Elaine, Thank you so much for sharing this lovely poem with me and the other listers. I can see her walking on a dirt road up to the gates of the cemetery, walking on the path to her husband's grave. I see her thin, small, sort of wispy. She has a determined set to her jaw. I find it amazing that having been born in 1749, she was educated well enough to have written poetry. Many older women in my family at this time were not well educated. They were still signing their name with an X on pension application documents. Did she go to school, or did her parents teach her to read and write? Jean Q elainedecker@frontiernet.net wrote: For Jean Quiggle: Here is the newspaper article: AN OLD COLUMBUS POETESS Elsie Philips, of English descent, was born in 1749. September 1, 1851, when she was 102 years of age, she resided in Columbus, N.Y., and composed the following verse, which was printed and which was recently handed to me by a lady who found it in an old scrap-book (note from Elaine - Apparently this was entered into the newspaper by Spencer B. Pope.): I am like a little turtle dove, Seeking for some place to light, Where I may land my weary soul, Where I may rest both day and night. And when my night of rest doth come, The night for me to rest in sleep- I am lamenting for my loss Until the tears roll down my cheek. I love my Lord for what he's done, For what he's done to comfort me, And if I trust in Jesus name, I shall forever happy be. I went unto my husband's grave, And thought of comforts long since past; His body lies low in the dust, His soul with Jesus Christ, I trust. I looked up to the glorious sun, To see how fast my glass did run; But soon my glass will pass away, The moon moves on-the sun don't stay. And when I have done all I can, My feeble limbs can do no more; Then I desire to meet my friends, On that delightful, happy shore. These verses that I now do tell, I with my feeble tongue did make, All for my lamentation here And my poor lonely feeble state. These verses that I have made, I've made by night as well as day; The Lord, He knows my lonesome hours, That I have here to pass away Elsie Philips is my name, Unto the English I belong; Columbus is my dwelling place, And Jesus' love shall be my song. But, O! the Lord he comforts me, The Lord consoles my woes so high, That when I leave this mortal dust, I'll live with Him beyond the sky. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Quiggle" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:22 PM Subject: Re: Re:Re: Re:Re: [RIGENWEB] Book on Mystic > Hello Elaine, > > Do you have the poem and are you willing to share? I would love to read > it if so. > > Thanks to all who have responded to my query. Your insights, thoughts, > information, and leads have been very helpful and inspiring. > > I am really looking forward to some free time this weekend to pursue what > you have offered today. > > Jean Q > > elainedecker@frontiernet.net wrote: > Bill, > > Yes, you are right. That particular grandma lived to be 102 and wrote a > beautiful poem the year she died and she wrote it after she walked to the > cemetery to visit her husband's grave. > > Elaine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Waterhouse" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:28 PM > Subject: Re:Re: Re:Re: [RIGENWEB] Book on Mystic > > >> Elaine: I believe this is the way-walking-that most of our ancestors >> traveled to their newly adopted homestead sites. Walking several >> hundred miles was no great burden to those of "pioneer stock" & it >> undoubtedly contributed to their longevity. Unlike today when many >> cannot go across the street without getting in the car. God Bless >> them & the memory of their sacrifices. >> BILL in CT >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> Jean, >> All my ancestors walked here along side their wagons full of goods to >> start a new life. Sometimes a husband would come with a son or brother >> to clear the land and put up a shelter and then go back to RI and pick >> the rest of the family up. My Phillips ancestors came here with their >> wagon and oxen when they were in their 60's. >> >> Elaine >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean Quiggle" >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:51 AM >> Subject: Re:Re: [RIGENWEB] Book on Mystic >> >> >>> Hello folks, >>> >>> I am very interested in this particular route and any ships that may >>> have >>> sailed it. We think that my husbands ancestor may have traveled this >>> route in the late 1700's/early 1800's. Perry Peckham is suppose to have >>> been born in Tiverton RI. We have found him in Charleston, Montgomery >>> Co, >>> New York in 1801 when he marries Statira Topping. So far, we have >>> nothing >>> in between. It seems to us that most folks migrating from RI to upstate >>> NY >>> probably to a sea route as opposed to a land route. Is there a good >>> source of information on this migration that any of you highly >>> recommend? >>> >>> Thanks for any insights and suggestions that you can share. >>> >>> Jean Q >>> >>> Bill Waterhouse wrote: >>> >>> Arlene: There are several "Allyn's" listed, but no "Allen's." Also no >>> vessel named Albany Trader.The book lists only the ships BUILT in >>> Mystic between 1784-1919...which I suspect the Albany Trader wasn't >>> as you state 'most were from RI.' >>> Thanks for your inquiry regardless. >>> BILL >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Bill, would your book have anything about a Thomas >>> Allen from R.I? Some of the ships he captained were >>> from CT. 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