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		of the town. In old ledger of a shipping firm, of Providence, R. I., 1775-78 was found records of transactions with George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, General Sullivan and Jacob Greene and sons. In this last transaction, was an entry of the sale of "the house and lot in East Greenwich, which we, (the shipping merchants) bought of Joseph Greene", but a few years after his removal to New York. John Greene was a great friend of General Van Renssalaer, and always stopped at his house when in Albany. Married first, Oct. 27, 1751, Phoebe, daughter of John and Barbara (Rice) Langford of East Greenwich, R. I. Born April 26, 1734. Old Langford place about three miles from East Greenwich, was distinguished by an enormous elm tree of great age and beauty. He died at Berlin, Renssalaer Co., N. Y., in 1824, age 96. Married the widow Moon. Children by first marriage:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.	Benjamin, born Feb. 16. 1752. Jonathan, born Feb. 24, 1754. James, born Feb. 14, 1757. David, born April 12, 1762. Sarah, born Jan. 21, 1764. Langford, born Dec. 18, 1766. John, born Nov. 10, 1768. Phoebe, born Nov. 21, 1770. JOSEPH, born Apr. 25, 1773. Thomas, born Apr. 19, 1775. Barbara, born Feb 4. 1778.
29.	JOSEPH GREENE (Joseph, John, James, John, Richard) b. May 25, 1773, d. 1837, m. Aug. 16,
		1795, Mary Johnson, b. Sept. 22, 1773, d. 1857. They removed to Cherry Valley, Scholarie Co., N. Y., where Joseph died. Children of Joseph Greene and Mary Johnson were:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.	Robby b. May 17, 1796, d. Mch. 29, 1813. Elkanah b. June 3, 1798, d. Apr. 27, 1835. Waity b. Dec. 16, 1799, d. July 20, 1882. m. Dec. 1810, ...... Keys. Louisa b. Nov. 13, 1801, d. Oct 23, 1804. Rice b. Dec. 14, 1803, d. Apr. 1867 Phoebe b. Dec. 3, 1805, d. Mch. 7, 1892, m. 1822 ..... Bailey . Polly Ann b. Oct. 5, 1807, d. Feby. 10, 1877, m. Sept. 16, 1830 ..... Fulton. Joseph White b. Dec. 17, 1809, d. Feby. 7, 1868. m. Jany. 12, 1832. Aaron b. Nov. 3, 1811, d. May 1850. Stephen b. Jany. 13, 1814, d. Mch. 21, 1892, m. Apr. 24, 1834. Van Ransselaer b. Jany. 13, 1814. d. July 18, 1897, m. Oct. 12, 1841. Sally Mena b. Oct. 29, 1815. d. Mch. 31, 1887, m. Oct. 22, 1836 . ....... Fulton. Sabrina b. Oct. 10, 1817, d. 1852. m. Dec. 16. 1841, ........... Sherman.


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		14. 15.	JAMES EDWIN b. Dec. 3. 1820, d. Mch. 23, 1896. m. 20, 1841. Langford b. July 27, 1822. d. Feby. 7, 1862.
			-Reference: Family Bible Records.
30.	JAMES EDWIN GREEN (Joseph, Joseph, John, James, John, Richard) b. Dec. 3, 1820, d. March
		23, 1896, m. Sept. 20, 1841, Sarah Sherman, b. 1824, d. 1865 or 6. James Edwin dropped the final "e" of Greene. Children of James Edwin Green and Sarah Sherman were:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	JOSEPH EDWIN b. Sept. 1, 1842. d. Feby. 6, 1915. Ellen b. 1844. Charles. Senea. Stephen. Anna. Langford. Elizabeth. Dora.
31.	JOSEPH EDWIN GREEN (James Edwin, Joseph, Joseph, John, James, John, Richard) b. Sept. 1,
		1842, d. Feby. 6, 1915, m. Aug. 29, 1866. Corada J. Walrath, b. July 7, 1850, d. Mch. 28, 1885, m. 2nd Sept. 20, 1885, Elizabeth Haynes, b. Mch. 1, 1860. Children of Joseph Edwin Green and Corada J. Walrath:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.	Will D. b. Dec. 26, 1867. at Sandy Creek, N. Y. Charles Worcester b. May S. 1870, d. Oct. 8, 1901. James Harvey b. Dec. 2, 1871. Musette. b. July 9, 1874, d. Sept. 9, 1876. George Edwin b. May 9, 1876. Corada Estelle b. Mch. 11, 1878, d. Feby. 8, 1880. JOSEPH REID b. Jany. 8, 1881. Sadie Odessa b. Mch. 17. 1886.
		Child of Joseph Edwin Green by second wife, Elizabeth Haynes:
		9.	Zella, M. b. Sept 27, 1887. d. Apr. 1913.
32.	JOSEPH REID GREEN (Joseph Edwin, James Edwin, Joseph, Joseph, John, James, John,
		Richard) b. Jany. 8, 1881, m. Aug. 3, 1910, Irene Geraldine Courtnay, b. July 1, 1881. Children of Joseph Reid Green and Irene Geraldine Courtnay:
		1. 2. 3.	Geraldine Courtney b. July 20, 1917, d. Dec. 13. 1918. Josceline Gerald Courtnay b. July 20, 1917. Corada Irene Courtney b. Aug. 1, 1920
			Reference: Family Bible Records.
			--Contributed by Mrs. Joseph Reid Green.

WALRATH (WALRADT) FAMILY

JOHN ADAM WALRTH, b. Feb. 20, 1750, d. July 15, 1822, m. May 13, 1773, Lana Klock, b. Apr.
	9, 1755, Children of John Adam Walrath and Lana Klock were:
		1.	Jacob b. Dec. 14, 1779.


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		2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	George b. Feby, 4. 1782. Adam b. Dec. 25, 1782. Christian b. July 29, 1784. Lana b. Jany. 4, 1790. Henry b. Aug. 17, 1794. ANTHONY b. Aug. 20, 1796, d. Apr. 26, 1870.
			Reference: Bible Records.

ANTHONY WALRATH (John Adam) b. Aug. 20, 1796, d. Apr. 26, 1870, m. Jany. 13, 1822 by Rev.
	David Devoe, Katherine, dau., of Robert and Sarah (Garlock) Davis, b. May 29, 1802, d. Oct. 31, 1881. Children of Anthony Walrath and Katharine Davis were:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	Sarah Ann b. Jany 11, 1823, d. Jany. 30, 1917. OBEDIAH b. Nov. 16, 1825, d. June 1, 1865. Elizabeth b. Nov. 15, 1827, d. Dec. 9, 1859 Jeremiah b. Sept. 3, 1830. John Adam b. June 19, 1831. Juliette b. June 9, 1834. Robert b. June 16, 1836. Leander b. June 21, 1838. Martha b. Oct. 2, 1842.
			Reference:, Family Bible Records

OBEDIAH WALRATH (Anthony, John Adam) b. Nov. 16, 1825 at St. Johnsville, N. Y., d. June 1,
	1865, buried at Rochelle, Ill., m. Oct. 1849, Caty Widrick, b. Apr. 5, 1827, d. Aug. 19, 1883. Children of Obediah Walrath and Caty Widrick were:
		1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	Worcester. CORADA J. b. July 7, 1860, d. Mch. 28, 1885, m. Aug. 29, 1866. Joseph Edwin Green , b. Sept. 1, 1842, d. Feby. 6, 1915. Libby. Kitty. Sarah.

BARCHI (BARGY) FAMILY

PETER BARCHI married Elizabeth. Both are buried at Sandy Creek, N. Y.. two miles outside of the city
limits. Peter Barchi and Elizabeth had a daughter.

ELIZABETH BARCHT (Peter) b. 1799, d. Aug. 5, 1848, m. Laurence Widrick (Widrig) b. 1795, d. Oct.
15, 1860. Both are buried at Sandy Creek Village, N. Y. They had a daughter:

CATY b. Apr. 5, 1827. d. Aug. 19, 1883, m. Oct. 1849, Obediah Walradt (Walrath) b. Nov.
16, 1825, d. June 1. 1865.
Reference: Family Bible Records.
Contributed by Mrs. J. Reid Green.


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32.	Sprague - McMaken. Thomas Sprague born .....---...... married Lucy or Lucille ........ Their son Alfred Lewis Sprague, baptized Alfred Jackson Sprague, was born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, March 6, 1828, died at Buffalo Gap, Custer County, S. D., Oct. 1906. He lived at Plattsmouth, Nebr., where he was elected to the Assembly that framed the constitution of Nebraska, also assisted in laying out the city of Lincoln. He moved to the Black Hills in 1877, finally settling near Buffalo Gap in 1884. He was elected to the last Territorial Legislature in the Dakota Territory, thus helping to frame the Constitution of the new State of South Dakota. He married 2nd Laura Sophronia McMaken who was born at Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 4, 1836. She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Hamilton McMaken, born in Boone County, Ky., April 21, 1789, from whence he removed to Butler County, Ohio, in May 1832. He later moved to Middletown, Des Moines County, Iowa, where he died Sept. 21, 1858. Colonel Joseph Hamilton McMaken married Catherine Bacon, who was born at Olean, Catteraugus County, N. Y., May 11, 1800. She died at Plattsmouth, Nebr., in 1880. Ancestry is desired to the immigrant ancestor of all the above named. The great-grandfather and grandfather of Laura Sophronia McMaken served with the Pennsylvania troops in the Revolutionary War, the latter being a sergeant. The military record of both these men is desired. R. J. K. B.

34.	Sawyer - Carruth. Jabez Sawyer was born Oct. 13, 1770, died Jany. 1869. He married Jemima Carruth who was born Sept. 27, 1778, and died March 11, 1803. Jemima Carruth was the daughter of James Carruth born Oct. 2, 1732, died Dec. 6, 1812 and Lucy ...... ---...... born March 1, 1750, died March 25, 1803. Joseph Sawyer was born June 6, 1762, died Oct. 21, 1840. He married Eunice --------- who was born March 24, 1771, died Nov. 30, 1824. John Sawyer, son of Joseph and Eunice was born Apr. 21, 1800, died May 4, 1876. He married Jemima Sawyer, daughter of Jabez Sawyer, Jr., his own cousin. Their daughter, Sarah Maria, born at Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, Feby. 28, 1838, died at Buffalo Gap,


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Custer County, South Dakota, June 17, 1905. She married Hezekiah King Griffis born at Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., 1835, died at Buffalo Gap, S. D., in 1905. The parents of Hezekiah King Griffis were John Griffis and Ruth Elson of Virginia. The Sawyers were from Littleton, Mass., except as indicated elsewhere. Would like information back to immigrant ancestor of all these lines. There were Carruths living in Chelsea, Mass., as late as 1870. Carroll, Powers, and Carruth were family names in this branch of the Sawyer family. R. J. K. B.

ANSWERS

Northrut - Riggs - 32 F. A. M. B. July 1923. Joseph Northrup came to this country in 1637. He died Sept.

11, 1669, m. Mary Norton who died abt. 1683. Had eight children.
   Joseph Northrup b. July 17, 1649, d. June 1, 1700, m. Miriam Blakeman b. Feby. 8, 1670. They had four children. After the death of Joseph Northrup she married John Smith.
   James Northrup baptized at Milford, Ct., Jany. 15, 1693, m. 1st Hannah Hine who died abt. 1737, m. 2nd Mrs. Lydia Mills. He had ten children by his first wife and three children by his second wife.
   Thomas Northrup b. Dec. 5, 1727 at Ridgefield, Ct., d. Aug. 29, 1799 at Lenox, Mass., m. Mch 9, 1747, Rachel Morehouse, m. 2nd Jany. 1, 1760 Mehitable Rockwell b. Apr. 11, 1738, d. July 30, 1808. He had six children by his first wife.
   Thomas Northrup b. Sept. 26, 1751 at Ridgefield, Ct., d. June 3, 1807, m. Nov. 20, 1770, Melicent Keeler b. June 11, 1753, d. Feby. 6, 1836. Had four children.
   Lydia Northrup b. Apr. 4, 1774, d. Sept. 9, 1845, m. abt. 1790 Miles Riggs, b. abt. 1776
   Josiah Riggs b. May 18, 1736 at Stamford, Ct., moved to North Salem, Westchester County,
N. Y., m. Experience Davis. Had five children.                    ............
   Miles Riggs b. abt. 1705 at Newark, N. J. Drowned Dec. 24, 1753, m. June 26, 1735, Elizabeth Whitney. Had eight children. After the death of Miles Riggs, his widow married Mch. 2, 1759, David Rockwell.
   Joseph Riggs b. 1675 at Newark, N. J., d. Sept. 11, 1744. Had eleven children.
   Edward Riggs b. abt. 1636 at Roxbury, Mass., m. Mary


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............ . Had ten children. Their last child was born abt. 1685.
Edward Riggs b. abt. 1614 in England, came to America in 1633. d. 1668, m. Apr. 5, 1735 Elizabeth Roosa. Had four children. After the death of Edward Riggs his widow married Caleb Carwithe.
Edward Riggs b. abt. 1590, d. 1672, m. Elizabeth .......... who died 1635. Had six children.
E. G. S. C-I.

ANSWERS

Norton - 24 J. F. J. B. July 1923. The five sons of Capt. Peter Norton of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, who

came to Maine were Ebenezer, Eliakim, Ephraim, Zachariah and Joseph. They settled in Farmington, although they did not all die there. Samuel, a sixth son, was one of the original purchasers of New Vineyard which was named after the island off the Massachusetts coast from which they emigrated.    M. B. Y.

Lewis - 28 M. B. B. F. July 1923. Mr. V. D. Allen, 700 Rose Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio, will be glad to exchange

data in connection with the Lewis-Barber families. He is a descendant of Hannah Lewis and Benjamin Barber. Hannah Lewis was a daughter of John Lewis and Mary Humphrey.

   To be of the greatest benefit to every one, the Record must be a community endeavor from the officers down to the members of the society. Individual responsibility cannot be delegated to any group bearing the title of Editors. You are all Associate Editors. The supervisors of each issue merely form a "clearing house" where your contributions are "dressed" to fit the space available and so arranged that each publication will have a uniform style.

   If the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record is to accomplish its original purpose it must be clearly understood that it is a medium to exchange genealogical data, including family history, Bible records, etc., to create an interest in preserving genealogical records of all kinds and to build up the organization it represents.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

   The Nebraska Genealogical Society has recently established a $50 life membership. It entitles the holder to all the privileges of the

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society, including the magazine during his or her lifetime. Mrs. R. J. Kilpatrick of Beatrice, Nebr., is our first life member. She is very much interested in all genealogical work and is a careful and painstaking research worker.

BOOK NOTICES

   We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of some books and pamphlets, among them are "The Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography" by John W. Jordan, contributed by Miss Frances Dorraine. director of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society of Wilkesbarre. Penn., "The Gifford Genealogy 1626-1696" contributed by Mrs. F. E., Upton, "Pioneers of Macedon, N. Y., contributed by Mrs. S. B. Pound and "Mary Wilder White 1780-1811" contributed by Mrs. R. J. Kilpatrick, of Beatrice.

JUDGE ALFRED M. POST

   Judge Alfred M. Post, judge of the sixth judicial district and former justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, died Sunday morning August 26, 1923, at his home in Columbus, Nebraska. By his death the Nebraska Genealogical Society loses a member that it can ill afford to lose. Judge Post was deeply interested in all civic affairs and in all organizations that were a doing a work worth while and cheerfully gave his support.

   He was born in Greenfield, Pa., of an old colonial family, August 10, 1847. He graduated from the University of Ohio in 1868. He taught school in Iowa for a brief period and then entered upon the practice of law at Leon, Iowa, in 1870. In 1874, he was appointed by President Grant as United States Consul at Santiago, Cape de Verde Islands, where he served for two years. Upon his return to America he established his law practice at Columbus, Nebraska. In 1883, he was appointed judge of the district court in the fourth district and held that position until the fall of 1891, when he was elected to the state supreme bench. He was justice of the supreme court until January, 1898 and was then appointed one of the United States district attorneys for Alaska by President McKinley. He resigned after spending one year in Alaska and returned to his practice in Columbus. From 1911 to 1913, he was chairman of the commission appointed to revise and codify the statutes of Nebraska. In January 1921, he was again appointed judge of the sixth district, without solicitation on his part. At the time of his death, Judge Post was dean of the Platte County bar.

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If the records of your family lineage are not complete, let us help you to complete them. We type, manuscript genealogical records, fill out application for membership blanks of all patriotic societies, and do all kinds of research work. Colonial, Revolutionary, etc., at a reasonable price. Address:
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Neal F. Mears Genealogist	Heraldry
1525 North La Salle Street,Chicago. Ancestries traced, application papers prepared for membership in any society, and family histories and charts compiled. Special attention given to cases involving legal action - such as proofs of heirship, investigation of titles to property on the basis of true heirship, etc. References and terms on request.	Reproduction of your coat of arms in colors. Dies made from your coat-of-arms to be used on stationary, dance programs, correspondence cards, etc. Stationery printed from these dies at a moderate price. Write for The Family Records Bureau 1715 So. Twentieth St. Lincoln, Nebr.

Norton - 24 J. F. J. B. July 1923. The five sons of Capt. Peter Norton of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, who
	came to Maine were Ebenezer, Eliakim, Ephraim, Zachariah and Joseph. They settled in Farmington, although they did not all die there. Samuel, a sixth son, was one of the original purchasers of New Vineyard which was named after the island off the Massachusetts coast from which they emigrated. M. B. Y.

Lewis - 28 M. B. B. F. July 1923. Mr. V. D. Allen, 700 Rose Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio, will be glad to exchange
	data in connection with the Lewis-Barber families. He is a descendant of Hannah Lewis and Benjamin Barber. Hannah Lewis was a daughter of John Lewis and Mary Humphrey.