This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MODENA, BADGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XZ.2ADE/1486 Message Board Post: "Ann Modena" is a brick wall, not least because there is no apparently related name in New England before the 19th Century. Are there any records of her 1747 marriage in Norwich to David Badger of Union, CT? Does Connecticut have any naturalization records from that period? Is it realistic to suppose the possibility of a resident of Norwich employing an Italian serving girl at that time? Any ship records of immigrants?