Saturday, January 27, 2018

Obituary for Dana Ross

Dana Ross was the son of Mary Joan Mitchell, daughter of Everett and Vera mitchell


Houlton - Dana J. Ross, 56, passed away on January 10, 2018 at the Houlton Regional Hospital. Dana died peacefully in his sleep after a two year battle with cancer. He was born on March 23, 1961 in Houlton, Maine, the son of Donald and Mary Joan Ross (Mitchell).
Dana was born with cerebral palsy, but he never let it slow him down. He graduated from Houlton High School in 1981. Dana had a big heart, a terrific smile and would do anything for anyone.
Dana was predeceased by his parents and his grandparents Kenneth L. Ross and Sarah Ross and Everett D. Mitchell and Vera Mitchell. He was also predeceased by two cousins, Maurice Doubleday and Mary Lyn Mitchell and his Uncle Moe. Dana is survived by his four brothers, Donald Ross of Pueblo, Colorado, Daniel Ross of Caribou, Maine, Darrell Ross of Bangor, Maine and Darren Ross of Houlton, Maine. He is also survived by his sister, Jody Sinclair (Ross) and her husband Daniel Sinclair, of Old Town, Maine. Dana had many special nieces and nephews, whom he loved dearly. Dana is also survived by his Aunt Carol Doubleday(DeeDee), his Uncle John Mitchell, his Uncle Everett Mitchell and his cousins Veronica, John and Ev. Dana also had many friends that were like family to him.
Dana chose not to have a funeral, he wanted his friends and family to remember him as he was. There are plans for a memorial service in the Spring. (date and time to be determined)
Published on  January 13, 2018

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Post about Captain Norman and Cape Ann Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Planters_(Massachusetts)


Cape Ann, a neighborhood in the Massachusetts town of Gloucester is a lovely place and much like a number of old fishing villages gone upscale.  It reminds me a bit of Provincetown without the WOW factor.  Unfortunately the town has grown to the point that if you do not have a mansion on the water, it can be very touristy and rather uncomfortable to be in in the summer.  The traffic can be intolerable if you get there on the wrong day or hour, but then again, much of Massachusetts can have intolerable traffic if you do not know the local time patterns.  I drove 34 miles to my cousin's house and it took me 2 hours! 
The town has become so upscale that even the people who have invested a million in their properties have had their views blocked by newcomers on increasingly vertiginous but choice spots building multi-million dollar houses.  
I went looking for Norman's Woe.  I was advised to park in a little turn-out and walk in.  This was on a recent vacation from my new home far away.  "Walk down the path and you can find a place to see Norman's Woe."  I got down to the rocky shore, deeply cut with gorges and climbed along to see the reef a quarter mile away.  I had to do some fancy footwork to get all the way up to a headland that would have had a great view.  After skirting a few properties that were private, I was finally blocked by a fence that cut off any possibility of progressing without climbing into a deep gorge with the sea foaming into it.  At last, after creeping as close to the shore as possible, and slipping on to my ass in the black algae, I could see just the tip of the reef behind the headland, and the only way I could have seen the whole thing would mean dashing across someone's private retreat. 
 
 
I could have gone down to the shore at Hammond Castle, where there is a fine view, but it was closed for a private function.  I do not get back here very often as I am so deeply entrenched in my home and the travel is very expensive.  Perhaps another vacation will allow me to get a good look. 
 

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Please excuse the fact that I have published a number of posts from Internet copies. As I process the information over the next few weeks I will delete these and replace then with my own information.

Susan Murdock

Found 10 Records, 10 Photos and 415,224 Family Trees

Born to John Murdock and Mary Jane Berryman. Susan married John Day and had 7 children.
  • Name: Henry DAY 1
  • Sex: M
  • Reference Number: 2696
  • Birth: [Estimated by author.] ABT 1850
  • Death: UNKNOWN



    Father: John DAY b: BET 1823 AND 1828 
    Mother: Susan UNKNOWN b: BET 1823 AND 1832

    Marriage 1 Celia JONES b: ABT 1852
  • Name: Margaret ROBERTS
  • _FOOT: Ancestry Databases (http://trees.ancestry.ca), Julia varney; 1
  • _FOOT: Barney, Beverly, Bissett Cook 2012 2
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1715 in Yorkshire County, England
  • Reference Number: Wade/S1
  • Death: UNKNOWN in Yorkshire County, England
  • Note:
    Summary:
    Margaret Roberts [Wade/S1], female, was born in 1715 in Yorkshire County, England. She died, date unknown, in Yorkshire County, England. Margaret married Robert Wade [Wade], marriage date unknown.

    Ancestry:
    Robert Wade & Margaret Roberts are 5th Great Grandparents of the Author.




    Marriage 1 Robert WADE b: 1712 in Yorkshire County, England
    • Married: UNKNOWN
    Children
    1. Has Children Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England
  • Birth: 1712 in Yorkshire County, England
  • Death: UNKNOWN in Yorkshire County, England
  • Note:
    Summary:
    Robert Wade [Wade], male, was born in 1712 in Yorkshire County, England. He died, date unknown, in Yorkshire County, England. Robert married Margaret Roberts [Wade/S1], marriage date unknown.

    Ancestry: Robert Wade & Margaret Roberts are 5th Great Grandparents of the Author.




    Marriage 1 Margaret ROBERTS b: 1715 in Yorkshire County, England
    • Married: UNKNOWN
    Children
    1. Has Children Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England

  • Name: Margaret WADE 1
  • _FOOT: Barney, Beverly, Bissett - Cook Families 2
  • _FOOT: Woodhouse, Roger G.. "Origins: The Colpitts' and Relations". Grey 3
  • _FOOT: Colpitts, Clayton DeWitt, Colpitts Family History: (Waterloo, 4
  • _FOOT: Hoar, William S., Steeves and Colpitts Pioneers of the Upper 5
  • _FOOT: Barney, Beverly, Bissett - Cook Families 6
  • _FOOT: Fellows, Robert F., Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial 7
  • _LINK: http://users.xplornet.com/~pebbles2/genpg10.htm 8
  • Sex: F
  • Reference Number: Wade.6
  • Birth: / Atlternative: Newcastle Tyne, England 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
  • Christening: 28 FEB 1747 Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England
  • Death: 11 OCT 1794 in Little River, Coverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Note:
    Summary:
    Margaret Wade [Wade.1], female, was born sometime before February 28 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, and was christened February 28 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England. She died October 11 1794 in Little River, Coverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Margaret married Robert John Colpitts [Colpitts.4.8] on February 10 1768 in Parish Church of Gainford, Gainford, Durham County, England. Margaret Wade belonged to a prosperous farming family with considerable capital, and strict Methodists. [Wade Papers, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa] Quoted in [Hoar, 1988, p124].

    Ancestry: Robert John Colpitts & Margaret Wade are 4th Great Grandparents of the author.




    Father: Robert WADE b: 1712 in Yorkshire County, England
    Mother: Margaret ROBERTS b: 1715 in Yorkshire County, England

    Marriage 1 Robert John COLPITTS b: BEF 27 JUN 1745 in Cleatlam, Durham County, England c: 27 JUN 1745 in Winston, Durham County, England
    • Married: Parish Church of Gainford 10 FEB 1768 in Gainford, Durham County, England 9
    Children
    1. Has Children John COLPITTS b: 17 APR 1768 in Norton, Crawford Parish, Durham County, England c: 23 JUN 1768 in Gainford, Durham County, England
    2. Has Children Robert COLPITTS b: 25 NOV 1770 in River Tyne, Selby Parish, Durham County, England c: in Gainford, Durham County, England
    3. Has Children Elizabeth COLPITTS b: 12 MAR 1772 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 26 APR 1772 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    4. Has Children Thomas COLPITTS b: 03 DEC 1773 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 03 FEB 1774 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    5. Has Children William COLPITTS b: 17 JUN 1775 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 28 JUN 1775 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    6. Has Children Ralph COLPITTS b: 01 JAN 1778 in Peathrow, Durham County, England c: 09 JAN 1778 in Cockfield, Durham County, England
    7. Has Children George COLPITTS b: 12 SEP 1782 in Peathrow, Durham County, England c: in Ponteland, Northumberland County, England
    8. Has Children Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS b: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
    9. Has Children Jane COLPITTS b: 03 OCT 1786 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Reference Number: Colpitts.4/S2
  • Birth: 1700 in Winston, Durham County, England
  • Death: UNKNOWN in Durham, England
  • Note:
    Summary
    Elizabeth Jackson [Colpitts.4/S2], female, was born circa 1706 in Winston, England. Her deathdate is unknown in England. Note that Elizabeth Jackson?s estimated birthdate has been adjusted to reflect the age of her eldest child. She married John Colpitts on February 14 1728 in Winston, Durham County, England.

    Ancestry: John Colpitts [Colpitts.4] & Elizabeth Jackson are 5th Great Grandparents of the Author.




    Marriage 1 John COLPITTS b: 18 OCT 1696 in Gainford, Durham County, England c: 18 OCT 1696 in Gainford, Durham County, England
    • Married: 14 FEB 1726/27 in Winston, Durham County, England
    Children
    1. Has No Children Elizabeth COLPITTS b: 18 AUG 1728 in Winston, Durham County, England
    2. Has No Children Thomas COLPITTS b: 1732
    3. Has No Children Dorothy COLPITTS b: ABT 1733 in Winston, Durham County, England c: 03 JUN 1733 in Winston, Durham County, England
    4. Has No Children William COLPITTS b: ABT 1741 in Durham County, England c: 07 MAY 1741 in Winston, Durham County, England
    5. Has Children Robert John COLPITTS b: BEF 27 JUN 1745 in Cleatlam, Durham County, England c: 27 JUN 1745 in Winston, Durham County, England
    6. Has No Children Jane COLPITTS b: 1752

  • Father: John COLPITTS b: 18 OCT 1696 in Gainford, Durham County, England c: 18 OCT 1696 in Gainford, Durham County, England 
    Mother: Elizabeth JACKSON b: 1700 in Winston, Durham County, England

    Marriage 1 Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England
    • Married: Parish Church of Gainford 10 FEB 1768 in Gainford, Durham County, England 15
    Children
    1. Has Children John COLPITTS b: 17 APR 1768 in Norton, Crawford Parish, Durham County, England c: 23 JUN 1768 in Gainford, Durham County, England
    2. Has Children Robert COLPITTS b: 25 NOV 1770 in River Tyne, Selby Parish, Durham County, England c: in Gainford, Durham County, England
    3. Has Children Elizabeth COLPITTS b: 12 MAR 1772 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 26 APR 1772 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    4. Has Children Thomas COLPITTS b: 03 DEC 1773 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 03 FEB 1774 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    5. Has Children William COLPITTS b: 17 JUN 1775 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England c: 28 JUN 1775 in Haughton Le Skerne, Durham County, England
    6. Has Children Ralph COLPITTS b: 01 JAN 1778 in Peathrow, Durham County, England c: 09 JAN 1778 in Cockfield, Durham County, England
    7. Has Children George COLPITTS b: 12 SEP 1782 in Peathrow, Durham County, England c: in Ponteland, Northumberland County, England
    8. Has Children Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS b: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
    9. Has Children Jane COLPITTS b: 03 OCT 1786 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada

    Marriage 2 Elizabeth NEWTON b: ABT 1750
    • Married: AFT 1794
  • Name: Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS 1 2
  • _FOOT: Hale, R. Wallace, Early New Brunswick Probate Records: 1785-1835 3
  • _FOOT: Colpitts, Clayton DeWitt, Colpitts Family History: (Waterloo, 4 5
  • _LINK: http://users.xplornet.com/~pebbles2/genpg10.htm 6
  • Sex: F
  • Reference Number: Colpitts.4.8.8
  • Birth: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2
  • Event: Jacob Day's second wife. Note
  • Death: 06 FEB 1871 in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada 7 8
  • Note:
    Ancestry:
    Colpitts-488: Parents: Robert John Colpitts & Margaret Wade [Colpitts-48]; Grandparents: John Colpitts & Elizabeth Jackson [Colpitts-4]; Great Grandparents: Thomas Colpitts and Mary Barnes [Colpitts].
  • Note:
    Her nickname of "Peggy" is found in source [Rootsweb, Ralph E. Stevens, June 2 2003].

    There is a discrepancy in Margaret's birth date with reference [Jones, 2000] giving a date of "October 1, 1784".

    There is a discrepancy in listed birth order for Margaret's children. Reference [Colpitts, 1967] lists five children in the following order: Robert, Jacob, George, Eleanor, and John. Reference [Chipman, 1966] lists four children in the following order: Jacob, George, Robert, and Eleanor. Reference [Colpitts, 1967] taken as the primary record because the records are more complete for this line.

    Marriage information extracted from marriage record for Westmorland County, New Brunswick, dates: 1791-1835, found in Main International Genealogical Index 4.01 - North America, batch M541641, source: 847576, film, maintained by LDS Church Ancestral Library, Salt Lake City, printed 15 June 1999 by Brian Orr. [Orr, 1999-2000]




    Father: Robert John COLPITTS b: BEF 27 JUN 1745 in Cleatlam, Durham County, England c: 27 JUN 1745 in Winston, Durham County, England
    Mother: Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England

    Marriage 1 Jacob DAY b: JAN 1773 in Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Married: 07 MAR 1814 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 8 9
    Children
    1. Has No Children Robert DAY b: BET 1815 AND 1816
    2. Has Children Jacob DAY b: 13 JAN 1817
    3. Has Children George DAY b: 03 OCT 1819
    4. Has Children Eleanor DAY b: 22 FEB 1822 in McDonald Corner, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
    5. Has Children John DAY b: BET 1823 AND 1828
  • Name: John DAY 1 2
  • Sex: M
  • Reference Number: Day
  • Birth: BET 1745 AND 1755 3
  • Death: 21 OCT 1794 4
  • Note:
    [Source: Esther Clark Wright, Planters and Pioneers, Lancelot Press, NS, 1982, pg. 99]
    John Day arrived at the St. John River, date unknown. Born 1794; married Hannah --; childrenc Jacob, James, John, Henry, William.




    Marriage 1 Hannah UNKNOWN b: BET 1745 AND 1755
      Children
      1. Has Children Jacob DAY b: JAN 1773 in Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Name: Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS 1 2
    • _FOOT: Hale, R. Wallace, Early New Brunswick Probate Records: 1785-1835 3
    • _FOOT: Colpitts, Clayton DeWitt, Colpitts Family History: (Waterloo, 4 5
    • _LINK: http://users.xplornet.com/~pebbles2/genpg10.htm 6
    • Sex: F
    • Reference Number: Colpitts.4.8.8
    • Birth: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2
    • Event: Jacob Day's second wife. Note
    • Death: 06 FEB 1871 in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada 7 8
    • Note:
      Ancestry:
      Colpitts-488: Parents: Robert John Colpitts & Margaret Wade [Colpitts-48]; Grandparents: John Colpitts & Elizabeth Jackson [Colpitts-4]; Great Grandparents: Thomas Colpitts and Mary Barnes [Colpitts].
    • Note:
      Her nickname of "Peggy" is found in source [Rootsweb, Ralph E. Stevens, June 2 2003].

      There is a discrepancy in Margaret's birth date with reference [Jones, 2000] giving a date of "October 1, 1784".

      There is a discrepancy in listed birth order for Margaret's children. Reference [Colpitts, 1967] lists five children in the following order: Robert, Jacob, George, Eleanor, and John. Reference [Chipman, 1966] lists four children in the following order: Jacob, George, Robert, and Eleanor. Reference [Colpitts, 1967] taken as the primary record because the records are more complete for this line.

      Marriage information extracted from marriage record for Westmorland County, New Brunswick, dates: 1791-1835, found in Main International Genealogical Index 4.01 - North America, batch M541641, source: 847576, film, maintained by LDS Church Ancestral Library, Salt Lake City, printed 15 June 1999 by Brian Orr. [Orr, 1999-2000]




      Father: Robert John COLPITTS b: BEF 27 JUN 1745 in Cleatlam, Durham County, England c: 27 JUN 1745 in Winston, Durham County, England
      Mother: Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England

      Marriage 1 Jacob DAY b: JAN 1773 in Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
      • Married: 07 MAR 1814 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 8 9
      Children
      1. Has No Children Robert DAY b: BET 1815 AND 1816
      2. Has Children Jacob DAY b: 13 JAN 1817
      3. Has Children George DAY b: 03 OCT 1819
      4. Has Children Eleanor DAY b: 22 FEB 1822 in McDonald Corner, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
      5. Has Children John DAY b: BET 1823 AND 1828

    • Father: John DAY b: BET 1745 AND 1755 
      Mother: Hannah UNKNOWN b: BET 1745 AND 1755

      Marriage 1 Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS b: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
      • Married: 07 MAR 1814 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 10 11
      Children
      1. Has No Children Robert DAY b: BET 1815 AND 1816
      2. Has Children Jacob DAY b: 13 JAN 1817
      3. Has Children George DAY b: 03 OCT 1819
      4. Has Children Eleanor DAY b: 22 FEB 1822 in McDonald Corner, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
      5. Has Children John DAY b: BET 1823 AND 1828
    • ID: I280
    • Name: John DAY 1 2
    • Sex: M
    • Reference Number: 280
    • Birth: BET 1823 AND 1828 3
    • Death: UNKNOWN



      Father: Jacob DAY b: JAN 1773 in Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
      Mother: Margaret 'Peggy' COLPITTS b: 11 OCT 1784 in Colpitts Settlement, Cloverdale Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada

      Marriage 1 Susan UNKNOWN b: BET 1823 AND 1832
      • Married: UNKNOWN
      Children
      1. Has No Children Henry DAY b: ABT 1850
      2. Has No Children Annie Jane DAY b: ABT 1852
      3. Has No Children Robert DAY b: ABT 1854
      4. Has No Children George DAY b: ABT 1856
      5. Has No Children Jacob DAY b: ABT 1858
      6. Has No Children Judson DAY b: ABT 1860
    •