Hi: My Middlesex, Conn connection is Gerard Spencer. I am from his daughter Sarah, who married Stephen Backus and they lived in Canterbury, Windham, Co. Direct Descendants of Gerard Spencer 1 Gerard Spencer 1614 - 1685 .... +Hannah [Hills?] 1618 - 1683 2 Sarah Spencer 1644 - 1707 .... +Stephen Backus 1641 - 1695 3 Sarah Backus 1668 - 1742 .... +David Knight 1656 - 1744 4 Joseph Knight 1705 - 1739 .... +Sarah Read 1711 - 5 Anna "Hannah" Knight 1735 - 1809 .... +Daniel Baldwin II 1731 - 1816 6 Elijah Baldwin 1756 - 1841 *2nd Wife of Elijah Baldwin: .... +Polly 'Patty' Richardson 1768 - 1812 7 Ezra Baldwin 1805 - 1892 *2nd Wife of Ezra Baldwin: .... +Lydia Eaton 1810 - 1872 8 Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 .... +Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 9 Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 .... +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 I have some Backus, Knight, and Spencer material at my web page, here: http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/index.html And some Connecticut history and links, here: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/ct.html Norris Taylor Norris -- Silver Bullet <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html ---------------------------------------