Jane, Thank you for responding to my query. I don't know if Brisco meant Arlington, VT or not. I have a copy of "New York: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries" by Kathryn Ford Thorne. According to Thorne, on March 16, 1770, Albany County lost jurisdiction over most of the land in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, Albany County lost jurisdiction over the rest of Vermont ,with the exception of only the southern half of Bennington County, VT. Is Arlington in the southern half of Bennington County, VT? I do not own a modern map of Vermont. On January 14, 1777, Albany County lost jurisdiction over the southern half of present day Bennington County, VT. Brisco said that he left home in 1777. If he left home after, January 14, 1777, Arlington, VT could not have been in Albany County, NY. Since Burgoyne did not arrive in Montreal to lead his military expedition down the Champlain/Hudson Valley to Albany until May 6, 1777, I assume that Brisco did not leave home until later that spring or until early summer of 1777. Unfortunately, Thorne only shows county lines and not the villages or land patents within the counties. Thanks again, Leslie Jane Fiske wrote: > Could it be Arlington, Vermont? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> > To: <nyalbany@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:08 PM > Subject: [NYALBANY] Isaac Brisco of Arlington, Albany Co., NY in 1777 > > > >> 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 > >