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