Thanks George..........I wondered if "Hard" was Hurd..... It was written in French and probably it sounded like Hard to them. However, I have to use the spelling as shown in the books. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Sanborn Jr." <SeorasOg@comcast.net> To: "Cynthia" <Bunnydust@comcast.net> Cc: <MEYORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [MEYORK] Surnames.....ROBERTS....HARD.... > Hello List, > > This Ann was Ann HURD [i.e. Heard]. See p. 321 of the Genealogical > Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Benjamin > and Elizabeth (Roberts) Heard of Dover. Evidently somebody misread > 'Hurd' for 'Hard.' > > George Sanborn > > > Cynthia wrote: > > > "A Travers les Registers" ; Abbé Cyprien Tanguay, Montreal, 1866 > > "Registres de les d'un Travers" (in French) > >------------- > >page 115: > > > >"19 Oct. 1705: The marriage of ANNE HARD to Sebastien Cholet dit Laviolette, > >tisserand (weaver), and native of Aubigny in Anjou(France), Born 1681, > >she was the daughter of Benjamin Hard and ELIZABETH ROBERTS from > >Chitcho near Dover, in New England. She had been taken prisoner by the > >sauvages loups (wolf indians) in 1692." > >-------- > > in French > >19 oct. 1705 : Le mariage d'ANNE DUR au dit Laviolette de Sebastien Cholet, au > >tisserand, > > et à l'indigène d'Aubigny dans Anjou(France), né 1681, elle était la fille de > >Benjamin dur et > > d'ELIZABETH ROBERTS de Chitcho près de Douvres, en Nouvelle Angleterre. > > Elle avait été prise le prisonnier par les loups de sauvages (les Indiens de > >loup) en 1692." > >----------------- > > > >Cynthia > >List Adm.for : > >Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com > >Can-Deerfield-Attack-1704-L@rootsweb.com > >CtHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MA-BAY-COLONY/ > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CtHartfo/ > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Can-deerfield-attack-1704 > >photos of old cemeteries "written in Stone" > > http://Cyndy.smugmug.com (click on history) > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Sea4719@aol.com> > >To: <Bunnydust@comcast.net> > >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:03 AM > >Subject: Re: [MEYORK] Surnames.....please contact me directly > > > > > > > > > >>In a message dated 3/14/04 12:18:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, > >>Bunnydust@comcast.net writes: > >> > >> > >>>ROBERTS of Dover, NH > >>> > >>> > >>Do you have any other information on this person? I am looking for > >>information on a Sarah Roberts, brn abt 1730-1735 in the Dover vicinity. > >> > >>Looking Out The Window of Expectation > >>Marylea > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > >