-
Search
Categories
Tag
Archives
-
Contact Me
Category Archives: Family Lines
Ancestor Sketch – Mercy Gay
Brown-Sanford-Gay By Don Taylor Mercy Gay was born into a leading Connecticut family. She married and removed to Vermont where she and her husband were early settlers. When her husband died in 1813, she moved west with family members to … Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, Ancestor Features
Tagged Sanford, Litchfield, Bergen, Gay, Connecticut, Vermont, Bennington, Pownal, Sharon, Byron, Genesee County, New York, Litchfield County
Leave a comment
Blanchard Project Photos – Part 1 of 2
Blanchard Project Utterstrom/Halverson Photo Friday I recently received a group of 13 photos all relating to people in my Blanchard project—one Cassidy, four Utterstroms, seven Halversons, and 1 blurry photo. Today, I’ll look at the seven Halverson photos. I’ll look … Continue reading
Posted in Blanchard-Utterstrom Project, Faces from the Past
Tagged Utterstrom, Halvorsen
Leave a comment
The Waters Family of 1870 Patten, Maine
Blanchard Project Blanchard/Utterstrom/Chase/Waters By Don Taylor During my ancestor sketch for Sadie Walters, I learned that Patten, Kennebec County, Maine, was settled about 1828, incorporated in 1841. Sadie was born in 1887 in Patten, and her parents were born in … Continue reading
Hobbs – Surname Saturday
Name Origin Hob is a “pet form of Robert” and Hobbs is a patronymic form for Son of Hob, as is Hobson. Geographical Worldwide there are approximately 99,273 people who bear the Hobbs surname. The vast majority, over 62,000 in … Continue reading
Mercy (Gay) Sanford & the Early Censuses
Mercy Sanford and the 1840, 1830, and 1820 Census records. Brown-Sanford-Gay Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following widows in early America can often be difficult, Mercy (Gay) Sanford was widowed when her husband, Ezra Clugston Sanford, died 22 June 1813 … Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, Censuses
Tagged Genesee County, Gay, New York, Sanford, Byron
Leave a comment
