Al, I still have problems getting emails to you. My last just bounced. I remailed so we'll see what happens. Deanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "b1caez02" <b1caez02@cogeco.ca> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] To: Deanna for research consideration...the brickiest ofbrick walls... > Deanna: I am sorry to hear of your condition. Hope you are up and > kicking soon. No hurry...get the rest while you can. > > ...Al > > Deanna Smith wrote: > >>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 >>> >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > -- > 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 >