This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/151.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Found him in the 1900 census in Somerville, but I can't find him any earlier than that. He was probably at sea, either with his dad or on his own. Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/151.1.2 Message Board Post: Looking for JULIUS C STURGIS. Born 1856 in the Azores. His father was Capt. John Sturgis.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/391 Message Board Post: Looking for any reference to JULIUS CEASAR STURGIS. We have been told that he was born in the Azores. His father was a sea captain from Barnstable. His name is possibly John. JULIUS may have had a brother by the name of Frank. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker,Studley,Berry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/390 Message Board Post: Trying to locate the exact location of my ancestors home in 1900 Dennis census. Ancestor is Sally K.(Baker)Studley of Dennis,Ma. Widow of Matthew Studley. I vacation in Dennis in the summer and do some resesrch there would like to try and locate this home because my great grandmother Elsie Mabel Berry born July 1886 grew up there. Any info on Elsie Berry would be appreciated. Would like to know if anyone has a photo of her. Maybe a school photo since she was attending school in Dennis in 1900. any help would be appreciated she is some what of a brickwall for me. Thanks,Meghan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wixon,Berry,Studley,Colbath/Colbauth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/389 Message Board Post: Looking for information on my great-great grandfather. He was born Nov 11 1858 in Harwich. By 1860 he was living w/the James Berry family. In 1880 he married Elizabeth Studley of Dennis,Ma. In their 1880 marriage record he used the last name of Berry. Also their 3 daughters Lizzie,Martha and Elsie Berry used Berry as their last name in the 1900 Dennis census. I believe Albert Morris Wixon/Berry may have possibly died aroung 1885-1890 in Dennis,Ma. Looking for exact date of death and burial location. Can anyone help me? Have heard he was a mariner and went down w/his ship possibly. His wife went on to remarry George Colbath/Colbauth also of Dennis around 1890 and have 2 children Minnie and George Colbath/Colbauth. Any help on these folks would be appreciated. Thanks,Meghan

I am doing research on one of the branches of my Baker family originally from Cape Cod. I am currently working on Mary C. Baker. The last I know about her was in 1932 in Sandwich. She was the informant for her mother's death certificate. She was born in the 1870's in New York the daughter of Frederic and Emily Crocker Baker. Emily and Mary are listed as living on Main Street in Sandwich in the 1930 census. They have 2 servants: Mary Freeman and Sarah J. Bradley. Mary had not married as of 1932. I would like to know when Mary died and if she continued living in the house her mother owned in Sandwich. Does anyone have access to any directories for Sandwich around that time period? Or access to death records after 1932 for Sandwich? Thank you for any help! ------------------------------------------ Sandra Gilley sandra@fishlakia.com

At 08:05 AM 4/1/2005, Ray Sears wrote: >Anyone have the whole will transcribed? Ray - The will and inventory were transcribed by George Ernest Bowman and published in MD 3:203-216. The inventory alone occupies ten pages. Dale H. Cook; Research Member, NEHGS; Member, Mass. Soc. Mayf. Desc. Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project and for GenExchange http://members.cox.net/oldcolony/index.shtml

I guess I thought pre-nups were something new but here is an excerpt from the will of Gov Thomas Prence concerning his fourth wife Mary Howes, found on p422-3, Cape Cod Library of Local Hist and Gen. The will of Gov Thomas Prence dated March 13, 1672-3, contains the following reference to his wife: "And Respecting my temporall estate wherwith the Lord hath blessed mee my will is that Mary my beloved wife shall have such household goods of Any kind as were hers, before wee married, Returned to her againe, after my Decease and if any of them, be much Impared or be wanting, that shee shall make it good out of my estate in such goods as shee Desireth; "Item I give unto my said loveing wife my best bed and the furniture therunto appertaining and, the Court Cubberd that stands in the new parlour with Cloth and Cushen that is on it, and an horse and three Cowes such as shee shall make Choise of, and foure of my best silver spoones and alsoe During her Naturall life, I give her the Rents and proffitts of my prte of the mill att Satuckett; and of the lands adjoining, and my Debts and legacyes being first payed; I Doe further give unto my said wife a full third prte of my prsonall estate that Remaines." He made her sole executrix of his will. His inventory, dated April 23, 1673, contains a list of the "goods mistris Mary Prence had before Marriage." She swore to the inventory June 5, 1673. The mill at Satuckett must have been in the area of Factory Village in what is now West Brewster - the Upper and Lower Mill ponds which drain into Saquetucket river (currently called Stony Brook but once titled Paine's Creek) Anyone have the whole will transcribed? Ray

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Some more information has come to light as a result of my post about 1851 post offices. One list reader has the privilege of knowing more about the handling of mail at the "post office" "After Josiah Scudder [Osterville Postmaster in 1851], my great-grandfather, George Henry Hinckley, was postmaster in Osterville; the postoffice was in his general store. When the mail bag came in, George Henry would open it and "read the mail." That is, he read out loud the names of the recipients. If the person wasn't present, he put the missile aside to hold for him or her. His daughter, my grandmother Jennie Hinckley, was postmistress at Wianno. (Summers only.)" I have always enjoyed visiting Cape post offices and have gone out of my way to get to some (Cotuit, Marstons Mills, etc) I visited another "summers only" post office at Craigville Beach. I think the Hyannisport post office may also be summers only? Somebody can confirm this? One of my favorite post offices is the one in Cummaquid. There is room for about 6 cars in the parking lot and no more than about 4 people in the post office at a time. I once thought of driving around the Cape and photographing all the current post office buildings so you can see my fascination (obsession?) with the topic. That may still be done someday. Even more interesting would be the storefronts that once held post offices. Further discussion and reading about the East Dennis post office that I mentioned visiting resulted in a find of some details about the source of the name. I had previously considered that Post Offices were named after an existing location/village. But this is evidence contrary to that hypothesis. In Nancy Thacher Reid's Dennis, Cape Cod on p. 301 she says "Thacher Clark (1788-1871) kept a store as early as 1812 on the north side of the main street between the villages on Sesuet Neck and Quivet neck. In 1828, the neighborhood had become busy enough to require a separate post office and Thacher Clark received the appointment as postmaster, designating the office that was in his store as "East Dennis." So there were villages in the East part of the town of Dennis (which town itself was early on called the East Precinct of Yarmouth until it was finally incorporated in 1793) but the post office was not named after either village location. Instead it appears Thacher Clark coined the term East Dennis. My Dad liked to shorten the name to EDEN which is the heaven on Earth that he considered the place to be. So EDEN is not really a village but a group of villages. There are only a few houses around the P.O. There is no church, the church is over on Quivet Neck along with the library. There are now still some stores and a restaurant (our world favorite bird/marsh watching spot -Marshside). We could sure use some more village stories here. How about Dogtown in Wellfleet or Hyannis Park in Yarmouth? Some of the hollows out on the Atlantic facing forearm of the Cape like Cahoon Hollow or Le Count Hollow. Painesville in Wellfleet. There are still signs to Bass River off Rte 6. You might have thought that is Bass River the body of water but I am talking about Bass River, the village (and P.O.) in Yarmouth between Bass River and Parker River. Some of my other favorite village names - Weeset in Orleans, Searsville in Dennis, The Mills and The Plains in Barnstable. My favorite traditional Cape village to "hang-out" in - Osterville. Osterville has absolutely everything - off the track, art/specialty shops, churches, p.o., library, beach, harbor, school (not much longer I guess), fire station, boat yard, museum. And you can walk to everything. If only I can afford to live there when I can no longer drive. Which village is your favorite?

I found a little book in the Portsmouth, NH Athenaeum titled US Official Register 1851 which listed Barnstable county Post Offices and postmasters, part of the US Post Office Department Barnstable - Richard Ainsworth to 12 Feb David Bursley Chatham - Joseph Mayo Cotuit - Phineas Fish Cotuitport - Alexander Scudder 1st qtr Randall Kelley Dennis - N. Y. Hall East Brewster - George W Higgins East Dennis - Lathrop Howes Jr East Falmouth - John Robinson Eastham - George Seabury East Harwich - Benjamin F Eldridge East Orleans - Freeman Doane East Sandwich - Joseph Hoxie 3d Falmouth - Obed Goodspeed Harwich - Obed Brooks Harwichport - Ephr'm Doane 1st qtr Hyannis - Abner W Lowell Hyannisport - Daniel Bassett Marstons Mills - Nathaniel Hinckley Monument - Ellis M Swift North Chatham - Joshua Nickerson Jr North Eastham - D C Atwood North Falmouth - Ferdinand G Nye North Sandwich - Charles Bourne North Truro - John Grozier Orleans - Betsey D Knowles to 1 May Azariah Snow Osterville - Josiah Scudder to Aug 14 Isaiah Crocker Pocassett - Howard Perry Sandwich - Zena R Hinckley South Dennis - Watson Baker South Harwich - Joseph P Nickerson South Orleans - Seth Sparrow 3d South Sandwich - Solomon C Howland South Wellfleet - Stephen Hatch South Yarmouth - David K Aikin Waquoit - Asa Phinney Wellfleet - E Higgins to Sep 12 Jno. W Davis West Barnstable - S. N. Howland West Brewster - Clarissa Winslow to Nov 19 Nathaniel Winslow West Dennis - Luther Child West Falmouth - Stephen Dillingham West Harwich - David H Small West Sandwich - Charles H Burgess 3 qtrs West Yarmouth - Sylvanus Crowell 3 qtrs Woods Hole - Benjamin B Webster Yarmouth - Charles Thacher Yarmouthport - Nathan Hallett Jr I understand that mail was delivered to the P.O. twice daily and many people would meet at these locations to receive mail and visit. The actual location of the P.O. may have been in the proprietor's store. They were not all individual buildings with the sole purpose of being a post office. I know that visiting the East Dennis post office in the 50s-60s with my grandmother was always a treat. She would introduce me to everyone, let me dial in the combination to her box and check the mail. In later years I was trusted to go pick up the mail by myself. The P.O. was only across Rte 6A and about two hundred yards east of "The Cedars" now completely restored to its 1700s spendor by the current owner -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Snow, Horton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/388 Message Board Post: Ancestors of Freeman Snow Sr. Freeman Snow Sr., son of Samuel Snow and Elizabeth Freeman, was born about 1752 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, USA and died on 13 Sep 1828 in Jacksonville, Tompkins, NY, about age 76. RESEARCH: MF5G Vol VI [Hopkins] under father Samuel Snow R 1325 p 329 xi Freeman from fathers will nfr 1790 Fed Census Sandisfield, Mass. Freemon Snow 2 2 1 Others R 853 and R 1677 m. in Eastham, Barnstable MA res. MA 1790 Lived in Sandisfield, MA in between Cape Cod, MA & NY State where he died. Noted events in his life were: He was employed in Lived In Sandisfield, MA In Between Cape Cod, MA &. He was educated in , , NY. He appeared on the 1790 Census M637 Roll 4 Page 494 census in 1790 in Rochester, Plymouth, MA. SNOW, FREEMAN (1790 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , PLYMOUTH, ROCHESTER Series: M637 Roll: 4 Page: 494 Freeman married Abigail Horton, daughter of Samuel Horton Jr. and Mary Cushing, in 1774-1775 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, USA. Abigail was born on 31 Jul 1755 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, USA and died in 1813 in Trumansburg, Tompkins, NY, at age 58. Children from this marriage were: i. Cushing Snow (born on 14 Aug 1790 Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA - died on 17 Jan 1849 in Bridgeton, Parke, IN). Cushing married Hannah Hendy, daughter of John Hendy and Mary Polly Baker, in 1804 in Tomkins County, New York. Hannah was born on 5 Jun 1796 in Hendytown, Chemung, NY, died on 15 Aug 1866 in , Parke, IN, at age 70, and was buried about Aug 1866 in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Raccoon, Parke, IN. Cushing next married (name unknown). ii. Joseph Snow (born in 1776 , , MA - died in 1798 in Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA) iii. Sarah Snow (born in 1778 , , MA - died in 1815 in Windham, Greene County, NY) iv. Betsy Snow (born in 1780 , , MA - died in 1849) v. Freeman Snow Jr. (born on 10 Jan 1784 Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA - died on 27 Jun 1872 in Hancock, Deleware, NY) vi. Barnabus Snow (born in 1788 Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA - died in 1838) vii. Samuel Snow (born in 1792 Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA - died on 20 Jul 1862) viii. Murah Snow (born in 1794 Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA - died in 1860)

Hello Fellow Listers! I am looking for information concerning the Shiverick families of Barnstable. Here is what I know about MY Shiverick. Elizabeth SHIVERICK, b. 11/12/1724,m.Samuel HASKINS. He was born in Rochester, October 13th, 1732. Elizabeth was probably born in Rochester but may have been born, or lived in Barnstable County. She had a sister or cousin named Mary SHIVERICK,b.1725 in Falmouth who married Joshua CROMWELL. I am trying to find the parents of Elizabeth but would also appreciate any help with any other SHIVERICK lines that may connect. There was supposedly a minister in the Falmouth area named SHIVERICK that would have been about the right age to be Elizabeth's father but I can find no info on him. There also seems to have been a SHIVERICK family group in the Dennis area. Any info or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks soooooo much in advance, Carl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

Can someone tell me if I have the Lombard line correct? Thomas Lumbert Thomas Lombard b 1581 & Joyce [Lombard] Caleb Lombard b abt 1635 & unknown children Deliverance b abt 1670 & William Nickerson Caleb b abt 1680 & Elizabeth Small(ey) Thanks Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/362.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I will let you know anything i know. I'll be going to Brewster, Ma. to check out any family Ernestine had, thanks for responding.

Hi: Does anyone know of any fairly recent work done on the Cape Cod CHASES? I'm looking specifically for information on: Samuel CHASE b. Yarmouth 1739 son of Richard CHASE and Thankful BERRY; later of Harwich; married Zilpha BURGESS, intentions December 1758. I descend from their son Richard who various sources have listed as born 1767 but have not seen his birth record. Richard m. Priscilla SNOW. I have been unable to find death records/burial locations for either Richard or Thankful. I find a lot of conflicting information on this couple, such as whether or not Thankful (BERRY) CHASE m. second John CHASE (brother of above Samuel). Some of the sources I've checked are: Yarmouth VR Harwich VR "Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass., contributed by John Carroll Chase, compiled for him by George Walter Chamberlain, NEHGR, January 1933 Library of Cape Cod Hist and Gen., "The Yarmouth Family of Chase" Katharine Hiam's Burgess genealogy Paine's History of Harwich Are there any resources I've missed? I haven't checked for any probate records. Thanks to anyone who has any words of advice! Chris Chirokas in snowy Westford MA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/0EB.2ACE/362.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe so. If you have any more info please email me direct. wmack@midmaine.com

Hi Everyone: For those interested in the case of Emma Kelley-Hawkins, there is another article in today's Boston Globe. The link is: http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/03/05/correcting_a_case_of_mist aken_identity/ For those that didn't see my last post, Emma is a Cape native who was a 19th c. published author who was somehow identified as an important African American female writer. Another researcher is publishing an article in an upcoming National Gen Soc quarterly publication that is much more thoroughly researched than the Globe articles. Chris Chirokas Westford, MA

Many were buried in contagious hospitals, near workhouses and etc. also records to look into. Salem MA had these as well the contagious hospital was near the Salem Willows behind the contagious hospital there was also a cave that held bodies no markers and the cemetery. Those graves were never kept up either and now condos stand next to the area. Though I had not thought of this in many years wonder what they did with the bodies? Many graves in cemeteries have no makers either but some of us had families that never threw anything away like plot records. My great grandparents had no markers for almost a hundred years though we went to Ipswich every year to put flowers. The greats died very young first David, then Nora and my grandfather was only 15, he had a choice of either keeping his brother with him by working or a grave stone, he picked his brother. This is why many had no stones but today many have put stones on these graves for they are part of our families and of history even if only a small part of the past, they are our past.