There were 23 families from Branford, 41 from Milford, Guilford and New Haven, 64 in all, totaling 350 to 375 - who settled Newark NJ. Before they left Branford, the following families signed an article of faith on 30 October 1666: Jasper CRANE signed first for the Branford families, followed by the Rev. Abraham PIERSON. Then: Sam'l SWAIN Laurance WARD Thomas BLACTHLY Samuel PLUM Josiah WARD Samuel ROSE Thomas PEIRSON John WARDE John CATLING Richard HARRISON Ebenezer CAMFIELD John WARD, Senior Ed. BALL John CRANE Thomas HUNTINGTON Delivered CRANE Aaron BLACTHLY Richard LAURANCE John JOHNSON Thomas L. LYON (signed with a mark) The next Spring these families sailed from Branford to New Milford (the new settlement's name before it became Newark) Alison ---- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] Re: Branford records > Dear Diane, > My husband is 7th g-gnephew of Abigail Mitchell, wife of the Rev. Abraham > Pierson. You mention a list -- is it of the people who remained in > Branford or of those who left for Newark? I have not attempted to trace > this family to Newark yet, but this thread is getting me interested in > doing so. > > Thank you for any help. > > Best Regards, > Nancy Roney Mitchell > "I collect cousins" > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~roney > [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:42 PM > > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Re: Branford records > > > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >