Re: Clement's daughter Polly...
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Re: Clement's daughter Polly...
BARBARA BAKER 2/12/05
That's interesting about your gggrandmother and how her name has been twisted around so.I have seen the name Apphia spelled so many ways.Even my own 4th grt. grandfather may have had a daughter by the name.I have Never been able to determine just What her ~real~ name was because in the 1850 Brunswick, ME census, the census taker wrote her name as "Apey"!? Is that short for "Apphia"?I have no idea.I doubt seriously anyone in that family could spell very well and so I have always been left with just that name for her.
Its a shame that we can't even rely on the old records for proof of our existence, but they made huge mistakes back then too I have found many times myself.
It is a constant struggle to find the fragments and most times when you do find one it just leads to more questions that take years sometimes to find answers for.
All I can say is Good Luck to all of us out there searching.