Perhaps he is buried there but noone in the family had a tomestone erected. I suspect that Madeine is buried there. Ed Wright ----- Original Message ----- From: <Foon123@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Tombstone Question >I had a question regarding a tombstone inscription for some of my >ancestors. > > The inscription reads: In Memory of > Margaret Lowe > Wife of Edward Blake > Died Mar 13, 1907 > > Requiescot in Pace > Madeleine Blake > Died August 7, 1950 > > Is this simply a memorial stone or is it the final resting spot for both > Margaret Lowe Blake and her daughter, Madeleine? If this is actually on a > grave > site, it seems strange to me that Edward Blake would not be buried there > as > well. I have no information that he ever remarried, but what other > reason > would there be for him not being there? > > Thanks! > Shannon > > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I had a question regarding a tombstone inscription for some of my ancestors. The inscription reads: In Memory of Margaret Lowe Wife of Edward Blake Died Mar 13, 1907 Requiescot in Pace Madeleine Blake Died August 7, 1950 Is this simply a memorial stone or is it the final resting spot for both Margaret Lowe Blake and her daughter, Madeleine? If this is actually on a grave site, it seems strange to me that Edward Blake would not be buried there as well. I have no information that he ever remarried, but what other reason would there be for him not being there? Thanks! Shannon <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I was wondering if someone on this list would be kind enough to check for a marriage record in Irvington for me. My great-grandparents, Thomas BLAKE and Mary MCDONNELL/MCDONALD, were married between 1881 and 1885 (their first child was born on September 1, 1885). All four of their children were baptized in Immaculate Conception Church in Irvington. However, according to the church, its marriage records do not go back as far as the records on baptisms. I would appreciate any help in locating this record. Thank you very much! Shannon Yowell <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Several years ago I had written St. Michael's and did not hear back. I even had the plot no. I had to call then I received the information a few weeks later. Charissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.H." <hnunnie@frontiernet.net> To: <NYWESTCH@rootsweb.com>; <NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] St. Michael's Cemetery - Help > Hi, > > I was wondering if some kind sole could go to St. Michael's Cemetery > Office in Queens and try to get some information on who I believe is my > great grandfather. I want to see who his wife or family is, as I have his > death certificate & it only says "Married". > > > > I sent St. Michael's a letter a few months ago with a S.A.S.E. and have > not heard anything & I am just dying to find if this is he. > > > > Person in Question > Name - John Maduske > > Age - 63 years old > > D.O.D. - May 2, 1910 - by suicide > > Place of burial - St. Michael's Cemetery > > Burial Date - May 5th. 1910 > > > > Hoping his wife name is Ottilia (Otilie) - son August & daughter Olga. > > Thank you, > > June J > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well thank you!! I hear you about the good weather & so agree with you and SO WILLING to wait for any information, should you find it. Thank you so much, Junie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Person in Question Name - John Maduske Age - 63 years old D.O.D. - May 2, 1910 - by suicide Place of burial - St. Michael's Cemetery Burial Date - May 5th. 1910 Hoping his wife name is Ottilia (Otilie) - son August & daughter Olga.

Yes, please let me know. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <GonyaJL@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] GEOGRAPHY EXPERT > Thank you so much, Maureen! I'll get right to it! > > I'm researching TELLER, FORSTER and DEFOREST. > > Will let you know how I make out! > > Thanks again! > Jean > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you so much, Maureen! I'll get right to it! I'm researching TELLER, FORSTER and DEFOREST. Will let you know how I make out! Thanks again! Jean <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Jean, You can view a list of surnames that the MacKenzie papers covers on the Westchester Historical Society website. If you find what you are looking for you can order the page numbers for a pittance. Which names are you looking for?? I have SMITH, WARD, SHERWOOD, DRAKE and ARCHER. I think there are other surname pp on David See's Sleepy Hollow Central page if it is still online. I haven't looked lately. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <GonyaJL@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] GEOGRAPHY EXPERT >I live in Florida. How can I find out if there is any information about >my > ancestors in the McKenzie manuscript, and if there is, how can I get > copies > of it? I know there are other sources as well, but I have no idea of how > to > access these. > > Guess I need HELP! Please! > > Jean > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I live in Florida. How can I find out if there is any information about my ancestors in the McKenzie manuscript, and if there is, how can I get copies of it? I know there are other sources as well, but I have no idea of how to access these. Guess I need HELP! Please! Jean <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I plan to make a trip there once the weather gets nicer, as my grandfather is buried there. Let me know if I can help. Send along specifics. cfscenic@aol.com <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hi, I was wondering if some kind sole could go to St. Michael's Cemetery Office in Queens and try to get some information on who I believe is my great grandfather. I want to see who his wife or family is, as I have his death certificate & it only says "Married". I sent St. Michael's a letter a few months ago with a S.A.S.E. and have not heard anything & I am just dying to find if this is he. Person in Question Name - John Maduske Age - 63 years old D.O.D. - May 2, 1910 - by suicide Place of burial - St. Michael's Cemetery Burial Date - May 5th. 1910 Hoping his wife name is Ottilia (Otilie) - son August & daughter Olga. Thank you, June J

Can't underline or write in the margins with CDs either. Of course I don't write in borrowed books from the library but lately I've been buying a lot of books of my own on favorite subjects. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] CD search hint > Maureen, > > You have expressed my feelings on CDs perfectly. Plus you can't mark CD > pages with stickies. > > Barbara > > quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> wrote: > Thanks, Carol. > > My problem with CDs instead of books is that Cds are so cumbersome. If I > want to find someone/something in a book I go to the Index then to the pp > indicated by just turning pages. With a CD it becomes a major production > just to FIND the page and then try to access who/what I want on it. > .....and > I find that working on a computer for long hours gives me a lot of > eyestrain > which doesn't happen with books no matter how far into the night I read. > Books don't give me a sore shoulder and aching back either. I just curl up > with one or several wherever it's comfortable.LOL. > > Cds are not so heavy though!! LOL. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:16 AM > Subject: [NYWESTCH] CD search hint > > >> >> Remember that when you are looking at a scanned book, or other file, you >> can press "Control F" This will bring up a search box. Type in Family >> name >> or other word you are looking for & it will search for and give you a >> list >> of pages where this word appears, then just click on the page you want to >> look at. System is not perfect and can miss things but give you look at >> what the book contains. >> >> Thanks, >> Carol L. Heap >> >> "You live as long as you are remembered" >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My problem with CDs instead of books is that Cds are so cumbersome. If I want to find someone/something in a book I go to the Index then to the pp indicated by just turning pages. With a CD it becomes a major production Maureen, I agree, I love BOOKs and my house shows it, the first thing I packed when we moved down from NY was the books I couldn't live without. Yes I left a lot behind but some were too important. Thanks, Carol L. Heap "You live as long as you are remembered"

Thanks, Carol. My problem with CDs instead of books is that Cds are so cumbersome. If I want to find someone/something in a book I go to the Index then to the pp indicated by just turning pages. With a CD it becomes a major production just to FIND the page and then try to access who/what I want on it. .....and I find that working on a computer for long hours gives me a lot of eyestrain which doesn't happen with books no matter how far into the night I read. Books don't give me a sore shoulder and aching back either. I just curl up with one or several wherever it's comfortable.LOL. Cds are not so heavy though!! LOL. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <cheap@simon.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] CD search hint > > Remember that when you are looking at a scanned book, or other file, you > can press "Control F" This will bring up a search box. Type in Family > name > or other word you are looking for & it will search for and give you a list > of pages where this word appears, then just click on the page you want to > look at. System is not perfect and can miss things but give you look at > what the book contains. > > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > > "You live as long as you are remembered" > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Maureen, You have expressed my feelings on CDs perfectly. Plus you can't mark CD pages with stickies. Barbara quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> wrote: Thanks, Carol. My problem with CDs instead of books is that Cds are so cumbersome. If I want to find someone/something in a book I go to the Index then to the pp indicated by just turning pages. With a CD it becomes a major production just to FIND the page and then try to access who/what I want on it. .....and I find that working on a computer for long hours gives me a lot of eyestrain which doesn't happen with books no matter how far into the night I read. Books don't give me a sore shoulder and aching back either. I just curl up with one or several wherever it's comfortable.LOL. Cds are not so heavy though!! LOL. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] CD search hint > > Remember that when you are looking at a scanned book, or other file, you > can press "Control F" This will bring up a search box. Type in Family > name > or other word you are looking for & it will search for and give you a list > of pages where this word appears, then just click on the page you want to > look at. System is not perfect and can miss things but give you look at > what the book contains. > > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > > "You live as long as you are remembered" > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: <cheap@simon.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 7:16 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] CD search hint > > Remember that when you are looking at a scanned book, or other file, you > can press "Control F" This will bring up a search box. Type in Family > name > or other word you are looking for & it will search for and give you a list > of pages where this word appears, then just click on the page you want to > look at. System is not perfect and can miss things but give you look at > what the book contains. > > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > > "You live as long as you are remembered" > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Westchester County Genealogical Society (NY) Upcoming Meeting Hope you can make it to the Westchester County Genealogical Society (WCGS) Upcoming Meeting! It will be this coming Saturday at the Aldersgate Memorial United Methodist Church. The Westchester County Genealogical Society is please to present “Ireland’s Forgotten Heroes: A Look at Ireland’s World War I Soldiers” a talk by Tom Phelan at their meeting on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10am. Tom Phelan will discuss the many reasons why a quarter of a million Irish men fought in the Great War, and he will explore why Ireland's World War I veterans do not occupy an honored place in the pantheon of Irish heroes. Tom Phelan is the author of the acclaimed World War I novel “The Canal Bridge” as well as “In the Season of the Daisies”, “Iscariot”, and “Derrycloney”. He has also written for Newsday and for the journal of the American Irish Historical Society. Born and raised in Ireland, Tom now makes his home in NY. The meeting will be held at the Aldersgate Methodist Church, 600 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry (across from Mercy College on route 9). Guests are welcome ($3 donation is requested). There will be refreshments and genealogical networking starting at 9:30am. The meeting will be held at: When: Saturday, March 10, 2007 @ 10 a.m. Where: Aldersgate Memorial United Methodist Church, 600 Broadway (route 9), Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA – plenty of free parking Hope you can come on Saturday! For information about Westchester County Genealogical Society (Westchester Connection or Surname List), visit WCGS home page -- _http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/) RESERVED THESE DATES FOR WCGS Future Meetings Apr 14, 2007 Preserving Your Family’s Memories on DVD* at Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY Risa Neuwirth - LifeStory Productions May 12, 2007 Italian Immigration through the Ports of New York and New Orleans E.P. Vallone June 9, 2007 Incorporating Memoirs into Fiction Edith Glass <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Remember that when you are looking at a scanned book, or other file, you can press "Control F" This will bring up a search box. Type in Family name or other word you are looking for & it will search for and give you a list of pages where this word appears, then just click on the page you want to look at. System is not perfect and can miss things but give you look at what the book contains. Thanks, Carol L. Heap "You live as long as you are remembered"

With this site everyone and all groups can email any Govt. official or Dept. It should be used for all issues by all people. Never before in the history of the country have so many had such easy access to so few that control so much! http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml Deluge NARA with emails in protest, at least of such massive increases as proposed. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MzScarlettDigs@aol.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] NARA hiking rates 338% on CW Pension Records All fees going up. > we are asking for access to our own families. > > Please post names and addresses of governmental > officials to contact, to all. > > Many thanks, > Barbara > > > > > >> Subj:[NYWESTCH] NARA hiking rates 338% on CW Pension Records >> Date:3/2/2007 10:27:41 AM Eastern Standard Time >> From:maritag@earthlink.net >> I received this on another list. >> >> 1. NARA hiking rates 338% on CW Pension Records.. >> >> >> [please circulate intact, please note that the Civil War pension as >> well >> as other military pension/bounty records are not microfilmed except for >> Revolutionary War, only the indexes were. >> - David Samuelsen] >> >> *Warning to all U.S. genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal >> Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions >> of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration >> (NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is >> for a 338% increase! >> >> Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to >> cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim >> final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records >> of >> other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. >> >> The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" >> language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all >> fees. No surprise there, right? >> >> Here is the list: >> >> Type of record >> Order form >> Proposed Fee >> >> Passenger arrival lists >> NATF Form 81 >> $25.00 >> >> Federal Census requests >> NATF Form 82 >> $25.00 >> >> Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims >> NATF Form 83 >> $25.00 >> >> Land entry records >> NATF Form 84 >> $40.00 >> >> Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). >> NATF Form 85 >> $125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) >> >> Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) >> NATF Form 85 >> $60.00 >> >> Pension documents packet (selected records). >> NATF Form 85 >> $25.00 >> >> Bounty land warrant application files >> NATF Form 85 >> $25.00 >> >> Military service files more than 75 years old >> NATF Form 86 >> $25.00 >> >> Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's >> much more information available in the Federal Register. >> >> The link to the proposed rule is: >> http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/2 >> 007/E7-3160.htm >> >> >> <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/ >> 2007/E7-3160.htm >> >> The link to the interim final rule is: >> http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/2 >> 007/E7-3162.htm >> >> >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. NARA hiking rates 338% on CW Pension Records... (G Frazier) >> >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:56:23 -0500 >> From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net >> Subject: [ILMACOUP] NARA hiking rates 338% on CW Pension Records... >> To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <6.0.0.14.1.20070301124614.026d0478@pop.earthlink.net >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >> [please circulate intact, please note that the Civil War pension as >> well >> as other military pension/bounty records are not microfilmed except for >> Revolutionary War, only the indexes were. >> - David Samuelsen] >> >> *Warning to all U.S. genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal >> Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions >> of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration >> (NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is >> for a 338% increase! >> >> Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to >> cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim >> final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records >> of >> other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. >> >> The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" >> language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all >> fees. No surprise there, right? >> >> Here is the list: >> >> Type of record >> Order form >> Proposed Fee >> >> Passenger arrival lists >> NATF Form 81 >> $25.00 >> >> Federal Census requests >> NATF Form 82 >> $25.00 >> >> Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims >> NATF Form 83 >> $25.00 >> >> Land entry records >> NATF Form 84 >> $40.00 >> >> Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). >> NATF Form 85 >> $125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) >> >> Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) >> NATF Form 85 >> $60.00 >> >> Pension documents packet (selected records). >> NATF Form 85 >> $25.00 >> >> Bounty land warrant application files >> NATF Form 85 >> $25.00 >> >> Military service files more than 75 years old >> NATF Form 86 >> $25.00 >> >> Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's >> much more information available in the Federal Register. >> >> The link to the proposed rule is: >> http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/2 >> 007/E7-3160.htm >> >> >> <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/ >> 2007/E7-3160.htm >> >> The link to the interim final rule is: >> http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/ >> edocket.access.gpo.gov/2 >> 007/E7-3162.htm >> >> > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free email to >> everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at >> http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, How can I find a record of a possible indentured servant who might have arrived in Eastchester directly from England sometime between 1650 and 1681?? Or possibly arrived in CT and then migrated to Eastchester with whomever paid his way?? I'll explain: My brickwall 7th g-grandfather was listed as a "servant" of Thomas Palmer in Eastchester in 1681 when Thomas drowned at Hellgate. Thomas died intestate and a copy of his belongings showed he left little even for that day and age. So I had assumed that Matthew was an apprentice.... possibly for Thomas or maybe for Thomas' father Wm Palmer (Wm of Wethersfield, CT) who came to Eastchester several years before and had died before Thomas drowned. Today on another list there was a discussion of indentured servants to Canada. It dawned on me that Matthew Smith might have been that type of "servant" and instead of coming to the colonies with parents he might have come alone. For a decade now I have been fruitlessly searching records for Matthew's family......maybe he had no family here. He would have been quite young though because he was still living in 1749 according to MacKenzie. Also, does anyone know how old an indentured servant had to be to come alone to the colonies?? Thanks, Maureen