Gloria, Do you know if your Garrett Decker was ever in Ohio such as in Hamilton County, OH perhaps? Any idea where in NY he was born/from? I am searching for an Abijah and Tina/Tiny/Tyne (Jacobus) DECKER. They married in Ontario County NY in 1814 and the witness at their marriage was Tina's brother Garrett Jacobus. Garrett eventually settled in Knox Co IN but Abijah and Tina left NY for Ohio and then into Indiana in Franklin and Dearborn counties between ca 1822 through 1850. Then Abijah, wife and several of their children went to Minnesota ca 1860, then into Iowa ca 1865. Abijah and Tina had at least the following children: Hannah b1817 NY m. Joseph Guard Sarah b1822 Franklin Co IN m. Thos Hyatt John Henry b.1829 Hamilton Co OH m. Lucy Gates Mary A. b.1830 OH m. Mr. Marsh Aaron b.1835 m. Lydia Miner Margaret E. b. 1836 OH m. Richard Bowton Frances M. (Fanny) b. 1839 OH married Wm Gipson There is a gap of no (known) children between 1817 to 1822 and a larger gap of no (known) children between 1822 to 1829. There may have been a son James b. 1818 but this is speculation. Tina may have been Martynje Jacobus b. 1791 New Jersey. Abijah was born ca1787 New Jersey. I could see a fit for your Garrett Decker b. ca1821 NY. Abijah and Tina are my brick wall. I cannot find them in records before 1850. If you are interested in our further comparing notes I would welcome that also. Vicky -------------- Original message -------------- > This is my road block. I can't seem to be able to go any farther back than > Garrett and Mary. I'm Stuck! This is what information that I have on them. > > Garrett Decker born 1821 in New York. Died about 1876 in Vigo County, > Indiana. He married Mary Thornbury Perkins, born 1824 in Ohio. Date of > marriage > October 15, 1846 in Boone County, Indiana. Children were: Louisa , Sarah, > John T.W. b, abt 1848, Caroline b, abt 1849, Rosella b, abt 1849, Margaret b, > abt 1852, Hariet b, abt 1853, William b, abt 1855, Lydia b, abt 1858, > Josephine b, abt 1859, Joseph William b, February 10, 1867 (my great great > grandfather). > Garrett and Mary show up in the 1850 census in Boone County, Indiana and > again in the 1860 census for Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Indiana. I just can't > seem to get any farther back than this on the Decker side. If you could be > of any help, I would appreciate it greatly. > > Thanks, > Gloria Decker Brown > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >