Morning from Iowa Mendon cuz's. Been doing research for five different families, so am researched out just now. I have a list for the Mendonites after the Holidays. So have a safe and joyous Season of cheers and family-- Vicky <lyonslady@frontiernet.net> <Prayers4u@smartgroups.com> <Reandeau-L@rootsweb.com> The world is a better place for knowing you. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/2003

A mid-December morning's greetings to all my Mendon cousins. I haven't seen a message on this list in many weeks. I have begun to wonder if I have died. If I have died, heaven is a lot like earth and the dog still needs to be walked at six a.m. every morning. I thought I would at least get to sleep later in heaven. Maybe it is only me that is not getting messages, but in case everyone is taking an early winter holiday, I'll ask a question just to get things going. One question on this list usually leads to a lot more messages. Sarah Taft, born Nov 2, 1727 in Mendon, married Peter Wheelock, born Jul 23, 1723 in Mendon, died Feb 18 18, 1802 in Mendon. My connection to Sarah and Peter is through their daughter Olive Wheelock, born Apr 12 1751, died Aug 10, 1834, who married Laban Bates and had a daughter named Sarah Bates. The question is: when and where did Sarah Taft die? I don't know. Does anyone else know? Frank Comstock

Hi All, Well, this has got to be one of the more strange things that has happened to me in 2003. I joined the Mendon List probably over a year ago. More like 2 years ago. After having been on the list for awhile I stopped receiving messages. Whether I unsubscibed back then or just lost contact I can't remember. Not important. Then this morning after more than a year of silence....it starts up again as if nothing was different. Are you folks SURE that Mendon isn't part of the Bermuda Triangle or something? To be serious here....and it won't last long....I am in Chico California and I visited Mendon back in 2000. I came to do some research and meet my Hastings Relatives. My ancestor is Robert & Joanna Killey Hastings. I had such a great time that day. I wish I could return to renew the friendships I made that day. There that was the serious side of things. ;~) As for Heaven and dogs. I probably could cite the important Scriptural Reference "All Dogs go To Heaven" the movie. That right there should be Gospel enough for anyone. Or, just ask any neighborhood dog about it they will tell you. Of course be prepared for a tad bit of Canine Sarcasm about how they are continually having to extricate our Posteriors from trouble first. I also believe that when we do get there we will be obliged to have a SIT DOWN with our Guardian Angels so that they can have a bit of their own say so about what we put them through in our short (compared to eternity) stay in the Realm of Time. Well, anyway it is good to see the Mendon list is back. Maybe I was the one in the Twilight Zone....hmmmmmmm. Vincit Veritas, Derek L. Hastings _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here. https://broadband.msn.com

************************** A Soldiers Night Before X-mas: ************************** > 'Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, in a one bedroom house > made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with presents to > give, and to see just who in this home did live. > > I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, no tinsel, no presents, not > even a tree. No stocking by mantle, just boots filled with sand, on the wall > hung pictures of far distant lands. > > With medals and badges, awards of all kinds, a sober thought came through my > mind. For this house was different, it was dark and dreary, I found the home > of a soldier, once I could see clearly. > > The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone, curled up on the floor in this one > bedroom home. The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder, not how I > pictured a United States soldier. > > Was this the hero of whom I'd just read? Curled up on a poncho, the floor > for a bed? I realized the families that I saw this night, owed their lives > to these soldiers who were willing to fight. > > Soon round the world, the children would play, and grownups would celebrate > a bright Christmas day. They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year, > because of the soldiers, like the one lying here. > > I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone, on a cold Christmas eve in a land > far from home. The very thought brought a tear to my eye, I dropped to my > knees and started to cry. > > The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice, "Santa don't cry, this life > is my choice; I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more, my life is my God, > my country, my corps." > > The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep, I couldn't control it, I > continued to weep. I kept watch for hours, so silent and still and we both > shivered from the cold night's chill. > > I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark night, this guardian of honor so > willing to fight. Then the soldier rolled over, with a voice soft and pure, > whispered, "Carry on Santa, it's Christmas day, all is secure". > > One look at my watch, and I knew he was right. "Merry Christmas my friend, > and to all a good night". > > This poem was written by a Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan. The following > is his request. I think it is reasonable..... > > PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as > you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. > service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. > Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people > stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for > us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.

Please remove Janet Morgan's name and email address from your group list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Ann Vipond" <pavipond@centurytel.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] ALBEE > Hi Derby > I have nothing on Sarah except her name might be Albee or Ballou. That is > why I asked if you were a Bartlett person. > > Peggy > > > > That is the one.... I have no other info about the Albee family. Can you > > help? > > > Hi Derby > > > Are you a Bartlett person. I have a Jacob Bartlett married to Sarah > > Albee > > > or ? abt 1690 > > > > > > > > This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob> > Barteltt>> > around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? > > > > Derby > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Please remove Janet Morgan from your mailing list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Ann Vipond" <pavipond@centurytel.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] ALBEE > I am from Jacob's brother Samuel. > > Peggy > > > No I am not a Bartlett. I am an Aldrich. Jacob Bartlett's mother was an > > Aldrich > > Derby > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Janet Morgan died October 23rd. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ballantines" <lyonslady@frontiernet.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] New Member seeking information > Finally broke down a brick wall this week and found that MA is high on the > list for living arrangements. > > RICHARDSON, Samuel b. 1610 in England was a first settler of Woburn, MA with > brother's Ezekiel and Thomas. It is Samuel's line that I'm interested in > just now. > > Samuel married Joanna and had a son Stephen b. 1649 who married Abigail > WYMAN [b. 1659] . They had a son William b. 1687 who married Rebecca VINTON > [b. 16830 daughter of John and Hannah GREEN VINTON. Their son John was born > 1719 and married Elizabeth WILMARTH. > > It is this Elizabeth I need to find more information about. Does anyone know > who her parent's were? Or when she was born? > They had 2 daughter's that I know of, Lucy in 1742 and Bette in 1748. > > I am double descended from Stephen and Abigail--or I should say the > Richardson./Wyman connection and would like to nail down the wives of these > pioneer settlers. > > In advance I thank you. > > Vicky > <lyonslady@frontiernet.net> > <Prayers4u@smartgroups.com> > <Reandeau-L@rootsweb.com> > The world is a better place for knowing you. > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Listers, I am Bartlett related through Sarah Aldrich and John Bartlett, thier son John Bartlett & Alice? I have nothing on Jacob Bartlett except he married a Sarah ?? I checked my files and see no place ,in my files anyway, is Sarah given a last name. Guess this find would help many of us. Does anyone have a last name for John's Jr. wife Alice? Alice

No I am not a Bartlett. I am an Aldrich. Jacob Bartlett's mother was an Aldrich Derby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Ann Vipond" <pavipond@centurytel.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] ALBEE > Hi Derby > I have nothing on Sarah except her name might be Albee or Ballou. That is > why I asked if you were a Bartlett person. > > Peggy > > > > That is the one.... I have no other info about the Albee family. Can you > > help? > > > Hi Derby > > > Are you a Bartlett person. I have a Jacob Bartlett married to Sarah > > Albee > > > or ? abt 1690 > > > > > > > > This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob> > Barteltt>> > around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? > > > > Derby > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

That is the one.... I have no other info about the Albee family. Can you help? Derby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Ann Vipond" <pavipond@centurytel.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] ALBEE > Hi Derby > Are you a Bartlett person. I have a Jacob Bartlett married to Sarah Albee > or ? abt 1690 > > Peggy > > > > > This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob Barteltt> > around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? > > Derby > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

> This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob Barteltt around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? Derby > Looking for information on my G-G-G-G Grandfather Thomas Albee. According to "Albee Family Book" published by Robert S. Albee in 1920 that I obtained from the NEHGS, Thomas Albee was born in Milford, MA on August 15, 1762, he went to live with John Claflin of Holliston, MA when 9 years old. On December 8, 1785 he married Olive Albee in Milford, MA and I believe this was certified by church records of Amariah Frost. I can trace Olive's lineage through Thomas Albee (born approximately 1718) and Jemima Thompson. However, I cannot locate any birth record or lineage for Thomas Albee born 1762. According to Adin Ballou's History of Milford, Thomas(1762) is mentioned as possibly an unrecorded son of Thomas(c.1718). However, this would mean that he married his sister in 1785! I would greatly appreciate a lookup of any records that may show Thomas's(1762) birth (it seems as though something existed that caused Robert Albee to provide a specific date in his 1920 book). ! > Also, would there be any records from Amariah Frost's church that might clarify the situation? Thanks for any help you may be able to provide. > Donald Albee (DAlbee9934@aol.com) > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

I am from Jacob's brother Samuel. Peggy > No I am not a Bartlett. I am an Aldrich. Jacob Bartlett's mother was an > Aldrich > Derby

Hi Derby I have nothing on Sarah except her name might be Albee or Ballou. That is why I asked if you were a Bartlett person. Peggy > That is the one.... I have no other info about the Albee family. Can you > help? > > Hi Derby > > Are you a Bartlett person. I have a Jacob Bartlett married to Sarah > Albee > > or ? abt 1690 > > > > > > This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob> Barteltt>> > around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? > > > Derby > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Derby Are you a Bartlett person. I have a Jacob Bartlett married to Sarah Albee or ? abt 1690 Peggy > > This makes me wonder who SARAH ALBEE was??? She married Jacob Barteltt> around the 1700"s. Does anybody have a clue?? > Derby

Fwd. for Donald. Donald just send a message to Ma-Mendon-L@rootsweb.com or reply to any list message. Alice I recently signed up as a member of the Mendon list. How do I post questions to this list? I have the following question:: Looking for information on my G-G-G-G Grandfather Thomas Albee. According to "Albee Family Book" published by Robert S. Albee in 1920 that I obtained from the NEHGS, Thomas Albee was born in Milford, MA on August 15, 1762, he went to live with John Claflin of Holliston, MA when 9 years old. On December 8, 1785 he married Olive Albee in Milford, MA and I believe this was certified by church records of Amariah Frost. I can trace Olive's lineage through Thomas Albee (born approximately 1718) and Jemima Thompson. However, I cannot locate any birth record or lineage for Thomas Albee born 1762. According to Adin Ballou's History of Milford, Thomas(1762) is mentioned as possibly an unrecorded son of Thomas(c.1718). However, this would mean that he married his sister in 1785! I would greatly appreciate a lookup of any records that may show Thomas's(1762) birth (it seems as though something existed that caused Robert Albee to provide a specific date in his 1920 book). ! Also, would there be any records from Amariah Frost's church that might clarify the situation? Thanks for any help you may be able to provide. Donald Albee (DAlbee9934@aol.com)

In a message dated 10/29/2003 9:55:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, lyonslady@frontiernet.net writes: > They had a son William b. 1687 who married Rebecca VINTON > [b. 16830 daughter of John and Hannah GREEN VINTON. Their son John was born > 1719 and married Elizabeth WILMARTH. > I, too, am a descendant of John VINTON and Hannah GREEN. I'll be happy to exchange information. Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe Seal Beach, CA SueMHR@aol.com

Hi Sue, I just found out about these people. I don't have much information, just that William and Rebecca had at least two children--Rebecca and John who was born in 1719. Any help would be nice. I have John VINTON as son of John and Ann. Hannah GREEN as daughter of Thomas and Rebecca HILLS. Rebecca as the daughter of Joseph HILLS and Rose DUNSTER. I am also trying to locate information on Rose. I have her death date as 1651. Thomas GREEN was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth. Am willing to exchange what information I have! Vicky <lyonslady@frontiernet.net> <Prayers4u@smartgroups.com> <Reandeau-L@rootsweb.com> The world is a better place for knowing you. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003

Finally broke down a brick wall this week and found that MA is high on the list for living arrangements. RICHARDSON, Samuel b. 1610 in England was a first settler of Woburn, MA with brother's Ezekiel and Thomas. It is Samuel's line that I'm interested in just now. Samuel married Joanna and had a son Stephen b. 1649 who married Abigail WYMAN [b. 1659] . They had a son William b. 1687 who married Rebecca VINTON [b. 16830 daughter of John and Hannah GREEN VINTON. Their son John was born 1719 and married Elizabeth WILMARTH. It is this Elizabeth I need to find more information about. Does anyone know who her parent's were? Or when she was born? They had 2 daughter's that I know of, Lucy in 1742 and Bette in 1748. I am double descended from Stephen and Abigail--or I should say the Richardson./Wyman connection and would like to nail down the wives of these pioneer settlers. In advance I thank you. Vicky <lyonslady@frontiernet.net> <Prayers4u@smartgroups.com> <Reandeau-L@rootsweb.com> The world is a better place for knowing you. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003

Hi All, Frank , Off hand I would say that article w was written by Judge Francis Thayer for the Mendon Historical Society. I have copies of many of his manuscripts here and have gone through a few this evening but so far have not come across any that mention the Quaker Meeting House and etc. However the paragraph about someone being in love with a Thayer teacher is very familiar because in one of his manuscripts . I recall, he mentions this and he names my Grandfather, :) I will keep ;looking and see if I have a copy of anything that has what you have written and get back to you, if I should find it. However may times he does repeats tid bits in his manuscripts. Judge F. Thayer wrote more about Blackstone , Ma, than any other historian.. and Thanks to his manuscripts many of us find tidbits about our ancestors we never would find elsewhere. Marcus M Aldrich did the same for the Town of Mendon in all his writings also. I'll keep looking , wish me luck. . :) Alice

Here is another document, or more properly, a part of a document. This is taken from what appears to be pages 8 and 9 of a letter or rememberings written by someone. Since I only have the two pages, I have no idea what came before or after or who the author was. If anyone knows who the author was or can share the rest of the document, please let us know. The other pages might prove interesting since the writing at the top of page 8 is the end of a paragraph that must have started on page 7. The paragraph ends this way: <quote> ...Welcome Thayer was their teacher. The above mentioned uncle was said to be sweet on the teacher but it didn't amount to anything for she died an old maid. <unquote> Here is what I have of the document: Next I'd like to tell you about the little Quaker Meeting House which stands, unaltered, where it was built in 1812 surrounded by its quiet burying ground which before the hurricane was bordered by tall pine trees. The ground was conveyed to "the society or body of people called Quakers" so runs the old deed recorded in Worcester Dec 2, 1799 by Samuel Smith of Mendon "for and in consideration of nine dollars by me in hand well and duly paid by Rufus Smith of Gloucester, William Buffam and George Arnold of Smithfield all in the state of Rhode Island." The land was first used as a burying ground, but in 1812 the present meeting-house was built at a cost of $525. In 1913 [transcriber's note: this date must be a mistake; the author must have meant 1813 because the person giving the land would have been over 150 years old in 1913] more land was acquired from Samuel Smith this time as a gift "in consideration of the love and good will which I have for the Monthly-Meeting of the people called Quakers known by the name of Smithfield Monthly Meeting." Meetings were held regularly in the meeting-house until the year 1870 and frequently for many years after. The men and women who filled the edifice in those days were God-fearing and honored and respected for their sterling worth. Prominent in the congregation was John Kelly and his brothers, Seth, Daniel, Asa, Mark, and David. John lived to ninety years of age and came every Sunday until his death in 1866. One of the regular speakers at this time was Lydia Rathbun Kelly, wife of Eli Kelly, whose earnest and convincing exhortations made an impression on all who were fortunate to hear her. She died in 1854. Later Millie Aldrich wife of Paul Aldrich who erected the cottage adjoining the burying-ground spoke regularly. After her death in 1870 there was no regular preaching. When there was no speaker, they met in silent devotion without any speaking. One of the members of this society, James K. Comstock left the town and engaged in business Worcester. He had such high regard for the early teachings received here and pleasant associations, he would on each Sunday, journey from Worcester by rail to Blackstone and walk to this House of Worship, remain for an hour in silence and then return to Worcester. He gave generously for repairs to the Meeting-house. In 1897 a fund was established by Jonathan and Andrew Comstock and other persons whose relatives lie in the East Blackstone Cemetery. The interest on this fund was to be used for the care of the cemetery. If anything was left over it could be used for the care of the meeting-house. However, the meeting house is under the control of the Smithfield Yearly Meeting. The fund was and is administered by three trustees. One of the first trustees was Rollin A. Woodworth who gave much thought and time preserving and caring for the grounds. I'd be interest in seeing the rest of the document, if anyone has it. Regards, Frank Comstock