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This Web Site has several elements of information about the Braley Family and the many other families that make up my ancestry.
- My Families’ Stories: I have divided the story of my family into four major sections based on my four grandparents.
- My Braley Family Story that includes links to all Braley pages on this site and the history of my Braley line of descent. Page also contains maps and information to help you find the Braley Cemeteries in Rochester and Freetown, Massachusetts.
Updated: 8 June 2008: To add that in 2004/5 we build a new house on 10 acres of land across the street from the old house where we origionally lived. That land was purchased in 1996 as part of land with the old house.
- Parents of Louisa (Jones) Royce Updated: 17 Oct. 2007: To add image location information for the 1800 and 1820 US censuses of Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, which show the households of Benjamin Jones and his two wives, Mary (--?--) Jones in 1800 and Betsey (--?--) Jones in 1820.
- My Emmons Family Story Updated: 7 Nov. 2003: To add a previously unknown first marriage of Alma Germaine Emmons to a Laymon, they divorced and she later married a Marpe and moved to Seattle, Washington.
- My Deming Family Story Updated: 28 Dec. 2007: To revise the fact that Ralph Deming died in December 1924 in a hit-and-run sledding incident rather than a hunting accident.
- The Story of Emily S. Cole Updated: 1 Jan. 2007: To delete mention that I could not find the date that David M. Hitchcock was mustered out of the 1st Colorado Cavalry, which was later found to be November 18, 1865 at Leavenworth, Kansas.
- My Robinson Family Story Updated: 28 Dec. 2007: To revise the fact that Ralph Deming died in December 1924 in a hit-and-run sledding incident rather than a hunting accident.
- The book Braley Genealogy, The Descendants of ROGER BRALEY, 1696--1913, compiled by George Randall, New Bedford, Massachusetts and published in 1913.
- This book is available for $61 in soft cover, $73 in hard cover (prices subject to change) from Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA. You can order it from their web site at:
http://www.higginsonbooks.com/
Contact info:
Higginson Book Company,
148 Washington Street,
PO Box 778,
Salem MA 01970,
Phn: 978.745.7170,
Fax: 978.745.8025
- This book is often also available for a much lower price from an eBay online auction. I bought a copy from a seller for about $29.00. Go to eBay search at: http://pages.ebay.com/search/items/basicsearch.html and search for geneal* braley -- There was a copy of the book for sale the week of March 10, 2003.
- The book History of the Graves and Fletcher Families, Compiled for the descendants of William Plummer Graves and his wife Mary Unity Fletcher, 1903.
- This book is a important resource for the large number of descendants of Joseph Braley, who was married first to Julina Graves in Northfield, Vermont. She died in 1846, he remarried. Several of their children, and eventually Joseph, migrated to the Kellogg, Iowa, area.
- Links to Genealogy Databases Online: (Note: I have several databases online at WorldConnect.)
As of April 11, 2005 I have removed all my databases from GenCircles. If you want to know why, CLICK HERE.
- Ancestors of Alson D. Braley, WorldConnect
Updated: 8 October 2008 Recent Updates Archive of All Updates. Each update includes minor additions and revisions.
Also known as BRALEY-EMMONS & DEMING-ROBINSON DataBase. This database contains what I know about the ancestors of both of my parents. This posting includes sources, but not my notes.
- A custom made GEDCOM File, containing all of the information and notes that I have is available on request, to persons with a known connection to this line. Please e-mail me at: <abraley@optonline.net>.
- Ancestors of Roger Braley/Brailey & Descendants, WorldConnect
This database contains the probable ancestors of Roger Braley or Brailey, the first Braley mentioned in Braley Genealogy by George L. Randall, 1913. It also contains some of the first 3 or 4 generations of his descendants, and corrects some of the errors that have been found in the original publication.
- Probable Ancestors of Isaac Robertson/Robinson, WorldConnect
This database contains my theory of who may be the ancestors of my 3rd great grandfather, Isaac Robertson or Robinson. Read more about this theory in my Robinson Family Story.
- Probable Ancestors of Lois Graves, w/o Silas Royce, WorldConnect
This database contains my theory of who are the most likely ancestors of my 4th great grandmother, Lois Graves, wife of Silas Royce.
- BIXBY - FLANDERS - HOLDEN Connections, WorldConnect
This database contains the ancestry and relationships of the BIXBY, FLANDERS, and HOLDEN Families of Rutland County, Vermont in the early 1800s, who are my ancestral relatives.
Information in this database is in support of my Ancestors File, # 1 above.
- An Ahnentafel of the Ancestors of Roger Brailey.
- Information on Braleys in Olde England back to 1066.
- A brief photographic Tour of the Braley Cemetery in Rochester, western Plymouth County, Mass.
- Deeds found that contribute to our knowledge about the Braley Family in Colonial America.
- Roger Brailey, sale of land in Portsmouth, RI, 15 Feb. 1725/26.
- Lemuel Braley, purchase of land in New Hampshire Grants/NY, 21 Sep. 1779.
Updated: 21 Jul. 2001: As a result of the discovery of a typographical error in the name of the town of Saltash, which was renamed Plymouth, and located in Windsor County.
- John & Mary (Streeter) Braley, sale of land in Chesterfield, NH, 3 Apr. 1795.
- The Mabel Jackson Mystery, or who is Mabel Jackson whose photograph was taken in Waterloo, Iowa?
Updated: 6 Nov. 2002: Mystery Solved! Searching for Rachel Jackson in the 1880 census, I found her and William Jackson living in the household of John L. Jackson, their son, his wife Mary P. (Capwell) Jackson and two daughters, May R. Jackson age 6, and Mabel C. Jackson age 8 months, born Oct. 1879.
- My Genealogy Wish List, my list of "brick walls" and some of the brick walls that I have been able to get over or partially over.
Updated: October 2006: Added portions of four generations of ancestors of Benjamin Jones, the father of Louisa (Jones) Royce, who was one of my 3rd great-grandmothers.
- A link to Al & Fran Braley's Home Page that provides a bit about us in the present time.
- Alson3 D. Braley, <abraley@optonline.net>