-----Original Message----- From: George L. Greene <vetulus@juno.com> To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com <GREEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:37 PM Subject: [GREEN-L] Re: GREEN - Documentation > I have just gotten a good lesson in documenting sources correctly. A >direct male ancestor, Eleaser Greene, was from Bethlehem, (Litchfield), >CT. Our family genealogist (from a previous generation) noted that he >fought in the Revolutionary War as a private in Col. Nathan Chapman's >Militia. I looked up Eleazer Green of Bethlehem, CT in the listing of >Rev. War Pension Applications, and sent away for a copy. It turned out >to be a fascinating account of his service, and sure enough, at one time >he served with Col. Chapman. However, his birth and death dates and >wife's name were not what I had in my records. After consulting the >Barbour records, it turned out that there were 2 Eleazer Green(e)s in the >little town of Bethlehem. One married Lucy Brace, and my ancestor >married Thankful Spencer. Now, one wouldn't expect to find 2 people with >the same uncommon name in the same small town, but there it was. Our >family tradition says that Eleazer put the final "e" on Green because he >admired General Nat Greene. However, I now susspect it was for a more >practical reason - to differentiate himself from the other Eleazer. I >also not that his name is given as both "Eleaser" and "Eleazer." The >other chap is noted as "Elezur 2nd" in the Barbour records, so it looks >as if both had problems of people confusing them with one another. As >others have noted, one has to gather all the available evidence in order >to obtain a clear picture of reality. >George L. Greene >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > Hello George, My grandmother was Elizabeth May Spencer Green. She was born and married in Scottsville, Allen Co., Kentucky. She said her people came from Virginia. Her birthday was 13 Oct. 1886. She was married to Charles Hubert Green. I just noticed your Thankful Spencer. Wonderded if you know of my grandmother whose maiden name was Spencer or if you have done Spencer research? Thank You Elaine Dennison hendenn@flash.net