Category: Middlesex County, MA
Families that lived in the county and research done there.
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Finding family in the military Charles Walter Putnam (1859–1922) was one of my wife’s sixteen great-great-grandparents. We talked about his family last year: Some families pass down maternal surnames as first or middle names in their children. In the Putnam family, Charles named his youngest son George Force Putnam (1904–1978), not only giving young George…
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Step 4 on our ladder is a very shaky rung Last week, we reviewed the evidence supporting the facts of Hattie (Wells) Hart’s life story. She was my 3rd-great-grandmother. Hattie’s parents were documented well enough to assert that Harlow C Wells (1827–about 1880) was her father, but the documents we have tell us precious little…
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Step 3 on our climb to Providence Last week, we examined the evidence supporting rung #2 in our ladder to Providence: Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle. This week, we take another step up . Harriet Isette “Hattie” Wells was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, to Harlow C Wells (1827-c.1880) and Sarah…
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