Hello, I've been looking at my CROSBY ancestors this week, and I've discovered that my sister's research has a mistake in our family-line. But, it is a mistake made by other researchers in the past. * But, in the process, I was reminded of the family-tree of John CROSBY (1797-1854) in Arlington, MA. His grandparents were Samuel FROST and Abigail CUTTER, and Samuel's brother, Ephraim, married Abigail's sister, Mary. So, the daughter of Samuel was the half-cousin? of Ephraim's son, Ephraim? Going back to John, who was the grandson of Samuel FROST, he married Mary BUCKNAM, who was the granddaughter of Ephraim, son of Ephraim FROST. So, how were John and Mary related? :o) And, coming down to my generation, my grandfather had 3 wives. He only fathered children with his first wife. But, he had step-children with both his second wife and third wife. We had met our step-cousins with his 3rd wife when we were children. But, we never met the step-cousins from the second wife as she died when I was a toddler. But, because of my postings on the Lists and Boards, one of the grandchildren responded to me, and we have been corresponding since. And, they invited me out to Central Massachusetts to meet them 2 summers ago ! (The 2nd wife was Mrs. Hazel (SHAW) (McAVOUR) (BEDELL) LEWIS, and she had a McAVOUR son and four BEDELL children. If my brain is working this morning, the 4 BEDELL children were my father's step-siblings ! So, the children of the BEDELL step-daughters and step-son, were his step-nieces and step-nephew. (It was the BEDELL step-grandchildren of my grandfather whom I met.) So, how are we related? And, to add to the discussion, my father's KIDDER uncle married my mother's KERR sister. So, my mother's sister was - by marriage - her aunt ! And my father's uncle was - by marriage - also his brother-in-law ! And, thus, my father's male first-cousin was also - by marriage - his nephew ! So, Clinton is both my first-cousin and second-cousin ? :o) Did I figure that right? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) * Researchers in "town histories" in MA have a Simon CROSBY, b1758, marrying Lydia H. FROST in 1787 and having only one son, John in 1797. And, having the same Simon CROSBY marrying a Sarah HOWE in 1789 and moving to NH and having at least 7 children. So, instead of my sister coming up with a family-line of CROSBY's going back to Simon in Billerica, MA, I now have to start from scratch trying to find out who the parents were of the Simon who married in Cambridge, MA (instead of the Simon marrying in Brookfield, MA.) New List created on Feb. 1: CAN-USA-MIGRATION For Genealogy researchers, please remember to check the archives of the Lists & Boards for both your surnames and place-names.

Betty, If I interpreted correctly, I would offer the following relationship for these folks: "But, in the process, I was reminded of the family-tree of John CROSBY (1797-1854) in Arlington, MA. His grandparents were Samuel FROST and Abigail CUTTER, and Samuel's brother, Ephraim, married Abigail's sister, Mary. So, the daughter of Samuel was the half-cousin? of Ephraim's son, Ephraim?" *** d/o Samuel was "double cousin" of s/o Ephraim. Cousin by an aunt on her mother's side and an uncle on her father's side. "Going back to John, who was the grandson of Samuel FROST, he married Mary BUCKNAM, who was the granddaughter of Ephraim, son of Ephraim FROST." So, how were John and Mary related? :o) *** Since Samuel and Ephraim were brothers (in same generation) and John and Mary were grandchildren of the two brothers (also same generation), they would be, by common set of GREAT-grandparents, 2nd cousins. If they were children of the marriages previously mentioned, they would also be double first cousins... or just "double cousins"... near as I can figure. Jared > Hello, > > I've been looking at my CROSBY ancestors this week, and I've discovered > that > my sister's research has a mistake in our family-line. But, it is a > mistake made by other researchers in the past. * > > But, in the process, I was reminded of the family-tree of John CROSBY > (1797-1854) in Arlington, MA. His grandparents were Samuel FROST and > Abigail CUTTER, and Samuel's brother, Ephraim, married Abigail's sister, > Mary. So, the daughter of Samuel was the half-cousin? of Ephraim's > son, > Ephraim? > > Going back to John, who was the grandson of Samuel FROST, he married Mary > BUCKNAM, who was the granddaughter of Ephraim, son of Ephraim FROST. > > So, how were John and Mary related? :o) > > And, coming down to my generation, my grandfather had 3 wives. He > only > fathered children with his first wife. But, he had step-children with > both his second wife and third wife. We had met our step-cousins with > his 3rd wife when we were children. But, we never met the step-cousins > from the second wife as she died when I was a toddler. > > But, because of my postings on the Lists and Boards, one of the > grandchildren responded to me, and we have been corresponding since. > And, > they invited me out to Central Massachusetts to meet them 2 summers ago ! > > (The 2nd wife was Mrs. Hazel (SHAW) (McAVOUR) (BEDELL) LEWIS, and she had > a > McAVOUR son and four BEDELL children. If my brain is working this > morning, the 4 BEDELL children were my father's step-siblings ! So, > the > children of the BEDELL step-daughters and step-son, were his step-nieces > and > step-nephew. (It was the BEDELL step-grandchildren of my grandfather > whom I met.) So, how are we related? > > And, to add to the discussion, my father's KIDDER uncle married my > mother's > KERR sister. So, my mother's sister was - by marriage - her aunt ! > And > my father's uncle was - by marriage - also his brother-in-law ! And, > thus, my father's male first-cousin was also - by marriage - his nephew ! > So, Clinton is both my first-cousin and second-cousin ? > :o) Did I figure that right? > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > * > Researchers in "town histories" in MA have a Simon CROSBY, b1758, marrying > Lydia H. FROST in 1787 and having only one son, John in 1797. And, > having > the same Simon CROSBY marrying a Sarah HOWE in 1789 and moving to NH and > having at least 7 children. > > So, instead of my sister coming up with a family-line of CROSBY's going > back > to Simon in Billerica, MA, I now have to start from scratch trying to > find > out who the parents were of the Simon who married in Cambridge, MA > (instead > of the Simon marrying in Brookfield, MA.) > > > > New List created on Feb. 1: CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > For Genealogy researchers, please remember to check the archives of the > Lists & Boards for both your surnames and place-names. > > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com