Being an obsessive, I am bogged down. I can't get this darn Smith business clarified, I'm, stuck on this stage. If you have access to ancestry.com or some other pay service, for which I am unable to belong to, I am looking for a Lucy Smith [wd] of Brimfield, MA. Now this is not as easy as it seems. 1. Lucy [bc May 27, 1741] is really Lucy Lynde, d/o Samuel Lynde and Lucy Lamb of Leicester, MA [md. Oct 09, 1740] 2. she marries Nathaniel Smith of Leicester, MA...[bc Sep 16, 1738; md Aug 14, 1762] 3. they had five children, somewhere!!!! 4. one of which is "my" Polly Smith, the other four are unfound as of yet 5. she married Solomon Thompson in Brimfield, MA [bc Nov 23, 1760; md Jul 13, 1786] 6. BUT!... Nathaniel and Lucy disappear from Leicester, MA, and turn up in the 1771/2 Census for Guilford, VT/NY 7. this is a tumultuous time when VT, MA, NH and NY are fighting over who is going to get that part of the wilderness as part of their state...so we have a conflict between two groups, the Yorkers and the Sufferers 8. the Smiths are in the middle of it 9. each side trying to outdo the other in records destruction...for eight years!!! 10. Polly was born c 1764, so she would have been about seven-eight years old at the time of the census 11. Polly marries Solomon back in Brimfield, in July 13, 1786, 14 years after the census and at the ae 22 years 12. where were Polly and her family during those "lost years" VT, NYS, ? 13. and, how is it that Polly is back in Brimfield...what has happened in the space of those 12 years??? 14. we also find a Lucy Smith, [wd] marrying a Thomas Ellinwood, back in Brimfield, Jun 03, 1784...just two years before her daughter...SAME TOWN, SAME CHURCH... there is an Ellenwood in Brattleborough, did she return to Brimfield with his party...as there are few Ellenwoods to be found anywhere... 15. I can find nothing to identify this Lucy Smith [wd] as the original Lucy Lynde that md Nathaniel Smith, so I must assume until then, that she is the one I am looking for 16. Lucy Smith [ae 43] md Thomas Ellinwood [bc Aug 01, 1728/mdc Jun 03, 1784; ae 56], and is his third wife 17. guess who his second wife was...and who just so happens to have connections back to the Thompsons, MARY THOMPSON, Solomon's aunt!!! [sounds like the Ozarks] 18. so Lucy is now, Solomon's aunt and his wife's mother! ...if my assumptions have merit... one big happy family 19. but what happened to Nathaniel, Polly's father, and Lucy's husband? ...his death cannot be found anywhere... 20. and since Polly and her mother are living in or near Brimfield, the other children must have been there as well...some probably already married, more than likely they are all married, but to whom? 21. assuming the children were ...using the LDS figures... .....born........ 1762/3, 1764/5 [Polly], 1766/7, 1768/9, 1770/1 females md....1782/3, 1784/5>1786], 1786/7, 1788/9, 1790/1 males md.......1786/7, 1788/9..........., 1790/1, 1792/3, 1794/5 22. are there children? fitting this year sequence? md, whose parents are Nathaniel Smith and Lucy {Lynde} Smith? Bottom line, I'd like to find the children, etc.. Were they left in Brattleborough/Guilford as they came of age and settle down, or did they return to Brimfield, MA with their mother? If you care to assist, and need more information, please ask... Kindest regards, Al -- Al ...: Genealogist... B.A., M.Ed., (U.E., S.A.R. pending), L.O.L... [rtd] Only the expression of an idea is subject to copyright...and only the copying of a significant part of the "expression" of that idea, is subject to Copyright Law. The idea itself, information, and facts cannot themselves be protected by copyright. Researching Surnames: Claydon-Cambridge, Eng.; Ont., Can.--Damude-Ont, Can. Dempster-Scotland--------------------Fraser-Nairn, Scotland Gisso-Ontario Can.-------------------Hainer-Ont., Can.; Mich. US Hancock-Mass, US---------------------Hill-Ontario Can. Hitchock-Mass, US--------------------Huycke-Ont., Can. Lynde-Mass. US-----------------------Moore-NJ'r'y, US; Ont. Can. Smith-Ont., Can.---------------------Swan-Nairn, Scotland; Ont.,Can. Thompson-Mass., US; Ont., Can.-------Upper-NJ'r'y, US; Ont., Ca. Waters/Walters, PEC-Ont.-------------Whitmore-Mass. US Wilson-Ont., Can.--------------------Woodworth-Camb., Eng. Young-Germany; Ont., Can.------------Zimmerman-Germany; Ont., Can. ...and all names associated with those lines. eFAX ME: 1 (267) 285-5306 [use the numeral 1 only if from outside NA. The LARGE PRINT giveth, and the small print, taketh away! Part o' the 23d Psalm "Surely guidness an' mercy, despite a' my roamin' Wull gang wi' me doon tae the brink o' the river. Ayont it nae mair o' the eerie an' gloamin' I wull bide in the Hame o' my Faither for ever." GOD DOES NOT LIVE "OUT THERE" HE/SHE LIVES "IN HERE"

Hello. I'm down with a "bug". I'll get back to you tomorrow. Deanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "b1caez02" <b1caez02@cogeco.ca> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:39 AM Subject: [NYCHENAN] To: Deanna for research consideration...the brickiest ofbrick walls... > Being an obsessive, I am bogged down. I can't get this darn Smith > business clarified, I'm, stuck on this stage. > > If you have access to ancestry.com or some other pay service, for which > I am unable to belong to, I am looking for a Lucy Smith [wd] of > Brimfield, MA. Now this is not as easy as it seems. > > 1. Lucy [bc May 27, 1741] is really Lucy Lynde, d/o Samuel Lynde and > Lucy Lamb of Leicester, MA [md. Oct 09, 1740] > 2. she marries Nathaniel Smith of Leicester, MA...[bc Sep 16, 1738; md > Aug 14, 1762] > 3. they had five children, somewhere!!!! > 4. one of which is "my" Polly Smith, the other four are unfound as of yet > 5. she married Solomon Thompson in Brimfield, MA [bc Nov 23, 1760; md > Jul 13, 1786] > 6. BUT!... Nathaniel and Lucy disappear from Leicester, MA, and turn up > in the 1771/2 Census for Guilford, VT/NY > 7. this is a tumultuous time when VT, MA, NH and NY are fighting over > who is going to get that part of the wilderness as part of their > state...so we have a conflict between two groups, the Yorkers and the > Sufferers > 8. the Smiths are in the middle of it > 9. each side trying to outdo the other in records destruction...for > eight years!!! > 10. Polly was born c 1764, so she would have been about seven-eight > years old at the time of the census > 11. Polly marries Solomon back in Brimfield, in July 13, 1786, 14 years > after the census and at the ae 22 years > 12. where were Polly and her family during those "lost years" VT, NYS, ? > 13. and, how is it that Polly is back in Brimfield...what has happened > in the space of those 12 years??? > 14. we also find a Lucy Smith, [wd] marrying a Thomas Ellinwood, back in > Brimfield, Jun 03, 1784...just two years before her daughter...SAME > TOWN, SAME CHURCH... there is an Ellenwood in Brattleborough, did she > return to Brimfield with his party...as there are few Ellenwoods to be > found anywhere... > 15. I can find nothing to identify this Lucy Smith [wd] as the original > Lucy Lynde that md Nathaniel Smith, so I must assume until then, that > she is the one I am looking for > 16. Lucy Smith [ae 43] md Thomas Ellinwood [bc Aug 01, 1728/mdc Jun 03, > 1784; ae 56], and is his third wife > 17. guess who his second wife was...and who just so happens to have > connections back to the Thompsons, MARY THOMPSON, Solomon's aunt!!! > [sounds like the Ozarks] > 18. so Lucy is now, Solomon's aunt and his wife's mother! ...if my > assumptions have merit... one big happy family > 19. but what happened to Nathaniel, Polly's father, and Lucy's husband? > ...his death cannot be found anywhere... > 20. and since Polly and her mother are living in or near Brimfield, the > other children must have been there as well...some probably already > married, more than likely they are all married, but to whom? > 21. assuming the children were ...using the LDS figures... > .....born........ 1762/3, 1764/5 [Polly], 1766/7, 1768/9, 1770/1 > females md....1782/3, 1784/5>1786], 1786/7, 1788/9, 1790/1 > males md.......1786/7, 1788/9..........., 1790/1, 1792/3, 1794/5 > 22. are there children? fitting this year sequence? md, whose parents > are Nathaniel Smith and Lucy {Lynde} Smith? > > Bottom line, I'd like to find the children, etc.. Were they left in > Brattleborough/Guilford as they came of age and settle down, or did they > return to Brimfield, MA with their mother? > > If you care to assist, and need more information, please ask... > > Kindest regards, Al > > -- > Al ...: Genealogist... B.A., M.Ed., (U.E., S.A.R. pending), L.O.L... [rtd] > > Only the expression of an idea is subject to copyright...and only the copying of a > significant part of the "expression" of that idea, is subject to Copyright Law. > The idea itself, information, and facts cannot themselves be protected by copyright. > > Researching Surnames: > > Claydon-Cambridge, Eng.; Ont., Can.--Damude-Ont, Can. > Dempster-Scotland--------------------Fraser-Nairn, Scotland > Gisso-Ontario Can.-------------------Hainer-Ont., Can.; Mich. US > Hancock-Mass, US---------------------Hill-Ontario Can. > Hitchock-Mass, US--------------------Huycke-Ont., Can. > Lynde-Mass. US-----------------------Moore-NJ'r'y, US; Ont. Can. > Smith-Ont., Can.---------------------Swan-Nairn, Scotland; Ont.,Can. > Thompson-Mass., US; Ont., Can.-------Upper-NJ'r'y, US; Ont., Ca. > Waters/Walters, PEC-Ont.-------------Whitmore-Mass. US > Wilson-Ont., Can.--------------------Woodworth-Camb., Eng. > Young-Germany; Ont., Can.------------Zimmerman-Germany; Ont., Can. > > ...and all names associated with those lines. > > eFAX ME: 1 (267) 285-5306 [use the numeral 1 only if from outside NA. > > The LARGE PRINT giveth, and the small print, taketh away! > > Part o' the 23d Psalm > > "Surely guidness an' mercy, despite a' my roamin' > Wull gang wi' me doon tae the brink o' the river. > Ayont it nae mair o' the eerie an' gloamin' > I wull bide in the Hame o' my Faither for ever." > > GOD DOES NOT LIVE "OUT THERE" HE/SHE LIVES "IN HERE" > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >