I've been working on family genealogy for 19 years now, and I surely thought that I'd found about everyone that I was ever going to find. Thanks to some kind folks I met through Ancestry, and new records on line, I now know who my 4th great grandmother is. And in the process, I am somewhat satisfied with 11 new surnames to research. I already know that some of them have fascinating stories, so I'm excited.
"My" find is Lydia Goodenow, who married Jude Foster. I have not yet identified her death date and location (she's not the one buried in Boston in 1801, because her name was no longer Foster at that point.) Preliminary research shows that I'm missing some female names, so I have more grandmothers to try to find. But here is a list of the surnames that appear to be correct, all except Rice new to our tree:
Goodenow, Bent, Drury, Rice, Moore, Weare, Lamson, Good, Graves, Axtell, Cutler. Oh, and also Corbet/Corbett, who was the second husband of Lydia.
If you recognize one of your families in this list (late 1500s to early 1700s). I'd love to hear from you. It takes a village to build a tree. Meantime, it's happy genealogy dance time!
