Greetings, I may have posted a similar question before but have since come across a few more clues. I am trying to find the names of the parents of one of my ancestors, Phoebe Ann Keyes (b. abt. 1805) in MA. She married Andrew Harrington III in Eastport, ME. I suspect she may be related (daughter or sister) to Jonas Temple Keyes (son of Israel Keyes and Dorothy Temple, b. 28 OCT 1788 in MA, died 29 OCT 1831 in Eastport, ME)who moved to Eastport from Massachusetts. Jonas married Nancy the widow of Robert Harrington. That Robert was the uncle of Andrew Harrington III and brother of Andrew's father Andrew Harrington II. A daughter of Jonas is listed in several FTM sites. Her name was Dolly Temple Keyes and she married John Bent. Phoebe Ann Keyes and her husband Andrew Harrington III had nine children. They named their first Israel K. Harrington (I suspect for Israel Keyes). There seventh child, John Bent Harrington, my ancestor, was possibly named for John Bent, the husband of Dolly Keyes. I hypothesize that John Bent may have been John B. Harrington's Godfather. I seem to recall records listing a Rev. Jonas T. Keyes and that may explain why he would migrate from MA to way downeast. Does anyone on the list know the parents of Phoebe Ann Keyes? Was she Jonas T. Keyes' daughter, sister, or cousin? Does anyone know who her parents were? Cordially, Ken Kenneth Harrington McKeever, Ph.D. FACSM Associate Professor of Equine Exercise Physiology Department of Animal Sciences, Cook College Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey 84 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525 http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~animalsci/faculty/mckeever-cv.html

Dear Listers: There is no business meeting of the Hancock County Genealogy Society on Saturday, June 17th! Instead we are going on a Field Trip to Castine to tour the Wilson Museum and the Perkins House. Our Program Chairwoman has arranged for us to meet Patty Hutchins at 1 p.m. at the Museum, which is located on Perkins Street in Castine. She will get us all started on our way through the Museum, which is FREE, and we can continue through the Perkins House ($4.00). Ordinarily these facilities are open from 2-5 p.m. so if you cannot make the earlier time you may come later. Carpool if you can. We hope we'll see you there. Also, a reminder that the July 15th meeting is at its normal place and time: Ellsworth Library's Riverview Room with guest, John Fernald, at 2:30 p.m. August 19th is the Genealogy Fair in Orland. Sept. 16th is a Search & Share meeting. October 7th is the Genealogy Conference and Annual Meeting of the Maine Genealogical Society being hosted by HCGS in Ellsworth on Saturday, Oct. 7th. Pre-registration is a must. Use the following website to see the schedule of events and get to the registration form. http://www.rootsweb.com/~megs/MaineGS.htm#Society Meetings My thanks to the List Owners for allowing me this brief (??) announcement. Happy Searching, Joyce, for the HCGS.

To all.. I have a suggestion to make and I hope that everyone takes it as such. When asking for someone to look up some information for you it is helpful if you include as much information about the search as you can. For instance if requesting information on John Doe... if possible give the time period - was it in 1895 or 1795... give the area... was it in Calais, Maine or was it in Steuben, Maine ... was the spouse Mary Smith or was it Mary Jones... all these clues give the person trying to help you more to go on. Val in Machias ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Val, Can I impose upon you to look up to see if there are any ELSEMORE's listed in the book that you have? I'm searching for my Elsemore's ancestry and my mother thinks that my GGrandfather William Keene Elsemore was from that area. I've not been able to find him or any of his family so far so this is one of my many brick walls. Thanks Bill Jessup NY

Its August 13-at the Sedgwick school route 15 from 10 am to 5pm pot luck lunch we met late sunday at the school. It coming great .The exhibits and old memorabilia from the Gray families is coming in every day. Alot of Sedgwick old history will be on exhibit. we hope to see you there!

To Patty... Your message wanting the copy write page of the Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias was received... but your e-mail address did not appear, so I need to answer you to all.... the only thing that appears on the title page is the name of the book and at the bottom of the page MACHIAS: PRINTED BY C.O. FURBUSH. 1863. For your information the book was privately reprinted in a limited edition back in 1975 as the U.S. Bicentennial Reprint Edition.. by Rosemary E. Bachelor and Harriet A. Webb -- both formally of Machias. Regretfully even the reprint is now out of print. The book itself is a gem.. small in size..179 pages, with a wonderful genealogy section in the back featuring many of the original settlers.. it does not give dates but family lines to the 3rd generation... a wonderful resource.. Val in Machias ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Ethelind Wright asked "who were the ancestors of the Lewis S. Longfellow family found in the Machias 1850 census: According to the "Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias" (commonly referred to as 'the 1863 Book) pg. 168 ... Lewis S. is listed as the 4th child of Jonathan Longfellow and his wife Sally Boynton. This Jonathan Longfellow is listed under perhaps the families of the "New Hampshire Branch". Sally Boynton is in the same book (pg. 155) as the d/o Amos Boynton and his wife ? Libby. Amos came from Byfield, MA in 1766. The "Earliest Records of Machias, Maine" by Jackson show Sally's birth at Machias as 22 Dec. 1777. Jonathan Longfellow and Sally Boynton were married 11 Dec. 1797. I can find no birth record for Lewis S. Longfellow in Machias, however according to the Machias Vital Records ( pg. 336), Lewis S. Longfellow and married Hannah Sargent on 5 July 1847. Drisko's History of Machias tells us that Hannah was Lewis' 2nd wife. and gives her full name as Hannah Webber Sargent. Hope this helps... Val in Machias ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hope this might add something to your family search. There was a Gilbert Longfellow, listed as a "Merchant" in Machias during the early 1860s. Good luck... Bob Jackson ----

Who are the ancestors of this family found in the 1850 census in Machias, Washington, Maine? Lewis S. LONGFELLOW, lumberman, age 39, b. ME Hannah ", 30, b. ME Henry C. ", 12, b. ME Eliza A. ", 2, b. ME Sally ", 52, b. ME Thanks. Ethelind Wright ethelind@athens.net

In the "Topographical Dictionary of English Immigrants to New England..." by Charles Edward Banks, there is list explaining abbreviations given after the individual's name. What is the full reference for the following: Banks Mss. - Charles E. Banks Mss. in Library of Congress This ref. is given after my ancestor's name, Thomas GROVER, from Chesham, England to Charlestown, Mass. Also listed is a Samuel Grover. I am trying to determine if this is, in fact, my Thomas Grover or another. I'd like to be able to locate the above reference, if possible, to see exactly what it is - primary source! Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Revae Leppanen California

Up Date: The Grays Family Reunion will be at the Sedgwick Elementary School Route 15- from 10 am to 5 pm August 13--2000 look fro road markers and posting in news paper Pot Luck Lunch --Gray Book on Sale--History Exhibits- Meet old Friends. Alot of Fun --Everyone Welcome brownisue@acadia.net

Have updated the Towns and Villages page...http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/stge6.htm and have also added a fascinating story written by Anita Grearson of St. George about Mary PRATT GOSS, originally from Upper Falls, St. George who moved with her husband and children to Presque Isle Maine where they became one of the first family settlers there.....http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/stge5t.htm Charlene Beney co-ordinator of St. George Parish, Charlotte County http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/

I am looking for biographical or anecdotal information pertaining to Henry Albee who was born April 10, 1844 in Machiasport, Maine. He died in Whitneyville, Maine on January 16, 1923. He is buried in Whitneyville Cemetery in Whitneyville, Maine. I know that he served in the Civil War with the 11th Maine Infantry. Anybody have a link? Charles Webster Trenton, NJ cwebster4@pressroom.com

Hi Listers, ALL parishes now have their own individual sites at Roots Web, so please update your bookmarks when you visit them. June 1 update includes: Pennfield Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpennfi *Off-site link to BUCKNAM Family Genealogy (under History & Family Genealogies) Clarendon Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbclaren/ * 1881 Census also added (under census) Dufferin Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbduffer/ * 1881 Census added * Hutchinson's 1865-66 Directory for "The Ledge" (both under Census) Dumbarton Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbdumbar/ * Description of Pleasant Ridge & Whittier Ridge (under Villages) St. Andrews Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstandr/ * St. George Anglican Church Baptisms listing St. Andrews residents (under Church) * Roman Catholic Church listing added Off-Site links under Historical & Family to * Passamaquoddy Loyalists, Cape Ann's Association 1785 * ROYAL FENCIBLE AMERICAN REGIMENT LIST July 1784 * Return of Persons who have Lands located to them on Schodiack River above the Glebe, 10 May 1785 * Scotch Emigrants - 1804 Account of Money paid by John Campbell to 25 Families of Scotch Emigrants who arrived at St Andrews and settled in Charlotte County. November 1804. * English Immigrants to the St. Andrews Road 1837 * Emigrant Poor - St Andrews 1842 * Emigrant Poor - St Andrews 1841 * Brigg "William Henry" to St Andrews 1827 SICK EMIGRANTS from the Brig WILLIAM HENRY To the Parish of Saint Andrews, DRS * Passengers Aboard "Robert Watt" to St Andrews * Post War Settlement Settlers at Passamaquoddy 1784 St. Croix Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstcroi/ * Description of Barlett Station & Bartlett Mills (under Villages) St. David Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/ * Sarah Sprague Genealogy (under Historical & Family) * 1871 Listing of St. David Residents from Lovell's Directory (under Census) St. James Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstjame/ St. Patrick Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstpatr/ * Added village descriptions of Digedeguash, Elmsville, Falls Brook, St. Patrick, Welch Lake, Whittier Ridge * Off-site link to John MCELROY Descendants West Isles Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbwestis/ * Added village description of The Wolves SURNAMES added to County Site include: ARCHIBALD, KIDDER, RAMSEY, SCULLIN/SCULLIAN & THORNTON If you find anything that doesn't work, PLEASE drop me a note! The next update is scheduled for July 1st. This is due to the fact that I will be visiting Charlotte County during the week of June 5th, poking around with my camera, hopefully getting directions & driving to cemeteries, turning some files over to the Charlotte County Branch of the NBGS, hopping the ferry to Deer Island and visiting with my relatives in St. Andrews & St. Stephen. If anyone wants to visit with me, I'm staying in St. Stephen, so drop me an email and we'll make arrangements to hook up. One last thing, my "backup email address" died over the weekend<ARGH>, so I've got a new one posted on the site, but main email: strout@bigfoot.com backup email: strout99@yahoo.com If you sent me an email during the 25 May- through 31 May period and I haven't responded to you, please resend it. Enjoy! Marilyn Strout Charlotte Co. Coordinator

Gray's Family Reunion August 13--10am to 5pm at the Sedgwick Elementary School Route 15 Sedgwick ,Maine look for road markers you bring any thing for pot luck lunch contact person brownisue@acadia.net telephone 1-207-326-4721

Hi Listers, DUH, I always forget to put the URL in my message. sorry about that. http://www.genswap.com/online.html Enjoy, Mairlyn

Hi Listers, Just found the new site of On-line links to Free genealogy data. Lot of RootsWeb basesd stuff here, but there's a LOT of other data also. Enjoy, Marilyn Strout

Hi LIsters, I was looking at the IGI and saw some BELLS who were from Long Glade, ME. These records are from the 1760's. Does anyone know where Long Glade was or is? Thanks, Linda

HI! I was just given this web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/archives/nb/wccanada.txt which contains the following information on my James BROWN of Campobello, NB NAME Brown, James et al COURT DC MONTHYEAR 09/1840 VOLPAGE -0- CAUSE Debt CODE# 2/197/80 PLT/DEF LOCATION Campobello, NB DOCUMENT CASE# Can someone tell me how I can get a copy of the information pertaining to this case... is anyone going to the Maine archives in the near future who could do a look up for me. I would be happy to reinburse for any copying and postage fees incurred. Thanks!! Heather Waddingham Kingston Ontario Heather Waddingham email:lilman@king.igs.net Campobello Parish Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcampob/

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