Thanks for all of the responses and information, some great leads and I really appreciate it! I just took a look at a photo I took last year of Casper's gravestone, and it would pretty much confirm he was born in the timeframe we are talking about.... It says: Casper J. Hallenbeck, Died March 23, 1885, Age 92 years. The stone is broken in half and laying on the ground, and the lower half is in much worse shape, but in person (not in the photo) I could just barely make out "Maria Halsey" on the stone. I know this is the right Casper, because the stone is adjacent to most of his children, and his son James R. was my 3x great-grandfather, based on family records and my great-grandmother, when she was still alive. Could Jasper be his middle name, or a nickname, and the J. could be Jacob after his father, assuming Jacob and Maria are his parents? Jeremy

Jeremy, Thanks for the reply - you're welcome for my input. The gravestone inscription seems to support the placement of your Casper J. as the son of Jacob & Maria baptized in 1794 - maybe as close to proof as can be found. It would seem somebody linked up the wrong guy in Glenville. Although there were a few men named Jasper, my guess is that is a modern misinterpretation of Chasper, which is simply a misspelling of Casper. Middle names were rare for local folks born at that time and the J. is almost certainly a patronymic. Considering the number of like-named men in the area, it was important to distinguish between them in order to avoid problems like confusing accounts at the general store etc. Unfortunately the competing Caspers found in the baptism records were sons of Joachim and John, so it doesn't help much. Jim H. ________________________________ From: Jeremy Taylor <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 9:58:51 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Maria Pare(e) and Jacob Hallenbeck Thanks for all of the responses and information, some great leads and I really appreciate it! I just took a look at a photo I took last year of Casper's gravestone, and it would pretty much confirm he was born in the timeframe we are talking about.... It says: Casper J. Hallenbeck, Died March 23, 1885, Age 92 years. The stone is broken in half and laying on the ground, and the lower half is in much worse shape, but in person (not in the photo) I could just barely make out "Maria Halsey" on the stone. I know this is the right Casper, because the stone is adjacent to most of his children, and his son James R. was my 3x great-grandfather, based on family records and my great-grandmother, when she was still alive. Could Jasper be his middle name, or a nickname, and the J. could be Jacob after his father, assuming Jacob and Maria are his parents? Jeremy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message