montague MA, RODOLPHUS REED b. 5/6/1774 @Uxbridge MA (son of Josiah Reed and Elizabeth,,). They removed to Westfield VT (~1804) with Josiah Reed - Elizabeth dead by then. Thank you for any light you can shine on this. I have questions re: John Hill, but that will be another post, another time. Linda Spear

Hello folks. Hope someone is able to help me with the following. This much I know: JOSHUA FULLER, b. 10/3/1727 @ Barnstable MA, d. 3/19/1816 @ Surry NH, m. 12/3/1750 JOANNA TAYLOR b. 8/17/1734 @ Bolton CT, d. 7/25/1823 @ Surry NH. They had 2 daughters that I've seen documentation on: dau. ANNA HILL (my line) b. 4/3/1776 @ Alstead NH d. 9/14/1841 @ Montague MA m. 8/8/1805 JOEL SHEPARD @ Surry NH b. 2/6/1765 @ Plainfield CT, d. 12/5/1859 @ Montague MA.; BETSEY HILL b. 1786 @Surry NH at home in 1808. Questions: 1) when and where did JOHN HILL and JOANNA TAYLOR die - there is no record they died in Surry NH, was it in Montague MA or elsewhere in NH (they moved away from Surry between 1786 and 1790 - where did they go?, but returned to Surry). 2) did they have a dau. SARAH(Sally) HILL b. ~ 1775 who married 7/6/1801 @ Montague MA, RODOLPHUS REED b. 5/6/1774 @Uxbridge MA (son of Josiah Reed and Elizabeth,,). They removed to Westfield VT (~1804) with Josiah Reed - Elizabeth dead by then. Thank you for any light you can shine on this. I have questions re: John Hill, but that will be another post, another time. Linda Spear

Nathan Hale is also pictured on an older United States postage stamp - 1/2 cent issued in 1925. Barbara

Probably there is no contemporary portrait of Hale. All I've seen is statues -- and who knows what liberties the sculptors took. Yrs aye, Warren Wetmore ----- Original Message ----- From: <DMS59Dart@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [CRV] Nathan Hale Picture > Thank you Walter > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

> Hello, Lester, Yes I would love for you to do some > lookups on the surnames of Bartlet/Bartlett or Bartlitt. > Thank you... Sherrie Cherryl Ball is doing those lookups. Meanwhile, who are your *primary* Bartletts (by first names and spouses' names) and what are their dates? (*Without* the total list!!!) ALWAYS give at least some complete names, ALWAYS give at least some spouses' names -- can't tell one Jane or John Jones from another without the spouse's name --, and ALWAYS give a date at least to the half-century, like early 1800s or late 1700s or like that. And, in this case, did they come from Lebanon, Connecticut like so many of the other Hartford, VT folk? Lester Powers ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Cynthia said "freemens' oath in the subject line, but... >From: "Christina Aubin" <aubin@gate.net> > A list of those who took "the oath of fidelity" from > Sorry to be dense but can you tell me what the oath was? > Thanks, > Christina Christina says oath of fidelity. One really must be very specific here. A freemens' oath, at least in the late 1700s/early 1800s, at least in Vermont, was simply one's admission to the freemens' meetings and thus to the voter rolls. I.e., it was part of "registering to vote" in elections, as we would put it. The oath was taken the same day that one first voted in an election, too. Kinda like drive-thru voter registration. BUT!!!! An oath of fidelity COULD be something else depending on time and place. Could be, for example, a promise to be a good boy and not do that again after having sinned, say for example, in Shays' Rebellion. The question, to be answered properly, needs to specify when and where this oath was taken, and if possible in what context. Lester Powers ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

by Laura Chase Smith, Dutton Press, 1903 Chapter XVIII TOIL AND POVERTY In this way the father writes of Philander (Junior): "In the retrospect of the year 1820, the first object which presents itself to the memory, is the dear image of my son Philander, who came to me in March of that year, from a sea voyage." While preparing for college, Philander spent his time in part teaching a country school, where during his leisure hours, he wrote to his brother George in this manner: "I am no boaster, and though I yield the palm to you in study, I will give you a short history of my campaign in the field of literature. In the first two weeks of my residence here, I had no books, and I rummaged Mr. E.'s library until I found the "Edinburgh Encyclopedia", down to he letters Ch., and at once commenced reading. Soon after came books from home, and I must refer you to the following catalogue: Gilli's "Greece". four volumes, "Percival and Persus", "Lord of Isles", "Pleasures of Memory and Hope", "Soyman and Almena" <silly thing>. Sillimans's "Travels", Terrence's "Comedies", "Tactus", Mrs. West's "Letters to her Son", Mrs. West's "Letters to a Lady", "Tibullus and Propertius". Am now reading "Longinus" <tough enough>. I have renewed the study of Hebrew, and have studied a little in "Euripdes" and "Graca Majora". One may be a little surprised to read this list even these days of superior advantages, especially as this lad was but sixteen, and was at the time teaching a large country school. His father remarks long after this dear boy had entered into rest, that when the time came for Philander to enter Harvard, he sent him alone to be examined and to take his place according to his merits. The examination was long, with no one to vouch for his attainments, and as usual, very critical. It resulted in his taking his place in the junior class nearly at the head, thus mounting over two years. His brother George, one year older, also entered the junior class at Yale under similar circumstances. Young Philander passed with great credit through his collegiate course, and was in his senior year when his father left the Eastern for the Western States, Such was his moral and religious deportment that he was admitted as lay-reader and a candidate for Holy Orders, under the supervision of Bishop Griswold. This was done at the instance of Commodore MacDonough, who had for some time past known his pious and manly character, and, being well assured of his competent learning, had asked him to become a teacher on board the "Guerriere", of which vessel he had the command, and go with him to Russia and thence to the Mediterranean in the place and with the pay of Chaplain. Few officers ever united the character of piety and bravery more intimately than Commodore MacDonnough. It was this truth, known for several years past by young Philander <for his father had prepared and presented the Commodore for confirmation at Hartford>, that caused him to accept an offer of such great importance while yet young. Philander's life was brief indeed, after his return from his long journey abroad, but it was full. In his short day of strenuous toil, how great was the work he accomplished before his lovely spirit went away into the life beyond! "In this voyage," says the Rev. Mr. Rutledge of Haleston, S. C., in his obituary sermon printed in 1824, "he had opportunities of visiting many cities in the north of Europe as well as Rome, that city of palaces, where he remained some time, and also to tread the classic shore of the Mediterranean with the feelings of a Christian and a scholar. The performance of his duties in one of the most difficult of all stations for a youth not yet twenty was much assisted by his having for a commander one in whose heart was the spirit of the Lord; that his labors were valuable and beneficial on board the frigate I have often heard his commanding officer declare." During the Bishop's travels in the year 1820 he administered the rite of confirmation at Portsmouth, Ohio, and a man presented himself who seemed acquainted in an unusual way with the worship of the Church. Upon inquiry, he said he had derived his information from a "little square book" which had lost its title page, the name of the author, and the place where it was printed. All he knew of it was that he had brought it from Vermont to Ohio, and since then he had read it, many times, compared it with his Bible and liked it well. It proved to be a copy of the "little square book" by Jones of Nayland, which the Rev. J.C. Ogden of Vermont printed so many years ago with the little money saved carefully for such a much needed overcoat to protect himself from the wintry storms of Vermont, but which he gave up and concluded to "turn his old coat," that he might give to his people what they needed to learn, paying the printer himself. This for the love of God and the souls of men. In this case it found its way to one soul at least long years after. In the fall of 1820 and the winter of 1821, matters came to a crisis. To show how little interest existed, at this time, in the affairs of Ohio, while Mr. Chase had been toiling there without support or missionary aid, had organized many parishes, been elected Bishop in 1818, and duly consecrated on the 11th of January, 1819, and for two years borne the burden and heat of the day without money or price, it is only necessary to mention that in the report of the General Convention of 1820 on the state of the Church in different dioceses, we find the following words: "From the remote region of Ohio little information has come, but several congregations are known to have gathered, one at Dayton and one at Miami." One would suppose that the Convention had never heard that a Bishop had been consecrated for Ohio, and that almost with his life's blood he had begun his great work. At this time, in fact the Bishop was entering upon a great struggle. He returned from a wintry visitation. Remember --- no comfortable cars or steamers in those days, only rough wagons or horses' backs, through mud and snow and sleet, bogs and corduroy at best. He found little ease in his home-coming for either soul or body. Three parishes to be supplied near Worthington, his home hitherto comfortable, but now, not a dollar remained after paying the hired man and no promise for a future supply. There was but one way. He must do the work of the man himself, -- that is haul and cut the wood, thresh the grain by hand, build the fires, feed the cattle and horses, ---all this, besides "the care for the churches," No discharge from this Christian warfare. When all this came upon him there arose in his breast a secret and painful doubt: "Have I been right in accepting this office? Am I being punished by this distress for past errors and mistakes? It was an agonizing thought that for me, at this time there was no time for study or thought; my heart sank at the need of being forced 'to daub with untempered mortar.' " ............ At the close of the Bishop's address at the Convention of 1820, he urged the formation of a Diocesan Missionary Society, also the appointment of a "day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, in which all members of our communion may join, in which after confession of sin they may beseech the Great Head of the Church to take pity of this part of His Mystical Body, that He would not leave it comfortless, but would send forth, and maintain faithful ministers to guide, foster, and feed it." The last Friday in August was the day appointed for this service. Young Philander, then in deacon's orders, was selected to bear this message to the bishops and make a personal application for aid. This duty he performed, and though the claims of the General Missionary Society were then being urged, the young deacon returned with $2,910.19. Thus a star of hope dawned, and temporary relief came to the little band of the Bishop and six clergy. End ChapterXVIII Harriet M. Chase hatchase@uswest.net

Thank you Walter

Nathan Hale statue at Connecticut Hall, Yale University, and slightly smaller one at Fort Hale Park (in Morris Cove, a section of New Haven that is on he eastern side of the harbor). Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Morris" <morris@jetlink.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 7:56 PM Subject: [CRV] Nathan Hale Picture > There is a bronze statue of Nathan Hale at the CIA Headquarters. Maybe the > CIA could send you a picture. Hank > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River Valley or other mailing list > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [large genealogy library in Indiana] > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > >