Hello, Could some kind soul please do a lookup for my ggg grandfather please. Elisha W. Franklin, born c.1812, married Polly Brown c. 1843, had son Leonidas Franklin c.1844, and Elisha died c. 1844 - believe born and lived in the Scituate/Smithfield area of Rhode Island. Need info on his parents/siblings. Thank you. Lee-Anne Blakey Massachuetts Lblakeys@aol.com

Could some kind soul please look up in the Providence Street Directories: Michael Conlon 1874 - 1875 - 1877 Thanks Wayne

Does anyone know where I can find 1860 marriage records today.The church was at the corner of Chapel and Snow, where today there is a parking lot. If anyone has a copy of these records, my great grandmom, Anna Albertina Schneider married Edward Petrich on 22 August 1860. I am trying to find out if her mom, Anna Barbara / Barbara/ Babette Schneider, atteneded the wedding. Many thanks. Jim

Hi List I wish to make contact with descendants of Henry CHEEK and Elizabeth Ann HOUGHAM, x London, England & resident in Pawtucket, Providence County, RI from around 1875....they had 8 children, with 3 children dying in their early childhood... Also looking for contact with descendants of Elizabeth CHEEK and Ansel Leprelet SWEET residents of Providence, RI, married 1858 in North Providence....they had 2 daughters... Any direct contact would be most appreciated, or pointing me in the right direction??? Best regards David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia Virus checked with Norton AntiVirus 2005 Transcriber of Parish Registers in South West Somerset, UK and FreeBMD David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia Virus checked with Norton AntiVirus 2005 Transcriber of Parish Registers in South West Somerset and FreeBMD

1880 census Squire Fiske Aida Fiske Pawtucket, Providence, RI <1843> Rhode Island Self Aida Fiske Squire Fiske Pawtucket, Providence, RI <1850> Rhode Island Wife Charles Fiske Squire Fiske, Aida Fiske Pawtucket, Providence, RI <1871> Rhode Island Son Joseph Fiske Squire Fiske, Aida Fiske Pawtucket, Providence, RI <1877> Rhode Island Son

Frank: Try ROOTSWEB.com . It seems thare may be more than one. Several in Pawtucket directories in early 1900's. Looks like one a Carpenter married to Ada. Is this your guy? Steve

Would like inormation on Squire Franklin Fiske that was in the Pawtucket Police Dept in the year 1881, I have a write up frrom the Evening Bulletin stating date and place and thats all. Thank you for any clues etc. Frank

Tina, You can go to Rootsweb.com and search the SSDI, social security death index to see when he died. It is also found on www.familysearch.org Don Taylor >From: "C Port" <cport@bigpond.net.au> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RIPROVID] Advice >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:56:17 +1000 >Hi, Can somebody tell me what records are available for searching. I have a William Howarth who I know was alive in 1930 and I wonder how I could find out when he died. Getting his death certificate may be the only way I can tell if he is mine. Appreciate any help Tina

Hi, Can somebody tell me what records are available for searching. I have a William Howarth who I know was alive in 1930 and I wonder how I could find out when he died. Getting his death certificate may be the only way I can tell if he is mine. Appreciate any help Tina

Try the SSDI, Social securuty Death Index. Found FREE at FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com

List Members: I share with you the below from Pete Mathewson, descendant of John Mathewson, son of the Immigrant James Mathewson of early Providence. I became acquainted with Pete in the 1980s when he was a subscriber to the Mathewson Gazette. It was through Pete that I learned of the possibility that James Mathewson might have served at the Saugus Iron Works. Carole Emma Mathewson ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete Mathewson To: mathewson1933@therim Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:39 AM Subject: RE: MESSAGES I FORWARDED Carole Thanks so much for the e mails that you forwarded. Geneology has taken a bit of a back seat for me, but I will definitely have an interest in what ever comes forward from this current discussion you are having concerning James Mathewson at Saugus Iron Works, Lynn, MA. I have not had the time to join any of rootsweb types of lists, but here are a couple of thoughts that you may pass back into the list that may pompt some further research by those closer to the scene. I am citing stuff now from an apparently expired NPS website page which I printed out in Sep of 02: There were two battles that fed Scots into Saugus - Dunbar in 1650 and Worcester in 1651. The 150 prisoners transported as indentured servants from the Battle of Dunbar sailed on the Unity. There is no known passenger list from this sailing. The 270 prisoners for Saugus from the Battle of Worcester sailed on the John and Sarah. From a separate source (unremembered) I believe that a good passenger list exists for the John and Sarah - A circumstance driven by lawsuits arising from the Unity transport. For those who want a list of prisoners known to have been transported aboard Unity, they might try contacting Saugus directly to see if the expired page data exists in a form that can be e mailed out. To do that contact: http://www.nps.gov/sair/. On a related subject I think one of your correspondents had questions about the Taylor family. I see on this list a James Taylor who was on the SI Works inventory of personnel in 1653. There is also a secondary list of Scots who passed through Saugus (not prisoners ??) who settled "in what is now" Berwick, ME. On that list of 26 is one John Taylor. For those who are looking at Highland/Lowland Scot issues related to Dunbar, it is my understanding that the Lowlanders (mostly Protestant) were sent to Ireland to suppress the RC Irish. These are the forefathers of today's Scot Irish Orangemen. The Highlanders (mostly Romish in persuasion) were shipped to p;aces other than Ireland to avoid the possibility that they would be sympathetic to their Celtic Irish brothers. I was not aware that any of the Dunbar consignment was sent to Virginia. I thought that those who did not go to Lynn, MA were sent to the British West Indies to work the sugar plantations. That's about it from here. Mom had her 90th birthday in June and while she is moving a bit more slowly, she is sharp as a tack, hates her hearing aids and takes only a minor medicine for her thyroid. I expect that she will bury us all :) Pete -----Original Message----- From: mathewson1933@therim [mailto:mathewson1933@therim.com] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:51 PM To: Pete Mathewson Subject: MESSAGES I FORWARDED Dear Pete: I have forwarded to you my responses to people who have written in the past few days concerning Mathewsons, Scituate, John Mathewson, The Saugus Iron Works, etc. If you will scroll down beyond my messages, you'll find some interesting messages -- particularly those regarding the Saugus Iron Works. Thank you for having shared your theory with me some time ago about the immigrant James Mathewson and the Saugus Iron Works. I am inclined to go along with your theory, especially after reading these messages. Do you subscribe to any of the Rootsweb.com lists? There is no charge for the subscriptions, and among those I have are Providence, R.I. and Mathewson. These messages are through the Providence list. My regards to your mother. Please tell me how she is. Sincerely, Carole

Kim, As you can see Kim Branagan is the statistician of Taylor our bunch. I envy her discipline in entering sources. Guess I started off on the wrong foot and it's too late to change my ways. Thanks Kim B. for filling in the blanks for us. Don T. >From: "branagak" <branagak@twcny.rr.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RIPROVID] Rev. Joseph Winsor >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:02:37 -0400 > >Hi Kim, > >Don and I have done some Taylor research together, and I have documented a >little bit on Rev. Joseph Winsor, the last of Elizabeth (Taylor) Angell >Potter Winsor's husbands. I hope this information is of use to you. > >Kim Branagan > >First Generation > >1. Rev. Joseph WINSOR was born on 4 Oct 1713.1,2 He signed a will on 15 >Oct 1799 in Glocester, Providence Co., RI.3 > >Winsor, Joseph, of Gl, yeoman, now advanced in age. Will dated 15 Oct >1799, >proved 18 Sep 1802, pgs 115-116. Mentions: Wife Elizabeth who rec'd >movables she brought to me by our marriage. Sons Abraham Winsor, Amos, >Christopher, Anan, Samuel & Stephen Winsor. 6 Daughters Amey Field, >Deborah >Smith, Lilles Pain, Martha Colwell, Mary Comstock & Thankful Smith. > >He died at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 19 days on 4 Sep 1802 in >Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1,4,5 He was buried in Winsor Cemetery, >Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1,5 He lived in Glocester, Providence Co., >RI.4 > >Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Deborah MATHEWSON were married before 1751.1 >Deborah >MATHEWSON (daughter of Thomas MATHEWSON and Martha SHELDON) was born about >29 Jul 1715.1 The date of birth is based on age at death. She died at the >age of 70 years and 25 days on 23 Aug 1785 in Glocester, Providence Co., >RI.1 She was buried in Winsor Cemetery, Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1 >Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Deborah MATHEWSON had the following children: > > 2 i. Daughter WINSOR died on 1 Aug 1751.1 She was buried >in Winsor Cemetery, Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1 > >Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Elizabeth TAYLOR were married about 5 Feb 1786 in >Providence, Providence Co., RI.4,6,7 "POTTER Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of >Joseph, and Elder Joseph Winsor. Gazette of Feb. 11, 1786." Elizabeth was >about 70 years old when she married Rev. Joseph Winsor. Elizabeth >TAYLOR7-10 (daughter of John TAYLOR and Naomi JORDAN) was born on 3 Jan >1717 >in Providence, Providence Co., RI.11,12 She was born on 4 Jun 1717 in >Scituate, Providence Co., RI.4,6 She died on 12 Oct 1823 in Scituate, >Providence Co., RI.4,6 > >"WINSOR Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph, of Glocester, aged 105 years 9 >months and a few days; early joined the Baptist Church of Scituate; maiden >name was Taylor and born within a mile of where she died; married first >Joshua Angell, by whom she had 7 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 4 followed >her to the grave; she married second Joseph Potter, of Providence, and >lived >there several years with him; married Mr. Winsor when she was 70 years, and >lived with him 15 years." Journal of Oct. 27, 1823 > >"WINSOR Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph, of Glocester, at Scituate, aged >105 >years, 9 months and a few days. She was born about a mile from her place of >death; her maiden name was Taylor; where she settled with her first >husband, >Joshua Angell, by whom she had 7 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 4 followed >her to the grave. She married, 2d, Joseph Potter, of Providence, and >resided >there a few years after his death; she married at the age of about 70 Mr. >Winsor, with whom she lived 15 years; after his death she returned to her >estate at Scituate. She could read without glasses to the last; was some >deaf; otherwise she was very remarkably preserved." Patriot of Oct. 25, >1823 > > >Prepared by: >Kimberly L. (Thompson) Branagan >branagak@twcny.rr.com > > >Sources > > 1. Glocester Cemetery Inscriptions, R.I. Genealogical Register, Vol. >17 >(R.I. Genealogical Register. Reproduced on Family Archive CD #215 (Vital >Records: Rhode Island, 1500s-1900s).), p. 171. > 2. John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island >(Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969), p. 435. > 3. Abstracts of Glocester Wills (R.I. Genealogical Register. >Reproduced >on Family Archive CD #215 (Vital Records: Rhode Island, 1500s-1900s).), >Will >of Joseph Winsor; RIGR 7:2, p. 106. > 4. Mary Gilbert-Hall <mghall@charter.net>. Email to Kim Branagan ><branagak@twcny.rr.com> dated 1 Jan 2003, RIVR on NEHGS site. > 5. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project - Online >(http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/), viewed 22 Apr 2003. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery371.html. > 6. Anthony, Bertha Williams, The Descendants of Roger Williams Who >Came >from England and Settled in Rhode Island in 1636 > (Mrs. C. W. Bertha Williams Anthony, 1949. FamilyTreeMaker Online: >GenealogyLibrary.com), p. 103 (viewed 13 Feb 2002). > 7. Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850. (Online database: >NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), >(Orig. Pub. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. >James >N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, >marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891), >The >Providence Gazette; viewed 7 Jan 2003. > 8. Ibid., Providence Journal, Deaths Published from 3 Jan 1820 to 31 >December 1829; viewed 7 Jan 2003. > 9. Ibid., The Providence Phenix, Providence Patriot and Columbian >Phenix; viewed 7 Jan 2003. > 10. Mary Gilbert-Hall <mghall@charter.net>. Email to Kim Branagan ><branagak@twcny.rr.com> dated 4 Dec 2002. > 11. Rhose Island Vital Records ([database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, >Inc., 2000), Providence Births, Viewed 9 Feb 2002. > 12. Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, >Original >Vol. 1, p, 32; viewed 1 Oct 2002. > >-----Original Message----- >From: DON TAYLOR [mailto:directinstallationsinc@msn.com] >Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:00 PM >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [RIPROVID] Re:[RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson > >Kim, > Joseph married as his second wife Elizabeth (Taylor) Potter, sister of >my > >ancestor Benjamin Taylor. She married first Joshua Angell and had eight >children. After he died she married Joseph Potter. After he died she >married > >Rev. Winsor. After he died she returned to her home at Scituate, within a >mile of where she was born (Brandy Brook Rd.) and lived to 105 years +. >Five > >of her children preceded her in death. I really don't have any info on Rev. >Winsor, but I will look around and let you know what I find. >Don Taylor > > > >From: "kimchristian50" <kimchristian50@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [RIPROVID] Re:[RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson > >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:38:11 -0600 > > >Don, >I know very little about Joseph Winsor, but I do have his birthdate as 4 >Oct > >1713 in Providence. Do you know more about him? I got my information off >familysearch.org a few years ago & just have never verified it with better >sources. Thanks! >Pam > > > >==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== >Please remember that we need you to make this list work. Submit your family >queries and share family data with the list. An active list helps us all! > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== >Please remember that we need you to make this list work. Submit your family >queries and share family data with the list. An active list helps us all! > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Viola, I haven't a Taylor/Shaw marriage in my data. Do you have a year or birth or marriage for Mrs. Taylor? Wa she a Taylor widow and if so, do you know who her Taylor husband was? Don Taylor >From: "Viola Seward" <lolav@localnet.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] MRS Taylor Weds John SHAW. >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:11:48 -0500 > Have read that Mrs Taylor married John Shaw. My John was born ca 1815. Thank you. Viola. >

Kim, Joseph married as his second wife Elizabeth (Taylor) Potter, sister of my ancestor Benjamin Taylor. She married first Joshua Angell and had eight children. After he died she married Joseph Potter. After he died she married Rev. Winsor. After he died she returned to her home at Scituate, within a mile of where she was born (Brandy Brook Rd.) and lived to 105 years +. Five of her children preceded her in death. I really don't have any info on Rev. Winsor, but I will look around and let you know what I find. Don Taylor >From: "kimchristian50" <kimchristian50@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RIPROVID] Re:[RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:38:11 -0600 >Don, I know very little about Joseph Winsor, but I do have his birthdate as 4 Oct 1713 in Providence. Do you know more about him? I got my information off familysearch.org a few years ago & just have never verified it with better sources. Thanks! Pam

Hi Kim, Don and I have done some Taylor research together, and I have documented a little bit on Rev. Joseph Winsor, the last of Elizabeth (Taylor) Angell Potter Winsor's husbands. I hope this information is of use to you. Kim Branagan First Generation 1. Rev. Joseph WINSOR was born on 4 Oct 1713.1,2 He signed a will on 15 Oct 1799 in Glocester, Providence Co., RI.3 Winsor, Joseph, of Gl, yeoman, now advanced in age. Will dated 15 Oct 1799, proved 18 Sep 1802, pgs 115-116. Mentions: Wife Elizabeth who rec'd movables she brought to me by our marriage. Sons Abraham Winsor, Amos, Christopher, Anan, Samuel & Stephen Winsor. 6 Daughters Amey Field, Deborah Smith, Lilles Pain, Martha Colwell, Mary Comstock & Thankful Smith. He died at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 19 days on 4 Sep 1802 in Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1,4,5 He was buried in Winsor Cemetery, Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1,5 He lived in Glocester, Providence Co., RI.4 Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Deborah MATHEWSON were married before 1751.1 Deborah MATHEWSON (daughter of Thomas MATHEWSON and Martha SHELDON) was born about 29 Jul 1715.1 The date of birth is based on age at death. She died at the age of 70 years and 25 days on 23 Aug 1785 in Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1 She was buried in Winsor Cemetery, Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1 Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Deborah MATHEWSON had the following children: 2 i. Daughter WINSOR died on 1 Aug 1751.1 She was buried in Winsor Cemetery, Glocester, Providence Co., RI.1 Rev. Joseph WINSOR and Elizabeth TAYLOR were married about 5 Feb 1786 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.4,6,7 "POTTER Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Joseph, and Elder Joseph Winsor. Gazette of Feb. 11, 1786." Elizabeth was about 70 years old when she married Rev. Joseph Winsor. Elizabeth TAYLOR7-10 (daughter of John TAYLOR and Naomi JORDAN) was born on 3 Jan 1717 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.11,12 She was born on 4 Jun 1717 in Scituate, Providence Co., RI.4,6 She died on 12 Oct 1823 in Scituate, Providence Co., RI.4,6 "WINSOR Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph, of Glocester, aged 105 years 9 months and a few days; early joined the Baptist Church of Scituate; maiden name was Taylor and born within a mile of where she died; married first Joshua Angell, by whom she had 7 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 4 followed her to the grave; she married second Joseph Potter, of Providence, and lived there several years with him; married Mr. Winsor when she was 70 years, and lived with him 15 years." Journal of Oct. 27, 1823 "WINSOR Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph, of Glocester, at Scituate, aged 105 years, 9 months and a few days. She was born about a mile from her place of death; her maiden name was Taylor; where she settled with her first husband, Joshua Angell, by whom she had 7 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 4 followed her to the grave. She married, 2d, Joseph Potter, of Providence, and resided there a few years after his death; she married at the age of about 70 Mr. Winsor, with whom she lived 15 years; after his death she returned to her estate at Scituate. She could read without glasses to the last; was some deaf; otherwise she was very remarkably preserved." Patriot of Oct. 25, 1823 Prepared by: Kimberly L. (Thompson) Branagan branagak@twcny.rr.com Sources 1. Glocester Cemetery Inscriptions, R.I. Genealogical Register, Vol. 17 (R.I. Genealogical Register. Reproduced on Family Archive CD #215 (Vital Records: Rhode Island, 1500s-1900s).), p. 171. 2. John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969), p. 435. 3. Abstracts of Glocester Wills (R.I. Genealogical Register. Reproduced on Family Archive CD #215 (Vital Records: Rhode Island, 1500s-1900s).), Will of Joseph Winsor; RIGR 7:2, p. 106. 4. Mary Gilbert-Hall <mghall@charter.net>. Email to Kim Branagan <branagak@twcny.rr.com> dated 1 Jan 2003, RIVR on NEHGS site. 5. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project - Online (http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/), viewed 22 Apr 2003. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery371.html. 6. Anthony, Bertha Williams, The Descendants of Roger Williams Who Came from England and Settled in Rhode Island in 1636 (Mrs. C. W. Bertha Williams Anthony, 1949. FamilyTreeMaker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com), p. 103 (viewed 13 Feb 2002). 7. Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850. (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891), The Providence Gazette; viewed 7 Jan 2003. 8. Ibid., Providence Journal, Deaths Published from 3 Jan 1820 to 31 December 1829; viewed 7 Jan 2003. 9. Ibid., The Providence Phenix, Providence Patriot and Columbian Phenix; viewed 7 Jan 2003. 10. Mary Gilbert-Hall <mghall@charter.net>. Email to Kim Branagan <branagak@twcny.rr.com> dated 4 Dec 2002. 11. Rhose Island Vital Records ([database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000), Providence Births, Viewed 9 Feb 2002. 12. Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Original Vol. 1, p, 32; viewed 1 Oct 2002. -----Original Message----- From: DON TAYLOR [mailto:directinstallationsinc@msn.com] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:00 PM To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [RIPROVID] Re:[RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson Kim, Joseph married as his second wife Elizabeth (Taylor) Potter, sister of my ancestor Benjamin Taylor. She married first Joshua Angell and had eight children. After he died she married Joseph Potter. After he died she married Rev. Winsor. After he died she returned to her home at Scituate, within a mile of where she was born (Brandy Brook Rd.) and lived to 105 years +. Five of her children preceded her in death. I really don't have any info on Rev. Winsor, but I will look around and let you know what I find. Don Taylor >From: "kimchristian50" <kimchristian50@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RIPROVID] Re:[RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:38:11 -0600 >Don, I know very little about Joseph Winsor, but I do have his birthdate as 4 Oct 1713 in Providence. Do you know more about him? I got my information off familysearch.org a few years ago & just have never verified it with better sources. Thanks! Pam ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== Please remember that we need you to make this list work. Submit your family queries and share family data with the list. An active list helps us all! ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Joyce: It is when I can lay my hands on it. I am packing to move to another town in a month, and many of my belongings are boxed. I will make a record of your name and will be in touch with you when I relocate and become organized. Carole Emma Mathewson ----- Original Message ----- From: "joyce" <scritters@cox.net> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia MATHEWSON b.1701 m. Resolved WATERMAN > Carol, > Thank you for confirming the connection! Is the complete funeral > sermon > of United States Senator Elisha Mathewson available? > > Thanks again! > Joyce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> > To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:58 PM > Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia MATHEWSON b.1701 m. Resolved WATERMAN > > > > Joyce: > > Yes, John Mathewson, "the cave-dweller" of Scituate, married > > Deliverance. They met while he was on a trip to Boston: > > "On his way, he passed a boiling spring, near a cottage; and being very > > dry, he applied at the house for water. A young woman came out with a > > pitcher and, in John's words, 'like Rebecca of old,' gave him to drink. > > Returning home, he just happened to be again dry at the same place. He > > called and was supplied. John says the acquaintance was thus > > providentially > > commenced. It ripened into marriage some year or two afterwards, in > > 1698." > > Those words, from my one-woman play, initially came from the funeral > > sermon > > of United States Senator Elisha Mathewson, great-grandson of John > > Mathewson. > > Sincerely, > > Carole Emma Mathewson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "joyce" <scritters@cox.net> > > To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 3:07 PM > > Subject: [RIPROVID] Lydia MATHEWSON b.1701 m. Resolved WATERMAN > > > > > >> > >> My line is through Lydia MATHEWSON b. 1701 d/o John MATHEWSON d. 1716 > > Prov. > >> RI m. 1698 Prov. RI, Deliverance MALAVERY. > >> > >> Is this the same John MATHESON being discussed? > >> > >> Joyce > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> > >> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:08 PM > >> Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Re: [RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson > >> > >> > >> > Don: > >> > The first white settler of Scituate was John Mathewson, son of the > >> > immigrant James. John settled on the shore of Moswansicut Pond and > > first > >> > lived in a cave. In that setting, he fought off wolves. (Information > >> > from > >> > the funeral sermon of United States Senator Elisha Mathewson, > >> > great-grandson > >> > of John. The funeral sermon was handed down in my family.) John > >> > Mathewson > >> > was followed in Scituate by his brother, Thomas Mathewson (my > >> > forebear), > >> > who > >> > took up land across the pond from his brother. In 1985, I wrote a > >> > carefully > >> > researched one-woman play concerning the early Mathewsons, early > >> > Providence > >> > and "the outlands." If you wish information about obtaining a copy of > > the > >> > play, please write to me at the below > >> > e-mail address. > >> > The immigrant James Mathewson arrived in Providence in the year > >> > 1657. > >> > He served as deputy to the assembly in 1680, and died two years later. > > In > >> > early Providence records, the name is variously spelled > >> > "Matheson" and "Mathewson." We can only speculate concerning his > > origin, > >> > however, the spelling of the name minus the "w" is Scottish. > >> > A distant cousin has recently shared with me his theory that James > >> > might > >> > have been captured by Cromwell's men at the Battle of Dunbar in > >> > Scotland > >> > and > >> > brought to the Saugus Iron Mine in Massachusetts as an indentured > >> > slave. > >> > He > >> > further theorizes that, having served the required time at Saugus, he > > then > >> > went to Providence. I would be interested in hearing the thoughts of > >> > others > >> > on the theory. > >> > My books are in storage as I prepare to move to another town the > > latter > >> > part of September. When I become settled, I can refer you to books > >> > concerning Scituate and concerning the Mattesons. > >> > Sincerely, > >> > Carole Emma Mathewson > >> > mathewson1933@therim.com > >> > (e-mail address will probably change the end of August) > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "DON TAYLOR" <directinstallationsinc@msn.com> > >> > To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> > >> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:15 AM > >> > Subject: [RIPROVID] Re: [RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> > >> >> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >> >> >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >> >> >Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips > >> >> >Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:07:54 -0700 > >> >> >In response, my lineage, extending from the immigrant James Mathewson > > of > >> >> early Providence, follows thusly: Thomas I, Thomas II, Thomas III, > >> > Charles, > >> >> Dr. Harley, Edward, Harley, Carole. During the years in which I > >> >> published > >> >> the "Mathewson Gazette" (1983 to 1989), some of my readers believed > > that > >> >> Henry Matteson was a nephew of the immigrant James Mathewson. Another > >> >> refuted the possibility. > >> >> Carole Emma Mathewson > >> >> Carole, > >> >> Legend has it that Scituate, R.I. area was first settled by people > >> > from > >> >> Scituate, Mass. and that a Matteson was the first white settler there. > > So > >> >> was your immigrant James Mathewson from Mass. and then to R.I. or did > > he > >> >> immigrate from England? to Providence directly? Is your genealogy on > >> >> rootsweb or anywhere online and do you know of anyone who has > > researched > >> > the > >> >> family with the Matteson spelling variation? > >> >> My earliest known Taylor ancestor is John b. ca. 1675 who married > >> > Naomi > >> >> Jordan and they settled at Scituate, R.I.. I am descended from their > > son > >> >> Benjamin. I have often wondered if the John and son Benjamin who was > > the > >> >> servant to the Matteson were an earlier generation. I understand that > >> > early > >> >> Providence meeting records were destryed by a fire so don't know where > > to > >> >> look to try and confirm my theory. Do you know the maiden name of > >> >> Henry > >> >> Matteson's wife, possibly a Taylor? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > >> >> Please do not FLAME this list - We are here to help each other and we > > all > >> > had to start somewhere. Flames just scare off good people...People who > >> > might > >> > someday be able to help you. > >> >> > >> >> ============================== > >> >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >> >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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Again, thank you. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jespane@cs.com> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Ship Unity (to saugus /lynn iron works) > In a message dated 8/20/2005 5:26:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > mathewson1933@therim.com writes: > > > > I find your forebear connection to the Saugus Iron Works interesting, > > along with the fact that your forebears who were at Saugus later > > > The committee suggested using the men as labour in the coal mines or > transporting them to America, France or Ireland. In preparation for this the prisoners > were moved to London. On November 11th Haselrig was told to deliver 150 > prisoners to Augustine Walker, the master of the ship 'Unity' who would take them > to New England. Walker sold his cargo for £20 to £30 per man. 60 men went to > the Saugus iron works at Lynn (the first iron manufactory in N. America) and 15 > men were sent to Berwick, Maine (a few others, exact number not given, went to > nearby York Maine). This accounts for about half of Walker's cargo, we have > to assume that the rest died as the last mention of the prisoners by the > committee was that some of the sick men should be sent to the Blackwall pest house > where the proprietor should be responsible for their keep and their recovery. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > source > Trace your Scottish ancestry with Ar Turas. We are a small, dedicated > team, based near Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, offering a friendly, > personal and professional service covering: > Genealogy > http://www.ar-turas.co.uk/index.htm > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > this is a quote from MacThomas clan > On the 18th of September, A.D. 1650 one hundred and fifty Scots, who were > deemed well and sound, and free from wounds, were ordered to be sent to John Beex > (Beech) and Joshua Foote to be shipped to New England. > Captain Augustine Walker of the “Unity ” > Beech and Foote consigned most of the Scottish prisoners to two businesses in > Maine and Massachusetts in which Beech had an interest. > Sixty-two of the Scots are known to have been sent to the Saugus Ironworks at > Lynn, Massachusetts. > The rest were sold as indentured servants to local residents > source as cited by the Clan : > Stephen P. Carlson, Scots at Hammersmith, [article on-line] (n. d. accessed > 10 July, 2002); available from members.tripod.com/graytim/Saugus.htm; Internet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator at GFSBrenda@aol.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > --- > > > ---

In response, I have connected with people who believe Henry Matteson was a nephew of the immigrant James Mathewson. As I recall, James' name appears variously in Providence records as Matteson, Matheson and Mathewson. Apparently people wrote the name as it sounded to them. It would appear that, while James chose the Mathewson spelling, Henry chose the Matteson spelling. A reader of the Mathewson Gazette in the 1980s, however, did not accept the belief that Henry was a nephew of James. Carole Emma Mathewson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Smith" <jkesmith@bellsouth.net> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips > I have been following this discussion and am wondering how Henry Matteson > connects. As far as I can determine my line of descent is as follows: > Francis, Henry (the immigrant), Thomas, Thomas, Richard, and Mary Matteson > (b. bet. 1757-1761; d. 7 June, 1852) who married Corpe (Corps) Essex in > Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. Mary Matteson is my gr-gr-gr-grandmother. > > Can anyone tell me how the immigrant James Mathewson connects to Henry > Matteson or is there no connection? > > Thank you. > > Barbara > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DON TAYLOR" <directinstallationsinc@msn.com> > To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:31 PM > Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips > > > > Carole, > > How far back have you traced your Mathewson's. There have been a > > marriage or two between Taylor's and Mathewson's. I found an indenture for > > a Benjamin Taylor where his father placed him in the care of a Mathewson > > or Matteson at age nine to learn to make shoes. I believe it was a Henry > > Matteson, but I would have to look it up to be sure. Have you ever come > > across this in your Providence research? > > Don Taylor > > > > > >>From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> > >>Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >>To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >>Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips > >>Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:23:01 -0700 > >> > > I have been waiting for someone to respond to the below. It is my > > understanding that the purpose of this list is allow people to help one > > another in a kind manner. This type of response makes me reluctant to ask > > questions online. Let's remember to respond in a kind manner. > > Carole Mathewson > > I have been waiting for someone to respond to the below. It is my > > understanding that the purpose of this list is allow people to help one > > another in a kind manner. This type of response makes me reluctant to ask > > questions online. Let's remember to respond in a kind manner. > > Carole Mathewson > > > > > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > > Please remember that we need you to make this list work. Submit your > > family queries and share family data with the list. An active list helps > > us all! > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > Please do not FLAME this list - We are here to help each other and we all had to start somewhere. Flames just scare off good people...People who might someday be able to help you. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > --- > > > ---

I am glad to see all of these posting re: Scottish prisoners with referrences. They will be very helpful and I plan to visit each one. Any other ideas as to where to look for these kinds of materials is greatly appreciated. Don Taylor

Kim, Was this the Joseph Winsor born 1713 who was a minister? Don Taylor >From: "kimchristian50" <kimchristian50@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Fw: [RIPROVID] Re: [RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson >Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:14:56 -0600 > Winsor of Providence. Has anyone else heard of Deborah Mathewson? It looks like she and Joseph moved away from Scituate to Gloucester