I know this kind of list can go on-and-on, but does anyone have a resource list that has anything organized ? i.e. nickname given name other Abby Abigail Abbie Abigail (see also Gail) - that sort of thing ! Dave

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Hi Shelley, These girls / women appear to live in the "mill" area of Lowell and might have been "mill girls." This is especially since they were all Irish surnames. So, they might have all been teens or in their 20's. Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley Cardiel" <cardiels@comcast.net> To: <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] WELCH Family Autograph Album > Katie T. WELCH > Autograph Album > No. 120 Suffolk St., Lowell, Mass > > Friends: > . Hattie H. MILLER, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell > . Minnie MURRAY, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell > . Mary H. MCNAMARA, Aug 30th 1887, Lowell, MA > . P. N. MCCASHIN, Oct 15th 1888, No. 62 Ford St., Lowell, MA > . Willie W. WALLACE, Mar 10th 1887, Salmon Falls, NH > . E. L. MILLER, Jan 4th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Nellie DOYLE, Feb 24th 1887, Lowell > . Eddie HOLMES, May 19th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Allie C. THOMPSON, Sept 5th 1887, Lowell > . "Maggie and M. M." Apr 10th 1888, Waddington, NY > . Lizzie LINEHAN > . Mrs. G. P. SWANTON, Lowell, MA > . G. P. SWANTON, Nov 13th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Lois M. WEBBER, Mar 6th 1888, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia > . John F. MCDONALD, Oct 21st 1888 > . Nettie M. LEACH, Jul 3rd 1887, Lowell, MA > Thanks, > Shelley > > >

Hi Shelley, Out of curiousity, I checked census information and found out WELCH was a very popular name. In 1880 there were well over 4000 people in MA, and over 800 in Middlesex County. And what is surprising is that there were dozens of people with the same first-names, like John's and James' and Mary's and Catherine's, etc. And many in Lowell. I checked and there were not quite so many in 1900. Is there any indication what ages Katie and her friends are? There were several Catherine's and Katies in Lowell. From my childhood, I would have had an autograph book from 6th grade in grammar school. But in 1960's I would have been getting signatures in my high school year book. Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley Cardiel" <cardiels@comcast.net> To: <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] WELCH Family Autograph Album > Katie T. WELCH > Autograph Album > No. 120 Suffolk St., Lowell, Mass > > Friends: > . Hattie H. MILLER, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell > . Minnie MURRAY, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell > . Mary H. MCNAMARA, Aug 30th 1887, Lowell, MA > . P. N. MCCASHIN, Oct 15th 1888, No. 62 Ford St., Lowell, MA > . Willie W. WALLACE, Mar 10th 1887, Salmon Falls, NH > . E. L. MILLER, Jan 4th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Nellie DOYLE, Feb 24th 1887, Lowell > . Eddie HOLMES, May 19th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Allie C. THOMPSON, Sept 5th 1887, Lowell > . "Maggie and M. M." Apr 10th 1888, Waddington, NY > . Lizzie LINEHAN > . Mrs. G. P. SWANTON, Lowell, MA > . G. P. SWANTON, Nov 13th 1887, Lowell, MA > . Lois M. WEBBER, Mar 6th 1888, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia > . John F. MCDONALD, Oct 21st 1888 > . Nettie M. LEACH, Jul 3rd 1887, Lowell, MA > Thanks, > Shelley > > >

Anna, b. Abt. 1625 at Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, m. October 06, 1646 at Sudbury William Kerley, b 1621 Ashmore, Dorset England, d. February 18, 1697 at Sudbury, Middlesex, MA - This William (Ensign) is the man who arrived in MA aboard the Confidence in 1638 and is the nephew of William Kerly, Sr, the Immigrant of Ashmore, father of Mary, Capt. Henry and William, Jr (m. Jane Unknown and who died at Lexington in 1719. Both William, Jr and wife Jane and daughter Elizabeth are buried in the Robbins Cemetery, E. Lexington.) Ensign William and wife Anna King Kerley were the parents of Bartholomew Carley, est. b.1650 at Sudbury. Bartholomew appears to be their only child.

I've "rescued" an old autograph album which original belonged to Katie T. WELCH of Lowell, Massachusetts. The album contains the following entries: Katie T. WELCH Autograph Album No. 120 Suffolk St., Lowell, Mass Friends: . Hattie H. MILLER, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell . Minnie MURRAY, Jan 16th 1887, Lowell . Mary H. MCNAMARA, Aug 30th 1887, Lowell, MA . P. N. MCCASHIN, Oct 15th 1888, No. 62 Ford St., Lowell, MA . Willie W. WALLACE, Mar 10th 1887, Salmon Falls, NH . E. L. MILLER, Jan 4th 1887, Lowell, MA . Nellie DOYLE, Feb 24th 1887, Lowell . Eddie HOLMES, May 19th 1887, Lowell, MA . Allie C. THOMPSON, Sept 5th 1887, Lowell . "Maggie and M. M." Apr 10th 1888, Waddington, NY . Lizzie LINEHAN . Mrs. G. P. SWANTON, Lowell, MA . G. P. SWANTON, Nov 13th 1887, Lowell, MA . Lois M. WEBBER, Mar 6th 1888, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia . John F. MCDONALD, Oct 21st 1888 . Nettie M. LEACH, Jul 3rd 1887, Lowell, MA I am hoping to locate someone from Katie's family so that this wonderful old album can be returned to her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I posted what I have so far traced of my mitochondrial lineage, with my haplogroup and mutations from my complete mitochondrial sequence, at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=doramitochondria&id=I511 My emigrant maternal line ancestor was Anne, the wife of Thomas King of Sudbury. She died there in 1642 after giving birth to her last child. Four of her daughters married and left descendants. Three of them married sons of Edmund Rice, one of the better known and more prolific founding fathers of New England. He was one of the proprietors and early leaders of the town of Sudbury. He was bipolar, and a land speculator, which in those days was rather like my bipolar former landlord buying and selling web sites on the internet. Every time his mood cycled down he got very crotchety, didn't get along with anyone, and left to found a new town, taking with him members of his inner circle, some or more likely most of whom also carried bipolar disorder. He and his fellow travelers were leaders, and many of his kin actively founded other towns near Sudbury and Marlborough. This small group of families proceeded to form little subgroups of families that largely married each other for five generations. It is not proven that all of Thomas King's daughters had the same mother. Little is known of Anne, and she may not have been his first wife. She was not Anne Collins, and I find the evidence that she was Anne Tyce of Shaftesbury unconvincing. People have read together two lines of a will that don't grammatically or logically go together, and there are a number of logical inconsistencies. It is proven that Thomas King was from Shaftesbury, but there is only the shakiest of evidence that any of his children were born there. The family was prosperous and widely connected; Thomas's nephew the mayor of Shaftesbury married the daughter of a business contact of his father's 30 miles away, and people in the textile business in Shaftesbury travelled and lived as far afield as India. In Sudbury Thomas was a leading citizen but extremely quiet, and he may have been just about invisible wherever he went. It would be helpful if descendants of other daughters of Thomas - my own well documented line is from Elizabeth - would be tested. There is the complicating factor that the HVR1 and HVR2 mutations, which is what most people get tested, form an extremely common haplogroup H haplotype - 16519C, 263G, 309.1C (plus or minus a C at that location), 315.1C. The number of C's at 309 is very changeable and virtually has no meaning. It takes atleast an H deep clade test to establish the coding region mutation that defines haplogroup H1, which encompasses a third to half of all the people in haplogroup H. A definitive match can only be shown by a complete sequence, which produces two unique coding region mutations. I am interested in any health consequences of these mutations. Both are protein-changing mutations to a working gene; specifically the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene. Any effects can't be earthshaking as large numbers of members of this lineage have lived into their 80's and 90's, and some family groupings within it acquired reputations for longevity. On the other hand, I suspect that most members of this lineage who live to be old die of often longstanding, slow developing atherosclerosis. Mutations to the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene could easily have both effects. The timing of this seems to vary as greatly as that due to any gene; from one's 60's to over age 100. The guy who lived to be over 100 was still walking a mile every day to visit people, and it's highly doubtful that that's coincidence. Exercise multiplies mitochondria, lowers blood lipids, and combats atherosclerosis. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Hello Emery So good to hear a voice from the past ..... I have saved all of our extensive emails that I review ,time to time, when researching other families in that NY-MA-VT area all the successes and brick walls I have found,since we last emailed ,that the Oswego NY land area was owned by MA and the VR's duplicates might be in the Pittsfield MA area ( Berkshire Atheneum ) -unverified Middlesex County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early Middlesex Co courts held all town VR's duplicates in a area from Nova Scotia to New Jersey and westerly to the Mississippi River then downsized to its present size of 52more or less city/towns?? ......ref Ancestry REDBOOK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please feel free to email anytime on anything remembered or forgotten? Thinking of you always doug-100107 dougvbrown@gmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above in reply to:- mamiddle@rootsweb.com Vol 5, Issue 4 Mess. # 5 > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Thomas Ditson Jr 1775 Billerica , MA > > Doug, I can't remember if I ever cntacted you about the Browns in > my tree? > Emery St. Cyr > eastcyr@cox.net > > Doug, I can't remember if I ever cntacted you about the Browns in > my tree? > Emery St. Cyr > eastcyr@cox.net

It's a good thing I checked. That article doesn't contain a word about Abigail's identity. Just says her name was Abigail. Eyes rolling. Worldconnect page appeared to cite it as authority for giving her a last name that noone else did. But atleast I can put that in my notes. Thanks, Susan! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <cullivans@gmail.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGR lookup >I sent a copy of that page image to Dora. > > Susan > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Dora Smith <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I was a member of NEHGS for two years running but can't currently afford >> a >> membership. >> >> Could someone please do a short lookup for me. >> >> Captain John Hubbard, b 12 Mar 1692 in Concord, son of Jonathan Hubbard >> and >> Hannah Rice, married Azubah Moore. Not clear when or where; it appears >> to >> not be recorded. Apparently they were both of Concord, unless one or >> more >> of them were of Sudbury, and most of their children were born in Rutland, >> Massachusetts. Second child was born in 1733. >> >> Rootsweb Worldconnect lists this marriage many times, but Azubah's >> origins >> seem vague. Most give her no parents. Some have her the daughter of >> John >> Moore and Abigail. Some have her born 14 Dec 1704 in Sudbury, and died >> 22 >> May 1795 in Holden, regardless of whether they give her any parents, >> which >> most don't. It's an eternal mystery how we can know someone's exact >> birth >> date but not the names of their parents. It is probably a baptism date. >> One World Connect site identifies her parents as John Moore, b 8 May >> 1683 >> in Sudbury, and Abigail Wright, b 15 Sept 1672 in Sudbury. The source >> for >> all this is "New England Historical & Genealogical Register Repository: >> Media: Book Page: 57:306. >> >> Could someone please kindly look up NEHGR 57:306, and tell me what >> information pertinent to these people is actually there. >> >> Thanks alot! >> >> Yours, >> Dora Smith > 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

Susan mentioned in her e-mail in which she sent me the page, that she couldn't afford it but renewed her membership anyway. This gives me an idea. I could afford it if someone went in on it with me. What about the idea of combined memberships - even paired? On unemployment and just had a particularly problematic case of appendicitis, there is sure a big difference between paying $35 and paying $70. Obviously if three or four people went in on it it would come down further. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Thanks, I'll look out for it. I thought i didn't need it, and elected not to ask for it again, but it turned out I have another mitochondrial lineage person whose mother was the other wife. It was a very inbred group of families. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <cullivans@gmail.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGR lookup >I sent a copy of that page image to Dora. > > Susan > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Dora Smith <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I was a member of NEHGS for two years running but can't currently afford >> a >> membership. >> >> Could someone please do a short lookup for me. >> >> Captain John Hubbard, b 12 Mar 1692 in Concord, son of Jonathan Hubbard >> and >> Hannah Rice, married Azubah Moore. Not clear when or where; it appears >> to >> not be recorded. Apparently they were both of Concord, unless one or >> more >> of them were of Sudbury, and most of their children were born in Rutland, >> Massachusetts. Second child was born in 1733. >> >> Rootsweb Worldconnect lists this marriage many times, but Azubah's >> origins >> seem vague. Most give her no parents. Some have her the daughter of >> John >> Moore and Abigail. Some have her born 14 Dec 1704 in Sudbury, and died >> 22 >> May 1795 in Holden, regardless of whether they give her any parents, >> which >> most don't. It's an eternal mystery how we can know someone's exact >> birth >> date but not the names of their parents. It is probably a baptism date. >> One World Connect site identifies her parents as John Moore, b 8 May >> 1683 >> in Sudbury, and Abigail Wright, b 15 Sept 1672 in Sudbury. The source >> for >> all this is "New England Historical & Genealogical Register Repository: >> Media: Book Page: 57:306. >> >> Could someone please kindly look up NEHGR 57:306, and tell me what >> information pertinent to these people is actually there. >> >> Thanks alot! >> >> Yours, >> Dora Smith > 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

Doug, I can't remember if I ever cntacted you about the Browns in my tree? Emery St. Cyr eastcyr@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas V Brown" <dougvbrown@gmail.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com>; "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net>; <spotts4389@aol.com> Cc: <mrofitz@verizon.net>; "Douglas V Brown" <dougvbrown@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:42 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] Thomas Ditson Jr 1775 Billerica , MA > > Hi Listers < doug v brown calling from MA> > > Research Note-# 1--- > > Following a tip from Marilyn <mrofitz@verizon.net > ref MAMIDDLE > Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1 > > dated -jan 01 2010 mess #2 Marilyn wrote ..in > part ..................................... > >> The information from this [-DITSON-] cemetery is found in the >> published VRS of Burlington (part of series of books of MA VRS to >> 1850) which?can also be found at >> >> http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ > > This is a gold mine on the Vital Records to 1850 of the many towns/ > cities of Massachusetts by a John Slaughter > > web page who is quick to note that it is not a source ,but has links > to assoc page images of the > > NEHGS - Boston VR's to 1850 <Tan Series> > > Research Note # 2.... In the NEHGS VR's to 1850 records ,the surname > suffix <-Jr. or Jun. -> > > designated the younger in age of another person(s) with that same name > (s). in town > > The Billerica VR's to 1850 show DITSON marriage Thomas Jr m. > Elizabeth BLANCHARD Jun 18,1761 > > and DITSON birth Thomas , s of Thomas and Elizabeth [-Blanchard-] > b Jan 31, 1762 becoming the town's new > > Thomas DITSON Jun and was the legendary "Yankee Doodle Dandy" > tarred/feathered -Mar 1775 Boston > > DITSON deaths Thomas, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth [-Blanchard-] d. > Feb 20,1782 AE 20 Y 20d., died at sea. > > Research Note # 3 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A verse written about this young Rev War legend , (sung to Yankee > Doodle tune ) might go something like this: > > HE WAS A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY- A YANKEE DOODLE DO AND DIE- > > A REAL LIFE NEPHEW OF HIS UNCLE SAM , BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY > > (-ref Billerica VR's DITSON births Samuel , s of Thomas and > Elizabeth (LAWRENCE) b. July 4 1750 ) > Samuel settled in Woburn, per Betty (near Lowell) and married > Mary GRIMES in Lexington m.Sept 18, 1770 ,per VR's ) > > > HE HAD A YANKEE DOODLE SWEETHEART ,WHO WAS HIS YANKEE DOODLE JOY > > YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO BOSTON, RIDING ON A PONY ,HE WAS THE YANKEE > DOODLE BOY > > 100106- dougvbrown files > > dougvbrown@gmail.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

I sent a copy of that page image to Dora. Susan On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Dora Smith <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was a member of NEHGS for two years running but can't currently afford a > membership. > > Could someone please do a short lookup for me. > > Captain John Hubbard, b 12 Mar 1692 in Concord, son of Jonathan Hubbard and > Hannah Rice, married Azubah Moore. Not clear when or where; it appears to > not be recorded. Apparently they were both of Concord, unless one or more > of them were of Sudbury, and most of their children were born in Rutland, > Massachusetts. Second child was born in 1733. > > Rootsweb Worldconnect lists this marriage many times, but Azubah's origins > seem vague. Most give her no parents. Some have her the daughter of John > Moore and Abigail. Some have her born 14 Dec 1704 in Sudbury, and died 22 > May 1795 in Holden, regardless of whether they give her any parents, which > most don't. It's an eternal mystery how we can know someone's exact birth > date but not the names of their parents. It is probably a baptism date. > One World Connect site identifies her parents as John Moore, b 8 May 1683 > in Sudbury, and Abigail Wright, b 15 Sept 1672 in Sudbury. The source for > all this is "New England Historical & Genealogical Register Repository: > Media: Book Page: 57:306. > > Could someone please kindly look up NEHGR 57:306, and tell me what > information pertinent to these people is actually there. > > Thanks alot! > > Yours, > Dora Smith

The child I am interested in was the daughter of John Hubbard's other wife. :) Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:23 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] Need NEHGR lookup >I was a member of NEHGS for two years running but can't currently afford a >membership. > > Could someone please do a short lookup for me. > > Captain John Hubbard, b 12 Mar 1692 in Concord, son of Jonathan Hubbard > and Hannah Rice, married Azubah Moore. Not clear when or where; it > appears to not be recorded. Apparently they were both of Concord, unless > one or more of them were of Sudbury, and most of their children were born > in Rutland, Massachusetts. Second child was born in 1733. > > Rootsweb Worldconnect lists this marriage many times, but Azubah's origins > seem vague. Most give her no parents. Some have her the daughter of John > Moore and Abigail. Some have her born 14 Dec 1704 in Sudbury, and died > 22 May 1795 in Holden, regardless of whether they give her any parents, > which most don't. It's an eternal mystery how we can know someone's > exact birth date but not the names of their parents. It is probably a > baptism date. One World Connect site identifies her parents as John > Moore, b 8 May 1683 in Sudbury, and Abigail Wright, b 15 Sept 1672 in > Sudbury. The source for all this is "New England Historical & > Genealogical Register Repository: Media: Book Page: 57:306. > > Could someone please kindly look up NEHGR 57:306, and tell me what > information pertinent to these people is actually there. > > Thanks alot! > > 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

I was a member of NEHGS for two years running but can't currently afford a membership. Could someone please do a short lookup for me. Captain John Hubbard, b 12 Mar 1692 in Concord, son of Jonathan Hubbard and Hannah Rice, married Azubah Moore. Not clear when or where; it appears to not be recorded. Apparently they were both of Concord, unless one or more of them were of Sudbury, and most of their children were born in Rutland, Massachusetts. Second child was born in 1733. Rootsweb Worldconnect lists this marriage many times, but Azubah's origins seem vague. Most give her no parents. Some have her the daughter of John Moore and Abigail. Some have her born 14 Dec 1704 in Sudbury, and died 22 May 1795 in Holden, regardless of whether they give her any parents, which most don't. It's an eternal mystery how we can know someone's exact birth date but not the names of their parents. It is probably a baptism date. One World Connect site identifies her parents as John Moore, b 8 May 1683 in Sudbury, and Abigail Wright, b 15 Sept 1672 in Sudbury. The source for all this is "New England Historical & Genealogical Register Repository: Media: Book Page: 57:306. Could someone please kindly look up NEHGR 57:306, and tell me what information pertinent to these people is actually there. Thanks alot! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Hello, I was watching "Antiques Roadshow" on TV last night, and someone brought in a "print" of the "Battle of Bunker Hill" by John TRUMBULL. I remembered the name so I could look him up this morning. Turns out his family was from CT. But, according to the appraiser, John was in Boston (Charlestown?) while the battle was going on, and he took sketches of what he saw. I looked him up this morning, and it seems he created a lot of prints and paintings, etc. http://www.americanrevolution.org/trumbio.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/2006/12/trumbulls-battle-of-bunker-hill.html I don't think this surname is mentioned too often. So, I thought I'd offer it as an FYI. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. Another of the TRUMBULL prints has been on the show: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200404A08.html

Hi Listers < doug v brown calling from MA> Research Note-# 1--- Following a tip from Marilyn <mrofitz@verizon.net > ref MAMIDDLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1 dated -jan 01 2010 mess #2 Marilyn wrote ..in part ..................................... > The information from this [-DITSON-] cemetery is found in the > published VRS of Burlington (part of series of books of MA VRS to > 1850) which?can also be found at > > http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ This is a gold mine on the Vital Records to 1850 of the many towns/ cities of Massachusetts by a John Slaughter web page who is quick to note that it is not a source ,but has links to assoc page images of the NEHGS - Boston VR's to 1850 <Tan Series> Research Note # 2.... In the NEHGS VR's to 1850 records ,the surname suffix <-Jr. or Jun. -> designated the younger in age of another person(s) with that same name (s). in town The Billerica VR's to 1850 show DITSON marriage Thomas Jr m. Elizabeth BLANCHARD Jun 18,1761 and DITSON birth Thomas , s of Thomas and Elizabeth [-Blanchard-] b Jan 31, 1762 becoming the town's new Thomas DITSON Jun and was the legendary "Yankee Doodle Dandy" tarred/feathered -Mar 1775 Boston DITSON deaths Thomas, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth [-Blanchard-] d. Feb 20,1782 AE 20 Y 20d., died at sea. Research Note # 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A verse written about this young Rev War legend , (sung to Yankee Doodle tune ) might go something like this: HE WAS A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY- A YANKEE DOODLE DO AND DIE- A REAL LIFE NEPHEW OF HIS UNCLE SAM , BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (-ref Billerica VR's DITSON births Samuel , s of Thomas and Elizabeth (LAWRENCE) b. July 4 1750 ) Samuel settled in Woburn, per Betty (near Lowell) and married Mary GRIMES in Lexington m.Sept 18, 1770 ,per VR's ) HE HAD A YANKEE DOODLE SWEETHEART ,WHO WAS HIS YANKEE DOODLE JOY YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO BOSTON, RIDING ON A PONY ,HE WAS THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY 100106- dougvbrown files dougvbrown@gmail.com

FIORE, Peter L; 52; Oneida NY>Acton MA; Acton Beacon; 2009-12-31; dja SHAMEL, Dorothy Irene (PRETZER); 97; Cleveland OH>Acton MA; Acton Beacon; 2009-12-31; dja Dennis Ahern Acton Mass. History & Genealogy at http://www.rootsweb.com/~macacton/ Acton Mailing List at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/middlesex.html

Hello, I've decided to try harder this new year to get one of my KERR, male, relatives to participate in a "DNA test." Many, many people in Canada and the US are trying to find out the origins of a KERR / HENDERSON family-group which arrived in Canada in the 1820's. They had well over 40 children between them, and thus have many descendants. And, none of us can find out who their parents were back in - Ireland. My mother worked on our family-tree in the 1970's, and she wrote up a basic description of her great-grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth (HENDERSON) KERR, and their descendants. They were born in Canada in 1827, and came down to MA, probably in 1880's. Four out of their 5 children came down to MA, also. Their oldest was William KERR who married near Boston to Elizabeth HANNAH. Their youngest 2 sons married near Boston and then moved to Washington State. They never had children. So, Robert and Eliza KERR only had descendants through their son, William. William and Elizabeth had 6 children / 3 sons, but their middle son died at 18 and never got a chance to marry. I am descended from their youngest son. I had found a descendant of their oldest son, Joseph, a few years ago. She responded to my letter and told me one brother had passed and the other brother lived in Maine. I just found his address and will be mailing a letter to him tomorrow. Joseph and Minnie (PETERSON) KERR had 4 children / 3 sons. My mother was able to find out some information on the youngest son, Fred KERR; he and his wife, Emma, always lived in Everett, MA. But she was not able to find information on the 2 older sons. She believes Arthur KERR had one child, but she did not know whether it was a son or daughter. The 2nd son, Kenneth KERR, had 4 children / one son, Kenneth, Jr. But she was not able to find out anything about him. (These children would have been born in the 1900-1920 timeframe.) I was wondering if anyone knew of the Arthur KERR family or the Kenneth KERR family, which would have been based in the Everett and Malden area. Of the male descendants of Robert and Eliza KERR (from Canada), so far, I only have one male cousin, one uncle, who is mostly estranged from the family, and the "distant cousin" in Maine. So, I'm curious if there is another male descendant. I've been chatting with other KERR researchers about DNA, and it has been strongly recommended that I use this site. But, I should use the CARR group instead of the KERR group. https://www.familytreedna.com/Default.aspx?c=1 Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Next year I will try to get a male relative with the LEWIS name to do a DNA test. That would be the only other surname I would want to make connections with.)

Hi Listers:- The Burlington "old Graveyard" - ref -Mamiddle vol 4 - iss.250 mess #3 -#5 just might be the original Second Parish Cemetery in the Forest Field section of the Woburn MA - second parish . One of many sponsers being Francis Wyman whose historic house is still open to the public , located at 56 Francis Wyman Road (S.R. 62 ) The Woburn second parish is the parent of Burlington MA and the small cem was filled and is now named " The Old Burying Ground " ref- dvb files-2007 READ MORE ABOUT BURLINGTON 's F.WYMAN AND "OLD BURYING GROUND " location ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COPY/PASTE THIS TO YOUR BROWSER URL AND CLICK GO http://www.burlington.org/clerk/archives/pubs/histcomm/histhse.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on the DITSON genealogy forum page GO TO ( AS above )- http://genforum.genealogy.com/ditson/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I read that Samuel DITSON , the younger brother of Thomas DITSON of Billerica settled in Woburn probably in the second parish, which abutted the Billerica town line the two farms could have been adjacent on the Cambridge road ( S.R. 3A ) I did some research time on people in the old Burying Ground I remember an old map of the 2nd parish cem with name and grave location index which may have been downloaded from yeoldewoburn.org There are library books " A Walk thru Old Burying Ground " and "A Guide To Old Burying Ground " Happy New Year dougvbrown files- 091231