This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kthompsn Surnames: GERRY THOMPSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/711.100/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You mention the GERRY surname in your original message. Do you have any info on this family? My gg-grandmother was Melissa or Malissa GERRY (or GARY?), born about 1822 in NY, married James R. Thompson of Chenango county in 1841. So far, she's a bit of a brick wall. 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: alygal_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1256.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks. Frank was actually Clifford's nephew. Frank's mother Susan died in childbirth and so Frank was raised by his uncle and aunt. Frank later inherited the dairy farm that Clifford ran. Thanks anyway. 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: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1252.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you know when he died?Have you ordered his pension records? 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: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1254.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You could check for a marriage in the index for vital records.There is one at the NYS library in Albany. 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: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1256.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The 1910 & 1920 census shows Clifford having a son J. Frank/Frank J. b. abt 1905 NY.Have you seen those?It does not appear that they had other children.You could check deeds and probate to find more.The NYS library has an index for vital records which I can search (small fee) if you are interested in finding death dates.If you had that you may find an obituary. 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: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1258.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe there was a lot of TB (consumption) at the time. 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.

I've reopened the gateway between queries on Rootsweb/Ancestry and the mailing list. This means that queries posted on the board there should show up momentarily on the list. I had had it moderated so long, I'd forgotten it was moderated due to the person who kept posting spam to the board. Tim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JaneCoryell Surnames: KINYON, BENEDICT, CHURCH, COOK, BRISBIN, KING Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1258/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thirteen members of my family--Joseph and Prudence Wilcox Kinyon, plus their children, children-in-law, and grandchildren are buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Sherburne. Five of the family died within 15 months--one in Sept. 1838, two in Mar. 1839, and one each in Nov. and Dec. 1839. Does anyone know of an epidemic that occurred during that time period? 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.

found a searchable website that has early New York Abstracts of Wills and Letters of Administration, for Free ! You can search by county and surname. newenglandancestors.org click on Research It has other databases, but they require you to join the organization. I found some good information on the Wylie family there. Some of them lived in Broome County but apparently filed in Chenango. Note- they are handwritten and some are hard to read. Example: Said is abbreviated as sd. evelyn

Is there anyone on the list who lives in Norwich, that would look up a land record for me? Please send me an email and I will send info to find the record. I have a probate date, and I would assume the property would be sold or transfered shortly after. Thanks, Sharie Moss Bluff, LA

Is there anyone on the list who lives in Norwich, that would look up a land record for me? Please send me an email and I will send info to find the record. I have a probate date, and I would assume the property would be sold or transfered shortly after. Thanks, Sharie Moss Bluff, LA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: galuap Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/63.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've just come into possession of a hand-written family tree (not sure the age) which shows Charlotte Fox b. 1802, Chenango County, married James Young, parents: Amasa Fox & Abigail Wyer. Amasa the son of William Fox & Mercy, surname unknown. Abigail the daughter of James Wier & Hannah House. William Fox the son of Abraham Fox & Dorothy Hollister. 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: rcooper169 Surnames: Cole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1257.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the reply and offer. I'd like to discuss this offline but can't find your email address. Please email me at r5b6c-x1@yahoo.com 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: rmattes_1 Surnames: Cole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1257.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Sherburne West Hill Cemetery is listed online Amos Cole and his wife and 3 consorts are all buried there. The West Hill cemetery is West of Sherburne on Rt.80. If you want a digital picture of the head stones I can get them. West Hill is still in use today, and is very well keep. for my email click on my profile. 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: rcooper169 Surnames: Cole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1257/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Amos COLE died in 1852 and is supposedly buried in West Hill Church Cemetery, Sherburne, Chenango County, NY. Please help verify this information. Does the grave have a marker that could be visited or photographed? If so, where is the cemetery located? Thank you! 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.

Since my last update which was on 3/4 - For this update - ====================== Cortland County - Balance of biographies from Smith's 1885 History of Cortland county: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/smithhis.htm An interesting bunch of bios. One thing I learned from these is that Cincinnatus used to be in Onondaga county. A few more biographies from the 1898 biography book: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/books/1898bios.htm Brown, Bentley, Underwood plus 8 portraits of persons whose biographies were previously posted. ====================== Chenango County - At long last the complete 1951 County, City, Town Officers of Chenango County contributed by Jack Eaton was placed on-line. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1951dir.htm ====================== Madison County - Chapter 42 of the 1880 History of Madison County: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/books/1880-42.htm history of schools in Madison and Chenango counties on a general nature. Very interesting reading. One fact I learned was that pupils were subjected to punishments worse than what was allowed in the prisons of that time. =============================================================== In other news I'm continuing the addition of cemeteries in Barker Township in Broome County http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/broome/barker.htm as well as the 1872 business directory which will have histories of the towns and a directory of people in each town. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/broome/books/1872dir.htm ----------------------------------------------- In my note of 4/20 to the lists I stated: "On another front I'm in the process or have already picked items for Chenango and Madison counties which I'll be adding to the assorted web sites later in the year." So here's what I've picked up to add as I can: Chenango - Board of Supervisors - Journal of Proceedings - 1925 Cortland - County Directory - 1902 Madison - Supervisors Journal - 1925 and 1932 The Chenango book has 415 pages, Madison has 210 and 276 respectively and the Cortland book has 523 pages. Frankly some of this is boring as watching dust bunnies grow but here and there some neat stuff appears. There's the dog tax, bovine TB eradication, coroner's inquests are a few of the subjects. ----------------------------------------------- At some point I'll be seeking list sitters for these lists as at some point this fall I'll be away for about a month. I don't have all my ducks in a row for my away time, so at this point I have no exact schedule when this will occur. In the meantime, I'm in the midst of coding another book for Cortland County. Tim

I'm curious if anyone has any additional information about the following family that migrated to Chenango County. In particular, I'd like to learn Margaret's maiden name. For anyone interested, I have additional ancestry and descendant information. Aaron FRANKLIN was born on 11 Feb 1728 in Swansea, MA. He died in 1829/1830 in East Pharsalia, NY. Aaron served in the military and was a member of the "Silver Greys" which was a company of old men too old to otherwise serve. He died in 1829/1830. Aaron married Margaret ?. Margaret and Aaron Franklin were also the great great grandparents of President Calvin Coolidge (Calvin - Victoria Moor COOLIDGE - Abigail Franklin MOOR - Luther Franklin - Jabez Franklin - Margaret and Aaron Franklin), the 30th President of the United States. They had the following children: (1) Jabez Franklin -- born in 1759 in Scituate, RI and died on 26 Feb 1829 in Guilford, VT. Jabez married Sarah STARR. Sarah was born on 28 Nov 1760 in Killingly, Connecticut. She died on 20 Aug 1805 in Guilford, NY. (2) Moses Franklin -- born on 24 Oct 1763 in Scituate, RI and died on 4 Feb 1854 in East Springfield, Otsego Co., NY. Moses enlisted in the Continental Army when he was about fourteen years old and served as a scout for nine months in the area of Massachusetts to Lake Champlain. After his discharge from the army he enlisted in the navy but soon after leaving port the ship he was on was returned on account of unfitness of the ship's commander. He then shipped in a merchant vessel but just before peace was declared the ship and crew were captured by a British privateer and the crew was put ashore on one of the West Indies Islands. He made his way back to America and to Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y. and became a farmer. He drew a pension for his army service. (3) Aaron Franklin -- born about 1766. (4) Jeremy Franklin -- born before 1770 in Scituate, RI. (5) Benjamin Franklin -- born in 1770 in Scituate, RI or VT and died on 9 Aug 1847 in Preston, Chenango County, NY. He was buried in East Pharsalia Cemetery, Pharsalia, Chenango County, NY. Benjamin Franklin and his wife Sarah BENNETT came to Chenango County, NY with their nine children from Windham Co. Vt., over the Green Mountains, via Cherry Valley turnpike in a covered wagon drawn by oxen (except for Stephen the oldest son, who was married to Betsey Ashcraft of Connecticut who came on horseback -- both riding the same horse). They stopped for a while at Cherry Valley, then came from there to Pharsalia, Chenango County and settled in 1815. Pharsalia had been set off from Norwich in the year 1806. It is recorded in the county clerk's office that Benjamin and Sarah Franklin from McDonough bought a farm in Preston from William Packer in 1844. In early life, Benjamin was said to have been a democrat, but that he was ever a man who had the courage of his convictions, and when the principles of that party failed to coincide with his ideas he became identified with the Whigs and later with the Republican party. He was also a member of the Baptist church of which he was for many years Deacon. Sarah was born about 1775 in VT. She died on 24 Mar 1855 in Preston, NY. She was buried in East Pharsalia Cemetery, Pharsalia, NY. (6) Martha Franklin. (7) Elizabeth Franklin. Elizabeth married Aaron BENNETT.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: alygal_1 Surnames: Brown Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1256/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendants and/or information on Clifford Brown family. They had a dairy farm in the early part of last century around Bainbridge. Census records we found: Clifford b. 1873 in Scott, Wayne PA, was married to Lulu M. They were in Bainbridge by the 1920 census. Cliffords family. Sisters: Cora (b 1872) and Susan(b 1879?)also born in Scott, Wayne, PA. Parents: Thomas Brown b. Ireland abt 1847. Mother was Nancy M. born in NY abt 1855. Our family descends from Susan, the youngest, but my dad remembers Clifford and the farm. 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: treff2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/79.81.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Josephine is listed in the 1900 Masonville Census with James and Elizabeth Littebrant Blencoe as adopted. She is 21 in 1900, she is not with them in 1870 or 1880. I do not have any information on a marriage date for Evaline and Walter. I also do not have the Brown information. Rene' 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: rmattes_1 Surnames: Sprague / Bullock Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/79.83/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Digging through more records I have here I came across this information from the Simeon Bullock Register Effie Diadama Bullock. Born on 18 Aug 1869 in Sherburne, Chenango County, NY. Effie Diadama died in Sherburne, NY at home after a stroke 5 days before on 2 Oct 1938, she was 69. Buried on 4 Oct 1938 in Christ Church Cemetery, Sherburne, NY. Religion: Methodist. On 9 Nov 1892 when Effie Diadama was 23, she married Charles Ezekiel Sprague, son of Marcus (Marquis) Lafayette Sprague & Betsey Ann Evans, in Sherburne, New York. Born on 5 Nov 1863 in McDonough, Chenango County, NY. Charles Ezekiel died in Sherburne, NY of a "shock" 5 1/2 days before on 8 Sep 1935, he was 71. They had the following children: 21 i. Clarence Earl (1893-1951) 22 ii. Harold Wayne (1896-1972) 23 iii. Leila Mae (1898-1971) iv. Cora Content. Born on 29 Feb 1904. Cora Content died on 2 Aug 1906, she was 2. Buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Sherburne, NY. It seems the Sprague I posted about in the previous message is the wrong Charles 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.