--WebTV-Mail-8249-3983 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-8249-3983 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAr2temLzd7AVHy8ERXZ6NkzO2ABECFANiyfWU8ZLV/hMDSynu9+UmHfYr From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:47:20 -0500 (CDT) To: GW5438@aol.com Subject: Denny part 5 Message-ID: <4248-3DA19E78-5322@storefull-2115.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) (#4) David, born Jan 7, 1764 died Jly 11, 1821, married on Feb 6, 1791 to Betsy Spooner, daughter of Gov. Spooner of Hartland, Vermont, they lived in Harland and he died in Northfield, VT, they had 9 children; (#5) Isaac, brn Nov 27, 1765, died in Hardwick, VT on March 19, 1813, married Grace Tidd on May 16, 1793. She was a desendant of an old Lexington family. Emigrant John Tidd was a tailor and a proprietor of Charlestown in 1637. He removed to Woburn in 1640. Grace remarried in 1818 to John Sargent and died in Leicester on April 16, 1859 at 85 years of age, had 7 children. (#6) William born Sept 17, 1767, died in North Brookfield, Mass. March 10, 1851, married on Oct 26, 1788 to Patty Smith of Spencer, who died Feb 15,1797, he married (2nd) on Oct 17, 1797 Ruth Swan, dau. of Rueben Swan, she died Nov 29, 1824, age 54, he married (3rd) Mrs Betsey H. Upham, he had 12 children; (#7) Sarah, born May 23, 1769, died in Burlington, NJ on March 31, 1856, married Stephen Harris on March 27, 1793 and moved to Norfolk, VA, had 9 children; (#8) Thomas, born July 22, 1771, died in Barre, MA on Aug 23, 1856, married on Nov 18, 1798 to Sally Swan, who was born Jan 26, 1771 and died Ja 5, 1843, he married (2nd) Mary Denny, his niece of Worcester born April 1, 1801, and died Feb 16, 1876, had 10 children; (#9) Polly, born Aug 21, 1773, died Oct 1852, married on May 1, 1798 to Rev. John Miles of Grafton, Mass., he was born in Westminster on Nov 3, 1765, graduated from Brown Univ. 1794, he died at Shrewsbur on March 20 1849, they had 10 children; (#10) Joseph, born April 2, 1777, died in Leicester Nov 19, 1822. --WebTV-Mail-8249-3983--

--WebTV-Mail-13849-2636 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-13849-2636 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAuAhUAuh9u8KAMeO5utpliSWHeD7tprikCFQCU+fAysCN78FOl5qbEK9zkOkLi7Q== From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:19:19 -0500 (CDT) To: GW5438@aol.com Subject: Denny #4 Message-ID: <4247-3DA197E7-6444@storefull-2115.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Joshua Henshaw, father of Mrs. Samuel Denny, was born in England, 1638. His father, Joshua< was born in Englad 1610 and was a wealthy and influential member of parliment, opposed to the King. He took an active part in the struggle against Charles the first, and while fightng in the army of Cromwell at the battle of Edgehill, was killed on Oct 23, 1642. His widow died in 1643, and the steward of the estate sent the 2 sons to Boston in 1648, reporting them dead, for the purpose of claiming the estate himself. Joshua Henshaw, when an old man, attempted to recover the stolen estate of his father and died in London in 1719, when it seemed certain that a decision was about to be rendered in his favor, in the suit he brought against Joshua, son of Peter Ambrose, the embezzling steard. His death followed a dinner to which he was invited by Ambrose for the pretended purpose of adjusting the differences. The property was never recovered by the rightful owners. The children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Henshaw) Denny were: (#1) Daniel, born Aug 6, 1758, died in Worcester, Mass. April 1822, married Nancy Watson, had 7 children; (#2) Elizabeth, born March 1, 1760, died Nov 18, 1846, married Nov 28, 1782 to Thomas Walter Ward of Shrewsbury, Mass., who died Aug 20, 1835 at 77 years, they had 10 children; (#3) Samuel, born April 21, 1762, died March 21, 1832, married Desire Boyden on June 2, 1812. --WebTV-Mail-13849-2636--

--WebTV-Mail-20293-3588 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-20293-3588 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhQh5bmp0xDYMKxBkB4Em3Ca2r892wIUCIyN1WVg4YpIgNhZLH67RIL7Eao= From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:01:56 -0500 (CDT) To: GW5438@aol.com Subject: Denny part 3 Message-ID: <4255-3DA193D4-2814@storefull-2115.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) (Roman # 7) Samuel Denny, son of Daniel Denny (#6) was born at Leicester, Mas. on May 20, 1731. Hedied Sept 20, 1817. He married Elizabeth Henshaw on Sept 29, 1757. She was born on Sept 27, 1737, died Dec 7, 1787. He held a prominent position in the colony. He was Lt.Col. of a regiment tat marched to Lexington on the call of April 19, 1775. In Feb, 1776 he was elected Col. of the 1st Regiment in the count of Worcester and in Nov. was stationed with the Army of Tarrytown, NY. He represented Leicester in the general court in 1778 and was a member of the convention called to act upon the National Constitution in Jan. 1788. He lived on Moose Hill in the northwest part of the town. Elizabeth Henshaw, wife of Samuel Denny was the 10th child of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bass) Henshaw, who came to Leicester from Boston in 1748. He settled on a farm in the east part of the town which he inherited from his father, Joshua Henshaw. John Alden, pilgrim of Plymouth, was another ancestor of Elizabeth Henshaw. Elizabeth's father was often called upon to act as arbitrator or referee in legal cases, and was invariably the moderator at town meetings. Elizabeth wa a descendant through her mother, of Samuel Bass, who came to Boston in 1640, and of John Alden of the "Mayflower", whose daughter married John Bass, son of the emigrant Samuel Bass. --WebTV-Mail-20293-3588--

--WebTV-Mail-15125-1125 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-15125-1125 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUApcVFoN482A6dllwhQxX32io74vkCFGO11maNiNSs3tSwzh+yRDYuh987 From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:43:43 -0500 (CDT) To: GW5438@aol.com Subject: Beginning of PART 2 Message-ID: <3565-3DA18F8F-4350@storefull-2118.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) #4 Daniel, born Nov 30, 1694, died April 16, 1760. #5 Sarah, married William Green of Battisford, England; married (2nd) Mr. Pierson.(Mrs. Grace Denny, her mother, resided many years with her at Haughley, at Mildenhall and at Old Newton in England, and letters which have been preserved show great love and esteem for he son-in-law and daughter); #6 Deborah, born 1699, died June 1, 1766, came to America in 1717 with her brother Samuel and lived at Leicester with her brother Daniel until married Oct 20, 1719 to Rev. Thomas Prince, pastor of the Old South Church of Boston. (Roman # 6) Daniel Denny, son of Thomas Denny(#5), was born at Coombs, England, Nov 30, 1694. He died at Leicester,Mass. April 16, 1760. He left England June 1715 and arrived at Boston in New England Sept 12, 1715. He settled in Leicester, Mass. March 1717 and married Rebecca Jones of Worcester, Mass. Dec. 1722. She died Dec 20, 1740 at 40 years of age. Their children were: #1 infant; #2 Thomas, born March 19, 1725 in Leicester, Mass. and died Oct 23, 1774, married Tabitha Cutler of Grafton, Mass. Dec. 1752, she died Aug 8, 1753, and he married (2nd) on Oct 21, 1755, widow Mary (Chaplin) Storrs of Pomfret, Conn. and had 4 children, he was a member of provincial congress, representative in the general court, colonel of militia; (#3) Mary, born April 22, 1727 and died Aug 8, 1822, she marred Nathan Sargent on Feb 12, 1751 and had 7 children; (#4) Rebecca, born at Leicester on April 10, 1729, died about 1826, she married John Lynde on Feb 4, 1755, he died July 10, 1756 ans she married (2nd) Asa Stowers in 1761 and had 7 children; (#5) Samuel, born May 20, 1731; (#6) Sarah born in Leicester on May 5, 1733, died Sept 27, 1801, married Thomas Sargent on Jan 1778, married (2nd) Hon. Seth Washburn on April 30, 1788, no descendants; (#7) Daniel born Oct 1736, scalded to death on Nov 17, 1742; (#8) Isaac born Aug 1739 and died 1743. I'm gonna type shorter pages, incase this "blooming" webtv connection fizzles on me. Marcia --WebTV-Mail-15125-1125--

--WebTV-Mail-30091-3099 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-30091-3099 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhQh8hVNacpEnEb2BBw5nfWijYJMdQIVAMeLFKVcklZ8ug0o7Q1yFdXvBUmL From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:42:25 -0500 (CDT) To: GW5438@aol.com Subject: Denny Time Message-ID: <3574-3DA0D871-1838@storefull-2118.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) The emigrant ancestor of Parkman Tyler Denny, of Leicester, Mass., was Daniel Denny, who came from England in 1715 and settled in Leicester in 1717. But the family has been traced in England, as shown, in te Denny Genealogy written by Mr. Denny's father, the late Christopher C. Denny. The family has been settled in Coombs, Suffolk Co. England, since 1439 and perhaps earlier. The first record shows John Denny holding lands, tenements, etc. there in that year. He was succeeded in this estate in 1450 by his son, William Denny. Robert Denny succeeded to the estate in 1473 and was probably the son of William and grandson of John Denny, first named. From 1473-1590 this property was owned and undoubtedly occupied by te descendants of Robert Denny, whom the records show to be in possession in 1590, is the first of an unbroken line to the present. (roman # 1) Robert Denny, descendant of John Denny, of Coombs, Suffolk Co. England witnessed a document in 1590. His sons were; Edmund, married Johan/Joan (?), buried at Coombs, May 11, 1609; Robert, married Margaret (?) , was buried Feb. 1, 124, and his wife was buried Feb. 7, 1609. They had 3 children. (roman # 2)Edmund Denny, son of Robert Denny (roman # 1) was probably born in Coombs. He marred Joan / Johan. He was buried at Coombs, May 11, 1609. His children were: Edmund, baptised at Coombs 1575, married Agnes Castard, of Battisford, May 1601; Joan / Johan married (?) Wade, had 3 children. (roman # 3) Edmund Denny, son of Edmund Denny #2, was baptized at Coombs, 1575. He married Agnes Castard, of Battysford, 1601. He had one son : Edmund, buried March 31, 1681, married Dorothy Moore. (roman # 4) Edmund Denny, son of Edmund Denny #3 was born probably in Coombs, buried March 31, 1681. He married Dorothy Moore, of Rattlesden, in 1627. She died Oct. 1637. He married (2nd) Susan Syer (SAWYER). He had one child by the 1st wife and 5 children by the 2nd wife. They were: Edmund Denny, died 1707; Thomas, buried Nov. 22, 1717, married Grace Cook; John, died unmarried 1684 or '85; Samuel, buried Oct. 7, 1727, married Amy (?), who died in 1733, had a daughter who died young; Susannah, married Ralph Waller; Deborah, married Thomas Granger, of Ipswitch, died about 1685, a worsted weaver by trade. Roman # 5 Thomas Denny, son of Edmund Denny(4) was buried at Coombs, Nov 22, 1717,he married Grace Cook about 1686. She was born March 1655 and was buried Dec. 19, 1741. Their childrn were: Edmund, died Dec 18, 1731, marred Muriel (?), who died Dec. 6, 1731, had 4 children; #2 Thomas, buried at Coombs, Feb 17, 1772, married Rachel (?), who was buried June 10, 1719, married (2nd) Sarah (?), who was buried at Coombs Nov 26, 1747, had 6 children; #3 Samuel, born 1689, landed in America July 20, 1717, did June 2, 1772, married Mrs. Sarah Robinson, 1719, wo died Oct 17, 1750, married (2nd) Rachel Loring, of North Yarmouth, Maine, Aug 15, 1751. She was born in Hull, Maine, Oct 26, 1717 and died July 5, 1752. END of Part 1 --WebTV-Mail-30091-3099--

--WebTV-Mail-6166-2521 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-6166-2521 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAt0+GGwJ76kDIQwBrh/BoIpuJu44CFHbVP+VrMrtDAjOdCvEfpdnhWgtT From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:57:07 -0500 (CDT) To: jnrose@webtv.net Subject: Snow Message-ID: <4249-3DA2F243-6145@storefull-2115.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Thomas S. Snow, the proprietor of the Leicester and Worcester Express Company, and a successful coal dealer at Leicester, was born in the latter town, Oct. 21, 1837, his parents Pliny and Hanah(Sadler) Snow were both natives of Worc. Co. Pliny Snow followed farming as his principal occupation. Hewas also engaged in teaming and conducted a saw-mill, three ofthe childre born of his marriage with Hannah Sadler are living, namely: John W., Mary A., and Thomas S. Mary is the wife of P.M. Freeman When but 15 years old, Thomas Snow was left fatherless. He then left school and spent several years engaged in driving teams for different parties. In August 1862, he enlisted in Company F, 42 Mass. Volunteers and subsequently served under General Banks in New Orleans. Honorably discharged in August 1863, he returned to Leicester and resumedhis former occupation of drivingteams, he followed it up to about 1872. Then he and Nathan Lamb, in the firm of Snow and Lamb, embarked inthe express business on the route between Leicester and Worcester. About 6 years later thepartnership was dissolved, since which time Mr. Snow has conducted the business on his own account. He also carried on a god business in coal for many years. On Dec. 24, 1869, Mr. Snow was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Lynch, of Worcester, Mass. Three children have blessed the union, namely: Mandana E., now the wife of Dr. H.L. Shepard, of Winchester, Mass.; Bertha E., living at home and Marshall S. Mr. Snow is a Republican voter. He is an estemed member of the George H. Thomas, # 131 G.A.R. Post, which he served as vice- commander for 1 year. --WebTV-Mail-6166-2521--

Fwd'd from a great research contributor .. not on lists.. http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/massmarriages/index.html some New Brunswick/Nova Scotia here along with Mass/NH/ME/VT and other states ...easily searchable by surname/towns etc. There may be only one single entry - BUT that could be the ONE you need... Mimi Taylor

Can we please not recieve this many emails to the list concerning one particular family name. This is quite different then sending multiple emails concerning the history of a town etc...How about asking the list if there are people interested in having this information emailed to them individually, next time. Thanks, Craig On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:22:27 -0500 (CDT) Marcia Payne <ETexGal@webtv.net> wrote: > > --WebTV-Mail-2921-3989 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > > --WebTV-Mail-2921-3989 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > X-WebTV-Signature: 1 > ETAsAhQk2Rz8ELYHUwYJgpBxKN0+pAI+xwIUafkX0SD/JXL/etQ9rX2/YB8LoMs= > From: ETexGal@webtv.net (Marcia Payne) > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:30:32 -0500 (CDT) > To: GW5438@aol.com > Subject: Denny part 13 > Message-ID: > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) > > And that the largest auxiliary of any post. > The head of the post > deserves some share of the credit for he > strength ad gains made in the > membership. His earnestness and executive > ability have helped materialy > in puting the post at the head and maintaining > the lead. > Mr. Denny is known all over the state > among the Knights of > Pythias. He was a charter member of Regulus > Lodge of Worcester, #71, > K.P. and was 1st master-at-arms of that body. > He served though the > various offices and was elected chancellor > commander in 1887. He was > admitted to the grand lodge the year following > under the administration > of P.G.C.Charles B. Newton and was appointed > grand master-at-arms; in > 1891 he was elected grand prelate by a handsome > vote. The year following > he was chosen grand vice-chancellor and in 1893 > was given a unanamous > election as the 22nd grand cancellor of the > rand lodge of Mass. When the > parade and field day sports of the Knights of > Pythias of the state were > held in Worcester, he was grand marshall, > aposition for which his > military training and physique admirably fitted > him. Mr. Denny is a free > mason of high standing. He belongs to the > Morning Star Lodge, Eureka > Royal Arch Chapter, Hiram Council, and to > Worcester County Commadery, > Knights Templar. Heis als a member of the Worc. > Co. Mechanics Assoc. and > has recently been elected trustee. > > > --WebTV-Mail-2921-3989-- > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Worcester GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > >

How would you like to see, save and print actual census pages for the federal censuses of 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1870? For free? Feel like you hit the lottery! First go to: http://www.fremontlibrary.org/ The Freemont Library in Mundelein, IL Click on : Database (on left) Click on: Genealogy and Local History Online This brings you to HeritageQuest Online which I guess the library has a subscription for. All of the above censuses are indexed and for the whole country. If you search 1870, be aware there are two pages for each number, like 270a&b. When I searched for my Hugh Flynn, I got the first page and his name was not on it. Above the image is PAGE with an arrow going back and an arrow going forward. The search brings you to the first page 270a, when I click on the forward arrow for page I got the next image, 270b which sure enough had my Hugh Flynn! Now if that is not enough, you can actually browse the 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1910 censuses which are not indexed. At the top of the page is the Browse button. Word of warning: as this gets out, it gets pretty busy and sometimes I get an error message when trying to connect. Also, if you get the user name and password, go back out to the library and start again. Good luck. Patti

I transcribed the following tombstone for a fellow lister and thought I'd send it to the group in case anyone else has these people. Surnames are HENSHAW, CARY, EDMANDS, SPRAGUE, DODGE, SARGEANT, and PHELPS. This is from Pine Grove Cemetery in Leicester, MA. [There is a large granite monument atop a mounded tomb. An SAR-1775 metal marker is placed in front. Under the crowning pediment are the following words, FRONT SIDE facing SOUTH:] HON. DAVID HENSHAW Son of David and Mary Henshaw, born April 2, 1791, educated at the town school, and at Leicester Academy, entered a store in Boston, at the age of 16 years, and, intellectually, was self made by self culture; an original and independent thinker; a bold and vigorous writer and successful merchant; Representative, and in 1826, a Senator in the Legislature of this commonwealth; In 1828, a member of the state Board of Internal Improvements; In 1829, appointed Collector of the Port of Boston, and resigned in 1838; A veteran opponent of the U. S. Bank, and hostile to a renewal of its charter; In 1833, he strongly urged the removal of the Government Deposites (sic) therefrom, for the public safety, and was among the first, when the Banks suspended specie payments in 1837, to suggest the establishment of a Subtreasury by the Government for the safe keeping and control of its own funds; In 1843, he was invited to a seat in the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Navy, where he remained but a short time, but long enough to introduce a system of strict accountability, in the expenditurs (sic) of money and materials, previously unknown in the service; while in the Cabinet he advocated the annexation of Texas, a preliminary to the acquisition of California; An ardent politician of the Jeffersonian School, and true to its principles as the needle to the Pole. A strong advocate for the independence of Juries. His residence, during the last 14 years of his life, was the paternal homestead in Leicester, and was the abode of hospitality; liberal to the poor and benevolent to all. Sickness in his latter years prevented his mingling much with his fellow citizens, and terminated his life Nov. 11, 1852, in the 62d year of his age. [Inscribed at the base of the monument is, what I presume is, the carver's name:] A. CARY, BOSTON HENSHAW. A. D. 1853 [Marble panel inserted into 'entrance' to the tomb:] MARY ELIZABETH EDMANDS Daughter of MARY A. & John Henshaw May 1824, April 1898, ELIZABETH SPRAGUE DAU. OF MARY E. EDMANDS Sept. 1850, May 1901, JOHN H. EDMANDS SON OF MARY E. EDMANDS Nov. 1852, July 1929, [LEFT SIDE, facing WEST:] DANIEL HENSHAW, born Boston, 1701. died Leicester, 1781, aged 79 yrs. 10 mo. 4 d. __________ ELIZABETH HENSHAW, wife of Daniel Henshaw, born Boston, 1703. died Leicester, 1774, aged 70 yrs. 8 mos. 8 d. __________ DANIEL HENSHAW, son of Daniel Henshaw, died April 3, 1792, aged 67 years. __________ DAVID HENSHAW, son of Daniel Henshaw, Senior, born Boston, 1744. died Leicester, May 22, 1808, aged 63 yrs. 8 mos. 13 ds. __________ MARY HENSHAW, widow of David Henshaw, born 1755, died September 9, 1831, aged 76 years, 12 ds. __________ Children of David and Mary Henshaw. MARY HENSHAW, died April 29, 1790, aged 16 years, 1 mo. __________ DAVID HENSHAW, died May 7, 1790, aged 8 years, 8 mo. 1 d. __________ KATHERINE HENSHAW, died Aug. 20, 1798. aged 5 years, 7 mos. 12 d. __________ FANNY HENSHAW, died December 2, 1801. aged 16 years, 7 mos. 24 d. [BACK SIDE, facing NORTH:] THOMAS LEFFINGWELL HENSHAW. son of Joshua Henshaw, died Nov. 7, 1830, aged 8 years, 2 mos. 7 ds. ANNA HENSHAW, 1778-1854 ELIZABETH her Sister widow of NATHANIEL DODGE - 1775 - 1861 [RIGHT SIDE, facing EAST:] NATHAN SARGEANT, born Malden, 1718, died Leicester, June 5, 1799, aged 81 yrs. ___________ MARY SARGEANT, widow of Nathan Sargeant, and daughter of Daniel and Rebeckah Denny, died August 9, 1823, aged 95 yrs. 4 mos. JOSHUA HENSHAW 1779-1854 ELIZA ANN B. PHELPS His Wife 1795-1864 Daughter ELIZA ANNA P. HENSHAW 1834-1904 H. P. HENSHAW 1830-1874 THOS. HENSHAW 1832-1900

I agree!! St. John's workers are knowledgeable and are very nice. St. John's Cemetery telephone: (508) 757-7415 St. John's Cemetery 260 Cambridge Street Worcester, MA 01603 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Leinhauser <Dot@DelcoNET.com> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] St. John's Cemetery > Traveling from Pa., I haven't found a nicer group of gals than the ones at > St. John's office. Good Luck > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Kgbmp@aol.com> > To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:38 AM > Subject: [MAWORCES] St. John's Cemetery > > > > Hi everyone > > I will be FINALLY traveling to Worcester next week. Has anyone had any > > experience trying to locate graves at St. John's? Is there someone I can > > contact who would have the information? I have names and dates of deaths? > > > > Thanks

The Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists will be meeting on Tuesday evening, October 8, 2002, at 7:00 P.M. at the Auburn Public Library. Guest speaker will be Marnie Miller Gutsell who is the archivist of the New England Yearly Meeting. Her talk will be on "Quakers in the Blackstone Valley" and will include background on Quakerism and its arrival in and impact on the history of New England with special emphasis on dispersion of Quakers in the Blackstone Valley. Ms. Gutsell will also include a brief summary of archival resources for tracing Quaker families. The library is located on Southbridge Street, (Route 12) opposite the Auburn Mall. There is plenty of parking.

Traveling from Pa., I haven't found a nicer group of gals than the ones at St. John's office. Good Luck ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kgbmp@aol.com> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: [MAWORCES] St. John's Cemetery > Hi everyone > I will be FINALLY traveling to Worcester next week. Has anyone had any > experience trying to locate graves at St. John's? Is there someone I can > contact who would have the information? I have names and dates of deaths? > > Thanks > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > To UNsub go here: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html >

Hi everyone I will be FINALLY traveling to Worcester next week. Has anyone had any experience trying to locate graves at St. John's? Is there someone I can contact who would have the information? I have names and dates of deaths? Thanks

page lx (with photo) He has been a member of the Board of Investment of the Worcester County Institution for Savings since 1871, and trustee and treasurer of the Memorial Hospital since 1872. He has been director of the Merchant's and Farmer's Insurance Company since 1862, ad succeeded the Hon. Isaac DAVIS as president since 1883. His large humanitarian instincts and tastes, taking hold on all matters that have to do with education and intellectual advancement, have made for him a congenial field where associates have warmly welcomed him in the numerous relations he has sustained to our higher institutions and learned societies. Since 1871 hehas been a councilor and secretary of the American Antiquarian Society, and is a councilor of the Massacusetts Historical Society. He is also anoriginal member of the American Historical Association, and has been since 1884, a corresponding meber of the Georgia Historical Society. It is much to say of one that he stands high with his own Alma Mater. Colonel WASHBURN is a member of the overseers' committee on the government of Harvard University, and one of the directors of he Alumni Association of the same institution. He is one of the Board of Trustees and secretary of the new Clark University of Worcester. This is agood record for any man to have won in the middle life, and opens a field of service worthy of the best ripened powers, such as promises to give the subject of this sketch many years of useful citizenship. Colonel WASHBURN is a man of commanding presence, with a kindly dignity always open to approach. He married in 1860, Mary F., daughter of Charles L. PUTNAM, Esq. (Dartmouth College 1830), and has one daughter, Edith, who married in 1884, Richard Ward GREENE, Esq. of Worcester. THE END

page lx History of Worcester County Vol. 1 John Davis WASHBURN is a native of Boston, where he was born March 27, 1833, being the eldest son of John Marshall WASHBURN, who married in 1832, Harriet Webster, daughter of Daniel KIMBALL ( Harvard Univ. 1800 ). His parents removed to the grand old town of Lancaster, in Worcester County, when he was 5 years old, and his early youth was passed amid those beautiful surroungings. At the age of 20 he graduated in 1853 from Harvard University, and entered the profession of law, studing first with Hon. Emory WASHBURN and George F. HOAR in 1854, and later receiving a diploma from the Harvard Law School in 1856. He practiced law in Worcester, in partnership with Hon. H.C. RICE and by a development of his professional business and inclination, made a prominent place, first, as a insurance attorney, and lastly, succeeding the late Hon. Alexander H. BULLOCK as general agent and attorney of the insurance company, in 1866. By his friendship with Govenor BULLOCK he became associated with his military family as the chief of his staff, from 1866-1869, receiving a colonel's commission. During the period from 1871 to 1881 he was a trustee of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, and from 1875 to 1885 filled the same relation to the Massachusetts School for the feeble-minded. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1876 to 1879, and a senator from th city of Worcester in 1884, rendering the excellent public service to be expected from his knowledge of affairs and his general sympathies with all matters of care and concern in the commonwealth. His association has always been sought in corporate and financial affairs. From 1866 to 1880 he was a director of the Citizens' National Bank. END of PART 1

Hello Rooters: I recently came across a newspaper clipping of a boy's choir which includes my father. (Probably the first and last time he was in a church !) There is no date and no name of the newspaper, but I am certain it is from a Worcester paper I believe the photo was taken around 1908-1910 at Grace Church in Worcester. The organist was a woman named Miss M.E.Hunt. The boys are Burton Marsh, Charles Crathern, Lawrence Parsons, Roy Dunham, John Abbott, Carl Harris, Clarence Dunham, and my father, Sumner Taylor. The headlines above the picture states: Worcester Children's Church Is Attracting National Attention Arline (Taylor) Larson Native of Paxton, Worcester County, MA; living in Florida arline7@bellsouth.net

I can understand the Town Clerks as well as the library's wanting to protect the records for their respective towns. I was researching some of the old annual reports at the library in the town that I live in and I found quite a few pages that people had cut out sections with a razor. Some people are to lazy to write a little bit. The sad part is that the library will copy the pages for you for fifteen cents a page. It makes it tough when you are searching but you have to put yourself on their side of the fence Harry Aldrich

Hi, Maybe someone can shed some light on my question, on the laws of searching records in Mass. I have been doing research for neary four years on my family and ancestors. I have been to many Town clerks offices, and they have been very friendly and helpful, however, the other day I went to a small town in Ma. to look up a birth in 1905, and the clerk told me she had to do the look up because it wasn't 100yrs old. This is the second time this has happened. How come some clerks will give you the whole book or let you go in the indexes to check yourself and others won't.? They don't realize that there are many misspellings and if we could look ourselfs we might identify that one of those misspelled persons is the one we are looking for. I almost missed out on one the other day because of this. I was searching for an Oliver.......... She said for that date she only had an Olavate, and the date was two days different than I gave her. I then asked her to just see that entry, and I deciphered that the name was misspelled and I read it to be Olavah. It was indeed the man I was looking for. Some of these clerks don't realize what entails in searching. Any input on this? SHIRLEY

Hi Shirley: Not knowing the town you went to, I can understand some of the town clerks being very difficult to deal with. Some towns have had their records destroyed, marked up etc., so to preclude that, they don't allow anyone to see the actual records. If it is anything before 1910 I suggest going to the MA State Archives and looking to your heart's content. Even the MA Vital Records is good, but you do have to pay a fee to research there, and there are some instances where you aren't allowed to see the record that you ask for. I've been fortunate to not have this problem. Yes it is nice to have the priviledge of seeing for yourself, but if the town clerk won't allow it, then ask to have the name checked for other spellings, and a couple of years either side of when you think the date is. I will also say this - like everywhere else, the town clerk has many duties, and they too have had budget cuts, etc. Same work, but have less people to do it with. Sad, but that is the case. It doesn't hurt to bring along some donuts, etc. You might get a bit more from the Town Clerk doing that. If you know it is a woman, a nice bouquest of flowers perhaps. Both Sutton and Douglas have tables for you to sit at, and you are able to peruse the records yourself. Uxbridge, is standing room only, and not much room to spread yourself out, but on the whole, they are quite nice there. Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association ----- Original Message ----- From: <BellBotm13@aol.com> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: [MAWORCES] Massachusetts Laws > Hi, > Maybe someone can shed some light on my question, on the laws of searching > records in Mass. > > I have been doing research for neary four years on my family and ancestors. I > have been to many Town clerks offices, and they have been very friendly and > helpful, however, the other day I went to a small town in Ma. to look up a > birth in 1905, and the clerk told me she had to do the look up because it > wasn't 100yrs old. This is the second time this has happened. How come some > clerks will give you the whole book or let you go in the indexes to check > yourself and others won't.? They don't realize that there are many > misspellings and if we could look ourselfs we might identify that one of > those misspelled persons is the one we are looking for. I almost missed out > on one the other day because of this. I was searching for an Oliver.......... > She said for that date she only had an Olavate, and the date was two days > different than I gave her. I then asked her to just see that entry, and I > deciphered that the name was misspelled and I read it to be Olavah. It was > indeed the man I was looking for. Some of these clerks don't realize what > entails in searching. > > Any input on this? > > SHIRLEY > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > To UNsub go here: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.393 / Virus Database: 223 - Release Date: 9/30/2002