I saw that article too Bill. How timely. As usual you are right on top of things! BTW, if you need another transcriber, I'm available again. Heidi Norton Klinowski On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Bill & Cathy McGrath <[email protected]>wrote: > An interesting article in Sunday's, June 3, 2012 edition of the Times > Union made a connection with a name that is also listed in a new Troy Irish > Genealogy Society, data base that is currently being worked on. (TIGS > website address: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ ) > > On Page 6 of the Unwind Section, there is an article "Charming Spot For > Tea And More" about a new teahouse located in a farmhouse built by > Revolutionary War veteran Ebenezer Hills, Jr. in 1785. The article goes on > to say that it became the infamous trysting spot of Van Rensselaer scion > Elsie Whipple and handyman Jesse Strang, whose affair led to the murder of > Elsie's husband at Cherry Hill Farm. The hanging of Strang in 1827, > Albany's last public execution, drew 30,000 spectators. > > The new TIGS project being worked on is the removals from the old State > Street Burial Grounds, now the site of Washington Park in Albany. The > "Cherry Hill" mention immediately caught my attention as on Saturday I was > working on the removal names of those individuals that were reburied in St. > Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery and I remembered having just typed an > entry that mentioned "Cherry Hill" > > That entry, that I typed on Saturday which makes the connection with the > story in today's Times Union, was as follows: > > John Whipple, age 34, died May 7, 1827. Whipple was the son of a > Revolutionary War Officer. He was murdered at Cherry Hill. > > Thought this email would be of interest to list members. > > Bill McGrath > Clifton Park, NY > > . > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >