Re: Salem Hough-Grafton ?
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Re: Salem Hough-Grafton ?
richard grafton 6/28/08
sorry to rain on your party...the question is how much documentation of the facts have you done on this assumed family document?
As I said the facts do not support its assumptions that your line is linked to that of the Maryland Grafton family line. The link may be there but there is no documentation at this time that I see or that has been provide by you to make this connection.
A case in point about the accuracy of your document can be found in the Census....please look at the 1860 Census for a Elias Grafton who is found living in Goshen, Hardin, Ohio...his father is listed as a S. Grafton and mother as Hannah Grafton...the family line up is very close to that of your document except there is no Harry Grafton. Now look for Elias in the 1880 Census where he is found living in Caneyvill, Chautauqua, Kansas....his father is found living with him and is listed as Salem Grafton born about 1808 in Maryland...sound familiar?The big difference is that Harry is listed as Elias's son and not that of Salem...Census documenetation appears to show a different family configration than that of your unverified document...
While the Census idenfites that Salem was born in Maryland it still does not link him to the Maryland Grafton family...and my 2 reference books on that line and that of the Grafton family of Salem shows no "Salem Grafton" being part of either family line....
So has your research looked into the possibility that Salem Grafton change his name from something else....such as Samuel which was more common in those family lines? Or is more than possible that his parents were more recent emmigrants to the Maryland area...as you know Maryland was the jumming off point for most people coming to America...that is were your research will need to focus....
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Re: Salem Hough-Grafton ?
richard grafton 7/01/08
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Larry Grafton 7/01/08
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Larry Grafton 6/29/08
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Re: Salem Hough-Grafton ?
Larry Grafton 6/29/08