Hi Paul, > Samuel WHITTELSEY married Sara VAN DEURSEN on 10 Dec 1788 at the DRC New > York. > > I have Samuel's parents as Chauncey WHITTELSEY (1717-1787) and Martha NEWTON > (1730-1812), ans Sara's parents as Willem VAN DEURSEN (1716-1789) and > Catharine GILBERT. > > No problem so far, except I have the birth of Samuel on 13 Jul 1749 and, mor > importantly, death of Samuel WHITTELSEY on 9 Aug 1751 in New Haven, > Connecticut. These dates come from a One World Tree, but I've lost the > reference to it. > > Am I completely wrong? Not completely wrong but the dates for Samuel Whittlesey do need some tweaking :-). According to an IGI "patron submission" on the LDS site, Samuel Whittlesey (son of Chauncey Whiitlesey & Martha Newton) was born 10 Sep 1763 in New Haven, CT, and died 7 Mar 1838 (no location given). According to an Ancestral File on the LDS site (Connecticut), he was baptized 13 Sep 1763 at the First Congregational Church in New Haven, and his parents married 13 Aug 1753 in New Haven. It appears that some family members were buried in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven. So, I would look for the records of the First Congregational Church in New Haven to verify this information. The marriage date for Samuel Whittlesey and Sara Van Deursen is indeed recorded in the New York Reformed Dutch Church on 10 Dec 1788 [p. 263 of the published records]. I see no baptismal records listed for this couple in the New York RDC. Regards, Pam Sears