Pam, If this is old hat let me know. I Don't know if Bartholomew Vosburgh, father of John Vosburgh who was husband to Rachel Covey, and Rachel niece to George Covey, as you have already researched, is the same Vosburgh family that was attacked, But it would be very ironic if they are one and the same. Both families had nothing to do with the uprising. Both families were attacked. each from the other side in a act of retaliation. They were almost certainly neighbors. Each lived too close to the border. I copied out some of the account of the Vosburgh affair, I still have to do all of the Covey and Mott pages. If anyone wants then I will be glad to do them. But first more data, that people have been nice enough to send me. Third Concession Cem., 2) St Thomas Churchyard, 3) St. George Church Cem.....? There are Vosburghs and/or Derricks in all of them. In 1) there is a Bartholomew V. d. 3 Jul 1855, ag. 51y. 3m. 15d.. There is no Margaret next to him....but in another section of the same cem. is Margaret Derick, w. of Barholomew Vosburg, d. 4 Dec 1852, ag. 64y. 3m. 2d.. (also) Jul 28,1835 DIED: "At Caldwell's Manor, on the 5th inst., suddenly, Mr. Bartholemew Vosburg." (*both dates are in July but exactly 20 years apart) (For children of the pre 1825 era there are) 17 Aug 1817 bpt Deborah , d/o Bartholomew Vosburg of Caldwell Manor, farmer and Margaret his wife, born 27 Mar 1816 1 Mar 1827 mar. Abraham Vosburgh of Foucault, farmer and Mary Hagan of Noyan, spins, both of major age (also) Vosburgh, Jane (S) Foucault Jul.22,1840 Caldwell Manor CE George Derick Vosburgh, Reuben (B) Foucault Oct.25,1842 Caldwell Manor CE Miranda Row Vosburgh, Richard Foucault Mar.19,1840 Caldwell Manor CE Sarah Derick there was a Peter VOSBURGH born in Caldwell's Manor in 1804. I am very new at this, I don't know what the (S) (B) and CE mean, also BA and ME. So at this point there is no candidate old enough to be the father except Bartholomew, that is if he survived to the 1855 date. To play the part of the son, it looks like we have the possibilities of, John, Abraham, Reuben, Richard and Peter. Here is what I have copied so far. >From Abby Hemenway's Vt Historical Gazetteer Published sometime around 1860-1890, The Vosburgh family resided about a half a mile north of the province line, oppisite to what is called West Alburgh. The following is an account of an outrage on the family as given by the family soon after the occurrence. Vosburgh states himself to be of Dutch descent, and at that time 62 years of age, and that he had lived with his family 43 years on the farm where he nearly met his death. He appeared an intelligent, industrious man, and such was the character that he had always borne among his neighbors. He had himself taken no part during the troubles in the country, but his son, a married man, who with his wife and three children, lived with his father and mother, had served as a loyal volunteer. The family consisted of the father and mother, the son, his wife and three children, a grown up unmarried daughter, a widowed friend and her child, making, in all, two men, four women and four children. It appeared that the neighborhood had for some time back been in a great state of alarm and fear of night-attacks, in consequence of information received from the Alburgh side, and from Champlain, Swanton, and other villages on the south side of the line, and seldom ventured to retire to bed, but spent the night in watching. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, this family were thus watching, with their clothes on, when, without warning of any sort, the windows of the house were violently stove in, and the house violently entered by a party of 12 or 14 men, well armed with muskets and bayonets. The Vosburghs made no attempt at defense, but merely begged that they should save their lives. The marauders demanded money, and $10, being all the money in the house, was given to them. They then bound the two men with cords, and having placed the women and children in the kitchen, they took the men with them into the other rooms of the house, helping themselves to everything portable, and destroying that which they could not remove- a party of them seized some fire-brands from the hearth and ran towards the barn. They took out one pair of valuable horses, and having tackled them to a sleigh, set fire to the building; 3 horses, 9 cows, and 8 calves perished in the flames; also a large quantity of hay and other property was consumed. They brought the double-sleigh to the house, and having loaded it, and two sleighs they had brought with them, with plunder, they then commenced firing the house, by throwing fire about in all directions; the women and children were, as stated, in the kitchen, while the two men were detained in another part of the house which was now burning in various parts. A party of the ruffians pushed the Vosburghs, father and son, still bound with cords, into the room with the women and children and apparently began to butcher them. The only man the family recognized was a Canadian lad, some 17 or l8 years of age, who had formerly been a servant in the family, and who, doubtless, acted as guide in the attack. His face was blacked, but both Vosburgh and his wife could swear to his identity. This man commenced the attack by thrusting his bayonet into the younger Vosburghs side, who, though his hands were tied, continued to seize the bayonet, and struggle with his assailant, and, although thrice wounded, he succeeded in wresting the bayonet from the musket, and rushed through the door. The ruffians fired two shots after him, but without effect; he escaped. Another of the party then thrust his bayonet into the father, who also succeeded in wresting the bayonet from the top of the musket. The leader or officer of the party then drew his sword and cut the old man down, inflicting a dreadful wound on his head and face. He stated that the last circumstance he remembered, before becoming insensible, was seeing the first ruffian seize his musket by the barrel and endeavor to knock his brains out with the breech, while he lay on the floor. From the first blow on the head he became insensible. The women were all spectators of this scene and fully corroborated the statements made by old Mr. Vosburgh. The party, supposing they had killed the old gentleman, drove away with their sleighs and plunder. On crossing the line they gave shouts of triumph, which gave the alarm to several families living on the south side of the line, who, seeing the light of the burning barn, hurried to the assistance of the Vosburgh family, and ultimately succeeded in putting out the flames and saving the house. In the meantime, however, the old gentleman had recovered from his swoon, and, with his family, taken refuge in the house of a neighbor. The object of this attack must have been partly for plunder, as Vosburgh was reputed to have considerable money, and partly in retaliation for the numerous executions of patriots at that time by the Canadian government, as the leader of this party when he made his attack upon Vosburgh, swore that he would hang or kill as many Tories as the government had hanged of his friends. -----Original Message----- From: Waugh, Pam <waughp@ocps.k12.fl.us> To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 9:01 AM Subject: RE: [QC-ETANGLO-L] Vosburgh and the 1838-39 Patroit's War >Chris - > >Not sure whether Bartholomew and Margaret were the ones attacked, but >Margaret was b. 2 sep 1788 and d. 4 Dec 1852, the d/o Wilhelm DERICK and >Margaret VAN DERWERKEN. If you don't get any replies confirming this, you >might want to send a letter to Judy Antle at the Missisquoi Hist Society ( >with a donation) . She might have an article on this within the various >Miss. HS Reports. I'm not sure if they have an index to all the issues, but >who ever the family was, I'm sure the Society would have the info. (their >address is under "Addresses" on the website). > >Pam > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Pam Waugh >Network /Server Admin. >Orange Co. Public Schools >445 W. Amelia St., 2nd flr >Orlando, FL 32801 > >If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Covey [mailto:chri616@ibm.net] >Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:38 PM >To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [QC-ETANGLO-L] Vosburgh and the 1838-39 Patroit's War > > >Hi > I am looking for information of the VOSBURGH's who were attacked by >Canadian rebels in 1837-39 Patriots War in Canada. Do you know of them. >They were of Caldwells Manor in lower Canada, >(They lived about 1/2 mile above the Border near Alburg Vt.) > >I am trying to find out If the father's name was Bartholomew VOSBURGH whose >wife was Margaret DERICK, His son, with wife and children, were living with >him at the time that they were atacked. >They were atacked in mid winter while in their house. Both were bayoneted >but survived. >Was the son's name John. > > >