On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:55:32 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Tracy, > >Sorry to take so long. Here is one line at least. These facts have NOT >been checked by me so I am not guaranteeing the accuracy of anything >here. >The sources are Connecticut researchers though, and fairly trustworthy >as far as my mother and I were concerned. > >CHURCH: > >Rebecca CHURCH, b. ca 1654, d. 9 Jun 1726, m. 11 Feb 1666 (Check >out today's date!) to Joseph SELDEN, Bpt. 2 Nov 1651. For whatever it's worth, this couple was ancestors of both General Joseph Spencer and President Ford (two lines). I think I posted the Comstock-Ford tree earlier. I have very little on the wife (no dob, pob, dod, pod, etc). If someone has more on her would appreciate some info. Here is the Gen Joe and Dudley - Ford lines: Does anyone know what the mysterious investigation of his conduct by the Continental Congress was about?? Joseph Selden > General Joseph Spencer 1 Joseph Selden 1651 - 1724 .. +Rebecca Church 1654 - 1726 . 2 Mary Selden 1689 - ..... +Isaac Spencer 1678 - 1751 .... 3 Joseph Spencer, General 1714 - 1789 ........ +Martha Brainerd 1716 - 1754 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, Biographies, S, page 1847: "SPENCER, Joseph, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in East Haddam, Conn., October 3, 1714; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; held several local offices; judge of probate in 1753; served in the French war in 1758; member of the Connecticut Council in 1776; brigadier general in the Continental Army; commissioned major general August 9, 1776, and resigned June 14, 1778, because Congress had ordered an investigation of his military conduct in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779; again a member of the Connecticut Council in 1780 and was annually reelected until his death in East Haddam, Conn., on January 13, 1789; interment in Millington Green Cemetery; reinterment in Nathan Hale Park in 1904. " _____________________ Joseph Selden > Gerald Ford - two lines: 1 Joseph Selden 1651 - 1724 .... +Rebecca Church 1654 - 1726 2 Samuel Selden 1695 - 1745 .... +Deborah Dudley 1701 - 1800 3 Rebecca Selden 1730 - .... +Wells Ely 1729 - 1804 4 Amy Ely 1777 - 1876 .... +Theodore Gridley 1758 - 1826 5 [2] Elizabeth Ely Gridley 1826 - 1921 .... +[1] George Selden Butler 1820 - 1907 6 [3] Amy Gridley Butler 1848 - 1916 .... +[4] George Manney Ayer 1840 - 1914 7 [5] Adele Augusta Ayer 1867 - 1938 .... +[6] Levi Addision Gardner 1861 - 1916 8 [7] Dorothy Ayer Gardner 1892 - 1967 .... +[8] Leslie Lynch King 1882 - 1941 9 [9] Gerald Rudolph Ford, President 1913 - Second line: 3 Sarah Selden 1735 - 1811 .... +David Jewett 1736 - 1780 4 Elizabeth Jewett 1771 - 1860 .... +Anselm Comstock 1762 - 1845 5 Betsey Comstock 1795 - 1857 .... +Daniel Butler 1792 - 6 [1] George Selden Butler 1820 - 1907 .... +[2] Elizabeth Ely Gridley 1826 - 1921 7 [3] Amy Gridley Butler 1848 - 1916 .... +[4] George Manney Ayer 1840 - 1914 8 [5] Adele Augusta Ayer 1867 - 1938 .... +[6] Levi Addision Gardner 1861 - 1916 9 [7] Dorothy Ayer Gardner 1892 - 1967 .... +[8] Leslie Lynch King 1882 - 1941 10 [9] Gerald Rudolph Ford, President 1913 - Norris -- Silver Bullet <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html ---------------------------------------