Category: Vermont
Families that lived in the state and left records behind there.
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It doesn’t take much to make a connection Our story, so far: We began climbing our ladder to Providence with my great-grandfather, Alfred Tuttle. Our goal was to examine the available evidence connecting each generation of his ancestry back to the founding of Providence Plantations, Rhode Island. Greene Whitford (1759-c. 1816) was the son of…
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Taking stock of the journey so far We have been climbing a ladder of evidence for a couple of months now – a metaphorical ladder leaning against the side of one of my “family palm trees”. The first several rungs felt like very solid footing, but the last three have been increasingly shaky. Depending on…
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A lifeline to Providence Genealogists urge each other to talk to their oldest living relatives and record their memories as best they can. This is difficult for a lot of people to do – the researchers might be unsure of themselves, or their relationship with their relatives might not make interviewing them in their old…
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We have some shaky footing on this ladder Last week, we considered the evidence that ties Thomas Wells and Cyrena Whitford to Harlow C. Wells. I decided to accept that Harlow was probably their son, based on the few facts we have been able to find in the available records. I also spent some time…
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Looking for the link from Harlow Wells to Thomas Wells Our story thus far: I have been examining the evidence I have connecting my grandmother, Alberta (Tuttle) Clark back to our possible ancestor, one of the founding families of the Providence Plantations in what is now Rhode Island. We started with her father, Alfred Tuttle,…
Mightier Acorns 