Clyde-- The only info on Nicholas Northup I discovered recently in some family papers. He as well as his wife (Elizabeth Bentley) were born in Steointown, Van Ramslay County, New York. No cause of death was listed but the year was given as 1859. He apparently fathered 14 children, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. His daughter Sarah married Milo Camp in 1826 in Canervango, Catorogus County, New York. According to my information, Nicholas father, also named Nicholas, became a Free Will Baptst preacher and preached until he went to live with his daughter Lydia who was married to Arnold Bently. a brother of the author of Bently School Readers. Do you have any info on the Needum or Camp families? Thank Dick