I copied a page from Beamon's Washington Co Marriages Probate Records and it had for Nathan Thompson: "Nathan (Thompson) AND Sarah Babcock of Henry mwd 1834 We 4B:61" I assumed that this meant the Nathan Thompson's will could be found on page 61 of Book #4 of the Westerly probate records. I must be wrong because there are other entries like 3A:276 and 4A:375. Question: What does 4B:61 mean? Thanks for the help, Charlie King gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in CT married to Harriet Harvey in Charlestown RI in 1840 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

You might also try the Providence Journal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <Chowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: [RIWASHIN] Help with Obituary from Westerly Sun > Hello, > > I am a new list member and would like to know if anyone can help me with, > or tell me how to go about obtaining an obituary for a relative who died in > Westerly in December 1998. > > I tried their website, but I don't think their online archives go back to 1998. > > Thanks for any help or info. > > Ken Jackson > Greenwood, MS > > > ________________________________________________ > This Message and Attachment, if any, Certified Virus-Free > - NortonAntivirus Professional 2003 - > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Bristol County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ > Providence County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Thanks to a fellow list member, I have found what I needed. I appreciate the help here. Ken > > Hello, > > > > I am a new list member and would like to know if anyone can help me with, > > or tell me how to go about obtaining an obituary for a relative who died >in > > Westerly in December 1998. > > > > I tried their website, but I don't think their online archives go back to >1998. > > > > Thanks for any help or info. > > > > Ken Jackson > > Greenwood, MS ________________________________________________ This Message and Attachment, if any, Certified Virus-Free - NortonAntivirus Professional 2003 -

Hello, I am a new list member and would like to know if anyone can help me with, or tell me how to go about obtaining an obituary for a relative who died in Westerly in December 1998. I tried their website, but I don't think their online archives go back to 1998. Thanks for any help or info. Ken Jackson Greenwood, MS ________________________________________________ This Message and Attachment, if any, Certified Virus-Free - NortonAntivirus Professional 2003 -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FOWLER, DUNNING, CLARK, SEYBOLT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/225.1 Message Board Post: I too am researching FOWLER. Charles W. FOWLER, b. 14 July 1809, in Putnam, NY; d. 9 Nov., 1887 in Hugenot, Orange County, NY. He married Millie Ann Lehmann, b. Nov. 1819 in Cairo, Greene Co., NY; d. 7 Feb. 1892 in Orange Co., NY. She was the daughter of John Layman and Nancy Peters. I am looking for the parents of this Charles W. Fowler. Charles and Mille had the following children: Mary Edna Fowler m. Charles H. Clark Carrie E. Fowler m. James F. Seybolt Erwin Gallatin Fowler m. Fannie F. Dunning Joseph W. Fowler Charles W. Fowler Wesley Fowler Do any of these names ring a bell? If so I will be glad to share all the other information I have that would be helpful to you.

I am looking for a female, given name SABRINA, do not know surname. She was born abt 1770 (?) in RI, possibly Washington Co. I have not come across any Sabrina's in any of my searches. She married a Samuel N. Jaquays in RI. in the 1790's It is an unusual first name. Has any one seen this name? Pat J.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Marcia? My cousin? There might be more of Greens children in Beamans Wash. births from d. records. I'll look!

Cathalene was born in Westerly May 31, 1894, to Thomas J. Higgins and Gertrude (Larkum) Higgins. Somewhere around 1908/09, she purportedly ran away with "Mr. Reed." Her mother, Gertrude was reported to have brought her back and had the "marriage" annulled. But, out of that union a boy named Donald Reed was born--Sept. 20, 1910, in RI. Any help you could provide me would be so wonderful. Thank you, robert leonard

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jeff- Thankyou so much for the information. Marcia did say you were a "excellant researcher" you both have helped break through a brick wall! thanks again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Green's birth (as stated before)is in Westerly records. The family is in First Hopkington Cem. Green b.1780 d.4-24-1857, married 2-12-1804 Amy Bliven b. 1780, d 10-29-1846 . Daughter Eliza b.1826 d 4-16-1850, Fannie b. 1822, d 9-4-1854. Another possible but can't prove was Ray Green Allen in Pine grove cem. Hopkington b. 1826 d 1861 (no R.I. death record)

Thanks very much Janis for the information and leads. I will follow up on each! Thanks again..... Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janis Rodriguez" <ivakota@charter.net> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Three Questions (Reed, Culley lines) > Ancestry's RI Marriages database only shows the followin > marriages for John Reeds: > > John B. Reed Sarah L. Carter 08 Oct 1878 > John C. Reed Anna S. Budlong 11 Jan 1881 > John A Reed Minnie F Robinson 16 Dec 1896 > John A Reed Gertrude M Mardlin 24 Mar 1908 > > Re Susan Culley's birth > Susan Cullen Henry Cullen Catherine Cullen 28 Nov 1872 > > You could try the RI Archives: > http://vitalrec.com/ri.html#Archives > > Rhode Island State Archives > 337 Westminster Street > Providence, RI, 02903 > > The repository maintains the original statewide manuscript > filings for birth and marriage records that are over 100 > years old (since 1853) and death records that are over 50 > years old (since 1853). Alphabetical indices for these > records include 1852 - 1900 (birth and marriage); 1853 - > 1945 (deaths). Additionally, there are also original > reported out-of-state deaths recordings for the period > 1900 - 1948 (alphabetical index available) and records of > delayed birth filings, 1846 - 1898 (index available). > Aside from these original manuscripts the archives also > maintains an extensive collection of pre-1852, municipal > vital record filings (microfilm copies) dating from the > earliest recordings in Providence, Westerly, Protsmouth, > etc. > > There are no Susans listed as kin on any of the birth or > death records. > ----------------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 09:24:02 -0500 > "Ron Reed" <rwreed@attbi.com> wrote: > >Good morning listers! > > > >I have three questions, which I hope someone can provide > >insights on. > > > >First, I now believe that John Reed married Susan Culley > >in Westerly, RI in 1886. How can I go about locating a > >copy of the marriage record? > > > >Second, it also looks like Susan Culley was in Westerly > >with some other members of her family, such as her > >brother William Cully. I have found on Rootsweb that > >William Culley is buried in Westerly, having died in > >1920. Are there any listers who are researching the > >Culley line? > > > >And lastly, I have also come across a Bathsheba Reed who > >died in Westerly back in the 1797. Does anyone have any > >knowledge of this Reed line? > > > >Thank you all very much! And if I can answer any > >questions from up in New Hampshire, do let me know! > > > >Ron Reed > > > > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > >Bristol County RIGenWeb > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ > >Providence County RIGenWeb > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > >genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > <TEXTAREA NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60"><TEXTAREA > NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60"> > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Newport County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/ > Kent County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rikent/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ancestry's RI Marriages database only shows the followin marriages for John Reeds: John B. Reed Sarah L. Carter 08 Oct 1878 John C. Reed Anna S. Budlong 11 Jan 1881 John A Reed Minnie F Robinson 16 Dec 1896 John A Reed Gertrude M Mardlin 24 Mar 1908 Re Susan Culley's birth Susan Cullen Henry Cullen Catherine Cullen 28 Nov 1872 You could try the RI Archives: http://vitalrec.com/ri.html#Archives Rhode Island State Archives 337 Westminster Street Providence, RI, 02903 The repository maintains the original statewide manuscript filings for birth and marriage records that are over 100 years old (since 1853) and death records that are over 50 years old (since 1853). Alphabetical indices for these records include 1852 - 1900 (birth and marriage); 1853 - 1945 (deaths). Additionally, there are also original reported out-of-state deaths recordings for the period 1900 - 1948 (alphabetical index available) and records of delayed birth filings, 1846 - 1898 (index available). Aside from these original manuscripts the archives also maintains an extensive collection of pre-1852, municipal vital record filings (microfilm copies) dating from the earliest recordings in Providence, Westerly, Protsmouth, etc. There are no Susans listed as kin on any of the birth or death records. ----------------------------------------------------- On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 09:24:02 -0500 "Ron Reed" <rwreed@attbi.com> wrote: >Good morning listers! > >I have three questions, which I hope someone can provide >insights on. > >First, I now believe that John Reed married Susan Culley >in Westerly, RI in 1886. How can I go about locating a >copy of the marriage record? > >Second, it also looks like Susan Culley was in Westerly >with some other members of her family, such as her >brother William Cully. I have found on Rootsweb that >William Culley is buried in Westerly, having died in >1920. Are there any listers who are researching the >Culley line? > >And lastly, I have also come across a Bathsheba Reed who >died in Westerly back in the 1797. Does anyone have any >knowledge of this Reed line? > >Thank you all very much! And if I can answer any >questions from up in New Hampshire, do let me know! > >Ron Reed > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== >Bristol County RIGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ >Providence County RIGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online >genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > <TEXTAREA NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60"><TEXTAREA NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60">

Good morning listers! I have three questions, which I hope someone can provide insights on. First, I now believe that John Reed married Susan Culley in Westerly, RI in 1886. How can I go about locating a copy of the marriage record? Second, it also looks like Susan Culley was in Westerly with some other members of her family, such as her brother William Cully. I have found on Rootsweb that William Culley is buried in Westerly, having died in 1920. Are there any listers who are researching the Culley line? And lastly, I have also come across a Bathsheba Reed who died in Westerly back in the 1797. Does anyone have any knowledge of this Reed line? Thank you all very much! And if I can answer any questions from up in New Hampshire, do let me know! Ron Reed

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XcB.2ACE/317.1 Message Board Post: Donna, My computer crashed and I lost your email with the reinstall! Don't want you to think I was ignoring you! Talk soon! Best Wishes, Melinda microdoll411@cox.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I received a message from your cousin Marcia. She gave me information she had on Greene Allen and Amey Blivens children. She had Green Allen (Jr) b 13 Dec 1805 in Westerly. The dates work out. From census reports I had him listed as being born 1805-06. I found his grave in Wi. It gave only his death date of 8 May 1864 age 58 yrs and 5 mos. He was married to Polly Pierce also from R.I. My gr gr grandmother was their daughter Lydia Jane Allen Twist. I still want to hear what you find out. Thanks so much for your reply. Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you -that's him. Another kind person has found Green Allen (jr) birth as 13 Dec 1805 in Westerly .

John, Al is correct, I missed one generation. Another piece of information that I missed. There was a Deake that also went to NC just before or after the Revolution. I could never tie this person to my family. There is a Deake mine (gold mine) listed in NC that he worked. At 07:41 PM 03/20/2003, you wrote: >John, > >One correction, if I may. The Mary Lewis who m. Richard Deake was the >granddaughter, rather than the daughter, of English immigrant John Lewis who >d. near Westerly ca 1890. She was the dau. of John's son, John >Jr., b.in RI ca 1660, d. in Westerly in 1735. > >Al Lewis > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maurice Dake" <mldake@bellsouth.net> >To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 3:42 PM >Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Re: RIWASHIN-Mary Lewis > > > > John Foster > > > > Not sure if this means anything to your search but: As stated a Mary >Lewis > > married Richard Deake. Her father was John Lewis who was born in England > > and died in Westerly, RI 1690. His nephew, John Deake married Hannah > > Foster. Her father was John Foster born in Salem, MA. Daniel Lewis of > > Westerly, RI married Martha Prosser from Somersetshire, England. I am > > trying to prove the last name of my old known grandmother and it has been > > speculated that her name was Susannah Prosser and she married George Deake > > (parents of John Deake mentioned above). I also believe (but have yet to > > prove) that Richard and George Deake came from Minehead, Somerset, > > England. None of this ties to the Mary Lewis that you are looking for but > > there is a lot of linkages here between families. > > > > At 11:22 AM 03/13/2003, you wrote: > > > > > > Subject: Mary Lewis > > > > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:02:29 -0600 > > > > From: "John A. Foster" <n4la@cafes.net> > > > > To: "RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com" <RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com>, > > > > john Foster <n4la@cafes.net> > > > > > > > LDS states that my ggg-grandfather Ambrose Foster married Mary Lewis >and > > > > that she was born in Westerly, Washington county, RI. It gives her >birth > > > > date as ca1720. They lived in the area of present Lincoln county, NC > > > > before the Revolution and 96th district of SC after the war. Can >anyone > > > > give me info on her siblings and ancestors? Thank you for reading >this. > > > > > > > John A. Foster > > > > Petersburg, TN > > > > > >John, > > > > > >You are on slippery ground with this one. You need a better source than > > >LDS. Do you mean the IGI, the Ancestral File, microfilm of some > > >documents at the Family History Library or what? If the IGI or AF, then > > >you need to look behind these to see what source the compilers were > > >using. The AF in particular contains many errors. > > > > > >Now here is the problem with Mary Lewis in RI in the early 1700s. All > > >the known ones are pretty well accounted for. The earliest known Lewis > > >immigrant in RI is John Lewis who appears in Misquamicut (Westerly) in > > >1661. He had 8 known children - no Mary. > > > > > >John-2 had a dau Mary, b 1689. She m Richard Dake/Deake. > > >David-2 had a dau Mary, probably m 1731 Joseph Lewis. (Records show > > >that Joseph m Mary Lewis and the naming of Joseph and Mary's children > > >suggest that it was Mary the dau of David.) > > >Daniel-2 had a dau Mary, m John Langworthy. > > > > > >I don't have the list of Jonathan-2 or Samuel-2's children here at the > > >office. But I don't believe they had any descendants named Mary born in > > >the early 1700s because I also have a stray Mary that I have tried to > > >identify. > > > > > >That brings us to generation 3. > > >Joseph-3 (John-2) had children born between 1707 and ca 1730. He had a > > >dau Mary, birthdate unknown. Myself and others have tentatively > > >identified this Mary as being b ca 1710-1715 and as the bride of > > >Nathaniel Lewis on 13 Nov 1729. Why the ca 1710-1715 estimated > > >birthyear? We are trying to fit her birth between the births of the > > >children with known birthdays and have her old enough to marry Nathaniel > > >in 1729. Why do we think she married Nathaniel? Westerly and > > >Charlestown records say that Nathaniel m Mary Lewis. There is no other > > >known Mary Lewis around that could have married Nathaniel. Besides Mary > > >Joseph-3 also had a son Amos. Nathaniel and Mary (Lewis) Lewis named > > >their first son, Amos. > > > > > >Now you come along and throw in another Mary Lewis b ca 1720 into this > > >confusing mixmaster. Our evidence for identifying Mary the spouse of > > >Nathaniel is weak enough as it is without having to contend with another > > >Mary Lewis with a birth within a time frame that could fit Joseph-3's > > >daughter Mary. > > > > > >Continuing with other gen-3 Marys. > > >John-3 (John-2) had a dau Mary, b 1723/4. She m William Hern. > > >Nathaniel-3 (Israel-2) and Mary (Lewis) Lewis had a dau Mary b 1735. > > >James-3 (James-2) had a dau Mary who m John Ladd. Her birth probably > > >occurred ca 1715-1730. > > >John-3 (James-2) had a dau Mercy. I have a hard time distinguishing > > >between Mary and Mercy when I read the old records. Mercy was b 1726; m > > >William Scrivens. > > > > > >There may be other gen-3 Marys that I don't show here in the stuff I > > >have at the office, who would have been born after 1715 and be too young > > >to have married Nathaniel in 1729. > > > > > >Your first step needs to be documenting the source of the information > > >you have on your Mary Lewis. Migration out of Rhode Island to the > > >Carolinas is not a typical 18th century migration path. Augustus > > >Johnston left RI in disgrace and got an appointment from the King in NC > > >in the 1760s. That was after he was hanged in effigy in Newport. My > > >ancestor, Augustus Johnson Lewis (b 1759) was named for him before > > >Augustus Johnston ran afoul of popular opinion. But Augustus Johnston > > >would be the exception that sorta proves the rule. > > > > > >The big wave of migration out of RI did not begin until after the > > >revolution and that was to the west, i.e. New York, some to Vermont, > > >etc. There was some migration of Tories, of course, to Canada and the > > >Maritimes. > > > > > >If your Mary Lewis did come from Rhode Island to NC, then I will stick > > >my neck out and say that her parents and siblings are unidentifiable. > > >That also gives us one more Mary than can be accounted for in RI > > >records. We also have additional issues with respect to which Mary > > >Lewis Joseph-3 and Nathaniel-3 married. > > > > > >Have you been able to locate Ambrose Foster in the RI records? > > > > > >Bill Wright > > > > > > > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > > >The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm > > >RIGenWeb Archives Search > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html > > > > > >============================== > > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > >go to: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > Maurice Dake > > > > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > > Scans of Rhode Island Maps are at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/maps/ > > Search the RIGenWeb Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/search.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== >Bristol County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ >Providence County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Maurice Dake

John Foster Not sure if this means anything to your search but: As stated a Mary Lewis married Richard Deake. Her father was John Lewis who was born in England and died in Westerly, RI 1690. His nephew, John Deake married Hannah Foster. Her father was John Foster born in Salem, MA. Daniel Lewis of Westerly, RI married Martha Prosser from Somersetshire, England. I am trying to prove the last name of my old known grandmother and it has been speculated that her name was Susannah Prosser and she married George Deake (parents of John Deake mentioned above). I also believe (but have yet to prove) that Richard and George Deake came from Minehead, Somerset, England. None of this ties to the Mary Lewis that you are looking for but there is a lot of linkages here between families. At 11:22 AM 03/13/2003, you wrote: > > Subject: Mary Lewis > > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:02:29 -0600 > > From: "John A. Foster" <n4la@cafes.net> > > To: "RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com" <RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com>, > > john Foster <n4la@cafes.net> > > > LDS states that my ggg-grandfather Ambrose Foster married Mary Lewis and > > that she was born in Westerly, Washington county, RI. It gives her birth > > date as ca1720. They lived in the area of present Lincoln county, NC > > before the Revolution and 96th district of SC after the war. Can anyone > > give me info on her siblings and ancestors? Thank you for reading this. > > > John A. Foster > > Petersburg, TN > >John, > >You are on slippery ground with this one. You need a better source than >LDS. Do you mean the IGI, the Ancestral File, microfilm of some >documents at the Family History Library or what? If the IGI or AF, then >you need to look behind these to see what source the compilers were >using. The AF in particular contains many errors. > >Now here is the problem with Mary Lewis in RI in the early 1700s. All >the known ones are pretty well accounted for. The earliest known Lewis >immigrant in RI is John Lewis who appears in Misquamicut (Westerly) in >1661. He had 8 known children - no Mary. > >John-2 had a dau Mary, b 1689. She m Richard Dake/Deake. >David-2 had a dau Mary, probably m 1731 Joseph Lewis. (Records show >that Joseph m Mary Lewis and the naming of Joseph and Mary's children >suggest that it was Mary the dau of David.) >Daniel-2 had a dau Mary, m John Langworthy. > >I don't have the list of Jonathan-2 or Samuel-2's children here at the >office. But I don't believe they had any descendants named Mary born in >the early 1700s because I also have a stray Mary that I have tried to >identify. > >That brings us to generation 3. >Joseph-3 (John-2) had children born between 1707 and ca 1730. He had a >dau Mary, birthdate unknown. Myself and others have tentatively >identified this Mary as being b ca 1710-1715 and as the bride of >Nathaniel Lewis on 13 Nov 1729. Why the ca 1710-1715 estimated >birthyear? We are trying to fit her birth between the births of the >children with known birthdays and have her old enough to marry Nathaniel >in 1729. Why do we think she married Nathaniel? Westerly and >Charlestown records say that Nathaniel m Mary Lewis. There is no other >known Mary Lewis around that could have married Nathaniel. Besides Mary >Joseph-3 also had a son Amos. Nathaniel and Mary (Lewis) Lewis named >their first son, Amos. > >Now you come along and throw in another Mary Lewis b ca 1720 into this >confusing mixmaster. Our evidence for identifying Mary the spouse of >Nathaniel is weak enough as it is without having to contend with another >Mary Lewis with a birth within a time frame that could fit Joseph-3's >daughter Mary. > >Continuing with other gen-3 Marys. >John-3 (John-2) had a dau Mary, b 1723/4. She m William Hern. >Nathaniel-3 (Israel-2) and Mary (Lewis) Lewis had a dau Mary b 1735. >James-3 (James-2) had a dau Mary who m John Ladd. Her birth probably >occurred ca 1715-1730. >John-3 (James-2) had a dau Mercy. I have a hard time distinguishing >between Mary and Mercy when I read the old records. Mercy was b 1726; m >William Scrivens. > >There may be other gen-3 Marys that I don't show here in the stuff I >have at the office, who would have been born after 1715 and be too young >to have married Nathaniel in 1729. > >Your first step needs to be documenting the source of the information >you have on your Mary Lewis. Migration out of Rhode Island to the >Carolinas is not a typical 18th century migration path. Augustus >Johnston left RI in disgrace and got an appointment from the King in NC >in the 1760s. That was after he was hanged in effigy in Newport. My >ancestor, Augustus Johnson Lewis (b 1759) was named for him before >Augustus Johnston ran afoul of popular opinion. But Augustus Johnston >would be the exception that sorta proves the rule. > >The big wave of migration out of RI did not begin until after the >revolution and that was to the west, i.e. New York, some to Vermont, >etc. There was some migration of Tories, of course, to Canada and the >Maritimes. > >If your Mary Lewis did come from Rhode Island to NC, then I will stick >my neck out and say that her parents and siblings are unidentifiable. >That also gives us one more Mary than can be accounted for in RI >records. We also have additional issues with respect to which Mary >Lewis Joseph-3 and Nathaniel-3 married. > >Have you been able to locate Ambrose Foster in the RI records? > >Bill Wright > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== >The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm >RIGenWeb Archives Search >http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Maurice Dake

John, One correction, if I may. The Mary Lewis who m. Richard Deake was the granddaughter, rather than the daughter, of English immigrant John Lewis who d. near Westerly ca 1890. She was the dau. of John's son, John Jr., b.in RI ca 1660, d. in Westerly in 1735. Al Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Dake" <mldake@bellsouth.net> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Re: RIWASHIN-Mary Lewis > John Foster > > Not sure if this means anything to your search but: As stated a Mary Lewis > married Richard Deake. Her father was John Lewis who was born in England > and died in Westerly, RI 1690. His nephew, John Deake married Hannah > Foster. Her father was John Foster born in Salem, MA. Daniel Lewis of > Westerly, RI married Martha Prosser from Somersetshire, England. I am > trying to prove the last name of my old known grandmother and it has been > speculated that her name was Susannah Prosser and she married George Deake > (parents of John Deake mentioned above). I also believe (but have yet to > prove) that Richard and George Deake came from Minehead, Somerset, > England. None of this ties to the Mary Lewis that you are looking for but > there is a lot of linkages here between families. > > At 11:22 AM 03/13/2003, you wrote: > > > > Subject: Mary Lewis > > > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:02:29 -0600 > > > From: "John A. Foster" <n4la@cafes.net> > > > To: "RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com" <RIWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com>, > > > john Foster <n4la@cafes.net> > > > > > LDS states that my ggg-grandfather Ambrose Foster married Mary Lewis and > > > that she was born in Westerly, Washington county, RI. It gives her birth > > > date as ca1720. They lived in the area of present Lincoln county, NC > > > before the Revolution and 96th district of SC after the war. Can anyone > > > give me info on her siblings and ancestors? Thank you for reading this. > > > > > John A. Foster > > > Petersburg, TN > > > >John, > > > >You are on slippery ground with this one. You need a better source than > >LDS. Do you mean the IGI, the Ancestral File, microfilm of some > >documents at the Family History Library or what? If the IGI or AF, then > >you need to look behind these to see what source the compilers were > >using. The AF in particular contains many errors. > > > >Now here is the problem with Mary Lewis in RI in the early 1700s. All > >the known ones are pretty well accounted for. The earliest known Lewis > >immigrant in RI is John Lewis who appears in Misquamicut (Westerly) in > >1661. He had 8 known children - no Mary. > > > >John-2 had a dau Mary, b 1689. She m Richard Dake/Deake. > >David-2 had a dau Mary, probably m 1731 Joseph Lewis. (Records show > >that Joseph m Mary Lewis and the naming of Joseph and Mary's children > >suggest that it was Mary the dau of David.) > >Daniel-2 had a dau Mary, m John Langworthy. > > > >I don't have the list of Jonathan-2 or Samuel-2's children here at the > >office. But I don't believe they had any descendants named Mary born in > >the early 1700s because I also have a stray Mary that I have tried to > >identify. > > > >That brings us to generation 3. > >Joseph-3 (John-2) had children born between 1707 and ca 1730. He had a > >dau Mary, birthdate unknown. Myself and others have tentatively > >identified this Mary as being b ca 1710-1715 and as the bride of > >Nathaniel Lewis on 13 Nov 1729. Why the ca 1710-1715 estimated > >birthyear? We are trying to fit her birth between the births of the > >children with known birthdays and have her old enough to marry Nathaniel > >in 1729. Why do we think she married Nathaniel? Westerly and > >Charlestown records say that Nathaniel m Mary Lewis. There is no other > >known Mary Lewis around that could have married Nathaniel. Besides Mary > >Joseph-3 also had a son Amos. Nathaniel and Mary (Lewis) Lewis named > >their first son, Amos. > > > >Now you come along and throw in another Mary Lewis b ca 1720 into this > >confusing mixmaster. Our evidence for identifying Mary the spouse of > >Nathaniel is weak enough as it is without having to contend with another > >Mary Lewis with a birth within a time frame that could fit Joseph-3's > >daughter Mary. > > > >Continuing with other gen-3 Marys. > >John-3 (John-2) had a dau Mary, b 1723/4. She m William Hern. > >Nathaniel-3 (Israel-2) and Mary (Lewis) Lewis had a dau Mary b 1735. > >James-3 (James-2) had a dau Mary who m John Ladd. Her birth probably > >occurred ca 1715-1730. > >John-3 (James-2) had a dau Mercy. I have a hard time distinguishing > >between Mary and Mercy when I read the old records. Mercy was b 1726; m > >William Scrivens. > > > >There may be other gen-3 Marys that I don't show here in the stuff I > >have at the office, who would have been born after 1715 and be too young > >to have married Nathaniel in 1729. > > > >Your first step needs to be documenting the source of the information > >you have on your Mary Lewis. Migration out of Rhode Island to the > >Carolinas is not a typical 18th century migration path. Augustus > >Johnston left RI in disgrace and got an appointment from the King in NC > >in the 1760s. That was after he was hanged in effigy in Newport. My > >ancestor, Augustus Johnson Lewis (b 1759) was named for him before > >Augustus Johnston ran afoul of popular opinion. But Augustus Johnston > >would be the exception that sorta proves the rule. > > > >The big wave of migration out of RI did not begin until after the > >revolution and that was to the west, i.e. New York, some to Vermont, > >etc. There was some migration of Tories, of course, to Canada and the > >Maritimes. > > > >If your Mary Lewis did come from Rhode Island to NC, then I will stick > >my neck out and say that her parents and siblings are unidentifiable. > >That also gives us one more Mary than can be accounted for in RI > >records. We also have additional issues with respect to which Mary > >Lewis Joseph-3 and Nathaniel-3 married. > > > >Have you been able to locate Ambrose Foster in the RI records? > > > >Bill Wright > > > > > >==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > >The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm > >RIGenWeb Archives Search > >http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > Maurice Dake > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Scans of Rhode Island Maps are at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/maps/ > Search the RIGenWeb Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/search.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/313.2 Message Board Post: Located in the will of Abraham Allen which was proved 10-24-1836,Charlestown,R.I. the children of Greene Allen are mention as Joseph and Greene Jr.. No DOB or other info shown in Will on the two children or what book the Will is stored in. Found in the R.I. Genealogical Register Charlie C