How true it is...<<interesting facts that genealogy brings up"<<........ It could have been done by the Eatons or Porter..... I heard from a lady in Vermont that her ancestor was Erastus Gates, stenciler. Indian shutters too..............gee...would love to see that house ! Many folks think genealogy is names and dates but many things come into play if you want your ancestors to be real human flesh and blood. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Turner" <renrut@worldpath.net> To: "Cynthia" <bunnydust@comcast.net> Cc: "Ruth H. Turner" <renrut@worldpath.net> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ma-Bay-Colony] Wall stenciling.......New England > Cynthia, this reminds me--some years ago, at least 30 or more, my family > visited a house, once owned by a Great aunt of my sister-in-law, in > Roxbury, > NH > The new owners had ripped off all the layers of Wallpaper and found > stenciling on the walls. Maybe done by one of the Eatons??? Also, the > house had Indian shutters (inside) the windows. My sister-in-law has > ancestors who lived in the Deerfield, MA area. > Interesting what facts Genealogy can bring up. !! > Ruth T. in NH > ----- Original Message ----- >> the following list of names are of the stencilers INDENTIFIED in 1954 . >> - >> FURNITURE stenciling done by: >> ** Ivers White of Ashburnham,Mass, b. 1804 and died 1884 >> ** George Lord of Portland, Maine b. 1833 and died 1928 >> ** John Hull, Killingworth,Conn....working in 1832 >> ** Jarred Johnson, Sheffield, Mass., 1801-1873 >> ** Thomas Jefferson, Gildersleeve, NY, 1805-1871 >> ** Joseph Augustus Gibson, New Ipswich,NH, 1812-1875 >> ** William Page Eaton, Boston,Mass and New Boston,NH, 1819-1904 >> >> ------------- >> WALL stenciling:done by: >> 1. Moses Eaton, Dublin,NH...1753-1832 >> 2. Moses Eaton,Jr., Hancock, NH, 1796-1886 >> 3. Rusfus Porter ,Boxford,Mass, 1792-1884 (this fellow was known in >> the Connecticut River Valley area of Conn,Mass,Vt.) not sure >> about >> NH >> 4. Erastus Gates, Plymouth, VT..1811- ? >> 5. Irwin DeWitt Baldwin, *Van Deusenville, Massachusetts, 1815-1889 >> ------------------------- >