Actually, I jumped the gun in my excitement over recognizing the name "Mrs. Francis Beach." It turns out that Francis/Frances was the *daughter* of Mary Evans Thayer; I read it with the thought that Francis was the name of the daughter's husband; ie hopefully the Francis Beach who was husband of Lydia. There was no Lydia in the mix at all. Tim was kind enough to write me back off list to let me know that. It would certainly have been an unexpected early Christmas present if it had turned out to be a breakthrough. But even though it wasn't, it still shows that there is always information tucked away in those old documents that really do help solve puzzles in the most unexpected places. I'm so grateful to Tim and to everyone else who post original documents in the public domain. I'm going to look into scanning some documents I've collected to the freepages website; maybe they will help someone else discover a new lead. Lori On Dec 16, 2007 6:16 PM, E&B Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Lori is very lucky. I read the entire document hoping to find mention of > an > ancestor too, but was not as fortunate. Tim has done many of us a huge > favor by posting the pension images. Thanks to everyone who contributes > to > this website. > > Happy holidays everyone! > Estelle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amy Kearns" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > > > > Wow Lori that is great news that you found a possible link to your > > research. > > I also read the pension images but was not so lucky. It just goes to > show > > you how information can turn up in such unexpected places. Thanks to > this > > wonderful website we all benefit. > > > > Amy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lori Murphy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > > > > > >> Tim----Thank you so much for scanning this in. I read through the > >> pension, > >> without having any connection to the Thayer family (just because I love > >> reading these old documents, and never know when I might discover > >> something > >> new), and may have inadvertently discovered a family link for a cousin > of > >> mine through another line. > >> > >> On the Thayer5.jpg, there is a letter explaining the drowning death of > >> Mary > >> Thayer as she was crossing from Edward's Ferry to Leesburg. The note > then > >> goes on to say that "she left an only child Mrs. Francis Beach." > >> > >> I've worked on my cousin's family, which brickwalled at "Lydia" wife of > >> Francis "Frank" Beach. Lydia was born around 1820, and she and Francis > >> Beach > >> had three children that I know of: Ferdinand, Jane and George. They > lived > >> in > >> and around Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Ferdinand > >> married > >> Jane Catharine Anderson, Jane married Albert F. Corum (my cousin's > line) > >> and > >> George married Albenia Tharpe. > >> > >> This Francis Beach is the only one I know of living in this area during > >> this > >> time period; does anyone know if it's possible that his wife Lydia is > >> indeed > >> Lydia Thayer, the daughter of Mary Evans and William Thayer? > >> > >> Thank you again, Tim, for this unexpected new possibility in tracing > this > >> line. > >> > >> Lori Murphy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >