Ancestry of Nancy Ann Norman - aqwg09

Ancestors of Nancy Ann NORMAN

Eighth Generation


128. John NORMAN was born 1720 in England. He died 20 Mar 1803 in England. John married Jane in , , EN. [Parents]

129. Jane was born 1720 in England. She died 22 Jan 1804 in England.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Jane are?

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130. Humphrey MELHUISH married Joan BAKER on 24 May 1764 in Winsford, England.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Humphrey Melhuish are?

131. Joan BAKER was born in Winsford, England.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Joan Baker are?

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132. Mr. WHITE.

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134. Mr. WIDLAKE.

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136. Nathaniel BROWN was born 1753 in No. Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 17 Jan 1821 in No. Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Peckham Church Cemetery, Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut. Nathaniel married Deborah MORGAN. [Parents]

Peckham Cemetery but did not find marker.

  Sources: Brown Genealogy, v2, second part of book, 38-46a; Ancestral File;
Daniel J. O'Keeffe Jr. research.
  BG: Nathaniel Brown, born 1753, died 17 Jan. 1821, North Groton, Conn. Married Deborah Morgan, daughter of Timothy and Deborah Morgan.
  AF: Nathaniel Brown, born 1753, Groton, CT. Lists no spouse.
  O'Keeffe: Nathaniel Brown, born 1753, North Groton, CT, and died 17 Jan 1821 (1831?). Buried in Ledyard. Probably in the Brown (Peckham) Cemetery.

137. Deborah MORGAN [scrapbook] was born 1 Mar 1751 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 25 Dec 1830 in No. Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Peckham Church Cemetery, Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

BROWN CEMETERY, Near Peckham Meeting-house Ledyard, New London CT
    BROWN, DEBORAH, wife of Nathaniel, d. Dec. 25, 1930 age 88.

  Sources: A History of James Morgan; Genealogical and Biographical Record
of New London, Conn., by Beers; Brown Genealogy, v2.
  BG: Deborah Morgan, daughter of Timothy and Deborah Morgan. Born 1 March
1751, died 25 Dec. 1830. Sister of Experience Morgan, wife of Peleg Brown.

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138. Capt. Joseph WILBUR was born 23 Sep 1736 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He married Sarah HALL on 25 Mar 1758 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

HOPKINTON VITAL RECORDS, page 28, Vol. 5.
WILBUR, Joseph, of Hopkinton, and Sarah Hall, of Stonington m. by Stephen Saunders, Justice, March 25, 1758.

He removed to Hopkinton from Westerly, RI.

139. Sarah HALL was born about 1738 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Sarah Hall are?

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140. Phineas HOLDRIDGE [scrapbook] was born 1741 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1 Jan 1815 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Holdredge Cemetery, Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut. Phineas married Mary THOMPSON about 1759 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF GROTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Vol. 2, page 36. Death

PROBATE RECORDS OF STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Vol. II, page 45. Will

FROM INFORMATION FOUND IN THE BILL LIBRARY.  He and his wife Mary lived in the Lantern Hill section of Ledyard and are buried in the Holdridge Cemetery off Indiantown Road, now Route 214 in Ledyard. Eight other relatives were also buried there and are listed in Ledyard Cemetery Records. A flag is placed there each year for Nathan Holdridge a War Veteran.

141. Mary THOMPSON [scrapbook] was born 16 Nov 1746 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 9 Nov 1814 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Holdredge Cemetery, Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF GROTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Vol. 2, page 36. Death

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142. Nathaniel BROWN is printed as #136.

143. Deborah MORGAN is printed as #137.

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144. Capt. John BREED was born 5 Sep 1729 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 23 Nov 1780 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Breed Burial Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. John married Silence GRANT on 19 May 1750 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, pages 401, 245.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 3, page 169.

BREED FAMILY, page 29. STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE BREED FAMILY.
    He established himself as a leather tanner in Stonington and one of the stones which he used in his mill may still be seen near the side door step of the home of Mr. Henry Breed. His old mansion, built in 1689, large, square and painted white was said to have rooms so large that 51 yards of carpet was required to cover the floor.

DAR PATRIOT INDEX, pp 83.
    BREED, John, Jr. b. 9-5-1729 d. 1780  PS CS Capt CT
                     m. (1) Silence Grant
                        (2) Grace Palmer

A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREAD WHO CAME TO AMERICA FROM ENGLAND IN 1630. by Howard Breed.

OLD HOMES IN STONINGTON CT., by Grace Denison Wheeler, page 220.
    The old house of his (John-3) grandson, Captain John Breed, Jr., was build in the early part of 1700, and was afterwards owned by Samuel Breed and his son John. At his (John-6) death it became the property of (his grandson) Mr. Henry Breed, who build the new house now standing, and removed the old one which had stood here so many years.

BREED FAMILY page 99/593,
    The three brothers, Capt. John, Jun., Nathan and Amos took an active part in the war for Independence.

BREED ASSOCIATION, p. 233.
   He served as Capt. in the Revolutionary War and d. 23 Nov 1780.

145. Silence GRANT was born 31 Jan 1731 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 7 Dec 1771 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Breed Burial Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

BREED ASSOCIATION, p. 233.
    Daughter of Oliver Grant, gr. son of Samuel-2 Grant (Matthew-1) from whom descends General Ulysses S. Grant. She had nine children & died after 1769.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 401.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON CT, Vol 2, page 13.

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146. Capt. Isaac SHEFFIELD 3rd was born about 1725 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 30 Jul 1794 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Isaac married Freelove PENDLETON on 1 Aug 1751 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

PENDLETON GENEALOGY, page 92.

SHEFFIELD DAGGETT AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by Mrs. George St. John Sheffield, page
    15.

CHESEBROUGH GENEALOGY, by Wildley, page 538.

COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY, Vol. I, pp. 479, 592, by Virkus.

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., page 164.
    3. Isaac (probably), b. abt 1725; m. in Westerly, 1 Aug. 1751, Freelove Pendleton. They appear to be the ancestors of the distinguished Sheffield family of New Haven, Conn., and New York. Joseph Earl Sheffield of this family was the founder of the Sheffield Scientific School of YHale University.

1850 CENSUS - STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN., by S.R. Wheeler, 23 Aug 1850,  Dwelling #19, Family #21.

147. Freelove PENDLETON was born 30 Oct 1731 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

PENDLETON GENEALOGY, page 91 & 92.
    The will of Col. Joseph-4 Pendleton shows that by her cousin, Sylvester-5 Pendleton, Freelove had a son Sylvester-6. b. 1748; m. Eunice Cobb.
    She afterwards married at Westerly, RI Capt. Isaac Sheffield (3rd). He d. 1797. The Probate records of Stonington show that on the 4th August in that year there "Appeared in this Court Isaac Sheffield & refused to take Letters of Administration on the Intestate Estate of his father, Capt. Isaac Sheffield, later of Stonington, dec. This Court hath appointed William Sheffield and Amos Sheffield Administration on the Intestate Estate of their father, Capt. Isaac Sheffield."
    In the division of his property, 20 April, 1799, receipts for 207P 11s. 4 1/2d. were given by Reuben and Deborah Cheseborough, Edward and Sarah Hancox, Isaac Sheffield, "eldest son of the dec'd," Samuel and Polly Breed, Zebulon and Freelove Hancox, Zebulon Hancox for children of his first wife, Lydia, and by William Sheffield for the "heirs of James Sheffield, fourth son of deceased" (Stonington Prob. Rec., vi, 228).

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148. Henry HEWITT was born 7 Aug 1730 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1821 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Henry married Phebe PRENTICE on 2 Jan 1772 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DAR PATRIOT INDEX, pp. 325.
    HEWITT, Henry b. 7-7-1730 d. 1821 m (2) Phebe Prentice Pvt. CT

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 11 & 28.
    Born in Stonington, Conn., 7 Aug 1730 (VR), son of Elkanah Hewitt and Hannah Sterry; died in North Stonington, Conn. in 1821, before his will was probated in court, 2 Oct 1821. Henry married 1st SARAH KEENEY, 23 Jan 1751 at Voluntown, Conn. (VR). Sarah was born in Voluntown, 23 Aug 1732 (VR), daughter of James Kenney and Sarah Herrick; she died in 1771. Henry married 2nd, PHEBE PRENTICE, 2 Jan 1772 at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn. (CR). Phebe was born in Stonington, 22 Feb. 1738 (VR), daughter of Samuel Prentice and Abigail Billings; she died before 1784.
Henry married 3rd CONTENT (WHEELER) PALMER, widow of Joseph Palmer, 30 May 1784 at the 1st Congregational Church of Stonington (CR). Content was born in Stonington, 30 Aug 1749 (VR), daughter of Jonathan Wheeler and Esther Denison; she died in North Stonington in 1831 before her will was probated on 29 Aug 1831.
    Henry resided in Voluntown, Conn. for several years before settling in Stonington in an area that later became North Stonington, Conn. He and his 2nd wife, Phebe, were members of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington when their 5 children, Prentice, Joseph, Benjamin, Amos and Phebe were baptized there on 18 Jun 1780 (CR). Later, Henry and his 3rd wife, Content, became members of at the 1st Baptist Church of Pendleton Hill in 1791 (CR).
    Henry wrote his will, 13 Feb 1813 and it was probated 2 Oct 1821 (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1625). An inventory of his estate was taken 29 Sept 1821. The will mentioned his wife Content, his 9 sons - Arthur, Sterry, Andrew, Henry, James, Prentice, Benjamin, Joseph and Amos - and his daughters, Sabra, wife of Joseph Randall; Mahala, wife of Simon Hewitt; and Phebe, wife of Caleb Ames. The only sons, who remained in Conn., Prentice and Benjamin, were named executors of the estate.
    Content's will, written 28 Jun 1830, was probated 20 Aug 1831 (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1617). Her will mentioned sons Prentice and Benjamin, daughter Mahala, wife of Simeon Hewitt and daughter Phebe Ames, now a widow. Prentice and Benjamin were named executors of her estate.
Resources:
Vital Records of Stonington, Voluntown and Preston, Conn.
Stonington Probate Records, LDS film #1,032,097.
Records of 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081.
Records of 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, LDS film #5614.
Records of 1st Baptist Church of Pendleton Hill, Conn., LDS film $5079.
National Archives, Rev. War Pension Files #W27860, W25860, W25766 & S29218.
Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., pp. 421 & 422.
A.M. Gaverly, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PITTSFORD, VERMONT, Rutland, VT, 1872, pp. 279 & 707.
Bible Record of Simeon and Mahala Hewitt published in Roto-Gene, Vol. 1, #6, p. 26.
Cemetery Records of Wallingford, Vermont, LDS film #27,745.

149. Phebe PRENTICE was born 22 Feb 1738/1739 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died before 1784 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 349 for family group. HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, by Wheeler, page 544. Birth date. Marriage date and
    husband Henry Hewitt.
VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 3, page 145.
    Phebe, d. Sam(ue)ll & Abigail, b. Feb 22, 1738/9.

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150. Benjamin BABCOCK Sr. was born 7 Apr 1751 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 6 Mar 1832 in Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania and was buried in Babcock Farm Cemetery, Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Benjamin married Desire BILLINGS on 4 Feb 1779 in Congregational Church of Preston, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, by Rev. Asher Rosseter. [Parents]

THE BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Stephen Babcock, page 60.
    Benjamin-6 Babcock, son of Colonel Nathan Babcock and Deborah )Stafford) Babcock, was born at Westerly, RI. He married Desire Billings of Stonington, Connecticut, Feb. 4, 1779. In 1801 they emigrated to Pennsylvania. They settled at or near Bridgewater, Susquahanna County, Pennsylvania, for it was here that one of their sons, Benjamin (2nd) resided. Susquehanna County, Penn., which was then a part of Luzerne County, was claimed by Connecticut for many years. References to Legistation affecting the "Connecticut claimants" are found in the legislative manuals of the Pennsylvania legislature during years between 1780 and 1810.
    Inasmuch as Benjamin Babcock (1st) married Desire Billings of Stonington, Conn., there seems a possibility that he became a resident of Connecticut following his marriage. If this is true then it seems creditable that he may have been given a grant of this land by that state. In any event it is known that he emigrated to Pennsylvania. His son, Benjamin Babcock (2nd) resided at Bridgewater, Susquahanna County, Penn. until 1818. During that year he removed to what is now known as Babcock Hill, near the village of Windham, Penn. (Bradford County). The records of his other children have not been obtained to date of this writing.
    Benjamin Babcock, Sr., served as a private in Captain Squire Millard's company of Colonel Waterman's regiment from Jan. 9, 1777 to Feb. 8, 1777; later served in the Pawtuxet Rangers. His father, Colonel Nathan Babcock, was commander of the Kings County regiment of militia in 1761 and probably commanded a sort of home guard during the Revolution, as the records show that artillery was stateioned on his land by order of the colonial officials.
    Records show that Benjamin Babcock, Sr. purchased land in Forest Lake (Bridgewater) Township in Susquehanna County, Penn. in 1810 from Robert H. Rose, et al. And that Benjamin Babcock, Jr. purchased land in Windham Township (Bradford County, Penn.) in 1828 from Robert H. Rose; in 1841 and 1847 from Charles S. Gorse, in 1847 from Caleb Carmalt; and in 1854 from Uriah Wright.

HISTORY OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY., PENNSYLVANIA, by Emily C. Blackman, Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 624, 626 & 628 Market Street, 1878. Chapter XXIV, Forest Lake, page 371.
    In 1801, Benjamin Babcock came, and was the original settler of what has since been known as "the Brock farm". In the spring of 1832, while attending to his cattle, he was injured in the head by one of them, and died from the effects. He had been a Revolationary soldier, and was eighty-two years old.
Page 378.
    Not far from this time Frederick Brock, a German, located at "Brockville," five miles from Montrose, on the farm cleared by Benjamin Babcock.

From an e-mail from Gordon Clark at [email protected]
    Benjamin Babcock has no stone at all and we have found a rundown, vandalized, neglected former Cemetery on the property, but only the stones of several of the Brock Family are evident. The Brock family purchased the Babcock property after the demise of Benjamin Babcock.
    This cemetery and the Babcock property used to be on a road that ran through that area, but the road was abandoned by the township about 1960-65 and you would not know that there ever was a road there.
    My plan is to try to get another active cemetery in the area to place the stone as a memorial site, since his remains are not identifed and the present site is unmaintainable, being approximantly a mile or so from the nearest road.

Death date from Val Van Zee at [email protected]
After reading what you have on your web page about Benjamin I can add nothing except his date of death 6 Mar 1832, my records say at Bridgewater. We appear to have the same source for the other data. I do not have a date of death for his wife, Desire, but it is said that she also died at Bridgewater.

Researching this line is Jean Reid, 106 Beal's Court, Tama, Iowa 52339
Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at exis.net

151. Desire BILLINGS was born 15 Aug 1757 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. She died in Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania and was buried in Babcock Farm Cemetery, Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. [Parents]

GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903.
Page 557.
   (Mentioned in father,) Joseph Billings, Jr. (103S), of Preston, Conn--Will proved Dec. 11, 1797; recorded in Norwich, Conn.; mentions ... my daughters ... Desire Babcock...

Researching this line is Jean Reid, 106 Beal's Court, Tama, Iowa 52339
Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at exis.net

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152. Samuel Peleg SLOCUM was born 1761 in Jamestown, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He married Anna ECCLESTON. [Parents]

153. Anna ECCLESTON was born in Rhode Island. [Parents]

HISTORY OF THE SLOCUMS, SLOCUMBS AND SLOCUMBS OF AMERICA, Vol. II, by Charles Elihu Slocum, MD, Ph.D, LLD., page 62.
    1. Plege, born in 1761; married Anna, daughter of John Eccleston.

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154. Gershom ECCLESTON Sr. was born 29 Jul 1762 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 30 May 1849 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in a grave yard on his farm in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Gershom married Avis LAMPHEAR LAMPHIER on 18 Apr 1784 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, by William Tanner, J. P.. [Parents]

Land Records #1113

THE LANPHERE FAMILY RESEARCH AID, by Shirley Bucknum.
    Avis m. 18 Apr 1784 Jason (or Greshom) EGGLESTON (Eaglestone)

VITAL RECORDS OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN., Vol. 1, page 32.
    Ec(c)leston, Gershom, of Stonington, m. Avis Lampheir, of Hopkinton, Apr. 4, 1784, by William Tanner, JP of Hopkinton.

HOPKINTON RECORDS
    Jason Eagleston m. 18 Apr 1784 Avis Lamphere by William  Tauner, justice.

1800 CENSUS - NEW LONDON CO., CONNECTICUT
     EGGLESTON Gershom, New London Co., CT, page 684 - 10010-23010-00

WILL OF JOSEPH EGGLESTON, Gershom's father
#1179, CT State Library, Hartford CT.
MAR. 1, 1801, VOL. 10, PAGE 44 AT STONINGTON
    I give to my son, Gershom Eccleston, all my lands and house where I now live, excepting what I give to my wife her natural life, with all the privileges, etc., and all my farming tools.
    I make my son, Gershom Eccleston, and Benjamin Corning of Voluntown, to be my sole executors of this, my last will and testement.

1810 CENSUS - NEW LONDON CO., CONNECTICUT
    ECCLESTON Garshum, New London Co., CT, page 273, North Stonington

DEC. 16, 1817, VOL. 2, PAGE 114.
    Gershom Eccleston for #365 to Nathan Pendleton (mortgage) dated Dec. 16, 1817, Vol. 2, page 114, one certain lot or tract of land containing 80 acres more or less -- Bounded on the north by lands of Moses Thompson, on the west by lands of Alexander Thomson and Doctor Wm. Wilbur, on the south by lands of Simeon Perry and heirs of Elijah Kenyon, on the west by lands of Capt. Jeremiah York, and is the same farm or premises that my honored father Joseph Eccleston gave to me in his land will and testament and is the same premises I now live on and improve with a swelling house, barn and cornhouse thereon standing.
Witnesses: Latham Hull and Gideon Chapman.

1820 CENSUS, NEW LONDON CO., CONNECTICUT
    ECCLESTON Gershom, New London Co., CT, page 590, North Stonington

JAN. 14, 1824, VOL. 3, PAGE 137.
    From Lydia and Mary Ann Bentley, minor children of John Bentley, Jr., by Daniel Babcock, guardian, to Gershom Eccleston Sr., and Jr., dated Jan. 14, 1824, Vol. 3, page 137, 18 acres -- Beginning at the NE corner of said lot at the highway, thence running westerly bounded northerly on lands of Amos Main until it comes to the brook called Glade Brook, thence southerly bounded westerly by lands of John Collins until it comes to lands of Benjamin Langworthy, thence easterly bounded southerly on said Langworthy until it comes to said highway, thence northerly bounded easterly easterly on said highway to first bound. Witnessed by Joseph Potter and Christopher C. Lewis.

AUG. 30, 1824, VOL. 3, PAGE 356.
    Amos Main to Gershom Eccleston Sr. & Jr., dated Aug. 30, 1824, Vol. 3, page 356 -- Beginning at a heap of stones the SW corner of said premises, thence running northerly with a stonewall 25 rods to a basewood tree, thence easterly a straight line to a heap of stones, thence westerly about 14 rods to first bound, being a part of a lot of land I purchased of Benjamin Langworthy, Jr., meaning and understanding is that I hold said stonewall as a part of my line feance against said grantees.

FEB. 2, 1825, VOL. 3, PAGE 107.
    Gershom Eccleston to Nathan Pendleton dated Feb. 2, 1825, Vol. 3, page 107, quit-claim to 80 acres and is bounded and described every way the same as in a mortgage deed I gave to said Nathan Pendleton dated Dec. 16, 1817, recorded in North Stonington Records, reference being had to same. Witnesses: Stephen Slocum and Nathan S. Pendleton
   
LAND RECORDS,
     In 1820 - 2 farms - 300 yards cotton cloth, 1 male to 45, 1 female to 45, 1 male to 26, 1 male to 16, 4 others non taxable.
    Gershom & Gershom Jr. - 18A from JoAn Bentley - ____Boone.
    Charles & Gershom - 20A farm - Amos Maine - 19 Mar 1851 - 5:371 (top part of Armstrong)
    Dower land to Widow Avis - 40A, d. house & barn, 20A & 20A 12 Mar 1838 Book 6:586.
    Avis Dower went to Charles C. (40+20+20) 12 Mar 1838

DAR APPLICATION NATIONAL NUMBER 64387.
    Enlisted as Private March 25, 1778 and served for months under Captain Christopher Brown and Captain Benjamin Clark, the Cols. being Oliver Smith and William Ledyard.
    Re-enlisted July 30, 1775 and served seven months under Captain Richard Hewitt, the Colonel being Oliver Smith.
    All service was with the Connecticut troops. He recieved a pension under application Dec. 26, 1832. His widow was given pension Sept. 4, 1849.
    Widow's File 178? (can not read third number) Conn. service
    Date of application for pension, Dec. 26, 1932. His claim was allowed.
Age at date of application, born at North Stonington, New London Co., Conn. July 29, 1762. Died at same place May 30, 1840.
    Enlisted Mar. 25, 1778, served 4 mos. as private under Capts. Christopher Brown, and Benjamin Clark; and Cols. Oliver Smith, and Wm. Ledyard, in Conn.
    Enlisted July 30, 1778, served 7 mos. under Capt. Richard Hewit, and Col. Oliver Smith, in Conn.
    Battles engaged in, none.
    Residence of soldier at enlistment, North Stonington, (then Stonington) Conn.
    Remarks: Soldier married at Hopkinton, Apr. 4, 1784, Avis Lamphere of said place. She was born Oct. 9, 1761, and was allowed pension on an application executed Sept. 4, 1849, while a resident of North Stonington, Conn.  No further family data.
(From Pension Records at Department of the Interior.)
    Senate Documents, Pension Roll, 1st Sess. 23rd Congress Vol. I Pension Roll 1833-34.
    Information found in Statement of New London County, page 134 Pre Conn. Pension Roll. (Both found in Cleveland Historical Society Library.)
    Direct information of this for ----- from records in Washington DC.
    Conn. Men in Rev. - page 655.
    Census of Pensioneers, 1840, page 54.

DAR NATIONAL NUMBER 113177.
    In the Connecticut Records of the American Revolution, my ancestor, Gershom Eccleston Sr. is mentioned as serving in the army at Stonington. In the same records he is mentioned as being a pensoner in 1832, at that time being 78 years old.

CONNECTICUT RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, page 655, 701.

BROWN AND MAIN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown of Westerly, RI.

GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES, Vol. I: A-E, abstracted by Virgil D. White, The National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, TN, 1990, page 1093.
    EGLESTON, Gershom or Garshom, Avis, W1739, CT Line, sol appl 26 Dec 1832 New London Cty CT aged 70 a res of North Stonington CT & sol was b. there 29 Jul 1762 & sol lived there at enl, sol m Avis Lamphere of Hopkinton MA on 4 Apr 1784, wid appl 4 Sep 1849 at North Stonington CT aged 88 on 9 Oct 1849, sol d 30 May 1849.

Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at [email protected]

155. Avis LAMPHEAR LAMPHIER was born 9 Oct 1761 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died after 1850 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

1850 CENSUS - NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT.
EGGLESTON,
    Avis, 89, F, W, Farmer, born in RI
    Charles C., 41, M, W, Farmer, $500, Born in CT.

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192. Joseph CHANDLER was born 23 Apr 1740 in Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. He died 17 Jul 1815 in Hopkinton, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. Joseph married Elizabeth JEWETT on 1763. [Parents]

THE CHANDLER FAMILY, by George Chandler, pages 89, 187 & 188.
    They lived on a farm opposite the court-house in Hopkinton, which was left him by his father. Lieut. Isaac Chandler.
    He was in Capt. Ebenezer Green's company in Col. Timothy Bedel's Reg't, in the service of his country, at Fort Cedars, Canada East, on the 19th May 1776.

INHABITANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, page 21.
    Chandler,
        Joseph   Hopkinton NH

EARLY AMERICAN SERIES, EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUME 1,1600-1789, 1781-1799, p 24
    CHANDLER, JOSEPH  MERRIMACK CO. NH HOPKINTON   1776

The said Joseph signed association test. National Number #261041.

Referances by page & volumn:
    THE CHANDLER FAMILY , page 187.

DAR PATRIOT INDEX - CENTENNIAL EDITION, page 533.
    CHANDLER, Joseph: b.4-23-1740 NH d. 7-17-1815 NH m Betsey Jewett PS NH

193. Elizabeth JEWETT "Betsey" was born 20 May 1751 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 6 Sep 1827 in Hopkinton, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. [Parents]

THE CHANDLER FAMILY, by George Chandler, page 187.
    She died aged 51 at the house of Moses Story. She was from Rowley MA and ten years younger than her husband, whom she married at the age of seventeen.

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194. Robert HOLMES was born 28 Sep 1742 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He died 19 Jul 1827 in Cambridge, Lamoille Co., Vermont. Robert married Mary WEIR. [Parents]

THE CHANDLER FAMILY, by George Chandler, page 407.
    Peggy (Margaret) Holmes b. 4 JAN 1776 was the daughter of Robert Holmes.

HISTORY OF LONDONDERRY, NH, page 277. Mrs. McCreery used as reference.

INHABITANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, page 58.
    Holmes,
      Robert   Portsmouth
    Holms,
      Robert   Londonderry

RESEARCH:
    HOLMES, Robert, born Sept. 28, 1742 at Londonderry NH. Died July 19, 1827 at Cambridge Vermont. He served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Osborn and Dearius from New Hampshire.
    WIFE: Mary Weir daughter of John Weir
    CHILD: Jesse Christie Holmes m. Orinda Oakes
           C. Hiram Holmes m. Alice Lathrop Holmes
           Helen Holmes m. William Barker McCreery

ROLLS OF SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775-1783, by John E. Goodrich.
    Rutland, Vermont, Tuttle Company, 1904.

VITAL STATISTICS IN TOWN AND PROPRIETORS RECORDS, 1770-1870, with general
    index. (LDS has microfilm)

SOME VERMONT ANCESTORS: THE BICENTENNIAL PROJECT OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF
    VERMONT, by Genealogical Society of Vermont, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

DAR NATIONAL NUMBERS: #101619, 67194, 162845.

HISTORY OF DUNBARTON, NH, by John B. Mills,
    Robert Holmes - 26 May 1789 Sale of Pews in Meeting House, no 14,11 lbs.
    Robert Holmes - Mentioned as being in the Rev. War at Bunker Hill.
    No Robert Holmes in 1760 census of N.H.
IS THIS WHEN HE WENT TO CAMBRIDGE VT AND DIED THERE?

195. Mary WEIR. [Parents]

DAR PAPERS OF HELEN HOLMES MC CREERY

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196. William SYLVESTER was born 22 Feb 1709 in Hanover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 17 Jun 1799 in Harpswell Center, Cumberland Co., Maine. William married Mary BARSTOW on 12 May 1736 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, Boston, 1907. pp. 330.
    SYLVESTER, WILLIAM, Newbury (also given Georgetown). Private, 5th co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 8, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to town of Wilmington; also, Capt. John Lamont's co., Col. Bradford's (12th) regt.; subsistence allowed from date of enlistment, April 15, 1777, to May 10, 1777; credited with 25 days allowance; also, same co. and regt; return (year not given); residence, Newbury; Masters; reported joined June 17, 1777.

DAR PATRIOT INDEX - CENTENNIAL EDITION, page 1873
SYLVESTER, William Sr.: b. 2-22-1709 MA d. 6-17-1799 MA m. Mary Barstow PS MA

Also researching this line is: Tom Howder [email protected]
    Silvester, Albert Henry, "RICHARD SILVESTER OF WEYMOUTH, MASS., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 362.

FAMILY HISTORY, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC.
    "Six of his sons served in the Revolution. He was Captain of Militia in Hanover and always took an active part in military affairs. He served several years as Town Clerk; Chairman of Inspection; Chairman of Correspondence; Chairman of Ammunitions; Chairman of Safety, etc., -- See Wheelers History of Brunswick, Topham and Harpswell pp 165 and C **.
    March 8, 1774. "We hold ourselves in readiness, at any time with our lives, and our fortunes to assist our Sister Colony at Boston, etc." -- August 11, 1774, "relating to entering into covenant with Boston for non-consumption of British goods, etc. that the town of Boston is suffering in the common cause, which we esteem our own." March 20, 1775. He was Captain of Militia at Harpswell, Maine. "We pledge to give the men that shall engage as Minute Men for practice, two shillings and eight pence per week -- signed by William Sylvester, Chairman of Correspondence (and 18 others of the town)." May 1st. 1775, William Sylvester Esq. and 4 others chosen to provide stock of ammunition. June 5, 1775, William Sylvester, Esq., Chairman of Committee of Safety and Supplies"

GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF DEER ISLAND FAMILIES MAINE, Series 2, Volume 34, Ste-Sy. Compiled by Benjamin Lake Noyes. Donated to Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, DC, June 1950.
    "William Silvester, of the third generation from Richard... in his diary is the following entry: -- "May 25, 1762, then we left Hanover and came to Hingham that day shipped our goods on board the Grayhound, Courtney Babbidge, Commander, and we sailed that night about 10 o'clock. The 26 day we went on board. 30 we came to anchor and landed our cattle. 31 we landed our goods and took possession of our house in Harpswell the last day of May." This house was on the lot now (1877) owned by Rev. Elijah Kellogg."
    "The four last children named came to Harpswell with their parents. Some of the other children died young, others, it is probable, settled somewhere in Mass. Another branch of the family is found in Durham."

Daughters of the American Revolution membership record 481880 (issued 1961) and 569548 (issued 1972).

197. Mary BARSTOW was born 20 May 1717 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts and was christened 14 Jul 1717 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She died 1791 in Harpswell Center, Cumberland Co., Maine. [Parents]

THE WILLIAM BARSTOW FAMILY, by Arthur Hitchcock Radasch, page 9.

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200. Thomas MITCHELL was born about 1748 in Northern Ireland. He died 1824. Thomas married Jenny MC GINNIS.

201. Jenny MC GINNIS was born in Northern Ireland.

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