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Note for:   Richard Mather,   22 DEC 1653 - 17 AUG 1684         Index

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Richard Mather
They were married at Dorchester Mass and moved to Lyme, New London, CT in 1690.

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Note for:   Eleazer Mather,   22 JUN 1753 - 30 OCT 1836         Index

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     Born June 22, 1753 in Lyme, Connecticut, Eleaser elected to follow in his father's footsteps and become a physician. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Lyme, Connecticut and served from April 1, 1776 until Dec. 31, 1776 in the Company of which his brother, Samuel Mather, was captain.

After the war he lived for a while in Vermont. Then, at the age of 69, he uprooted his life to move to Portage (now Summit) County, Ohio to become Boston Township's first doctor. The original house that he lived in until his death is still standing.

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Note for:   Benjamin Brockway,   1758 - 17 DEC 1830         Index

Alias:   Benjamin /Brockway/, Sr.

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Date of death between 1818 & 1824. Collected a pension for serving nine months or more in the Continental Army as a Private. They resided in the "Grassey Hill" district or parish of Hamburg Town of Lyme. They had a large farm. We do not know the exact date of his death. It was some time between 1818 and 1824, and he was living in 1818 and was an United States pensioner under the act of Congress, passed in that Year. He having served "nine months or more" as a private in a Connecticut Regiment during the Revolutionary War.

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Note for:   Rodney Brockway,   1785 - 7 FEB 1837         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   UNKNOWN
     Place:   (Marvin Burial Ground)

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Twin Brother of Benjamin

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Note for:   Benjamin Brockway,   1785 - 30 NOV 1855         Index

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He was the Twin Brother of Rodney.

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Note for:   Seth Monroe Brockway,   1819 - 23 SEP 1881         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   UNKNOWN
     Place:   (Congragational Church Cemetery)

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Seth Brockway
Seth was a sea Capt. He and Lucy lived at Lyme (Hamburg) CT. They are buried at Hamburg Conn in the Congregational Church Cemetery.

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Note for:   Joshua Harvey,   3 MAR 1718 - 20 MAR 1807         Index

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Joshua Harvey Ninth Generation
Joshua Like his brother was a farmer and lived all his life at Lyme. His home like his brother's was in North Society or as it was later called North Lyme and is now the village of Hamburg in the town of Lyme. Besides his large farm in North Lyme he was an even large land owner in other sections of Lyme. Portions of these lands were conveyed to his daughter, and some to his grandchildren in later years of his life. His name is in the list of Church members of the Third or North Society of Lyme, prepared by the newly installed pastor, Oct 27 1787. He married on Nov 17 1751. See Congregational Church Old Lyme.

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Note for:   Zecariah Sill,   1 JAN 1681/82 - UNKNOWN         Index

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Zechariah Sill Third Generation
Zachariah was a farmer and a large land owner in North Lyme. He and the family appear to have been members of the Congregational Church of which rev Jonathan Parsons was paster.
The lands of the two brothers lay north of Mill Brook.

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Note for:   Elizabeth Mather,   20 NOV 1682 - UNKNOWN         Index

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Elizabeth Mather
Moved to Lyme, from Dorchester Mass, in 1690 with her parents.

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Note for:   Ebenezer Mather,   ABT 1729 - 20 DEC 1794         Index

Burial:   
     Place:   04/16/1752 lived in Aquabogue Dist of Southold with family of 8

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In the 1778 census, Ebenezer Marther is listed with a family of eight
in Aquebogue District

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Note for:   Robert Victor Pollock,   23 APR 1914 -          Index

Baptism:   
     Date:   17 MAY 1914
     Place:   Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan

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Victor 38 & Ethyl 26, birth certificate in error with a birth date of
april 25.
Father Needhem performed the rite, godparents were George & Annie
Randall
On 14 December 1934, Robert began working for the Detroit Edison
Company. On 30 May 1941, Robert & JoAnn resided at the Birmingham
Manor Apartments at 327 Southfield until October 1950 when they moved
to 695 Hanna Street. Robert retired from the Detroit Edison Company
Retired 1 May 1979.

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Note for:   JoAnn Virginia Howell,   3 OCT 1919 - 3 JUN 1992         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   5 JUN 1992
     Place:   Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan

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106 Colorado, Higland Park - parents home at this time.