Hello Bobbie Hall, I have people named FISH and GREW in my tree. Sometimes the clerks wrote GREW as GREEN(E.) One of my ancestors was Mercy "Marcy" FISH who married Jonathan Grew-III, both of Falmouth. They had 9 children, one of which was a Mary, a twin of Job's, but they both died on June 10, 1812, a day after their mother died. Their dau./ my gr3-grandmother Experience married Isaiah Davis, so the FISH and GREW names disappeared in my line after that marriage. The name GREW is very hard to find. If you Google it, the word is taken as a verb rather than a noun, as was Jonathan's mother's name, Experience HANDY. Check out the site, http://www.capecodgravestones.com/index.html. There are many names listed in the many cemeteries listed. Hope this helps. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:05 AM Subject: MABARNST Digest, Vol 2, Issue 71 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Falmouth Puzzle: GREENE, LAURANCE, FISH? (Bobbie Hall) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:13:29 -0500 > From: "Bobbie Hall" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Barnstable Co MA] Falmouth Puzzle: GREENE, LAURANCE, FISH? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have a puzzle. At first glance, this woman died twice <g>. I'm having a > really hard time explaining the death records, and am hoping for > enlightenment.... > > On 8 May 1862, Mary Laurance (mn Fish,) married, died in Falmouth age > 72y5m19d of derangement, born Falmouth to Rufus & Jane Fish both born > Falmouth. > > On 9 Oct 1873, Polly (Fish) Greene, widow, age 83y10m20d, died Falmouth of > Paralysis, born Falmouth to Rufus & Jane (dec.) > > The VRs for Rufus & Jane (Davis) Fish are pretty clear. They had a > daughter (amongst others) named Polly born 19 Nov 1789 in Falmouth. She > only had sisters Thankful, and Betsey, both of whose marriages and deaths > I have found. > > FVRs marriages has this which shows both variations of the name: > > Fish, Polly (Mary, int.) and Ephraim Lawrance (Lawrence int.), 21 Dec 1813 > > I find no Green(e) to Fish marriage in Falmouth or Sandwich or Barnstable > VRs. > I find no Polly/Mary Green(e) in the 1870 census in Barnstable Co. > > I do find the record of Ephraim Laurence's death: "Falmouth, 28 Feb 1879, > Ephraim Laurence, widower, age 91y8m11d, d. Falmouth of old age, > carpenter, b. Falmouth to Solomon & Mary both deceased and both born > Falmouth. " > > He's a widower, so not likely that Mary/Polly remarried a Mr. Greene, and > I do find Ephraim in the 1870 census with no wife, living with his son in > Falmouth, so he pretty clearly was the husband of Mary who died in 1862. > > Does anyone have a batch of Green(s) in their database that could check to > see if there is a rogue female named Mary or Polly born about 1789 who > married into the family? > > This isn't crucial to my research, as Rufus Fish is a brother on my line, > but it does make me very curious! > > Anyone have any ideas about the identity/misidentity of Polly who died in > 1873? > > Cheers, > Bobbie Hall > Chicago