Hi all;   I am working on understanding dates for my Philbrick family in Hampton.  I see dates like   4  10 1661.  Would this be 4 October 1661? Then I see dates like 2  11  1665., Woulld thiis be equivalent to 2 November 1665/6?   Thanks for the help, Charlie King

Hi Charlie, A simple answer would probably be that (for example) the date 4 10 1661 means the fourth of the 10th month, but one has to keep in mind that the year didn't start in January, but in March which would be the first month. October would be the 8th month. A good clue for me is that the term "oct" means 8, November is the 9th month, December the 10th. Of course some months aren't so easily identified, but enough do, so one can figure out the rest. A different calendar system was used in the British colonies up to about 1762. You might want to read up on how this affected how our early ancestors reckoned their dates. The early colonists still used the Julian calendar, and we currently use the Gregorian calendar. Ginny -----Original Message----- From: Charlie King Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 8:22 AM To: NHROCKIN@rootsweb.com Subject: [NHROCKIN] Dates Hi all; I am working on understanding dates for my Philbrick family in Hampton. I see dates like 4 10 1661. Would this be 4 October 1661? Then I see dates like 2 11 1665., Woulld thiis be equivalent to 2 November 1665/6? Thanks for the help, Charlie King _______________________________________________ RootsWeb NHROCKIN Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NH/rockingham.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NHROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message