Ooops. I read the messages in the wrong order. Will forward the letter now. Mignon -------------------------------------------------- From: "simpkins@bigplanet.com" <Simpkins@bigplanet.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:49 PM To: <simpkins@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SIMPKINS] Elizabeth Lord, nee Simpkins of East Jewett,Greene Co., NY > AWESOME!!!! AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!Mignon, I am so excited to have received > your email. This is great news and it does confirm some of the notes I > have > that I couldn't quite link together. > > Yes, please email me a copy of the letter. I would love to have it. In > the > meantime, I'll see what I have that can go along with this new > information. > > Thank you so much for thinking of me! > > Mark Simpkins > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mignon Matthews" <mattgunz59@verizon.net> > To: <simpkins@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 7:54 PM > Subject: [SIMPKINS] Elizabeth Lord, nee Simpkins of East Jewett, Greene > Co.,NY > > >>I have been away from the list for a long time, but a cousin just gave me >>a >>letter which my grandmother, Nellie E. Finn, nee Lord, had written about >>her grandmother Lord, but it goes a little further back. This letter >>confirms that Elizabeth Lord, nee Simpkins, wife of Asa Lord, was the >>daughter of Catherine O'Brien and Samuel Simpkins, who came from the west; >>and, it says that Catherine's parents were Asa and Mary O'Brien. It does >>not give Mary's maiden name, nor does it tell anything more about Samuel >>Simpkins. The west is a big place; but, his second wife was Hepzabah >>Haines >>and they moved to Michigan where they had a son. That is where he is >>buried and perhaps where he came from. It's a place to check out for more >>of his family. Any information will be gratefully received. >> >> Mark: If you are still on the list and would like a copy of the letter, >> I >> would be glad to share. It is in my grandmother's handwriting and she >> remembered things like that Asa Lord's brother owned a sawmill and had a >> lumber business. She remembered seeing the sawmill. She mentions Uncle >> Thomas, Catherine's brother. To me, the letter is quite a find. I don't >> know where my cousin turned up the letter; but, I know my grandmother's >> handwriting; she died in 1958. >> >> Mignon >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SIMPKINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SIMPKINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >