I have a sampler that says "Frances Eliza Porter wrought this sampler in the 9th year of her [unreadable]. 1838" Exactly how this come into the possession of my family I don't know. My family has had it since the mid 1950's when my mother took it home from my grandparent's home after the deaths of my grandparents. Our family has lived in the the Wethersfield. CT area since the early 1900's. My grandfather was friends with a Porter family. I don't know if there is any other connection between the two families. The Porter's were living in CT long before that. While it is very likely that she was born in Connecticut, I can not rule out the possibility that she was born somewhere else (if she is somehow part of our very extended family). Does anyone know who the parents of Frances Eliza Porter are? Where she was born? Who she married, where she lived as an adult? etc. Note, if she is not from CT, other likely places, given her birth date, could be New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. These are places where I know family ancestors (paternal and maternal lines) were living in the early to mid 1800's. She may not have been related to my grandfather, but I don't know if she was related to any of his wives. Marilyn CT Sharing creates connections. Connections grow family trees.