Harlow! At 07:30 AM 1/10/03 -0500, Harlow Chandler wrote: >Bill and Susan, > >I know nothing about this family, but these entries from (reprint) Rounds, >H.L.Peter,_Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, >1687-1745_(Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996) pp. 10-1 might be >something you'd be interested in. > > >"Will of RICHARD MARTEN of Reho., dtd. 2 June 1686, prob. 7 May 1695. 3 >chldn. now in New Engl.: John Martin, Grace Ormsby & Annis Chaffee. Sons >Richard & Francis, both of whom are 'now in Old England.' 2 sons[not named] >of my son Francis, and John eldest son of son Richard, if these grchldn come >over from England to New England to live. John Ormsby eldest son of dau. >Grace. Friends Deacon Samuel Newman & William Carpenter, Overseers. Witns: >William Carpenter, Thomas Read & Stephen Paine [1:120]" (pp 10-1) > >Also p. 10 "Inv. of Est. of RICHARD MARTEN of Reho.., dtd 7 May 1695, pres. >by son John Marten. Apprs: Samuel Newman, John Peck & William Carpenter >[1:119]" > >"Acct. of Est. of RICHARD MARTEN by John Marten, son & Exec. mentions Annis >Chaffee, sister of John Marten, dtd. 9 May 1695 [1:119]" Thank you, thank you! With your message about the will I have now gone back over what I had for Richard and children Annis and John and have found the complete will in NEHGS 63:79. Thank you again for jumping in and sharing this very valuable Richard data with us. --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ ----------------------------------------------- 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/ USGW Coordinator Plymouth Co., MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/ USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ ********************************************************* >==== 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