Thank you. Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: Machemeck is known today as Port Jervis NY. There was most likely a road or they may have followed the Wallkill River. They most likely traveled along the base of the mountain. Deckertown is now Sussex NJ. It may be about 10 miles. Carol -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of S. Pearce Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:25 AM To: NJSussex email Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck To Carol and Nancy, Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also went west to IN before them and with them. I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward Amity, Orange Co., NY. Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been difficult? Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where he obtained it; it is: William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few years in between. Thank you for any assistance. Sharon Pearce --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.