I have for several years trying to find the parents/birthplace of Mercy Wells. According to her gravestone in Spafford, Onondaga Co., NY, she died on April 29, 1861. Calculating back from her age at death, she was born July 16, 1763. She married Jeremiah Olmsted (b. Jan 6, 1762-d. Dec. 18, 1846), of West Stockbridge, MA. (Jeremiah is a descendant of Capt. Jabez Olmsted of Brookfield and Ware, MA.) I have not found a record of the marriage. They removed first, before 1790, to Hope, Hamilton Co, NY (then Town of Wells, Montgomery Co.), where they were among the first settlers. They later removed to Spafford before 1840, where they both died. I have not found a Mercy in the Wells family for whom the Town of Wells was named. They evidently came from Long Island, NY. I have found a Mercy Wells, born in Deerfield, MA, June 1, 1768, daughter of Ebenezer and Mercy Wells. She is noted in her father's will and in three or four probate records after her father's death. But there is too big a discrepancy in birthdates for this to be the same Mercy. I have not found a record of the marriage or death of this Mercy. Is the name Mercy a variation of Mary? Should I be also looking for Mary Wells? The youngest daufgter of Jeremiah and Mercy was also named Mercy. Carl Hommel hommel@sundial.net

----- Original Message ----- From: "NewEnglander1621" <NewEnglander1621@email.msn.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:04 AM Subject: [CRV] History of Watertown,Mass. FIRST DIVIDENED....July 25,1636...part 3 > I have a map of the "great divide" of 1636.....it shows all the lots with > grantee's names.....it > can be obtained from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in > Boston....$5.00 > > small lots in the east was bounded by Beaver Brook: [today some of it is in > Cambridge] > > [many of the lots were sold by 1644] > > purchaser grantee > 21. John Dwight..................David Fiske > Source: History of Watertown by Bond, 1860......page 1021-22 Aha, I've learned something. This is my John/1 DWIGHT, later of Dedham and ancestor of just about every DWIGHT in the America of AD 2000 (there may be some desc of his brother Timothy/1). His G-GD Anna DWIGHT (Timothy/2, Rev. Josiah/3) m. the Rev. James WETMORE -- they were my 5th G-GPs. I never knew that Old John had lived in Watertown. Thanks, Cynthia ... Warren

> >Vermont was heavily settled by people from Connecticut, which can explain >why so many of our town names are the same as those in Connecticut. >Connecticut never claimed Vermont. Only New York and New Hampshire (also, >briefly, Massachusetts). Because of the large number of settlers who came >from Connecticut, Vermont was named New Connecticut for one year, changing >its name to Vermont. Vermont was governed by people living here, though the >Allen family, who had a great impact on the state, were from Connecticut >originally. I hope this answers your question. > >Marjorie Strong >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Marjorie J. Strong, Assistant Librarian >Vermont Historical Society >109 State Street >Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0901 >voice: 802-828-2291; fax: 802-828-3638; e-mail: mstrong@vhs.state.vt.us >web site: http://www.state.vt.us/vhs >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >---------- > > >

unsubscribe pontegwatrail@juno.com wrote: > 9/3/2000 > > Looking for the parents of Roland W. BELKNAP, "of Bellows Falls, VT", b. > abt./say 1910, who married Sept. 28, 1935 to Alma BENNETT. She was b. > Feb. 28, 1912. > > Please send messages to PontegwaTrail@juno.com > > Charles B. Wright > PO Box 519 > Walpole, NH 03608 > PontegwaTrail@juno.com > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > The Connecticut River Valley List covers the history and genealogy of the Connecticut River Valley. > http://searches.rootweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl put Ct-River-Valley in the box > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogy library for Conn River area) > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

In that context, fustian is a strong cotton and linen cloth. On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:47:15 EDT MyMARJIE@aol.com writes: > Anyone know what this occupation was: > fustian manufacturer, textiles Thanks M.R. > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [Allen county library] > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

In a message dated 9/6/0 2:50:17 PM, MyMARJIE@aol.com writes: << Anyone know what this occupation was: fustian manufacturer, textiles >> I believe it is a type of cloth made of linen and cotton as opposed to lindseywoolsey of wool and linen. Abby

In a message dated 9/6/00 11:26:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, billklauk@worldnet.att.net writes: << According to http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html a fustian weaver was a maker of corduroy, so perhaps this is what fustian manufacturer is also. >> Thanks for your explanation of Fustian as well. Marge Riley

Many thanks to Mrs. Carol Reynolds for the answer on Fustian.. I know that an original ancestor: James Pilkington came from England and worked for the Cheney Mills in Manchester, CT. Wish I could find old employment records or such for that. Thanks Marge Riley

According to http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html a fustian weaver was a maker of corduroy, so perhaps this is what fustian manufacturer is also. Bill Klauk ----- Original Message ----- From: <MyMARJIE@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:47 AM Subject: [CRV] occupation name > Anyone know what this occupation was: > fustian manufacturer, textiles Thanks M.R. > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [Allen county library] > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >

Thankyou for all the history Vt. It`s giving me some insite of what our forefathers went through to settle this great land. Arlyn

From an article titled Cotton in the Middle Ages at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/cotton.html "So, when did cotton such as we use come in? I don't know, yet. Florence's book is laid out not as a history, but as a dictionary of early textile terms. I can, however, report that under "Fustian" she tells us that it was a cotton/linen fabric, originally a linen/wool (by the way, from here on in this letter, when I write cotton, I intend the modern meaning of the word). Fustians were made in Norwich, England as early as 1336, but these were a wool/linen mixture. In 1554, Dutch and Walloon immigrants to England brought with them the making of "fustians of Naples" which probably were cotton/linen, because a 1601 description of fustians says that they were made "of Bombast or Downe, being a fruit of the earth growing upon little shrubs or bushes...commonly called Cotton Wooll; and also of Lynnen yarn most part brought out of Scotland..." " ----- Original Message ----- From: <MyMARJIE@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:47 AM Subject: [CRV] occupation name > Anyone know what this occupation was: > fustian manufacturer, textiles Thanks M.R. > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [Allen county library] > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

Anyone know what this occupation was: fustian manufacturer, textiles Thanks M.R.

Am writing historical novel based on our Howe family diaries from 1700s MA and 1800s VT to CA goldrush but would like to incorporate other real people, not just Howe folks, from that era to round out the novel. If anybody has interesting tidbits on their relatives/ actual mini-stories / funny quirks / sayings /adventurers/horrors! etc. which they would be interested in sharing, please do to annewellman@mindspring.com. (The years they lived and their town will probably have to be tweaked to get them to fit into the plot. Will try to use as many as receive.) Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: NewEnglander1621 <NewEnglander1621@email.msn.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: [CRV] Records of War of 1812 > I have found some information that MAY assist someone searching VT military > records: > > "The printed list of Vermonters who served in wars from the Revolution to > the Korean War > were published by the Vermont Adjutant General's Office and are available > at most major > libraries" I would suggest contacting your library.....perhaps an > inter-library loan. > > Most original records whilch were kept in Vt before 1920 were destroyed in a > fire of 1945. > However, the Vt Adjutant General;s Veterans Affairs Office located at 118 > State St., Monteplier, > Vt 05602 will answer queries on military service records. > > The pension material is located at the National Archives in Washington,DC > > The "General Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension files" has now been > published by Virgil > E.White and the National Historical Publishing Co. in 3 volumes with a 4th > volume as a cross > index. > > War of 1812 pension applications have been abstracted and published. The > Vermont Historical > Society has a COMPLETE SET of BOTH published abstracts which can be found at > large libraries. > The original applications for the 1812 pensions are maintained at the > National Archives. > > Civil War records: National Archives [ these have not been abstracted > or published] > You will need a form NATF80 from the Reference Services Branch of the > General Service > Adminstration, Washington,DC 20408 to get copies of these files. > > The Henry Stevens papers at the Vermont State Archives has a limited group > of materials > on the War of 1812 concerning military recruits. > -----------------------------------below are addresses as referred > above------------------------ > Vermont State Archives > Sec.of State's Office > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-11-1 > ------------------------------------- > Vermont Historical Society Library > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-0901 > 802-828-2291 > -------------------------- > Vermont State Archives > 109 State St > Mont. VT 05609-1101 > ---------------------------------------------------- > Hope this will help...... > > Source: Collecting Vermont Ancestors by Alice Eichholz > > Cynthia > Moderator of : > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com > Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com > > Rootsweb sponsor > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

Thank you so much for your leads on the War of 1812. anne ----- Original Message ----- From: NewEnglander1621 <NewEnglander1621@email.msn.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: [CRV] Records of War of 1812 > I have found some information that MAY assist someone searching VT military > records: > > "The printed list of Vermonters who served in wars from the Revolution to > the Korean War > were published by the Vermont Adjutant General's Office and are available > at most major > libraries" I would suggest contacting your library.....perhaps an > inter-library loan. > > Most original records whilch were kept in Vt before 1920 were destroyed in a > fire of 1945. > However, the Vt Adjutant General;s Veterans Affairs Office located at 118 > State St., Monteplier, > Vt 05602 will answer queries on military service records. > > The pension material is located at the National Archives in Washington,DC > > The "General Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension files" has now been > published by Virgil > E.White and the National Historical Publishing Co. in 3 volumes with a 4th > volume as a cross > index. > > War of 1812 pension applications have been abstracted and published. The > Vermont Historical > Society has a COMPLETE SET of BOTH published abstracts which can be found at > large libraries. > The original applications for the 1812 pensions are maintained at the > National Archives. > > Civil War records: National Archives [ these have not been abstracted > or published] > You will need a form NATF80 from the Reference Services Branch of the > General Service > Adminstration, Washington,DC 20408 to get copies of these files. > > The Henry Stevens papers at the Vermont State Archives has a limited group > of materials > on the War of 1812 concerning military recruits. > -----------------------------------below are addresses as referred > above------------------------ > Vermont State Archives > Sec.of State's Office > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-11-1 > ------------------------------------- > Vermont Historical Society Library > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-0901 > 802-828-2291 > -------------------------- > Vermont State Archives > 109 State St > Mont. VT 05609-1101 > ---------------------------------------------------- > Hope this will help...... > > Source: Collecting Vermont Ancestors by Alice Eichholz > > Cynthia > Moderator of : > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com > Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com > > Rootsweb sponsor > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

this continues the dividing of lots.......... page 1022 of History of Watertown,Mass by Bond, 1860 Purchaser Grantee 1. John Eaton 2. Edward Garfield 3.John Smith........................John Page 4. Robert Daniel 5. Edward Goffe....................John Clough and Hugh Mason 6. Thomas Mason................Jeremiah Norcross 7. Simon Stone...................John Biscoe 8. Ephriam Child 9.Robert Chadwick 10. robert Feake...................John Benjamin 11. Abram Shaw...................J.Woolcot by widow to E.White 12. Samuel Hosier 13. Robert Lockwood.............B.Pendleton in 1646 14. Henry Cuttris 15. Samuel [Wm]Swaine........J.Biscoe 16. John Firmin....................by heirs to B.Farr and by him to Richard Beeres 17. Nicholas Knapp................sold to B.Pendleton, 1646 18. William Barsham 19.Robert Tucke....................Jeremiah Norcross 20. John Bachelor.................J.Norcross 21. John Smith,jr....................Rd.Woodward 22. Abraham Browne...............John Coolidge 23. William Bridges................J.Brabrook 24. Richard Browne................John Sherman 25. Gregory Taylor 26. Thomas Brooks................Samuel Saltonstall 27. John Gay........................Samuel Freeman 28. George Phillips 29. Matthew Hitchcock...........D.Patrick 30. George Munnings..............J.Sherman [west on Sudbury line] Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

I have a map of the "great divide" of 1636.....it shows all the lots with grantee's names.....it can be obtained from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston....$5.00 small lots in the east was bounded by Beaver Brook: [today some of it is in Cambridge] [many of the lots were sold by 1644] purchaser grantee 1.John Collidge.........................sold to John Page 2. Edmund Sherman................N.Busby 3. John Tucker ........John Woolcot; by his widow to Edmund White 4. Isaac Mixer 5. Robert Veazy..............George Woodward who married Veazy's widow 6. Hugh Mason..............John Stowers 7.John Stowers 8. Robert Jennison...................John Stowers 9. John Vahan....................T.Hawkins 10.Richard Beeres 11. William Paine................J.Livermore and son 12. Thomas Hastings 13. John Simpson.............. George Parkhurst..then to T.Arnold, and then Geo,jr 14. Robert Betts 15. Henry Dengaine...........John Bigelow 16. John Rose.................Thomas Flagg 17.John Kingsbury 18. Gregory Stone...........Thomas Boylston 19. Bryan Pendleton...........P.Noyes 20. John Browne..................Abraham Browne 21. John Dwight..................David Fiske 22. John Barnard 23. William Knapp 24. Daniel Pierce 25.John Hayward 26.Edmund Lewis..................sold by widow of Lynn to William Page 27. George Richardson..........John Traine 28. James Cutler 29. John Griggs....................John Prescott 30. Henry Goldstone..............John Stowers and Robert Jennings 31. John Cutting Source: History of Watertown by Bond, 1860......page 1021-22 Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

I have found some information that MAY assist someone searching VT military records: "The printed list of Vermonters who served in wars from the Revolution to the Korean War were published by the Vermont Adjutant General's Office and are available at most major libraries" I would suggest contacting your library.....perhaps an inter-library loan. Most original records whilch were kept in Vt before 1920 were destroyed in a fire of 1945. However, the Vt Adjutant General;s Veterans Affairs Office located at 118 State St., Monteplier, Vt 05602 will answer queries on military service records. The pension material is located at the National Archives in Washington,DC The "General Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension files" has now been published by Virgil E.White and the National Historical Publishing Co. in 3 volumes with a 4th volume as a cross index. War of 1812 pension applications have been abstracted and published. The Vermont Historical Society has a COMPLETE SET of BOTH published abstracts which can be found at large libraries. The original applications for the 1812 pensions are maintained at the National Archives. Civil War records: National Archives [ these have not been abstracted or published] You will need a form NATF80 from the Reference Services Branch of the General Service Adminstration, Washington,DC 20408 to get copies of these files. The Henry Stevens papers at the Vermont State Archives has a limited group of materials on the War of 1812 concerning military recruits. -----------------------------------below are addresses as referred above------------------------ Vermont State Archives Sec.of State's Office 109 State St Monteplier,Vt 05609-11-1 ------------------------------------- Vermont Historical Society Library 109 State St Monteplier,Vt 05609-0901 802-828-2291 -------------------------- Vermont State Archives 109 State St Mont. VT 05609-1101 ---------------------------------------------------- Hope this will help...... Source: Collecting Vermont Ancestors by Alice Eichholz Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

Inadvertantly I posted this to the list. Sorry. "There is a Lucindia CLARK in the Barbour Collection for the Town of Lyme b. 24 Jan 1769. She is listed as the daughter of Daniel & Mary (probably Daniel CLARK and Mary BAKER who m. 31 Mar 1768). The name is really given as Lucindia and is not a typo on my part. My CLARK resources from Barbour are for Lyme, Haddam, East Haddam, and Chatham." Forgot to mention that these towns are in CT. David Hoffman dvhoffman@hotmail.com From: pontegwatrail@juno.com Reply-To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CRV] Lucinda CLARK, "of Westminster, VT", b. abt. 1776, d. Aug. 5, 1824 Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:14:34 -0400 9/5/2000 Looking for the parents of Lucinda CLARK "of Westminster, VT" b. abt. 1776, d. Aug. 5, 1824, married Sept. 12, 1796 to Simeon ALDRICH "of Saxtons River, VT". Please send messages to PontegwaTrail@juno.com Charles B. Wright PO Box 519 Walpole, NH 03608 PontegwaTrail@juno.com ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com ============================== Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at http://resources.rootsweb.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ 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.

There is a Lucindia CLARK in the Barbour Collection for the Town of Lyme b. 24 Jan 1769. She is listed as the daughter of Daniel & Mary (probably Daniel CLARK and Mary BAKER who m. 31 Mar 1768). The name is really given as Lucindia and is not a typo on my part. My CLARK resources from Barbour are for Lyme, Haddam, East Haddam, and Chatham. David Hoffman dvhoffman@hotmail.com From: pontegwatrail@juno.com Reply-To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CRV] Lucinda CLARK, "of Westminster, VT", b. abt. 1776, d. Aug. 5, 1824 Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:14:34 -0400 9/5/2000 Looking for the parents of Lucinda CLARK "of Westminster, VT" b. abt. 1776, d. Aug. 5, 1824, married Sept. 12, 1796 to Simeon ALDRICH "of Saxtons River, VT". Please send messages to PontegwaTrail@juno.com Charles B. Wright PO Box 519 Walpole, NH 03608 PontegwaTrail@juno.com ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com ============================== Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at http://resources.rootsweb.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ 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.

9/3/2000 Looking for the parents of Roland W. BELKNAP, "of Bellows Falls, VT", b. abt./say 1910, who married Sept. 28, 1935 to Alma BENNETT. She was b. Feb. 28, 1912. Please send messages to PontegwaTrail@juno.com Charles B. Wright PO Box 519 Walpole, NH 03608 PontegwaTrail@juno.com