Leslie, Your geography question is not off-topic. On county websites, history and geography are as important as genealogy. It just happens that most people are here for the genealogy, but it is best understood in a geographical and historical context. French's "Gazetteer of New York State" (1860) has no such location. Using Google, I entered "Arlington, NY" (with the quotation marks) and clicked on a hit called ePodunk. Here is what it says. "Arlington is in Dutchess County, in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. The community was named for the Duke of Arlington [NOTE: This is not the only community in New York named Arlington. For links to other places called Arlington, NY, see the Duplicate Names box <#fkaLink> at right.] That box says, "NY communities formerly known as Arlington: ·Richford </cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1525>, Tioga County" Tioga Co. formed from Montgomery Co. in 1791. Montgomery was formed from Tryon Co. in 1784 (Tryon was just renamed) which formed from Albany Co. in 1772. This makes the Arlington in Tioga Co. a possibility, but when I went to the Tioga Co. website and entered Arlington, none of the five hits was for a location in NY. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/county.htm Dutchess Co. was an original county, so that particular Arlington does not fit your requirement that Arlington be in old Albany Co. I also found this on another site, written by the Town of Richford historian: "Richford is located in the northeast corner of Tioga County... The population in the 1990 census was 1153. The name is from an early settler, Ezekiel Rich, who donated half of the public square. The town was formed from Berkshire, first as the town of Arlington in 1831. Its name was changed by an act of legislature in 1832, the same year the town was officially organized." http://www.tiogacountyny.com/towns_villages/richford_history.php Tioga Co. would not seem to be the location either. It formed too late. A phone call or letter to the historian might give you more insight as to whether Arlington was also a very small community there at one time. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leslie B. Potter wrote: >Dear List, > >Please forgive my geography question? Admittedly it is off topic. > >I am going through Peter Wilson Coldham's book, "American Loyalist >Claims", and pulling out the names of Albany County, NY Loyalists. >Usually the summaries of Loyalists' claims in Coldham's book are >detailed enough for me to be able to place these Loyalist son the >appropriate list for the Albany County tax district in which they >actually lived. However, Isaac Brisco has me stumped. He stated that >he lived at Arlington in Albany County, NY and left home in 1777 to >serve as a Sargent in the Kings' Rangers. After the Rev War he settled >in the Second Twp. of Catarogui in Canada. He claimed the loss of >lands; houses; barns and mills. > >Does anyone know where Arlington was in "old" Albany County, NY. > >Thank you for your help. > >Sincerely, > >Leslie Potter >Glen Mills, PA >====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 > > >

Hi Cliff, Thank you for the information. Historical geography can be a real nightmare at times. This is one of those times. Since Tryon County had been created from Albany on March 12, 1772, I suspect that if Brisco had been from Tryon County, he would have said so. There are plenty of men from Tryon County, who were Loyalists, fled to Canada, filed claims and are listed in Coldham's book. However, I found Arlington, VT on the 1775 Montressor map of the Province of New York. It looks like Arlington is due east of the town of Salem, Washington County, NY. So I googled Arlington, VT. The google map showed that Arlington, VT is located south side of Route 313, which appears to follow the Batten Kill for at least part of its course. Thorne's Atlas seems to indicate that the Batten Kill was the dividing line between the north and south sections of present day Bennington County, VT from March 12, 1772 to January 14, 1777. So since Albany County's loss of the southern half of Bennington County was a recent event in relation to Isaac Brisco's departure for Canada, maybe the news of the change had not caught up to Mr. Brisco. Although Isaac Brisco may not have been completely accurate about which county he lived in on January 15, 1777, it is "close enough for government work". I suspect that the British government did not fuss about his inaccuracy. Now to figure out my next puzzle. I have a Timothy Buill, who claimed to live in Charlotte County, but describes Ft. Miller as being on the wrong side of the Hudson River. Why historians get gray! Thanks again, Leslie Cliff Lamere wrote: > Leslie, > > Your geography question is not off-topic. On county websites, history > and geography are as important as genealogy. It just happens that most > people are here for the genealogy, but it is best understood in a > geographical and historical context. > > French's "Gazetteer of New York State" (1860) has no such location. > Using Google, I entered "Arlington, NY" (with the quotation marks) and > clicked on a hit called ePodunk. Here is what it says. > > "Arlington is in Dutchess County, in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. > > The community was named for the Duke of Arlington > [NOTE: This is not the only community in New York named Arlington. For > links to other places called Arlington, NY, see the Duplicate Names box > <#fkaLink> at right.] > > That box says, "NY communities formerly known as Arlington: > ·Richford </cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1525>, Tioga County" > > Tioga Co. formed from Montgomery Co. in 1791. Montgomery was formed > from Tryon Co. in 1784 (Tryon was just renamed) which formed from Albany > Co. in 1772. This makes the Arlington in Tioga Co. a possibility, but > when I went to the Tioga Co. website and entered Arlington, none of the > five hits was for a location in NY. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/county.htm > > Dutchess Co. was an original county, so that particular Arlington does > not fit your requirement that Arlington be in old Albany Co. > > I also found this on another site, written by the Town of Richford > historian: "Richford is located in the northeast corner of Tioga > County... The population in the 1990 census was 1153. The name is from > an early settler, Ezekiel Rich, who donated half of the public square. > The town was formed from Berkshire, first as the town of Arlington in > 1831. Its name was changed by an act of legislature in 1832, the same > year the town was officially organized." > > http://www.tiogacountyny.com/towns_villages/richford_history.php > > Tioga Co. would not seem to be the location either. It formed too > late. A phone call or letter to the historian might give you more > insight as to whether Arlington was also a very small community there at > one time. > > Cliff > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Leslie B. Potter wrote: > > >> Dear List, >> >> Please forgive my geography question? Admittedly it is off topic. >> >> I am going through Peter Wilson Coldham's book, "American Loyalist >> Claims", and pulling out the names of Albany County, NY Loyalists. >> Usually the summaries of Loyalists' claims in Coldham's book are >> detailed enough for me to be able to place these Loyalist son the >> appropriate list for the Albany County tax district in which they >> actually lived. However, Isaac Brisco has me stumped. He stated that >> he lived at Arlington in Albany County, NY and left home in 1777 to >> serve as a Sargent in the Kings' Rangers. After the Rev War he settled >> in the Second Twp. of Catarogui in Canada. He claimed the loss of >> lands; houses; barns and mills. >> >> Does anyone know where Arlington was in "old" Albany County, NY. >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Leslie Potter >> Glen Mills, PA >> ====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 >> >> >> >> > ====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 > >