I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a cribbed copy of a typescript residing in the DAR library in Washington, DC. Let me know what you find out. -- Cheers, Jim Gordon, Laurel, MD USA [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/20/99 6:01:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I have a few questions: > > 1) Where was "In the great fire of '47 in Maine the family homestead was > burned down. . .?" Was it in York, York Harbor, York Beach or just York > County? If just York County, where in York County? Do you have a > description of it? > Ans #1- The fire of '47 burned thousands of acres in Maine, from Wells to Bar > Harbor. Author Joyce butler wrote a difinitive history, the exact title > eludes me write now. My family, Gordons, lost property in Lyman, Kennebunk, > and Goose Rocks. > 2) Just when did the brothers come over from Scotland? > 3) Any idea of how many generations between the brothers and George of > Kennebunk? > Ans #2&3 - Lordy, don't I wish I knew! > I have ordered a book, ( thanks to a lister ) *The Gordon Family of Maine and > New Hampshire (1946) 57 typewritten pages* from Higgensonbooks.com that sure > sounds like 'The Gordons of York Co. Maine.' title that I was probably > disremembering. ( hey, I was 9! ) While I await, I have made a date with a > relation I have not seen in an embarrassingly long time. We'll see what we > see. Thanks to listers I've also made starts on CW, marriage, and other > records. I am on my way! :O) > Thanks!! > John Wesley Gordon