This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DMWKing Surnames: Colwell, Shepardson, King Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1274/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank A Colwell son of Charles H & Diana _____ Calwell ( Diana's surname sought was born Jun 1857 in NY found in 1870-1910 US census was residing in Sherburne requesting his death date married 6 October 1880 Mary Eda Shepardson dau of Cynthia Ann King & Alanzo Clark Shepardson living in 27 Jan 1920 Sherburne requesting her death date Frank A & Mary Eda had a dau Grace Louise b 1 October 1893 does anyone know if or to whom she married also seeking Diana Calwell's maiden sought Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

In response to Tim's post regarding a pamphlet on EBay, titled Caleb Arnold, Patriot: Caleb Arnold, Sr. (Rev. War) lived near Providence, RI (see article below that I put together from various sources to put with my genealogy files). Two of his sons (also Rev. War vets) moved to Chenango County after the Revolution along with many of their neighbors from Rhode Island. Jabez Arnold and his wife, Rachel Phettyplace, lived about 1/4 mile west of New Berlin. Caleb Arnold, Jr., the fife Major, also lived in Chenango County. Several members of Rachel Phettyplace's family also moved to Chenango County about the same time. Happy New Year! Jill Caleb Arnold, the Patriot "The Arnolds were all Quakers, who usually are conscientious objectors to taking part in war. But the Fighting Quakers of the Revolution were noted for their warring ability, and the family of Caleb Arnold has a record probably unmatched in history. [There were] eight sons and three sons-in-law of Caleb Arnold who served in the War of the Revolution.* "Caleb the Patriot was fifty-one years old when the call to arms came for men of sixteen to fifty years of age. But he served his county as Deputy from 1773 to 1778 and as War Commissioner in 1780 from Gloucester, Rhode Island, making an even dozen from this one family in the war. Patience Brown, wife of Caleb the Patriot, and her three daughters, Achsa, Patience and Lucy, attended to the farms while their men were at war, in the meantime caring for the wounded and dying soldiers. A Rhode Island account of this remarkable family of patriots says, 'The hardships encountered by the mother and daughters are said to have been almost beyond endurance and fired their husband's hearts to the conflict with unbounded enthusiasm. They were near neighbors to General Putnam.' (Palen, pg 44, 45) *(From J.O. Arnold) Arnold family members who served in the War of the Revolution were: William, Othniel, Jabez, and Edward, who served in Captain Stephen Kimball's company, Colonel Dan Hitchcock's Regiment, General Nathaniel Greene's Brigade. William served as sergeant in Captain Kimball's company and then as Lieutenant under Colonel Elliot. Nehemiah and Ezekiel served in Massachusetts and Oliver in Company A, Colonel John Topham's Regiment. Oliver later moved to the Chenango County and then to Olean, New York. Caleb, the Fife Major was in Captain Kimball's company and later served under Colonel Elliot. Achsah married Jonathan Brown, and Patience married Ephraim Williams who both served in Col. Topham's Regt. and marched to Quebec. Lucy married William Coldwell, who is thought to have served in the war, but his service is, so far, not validated." [JO Arnold] Sources: "Caleb Arnold, the Patriot" by James Oliver Arnold; North Guilford Pioneers, by Ida Palen, 1906, [no Pension Application found for Caleb Arnold, Sr. JDW, 2005] The Narragansett Historical Register, James N. Arnold, Ed., Online, Rootsweb.org. January 2006

Note: lots of ARNOLDs in my 1902 Chenango Co. Directory in the town (township) and village of New Berlin, if any one is interested, please contact me for details. Jack Eaton Indianapolis --- J Walch <jwalch@aiusa.com> wrote: > In response to Tim's post regarding a pamphlet on > EBay, titled Caleb Arnold, > Patriot: Caleb Arnold, Sr. (Rev. War) lived near > Providence, RI (see article > below that I put together from various sources to > put with my genealogy > files). > > Two of his sons (also Rev. War vets) moved to > Chenango County after the > Revolution along with many of their neighbors from > Rhode Island. Jabez > Arnold and his wife, Rachel Phettyplace, lived about > 1/4 mile west of New > Berlin. Caleb Arnold, Jr., the fife Major, also > lived in Chenango County. > Several members of Rachel Phettyplace's family also > moved to Chenango County > about the same time. > > Happy New Year! > Jill > > > Caleb Arnold, the Patriot > > "The Arnolds were all Quakers, who usually are > conscientious objectors to > taking part in war. But the Fighting Quakers of the > Revolution were noted > for their warring ability, and the family of Caleb > Arnold has a record > probably unmatched in history. [There were] eight > sons and three > sons-in-law of Caleb Arnold who served in the War of > the Revolution.* > > "Caleb the Patriot was fifty-one years old when the > call to arms came for > men of sixteen to fifty years of age. But he served > his county as Deputy > from 1773 to 1778 and as War Commissioner in 1780 > from Gloucester, Rhode > Island, making an even dozen from this one family in > the war. Patience > Brown, wife of Caleb the Patriot, and her three > daughters, Achsa, Patience > and Lucy, attended to the farms while their men were > at war, in the meantime > caring for the wounded and dying soldiers. A Rhode > Island account of this > remarkable family of patriots says, 'The hardships > encountered by the mother > and daughters are said to have been almost beyond > endurance and fired their > husband's hearts to the conflict with unbounded > enthusiasm. They were near > neighbors to General Putnam.' (Palen, pg 44, 45) > > *(From J.O. Arnold) Arnold family members who served > in the War of the > Revolution were: William, Othniel, Jabez, and > Edward, who served in Captain > Stephen Kimball's company, Colonel Dan Hitchcock's > Regiment, General > Nathaniel Greene's Brigade. William served as > sergeant in Captain Kimball's > company and then as Lieutenant under Colonel Elliot. > Nehemiah and Ezekiel > served in Massachusetts and Oliver in Company A, > Colonel John Topham's > Regiment. Oliver later moved to the Chenango County > and then to Olean, New > York. Caleb, the Fife Major was in Captain > Kimball's company and later > served under Colonel Elliot. > > Achsah married Jonathan Brown, and Patience married > Ephraim Williams who > both served in Col. Topham's Regt. and marched to > Quebec. Lucy married > William Coldwell, who is thought to have served in > the war, but his service > is, so far, not validated." [JO Arnold] > > Sources: "Caleb Arnold, the Patriot" by James Oliver > Arnold; North Guilford > Pioneers, by Ida Palen, 1906, [no Pension > Application found for Caleb > Arnold, Sr. JDW, 2005] The Narragansett Historical > Register, James N. > Arnold, Ed., Online, Rootsweb.org. January 2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

At 10:55 PM 12/30/2007, you wrote: >Hi Tim, > I transcribed the entire book History of the Town of Coventry by >Oliver P Judd, 1912 for you back in 2002 and you have it on the Chenango >Co. web page. > > Sandy Goodspeed Sandy, Thanks! This goes to prove the wise choice of one of my email handles - Foggy. Tim

Hi Tim, I transcribed the entire book History of the Town of Coventry by Oliver P Judd, 1912 for you back in 2002 and you have it on the Chenango Co. web page. Sandy Goodspeed Tim Stowell wrote: >Items on Ebay - notice brought for those who may be interested: > >History of the Town of Coventry (was promised a copy of this some >years back but did not receive) >by Oliver P. Judd, 1912. > >Tim Stowell >Chattanooga, TN > > >

I've been asked about the relationship between Rootsweb, Ancestry and TGN. What I'll say is based on my knowledge, which may or may not be right, but I'll try to answer the question. Rootsweb was founded a number of years ago as a private enterprise as a place where folks could share genealogy freely. At some point they began to accept donations. By the time Rootsweb was sold, because donations alone could not keep the web site running, it had become the defacto largest free genealogy web site covering family names, free web sites for several organizations to share data, and several countries besides the USA. Rootsweb was sold by its founders to Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com was a commercial venture which makes money by selling access to databases. At the time of the sale Ancestry.com said Rootsweb would still provide free space and services. Ancestry grew in size and I suppose commercial success so that it too became a valuable commodity. Another name that Ancestry.com either changed its name to or created, merged with was Myfamily.com There are many domains (base name URLs) that in effect lead one back to Ancestry.com but all or almost all are genealogy based. There may be some history ones, but I'm not sure about that. http://myfamily.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=77 - name change from MyFamily.com to The Generations Network. This company was then sold? - http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/12/the-generations.html ------------------------------- Whether or not the freespace will continue for organizations like USGenWeb, ALHN, AHGP and private individuals remains to be seen. When one hosts their web site on Rootsweb, there is a blurb there saying that by posting material on their web site you give them permission to move the data to various servers as need be. This makes sense in technical terms for one needs servers backed up in case a hard drive fails. However, and this is I'm sure the sticking point with many, one would think it does not include copying of data from the free side (Rootsweb) to the commercial side (Ancestry). When folks have complained about copyright issues, for the most part they have been told they can't copyright facts, that the data is public domain, etc. There was a recent explosion on the genealogy lists when Ancestry announced a biographies project where they had indexed sites across the Internet (even private sites) and put such in their 'for sale' slots. I won't pretend to know what the future holds, what a new company will do regarding web accounts, one's data, etc. Some have chosen to start web sites elsewhere, move data to other servers, to protect it from possible harvesting by Ancestry for data they have freely given, to be free for the public. The biography project proved that with the Internet nothing is safe. If you don't want to share, don't post it. I've taken different approaches, based on my own particular thoughts regarding this situation and the time to do such. When folks write me about donation of material I let them know about the relative safety of their data and then offer them choices as to what to do. I respect the donator's wishes and place the material accordingly. So in case you are wondering I do have an alternative Chenango county site where I'm placing data I have and will submit for the Chenango County researchers. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/chenango/ I hope this answers the questions regarding this subject. Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

You can send such to me - please use the subject line - Chenango Brickwall so I can pull it to my seperate Brickwall mailbox. Tim At 10:17 AM 12/30/2007, you wrote: >I would also like to add some information to the brick wall. > >What email address should we send it to? > >Thanks >Nancy Barton Bowers >ptbelair@yahoo.com

Items on Ebay - notice brought for those who may be interested: Caleb Arnold - Patriot (never heard of him myself) This is a reprint of an eight page pamphlet entitled simply Caleb Arnold, Patriot. The age of the reprint, the age of the original work, and the name of the author are all unknown. What is known is that the contents first appeared in the Putnam Connecticut Patriot and were considered of interest to Arnold's descendants in Chenango and Otsego Counties, NY. The material in this pamphlet is introduced as follows: His Family of Patriots, Their Pedigree, Aunt Frances Arnold's Traditional Story, and Many Descendants in this Locality. Reprint of an original document, black text on beige paper. 3-5/8" x 6-1/2". 8 pages. Overall condition of the booklet is excellent. ----------------------------------------- History of the Town of Coventry (was promised a copy of this some years back but did not receive) by Oliver P. Judd, 1912. ----------------------------------------- Original 1859 Sherburne views (from a newspaper / magazine of the time) ----------------------------------------- History of DeRuyter / Chenango County Railroads - has been on Ebay for several months at $30, now down to $22 (and still I believe overpriced) ----------------------------------------- Plymouth 1877 School Tax Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

I would also like to add some information to the brick wall. What email address should we send it to? Thanks Nancy Barton Bowers ptbelair@yahoo.com Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> wrote: At 09:23 AM 12/27/2007, you wrote: >Good idea, Tim. I have a couple that I should send in. > >Can the e-mail addresses in the far right column be harvested? I'm using a >gif to replace the @ sign on my online page that displays my address. > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~majorville/address.html > > >Marcia Farina > I'm sure the addresses can be harvested by those who do such stuff, but such is true of queries and other places throughout the web site where folks have their email addresses listed. For those who wish to have their address non-clickable, as these are, or who want to apply the solution you state, I will certainly update to such. I've seen the use of something like this - myemail AT aol.com to show the @. I've also seen folks who add a letter to some portion of their address and make a note, remove zyx or whatever before sending me email. Whatever folks choose, is what I'll make adjustments for. Tim ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Recent Blog activity on our Upstate New York Genealogy website at www.unyg.com has an easy to understand article about DNA testing for genealogical purposes. There is also a Blog about Ephemera for genealogy, and a full description about how to take advantage of all of the features of unyg.com. Tomorrow we will have a year's end review and predictions for 2008. Happy New Year to all of our readers, Dick Hillenbrand. Upstate New York Genealogy www.unyg.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lsfrn Surnames: cotton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/468.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i would love to learn more about my Cotton relatives, You can email me at lsfrn@yahoo.com Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lsfrn Surnames: Cotton,Hutchinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/468.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi my name is Linda Hutchinson and i live in Michigan, today i read your posting and wanted you to know my great grand mother was Harriet Cotton and she was married to my great grandfather Wm Hutchinson. They married in N.Y. either Guilford or Otsego Co. and in 1850 came to Casnovia,Muskegon,Mi to farm a piece of land that GG grandfather Amos Hutchinson was given for fighting in the war of 1812. Wm is buried in the Seaman cem. in Muskegon. I have no idea where Harriet is buried for she went to live with there daughter Emmagene Soles in NY after wm died. Her sister Sarah Cotton married william's brother Lawrence Jerome Hutchinson (he went by Jerome) and they to lived in Muskegon as well. They are both buried in the Newago,cem. in Newago,MI with some of the children. I do have more info if you would like I can Email to you.....linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

At 09:23 AM 12/27/2007, you wrote: >Good idea, Tim. I have a couple that I should send in. > >Can the e-mail addresses in the far right column be harvested? I'm using a >gif to replace the @ sign on my online page that displays my address. > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~majorville/address.html > > >Marcia Farina > I'm sure the addresses can be harvested by those who do such stuff, but such is true of queries and other places throughout the web site where folks have their email addresses listed. For those who wish to have their address non-clickable, as these are, or who want to apply the solution you state, I will certainly update to such. I've seen the use of something like this - myemail AT aol.com to show the @. I've also seen folks who add a letter to some portion of their address and make a note, remove zyx or whatever before sending me email. Whatever folks choose, is what I'll make adjustments for. Tim

Great Idea! I have one if you think it is a good fit for the page... MINER, Sereno W. , born 26 Nov 1826 in Cornwall, Litchfield, CT; died 9 March 1870 in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY; son of Luther MINER and Nancy MOORE of CT. My brick wall is that I can find no data or verification of his death. Family lore has it in Norwich, NY. Also, I have not been able to get his marriage record to Sarah Louise WILLIAMS, married in 1863, but where? And there is little information on Sereno W. Miner's first wife Mary E. BLIVEN (1836 - ?). They apparently had a child together, Mary or Mercy who died young in 1859. My guess is that she may have died in childbirth sometime around 1859. I have been unable to find any connections to existing family histories or any documented information on Sereno Miner and Mary E. Bliven, their marriage or her death, or to Sereno's marriage to Sarah Louise Williams or to his death in 1870. Family lore has it that he was an engineer and built pontoon bridges for the Union during the civil war, on the Delaware River? I have all the existing census information and have his line back to Thomas Miner and Grace Palmer of Stonington, CT from family records. I was just interested in learning more about the details of his life. J.B. Wilson, Beaverton, OR ------------------------------------------------------ Researching Miner, Tubbs, Bliven, Benedict, Williams from NY and PA ----------------------------------------------------- On Dec 26, 2007, at 9:47 PM, Tim Stowell wrote: Finally I have the Chenango Brickwall page up and running. Feedback please. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/chenango/brikwall.htm Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

Good idea, Tim. I have a couple that I should send in. Can the e-mail addresses in the far right column be harvested? I'm using a gif to replace the @ sign on my online page that displays my address. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~majorville/address.html Marcia Farina

Finally I have the Chenango Brickwall page up and running. Feedback please. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/chenango/brikwall.htm Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

October 1st or so, Chenango County gained a new county historian with the retirement of Dale Storms, the new historian is Patricia Evans. See - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/clerkcty.htm If anyone knows of changes that are needed on that site, I would greatly appreciate knowing it. Patricia had a page on line at one time for the 150th anniversary of North Norwich a few years back. I met her on my trip to Chenango county in March, 2003. The Chenango County Historical Society has a new website, with the new URL located at the bottom of the main Chenango page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/ Tim Stowell Chattanooga, TN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rmattes_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1273/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seasons Greetings to all the reseachers on rootsweb. A new year means a new discovery, and maybe an old brick wall solved. The History of our Ancestors has to be preserved for Future Generations to come. R. Matteson Town Historian Smyrna, N.Y Chenango County Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

At 01:15 PM 12/13/2007, Walter P. Coston wrote: >I loved reading this poem by Eugene Field. One lesson I got, as a >genealogist, was that people 100-200 years ago and earlier, who might >have completed just the 8th grade, a real educational accomplishment in >those days, were quite happy to be able to spell even though it was just >phonetically. Some of the schools in those days only went to the eighth >grade. If you wanted more education, you would have to go away for it. >If you finished the 8th grade, and did well, then you were qualified to >teach others. > >We should be glad that they spelled the way they did because that's the >reason we have some of the wonderful records that they left behind. >It's more than being tolerant. It's being grateful that they were able >to record anything in those days. > >Eugene Field was a great American author. I'm not sure if this is a reflection on the education I received or not. Until I picked up this book, while going through stacks of old books, opened it up and found this piece, I'd never heard of Eugene Field before. This book came out of a collection of books 3 aunts had, one of whom was a school librarian. I acquired this book from their estate over 10 years ago. This particular book was copyrighted 1898 by Julia Sutherland Field, his wife. Some folks have written speaking of a couple of other poems of his - Little Boy Blue for one and Christmas Treasures. Both were a bit too sad for me at this point, of which I may speak at some point. I did find out though that he was outside of poetry a quite interesting character. Tim

Melva, are you researching the Mercy Hackett who was married to Orange Ingraham? I don't have much info about her, but do have some. Also, regarding Tim's remarks : "This note is to wish each of you a good closing of the books for 2007, a better opening in 2008." I echo those wishes to Tim and the other researchers on the Chenango Co. list. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate Christmas, and Happy New Year to all. Pat Rowe Stone, Rochester, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "mcalaman" <mcalaman@penn.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] for all seasons > Melva Calaman (researching Mercy Hackett in Chenango County.) >