Jane is correct........I put down the WRONG book to look up.....ones I was thinking of when I responded to Bonnie were the PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY not...Plymouth,.......sorry. <Very Sheepish Grin> -- However, I do have [and the book list is correct<G>) * Mayflower Source Records * Plymouth Colony and It's People 1620-1691 * Records of Plymouth Colony 1620-1689 * English Ancestry of Pilgrim Fathers * Directory of Heads of Households,1620-1700 * Great Migrations * Cape Cod Library Local History * Genealogy [was part of Plymouth Colony until 1685] * Abstracts of Bristol Co.,Mass Probate Rec. 1687-1745 -- Also some good Rhode Island books....especially with today's Bristol Co and Rhode Is.Bristol Co.....much of the history is combined until 1685 according to the "historical Data Relating to Counties,Cities,Counties, in Mass" by the Sec.of Commonwealth,1997. * Barnstable County-1685 * Bristol [Mass]..1685 * Dukes County 1695 * Essex County- 1643 * Nantucket--1695 * Plymouth County- 1685 * Suffolk COunty--1643 -- Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > Bonnie, there wasn't any Bristol County during those years - it was part of > Plymouth Colony up to 1685. > > Abstracts of Bristol County wills from 1687 to 1765 are in print in 2 > volumes, by the late H.L. Peter Rounds, published by Gen. Pub. Co. in > Baltimore in the 1980s. Abstracts covering a few more years were published, > I think, in the journal The Mayflower Descendant, fairly recently -- there > weren't enough to fill another volume. > > Hope this helps somebody. > Jane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bunnydust@attbi.com> > To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Taunton Records > > > > Hi Bonnie: > > I do have the Bristol County Probates.....years are > > 1635-1681...will check for you. > > > > Cynthia > > -- > > Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- > > L@rootsweb.com > > Bunnydust@attbi.com > > MBC archiver (postings) > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com and > > put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > > > Can anyone do a look-up, or tell me how to acquire, a copy of a will > which is > > > supposedly in the Bristol (MA) County Registry of Probate in Taunton, > MA? > > > > > > I have been told that this record will end my 4 year search for a > missing piece > > > of my genealogical puzzle! Any help would be appreciated! > > > > > > Bonnie > > > bunbear@cox.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 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 08:08:17 -0600 Fred Dittmar <dittmarksa@ou.edu> writes: > The following is from the Newsletter "Somebody's Link" Vol.4 #39 > dated 2 November 2002. I would like to note that, as far as I can see, this line is substantially correct as to names for the first six generations, but a number of the dates and places given are not in accordance with Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Dale H. Cook USGenWeb Plymouth County MA Towns http://www.rootsweb.com/~macbrock/sites.html

WOW! Is he ever wrong! A good book to read is Eugene Aubrey Stratton's, Plymouth Colony, It history and Its People. After that read a biography of John Adams, our 2nd President...McCollough. (forgive any error's in the titles.) When you read John Adams' letters and Abigail's, his wife. You will see an example of those early founding fathers faith. The Plymouth Colony was a group of people escaping religious persecution in a newly discovered land. When they came there was no one to receive them from Europe. There were actually very few pilgrims in that Mayflower party. Elder Brewster was considered their religious leader then. They suffered severely and lost an appalling number of their band. Just seeing the Plymouth 'rock' site and reading the names of all who died that first winter on the memorial puts you in touch with their reality. The puritans didn't show up until 1630 and they were strictly a commercial venture on the part of those leaders. Myles Standish came as a military man and never did join the pilgrim congregations. Only the Mayflower made the trip, as the accompanying ship, the Speedwell, became unseaworthy and those people had to stay behind. The pilgrims never just took land from the indians, they exchanged goods with the indians for their land. If you learn the history of those times, you will see why the constitution of the U.S. provides for separation of church and state. The religious descensions and founding of different colonies, show the uproar of colliding religious beliefs and interpretations. Roger Williams (founder of what became Rhode Island) was almost put to death by the puritans for his strong beliefs. He was a remarkable man for his times. My father's line of Ames were among the first settlers of Bridgewater, MA., and stayed there to the present day. My cousin lives in Middleboro and Brant Rock. My father was the first to marry outside of the pilgrim line, that was a fascinating discovery for me. He met my mother (born and raised in Ireland) in the military hospitals of France, WW1. She was an R.N. So far, I've discovered at least 12 Mayflower pilgrims among his ancestors. He did not speak of these things, as he would say, it's not your ancestors that count, it is who and what you are. When you go before your maker, it is you and you alone that is judged. (YOU are the the master of your fate, YOU are the captain of your soul). I think I'd better put my soap box away, hope I haven't offended any Puritans! :^) -Fran <50% Pilgrim, 50% 1st generation Irish> (Raised in the Pilgrim traditions)

The following is from the Newsletter "Somebody's Link" Vol.4 #39 dated 2 November 2002. > o Since I had been helping my friend with her genealogy, it > was a natural thing to rescue the following items from being > thrown out at a Thrift shop where she works and give them to me. > The items are: > -- A typed page, "EATON'S GENEALOGY--(Valetta Paine Darling's* > ancestors), that consists of her EATON connection going back to > the MAYFLOWER: > 1 Fancis EATON b abt 1599 England & wife, Sara > 2 Samuel EATON b 1620 England (crossed on MAYFLOWER at age 2) > 3 Samuel EATON b 1663 Plymouth, Mass. & wife, Elizabeth FULLER > 4 Barnabas EATON b 1701 Bridgewater, Mass. & Mehitable ALDEN > 5 Samuel EATON b 1732 Middleboro, Mass. & Patience TINKHAM > 6 Daniel EATON b 1767 Middleboro, Mass. & Mariena or Mercena > 7 Olive EATON b 1802 Randolph Twp Orange, Conn. & Ebenzer PAINE > 8 Andrew Jackson PAINE b 1834 N. Woodstock, Conn. & Ruth BROWN > *9 Valetta Marion PAINE b 1862 Woodstock Twp, Conn. & Robards N. > DARLING > 10 Evalona Jessie Darling b 1903 Vermont & William James LANDEN > 11 William James LANDEN Jr. b & wife Jean PALMER > -- life insurance, retirement pension, insurance, etc., all > handwritten > -- A well preserved photo of a Union soldier in a frock coat > and hat with Goldsmith--374 Main St. Springfield, Mass. "Largest > & finest studio in New England" on the back. After further > research, I've thought the gentleman in the photo may be William > J. LANDEN born 1835 and was a jeweler in Springfield, Mass. He > also enlisted twice in Company H., 8th Infantry Regiment > Massachusetts, Oct 1862 to Aug 1863 and also on July 1864 to Mar > 1865. Possibly some family member could identify the picture. > (I'll scan and send picture and typed letter if desired.) > Upon doing some research, I discovered I have ancestors in > common back in the early settlers in Massachusetts. > I would like to give this information and the subsequent > research to a direct family member who will cherish & preserve > these items. Please put EATON GENEALOGY on the subject line of > your message when you reply. > Myrna M. myrnam@hotmail.com > PERMISSION TO REPRINT notices from SOMEBODY'S LINKS is granted, provided: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the message: Previously published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 4, No. 39, 2 November 2002. http://www.petuniapress.com/. If anyone finds this type of notice anywhere please pass it on to me and I will post it as Administrator. If you are selling something it is against the rules of Rootsweb to post it to any maillist without going through the Administrator. Thank you. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar http://www.dittmar.net/fred Diggin' Deep Genealogy - Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 Member: Association of Professional Genealogist Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb,com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com HEMMERLY-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALE-L@rootsweb.com CLINKSCALES-L@rootsweb.com ZIEGENGEIST-L@rootsweb.com Genealogical Assistant & Board Member Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs

Celebrate Connecticut 350 Years,Connecticut Historical Commission ------------------------------- posting towns UP TO 1700. WINDSOR- 1633 * settled by company from Plymouth Colony,Sept 1633. * prior to 1635, settlers bought the "Great Meadow" from the Indians, what is now north of Farmington. * settlers sold out in 1637/8 to Dorchester,Mass Bay Colony settlers. It was renamed Windsor. WETHERSFIELD--1634 * settled as Watertown 1634; renamed Wethersfield,1637 HARTFORD--1633 and 1635 * was a Dutch[NY]trading post," House of Hope",1633 * settled as Newtown,1635; renamed Hartford,1637 DEEP RIVER--1635 * formerly Saybrook,fort,then settlement,1635. Renamed Deep River in 1947; Indian name was Pattaquasset. NEW HAVEN--1638 * settled 1638,renamed Newhaven to New Haven,1640 MILFORD-1639 * named in 1640 GUILFORD--1639 STRATFORD- 1639; named in 1643 FAIRFIELD- 1639 GREENWICH- settled by English,1640; transferred from New York [Dutch] to English settlers,1656 STAMFORD--1641, named 1642 FARMINGTON- 1640, named Dec 1645 [farming town] NEW LONDON- 1646: settled as Pequot, renamed 1658 NORWALK- 1649; incorporated 1651 STONINGTON--1649; old name Souther Town by Massachusetts MIDDLETOWN--1651; named 1653 NORWICH--settled 1659; township 1662 LYME- set off from Saybrook,1665; old name East Saybrook KILLINGWORTH- "kenilworth" 1667 HADDAM- settled 1662; incorp. and named 1668 SIMSBURY-- settled and named 1670 WALLINGFORD--set off from New Haven,1670 WOODBURY-named 1673 SUFFIELD-- "abbreviation of Southfield",established in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1674; annexed to Conn.1749 DERBY- settled 1651, named 1675 ENFIELD--[Mass.Bay Colony] 1683; old name Freshwater BRANFORD- settled 1639; named 1653; set off from New Haven,1685 ---------------- These are just a few of the towns listed....if anyone would like the complete listing of later towns, can be had at 25 cents per page [8]plus postage+manilla env. $3.00. contact me personally ------------------- Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box

Celebrate Connecticut 350 Years,Connecticut Historical Commission ------------------------------- posting towns UP TO 1700. WINDSOR- 1633 * settled by company from Plymouth Colony,Sept 1633. * prior to 1635, settlers bought the "Great Meadow" from the Indians, what is now north of Farmington. * settlers sold out in 1637/8 to Dorchester,Mass Bay Colony settlers. It was renamed Windsor. WETHERSFIELD--1634 * settled as Watertown 1634; renamed Wethersfield,1637 HARTFORD--1633 and 1635 * was a Dutch[NY]trading post," House of Hope",1633 * settled as Newtown,1635; renamed Hartford,1637 DEEP RIVER--1635 * formerly Saybrook,fort,then settlement,1635. Renamed Deep River in 1947; Indian name was Pattaquasset. NEW HAVEN--1638 * settled 1638,renamed Newhaven to New Haven,1640 MILFORD-1639 * named in 1640 GUILFORD--1639 STRATFORD- 1639; named in 1643 FAIRFIELD- 1639 GREENWICH- settled by English,1640; transferred from New York [Dutch] to English settlers,1656 STAMFORD--1641, named 1642 FARMINGTON- 1640, named Dec 1645 [farming town] NEW LONDON- 1646: settled as Pequot, renamed 1658 NORWALK- 1649; incorporated 1651 STONINGTON--1649; old name Souther Town by Massachusetts MIDDLETOWN--1651; named 1653 NORWICH--settled 1659; township 1662 LYME- set off from Saybrook,1665; old name East Saybrook KILLINGWORTH- "kenilworth" 1667 HADDAM- settled 1662; incorp. and named 1668 SIMSBURY-- settled and named 1670 WALLINGFORD--set off from New Haven,1670 WOODBURY-named 1673 SUFFIELD-- "abbreviation of Southfield",established in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1674; annexed to Conn.1749 DERBY- settled 1651, named 1675 ENFIELD--[Mass.Bay Colony] 1683; old name Freshwater BRANFORD- settled 1639; named 1653; set off from New Haven,1685 ---------------- These are just a few of the towns listed....if anyone would like the complete listing of later towns, can be had at 25 cents per page [8]plus postage+manilla env. $3.00. contact me personally ------------------- Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box

Winifred Spinney was living in Norwell in 1930 with her son Nelson P. Spinney, his wife and son. Does someone have access to death records for Norwell for sometime after 1930? She was 72 years old at that time. I would really like to get an obituary of her death. She was my great grandfathers sister. TIA BT - OKC

I know that all land property in the Plymouth Colony was owned by the Crown and held by the colonists in Freehold directly of the King (as opposed to through a Lord as was usually the case in England). I know that Freehold rights (land) could be sold or exchanged since my own early Plymouth ancestors did that. Was necessary to petition the Crown before selling land? That is was it necessary to get Crown permission to sell land? Bill Churchill USA

Good evening, I am new to this list and would dearly like to find information on my MARY HUBBARD who died at the age of 77, 11/18/1906 in Stoneham MA. She was the widow of Otis A. Snow of Easton MA Parents were Joel Hubbard and Mary Whitney of Hartford CT Any information in bridging my stone wall would be greatly appreciated. thank you. Snowy

Greetings all! We've just moved and I am currently getting rid of all my Cape Cod books and a few others I have posted a complete list of what's available as well as prices at the following webpage; http://www.bedardphoto.com/tree/books.html Books are on a "first come first serve" basis!! Thank you! ------- End of forwarded message -------John jbedard@bedardphoto.com You can now order prints directly from my gallery website at; http://www.bedardphoto.com

I neglected to mention in my previous post that the yet-to-be-transcribed portions for Bridgewater and Marshfield, and the entire text for Hingham, are available online as scans. Dale H. Cook USGenWeb Plymouth County MA Towns http://www.rootsweb.com/~macbrock/sites.html

I have resumed CJ McNew's work of posting online versions of Mitchell's "History of Bridgewater," Lincoln et al.'s "History of Hingham" and Richards' "History of Marshfield." Although these are all old works, and in places have been superseded by later research, they can still prove useful to researchers who are just starting on a new family line. I have some people already helping with these projects, but could definitely use more volunteer transcribers and proofreaders. If you have been a volunteer for one of these projects in the past, (and perhaps have transcribed material that has not yet been posted), or if you are new to the projects and would like to volunteer, I would appreciate hearing from you. I have reorganized the entry pages for all three to make it easier to see which parts of each project need work. I am also in the process of converting the already-transcribed pages of each to a new format which resembles the printed pages. To see the state of each project visit: Nahum Mitchell - "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater..." - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabridge/mitchell/contents.html George Lincoln, et. al. - "History of Hingham" - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mahingha/history/families.html Lysander Richards - "History of Marshfield" - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macmarsh/richards/contents.html Dale H. Cook USGenWeb Plymouth County MA Towns http://www.rootsweb.com/~macbrock/sites.html

---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- From: Bunnydust@attbi.com To: "Harlow Chandler" <chandler@firstva.com> Subject: 1620-1650......Mitchell...Cooke.....Olin Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 13:56:58 +0000 Harlow and list: I just passed on what was requested from the book " Topographical dictionary of English Emigrants,1620- 1650" by Banks. I have no knowledge of the Cooke family...and posted what info was in that particular book on Mitchell and Odin. There was 2 postings from other listers on the Ma-Bay- Colony-L which gave quite a bit of information from other books that I do not have. That information can be found on the archives of Ma-Bay-Colony at Rootsweb. The MaPlymou-L was included in the postings and the emal address showed both mailing list. I only post to other lists with the Ma-Bay-Colony when the occasion arises such as this one. Cynthia -- Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- L@rootsweb.com *email Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > Cynthia, I'm not at all sure I understand what you've passed on here, but > Francis Cooke's daughter Jane married Experience Mitchell. There's some > uncertainty about how many children she had, but she and Experience did have > a son Thomas and Thomas died at Block Island. There are three known sons of > Thomas and they all had children. I don't know if the name Olin appears in > MF12, the Cooke silver book, but I didn't find it in Susan Roser's books, so > probably it doesn't and one would simply have to start working backward from > the known. You might want to refer this person to the Mayflower list. > > ***As for Cook/Cooke, surely someone on this mailing list > ***will have info on that family. > *** > ***Cynthia > ***-- > ***Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- > ***L@rootsweb.com > ****email Bunnydust@attbi.com > ***MBC archiver (postings) > ***http://archiver.rootsweb.com and > ***put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > ***> Hello, > ***> I would love to ask for some name references, but I am not > ***sure what you are > ***> doing here. Perhaps I missed a mailing somewhere... > ***> I have relation that go back to Mayflower, possibly and would > ***like to check > ***> these references of yours out :-) > ***> Off Block Is. Rhode Is. is the name MITCHELL (mar. to OLIN of > ***Greenwich, RI) > ***> who supposedly came down from MITCHELL mar. to COOKE of the > ***Mayflower trip's > ***> daughter... > ***> What can I specifically do - I don't really know parish names, > ***etc. just > ***> given names, dates (a few) and so on. > ***> Thanks for any assistance, teaching you may help me with, > ***> Ruth in Illinois > ***> > *** > *** > ***==== 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 > *** > *** > > > > ==== 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 >

Listed are the available names of Mitchell, Olin, Cooke..in areas close to Block Is.,RI. and Plymouth Mass. 1.Experience Mitchell from Eltsley, ship "Anne",came to Plymouth,Mass. 2.Richard Mitchell,from Sheviock,Eng.,ship ?,came to Saco,Maine [was part of Mass.until 1820] 3.Mathew Mitchel,from Owram,South[Eng],ship "James", cane to Wethersfield,Ct.;Charlestown,Mass; Concord,Ma; Springfield,Ma;and Stamford,Ct. --- There is no Olin listed but there is a John Odlin and no info on him ! [??] -- As for Cook/Cooke, surely someone on this mailing list will have info on that family. Cynthia -- Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- L@rootsweb.com *email Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > Hello, > I would love to ask for some name references, but I am not sure what you are > doing here. Perhaps I missed a mailing somewhere... > I have relation that go back to Mayflower, possibly and would like to check > these references of yours out :-) > Off Block Is. Rhode Is. is the name MITCHELL (mar. to OLIN of Greenwich, RI) > who supposedly came down from MITCHELL mar. to COOKE of the Mayflower trip's > daughter... > What can I specifically do - I don't really know parish names, etc. just > given names, dates (a few) and so on. > Thanks for any assistance, teaching you may help me with, > Ruth in Illinois >

Cynthia, I'm not at all sure I understand what you've passed on here, but Francis Cooke's daughter Jane married Experience Mitchell. There's some uncertainty about how many children she had, but she and Experience did have a son Thomas and Thomas died at Block Island. There are three known sons of Thomas and they all had children. I don't know if the name Olin appears in MF12, the Cooke silver book, but I didn't find it in Susan Roser's books, so probably it doesn't and one would simply have to start working backward from the known. You might want to refer this person to the Mayflower list. ***As for Cook/Cooke, surely someone on this mailing list ***will have info on that family. *** ***Cynthia ***-- ***Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- ***L@rootsweb.com ****email Bunnydust@attbi.com ***MBC archiver (postings) ***http://archiver.rootsweb.com and ***put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box ***> Hello, ***> I would love to ask for some name references, but I am not ***sure what you are ***> doing here. Perhaps I missed a mailing somewhere... ***> I have relation that go back to Mayflower, possibly and would ***like to check ***> these references of yours out :-) ***> Off Block Is. Rhode Is. is the name MITCHELL (mar. to OLIN of ***Greenwich, RI) ***> who supposedly came down from MITCHELL mar. to COOKE of the ***Mayflower trip's ***> daughter... ***> What can I specifically do - I don't really know parish names, ***etc. just ***> given names, dates (a few) and so on. ***> Thanks for any assistance, teaching you may help me with, ***> Ruth in Illinois ***> *** *** ***==== 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 *** ***

Please NOTE that this book covers the years from 1620-1650... ----- Please make note of the format that the queries will be answered as I cannot explain it for each request.... may be good idea to make copy of this if you plan to ask for look up. FORMAT: 1. name 2. English Parish name 3. ship 4. to what New England town 5. references [see below] ------- REFERENCES [make COPY of THIS] A.H.A.Ancient+Honorable Artillery Co.,1895 Als- alias ASP-Aspinwall Notarial Records [Boston Rec.Commissoners] *Austin-Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Is B.T.- Boston Evening Transcrip Banks Mss- Charles Banks Mss in Library of Congress *Bond-Gen.of Early Settlers of Watertown Bradford- History of Plumouth Plantation, 1896 C.E.B- Banks Mss in Congressional Library,Wash.,DC C.of A.- Mss in College of Arms, London DLJ- Donald Lines Jacobus [genealogist] Drake- History and Antiquities of Boston, 1856 Ess.Inst.- Essex Institute Publications History of Jericho,VT- by Hayden,Stevens,Wilbur,+Barnum Hotten-Orig.List of Persons who went to America Plant. Hoyt- Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury,Mass.,1897 Hubbard- General History of New England Hutchinson- History of Massachusetts,V.3; 1760-1828 Jacobus- New Hampshire Genealogical Magazine *Lechford- Thomas Lechford's Notebook, 1885 MHS- Massachusetts Historical Society Mass.Bay.Rec.- Massachusetts Bay Records Mayf.Desc. - The Mayflower Descendant NEGR- New England Genealogical Register NYG & BR- New York Genealogical * Biographical Record PCC- Preogative Court of Canterbury Archives PRO- Mss.in State Paper Dept., Public Record office- London *Perley-- History of Salem, 3 volumes,1924-28 [have volumes 1 and 2] Plain Dealing- Thomas Lechford's "Plain Dealing", 1642 *Pope-- Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1900 Ricker--Annals of Newton, Long Island *Savage- Gen.Dictionary of First Settlers of N.E.,1860 Stiles- History of Ancient Windsor,Ct., 1859 Stone Gen.- Gregory Stone Genealogy Trel.Papers- Trelawney Papers Vincent- Vincent History of Pequot War, 1637 Waters,or Waters & Emmerton: genealogical Gleanings in England, 1885 Wyman- Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown,2v.,1879 ======================================= Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com *email Bunnydust@attbi.com

The marriage of Helkiah Tinkham to Ruth Cook (or Cooke) is reported in a secondary source the TINKHAM, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, Compiled from public records, personal recollections and assorted family histories. (1998 revision by Kenneth Ira Tinkham (c)1998) Contact Kenneth Ira Tinkham for primary sources 2607 Seward Ave. Centralia, WA 98531 (360)736-3850 kent@localaccess.com Regards, Bill Churchill Greenville, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Dale H Cook [mailto:radiotest@juno.com] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:12 AM To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Re: Ebenezer/Ephraim TINKHAM On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:29:18 EDT Scrapcat2@aol.com writes: > If my records are correct, Ephraim Tinkham, m. Mary Browne, dau of > Peter Browne. Ephraim would be my 9th great grandfather. I believe > that there was a > son, Helkiah, Hezekiah or Elkiah Tinkham who married Ruth Cooke, dau > of Jacob Cooke. Carol - I have some information on this line. There was a son, Helkiah, whose wife was Ruth (___). MFIP Cooke 2nd. ed. says about Ruth^3, daughter of Jacob^2 Cooke, b. 17-Jan-1665 Plymouth, "No proof she m. Helkiah Tinkham as stated in 'Families of the Pilgrims.' See MD 36:189." Susan Roser's "Mayflower Increasings" and "Mayflower Births & Deaths" do not give a surname for Ruth. Are you descended from one of Helkiah's children? Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA

I am looking for John and Mercy Smith, parents of Mary b 1693, Middleborough. I would like to know more about her parents and any siblings. Thank you, Sharon Rhodes

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:29:18 EDT Scrapcat2@aol.com writes: > If my records are correct, Ephraim Tinkham, m. Mary Browne, dau of > Peter > Browne. Ephraim would be my 9th great grandfather. I believe that > there was a > son, Helkiah, Hezekiah or Elkiah Tinkham who married Ruth Cooke, dau > of Jacob Cooke. Carol - I have some information on this line. There was a son, Helkiah, whose wife was Ruth (___). MFIP Cooke 2nd. ed. says about Ruth^3, daughter of Jacob^2 Cooke, b. 17-Jan-1665 Plymouth, "No proof she m. Helkiah Tinkham as stated in 'Families of the Pilgrims.' See MD 36:189." Susan Roser's "Mayflower Increasings" and "Mayflower Births & Deaths" do not give a surname for Ruth. Are you descended from one of Helkiah's children? Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA

If my records are correct, Ephraim Tinkham, m. Mary Browne, dau of Peter Browne. Ephraim would be my 9th great grandfather. I believe that there was a son, Helkiah, Hezekiah or Elkiah Tinkham who married Ruth Cooke, dau of Jacob Cooke. It appears that I am descended from this line. Is anyone else following this particular line? Thank you from a "newbie" Carol Reed Kennedy << In a message dated 10/2/2002 7:02:20 AM Central Daylight Time, MAPLYMOU-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Ebenezer was my husband's 7th great grand uncle. I'm sure that you know this > makes your husband a Mayflower descendant. Ebenezer's mother Mary Browne > was daughter of Peter Browne of the Mayflower. Mary Bates > > ESnively@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello Listers, > > "Serendiptiy/ n. The faculty of making happy and unexpected > discoveries > > by accident." > > There's nothing like going to the primary location for getting the > > information you want. My husband and I just returned from a sight > > seeing/genealogy trip to Massachusetts. I have several ancestors who > settled > > in various places in and around Plymouth and elsewhere in Massachusetts. > We > > stayed five days at Days Inn in Middleborough only about 20 miles west of > > Plymouth. (Prices are lots more reasonable and we were well satisfied > with > > the accomodations.) After eating the motel breakfast every morning, on > our > > last day we decided to have breakfast out at a local cafe. > > We sat at the counter. My husband struck up a conversation with a > local > > man sitting next to him. After they discussed baseball and typical guy > talk, > > I mentioned I'd like to see if I could get some information about my 6th > > great grandfather Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham who lived in Middleboro in the > > 1600s. >