Wednesday, August 11, 2021

End of Line and Brick wall, Colonial ancestors in or from Connecticut

These are New Haven Colony ancestors where I have no documentation for either their last names or parents:

    3rdGGP:

  • Nancy Ann (said to be a Creekmore?) wife of Jabez Perkins (Jabez was born in New Haven. Nancy Ann seems to have been born in Virginia, and the marriage took place either in Virginia, or North Carolina);

    7thGGP:

  • Mary (Elcock?) wife of John Perkins;
  • Elizabeth Hipkins?, wife of Samuel Ford of New Haven Colony;
  • Richard Sperry of New Haven Colony;
  • Dennis ?????, wife of Richard Sperry;

    8thGGP:

  • Edward Perkins of New Haven Colony (said to be son of William Perkins, Merchant Tailor, of London and Mary Purchase;
  • Elizabeth Butcher?, wife of Edward Perkins;
  • Timothy Ford of New Haven Colony;
  • Elizabeth (nee Gordy? or Knowles?), wife of Timothy Ford;
  • John Thompson of New Haven Colony;
  • Dorothy (Honeywood?), wife of John Thompson;
  • Thomas Barnes of New Haven Colony;
  • Mary ????? or Elizabeth ?????, wife of Thomas Barnes;
  • Deacon William Peck of New Haven Colony;
  • Elizabeth (Holt?), wife of Deacon William Peck;
  • William Parker of New Haven Colony;
  • Margery (Pritchard?), wife of William Parker;
  • Elizabeth Cleverly?, wife of Samuel Hotchiss of New Haven Colony;
  • Henry Peck of New Haven Colony;
  • Joan (Allen or Hull?), wife of Henry Peck;
  • Michael Chatterton of Strawberry Bankes, New Haven Colony, and Westchester, Long Island;
  • Jane (Woodward? or Vynal), wife of Michael Chatterton;
  • James Clark of New Haven Colony;
  • Sarah (Harvey or Fernes?), wife of James Clark;
  • John Frost, husband of Mercy Payne of New Haven.

I have read through the American Genealogist and the New Haven Magazine, the Connecticut Magazine, and the Nutmegger and other Connecticut and New England genealogy resources. Any leads will be appreciated.

Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation(St Inigoes)

Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation This article relates to the earlier link I posted on the Georgetown University 272.

My Brasseur and Dowell ancestors were slaveholders in colonial Maryland.

Born and adopted in Connecticut before 1983? You can get your original birth certificate

From The Bristol Pres via EOGN.org: Born and adopted in Connecticut before 1983? You can get your original birth certificate

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Want to clean a tombstone without damaging it?

This website will get you started in the right direction, The Good Cemeterian.

The Good Cemeterian Historical Preservation Project, Inc. is a public charity with a mission to preserve and honor the past through inspiration and education.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021