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Migration Route from Maine to Michigan in 1837

Migration Route from Maine to Michigan in 1837

Posted: 7 Sep 2013 11:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Densmore, Kelley, Lovejoy, Wing, Richardson
I am doing research on my Densmore Ancestors (specifically my great great grandfather John Wing Densmore). They were members of the Society of Friends and so I was able to trace their movement through the "Quakers" meeting notes from Sydney, Maine to Adrian, Michigan. I have discovered that they traveled in a large group with family members and friends, ranging in ages from babies to elders (see my list below). I am interested to know how they may have traveled from the long trip from Maine to Michigan. Does anyone know if there was a water route for them to have taken or by road or both? Ideas?

Densmore-Kelley Families
Migration from Maine to Michigan
1837
Name Age in 1837 Relationship to John Wing Densmore
Abail Densmore 50 Father
Abigail Kelley 43 Mother
William Hoxie Densmore 22 Brother
Elizabeth Richardson, (William's Wife) 22 Sister-in-Law
John Wing Densmore 21 Self
Eliza Jane Densmore 20 Sister
Charles Richardson,(Eliza's Husband) 24 Brother in Law
George Washington Richardson 54 Father of Charles and Elizabeth Richardson
Lovinca H. Robbins 52 Mother of Charles and Elizabeth Richardson
Emily Richardson 29 Sister of Charles and Elizabeth Richardson
Lovicy Richardson 14 Sister of Charles and Elizabeth Richardson
Harriet Frances Densmore 14 Sister
Caroline Thomas Densmore 13 Sister
Charles Kelley Densmore 10 Brother
Josiah F. Densmore 9 Brother
Uriah H. Densmore 9 Brother
Content K. Densmore 7 Sister
Joshua Davis Densmore 6 Brother
Moses Frost Densmore 3 Brother
John Wing Kelley 69 Grandfather
Content Hoxie, wife of John Wing Kelley 63 Grandmother
Martha Kelley 45 Aunt
Joseph T. Lovejoy, (Martha's husband) 47 Uncle by Marriage/ 2nd Cousin via Father
Mary P. Lovejoy 23 Cousin
Henry Lovejoy 21 Cousin
James T. Lovejoy 18 Cousin
Oliver B. Lovejoy 15 Cousin
Rosanna W. Lovejoy 13 Cousin
Hannah H. Lovejoy 9 Cousin
Lousian Kelley Lovejoy 6 Cousin
Loyal Lovejoy 1 Cousin
Wing Kelley 32 Uncle
Ann Varner, Wife of Wing Kelley 29 Aunt by Marriage
William L. Kelley 9 Cousin
Mary A. Kelley 6 Cousin
Elizabeth B. Kelley 4 Cousin
Louisa H. Kelley 2 Cousin

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