Hi Norris, Many thanks for the connection! That is my third American President to share ancestors with. Abraham Lincoln, George Bush, and now Gerald Ford. That and a dollar will get me a cup of coffee, maybe. For Tracy and all, here is my Selden line. Sarah SELDON, b. ca 1700, d. 25 Dec 1801, m. 7 Jun1753, Gideon Brainerd, b.4 Mar 1699 Joseph SELDON, Bpt 2 Nov 1651, d. 14 Jul 1724 (I have a question by the year in this date. Does anyone know the source?), m. 11 Feb 1666, Rebecca CHURCH, b. ca 1654. Thomas SELDON, Bpt. 17 Mar 1616, m. Hester Wakeman John SELDON, b. ca 1585, m. Mary Baldock William SELDON, b. ca 1550, m. Mary Appes There is some more but it is on my crashed computer. Have fun. Gail Norris wrote: > > 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 > --------------------------------------- > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the Middlesex County, CT Mailing List > List Owner - Jane Devlin JaneDevlin@netquest.com