July 07,2008
GRAY, John
After several years of research it is still not known who the father was of my direct ancestor John Gray of Salem Massachusetts.
In the 1930's Thomas Child petitioned for this information and did not receive a confirming answer. Years later Mr. Goodwin researched this information to avail. I am pursuing this question once more in the hope that new information will be revealed.
It is known through the record of Reverend William Bentley that John Gray was the grandson of "French" John Baton, a Huguenot of La Rochelle, France who was also the husband of the widow Elizabeth Slade Lander and the father of Elizabeth Baton who gave birth to said John Gray May 1771. Elizabeth Baton first married William Steward and then Peter Kingett, her son Peter Kingett died at sea before 1801. It is not known if she had other children. There has been no confirming evidence of who John Gray's father was of if Elizabeth Baton ever married a Mr. Gray.
John Gray married Elizabeth Browne about 1794 and had three children. His son 1)William lived his entire life in Salem. His son 2)John Gray moved to Nauvoo, Illinois with his wife and children and is thought to have died in St. Louis, Missouri, en route to the west. The children moved to and settled in Utah. John Gray's daughter 3)Elizabeth never married and perhaps was considered "infirm".
I have some other information regarding this Gray family, but would like to solve the mystery of who John Gray, son of Elizabeth Baton Steward Kingett's father was.
Sincerely,
Lisa-RC
Cedar City, Utah
435-867-9800
July 15,2008
PERKINS
I am looking for information about Mrs. Harry (Donna) Perkins who was a master hooked rug instructor in the Amesbury Newburyport area for over 40 years sometime during the early to mid 20th century.
Thank you,
Assistant Curator of Textiles
Allentown Art Museum
(610)432-4333 X34
July 21,2008
STEVENS, Rev. Phineas Wife
Ref: The Essex Genealogist, May 2004, pg. 87
It states that Phineas' 2nd wife was Sarah Varney.
In reading the NEHGR, 1995, vol. 149, p.16+, "Thomas Varney of Boston and some
of His Descendants," George W. Varney, it states James Varney (James, Thomas)
mar. Sarah (Sanders) Stevens. She was Phineas Stevens 2nd wife. When
Phineas died 19 Jan 1755, Boscawen hired a new minister - James Varney and Sarah
married him and they had one daughter, Jane Varney, b. abt. 1761. It also
discusses the settlement of Phineas' estate in 1795. It seems to be a well
researched article.
Which publication is right?
Helen O'Connor
July 23,2008
TREAT, Richard
I am searching for the relatives of Richard Treat born 1922. I have him listed as being from Essex co. Mass. He died in 1942 when the B26 bomber he was on disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico. The group of people I am with have found the plane and also the family members of 3 of the 6 crew members aboard. You may have seen our story on the news or in the paper. These 3 families have closure now and we would like the same for the other 3 families. Richard enlisted Dec 27 1941 in Boston...............Any information you can help me with would be much appreciated. For more on the story go to news-press.com and B26 wreck or NBC news Phoenix and B26.
Thank you for your time,
Tracy Miller
July 24,2008
JAMES, Rosalie
I am looking for information on Rosalie James who was kidnapped by the St. Francis Abenakis circa 1700. In his Notes historiques (1887, page 17), judge Gill writes that she “was taken at Quenibanc (Kennebunk), some time after the capture of our father (Samuel Gill in 1697), near a mill whence all the family was taken and brought to Canada with the exception of the father and the mother who were sent away from the site”.
In his book about poet Charles Gill (1997, page 7), Reginald Hamel says that, according to the Newbury registers, Rosalie James was an “Amerindian Slave”.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Louis Fortier
Sherbrooke, P.Q.
July 27, 2008
BLADES
Looking for any information on the Blades family in Haverhill family
WHAT I KNOW:
The parents names were James Alexander Blades and Geraldine Ettymore Gill
They were from British Guyana (James) and Barbados (Ettymore)
James was a shoemaker which is probably why he moved to Haverhill in the 1910 census they were listed as living at 15 Ashland (?) St
Parents of 2 children James jr and Byron O they show up next on the 1920 census in NY
Sometime between 1907 and 1920 they had 2 girls who both died as toddlers. One from some kind of disease like whooping cough and the other from a fall.
I would like to learn the names of these girls and what years they were living. I think their names were Theresa and Ruth or Ruby
Thank you so much in advance for ANY help you can provide.
Jacki Blades PO Box 25289 Durham, NC 27704July 27,2008
TARBOX
A friend has told me that she remembers seeing (several years ago) a comprehensive review of genealogy for the Tarbox family in your Essex Genealogists Newsletter.
As it happens, I am descended from one Haven Tarbox, a revolutionary patriot, who was born, I believe, in Lynn, Essex County, MA in1718. He married Miriam Dempsey who was born in Topsfield (Essex) MA on 23 Feb 1723. They moved to Biddeford, Maine sometime thereafter and proceeded to have ten children. The seventh, called Miriam, after her mother, married a man named Dominicus Gilpatrick from Saco, ME. Their daughter, Sarah, married a man named John Felker, b. 27 Jul 1777 in Barrington, (I think) NH. John and Sarah's daughter, Miriam Tarbox Felker, born 1800 in Strafford, NH, was my great, great grandmother.
She married a man named Samuel Deering Lanphere, who, I believe, was born in Portsmouth, NH. on 12 Aug 1798. They lived in Biddeford, ME and had all of their children there.
I would like to know more about this line of the Tarbox family, and, if you might have something on the Lanphere line, that would be just wonderful, too.
They (the Lanpheres) were from Westerly, RI, originally, and a Samuel from Westerly married a Joanna Deering from Kittery, ME. They had a son named Elihu, who then had Samuel Deering Lanphere. I have the Lanphere bible record copies, but, naturally, no locations are mentioned, and that is what I would like to know!
Would you be able to supply me with a copy of what you have on the Tarbox line? And, would you also tell me what you might have, if anything, on the Lanphere line?
I am from Stoneham, MA originally, so I feel very glad that you are located so close to my hometown!
I appreciate very much anything you may have to offer! I hope that one day I may offer something useful back to you!
Sincerely,
Jane Lasselle
July 29,2008
COFFIN, COTTLE
I am a new member of your group with several Essex County ancestors.
To begin, let me inquire about wives that my records show are from Essex County.
1. Mary (Molly) Coffin, 1759-1822, married to Benjamin Burbank 1780 in Newbury. Is this information correct and if so can someone connect her to her line back? His line also.
2. Sarah Cottle, abt 1727-1801, married Amos Bailey 1745 in Bradford. Again is this info correct and if so any connections would be appreciated. His also.
Thanks
Marsha Whittier