Robert, Great idea. Here is my contribution [see below]. Am looking for the father of Henry Decker who m. Hannah Alyea. Jim French Descendants of Henry Decker 1 Henry Decker b: Abt. 1780 in [a guess, no info] d: Bef. May 27, 1825 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ [Probate] .. +Hannah Alyea b: Abt. 1785 in [40-50 in 1830 census, also 40-50 in 1840 census] m: January 12, 1803 in Sussex, NJ [Case's NJ Marriages] Father: Peter Alyea Mother: Marritje Bertholf d: Aft. 1840 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ [living in Wantage in 1840 Census] .. 2 Margaret Decker d: Aft. 1840 in [mentioned in deed to Robt. Evans] ...... +Albert Mead m: August 07, 1823 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ Father: Mother: d: in possibly before 1835, not mentioned with wife in deed, like B.W.Everitt was .. 2 Peter Decker b: 1810 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ d: in of Minisink, Orange, NY [1850 Census] occup. blacksmith ...... +Sarah Middough b: 1812 in NY m: February 16, 1833 in [guess Peter in Deed to Asa D. Elston/Robt. Evans] Father: Mother: d: in of Minisink, Orange, NY [1850 Census] ...... 3 Hannah D. Decker b: Abt. 1836 ...... 3 Sally D. Decker b: Abt. 1838 ...... 3 James D. Decker b: Abt. 1840 in NY ED 43, sheet 20, 1880 Census d: in of Warwick, Orange, NY in 1880 census .......... +Ossn b: Abt. 1855 in NY m: in a guess this is the same as James D. Father: Mother: ...... 3 Solomon D. Decker b: Abt. 1842 ...... 3 David D. Decker b: Abt. 1844 ...... 3 Maryonet D. Decker b: Abt. 1847 ...... 3 Smith D. Decker b: 1850 ...... 3 Edward Decker b: September 25, 1853 in Orange County, NY [listed as birth in Wantage, Sussex, NJ] .. 2 [1] James Decker b: November 13, 1806 in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey [death record & census] d: August 10, 1887 in Sempronius, Cayuga, NY [NY Index of Vital records] ...... +Phebe Maria Pearson b: Abt. 1827 in NY [1870 census] Father: Thomas Pearson Mother: Elizabeth d: March 11, 1900 in Sempronius, Cayuga, NY [death record] .. *2nd Wife of [1] James Decker: ...... +Mary Evans b: 1815 in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey [age from 1860 census] m: January 28, 1832 in Sussex, New Jersey [Case's Sussex, NJ Marriages] Father: Robert Evans, Jr. Mother: Anna Westfall d: 1865-1869 in Sempronius, Cayuga, NY [disappears after 1865 NY Census] Fact 1: In 1840 census a female aged 70 to 80 is living with them, Fact 2: could it be James' or Mary's mother? ...... 3 Eleanor Decker b: December 01, 1832 in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey [Kinney file Cortland Hist. Soc.] d: January 08, 1867 in McGrawville, Cortland, NY [headstone, McGraw Village Cem.] Fact 1: Lived in Cortland for 9 years in 1855 census .......... +Edwin Ruthven Kinney b: January 13, 1831 in Cortland, Cortland, New York [Will testator: 12-D-257] m: January 14, 1852 in Cortland, NY [Kinney file Cortland Hist. Soc.] Father: Gilmore Kinney Mother: Lois Noble d: June 04, 1857 in McGraw, Cortland, NY [headstone, McGraw Village Cem.] Fact 1: 1855 1850 census is student ...... 3 Alfred Decker b: June 28, 1834 in near Deckertown, Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey [Obit, CW pension appl.] d: January 26, 1915 in Geneva City Hospital, Geneva, Ontario, NY [Widow's pension application] .......... +Jane E. Keenan b: January 1841 in NY [1880, 1900, 1910 census] m: February 03, 1861 in Summer Hill, New York [Pension Application] Father: Patrick Keenan Mother: Anna A. d: August 11, 1917 in Seneca Castle, Ontario [Probate records, Ontario County] ...... 3 Margaret A. Decker b: Abt. 1836 in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey ...... 3 Frances Decker b: February 1840 in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey d: in ED 120, p. 25, McGrawville/ 1900 Census, ED 85, sheet 3 .......... +George Palmer b: Abt. 1840 in [1880 Census] Father: Mother: d: Bef. 1900 in of McGrawville, Cortland, NY ...... 3 Phebe Elizabeth Decker b: Abt. 1842 in Cayuga County, New York [1850 US Census] ...... 3 William D. Decker b: Abt. 1844 in Cayuga County, New York [1850 US Census] .. 2 Phebe Decker b: 1815 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ d: Bef. 1860 in [not in 1860 census, Benj. remarried] ...... +Benjamin W. Everitt b: September 07, 1809 in Colesville, Sussex, NJ [Everitt Genealogy] m: Bef. 1835 in [mentioned in deed to Robt. Evans] Father: Eliakim Everitt, Sr. Mother: d: Bef. 1882 in of Wantage, Sussex, NJ [page 105, 1840 census] ...... 3 Simeon Everitt b: January 1855 ...... 3 John Goodsell Everitt b: September 06, 1857 in Colesville, Sussex, NJ d: April 20, 1931 .......... +Sylvia Jordan b: 1861 in Troupsburg, NY Father: Mother: d: 1932 .. 2 Silvester Decker b: Bef. 1822