Bill, Thanks for the note. Your book on Charlestown really has a wealth of information in it. I am glad I bought it. From the census of 1880 I found only one Sheldon Clark that might be the one that married Sarah Babcock (widow of Nathan Thompson) around 1840. This particular Sheldon Clarke was living in Sheffield (Berkshire Co) MA in 1880, was 79 years old, was born in CT as were both his parents, and was living with Amos (43) son, Caroline (56) daughter-in-law, and Jennie (15). Anybody got any information on this Sheldon Clark? Thanks for the help, Charlie King gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in CT On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:35:05 -0600 Bill Wright <wmewrght@hal-pc.org> writes: > Charlie, > > I searched my database for Sheldon Clark and had 55 hits. > Unfortunately, most of them were for a relative, Sheldon Clarke. I > did > find a Clarke/Sheldon marriage in Richmond. This is from the > Richmond > index card file of BMD in the Land Evidence books that is on LDS > film > 0930852. The reference at the end refers to Land Evidence book 1, > page > 202. > > When Richmond expanded its town hall a dozen years ago or so, the > card > file disappeared. I used it one year, but when I returned the next > year > I couldn't find it. I asked and no one knew what I was talking > about > it. I pointed to the shelf where it had been the previous year and > still got puzzled looks. Glad for the microfilm. > > Samuel Clarke, s/o Simeon m Elizabeth Sheldon, d/o James Sheldon > Esqr, > Ellet > Lock Elder, 4 June 1801, 1-202 > > Bill Wright > > > Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] William Wright's Book > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:48:05 -0500 > > From: Charles W King <king133@juno.com> > > To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Bev, > > There are plenty of Clarks in Charlestown. I was looking at the > Probate > > records last night at the local FHC and found plenty. And there > are > > plenty in William Wright's book too. > > As a matter of fact, I am looking for Sheldon Clark who married > Sarah > > (Babcock) Thompson about 1840 in (I think Westerly) after her > first > > husband, Nathan Thompson died. I think Sarah might be my gg > > grandfather's (Joseph Loomer Thompson's) mother. > > Charlie King > > gg grandson of Jospeh Loomer Thompson > > born 1821 someplace in CT > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Search the RIGenWeb Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/search.html > WorldConnect Project -- Connecting the World One GEDCOM at Time > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Many thanks for your reply, what I meant what was the distance from one to the other. I have a birth in Prudence in 1757 and one known in South Kingstown 1793.(this is father and son) realise that these would be church records if even possible to find. Toni. ----- Original Message ----- From: Geneva T. Malenfant <genevatm@comcast.net> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Query > Prudence Island does still exist but I don't believe that the records would > be in South Kingstown. Please note correct spelling. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toni Evans" <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> > To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:27 PM > Subject: [RIWASHIN] Query > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== 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 >

Could someone please tell me about Prudence Is. is it still called that and where would any records be for that. and wherabouts in connection to above would be South Kingston. Toni

In a message dated 2/25/2003 12:55:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, toni.evans@xtra.co.nz writes: > You did say there was no South Kinston as this spelling but > this may have changed, and I can say that he lived in Exeter, > Hi Toni, I think what she meant was that there is no South Kingston. There IS a South Kingstown, and a North Kingstown. And there is a Kingston and a West Kingston. Explanation?? Don't ask. And all of these are in South County, which doesn't exist either! Charlie B Charles I Bearse Morrisville PA To Be Remembered May Be The Secret To Immortality

Oh, the distance is very small. Rhode Island is a small state and you can drive from one end to the other in slightly less than an hour. Traveling to Prudence Island from South Kingstown would have been most likely by boat from Saunderstown on Narragansett Bay directly to the island or first to Newport and then to Prudence. Depending on weather conditions of course it could be quite a short trip. What is the surname you are looking for. Both my family and my husband's family have lived in the area since the 1600s. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni Evans" <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Query > Many thanks for your reply, what I meant what was the distance from one to > the other. I have a birth in Prudence in 1757 and one known in South > Kingstown 1793.(this is father and son) realise that these would be church > records if even possible to find. Toni. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Geneva T. Malenfant <genevatm@comcast.net> > To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Query > > > > Prudence Island does still exist but I don't believe that the records > would > > be in South Kingstown. Please note correct spelling. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Toni Evans" <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> > > To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:27 PM > > Subject: [RIWASHIN] Query > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > ==== 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 >

Charlie, I searched my database for Sheldon Clark and had 55 hits. Unfortunately, most of them were for a relative, Sheldon Clarke. I did find a Clarke/Sheldon marriage in Richmond. This is from the Richmond index card file of BMD in the Land Evidence books that is on LDS film 0930852. The reference at the end refers to Land Evidence book 1, page 202. When Richmond expanded its town hall a dozen years ago or so, the card file disappeared. I used it one year, but when I returned the next year I couldn't find it. I asked and no one knew what I was talking about it. I pointed to the shelf where it had been the previous year and still got puzzled looks. Glad for the microfilm. Samuel Clarke, s/o Simeon m Elizabeth Sheldon, d/o James Sheldon Esqr, Ellet Lock Elder, 4 June 1801, 1-202 Bill Wright > Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] William Wright's Book > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:48:05 -0500 > From: Charles W King <king133@juno.com> > To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Bev, > There are plenty of Clarks in Charlestown. I was looking at the Probate > records last night at the local FHC and found plenty. And there are > plenty in William Wright's book too. > As a matter of fact, I am looking for Sheldon Clark who married Sarah > (Babcock) Thompson about 1840 in (I think Westerly) after her first > husband, Nathan Thompson died. I think Sarah might be my gg > grandfather's (Joseph Loomer Thompson's) mother. > Charlie King > gg grandson of Jospeh Loomer Thompson > born 1821 someplace in CT

In a message dated 2/24/03 8:27:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, toni.evans@xtra.co.nz writes: > Could someone please tell me about Prudence Is. Check this URL: <A HREF="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form">http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form</A> I cannot help with relationship between So. Kingston and the island. The island is in upper Naragansett Bay, part of Newport county ... it is 7km west of Portsmouth. A confusing point to some is that the zip code leads one to believe it is part of Bristol county ... but that is just where Prudence get sits mail delivery from .... zip 02872 Prudence Island Bristol Small Town The relationship is likely not between Prudence & so Kingston but that some family moved from one place to the other. Also, Prudence Island was a place of refuge during indian trouble. That may be your connection. These are alternate indian names for this island: Chabatawece Island Chebatowesett Island Chebbachuesset Chibachewesa Island Chibachuesa Chibachuweset Chibackuweset Island Chibacowoda Island Chibacuwese Chippacurset Island Chippecurset Wapewasick Wappewassick Latitude: 41.615223 Longitude: -71.317001 (southern part of island) Regards, Al Rose Please visit my GEDCOM posted at URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=butchrose

Prudence Island does still exist but I don't believe that the records would be in South Kingstown. Please note correct spelling. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni Evans" <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: [RIWASHIN] Query > Could someone please tell me about Prudence Is. is it still called that and where would any records be for that. and wherabouts in connection to above would be South Kingston. Toni > > > ==== 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 >

Hi Washington Co experts; I am looking for information (CT birth town) of my gg grandfather, Joseph Loomer Thompson. Two of Josephs sons died in Westerly as follows: Joseph E Thompson died on 3 May 1899 and George W Thompson died on 21 Feb 1900. I am assuming that an obituary of these deaths would have been published in the Westerly Sun. Question: Does anybody know if the Westerly Public Library has the Westerly Sun on microfilm for 1899 and 1900? I seem to recall that they did. Charlie King gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in CT ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Bev, There are plenty of Clarks in Charlestown. I was looking at the Probate records last night at the local FHC and found plenty. And there are plenty in William Wright's book too. As a matter of fact, I am looking for Sheldon Clark who married Sarah (Babcock) Thompson about 1840 in (I think Westerly) after her first husband, Nathan Thompson died. I think Sarah might be my gg grandfather's (Joseph Loomer Thompson's) mother. Charlie King gg grandson of Jospeh Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in CT On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:43:45 -0600 Beverly Clark <anniespl@netins.net> writes: > Dear Charles: > In your Wright book, do you have any Clarks from Charlestown area? > We are > trying to locate our kin in that area. Would appreciate any > information. > Please respond to clarklaw@pcpartner.net as the above email address > is being > discontinued. Thank you for your time. > Sincerely, > Bev Clark, Iowa > > > From: Charles W King <king133@juno.com> > > Reply-To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:27:53 -0500 > > To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [RIWASHIN] William Wright's Book > > Resent-From: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:35:14 -0700 > > > > Edith, > > William Wright wrote a book "Ancestors and Descendants of William > > Browning Greene and Mary Hoxie Lewis". I have this book but I > didn't > > find either your James Wilson or your Sarah Hoxie in his book. I > will be > > looking at Charlestown Probate records soon. > > Charlie King > > gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson > > born 1821 prob in Stonington. > > > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:19:28 EST Mooreedith@aol.com writes: > > Charlie, > > > > Thanks a lot for your response to my e-mail. I know there > are/were a > > lot of Hoxie's in the Charleston area of Washington County. > Some spell > > the name with an 's' in it and others don't. > > > > I believe the names I gave you might be my great grandparents. > It is my > > best bet. > > I don't know how to confirm it and just thought maybe some legal > papers > > might give some vital information. > > > > My Grandmother was born Sarah Ellen Hoxie in 1860. And according > to my > > research there were more than one Sarah Hoxie's born in that area > in that > > year. My Grandmother went by the name 'Nellie' however....and so > the > > household of James Wilson and Emeline Hox(s)ie seems the most > likely to > > be correct. > > > > My Grandmother Sarah E. Hoxie of Charlestown, RI, married Bradford > B. > > Moore of Richmond, RI, in CT in 1892. They then resided for the > next > > 22 years at the Moore homestead.....a place called > 'Cliffmore'....Beaver > > River Valley. > > > > I have never been there but my father had taken many pictures > dating back > > to the late 1890s and the early 1900s. > > > > My father died before I was old enough to ask questions. An > older > > relative had given the name of her parents differently. So....I > am just > > trying to narrow my search some. > > > > I wonder if my great grandparents may have known your Joseph > Loomer > > Thompson? > > > > They would probably have married around the same time frame. > > > > Anyway.....thanks for your efforts! > > Edith > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Listers, Sorry for the double posting, I forgot to put in a subject line. I have just added a book, "A Historical Sketch of Richmond Rhode Island, 1747 to 1876, to the Kent County archives. It has a wealth of historical and Genealogical information. There is mention of quite a few of the well known lines in Rhode Island <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~rikent/richmond/">Richmond Rhode Island</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rikent/richmond/ The pages are images and will take a long time to load. It was scanned and submitted by a generous person who wishes to remain anonymous. Arlan Maguire

In a message dated 2/18/2003 2:32:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, Heirlines@aol.com writes: > Is it possible that Dorcas > was not the daughter, but the daughter-in-law of Nicholas? > Hi Lauren, The birth of Dorcas Gardiner on 12 Mar 1760 to Nicholas and his 2nd wife, Dorcas, is recorded in Exeter VR and Nicholas also called her his daughter in his will, written and proved in Exeter in 1801. Thanks for checking, Donna

Hi Donna - I have four Dorcas Gardiners, plus a Dorkus Gardner, but none of them are a child of Nicholas. The term brother may refer to a brother-in-law. Is it possible that Dorcas was not the daughter, but the daughter-in-law of Nicholas? Sorry I can't be of more help. - Lauren Lauren Maehrlein Maehrlein's Heirlines Plant a tree, then start your family tree!

Hi, I found a will abstract for Dorcas Gardiner, daughter of Nicholas and Dorcas (??Gardiner??) Gardiner, dated in 1811 in Exeter. In it Dorcas names her siblings including a brother George who married a Dorcas. Exeter cemetery records show that this George and Dorcas are buried there and he was born ca. 1779. I cannot find a George in the list of children for Nicholas Gardiner by either of his wives. His first wife Martha died long before this George was born. His second wife, Dorcas, also died in 1775 so she's ruled out as well. There is nothing in Arnold's about this George who m. Dorcas although the other children of Nicholas by both wives are named in his will. George's will also does not name a son George. Dorcas, his youngest daughter, and the one who names her brother George in her will, was born 1760 - that is a long gap from 1760 to 1779 plus there is no record of Nicholas having married a 3rd time. Nicholas made his will in 1801 so George was alive at the time. Who is the George Gardiner who married Dorcas?? Dorcas Gardiner, d/o Nicholas calls him her brother but is it possible Dorcas was actually his mother?? Or could he have been an illegitimate child of one of her sisters? Or is there another meaning of brother that I am missing - to my knowledge these people were not Quakers so there is not a religious connotation. The children of Nicholas Gardiner and their spouses were: Mary Gardiner b. 1732 m. Oliver Reynolds William Gardiner b. 1734 m. Martha Reynolds Margaret Gardiner b. 1736 m. William Reynolds Nicholas Gardiner b. 1737/38 m. Honor Brown, Ruth Tillinghast and Deborah Vincent Martha Gardiner b. 1739 m. Stephen Arnold Ann Gardiner b. 1741 m. Samuel Morey Elizabeth Gardiner b. 1743 m. Daniel Champlin Huling Gardiner b. 1745 m. Elizabeth Northup Those children were by Martha Havens. Children by second wife Dorcas were: James Gardiner b. 1750 married Patience(--) Sylvester Gardiner b. 1752 m. Hannah Reynolds Francis Gardiner b. 1755 m. Waite West Dorcas Gardiner b. 1760 whose will names George Gardiner and wife Dorcas. I have not gotten the actual will as yet and it is always possible something was transcribed incorrectly into Beaman's. Has anyone else worked on this line and/or do you know who George Gardiner was? I have not gotten wills or abstracts for Dorcas Gardiner's sibs to see if any of them called George a brother. Dorcas was certainly the right age to have been George's mother:) There are lots of unconnected Gardiners out there in Exeter and this line may own some of them :) It's obvious also that this Gardiner clan must have lived really close to the reynolds family! Thanks, Donna, snowed in here in RI

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Hi, I am looking for any information on David Nichols and Susannah who left Westerly going to NY, VT, and Canada if what I have is correct. My husband descends from their son Sheldon. Would appreciate any information on their parents, siblings and children. I have David m Desire Barber as David's parents, and Joseph Sheldon m Lydia Earle as Susannah's parents, Thanks, Pat Nichols

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bryants from Kingston and Ontario Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XcB.2ACE/234.1 Message Board Post: Hi Dixon, I am hunting also on the Bryant lineage..for my husabnds family. Here is our lineage: George Bryant b. 1897 d. 1971 M. lenity Fisher from Clare Mi Their children are Don , margie, and Ernest bryant all b. in Calre MI His father was George Bryant b. 1856 , blacksmith, Lime lake hastings Ontario Canada d. may 12 1932 m. Anne jane marlin m. 8-2-1879 Ontario Canada Their children are Elsie . b. 10-12-1881 Kingston Ontario, George , b. 3-18-1879 Kingston Ontario d. clare MI M. Lenity Fisher, Charles Edmond Bryant b. June 12 1880 Kingston Ontario , Laura, b. 8-11-1884, d. 1963 Clare MI, husband was Ward Boody b. abt. 1880 (-father was George Boody ), Flossie, b. 8-11-1884 , husband-Earl Beatty Kingston Ontario b. abt. 1880 I am trying to find out who the father of George bryant is b. 1856 from Lime Lake Hastings Ontario Canada In our family we think they came from England..I need help!! glenda

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/285.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your help. I will check out the Richmond Town Hall for the information.

Hi Pat, I have Samuel Norris Jaquays (or however you want to spell the last name!) who also used the name Norris Jaquays. He was born before 1755 based on census info and these are the notes I have for him:This is the Norris Jaquays who in 1794 was granted a certificate from SK to Richmond for himself and his wife. He apparently was known as Norris to distinguish him from the other Samuels. His age was between 26 and 45. Since there was no mention of any children the children under 10 must have been born after 1794. The male who was between 16 and 26 could very well have been a brother or in-law. This may be the Samuel who married Sabrina (---) = no record of the marriage ceremony has been found but the one who m. Sabrina appears in the census as Samuel N. and was born in RI from census info. My best guess is that this Samuel is the son of Nathan and Jemima Jacwaise but I do not have solid proof. Donna

Remember to also look under Jacques usually the same name as Jaquay, Jakeway, especially in southern Rhode Island. There is a Westminster Street in Providence, RI. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Jaquay" <hjaquay@twcny.rr.com> To: <RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [RIWASHIN] Jaquay > Donna - > > In your research didn't you have a NORRIS JAQUAY? Born in RI, possibly > North Minster or some where like that? Have no idea who parents were or any > siblings. > > I have come across a person who must be realted some how, as I have a > picture of his ggggrandfather's son and daughters. Haven't written but the > gentleman hasn't responded as yet. And I have the name NORRIS in 2 of my > relatives. > > Thanks for any info you can supply > > Pat Jaquay > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > RI Cemeteries Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ > Visit RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > 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 >