Dear List, Can anyone shed any light on any of the individuals, who were named in the following excerpt from the Minutes of the Commissioners for Conspiracies, which met at Albany on September 18th, 1779. At present I am not sure where these individuals lived. It may have been within the confines of old Albany County (i.e. present day Rensselaer, Saratoga, or Washington Counties) or they may have lived in Dutchess County. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Leslie Potter Glen Mills, PA P.S. any thoughts on how to interpret this 18th century English would also be appreciated. Printed from Family Tree Maker, DC 132: Selected NY Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1840, Commissioners for Conspiracies, Volume I, Manuscript minutes - September 1779 (C) The Learning Company, Inc., July 5, 2008 At pate 416 " 1779, Sept. 18. Met Albany 18th September 1779 Present Jeremiah Van Renselaer, Isaac D. Fonda, and John M. Beekman Col. Schonhoven & Major Taylor proffered a Verbal Complaint to this Board against old John CONKILIN & Daniel NETTLETON, Daniel FRAZER, Jacob WILTCEE, John Mud CONKLIN, James VAV DRIESEN, Long John CONKLIN, Tunis VAV CAMP, John NESSLEY, Barent NESSLEY, Jonathan LOSSING, John TODD, Joseph NAP, & John COGHLIN. Some of whom are prisoners of War that the[y] have the Greatest Reason to Believe they are in League with the Scouting parties of the enemy & that if some Remedy is not devised that the Whole Whig party of the Inhabitants will be Necessitated to Remove Numbers of them that have Exerted themselves in the present war are at present Compelld to procure private Guards to Secure their person & Property from the Violence of the Tories & other are th[r]ough Dread Obliged to betake themselves at Night to the Woods- Resolved that Col. Schonhoven and Major Taylor be informed that this Board will take the Same into Consideration & Afford them all the Assistance in their Power toward punishing the Said persons & endeavouring effectually to put it out of their Power to give them any Disturbances in the future -"

I asked a researcher I know who is working on some of these lines (not a list member) and I was told that "an Ananias (Conklin) line went to Renssellaerville and a "Pre-1700 Westchester Conklin, I think is more in the Saratoga area. The Wiltse surname is connected to the Pre-1700 Westchester Conklins usually. Lossing is a Dutchess name and all three main lines were there." Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> To: <nyrensse@rootsweb.com>; <nydutche@rootsweb.com>; <nyalbany@rootsweb.com>; <NYSARATO-L-request@rootsweb.com>; <NYALBANY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:54 AM Subject: [NYALBANY] Conklin, Nettleton, Frazer, Wiltcee, Van Driesen, Van Camp, Nessley, Lossing, Todd, Nap and Coughlin > Dear List, > > Can anyone shed any light on any of the individuals, who were named in the > following excerpt from the Minutes of the Commissioners for Conspiracies, > which met at Albany on September 18th, 1779. > > At present I am not sure where these individuals lived. It may have been > within the confines of old Albany County (i.e. present day Rensselaer, > Saratoga, or Washington Counties) or they may have lived in Dutchess > County. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Leslie Potter > Glen Mills, PA > > P.S. any thoughts on how to interpret this 18th century English would > also be appreciated. > > > Printed from Family Tree Maker, DC 132: Selected NY Revolutionary War > Records, 1775-1840, Commissioners for Conspiracies, Volume I, Manuscript > minutes - September 1779 (C) The Learning Company, Inc., July 5, 2008 > > At pate 416 > > " 1779, Sept. 18. > > Met Albany 18th September 1779 > > Present > > Jeremiah Van Renselaer, Isaac D. Fonda, and John M. Beekman > > Col. Schonhoven & Major Taylor proffered a Verbal Complaint to this > Board against old John CONKILIN & Daniel NETTLETON, Daniel FRAZER, Jacob > WILTCEE, John Mud CONKLIN, James VAV DRIESEN, Long John CONKLIN, Tunis VAV > CAMP, John NESSLEY, Barent NESSLEY, Jonathan LOSSING, John TODD, Joseph > NAP, & > John COGHLIN. Some of whom are prisoners of War that the[y] have the > Greatest Reason to > Believe they are in League with the Scouting parties of the enemy & that > if some Remedy is not devised that the Whole Whig party of the > Inhabitants will be Necessitated to Remove Numbers of them that have > Exerted themselves in the present war are at present Compelld to procure > private Guards to Secure their person & Property from the Violence of > the Tories & other are th[r]ough Dread Obliged to betake themselves at > Night to the Woods- > > Resolved that Col. Schonhoven and Major Taylor be informed that this > Board will take the Same into Consideration & Afford them all the > Assistance in their Power toward punishing the Said persons & > endeavouring effectually to put it out of their Power to give them any > Disturbances in the future -" > > ====NY-Albany Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website > at:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ > Add/check your Albany surnames on the Surname Registry. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYALBANY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >