Arlettia, You've tapped into my line. I descend from Thaddeus' youngest son, Josiah. They moved from Rensselaer County > Cattaraugus County, NY > Miami County, KS > to Walla Walla, WA by the late 1800's. I would love to share information. Donna Fulton Price Bellevue, WA smoke@mcn.net wrote: > Hello, > Here is my Rich line, I'd like to hear from an "cousins" out there > to expand on what I have and to share information. > The line starts with Micheal DeRich in Esses Co, Mass about > 1672. Micheal was married to Mary Bassett of the Witch Trials. > Micheal had a son, ( not sure Mary Bassett was the mother) > named John DeRich who married Martha Foster on Oct 25, 1698 in > Essex, Mass. > They had a son name Paul, and Paul changed the name to > Rich. He married Bethia Colburn on Feb 10, 1733 and lived in > Dudley, Worcester Co, Mass. > They had a son named Thaddeus Rich who married August 19, > 1760 and lived in Worchester Co. Mass. Thaddeus married Abiah > Frost > Their son John Rich Sr moved the family from Mass through > Vermont to N.Y. He married Susanna Putney on May 1, 1782. > John died in Warren Co. N.Y in 1849. > Their son was John Rich Jr. who married Jane Patterson in > 1815. They lived in Rensselaer Co. N.Y. ( John had family in > Washington Co. N.Y. also. There are several of this Rich line in > these two counties.) > Their son was Moses T. Rich who move to Michigan from > where he served in the Civil War. He was in Bay Co and moved to > Saginaw Co. He married Almira Bellmore. > Moses was my husband's grandfather. > Anyone connected, I'd love hearing from you. > Arlettia Fyfe > smoke@mcn.net