To Randy and Ron, My John A Weeks was 80 in 1880 when he died--perhaps he is a 1st cousin of Daniel T Weeks of Long Isl ? John apparently spent his whole life in NY/Brooklyn. Thanks, Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Keating" <RKeating@Corp.Prodigy.com> To: <WEEKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:52 AM Subject: RE: Weeks outside NY > > Randy, > Would you be able to tell me where you found the information on John > Weeks, Daniel T. Weeks and Thomas Weeks. John Weeks was my Great > Grandfather. I would be especially interested in any more information you > may have on Thomas Weeks. I had been unable to trace my line beyond Daniel > T. Weeks prior to your note. > - Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Weeks [mailto:DA33@attbi.com] > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:47 PM > To: WEEKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Weeks outside NY > > > I can tell you the following: John (Green Point, Long Island 1881) was the > son of Daniel T. (aged 76 in 1883) of Fort Montgomery, N.Y. who was the son > of Thomas (born on Long Island. > > Thomas may have been a brother of George, of Dorchester, Ma. No evidence of > the countrary had been found (as of 1892), and the name Thomas was common in > the neighborhood from which George Came. Thomas was born August 10, 1744 and > died Nov. 30, 1819. > > I also find a Thorne of Highland Falls, N.Y. who was an Uncle to Andrew J. > (Paterson N.J. 1884) who was the son of James (Born Orange Co. 1798) s. of > Daniel. > > Thorn of Highland Falls had bro. Smith, in a family of 12 children, of whom > Thorn only was living in 1887. Smith had Elizabeth (m. Thorn, Lucretia (m. > Harvey Blakely), Benjamin Franklin (b. 18233) Thomas Smith (at Fond du Lac, > Wis. 1887, unmarried). > > Not sure if any of that helped ????????? > > Randy Weeks > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Keating" <RKeating@Corp.Prodigy.com> > To: <WEEKS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:33 AM > Subject: RE: Weeks outside NY > > > > All, > > I am researching a Daniel Thorne Weeks, born around 1810, lived in > Fort > > Montgomery area, Orange County, NY. I can't seem to find any information > on > > his Father or Mother. If anyone has any mention of a Daniel Thorne Weeks > in > > any of their records I would be grateful for a response? > > - Ron > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dglang [mailto:dglang@onemain.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:41 AM > > To: WEEKS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Weeks outside NY > > > > > > To Janet, Barbara, Earlene and anyone else interested: > > > > Maybe this will be the start of catching up with long lost Weekses outside > > NY. > > > > My oldest known Weeks ancestor, Andrew, came to America from Scotland, > about > > 1773. Along with Andrew were 2 older brothers, Bisset/Bizet Weeks and > > Zechariah Weeks. My unstubtantiated records state that Bisset/Bizet > Weeks, > > the eldest of these 3 brothers, settled in NY state, probably on Long > > Island, but I have not found this line of the family. Zechariah Weeks, > was > > said to be a "sea-faring man, who later in life settled in one of the New > > England states, probably Vermont." This too, is unsubstantiated > > information, but if true would be a Weeks line outside of NY state. > > > > This info is taken from my copy of Andrew Weeks genealogy, written in 1896 > > by one of Andrew's grandsons, DeWitt Clinton Weeks (8th and youngest child > > of David Weeks and Cornelia Conklin, David being the 4th of 10 children of > > Andrew Weeks and Dorothy/Dorothea/Dolly Shaver) and his nephew, Henry Clay > > Weeks, a great-grandson of Andrew Weeks (7th and youngest child of Hiland > > Bisset/Bizet Weeks and Allura Camp, Hiland being an elder brother of > DeWitt > > Clinton Weeks). > > > > This genealogy can be found at the New York State Library in NYC. In it > are > > various descendants who left New York and went to California, Florida, > Iowa, > > Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and > > unidentified states "west". > > > > Janet, I've not yet found any Weekses in SC. > > > > Earlene, your Rebecca obviously predates this line of Weeks, since they > did > > not arrive in America until about 1773. So, there is evidently another > > Weeks line somewhere. > > > > I've wondered if my 3 brothers followed some other relatives over here > from > > Scotland. I've never been able to find their connection in Scotland and > > have no information prior to their immigration to America. If anyone has > > any info on this line, please contact me. > > > > If anyone would like info on anyone in this line or on any of those who > > traveled to the states I mentioned, I'll be glad to share what I have. I > > would also enjoy hearing from anyone else connected to this line. > > > > Gail Lang > > Elizabethton, TN > > dglang@onemain.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >