Is anyone here willing to do census lookups? Don't feel obligated to tackle the whole list, but I'd appreciate any part of it you might be able to do. I have traced one branch of my family back to Mayflower passenger John Howland (and John and Joan Tilley, as John married their daughter Elizabeth). I would like to know the whereabouts of the following ancestors at the time of the various census enumerations: 1790 This household, probably all in Norwalk, CT: John Gorham born 1739/1740 probably Norwalk, CT Thankful Gorham born 1749, perhaps Nantucket, MA? William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT 1800 This household, probably all in Norwalk, CT: John Gorham born 1739/1740 probably Norwalk, CT Thankful Gorham born 1749 Nantucket, MA? William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT -and- Mary Raymond born 1796 Maine? 1810 This household, probably all in Norwalk, CT: John Gorham born 1739/1740 probably Norwalk, CT Thankful Gorham born 1749 Nantucket, MA? William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT -and- Mary Raymond born 1796 Maine? 1820 This household, probably all in Norwalk, CT: John Gorham born 1739/1740 probably Norwalk, CT Thankful Gorham born 1749 Nantucket, MA? and this household: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Mary Gorham born 1796 Maine? George Raymond Gorham born 1819 probably Barnstable, MA Note: Mary (Raymond) Gorham died at the beginning of 1820; William remarried that year, and his second wife, Betsy Swain, also died that year, at the end of the year. William remarried again the next year, 1821 (Tamar Worth). 1830 This household, probably all in Norwalk, CT: John Gorham born 1739/1740 probably Norwalk, CT Thankful Gorham born 1749 Nantucket, MA? and this household: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Tamar Gorham born 1789 George Raymond Gorham born 1819 probably Barnstable, MA 1840 this person: Thankful Gorham born 1749 Nantucket, MA? and this household: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Tamar Gorham born 1789 George Raymond Gorham born 1819 probably Barnstable, MA 1850 this household: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Tamar Gorham born 1789 1860 this household: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Tamar Gorham born 1789 1870 this man: William Gorham born 1788 probably Norwalk, CT Clay Shannon, currently researching specific stirps of the families Shannon, Kollenborn, Branstuder, Huddleston, Gorham, Bailey, Patton, Silva, Myers, Nelson, Green, and Lucky (Wiyot, Wintu, or Wailakki "Indian") Clay Shannon, currently researching specific stirps of the families Shannon, Kollenborn, Branstuder, Huddleston, Gorham, Bailey, Patton, Silva, Myers, Nelson, Green, and Lucky (Wiyot, Wintu, or Wailakki "Indian")

Greetings and Merry Christmas. I have completed scanning and transcribing Chapter X - The Society of Friends A text version is at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ma/barnstable/hbch10.txt and a 6 megabyte PDF with scanned images is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst/hbch10.pdf I hope you enjoy reading about the Quaker friends and the trials and tribulations they encountered while trying to participate in a place that eventually recognized freedom of religion. L. Ray Sears, III p.s. I continue to document the descendants of Richard Sears, the Pilgrim, of Plymouth Colony, Barnstable County. Our Sears Family Assoc web pages are at: http://www.searsr.com In the past 28 years with your help and correspondence with hundreds of people, I have connected over 16,500 people to Richard. Please let me know your connection so we can continue to expand our roster of descendants.