This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: House, Purple Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFk.2ACIB/1425 Message Board Post: Jeremiah House was born May 30, 1773 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died January 16, 1854 in Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He married Ruth Purple, daughter of Josiah Purple and Martha Cook, on October 30, 1796 in Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut. She was born July 10, 1777 in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, and died February 11, 1863 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Children are: 1. Benajah Miner House b. Dec.26, 1805 2. Jeremiah House b. May, 1798 3. Samuel House b. Nov. 24, 1799 4. Ruth House b. Dec. 19, 1808 5. Violetta House b. 1810 6. Martha Maria House b. 1812 7. Unknown Male House b. abt 1814 Almost all House genealogies, including the "Hale - House and related families" by Jacobus and Waterman, show only six children for Jeremiah and Ruth. However a close inspection of the 1820 census of Glastonbury revealed a seventh and unknown male child of under 10 yrs. age. I think this might be Josiah House, who shows up in the 1840 Dutchess County, New York Census and is shown as being born in Connecticut. He was born January 1814. I am trying to find more "proof" of this relationship. Anyone that has information about this family, please e-mail. thank you - George