Hi Terre, I am glad you are recovering - stay healthy. I would really like the scanned pages whenever you get the chance. I will gladly pay for them and the postage. This must be the same Horace Lanphear family as my Abbey Owen whom he married is also from Westerly. You may e-mail me privately if you prefer at <bamsdp@bellsouth.net> Thank you for opening a hole in one brick wall. Barbara > > From: firock@comcast.net > Date: 2006/09/22 Fri PM 02:51:30 EDT > To: ctnewlon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CTNEWLON] Lamphere sources > > Hi, I am just catching up, I have been sick. Feeling better now. From the book I have, page 193-196. Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut. > > LANPHEAR-This family of New England has been most honorably represented by the late Capt. Horace Clark Lamphear, who was in his day one to the best known captains plying Long Island Sound. > (1) George Lamphere (Landfear or Lamphere) was of Westerley, RI in 1669, in which year he purchased land there. He too the oath of allegiance to Rhode Island in 1671, and in that towwn "by the mill"was baptized in 1678. At this time he was a married man, but the name of his wife is unknown. He had 200 acres of land laid out to him in 1704. His death ocorred October 6, 1731. His children were: > Mary, Shadrach, John, Theodosius, Seth, Sarah Elizabeth and Richard, and one whose name is unknown, but married Eber Crandall. > > It goes on with the children, down to a Horace Palmer Lanphear, (notice the spelling) He was born November 17, 1850, in Westerly, RI He forst attended school in his native town and later in Groton, Conn., finally terminating his studies in the Barlett high school, New London which he left about fifteen years of age. > > > That goes on for a half a page. if you would like scanned copies, let me know. > > Terre > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CTNEWLON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >