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20110718: Skip Lorimer posts:

        "Hi,
        I am looking for any information you may have on Mary Griffin LORIMER who lived in Essex, CT in the 1950's and 1960's I believe. I think she died about 1965 and was         married to Alan LORIMER. I'm working on a family tree. Thank you in advance!

        Skip Lorimer
        p: 317-684-7711
        f: 317-684-0188"

20100109:

        "I am from Sweden and searching for traces of my grandfathers uncle and his family, who emmigrated to US late 1800.
        His name was Charles W PIERSON or PEARSON born oktober 1870. He is documented in Sweden to have lived in Ivoryton CT 1938.
        As I heard in my family he died during a visit in Sweden around 1948-1953, and was brought back to US for funeral.

        With my limited possibillities, I found a Charles W Pierson born around 1871 in the 1920 census records living in Middlesex CT.
        With wife Fredrick E born around 1870, and children Charlers R born around 1912, Gladys A born 1907 and Margaret E born around 1903.
        Can anyone help me to find the traces and anscestors of Charles W Pierson?
        Would be very greatful.

        Lars Jarnebrant
        lars.jarnebrant@telia.com"

20090830: Daniel Horton posts:
"Looking for any information for James Ernest CONKLIN, born 10 Sept 1888-9 died 3 Feb 1961; son of James W. and Nellie CONKLIN. Husband of Caroline (1) and Anna (2) father of three with Caroline and one with Anna. This is for my foster son's primary lineage.

Daniel E Horton

940 County Street

Seekonk

Massachusetts

02771

508 336 6674"

2 February 2002: Sue Daniel posts: "Yeah, I've already figured out there were zillions of CHAPMANs in CT pre1800--something about the 63 CT Rev War vets and the 200+ marriages pre 1800! So i know it's kind of a slim chance. Nonetheless, in spite of this, I'm looking for info--backwards or forwards--for a Dea. William CHAPMAN, buried in Saybrook cem, Rev. War soldier, according to index of abstracts of graves of rev war soldiers."

I'd like to know who he was married to, if possible--the only Saybrook Wm CHAPMAN marriage I found was to Lydia INGHAM on Jan 19, 1764. And of course, if poss his dates of birth/death.
A huge bonus would be if you have any info on who his parents were, any sibs, etc.
I have a Jed CHAPMAN (short I am sure for Jedediah, and he is called Captain in the book although not in any War of 1812 lists for CT or NY, so ????) who d. Tioga Co NY where Gay's Historical Gazetter of Tioga Co written 1887 says he was born in Saybrook CT Dec. 14 1781 and m. Sept. 28 1803 (presumably in Saybrook) to Content CANFIELD--however they could have married in Durham Greene Co NY where they lived until spring 1811, moved to Berkshire Tioga Co and then in Dec. 1831 to Newark Valley TC where he d. 1852 and she d. 1861; they had 11 kids, mostly boys (Edward, henry, noyes, NC, Lyman, George, Albert, Horace, Ester, Lucy,) including William Henry, fourth kid bn. 1810 who m. Electa Lucy AYRES bn. 1815 MA and had two kids, Jed and Elvira Lucy, before dying in 1838. Electa remained a widow for c. 20 years, then m. twice more, briefly, before ending up with her son Jed in South Dakota. Daughter Elvira m. Eli Bond POMEROY in Wisconsin and was my gr gr grandmother--she passed on the Electa from her mother and grandmother to her daughter but perhaps having had enough Greek tragedy they called her Lettie; both Elvira and Lettie were blind as adults, as was Elvira's brother Jed.
I am assuming with all this info that Jed is in fact descended from one of the proliferating and confusing linked Saybrook families, and perhaps had father William; Jed may also have had sib Ezra (in Berkshire TC NY, aged 50-60 in 1840, wife, 6 kids at home, grown son Amos m with one young son)
I would be terribly grateful if you have ANY info about them; I have been looking fruitlessly for an Edward CHAPMAN as father of Elvira for some years as that's what my aging cousin (actually my grandfather's cousin, and they were grandchildren of Elvira's) at 97 was sure had been the name for her maternal grandmother's father. But no Edwards of right age/family distribution dead before 1858 surfaced, and it was only luck that put me on to William, since he wasn't old enough to be in census 1830 and was dead by census 1840! thank god for on line census images!"
21 January 2002: Alison Pinsley posts: "My father's family was originally from Essex and the surrounding towns. The surnames I am researching include: WILLIAMS, CLARK, HAYDEN, RUSSELL, and DICKINSON. My ggrandparents, James Russell Williams and Mary Ethel Merrill, were married at the Essex Town Hall on December 9, 1897, per a certified copy of their marriage license. Their parents were: Capt. Horace S. WILLIAMS, a sea captain, and Catherine Ann CLARK Charles F (Foster) MERRILL and Mary MANN. They resided in Haddam, as far as the records show, after they were married. If anyone has information to share, it would be greatly appreciated."
6 February 2001: Eric A. Smith posts: "Abby Ann JEFFREY married James JOHNSON, 1834, Middletown, Connecticut. James A. JOHNSON Jr., born 1834, Essex, Connecticut. I recently discovered through a Civil War pension file that my ancestor, James A. JOHNSON Jr. was born in the town of Essex. The JEFFREY family had lived previously in the towns of Lyme, (1751), East Haddam, and Middletown, and New Haven. Around 1840, the family moved to Royalton, New York. Essex, is a new area of research for me. Any info on descendants of JEFFREY/JOHNSON family in Essex, would be helpful."
5 June 2000: Craig Larson posts: "My father was Carl Einer LARSON and my mother was Ruth Cavanaugh LARSON; we lived on Rt. 153 next to the cemetery... My father's parents were Edward LARSON and Betty Lofquist LARSON. I knew my grandmother but do not know exactly when she died. She was in a convalescent home in Old Saybrook when she died. My grandfather died on or around my birth in 1942. They emigrated to the US in the 1930s and lived in NY state before coming to Centerbrook or Ivoryton. I would like to get any information I can to start tracing them back to Sweden. Also, I had a great grandmother on my mother's side who lived in Essex. Her name was Fanny NAYLOR (b. about 1873 in NY) and her husband was George NAYLOR (b. about 1869 in NY). Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated."
15 February 2000: Mary Jo Phelps posts: "I am searching for information regarding the lineage of my husband's grandfather, George Burton PHELPS, born in Essex, CT on or

about Oct. 15,1898. It was once thought that he was orphaned. We have traced him to Essex at the time of his enlistment in the armed forces in April 1917. He later married Christine McCUSKER of North Adams MA. and settled in Hartford CT. I am wondering if there could be any relation to William PHELPS of Essex. If any one has information on any orphan facilities that may have been operating in the late 1800's or George we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you ."

27 September 1999: Alison Pinsley posts: "My father's family was originally from Essex and the surrounding towns. The surnames I am researching include: WILLIAMS, CLARK, HAYDEN, RUSSELL and DICKINSON. My ggrandparents, James Russell Williams and Mary Ethel Merrill were married at the Essex Town Hall on December 9, 1897, per a certified copy of their marriage license. Their parents were: Capt. Horace S. WILLIAMS, a sea captain, and Catherine Ann CLARK Charles F (Foster) MERRILLl and Mary MANN. They resided in Haddam, as far as the records show, after they were married. If anyone has information to share, it would be greatly appreciated."
17 September 1999: Connie Bradbury posts: "I am researching a MACK family who were in the vicinity of Essex as early a[s] 1846. I believe the head of household is Abraham or Abram. Some of the children born before 1860 were Charles B., Frank, Lottie, and Mary E. Thank you..."
25 June 1999: Mary Andrews posts: "I am trying to find an obit or some information on a Benjamin SPENCER that died in Essex, CT in 1867 at the age of 90. I believe he was born in Rhode Island in 1777. He possibly married a Rebecca BLOYD on May 11, 1800 in New London Twp. New London, CT. And he had several children. Was hoping some kind of death record would show surviving family members or some kind of link to my SPENCER line. If this is the SPENCER I think it is he had a son named Benjamin Edgar SPENCER. Any help is appreciated."

Jennifer L. Carpenter is looking for the parents of her great-grandfather Samuel B. HUNT who was born on 9 July 1868 and died on 24 October 1936. She has found a Samuel B. HUNT born 25 March 1823 and died 6 May 1896, but not sure if the two are connected. She knows that "her" Samuel is buried in Riverview Cemetery, but still needs info on his parents.

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