I have received a number of request from this web site related to people looking for information about ancestors. I have always thought that it would be nice if people who came by looking for the same ancestors could somehow connect. To this end, I am providing what I hope will be a place for people to find each other and share information and links.
If you like, you may leave a comment to this message with your name and email (or any web site links) and the ancestors in the North Weymouth Cemetery you would like to either learn more about or share information about. It would probably be helpful to title your reply with the surname or names you are interested in. I will check back from time to time and try to add more blog entries that deal with specific names, hopefully making it easier to find information.
If this blog does not work out for some reason, it will be removed, but I hope it can work as a message board for genealogists.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Hello,
My mother's family name is French. Her family lives for 5 generations in Weymouth beginning in 1632 with the arrival of Stephen French my 13th grandfather. My related grandfathers are Capt. Stephen French II,Stephen French III, Dr. Daniel French, and Zethum French. All were born and, I believe, died (except Zethum) in Weymouth. Zethum French, after the Revolutionary War, became one of the founding fathers of what is now Sandy Point, Maine. Zethum is buried in Maine with many other family members but I have no idea where his father, grandfather, great grandfather and great, great grandfather are buried. My grandfathers on the wives side include John Whitman, John Beal and William Lane.
I would love to know where any, or all, of these individuals are buried. Thank you, E. Lowell
I forgot to leave me email address earlier this morning when leaving a message requesting information on the French and related families burial sites. My email address is elainelowell@sbcglobal.net
There are a large number of Frenchs in the cemetery. The only one I can find that fits your information is Stephen French who died in 1834 and is buried in Old "A2". I should have posted this picture (if it exists) but because I am over my quota on Flicker and need to pay for more space, it is not visable at the moment. I will try to rectify that soon. I did not find the other French names, but will email you with more info on what I find.
I really appreciate the pictures that I was able to view. Is there any possibility of seeing any others from the French family.
It seems there must be several Stephen French family members. THe two that are my grandfathers are Capt. Stephen French (1640 -1717 or 18). His wife was Hannah Whitman.The other is Stephen French (1664 - 1741 or 2) and his wilfe was Agigail Beal. I hope this helps. Thank you so very much,
Elaine and Laurence Lowell
It sounds like you are looking for the same Stephen Frenchs as the person above, but we do not have any record of Stephen French that goes back to the 1700's, nor their wives. Perhaps they are here but he information is lost, as are the gravestones, or they are buried elsewhere.
I am looking for Robert Tucker, supposed to be one of my original ancestors in North America. He is also supposed to be one of the founding fathers of Weymouth in 1640,naming the town after Weymouth, England. I think there were three Robert Tuckers from Weymouth at about the same time and I am not sure which one is mine. The next ancestor I know of in the Tucker genealogy is Joseph Tucker born in Tennessee(I"m pretty sure) in 1797, my great-great grandfather. In between these two Tuckers I don't know the genealogy. Does anyone know about the Tuckers.
We do not have a Robert Tucker in the NW cemetery. We do not have any Tuckers listed, and it's not a familiar name to me. Perhaps you could try the Weymouth Historical Soc. and see if they have any information.
Looking for Caulfield's
My great grandmother had a sister, Delia Caulfield.
Delia married William Caulfield and lived on Front St., and Broad St. in Weymouth (approx 1900-1920's)
Their children; William, Frances, Frederick, Lawrence and Helen.
I would love to hear from anyone relating to this family or anyone with further info on this family in Weymouth!
Thanks!
Barbara Cushing-Walker
bcushing12@yahoo.com
Sorry, we do not have any Caulfields in the cemetery. You might consider if they were Catholic, they would have been buried in St. Francis Cemetery on Middle St. Up until about the 1950's the NW Cemetery was mainly Protestant.
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