Donna: My name is Violet Orrie (Moore) Guy. I am a direct descendant of Elizebeth Wheeler, the daughter of Isaac Wheeler and Martha Park(e). Elizabeth Wheeler was married to Capt John Gallup, s/o John Gallup III & Elizabeth Harris. GALLUP is my major family in New London/Windham Counties, CT -- I descend from three children of John Gallup III & Hannah Lake.You may check my Surnames on the CTNEWLON Website and there are others not listed. The GALLUP Family does have an annual business meeting & picnic in late August in New London Co., CT. I am an Oregonian by birth; and presently, live in Maryland. I attended one in August 1999, when I was living in Illinois. My name of Violet is from the Frances "Viola" names in my maternal family line; and Orra/"Orrie" is from a Connecticut DOW family name of Orra, but perhaps called "Orrie". My Granmother was Orrie Emily Greene of Griswold. The Orra was from her grandmother, Orra DOW md. John Gallup (a twin); with a daughter, Lucy Emily Gallup. Lucy Emily Gallup md. Benajah Samuel Greene of the GREEN/GREENE Family of Preston/Griswold, New London County,CT. The Henry Dow, Sr, the immagrant Quakers, who settled in Hampton, New Hampshire; and this group were Quakers. My line broke away from the Quakers and are known as the Connecticut DOWs. I may have 1-3 lines of GREEN(E)s. with atleast one line coming from Westerly, RI, just across the border -- descendents of John Greene of Quidnessett.. Since your Thomas appears to be a sister of my Elizabeth, that would make us first Cousins x times removed, with x = number of generations apart. Violet Moore Guy 12/02/2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Schumacher" <jdschumacher@sbcglobal.net> To: <CTNEWLON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: [CTNEWLON-L] Ultimate Family Reunion-To the descendants of Stonington, Conn. families > My name is Donna M. (Wheeler) Schumacher. I am a direct descendant of > Thomas Wheeler, his son Isaac Wheeler and Martha Park(e). My family > history has always fascinated me; the further I have researched, the more > I want & need to know. After making contact with a few "cousins" out there > I've often thought of how great it would be to get together and meet other > like-minded extended family members. Hence this idea. > I know that some of the larger families have had family reunions > throughout the years. My thought was that since so many of the "founding" > families of Stonington intermarried, why not have the "Ultimate Family > Reunion" with all families included? In 2009, it will be the 360th > anniversary of the founding of Stonington. What a great time for all of us > to come and celebrate! > Just sending this out to get a feel of what you may think about it. If > there is an interest in doing so, please let me know. I have never tackled > something this large so if there is an interest and others have experience > in doing so, the help would be greatly appreciated. Granted, it's a way > off but it'll probably take a lot of time to pull this one off! Hoping to > hear from you ALL! > Sincerely, > Donna M. (Wheeler) Schumacher > PS-Please forgive me if I have excluded any other families that should be > included. Pass this on to them. > > > > > > ==== 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! > >