wish I could help. We might possibly be cousins. However, my line begins in NY with death of father James Kirkpatrick, in Haverstraw, in 1842. He supposedly had 10 children. Only names I could locate in legal papers at James death wereElizabeth, Hiram, Mary, Gilbert, Marquis b abt 1818, James Henry b abt 1817and William Washington b abt 1822 in Newburgh, NY area. Possibly your Joseph is a brother who had left area before James died.Good luck in hunting! Marguerite Holmes > Hi Maggie, > > I have forwarded your message on to the Kirkpatrick surname discussion > > list, might pick up a few people who weren't on your original mailing. > > You might want to subscribe to the group also: > > send a message to: [email protected] > > with just the word: > > SUBSCRIBE > > in the body of the message, nothing else. > > Hope you will join us and find your branch! > > Joyce