Hello Listers:- < dougvbrown calling from MA > 1.---County/City/Town Clerk's say-so VR report copy(s) are merely hearsay until.stamped with the clerk's unique OFFICIAL SEAL.... 2.----All Clerk's VR reports placed into closed stacks for 70 t0 100 yrs then to open stacks for public domain use. 3.----According to an official govt study of people in all age groups the memory of a given event date became blurry after 5 days , and some remembered events that never happened, etc. therefore it was and is now govt rule that an event date with a record date within 5 days of the event date, is a primary source and after that a secondary source 4. ---the new birth and death documents have places for parents names where on the 1630 to 1730 VR's copys it is typed " NOT RECORDED" which means on that particular hearsay record 5.- The Town Clerk's hearsay birth and death reports aid the town in providing community services and the head counts are Vital Statistics Records People had a difficult time pronouncing let alone spelling statistics ,so it became Vital Records 6.--- In searching early Middlesex Co. Records (1630-1730 ) expect nothing and never be disappointed. Next Report "When Senior becomes Junior in legal documents" and why In order to maintain both of our credibility on the middlesex list in responding please start anew and do not use the reply or paste as quotations buttons---- trying to avoid the Fitch in Worc fiasco Thank You dvb files- 100205 do not use either reply button or

Gail Thanks so much for taking the time to send this to me. It will be a great help. Charles Hosler ----- Original Message ----- From: "claudine848" <claudine848@gmail.com> To: <mamiddle-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] John Lewis,1603-1657,Early settler > Hi Charles, > There was a John Lewis born in 1603 in England who was one of the > first settlers in > Malden, MA. If you look in google books for The History of Malden , > Massachusetts you > will find information about him. > Best, > Gail > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Charles, There was a John Lewis born in 1603 in England who was one of the first settlers in Malden, MA. If you look in google books for The History of Malden , Massachusetts you will find information about him. Best, Gail

Hi Charles, There was a John Lewis born in 1603 in England who was one of the first settlers in Malden, MA. If you look in google books for The History of Malden , Massachusetts you will find information about him. Best, Gail Charles Hosler wrote: Interested in details of the life and family of John Lewis, one of the first settlers of New England. Would appreciate any help in finding sources for information about this individual and his life in Massachusetts. Thank you

Hi Charles, There was a John Lewis born in 1603 in England who was one of the first settlers in Malden, MA. If you look in google books for The History of Malden , Massachusetts you will find information about him. Charles Hosler wrote: > Interested in details of the life and family of John Lewis, one of the first settlers of New England. > Would appreciate any help in finding sources for information about this individual and his life in Massachusetts. > > Thank you. > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Interested in details of the life and family of John Lewis, one of the first settlers of New England. Would appreciate any help in finding sources for information about this individual and his life in Massachusetts. Thank you.

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There are some other sites that have wonderful information as well. http://www.rays-place.com/ and http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Both these sites have tremendous amounts of information and are well worth spending a few minutes looking through it. I love John's site as well, but there is some information that John hasn't posted yet on these other sites. Kendra At 08:21 PM 1/27/2010, Jim Leamon wrote: >One other comment here, probably not needed considering all of the >preceding. > >If you check http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ , you will find many of the Tan >Books transcribed and imaged. Marlborough is one that has been completely >transcribed. > >For those of you who haven't been out there, it's a great site, even though >it's only about half complete. Many towns are completely transcribed and >imaged, and many others (including Watertown) are in the works. Check it >out. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Buczek" <john.buczek@comcast.net> >To: "'Dora Smith'" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com>; <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:06 PM >Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > > > > Dear Dora Smith also tigernut44 > > > > You stated the following > > > > "I need to check. Gershom Rice was allegedly born 9 May 1667 in > > Marlborough, Massachusetts. But my source gives him no parents. There is > > genetic irregularity about some of his sons' descent from his purported > > grandfather. > > > > Can someone please just check and see who the birth or baptism record > > lists > > as his parents?" > > > > THIS IS EXACTKY what I provided to you. As for tigernut44's statement > > > > "There's nothing like asking for one thing, and having EVERYONE decide > > what > > you really need is something completely different. Maybe he meant to be > > helpful in his own way, but that sort of thing never does anything but > > ensure that you won't get what you actually needed. > > > > Totally uncalled for. > > > > As a resident of Marlborough Massachusetts for the past 50 years and > > spending over 7 YEARS generating the Web Site that I sent the link to you, > > I > > have a fair knowledge of Marlborough's history and the people who first > > settled here. > > > > A person with average curiosity would have scrolled down and found a link > > to > > return them to the initial page and found more. > > > > THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL GENALOGY.. it was prepared in 1861 by a man named > > Charles Hudson and both of you would have found this out IF you took the > > time. > > > > My research over the 7 years took me to grave yards, city hall, books and > > other places. > > > > I was asked several years ago to speak before the Rice Association at one > > of > > their annual meetings held in Marlborough at which I explained my site. I > > then took them on a tour of the cemeteries in Marlborough to point out > > RICE > > gravestones which many took pictures of. It was a great day and the > > Association was thank full for what I had done. > > > > As I write this I have opened before me the TAN BOOK also known as the > > Vital > > Records of Marlborough Massachusetts to the Year 1850. On page 155 for > > Marlborough Births there is listed: > > > > GERSHOM, s Thomas and Mary, May 9, 1667 > > > > I remind that you stated "I'm looking specifically for who the town > > records > > say fathered Gershom allegedly b 1667" > > > > OBTW, you not being familiar with Massachusetts and their records, the TAN > > BOOKS represent those records held by each City and Town in Massachusetts. > > > > Also, I am a member of the NEHGS and I do not need to go there because > > they > > have what I have. > > > > So now I close the book and put it away and also close this message by > > saying.... Sorry I was of no help, I will make sure not to respond to any > > more of your messages. > > > > Good luck in your quest > > > > Sincerely > > > > John Buczek descendant of William Ward one of the 13 original Proprietors > > of > > Marlborough along with Edmund Rice > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dora Smith [mailto:tiggernut24@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:56 PM > > To: John Buczek; mamiddle@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > > > > John, I'm not looknig for what a Rice genealogy says, I'm looking > > specifically for who the town records say fathered Gershom allegedly b > > 1667. > > > > The town records are a primary record and should be authoritative on who > > fathered Gershom Rice. In the presence of DNA reason to doubt that > > Gershom > > > > was Thomas Rice's son, what a family genealogy says is nothing more than > > hearsay. > > > > I specifically asked for a lookup in the NEHGS town records databases. > > Not > > > > to try to argue you out of knowing what I want better than I do, because I > > know that won't work, but I do want to make sure noone else thinks you > > provided what I asked for! > > > > The Rice Assn says he married Elizabeth Balcom, not Elizabeth Haynes. > > They > > > > offered two pieces of proof that Elizabeth was a Balcom. > > > > Yours, > > Dora Smith > > Austin, TX > > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > > and the body of the email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the > subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are some other sites that have wonderful information as well. http://www.rays-place.com/ and http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Both these sites have tremendous amounts of information and are well worth spending a few minutes looking through it. I love John's site as well, but there is some information that John hasn't posted yet on these other sites. Kendra At 08:21 PM 1/27/2010, Jim Leamon wrote: >One other comment here, probably not needed considering all of the >preceding. > >If you check http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ , you will find many of the Tan >Books transcribed and imaged. Marlborough is one that has been completely >transcribed. > >For those of you who haven't been out there, it's a great site, even though >it's only about half complete. Many towns are completely transcribed and >imaged, and many others (including Watertown) are in the works. Check it >out. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Buczek" <john.buczek@comcast.net> >To: "'Dora Smith'" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com>; <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:06 PM >Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > > > > Dear Dora Smith also tigernut44 > > > > You stated the following > > > > "I need to check. Gershom Rice was allegedly born 9 May 1667 in > > Marlborough, Massachusetts. But my source gives him no parents. There is > > genetic irregularity about some of his sons' descent from his purported > > grandfather. > > > > Can someone please just check and see who the birth or baptism record > > lists > > as his parents?" > > > > THIS IS EXACTKY what I provided to you. As for tigernut44's statement > > > > "There's nothing like asking for one thing, and having EVERYONE decide > > what > > you really need is something completely different. Maybe he meant to be > > helpful in his own way, but that sort of thing never does anything but > > ensure that you won't get what you actually needed. > > > > Totally uncalled for. > > > > As a resident of Marlborough Massachusetts for the past 50 years and > > spending over 7 YEARS generating the Web Site that I sent the link to you, > > I > > have a fair knowledge of Marlborough's history and the people who first > > settled here. > > > > A person with average curiosity would have scrolled down and found a link > > to > > return them to the initial page and found more. > > > > THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL GENALOGY.. it was prepared in 1861 by a man named > > Charles Hudson and both of you would have found this out IF you took the > > time. > > > > My research over the 7 years took me to grave yards, city hall, books and > > other places. > > > > I was asked several years ago to speak before the Rice Association at one > > of > > their annual meetings held in Marlborough at which I explained my site. I > > then took them on a tour of the cemeteries in Marlborough to point out > > RICE > > gravestones which many took pictures of. It was a great day and the > > Association was thank full for what I had done. > > > > As I write this I have opened before me the TAN BOOK also known as the > > Vital > > Records of Marlborough Massachusetts to the Year 1850. On page 155 for > > Marlborough Births there is listed: > > > > GERSHOM, s Thomas and Mary, May 9, 1667 > > > > I remind that you stated "I'm looking specifically for who the town > > records > > say fathered Gershom allegedly b 1667" > > > > OBTW, you not being familiar with Massachusetts and their records, the TAN > > BOOKS represent those records held by each City and Town in Massachusetts. > > > > Also, I am a member of the NEHGS and I do not need to go there because > > they > > have what I have. > > > > So now I close the book and put it away and also close this message by > > saying.... Sorry I was of no help, I will make sure not to respond to any > > more of your messages. > > > > Good luck in your quest > > > > Sincerely > > > > John Buczek descendant of William Ward one of the 13 original Proprietors > > of > > Marlborough along with Edmund Rice > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dora Smith [mailto:tiggernut24@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:56 PM > > To: John Buczek; mamiddle@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > > > > John, I'm not looknig for what a Rice genealogy says, I'm looking > > specifically for who the town records say fathered Gershom allegedly b > > 1667. > > > > The town records are a primary record and should be authoritative on who > > fathered Gershom Rice. In the presence of DNA reason to doubt that > > Gershom > > > > was Thomas Rice's son, what a family genealogy says is nothing more than > > hearsay. > > > > I specifically asked for a lookup in the NEHGS town records databases. > > Not > > > > to try to argue you out of knowing what I want better than I do, because I > > know that won't work, but I do want to make sure noone else thinks you > > provided what I asked for! > > > > The Rice Assn says he married Elizabeth Balcom, not Elizabeth Haynes. > > They > > > > offered two pieces of proof that Elizabeth was a Balcom. > > > > Yours, > > Dora Smith > > Austin, TX > > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > > and the body of the email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the > subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One other comment here, probably not needed considering all of the preceding. If you check http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ , you will find many of the Tan Books transcribed and imaged. Marlborough is one that has been completely transcribed. For those of you who haven't been out there, it's a great site, even though it's only about half complete. Many towns are completely transcribed and imaged, and many others (including Watertown) are in the works. Check it out. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Buczek" <john.buczek@comcast.net> To: "'Dora Smith'" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com>; <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > Dear Dora Smith also tigernut44 > > You stated the following > > "I need to check. Gershom Rice was allegedly born 9 May 1667 in > Marlborough, Massachusetts. But my source gives him no parents. There is > genetic irregularity about some of his sons' descent from his purported > grandfather. > > Can someone please just check and see who the birth or baptism record > lists > as his parents?" > > THIS IS EXACTKY what I provided to you. As for tigernut44's statement > > "There's nothing like asking for one thing, and having EVERYONE decide > what > you really need is something completely different. Maybe he meant to be > helpful in his own way, but that sort of thing never does anything but > ensure that you won't get what you actually needed. > > Totally uncalled for. > > As a resident of Marlborough Massachusetts for the past 50 years and > spending over 7 YEARS generating the Web Site that I sent the link to you, > I > have a fair knowledge of Marlborough's history and the people who first > settled here. > > A person with average curiosity would have scrolled down and found a link > to > return them to the initial page and found more. > > THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL GENALOGY.. it was prepared in 1861 by a man named > Charles Hudson and both of you would have found this out IF you took the > time. > > My research over the 7 years took me to grave yards, city hall, books and > other places. > > I was asked several years ago to speak before the Rice Association at one > of > their annual meetings held in Marlborough at which I explained my site. I > then took them on a tour of the cemeteries in Marlborough to point out > RICE > gravestones which many took pictures of. It was a great day and the > Association was thank full for what I had done. > > As I write this I have opened before me the TAN BOOK also known as the > Vital > Records of Marlborough Massachusetts to the Year 1850. On page 155 for > Marlborough Births there is listed: > > GERSHOM, s Thomas and Mary, May 9, 1667 > > I remind that you stated "I'm looking specifically for who the town > records > say fathered Gershom allegedly b 1667" > > OBTW, you not being familiar with Massachusetts and their records, the TAN > BOOKS represent those records held by each City and Town in Massachusetts. > > Also, I am a member of the NEHGS and I do not need to go there because > they > have what I have. > > So now I close the book and put it away and also close this message by > saying.... Sorry I was of no help, I will make sure not to respond to any > more of your messages. > > Good luck in your quest > > Sincerely > > John Buczek descendant of William Ward one of the 13 original Proprietors > of > Marlborough along with Edmund Rice > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dora Smith [mailto:tiggernut24@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:56 PM > To: John Buczek; mamiddle@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGS vital records lookups > > John, I'm not looknig for what a Rice genealogy says, I'm looking > specifically for who the town records say fathered Gershom allegedly b > 1667. > > The town records are a primary record and should be authoritative on who > fathered Gershom Rice. In the presence of DNA reason to doubt that > Gershom > > was Thomas Rice's son, what a family genealogy says is nothing more than > hearsay. > > I specifically asked for a lookup in the NEHGS town records databases. > Not > > to try to argue you out of knowing what I want better than I do, because I > know that won't work, but I do want to make sure noone else thinks you > provided what I asked for! > > The Rice Assn says he married Elizabeth Balcom, not Elizabeth Haynes. > They > > offered two pieces of proof that Elizabeth was a Balcom. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This couple who married in Ashby, Middlesex, MA on 01 October 1799 would be my 4th great grandparents. We have researched them and their descendants thoroughly. However, we never have been able to take William Exford back another generation. Polly Craft may have been the child of Stephen Craft and Anna Archer from Norwalk, CT. The birth of their daughter Polly in Norwalk on 06 February 1779 is about correct for our Polly who appears in the 1850 census living with her daughter and son-in-law Phoebe Kentfield in Fowler, Saint Lawrence, NY where we know the family moved in the 1830's. 1850 United States Federal Census > New York > Saint Lawrence > Fowler Kentfield, Harrison 46 farmer MA Kentfield, Phoebe 48 VT Kentfield, Jane 21 VT Kentfield, Elias 17 farmer NY Kentfield, Philanda 11 NY Kentfield, Henry H. 9 NY Kentfield, George 1 NY Exford, Mary 73 MA The marriage of William Exford of Whitingham, VT and Polly Craft appears in the Mass Vital Records Project: EXFORD, William, of Whitingham, VT, and Polly Craft, Oct. 1, 1799. Incidentally there are no other marriages for Exford's nor Craft's listed in Ashby. William Exford first appears in Whitingham records in a land purchase a "deed of deliverance" by Wheeler Jr. of Whitingham, VT to William Exford of Whitingham dated June 9, 1800, conveying 58 acres of land in Bratton's Grant for $78. There are 14 other land transfers, the last one 1n 1826, a sale. William Exford appears first in census records in Whitingham in 1820 1820 United States Federal Census > Vermont > Windham > Whitingham Wm Exford males - 1 (10-16), 1 (16-26), 1 (26-45) females - 3 (under 10), 1 (10-16), 1 (16-26), 1 (26-45) He appears in 1840 in Fowler. 1840 United States Federal Census > New York > Saint Lawrence > Fowler 1 male 60-70 and 1 female 60-70 We have not found him in any other censuses. He died in Fowler 19 February 1848. We have found many permutations of this name some of which may be relatives and some not. Some of these folks; i.e. Eckford's are from Scotland. If anyone has any idea of where we should be searching to discover William Exford's origins, we would very much appreciate hearing from you. Dotty Sprague Cole Lake Mary, FL but born in Brattleboro, VT

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~villandra/Tabitha.html Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Hi Wendy, I'd love to make more connections. There are many researchers in Canada who would love to make connections. My ancestors went directly to the Prov. of Quebec. But, one example, is that a Dawson KERR first settled in either N.S. or N.B., and then joined the family in Argenteuil Co. And, we're pretty sure that the KERR's in Compton Co., P.Q. were somehow connected. I think my Patrick KERR was born 1790 in Co. Sligo, Ireland. His relative, William HENDERSON, also mine, was born ~1785, and his brother ~1780. So, that was the timeframe of the families we've been researching, although some arriving were born a little later. Since we cannot find out who their parents were, we also cannot find out who their siblings were, or how many siblings they had. So, your William could have been a sibling. If you go to the archives of the KERR List or the List for the "former Township of Gore," (Canada), you will find details on the family-group arriving 1823, and in at least one posting I offered the names of the children and - whether names of children was a clue to the parents' names back in Ireland. www.rootsweb.com Mailing List Index or "Find a List" Betty P.S. I've written to the County Sligo Heritage Centre twice, and they tried hard (?) but they were no help at all. A researcher in Ireland is going to "Dublin" in Feb. and offered to help others. I asked him to look for my ancestors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Baker" <ewbaker@earthlink.net> To: <kerr@rootsweb.com>; <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com>; <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:59 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] KERRS from Canada to Middlesex Co, MA > Hi Betty, > I read all your entries with great hope that we'll have a connection > someday, being that my Kerrs came from Canada and ended up in Middlesex > County, MA. Just sending my info along in case something connects someday. > Thanks, > Wendy > > Generation No. 1 >

Hi again, I'm thinking more about this old family photo we have and I'm thinking now it was taken ~1910. I don't know what the occasion would have been for the "aunts, uncles, and cousins" to be together. Gathering my thoughts, we have my grandfather, George, around 18, and his kid sister, Ruby, around 12. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth (HANNAH) KERR, then a widow, who would have been in her 50's around 1910. We have her married daughter, George and Harriett DUNN, and their young son, Leroy. And, her oldest child, daughter, Louise KERR, who never married. There is a Jane KERR around 75, and my mother thought she was a neighbor, but she could have been an aunt she didn't know about. But, Jane resembles Elizabeth. There is also Mrs. EMMONS and Goldie EMMONS, probable daughter, and we have no idea who they were. Without knowing the mother's first name, I'm not sure I can find the family in census records. In 1920 there were several EMMONS families in Everett, but none in 1910. In 1900 there were only about 70 people in MA with the EMMONS name; in 1910 ~90; in 1920 about the same. They seem to be standing / sitting in front of a large, wooden, apartment building. In 1910, the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth KERR, was living on Curtis Place in Medford with 3 of her children, Louise, George, and Ruby. I believe I read in the past that Curtis Place was a row of "tenement buildings." KERR, ELIZABETH (1910 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 5-WD MEDFORD Age: 52, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: SCOT Series: T624 Roll: 602 Page: 198 (Her unmarried brother, George HANNAH, was living with them.) This is when George KERR met his future wife. Mary DEXTER left "The Temporary Home" in Boston to move in with her girlfriend's family - a SMITH family on Curtis Place in Medford. George and Mary sort of eloped on Christmas Eve, 1911. They walked 5 miles to the home of a minister in Malden to ask him to marry them. So, the photo would have been taken before they married. Mary was not present in the photo. Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi Betty, I read all your entries with great hope that we'll have a connection someday, being that my Kerrs came from Canada and ended up in Middlesex County, MA. Just sending my info along in case something connects someday. Thanks, Wendy Generation No. 1 1. William Kerr was born Abt. 1789 in Probably Ireland possibly Scotland). He married Elizabeth Unknown. She was born Abt. 1809 in Probably Ireland (possibly Scotland). More About William Kerr: Religion: Congregationalist More About Elizabeth Unknown: Religion: Congregationalist Children of William Kerr and Elizabeth Unknown are: 2 i. Elizabeth Kerr, born Abt. 1835 in Upper Canada. + 3 ii. Charles Kerr, born June 1838 in New Brunswick, Canada; died Aft. 1901. 4 iii. Mary Kerr, born Abt. 1839 in Upper Canada. 5 iv. William Kerr, born Abt. 1840 in Upper Canada. 6 v. John Kerr, born Abt. 1843 in Upper Canada. Generation No. 2 3. Charles Kerr (William1) was born June 1838 in New Brunswick, Canada, and died Aft. 1901. He married Catherine Unknown, daughter of Unknown and Unknown. She was born November 14, 1844 in New Brunswick, Canada, and died Aft. 1901. Notes for Charles Kerr: The 1881 Census of Canada in Chatham, District of Northumberland, Province of New Brunswick, shows Charles as 43 years old, living with his wife Catherine, age 38, children Mary Jane, 12, Margaret A, 10, John R., 9, James, 6, William, 4 and A. Christina, 2. All were born in New Brunswick. He is employed as a Laborer. The family is Roman Catholic and of Irish origin. Mary Jane, Margaret and John are attending school. The 1891 Census of Canada in Chatham, District of Northumberland, Province of New Brunswick, shows Charles as 55 years old, living with his wife Catherine, age 46, children Mary Jane (22and working as a seamstress) , Margaret A (20 and working as a seamstress), John R. (18 and working as a mill laborer) , James,15, William J., 13, Abigail C., 11 anmd Thomas, 9. All were born in New Brunswick. Both Charles' parents were born in Ireland. Catherine's father was born in ireland, her mother in Scotland. Charles is employed as driving horses. The family is Roman Catholic. The 1901 Census of Canada shows Charles as 62 yrs old, living with his wife, Catherine and son Thomas, working 12 months per yr as a laborer in a mill. Earnings 350. Of Irish descent, able to speak and write both English and French. Notes for Catherine Unknown: Listed in the 1901 Census of Canada as 56 yrs old, living with husband Charles and son Thomas; of Irish descent; able to speak and write both English and French. Children of Charles Kerr and Catherine Unknown are: 7 i. Mary Jane Kerr, born Abt. 1869 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. More About Mary Jane Kerr: Religion: Roman Catholic 8 ii. Margaret A. Kerr, born Abt. 1871 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. More About Margaret A. Kerr: Religion: Roman Catholic + 9 iii. John Robert Kerr, born December 12, 1874 in Chatham, Northumberland Co, New Brunswick, Canada; died September 25, 1957 in Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA. 10 iv. James Kerr, born Abt. 1875 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. 11 v. William Kerr, born Abt. 1877 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. 12 vi. Abigail Christina Kerr, born Abt. 1879 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. Notes for Abigail Christina Kerr: Called "A. Christina" in 1881 Census and "Abigail C." in 1891 Census. 13 vii. Thomas Kerr, born April 30, 1881 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada; died Aft. April 05, 1930 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI. He married Bridget S. Unknown Abt. 1917; born Abt. 1878 in North Ireland; died Aft. April 05, 1930 in USA. Notes for Thomas Kerr: Shown in the 1901 Census of New Brunswick, Canada as 19 yrs old, living with parents, working the last 6 months as a laborer in a mill, earning 100. Able to speak and write English and French. Shown in the 1930 Census of Warwick, Kent Co, RI, living with wife Bridget S., in an owned home on Tampa Ave. worth $6500. Age 48, married the first time at 35. Born in Canada-English, Father born Scotland, mother North Ireland. Year entered US 1904, still an alien as of 1930. Employed as a clerk in a mill. Written next to the word clerk appears to be written "deported." Notes for Bridget S. Unknown: Shown in the 1930 Census for Warwick, Kent Co, RI as living with husband, 52 years old, married the first time at 38. Born in North Ireland, as were her parents. Native language Irish. Came to US in 1896 and still an alien as of 1930. Generation No. 3 9. John Robert Kerr (Charles, William) was born December 12, 1874 in Chatham, Northumberland Co, New Brunswick, Canada, and died September 25, 1957 in Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA. He married Catherine Jane Dwyer January 27, 1896 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, daughter of Andrew Dwyer and Margaret Gilbie. She was born October 15, 1874 in Queens City, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada, and died March 20, 1949 in Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA. Notes for John Robert Kerr: World War 1 Draft Registration Card lists John Robert Kerr, Residence 145 Church, Watertown; Mass. Age 44; Date of Birth December 12, 1874; Race White; Citizenship Immigrant; Occupation Operator; Employer MS Carterage Co; Place Lawrence St, Lovell, Mass; Nearest Relative Mrs. Catherine Kerr, 145 Church, Watertown, Mass; Signed John R. Kerr; Listed as short, medium build, eyes brown, hair gray; Signed by John J. Hanlon; Dated Septe 11, 1918. More About John Robert Kerr: Age at Death (Facts Pg): 83 yrs, 9 mos, 13 days Burial: South Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA Cause of Death: Myocardial infarction, severe coronary sclerosis, and hypertensive cardio vascul Census: 1920, Listed as 42 yrs old; arrived in US from Canada in 1893; naturalized 1899. Documentation: September 11, 1918, WW1 Draft Registration Immigration: 1893, According to the 1920 US Census Naturalization: 1899, According to the 1920 US Census Occupation: 1896, Bricklayer Religion: Roman Catholic Residence: 1920, Church St, Watertown, MA More About Catherine Jane Dwyer: Alias: September 11, 1918, Listed on John's WW1 Draft Registration as Catherine Kerr Burial: South Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA Cause of Death: Acute dlation of heart and chronic myocardial infarction. Census: 1920, Listed as 42 years old; arrived from Canada in 1894; naturalzed in 1899. Immigration: 1894, According to the 1920 US Census Naturalization: 1899, According to the 1920 US Census Marriage Notes for John Kerr and Catherine Dwyer: It is from the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Film F18695 Page 26 #20 or (Film F15580 B4/1896 #1959- I didn't get the info from this film. It has about the same info. Sometimes it might have more). Bride Groom His name: Kerr, John Age: 22 Residence When Married: Saint John, New Brunswick Place Of Birth: Chatham, New Brunswick Bachelor or Widower: Bachelor Rank or Profession: Brick Layer Name of Parents: Charles and Catherine Bride Her name: Dwyer, Kate Age: 22 Residence When Married: Saint John Place Of Birth: Queens County, New Brunswick Spinster Or Widow: Spinster Name of Parents: Andrew and Annie Witnesses Name: P.E. Penna Address: Saint John Name: Ada E. Penny Address: Saint John Date Of Marriage : January 27, 1896 Religious Denomination Of Bridegroom: Roman Catholic Religious Denomination Of Bride: Methodist By Whom Married: W. Penna Licence or Banns: Licence Children of John Kerr and Catherine Dwyer are: + 14 i. Gertrude R. Kerr, born March 06, 1899 in MA; died April 02, 1955 in MA. + 15 ii. Charles Andrew Kerr, born February 14, 1902 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA @ Wayland Farm; died September 08, 1946 in St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven, New Haven Co,CT. + 16 iii. Russell Thomas Kerr, born March 28, 1908 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA; died February 14, 1982 in Farmington, Franklin Co, ME. Generation No. 4 14. Gertrude R. Kerr (John Robert, Charles, William) was born March 06, 1899 in MA, and died April 02, 1955 in MA. She married Harold Higgins Abt. 1925, son of Unknown Higgins and Unknown. He was born Abt. 1902 in Maryland. More About Gertrude R. Kerr: Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage Census: 1930, Listed on Cunningham Rd, Wellesley, Norfolk CO, MA. Age listed as 26, making her birth date 1904. Occupation: April 1955, at the time of her death, was a saleslady at RH Stearns Department Store in Boston More About Harold Higgins: Census: 1930, Listed on Cunningham Rd, Wellesley, Norfolk Co, MA. Living with wife, Gertrude, daughter Joan, and an 18 year old white female servant, Beatrice Tetreault, Canadian born of French parents. Occupation: 1930, Lised on Census as an advertising manager for a radio station. 15. Charles Andrew Kerr (John Robert, Charles, William) was born February 14, 1902 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA @ Wayland Farm, and died September 08, 1946 in St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven, New Haven Co,CT. He married Edith Mary Davis Abt. 192649, daughter of Arthur Davis and Eva Berry. She was born October 19, 1902 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, and died March 07, 1985 in Concord, Middlesex Co, MA. More About Charles Andrew Kerr: Age at Death (Facts Pg): 44y 6m 24d Burial: October 10, 1946, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA50 Cause of Death: Uremia, Chronic Nephritis, Hypertension Census: 1930, Listed on Gay Rd, Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA as 28 yrs old, value of home, $18,000, Occupation, salesman in printing. Had a 15 yr old, female, white servant named Annie Barnes living with them. Moved: 1940, From Watertown, MA to North Haven, CT as an executive with Metropolitan Life, and then to 210 Santa Fe Ave, Hamden, CT a year later More About Edith Mary Davis: Age at Death (Facts Pg): 82y 4m 18d Burial: March 23, 1985, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA50 Cause of Death: Pneumonia & Chronic Atrial Fibrillation 16. Russell Thomas Kerr (John Robert, Charles, William) was born March 28, 1908 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, and died February 14, 1982 in Farmington, Franklin Co, ME. He married Elizabeth DeLaVergne Pitman October 23, 1933. She was born June 04, 1909 in Winthrop Hospital, Winthrop, Suffolk Co, MA, and died January 27, 1999 in Arlington, Middlesex Co, MA. More About Russell Thomas Kerr: Burial: South Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA Notes for Elizabeth DeLaVergne Pitman: Massachusetts Death Index; Death Certificate #013254 Burial: South Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA

Hi again, I just remembered that I forgot to mention the other people in this old photo we have. And checking their names with census information, I can come closer to dating that photo. They were George and Harriett (KERR) DUNN and their young son, Leroy DUNN. I checked census and find them here: DUNN, GEORGE A (1920 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 5-WD MEDFORD Age: 43, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MA Series: T625 Roll: 715 Page: 23 In 1920, Leroy is 16 and he has a younger sister, Dorothy, 13. That puts Leroy born ~1904. But the boy in the photo looks to be 4 or 5, so the photo must have been taken between 1908 and 1910. The father was a brakeman for a steam railroad. I'm not spotting George A. Dunn in the area in 1910. The 1920 census says he was born in MA but his parents were born in Maine. George and Harriett probably married around 1902. Harriett was 35 in 1920, so she was a few years younger than her husband. (He was not well liked in the family.) My mother's notes say that George and Harriett had a 3rd child, a daughter, Harriett. If she isn't mentioned in 1920, she must have been born after that. My mother's notes also say that Leroy married Ruth ROBINSON, but they divorced and she didn't have further information. She said the daughter, Dorothy DUNN, married Francis DONOVAN and had 2 children. The daughter, Harriett, married twice. With Ian SHIPLEY she had 2 children, and then she remarried to James O'NEILL. (I think I mentioned this extended family on the Lists a few years ago.) I don't have access to 1930 from home. I'll go check the archives to see if it's mentioned in my old postings with responses. That would show when daughter, Harriett, was born. By the way, my grandfather had an older brother, Joseph KERR, who married Minnie PETERSON. They had 4 children. My mother was only able to find tidbits of information on their first 2 sons, Arthur KERR and Kenneth KERR. Arthur married then divorced and remarried, no further info. Kenneth married and had 4 children. This is Joe and Minnie in 1920, with their 4 children ages 14 to 8 at the time. I can't read his occupation but it almost looks like he had something to do with a newspaper. KERR, JOSEPH (1920 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 3-WD EVERETT Age: 39, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MA Series: T625 Roll: 709 Page: 201 The 2 younger children were Doris KERR who married John KELLEY. And son, Fred KERR married Emma NORTH. It is a descendant of Joe and Minnie KERR who I have made contact with. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Check archives of the MA Lists for further information on the above families.) FYI: I checked 1910 and find this man, but he is living as a son-in-law with a CURTIS family. DUNN, GEORGE W (1910 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 7-WD MALDEN Age: 30, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: ME Series: T624 Roll: 601 Page: 158

Hello, I have decided to stop procrastinating on one particular project (of which I have many), and I decided to try to get my male, KERR cousin to participate in a DNA test. But, I knew there was one more "male KERR" related to us - a very distant cousin. I wrote to him in Maine, and he responded on Saturday. He is willing to do the test. I had sent him a few copies of old photos in the envelope, and decided to send him a few more in an e-mail. One I wanted to send was of a group of family members of my grandfather when he was a teen or young adult. My sister said we should definitely sent him this participar one. But the one in my computer did not have notes on who the people were. So, I went into my box of Kerr papers and found the copy of the picture where someone had written down who each person was. When I looked at the names, I made a discovery. There was an older lady sitting there with the name, Jane Kerr. I didn't know anyone in my grandfather's family with that name. But, a few minutes later "the light bulb." His father had 4 siblings. They were all born in the 1850/1860 timeframe in the Prov. of Quebec. He and one sister came down to MA in 1870's, and the parents and 2 younger brothers came down in 1880's. After 7 yrs. I have never been able to find out what happened to the other sister. Her name was Hannah Jane KERR, born ~1857. Unfortunately, as often happens, there was another lady with the same name in the same area. Researchers believe that it was the other one who married and had children. I've been assuming William's sister, Hannah Jane, had either married and remained in Canada or had died young. But, I hadn't thought that she might have remained single. Either way I hadn't been able to find her in census records in either Canada or US. I checked again yesterday, and couldn't find her in 1901 or 1911 in Canada -- if she had remained in Compton County, PQ. * I checked the 1900 and 1910 census for MA, and found one Jane KERR, but she was a widow and an older lady. So, that was her married name. Now, up in Canada there were many "kissin' cousins" so that is a possibility. Back to the photo, I put more thoughts together. I had remembered that my grandfather was about 15 and his younger sister was about 10 when their father died unexpectedly in 1905 in Everett. And Ruby is shown to be about 10 in this old photo. So, I'm now wondering if this is a group of the family members who had gathered at William's "wake" in Jan. 1905. If that is true, and William's sister, Hannah Jane, was still alive, that could be her in the photo. But, the lady in the photo seems to be in her 60's. Hannah Jane from Canada would be around 50 in 1905, if that is when the photo was taken. One question is: Does anyone know of a Mrs. Jane KERR in or around Everett, MA (Middlesex County) who would have been a widow with 4 children in 1910. This is the lady I found in census. She is from Canada, but in 1910 she is 75. KERR, JANE (1910 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 1-WD EVERETT Age: 75, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: T624 Roll: 597 Page: 39 She is living with her married daughter and her husband, and the handwriting is hard but it looks like either MORRESEY or MORSEY or MOREZE. They have a very young son, Arthur, and the wife had been born in CAN / ENG. Oops, I just noticed that the mother had been born in Canada, but her parents were born in the US and Ireland. I know there were other KERR families in Everett and Malden, MA, around 1900, so this Jane KERR in the old picture could have been a friend instead of a relative. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) * Robert KERR and Eliza HENDERSON had been born in Argenteuil County, P.Q., in 1827, with their parents arriving there in 1823. When they married, they then had 5 children: William, Hannah Jane, Mary Ann, Joseph, and Robert. William came down to MA and married Elizabeth HANNAH. Mary came down and married William McINNIS. Joseph and Robert came down and married 2 female cousins from Canada. I can't think of their names at this second, but the names are in the archives. Both couples left Everett, MA, and moved to Everett, WA !! Around 1860, this Kerr family left Argenteuil County which is north of the St. Lawrence River and moved south to Compton County which is near the US border. There were other KERR families there and we're trying to find out if they were somehow related.

If noone has answered this, I see about nine posts; was any land annexed from Fitchburg to Westminster between 1850 and 1860? This has happened before. I have ancestors whose land didn't consistently stay in the same state. One of them had the three-state marker marking the meeting point of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware on his land - sometimes. At one point his land was in Pennsylvania but he didn't like that, so he served on the Delaware state legislature. They called him the Gentleman from Pennsylvania. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com>; <maworces@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Now I'm really wondering where Asa lived > One really good source for this kind of information is *Historical Data > Relating to Counties, Cities and Town in Massachusetts* by William Francis > Galvin. In fact, I consider it one of the most important references in my > library and have used it numerous times to find out where my families were > living at a particular time. It was published by the NEHGS in 1997 and > may > be available from booksellers online. It gives dates for original > establishments, divisions, incorporations, annexations, and boundaries. > According to this book, Fitchburg is in Worcester Co., and parts were > annexed to Westminster and Ashby. > > Karen Sullivan > nd the body of the message

I , am David Hoyt..I sent you the map in response to your quote as follows:  "I know that Fitchburg is on a county line.  I cannot extract from Google which county it's in.    The only thing I've learned so far is that most legislators represent both counties, and Worcester was made partly from Middlesex County." My response contained an accurate County Map from the last few years....Please be advised that County and State lines changed drastically from year to year. Also be advised that some people, including census takers and government officials, .. simply did not know where they lived, believe it or not.  One more note is that some towns were not "Incorporated" at the time your ancestor may have lived there, and though at the time, they said they lived in XYZ, but XYZ was only a neighborhood within the major city . In other words, if you live in a town called "Springfield" in the neighborhood of "Lake Park" in 1850, in 1860, the neighborhood grows and wants to become its own city of Lake Park, they petition the stae to let them secede and create thier own government. This happened ALOT. AND, going back to the original statement, some people just plain didn't know what town they lived in. AND when it came to Census takers, they got paid , in some cases, per Name they logged, so if You were not home, they would ask the neighbors "Who lives in the house next door?...the neighbors would tell them what they remember, and if they couldnt remember your Uncle John and his wife Mary, they might say "Uncle James and his wife Polly" and guess that he was 38 years old and she was 37, when he really was 45 years old, and she was 41. My ancestor had 5 children, and all were born in a different town by todays standards, but in the 1830's, they were all born in the same town. And he and his wife died in different towns, but lived in the same town. The best bet is to reasearch the history of when a town or county was Incorporated, and add a "Fudge Factor" of a few years on either side of that date for people who just didnt get it, like the Farmer who never went into town, only to find years later, that he lived in a town by a new name. ________________________________ From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com; maworces@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, January 24, 2010 11:43:34 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] Now I'm really wondering where Asa lived David Hoyt, on the Middlesex Co list, who thinks like alot of people that I've not been pounded into submission yet, sent me a town and county map of Massachusetts, which was actually a very great favor.  Map raises more questions than it answers (LOL) Family genealogy says that Winchendon and Ashby are adjacent. From my notes: --------------------------- Some years after his marriage he moved to Westminster and spent much of his life there. Owned successivley Jonathan Sawyer and Smyrna Whitney farms in north part of town and afterward the Abraham Wood house and lot on the common. After his first wife died, he m 2 Widow Hannah A (How) Peabody and resided in te former Dr. White House (History of Westminster, MA, 840-2.) NEHGS Massachusetts bmd database to 1910 shows the record of the marriage. Asa Raymond, age 72, farmer, of Westminster, b Ashby, son of Daniel and Polly (Kinsly). Married Hannah A (Howe) Peabody, age 49, born Westminster, to Reuben K and Hannah (Minot). It says it was his second marriage. They were married in Westminster by Mo A Stevens, clergyman, of Ashburnham. Death record says he died in Westminster at age 92 of old age, having been born in Ashby. Place of birth, which is also said to be Westminster, is confirmed from Ashby Town Records to 1850. Westminster is right next to Ashby. ------------------------ Map show Ashburnham squat between them.  Was Ashburnham a recent development or something? Next question; the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census show Asa's and his son Eli W's farms growing even longer legs than they already appear to have had.  This farm had such long legs, it jumped clear over adjacent towns in the process of moving back and forth between Winchendon and Shutesbury.  Are Gardner adn Westminster recent developments, or is it that Ashburnham is a recent development and it was part of Winchendon? And if Asa lived most of his life in Westminster, why does the census show his humungous farm variously in Fitchburg and Winchendon?  No, it wasn't so big it spanned several towns.  I was hoping that someone here would just know how the descriptions of where Asa's farm was and the census make sense.  Of course I know tehre is such a thing as a historical society.  If I need to call one, which one would be most likely to have the answer?  There are probably 50 of them, especially since the towns in question span two counties.  Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jacqueline Sleeper Russell _http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr) In a message dated 1/24/2010 2:09:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, kinwanted@ida.net writes: Fitchburg, Massachusetts is in Worcester county Judie ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Which county is Fitchburg in? > Middlesex > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Dora Smith > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:35 PM > To: maworces@rootsweb.com; mamiddle@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MAMiddle] Which county is Fitchburg in? > > I know that Fitchburg is on a county line. I cannot extract from Google > which county it's in. The only thing I've learned so far is that most > legislators represent both counties, and Worcester was made partly from > Middlesex County. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and > the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMID DLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message