Yes, Laura that was a great help. This with the census records helps me put together the family of my ggg grandfather John Walker. I had suspected that Sarah who married Thomas Hudson was his sister, and now I see that Rachel was probably his mother. In 1810 there was a woman of the right age living with a John Walker 16-25 and a wife of similar age in Boonsboro. Then he's gone (as he must be as his first two children are born in PA), but now Sara and Thomas Hudson are in Boonsboro with a woman of Rachel's age. In 1830 they are still there but no woman,because she died in 1829 according to the cemetery record. Don't you love it when the pieces come together? One question remains for me; what denomination is this reformed church? Reformed what. I'm totally ignorant of the various early churches and their affiliations. Do you or does someone else know? Thanks again for all your help. As someone recently said, this is the most helpful of all rootsweb lists. Sincerely Joan On 10/26/11 12:24 PM, "Lauren Brantner" <[email protected]> wrote: > Joan, > I'm glad that Ruth picked up on the Walker entry that I missed. Now you have > it all. The stones are weathering a lot in that cemetery. I have a picture > of headstones for Brantners that were clear in the late 1980s that were > totally weathered away by 2002. There was also a stack of headstones on one > side of the church. If you contact me offline, I'll look to see if I can find > my pictures of the cemetery and the sign so you can see what it looks like. If > I recall the Boones that Boonesboro is named after are buried there. How the > cemetery was read may make a difference on how names are listed too. > > Lauren > > --- On Tue, 10/25/11, Ruth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Ruth <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] HUDSON and Walker >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 8:14 PM >> Joan:  Rachel Walker is listed >> on the same page 86, Vol II, as Sarah & >> Thomas Hudson.  Reformed Church Graveyard, Boonsboro, >> MD: >> >> Walker, Rachel b. 21 Apr 1756  d. 6 May 1829 >> >> Ruth Bay >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Joan Majtenyi >> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] HUDSON and Walker >> >> Thanks so much Lauren. I knew from the census that they >> lived in Boonsboro. >> I haven't a clue who the Charles D. Ordner was. I don't >> think they had >> children, but maybe he was close as an apprentice of Thomas >> who was some >> sort of craftsman. I might check on that. I have seen >> Rachel listed and even >> have a copy of the page from years ago but cannot find it. >> I am sure that >> Sarah was a Walker and sister of my ggg grandfather. I >> don't know about the >> Rachel. Again, thanks for the info, Joan >> >> >> On 10/25/11 3:48 PM, "Lauren Brantner" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Joan, >>> Thomas and Sarah are buried in the Reformed Church >> Graveyard, Boonsboro, >> MD. >>> [I have visited this cemetery and it is called Salem >> Reformed on the >> sineage - >>> it is behind Trinity Reformed. It was a Reformed and >> then a union Lutheran >> and >>> Reformed and again a Reformed if I remember >> correctly.] This church has a >> date >>> on the cornerstone, but I don't remember it offhand. >>> >>> HUDSON, Thomas b. 20 Jan 1769 d. 30 May 1859 >>> HUDSON, Sarah H. b. 15 Jun 1782 - d. 26 Jan 1869 >>> >>> There is a Charles D. Ordner in the entries between >> Thomas and Sarah - he >> died >>> in the Civil War - part of the MD Reg. 2 Brigade - d. >> 20 Aug. 1864 >>> >>> There are seven volumes of cemetery records. These >> entries are in Vol. II. >> I >>> checked Vol. III and Vol. VII and didn't find Rachel >> in any of those - >> maybe >>> someone else can check the other volumes.  I >> don't own them. >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On Tue, 10/25/11, Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [MDWashin] HUDSON and Walker >>>> To: "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 1:06 PM >>>> Could some kind soul look up the >>>> Washington Co. cemetery records and give me >>>> the information on three people listed in the >> index? They >>>> are Sarah HUDSON, >>>> Thomas HUDSON, and Rachel WALKER.  Many thanks, >> Joan >>>>   >>>> >>>> ********* >>>> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >>>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >>>> ********* >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >>>> [email protected] >>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the >>>> subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>>   >>> >>> ********* >>> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >>> ********* >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Whenever you're curious about something, you might look it up online at Wikipedia.org., assuming you don't have any kind of encyclopedia at home or at hand. It's a great source of information and generally speaking quite accurate. Have always been amazed at what one can find there, and I use it just about every week at least once (most recently for the history of some songs, e.g., You are my sunshine and Stand by me). It's a great resource. The entry for the Reformed Church starts as follows and the link is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_church. You can read the rest if you go to the site itself. ""The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin. In the sixteenth century the movement spread to most of Europe, aligning with national governments in most cases, though several of these national or specific language based churches later expanded to worldwide denominations. There are now many different reformed churches: a 1999 survey found 746 Reformed denominations worldwide"" (The Presbyterian church is also part of the Reformed church movement as John Knox brought the Reformation to Scotland after spending time in Switzerland where he was influenced by John Calvin). Sam On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> wrote: > >  One question remains for me; what denomination is this reformed church? > Reformed what. I'm totally ignorant of the various early churches and their > affiliations. Do you or does someone else know? > >