Two requests: (1) Where might I find a roster of those from the Berkshire militia under Colonel John Brown who were with Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold at the taking of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775? (2) Where might I find a roster of the members of the Berkshire militia and their enlistment dates, particularly those who enlisted prior to 1776? Ron McRoberts mcrob001@umn.edu

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5723.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I thought of one more thing you could try. The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield has all the news for the Berkshire towns.I checked the archives on line and they only go back to Oct.1942. I have found many marriage,engagement notices and obits for my family. You could check with the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield they have a very good genealogy dept.with some very nice people. Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendall Ave. Pittsfield, Ma.01201 tel.413-499-9480 Good Luck Tina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5723.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have no suggestions. Have you tried Sheffield? I know the Berkshire towns are very co opeative.I am still trying to find my grandparents marriage She was b. Stockbridge and there first 4 kids b. there but no marriage listed there. Sorry it did not work out at least you know where it isn't Tina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LindaCParrish Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5723.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again, Tina. Well, I talked with Marie Ryan, the clerk there in Great Barrington, and she said that she checked from the year 1926 through 1948, and there is no record of the marriage recorded in that town. She did say that they could have filed their paperwork in any town in the state, not necessarily in the town that they were actually married in. She sugggested I call Sheffield, Mass. What are your suggestions regarding this, if any? Thanks, Lindy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaineNative Surnames: TUCKER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.7.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CT-RIVER-VALLEY. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical and/or historical interest in the Connecticut River Valley which is the area where the migrants from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony settled as early as 1635. The towns of interest are 30 miles on both sides within the boundry of the Connecticut River which include the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Additional information can be found on the Welcome to the Connecticut River Valley website. To subscribe send "subscribe" to ct-river-valley-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ct-river-valley-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Also the Goddard Library in Middletown CT, of course first stop should be the Pittsfield Lib. in Pittsfield, MA. I'd also check the tan books for Stockbridge and W. Stockbridge. And, there is a large old Cem. there X from the Stockbridge Town Hall. My John TUCKER who served in the Rev. War (probably in Albany) was buried there. Good luck! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.7.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the info. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.5.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaineNative Surnames: TUCKER -- Stockbridge, Lenox, Albany Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.7/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To reiterate what someone else has said, there were also regular travels between the Berkshires and the area around Albany, New York. My TUCKER ancestor and his brother went from Lenox to Albany, I believe following an uncle from Stockbridge in the previous generation. The Univ. of Albany has a good collection of genealogical and related materials. Marilyn Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaineNative Surnames: TUCKER, NEWTON, WORTHINGTON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.6/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Neil: My TUCKER ancestors came from eastern MA area, settled in the Worcester area for a generation or two, before ending up in W. Stockbridge (and then on to Lenox). However, I know many people in migrated up and down the CT River Valley. There used to be a list to this effect which you may want to track down. My TUCKER and his brother both married sisters (NEWTON and WORTHINGTON) that came from CT up the CT River, so .... it's certainly worth a post on that list (if it still exists). Marilyn Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My family came to Stockbridge from upper New York State in the 1880's Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Hutcheson, Hutchinson, Kidder Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello. KIDDER is my main research of ~18 years, so I know a lot about them (most from the "KIDDER book"). The first family of 12 children were in Billerica, MA, and they mostly stayed in New England. That was the 1650 to 1700 timeframe. But, once 1700 came, they started leaving the Billerica and Chelmsford area and moving west to the Worcester, MA, area. And then one family went to the Killingly, CT, area. And, many of the children in those families headed north, a lot to the NH / VT border or the VT / NY border. And many from Billerica went up to "Maine." (the "Northern Territory of MA) I don't remember that any of those men or families went west to Berkshire County. There are 2 books which I recommend as reference books for the early days, "history of Billerica" and "history of Chelmsford." Especially the Billerica book has a large genealogy section which often mentions where the men and families migrated to when they left that town. Perhaps there are other "town history" books which offer the same information. Is there a large book about the history of Worcester, or, Amherst or Springfield? As with the KIDDER book, they might tell where the families migrated to from there. Or, come to think of it, is there a town-history for Pittsfield which might tell where the families came from when they settled there? A related ancestor was George HUTCHINSON of 1600's Charlestown, MA, and he had many descendants. Unfortunately, no one has ever written a book about them. Several researchers have a data base of his descendants and of his brother, Thomas, but I don't know if the information includes where the families migrated to. There was a "HUTCHINSON Farm" in what is now Winchester, MA, from the 1720's until the present (sort of). The 2 halves of the Farm were sold out of family hands in ~1910 and ~1960. I know basic information about those families, but not about their relatives. Betty (near Lowell, MA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WED927 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Many early settlers came from CT - Litchfield, Hartford and New Haven counties. Cornelia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

There was also a large contingent from Montville, the northern parish of New London.   Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Attorney, historian, genealogist, grandmother 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:21:24 AM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Massachusetts migration patterns from East to West This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WED927 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Many early settlers came from CT - Litchfield, Hartford and New Haven counties. Cornelia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Neil, My ancestors settled in Great Barringtin, now Alford, in 1761, just southof yours. Mine moved up from Salisbury, CT and Conwall, CT. Brian ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [MABERKSH] Massachusetts migration patterns from East to West Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:01:52 -0000 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have any ideas from which areas of Massachusetts a person entering West Stockbridge,Berkshire county in the 1760's may have come from. I can find the children of David Hutcheson on records there but no record of HIS birth, so he must have moved in. Just a shot in the dark. All best, Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYcJDl3iMStg1c8CPTLqKqOnPtWo0W5BL9erDpnBkJflHGQpdaI/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carlhommel Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My family,(Olmsted) came from Ware, MA, and bought land from the Stockbridge Indians (John Yokum and John Konaponk) in the Gore. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5727/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have any ideas from which areas of Massachusetts a person entering West Stockbridge,Berkshire county in the 1760's may have come from. I can find the children of David Hutcheson on records there but no record of HIS birth, so he must have moved in. Just a shot in the dark. All best, Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MexicoMeg Surnames: Tower, Greenslit, Burnett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/207.8.11.16.18.49.55.3.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Okay... this is what I have on Edgar Tower.... I don't have much documentation, but it is a start. Edgar Tower was born 22 February 1877 and married Florence M. Greenslit (the Greenslits are in my line). Florence was born in 1880 in Massachusetts, daughter of Norman S. Greenslit and Ella Burnett. I believe Edgar and Florence had five children.... the following is all of the information I have on them. Ralph Burnett Tower, born 17 March 1900 in MA Donald Sidney Tower, born 8 June 1902 in MA; died 25 July 1985 in MA Marion Anna Tower, born 1904 in Greenfield, MA Ella Alice Tower, born 1906 in Greenfield, MA Norman Richard Tower, born 1921 Hope this helps... would love to hear any other info. on this family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolMarchegiani Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/207.8.11.16.18.49.55.3.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, Alvin Tower & Edgar Stergie/Stemie Tower are uncle & nephew, respectively. Alvin's father was Martin Tower; he had the following children, Alvin, Calvin, Orrin, Fanny & Phila (twins), Lucy, Harry, William J., Warren Fuller, Calista, William, Houghton, Eli, Sidney, Miles & Minor (twins). In Vol. I of the "Descendants of John Tower of Hingham, MA" by Charlemagne Tower, Edgar is listed as Edgar Stergie, the son of Alvin's brother Sidney and his wife, Lucinda M. Phelps of Monroe, MA. Edgar's older sister, Rosea Malvina Tower married Homer Shippee of Readsboro, VT. Their daughter married my maternal grandfather's brother, Harry Oaks/Oakes, and their son married my grandfather's sister, Jeannie Leanell Oaks. Edgar's younger brother, Sidney Burton Tower married my maternal great-grandmother's sister, Jennie Phelps, originally of Austerlitz, NY. Unfortunately in the above mentioned book, the Tower line of Edgar ends. If you have any info, would you consider sharing it with me. Thanks in advance. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.