This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4430 Message Board Post: I just uploaded more than 500 members of the family of Jonas Humphrey, born 1620 in Wendover, Bucks, England, immigrated to Dorchester, then Weymouth, Massachusetts, ~ 1634, to: http://humphreygenealogy.com and to RootsWeb & WorldFamilyTree. I now have 2100 of our 3100+ member Humphrey database uploaded. ---------------------------------------------------- We’re looking for living descendants of Jonas, also of Ozias Sr. & Ozias Jr., born 1763 & 1789, respectively, in Simsbury, Connecticut. Also, descendants of David Carlisle Humphreys, born 1741 in Ireland, immigrated to Greenville, Virginia about 1764. We have a Humphrey surname DNA project at FamilyTreeDna (FTDNA), & we’ll subsidize DNA testing of participants in order to solve the genealogical puzzles: who were the parents of Michael Humphrey of Lyme Regis, born 1620, & what's the common ancestry of Jonas & Michael? We’ve enjoyed some initial success with the DNA testing to delineate & verify Humphrey lineages in New England & Europe.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fairchild,Divine,Devine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4429 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Huldah Fairchild, married William Devine (Divine) in Newtown, Fairfield CT. She was daughter of Ebenezer Fairchild. Family moved to MS after marriage. CHildren born in CT and New York

Hi all, There is an interesting article in today's Danbury News Times. You can find it here: http://www.newstimes.com/cgi-bin/dbs.cgi?db=news&view_records=1&id=61979 They have uncovered some old headstones in the Merwin's Brook Cemetery on Rte 133 in Brookfield, CT. Burials in this cemetery date from before 1810. Some names mentioned in the article: Gurski - this is the family that has long-owned the property the cemetery is located on. Samuel Hawley Asa Northrop Wheeler Nehemiah Hawley Lucy Bennett Enjoy! Best, Hope CTFAIRFI List Admin -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4428 Message Board Post: Does anyone know what happened to the records of this hospital after it closed in 1995? Where were the patients transferred to?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/1794.1 Message Board Post: Prentice Cookman of Easton Connecticut was my dad. Just curious, why are you looking for him? You are a little off on his date of death. Do you want additional information? I would love to exchange what iformation I have if you are doing a search

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SEELEY, BEARDSLEY, SMITH, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4427 Message Board Post: Hello, These are not my relatives, but feel that someone may be interested in the information. It comes from the 1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, in Michigan. Chapman Bros. Colleen DANIEL H. SEELEY resides on section 3, Genesee Township, Genesee County, He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 13, 1805, and is a son of Lewis Seeley, also a native of Connecticut, who was a shoemaker by trade and a farmer by calling. He removed at an early day, in fact, one year subsequent to our subject's birth, to Saratoga County, N. Y., and there bought a farm. In 1818 he removed to Orleans County, and thence to Monroe County, where he was engaged in farming until he came to Michigan, in 1886. Our subject located at once in Oakland County, coming hither by way of Canada by team and settling in 1837, locating in what is now the city of flint, but which at that time contained only ten families and seven buildings. There were plenty of Indians, however, and it was not so unusual to see as many as four hundred braves with their families pass the home. After removing to Genesee Township, our subject's father died, in 1841. The mother of the family was Anna Beardsley, a native of Connecticut. She died at the age of eighty-nine years. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood, although only three sons now survive. They are Daniel H., Orin and Fayette. Mr. Seeley is the fifth child and second son of his parents' family. He was taken to New York when but a year old. He remained with his father until thirteen years of age and then was engaged as a farm laborer, working for $7 per month. When seventeen years of age he began to learn the tailor's trade under Mr. Milling. After remaining with him a short time he went to Salt Point and there worked at his trade, but was discharged because of his adherence to temperance principles. He then went to Onondaga Hill and there worked at his trade. Mr. Daniel Seeley was married in the village of Brockport, Monroe county, N. Y., September 2, 1829. His bride was Julia A., the second daughter of John F. and Sarah (Smith) Taylor. She was born in the village of Pittsford, N. Y., February 22, 1811, and his bride at once settled in Brockport, N. Y., and there he followed his trade. He purchased a farm about five miles out from Brockport, but not long after removed to Orleans County, and thence came to Michigan, in 1835, settling in Pontiac. He left his wife in Holly. He there engaged in the merchant tailor business with Mr. Judson and in the spring of 1836 brought his wife to the West and settled in flint, where he built the eighth house that was erected in the city. He also built a shop and a store, the latter being the second business place in the city. The first court held there convened in his shop and also the first meeting of the Board of supervisors of the county. Our subject remained in Flint until 1843 and then removed to the place where he now resides. There was a log shanty on the place and a few improvements had been made, but he was obliged to cut the road to his house before lumber could be hauled to the place. Wild animals were many and had to be guarded against. During this time our subject and his wife had become the parents of seven children, whose names are Burton B., Bertha J., Daniel Lewis, Frances, Marvin L., Frank T., and Theron V. Burton was born and died in New York; Frances was born in Flint in 1836 and is the widow of s. a. Burroughs; she resides in Mt. Morris; Frank resides in Iowa. Mr. Seeley has a fine new place of three hundred and twenty acres, which he has cultivated and improved to the highest possible degree. Politically he holds to Democratic principles. He has been Township Treasurer and also Justice of the Peace.

>>Does anyone have any information on the Hickok/Osborn house on Valley Road, New Canaan, CT?<< Try e-mailing the New Canaan Historical Society, or check through their website..... http://www.nchistory.org/ Dianne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hickok/Osborn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4426 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on the Hickok/Osborn house on Valley Road, New Canaan, CT? Thank you!

In a message dated 5/12/04 8:25:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > It is actually a trial following the Witch trial in which > "Goody" Knapp's husband, Roger Knapp, attempted to sue Thomas Ludlow for > defamation of his wife's character and her hanging as a convicted witch. The trial was, indeed, a slander suit, but it was brought by Thomas Staples on behalf of his wife, and it was Roger Ludlow who was the defendant. Interestingly, there seem to have been no further cases of witchcraft accusation once Staples made it clear that this could cost the accuser some money (Staples won).

Does anyone on the list know if there is information available for persons who were teachers in Fairfield County in years past? Also, is there a similar source of information for persons who were teachers in New York state ? I am searching for a relative, Mr. Ferris STEVENS, who reportedly was teaching in the Black Rock, CT school in 1961. In 1962, according to his mother's obit, Ferris was teaching in Katonah (Westchester County), NY. All known schools in Katonah were contacted but none could find any record of Mr. Stevens having been a teacher there; one school, however, The Harvey School, suffered a fire which destroyed many of their records and they could provide no answer pertaining to Mr. Stevens. David Young

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beers, Wheeler, Chauncey, Nichols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4425 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Caroline French (birth, death, parentage) spouse of Nathaniel Beers. He was b 4 Feb 1723 Stratford, CT, d Prob 1800 Newtown, CT. They were married 30 Aug 1748 in Newtown, Ct

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: meads in No Salem Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/2533.2534.2542 Message Board Post: I am looking for Nathaniel Mead b 1777 in No Salem , Westchester co. ny. I have had no luck with him and his family. Our history states that he was educated in No Salem academy . and none of his family are mentioned. Do you have a way for me to get more on the people there threw your book? Is it availible or not in any way? Thank you lee mead

These sources may help in the current discussion of the Knapp family. Nina Florida Re: the wives of Nicholas Knapp - Elinor [Unknown]; Unica [Unknown], previously m to Clement Buxton and Peter Brown 1. Nicholas and his first wife, Elinor, departed Southampton, ENG March 22, 1630 to Yarmouth, ENG and departed April 6, 1630, to Salem, MA, arriving there June 12th and settled at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. They came to New England with the "Winthrop/Saltonstall Expedition of 1630." SOURCE: The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (Reprint 1976), by Charles Edward BANKS:53, "...As there is no known list if emigrants, who came in the Winthrop Fleet, so there is none of those who came in particular ships...." 2. MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor _____; she d. Stamford 16 August 1658 [TAG 10:45]. (2) Stamford 9 March 165[8/]9 Unica (_____) (Buxton) Brown [TAG 10:113]. She was widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in her third husband's will. SOURCE: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Bk. II, pp. 1135-7; Best source for Nicholas: condensed bibliographic sketches on families who arrived in America between 1620-1633, and is entitled "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" (1995 - in 3 Volumes), by Robert Charles Anderson, F.A.S.G. 3. From will of Nicholas Knapp; re: children of his second wife Unity [her first marriage to Clement Buxton]: Fairfield Probate Records, Vol 1665-1675, page 55 & 56, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut, In Stamford ye 15th 2mo Anno 1670 [15 Apr 1670]: item 8. I give to my two daughters-in-law [step daughters], viz: Sarah and Uneca Buxton, all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new pettecote, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift. item 9. My will is that portions due my daughters-in-law [step daughters], viz: Sarah and Uneca Buston, out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton: I say that their part and portions be currently payd according to their portion of the inventorie. STATE OF CONN, Probate Court Dist of Fairfield SOURCE(S): Abstract of Probate Records of Fairfield, Connecticut 1648-1750:19; Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (1953), by (Dr) A.A. Knapp, :2-3 Re: Goody Knapp, the witch - the following may be of interest 1. A Goody KNAPP [no given name recorded] was accused of being a witch. The STAPLES family also was caught up in the witch craze. Thomas Staples' wife herself must have been an interesting character. At a court of Magistrates held May 29, 1654, the plaintiff, Thomas Staples [of Fairfield], claimed that Roger Ludlow had defamed his wife in reporting to Mr. and Mrs.Davenport that she had laid herself under a new suspicion of being a witch, that she had caused Knapp's wife to be "new searched" after she was hanged [1653]. [see sources in #2] 2. Thomas Sherwood was in Fairfield, Connecticut and Deputy to General Court in Wethersfield, Connecticut when "Goody" Knapp was hung in 1653 for witchcraft. Mary (Fitch) Sherwood [wife of Thomas]is documented as having been personally involved with convicted witch Goodwife Knapp and her Court testimony at a subsequent trial is the only surviving record today in Connecticut's history of that event. Goodwife Knapp is believed to have been the first wife of Roger Knapp, a very early settler of New Haven, Connecticut. As Roger was the only Knapp appearing in Fairfield records at that period, Donald Lines Jacobus in his volumes "Families of Old Fairfield" makes the connection of the two. The witch trial testimony of Mary Sherwood is found in The Witchcraft Delusion - The Story of the Witchcraft Persecutions in Seventeenth-Century New England, Including Original Trial Transcripts" by John M. Taylor, Gramercy Books New York & Avenel, Chapter 10, pp. 122-141, It is actually a trial following the Witch trial in which "Goody" Knapp's husband, Roger Knapp, attempted to sue Thomas Ludlow for defamation of his wife's character and her hanging as a convicted witch. The story of Mary Sherwood's involvement with Goody Knapp is also found in Witchcraft Trials of Connecticut, by R. G. Tomlinson, "The First Comprehensive, Documented History of Witchcraft Trials in Colonial Connecticut, copyright 1978 by R. G. Tomlinson, printed by The Bond Press, Inc., Hartford, Conn., pp. 7-9. The Court case is also found in History of Fairfield No. II, Suit of Thomas Staples Against Roger Ludlow, New Haven Col. Rec. Vol. 3. 77-89", pp. 324-328. SOURCE: Robert E. Gibson, GEDCOM file imported on 7 Feb 2000., (Kailua, HI--Robert E. Gibson 7 Feb 2000); http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/i/b/Robert-E-Gibson-Camarillo/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Sources.html

In a message dated 5/11/2004 11:57:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Nicholas settled in Watertown, and his children by his first wife, Eleanor, > were Jonathan, Timothy, Joshua, Caleb, Sarah, Ruth and Hannah. In 1648, he > moved to Stamford, Conn.,where by his second wife, Unity, his children were > Moses and Lydia. His children settled in Norwalk, Greenwich, Rye, Peekskill, > Danbury and other neighboring towns. > do you have proof of this wife? Goody or Goodwife was a title, not a name, I only have one wife, surname unknown Descendants of Nicholas Knapp 1 Nicholas KNAPP b: 16 May 1592 in England d: 16 April 1670 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT Alt. date: 1600 birth .. +Elinor UNKNOWN b: Bet. 1600 - 1610 in England m: Abt. 1630 in Massachusetts d: 1658 in Fairfield Co., CT Date source: SWG EST. 2 Jonathan KNAPP b: 08 November 1631 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA d: December 1631 Burial: 27 December 1631 Watertown, MA 2 Timothy KNAPP b: 14 December 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA d: Bef. 1685 in Rye, Westchester, NY .... +Bethia BRUNDAGE b: Abt. 1637 2 Joshua KNAPP b: January 1634/35 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA d: 27 October 1684 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT .... +Hannah CLOSE b: 1632 in Grinton Parish, Yorkshire, England m: 09 June 1657 d: 06 October 1694 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT Father: John CLOSE Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN 2 Caleb KNAPP b: Bet. 1636 - 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA d: Bef. 1675 .... +Hannah SMITH b: Abt. 1642 m: 1660 in Stamford, CN d: June 1685 2 Sarah KNAPP b: 05 January 1638/39 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA d: 1681 in Rye, Westchester Co., NY .... +Peter DISBROW b: 1631 m: 1667 in Rye, CT d: Aft. 1681 in Rye, Westchester Co., NY 2 Ruth KNAPP b: 06 January 1640/41 d: 31 May 1666 in Stamford, CT .... +Joseph FERRIS b: 1635 in Charlestown, MA m: 1657 in Connecticut d: 1699 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT 2 Hannah KNAPP b: 06 March 1642/43 d: Bet. 1674 - 1696 in Stamford, CT .... +Zerubabel HOYT 2 Moses KNAPP b: Bet. 1643 - 1656 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT d: Aft. 1725 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT .... +Abigail WESTCOTT b: Abt. 1647 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT m: 1669 2 Lydia KNAPP b: 08 June 1647 in Stamford Co., CT d: December 1716 .... +Isaac HALL b: 1629 d: 1714 Thanks for writing, Sandy in Florida I will gladly exchange family history if you will do the same. Please do not send jokes, virus warnings, chain letters or attachments.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/15.2043.1.1 Message Board Post: I imagine you're referring to Jacobus' assumption, which is the one I go on as well. My brother researched this line before I got involved, and he listed "Goody" as Roger's first wife (Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickenson being #2), but didn't give his source. You do know Goody was hanged as a witch, right? Although she maintained to the end that she was not. The only thing I have that you may not is this: From: History of the Town of Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine, From Its Settlement June 10, 1780 Chapter III. Early Settlers and Their Families. Knapp Family. In 1630, a large colony of well-to-do farmers left England under the command of Winthrop and Salstansall and landed on the coast of Massachusetts. Of the number were three brothers,namely: William, Nicholas and Roger Knapp. William, who was born in England, in 1570, settled in Watertown,Mass. His children were William, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann,Judith, John and James. They and their children settled later in Taunton, Roxbury, Newton, Boston and Spencer, Mass. Nicholas settled in Watertown, and his children by his first wife, Eleanor, were Jonathan, Timothy, Joshua, Caleb, Sarah,Ruth and Hannah. In 1648, he removed to Stamford, Conn.,where by his second wife, Unity, his children were Moses and Lydia. His children settled in Norwalk, Greenwich, Rye, Peekskill,Danbury and other neighboring towns. Roger settled in New Haven, and later in Fairfield, where by his will he mentions his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Jonathan,Josiah, Lydia, Roger, John, Nathan, Eliza and Mary. They settled in the towns of Fairfield County. I descend from Josiah and Moses' brother Daniel. Jeanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/15.2043.1 Message Board Post: I believe Roger Knapp is generally assumed to be the wife of "Goody", but I lack documentation of that fact. An assumption is taken given that he was the only Knapp in Fairfield records at the time.. I descend through Josiah Knapp, Moses Knapp, and Eunice Knapp (who married Jabez Williams per Jacobus). I am seeking any available information on Jabez and his ancestors if any readers ties into this line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jawoisz, Fortin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4424 Message Board Post: The obituary of a Mr. Edgar Fortin, who died in Trumbull, CT in 1972, listed among survivors his daughter, Mrs. Maryanne T. Jawoisz, living in the same town. Apparently the Jawoisz name is so uncommon that only 4 persons are listed on this site in the SS Death Index. And only 3 persons are listed in a nation-wide dogpile.com telephone directory search with all being in Rock Island, Ill. The 4 deceased persons, most of Fairfield County, CT, are Stanley, Frank, Henry, and Evelyn K. I would really like to find either Maryanne (Fortin) Jawoisz or her descendants. Any help with state death indexes or obituary indexes will be _greatly_ appreciated. A search on the surname also turns up hits in the Connecticut Death and Marriage Indexes, and in Bridgeport newspapers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4422.1 Message Board Post: You might be able to get the article from Bridgeport Public Library. I have been able to get death notices from them for $5.00 per notice. They have newspapers on microfilm in their library. They will do the search for a fee and you will have to call them for cost. Hope this will help you. Bridgeport Public Library 925 Broad Street Bridgeport, CT 06604-4871 203-576-7403

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4417.1 Message Board Post: I did a google search on Osborn Cemetery and one site came up that had many Osborn buried. I did not find an Osborn Cemetery but under the county several were listed and if you click them on will find Osborn's. Please go to www.rays-place.com and go to the cemetery list and click on. I hope you will find one you are looking for as many Osborn were listed. Good Luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4423 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on either of these two, husband and wife. He died October 30, 1939, she on August 22, 1944. Probably lived in/near New Canaan, CT. Thank you. Cheryl Osborn Dean