Does anyone know if there is an index to the 1855 census for Berkshire County? Tom McFarland _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Hi, If you are looking for information on Tyringham from a more historical point of view, there are two books available in Tyringham: Tyringham - a hinterland settlement by Eloise Myers Views of the Valley - Tyringham 1739-1989 The second is more a "picture book" but both give you a good perspective on a town that just too many of our ancestors seem to have passed through. I am researching the Stedman family and there are many branches of that family that have passed through Tyringham. The Stedmans also inter-married several times with the Heath family. Someone wrote recently about the split of Monterey from Tyringham. That happened about 1850 so any references to Monterey before 1850 should really be Tyringham. john. At 05:26 PM 2001-06-20 -0700, Cissi wrote: >Tyringham MA is one of the main areas where my ancestors would be found. Do >you have any info for Markham, Heath, Race and/or Johns? >Thanks >Cissi >----- Original Message ----- >From: <AitkenJSA@aol.com> >To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:36 AM >Subject: Re: MABERKSH-D Digest V01 #61 > > > > Lynn: I have a small rather sketchy history of Tyringham, Mass, which >shows, > > on a map constructed from land records 1739 to 1840, a Rogers house just >over > > the Great Barrington line on the Old Post/Beartown road. I have not found > > further information on Rogers in the index.

Cissi: These are peripheral marriages into my main family lines so I do not have a lot of information on these Heaths and Markhams. There is a published and available Dowd/Doude/Doud genealogy from which I got this sketchy info. I do have lots of Race/Rees informaion - just let me know which specific Race/Reeses you are interested in. Also I am looking for an Andrew Race b. 1770 so if you happen to have anything on this old Andrew, I would be greatly interested. Sylvester Dowd b. 1803 in Tyringham m. Thetesa Heath b. Tyringham. (Thetesa also m. Hyland Dowd.) Sylvester and Thetesa had: Harriet L. b. Tyringham 1834 m. Loomis Jones in 1851 Wilbur S. Dowd b. Tyringham 1838 m. Sarah J. Heath Wilbur S. Dowd b. 1838 in Tyringham, son of Sylvester Dowd and Thetesa Heath m. in 1860 - Sarah J. Heath George Washington Race b. Hampton, NY 1812 (these Races had very strong MT Washington, Egremont and Great Barrington connections) m. Clarissa Barron before 1844 and had Lydia Jane, and Caroline Race. Caroline Race m. James Norton Heath and Albert Cook. With Albert Cook, Caroline had: Hattie Cook (no birth date d. 1922 in Granville, NY) who m. George Heath who died about 1900 in Cabot, VT. Hattie and George Heath had: Halsey M. Heath b. July 5, 1891 Lena A. Heath b. March 1, 1892 m. Dwight E. Perry Hattie Race (no dates, no locations) m. ? Heath Noah Dowd b. 1766 in Monterey, MA (formerly part of Tyringham) m. in 1786 in Monterey, Mehitable Markham (no dates) and had: Noah, Jr. 1788 Mehitabel 1790 Selah 1792 Cornelius 1795 Adoniram 1798 Anna b.1800 m. Elisha Markham in 1836 in Tyringham Amos no date Rachel Lavinia Dowd b. 1811 Tyringham m. Ira Markham Hope this helps. Lynn Rogers Wallrapp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cissi" <MissCissi@prodigy.net> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:26 PM Subject: Tyringham > Tyringham MA is one of the main areas where my ancestors would be found. Do > you have any info for Markham, Heath, Race and/or Johns? > Thanks > Cissi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AitkenJSA@aol.com> > To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: MABERKSH-D Digest V01 #61 > > > > Lynn: I have a small rather sketchy history of Tyringham, Mass, which > shows, > > on a map constructed from land records 1739 to 1840, a Rogers house just > over > > the Great Barrington line on the Old Post/Beartown road. I have not found > > further information on Rogers in the index. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

I am searching for a Thomas family from Tyringham, MA. Ephraim Thomas born 1759. He had a brother Eliphalet born close to that time However, this is not the family from Plymouth. This is another branch, probably from Connecticut. Donna Bray braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cissi" <MissCissi@prodigy.net> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: Tyringham > Tyringham MA is one of the main areas where my ancestors would be found. Do > you have any info for Markham, Heath, Race and/or Johns? > Thanks > Cissi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AitkenJSA@aol.com> > To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: MABERKSH-D Digest V01 #61 > > > > Lynn: I have a small rather sketchy history of Tyringham, Mass, which > shows, > > on a map constructed from land records 1739 to 1840, a Rogers house just > over > > the Great Barrington line on the Old Post/Beartown road. I have not found > > further information on Rogers in the index. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Wondering if this little story could give any clue to a LUSK Stockbridge birth -- 1780--that I cannot locate...Please keep us posted on your progress! Thanks so much. Suzanne in CA

Dear Jim: I'm also very interested in this info. Please forward, if you can. Thanks Cissi ----- Original Message ----- From: "James W. Crippen" <crippen3@alaska.com> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:45 AM Subject: Nobletown > Can anyone advise on archaic Hampshire County records ? Hampshire was > re-formed (when???) as Berkshire? Interested in learning whereabouts of > any remaining records from the period when Berkshire contained Nobletown > and Austerlitz in the Oblong of Massachusetts Colony lands contested by > New York. > The Joseph Crippen farm in Alford was dissected by the "New" MS-NY State > boundary re-set in 1787. More Crippen land became trapped in the "Gore" > east of Stockbridge. Looking for any clues to archaic Berkshire County, > Colony Land Records; Birth, marriage and death records, 1740-1790. All > ideas will be greatly appreciated. > > The Mass archives contain ca 1766 letters from William Kellogg of > Nobletown, testifying that his settlers were routed, burned and > murdered, by people from New York. Many of these same people were > chased to Egremont with their livestock and later re-settled north in > Austerlitz where Elisha Hatch was an original town proprietor. Details > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jim Crippen >

Tyringham MA is one of the main areas where my ancestors would be found. Do you have any info for Markham, Heath, Race and/or Johns? Thanks Cissi ----- Original Message ----- From: <AitkenJSA@aol.com> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:36 AM Subject: Re: MABERKSH-D Digest V01 #61 > Lynn: I have a small rather sketchy history of Tyringham, Mass, which shows, > on a map constructed from land records 1739 to 1840, a Rogers house just over > the Great Barrington line on the Old Post/Beartown road. I have not found > further information on Rogers in the index. >

Dear Listers, The 1830 Federal Census has a George Johnson household listed in Great Barrington, Berkshire County. Also listed is a Billings Johnson. The make-up of this George Johnson household leads me to believe he could be my ggggGF. Is there any way to find out who are the members of this household? Specifically is his wife named Permelia, and does he have a 14 year old son named John? Incidentally, George Johnson sells his son Billings land in Cortland, Cortland County, NY in 1854. Thank you. Brent

Kathy- I'll be back in Windsor, MA, tomorrow. I'll check with the Dalton Historical folks and see what I can find. I know the Catholic Church began holding services about 1835, but that wouldn't have been your people's cup of tea probably- besides being too late. The earliest churches were most likely Congregationalist (let's hear it for the Puritans). Nancy _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Hi Group, Looking for information on Isaac and Anna WILLIAMS. I know that Isaac had thirteen children and was living in Washington in 1783, but I don't know his parents or where he came from. Also, I have not been able to learn the name of his wife. Anna (--). I know that Isaac Williams was living in the town of Washington, Ma. in the year 1783. He was mentioned as being a surveyor of highways in a town meeting of March 10, 1783. The Berkshire Sun Newspaper states that Mrs. Anna Williams of the town of Washington, died on September 28, 1835. She was 81 years of age. She was the relict of Isaac Williams, of the town of Washington. This means that Anna was born about 1754. Any help greatly appreciated. Pat Researching: A P P L E B E E * B A I L E Y * B E A T T Y * C L A R K * D A V I S * D E W E Y * H O W L A N D * M I L L E R * S C O T T * S T O D D A R D * R O U N D S * and W I L L I A M S

Jim: Berkshire County, MA was formed from Hampshire Co., MA in 1761. Hampshire Co., which was one of the original counties formed from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, remained as a county. It just lost some of its original land. Please click on the following RootsWeb URL for Berkshire Co., MA for much of the information that you are seeking: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ Another very valuable source is the following: 'Remarkable Records of Rev. Gideon Bostwick, 1770-1793, Great Barrington, MA,' Transcribed and Indexed by Arthur C. M. Kelly, Kinship Publishing, Rhinebeck, NY, 1988. Rev. Bostwick, a graduate of Yale College, was a circuit-rider type minister of the St. James Episcopal Church of Great Barrington from 1770 to 1793 who roamed far and wide from Manchester, VT to northwest CT performing baptisms, marriages, and funerals. Nobletown [now Hillsdale], NY is only a few miles from Great Barrington, Egremont, and Sheffield, MA. And then, of course, the 'History of Great Barrington [Berkshire] Massachusetts 1676-1882' Charles J. Taylor, Published by the Town of Great Barrington, 1928, is probably the 'bible'. > Subject: Nobletown > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:45:56 -0800 > From: "James W. Crippen" <crippen3@alaska.com> > To: MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com > > Can anyone advise on archaic Hampshire County records ? Hampshire was > re-formed (when???) as Berkshire? Interested in learning whereabouts of > any remaining records from the period when Berkshire contained Nobletown > and Austerlitz in the Oblong of Massachusetts Colony lands contested by > New York. > The Joseph Crippen farm in Alford was dissected by the "New" MS-NY State > boundary re-set in 1787. More Crippen land became trapped in the "Gore" > east of Stockbridge. Looking for any clues to archaic Berkshire County, > Colony Land Records; Birth, marriage and death records, 1740-1790. All > ideas will be greatly appreciated. > > The Mass archives contain ca 1766 letters from William Kellogg of > Nobletown, testifying that his settlers were routed, burned and > murdered, by people from New York. Many of these same people were > chased to Egremont with their livestock and later re-settled north in > Austerlitz where Elisha Hatch was an original town proprietor. Details > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jim Crippen

Kathy- Do you know what religion? Nancy On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 02:00:52 -0600, MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:47:48 EDT From: WanaMoka@aol.com To: MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <84.1773a784.285cbd85@aol.com> Subject: Dalton - 1800-1850 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know the names of Churches in Dalton and if there are any church records available? I am looking for Hiram W. Bates b. abt. 1820-1823 in Dalton Mass. He is not found in the Dalton Vitals. His marriage records in Waterbury CT, list his birthplace as Dalton. I was hoping I might find some kind of Baptismal Records. Thank you for your help Kathy _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Can anyone advise on archaic Hampshire County records ? Hampshire was re-formed (when???) as Berkshire? Interested in learning whereabouts of any remaining records from the period when Berkshire contained Nobletown and Austerlitz in the Oblong of Massachusetts Colony lands contested by New York. The Joseph Crippen farm in Alford was dissected by the "New" MS-NY State boundary re-set in 1787. More Crippen land became trapped in the "Gore" east of Stockbridge. Looking for any clues to archaic Berkshire County, Colony Land Records; Birth, marriage and death records, 1740-1790. All ideas will be greatly appreciated. The Mass archives contain ca 1766 letters from William Kellogg of Nobletown, testifying that his settlers were routed, burned and murdered, by people from New York. Many of these same people were chased to Egremont with their livestock and later re-settled north in Austerlitz where Elisha Hatch was an original town proprietor. Details appreciated. Thanks, Jim Crippen

Does anyone know the names of Churches in Dalton and if there are any church records available? I am looking for Hiram W. Bates b. abt. 1820-1823 in Dalton Mass. He is not found in the Dalton Vitals. His marriage records in Waterbury CT, list his birthplace as Dalton. I was hoping I might find some kind of Baptismal Records. Thank you for your help Kathy

Lynn: I have a small rather sketchy history of Tyringham, Mass, which shows, on a map constructed from land records 1739 to 1840, a Rogers house just over the Great Barrington line on the Old Post/Beartown road. I have not found further information on Rogers in the index.

Hi Lynn, I have been searching for a Benjamin Rogers in CT, too, but this one was born about 1710 and lived in Lebanon CT. He moved to Whately MA in 1779 and died in Ashfield. He had a son George born 1739 Lebanon who m. abt 1775 prob. Lebanon Anna Brewster. They had a son Benjamin who married Mary or Polly Edson. I have no further info on him. It's possible we both have the same family, but different branches. Don't know if you can find anything in Lebanon, as I haven't found mine yet, but it might be worth trying. Sue Martin >>Visit New England Indians<< http://members.nbci.com/massasoit >Visit Northeast Captivity Stories< http://users.javanet.com/~smartin ---------- > From: Yustin Wallrapp <llwallrapp@mediaone.net> > To: MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Researching ROGERS/RODGERS, ROBERTS > Date: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:37 AM > > Hi People: I have spent years searching for the parents of my ggg > grandfather, Benjamin Rogers. He was born somewhere in CT in 1795. When he > was twenty or so, he moved from CT to the Great Barrington, area of MA. and > was one of the first settlers of a wild, mountainous, and now impenetrable > place touching upon the MA towns of Lee, Monterey and Tyringham. In the 1850 > census, he is married to Anne Roberts who was also born somewhere in CT in > 1795. > Their children were: > Alanson, b. 1825, m. Harriet Breckenridge > Mary b. 1825 m. Solomon Worden > Jesse b. 1828 > James b. 1829 > James fought in the Civil War and was interviewed by The Berkshire Gleaner > when he was 79 years old. He was still living on Benjamin's old property at > the time. > I think Benjamin's wife, Anne Roberts may be from the Waterbury, CT area and > may be the daughter of Jesse Roberts. > If anyone can give me any help, ideas, hunches on this, my most mystifying > genealogical problem, I will be forever grateful. > Lynn Rogers Wallrapp > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Hi People: I have spent years searching for the parents of my ggg grandfather, Benjamin Rogers. He was born somewhere in CT in 1795. When he was twenty or so, he moved from CT to the Great Barrington, area of MA. and was one of the first settlers of a wild, mountainous, and now impenetrable place touching upon the MA towns of Lee, Monterey and Tyringham. In the 1850 census, he is married to Anne Roberts who was also born somewhere in CT in 1795. Their children were: Alanson, b. 1825, m. Harriet Breckenridge Mary b. 1825 m. Solomon Worden Jesse b. 1828 James b. 1829 James fought in the Civil War and was interviewed by The Berkshire Gleaner when he was 79 years old. He was still living on Benjamin's old property at the time. I think Benjamin's wife, Anne Roberts may be from the Waterbury, CT area and may be the daughter of Jesse Roberts. If anyone can give me any help, ideas, hunches on this, my most mystifying genealogical problem, I will be forever grateful. Lynn Rogers Wallrapp

Hi all-- I'm hoping somebody can help me out, or at least point me in a direction of where to look. I am trying to find the parents of Solomon CULVER and/or Elizabeth LEONARD. They were married in Lee on 11 Sep 1805. They had 7 children who were born in Lee between 1807 and 1819, the eldest of whom was Emerancy CULVER, who married Buckley THA(T)CHER. I have not been able to find anything on the births or deaths of either Solomon or Elizabeth. (I'm beginning to think they were dropped from a space ship!! :) If these names ring any bells or you have any suggestion of where I might look I'd mightily appreciate it. Thanks much. Carol Thatcher Hall Kent WA

In a message dated 6/5/01 6:42:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, AitkenJSA@aol.com writes: > There is an airport in Pittsfield - the Pittsfield Airport, in fact! - but I > don't know what kind of air traffic it handles. Maybe your travel agent can > find out. It's also VERY close to the NARA center there, if you're interested in censuses, etc.

The Albany, NY airport is another option and probably a little closer than Bradley.