Hello List: Isn't there anyone out there who descends from a John Eldredge/Eldridge born in Chatham between 1800-1810? John is my gggreatgrandfather and I have been trying to tumble this brick wall for so long now I am getting discouraged. All I know about John is what the marriage entry from Lyme CT tells me. John Eldridge married in January 25, 1838 to Mary Ann Chadwick. She was from Lyme and John is from Chatham. No birth dates given. I find this couple later in the 1840 census of Lyme and they have a male child under five which would be my great-grandfather John. They also had a daughter born in 1841. I find her in many census records but the problem with our family is that most of the men were named John and the girls were Eliza J or Elizabeth. The marriage between John and Mary Ann was dissolved in 1851 by divorce. He apparently left her around 1843. She married Amos Huntley after her divorce was granted in 1851. He was her third marriage. Where can one find voting records or perhaps tax records to see if John voted or paid taxes. I think he may have gone back to Chatham but do not know. If any of this sounds familiar, please email me at [email protected] Thanks ever so much in advance Carol Eldridge MN

Carol, I don't have any information about your John Eldridge, but going at this in a round-about way ... do you know any more about Mary Ann Chadwick? I have a lot of Chadwicks from Barnstable County, and perhaps we can find more about John by looking at Mary Ann's line. Do you know who her first husband was, or her parents? Or perhaps her approximate date of birth? Did she remain in Lyme after her marriage to Amos Huntley? John may have known Mary Ann by a connection with her potential Barnstable County Chadwick cousins. Have you found her death record by chance? Cheers, Bobbie Hall Chicago ----- Original Message ----- From: "carol oveson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 4:02 PM Subject: [MaBarnstable] Looking for grandfathr John Eldridge > Hello List: Isn't there anyone out there who descends from a John > Eldredge/Eldridge born in Chatham between 1800-1810? John is my > gggreatgrandfather and I have been trying to tumble this brick wall for so > long now I am getting discouraged. All I know about John is what the > marriage entry from Lyme CT tells me. > John Eldridge married in January 25, 1838 to Mary Ann Chadwick. She was > from Lyme and John is from Chatham. No birth dates given. I find this > couple later in the 1840 census of Lyme and they have a male child under > five which would be my great-grandfather John. They also had a daughter > born in 1841. I find her in many census records but the problem with our > family is that most of the men were named John and the girls were Eliza J > or Elizabeth. The marriage between John and Mary Ann was dissolved in 1851 > by divorce. He apparently left her around 1843. She married Amos Huntley > after her divorce was granted in 1851. He was her third marriage. Where > can one find voting records or perhaps tax records to see if John voted or > paid taxes. I think he may have gone back to Chatham but do not know. If > any of this sounds familiar, please email me at [email protected] > > Thanks ever so much in advance > Carol Eldridge MN > > > ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== > Search the Barnstable List Archives at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MABARNST > or > Browse the Barnstable List Archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MABARNST/ > >