I found a website which already has a list of the early settlers and those which signed the new covenant, which will save me some typing. See http://members.aol.com/dtrofatter/settler.htm . The New Plantation and Church Covenant was signed 20 Jan 1667. Rev. Pierson and his followers left for Newark about Oct 1666. Diane > 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 > > Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] Re: Branford records > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:11:09 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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] >