Steve, Thank you so much. I would love to have that information. Delores Slidell LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Donahue" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: [GenCT] Re: GenConnecticut-D Digest V04 #84 > Delores: > > While I can't help[ much with the other lines, I can tell you that your > Thomas Trowbridge line is handled quite well in Weis' "Ancestral > Roots"...being traced through Thomas' mother Agnes Prowse back through > the Beauchamps to the de Clermonts, the Namurs and thence to Chalemagne > (and beyond). If you don't have the line, I would be willing to post it > (either in a private e-mail or here if others want to see it). BTW, I > also descend from Thomas through his son James to Caleb to Sarah (m. to > Gen. Artemus Ward ) and so forth. > > And since we're posting long ago ancestors, my two main Connecticut > lines are Orcutts who helped settle Orcuttville, Stafford Springs, CT, > and Pixleys. If anyone has any information on Samuel Pixley of New > Haven who had Emmeline Jennette Pixley m. Joel Hitchcock Orcutt, I would > appreciate it. Samuel has been my "brick wall" and since I am in > Maryland, I can't get to the CT land records which I am sure would > provide clues. BTW, Sam'l Pixley married Betsey Hotchkiss, another > temp. dead end for me (mostly because I haven't really worked on that line). > > The Orcutt's themselves go back to William Orcutt who showed up in > Massachusetts somewhere around the 1660s, from Fillongley, Warwickshire, > England. He was the nephew of Susannah Bickley who married Samuel Edson > (most folks have carried on with the tradition that Susannah was an > Orcutt and Samuel's sister, but recent genealogical digging by J. Orcutt > has pretty much disproved this, with Susannah's sister Margaret Bickley > marrying an Awcotte in Fillongly who then had my William, and hence he > being Sussannah's nephew). > > Other lines include Washburns through Connecticut (Molly, wife of > Stephen Orcutt, who fought in the Rev. War -- she descended through > Solomon of Bridgewater and Tolland CO.), and Cushman's (Lydia who was > dau. of William Cushman and married Stephen Orcutt's father Daniel).. > > Always looking for cousins > > Steve Donahue > > > Subject: > > July's Challenge Connecticut Ancestors > > From: > > "Delores Tousinau" <[email protected]> > > Date: > > Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:49:59 -0500 > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > <snip> > > > >Jeremiah Johnson and Zipporah Mallory d/o: Peter Mallory and Elizabeth Trowbridge > > Peter Mallory s/o: Peter Mallory and Mary (Preston ?) > > Elizabeth Trowbridge d/o: William Trowbridge and Elizabeth Lamberton > > William Trowbridge s/o: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall > > Elizabeth Lamberton d/o: George Lamberton and Margaret Lewwn ? > > > > > > >