Hello, I am new to this list and have a few questions. I have several letters written by an ancestor, Rev. James Keith (1643-1719), who was the first Minister of the Town of Bridgewater. I have transcribed them out of his colorful hand, and I am adding historical notes, based on the people and places he mentions in them, to an appendix I am compiling. I have a reference to the Election at Plymouth, in the year 1680, and would like to find out how the election system worked in the Colony at that time. What officers were elected? I understand it was the Governor, a Deputy Governor (just 1 or more?), and a group of assistants (how many?). I would like to know what body elected these leaders, and what positions constituted the General Court of the Colony. Also, I am intensely interested in the old tradition of Election Day Sermons in the New England Colonies. I understand local Ministers were appointed by the General Court, to address the Company at the Election place. In 1680, my ancestor was appointed by Maj. William Bradford Jr., to do so at the Plymouth election. He wrote to the Pastor of the Plymouth church, Rev. John Cotton, and said that he was unable to do so, for reasons of health, and said he told Maj. Bradford to ask Mr. Cotton to do it. I would like to know, who actually did preach the election sermon at Plymouth in 1680, and if the sermon was ever published? I would appreciate any help, sources, sites and/or suggestions. Thank you very much. Joel B. Keith Born in Worcester, MA Grew up in Grafton, MA Sojourning in Lakeland, FL Through His death and resurrection, Christ has made the grave a portal; for through its gates we enter into the presence of the Living God.

Today I added the 1790 Census for the towns of: Duxborough, Halifax and Hanover. These are located at the Plymouth County, MA part of the Census section of my web site. Ray Brown http://www.rays-place.com .

<A HREF="http://users.aol.com/sforg/newsletters/edward.htm">The Identity of Edward Southworth of Leyden</A> <A HREF="http://users.aol.com/sforg/newsletters/edward.htm">http://users.aol.com/sforg/newsletters/edward.htm</A> I was working on several lines today and found this reference about Edward Southworth. For those who have read Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, it helps clear up the information on pg 245, tracing the Sir John Southworth>Thomas Southworth>Edward Southworth m. Alice Carpenter line. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)

The 1790 Census for the folllowing towns has been added to my web site: Town only pages Weymouth Suffolk County, MA Werntham Suffolk County, MA That is all being added for Suffolk County for now so there is no County page. County Pages Plymouth County, MA 3 towns online Abington, Bridgewater and Carver More will be added to Plymouth County later this Mounth. http://www.rays-place.com click on the link for the Census Section of web site. Cheers Ray Brown

<<Hi Diane, We share some ancestors in the Tinkham, Brown, Keith and a few other lines. I have Ephriam Tinkham and Mary Brown (my 7 G Grandparents). But I only have two known children of theirs -- Ebenezer TINKHAM b 30 Sep 1651 (my 6 GGF), and Mary TINKHAM b 5 Aug 1661. Do you have names of any other children of Ephriam Tinkham and Mary Brown? I would like to fill out my family group charts. Thanks for your help. Esther Snively in San Jose, California>> The children I have listed are: 1. Ephraim TINKHAM, also known as Ephraim Tincombe, b. 1616 in (Probably) Ashburton, Devonshire, England, (son of John TINKECOMBE and Matthias BEARE). He married Mary BROWN, b. 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, (daughter of Peter BROWN and Martha FORD). Children: 2. i Unknown TINKHAM, b. ABOUT 1647 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. + 3. ii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 1 Aug 1649. + 4. iii Ebenezer TINKHAM b. 30 Sep 1651. + 5. iv Peter TINKHAM b. 25 Dec 1653. + 6. v Helkiah TINKHAM b. 8 Feb 1654/55. 7. vi John TINKHAM, b. 7 Jun 1658. + 8. vii Mary TINKHAM b. 1 Aug 1661. + 9. viii John TINKHAM b. 15 Nov 1663. 10. ix Isaac TINKHAM, b. 11 Apr 1666. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Hi Diane, We share some ancestors in the Tinkham, Brown, Keith and a few other lines. I have Ephriam Tinkham and Mary Brown (my 7 G Grandparents). But I only have two known children of theirs -- Ebenezer TINKHAM b 30 Sep 1651 (my 6 GGF), and Mary TINKHAM b 5 Aug 1661. Do you have names of any other children of Ephriam Tinkham and Mary Brown? I would like to fill out my family group charts. Thanks for your help. Esther Snively in San Jose, California --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: text/plain MAPLYMOU-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 107 Today's Topics: #1 [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephraim T [SnowBeri@aol.com] #2 Re: [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephra [Harlow Chandler <chandler@firstva.] #3 Re: [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephra [SnowBeri@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from MAPLYMOU-D, send a message to MAPLYMOU-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:09:00 EDT From: SnowBeri@aol.com To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c3.35e306b6.2c40816c@aol.com> Subject: [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephraim TINKHAM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I'm just starting to trace down this Wright/Cooke line: 1. Esther WRIGHT, b. 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim TINKHAM, b. 1 Aug 1649 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, (son of Ephraim TINKHAM and Mary BROWN). Children: + 2. i Martha TINKHAM b. ABOUT 1678. + 3. ii John TINKHAM b. 22 Aug 1680. + 4. iii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 7 Oct 1682. + 5. iv Isaac TINKHAM b. 30 Jun 1685. + 6. v Samuel TINKHAM b. 19 Mar 1686/87. + 7. vi Mary TINKHAM b. 1690/91. I've been told that Esther was the granddaughter of Mayflower's Francis Cooke. Are there any good sites about Francis and Hester Cooke, their children and grandchildren, and what Francis did. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience) ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:13:50 -0400 From: Harlow Chandler <chandler@firstva.com> To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3F0F369E.1080608@firstva.com> Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephraim TINKHAM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SnowBeri@aol.com wrote: >I'm just starting to trace down this Wright/Cooke line: >1. Esther WRIGHT, b. 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim >TINKHAM, b. 1 Aug 1649 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, (son of Ephraim >TINKHAM and Mary BROWN). > > Children: > + 2. i Martha TINKHAM b. ABOUT 1678. > + 3. ii John TINKHAM b. 22 Aug 1680. > + 4. iii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 7 Oct 1682. > + 5. iv Isaac TINKHAM b. 30 Jun 1685. > + 6. v Samuel TINKHAM b. 19 Mar 1686/87. > + 7. vi Mary TINKHAM b. 1690/91. > > I've been told that Esther was the granddaughter of Mayflower's Francis >Cooke. > Yes she is, she is the daughter of Hester Cooke and Richard Wright, and Hester was Francis' daughter. Additionally, Ephraim Tinkham is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Perter Brown, as you probably know. > Are there any good sites about Francis and Hester Cooke, their children >and grandchildren, and what Francis did. > You might wish to spend a very few dollars and buy a book with the most up to date genealogical information available. There's not a great deal of biographical information known about Francis. Scroll down on this page to the paperback books and you can order _Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his Descendants of Four Generations_ from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Service is very quick. http://www.mayflower.org/book.htm This page mentions some misinformation to watch out for. http://members.aol.com/calebj/cooke.html You might want to pursue this on theRootsweb Mayflower mailing list as well as you have two Mayflower passengers here and there will probably be several people on the list with connections. Incidentally, I have been trying, off and on, to collect the descendants of Richard Wright, and I'd be interested in where your line goes if you'd like to share that. If you haven't looked into Richard yet, you may find on the web many instances where he is said to be the son of William Wright and Priscilla Carpenter. He is not. His origin is unknown. > > > ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:33:43 EDT From: SnowBeri@aol.com To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1a8.16f54e7e.2c409547@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Esther WRIGHT m Ephraim TINKHAM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 7/11/2003 4:13:57 PM Mountain Daylight Time, chandler@firstva.com writes: > > Incidentally, I have been trying, off and on, to collect the descendants > of Richard Wright, and I'd be interested in where your line goes if > you'd like to share that. If you haven't looked into Richard yet, you > may find on the web many instances where he is said to be the son of > William Wright and Priscilla Carpenter. He is not. His origin is unknown. I've traced the Tinkham line, which was fairly easy since my cousin lives in New York next to the town's library. I've just started on the Cooke line since she wasn't interested in doing the maternal route. I saw some of the Cooke items from a quick search on Google, but I was wondering if there were some favorite sites out there that people liked. Francis Cooke isn't the most colorful character in Plymouth, is he? It was much easier getting Howland information. Thank you for the recommendations, and I'll be glad to make up a desc. file if you wish. My lines go through the Howland, Tilly, Brown (now Cooke), with Esther WRIGHT m. Ephraim TINKHAM, and their son John m. Hannah HOWLAND. Amos TINKHAM m cousin Sarah TINKHAM. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience) --Boundary_(ID_8TAapdwi/1RcoIyl7tvYbA)--

In a message dated 7/11/2003 4:13:57 PM Mountain Daylight Time, chandler@firstva.com writes: > > Incidentally, I have been trying, off and on, to collect the descendants > of Richard Wright, and I'd be interested in where your line goes if > you'd like to share that. If you haven't looked into Richard yet, you > may find on the web many instances where he is said to be the son of > William Wright and Priscilla Carpenter. He is not. His origin is unknown. I've traced the Tinkham line, which was fairly easy since my cousin lives in New York next to the town's library. I've just started on the Cooke line since she wasn't interested in doing the maternal route. I saw some of the Cooke items from a quick search on Google, but I was wondering if there were some favorite sites out there that people liked. Francis Cooke isn't the most colorful character in Plymouth, is he? It was much easier getting Howland information. Thank you for the recommendations, and I'll be glad to make up a desc. file if you wish. My lines go through the Howland, Tilly, Brown (now Cooke), with Esther WRIGHT m. Ephraim TINKHAM, and their son John m. Hannah HOWLAND. Amos TINKHAM m cousin Sarah TINKHAM. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)

SnowBeri@aol.com wrote: >I'm just starting to trace down this Wright/Cooke line: >1. Esther WRIGHT, b. 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim >TINKHAM, b. 1 Aug 1649 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, (son of Ephraim >TINKHAM and Mary BROWN). > > Children: > + 2. i Martha TINKHAM b. ABOUT 1678. > + 3. ii John TINKHAM b. 22 Aug 1680. > + 4. iii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 7 Oct 1682. > + 5. iv Isaac TINKHAM b. 30 Jun 1685. > + 6. v Samuel TINKHAM b. 19 Mar 1686/87. > + 7. vi Mary TINKHAM b. 1690/91. > > I've been told that Esther was the granddaughter of Mayflower's Francis >Cooke. > Yes she is, she is the daughter of Hester Cooke and Richard Wright, and Hester was Francis' daughter. Additionally, Ephraim Tinkham is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Perter Brown, as you probably know. > Are there any good sites about Francis and Hester Cooke, their children >and grandchildren, and what Francis did. > You might wish to spend a very few dollars and buy a book with the most up to date genealogical information available. There's not a great deal of biographical information known about Francis. Scroll down on this page to the paperback books and you can order _Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his Descendants of Four Generations_ from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Service is very quick. http://www.mayflower.org/book.htm This page mentions some misinformation to watch out for. http://members.aol.com/calebj/cooke.html You might want to pursue this on theRootsweb Mayflower mailing list as well as you have two Mayflower passengers here and there will probably be several people on the list with connections. Incidentally, I have been trying, off and on, to collect the descendants of Richard Wright, and I'd be interested in where your line goes if you'd like to share that. If you haven't looked into Richard yet, you may find on the web many instances where he is said to be the son of William Wright and Priscilla Carpenter. He is not. His origin is unknown. > > >

I'm just starting to trace down this Wright/Cooke line: 1. Esther WRIGHT, b. 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim TINKHAM, b. 1 Aug 1649 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, (son of Ephraim TINKHAM and Mary BROWN). Children: + 2. i Martha TINKHAM b. ABOUT 1678. + 3. ii John TINKHAM b. 22 Aug 1680. + 4. iii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 7 Oct 1682. + 5. iv Isaac TINKHAM b. 30 Jun 1685. + 6. v Samuel TINKHAM b. 19 Mar 1686/87. + 7. vi Mary TINKHAM b. 1690/91. I've been told that Esther was the granddaughter of Mayflower's Francis Cooke. Are there any good sites about Francis and Hester Cooke, their children and grandchildren, and what Francis did. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)

Is this a dead list?

Dear Hoytd, I don't think so. We've average 43 messages / month since the first of the year. Today is only the 7th of the month, give it some time. Visit the Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MAPLYMOU Jan 43 Feb 38 Mar 34 Apr 62 May 46 Jun 36 July 3 A lot of subscribers are also on vacation, researching and visiting grave sites. I know thats what I did on my trip to Plymouth last month. -- Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 http://www.dittmar.net/fred Member: Association of Professional Genealogists Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com MANORFOL-L@rootsweb.com DITMER-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com HEMMERLY-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALE-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALES-L@rootsweb.com ZIEGENGEIST-L@rootsweb.com OK-GEN-SOC-L@rootsweb.com TX-VINTAGEPHOTOS@rootsweb.com TX-CEMETERY-RESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs

I just added a page of Plymouth, MA marrage records to my web site. These are mostely records for the 1730's to the 1760's but there are some earlier ones mixed in. http://www.rays-place.com/index-m.htm Cheers Ray Brown

Im new to the list and seeking information about the death/buriel of Mary (Peebles) Hoit/Hoyt (born 1788, New Salem) who was widowed of Joseph or James Hoyt/Hoit. He was born 1779,died 18 sept. 1842 in Lowell from diabetes, but she lived much longer and may have remarried. Her place of death is listed as "Westdale" in 1874 (West Bridgewater) Her great grand children are buried in Elmwood and she may be as well. Also cant find any record of her son Asa Hoyt (no birth , death, or buriel), but her great grandsons Damon and Cecil Hoyt are buried there. Asa died young not long after his father in 1846 (probably diabetes) and his wife Sally/Sarah Gassett remarried to Thomas Conant. If someone has acess to the cemetary and/or its records, any info would be helpfull. I would be interested in any Hoyts from that area and time. As it ends up, my grandfather was living in Brockton in the 1940's-70's Thanx in advance, David Emery Hoyt

A new page to the USGenWeb Plymouth County, MA project has just been added: Plymouth County, MA Vital Records Info Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plyvrs.html This page contains information on obtaining Vital Records for the towns of Plymouth County, MA. USGenWeb Plymouth County, MA now consists of the following pages: USGenWeb Plymouth County, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/ Plymouth County, MA Family Home Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plyfams.htm Plymouth County, MA Guestbook http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plysign.htm Plymouth County, MA Libraries/Museums/Societies http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plylibs.htm Plymouth County, MA Look-ups http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plyvolun.htm Plymouth County, MA Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plymlist.html Plymouth County, MA Map before 1884 http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/images/plycnty.gif Plymouth County, MA Records Online http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plyrecords.html Plymouth County, MA Towns http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plytowns.htm Plymouth County, MA Towns Sitemap http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plysitemap.htm Plymouth County, MA Vital Records Information http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/plyvrs.html Most of Plymouth County towns have USGenWeb projects but some are still available - see the Plymouth County Towns page. My goal is to have USGenWeb projects (Internet websites for genealogy research) for all the towns of Plymouth County. How about returning thanks to the Internet community for the genealogy help you have found online by volunteering to adopt a town or being a Look-up volunteer. Do stop by and see the Plymouth County genealogy resources. --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ ----------------------------------------------- USGW Coordinator Plymouth Co., MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/ USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ USGW Mansfield, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcmansf/ USGW New London, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcnewlo/ USGW Norwich, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcnorwi/ USGW Windham, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcwindh/ *********************************************************

Greetings, I've just returned to Oklahoma from a trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts where I enjoyed many clam and lobster rolls. I visited the Plymouth Public Library* and enjoyed talking with Beverly Ness, Lee Reagan about genealogy and Plymouth History. I also made a surprise visit to the Plymouth County Genealogy Society. I've communicated with this group for over three years and never met anyone. I joined the meeting and introduced myself and I'm glad the ladies were already sitting down. In my activities there I found a 1903 street map of Plymouth (7ft long)indicating the homeowners from Jabez Corner to Boundry Lne. I will do a lookup if you think your ancestor lived there in that time, I'll need their name and street address. It's not indexed. I also returned with the town reports from 1906 - 1989 the indicate births marriages and deaths for that period. Again I'll do lookups once I get squared away next month. Need the name, year and subject. B M D. The new Library homepage is http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org Plymouth County Genealogist Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/pcgs/pcgsmain.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is an article I found today in the Rootsweb Review. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANDLER. This CHANDLER genealogy begins with Edmund who was born in London, England in 1588 and died in 1662. He and his family traveled from Leiden, Holland to Barbados where some of his children stayed. He then went on to Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts where he settled. The majority of these Chandlers lived in Massachusetts and Maine, with some going west and settling in Iowa in the mid-1800s. Other connected surnames are: WYMER, JENSEN, TOPIC, WOLLAM, WARNS, LEISSNER, SPROETE OR SPROTE, BIBA, SHAW, COWAN, HANKS, MATHIS, DOBSON, KELLY, LEMPKE/LEMPKA, MILLER, and PHILPOTT. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbc46/ Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 6, No. 25, 18 June 2003. RWR Archives: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ ----------------------------------------------- -- Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 http://www.dittmar.net/fred Member: Association of Professional Genealogists Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com MANORFOL-L@rootsweb.com DITMER-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com HEMMERLY-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALE-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALES-L@rootsweb.com ZIEGENGEIST-L@rootsweb.com OK-GEN-SOC-L@rootsweb.com TX-VINTAGEPHOTOS@rootsweb.com TX-CEMETERY-RESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs

My ancestor, John GARDINER, was it's spelled in PCR Vol. 2. John received 25 acres for his service to Kenelm WINSLOW and George KENRICK. If there is anything that hints about John Gardner's ancestry, I would buy the book. thanks, Charles

Charles: You will find some history here: http://www.friendsofcolonialpemaquid.org/Phistory.html http://lincoln.midcoast.com/~hgh/ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/me/maine/landgrants/paper/gy1776.txt I did a quick search on Yahoo--there were many more references. Also try Google. Priscilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles s brack jr" <jitsu@gru.net> To: <MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 1:09 PM Subject: [PLY/MA] Pemaquid Patent--1733 > I'm tracing my HOMES or HOLMES ancestors who purchased at Plymouth, a tract > of 100 acres at Broad Bay at Muscongus. I believe the land was part of the > Pemaquid Patent. My ancestor, Hugh HOLMES, was one of a number of > individuals referred to as the Pemaquid Heirs. > > The Heirs lost their land in a dispute in the 1760s. Is there any readily > available information on the land dispute or the Pemaquid Patent? > > thanks, Charles > > > > ==== MAPLYMOU Mailing List ==== > ====MAPLYMOU-L/D Mail List===== > +-+ Owners = List Members +-+ > =Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar= > ====== fred@dittmar.net ====== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I'm tracing my HOMES or HOLMES ancestors who purchased at Plymouth, a tract of 100 acres at Broad Bay at Muscongus. I believe the land was part of the Pemaquid Patent. My ancestor, Hugh HOLMES, was one of a number of individuals referred to as the Pemaquid Heirs. The Heirs lost their land in a dispute in the 1760s. Is there any readily available information on the land dispute or the Pemaquid Patent? thanks, Charles

I am trying to determine what happened to Sarah WORMALL(sp) also given as Wormwood, Wornam, Wormell-- Sarah was a daughter of Joseph and Miriam WORMALL, of Rowley, Boston and finally Scituate. Joseph died 24 June, 1662 and his will mentions daughter Sarah and others. Sarah may have been married at that time. I strongly suspect that Sarah is one of my female ancestors without a surname. My conclusion is that she was very possibly a member of the 2nd Church of Scituate, There should be a record of a marriage or her death. Any help appreciated, thanks, Charles

Charles, The Plymouth Able to Bear Arms lists have an interesting English parallel. While I've never seen it called Able-to-Bear-Arms, in times of crisis in England, Freeman (the citizens of a parish, i.e. those who could vote by right) could be called to arms. Freeman included all freeholders (men holding land in free tenure) and certain craft guilds (certain craftsmen and shop keepers). When a call was made, those affected were also required to turn out all able bodied copyholders, that is those men who were living on their freeholds under renters agreements. These were generally their laborers but could be independent farmers, craftsmen or shopkeepers who were not employed by the freeholder but not holding land in free tenure. In addition, freeman of Yeoman class by a peculiar condition of their land tenure, were not only required to turn out able bodied men living on their properties, they were required to arm them. Thus, in Plymouth, when a call to arms was made, many more would have turned out than simply those on the Able-to-Bear-Arms list. Upon receiving a call, all were to report for duty to the nearest Crown military officer (with their men if any). Bill Churchill -----Original Message----- From: charles s brack jr [mailto:jitsu@gru.net] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:12 PM To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PLY/MA] Able to Bear Arms Lists--1600s I have Stratton's "plymouth Colony Its History and People." There are lists in the appendix for those that are able to bear arms. What were the requirements to make the list? thanks, Charles ______________________________