tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post6709789472795265871..comments2024-03-16T04:25:42.918-04:00Comments on AnceStory Archives: Photo Collection of Ellsworth and Colby Connected Lines Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-9686425544123621012023-10-28T09:49:28.083-04:002023-10-28T09:49:28.083-04:00My stepfather was William Fiske Ellsworth, born in...My stepfather was William Fiske Ellsworth, born in Ipswich, Mass in 1929. He had a very large leather bound old Ellsworth family bible with many notations, death, and birth records of the Ellsworth family. He also had the binoculars given by Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin Ellsworth and the lighthouse keeper commission paperwork was in the family bible for years. Thise items had been given to his father. Those binoculars and commission paperwork disappeared from our family home in Kensington, NH in the mid-1980’s. We never found them and we believe they were stolen and likely sold. I wonder if they will ever surface. It was a devastating loss to my Stepfather and for the Ellsworth fsmily. We didn’t lock our house in those days. My stepfather used to look through those binoculars now and again. I held them and often imagined ships in distance. He treasured them. He was very proud of his family heritage. I met many of his aging Ellsworth relatives over the years. I never appreciated his deep family history. The family bible was give to his oldest son Mark Ellsworth after my stepfather passed away. My mother knew that was the right thing to do. My stepbrother passed away several years ago. I believe the Ellsworth family bible is still with his widow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-53196876518854752602022-10-09T12:37:03.976-04:002022-10-09T12:37:03.976-04:00I’m not sure why a small table that I purchased a ...I’m not sure why a small table that I purchased a few years ago has the picture of some of the family members here, it also has the picture of the house called The Old Peatfield Homested on top of that it's handwritten born here yr 09. Please let me know if this information is important for you. Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-35934391997251332862022-06-15T12:41:21.974-04:002022-06-15T12:41:21.974-04:00i have some paintings done by Elizabeth c Colby (B...i have some paintings done by Elizabeth c Colby (Betts) Her father Captain Isaac Newton Colby was the Captain on the ships used by Amos Sarle (who worked and traveled for the U.S. Government His daughter Annie Atwood Sarle married my ancestor John Pyper. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-29928132475240131792021-01-12T01:00:50.577-05:002021-01-12T01:00:50.577-05:00Hi. I'm descended from George Whitfield Haskel...Hi. I'm descended from George Whitfield Haskell, son of Caleb Haskell and Fanny Matilda Betts. You might not know this but Caleb's father was also named Caleb (as was his father). Caleb's mother was Edna Hale. He was a revolutionary soldier and he kept a diary which was published and can be found as an electronic file online. Fanny Matilda Betts' parents were Dr. Azor Betts and Glorianna (Purdy) Betts. Dr. Betts was originally from Connecticut and his wife from upstate New York. He had a medical practice in New York City. He was a revolutionary soldier, also, but he was a Loyalist in the Queen's Rangers and DeLancey's Westchester Irregulars (Cowboys), From 1776 there are records of him being brought before the NY Committee of Safety and being jailed (twice). Records of the "trials" are preserved in Peter Force's American Archives (very shortened title) and the National Archives (General Orders, May 26, 1776). One thing that intrigues me is that the younger Caleb and Fanny Matilda were married March 26, 1815, barely a month after their two countries ended the War of 1812.ZombyDawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608480990735480437noreply@blogger.com