My name is David Blish. I was born in Glastonbury, have ben away for 30 years, and back home again. I have become permanently disabled and unemployable at age 50 fro a bicycle acccident. I have beenn working my family history for 6 tears. Most of my family lines are from Glastonbury and Haddam, CT. The surnames include: Blish, Chapman, Cone, Graves, Goslee, Hale, Hodge, House, Hungerford, Shailer/Shailer, Smith, Spencer, Tailor, and Trowbridge. I have many dead ends, but have not been able to locate them in town halls or web pages. At this point, my interest is observing messages on this site. Feel to contact me regarding on any of the surnames, or Glastonbury and Haddam, CT. Thanks, DaveB

> I have many dead ends, but have not been able to locate them in town halls or > web pages. At this point, my interest is observing messages on this site. > Feel to contact me regarding on any of the surnames, or Glastonbury and > Haddam, CT. David, I have a lot of records from the Haddam area on my site [URL below]. I hope you can find information you can use there. We also share a number of surnames including CONE, HUNGERFORD, SMITH & SPENCER. Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI [email protected] Records from CT, MA, & MI + family lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Welcome, David - We share some surnames. I too have SPENCER and CONE ----and who doesn't have a SMITH or two, hm? CONE: Mary CONE b. 06 January 1698/99 Lyme, New London, CT [1 Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. (Baltimore: 1974). Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD#179 (Family History: Connecticut Genealogies #1, Vol. III, p. 586] m. Benjamin DUTTON 1719, Wallingford, New Haven, CT d. 27 October 1785, ae 86, Cheshire, New Haven, CT [1 Jacobus. Ibid; 2 Cheshire Congregational Society, Cheshire, CT] I do not have her parentage. Does she appear in your records? SPENCER: I descend from two sons of Gerrad SPENCER (1576->1646): Gerrard and Thomas [various sources for this family, too numerous to list] Gerrard and Hannah (HILLS?) SPENCER (1614-1685) through two dau: Hannah and Ruth Hannah also m. Daniel BRAINERD 1663 Ruth m. Joseph CLARK 1674 E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT, son of William and Katherine (BUNCE) CLARK Another ancestor is Hannah SPENCER b, 1653, dau of Thomas and Sarah (BEARDING) SPENCER m. Daniel BRAINERD 1698 Haddam, Middlesex, CT [yes, he apparently married cousins] [Torrey; Brainerd-Brainard Genealogy (1649-1908, 3 Vol.); Vol 2, p 160: Inventory and Agreement in CT Probate Records, Volume IX, 1710 To 1715, Page 37; etc.] Would like to exchange information. Nina ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: [CRV] Hello, I'm new to the list > My name is David Blish. I was born in Glastonbury, have ben away for 30 > years, and back home again. I have become permanently disabled and > unemployable at age 50 fro a bicycle acccident. I have beenn working my > family history for 6 tears. > > Most of my family lines are from Glastonbury and Haddam, CT. The surnames > include: Blish, Chapman, Cone, Graves, Goslee, Hale, Hodge, House, > Hungerford, Shailer/Shailer, Smith, Spencer, Tailor, and Trowbridge. > > I have many dead ends, but have not been able to locate them in town halls or > web pages. At this point, my interest is observing messages on this site. > Feel to contact me regarding on any of the surnames, or Glastonbury and > Haddam, CT. > > Thanks, DaveB > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > IMPORTANT - Please DO NOT post warnings about viruses directly to the > list. > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] >

> We share some surnames. I too have SPENCER and CONE ----and who doesn't have > a SMITH or two, hm? How about *11* SMITH lines?? .. Gee, I'm lucky...<g> > CONE: > Mary CONE > b. 06 January 1698/99 Lyme, New London, CT [1 Jacobus, Donald Lines, > Families of Ancient New Haven, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. > (Baltimore: 1974). Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD#179 > (Family History: Connecticut Genealogies #1, Vol. III, p. 586] > m. Benjamin DUTTON 1719, Wallingford, New Haven, CT > d. 27 October 1785, ae 86, Cheshire, New Haven, CT [1 Jacobus. Ibid; 2 > Cheshire Congregational Society, Cheshire, CT] I have a Mary CONE, born 6 Jan 1701 [Barbour Records for East Haddam], but she married Matthias FULLER [named in her father's will as Mary FULLER, also East Haddam Land Records, NEHGR, Vol 11]. The Families of Ancient New Haven reference doesn't give a surname for the Mary who wed Benjamin DUTTON - was her last name given in the Cheshire records? My Mary was the daughter of Deacon Daniel CONE & Mary GATES and my 8x Great grandmother.. [Thanks for reminding me that I had this resource, I'd forgotten about the CD] > SPENCER: > I descend from two sons of Gerrad SPENCER (1576->1646): Gerrard and Thomas > [various sources for this family, too numerous to list] > Gerrard and Hannah (HILLS?) SPENCER (1614-1685) through two dau: Hannah and > Ruth > Hannah also m. Daniel BRAINERD 1663 > Ruth m. Joseph CLARK 1674 E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT, son of William and > Katherine (BUNCE) CLARK We're double cousins here - the BRAINERD line of Daniel & Hannah continues on down to my parental grandmother; the CLARK line of Joseph & Ruth continues to my parental grandfather - Grandma & Grandpa were 9th cousins once removed dating back to the SPENCER family. [Haddam, CT, where the family tree becomes a wreath..<g>] > Would like to exchange information. My family lines along with sources are on my website - let's compare notes. Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI [email protected] Records from CT, MA, & MI + family lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Can anyone verify that Amy Bill b. 1788 to Amy Fuller and Reuben Bill (both b. supposedly in Lebanon, CT) is the same Amy Bill (b. 1788 East Haddam, CT.) who married John Mitchell, II at Millington, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT. Amy Bill is listed as a daughter of Reuben and Amy in "Bill Family Memoirs." Reuben married a second time to Rhoda Cheesman September 2, 1794 in Dalton, Berkshire, Mass. Amy Bill's marriage to John Mitchell, II is recorded as follows: Amy Bill m. John Mitchell, 2nd. New London Gazette, Issue 1/8/1812, p. 190 Hartford Courant, Issue 1/15/1812, vol. 1, p. 29 Hartford Courant, Volume 1, p. 2 I have requested and looked at these articles, and there is no further information. Boy, would I love any help at all. Major brickwall for 6+ years. Thanks, The Pavones [email protected] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pavone