Hello, Someone on a NH List mentioned the RANLETT name. I know the name because of Billerica's history. I'd like to post the information on Capt. Charles RANLETT from the "history of Billerica." I'm copy/pasting my response on the NH List below. Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: Hello. I am somewhat familiar with the RANLETT name as there is a "Ranlett Grove" neighborhood in the Town of Billerica. I had remembered that there was a Capt. Charles RANLETT involved in the neighborhood. But, I just Googled for him and couldn't find that name or "Ranlett Grove" mentioned. * So, I took out my "history of Billerica" and I can offer the first part of a long paragraph on RANLETT in the Genealogy section: "RANLETT, Charles Augustus, was b. in Augusta, Me. 1804, Aug. 9, and d. in Billerica, 1878, April 17, having resided in the south part of the town on the Bedford road since 1862. His father was Charles, from Epping, N. H.; his mother, Abigail Low, of Gloucester. For more than 40 years he followed the sea; a skillful sailor, soon rising to the rank of captain; widely and favorably known in continental circles, in connection with the China trade. His favorite ship, "the Surprise," made the shortest passage on record from Shanghai to New York in 82 days. At the battle of Navarino, his ship was seized by the Turks, but recaptured by the English. In the Mexican War, he was employed for transporting troups from New Orleans to Vera Cruz ......" Betty (near Lowell, MA) * One name which comes up in an on-line search is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ranlett_Flint I'm not seeing how the RANLETT name is connected to him: http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-ranlett-flint