Hi Mary, All I could find on Lambert Hopper is as follows: On page 353 the Town Of Saranac: Other pioneers were Lambert HOPPER, a local Methodist minister, who came in 1805, Wright SPAULDING, John CHAMBERLAIN, John M. HOPPER, Sylvanus SMITH, Lyman MUNLY, John GREGORY, Lewis and Isaac FERRIS and Isaac and John LAMBERT. Further on down the page under early schools: "Dr. Haynes states that the first school in this town was taught by Royal SPALDING. Dr. French makes the same statement in his "Gazetter" (1860). There seems to be a diversity of opinion in this matter, as the PLATTSBURGH REPUBLICAN says, "The first school in the town was kept by John HOPPER, son of Lambert HOPPER (mentioned previously), in Ezekiel PEARCE'S house and Royal SPALDING was the second school-master". On page 358 under the heading of Methodist Episcopal Church of Saranac. "Among the early members were A. B. VAUGHN, Jared SPAULDDING, Lambert HOPPER, George PARSON, Platt THORN, James L. BEAN, Thos. HOYT, Stewart FRAZER, Andrew HULL, Zebulon BURKE, Joshua and Nathan ARNOLD, Samuel and Z. S. HAYNES, Samuel WEAVER, Henry PARSONS, John SATFORD, Alfred FLING, and E. B. GRISWOLD. Sue [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN PLATTSBURGH--Hopper > Sue, all I know for sure is that Lambert came to Clinton Co from > Orange/Rockland Co after the Revolutionary War. He is listed in the 1790 > census in Plattsburg. The family lived in the Saranac area. Around 1830 > Lambert's sons John and Cornelius moved to Illinois. Lambert lived for a > time with his son Nathaniel in western NY/Erie Co, PA, then moved on to Ill > where he died 1833. His second wife, Lovica (who at the time of her marriage > to Lambert was the widow of John Moore) apparently remained in Clinton Co. > Lambert's first wife, Abbey, died 1813. > > Mary > > > > > In a message dated 02/28/2000 5:23:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << i Mary, > > Do you know when he was a preacher? I have a list and dates of preachers in > the Methodist Church of Plattsburgh through 1880 when the book was written. > > A super great friend gave me their address and I am sending a letter off to > them tomorrow and see what, if anything, they have in their archives on my > family. She said that the original church just merged with another > Methodist Church and all their files should be located with this new one. > The name, address and phone number is: > > UNITED METHODIST CHURCH > 127 Beekman Street > Plattsburgh, NY 12901 > > (518) 563-2992 > > Here's hoping you can find what you are looking for. > > > Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN PLATTSBURGH > > > > I too would love to see information on this church. My ancestor, Lambert > > Hopper was, according to pension papers, a preacher. Family members were > > Methodist so we presume that Lambert was an unordained Methodist preacher > > (Methodist archives have no record of him). Would love to see records of > > baptism and marriage for his daughter Sally 1811. > > >> > > > Mary Slack Maynard > Researching Slack, Gregory, Hopper, Bigelow/Bigalow, Nichols, Dunning, Mead, > Fish in NY and New England, Nash, Maginn/McGinn, Donahue, Vokes in NY and > Ireland, Aird and Crombie in NY and Scotland >