SHATTUCK; Nantucket, MA,USA; 1630-1700 I am researching the family of Sarah SHATTUCK. She married Richard GARDNER in Nantucket, MA and they had a daughter Deborah GARDNER (b. 12 Feb 1658, d. 1712) who married John MACY (B. 14 Jul 1655, d. 14 Oct. 1691). All I know so far about Sarah's parents are that her mother was a widow with the first name Damaris. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

TAYLOR; London, ENG>Barnstable, MA,USA>New Bedford, MA,USA; 1622-1897 I am researching the family of Richard (Rock) TAYLOR in Barnstable, MA. Richard was born circa1622 in London, England, married Ruth BURGESS in 1646 and came to Barnstable, MA where the family stayed for many generations. Their son, Richard TAYLOR, Jr. was born 9 June 1652, married Hannah ?. Their son Ebenezer TAYLOR was born May 1659, married Mary ?. Their son Daniell TAYLOR was born 28 Oct 1722, married Elizabeth JOYCE 28 Sept 1746. Their son Joshua TAYLOR was born 24 April 1751, married Priscilla GORHAM 18 Sept 1774. Their son Roland Gorham TAYLOR was born 30 Nov1780, married Mary (Polly) GAGE 26 Nov 1805. Most recently, I am researching their daughter Phebe Thatcher TAYLOR. She was born in 1821 in South Dartmouth, MA to Roland TAYLOR and Mary (Polly) GAGE. Both her parents were born in Barnstable, MA. She married William Macy WILBER in 1840 and lived in New Bedford and Dartmouth, MA. They had 5 children: Maria Macy, Roland Taylor, Mary Gage, William Sanford & Charles Allen. She died 5 July, 1897 in New Bedford, MA. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WARD, Malthus; Haverhill, NH,USA>Salem,MA,USA; 1793-1838 I'm researching Sarah WARD. She was born 12 April 1793 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Malthus WARD of Haverhill, NH. She died 14 April 1838. She married John PUNCHARD of Salem, MA on 16 June 1814 and had six children: George Ward (b. 16 April 1816) Elizabeth W. (b. 19 Oct 1821) Thomas (b. 13 July 1824) Augustus Ward (b. 5 Sept 1828) John Oakes (b. 8 July 1830; d. 3 Aug 1830) John Oakes (b. 6 Jan 1833; d. 29 Sept 1834) I have more details on their children, but no more information about her parents. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WASHBURNE; Bridgewater, MA,USA; 1624-1702 I am researching the family of Philip WASHBURNE of Bridgewater, MA. He was born in 1624 and died between 1700 and 1702. He married Elizabeth IRISH and they had a daughter Elizabeth WASHBURNE who married Joseph SADLER before 1702. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WILBUR / WILBER; MA,USA>HI,USA>CA,USA; 1840-1892 I am researching William Macy WILBER (at times spelled Wilbur). He married Phebe Thatcher Taylor on 25 Dec 1840 in Dartmouth, MA and was also said to have lived in New Bedford, MA. He is listed in the 1850 MA census as a sailor. They had 5 children: Maria Macy (b. 1841, d. 1898) Roland Taylor (b. 1844, m. 1869 to Elizabeth Punchard, died 1928) Mary Gage (b. 1846; m. 1867 to Reuben Dean) William Sanford (b. 1849, d. 1933) Charles Allen (b. 1852, m. 1876 to Emily A. Kern, d. 1926) William Macy WILBER died in 1892 in Redding, CA. Phebe Thatcher Taylor Wilber died in 1897. I am familiar with the 5-Volume set "The Wilbores in America", but this is one of the few Wilbur lines which does not yet seem to have been connected to the rest of the family. I have heard rumors that there is a 6th Volume and have been unable to locate that, so I'd appreciate hearing about that as well. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WILLIAMS; MD,USA>NC,USA>TN,USA>IN,USA; 1759-1836 I am researching the family of Margaret WILLIAMS. She was born circa 1759 in Dorchester County, MD where she married John ABBOTT. They resided in MD until 1780, when they moved to Guilford County, NC. John served in the Revolutionary War from NC, and after the war they lived in various parts of NC, SC, TN and IN. She and John had a daughter Priscilla ABBOTT 3 September 1785 in Rockingham, Rockingham County, NC. Around 1803 they moved to Sumner County, TN where they lived for about 25 years. After that, they moved to Greene County, IN where John died in 1836. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WATERS; LND,ENG>Salem, MA,USA; 1604-1700 I am researching the family of James WATERS. He was married to Phebe MANNING in England and they had a son Richard on 3 March 1604. Richard was baptised at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, London, England. James WATERS died in 1617. Phebe later married William PLASSE on 23 Feb 1618 and the family (William, Joyce and Richard) moved to Salem, MA about 1637. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

WINSLOW; Marshfield, MA,USA>Yarmouth, MA,USA; 1640-1683 I'm researching the family of Rebecca WINSLOW. She was the daughter of Josiah Winslow of Marshfield, MA and Margaret Bourne, and she was also the niece of Gov. Edward Winslow. She married Col. John Thacher of Yarmouth, MA on 6 Nov 1661 and died 15 July 1683. If you have any information, please send e-mail to BarbPretz@aol.com. Thanks for your help! Barb

DALEY,Kate; KER,IRL/CT,USA; 1855 Seeking information on great aunt, Kate Daley, nee Shea, born to Gubnet Sullivan and John Shea on 25 June 1855 at Derreensillagh, County Kerry. Married Crohan Daley and lived at 275 Windsor Street, Hartford, CT. Died on 26 April 1938. Buried in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, CT. Survivors in CT included: nephews; John & Michael McCarthyand nieces; Nellie Bradley and Mary Mack. RichardGleason@webtv.net Richard J. Gleason

MASON; PA,USA; -1940 Looking for forbears of Marjorie Atlee Mason, born September 1, 1900 in Philadelphia to Charles Mason and Helen Watson. She had brothers including Jeffrey and Graham. Any information or pointers most welcome! Thanks, Jane Peppler -- Mappamundi: "More-or-less traditional music of the Northern Hemisphere and the Current Millenium" http://www.mappamundi.com/ Musicians Message Board: http://www.duke.edu/~jpeppler/messages.html Jane Peppler <jpeppler@acpub.duke.edu>

LEMEN; USA; 1800-1900 Hello, I am in search of information about my Great Aunt whom was born in Vincennes, Indiana. Bessie M. Swartzel whom married _______ LEMEN Elizabeth M. Lemen lived in the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Elizabeth had two sisters and one brother. (see soc.genealogy.surnames.german re; << SWARTZEL>> ) Goff Lemen Husbands brother Margeret Marie Lemen Green (brothers daughter) San Monica, Ca. Elisabeths cousin Joe Day Visalia, CA Any info please contact Karl re; SWARTZEL@mindspring.com (see soc.genealogy.surnames.german re; << SWARTZEL>> ) other NG ads by Karl; see soc.genealogy.french re: DENNIS see soc.history re: BRICKMAKERS see soc.war.revoution re: Hanging in Shrewsbury " " " re: George Washingtons Drummer Boy type << SWARTZEL >> and then find first, then next. Enjoy

HOBERG Herman; DEU > OH,USA; c. 1870 Searching for information about ggrandfather Herman HOBERG born circa 1851 in Hannover, Germany. Living in Ohio for birth of first child in 1874. Moved to Missouri with wife Johanna SEIFERT Hoberg in 1876. Listed on 1880 census in Butler Co. Missouri. Johanna remarried in Scioto Co., Ohio in 1883. Searching for information on parents, date of immigration, ship, death. Peggy Pollitt peggy@zoomnet.net

ELLIOTT,William; IRL>CT,USA; 1820-1890 William Elliott married Mary Cushing in New Haven, CT on 3 Nov. 1845. Both born in Ireland. Moved to Winsted (Winchester) CT. They had six children - William, James, Edward, John, Philip and George. Mary died 9 March 1861 in Winsted. William died c. 1895-1900 and may have left a second wife, Bridget Reynolds. Looking for descendants who may have further information on William and Mary. They were my great grandparents. I have an idea that some other descendants are presently living in the state of Connecticut. Bill Elliott in MA WEDELLIOTT@worldnet.att.net

KRIENER / CRINER; DEU > TN,USA; c. 1713 Does anyone recognize this Criner surname? I've been told that it changed from Kreiner. Please email me if you know anything about this family Mandy Queen Descendants of Father Criner 1 Father Criner b: Abt. 1713 Germany ... 2 ? Criner b: Abt. 1738 Germany ........ 3 Rebecca Criner b: Abt. 1763 d: June 8, 1826 Madison Co., AL Buried: Madison Co., AL, Mt Parron Cemetery ............ +? Criner ........ *2nd Husband of Rebecca Criner: ............ +James Middleton ........ 3 Joseph C. Criner, Sr. b: February 17, 1767 d: October 11, 1843 Madison Co., AL Buried: Nelson Chapel Cemetery, Madison Co., AL ............ +Eleanor Ingram b: July 20, 1788 d: September 5, 1842 Madison Co., AL m: Lincoln Co., TN Buried: Nelson Chapel Cemetery, Madison Co., AL ... 2 John A. Criner b: 1740 Germany d: October 16, 1821 Wayne Co., TN? ....... +Susan Yantiz d: March 18, 1815 TN m: July 11, 1770 ........ 3 George Criner b: Abt. 1776 d: November 16, 1822 Wayne Co., TN Buried: Carolville, Wayne Co., TN ............ +Martha "Mattie" Galloway b: 1782 KY d: February 12, 1836 Decatur Co., TN m: January 2, 1801 Buried: Decater Co., TN ........ 3 John Criner b: Abt. 1778 Lancaster Co., PA d: Bef. 1809 Hawkins Co., TN ............ +Evelyn Galloway m: June 13, 1802 ........ 3 Joseph Criner b: Abt. 1780 ............ +Lucinda Russell m: May 27, 1810 ........ 3 Nancy Criner b: Abt. 1782 ............ +Steve McBroom m: August 19, 1812 ........ 3 Sarah Criner b: Abt. 1784 ............ +John Binion m: April 26, 1822 MQueen9924 <MQueen9924@aol.com>

LOUGH; IRL>CT,USA; 1865-1880 Seeking information about Lough family which resided in Portlaoise (Maryborough) in the mid-1800's. Four sisters emigrated from Ireland to the Winsted, CT area during the period 1865-1880. They were Alice, Elizabeth, Julia, and Annie. Alice m. Edward Elliott in 1875, Elizabeth married Daniel Welch, Julia m. Thomas McCarthy, and Annie m. John McMahon. Other sisters, Mary and Margaret remained in Ireland. Their parents were James Lough and Elizabeth MacDonald. Hope to contact anyone with knowledge of the family. Bill Elliott in MA WEDELLIOTT@worldnet.att.net

STUMP; IN,USA>IL,USA; 1865-1949 Looking for info on: Ida Mae STUMP b. 1865, d. 1949 in Karnak, Pulaski Co, IL, m. 6 Sep 1880 in Montgomery Co, IN to John Samuel BUNKER, son of Charles D. Bunker and Harriet Stonebraker. John and Ida had: Clarence, George Washington, Rodney T., Ward Beacher, Matti, Mamie, Bonnie E., Ora Bell, Ida Bunker. Thanks! -- Gayle in WA gayle@olypen.com searching: Altenberger* Beck*Bigelow*Boise*Bowsher*Bunker*Chipman Clark*Cremean* Crites*Delaney*Duncan*Elkins*Fitch* Fuller* Fuson* Gillespie* Houk**Howland*Jolley*Lowman*Luckhart*McGee* Robb* Rowan*Saggety* Severson* Spafford*Stafford*Stump*Sutherland*Toler*Veeder* Weiler*Wales*Wilson

GILLESPIE / BRAIDWOOD / WHITEHEAD; ON,CAN>Detroit,MI,USA; 1930-1981 Looking for living family/children of Robert GILLESPIE, widower of Marion BRAIDWOOD. He may have moved to Detroit as a steel moulder and remarried and possibly lived on Canfield St,Detroit. Robert was born 25 Feb 1884 in Scotland. He arrived in Hamilton about 1909. He was possibly a steel moulder. His wife, Marion died in 1918 in Hamilton. She was born in Stenhousmuir, Scotland. Looking for Robert's brother, Alexander M. GILLESPIE b. 1893, d. 17 Jan 1966 in White Lake Twp, Pontiac, Oakland Co, MI, buried in Grandlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI. He worked as a moulder in the Aluminum industry in MI. Alex's wife was Dora M. WHITEHEAD b. 1896 she died 9 Mar 1981 in Detroit and is buried in unknown area. In a plot she bought in 1940 at Grandlawn Cemetery, her husband Alex Gillespie and a Benjamin Whitehead are buried. She is buried in an unknown cemetery. Any leads on children of this family or any obit info would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! Gayle in WA gayle@olypen.com

O'BRIEN / BRYANT; IRL>ENG>MA,USA; 1828-1835 Looking for the O'Briens/Briants/Bryants. Briefly, the mother and father, Timothy [Laborer and Farmer] and Joanna (Hart) O'Brien were born in Munster Province, Ireland, as was my great great grandfather (Timothy and Joanna's son), Michael Cullen O'Brien. Timothy and Joanna were born between 1798 and 1803. Sometime between 1828 and 1832, they emigrated to Essex, England (exactly where in Essex county still remains a mystery). It is there that their second son, Daniel W. [Webster?] O'Brien, was born on 8 September 1832. By 22 December 1835 and possibly as early as 1832/33, the family moved to the United States, possibly entering Canada first. On 22 December 1835, Timothy and Joanna had their first daughter, born in Massachusettes, Mary Emily. Their second daughter, Ann Louisa, was born the following year. Michael [Shoemaker by trade], son of Timothy and Joanna, married Harriet Naramore Hawley in 1850 (July 4th - documented) in Newburyport, MA. They had several children, Harriet, Pamelia, Silas, Julia, etc. Between 1850 and 1855 Mary Emily married Allen Robinson. They had several children. Daniel [Shoemaker], and second son of Timothy and Joanna, was married in 1855 to Harriet Frances Robinson, daughter of Timothy Robinson (b. in Sydney, ME) and Sarah Robinson. He was killed in the American Civil War at the battle of Antietam. He is buried in the National Cemetery there. About 1856/57 the family Timothy, Joanna, Allen, Mary Emily, Michael, and Harriet, as well as Ann Louisa moved to Rochester, New York. Then, in 1865 all except Michael and his family moved back to Georgetown, MA. Michael served in the 108th New York Vols. as a private, corporal, and finally sergeant in Company E. He was wounded three times, once at the Wilderness, once at Antietam, and once at Gettysburg. In 1872 he died in Tiffin, Iowa, (from Typhoid fever) while on his way to Nebraska to file a Homesteader's claim in accordance with the Homestead Act of 1862 that granted extra credit for service to Union veterans. Here is the deal on the surname transition, and this is pretty reliable. The family started out as "O'Brien." Sometime between 1838 and 1850, the family began to use the name "Briant." This continued until sometime around 1856/57, at which time everybody in the U.S seems to have switched to "Bryant," the name the descendants here are known by till this day. Except there were still at least a couple of instances when the various members of the family were documented as O'Briens again. In addition, when Timothy and Joanna were elderly and finally died in Georgetown, MA, they reverted back to the surname O'Brien. Both are buried someplace in Haverhill under the name O'Brien. Since I have been researching the leads in the Essex area due to the fact that Daniel, Timothy and Joanna's second son, was born there, I have contacted the Essex County Record Office and family History Office in Chelmsford. I was interested, because of the time frame, in possible church records. I was advised, much to my dismay, that a search in Essex County without knowing the exact parish/town would be impossible. So, I am trying everything I can to locate the exact town/parish. So far, I have . . . 1. Had a very nice lady check check the 1851 census indexes for Essex for me as we thought at one time that the family may have returned there. She located all the Briants and all the Bryants. None looked like my people, of course, as it turned out that they hadn't revisited Essex. England at all. However, there was a Timothy Briant from Cork living in Leyton at the time. He was 65. 2. I also searched in the 1881 census indexes for Essex. This was a bit more interesting. I found the following . . . Louisa Brian (Briant?) Aged 41 living in the home of Samuel S. Davis as a domestic servant. This was in Leyton Low (Not sure what the "Low" means.). It gives the place of birth as "Co. of Birth - NK." I wonder if this translates to "County of Birth Not Known." If so, perhaps his could be the second daughter of Timothy and Joanna. She was born in Massachusettes. Since my information on her age is from a census, it is possible that her age of 41 is close enough to make her a possibility. We did lose all mention of Louisa after 1861. However, we are still working on finding her. OF COURSE IT TURNED OUT THAT NONE OF THESE FOLKS WERE OUR FAMILY, AND THAT IS FOR SURE AT THIS POINT AS WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THEM except Ann Louisa. Since it appears that most of the Briants/Bryants in Essex in 1881 were from the Cork area, I am beginning to wonder if it might be a fair guess to assume a high probability of emigration for my O'Briens from Cork. I am wondering if there might not have been a regular boat service from Cork to London that would have made this a possibility in 1828-1832. I know that from Dublin, most Irish and English Irish people traveled over to Liverpool. This seems to suggest to me that it might not be as likely that my family came through there. Oh well, thanks for listening to my ramblings. If anyone sees a possible connection, please get in touch with me at my e-mail address: ctucker@wzrd.com We do have much more specific information on children, vital stat's dates, etc., more than time and space will allow here.

MCCARTHY; KY,USA; 1860- I am researching Daniel McCarthy who lived in Elkhorn (outside of Lexington, KY) around 1860. Following is an outline of the family: Daniel McCarthy (1 Nov 1830-) m. 1859 Elizabeth Meighan in Lexington, KY 1.John McCarthy (1861-) 2.Mary McCarthy (1862-) 3.Daniel McCarthy (1863-) 4.Nanine McCarthy (1865-) 5.Elizabeth McCarthy (1867-) 6.Ellen McCarthy (1869-) 7.James McCarthy (1871-) 8.Julia McCarthy (1874-) If anyone has information on this family please contact me. Thanks. Martha Parker mmparker@ix.netcom.com Please visit my WebPage at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1725/ Just click on the name McCarthy.

THOMPSON John; IRL>PA,USA; 1818-1885 I have 3rd great grandparents that came from County Down, Ireland around the time of the potato famine. I have full birthdates of both John b.16 July 1818 and his wife Mary (Martin?) Thompson b. 10 Nov. 1822. I have found John's naturalization papers, and death records stating his father was Hugh Thompson born in Scotland. I thought I had enough good info to find further info on the couple BUT places I have written to in Ireland basically laugh and say Thompson's are a dime a dozen and not to waste my time or theirs. This was heartbreaking to say the least...anyone out there have better and more helpful advice to share!?!?!?!?? Wanting to trace my Irish roots, Debbie Drescher tdresche@indiana.edu