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Subject: Re: Purple family
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:42:07 EDT

Hello Barabara,

You wrote:

<I am seeking the parents and wife of Isham Purple b abt 1781 CT or possibly
MA. The Isham genealogy states that a Chapman granddaughter of Thankful Isham
married a Mr. Purple- no other info other than her daughter had married a
Chapman who had 3 daughters.>

I already sent you a couple e-mails privately, noting the location of an
Abner Chapman in the same Crowley corner area of Millington Society, East Haddam,
as the one Purple family. To leave a trail of bread crumbs to possibly be
found by others searching your lines, I thought I'd better return to this
mailing list venue.

I "googled" your Isham Purple, using Metacrawler.com. I found a family
history posted that seems to match your Isham and Phoebe (Rogers) Purple. Have
you already contacted this gentleman? His posted story doesn't name Isham's
parents, but maybe he knows the answers you are seeking. One excerpt is as
follows:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/biographies/local/lyonmorgan.html

Biography of Morgan Lyon by
James William Lowry
(You may contact Mr. Lowry at his email address: .)

From Chapter 1:

<Isham Purple was a distant relative of Dr. Purple. A veteran of the War of
1812 who had served in Howe’s volunteer regiment from Connecticut, Isham Purple
was married to Phoebe Rogers. They were somewhat younger contemporaries of
Captain and Mercy Lyon, Isham having been born in 1781 and Phoebe in 1787. Isham
and Phoebe moved from Connecticut to New York in the early 1820s and settled
in the vicinity of Chenango County. They had at least six children: Dorothy,
born about 1803, Daniel, born about 1811, Mary, born June 9, 1812, Martha, born
about 1817, Louisa, born November 13, 1823, in Norwich, and William, born
about 1825. The Purple family were farmers.>

Norwich is named as a place of birth for Louisa. Realize that sometimes
children would be recorded in whatever city was convenient, and not necessarily
in the one where they were born. Just a thought.

Anyway, I thought I would post this for what it's worth. I would check with
him to see what he had for sources. It might bring you closer to your
answers. Good luck in your continued searching. :-)

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