Rev. Joel West was a pastor of the Congregational Church of East Hampton (Chatham), CT. Source of information: The 150th Anniversary 1748-1898 of The Congregational Church of East Hampton (Chatham), Conn. Pages 98 & 99 of that book contain the records he kept of the births, marriages, etc. of some of my ancestors that were not recorded in the Barbour Collection. Hope that helps. Preston Arnold > [Original Message] > From: Steve Beckwith <stevenbeckwith@comcast.net> > To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 7/7/2004 12:27:28 PM > Subject: [CTMID] Help With Chatham Ministers > > > Can anyone tell me the churches in Chatham of these ministers? > > Caroline B., m. Robert U. RICHMOND, b of Chatham, Nov. 24, 1825, by Rev. > Joel West > > Sally L., of Chatham, m. Alexander ARTHUR, late of Edenburgh, Scotland, > Sept. 10, 1821, by Rev. David Selden > > Sarah Lewis, m. Alexander ARTHUR, Sept. 10, 1821 > > Lois, m. Oren HURLBUT, Aug. 24, 1820, by Henry Talcott > > Thanks > > The above women were some of the daughters of Amasa Smith and Mary Williams. > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

> Caroline B., m. Robert U. RICHMOND, b of Chatham, Nov. 24, 1825, by Rev. > Joel West Joel WEST was pastor in the parish of East Hampton > Sally L., of Chatham, m. Alexander ARTHUR, late of Edenburgh, Scotland, > Sept. 10, 1821, by Rev. David Selden David SELDEN was pastor of the parish of Middle Haddam Both will be found in the History of Chatham on my site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/town_hist/chatham_ct_hist .htm > Sarah Lewis, m. Alexander ARTHUR, Sept. 10, 1821 Minister?? > Lois, m. Oren HURLBUT, Aug. 24, 1820, by Henry Talcott Henry TALCOTT was ordained pastor of the First Society in Chatham in 1816. Strangely enough, this will be found in the History of Clinton, not the Chatham page. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/town_hist/portland_histor y.htm There are links to these files in the Town Histories section of the site. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Can anyone tell me the churches in Chatham of these ministers? Caroline B., m. Robert U. RICHMOND, b of Chatham, Nov. 24, 1825, by Rev. Joel West Sally L., of Chatham, m. Alexander ARTHUR, late of Edenburgh, Scotland, Sept. 10, 1821, by Rev. David Selden Sarah Lewis, m. Alexander ARTHUR, Sept. 10, 1821 Lois, m. Oren HURLBUT, Aug. 24, 1820, by Henry Talcott Thanks The above women were some of the daughters of Amasa Smith and Mary Williams.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/727 Message Board Post: I am searching for information about a man named Hezekiah Smith who lived in the town of Haddam. I found this information on J Devlin's site. On 1790 census of town there was Hezekiah Smith and also Jonathan Smith. In 1810 census a Hezekiah Smith is listed in Chatham. Can anyone find out the names of their parents, children, siblings? This info may have come from a book. Sorry, I do not have the name of the book, but if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

Janece Streig has completed transcribing pages 61 to 80 of Book 1 of the Saybrook land records. The pages include early deeds, family records, ear marks and other data from the late 1600s & early 1700s. The file will be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ If you're searching for ancestors in NY or in Dorchester, MA, Coralynn Brown has sent in four new New York files, Civil List of New York, 1693, Militia Officers of New York, 1700, Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY, Inscriptions, Ulster Co., NY, Male Inhabitants, 1689, and Epitaphs from Dorchester. Jane Devlin List Mom DUNHAM - WILCOX - TROTT - KIRK over 1800 data files from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI

Middlesex Co. Gravestone Photos - [HURLBUT stones from Portland, courtesy of Steve Beckwith & HALL stones from Durham, courtesy of Carol Bogg] All these files will be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI DUNHAM - WILCOX - TROTT - KIRK over 1800 data files from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WRIGHT, BUELL, BURRUS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/721.2.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the info on James WRIGHT who was the son of James WRIGHT and Submit BUELL.. Did this James WRIGHT marry a Hannah WRIGHT or Hannah BURRUS? I got an e-mail from someone recently who said that James (son of James and Submit) died 7/26/1762. In the copy of the Barbour Vital Records that I got off the internet it has a James WRIGHT d. 7/6/1762 (it is either the 6th or 26th) and another James WRIGHT (son of James and Temperance, but this must be an error as he was the son of James and Submit (BUELL) WRIGHT) b. 7/26/1762 (must of meant died in 1762 and not born in 1762).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carlson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/726 Message Board Post: I'm looking for info about Ida Jane Harkum O'Conor. Her daughter, Mazie married Gustaf Carlson and had children Elizabeth, Jane, and Robert. Ida lived with the Carlsons. Ida died Dec 7, 1949 in Shailerville. I know nothing about Mazie's children. Thanks.

Janece Streig has completed transcribing pages 41 to 60 of Book 1 of the Saybrook Land Records. These include early deeds, family records, ear marks and all sorts of "goodies". If, like me, you have ancestors in the area during the 1600s, be sure to check out the files. Pages 1 to 60 are now on line with more coming. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI DUNHAM - WILCOX - TROTT - KIRK over 1800 data files from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI

Regarding the posted inquiry about Beebe family members, a Mr. Alan Henry has maintained a Beebe database for many years, and was very helpful with a question I had a few years ago. His database now includes 56,700 names of members of Beebe's, their descendants, and spouses. His current URL is < http://members.accesstoledo.com/alanhenry/>. In conjunction with Norma Nicholson, "The Beebe Connection" is said to be published three times a year. A Google search turns up a number of other Beebe groups as well.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HICKOX, PARMELEE, WILCOKS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/725 Message Board Post: James Hickox (1751-1796) leaves his Burnt Land and Buckingham Land to his son, Hamlet. Can someone tell me if this would refer to land grants due to James' service in the Revolutionary War?

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/xY.2ADI/690.5.2.2.1 Message Board Post: That is a possibility. Anthonio's obit (attached) show he had a brother "Guy", probably Gaetano. But there could be a possibility that there was a second marriage. Anthony's eldest daughter was named Filomena (Mrs Anthony Canasta) and if I'm not mistaken, many times the eldest child was named after a grandparent. The attached obit shows the marriage year of Anthonio and Maria as 1900, but I know as a fact it was 1906. The obit is from the Meriden Record Journal Sept 18, 1937. Maria's obit is from the Nov 20,1985 Record Journal - Meriden

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEEBE, EMMONS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/724 Message Board Post: Is anyone researching this BEEBE line? My 5th Great Grandparents were William BEEBE Sr born about 1700 New London Co, CT, died January 29, 1788 East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT & Eleanor (LNU). They were married about 1727. Children born to them in East Haddom, Middlesex Co, CT were: Silas 1728 m. Elizabeth Emmons -- my line Asa S. Sr b. 1730 d. December 9, 1813 in Winhall, Bennington Co, VT Anne January 27, 1730/31 William Jr. b.1732 d. May 6, 1806 Millington, Middlesex Co, CT Phebe about 1738 Elihu b.January 24, 1747/48 d. January 9, 1826 Eleanor Frances "Fannie" What is Eleanor's surname, dob, place of birth/death, parents? Are these all of their children and dates of birth and place of birth? Who were their spouses? Who are Elizabeth EMMON's parents, siblings, dob, dod, places of birth and death, etc.? Happy trails, LuAna Drake Craig

I just placed a listing of Middlesex Co. cemeteries at the top of the index of grave photos. This is from the USGS and provides the GSP location of each cemetery. I hope this may help anyone searching for a cemetery. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White, Beardsley, Amick Kincade, Jenkins, Stockman, Palmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/377.1 Message Board Post: My maternal great grandmother was Elnora Izabelle Beardsley who married John White. They lived in Northwestern Wi. She is buried in Rhinelander, Wi. Her parent's were Martha Jenkins and James Beardsley.

In CT, after spending the last 4 years visiting cemeteries in Middletown, Portland, CT and Columbus, OH, the brownstone ones I saw the first year, some are dramatically worse. Water gets in a crack and a little bit of freeze and it breaks the stone. In Columbus, I found that they choose burial and a note of burial in the paper as an obituary cost money. Then they went without the stone. Some stones are missing especially the older stones or have lichen damage. I also found one guy with three wives around him. The 3rd wife outlived him and magically there is no stone about the other 2 women but one with him and her. The 1st and 2nd wives are still in the ground next to the husband that out lived them, they had died not divorced him. Mostly poverty in my family has cause them to have no gravestones. Tracy

It was a ... Big bound book. Some of the trees in there were hand written. It was written by a guy. Some of the Bishops in the Redfield tree and Fields I got there. I don't remember it as the Redfield book. It was something like 3.5 inches thick. Sorry, I went thru my brother in law's tree and looked for the notation and I didn't write it down. I just know where the book is. And the book is a light grey color. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: <LynnBull@aol.com> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:11 AM Subject: Re: [CTMID] Correction on inscription > In a message dated 6/23/2004 11:29:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, > tracyj1@comcast.net writes: > > <<There is also a monster genealogy I found in Guilford, CT town clerk's > office that have Redfields. Sorry, I don't remember the title. >> > > Tracy, ooo, tell me more! Was it a printed genealogy book or a manuscript or > what? > > My ancestor, William Redfield, was buried in "the old yard by the river" but > no stone marks his grave, according to the "Genealogical History of the > Redfield Family" that Ray mentioned. > > Since he died July 1813 and the book was published only some 47 years later, > it's probably fairly accurate. I had speculated hopefully that perhaps the > stone had fallen and been covered over by dirt, etc., over the years...but > nahhhh. > > Why wouldn't they have put up a stone to the man, any idea? Too poor? > > Also, the book says that William Redfield kept an inn in Middletown and at > one time had charge of the jail. His house and gardens were located "on the > site of present-day Wesleyan University." Suggestions are welcome as to where I > could find proofs of these statements. > > Thank you! > Lynn > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > You can search the archives for the list at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CTMIDDLE > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

> Thanks Jane. I would run over and take pictures myself, but I am in AZ and > it is 106 here. Way too hot to go anywhere. Just 67° here in S.E. Michigan with more rain in the forecast.. I just put the three REDFIELD photos from Ray on line. These are from Killingworth. If anyone is looking for ancestors in New Haven, CT, I just finished transcribing the A-D graves and they're now on the site. The last time FreeFind spidered the site it went through more than 2200 files - about 90 of those are my descendant reports and probably another 30 to 40 are indexes and such like, but there's an awful lot of data there for the New England states, NY & MI.. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

> Jane, I am looking for a headstone photo of my 4th great grandparents, > Seth and Martha Roberts. Seth Died April 12, 1801 in Middletown, > Middlesex, CT and and is buried in Mortimer Cemetery, Middletown, CT. I > don't know if his wife remarried or not, cause I don't have the > information on her. I got the information from your CT site. I was > wondering if you have any pictures of that cemetery or plots. No, just about every photo I have is on the site except the ones Ray just submitted and a couple still from Janece. I live in Michigan, so as much as I'd love to, I can't run over to a cemetery and take pictures.. Does anyone have photos from the Mortimer Cemetery that they'd be willing to submit? Best of all, does anyone have photos of Mike's ancestors?? Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

In a message dated 6/24/04 9:23:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, janedevlin@ameritech.net writes: > Ray, are the photos digital, or could they be scanned? I have them digital. I'll e-mail them to you direct. -- Ray