Sharon, My Mary is Mary P. daughter of Ebenezer and Julia Smith. What else do you have on them? I am just getting into this segment of the family, but have a lot on descendants. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Nichols <sknichols@mail.com> To: <ILSANGAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:37 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Colburn Research > Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1718 > > Surname: COLBURN > ------------------------- > > PAUL COLBURN was born approx. 1761 in Hollis, Hillsborough County, NH. > He and his wife (MEHETIBEL BALL) had 11 children born in Sterling, Worcester > County, MA. In about 1815, PAUL COLBURN, his wife and some of their children > left to go west. They arrived in Morgan County, IL approx. March 1821 in > what is now Loami. Children who accompanied him to IL were SALLY, MARY, > ISABEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, EBENEZER, and ABEL. William had a son EBENEZER > born April 9, 1833 in Sangamon County, IL. This EBENEZER married Nancy > A. Huffmaster. ABEL COLBURN married DEBORAH PHELPS July 1794. They had > nine children, JOSEPH, ELVIRA, ISABEL, IRA, ASHSA P. (who married JOHN > P. DAVIS), LUTHER, NATHAN, MELINDA, and EMELINE. I am descended from PAUL'S > son EBENEZER. EBENEZER married JULIA SMITH. They had seven children, ADNA > P., WILLIAM, CHARLOTTE, MARIA, MARY P., BURFITT G., and ELLEN. BURFITT > G. married LUCINDA LARGE. They had several children, one of whom, JONER > (who married Frankie Myra Langley), is my great-grandfather. I am quite > interested in finding any information I can pertaining to BURFITT G. I > know he died sometime between 1870 and 1880. I am also very curious about > his name. > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. > Find the names of other maillists to search: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > >