Hi Jacquie, Thanks so much for posting the info on this website. After searching for years for my direct family line which "disappeared" after 1871 in England, I found 4 of the 7 family members arriving on a ship from Ireland in 1883. They were very easy to find on this website despite the family name ... SMITH. http://www.castlegarden.org/ Michael Kinney Portland, OR

http://www.castlegarden.org/ CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period. Jacquie

Greetings, I wish to thank those who have responded to my query. I appreciate your help. Thank you very much. Doug Showalter

Doug: You might want to try the following, as they most likely will have something on the Rev. Cone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colchester Historical Society, Inc. 243 Old Hebron Rd. Colchester, CT 06415 Phones: (860)-537-2925 for President (860)-537-2253 for Town Historian Jennie Boluck Lenkiewicz--President Stanley Moroch--Town Historian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope this may be of help. Bill Waterhouse Mystic, CT -END OF MESSAGE- -------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings, I wonder if anyone can help me find information on an early New London County Congregational clergyman? I am not related to him, but am doing research on him, as he was among the Congregational clergy present at the meeting in Bradford, Massachusetts in 1810, at which delegates to the General Association of Massachusetts Proper voted to create the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Rev. SALMON CONE served the Congregational church in Colchester and may have been born in Colchester. He may have died in 1847. I would like to discover the following information about him and know the sources for it, if possible: --birth date and place --seminary/college graduated from and when --ordination date and place --death date and place --and any other interesting information about his ministry/life. Thanks, I appreciate any help, Rev. Dr. Doug Showalter ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ Create yourself a user name and password, and search!

Greetings, I wonder if anyone can help me find information on an early New London County Congregational clergyman? I am not related to him, but am doing research on him, as he was among the Congregational clergy present at the meeting in Bradford, Massachusetts in 1810, at which delegates to the General Association of Massachusetts Proper voted to create the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Rev. SALMON CONE served the Congregational church in Colchester and may have been born in Colchester. He may have died in 1847. I would like to discover the following information about him and know the sources for it, if possible: --birth date and place --seminary/college graduated from and when --ordination date and place --death date and place --and any other interesting information about his ministry/life. Thanks, I appreciate any help, Rev. Dr. Doug Showalter

I found more information. Mary E. Osborne died on January 11, 1914, at the age of 60, and was buried on January 13, 1914, in Norwich CT at Oak Street Cemetery. Also buried in this cemetery are her second husband, Henry A. Osborne, and two of their children, Ambrose and Clarence G., and it looks like maybe a grandchild. I went ahead and ordered a death certificate, but what I need is an obituary that lists children. I would really appreciate help in obtaining an obituary. I have searched and searched online with no luck and went to raogk for ct and did not find a volunteer to do obituaries in New London. Thank you, Georgia Willis, Orlando, FL georgia willis <peach_willis@yahoo.com> wrote: I believe Mary E. Osborne to be the mother of James Henry Woodworth. I beleive she died between the 1910 census and the 1920 census. In the 1880 census Norwich, CT Jas. H. Woodard is listed as the 11 year old step son of Henry Osborne married to Mary E. In the 1900 census New London, Norwich town, Harvey S. Woodworth is listed as the step-son of Henry and Mary E. Osborne (Harvey is Henry's brother). In the 1910 census New London, Norwich, Henry and Mary E. are listed on Cedar Street. In the 1920 census New London, Norwich, Henry A. is listed as a widower on Cedar Street. In the 1930 census New London, Norwich, Henry A.'s son, Ambrose is listed as the head of household on Cedar Street and his 82 year old father is living with him. I believe that Mary E. (possibly Estelle) Osborne was born in November 1853 in Massachusetts and her dad was from Massachusetts and her mom from New York (according to the 1900 census). (1910 census lists her mom being from Pennsylvania). Some of her children would be: James Henry Woodworth b 1869/70 CT Harvey S. Woodworth b Aug 1871 CT Maud K. Osborne b Oct 1879 CT Ambrose A. Osborne b Dec 1882 CT HOward N. Osborne b July 1883 CT Clarence G. Osborne b Aug 1887 CT Wallace L. Osborne b Jan 1889 CT I think that Henry A. and Mary E. were married about 1878. I think her first husband's name was Lyman Woodworth. Thank you, Georgia Willis Orlando, FL --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ Create yourself a user name and password, and search! --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1&cent;/min.

Hello, Listers! I have been researching for over 30 years and have yet to find my husband's great great grandfather and gg grandmother listed anywhere in the US. Timothy Henley, born about 1830 in Ireland, and Mary Kane, born about 1829, baptized in Booterstown, near Dublin. I have found the records in Ireland where they were married and have found them getting off the ship Continent at Castle Garden in NYC on May 1, 1852. Their son was born some place in NYC in 1856. Family oral history says Timothy went off to the gold fields at some time when his son was very young, and Mary and their son lived in New London, where her brother William Kane helped to raise the son (whose name is also Timothy). However, I have not been able to find them in New London in the census or the city directories available through Ancestry do not show them either. I found one family on the 1860 census with a Timothy and Mary with a daughter Joanna and son Timothy, whom I originally thought was them (Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA), but I am not certain that is them. Timothy and Mary had a daughter who died at a young age, name unknown. They had no other children known to the family. I have not found Mary living with her son Timothy in New York or Connecticut in 1860-1880. In 1881 her son was married in Norwich to Annie Thompson. Family history states that Mary went to live in Nyack, Rockland County, New York, in the mid 1890s, to be near other Kane family members. Does anyone have any ideas on new ways to approach this? (I live in Maryland and do not have easy access to records in CT.) Charlotte

I am starting to research the family line of Eells of Lebanon, CT. Truman Lane Eells married Mary Adelaide Bell on May 9, 1896 in Boston. I have info that tells me that the Eells family was originally found in Milton, Mass. They then moved to Lebanon before 1748. Cornwall, VT. is also mentioned in the Eells family I would like to get any info of the Eells to more recent times. I am related to the Bell side of the marriage between Truman and Mary. I think there might be some living relatives still in CT. I would like to hear from them if possible. I have a good amount of info on the Eells surname that I am willing to share. Thank you. John Fennell Atlantic Canada _________________________________________________________________ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

Just as a point of info for all who may be unaware; CT also has a Census Lookup list--CT-CENSUS-LOOKUP-{L-or-D}-request@roots web.com with 'subscribe' in the message body, as with all Roots lists. This will give you DIY capability at the same cost. <G><G> Just thought you might like to know. Cheers, Bill Waterhouse Mystic, CT -END-

They are there! under IRCON. The census taker must have spelled it phonetically, or as he heard the Russian/Polish accent. Shows John, Victoria, daughter Stella and brother Mike as single 1920; Census Place: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; Roll: T625_196; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 251 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Foran" <cordy11@comcast.net> To: <CTNEWLON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:14 PM Subject: [CTNEWLON-L] ARSON 1920 Lebanon census > Would be grateful to know if anyone has found the ARSON families on the > Lebanon 1920 census. John 1884 & Victoria 1892 may have lived in Chestnut > Hill or on Rte 87 near the Franklin town line in 1920. Michael 1888 & Agnes > 1884 lived on Tobacco street near Liberty Hill. I have browsed the census > and can't seem to find them. Thanks. > > Bob Foran > > > ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== > New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ > Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ > Create yourself a user name and password, and search!

I was wondering if anyone has any info on a Challenge Morgan who was born in the 1700s. He married Lydia Brainerd, a daughter of Aaron Brainerd and Lydia Homer. (My Brainerd connection goes back to Daniel Brainerd and his wife, Hannah Spencer. Daniel and Hannah were my 8th great-grandparents.) My cousin and I have truly come up against a brick wall with Challenge Morgan being a real "challenge"! Lydia and Challenge had 4 children, including my 3rd great-grandmother, Lucy Morgan. Lucy Morgan married Joseph Holmes, who was from the Hartford area. They were married in Stepney Parish which is now part of Rocky Hill, CT. If anyone has any info on these names, please feel free to send me an e-mail. My husband and I have 7 children and 8 grandchildren to pass this to! Thank-you and God bless. Norman and Rolande Gay NandRGay@aol.com http://hometown.aol.com/nandrgay/myhomepage/heritage.html

Would be grateful to know if anyone has found the ARSON families on the Lebanon 1920 census. John 1884 & Victoria 1892 may have lived in Chestnut Hill or on Rte 87 near the Franklin town line in 1920. Michael 1888 & Agnes 1884 lived on Tobacco street near Liberty Hill. I have browsed the census and can't seem to find them. Thanks. Bob Foran

I too own the book and can take lookups from that book, as well as Full Circle.... Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, Connecticut Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Killingly Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society, Northern California Genealogical Society. Searching...searching...searching... "History is a great teacher. Read it, understand it, ponder upon the first and last chapters as well as the middle. It makes the present so much more understandable and less perplexing."

Untill Tuesday March 28, I have this book from the library. There is an index and I will be glad to do look ups for anyone. April

My gg grandfather was Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in New London Co. According to family lore he was a Chesebrough descendant and a Mayflower descendant. I know the Chesebrough family of Stonington can be tied to John Alden. Question: Does anyone have any Thompson family members from New London Co. that are tied to John Alden? Thanks for the help, Charlie King ________________________________________________________________________ Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today!

Thanks to everyone who responded to my query. I saw the explanation for tythingmen as it was used long ago in UK, but hadn't decided it was the same definition for our country in the 19th century. I learned something new and I find it very interesting to see that office in Connecticut as recently as this. Thanks again! Charlotte

Maggy: Very, very interesting. Both Charlotte & I did some 'guessing' on a definition...without success. The thought later occured to me that they may have been the precursor to what became known in Eng- land as "Constables or Constabulary." There are still Constables in many towns; primarily in New England. They may be either elected or appointed, with the appointees most often being selected as a result of political patronage. Their primary, & usually only duties, now con- sist of being process servers for which they receive a fee or comm- ision. Bill Waterhouse Mystic, CT -END OF MESSAGE- -------------------------------------------------------------- The Old Sturbridge Village Online Resource Library lists the duties of New England town officers. *Tythingmen *re responsible for the general morals of the community, more specifically for the observance of the Sabbath. Inspect all Inns and Public Houses licensed to sell liquor and report all disorders; report on idle or disorderly persons, profane swearers or cursers and Sabbath breakers. Also stop unnecessary travel on The Lord Day. In most towns, Tythingmen were much less active in the 1830s than they had been around 1800. Here's another definition from http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/history1.htm *Tythingmen and the ue and cry*Males between 12 and 60 were organised into groups of ten families, or ythings with a headman called a ythingman Not unlike a police officer today, part of a tythingman role was to catch criminals with the help of his community. Anyone witnessing a crime shouted for help, known as aising a hue and cry The tythingman then organised the pursuit and capture of the criminal, and brought them before a oot(a kind of Anglo Saxon court.) Ten tythingmen were responsible to a undredman and all the county hundredmen in turn reported to the local hire reeve(later known as the sheriff), the king deputy responsible for keeping order in the county. And, yet another explanation from http://www.klis.com/allsaints/pnotes.htm: It was under King Alfred the Great that a type of internal police force evolved. Alfred decreed that the various "thanes" or landowners throughout his kingdom were responsible to police his territory, deliver criminals to the King and to settle civil litigations. The people or "freemen" under each thane became concerned that the thane mighty abuse or even exceed his power, and banded together in a "tything" which consisted of 10 families. This group would meet regularly to discuss common concerns and mutual protection. But more importantly, the tything served as a "surety", or guarantee, that criminals within the family units would be delivered to the thane for disposition. They served as a guarantee that those who committed criminal acts would be brought forth. In addition, the tything often set in place neighborhood-watch type of patrols in which they kept an eye on each others' properties as a method to guarantee that no damages would occur. The head of this group was referred to as a "tythingman". As the concept spread, the process evolved to the point that 100 ty

Verrry interesting ... it's no wonder my CT and RI and MA and VT ancestors came here to central NY late in the 1700s - early 1800s. This would have been the wilderness and no such rules would have applied!! At least not until later ... Sally Chirlin

I find the concept of tythingmen one of the most pernicious aspects of censorship ive ever encountered. Ive had ancestors were who tythingmen and I hope they weren't the biggest hypocrites in the community. Interesting article. Jack -----Original Message----- From: CTNEWLON-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:CTNEWLON-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve and Maggy Wilcox Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:00 PM To: CTNEWLON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CTNEWLON-L] Tythingman The Old Sturbridge Village Online Resource Library lists the duties of New England town officers. *Tythingmen *-are responsible for the general morals of the community, more specifically for the observance of the Sabbath. Inspect all Inns and Public Houses licensed to sell liquor and report all disorders; report on idle or disorderly persons, profane swearers or cursers and Sabbath breakers. Also stop unnecessary travel on The Lord's Day. In most towns, Tythingmen were much less active in the 1830s than they had been around 1800. Here's another definition from http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/history1.htm *Tythingmen and the 'hue and cry' *Males between 12 and 60 were organised into groups of ten families, or 'tythings', with a headman called a 'tythingman'. Not unlike a police officer today, part of a tythingman's role was to catch criminals with the help of his community. Anyone witnessing a crime shouted for help, known as 'raising a hue and cry'. The tythingman then organised the pursuit and capture of the criminal, and brought them before a 'moot' (a kind of Anglo Saxon court.) Ten tythingmen were responsible to a 'hundredman', and all the county's hundredmen in turn reported to the local 'shire reeve' (later known as the sheriff), the king's deputy responsible for keeping order in the county. And, yet another explanation from http://www.klis.com/allsaints/pnotes.htm: It was under King Alfred the Great that a type of internal police force evolved. Alfred decreed that the various "thanes" or landowners throughout his kingdom were responsible to police his territory, deliver criminals to the King and to settle civil litigations. The people or "freemen" under each thane became concerned that the thane mighty abuse or even exceed his power, and banded together in a "tything" which consisted of 10 families. This group would meet regularly to discuss common concerns and mutual protection. But more importantly, the tything served as a "surety", or guarantee, that criminals within the family units would be delivered to the thane for disposition. They served as a guarantee that those who committed criminal acts would be brought forth. In addition, the tything often set in place neighborhood-watch type of patrols in which they kept an eye on each others' properties as a method to guarantee that no damages would occur. The head of this group was referred to as a "tythingman". As the concept spread, the process evolved to the point that 100 tythingmen set up an organization known as the "hundred". The hundred met once a year and elected one tythingman who was called a "reeve". The reeve was responsible for the organization of a court which handled complaints from within the shire and handled civil matters or disagreements between two or more people. Later the reeve of the shire became known as a sheriff. Under this system, there was a very close bond established between the "laws of the land" and the local people. This whole notion of "grassroots" justice would continue throughout the evolutionary process of English law. When other odd words show up in your research, try Googling. It's amazing what you can learn these days from just sitting in your own home at the computer! You can see the difference between the British concept and New England version. Maggy CHenley29@aol.com wrote: >Hello, Listers, > >In the 1884 New London City Directory on pg. VI, under City Government of >New London, there is a list of tythingmen. Can anyone tell me if that is a tax >collector or something else? Thanks in advance. > >Charlotte > > > > ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ Create yourself a user name and password, and search!

The Old Sturbridge Village Online Resource Library lists the duties of New England town officers. *Tythingmen *—are responsible for the general morals of the community, more specifically for the observance of the Sabbath. Inspect all Inns and Public Houses licensed to sell liquor and report all disorders; report on idle or disorderly persons, profane swearers or cursers and Sabbath breakers. Also stop unnecessary travel on The Lord’s Day. In most towns, Tythingmen were much less active in the 1830s than they had been around 1800. Here's another definition from http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/history1.htm *Tythingmen and the ‘hue and cry’ *Males between 12 and 60 were organised into groups of ten families, or ‘tythings’, with a headman called a ‘tythingman’. Not unlike a police officer today, part of a tythingman’s role was to catch criminals with the help of his community. Anyone witnessing a crime shouted for help, known as ‘raising a hue and cry’. The tythingman then organised the pursuit and capture of the criminal, and brought them before a ‘moot’ (a kind of Anglo Saxon court.) Ten tythingmen were responsible to a ‘hundredman’, and all the county’s hundredmen in turn reported to the local ‘shire reeve’ (later known as the sheriff), the king’s deputy responsible for keeping order in the county. And, yet another explanation from http://www.klis.com/allsaints/pnotes.htm: It was under King Alfred the Great that a type of internal police force evolved. Alfred decreed that the various "thanes" or landowners throughout his kingdom were responsible to police his territory, deliver criminals to the King and to settle civil litigations. The people or "freemen" under each thane became concerned that the thane mighty abuse or even exceed his power, and banded together in a "tything" which consisted of 10 families. This group would meet regularly to discuss common concerns and mutual protection. But more importantly, the tything served as a "surety", or guarantee, that criminals within the family units would be delivered to the thane for disposition. They served as a guarantee that those who committed criminal acts would be brought forth. In addition, the tything often set in place neighborhood-watch type of patrols in which they kept an eye on each others' properties as a method to guarantee that no damages would occur. The head of this group was referred to as a "tythingman". As the concept spread, the process evolved to the point that 100 tythingmen set up an organization known as the "hundred". The hundred met once a year and elected one tythingman who was called a "reeve". The reeve was responsible for the organization of a court which handled complaints from within the shire and handled civil matters or disagreements between two or more people. Later the reeve of the shire became known as a sheriff. Under this system, there was a very close bond established between the "laws of the land" and the local people. This whole notion of "grassroots" justice would continue throughout the evolutionary process of English law. When other odd words show up in your research, try Googling. It's amazing what you can learn these days from just sitting in your own home at the computer! You can see the difference between the British concept and New England version. Maggy CHenley29@aol.com wrote: >Hello, Listers, > >In the 1884 New London City Directory on pg. VI, under City Government of >New London, there is a list of tythingmen. Can anyone tell me if that is a tax >collector or something else? Thanks in advance. > >Charlotte > > > >