Sorry Ron, I haven't been able to get that far back with my Weekses. Good luck! Barbara Rightman, Los Angeles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Keating" <RKeating@Corp.Prodigy.com> To: <WEEKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:33 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 > >