Hi Mary, I don't know if you received any other replies, but here's someone else who is stuck on Gladding/Gladden in CT. The families we are reseaching descend (probably!) from Joshua Gladding, who died about 1754. He is probably the son of another Joshua, who was a blacksmith in Saybrook and who MAY have been the son of John Gladding, a founder of Bristol RI. All of this has yet to be proven as far as I know and that's the reason I'm posting it to the list, just in case someone, somewhere has already linked them up. Your Anna could be the daughter of Azariah, son of the second Joshua. Azariah m. Ann Hudson in Farmington in 1766. It gets really complicated because they used the same names over and over again so your Anna could also be the daughter of one of Azariah's brothers or even an earlier offshoot of the family. Gladdings/Gladdens in general, after they left Saybrook, migrated right up the CT River and there are supposed to be tons of them around Farmington and Kensington CT. As for Bristol, RI, I think most of John Gladding's children must have remained there and I'm guessing that his youngest son, Joshua, migrated to Saybrook and that he is OURS. The Gladdings of Bristol RI are written up in the Gladding Book (which I do not have) and they must have been a prominent family by the sounds of it. I have a little bit more on the CT Gladdings, but not much because as far as I know, no one has been able to come up with very much. I plan on visiting the Farmington Library, and libraries in Middletown and Essex when I get the time because there just HAS to be an answer somewhere. Almost forgot, Azariah was a Rev. War Vet who died in Northampton, MA in 1833 and he was living near his son (another Azariah!!!) at the time. If anyone else out there is researching this name, please get in touch with me with any information or clues as to where to look because there are several other people that I know of across the country who are frantically searching for them and finding nothing. Lois My next big genealogy Mystery is GLADDING. I >have an ANNA GLADDING who is my husband's GGGG grandmother who married Jamin >GOODRICH. I have all of the Goodrich information but nothing on Anna other >than she was from CT. I recently got a clue that Gladdings were from >Middlesex County. I had been looking in Hartford County so this is progress. >But I am not sure of anything. Their marriage date was around 1795 which >would have put her being born around 1775. First I need to know what TOWN >the Gladdings were from. There aren't too many so I am supposing there was >only one family, who then removed to BRISTOL CTY RI. Any CLUES as to which >town or anything about great great great great grandma, I sure would >appreciate it!!!! > >Mary

> Hmmmm-- From p. 31-32 of "Bushnell Genealogy" by G.E, Bushnell, I have > entered into my database Francis BUSHNELL (ca.1609 ENG-1649 CT), and his > wife Mary GROMBRIDGE (ca.1609 ENG-after 1649 CT) , also the names of their > seven children and their spouses. But in that source I see NO Martha > BUSHNELL who ma. Jonathan SMITH. Can you cite your source? (As Mr. Leakey > would say! (:-) Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol IV , p 124 "SMITH JONATHAN, Wethersfield, s. of Richard the first of the same, made freem. 1657, m. 1 Jan. 1664, Martha, d. of Francis Bushnell, prob. had sev. ch. bef. rem. to Middletown, where he had Gershom, b. Nov. 1679; and Deborah, 23 Sept. 1682; went back to W. where, tho. he sold part of his est. he held other lds. on the E. side of the gr. riv. and join. with his neighb. in obtain. incorpo. of Glastenbury, liv. 1698." If there are problems with this line, please let me know - there aren't any good genealogical libraries in this area, so I have to do most of my research on the web. I think that Harold Walden, who runs the Middlesex County GenWeb page, also has Jonathan's wife as Martha Bushnell. Jane

Ia n Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:15:33 -0600 message to CTMIDDLE-L Jane Devlin wrote: > Jonathan SMITH b. 1635 Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, d. after > 1711; m Martha BUSHNELL (daug. of Francis BUSHNELL & Marie > Mary GROMBRIDGE). He was the son of: > Hmmmm-- From p. 31-32 of "Bushnell Genealogy" by G.E, Bushnell, I have entered into my database Francis BUSHNELL (ca.1609 ENG-1649 CT), and his wife Mary GROMBRIDGE (ca.1609 ENG-after 1649 CT) , also the names of their seven children and their spouses. But in that source I see NO Martha BUSHNELL who ma. Jonathan SMITH. Can you cite your source? (As Mr. Leakey would say! (:-) Dexter Edge Jr. Olympia, WA

David TAYLOR and Chloe,his wife, settled in Killingworth about 1811. Their family included the following children: George H. Abigail m. Peckham Hall 1832 Buly(?) N. Fanny m. _____Hough Phebe m._______Peck Henrietta m._______Cook Asenath m._________Matterson John A. b.1827 Does anyone have any information about anyone in this family? All I know is that John A is my gr grandfather and he moved to Wisconson after the death of his father David in 1854. The rest of the information came from a probate record. David and Chloe are buried in Clinton. Anything would be appreciated. Bev in MN PeakyB@aol.com

> Would you please be kind enough to post the address for the Middlesex site > again? I am on a different computer, so don't have it bookmarked! I thank > you! ~Nicole The URL is http://www.flash.net/~hmwalden/midlsxco.htm Lots of good stuff - Harold's webpage is full of names from early in the county's history. Jane

> Jane, > How do you request a mailing list? > Thanks, Anne Hi, Anne.. When you donate to RootsWeb, that entitles you to ask for a mailing list - a $12 donation gets you one list, $24 lets you have two lists (I still only have this one, but I'm considering starting another one for one of my surnames). There's an on-line form at the RootsWeb site that you fill out and email to them - then in about two to three weeks, you get a message telling you that your list is ready to go and a couple others giving you links to the information you need for setting up the welcoming messages, etc. A list is really very little work and a lot of fun. If I can provide any other information, please let me know. Jane

Would you please be kind enough to post the address for the Middlesex site again? I am on a different computer, so don't have it bookmarked! I thank you! ~Nicole

Jane, How do you request a mailing list? Thanks, Anne

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I hope you will take the time to read this exerpt from the latest RootsWeb newsletter, and - if you're able - help to provide the services that we all enjoy. I know that, personally, the $24 I sent to Rootsweb - which enabled me to request this mailing list - were the best $$ I've ever spent on my hobby. I've made contacts with cousins I'd never knew existed, made a lot of new friends, and extended my family tree far beyond what I thought possible - none of which would have happened without the many services that RootsWeb provides. I know that I wouldn't be the only one who would miss it if it could not continue due to lack of support from those of us who utilize it every day. Jane Middlesex County Mailing List host "When we launched RootsWeb, we assumed that our users would prefer to support us as much as they were able, in exchange for a site open to all, without banners plastered all over everything and without having resources locked up (as is done at other genealogy sites), available only for fees on the order of $60 per year. Instead, people can support RootsWeb for as little as $12 per year. We thus hoped that a reasonable fraction of our users, perhaps half of them, would support us in some way. And because we expected support from the community, we made promises to projects like USGenWeb that we would freely host them for the good of the Internet genealogy community. "We have no intention of reneging on those early promises, but it has been difficult, because the community support we anticipated has not been there. Although people use the site like crazy, fewer than 7% of our users have chipped in to keep things going. The other 93%? Perhaps they're busy, or they're broke, or they won't pay unless they have to, or they don't think RootsWeb is useful. Who knows? But it means that RootsWeb has run at a cash flow loss. In simple terms, Karen Isaacson and Brian Leverich have donated not only their time as system administrators but a substantial part of their personal resources to provide the genealogical community with RootsWeb. The rest of RootsWeb's staff have also made substantial contributions. "Because RootsWeb's costs exceed its income, we can't provide all the genealogical facilities we'd like to support. These could include online searchable databases of pension records, census indexes, vital records, or countless other valuable genealogical services that we could easily provide -- if only we could afford the staff to support them. And, ultimately, RootsWeb can't even continue to exist if we don't bring our costs and revenues into balance, something we want to have under control before the transition to non-profit status (as opposed to losing money status) is completed. "We are doing what we can to remedy the situation. For instance, we are selling banner advertisements where we can. However, this alone will never provide enough revenue to cover the costs of the unbannered volunteer projects which consume most of RootsWeb's resources yet by their very nature produce no direct revenue, even as they provide invaluable content to the genealogical community. "The new communities, from their inception, will be fully supported by advertising. They will be paying their own way. We can shift some of the costs of maintaining the Web, mailing list, GenConnect, and search engine servers onto the new communities, so that the new communities will subsidize a genealogical community that hasn't been supporting itself. "Although we have been disappointed in the amount of financial support of the genealogical community, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the writer of the letter above and the other 7% of our users who have helped make RootsWeb available to the whole community. Without their support and encouragement, there would be no RootsWeb. "If you would like to join the folks who are making RootsWeb possible and thus help us bring new genealogical data online, freely available to all, please visit: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to: RW-info@rootsweb.com"

I have recently updated the Middlesex County page on USGenWeb, it now uses GenConnect for queries, wills, biographies, bibles and obituaries. You can now add information to them. I would like to invite you all to participate and add information. Harry Walden

Hi- Since you live in Westport, I wonder if you know ANNE DALTON (her maiden name) from there? She grew up on Laurel Road. I don't have her married name. Any suggestions? Thanks! Kim nfn13753@naples.net

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>------------------------------ >Content-Type: text/plain > >CTMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 53 > >Today's Topics: > #1 David Smith and Martha Brooks [John Schulke <SchulkeJW@mpinet.net] > >------------------------------ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:22:07 -0400 >From: John Schulke <SchulkeJW@mpinet.net> >To: CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <372F8F2F.47A8139F@mpinet.net> >Subject: David Smith and Martha Brooks >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Averill > >Thanks for the good information on the Smiths. I'm very interested in the >marriage >between Martha Brooks (27 Jul 1756) and David Smith. I show children born >to David >Smith as follows: Abigail (1757), David (15 Nov 1758), and Concurrence (25 Jan >1761). That fits with the marriage date. Then I show a marriage between >David Smith >and Lydia Cogswell on 1 Jul 1776 and David's death on 22 Nov 1776. That >means that >Martha Brooks is my direct line. Now the question is, who are the parents >of Martha >Brooks? When did she die? > >John Schulke (searching Bonfoey and Farmer) Dear John: I may have confused you even more, and for that I apologize. See if this helps: David Smith b. 5 Oct 1933 was married to Martha Brooks on 27 Jul 1756. Death date uncertain, maybe 1770, age 36. He was son of David, son of Simon, son of Simon b. 1628. I don't know who children were (want very much to know). Martha appears to be daughter of Abraham, son of Thomas, son of Thomas b. 1617. David Smith b. 2 Mar 1734 was married to Lydia Cogswell on 1 Jul 1756, and had children Abigail, David, and Concurrence. He was son of Stephen Smith of Durham and Martha Williams of Middletown. His death date is said to be 22 Nov 1772 - age 39 yr on gravestone, and inventory done 16 Dec 1772. I can find no evidence for 22 Nov 1776. If you have listed that from Timothy Tucker's data on the Haddam web page, be aware that I have questions about other pieces of his data; unfortunately, I have not yet been able to hear from him what his sources are. Martha Brooks has no connection with Concurrence. I have some information on Martha's ancestry; I only have the info on David and Lydia from what appears in the article I quoted by Frederick Kaufholz. If you don't have access to The American Genealogist, and want to privately send me a snail mail address, I'll send the article to you. Averill

Averill Thanks for the good information on the Smiths. I'm very interested in the marriage between Martha Brooks (27 Jul 1756) and David Smith. I show children born to David Smith as follows: Abigail (1757), David (15 Nov 1758), and Concurrence (25 Jan 1761). That fits with the marriage date. Then I show a marriage between David Smith and Lydia Cogswell on 1 Jul 1776 and David's death on 22 Nov 1776. That means that Martha Brooks is my direct line. Now the question is, who are the parents of Martha Brooks? When did she die? John Schulke (searching Bonfoey and Farmer) Averill Smith Pappalardo wrote: > ORIGINAL MESSAGE > > >I am looking for vital records that would prove the Parents of David Smith b. 5 > >Oct 1733 (in Haddam, CT, I believe). I list him as the son of David Smith and > >Dorothy Brainard. However, on page 1836 of a book labeled "Connecticut" at the > >top of the page (source unknown) the following is "She [Concurrence Smith, my > >ancestor] was a daughter of David Smith, sixth son of Stephen Smith, who came > >from New Haven and settled on Candlewood Hill, Middletown and owned a large > >section in that part of town." > > > >Who is David Smith's father, David or Stephen, and who is Stephen Smith? > > > >John Schulke in Orlando [Researching Bonfoey and Farmer] > > Dear John: > > Connecticut Vital Records, Barbour Collection, at the Connecticut State > Library (and now being published in paperback form) lists > David, s. [David & Dorothy], b. Oct.5, 1733 (from Vol 2 page 7 of > the Haddam Connecticut Land Records.) > Barbour gives marriage of David "m Dorothy[ ], Dec 3,1729" > Lucy Brainerd in Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America calls > the husband of Dorothy Brainerd this David Smith. > > Donald Lines Jacobus in The American Genealogist of 1989 (Volume 32, Pages > 149-152) treats in fine detail the "lush confusion" of David Smiths in > Haddam, saying that seven appear in Haddam records between 1733 and 1758. > He is working to distinguish the son of Stephen from the rest, and does it > to his (and my) satisfaction. The "son of Stephen of Durham and Haddam and > his wife Martha Williams of Middletown was born > March 2, 1734". > > Your David born Oct 5, 1733 is the son of David, son of Simon Smith b. > 1658. Simon is the son of Simon Smith born 1628, a first settler of Haddam > Connecticut. Simon is my earliest ancestor - the line goes Simon, Simon, > David, James, Hubbard, Silas, James Eugene, Clyde, Roger, and me. > > Your David's mother is Dorothy Brainerd, descendant of another first > settler of Haddam, Daniel Brainerd. She is the son of Hezekiah, son of > Daniel. > > Your David is said to have married Martha Brooks 27 Jul 1756, (Haddam > Church records) and if you know anything more about that marriage and > children, I would VERY much like to have the data. > > I have more on this Simon Smith family if you would like to contact me > directly. Averill > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.flash.net/~hmwalden/midlsxco.htm

Hi Averill, My ancestor (one of the Haddam, CT founders) Thomas BROOKS can be found at this site: http://haddam.com/tucker/thomas_brooks.htm Hope this will help. Regards, Mrs. Billie Jo Richter _____________________________________________________________ On Sun, 2 May 1999 22:02:39 -0400 ave@datablast.net (Averill Smith Pappalardo) writes: >ORIGINAL MESSAGE > >>I am looking for vital records that would prove the Parents of David >Smith b. 5 >>Oct 1733 (in Haddam, CT, I believe). I list him as the son of David >Smith and >>Dorothy Brainard. However, on page 1836 of a book labeled >"Connecticut" at the >>top of the page (source unknown) the following is "She [Concurrence >Smith, my >>ancestor] was a daughter of David Smith, sixth son of Stephen Smith, >who came >>from New Haven and settled on Candlewood Hill, Middletown and owned a >large >>section in that part of town." >> >>Who is David Smith's father, David or Stephen, and who is Stephen >Smith? >> >>John Schulke in Orlando [Researching Bonfoey and Farmer] > >Dear John: > > Connecticut Vital Records, Barbour Collection, at the Connecticut >State >Library (and now being published in paperback form) lists > David, s. [David & Dorothy], b. Oct.5, 1733 (from Vol 2 page 7 >of >the Haddam Connecticut Land Records.) >Barbour gives marriage of David "m Dorothy[ ], Dec 3,1729" >Lucy Brainerd in Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America >calls >the husband of Dorothy Brainerd this David Smith. > >Donald Lines Jacobus in The American Genealogist of 1989 (Volume 32, >Pages >149-152) treats in fine detail the "lush confusion" of David Smiths in >Haddam, saying that seven appear in Haddam records between 1733 and >1758. >He is working to distinguish the son of Stephen from the rest, and >does it >to his (and my) satisfaction. The "son of Stephen of Durham and >Haddam and >his wife Martha Williams of Middletown was born >March 2, 1734". > >Your David born Oct 5, 1733 is the son of David, son of Simon Smith b. >1658. Simon is the son of Simon Smith born 1628, a first settler of >Haddam >Connecticut. Simon is my earliest ancestor - the line goes Simon, >Simon, >David, James, Hubbard, Silas, James Eugene, Clyde, Roger, and me. > >Your David's mother is Dorothy Brainerd, descendant of another first >settler of Haddam, Daniel Brainerd. She is the son of Hezekiah, son >of >Daniel. > >Your David is said to have married Martha Brooks 27 Jul 1756, (Haddam >Church records) and if you know anything more about that marriage and >children, I would VERY much like to have the data. > >I have more on this Simon Smith family if you would like to contact me >directly. Averill > > > >==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== >Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site >http://www.flash.net/~hmwalden/midlsxco.htm > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

You're Welcome, Bob, Here is a resource list for finding Connecticut Revolutionary ancestors. Hope it helps. http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/revwar.htm#1 Gail rjswlw wrote: > > Thanks for the Brockett/Pierpont information, Gail. > > Robert Squires > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.flash.net/~hmwalden/midlsxco.htm

Thanks for the Brockett/Pierpont information, Gail. Robert Squires

Another correction!! Kaufholz, NOT Kaugholz. I apologize - should do this in the mornings. Averill

Sorry, List - A correction to my post of a few minutes age. Article in the American Genealogist 1989 Pages 149-152 was written by C. Frederick Kaugholz, Esq., of Lakeville, Conn. NOT Donald Lines Jacobus. Averill

ORIGINAL MESSAGE >I am looking for vital records that would prove the Parents of David Smith b. 5 >Oct 1733 (in Haddam, CT, I believe). I list him as the son of David Smith and >Dorothy Brainard. However, on page 1836 of a book labeled "Connecticut" at the >top of the page (source unknown) the following is "She [Concurrence Smith, my >ancestor] was a daughter of David Smith, sixth son of Stephen Smith, who came >from New Haven and settled on Candlewood Hill, Middletown and owned a large >section in that part of town." > >Who is David Smith's father, David or Stephen, and who is Stephen Smith? > >John Schulke in Orlando [Researching Bonfoey and Farmer] Dear John: Connecticut Vital Records, Barbour Collection, at the Connecticut State Library (and now being published in paperback form) lists David, s. [David & Dorothy], b. Oct.5, 1733 (from Vol 2 page 7 of the Haddam Connecticut Land Records.) Barbour gives marriage of David "m Dorothy[ ], Dec 3,1729" Lucy Brainerd in Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America calls the husband of Dorothy Brainerd this David Smith. Donald Lines Jacobus in The American Genealogist of 1989 (Volume 32, Pages 149-152) treats in fine detail the "lush confusion" of David Smiths in Haddam, saying that seven appear in Haddam records between 1733 and 1758. He is working to distinguish the son of Stephen from the rest, and does it to his (and my) satisfaction. The "son of Stephen of Durham and Haddam and his wife Martha Williams of Middletown was born March 2, 1734". Your David born Oct 5, 1733 is the son of David, son of Simon Smith b. 1658. Simon is the son of Simon Smith born 1628, a first settler of Haddam Connecticut. Simon is my earliest ancestor - the line goes Simon, Simon, David, James, Hubbard, Silas, James Eugene, Clyde, Roger, and me. Your David's mother is Dorothy Brainerd, descendant of another first settler of Haddam, Daniel Brainerd. She is the son of Hezekiah, son of Daniel. Your David is said to have married Martha Brooks 27 Jul 1756, (Haddam Church records) and if you know anything more about that marriage and children, I would VERY much like to have the data. I have more on this Simon Smith family if you would like to contact me directly. Averill