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/780.1 Message Board Post: Maybe not such a long shot as all that. I descend from John Hall the Immigrant of Middletown and there are many HALLs still in town (not necessarily descended from old John, of course). Here are the HALLs of Middletown today: http://tinyurl.com/84wpt And here are the BAKERs of Middletown: http://tinyurl.com/72taz and of East Haddam: http://tinyurl.com/9s2ah Of course, they'd have to know their ancestry to know whether you were a distant cousin. There are many unrelated BAKERs, since it's an occupational surname. But there are no WETMOREs or STOWEs left in Middletown. Though maybe in neighboring towns. Best, Warren

I think that's one of the hardest parts of this research into TFW, Sr. and Andrew. Although census records say that TFW's parents were Irish I don't have any hard proof. I found with another line that if I hadn't researched the family further we would be thinking that they were Scottish rather than Irish. The McGarry's were from Ireland but the children were born in Scotland while they were awaiting transportation to the US during the potato famine. On census records it said that Annie was born in Scotland but she is of Irish heritage since both parents were Irish. It's a tough nut to crack to find his roots. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Tracy J. [mailto:tracyj1@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:19 AM To: CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record Branford was a big Scots Irish area. TRacy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Wetmore" <webmerlin@cox.net> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record > Yep, Wilson is usually a Scots surname. But there were plenty of > Scotch-Irish in Ireland. My Scotch-Irish ancestor (the only one I've > found) was a GGG-GF named Craig, who lived in Limavady, Co. Derry, > Ulster. > > Warren > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Buehler" <carolebuehler@sbcglobal.net> > To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record > > > | Hi Pat, > | > | I checked the 1880 census, which is the only complete one that I > have. > | Found Thomas Wilson, b. Branford, New Haven cnty CT, 1862. > | There were just him and his mother Eliza Wilson, b Ireland in this > | household. Says his father was born Scotland. National Archives > film # > | T9-0107, page 527c. Seems odd that his younger brothers were not > listed, > | which makes me think it is the wrong Thomas. However among the > neighbors > | same film # page 539D was listed Annie McGarry b 1862, Branford CT > as well. > | She is shown as the stepdaughter of James Callahan. Looks like her > mother > | married again and there were a few younger Callahan kids. States > both her > | father and mother b Ireland. > | This is most likely of no help, but thought I would toss it over to > you, see > | if anything makes any sense. > | I have an Abraham Snow, born in Mansfield or Ashford CT around 1700 > and I > | feel the same about him, being dropped from the sky. > | > | Carole CT > | > | > | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > | For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > | Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > Historical Collections at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > | > | ============================== > | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > the > | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > | > | > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ______________________________

Hello Bill Luvs Beer, I can't answer your question about descendants there, but are you writing about the same William Baker whose real estate was distributed in 1782? His 40 acres of property at Crowley Corner was split among three sons: William Jr., Timothy, and Bayze Baker. A relative, Adam Rogers Jr., had assembled the same property between 1742 and 1754. My direct ancestor, Roswell Rogers, bought it back from the Baker sons in 1787, 1789, and 1792. I can't imagine it would have taken six years to probate William Baker's estate, although I do know there were noticably fewer land transactions during the Rev. War years. Mybe that slowed down settling of estates, too. What else can you tell me about the William Baker you're speaking of? If the same William Baker, I may add a note to the monograph I will be releasing this fall about the Rogers' land ownerships. What 1776 book were you referencing about William? (Your message was gatewayed to the Middlesex County CT mailing list, so I don't know what you discussion you were responding to. I hope you are able to respond to this reply!) As it happens, a cousin from Seattle and one from Michigan will be meeting me (from Denver) there in East Haddam around Sept. 18th of 2005 to view and photograph the old Rogers' Home Lots (farms). This is one among them. Anyone interested is welcome to join us for a hike by letting me know. I have plotted out the old deeds, overlaid them on the assessor's plats, and from the remaining roads and stone walls we should be able to find them "relatively" easily. They are all within the Burnham Brook Preserve, which overlaps them now. And, my, what an odd name you have! ;-) - Jim Rogers

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/780 Message Board Post: I was reminded of this gent while reading David McCullough's 1776 book. William Baker was a first cousin of my ggg grandfather Jeremiah Baker. William was captured by the Brits and died during November, 1776 due to "ill treatment." He's buried in Three Bridges Cemetery with other family members. This may be a long shot, but are there any decendants still living in the area?

Branford was a big Scots Irish area. TRacy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Wetmore" <webmerlin@cox.net> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record > Yep, Wilson is usually a Scots surname. But there were plenty of > Scotch-Irish in Ireland. My Scotch-Irish ancestor (the only one I've > found) was a GGG-GF named Craig, who lived in Limavady, Co. Derry, > Ulster. > > Warren > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Buehler" <carolebuehler@sbcglobal.net> > To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record > > > | Hi Pat, > | > | I checked the 1880 census, which is the only complete one that I > have. > | Found Thomas Wilson, b. Branford, New Haven cnty CT, 1862. > | There were just him and his mother Eliza Wilson, b Ireland in this > | household. Says his father was born Scotland. National Archives > film # > | T9-0107, page 527c. Seems odd that his younger brothers were not > listed, > | which makes me think it is the wrong Thomas. However among the > neighbors > | same film # page 539D was listed Annie McGarry b 1862, Branford CT > as well. > | She is shown as the stepdaughter of James Callahan. Looks like her > mother > | married again and there were a few younger Callahan kids. States > both her > | father and mother b Ireland. > | This is most likely of no help, but thought I would toss it over to > you, see > | if anything makes any sense. > | I have an Abraham Snow, born in Mansfield or Ashford CT around 1700 > and I > | feel the same about him, being dropped from the sky. > | > | Carole CT > | > | > | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > | For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > | Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > Historical Collections at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > | > | ============================== > | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > the > | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > | > | > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Yep, Wilson is usually a Scots surname. But there were plenty of Scotch-Irish in Ireland. My Scotch-Irish ancestor (the only one I've found) was a GGG-GF named Craig, who lived in Limavady, Co. Derry, Ulster. Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Buehler" <carolebuehler@sbcglobal.net> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] looking for birth record | Hi Pat, | | I checked the 1880 census, which is the only complete one that I have. | Found Thomas Wilson, b. Branford, New Haven cnty CT, 1862. | There were just him and his mother Eliza Wilson, b Ireland in this | household. Says his father was born Scotland. National Archives film # | T9-0107, page 527c. Seems odd that his younger brothers were not listed, | which makes me think it is the wrong Thomas. However among the neighbors | same film # page 539D was listed Annie McGarry b 1862, Branford CT as well. | She is shown as the stepdaughter of James Callahan. Looks like her mother | married again and there were a few younger Callahan kids. States both her | father and mother b Ireland. | This is most likely of no help, but thought I would toss it over to you, see | if anything makes any sense. | I have an Abraham Snow, born in Mansfield or Ashford CT around 1700 and I | feel the same about him, being dropped from the sky. | | Carole CT | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of | Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ | | ============================== | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx | |

Hi Pat, I checked the 1880 census, which is the only complete one that I have. Found Thomas Wilson, b. Branford, New Haven cnty CT, 1862. There were just him and his mother Eliza Wilson, b Ireland in this household. Says his father was born Scotland. National Archives film # T9-0107, page 527c. Seems odd that his younger brothers were not listed, which makes me think it is the wrong Thomas. However among the neighbors same film # page 539D was listed Annie McGarry b 1862, Branford CT as well. She is shown as the stepdaughter of James Callahan. Looks like her mother married again and there were a few younger Callahan kids. States both her father and mother b Ireland. This is most likely of no help, but thought I would toss it over to you, see if anything makes any sense. I have an Abraham Snow, born in Mansfield or Ashford CT around 1700 and I feel the same about him, being dropped from the sky. Carole CT

While you were in Hartford, did you go through Barbour's Records? They can be found in most Family History Centers of LDS.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, McGarry, Fielding, Madison, Kirby, Cannon, Markey, Gargan, Taubner, Daly, Pardon, Quinn, Schanno, Morrissey, LeMaire, Newman & Staak Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/779 Message Board Post: On my great-grandfather's death certificate it is noted that he was born in Connecticut in about 1863 to an Andrew Wilson of Irish ancestry. My great-grandfather is Thomas Francis Wilson, Sr., the first of three "only children" all male, all "Thomas Francis Wilson". I have his death and burial records but I have not been able to get any further back since I can't break this wall. TFW, Sr. married Annie McGarry and lived in Brooklyn, NY for the bulk of his life. I've been to the State Library in Hartford and gone through rolls of microfilm for 5 years prior and after 1863 to no avail. Any suggestions as to finding the key to this ancestors's parents and his early history would be a help. He appears to have dropped from the sky. Thanks, Pat Wilson-Perkins

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/778.1 Message Board Post: Dear W. Scott, The Essex Board of Trade website may be of help to you: http://essexct.com/ Check the history link and the walking tour link for Pratt family homes and related information. Deborah Tajmajer in CT

There are some CT death records on ancestry.com. I am not sure which years. You should check first. There is some problem with people who don't fill out paperwork and they are not listed even on the ssdi, the social security death index. I am speaking of my maternal grandmother and her sister. They both died in care of their children /on social security/ and with no debts or wealth to split up since both had only one child. One died in 1968 and the other in the 1980's. Why don't you check the 1930 census to see where in CT they lived? The Heritage Quest index thru your local library on that year is pretty good. Our libraries in CT subscribe to it. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: <RDown3657@aol.com> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: [CTMID] Death certificate > Can anyone advise me on how to obtain a 1931 Connecticut death certificate > when the exact town/city of death is not known? Connecticut seems to be > among the few "very difficult" states to obtain vitals from......or am I missing > something? > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website > http://www.godfrey.org > Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Can anyone advise me on how to obtain a 1931 Connecticut death certificate when the exact town/city of death is not known? Connecticut seems to be among the few "very difficult" states to obtain vitals from......or am I missing something?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pratt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/778 Message Board Post: Looking for information on a C. Pratt, who would have been a maker or retailer of leather goods. We have a leather wallet stamped "C. PRATT MAKER ESSEX CON." Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beebe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/724.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear LuAna: Thank you for your reply. I'm rather casting in several directions for my 3xgreat/grandfather. He was a Silas Beebe, born in NY state in l808, who by at least 1830 wa in the Lyme, Ct. area and married to a girl from this town. I therefore suspect that he had some relatives around here. His first son, born in l838, was named William and both Silas Beebe and his brother Nathaniel, sons of Eunice Cone who moved to NY, where old enough and married in time to be his father. My Silas' middle name also started with a "C" which could conceivably represent Cone. If you have any additional ideas for direction, please let me know. Probably wills and probate records might shed some light on whose son he was. Thanks again, Sue B.

I show m. Beebe Jr. as having a spouse Lydia Smith and one child Ripzah. No dob for child. No dates for marriage or dates of her birth and death. His grandfather was Jonathan Beebe born in New London who moved to Easy Haddam. This is from Beebe Genealogy and New London VR's. Hope it helps. mrscraig@highstream.com wrote:This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEEBE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/724.2.1 Message Board Post: Greetings Susan, All that I have on William Beebe, Jr. is born 1732 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT and died May 6, 1806 in Millington, Middlesex Co, CT. Son of William Beebe, Sr and Eleanor [LNU] LuAna Drake Craig ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEEBE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/724.2.1 Message Board Post: Greetings Susan, All that I have on William Beebe, Jr. is born 1732 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT and died May 6, 1806 in Millington, Middlesex Co, CT. Son of William Beebe, Sr and Eleanor [LNU] LuAna Drake Craig

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beebe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/724.2 Message Board Post: Hi. Were you able to find out more about your Beebe line from the East Haddam area? I am particularly interested in William Jr. Thanks, Sue B.

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/xY.2ADI/777.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Coralynn: Thanks again for your response. It is a bit confusing, but I'm sure of my facts. I know where Mrs. Eno's husband and daughter (sister of Clara B. Eno) are buried and I know where Miss Eno herself is buried. I have the sexton's record for Fairview Cemetery here in Van Buren, AR, and in 1869, there is NO entry for Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Ward Eno. As I posted earlier, there are accuarate accounts concerning the fact that Miss Clara B. Eno returned here after the Civil War alone. I have the name of the sexton for Indian Hill Cemetery there in Connecticut, and will be in contact with him on Monday. I'd love to see a picture of the monument in question. Thanks for your help in this matter.

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/xY.2ADI/777.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My source is Indian Hill Cemetery enumeration (the Hale collection of cemetery enumerations done in the 1930s). I haven't personally seen the stone. Confusing, isn't it? Coralynn

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/xY.2ADI/777.1.2 Message Board Post: CoralynnB: Another question: Eno, Ellen E. Ward, wife of Jonathan A., born Mar. 11, 1831, died Apr. 22, 1869 (Buried at Van Buren, Arkansas). Do you think that the reference to Buried at Van Buren, Arkansas could be in regard to Mrs. Ward/Eno's husband Jonathan? I'd love to have a photo of the monument referenced here at Indian Hill Cemetery.