I'm afraid you'll need some more information to pin it down precisely. Any map of Dutchess (and surrounding counties) will show you that the name "corners" is part of many, many, many hamlets. There are several "Four Corners". The term is found in business names, roads, etc. I don't know of any one particular spot that is the big daddy of all the four corners in Dutchess. Try typing, with the quoation marks (to ensure they come together) ["Four Corners" Dutchess] into google.com and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. Don't include the brackets. Regards, Mark Merritt [From nearby Rockland County, NY] Researching Kent County, MD families, including: Merritt, Miller, Beck, Wickes, VanSant, Davis, Burgan and allied lines Ken Jackson wrote: > Hi....does anyone on the list have knowledge of a place called > "four-corners" in Dutchess County? My ancestor, Ebenezer Merritt, > originally lived in "Northeast", moved to Yates County with his son, John > Merritt, returned to Duchess County (Four-Corners), where he died in the > early 1850's.
I guess that I don't know any more than I found in the reference (Revised Merritt Records by Douglas Merritt). It lists Ebenezer's place of death as Four Corners, Dutchess County, New York. Thanks for the input. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Mark A. Merritt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Four corners I'm afraid you'll need some more information to pin it down precisely. Any map of Dutchess (and surrounding counties) will show you that the name "corners" is part of many, many, many hamlets. There are several "Four Corners". The term is found in business names, roads, etc. I don't know of any one particular spot that is the big daddy of all the four corners in Dutchess. Try typing, with the quoation marks (to ensure they come together) ["Four Corners" Dutchess] into google.com and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. Don't include the brackets. Regards, Mark Merritt [From nearby Rockland County, NY] Researching Kent County, MD families, including: Merritt, Miller, Beck, Wickes, VanSant, Davis, Burgan and allied lines Ken Jackson wrote: > Hi....does anyone on the list have knowledge of a place called > "four-corners" in Dutchess County? My ancestor, Ebenezer Merritt, > originally lived in "Northeast", moved to Yates County with his son, John > Merritt, returned to Duchess County (Four-Corners), where he died in the > early 1850's. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com