In honor of Mother's Day, I celebrate my maternal line. Paternal lines get so much attention since they carry the surname, but as a woman and a genealogist one must embrace the challenge of solving the shadowy mystery of the maternal connections. The following is 13 generations of American women who our my family's founders and who spent more than a century in Chenango County. 1) Elizabeth Tefft b. abt 1646 Stonington, New London, Connecticut 2) Eleanor Utter b. 1672 Stonington, New London, Connecticut 3) Eleanor Randall b. 6/24/1694 Stonington, New London, Connecticut 4) Eleanor Greene b. May 2, 1718 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island 5) Thankful Lewis, Abt 1745 Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island 6) Mary Lewis b. 5/3/1784 Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut 7) Almeda Gates abt 1822 Pharsalia, Chenango Co., New York 8) Angeline Burdick b. 1845 Pharsalia, Chenango Co., New York 9) Iva Bell Thompson b. 8/24/1870 Lincklean, Chenango Co., New York 10 Hazel Kenyon b. 4/7/1896 Chenango Co., New York 11 Margaret (b. Oneida, New York) 12 Teresa 13 Sarah Who are your foremothers? Teresa

Teresa Culver <terryculver@embarqmail.com> wrote: In honor of Mother's Day, I celebrate my maternal line. Paternal lines get so much attention since they carry the surname, but as a woman and a genealogist one must embrace the challenge of solving the shadowy mystery of the maternal connections. The following is 13 generations of American women who our my family's founders and who spent more than a century in Chenango County. 7) Almeda Gates abt 1822 Pharsalia, Chenango Co., New York Teresa I read your most interesting Maternal line. I have been hunting for the possible parents of Rachel Gates, who married Elijah Smith. Her eldest known child, Simon D Smith was born ca 1843. Webster Genealogy states Elijah Smith was a stone mason and his wife was Rachel Antonette Gates, per the 1855 & 1865 Rachel was born ca 1819 in Chenango County Anne LIFE MAY NOT BE THE PARTY WE EXPECTED, BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

I'll modify my list slightly and celebrate the women in my direct line who spent all or part of their lives living in Chenango County. 1) Ruth Eva Ratzlaff b. 8 Jan 1917 Kansas 2) Orleva Catherine Hine b. 12 Aug 1897 Wayne Co, PA 3) Minnie Estelle Tiffany b. 4 Jul 1869 Susquehanna Depot, Susquehanna Co, PA 4) Martha Louisa Olds b. 6 Nov 1866 Morris, Otsego, NY 5) Henrietta Wright b. 1846 New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY 6) Martha b. 1813 Massachusetts 7) Mercy Holcomb b 1788 Herkimer Co, NY 8) Louisa Kelsey b 1809 Dutchess Co, NY 9) Sarah Montgomery b 17 May 1818 Madison Co, NY 10) Rebecca Rowley b 1785 NY 11 Deborah Pratt 22 Dec 1760 Oxford, Worcester Co, MA 12 Caty b 1785 Max

Nice idea for Mother's Day, Teresa. Here are my female ancestors, some of whom were from Chenango County. The ones in Broome County lived very near Chenango County. Pat (Rowe) Stone Some of my father's family lived in Chenango County: 1) Amelia Lois Ingraham b. 20 Feb 1897 in Chenango Forks, Broome Co., NY d.04 Mar 1987 in Cortland, Cortland Co., NY . 2) Amelia's mother, AnnJanett Doxey b. 25 Dec 1856 in Fenton, Broome Co., NY, d. 05 Jul 1936 in Chenango Forks. 3) Amelia's paternal grandmother, Caroline E. Leach, b. 1814 in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, d. 04 Jun 1904 in Chenango Forks 4) Caroline's mother, Susanna, probably b. 1773 in (Montgomery) NY, prob. d. 18 Dec 1840 in Brisben, Chenango Co., NY 5) Amelia's paternal gr-grandmother, Rebecca b. abt 1772 in Mass., died after 1850 prob. in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY. My mother's family was not from Chenango County but I'd like to list them anyhow :-) 1) Elizabeth Theresa Helmes b. 18 Aug 1915 in Poland, Herkimer Co., NY, d. 27 May 1998 in Mendon, Monroe Co., NY 2) Her mother, Josephine H. Roth b. 29 Jul 1888 in Wallisgruen (Walesgreen), Austria/Bohemia, d. 17 Dec 1949 in Waterville, Oneida Co., NY 3) Josephine's mother, Anna Knopf b. 1852 in Neuwallisdorf, Austria/Bohemia , d. unk 4) Anna's mother, Thekla Durschmid b. 1827 in Neuwallisdorf, Austria/Bohemia, d. unk 5) Thekla's mother, Theresia Mayer 6) Anna's paternal grandmother, Maria Anna Urban ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [NYCHENAN] Maternal Line > In honor of Mother's Day, > > I celebrate my maternal line. Paternal lines get so much attention > since they carry the surname, but as a woman and a genealogist one > must embrace the challenge of solving the shadowy mystery of the > maternal connections. > > The following is 13 generations of American women who our my family's > founders and who spent more than a century in Chenango County.