Hello All, I'm trying to locate the baptismal record of my great great grandfather, Daniel Dudley VanOrnam. He was born in Chesterfield, Essex co. New York 20 Sept 1808. I am assuming he was baptized in a Dutch Reform Church, as was his father, Peter VanOrnum, who was born and christened in Schaghticoke, New York. in 1776. I've checked the internet to see if there is a Dutch Reform Church in Chesterfield, but no luck. Does anyone know if there is such a church there, or in a surrounding area? I'm stumped! Many thanks Sandra VanOrman

It seems very unlikely that you would find a Dutch Reformed church in Essex County, which was settled by New Englanders. Your ancestors would have had to settle for whatever was available. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra VanOrman" <sandra_vanorman@msn.com> To: <DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:58 PM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Locating Baptismal Records > Hello All, > > I'm trying to locate the baptismal record of my great great grandfather, > Daniel Dudley VanOrnam. He was born in Chesterfield, Essex co. New York 20 > Sept 1808. I am assuming he was baptized in a Dutch Reform Church, as was > his father, Peter VanOrnum, who was born and christened in Schaghticoke, > New York. in 1776. > > I've checked the internet to see if there is a Dutch Reform Church in > Chesterfield, but no luck. Does anyone know if there is such a church > there, or in a surrounding area? I'm stumped! > > Many thanks > Sandra VanOrman > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Sandra, From: "Sandra VanOrman" <sandra_vanorman@msn.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:58 PM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Locating Baptismal Records > Hello All, > > I'm trying to locate the baptismal record of my great great grandfather, Daniel Dudley VanOrnam. He was born in Chesterfield, Essex co. New York 20 Sept 1808. I am assuming he was baptized in a Dutch Reform Church, as was his father, Peter VanOrnum, who was born and christened in Schaghticoke, New York. in 1776. > > I've checked the internet to see if there is a Dutch Reform Church in Chesterfield, but no luck. Does anyone know if there is such a church there, or in a surrounding area? I'm stumped! According to French's Gazetteer (pub. 1860), the town of Chesterfield was formed in 1802 from Willsborough. The first church was Congregational. In 1860 there were 5 chruches: Free Will Baptist Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic By far the largest village in the town of Chesterfield (in 1860) was Keeseville. It had 5 churches. So, I'd guess that all the churches in Chesterfield then may have been in Keeseville. The first church in the town of Willsborough was also Congregational. Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com