Re: Those elusive Handscombs...
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Re: Those elusive Handscombs...
Ralph Handscomb 2/18/01
Hi Ralph,
No, I'm not the steeplewright from Maine.He is a very different Robert Hanscom.I could never, ever imagine myself hanging from a steeple -- nor from any elevation, for that matter!
Check out the HANSCOM genforum board.A woman from Australia by the name of Leeta Rutherford has just posted a message there.She too is a descendant of your very same Deborah Hanscomb (through the very same Jonas) and it sounds as though she has some very interesting information that's been passed down.Most notably, her branch of the family had always been told that Deborah's two out-of-wedlock boys were fathered by the "lord" for whom she worked!If that's the case, it would be most interesting to learn what noble families were residing in the community of Braughing -- which, of course, is where Deborah's two sons were born.
I posted a reply to her, but you may want to take it from there.My best!