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

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 > >