Martin Severance, Deerfield,MA - A member of Robert Rogers Rangers Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:57:32 EST Subject: Martin Severance, a member of Robert Rogers Rangers Source: History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial. p.21 MARTIN SEVERANCE. I have been asked by the Committee to say something of Martin Severance, the pioneer settler of Pocumtuck Valley. I have only the material for a very brief sketch of his eventful life. He lived at the time when men were doing things, and there was little leisure to talk or write of what they did. Reports were scarce and "interviewing" was unknown, so we know little about the ordinary daily life of Martin Severance and his compeers. We can get only here and there a glimpse of these men whose lives of uninter- mitted toil were passed amid unceasing danger. The courage and fortitude of such men as Martin Severance was all that made the existence of a pioneer settlement possible, and they have due remembrance and honor. The name of Martin Severance appears occasionally on ancient muster rolls and on the crumbling pages of old records, but unless one can read between the lines, the informa- tion they give us is very meagre. We know that he came of good fighting stock. His grandfather was one of those who fought DeRouville's men in Deerfield meadows, February 29th, 1704, and served in Father Rasle's war under Capt. Timothy Childs of Deerfield, Mass., with the rank of Corporal, a title of honor in those days. His father was in the service at the age of seventeen under Capt. Joseph Kellogg and appears to have served through the old French war; he was Clerk of a company in 1746. With such antecedents, Martin Severance, as might be expected, became a typical frontiers- man, a famous scout, rollicking, independent and fearless. Impatient of civilized life, he sometimes outraged its proprieties. He was born at Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 10, 1718. We know nothing of his boyhood and youth, but I find him as a soldier at Fort Dummer in 1738, under Capt. Joseph Kellogg. August 4, 1747, he was with a scouting party of five skilled woodsmen under Lieutenant Matthew Clesson of Deerfield, sent by Governor Shirley to watch the motions of the enemy on Lake Champlain, news having been received that the French were collecting there an army of invasion. Martin is next met with on a roll of seven men - another scouting party - in March, 1756, again under Lieut. Clesson. Clesson was a valued officer on the frontier who, worn out by the hardships of the service, died at Lake George, October 24, 1756. His trusty fellow Martin Severance p.22 ROGERS' RANGERS. is next found at Fort Edward under Capt. John Catlin of Deerfield. In 1758 Martin was serving in the famous company known as "Rogers' Rangers," and was doubtless with Rogers when that redoubtable Captain destroyed the Indian village of Saint Francis, on the St. Lawrence in 1759. Rogers was sent on this dangerous service by General Amherst, who was in command of the northern army. In his commission Amherst charges Rogers to "Remember the barbarities that have been committed by the enemy's scoundrels, on every occasion where they had opportunity of showing their infamous cruelties on the King's subjects, which they have done without mercy." "Take your revenge," he continues, "but do not for- get that though these villains have dastardly and promiscuously murdered women and child- ren of all ages, it is my orders that no women or children be killed or hurt." It is doubtful whether Amherst expected the last clause of his order to be strictly re- spected, since the avowed object of the expedition was to pay off the savages in their own coin. Rogers surprised Saint Francis early in the morning while the inhabitants were in deep sleep, which followed a night of dancing and carousal. In such an assault, it was impossible to distinguish between the warrior and his family, and when it became light enough to see many hundred English scalps hanging on poles as trophies of Indian raids upon New England, the fury of the assailants was roused to such a pitch, that an indi- scriminate slaughter was continued to a shocking extent. The village was burned, and that nest from which the hornets had issued to sting the settlers all along the frontier, from the Penobscot to the Hudson, was utterly destroyed. Martin Severance was trained in Indian warfare by Lieut. Matthew Clesson, whose motto was "Kill them all! "Nits will become Lice," and it can hardly be doubted that he did justice to his training on that expedition. On his mother's side, Martin Severance inherited blood which had suffered terribly at the hands of the enemy. His maternal grandfather, Martin Kellogg, from whom he was named, was captured at the sacking of Deerfield in 1704, with his sons Martin and Joseph Kellog and daughters Joanna and Rebecca. Jonathan, a younger son, was killed. Joanna married an Indian and remained in Canada. Martin Kellog, Joseph Kellogg and Rebecca Kellog, after a half-savage life among the Indians for many years, were brought back to New England. The brothers were thereafter employed by the government as Indian fighters, and all as interpreters at conferences with the Indian tribes. p.23 MARTIN SEVERANCE. Fronteir Scout. The memory of the tragic experiences of these relatives, must have made a deep impression on the mind of Martin Severance, and his hatred of the Indian must have grown with his growth. His association with his uncles, Martin and Joseph, and his aunt, Rebecca, in their wild frontier life, must have given the boy a romantic love of adventure and an impatience of restraint. He must have obtained a knowledge of Indian habits and strat- egy, that was of great use to him when he was called upon to meet the savages, face to face, and match his wily foe with wiles. We may reasonably suppose him to have been a favorite of his uncles, and that he was naturally attracted to their half-civilized, half- savage life and habits, which gave him the best qualifications for a frontier scout. The men of today can have but a faint idea of the duties and operations of the frontier scout, and of his importance to the advanced settlements. The lands occupied by the English were mere dots of clearing in the boundless forests stretching away to the Indian villages of Canada. The forest was not only a perfect shelter for the savage, his kitchen, his dining-room and his bedroom, but also a commissary department abounding with fish, flesh and fowl. Thus supplied by nature, his foster mother, the savage could lurk about the settlements and lie in ambush for days, weeks or months, waiting a chance to surprise a lonely traveler or a belated husbandman, a woman hurrying to minister to a sick neighbor, or a child heedlessly gathering berries or nuts beyond musket range, from the stockade or fort. Crops must be planted and harvested under the guns of an armed guard. Men must carry their arms to meeting on Sunday, and armed sentinels were stationed at the doors or on the roof of the meeting house. The lot of the settler was a life of causeful fear, ever wearing hardships and real danger, with the chances of a horrible death awaiting him at every turn. It may be said that I have pictured all this before on similar occasions - that it is a twice told tale. That is true, and I hope to do it again and again, until the young men and maidens of this bustling generation shall appreciate at its full value, what our forefathers and foremothers endured, that we might occupy the land in peace, and looking back with thoughtful minds and thankful hearts, they may take courage to meet their own trials and disappointments. It was to meet the condition of things which I have described, that a system of scouting was established by the colonial authorities. p.24 MARTIN SEVERANCE. Men were selected to hunt for the lairs of the savages in the outlying woods, or, in the language of that period, "on the back side of the settlements," and to drive them back to Canada. This system was eventually extended, until our scouts reached the "back side" of the settlements of the Indians themselves in Canada. This put them on the watch and defensive, thus securing comparative safety for the colonists. It was on such service as this that Martin Severance distinguished himself, and it is for this that we honor him today. A moment's consideration of the circumstances of the case will show us the extreme hardship and danger of this service. Follow our scout as he plunges into the sombre forest, with his carefully loaded musket in his hand. He has a light "snapsack" containing a few pounds of raw salt pork and a little rye and Indian bread strapped to his back; a powder horn slung over his left shoulder, a well-filled bullet pouch of stout buckskin fastened to his belt on his left side, balanced by a hatchet hung over the right. With moccasined feet he steals noiselessly and slowly among the dark shadows, avoiding every ray of sunlight that might chance to find its way through the gloom. All his senses are on the alert, he strains his ear for the lightest sound, his eye constantly scanning his limited horizon, watching for any unnatural motion in each thicket on the right or left, from any one of which a bullet might be sped at any moment, fired by a savage prone on the earth, his body artfully concealed by a fallen tree or moss covered stone, his war plume not distinguished from the handiwork of nature. In summer's rain and in winter's snow, camping where the night-fall found him - in the breathless heat of midsummer night, tormented by stinging insects - or in the keen blasts of winter, taking such rest as he could in a pit dug in the snow and lined with pine or hemlock boughs. Upon the dawn shaking the hoar frost from his benumbed body, and after a scanty meal of frozen pork and bread, onward again until hundreds of miles of wilderness stretch behind him. Should he be discovered by a savage band, there was nothing between him and death but his own quick wit and his own strong arm. Such was the service of daring and danger, performed by those fearless guardians of the settlers, the frontier scouts, and by none of them, perhaps, was this service more faith- fully and skillfully executed than by Martin Severance. >From what is known of Martin Severance, none need be surprised that he p.25 MARTIN SEVERANCE. found the regulations and conventionalities of civilized life irksome, or that he tacticly refused to be controlled by them. His untamed nature craved a larger liberty. So with Patience Fairfield, his faithful companion for more than sixty years, and the mother of twelve children, among them a Martin and a Patience, he packed his household goods on a horse - so says family tradition - and left old Deerfield, to seek peace and quiet in the woods of "Deerfield North West Pasture." Here he founded a new home and built his log cabin within hearing of the music of the water-fall. The birthplace and parentage of Patience Fairfield have not been discovered. She was probably of the Puritan Fairfields about Boston. In character she must have been near akin to Martin Severance. Baptized Patience in her infancy, the name Perseverance should been added in her maturity, for without patience and perseverence, and indeed without strength, pluck and endurance added, her domestic need could not have been supplied as it was. At one of our meetings it was related by my friend, Harvey Severance - whom we sadly miss here today - that when his grandmother wanted a new dinner pot, she carded and spun her carefully gathered wool, and with the yarn upon her back she walked to Deer- field and bartered it for the iron pot with which she marched triumphantly back to her Sherburne home. That this adventure may not reflect upon the gallantry or conjugal affection of Martin, it is fair to assume that he was absent, hunting Indian scalps to raise money for this outlay (the iron pot), and that his wife intended the transaction as a surprise to him on his return. May not the fine ladies of this generation who think it degrading to carry a bundle on the street, but who disgrace themselves by sending home a pound of tea by an over- worked clerk, learn a lesson from this story of Patience and perSEVERANCE. End. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433363x1201394532/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub leclick.net%2Fclk%3B212935224%3B34245239%3Bb)

Dear family seekers, Altough my Severances, from 1830 on were born in Vermont, there is an anomaly with my grandmother, Ella Jane Severance, 20 July 1893-28 March 1929. On her children's birth records she is listed as born in Massachusetts- no city. The same is true of census records. Her death certificate lists Salem, Mass. for her birth. A relative once told me she was born in Cambridge, MA. Her parents would be Josephine Newton Peoples (1870-1955) and John Willard Severance 1859-1936. Any help on research into Ella's birth would be appreciated. Is there a Business directory for the early 1890's for Salem or Cambridge online? Patricia Westerfield

>Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:34:32 -0400 >From: "Kathleen Mayo" <zzsybilzz7199@msn.com> >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Civil War Photos >To: "GenMassachusetts-L" <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> > >Hello, >I found some civil war photos in an attic somebody was throwing away. >Names are written on most of them but some are unlabeled. I traced >them all back to being the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment >Heavy Artillery. Does anybody know anybody researching this >regiment or any website about these soldiers??? I would like to >send copies of the soldiers so they can be posted online. >Thanks... >Kathleen M Mayo I maintain the Civil War Units File so I looked for relevant listings. Here's what I found. 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery 1861-5 dwgagnon@mac.com (Dan Gagnon) 2nd Mass. Artillery, Co. A 1863-5 khenn@san.rr.com (Karen Hennigan) There are also several listings for light artillery. Hope this helps. Carol B.

My ancestor, Elizabeth STEWART(sp) wife of James STEWART of Rowley was buried at Bradford, 1732. I don't have Elizabeth's surname, but feel that she may have been from Bradford. I know parts of Bradford have been annexed by Haverhill and Groveland and I don't know where her burial place is located. Are there any records from Bradford in the 1600s and 1700s that survived? thanks, Charles

Does anyone know of a good source of information regarding the Mass Militia? We discovered reference to it inscribed on our great great grandfather's grave stone.

Hi again, Just thought I'd mention a few web sites about this Regiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Heavy_Artillery http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmaarty.htm http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E7DF1F3AE533A25754C2A9629C94699ED7CF http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/usa-ma/ma_art_hy_reg_01.htm It is also mentioned in the Spanish-American War: http://www.spanamwar.com/1massHA.htm Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. My Joseph KIDDER, 1800's Maine, had the grandfather, Calvin KIDDER, b1765 NH, who went up to the Maine / New Brunswick border ~1784. Back in New Ipswich, NH, Calvin's older brother, Wilder KIDDER, became "a famous, and animated Fifer" in the Revolutionary War - fighting in many states. In my KIDDER line, that is the only mention of "music" among them. :o) (Their youngest brother, Joseph, Jr., fought in the Rev. War as a 14-yr-old. He is one of my brick-walls. He had a cousin with the same name and same age in the same town. And I can't find out which one of them married and lived in next town, Temple, NH, and had children, etc.) (Only one is mentioned in books.)

-----Original Message----- >From: genmassachusetts-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Mar 18, 2009 3:01 AM >To: genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com >Subject: GENMASSACHUSETTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 84 > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Civil War Photos (Kathleen Mayo) > 2. Rowley--Genealogy book? (jitsu@gru.net) > 3. Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets Census (jitsu@gru.net) > 4. Re: Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets Census > (Joann H. Nichols) > 5. Re: Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets Census > (Farns10th@aol.com) > 6. Bridget Burke (elizabeth burke) > 7. from scotland to ireland (cristy) > 8. Re: from scotland to ireland (Trena) > 9. Re: Rowley--Genealogy book? (Parkinson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:34:32 -0400 >From: "Kathleen Mayo" <zzsybilzz7199@msn.com> >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Civil War Photos >To: "GenMassachusetts-L" <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <BAY105-DS6304D61FFB5FF57ECBCFDAE980@phx.gbl> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hello, >I found some civil war photos in an attic somebody was throwing away. >Names are written on most of them but some are unlabeled. I traced them all back to being the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Heavy Artillery. Does anybody know anybody researching this regiment or any website about these soldiers??? I would like to send copies of the soldiers so they can be posted online. >Thanks... >Kathleen M Mayo > >And Happy St. Patrick's Day to anybody Irish..... > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:40:51 -0400 (EDT) >From: jitsu@gru.net >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Rowley--Genealogy book? >To: GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <45258.209.251.150.81.1237322451.squirrel@webmail.gru.net> >Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > >What's the titile of the book that has all the Rowley, Mass. early >Genealogies? > >thanks, >Charles > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:48:29 -0400 (EDT) >From: jitsu@gru.net >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets > Census >To: GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <33006.209.251.150.81.1237322909.squirrel@webmail.gru.net> >Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > >My gg-grandfather had a man working with him, who was a 1st Lieutenant in >an artillery unit in the Civil War. He was in a state unit. I have tried >to find him in the 1890 Mass. vets census, but my source doesn't say >whether the 1890 veterans census for Mass. exists. > >The officer was a mustang officer and he has the same surname as my >gg-grandfather--CARGILL and I'm trying to identify his relationship to us. > > >thanks, Charles > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:03:49 -0400 >From: "Joann H. Nichols" <jnichols1930@myfairpoint.net> >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets > Census >To: jitsu@gru.net >Cc: GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <49C01035.1050006@myfairpoint.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Ancestry.com has the 1890 veterans' census in their census records. I'm >not sure, but I don't think anyone is on that unless they were getting a >pension. > >Joann > >jitsu@gru.net wrote: >> My gg-grandfather had a man working with him, who was a 1st Lieutenant in >> an artillery unit in the Civil War. He was in a state unit. I have tried >> to find him in the 1890 Mass. vets census, but my source doesn't say >> whether the 1890 veterans census for Mass. exists. >> >> The officer was a mustang officer and he has the same surname as my >> gg-grandfather--CARGILL and I'm trying to identify his relationship to us. >> >> >> thanks, Charles >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:02:09 EDT >From: Farns10th@aol.com >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Civil War Unit Histories and 1890 Vets > Census >To: jitsu@gru.net, GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <bc7.3b9783c1.36f169d1@aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > >In a message dated 3/17/2009 2:48:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >jitsu@gru.net writes: > >CARGILL > > > >_Page 798 _ >(http://books.google.com/books?id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA798&vq=Cargill&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Cargill&ie=ISO-885 >9-1&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0) >The vacancy created by the death of Lieutenant Mortimer was filled by the >promotion of Second Lieutenant Tyler, and of Private Thomas M. Cargill of >Roxbury ... > >Page 799 >... by Lieutenant Cargill joined in a reconnaissance across the river to >near Lees- burg, Va., where the command went into action, having one man >wounded. ... > >_Page 800 _ (http://books.google.com/books?id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA800&vq=Ca >rgill&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Cargill&ie=ISO-885 >9-1&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0) >The North Anna river was crossed on the 23d and the battery took part in the >fighting of that day, having Lieutenant Cargill and one enlisted man >wounded. > >Source: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1865. > >Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865 >By James Lorenzo Bowen > >_http://books.google.com/books?ei=_g7ASdjDGoKOsQO6ivgw&ct=result&ie=ISO-8859-1 >&output=html&id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery%2C+Mass >achusetts%2C+Cargill&ots=Qxs9VnXL53&pg=PA799&lpg=PA799&q=Cargill_ >(http://books.google.com/books?ei=_g7ASdjDGoKOsQO6ivgw&ct=result&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html >&id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Car >gill&ots=Qxs9VnXL53&pg=PA799&lpg=PA799&q=Cargill) > >**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy >steps! >(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219850974x1201371016/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID >%3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62) > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:02:05 -0600 >From: elizabeth burke <lizburke48@hotmail.com> >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Bridget Burke >To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com>, massachusetts genealogy > <genmassachusetts-l@rootsweb.com>, tewksbury hospital > <tewksbury_hospital-l@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <COL102-W5246245A4C171E1D01AB66D7980@phx.gbl> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >Hello Listers, > >I see recent discussion regarding Tewksbury hospital and thought I would put out my questions again. I am searching for the death record of my great grandmother Bridget Burke. I think her death took place in Massachusetts. I have been to the Massachusetts archives and looked at the death records of 114 women named Bridget (and Delia) Burke and do not think my Bridget is among them. I have seen the Tewksbury Almshouse Patient Index online and see 8 Bridget Burkes that interest me. I wrote to the Tewksbury Historical Society in 2007 and did not receive a reply. Has anyone had success just viewing records of patients without acquiring a court order? Has anyone had any response from the historical society? Is there anyone who is able to look at these records? Thank you for any suggestions. Liz (Burke) Robinson BC Canada > >researching Burke, Daveran, Sarsfield, Cunniff, Pyne, Carey > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with the whole group, and bring everyone together. >http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650735 > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:37:15 -0400 >From: "cristy" <poppy0206@earthlink.net> >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] from scotland to ireland >To: <genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <AFE12C0F10E24513A2BAAB553FC4E004@Junebug> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >I have ancestors that married in Down, Ireland abt. 1814 but supposedly were >born in Scotland. Are there any ship lists I could be directed to that may >have brought them to Ireland in the early 1800's or late 1700's. > >thanks, >christy > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:52:26 -0400 >From: "Trena" <amheater@cogeco.ca> >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] from scotland to ireland >To: <genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <FFA37371D9794C149ABBE2702F2CFEA9@mycomputer> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "cristy" <poppy0206@earthlink.net> >To: <genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:37 PM >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] from scotland to ireland > > >>I have ancestors that married in Down, Ireland abt. 1814 but supposedly >>were >> born in Scotland. Are there any ship lists I could be directed to that >> may >> have brought them to Ireland in the early 1800's or late 1700's. > >If you mean from Scotland to Ireland or Ireland to Scotland the answer is >[caps for >emphasis only] NO. > >There wasn't any need, as they were one and the same. Common folk who were >able to travel either way, did so on the cattle boats as they were far >cheaper than >merchant ships or ferries. The same goes for travel between England, Wales >and >Ireland. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:01:12 -0500 >From: "Parkinson" <wraithp@charter.net> >Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Rowley--Genealogy book? >To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <000601c9a75c$a672eff0$c700a8c0@KAT> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >George Brainard Blodgette, A. M., compiler. Early Settlers of Rowley, >Massachusetts. Rowley, Massachusetts: Amos Everett Jewett, 1933. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jitsu@gru.net> >To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:40 PM >Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Rowley--Genealogy book? > > >> What's the titile of the book that has all the Rowley, Mass. early >> Genealogies? >> >> thanks, >> Charles >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the GENMASSACHUSETTS list administrator, send an email to >GENMASSACHUSETTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the GENMASSACHUSETTS mailing list, send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of GENMASSACHUSETTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 84 >***********************************************

Are there two books on old Scituate. I was almost positive that I got a 2nd one recently and didn't have a chance to look at it. I've searchered (in my house) and haven't found it. Maybe I dreamt it. I do dream genealogy now and then. If someone has it, can you tell me the color. I know this is a dumb question, but if you've spent as much time looking for it, it wouldn't seem quite so stupid. My son told me if I could had all the time I've spent looking for misplaced--or even lost--items, I'd live years longer. This is one of these times. I only know that I never looked at it. The title had something to do with Old Scituate and no idea who the author is. Help, please. **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

Hi Kathleen, Because my gr-gr-grandfather, Joseph KIDDER, was a soldier in the Civil War, I had found out there is a ME-Civil-War List. (He from Princeton, Maine.) But, I just did the "Find a List" feature and am not seeing a MA-Civil-War List. (There are about a dozen for other states.) Is there a need for one? I was lucky enough to receive an old photo of "Joe" KIDDER but it was taken ~1914, or about a year before his death. So, I do not have a picture of him from the 1860's, or of him in a uniform. "Joe" was in the 9th Maine. And the picture was sent to me several years ago from a "distant cousin," another descendant of Joe KIDDER, from his other son, Clinton. I am descended from his first son, "Sanford." By the way, one of the Lists I just noticed in the search was for CIVIL-WAR-IRISH. Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: The "9th Maine" based in Washington Co., ME, was sent down to Florida to fight. They fought on the FL / GA line, and most fighting was in Fort Fernandina, FL. Joe KIDDER was seriously injured in FL, but survived and returned to ME. He was said to have had a large hole in his shoulder. When he returned to Princeton, ME, he married his cousin, Clarissa "Clara" WILKINS, and they had 6 children in Princeton.

----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@earthlink.net> To: <genmassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:37 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] from scotland to ireland >I have ancestors that married in Down, Ireland abt. 1814 but supposedly >were > born in Scotland. Are there any ship lists I could be directed to that > may > have brought them to Ireland in the early 1800's or late 1700's. If you mean from Scotland to Ireland or Ireland to Scotland the answer is [caps for emphasis only] NO. There wasn't any need, as they were one and the same. Common folk who were able to travel either way, did so on the cattle boats as they were far cheaper than merchant ships or ferries. The same goes for travel between England, Wales and Ireland.

George Brainard Blodgette, A. M., compiler. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. Rowley, Massachusetts: Amos Everett Jewett, 1933. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jitsu@gru.net> To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Rowley--Genealogy book? > What's the titile of the book that has all the Rowley, Mass. early > Genealogies? > > thanks, > Charles > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have ancestors that married in Down, Ireland abt. 1814 but supposedly were born in Scotland. Are there any ship lists I could be directed to that may have brought them to Ireland in the early 1800's or late 1700's. thanks, christy

Ancestry.com has the 1890 veterans' census in their census records. I'm not sure, but I don't think anyone is on that unless they were getting a pension. Joann jitsu@gru.net wrote: > My gg-grandfather had a man working with him, who was a 1st Lieutenant in > an artillery unit in the Civil War. He was in a state unit. I have tried > to find him in the 1890 Mass. vets census, but my source doesn't say > whether the 1890 veterans census for Mass. exists. > > The officer was a mustang officer and he has the same surname as my > gg-grandfather--CARGILL and I'm trying to identify his relationship to us. > > > thanks, Charles > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

In a message dated 3/17/2009 2:48:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time, jitsu@gru.net writes: CARGILL _Page 798 _ (http://books.google.com/books?id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA798&vq=Cargill&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Cargill&ie=ISO-885 9-1&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0) The vacancy created by the death of Lieutenant Mortimer was filled by the promotion of Second Lieutenant Tyler, and of Private Thomas M. Cargill of Roxbury ... Page 799 ... by Lieutenant Cargill joined in a reconnaissance across the river to near Lees- burg, Va., where the command went into action, having one man wounded. ... _Page 800 _ (http://books.google.com/books?id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA800&vq=Ca rgill&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Cargill&ie=ISO-885 9-1&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0) The North Anna river was crossed on the 23d and the battery took part in the fighting of that day, having Lieutenant Cargill and one enlisted man wounded. Source: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865 By James Lorenzo Bowen _http://books.google.com/books?ei=_g7ASdjDGoKOsQO6ivgw&ct=result&ie=ISO-8859-1 &output=html&id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery%2C+Mass achusetts%2C+Cargill&ots=Qxs9VnXL53&pg=PA799&lpg=PA799&q=Cargill_ (http://books.google.com/books?ei=_g7ASdjDGoKOsQO6ivgw&ct=result&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html &id=4_lYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Civil+War+-+1st+Lieutenant+-+Artillery,+Massachusetts,+Car gill&ots=Qxs9VnXL53&pg=PA799&lpg=PA799&q=Cargill) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219850974x1201371016/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)

My gg-grandfather had a man working with him, who was a 1st Lieutenant in an artillery unit in the Civil War. He was in a state unit. I have tried to find him in the 1890 Mass. vets census, but my source doesn't say whether the 1890 veterans census for Mass. exists. The officer was a mustang officer and he has the same surname as my gg-grandfather--CARGILL and I'm trying to identify his relationship to us. thanks, Charles

What's the titile of the book that has all the Rowley, Mass. early Genealogies? thanks, Charles

Hello, I found some civil war photos in an attic somebody was throwing away. Names are written on most of them but some are unlabeled. I traced them all back to being the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Heavy Artillery. Does anybody know anybody researching this regiment or any website about these soldiers??? I would like to send copies of the soldiers so they can be posted online. Thanks... Kathleen M Mayo And Happy St. Patrick's Day to anybody Irish.....

Lists of Scots removed to New England as Prisoners by Oliver Cromwell - 1651 "Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings - Oct. 1927 p. 5-28" The aftermath of the battle of Dunbar and the treatment of the prisoners. Until the time of the sailing of the "Unity" about 30 Scotch died each day or a total of 1600 before the sailing. Note that the ship only carried about 150 men. Unfortunately no list of these men exists but some can be identified from the end of their servitude. A few of these were: John STEWART - worked at the Lynn iron works, purchased by John PYNCHON and taken to Springfield, MA where he died 21 Apr 1691 leaving no family Thomas HOLME/HUME sold to Henry SAYWARD of York for 30 pounds. Prisoners to the Lynn Iron Works John Clarke George Thompson Robert MacIntire John Toish James Adams John Archbell James Danielson John Banke Alexander Braband Alexander Burgess George Darling Micam Downing Alexander Dugle James Dunsmore Alexander Eaton Alexander Ennis James Gourdan Peter Grant Thomas Gaulter Alexander Grimes Andrew Jempson William Jourdan Thomas Kelton James Luddle John Mason James Mackall John MacMallen John Jackshane William Mackwater Micam macCallum Richard Meeme Engram Moody John Pardee John Rupton John Steward George Thomson James Thomson James Taylor Thomas Tower In Kittery, ME there is a Unity Parish, doubtless from the prisoners, who were sent there to work in the sawmills. About fifteen Scotchmen worked there. They are: Niven Agnew James Barry Alexander Cooper William Furbush Daniel Ferguson Peter Grant George Gray William Gowen David Hamilton Thomas Holme John Key Alexander Maxwell John Neal John Ross John Taylor William Thomson James Warren A few years later another small group was brought to a place in Maine called Scotland. They are: John Carmichael James Grant James Jackson Robert Junkins Micum MacIntire Alexander MacNair Andrew Rankin After the Battle of Worcester, Cromwell again had more prisoners to send to New England in the ship "John and Sarah", John Green, master. It seems that all the documents in this transaction, together with a list of names of these prisoners, were recorded in the Suffolk Deeds. The spelling of these names leaves perhaps more questions than answers though. The prefix "Mac" was often dropped and the rest Anglicized. Imagine trying to understand the Gaelic names and even more trying to spell them correctly. MacLothlan became Claflin; Maggafasset is Fasset; MacGowen is Magoon; Saint Clair is Sinkler; Farrabas is Forbes; Graham is Grimes; Montrose is Munroe for example. There is a LONG list of names in this group as follows: Alester Anderson David Anderson John Anderson William Anderson William Banes William Beames James Benne John Benne Thomas Bereere Daniel Blacke John Boye John Boye Robert Boye John Broun Henry Brounell David Buckanon John Buckanon [Buchanan] James Camell [Campbell] John Camell Neile Camell John Carmuckhell [Carmichael] William Carmuckhell Neile Carter William Clewston John Coehon [Colquhoon] Alester Cowe John Crag [Craig] John Cragon [Craigen] James Crockford John Croome Patrick Crosshone Edward Deugle [Dougell] William Deugell William Dell Edward Dulen John Edminsheire James English Patrick English James Farfarson Michael Fossem Edward Fressell William Fressell Daniel Gorden James Gorden John Gurden Laughleth Gordon Alester Graunt Alexander Graunt Daniel Graunt James Graunt James Graunt James Graunt John Graunt John Graunt John Graunt Patrick Graunt Thomas Graunt William Graunt Daniel Gunn James Gurner John Hagoman David Hamilton James Hamilton Rory Hamilton James Hedricke William Hidrecke Patrick Herron Robert Highen John Hogg John Hogg John Hogg Daniel Hogg Neile Hogg Daniel How Daniel Hudson John Hudson Alexander Hume [Home] David Hume David Hume James Jackson Patrick Jackson Richard Jackson Walter jackson David Jameson Neile Johnson Patrick Jimson Patrick Jones Alester Kallendra [Callender] David Kallender James Kallender Daniel Kemper Charles Lesten Henry Mack Cana Mackurnell[MacConnell] Daniel Mackannell Daniel Mackannell Sander Mackunnell William Mackannell Mackunnell, (torn) Alinster Mackalinsten [MacAllister] Daniel Makalester John Mackalester Daniel Mackaine [MacKean] Daniel Mackhan Daniel mackaine Alester Mackhene John Mackane John Mackane Neile Mackaine Neile Mackane Patrick Mackane Robert Machame Robert Mackaine Samuel Mackaine William Mackaine William Mackaine William Mackandra [MacAndrew] James Mackally [MacCullar] Patrick Mackcreth James Mackreith Sander Mackdoell [MacDowell] Hugh Mackey [MacKay] Hill Mackey [Neile] John Mackey Rory Machy Sander Mackey William Macken John Mackenthow Daniel Mackendocke [MacIntosh] William Mackontoss David Macketh Neile Macketh John Mackforson [MacPherson] Origlais (?) Mackfarson (torn) Mackfarson Robert Mackfarson Patrick Mackhatherne Daniel Mackhellin John Mackhellin Alester Mackhele James Mackhell James Mickell Daniel Mackhoe [MacKee?] David Mackhome John Mackholme Neile Mackone John Macklude [MacLeod] Murtle Mackilude (torn) Macklyne Allester Macknester Daniel Macknith Daniel Macknith Patrick Macknith Alester Mackrore [MacCreary?] Cana Macktentha Sennel Macktenneth Glester [Alester] Macktomas Gellust Mackwilliam Daniel Man John Mann Patrick Mann Daniel Martin James Michell James Micknab [MacNabb] Sander Miller Sander Milleson David Milward James Milward Daniel Monlow [Monroe] Hugh Monrow (torn) Munrow John Munrow Laughell Montrose Daniel Monwilliam David Monwilliam Sannder Morcot (torn) More James Moore John Morre John Morre Patrick Morton William Munckrell James Murrow John Murrow John Murrow Jonas Murrow Neile Murrow Neile Muckstore Daniel Oneale David Patterson James Pattison George Perry Edward Punn (?) Amos Querne [Queen?] George Queene Alester Robinson Charles Robinson Daniel Robinson James Robinson John Robinson John Robinson Patrick Robertson Alester Ross Daniel Ross David Ross James Ross James Ross John Rosse John Rosse Jonas Ross James Row Donald Roye Simon Russell John Scott Daniel Sessor Ansell Sheron Daniel Shurron Samuel Shiva (torn) James Shone John Shume [Hume?] Alester Simson Daniel Simson David Sinsom Patrick Simson Sander Simson Salaman Sinclare Henry Smith Ansell Sotherland Patrick Sotherland David Sterling John Sterling Charles Stewart Austin Stewart Neile Stewart Robert Stewart William Stewart John Tanniell David Teller William Teller David Tenler John Tenler Robert Tenler Andrew Terris Evan Tiler Alexander Thompson Alester Tooth [Touch?] Patrick Tower Nicholas Wallis Andrew Wilson Christopher Wilson John Wilson John Wilson John Woodall John Woodell Daniel (torn) Patrick (torn) Patrick (torn) ..... (torn) ..... (torn) Alester (torn) ..... (torn) Samuel STRATTON of Watertown bought one of these Scotchmen, Alexander GORTHING. Some of the Scotchmen found their way to Block Island after being freed and became a respectable section of the early settlers. They were Alexander Innes, Robert Guthrie, Thormut (or Dermot) Rose, William Tosh, James Danielson and perhaps others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219850974x1201371016/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)

Hello Listers, I see recent discussion regarding Tewksbury hospital and thought I would put out my questions again. I am searching for the death record of my great grandmother Bridget Burke. I think her death took place in Massachusetts. I have been to the Massachusetts archives and looked at the death records of 114 women named Bridget (and Delia) Burke and do not think my Bridget is among them. I have seen the Tewksbury Almshouse Patient Index online and see 8 Bridget Burkes that interest me. I wrote to the Tewksbury Historical Society in 2007 and did not receive a reply. Has anyone had success just viewing records of patients without acquiring a court order? Has anyone had any response from the historical society? Is there anyone who is able to look at these records? Thank you for any suggestions. Liz (Burke) Robinson BC Canada researching Burke, Daveran, Sarsfield, Cunniff, Pyne, Carey _________________________________________________________________ Chat with the whole group, and bring everyone together. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650735

My ancestor George LITTLE was an early (1600s) Baptist at Newbury along with others who I haven't identified. I'm looking for a possible marriage in the Church , do any records exist for that Church? thanks, Charles