Dear Lisa, Alison and Fellow Listers, There is another cemetery in Mendon. I have seen it many times. I tried one day to get into it so I could read the names on the stones. It was surround by all kinds of thickets and bushes . I was not dressed to go in all that brush stuff. It is located on Hartford Ave West. At the corner of Thornton Street. Do you have on your maps the name of this Cemetery? Thank You, Maureen _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Rev. Joseph-5 GOFFE (Major John-4, Col. John-3, John-2, John-1), b. 6 Aug 1766 in Bedford NH; m. 20 Dec 1796, Elizabeth Waters of Sutton, MA, where he d. 24 Apr 1846, at the age of 79. She died 26 Jan 1839, aged 68. Worked on his father's farm, in the mills and did considerable lumber and rafting on the Merrimack River until he turned 21. He went to Windham NH and was instructed under Rev. Simeon Williams, where he studied Latin and Greek, until 1789 when he attended Dartmouth College, graduating 21 August 1791 with A.B. He taught school, and also studied with ministers in New Haven CT and Schenectady NY, and obtained a license to preach. He kept a school in Oakham, MA and where he delivered his first sermon in the pulpit 18 November 1792. Later he preached at Sutton, North Parish (Millbury MA). His ordinating was 10 Sep 1794. He was the instituting president of the Board of Commissions of Foreign Missions, and a member of the General Association of Massachusetts. Children of Rev. Joseph & Elizabeth (Waters) GOFFE: 1. +Ebenezer W-6., b. 23 Apr 1799 2. Maria, b. 1 Feb 1802, d. 13 Feb 1837 3. +Joseph-6, b. 29 Sep 1804 4. Eliza, b. 21 Feb 1808 5. +Philena, b. 8 Apr 1801; May 1837 m. Silas GODDARD of Millbury MA. Had one child, Mary Elizabeth Goddard, b. 19 July 1840, died 24 May 1848. _http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Manchester/goffe.html_ (http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Manchester/goffe.html)

I have a Goff line. Rev. Joseph may tie in. I descend from Anthony Goff/Goffe who came from England and may have been in NH for a time. He settled in Billerica, then removed to Woburn, then to Swansea, and finally died in Barrington, RI. His descendants were in the Swansea/Rehoboth area before some of them went further afield. Among his children were a John and a Joseph -- those are definitely family names in this line. I descend from his son Richard Goff. Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe [email protected] Seal Beach, CA A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Anonymous

Additional information. Death recorded in both Sutton and Millbury. The Millbury record indicates he is son of John and Hannah and is buried in Brigham Hill Burial Ground West Sutton.

Hi Maureen: That is the Wood Cemetery in Mendon [GR 11] Mostly Wood and Hill names in there with a couple of Aldrich names. Obadiah Wood is one of them. The name of the Cemetery is not on the topographical map. Yeah, I know all about the thickets and such - got stickers and burrs all over myself the day I went on safari to get into the cemetery. I should have waited until winter time but before snow fell. Alison

Rev. Doug; I was culling old e-mails and came upon your request for info. on Rev. Joseph Goffe. Here is his information from the NEHGS Database of Vital Records of Sutton to 1850. Haven't located his parents yet but based on Death data he was born abt. 1766. 1796 GOFFE Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth Waters, Nov. [Dec. in dup.] 20, 1796. In Worcester. Marriage Sutton 1799 GOFFE Ebenezer Waters, s. Rev. Joseph and Elisabeth, April 23, 1799. Birth Sutton 1802 GOFFE Maria, d. Rev. Joseph and Elisabeth, Feb. 1, 1802. Birth Sutton 1804 GOFFE Joseph, s. Rev. Joseph and Eliza, Sept. 29, 1804. Birth Sutton 1808 GOFFE Elisa, d. Joseph and Elisabeth, Feb. 21, 1808. Birth Sutton 1810 GOFFE Philena, d. Rev. Joseph and Elisa, April 8, 1810. Birth Sutton 1837 GOFFE Maria, d. Rev. Joseph, Feb. 13, 1837, a. 35. G.R.1.. Death Sutton 1839 GOFFE Elizabeth, w. Rev. Joseph of Millbury, Jan. 26, 1839, a. 68. G.R.1. Death Sutton 1846 GOFFE Rev. Joseph of Millbury, April 24, 1846, a. 79 y. 8 1/2 m. G.R.1. Death Sutton 1847 GOFFE Joseph Jr., Aug. 13, 1847, a. 12 y. 10 1/2 m. In Montgomery, Ala. G.R.1. Death Sutton

Morning All: Yes the Royal Taft Cemetery [GR 12] on Johnson Road in Uxbridge and the Shove Cemetery [GR 11] on Chockalog Road in Uxbridge. Capt. Royal Taft is buried in the Taft Cemetery, and there are Shoves in the Shove Cemetery. Also there is the Buffum Cemetery which is partly in Douglas and partly in Uxbridge. It is located on Maple Street. From Uxbridge take Rte 146 and exit at Rt 16. Head towards Douglas. Turn left on to West Street and continue until you reach Paine Street. Turn right on Paine Street, then right again on Maple. The cemetery will be on your right. This is Uxbridge Cemetery [GR 25]/Douglas Cemetery [GR 5]. Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association

I'm sticking my BOLSTER nose in, again. I have copies of two documents which might help people narrow down the search for the Taft farm location. 1. a Mendon proprietor's record, p. 714 -- June 8, 1733, Laid out land for Isaac Bolster, five acres, viz: three acres eighth division, two acres ninth division, laid out joining to his other land 2. a probate court record dated 13 May 1754, Uxbridge -- And we have devided and set of ye land as follows to Richard Bolster eldest son of ye deseased [the above-mentioned Isaac Bolster] about thirty eight acres of land laying on ye south side of ye said deseaseds Home farm and is bound southerly at ye south line of said Farme Runs and Easterly by Gideon Tafts land about fifty five rods until it coms to a jog in said Tafts land then to turn and run westerly to a heap of stones laying on ye west side of the road then to run southerly by said road seventeen rods and six feet to a stake & heap of stones by ye side of said road then turning and runing --- westerly twelve rods to a stak on ye south side of ye Barn then to run something Norwesterly through said Barn twelve rods and a half to a stake and heap of stones then to run westerly to a heap of stons at ye line of land belonging to ye Heirs of mr John Cook deseased then runing southerly fifty rods to ye southwest Corner of said farm If Gideon TAFT is the owner of the "Taft Farm" you are trying to locate, then it was in that part of Mendon which was later incorporated into Uxbridge, in the eighth or ninth original land division, near or adjacent to John COOK and Isaac BOLSTER's properties. Hope this gives a few clues. Best Regards, Sally (Bolster) Holcombe [email protected] On Apr 24, 2006, at 6:21 AM, Lisa Lepore wrote: > Hi Jon - > > Where was the Taft Farm? > > I found a cemetery on the topozone map right where you said > in your message. It is just marked *cem*, with no name. > > The map shows a few cemeteries in this area. One on Chocolog > just after Chestnut and before Johnson Road, then another on Chocolog > just past the intersection of Johnson Rd. Another one > on Glendale, between Aldrich & the intersection of Elmdale. > > Glendale turns into Ironmine Road where there are 3 more > cemeteries marked in the section between Ironstone Road and > Mount Pleasant Road. > > All of these cemeteries are just marked *cem* so they must be > small family type lots. There are other cemeteries with names > in this map series, so they must be the larger ones. > > In RI there is a project that's been going on since the 1970's to > locate & document all the historical cemeteries in the State. > Is there anything like this project in MA, or is it all done on an > individual city/town basis. > > Lisa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:37 AM > Subject: [MAWORCES] Taft Cemetery Uxbridge > > >> Hi All, >> >> I am operating strictly from memory here, however, I believe there > is a Taft >> Family burial ground on Johnson Road a short distance from the > intersection >> of Johnson and Chocolog Road and near the old Taft Family Farm. I > can >> remember playing there when I was a kid. We use to "blueberry" all > over those >> woods (swamps). I also think that that was at one point called Taft > Road from >> the Chocolog Road end and Johnson Road from the Aldrich Hill end. > Cedar Swamp >> Pond and Chocolog Pond are both behind the cemetery and through the > swamp. >> In the early 1920s my great grandfather bought the Taft Farm. >> >> Jon Normandin >> Burlington, Vermont >> >> Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we > become >> silent about things that matter." >> >> "We will not be silent." >> _http://www.greasecar.com_ (http://www.greasecar.com/) >> > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Worcester GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces >

Hi Jon - Where was the Taft Farm? I found a cemetery on the topozone map right where you said in your message. It is just marked *cem*, with no name. The map shows a few cemeteries in this area. One on Chocolog just after Chestnut and before Johnson Road, then another on Chocolog just past the intersection of Johnson Rd. Another one on Glendale, between Aldrich & the intersection of Elmdale. Glendale turns into Ironmine Road where there are 3 more cemeteries marked in the section between Ironstone Road and Mount Pleasant Road. All of these cemeteries are just marked *cem* so they must be small family type lots. There are other cemeteries with names in this map series, so they must be the larger ones. In RI there is a project that's been going on since the 1970's to locate & document all the historical cemeteries in the State. Is there anything like this project in MA, or is it all done on an individual city/town basis. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:37 AM Subject: [MAWORCES] Taft Cemetery Uxbridge > Hi All, > > I am operating strictly from memory here, however, I believe there is a Taft > Family burial ground on Johnson Road a short distance from the intersection > of Johnson and Chocolog Road and near the old Taft Family Farm. I can > remember playing there when I was a kid. We use to "blueberry" all over those > woods (swamps). I also think that that was at one point called Taft Road from > the Chocolog Road end and Johnson Road from the Aldrich Hill end. Cedar Swamp > Pond and Chocolog Pond are both behind the cemetery and through the swamp. > In the early 1920s my great grandfather bought the Taft Farm. > > Jon Normandin > Burlington, Vermont > > Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become > silent about things that matter." > > "We will not be silent." > _http://www.greasecar.com_ (http://www.greasecar.com/) >

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Hi All, I am operating strictly from memory here, however, I believe there is a Taft Family burial ground on Johnson Road a short distance from the intersection of Johnson and Chocolog Road and near the old Taft Family Farm. I can remember playing there when I was a kid. We use to "blueberry" all over those woods (swamps). I also think that that was at one point called Taft Road from the Chocolog Road end and Johnson Road from the Aldrich Hill end. Cedar Swamp Pond and Chocolog Pond are both behind the cemetery and through the swamp. In the early 1920s my great grandfather bought the Taft Farm. Jon Normandin Burlington, Vermont Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." "We will not be silent." _http://www.greasecar.com_ (http://www.greasecar.com/)

Dear Lisa and Fellow Listers, There is a Albee Street off the Millville road. It is in the Chesnut Hill area. This is a winding back road that comes out in Uxbridge. Also there is a cemetery on Route 122 in Uxbridge. It is right near Millville Center. I always thought that cemetery was in Millville. It is in Uxbridge. I do not know the name of that particular cemetery. If you go over the Millville Road, till you come to the end. You take a right turn onto Lincoln Street. At the four way stop with red lights. Take a right turn onto Route 122. About 1/2 mile on the right is a cemetery. Maureen >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MAWORCES] the Albee Cemetery >Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:57:46 -0400 > >I wonder if this is the cemetery Donald means - >He mentioned driving down Blackstone street and some >back roads...... > >Feature Name: Albee Cemetery >Feature Type: cemetery >State: Massachusetts >County: Worcester >USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Blackstone > 420234N > 0713550W > >Blackstone became a town in 1845, but maybe people still referred to >it as Mendon? > >This cemetery is near enough to Uxbridge so that a person from another >state wouldn't know what town they were in if they crossed the line >coming >in from uxbridge. > >Donald mentioned Horses Corner - does anyone know where that is? > >Lisa > > > > > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? >Forget How to UN sub??? >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Thanks for looking, Alison. The site I found that listed the cemeteries in MA called the location of the Albee as Blackstone but when you look at the map it is right where you are saying. I've been looking for Horses Corners, but I can't find a thing on it. Maybe it was just a name the locals used and never made it to the *official lists*. I didn't go down Millville past the taft cemetery. I didn't realize until after I got home and looked at the map, that the Albee cem was just down the street. It had started to rain by then anyway. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: RE: [MA-MENDON] the Albee Cemetery > Hi All: > > I checked my book of other names know for area of towns in MA, and nothing > for Horses Corners. > The Albee Cemetery is in Uxbridge according to my topographical map. Albee > Road as I said runs from Rt 122 going to Millville/Blackstone, etc. The end > of Albee Road meets Chestnut Street in Millville. Going north on Chestnut > Street it becomes Millville Road when the road crosses at Chestnut Hill > [between Legg and Grove Street] into Mendon. > > Just up a ways on the right is the Taft-Lamothe cemetery. There is a little > road just beyond the cemetery, or it could be at the cemetery. No name > though. > > I can scan the map, but it won't show up in the list e-mails. > > Alison > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi All: In looking at my 1870 map of Uxbridge, It appears that the area where Albee Cemetery is located today was then in Blackstone, as there was no Millville. Millville didn't come into being until 1916 and then it was taken from Blackstone. It appears there has been quite a bit of shifting the town lines. Alison

I wonder if this is the cemetery Donald means - He mentioned driving down Blackstone street and some back roads...... Feature Name: Albee Cemetery Feature Type: cemetery State: Massachusetts County: Worcester USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Blackstone 420234N 0713550W Blackstone became a town in 1845, but maybe people still referred to it as Mendon? This cemetery is near enough to Uxbridge so that a person from another state wouldn't know what town they were in if they crossed the line coming in from uxbridge. Donald mentioned Horses Corner - does anyone know where that is? Lisa

Hi All: I sent the scanned map to Lisa, Sue, Don Barnes, and to Alice. I still have it on my computer. Again- I am only telling and stating what I know. It could be that both Enos and Deborah were removed from Taft-Lamothe and reburied in Albee. Note I said *could be*. Perhaps the Uxbridge cemetery records that are in the bank vault in Uxbridge can be looked at. Because of the time frame, I doubt that neither Uxbridge nor Mendon have the burial permits, and if they were moved, the transit permits required. Also, in the cemetery book that Susan Salisbury did, the Albee Cemetery in Uxbridge has entries. The one for Taft-Lamothe in Mendon, does not. There are 12 entries for the Albee Cemetery in Susan Salisbury's book. Nothing for Enos nor Deborah. The only Lamothe burials I know about are in the Swansdale Cemetery in Mendon. Alison

From NEHGS Database, VR's 1841-1910. Marriage indexed as Harrison G. O. and death record listed as Harrison Gray Otis in Sturbridge. Image says b. Woodstock, CT marriage date April 6, 1857 to Sarah W. Rich he is 32 and she is 19. She is born Sturbridge, MA He is son of Chester Bacon. His third marriage and her first. Benj. Hoyle Justice of the Peace. Her father Rufus Rich. Bacon Harrison G. O. Sturbridge 1857 vol. 110 pg. 255 Marriage Rich Sarah W. Sturbridge 1857 vol. 110 pg. 255 Marriage Bacon unnamed (Female) Sturbridge 1858 vol. 116 pg. 226 Birth Bacon, Harrison Gray Otis Sturbridge old age son of Chester Bacon & Martha Chafee, b. Woodstock, CT Dec. 14, 1902 age 78 buried Webster.

Hi All: I checked my book of other names know for area of towns in MA, and nothing for Horses Corners. The Albee Cemetery is in Uxbridge according to my topographical map. Albee Road as I said runs from Rt 122 going to Millville/Blackstone, etc. The end of Albee Road meets Chestnut Street in Millville. Going north on Chestnut Street it becomes Millville Road when the road crosses at Chestnut Hill [between Legg and Grove Street] into Mendon. Just up a ways on the right is the Taft-Lamothe cemetery. There is a little road just beyond the cemetery, or it could be at the cemetery. No name though. I can scan the map, but it won't show up in the list e-mails. Alison

Alison - In my reply to Don, I was not questioning you - I knew you had gotten your data from a reliable source, and I should have mentioned that. It does make you wonder how the data for these vital record books was compiled. Enos seemed to be living in Mendon when he died, so his death would have been recorded there. Did someone make a leap and just assume the burial was in Mendon, when in fact he was buried in the family cem. in Uxbridge? Or, was he really buried in Mendon, and his name just added to Deborah's stone in Uxbridge? I'm just thinking out loud here - just curious. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: [MAWORCES] RE: [MA-MENDON] the Taft Lamothe Cemetery > > > Good Morning All: > > I went to the vital records on line at NEHGS and pulled off the death > information on Enos T. Albee and Deborah his wife as follows: > > Enos T. Albee d. 17 Sep 1887 age 73y6m Mendon, buried Mendon 384:480 > > Deborah Albee d. 06 Dec 1873 age 55y4m23d Mendon, buried Mendon 258:335 > > I can only go with the information that I see. Enos was Enos Taft Albee. > > I didn't find where his parents Jesse and Rachel were buried. > > Alison >

I took photos - I'm afraid the files are very large, but I'll try to send them to anyone who wants them, or if someone has a site to post them to, I'll be glad to send them there. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:41 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] RE: [MA-MENDON] the Taft Lamothe Cemetery > Hi Lisa: > > You found the right place! > > Alison >