Jane, are Westford, Concord and Chelmsford in Middlesex, Ct. now? I still haven't gotten those areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts straight, once Massachusetts gave up parts of its state. I have Fletchers and Hildreths that served in the war in 1776. Hosea Hildreth had four children and his wife, Experience Keep, was expecting their fifth, when he went to war. He served as a Corporal for six or seven days before he was mortally wounded. He died shortly thereafter at their home, 10 days after Experience gave birth to their fifth child. I used him for my Revolutionary War ancestor when I joined the DAR. I think Jonathan Fletcher, who married Lucy Taylor, was a Captain. However, there were several Jonathan Fletchers in that war, and I'm not sure which Jonathan served as a captain. I do appreciate the additions you frequently make to your site. It's most useful and helpful. Marge

Hi, Marge -- Your FLETCHERs were from Chelmsford MA in the 1600s? I have a 7th G-GM Hope FLETCHER m the Rev. Samuel STOW of Middletown. Her father the Rev. Wm FLETCHER was in Saco, ME. We discussed this a while back. I think Hope's nephew moved to Middx County. Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: [CTMID] Re: Revolutionary War data - Middlesex Co. | Jane, are Westford, Concord and Chelmsford in Middlesex, Ct. now? I still | haven't gotten those areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts straight, once | Massachusetts gave up parts of its state. | | I have Fletchers and Hildreths that served in the war in 1776. Hosea | Hildreth had four children and his wife, Experience Keep, was expecting their | fifth, when he went to war. He served as a Corporal for six or seven days | before he was mortally wounded. He died shortly thereafter at their home, 10 | days after Experience gave birth to their fifth child. I used him for my | Revolutionary War ancestor when I joined the DAR. | | I think Jonathan Fletcher, who married Lucy Taylor, was a Captain. However, | there were several Jonathan Fletchers in that war, and I'm not sure which | Jonathan served as a captain. | | I do appreciate the additions you frequently make to your site. It's most | useful and helpful. | | Marge | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Welcome to the Middlesex County, CT Mailing List | List Mom - Jane Devlin [email protected] | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | |

> Jane, are Westford, Concord and Chelmsford in Middlesex, Ct. now? I still > haven't gotten those areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts straight, once > Massachusetts gave up parts of its state. The towns I have listed as being in Middlesex County are: Chatham [see East Hampton, the name changed in 1915] Chester [from Saybrook, 1836] Clinton [from Killingworth, 1838] Cromwell [from Middletown, 1851] Durham [1708] Deep River 1635 [was Saybrook until 1947] East Haddam [from Haddam, 1734] East Hampton [from Middletown, 1767] Essex [from Saybrook, 1852] Durham Haddam [1668] Killingworth [1667] Middlefield [from Middletown, 1866] Middletown [1651] Old Saybrook [1854, the modern Essex] Portland [from Chatham, 1841] Westbrook [from Saybrook, 1840] The dates are from the CT State Library site at http://www.cslib.org/cttowns.htm The towns that switched from MA to CT or vice versus were along the borderline between the two states, while Middlesex County stretches from the middle of the state south. Jane