I want to thank everyone for their responses to my message! My family was on the Greaves page. Thanks for pointing out the warning about the accurateness too. I was quite delighted to see some of the names that were listed in the Bible given by Greaves as family names, i.e. MARSH (my John Marsh), HETFIELD (my Emma Hetfield). Now I have a direction to search, I previously couldn't go beyond John Marsh Williams. Thank you once again, Michelle MICHELLE FERRETTI wrote: > Hi, I'm new to the list. > > My ggreat grandfather was John Marsh Williams, born in NJ. In 1836, he > married Catharine Lane in Butler County, Ohio. They had the following > children: Mary Eliza Williams, HenriettaWilliams, Emma Hetfield > Williams and Francis Jane Williams. Catharine and Emma died in 1848. > John remarried Harriet Noble in 1849 in Hamilton County, Ohio, although > he resided in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. They had the > following children: Clara Belle Williams, Benjamin Franklin Williams, > Ella Amelia Williams (married name Bergstrom), and Edward Noble H. > Williams (my line). They moved to California in 1875. > > I believe that John Marsh Williams parents were Abraham and Elizabeth > Williams. LDS's file shows a christening for a John Marsh Williams on > Dec. 6, 1812, with those parents in the Presbyterian Church, Westfield, > Union, New Jersey. A biography of Edward Noble Williams says that his > father, John Marsh Williams, was born in New Jersey. > > If there are any connections please let me know. > > Michelle

Audrey Shields Hancock wrote: > Hello, All, > > I have been busy adding information to our new ROLL Galleries site, and > have a homepage NOW from which all Galleries, etc. can be accessed: Cemetery > Gravestone Photos, Family Pictures, Lineages, Inscriptions, Documents, etc.) > We are still under construction and in our beginning stages, but adding > thanks to our contributors. If you have anything relevant to this family, > please send. We welcome pertinent photos & documents & lineages. > > Our connecting families are in the early NY; Essex Co., NJ; Union Co., NJ; > Hamilton Co., OH; Butler Co., OH; Clark Co., OH; Miami Co., OH; and many > other places. Surnames connected/interconnected with this family: RAWL, > ROLL, MILLER, DUNHAM, ROSS, MILLS, BROOKS, CLARK, LATOURETTE, BACKER-BAKER, > VANWOGGELUM, ENYART/ENYARD/INJART/etc. > > I welcome any information, pictures, ideas, etc. Hi AUDREY: I can't add too much to your Roll Familyies other than to advise that Mary Roll daughter of the blind Abraham Roll married Abner Smalley aon of James Smalley on March 12, 1783. Their children: Sayre Smalley and Frances (Fanny) Smalley. If yuou have some birth and death dates, I would like to have them. Sincerely William Smalley Cadmus

Michelle -- assuming that Ebenezer Williams was the grandfather of "your" Abraham, his wife is said to be Sarah Marsh, born about 1727. I have notes, which I have not fully documented, that Sarah was daughter of Benjamin Marsh (12 Aug 1702, Rahway, NJ - 20 March 1733/34) and his wife, Margaret Ewen (d/o John Ewen). Benjamin Marsh was son of John Marsh and Elizabeth Clarke. John Marsh was son of Samuel Marsh and his wife Comfort _____ [often given the unproven and probably erroneous surname of "Mann"]. Elizabeth Clarke was daughter of Richard 1 Clarke [whose ancestry is unknown, though often put forth with various parents on various LDS, FTM and websites] and his wife, Elizabeth _______ [often, erroneously I believe, listed as "Moore"]. Harman Clark [email protected]

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Hi to Michelle, etc.-- as a followup to your e-mail of yesterday plus Jan's helpful footnote, I specifically suggest a search that does not overlook either the Greaves cautionary note [at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5096/lr52.htm] or the Greaves webpage on Abraham Williams and his wife Elizabeth (whose maiden name also appears to be Williams) [at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westfieldnjfamilies/html/fam07156.htm ]. Abraham's likely grandfather Ebenezer Williams, born 1724, appears to be a younger brother of my ancestor Margaret Williams, born ca. 1711-- wife of Joseph Magie (Megie), AFN:P242-1P, born at Elizabeth (NJ) ca. 1705. Margaret & Joseph occupy burials 1223 & 1224 at Elizabeth's First Presbyterian Cemetery, and Ebenezer (ca. 1723-1760) probably occupies burial 1404. Both Margaret & Ebenezer are probable children of Benjamin Williams, AFN:P245-JP, who is said to have been born ca. 1697 at Wethersfield, CT, and died ca. 1731 at Elizabeth, NJ. ........John (in Chicago).

Hi Yes Nehemiah and Lydia Hand are my 6th greatgrandparents and I come down through Hezekiah. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [NJUNION] Rahway Cemetery-HAND ANCESTORS > Janice, > I am the original poster of this message and my information tells me they are > in the easterly part of the cemetery. > Are you researching the Hand surname? > Penny > >

Michelle, I am wondering if you may have already checked out the material available on your Williams family available through the "genealogies, Greaves Papers section" at the following First Families of Westfield site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5096/ Good luck, Jan ---------- >From: MICHELLE FERRETTI <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NJUNION] Williams/NJ-OH-IA-CA >Date: Sun, Apr 16, 2000, 5:55 PM > > Hi, I'm new to the list. > > My ggreat grandfather was John Marsh Williams, born in NJ. In 1836, he > married Catharine Lane in Butler County, Ohio. They had the following > children: Mary Eliza Williams, HenriettaWilliams, Emma Hetfield > Williams and Francis Jane Williams. Catharine and Emma died in 1848. > John remarried Harriet Noble in 1849 in Hamilton County, Ohio, although > he resided in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. They had the > following children: Clara Belle Williams, Benjamin Franklin Williams, > Ella Amelia Williams (married name Bergstrom), and Edward Noble H. > Williams (my line). They moved to California in 1875. > > I believe that John Marsh Williams parents were Abraham and Elizabeth > Williams. LDS's file shows a christening for a John Marsh Williams on > Dec. 6, 1812, with those parents in the Presbyterian Church, Westfield, > Union, New Jersey. A biography of Edward Noble Williams says that his > father, John Marsh Williams, was born in New Jersey. > > If there are any connections please let me know. > > Michelle > >

Hi, I'm new to the list. My ggreat grandfather was John Marsh Williams, born in NJ. In 1836, he married Catharine Lane in Butler County, Ohio. They had the following children: Mary Eliza Williams, HenriettaWilliams, Emma Hetfield Williams and Francis Jane Williams. Catharine and Emma died in 1848. John remarried Harriet Noble in 1849 in Hamilton County, Ohio, although he resided in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. They had the following children: Clara Belle Williams, Benjamin Franklin Williams, Ella Amelia Williams (married name Bergstrom), and Edward Noble H. Williams (my line). They moved to California in 1875. I believe that John Marsh Williams parents were Abraham and Elizabeth Williams. LDS's file shows a christening for a John Marsh Williams on Dec. 6, 1812, with those parents in the Presbyterian Church, Westfield, Union, New Jersey. A biography of Edward Noble Williams says that his father, John Marsh Williams, was born in New Jersey. If there are any connections please let me know. Michelle

Hello, All, I have been busy adding information to our new ROLL Galleries site, and have a homepage NOW from which all Galleries, etc. can be accessed: Cemetery Gravestone Photos, Family Pictures, Lineages, Inscriptions, Documents, etc.) We are still under construction and in our beginning stages, but adding thanks to our contributors. If you have anything relevant to this family, please send. We welcome pertinent photos & documents & lineages. Our connecting families are in the early NY; Essex Co., NJ; Union Co., NJ; Hamilton Co., OH; Butler Co., OH; Clark Co., OH; Miami Co., OH; and many other places. Surnames connected/interconnected with this family: RAWL, ROLL, MILLER, DUNHAM, ROSS, MILLS, BROOKS, CLARK, LATOURETTE, BACKER-BAKER, VANWOGGELUM, ENYART/ENYARD/INJART/etc. I welcome any information, pictures, ideas, etc. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/ROLL/ROLLgallerieshome. html Audrey

My gr-gr-grandfather, Walter Morrel Bramhall (b. 1839 NY, d. 1913 NJ) grew up in New Jersey, around S. Orange and Rahway (according to letters written in 1906). He wrote about being in the same regiment with other Rahway boys, some of whom were still his buddies. He was in the 6th Independant Battery, NY Light Artillery. I was initially surprised that he joined a NY regiment when he lived in NJ, but it looks as though it was fairly common, with many families spread between the two states in and aroung NY City. So - if you can't find someone in a NJ regiment, it's worth trying NY. Hope this helps someone. Sandy Smith [email protected]

Hey, Everyone, Take a look at our ROLL MEMORIAL GALLERY. Surnames include: ROLL-BROOKS-DUNHAM-ROSS Go to the homepage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/ROLL/MEMORIALgallery.ht ml and click on the link to access the first three photos of the gravestones of our ROLL family. Be sure to get the complete URL all the way to the .html. Sometimes it does not come through as a complete hyperlink when sending e-mail, so be sure to put the complete URL in your browser space. THANKS to Dave in Long Island...AND does anyone else have any scanned pictures out there or other scanned items you would like to see on a website for the ROLL family? Also, don't forget to access William Henry ROLL's site, the ROLL WINDMILL. I have placed a hyperlink to his page from the MEMORIAL GALLERY. Also, Bill has a GEDCOM on the RootsWeb WorldConnect site. Audrey

Thanks Sandy. I will certainly try. Rich

Rich, Here's an interesting site with lots of information about all the NJ Volunteer units in the Civil War. http://www.newjerseycivilwarunits.com/ Check it out! Arlene Dunkum [email protected] wrote: > I would like to than everyone who responded with great information about > soldiers from Union County and Elizabeth who fought in the civil war. I am > on vacation in florida and unfortunately I read my mail on my brother's > computer who lives here and all of the great emails that I received were > lost. I thought that they would automatically be saved in my email file just > as if I were using my own computer. I would greatly appreciate it if those > that sent me information could please resend the email to me so that I can > save it. > Thanks so much for the great response. Below is the original email message > sent to the list. > Thanks again, > Rich > > My great-grandfather William McSweeney came from County Cork, Ireland to > fight in the civil war. He and several other Irish men were paid to fight > for the north. He stayed her for a year and then returned to Ireland. I am > told that a picture of his company with him in it hung in the county > courthouse in Elizabeth. > Does anyone know of a civil war company from Union County. I would > appreciate any information.

Can anyone tell me where I could find a list of civil war soldiers from Plainfield NJ? Thanks John J. Flynn

In a message dated 4/12/00 8:55:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << http://www.newjerseycivilwarunits.com/ >> Thank you!

My gg grandfather, James Gunn of Warren Township was enrolled as a Sharp Shooter on August 23, 1864 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, with Company C, 14th Regiment. He was wounded in the battle of Cedar Creek, Virignia. I hope this repeat info a a previous posting may be useful... ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NJUNION] Union County Civil War Soldiers >Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2000, 6:44 AM > > I would like to than everyone who responded with great information about > soldiers from Union County and Elizabeth who fought in the civil war. I am > on vacation in florida and unfortunately I read my mail on my brother's > computer who lives here and all of the great emails that I received were > lost. I thought that they would automatically be saved in my email file just > as if I were using my own computer. I would greatly appreciate it if those > that sent me information could please resend the email to me so that I can > save it. > Thanks so much for the great response. Below is the original email message > sent to the list. > Thanks again, > Rich > > My great-grandfather William McSweeney came from County Cork, Ireland to > fight in the civil war. He and several other Irish men were paid to fight > for the north. He stayed her for a year and then returned to Ireland. I am > told that a picture of his company with him in it hung in the county > courthouse in Elizabeth. > Does anyone know of a civil war company from Union County. I would > appreciate any information. > >

Janice, I am the original poster of this message and my information tells me they are in the easterly part of the cemetery. Are you researching the Hand surname? Penny

Judy, Thanks so very much but another woman has already offered. I'll keep you in mind though just in case she doesn't come through for some reason. Penny

Hi Judy I was wondering if you could tell me where in the cemetery they are I plan on going next month. I would really appreciate it thank you Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Pisano <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 5:48 AM Subject: Re: [NJUNION] Rahway Cemetery-HAND ANCESTORS > Hi! > I work in Rahway, just a few blocks from the cemetery. > Give me a few days to get over there and see if I can > find the stones you're looking for. I have a digital > camera and can take pics of them for you if I can find > them. > Judy > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > Hi list, > > Could someone tell me if the above cemetery is still > > there? In or close to > > the town of Rahway I believe. I have at least two > > Hand ancestors buried > > there and would love to get pictures of tombstones. > > Is there someone who > > would be willing to do this? I would of course pay > > them. NEHEMIAH HAND AND > > WIFE LYDIA (easterly part) and possibly BENJAMIN > > HAND. > > > > > > ===== > Judy Jamieson Pisano > [email protected] > "The Bird Families of New Jersey" <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~birdnj> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com > >

Hi! I work in Rahway, just a few blocks from the cemetery. Give me a few days to get over there and see if I can find the stones you're looking for. I have a digital camera and can take pics of them for you if I can find them. Judy --- [email protected] wrote: > Hi list, > Could someone tell me if the above cemetery is still > there? In or close to > the town of Rahway I believe. I have at least two > Hand ancestors buried > there and would love to get pictures of tombstones. > Is there someone who > would be willing to do this? I would of course pay > them. NEHEMIAH HAND AND > WIFE LYDIA (easterly part) and possibly BENJAMIN > HAND. > > ===== Judy Jamieson Pisano [email protected] "The Bird Families of New Jersey" <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~birdnj> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com