Morning All Mendonites, Joan so happy to hear you have found so much help and new lines on our Mendon List. Hope all are getting a Bingo or two also. I want to welcome the new members from the Pratt/Powers CC group. NO! Joan, not your Pratt line. However, they do have links to this area. Don't be shy, send us your research names, and see if you can find a new Cuz. :) WE also have many members of the COOK CC group amongst us.. Time for all to send in their research names, again. Yes, we have proved our Howland line so that Joan can now complete the application for Howland Mayflower Association. This Line goes back from our Phebe Scott w/m Benjamin Pickering. (our Gr. Gr Gandmother ) Are there any other Pickering/Scott related here?? This Scott line is an old Bellingham Family and our line settled in the now Blackstone , Ma. Thanks Joan for the Freeman info, also ..(who also settled in Bellngham and Mendon areas. ) You all have a nice day, Alice =========== >I'm so happy to have found this line and so fortunate to be a part of a >great sharing family. > >While visiting with cousin Alice a few weeks ago we tied up some loose >ends with documenting our connection to Pilgrim John Howland. Remember >Alice? Today, I finally made copies and will send you a copy shortly. > Meanwhile wanted to share the following which was sent to me by Bob >Freeman, Edmonds, WA: > Name: Phebe Freeman 1,2,3 > Birth: abt 1778 > Event: 26 May 1795 Mendon, MA > Event Memo: Ichabod Cook was appointed her guardian after the death >of her father > Father: Ralph Freeman (1741-1794) > Mother: Phebe Thompson (1745- ) > > Misc. Notes > Her birth date is not recorded, but the year is estimated based on her >parents' marriage date, the known dates of some siblings, and the fact >that she was a minor when her father died in 1794 > >Spouse > 1. Welcome Scott 2,4 > Marriage: 19 Dec 1799 Franklin, MA > >Sources: > 1. Massachusetts - Worcester County Probate Records, 1971, >v.19,pp.245,266; docket nos.22334 and 22396. MA Commonwealth. Worcester >County. Probate Records, 1731-1881. > Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Library, 1971. Microfilm no. >859,176. > 2. VR Franklin, MA, 1898, p.94 > Doe, Orestes T. The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town >of Franklin, MA from 1778 to 1872. Franklin, MA: The Franklin Sentinel, >1898. > 3. Holden, 1859,pp.256,259. Holden, Frederic A. Genealogy of the Desc >of Benfield Capron from A.D. 1660 to A.D. 1859. Boston: Geo.C. Rand & >Avery,1859. Available on microfilm at the Library of Congress, >Washington, DC. > 4. ibid.p.259. > >I tried to send the above exactly the way Bob Freeman sent it to me. > >Also would like to share some additional information I found on my DAY >line. >My paternal line has a connection to Myles Standish for three >generations. > >While in MD, reading over the 2nd edition of Mayflower Families in >Progress, found >on p,125 in the Myles Standish of the Mayflower publication that Eunice >ROOD who married Benjamin DAY has four generations to Standish; namely: >Mehitable, Josiah 3-2, Myles. > >Well, this DAY line is on my maternal side, - so, guess I'm my own >cousin, again? > >Enjoy what's left of the day. And to think, I've only just begun-:). > >Joan Reed Miller > >If anyone wants look-up - just received Vol. 7 - "Maine Families in >1790;edited by Joseph Crook Anderson !!;picton press; 2001

Hello MA-MENDON family-- Just returned from a 5 day stint in MD. Looking over e-mails.... thank you to all for sharing all this information on our Nathaniel FOOTE line. Really appreciate. And thank you Sue R. for the snail mail... will e-mail to you shortly. Picked it up at post office this afternoon.... couldn't stop reading all that wonderful information on our line. I'm so happy to have found this line and so fortunate to be a part of a great sharing family. While visiting with cousin Alice a few weeks ago we tied up some loose ends with documenting our connection to Pilgrim John Howland. Remember Alice? Today, I finally made copies and will send you a copy shortly. Meanwhile wanted to share the following which was sent to me by Bob Freeman, Edmonds, WA: Name: Phebe Freeman 1,2,3 Birth: abt 1778 Event: 26 May 1795 Mendon, MA Event Memo: Ichabod Cook was appointed her guardian after the death of her father Father: Ralph Freeman (1741-1794) Mother: Phebe Thompson (1745- ) Misc. Notes Her birth date is not recorded, but the year is estimated based on her parents' marriage date, the known dates of some siblings, and the fact that she was a minor when her father died in 1794 Spouse 1. Welcome Scott 2,4 Marriage: 19 Dec 1799 Franklin, MA Sources: 1. Massachusetts - Worcester County Probate Records, 1971, v.19,pp.245,266; docket nos.22334 and 22396. MA Commonwealth. Worcester County. Probate Records, 1731-1881. Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Library, 1971. Microfilm no. 859,176. 2. VR Franklin, MA, 1898, p.94 Doe, Orestes T. The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Franklin, MA from 1778 to 1872. Franklin, MA: The Franklin Sentinel, 1898. 3. Holden, 1859,pp.256,259. Holden, Frederic A. Genealogy of the Desc of Benfield Capron from A.D. 1660 to A.D. 1859. Boston: Geo.C. Rand & Avery,1859. Available on microfilm at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 4. ibid.p.259. I tried to send the above exactly the way Bob Freeman sent it to me. Also would like to share some additional information I found on my DAY line. My paternal line has a connection to Myles Standish for three generations. While in MD, reading over the 2nd edition of Mayflower Families in Progress, found on p,125 in the Myles Standish of the Mayflower publication that Eunice ROOD who married Benjamin DAY has four generations to Standish; namely: Mehitable, Josiah 3-2, Myles. Well, this DAY line is on my maternal side, - so, guess I'm my own cousin, again? Enjoy what's left of the day. And to think, I've only just begun-:). Joan Reed Miller If anyone wants look-up - just received Vol. 7 - "Maine Families in 1790;edited by Joseph Crook Anderson !!;picton press; 2001 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Morning All, Please once again, do not open any attachments that you have not asked for, or expecting. This virus is affecting many . Once again please do a "virus check" . Thanks Jean for sharing this with us. Forewarned is forearmed. However, please listers, do not be afraid to post to the list, as Rootsweb, deletes all attachments before they reach the list.. You can not receive the virus from the MA- MENDON list or any other rootsweb list. Alice >However, I did open the attachment from one of these members. It is like a >"ping-pong" virus and it goes from one person to another without your >knowledge. It was in the PAF list and at least twice I got the same bad >attachment. >Alice gave me the address for the anti-virus and I scanned it out so >hopefully it is gone. >Jean ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html Use this address to get to American Memory Collection Then type in Mendon Massachusetts in the search window and you should get a picture of the church jean

I really love the "remembering stones" -- what a wonderful vocabulary she must have. jean

Glad I 'hung on' to the list. I don't remember seeing a query from Grace - maybe I have been missing some mail too - but am taking advantage to your response, Jean. Thank you for this info on James Baldwin. I am still in pursuit of my elusive fellow, James Baldwin born 1814 in MA or NY, but may be narrowing it down a bit. I just found a daughter of his that we did not know about. Her death certificate said her father was born in NY. As for age, Dale and others, you cannot be too young - when you reach more candles on your cake, you do realize the time passing faster than you are attaining info. Keep looking! My daughter, now 31, tells me that one of her childhood memories is going to cemeteries with me to find my 'dead grandmas'. And now we take her three year old as we look through the stones. Another granddaughter, age 6, calls them 'remembering stones'. They are learning 'family, history, geography, reading and arithmetic' as they look at the charts and albums. You cannot be too young or too old. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] James Baldwin response to grace's earlier query > This query went through the MA-Mendon mail list and Grace also posted on the > MA-Worcester mail list. In response to her James Baldwin query that went > through on April 5th I just sent her a response today . This is probably > not the right list for the response but since people on the list are so > helpful perhaps you might have another suggestion for Grace to look in > Worcester county? . > > Grace: > > I am repeating what you already know to follow the same path: > > History of Madison County NY says David Baldwin arrived from Worcester MA > about 1804 > He brought with hiim Aaron, John and David jr ; David 4 had 7 kids and I > believe he lived in Lenox Madison County after 1806. A relative, Charles > Baldwin, of Perryville had 12 kids. Does this place your ancestor in the > correct area? > > (a) I assume you have read the History of Madison County /Chenango County > Baldwin and Bauder names are both mentioned in that history > > (b) There is a lodge mentioned in the History IOGT 1868 -- # 704 and there > were 19 charter members; among them Henry Bauder > > (c) The census taker of Madison County did not do you any favors. > They/He/She > recorded only first initials (in the Index ) like D. and also the > spellings were Baldwin, Baldwing, and I have even seen Beldwyn in one book. > > (d) The Goodwin family of CT has a Sam Goodwin born in Lenox in 1805 who > married Almira Atchinson; one of Sam Goodwin's collateral lines was William > Baldwin of Otsego /and Madison County but this is only an indirect > collateral line and may lead nowhere. > > (e) In Worcester County, 1790 census, we find David Baldwin and Ebenezer > Baldwin. > There were other Baldwins in Worcester County in Leominster, Fitchburg, > Spencer, Shrewsbury but your best bet might be the David and Ebenezer. Did > you send a query to the MA Worcester mail list about David? > > (f) A Major Asa Baldwin is mentioned ; he could be a relative; he would be > easier to trace because of his prominence. When I get stuck on a line I go > to any printed record I can find. Some people think this is unorthodox and > get very angry > > (g) A possible connection for you might be > Henry Baldwin and Abigail Butler (he married twice also married Mary?) > Henry died in 1739 ; unfortunately, he moved around a lot Shrewsbury MA, > Pelham New Hampshire, Hudson New Hampshire (but don't worry as these are > right at the top of Worcester County just happen to be over the state line) > This family originated in Woburn MA. There are records in Leicester MA > which is in Worcester County > > (h) Henry Baldwin had a brother Colonel David Baldwin married to Abigail > Jenison and this family lived in Sudbury . This family goes back to the > Richardson (collateral) founders of WOBURN MA > > (i) History of Cleveland New York has a Baldwin family > > (j) In the Revolutionary War wer a Peter Bauder, Melgert Bauder > but I didn't do any more on that line > (l) Before going to Madison family may have been in Dutchess County or > Washington County NY > This information was from the History of Cleveland and I quit looking because > it didn't seem to be going anywhere. At least there are fewer Bauders than > there are Baldwins . > Let me know what you have already done . > Good luck with your search. > Jean > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

I am afraid I picked up the "virus" yesterday. I responded to a member on the PAF list (it is controlled by Yahoo not Rootsweb; but Yahoo says they also screen out virus) Then: I got a response not from the person I wrote to but from another person on the same list (it is a small list). Then I got the samde identical wording from another person on the same list. They are both registered members and you can look up to see who they are on the registry. However, I did open the attachment from one of these members. It is like a "ping-pong" virus and it goes from one person to another without your knowledge. It was in the PAF list and at least twice I got the same bad attachment. Alice gave me the address for the anti-virus and I scanned it out so hopefully it is gone. Jean

Hi Alice!! Blame it on spring fever here!! With the snow FINALLY melted and the earth saying, "plant me, plant me"- kind of got distracted. But....While working on another project- lineal descent from Leonard Weeks of Greenland NH, would like to mention again the importance of military pension apps....my grandfather was born at home on the farm, no record of his birth (so I thought). Turned out that the Civil War widow's pension app of his mother contained a listing of all the children and their dates of birth - about as primary source as you can get. Just a reminder that as one of my dear friends once reminded me, "There is no such thing as a dead end- you just haven't looked in the right place yet." Jan

Morning All, Am I all by my lone here??? Hello Listers! I know there are fears of the virus that is running rampant, but please be assured you can not get any virus though posting to Rootsweb. It may be good idea for all to run a virus check. If you do not have a program installed, you may get a free check at either one of these sites. 1. http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm 2. If the antivirus website is Symantec (Norton AV) Use this address: http://208.226.167.17/ 3.You can download Inoculate free, and it works good. http://www.antivirus.ca.com/ Any of these will check your computer, Do not open any attachments unless you asked for them or are expecting them, even from your best friend. Good Luck, and please do not fear posting to RootsWeb. Alice List Mom [email protected] - Message From Massachusetts

Part 3- Early Mendon & King Philip's War By Rev. Carlton Staples:-1901: Unp. Manuscripts: ( within ( ) is an Abridged copy of or updated by APP) >From this hasty glance at the conditions of Mendon , two and one half centuries ago , let us look at the tribes of Indians around them inhabiting South Eastern , Central and Western Mass. or what are now the counties of Plymouth, Bristol, Worcester and a portion of R.I. There were the Wampanoag and the Nipmucks. The former occupied the country along the Taunton River and northern shores of Narragansett Bay and about the Pawtucket River. The home of the Chief was at Mount Hope, a high ridge of land opposite Fall River, on the bay of the same name. Up to the time early in July of 1675, Philip and his Wampanoags were the only Indians engaged in atrocities or that had shown any disaffection towards the English or disposition to break the peaceful relations. But let us turn to the Nipmucks who inhabited very sparsely indeed. southern and Central Mass. They had always been friendly and peaceful with the settlers. There is no record of any instance, I believe. of any atrocity committed by these Indians and the English. There was a much kindly intercourse between the natives and the settlers in mutual trade and helpfulness. The second minister here, Grindal Rawson, learned their language and use to preach to them on Sunday afternoons. Some were known as praying or Christian Indians.. At least one of these Christian Indians was living in Mendon in 1667 , known as Caleb. Therefore we can hardly conceive, of the consternation caused by the sudden outbreak of a war among the Nipmucks in the awful tragedy that occurred here 14th July 1675; It is surprising that scarcely anything should be found regarding an event which made as indelible impression on the history of Mendon, the beginning of a war that caused the entire destruction of the town . NOT A WORD, I believe , exist in the town records even mentioning, the massacre or the war, among the contemporaneous writings. President Increase Mather of Harvard in his brief History barely speaks of the five or seven slain in Mendon on that day. Fortunately we are able to identify three of the victims. and point to where they lived. We have even have a suggestion of what a few were doing when dispatched by the Indian tomahawk. (Mrs. Rachael ( Farnsworth) Puffer and her son , a lad of 11 or 12 yrs. John Rockwood Jr. another lad of abt. 12 yrs. whom were probably out picking berries in the swamp along Muddy Brook when the Indians fell upon them and put them to their death.) (These three were the only ones positively identified , through petitions sent to the General Court.( a Monument now stands near this site for those slain that fatal day ) ( History of the area . tells us, that John Albee, Richard Post (husband of Mary Tyler) John Garnsey, Joseph Stevens the Blacksmith, were some of the other settlers killed that day.(APP) A woeful scene it must have been, when their mangled bodies were found and brought to the homes from which they went out of, full of hope and happiness. No word of consolation or prayer , no hymn of faith and hope was heard as they were carried to their last resting place, we know not where ,,,,Funeral services were not tolerated by the Puritans at this time and unknown here until years afterwards. They regarded them as savoring of popery and prelacy. The English of the Catholic church, the prayer book and the cross, objects well- nigh as offensive to the Puritans as Satan himself. They embodied in his mind about everything ungodly and Satanic. He had crossed the sea and made his home in the wilderness with the wild beast and savages, to escape their power and influence. He would neither listen to or permit such popish or prelatic ceremonies where he was able to prevent them. End of Part 3: Part 4; Think of what it meant for the families in Mendon, exposed to more attack, far from immediate assistance, not very capable of defense. . It was a time of awful darkness. The hearty men quailed at the prospects when they thought of their wives and children , and what they had provided for sickness , for old age and helplessness, laying at the mercy of the savages. Think of the terrors and consternation, when news of the awful tragedy ran like wild fire from house to house, through the town. We may very well believe there was little sleep for many nights following that bloody day. Horrid dreams alarmed "the curtained sleeper" the fancied sounds of warhoopp, or the light of blazing homes. The shrieks of the their fleeing neighbors. A pall of anxiety and fear hung over the town in the expectation of a renewal of attack. An express was sent to Medfield giving alarm, and Rev. Emerson went to Boston to ask for military protection . It was readily granted and Capt, Henchman was dispatched with a military company to secor and save the place. The court has issued a decree forbidding the inhabitants to leave the settlement on pain of forfeiting all their rights in the lands they had subdued from the wilderness. But many soon gave up their homes and went to towns below. The remainder of the people finally gathered in two of the largest houses . A considerable force was kept here to maintain this frontier town. The deprivation and suffering became so severe that people could not endure it, and they gradually stole away. The troops were withdrawn six months after the first attack, the place was abandoned, words of Cotton Mather "Another candle of the Lord extinguished" Early the following year , 1676, the Indians burned the remaining buildings and for the tolls and sacrifices of twelve (12) Years little was left but charred logs and ashes. The attack on Mendon was led , it supposed by the Nipmuck chief Matoonas. The deed of the original Mendon, eight square miles , embraces what are now Mendon, Uxbridge, Milford, Blackstone, Hopedale, Bellingham, Northbridge and Upton. (Millville, & Whitinville) (Mendon is now called MOTHER MENDON because of her many children and grandchildren ) The Memorial Stone made of rough unhewned slate fittingly symbolizes the massive enduring character of the men and women who subdued the wilderness, conquered the savage and laid the foundation of the town in love of liberty and the service of God: Inscription reads: Near this spot The wife and son od Matthias Puffer. the son of John Rockwood and other inhabitants of Mendon were killed by Nipmuck Indians 14 July 1675 The beginning of King Phillip's War in the colony of Mass. THE END: This manuscript was shortened , but nothing was left out concerning Mendon, or any of it's settlers. .. A few paragraphs were changed or omitted for brevity, but I believe without taking away from the original text..written by Rev. Carlton Staples. 1901: Hope you all enjoyed this little look into the life and times of the Founding Father's of Mendon, Ma. Alice [email protected] - Message From Massachusetts

Morning Again, This is going to come in 2 parts. as is a bit lenghty. It can also be found on the Thompson page at. David Thomson Researchers - http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/ So Any Tommies on the list, you can delete now. :) This is a new URL for the Thompson Home Page. Anyone with Thompson ancestry , this is the page to find all the Thompson data. you'll ever want to know or need. . I have been a member of this group since it originated. Alice ============= This unpublished manuscript, was written & read by Rev, Carlton Staples before the Mendon Historical Society, Mendon, Ma. three years before his death in 1901: The original is 8 pages long, although very interesting is being shortened, hopefully without losing too much on the life and times of the first 12 years in Mendon, Ma.. EARLY MENDON & KING PHILIP'S WAR by Rev. Carlton Staples: (abridged for this writing, by APP ) (also writings in parenthesis added by me for further explanation or update on the written article.) Part 1: Let us turn back the pages of history to consider an event which ushered in the most distressing and bloody war New England has ever seen. It is commonly called King Philip's War which began in the Mass. colony with the attack on Mendon July 14, 1675. The place had been settled about 12 years. and probably contained 20 or 25 families. Mendon was then a lonely settlement in a dense wilderness as yet almost untouched by the woodsman axe, with only a horse and cart path connecting it with the civilized world. It is difficult to conceive of the loneliness and hardship, the suffering involved on such an existence. The houses were probably all built of unhewn logs. though there is a mention of a saw pit where boards were made by hand. They had a Blacksmith , a carpenter, a weaver, and a minister, among them , but no Doctor, lawyer or schoolmaster until many years afterwards. Domestic animals , oxen. cows. sheep, hogs and horses soon became common and added largely to their means of substance and comfort. Their food must have been wild game. meat, corn, and rye, beans . berries and nuts and of these at first of a scanty supply; Their clothing of the coarest kind of spun and woven in their own homes. Their Books , the Bible, Pilgrims Progress and the New England Primer. Their Amusement were husking and quilting bees. Their holidays Thanksgiving and Sunday Meetings which constituted their principal social life. (the Puritans objected to Christmas and in 1647 by an act of Parliament the observance of both Christmas and Easter were abolished and also condemned by the New England Puritans. ) Let's look for a moment at the location of some of the families, On the Medfield Road (now Hartford Ave, East, Hopedale, Ma. ) we find Benjamin Albee , on Mill River where he built a corn mill; Before this the settlers carried their grain to be ground at Marlboro or Medfield both 15 miles away. Coming towards the village the next settler was John Rockwood . Thence crossing Muddy Brook 20 rods above the present bridge we come to the cabin of Matthias Puffer, whose farm included a part of the Samuel ALDRICH place bounded on the northeast by the rock just beyond the cemetery under which gushes a copias spring. Below Puffer's on what is now the Providence Road, there was probably no inhabitants. But coming toward the village we pass the cabin of Ferdinando Thayer who wrote his name with two small f's instead of a capital letter, and who , tradition says, was a renowned wrestler. Further up we pass the houses of the Lovetts and near the old Burying ground that of Warfield, afterwards the first school master/ then the ALDRICH families, George & Joseph, Abraham Staples and Joseph Whites (where the aforementioned Saw mill was) which brings us to the corner above the Public Library where the Meeting House stood. a humble structure twenty feet square , the roof of which came to an 8 ft. square over the center. ( today the Meeting House grounds are called Founder's Park and has a monument dedicated to the first settlers; George Aldrich's name is 2nd on the monument. with Ferdinando Thayer 1st; also the Library, mentioned above has been for the past 80 years the Mendon Historical Museum: -2001) Part 2: Up the North Road. (now North Ave) were probably a dozen other dwellings, ending with that of the contumacious old rebel Job Tyler. who wouldn't come to work on the Minister's house which the town was building for Rev. Joseph Emerson . (Mendon's 1st Minister) and when the selectman sent the constable to warn him, he said, "If they had more to say to him than he had to them, they might come where he was," An audacious speech which they threatened to report to the court and also his miscarriages on he Lord's Day. Returning to our brief survey to the meeting house. we enter what is called the Country Road (now route 16) leading to Nipmuc Great Pond and south meadows-- probably those near wig-wam hill, where the settlers went for hay. On this road at the Dr Metcalf Place we find the House of John THOMPSON and further on, that of Walter COOK , near Mr. Adams house and above Mr. Winter and Probably Deacon Jones, the pioneer of what is now Hopedale..(was Milford) (Deacon Jones was the first settler in the North Purchase) Continuing on this road to the pond we find there Col. William Crowne, the town clerk, the most notable man in the settlement, excepting the Minister. Probably he had been with Crowmwell's army where he won military renown. He received from Parliment the province of Nova Scotia which he was never to get possession of. His son John Crowne, was a ribald poet and a boon companion of King Charles II and associated with his dissolute court. Col Crowne's was the last house on this road; it stood in what is called on the records, FORTIFIED: indicating that there was some kind of fortification in the vicinity. In addition to the homes and roads already mentioned there were what is known as the Back Lane and Birch Alley., laid out originally as a road eight rods wide. On this were the houses of John Harber. Mr. Emerson. John WOODLAND, and Deacon Moore at the Welcome Staples place. Doubtless there were others within the principle families living here in 1675, and located mainly on this road, leading from Medfield North to Marlborough over a distance of 2 1/2 miles, the houses widely separated and precluding much social intercourse between the people, Evidently they were men of public spirit and strong religious convictions. They laid out this portion of the town a generous scale with the expectations of it's growth and importance, In these 12 years since the settlement began, they had built a Meeting House. a parsonage, and maintained a Minister for most of the time , paying him 40 lbs. a year . one half in County produce. When we recall how few were in numbers. and how straightened their means.. how much larger the value of money was then, than it is now, we partially comprehend the hard constant self denial which these facts show must have filled up their life. They had founded a town, a church here, forming a community of sturdy, intelligent Christian men & women, loving liberty, and walking humbly with God. End of Part 2: Part 3 and 4 to follow: [email protected] - Message From Massachusetts

Morning Peggy and all Mendonites, Gee Peg, I really don't know what to say, about this! I downlaoaded it from an AOL page a few years ago..For some reason the compiler or page did not print out . However the article , are excerpts from the "Annals Of Mendon " which I have a copy of, I see nothing in it that is NOT in the Annals. The data from the Annals can be used. as copyright has long since past. I searched the web looking for the article again and couldn't find it. I see the " Annal's of Mendon " by John G. Metcalf was not used as a source.. This material no matter where it was extracted from , for this article , originally had to come from the Annals, therefore had to be reprinted in the sources given. I know of no other original sources that contain this material , for the History of Mendon?? The Annals was written iabt. 1879. (my title page is missing-old book) Not helping much. to answer your question, am I?? OK All, what is your opinion on this ?? Can this article be used on another's homepage?? Alice ============ >Are we allowed to put this in our notes and our files that we put online. >Thanks Peggy

Alice et al, Perhaps the place you copied it from was at fault for not giving sources. Of course, you are free to copy on a List anything that is in the public domain, which would be most stuff pertaining to Mendon, unles someone puts their copyrighted book on line. Then they can expect trouble. I just copied what you posted, Alice, and find it a great addition to the materials I have on Mendon. Thanks, Betty Betty Sullivan, 232 E, Church St. Kewanee, IL, USA (Hog Capital of the World) Always ready to share Genealogy with anyone. [email protected] Please visit my site at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Palladini; <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:54 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Mendon Article | Morning Peggy and all Mendonites, | | Gee Peg, I really don't know what to say, about this! I downlaoaded | it | from an AOL page a few years ago..For some reason the compiler or | page did not print out . | | However the article , are excerpts from the "Annals Of Mendon " which | I have a copy of, I see nothing in it that is NOT in the Annals. The | data | from the Annals can be used. as copyright has long since past. | I searched the web looking for the article again and couldn't find | it. | | I see the " Annal's of Mendon " by John G. Metcalf was not used as a | source.. This material no matter where it was extracted from , for | this article , originally had to come from the Annals, therefore had | to be reprinted in the sources given. | I know of no other original sources that contain this material , | for the History of Mendon?? | The Annals was written iabt. 1879. (my title page is missing-old | book) | | Not helping much. to answer your question, am I?? | OK All, what is your opinion on this ?? | Can this article be used on another's homepage?? | Alice | | ============ | >Are we allowed to put this in our notes and our files that we put online. | >Thanks Peggy | | | | ============================== | Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp | Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! | |

Hi Alice Are we allowed to put this in our notes and our files that we put online. Thanks Peggy > Morning All, > I had found this on AOL, a few moons ago. :) Thought all with Mendon > ancestry might be interested in a little history of Mendon. > Alice > > MENDON: > Incorporated on May 15, 1667, Mendon is the oldest town in Worcester county

Hello All; I too share Nathaniel Foote and Margaret Bliss as ancestors (my maternal ancestors). My 7th cousin compiled a genealogy of "Hale Brothers, Titus Hale (1802-1844), Israel Foote Hale (1804-1891) (my ancestor), and Marvin Hale (1823-1890). A very nice compilation of ancestry and descendancy with much biographical information. All documented! If anyone would like lookups done and/or copies of info made just let me know. Deborah Coleen Cook

In a message dated 04/18/2001 4:03:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Sue > > Thanks, Sue...... appreciate your input. Have to fetch myself > some CT town history books. > Joan > Joan! I have news! I was looking up your FOOTE line and I discovered that you have TWO!! Be expecting some info. to come by US mail in a few days :) Sue

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:22:11 EDT [email protected] writes: > In a message dated 04/18/2001 10:05:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > Knowing he has title Capt. Benjamin Day doesn't necessarily mean > he was a > > Capt. in the Rev.War. > > > > It could simply mean that he was Capt. of his town militia. Town > history may > mention him. I think he was too old for the Rev. War, but could > have served > in one of the earlier wars. Sue Thanks, Sue...... appreciate your input. Have to fetch myself some CT town history books. Joan > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

In a message dated 04/18/2001 9:54:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > You probably already know.....these lines are primarily from CT? > Yes, this was a CT family. Sue

In a message dated 04/18/2001 10:05:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Knowing he has title Capt. Benjamin Day doesn't necessarily mean he was a > Capt. in the Rev.War. It could simply mean that he was Capt. of his town militia. Town history may mention him. I think he was too old for the Rev. War, but could have served in one of the earlier wars. Sue

No Jean, have not seen this book. Would appreciate the snail mail. Will reimburse. Knowing he has title Capt. Benjamin Day doesn't necessarily mean he was a Capt. in the Rev.War. But a good possibility. Think among my books have publication on "Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary War". Thanks so much. Today I've regained my lost enthusiasm! Joan On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:57:50 EDT [email protected] writes: > The Foote Family > Author: Nathaniel Goodwin > This book contains the history and genealogy of the Foote family of > Salem > Massachusetts. > Bibliographic Information: Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote Family. > Case, > Tiffany and Company. Harftord. 1849. > > Have you seen this book? Margaret is on page 60 and is given the > number #84 > Her husband is listed as Captain Benjamin Day who died in 1777 son > of John > Day of Colchester CT. > If you want the pages I will xerox them and snail mail > jean > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.