Jackie Thank you for this information, I really appreciate it! Now I am trying to narrow down when they left Connecticut as the last time Elisha shows up on the CT census is 1810. More work needs to be done, but at least I have a start. Jan > Hi Jan: In the 1885 Portage County History there is an article on Joseph > L. > Carrier son of Lucius and Orilla Emerson Carrier, and his grandfather was > Elisha Carrier a native of Connecticut who settled in Brimfield