My grandfather's cousin once removed theorized his descent from George ALDRICH as: 1 George of Mendon 2 Joseph of Braintree & Smithfield b. 1635 3 Samuel of Smithfield b. 1665 4 Peter of Smithfield b. 1683 5 Sylvanus of Smithfield b. 1722 6 Stephen of Smithfield b. 1747 7 Sylvanus of Smithfield b. 1779 8 John Colwell of Southwick b. 1814 9 Duane Burdett of Avon, CT b. 1848 10 Martin Duane of Russell b. 1869 11 Harold Aldrich of Wollaston The sticking point was proving that John Colwell's father was Sylvanus. In 1933 he wrote to my grandfather "I expect to definitely establish it as correct or otherwise this summer, if I have good luck in my investigations." Of course that was the last I've ever heard. The census of 1810 and Sylvanus' will corroborate the theory, but apparently there are no extant Southwick records that would really clinch it. Incidentally, my line is (8) John Colwell, (9) Burnis, (10) Raymond, (11) Barbara, (12) Raymond. Does anyone know the fate of Harold Aldrich and his research? I'd greatly appreciate hearing proof, disproof, or suggestions - thanks. Ray Scanlon [email protected]

Hi Ray: According to Vol 3 pg 37of the George Aldrich Genealogy by A. James Aldrich, John Colwell 8 Aldrich was b. 1814 in Southwick, MA. He is not carried on sorry to say. also, his father, Sylvanus supposedly died 10 June 1823 in Southwick. The line you give to John Colwell Aldrich is as AJ has it. Work does need to be done in this area as I suspect there is some erroneous data here. Alison