Message text written by INTERNET:KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com >Hi Elizabeth, I looked up the word in the Encarta dictionary and it means: a dining hall, especially in a monastery, convent, or college. Sheri< Thank you, Sheri, Hmm, a convent or a college at 31 Peck Slip??? Perhaps it was a dormitory for sailors. Elizabeth W. Knowlton

Elizabeth, Wow I am surprised at how many new words I am learning just to understand what went on back then. Possibly back then any large dining room may have been considered a refectory. Have you figured out what was at that address? I'm trying to figure out what a mill grist is or was. I suppose some kind of grain that is ground into a flour. I have seen this so many times in my research. Sheri "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <KnowltonEW@compuserve.com> wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com >Hi Elizabeth, I looked up the word in the Encarta dictionary and it means: a dining hall, especially in a monastery, convent, or college. Sheri< Thank you, Sheri, Hmm, a convent or a college at 31 Peck Slip??? Perhaps it was a dormitory for sailors. Elizabeth W. Knowlton ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.