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MATTHIAS FARNSWORTH and MARY.
1 Matthins, born --.
2 John, " --
3 Benjamin, "
4 Samuel, " Oct. 8, 1669.
5 Abigail, " Jan. 17, 1671.
6 Jonathan, " 1 d. 4 m. 1875.
7 Joseph, "died Feb.20,1686-7.
II. (I.1)
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Internet research for maps.....go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/   Lancastershire in on the coast near Irish Sea in
northern England..Preston is in Lancastershire....

Archive record, 4th floor Jos.Smith Memorial Building, Salt Lake City, Utah..Register of Blackburn,Lancastershire,England. 1600-1660
PG 71,78,84.

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Database: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870
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Surname Given Name Location Date Subject Number 
Farnsworth Matthias Groton 1689 Will 7256 

Genealogy & Family History of the state of New Hampshire  VOL 4; 974.2 D2
Las Vegas Family History Library, 9th & Clark, Las Vegas, Nevada.  copy of page in my file under Abijah Farnsworth.

Ancestral File.. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ancestry.com  Vital Records of Groton,Mass:
MATTHIAS FARNSWORTH and MARY.
             
             1 Matthins, born --.
              
             2 John, " --
              
             3 Benjamin, "
              
             4 Samuel, " Oct. 8, 1669.

             5 Abigail, " Jan. 17, 1671.
              
             6 Jonathan, " 1 d. 4 m. 1875.
              
             7 Joseph, "died Feb.20,1686-7.
              
             II. (I.1)

              
             MATTHIAS FARNSWORTH, JR.

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Further Matthias line research completed
Posted by: FARNSWORTH One-Name Study
        Date: July 04, 1999 at 12:15:41    of 333 

The One-Name Study is delighted to advise the following information to all Matthias descendants, following in depth research in original registers and transcripts of registers made in the 1930s.  
1. Grandfather of Matthias was Elizeius FARNWORTH, born January 1561/2 in Eccles, Lancashire, ENG

2. Grandmother of Matthias was named either Margreta or Margareta. The Christian name and surname were almost indecipherable even under a strong magnifying glass. She was baptised at Eccles parish church in the summer of 1564.

3. Elizius and Margreta married in September 1582 in Eccles parish church.

You may feel that this information is already around on familysearch.com, but we do not necessarily accept the LDS indices, preferring to check out the original registers where possible. The original transcribers of the Eccles church registers have our utmost admiration as they were really hard to read, even under infra-red light.  Patrice Farnsworth Sessions, Co-Ordinator of FARNSWORTH and variants One-Name Study.  
Followups:      Re: Further Matthias line research completed Harriet Young Bush 7/24/99 (0)



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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 06:15:02 EDT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 
Subject: Confirmation of further Matthias line data 
To: history@farnsworth.org 
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I found and posted that material on the 4th of May, 1999 
Subj: FARNSWORTH, Matthias his grandparents  
Date: 99-05-04 13:04:30 EDT 
From: Farns10th 
To: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com 
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New information found at LDS: Matthias Farnsworth a first proprietor of 
Groton, MA who was b. at Lancashire, England 1612 bp 1615 son of Richard 
Farnsworth 
and Elizabeth Marsh...We now have his grandparents: Elizeius Farnsworth and 
his wife, Margreta 
t 1562 
Eccles, Lancashire, England 
        m : Abt 1582 
    Margreta 
       born: Abt 1564 
Eccles, Lancashire, England 

Children: 

Richard F. FARNSWORTH Born: 1584 Place: ., Eccles, 
Lancashire, England Christened: Nov 1584 Place: Of, Eccles, Lancashire, 
England Died: 12 Jan Place: ., Eccles, Lancashire, England 

Richard F. FARNSWORTH Sex: M 
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Event(s):Born: 1584., Eccles, Lancashire, EnglandChristened: Nov 1584 Of, 
Eccles, Lancashire, EnglandDied: 12 Jan., Eccles, Lancashire, England 
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Parents:Father: Elizeius FARNWORTH Mother: Margreta 

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Marriage(s):Spouse: Elizabethe MARSHE Marriage: 12 Jan 
1608Eccles, Lancashire, England 


          Elizabethe Marshe's parents:     
   Jacobes James MARSHE 
B: 1558 
Of, Eccles, Lanc, EngM: 16 Aug 1582 
Eccles, Lanc, Eng 


       Allicia HEY 
B: 1560 
Of, Eccles, Lanc, Eng 


Husband's Name 
Richard F. FARNSWORTH Born: 1584Place: ., 
Eccles, Lancashire, EnglandChristened: Nov 1584 
Place: Of, Eccles, Lancashire, England 
Died: 12 JanPlace: ., Eccles, Lancashire, England 
Married: 12 Jan 1608Place: Eccles, Lancashire, England 
Father: Elizeius 
FARNWORTH Mother: Margreta 
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Wife's NameElizabethe MARSHE (AFN:1W9V-8R) Born: 1 Nov 1584Place: ., 
Eccles, Lancashire, EnglandChristened: 1 Nov 1584Place: ., Eccles, 
Lancashire, EnglandDied: 1716/1717Place: Buried: 9 Jun 1623Place: ., 
Eccles, Lancashire, EnglandMarried: 12 Jan 1608Place: Eccles, 
Lancashire, EnglandFather: Jacobes James MARSHE (AFN:8PH8-NS) Mother:  
Allicia HEY (AFN:8PH8-P0) 
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Children 
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1.  Matthias FARNSWORTH (AFN:1W9V-58) Born: 20 Jul 1612 Place:  
., Eccles, Lancashire, England Christened: 20 Aug 1615 Place: ., Eccles, 
Lancashire, England Died: 21 Jan 1688 Place: ., Groton, Middlesex, 
Massachusetts Buried: 21 Jan 1688 Place: ., Groton, Middlesex, Ma. 
married Mary FARR 
B: 6 Jan 1644 
Lynn, Essex, MassachusettsD: 7 Jan 1717 
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts 

Daughter of 
     
George FARR 
B: 1604 
Of, Lynn, Essex, MassachusettsD: 24 Oct 1662 
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts married: 16 Nov 1643 
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts 

3 Elizabeth STOWERS 
B: 1600 
Of, Lynn, Essex, MassachusettsD: 11 Mar 1687 
   Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts   

6 Nicholas STOWERS 
B: 1591/1595 
Upway, Dorchester, Dorset, EngD: 17 May 1646 
., Charlestown, Suffolk, MassachusettsM: 1620 
Lynn, Essex, Mass. 

7 Amy STOWERS 
B: 1599 
Of, Charlestown, Suffolk, MassachusettsD: 2 Feb 1667 
Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   
    
Walter STOWERS 
B: 1568 
Dorchester, Dorchestshire, EnglandD:  
EnglandM: Nov (div) 
Upway, Dorset, England 

Mrs-Walter STOWERS 
B: Abt 1569 
Dorchester, Dorchestshire, England     


                                Siblings of Matthias Farnsworth (no other info on these) 
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2. Sex NameF Alicia FARNSWORTH (AFN:1W9X-36) Born: 25 Feb 1610 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England Christened: 25 Feb 1610 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England 
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3. Sex NameM Jonathan FARNSWORTH (AFN:1W9X-4C) Born: 20 Aug 1613 Place:  
., Prestwick, Lancashire, England Christened: 2 Aug 1612 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England 
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4. Sex NameF Mary FARNSWORTH (AFN:1W9X-5J) Born: 8 Nov 1618 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England Christened: 8 Nov 1618 Place: ., Eccles, 
Lancashire, England Died: 3 Aug 1623 Place:  
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5. Sex NameF Hester FARNSWORTH (AFN:1W9X-6P) Born: 28 Oct 1621 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England Christened: 28 Oct 1621 Place: ., Eccles, 
Lancashire, England 
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6. Sex NameF Alicia FARNSWORTH (AFN:KKS8-HW) Born: 20 Jul 1612 Place: ., 
Prestwick, Lancashire, England 
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The story of the Phaneuf family could start with these words: Once upon a time... Adventure mingled with feelings give to this patronyme an unique flavor. It starts with the birth of Matthias in England, in the small town of Farnworth near Manchester. Of Anglican faith, he is influenced as others by the stern religious precepts that drive him to join the Puritans. One can see him aboard the Mayflower, reaching the Atlantic coast in December 1620, but considering his age, this is unlikely. Nevertheless, Matthias Farnsworth lives in America around 1628. 
It is in Lynn, Massachusetts, that he first settles, and then moving with his family to Groton, Massachusetts. Weaver at first, he becomes land-clearer, encroaching on the forest to gain farmland in order to make a living for his three children born of a first marriage and seven others of his second marriage with Mary Farr. Matthias dies in 1689, followed by his wife in 1717. 
To follow the track of the Phaneufs, it is necessary to focus on Matthias, second child of the first Matthias. Matthias II is born in Lynn in 1649 during his father's first marriage with a woman whose name is still unknown. In 1681, he marries Sara Nutting who bears him at least five children 
Among these, a third Matthias, born in Groton on August 6, 1690. Toward 1700, the family lives in the vicinity of Deerfield (in fact in Groton) Massachusetts. At that place, it is attacked by surprise in one of the numerous Canadian raids against New England villages. On August 11, a teenager is captured by the Indians. 
This teenager is Matthias III, son and grandson of the Matthias Farnsworth. He doesn't read nor write. Furthermore, he doesn't speak French nor the language of the indian tribe that adopts him. The child's fate seems to arouse the interest of the French who make attempts to purchase his freedom. In doing so, they have two goals: convert him and, if possible, integrate him to their society. 
The priests of the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Montreal obtain Matthias's freedom. On January 10, 1706, he is baptized. His godfather is Claude de Ramezay, governor of Montreal, and his godmother is Élisabeth Souart, wife of Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil. To his forename is added his godfather's. The patronyme undergoes its first distortions: Farnsworth becomes Farneth. 
In October of the same year, Mathieu-Claude Farneth asks for his letters of naturalization concurrently with "Jean Thomas Charpentier, English; Louis-Marie Strafton, gunsmith; Jean Laha, farmer; Paul Otés, shoemaker; Guillaume James, farmer; André Fray, farmer; Jean Uss, farmer, Jean Making, farmer; Guillaume Straylord, farmer; Jean Ohe, farmer; Thomas Hurt" and others. 
The documents rescued from oblivion in 1912 by Brother Elie, teacher at Mont Saint-Louis College, as well as researches done by descendants of Matthias-Claude Farnets, show the ancestor being given, on July 19, 1711, a first grant of land by his adoptive Gentlemen of the Seminary and more especially the priest Messire François Vachon of Belmont. 
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                   ARCHIVE RECORD GEORGE FARR/ELIZABETH
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GEORGE FARR
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Lynn

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Lynn church prior to 6 May 1635 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 6 May 1635 (seventh in a sequence of nine Lynn men) [MBCR 1:371].
EDUCATION: His inventory included "one parcel of old books and two pots & old peck and a pair of spinning cards" valued at 6s.
ESTATE: Granted thirty acres and ten acres in the 1638 Lynn land division [EQC 2:270].
     In his will, dated 1 July 1662 and proved 26 November 1662, George Farr bequeathed to "my son John" a lot of ground in Lynn and two acres at Rumney marsh; to "my sons Lazerous and Bengamin ... my house and all the land about it" along with another lot of land; to "my wife" her thirds during her widowhood; to "my son Joseph" fifty shillings when he comes of age; to "my four daughters namely Mary, Martha, Elizebeth and Sarah" fifty shillings apiece, Mary and Martha two years after testator's decease and Elizabeth and Sarah four years after [EQC 3:18-19; EPR 1:402-03].
     The inventory of the estate of George Farr, deceased, taken 24 November 1662, totalled £109 8s., including £57 in real estate: "one dwelling house and some outhousing with the lot it stands upon," £20; "eight acres of upland," £16; "eight acres more of upland," £16; and "two acres of salt marsh in Rumley Marsh," £5 [EQC 2:19;

BIRTH: About 1594 (deposed "aged about sixty-three" on 15 April 1657 [EQC 7:127-28]).
DEATH: Lynn 24 October 1662.
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Elizabeth Stowers, daughter of NICHOLAS STOWERS; she died after 27 November 1672.
CHILDREN:

     i   JOHN, b. say 1633; d. Lynn 29 October 1672. Administration on the estate of John Farr was granted on 26 November 1672 to Richard Stower and Joseph Farr; an agreement was reached at Salem Court on 27 November 1672 among "his mother Elizebeth Farr and two brothers, Joseph and Benjamin, and three sisters Mary, Elizebeth and Sarah, the sisters all married and one of them living at `Grawton,'" and his estate was distributed to "Nicholas Hutchin, his brother-in-law," to "John Holmes, his brother-in-law," to "Mary Clarke, a `motherless child & cousin' to the said John Farr," to Joseph and Benjamin, and to "Mathias Farnworth, brother-in-law" [EPR 2:303-05].


     ii   LAZARUS, b. say 1635; d. Lynn 9 December 1669.


     iii   MARY, b. say 1637; m. by 1657 (assuming she was the mother of all his children) Matthias Farnsworth of Groton [TAG 75:149-50].


     iv   BENJAMIN, b. say 1639; m. Lynn 28 July 1680 Elizabeth Burrill.


     v   MARTHA, b. say 1641; m. Boston 18 September 1661 "William Clarke now resident in Boston" (the bride described as "Martha Farr of daughter of George Farr of Lynne") [BVR 82].


     vi   JOSEPH, b. say 1643 (d. Lynn 3 February 1727 in his 90th year, but not yet of age in 1662); m. (1) Lynn 22 September 1680 Hannah Walden; m. (2) Lynn 15 September 1696 Rebecca Knight.


     vii   ELIZABETH, b. say 1645; m. Lynn 4 April 1666 Nicholas Hutchins.
     viii   SARAH, b. say 1647; m. by 1672 John Holmes.

COMMENTS: On 15 April 1657 "George Far, aged about sixty-three years, testified that Black Will or Duke William, so called, was the owner of Nahant and he helped to fence it in for Thomas Dexter" [EQC 7:127-28]. On 27 April 1657 "George Farr testified that all those who fenced at Nahant had proprietorship there, and when Capt. Turner with the rest made the fence, he said to make haste lest the country take it from them" [EQC 7:129].
     On 2 June 1684 Elizabeth Farr delivered to court a petition declaring that she had "lived here in Lyn for the space of fifty & four years on a small tract of land granted by the townsmen of Lyn that then were ... unto my deceased husband Georg[e] Farr who possessed it peacably all his days and so left it with your poor petitioner his widow" [EQC 9:244-45].
     On 1 July 1657 "George Farr of Lyn, witness in case of Tho[mas] Dexter and the town, presented for taking a false oath" [EQC 2:50, 51]. On 24 November 1657 "George Farr [is] discharged of his bond," presumably in this same matter [EQC 2:59].

     
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 22:06:46 -0800 (PST) 
From: The Johnsons   | Block address 
Subject: Re: From Ellie 
To: WesBlair  
          
Hi Pam,
      Mary Farr could have been married prior to marriage to Matthias.  I sure do agree with you that varification needs to done before a line is accepted as truth.  There is so much false information floating around. 
      The following is of interest...picked up in ancestry.com   Are you a subscriber to ancestry?  I've gotten so much information from that site....really helpful.
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Search Terms: MATTHIAS (17), FARNSWORTH (92)
Database: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870
Combined Matches: 5 
Farnsworth Matthias Groton 1689 Will 7256 

It's possible that some children from a prior marriage might be
mentioned in his will. What think ye?


Surname Given Name Location Date Subject Num
Ancestry.com  Vital Records of Groton,Mass:
MATTHIAS FARNSWORTH and MARY.
             
             1 Matthins, born --.
              
             2 John, " --
              
             3 Benjamin, "
              
             4 Samuel, " Oct. 8, 1669.

             5 Abigail, " Jan. 17, 1671.
              
             6 Jonathan, " 1 d. 4 m. 1875.
              
             7 Joseph, "died Feb.20,1686-7.

Til next time...
Ellie



e-mail from Pam.....
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:51:40 -0700 
From: WesBlair  
To: The Johnsons  
Subject: Any Guesses Here/ 
- 
> Good Morning
>     I just came across something in Savage while I was re-checking  Farnsworths (trying to figure out if Josiah truly did marry Mary  Green in 1710 and then Mary Pierce in 1720 --- everything on line  is really confusing --unless she had 2 husbands at once....)  Anyway -- has anyone ever wondered if Mary FARR (who isn't even in
> Keith's Farnsworth line, so WHY am I doing this???)had a first  husband?? Here's what I found:
   
> FARR, BARNABAS, Boston, perhaps not perman. inhab. d. 13 Dec. 1654.
> (Vol.1 p 144)
> 
> Mary FARR  married Matthias Farnsworth abt 1655 -- she came from
> England --- it seems to point to me that perhaps she was a widow
> when she married Matthias and perhaps Barnabas was her first
> husband? All alone in a new land -- she'd need to marry fairly
> soon, I'd think...
> Your thoughts?
> 
> You asked how I knew it was Hannah --- well, -- I just understood
> that that's who was standing there....you're right.. spirits speak
> to spirits....
> 
> Back to work --- gotta figure out Josiah  Everyone quotes
> "Farnsworth Memorial" p 61 as the source --but the dates of her
> first marriage, her death date and dates of children born, make it
> impossible for Josiah to have married Mary Green (who is listed as
> daughter of Mary Pierce and John Green  & who m  Jonathan Nutting
> the same year as Josiah...)----and then 10 years later marry Mary
> Pierce (listed as dtr of  Ephraim Pierce and Mary Whitney)
> How do people list stuff that clearly can't be true?  Doesn't
> anyone realize that some things are truly impossible?? I think it
> gets posted incorrectly once, then takes on a life of its own as
> people find it, don't verify and just copy it as their own....I'd
> have a good cry but there's no time
> Pam (foggy and chilly here today)
> 

    
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:40:53 -0700 
From: WesBlair   | Block address 
To: The Johnsons  
Subject: Re: Farr/From Ellie 
          Add Addresses  
   

    
Ellie, 
   That fits --- I just haven't concentrated on Mary FARR at  all -- had her parents, etc. sitting in some other notes..(Ohhhhhh ..... Neverrrrr... Minnddddd..........) 
BUT -- Matthias' first 3 children were born in England: 
He was married the first time in England  to Dorothy Robinson (according to information sent to me) . He came from England with his wife and 3 children.  Dorothy died soon after their arrival (she d. 1652) and he then married Mary FARR. I keep asking for "proof" -- haven't seen it yet, but here's what I have: 
   1) SR. MATTHIAS2 FARNSWORTH (RICHARD1 FARNWORTH) was born July 20, 1615 in 
Eccles, Lancasterhire, England, and died January 21, 1687/88 in Groton, 
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He married (1) DOROTHY ROBINSON. She 
died Aft. 1652. He married (2) MARY FARR Abt. 1654 in Lynn, Essex County, 
Massachusetts, USA, daughter of GEORGE FARR and ELIZABETH STOWERS. She was 
born January 16, 1633/34 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts,USA, and died 
March 07, 1716/17 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. 
Burial: January 21, 1687/88, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA 
From: 
              "George Ott"  
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ALSO: [Faneuf.GED] 

          Farnsworth family arrived in America about 1628. 

          In 1655 we find Mathias Farnsworth living in Lynne (near Boston). Protestant by  religion and weaver by trade he married for a second time to Mary Farr who gave him 8 children. Later moved to Groton Ma, where he was one of the Pioneer  settlers and founding fathers of the town. 
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BIOGRAPHY: Matthias settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, and then moved with his family to Groton, Massachusetts. 
He was a Weaver at first, then became a land clearer, encroaching on the forest to gain farmland in order to make a living for his three children born of a first marriage and 7 others of  his second marriage with Mary Farr. 
Matthias died in 1689, followed by his wife in 1717. 

~~~~~~~ 
From "One Name Study" 
2a) The following records are from the original register of the Church of St.Mary, Eccles, : " Matthias was born on 20 July 1615 in Eccles, son of Richard 
Farnworth and Elizabethe Marshe (married 12 Jan 1608). He was the grandson of Elizeius 
ffarnworth, (baptised Jan 1561/2) and Margreta (), who married in September 1582." The 
parish church of Eccles lies four miles to the west of Manchester, in the midst of a huge parish 
bounded by Manchester, Prestwick, Radcliffe, Bolton, Leigh and Winwick, the southern limit 
being the River Irwell. 
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I also read (now where did I put that?????) that Matthias' daughter Elizabeth, married her cousin -- James Robinson, son of her mother's brother...) 

So-- Hmmm, I say  And another HMMMMM...wish I could find a record of his first marriage. Everyone who sends me information cites "Farnsworth Memorial"  -- since I don't have it (and, remember? This isn't 'my" family here -- can't justify buying it)...can't say for sure if Dorothy is mentioned there. 

Also - I keep finding reference to Matthias marrying in England to an "Elizabeth _______" --- which I don't want to even think about, nonetheless, I have seen it several times... 

Ancestry.com has good information -- I joined a while back, but it's time to renew. I hate their format --but lots of information is there, you're right. 

I know you've probably seen everything I am sending --- just wish I could find that elusive "proof".....in a way, it will be nice getting back to "my own" puzzles... 

Pam (another cold, foggy, icky day -- perfect for doing research)