Patrick and Johanna Kelleher Bray had two daughters who married and moved to Naugatuck, Ct. Margaret born l869 married Michael Dowling and Ellen born l870 married Frank Deegan. The Bray Family was related to Barrys and Sullivans. Thank you for any assistance you can give me in this research. Kathleen

Researching Patrick and Johanna Kelleher Bray of Portland and Middletown, CT. Patrick was born in Imogella, County Cork, Ireland and Johanna in Castlemartyr, County Cork in the late l830's or early l840's. There first son was born in NY in l864. Patrick worked in the quarries. They were related to the Kenneficks of Portland/Middletown. Any assistance appreciated in finding parents' names. Kathleen

There hasn't been a whole lot of activity on the roll call, so I'm going to extend it for another week.. January 8th - 14th.. Jane list mom Please follow these suggestions: 1) Middlesex Co. families only, though where they came from and where they went after leaving Middlesex will help others identify them. 2) Change the subject line up there - put in your surnames and approximate dates - 1600s, 1850's, whatever, but give people a clue to who you're talking about and what era to make sure that your post isn't deleted unread. Putting the surnames in CAPITALS makes them stand out. 3) Give names & dates - you'll get more useful responses if you post about "Elisha FULLER, son of Elisha FULLER & Esther HUNGERFORD, b. 1749 in East Haddam, m. Sarah SPARROW, 9 Nov 1770, need Sarah's parents & siblings" than you will with just FULLER. [notice how I managed to insert one of my Roll in there?<g>] 4) To switch from List mode to Digest mode this send a message to CTMIDDLE-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word unsubscribe and then send a message to CTMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe To switch back to the List mode, just reverse the process. 5) Most important, have fun and let's see if we can solve a few mysteries in the process. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Can anyone help with Amasa Smith's whereabouts after 1800 where he appears in the census in Chatham- East Hampton, next to Isaac Smith? I can't locate any other records for him after this time. Amasa, b. 1774, married 14 October 1797, Mary Williams, b. 1778, daughter of Isaac Williams, b. 1741, and Lois Fairchild, b. 1742. Children, form Barbour Middletown records: Eliza Powers 1798 (birth) Lois Fairchild 1799 m. Oren Hurl but, settled in Cleveland, Ohio Mary Seaward 1801 Caroline Brooks 1803 Amasa 1805 Sally (Sarah) Lewis 1807 The middle names of Fairchild, Seaward, and Brooks match grandparents surnames. I haven't matched Powers of Lewis to any forbearers yet. Thanks Steve Beckwith

Looking for some help with the ancestry of Mehitable LEWIS, and more infomation on her and her husband John CLARK, both of Haddam, parents of Hannah CLARK. The ahnentafel is below. 1 Hannah CLARK: b. 1 Dec 1713; m. 15 Oct 1739, Haddam, Middlesex, CT to Jabez BRAINERD; d. 5 Oct 1806, Haddam, Middlesex, CT 2 John CLARK 3 Mehitable LEWIS 4 Joseph CLARK: b. 1653, Hartford, Hartford, CT; m. abt 1674, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. 1716 5 Ruth SPENCER: b. abt 1654 bp. Lynn, Essex, MA d. 28 Nov 1744 dp. Haddam, Middlesex, CT 8 William CLARK: d. 22 Jul 1681, Haddam, Middlesex, CT 9 Katheren BUNCE 10 Ensign Gerard (Jared) SPENCER 11 Hannah HILLS 20 Gerard SPENCER 21 Alice WHITBREAD Thanks, Dona Ritchie

My Darling Daughter is named Sarah Jane. "Sally" to the family; "Sarah" to her friends. Cuz W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Devlin" <janedevlin@ameritech.net> To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [CTMID] Saybrook Land Records - Book 1, Pages 181-200 | | > Do you have any land records on John Molyneux in the 1800 in Old | > Saybrook, Connecticut? | | Hi, it's not often that I meet another Jane.. All the records that | Janece has been transcribing so far are earlier ones though there are | some deeds in the Middlesex Deeds section that are as late as the | 1800s. I used the Free Find window on the site to search for | MOLYNEUX but only came up with one hit in a Quaker cemetery in | Westchester, NY. I'm adding new data to the site all the time, so | please keep checking. | | Jane | list mom | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website | http://www.godfrey.org | Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx | |

>Do you have any land records on John Molyneux in the 1800 in Old Saybrook, >Connecticut? Jane, I have given to Jane Devlin all the deeds that I copied off and transcribed from the Saybrook Land Records. The copies I have made were from various films that I had ordered through my local Family History Library which had been previously filmed in Connecticut. Beside the pages that we transcribed and Jane posted as Book 1 (which was every page, but not the complete Book 1) the other deeds from various other books were only copied for my family lines. I will go back and copy off the rest of the pages to complete Book 1 later in the winter. I do not know how far in dates this first Book goes. As you can see from the page transcriptions, there may be a deed from 1684 and then ear marks from 1743 on the same page?! These lines I did copy from various Saybrook Books were CARTER, CHALKER, WRIGHT, POST, SPENCER and SMITH. I do not have a complete index listing for the Saybrook deeds--only those family lines listed above. As Jane mentioned in her e-mail, check back periodically on the site to see "what's new" because perhaps someone else will get that film and transcribe some deeds for inclusion on Jane's site. Sorry that I could not be more help to you. If you would like the film numbers that I got the indexes from, e-mail me directly and I will provide them. Regards, Janece Carter Streig _streig3@aol.com_ (mailto:streig3@aol.com)

Looking for information concerning the children and descendants of Deacon Apollos ARNOLD. 1. Philena ARNOLD, b. 11 Oct 1785 Chatham, Middlesex, CT; m. 1st 13 Sep 1820 Henry STRONG in Chatham; m. 2nd Feb 1835 Deacon Sylvanus Stebbins, b. 3 Feb 1731/32 in Springfield, MA. 3. Gideon ARNOLD, b. 8 Jul 1789 Chatham; m. 20 Aug 1815 Lovina Williams; moved to China, Wyoming, NY. 4. Laura ARNOLD, b. 23 Sep 1791 Chatham; m. Joseph Crocker Smith, b. 18 May 1790, d. 19 Jan 1859 in Chatham (now East Hampton, Middlesex, CT). 6. Polly ARNOLD, bp. 27 Oct 1793 Chatham. Polly was a member of the East Hampton (Chatham) First Congregational Church on 22 Oct 1815 and 4 Jun 1828. 7. Harvey ARNOLD, bp. 6 Sep 1795 Chatham; m. 6 Sep 1821 Betsey Sears. Removed to Hartford, CT where he was listed in the 1840 census with 3 sons and 2 daughters, names unknown. 9. Lucy Arnold, bp. 13 Dec 1801 Chatham; m. 3 Apr 1822 Joshua Strong of Chatham. Removed to Middlebury, NY, where she died 27 May 1875 Preston Arnold bettyandpreston@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Jane Devlin <janedevlin@ameritech.net> > To: <CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/2/2005 2:54:56 PM > Subject: [CTMID] Roll Call, 2005 Middlesex County, CT > > > As promised (or threatened <g>) the next week, Jan 1 to Jan 7, will > be the time for our annual Middlesex Co., CT, roll-call of those > elusive ancestors we've been trying to find. For those of you who > don't want a lot of messages flooding your mail-boxes, I'll repeat > the instructions to change to the Digest mode (1 or 2 messages a day) > at the end of this email.. > > OK, now for the rules (you knew there had to be some, didn't you?) > > Please follow these suggestions: > > 1) Middlesex Co. families only, though where they came from and > where they went after leaving Middlesex will help others identify > them. > > 2) Change the subject line up there - put in your surnames and > approximate dates - 1600s, 1850's, whatever, but give people a > clue to who you're talking about and what era to make sure that > your post isn't deleted unread. Putting the surnames in CAPITALS > makes them stand out. > > 3) Give names & dates - you'll get more useful responses if you > post about "Elisha FULLER, son of Elisha FULLER & Esther > HUNGERFORD, b. 1749 in East Haddam, m. Sarah SPARROW, 9 Nov > 1770, need Sarah's parents & siblings" than you will with just > FULLER. [notice how I managed to insert one of my Roll in there?<g>] > > 4) To switch from List mode to Digest mode this send a message to > CTMIDDLE-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word > > unsubscribe > > and then send a message to CTMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com that > contains the word > > subscribe > > To switch back to the List mode, just reverse the process. > > 5) Most important, have fun and let's see if we can solve a few > mysteries in the process. > > Jane > list mom > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > You can search the archives for the list at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CTMIDDLE > > ============================== > 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

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:15:55 -0700 From: hlbp@att.net To: CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} PURPLE Isham -Waterford and East Haddam CT I am searching for the parents of Isham Purple b abt 1780-85 and married in 1805 to a Phoebe Rogers? at Waterford, CT. He was probably born in CT where there were several PURPLE families in Middlesex county. His mother was a descendent of Thankful ISHAM and may have been a Chapman. He is in the 1820 E. Haddam census and in 1830, he was in Hamilton, Madison county NY. He was in NY state till 1860 when he appears in Kent county, Michigan. The Isham genealogy states his mother was married to a Mr. Purple-no name or date. Barbara PURPLE LAVIERS ------- End of forwarded message -------

> Do you have any land records on John Molyneux in the 1800 in Old > Saybrook, Connecticut? Hi, it's not often that I meet another Jane.. All the records that Janece has been transcribing so far are earlier ones though there are some deeds in the Middlesex Deeds section that are as late as the 1800s. I used the Free Find window on the site to search for MOLYNEUX but only came up with one hit in a Quaker cemetery in Westchester, NY. I'm adding new data to the site all the time, so please keep checking. Jane list mom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/

Hello, Do you have any land records on John Molyneux in the 1800 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut? Thank you for any information that you can give me, Jane USA

In a message dated 12/12/04 12:03:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, janedevlin@ameritech.net writes: The Saybrook Land Records - Book 1, Pages 181-200, are now on line, thanks to Janece Streig. Some of the surnames included in this set of pages are PARKER, CLARK, WILLARD, WATROUS, FITZGERALD, WESTOL, ELDRED, CHALKER, PRATT, KIRKLAND, DIBBLE, POST, BEBEE, CHAPMAN, BROOKER, BUCKINGHAM, CARTER, LARABY, BUSHNELL, COGGSWELL, BULL, INGHAM, JORDAN, SANFORD, SHIPMAN, & many others.. This file will be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI DUNHAM - WILCOX - TROTT - KIRK over 2200 data files from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

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/759.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Harry, Thank you anyway for checking out your index. Take care and Thank you so much again! God bless you & yous... Sincerely, Rebecca

Hi Janet, I am on the mailing list and have received your correspondence re Trinity Cemetery. My grandmother was baptized at Trinity Church in Portland and lived in the Cromwell/Portland/Gildersleeve area for a large part of her life. Do you have a list of buriels at Trinity? Her maiden name was Mosher. Her parents were Leora Gladwin and Willis Mosher. They lived in Cromwell for some time. Julia Mosher's aunt was Lavinia Gladwin - married to Joseph Churchill Gladwin. Any info on them would be appreciated. Thanks very much Gail Donohue Message from JSimons305@aol.com received on 01/04/2005 05:28 PM 01/04/2005 JSimons305@aol.com 05:28 PM Please respond to CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent by JSimons305@aol.com To: CTMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com cc: Subject: [CTMID] Re: CTMIDDLE-D Digest V05 #3 Geoff Brown responded to my query about Trinity Cemetery: >Which Trinity Cemetery are you referring to (i.e. what town or city)? I am referring to the one in Portland, CT. Janet M. Simons ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== You can search the archives for the list at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CTMIDDLE ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lane Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xY.2ADI/759.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have an index of the Cemetery Inscriptions for Killingworth and neither Robert Lane or his wife Sarah are listed in the index.

Seeking information on Hamlet HICKOX (b. abt 1775) in Durham, Middlesex Co, and married Melinda (last name unknown. After Hamlet's death in CT Melinda and children settled in Genesee Co, NY. Children were Lorenzo, Phebe, Ann, Wesley, Edwin, Melinda, James, and Sophronia. Hamlet's parents were James HICKOX (1751-1796) and Rhoda PARMELEE (1752-1790} and he had a brother, James, b. 1788. Nancy Long nancylong@comcast.net

Geoff Brown responded to my query about Trinity Cemetery: >Which Trinity Cemetery are you referring to (i.e. what town or city)? I am referring to the one in Portland, CT. Janet M. Simons

Which Trinity Cemetery are you referring to (i.e. what town or city)? Geoff Brown www.betweenthelakes.com

Hi, Rebecca. I this info on Robert incase you don't: This information was extracted from a book entitled "Genealogical Notes on the Families of Daniel Lane 2d and Mary Griswold Lane Copyright, 1899, by H. W. Lane & A. C. Beckwith. The Independent Print, Elkhorn, Wis. Robert Lane, it may be assumed with confidence, was born in England. It has been said, through without show of proof or likelihood, that he was a native of Derbyshire. That he was born about 1639 may be inferred reasonably from these known facts; namely, - 1. A "home-lot" was laid out to him in 1660. 2. Dec. 19, 1665, he married Sarah Pickett, (who was baptized in 1648). 3. He served his town in the colonial assembly from 1699 to 1715. 4. He died April 2, 1718, at Killingworth. Then, if born in 1639, he was a landholder at the age of 21, a husband at 26, a legislator at 60 to 76, and died at 79. He is mentioned at Stratford as cow-keeper, fence viewer, and burier, and, in 1686, deputy to court of election at Hartford. In 1695 he removed to Killingworth, where he was active in affairs of church and town until his death. Robert was of even generation with Henry Crane; with the children of John Pickett, William Kelsey, Andrew Ward, Michael Griswold, and John Sheather; and with grand-children of George Hull, Joseph Loomis, Vincent Meigs, and the elder John Parmelee. That is, he was a generation younger than the settlers of Windsor, Hartford, Hew Haven, and Guilford, and was of the young freemen at the settlement of Norwalk, Stratford, and New London. The circumstances of his life at Stratford indicate that he was of the yeoman class to which England and America owe such large political and other debt. If he was of a Derbyshire escutcheon-bearing family, the burden of proof is on such as assert it. If, as intimated at page 172, Vol II, "Lane Genealogies, " there is in existence "a memorial of Lane aristocracy," its submissions to the Herald's Office for examination would determine, first, its genuineness, and then its proper custodian. The chances of finding such custody ever to have been! with Robert Lane, though few among a thousand possibilities, cannot be set down definitely at zero. To such as are fairly informed as to early colonial customs it is somewhat significant that his name is never found in records with the respectful prefix of "Mr." It may be observed that while the Puritan founders of republican institutions in New England brought with them little knighthood and less nobility they were not social levellers. Birth and wealth, as well as official station, were respected and had due consideration, even in assignment of seats in the churches. Whatever mark of respect or distinction was our ancestor's right the clerk of his town was not likely either to be unaware of it or to disregard it. In England the name of Lane was ancient and sometimes honored. Robert and his father-in-law, John Pickett, whatever their ancestry, were men of character and capacity, --honored in their time, and most worthy ancestors of American freemen. ==== According to "Lane Genealogies", V. II, by Fitts, p. 133, 1897: Robert Lane of Stratford, CT, 1660, is said to have come from Derbyshire, England, and was among the early settlers of Stratford, CT. Here he received Home Lot No. 62 in 1660, was "Herder" in 1662, and became a successful planter and man of note. ". . . Soon after this purchase, he settled in Killingsworth, . . and where he was chosen one of the town committee 8 July 1696." He m. in Stratford, 19 Dec 1665 Sarah Pickett. They were the parents of ten children. I have the 1795 Bible that Robert and Srah's great grandson Arunah gave to his wife Submit Buel. My aunt also still owns some of the property that they owned in North Guilford, CT (immediately next to Killingsworth). At one point, my father and she inherited 85 acres of the Lane land there. Bob Squires garrlentini1@sbcglobal.net wrote: 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/759.1.1 Message Board Post: Good Morning Harry, Thank you so much for thier date of deaths. Would you happen to know the name of the Cemetery that they are buried in? Sincerely, Rebecca ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== Welcome to the Middlesex County, CT Mailing List List Mom - Jane Devlin janedevlin@ameritech.net ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Timothy J. CLEW b19Apr1868 d29Nov1910 in Middletown m Annie TAYLOR b 24Nov1873 d 28Dec1935 son of William CLEW b 1834 d 6Feb1899Ireland m (Ho)nora KELLY b abt1840 Ireland d 25Oct1889. William & Nora arrived in Portland and then Middletown between 1860 and 1870 as they appear in the 1870 census and not before. Looking for William and Nora�s immigration to the US, Irish birth parish/County, and parents. There seems to be few ship records during the US Civil War.