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The Yale Family History Project
NEW FEATURE: Information on the excommunication of Anne Yale Eaton from the New Haven Historical Society Papers, Volume 5.
I have a BUNCH of old photos from the Yale and Peck Families. I will be scanning them and putting them online. The first two albums are:
The Old Peck Album- Photos from the 1890's through 1910's with many from the Guilford Area, including the Guilford Fair, Town Hall and other historic images.
Uncle Arthur's Slides- These
slides look to be from the 1940's. Arthur Yale lived on Yale
Avenue in Meriden Connecticut. Some of these pictures might be
from other parts of the country and include distant relatives.
ONLINE MATERIALS
I spent the $20 to register GED2HTML and have the output available. My online material goes far and wide, with material from THE YALES AND WALES, genelogical data CD's, and LDS materials. I can't vouch for much of it to be honest. It is a starting point.
To view an online GENDEX style output you can click here to
go to a surname list. or click here for
an index of persons.
This page is continually under construction, I am planning on
periodic updates.
My Family History
The Yales came to the New World in the first group of people to settle the New Haven Colony in what is now Connecticut. The colony founders were of Puritian Stock and were hoping to establish a "New Jerusalem on the Hill."
I am decended From Thomas Yale, who came to New Haven with his brother David (Elihu, the person Yale University is named for's father), his mother Anne, his step-father Theopilus Eaton, and some other family members.
My ancestors came to Wallingford, CT in 1669 and built the family home in 1760, in what is now southern Meriden.
My family has resided in Meriden until my father moved off the farm in the 1950's. The family home on Yale Avenue is still in the family, although somewhat showing it's age. (I am a 1/12th owner).
BOOKS AND OTHER SOURCES ABOUT THE YALES
I have two good sources at this time. The first is the Yale Genealogy published around 1850, of which I have a tattered copy, missing cover and title page. This book purports to list every descendant of Thomas (although it says David) and Ann and has notes as to some family history. In my direct line of decent there are some pencil corrections made a long time ago, by persons unknown. I have not yet verified them. The Connecticut State Library in Hartford also has a copy of this book, with lots of handwritten information. I have to copy this book when I get a chance and take a look at the entries. I noticed that the state archive copy has the name Elihu Yale in it as the owner, and the author wasw named Elihu. I am wondering if it is the author's own copy.
I have also found a second book and purchased a
copy, The Yales and Wales, originally written in 1908 by Horace
Yale and updated in 1980 by his grandsons. Click
to view the Title Page, preface, and introduction from this book.
It gives some Yale history and explains where much of the
information in my GENDEX file comes from." In addition to incorporating the people in the 1850
book, It is a wealth of additional information.
The New England Genealogical and Historical Society, which has a lending library through the mail for members, also has both theses books.
You'd think after this wonderful start that my branch of the family would have realized that the industrial revolution wasn't just a passing fad. Instead they became New England dairy farmers (another way to say poor) until the 1960's when the farm was sold. The house built by Noah Yale in 1761 was retained however, and is still in the family.
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