Hi List, Looking for the Family & Sibilings of Hannah SEELEY, late 1700 early 1800 from Stamford, Fairfield County, CT. Any information or guidence would be a great help. Surnames, WOOD, BADEAU

A "Stamford Advocate" obit for my ancestor, Charles Brown, mentions that he was buried at "the old family burial plot at Newfield." The obit was from Feb. of 1887. I know from old letters that his home address was "Newfield" Stamford, CT and that he lived on property once owned by his father, John Brown of Stamford. Is anyone familiar with an old Stamford area cemetery associated with the name "Newfield" and does anyone know about Browns buried at that location? Thank you. Jonathan Dryden

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3282 Surname: MARCHANT, CHAUNCEY, BARTRAM, LLOYD, BERRY ------------------------- WOULD LOVE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU REGARDING THE CHAUNCEY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT CHAUNCEY'S. I have copies of several chauncey deeds and probates that I would be happy to share if you could use them and maybe you can help me with some questions I have. I have mention of Eleanor Chauncey in the probate records but have not been able to locate any records of her birth. I have also not been able to locate her grave site, though I assume that she is buried in Redding. Thanks for your response Isobel

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3281 Surname: Tousey, Gillette ------------------------- Any Tousey connection to a Gillette in Newton?

I have done, successfully, the same thing with a funeral home in Ohio. I first obtained which one it was from the cemetery, whose folks were extremely helpful going so far as to send me a map of the cemetery, and also a map of where my Ggparents were buried. From there, I called the funeral home, and I believe they only wanted a $2 fee for the papers; not bad, really. Cemetery was gratis. LeRoy Wheeler, Maryland

I am not from Connecticut, but would anyone know what the state laws/policies are in reference to obtaining records from funeral homes where the arrangements were made for your ancestors? I tried calling and requesting information that would provide me with more data about the person and their ancestry history. I was not interested in names or addresses of living persons if this is not allowed. I proved I was related or at the very least that I knew the parentage of the individual, their place of birth and that seem to suffice, I thot. Then I was, I must admit, kindly and politely told that they could not divulge any information. At this point I excepted the fact that I would not be able to pursue the matter any further and thanked them. Of all the genealogy advice and suggestions I have read, they tell you that the funeral home is an excellent source of information. You not only retrieve info about the deceased but possibly the list of people who attended the funeral, the church where the minister was from, if any, and much more. Anyone with any knowledge of Connecticut's privacy policy for funeral homes and any (if any) procedures needed to follow to obtain these records, would be greatly appreciated. I have come so close to unraveling another branch of my family and now against another brick wall. Thyme

How are probate records filed in Connecticut? I got the FHC film of "Probate packets, 1648-1880 Fairfield County, CT", Fairweather, John - Foote" in hopes of finding probate packets for Field family members. I was surprised at how few packets were on the film. Are probate packets filed at the town level in most cases? Marilyn Angelo (searching for the elusive Jimmerson family) Marilyn Angelo mangelo@binghamton.edu

try this, you might find a connection. Gary ---------- From: "Gary Evans" <diet1@mediaone.net> To: Fred.W.Boughton@cgi.rootsweb.com Subject: FW: [NYCAYUGA] Re: BROWN, BOUTON in Genoa and King Ferry Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2001, 2:20 PM ---------- From: Petrusha@aol.com To: NYCAYUGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Re: BROWN, BOUTON in Genoa and King Ferry Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2001, 11:31 PM In a message dated 2/15/2001 7:01:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Gary writes: > Do you have any more on the Bouton family that abigail was from? I have been > searching for a connection for a Julia Bouton born somewhere in NY abt. 1820 > but have not found anything. I do have a copy of a letter written April 15, 1887, in Poplar Ridge(?), from "EH Boughton" to "My kind Friend": "Your favor is just at hand and I hasten to answer thanking you most truly for your kind office, in the aid you have given in making more full and complete the history of genealogy of the families of Boughtons & Boutons in America. You have added several names of persons whom we knew of only vaguely or not at all. "Now I will give you some items of Bouton history which our researches have made us acquainted with, and which may be of interest to yourself & your uncles, aunts, and their children. "In the year 1726 Nathaniel Bouton of Norwalk Ct., born in 1691, married Hannah Betts, daughter of John Betts. They subsequently settled in New Canaan Ct., a town some 15 or 20 miles N.W. from Norwalk. They had sons, Nathaniel, Jehiel, Samuel and Daniel. Mrs. Dr. Hyatt of Cortland to whom we owe our chief knowledge of this family of ____ Speaks of them as “the 4 brothers” and so we designate them. But the 4 brothers had 3 sisters; and in our investigations we found that there was also another brother named John, and I think one more - but as I am now writing from memory only, I may be in error on this point. This Jehiel, you will see as I proceed, was your grand-mother’s grand-father. The oldest of the 4, Nathaniel, m'd in 1755 Lydia Penoyer; Jehiel m'd Anne Finch 1754; whom Samuel m'd we do not know. He lived on Long Island. He had 2 sons Benajah(?) and Samuel & two daughters. Daniel, youngest of the 4, born in 1740, m'd Mary Mead; He was a Capt. in the American army of the Revolution - was wounded in a skirmish near Norwalk, and received a considerable sum from the state for his services. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church & is identified as "Dea. Daniel." The first 2 children of this family were daughters. Hannah Bouton m'd Timothy Delevan & had 12 children, whose names we have on record; Abigail the 2nd dau. m'd Josiah Weed & had 15 children. "I will now proceed with some account of Jehiel & his descendents. For this we are chiefly indebted to one of his grandsons - Dr. Chauncey Boughton of Waterford N.Y. though we have ___ data from other sources. "When I was in Ct. a few weeks ago, I found his name in the town records of Ridgefield. His grave is to be seen in an ancient burying ground at Titicus(?) a mile or 2 north of Ridgefield village. Just when he died I cannot tell. I will here give an extract from the account given us by Dr. Chauncey Boughton (he spells his name with the gh). He says "Jehiel Bouton, one of 4 brothers, had children, Jehiel, Stephen, Seth, John & perhaps more, and a daughter who married Moses Stevens. The records we have name Nathan and David also among the sons of Jehiel, Gen. Jehiel Jr., your great grandfather, was a Lieut in the Revolutionary army. After the war he married, and in 1797 he settled in Dryden. We were informed that he had several children, but had not learned their names. You have given us several of them. One more favor I would ask, since you kindly offer to assist in this work. Our plan is to include in our account, those who are connected with those of our name, by marriage. Thus in the case of your grand-mother the record would read like this: "Abigail Bouton b. Dryden, N.Y. 5 May 1779, married (place) 17 Nov. 1799, Benjamin Brown, son of (both parents), settled in Genoa Cayuga C. N.Y. She d. Genoa, 21 Aug 1861. He d. "Children of Benj & Abigail (Bouton) Brown, Genoa. "Daniel Brown b. etc. "Thus we would insert the names of all their children in the order of their births, dates of birth & of marriage, if married, full name of the person married, & of parents of the same. So we would take the record, of all your grandmother’s children - of births, marriages, & deaths of such as have died & of their children's, including of course your own. "Very respectfully EH Boughton." ========== Whew! Hope that wasn't too long for those not searching Boutons. But what a treasure. This and one other letter in my possession - written in 1886 re some Scottish family members (seems genealogy was trendy back then!) - have provided invaluable information for tracing my ancestors. So, let’s all dig up and publish our old letters and Bible records! Patricia ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== Have you visited the NYGenWeb project home page lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb ============================== Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

---------- From: "Gary Evans" <diet1@mediaone.net> To: Fred.W.Boughton@cgi.rootsweb.com, "Jr (III)" <kb2ct@northlink.com> Subject: Re: [CTFAIRFI] BOUGHTON,Joseph Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2001, 2:18 PM Hi, I am working on Bouton/boughton also but I have not had much luck. I found a girl in NY that sent me a copy of a great letter concerning Boutons and I will forward it to you. If you get any responses or any good sources please let me know. Gary ---------- >From: Fred.W.Boughton@cgi.rootsweb.com, Jr (III) <kb2ct@northlink.com> >To: CTFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CTFAIRFI] BOUGHTON,Joseph >Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2001, 5:14 PM > > Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3280 > > Surname: BOUGHTON, BOUTON > ------------------------- > > Seeking info re: Joseph BOUTON (BOUGHTON) d. 1833 "of Danbury CT". Need > parentage, children, (esp. Francis Boughton b. 1766, d. 1833, who married > Esther STOWE in 1784) > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3280 Surname: BOUGHTON, BOUTON ------------------------- Seeking info re: Joseph BOUTON (BOUGHTON) d. 1833 "of Danbury CT". Need parentage, children, (esp. Francis Boughton b. 1766, d. 1833, who married Esther STOWE in 1784)

Many may already know this and if so I apologize for posting it again. I found Elijah B. Huntington's History of Stamford online at a website devoted to providing historical materials. It's called "Making of America." This URL should get you there. http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa.new If you select "Browse" and look up "Hu" for Huntington, you should find the title. It is searchable but you probably don't want to try to download the whole thing. The site explains why. Jonathan Dryden

> The little bit I know about James Jr.... > James Sturdevant was born January, 1757 and died in 1843 in Prattsburg, > New York. He served in Capt. Pearce Connecticut Militia and the 7th > Connecticut > Reg't. (Rev. War pension applications has a James Sturdevant listed as > #S46076) > > Gary Sturdevant > > > > Gary I am a descendant of James and also run the Sturdevant List. Will be glad to share any info. I am researching his life in Plattsburg NY as well as trying to find out his wife's family. Do you have a copy of his pension record? Janice

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3279 Surname: Sturdevant ------------------------- The little bit I know about James Jr.... James Sturdevant was born January, 1757 and died in 1843 in Prattsburg, New York. He served in Capt. Pearce Connecticut Militia and the 7th Connecticut Reg't. (Rev. War pension applications has a James Sturdevant listed as #S46076) Gary Sturdevant

I am trying to locate information re the Nestledown Home and where the records might be kept after it's closure. Any information would be apreciated.

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3278 Surname: ANDERSON, BUSH, BLANCK, FERRIS, FROST, FEAKE, GRAY, HARDY, HOYT, HOBBY, HUSTED, HOLMES, KNAPP, LYON, LOCKWOOD, MEAD, MILLS, NORMAN, PALMER, POTTER, RUNDLE, SMITH, WATERBURY ------------------------- Hello, in response to your query about epidemics in Fairfield County, Connecticut the 1730's-- I searched the Internet and found the following possible reasons: 1728,1732 Charleston SC was hit by yellow fever twice in a four year period. The cause (mosquitoes) was not understood, and treatment wasn't very effective. 1735-40 Epidemics of diphtheria and scarlet fever spread through various parts of New England. Both diseases were referred to as "throat distemper" and weren't distinguished. Hundreds of people died, most of them children. Source: http://www.botany.duke.edu/microbe/chrono.htm ----------------------------------------- 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918 >From the South Bend, IN Area Genealogical Society, April 1996. Originally from Sue in Arizona. Source: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9467/epidemic.htm ------------------------------------------ There were many more pages that included this information--but I did not include the repeats here... Best regards, Maureen Mead mmeadpond@aol.com

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3277 Surname: CROSS, Holly, Hoyt, Knapp, Webb, Weed ------------------------- My ancestors resided in Stamford, Fairfield CT and eventually moved through NY and one Zebulon Cross comes north to Canada. John Cross 1707-1733 son of Nathaniel Cross, grandson of William Cross died at age 26. Lately in filling in info on other lines related to my family, ie Holly, Hoyt, Weed, Webb etc I've discovered what appears to be an inordinately large number of people died in and around 1732/1733 in Fairfield. Could there have been an epidemic that anyone knows of or am I reading too much into the coincidence of dates?

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3276 Surname: ------------------------- I am very interested in any infomation you have on the Williams of Fairfield County. If you go to http://www.FamilyOrigins.com/users/w/i/l/Roger-Leroy-Williams/ You will find all I have on the Williams. If you send me a snail-mail address I will send you a family group sheet with all sources and notes that I have. My snail-mail address in Roger Williams 500 E. Colorado St Fairfield, CA 94533 I would appriciate any information you can give. I did not know anything about the siblings. Thamk you

HI Am looking for information about Oscar (b. 1894)and Ellen (Woodward b. 1896 ) KLING of Norwalk. Who were his parents? Did Oscar have any siblings? Any information would be much appreciated. Arlene

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3275 Surname: Munson, Treat, Lyon ------------------------- Searching for the parents of Abby Jane Lyon who Mar. Lewis Munson on November 10, 1850. She was born about 1829, and died on November 19, 1851, 12 hrs after giving birth to Henry Lewis Munson. They lived in Shelton/Huntington area of CT. Any help on her parentage is appreciated. TIA, Ruth M. Anderson Link: Families Are Forever URL: <http://members.tripod.com/~PMD40/Gene.html>

Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3274 Surname: CHAMBERS ------------------------- Looking for information on the following: JESSE CHAMBERS born 01 December 1747 in Newtown Township, Fairfield, CT. NATHAN CHAMBERS married CATHARINE. Child of NATHAN CHAMBERS and CATHARINE: JESSE CHAMBERS b. 29 October 1775, Stratford Twp., Fairfield, CT. Any information would be appreciated. Blanche Connolly Link: CHAMBERS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY, NJ URL: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Blanche-M-Connolly/>