Arlene and Lists: An assay master has a little to do with "metals"......but not directly....... And to answer your question, Arlene...yes , New England does have ore and mining was a "big thing" in early days especially lead and iron. Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Arlene Onken <ato@cis.net> Subject: Re: [CTHARTFO] What is an assay master ? > Cynthia; Isn't an assay master the one who determines the amount of ore in > a sample? Did they have ore in New England? Arlene of Illinois > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia <cyndylou3@earthlink.net> > To: CTHARTFO-L@rootsweb.com <CTHARTFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:05 AM > Subject: [CTHARTFO] What is an assay master ? > > > >List: > > Can anyone tell me and the list what an ASSAY MASTER is ?........I > found > >this in early New England records > > When you respond, please include all 3 lists (see below) in your > >answer(s) so we can learn from one another. > > > >Cynthia > >Moderator of : > > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > > VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com > > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com/ > > > >______________________________ > > > ==== CTHARTFO Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTHARTFO-L/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > listowner: Cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >