OK Tim, you forced me into it! :) This is from MY data base.. notes may not be easy to understand as they are MY notes. :) I am sure a few Aldrich descendants on the list can add to this FGR. Alice ----------- Family Group Record ============================================================================ ============== Husband: George ALDRICH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1605 Derbyshire, England Death: 1 Mar 1682/83 Mendon, Worcester, Ma. Burial: See notes) ? Old Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester, Ma. REFN: 1144 Marriage: 3 Sep 1629 Derbyshire, England Father: (see notes)====================================================================== ==================== Wife: Katherine SEALD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1610 Derbyshire, England Death: 11 Jan 1691/92 Mendon, Worcester, Ma. Burial: REFN: 1145 ============================================================================ ============== Children ============================================================================ ============== 1 M Abel ALDRICH Birth: Jun 1633 Dorchester, Ma Death: Dorchester, Ma., , YOUNG Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2 M Joseph ALDRICH Birth: 4 Jun 1635 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Death: 24 Apr 1702 Smithfield, Providence, R.I. Burial: Spouse: Patience OSBORNE (m 26 Feb 1661/62) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 F Mary ALDRICH Birth: 16 Jun 1637 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Death: aft 1685 Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 F Meriam ALDRICH Birth: 29 Jun 1639 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. Death: 10 Mar 1651 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma., (young) Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 5 F Experience ALDRICH Birth: 4 Sep 1641 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Death: 2 Feb 1642 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 6 M John ALDRICH Birth: 2 Apr 1644 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. Death: 2 Apr 1685 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Ma. Burial: Spouse: Sarah THOMPSON (m 9 Jun 1670) Spouse: Sarah LEACH (m 31 Oct 1678) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 7 F Sarah ALDRICH Birth: 16 Jan 1644/45 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Death: 17 Feb 1685 Cumberland, Providence, R.I. REFN: 1501 Burial: Spouse: John BARTLETT (m abt 1665) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 8 M Peter ALDRICH Birth: 14 Apr 1648 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. Death: bef 20 May 1702Long Island, N.Y. Burial: Spouse: Mehetable SWAZEY (m 1682) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 9 F Mercy ALDRICH Birth: 17 Jun 1650 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. Death: 26 Sep 1702 Weymouth, Norfolk, Ma. Burial: Spouse: John RANDALL (m 27 Aug 1667) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 10 M Jacob ALDRICH Birth: 28 Feb 1652/53 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. Death: 22 Oct 1695 Mendon, Worcester, Ma. Burial: Aldrich Cem., Uxbridge, Ma. REFN: 572 Spouse: Huldah THAYER (m 25 Jun 1675) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 11 F Martha ALDRICH Birth: 10 Aug 1656 Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Death: Burial: Spouse: John DUNBAR (m bef 1680) ============================================================================ ============== Prepared 12 Apr 2001 by: Alice Pickering Palladini ============================================================================ ============== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: George ALDRICH General: The place of birth & date of George Aldrich is unknown: as to his parents being GEORGE ALDRICH AND JOAN THURGOOD, of Canfield & Edwardson England is very iffy as this George died 29 Aug. 1601: And it is always written but never proved that George-1 was b. ca 1605: Why not 1601??? Occupation: Tailor; Ship not known maybe Lyons: that arr. 23 Aug. 1631; not listed as Pass. Was in Dorchester, Suffolk Ma. (Ch.rec) 23 Aug. 1636;, freeman 7 Dec. 1636: Was in Braintree- 1640: Founding Father of Mendon, Ma. (name No.2 on Founder's Park Mon.) arr. 7 mo. 1663: Homestead land; abuts the Old Cemetery; Willow Brook, now Blk. St. to Emerson, St. Homestaed house believed to be on an ext. of Emerson St. across Blk, east: Went to Swansea before K.P. War: ret. to Mendon: after the war. George is said to be buried in Old Cem. in Mendon, Ma. near a huge boulder.. Also 10 miles away in Uxbridge, Ma. is an Aldrich Cem. that has a Mem. plaque that says,, "Here Lies George Aldrich , son Jacob " plus 3 other gen..This has always been a mystery to all historians.. Was he buried in in Old Cem. that abutted his land.. or did they go 10 miles to Uxbridge.. or did he res. in Uxbridge at his death with a member of his fam.. making it more factual that he is bur. in Uxb.?? Have photos- of stone and M. Pla.) Src V.R. Mendon, Ma. chn. VR. Brintree Rec by Samuel Bates;(hereafter Brain. REc.) LDS.Anc. File (1987); Annals of Mendon; A,J, Gen,; Harl Ald, Gen. Manu. by Marcus; Aldrich (MHS) Esek Ald. Gen. and sites I've seen and have photo's of! Mother of Municipalities, Men. Ma/ 1667-1967: Prop. Rec. Mendon, Ma.;See Gen. books for copy of will: In 1997; the NAA voted to have a plaque placed on the big boulder in Old Cemetery, Ma.; This does not state a burial site, however but says only that George was a Founding Father of Mendon; The Uxbridge site is still to be considered as a possible burial place?? . WIFE NOTES: Katherine SEALD General: SRC. V.R. Mendon, Ma. AJ Ald. Gen. LDS. Ans. Files: CHILD NOTES: Abel ALDRICH General: Nothing is known of him: Email d.d. 1653?? (jonelle) A J Ald. Gen Pg.36 CHILD NOTES: Joseph ALDRICH General: Joseph came to Mendon in 1664: House Lot where the Nathan George Place was now Mary Vincents: Main St. cor, of George St.: Tradition says during K,P, War; his was the only house not burnt by the Indians, because he was a Quaker:: Left Mendon and went to Prov. R.I. Src & Inv. in A.J. Ald. Gen. pg 37: CHILD NOTES: Mary ALDRICH General: Died, unwed: CHILD NOTES: Meriam ALDRICH General: Src. rec. of Braintree by Samuel Bates ; Died Young:Braintre rec. d. 10 (1) 1651:. CHILD NOTES: Experience ALDRICH General: Src, Des, of G.A. of Braintreee & Mendon: "Ancestral Lines" ; and a MHS Manu. , Mendon, Ma.died baby CHILD NOTES: John ALDRICH General: CONFLICT on Death Date: Read on: Came to Mendon abt. same time as Father; Res, across from Old Cem. Men. ; On Site known as the "yellow House" (Nathan George Property) Mentioned in 1684 in J. Thompson's will: Src.b. m/2' Braintree records 1640-1793 p. 641; b.2 (2) 1645; A J. Ald . gen. Pg 38; Thompson Gen. d.dates differ: than what A.J. has: d, 1717? Esek Ald. Gen. & Harl Aldrich gen: (see files & books)) CHILD NOTES: Sarah ALDRICH General: Src.b. Braintree Rec. 1640-1793-p 641; b. 16 (11) 1645; A.J. Aldrich Gen.; Esek Aldrich gen. : Harl Aldrich Gen.: Bartlett gen (2) see files: CHILD NOTES: Peter ALDRICH General: Rem. to Shelter Island, N.Y.,1675; Did not ret. to Men. after King Ph.War GAG: also says died bef. 1692: Src; b. Braintre Rec. 1640-1793 p, 641; b.14 (2) 1648; GAG: CHILD NOTES: Mercy ALDRICH General: Rem. from Men. 1675; Res. Weymouth, Ma. Src.b. Braintree Rec. p. 641; b. 17 (4) 1650; m, Medfield VR- Int not Rec.; Esek Ald. Gen: A.J. Gen. and H. Ald. Gen. d. Some Ans.. Lines, MHS manu.; CHILD NOTES: Jacob ALDRICH General: Occ. Farmer: SRC. A.J. Ald. Gen. Esek Ald. Gen. Harl Ald. Gen.; V.R. Mendon, Ma. Rec. : Town of Braintree; They were Quakers: He was the youngest son and for reason not understood he was the sole heir of his father's estate: No will; Adm pro, Suffolk Co. Pro. Ct. It was hard to divide his estate without waste and it was sold by court order to his son Jacob. Bur. Memorial Stone: Aldrich Cem. Uxb.; (Is he buried there on in Old Cem., Mendon, Ma.) His land was known to be in Uxbridge so prob. buried Uxb. SRC. b. Braint. Rec. p. 641, b 28 (12) 1652 ;GAG; Esek ld. Gen; Harl Ad. Gen: Vr's Mendon; Ins. on stone:; mar.VR Medfield, Ma.; CHILD NOTES: Martha ALDRICH General: SRC. b. MATTITHIAH 10 (5) 1656-Brain. Rec. p 641;;Torry mar.: Janice Annal Charts: (des. from) see file: Mendon VR: