By the way, did you need or want additionl information on Happy Haines? A person working on the Haines family forwarded that information to me.... Mark ----- 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 >

Hi Mark, It's great to hear from you again, and I would like that. Thanks! Are you interested in the letter? Mignon -------------------------------------------------- From: "simpkins@bigplanet.com" <Simpkins@bigplanet.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:57 PM To: <simpkins@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SIMPKINS] Elizabeth Lord, nee Simpkins of East Jewett,Greene Co., NY > By the way, did you need or want additionl information on Happy Haines? A > person working on the Haines family forwarded that information to me.... > > Mark > > > ----- 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 >