Hi Joy, I thought something like this may be the case, but it never hurts to ask. Thanks for your reply. Loreen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Weaver" <joyweave@erols.com> To: <NY-HUDSONRV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [HudsonRV] Churches in Campball Hall, Orange Co. area 1859-60 era > Hi Loreen, > > I can't do much to make a connection here. My husband has two different Green lines, but > both of them end with a marriage of a female before 1800, so I haven't followed the name > much beyond that. > > Joy > > Loreen Wells wrote: > > Joyce, > > > > I was interested in your post since I see you are researching GREEN in the > > northeast. I am doing the same. I just wondered if we might intersect > > somewhere, although I don't recognize your other names. > > > > My ggrandfather was Francis Green. I have not found his family of origin. He > > came from England. He is in Newark, New Jersey in the 1850 census. This is > > the earliest I find him. He is single there and in his very early 20s. He > > married my ggrandmother in 1855. She was from Poughkeepsie. They settled > > there, had their children there and lived in that area for many years. I am > > researching the possibility that he had other family members in the same > > general area. He served in the Civil War. I have obtained NY state Civil War > > records for several Greens that signed up with him. I am sending for a whole > > slew of pension records from that war, a few at a time. All of them look > > like potential relatives. I recently sent for three of them, one was John L. > > Green. This family eventually ended up in Fairfield, CT. I believe they > > already had relatives there. > > > > If any of this interests you, let me know. > > > > Loreen Wells > > > ==== NY-HUDSONRV Mailing List ==== > The NY-HudsonRV Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/HudsonRV/ > Site good for unsubbing, changing subscription, archives, links, etc. >