In a message dated 7/3/2008 1:16:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vwhite0901@aol.com writes: that the family came from Boston, while another descendant records it as a Braintree family In the early 1600's the town was known as "Mt. Wolloston", and Boston claimed it (as what we'd call a suburb now). But by 1640 it had been renamed Braintree, and was part of another 'county', Norfolk.It had not moved, but as the population grew, the divisions became more numerous and clearly defined. So the family could have considered itself part of Boston first, and later part of Braintree. Madora **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

Thanks for that additional information on the area........very interesting how land doesn't really move, just changes counties, twps or sometimes states. Njskinnerwhite -----Original Message----- From: Matboyd1924@aol.com To: hayden@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 1:31 pm Subject: Re: [HAYDEN] Jonathan Hayden and Lydia Young/Haydens of Braintree, MA In a message dated 7/3/2008 1:16:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vwhite0901@aol.com writes: that the family came from Boston, while another descendant records it as a Braintree family In the early 1600's the town was known as "Mt. Wolloston", and Boston claimed it (as what we'd call a suburb now). But by 1640 it had been renamed Braintree, and was part of another 'county', Norfolk.It had not moved, but as the population grew, the divisions became more numerous and clearly defined. So the family could have considered itself part of Boston first, and later part of Braintree. Madora **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAYDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message