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From: "Margie" <>
Subject: [MA-MENDON] Samuel READ
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:20:37 -0400
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I appreciate the replies I have received regarding my query of Samuel READ
of Mendon. If you don't mind, please bear with me while I explain my
interest in this person.

I found some family trees via Ancestry World Trees on Ancestry.com that
connects my known ancestors back to this Samuel READ. And now I face the
task of verifying that information with appropriate sources.

I have confirmed accuracy of this branch of my ancestral line back to John
STINCHFIELD & Fannie PAINE:
John STINCHFIELD (b. 22 Oct 1794, New Gloucester, Maine)
Fannie (Fanna) PAINE (b. 15 Nov. 1798, Sumner, Oxford, Maine)
married on 10 Oct. 1816 in Minot, Maine.

I have not yet verified the line back further than this couple, but I am
trying to confirm the following:

Fannie PAINE d/o Abijah PAINE (b. 18 March 1771, Harwich, Mass.) & Hannah
READ (b. 11 Dec. 1773)

Hannah READ d/o Daniel READ (b. 7 Jun 1743, Uxbridge, Mass.) & Mary BROWN
(b. 24 Apr. 1743)

Daniel READ s/o Daniel READ (b. 29 Oct. 1712, Mendon, Mass.) & Sarah TAFT
(b. 2 Mar. 1718)

Daniel READ s/o Samuel READ (b. 3 Nov. 1669, Mendon, Mass.) & Abigail WHITE.

I have verified in the Vital Records of Mendon book the births of Samuel
READ and his son, Daniel READ.

I realize I just made this very confusing to everyone. I don't know of a
clearer way to list this information.

I have already received a wealth of information from members of this list,
and I can't express my gratitude enough for that!

An interesting note here...it was only very recently that I discovered a
possible connection to any Mendon ancestors. I travel through Mendon on a
regular basis--to and from work, shopping in Bellingham, etc... One day
several weeks ago, I spent several hours in Mendon taking photos of the town
for other people who are doing research there. I transcribed the Founders
Memorial plaque and posted all the names on the MA-Worc list. At that time,
I did not realize that the Samuel READ on that plaque was likely my very own
ancestor! I'm hoping to prove that he is, infact, my
seventh-great-grandfather.

Genealogical research is not without its surprises! And it's those
surprises that keep it interesting and fun!

Margie

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