It's Time To Head To LARRABEE Country

We're going North for 6 days to open the camp, come home for 2 Weeks then return to Maine for the summer. I hope to visit a few towns this summer and check out some leads. Haven't had much luck on the Web, except with the very early Larrabee's in Malden Ma. and North Yarmouth Me. I did find a picture of my great grand mother Sarah Anne Newhall Larrabee with 2 of my great uncles and my great aunt posing for a school picture. You can guess what it meant to me. You can see a sense of pride and Yankee Independence in her look.

Tracing Ida Allen Barnes

Here's the web site I mentioned earlier that had info on Ida. It shows her linked to the Raynor family in Long Island going back to the 16th century in England.
I'll be able to add several more surnames to the family tree thanks to this site.
http://longislandgenealogy.com/raynor/ghtindex.htm

KODA GETS A Haircut

Our "boy" got a visit to the groomer today, and received a good report!
He got a buzz cut for the summer. As the pictures show he is a beggar and will dance for a "treat". Its tough to get a good shot as he will not sit for a pose.

It's Blooming in Bristol

Well the flowers have arrived and they're great this year. I hope the rain this weekend doesn't ruin them. Last week the kids were over for Poppy's birthday and they all enjoyed our new addition. His name is Koda and we got him 2 weeks ago. He is well behaved and great with the kids. he came with a collection of toys which he tosses around. He has chewed up several so far.

Its 9;45 pm and he's in the crate resting.

More Pieces to the Barnes Puzzle

I must say the Barnes family can be Linked to many prominent early families of Connecticut. I found this on line the other day and it not only helped to fill in some dates I didn't have, but added to some stories that I had come across earlier.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~khokkanen/hall/ives.htm
Take time to read about William,John and Gideon Ives. Gideon's son Elanthan
(spelled at least 3 ways so far) married our Abigail Frisbie whom I've mentioned
earlier.

I have one story about Gideon, related in a History of Bristol, being a great hunter and came to the Bristol area (then known as the West Woods) often.

His hunting companion was Capt. Jesse Gaylord (another name of our area) They were being stalked by an Indian who was taken aim one of them and the other man shot the Indian, who they buried in a swamp. The two families have different stories as to who shot the Indian. The story was never told until old age as not to cause an Indian attack. I think the real reason was they were from the New Haven colony and The west woods were part of Farmington.
I also found a great site that I need to explore, but haven't had time yet. It has info on Grandmother Ida Allen Barnes family. I have so many directions to go, but am fascinated by this local history.

Back to Litchfield,Milton and Washington, Connecticut

Today we traveled up to visit sites in Litchfield and Milton which is small village within Litchfield. We stopped first at a home Nancy had visited often as a little girl.The Morgans lived at the home which was dated 1882 and had the names Frank and Anne Barnes as the original owners. Now this will bear additional investigation as Nancy's GGrandfather was a Frank and his Mother was an Ann.

We traveled up the back roads to find the Milton village where Frank Monroe Barnes ran a store for a period in the late 1880's. it was his first venture from the Bristol/Burlington area. It was like stepping back in time, as it was very rural with very old authentic homes. I asked a local man (yes men do ask directions) about a possible store and he directed us back to the building shown. Its being lived in probably by rich out of staters. I would say by the style it was a feed and grain store with living quarters. It is listed with the National Registor of Historic Places. Its dated 1756.

We then traveled down to Washinton, Ct. to visit the gravesites there to verify dates and names. There are at least 4 generations there. I believe the Barnes are there though Katherine whose mother and father (Watts) are buried next to them.
The geo-tag for the Milton home of David Welch is Potash and Milton Rds.
41°46′13″N 73°15′59″W

Edward Frisbe Home Branford Ct.

Today we traveled to Branford, Ct to investagate another name in the Barnes line. Abigal Frisbie was the Great-granddaughter of Edward Frisbie. She married an Ives and their daughter married Wise Barnes and so that how we are connected. Its a great big puzzle that has not an edge nor a corner. This home is on U.S Rt 1 must have seen much since 1685. Edward's story is a long one as he is purported to have been born in Jamestown Virginia. I have much info if interested. We also were invited into a Capt. Frisbie's home down the street in Stonybrook, which I had gone to first and found it was the wrong home. He is probably indirectly related to us. Ben asked the lady "do you have any boys?" He's so charming I think that's how we got in.