Jack, My ancestor, Jan DECKER was b. in Gelderland, Holland. However, before the war, Gelderland was in Germany. Later, the boundries changed. Maybe this was the case with your DECKER ancestor as well. I am in contact with many tourist from Holland and they tell me that DECKER is definately a very common DUTCH name. They have DECKERs there like we have Smith and Jones here. Regards, Donna Shindelar Las Vegas, NV [email protected] On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:10:21 -0800 Jack Decker <[email protected]> writes: >Mike, > >There is quite a bit of similarity with our DECKER'S. > >The DECKER'S in Greene, Chenango Co., NY all live in close proximity >of >each other. Peter DECKER is in my line, b. May 10, 1804, but I don't >know where for sure, but my best guess is in Columbia Co., NY. See >the >next paragraph. This is my biggest stumbling block. He died in Great >Bend, Susquhanna Co., PA. > >Anothe person in my line is his sister Sally. According to the >Greene >Town Historian's records she was born in Columbia, Co., NY in 1796. >She >married Simeon Davis. They lived in Greene in the proximity to the >other Decker's. > >I am assuming Philip could be the patriarch. His German birth was >reported by the town historian. Prior to this I also throught my >Decker's were Dutch. This was based on some passing comments in a >Civil >War diary of my guncle Albert b. 1841, d. 1874. He led me to Peter >and >a couple others. > >My Jacob,b.~1787, d. sometime after 1850, his first wife was Lucinda, >b. >1791, d. 1838. This family profile from 1830 through 1860 fits my >line. His second wife Sarah, b. 1790, d.~ 1863. He moved to >Springfield, Bradford CO. , PA by 1840 and could be my ggrandfather's >father. Another of his possible sons, Lewis b. 1826, d.1911, married >the next door neighbors daughter. He is in my line. > >Mant DECKER happenings occured in Bradford Co. with Jacob and >decendents >as with Henry b. ~1785, d. ?, who was still in Greene in 1840 but >moved >by the 1850's. His first wife was Dolly, b. 1788, d. 1838. His >second >wife was Ruth, b. 1796, d. 1894. She ended up living with friends of >my >ggrandfather's from Potter Co., PA. > >Unfortunately I do not have those conclusive bits of info to cement >some >of these key assumptions together. I just keep getting more and more >coincidences. The tying facts are out there. > >Does this info mean anthing to you. > >By the way we went to a DECKER Reunion (Jan Broerson line) in New >Paltz, >NY about a year and a half ago. A good contact for this line is >Wayne >Decker ([email protected]) in Ogden, UT. > >Lets keep in touch. > >Regards, > >Jack Decker >Portland, OR >[email protected] > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]