Early in Branford history, there was a religious division and the Rev Abraham Pierson and a good portion of his flock left Branford and moved to New Jersey, founding what is now Newark. They apparently took the very earliest records with them. I have no idea whether they are available as records of early Newark, but if you should decide to pursue that angle, please let me know what you find out. This is off the top of my head so I can't remember the year of the split. But soon after, those that remained in Branford signed a new church covenant and that was in the first volume of land records. I have a copy of the list and more details if you want me to look them up. Diane searching SCARRITT, WHEADON, HOADLEY, PAGE, and related lines in early Branford > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Branford Town Records before 1717 ??? > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:16:14 -0400 > From: "Alison Wallner" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Could someone please tell me if it is true that the first book (containing the earliest records) of Branford town records have been "lost"? I am researching from MI and can't seem to get a definite answer on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Have checked the Branford church records and also the Branford land records. Are there any other alternate records that cover Branford after ca 1685? > > Searching for information on the FANCEY/FANSHAW/FANCHER family in Branford during the period 1685 to 1717. (Catherine FANCHER's marriage to Ebenezer ELWELL in 1717 and William FANCHER's marriage in 1723 to Thankful THOMSON appear in the second book of Branford town records.) > > William FANCEY/FANSHAW Sr. was in New Haven 1643, Southold LI NY 1652, Setauket/Brookhaven LI NY 1661 to his death in 1675. His son, William Jr. may have been in Brookhaven until ca 1685. Looking for William Jr. and his brother Joseph. > > Thank you! > > Alison > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wallner
A few years ago I read a history of Pierson and the Branford folks who founded Newark. At that time we were not aware of the FANCEY variant for FANSHAW and FANCHER, so may have breezed by any reference that might be meaningful today. I will see what I can find out about those early Branford records going to Newark. If you could look your list of those who signed the new church covenant, I'd appreciate it very much. BTW, since you are researching WHEADON and PAGE, William FANCHER's wife Thankful THOMSON was the daughter of Hannah WHEADON. His 1728/9 Branford land purchase in the "Gussett" bounded Nathaniel and Daniel PAGE's property. Thanks for your help! Alison ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:42 PM Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Re: Branford records > Early in Branford history, there was a religious division and the Rev > Abraham Pierson and a good portion of his flock left Branford and moved > to New Jersey, founding what is now Newark. They apparently took the > very earliest records with them. I have no idea whether they are > available as records of early Newark, but if you should decide to pursue > that angle, please let me know what you find out. This is off the top of > my head so I can't remember the year of the split. But soon after, those > that remained in Branford signed a new church covenant and that was in > the first volume of land records. I have a copy of the list and more > details if you want me to look them up. Diane > searching SCARRITT, WHEADON, HOADLEY, PAGE, and related lines in early > Branford > > > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Branford Town Records before 1717 ??? > > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:16:14 -0400 > > From: "Alison Wallner" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > Could someone please tell me if it is true that the first book (containing the earliest records) of Branford town records have been "lost"? I am researching from MI and can't seem to get a definite answer on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Have checked the Branford church records and also the Branford land records. Are there any other alternate records that cover Branford after ca 1685? > > > > Searching for information on the FANCEY/FANSHAW/FANCHER family in Branford during the period 1685 to 1717. (Catherine FANCHER's marriage to Ebenezer ELWELL in 1717 and William FANCHER's marriage in 1723 to Thankful THOMSON appear in the second book of Branford town records.) > > > > William FANCEY/FANSHAW Sr. was in New Haven 1643, Southold LI NY 1652, Setauket/Brookhaven LI NY 1661 to his death in 1675. His son, William Jr. may have been in Brookhaven until ca 1685. Looking for William Jr. and his brother Joseph. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Alison > > [email protected] > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wallner > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >