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Comment by Catherine Davis on June 23, 2011 at 4:44pm

Debby, I live in Michigan so obviously some of the Sheldon ancestors moved here.  In fact, Susannah Sheldon's son-in-law moved his family to St. Clair County in the 1840's after the death of his wife, Susannah's daughter.  They then moved to Sanilac County.  Robert's family came from Rhode Island to Michigan and share a surname with ancestors of mine who came from Rhode Island.

Comment by Debby Parkinson Worden on June 23, 2011 at 4:38pm

I'm not following your thought process? so where is the Michigan ties? This is a Michigan Research group.

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 23, 2011 at 4:22pm

@Robert Johnston--I don't have any information on the Eddys (sorry!) but wonder if you have information on Naoma Sheldon's family that might mesh with my family.  My great-great-great-great grandmother was Susannah Sheldon who married Jonathan Earll and they lived in Andes, Dutchess Co., NY.  Her father, Joseph Sheldon, supposedly came from Rhode Island but I haven't found any information on him.  I found a book at the DAR library about Sheldons of Rhode Island but could not find a link to him in it.  I don't have any dates for either Susannah or Joseph, but Jonathan Earll was born in 1754, so I would guess that Susannah was born around that time too, and her father at least 20 years before her.

Comment by Robert C. Johnston, Jr. on June 18, 2011 at 8:26pm

I am a descendant of Joseph Eddy (1763-1842). He was said to have been a pioneer settler of Michigan, having come from NY. He was born in RI and died April 24, 1842 in Clinton Co., MI (Eagle township). His wife was Naoma Sheldon of RI. I descend from his son, Jeremiah Eddy (1791-1860). Is anyone familiar with this family or a descendant of Joseph Eddy?

Comment by Brock Robertson on June 16, 2011 at 2:46pm

I have detailed data on James Robertson Family which located in Cotterville. James and Sally Edwards were possibly married in Detroit.

I do have French ancestors. The Robertsons can be found working and living with the early French,  However the initial pioneers can be traced by land grant actions. Also the french were not the first the Indian and Engish came at the same time.

 

I am trying to find someone who has been tracing the extensive Robertson familys who started in Cotterville around the 1790's and before 1800.  I have been working on thls for 35 years.

Comment by Brock Robertson on June 16, 2011 at 2:33pm

Brock Robertson  My first name is Brock

Comment by Brock Robertson on June 16, 2011 at 2:32pm

For Worden my apologies to lazy to use correct grammer. I am researching over 300 people with those names.

For Davis I have extensive records and data for Marine City and St Clair City.My ancestor James Robertson was born in middle 1700's He with John Askin and others were the first to own land on the St Clair River in the Cotterville area. I am interested in any pre 1800 info on Robertson's Edward's Potter's McNiff"s et al.

Comment by Debby Parkinson Worden on June 15, 2011 at 5:24pm

are you adding a S onto Robertsons, Higleys, Potters Edwards? Is that their surname or without the S?

Is BROCK another surname you are researching?

 

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 15, 2011 at 4:59pm

Note that St. Clair Co. was spun off of Wayne County in 1820 so any records that might exist for pre-1800 might be in Wayne County.  Brock, if your family was Catholic, the records of the archdiocese of Detroit (of which St. Clair County is part) may be your best bet.  Unfortunately, they are not indexed, and they are only available at the Burton Historical Collections at the Detroit Public Library.  However, the number of churches from that early time period would be few.

Comment by Debby Parkinson Worden on June 15, 2011 at 1:10pm

I live in St Clair Co and grew up in Wayne Co. Prior to 1800 would be very hard to research as most all were French and none of your surnames sound French. I will look in French River Families by Dennison. Are you fishing when you say MI St Clair Wayne Co as 2 different counties. Do you have more specific dates for a birth, marriage or death? Then can go backwards

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