Hello, I'm interested in gathering the history, photos, etc. of the Chatham Center Methodist church. I am wondering if anyone on this list is connected or has information. I am new to the list, so not sure if this church has been discussed before. Thanks!! Grace

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BettyPultzSmith Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1898.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The cem. was Ghent Union. No church there. Church is in town,Christs Evangelical Church of Ghent.St.Luke's Mellenvile. A beautiful small white church My family was Johane Michael Cookingham Pultz-Sabastian Pultz Asher,George B. Pultz Traver, Peter Grant Pultz Sitzer, William A.Pultz Schouten, Herbert W. Pultz Spoor, T. Austin Pultz Clift, (Me) Betty Pultz Smith 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: megsgeneo Surnames: Pultz, Cookingham, Tremper, Traver, Dederick, Tipple, Froleigh Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1898.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Which church was this? I have some of the same surnames that you do and would like to see if we connect. Margaret 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.

The cem. is the towns , I thought, not sure, I didn't think it was associated with the church. The church is the Christ's Lutheran Church of Ghent, which was just sold to the Mennonites. Thanks, Bill Satter -----Original Message----- From: nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:10 PM To: NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Churches This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BettyPultzSmith Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.co lumbia/1898.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The cem. was Ghent Union. No church there. Church is in town,Christs Evangelical Church of Ghent.St.Luke's Mellenvile. A beautiful small white church My family was Johane Michael Cookingham Pultz-Sabastian Pultz Asher,George B. Pultz Traver, Peter Grant Pultz Sitzer, William A.Pultz Schouten, Herbert W. Pultz Spoor, T. Austin Pultz Clift, (Me) Betty Pultz Smith 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. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bpultzs Surnames: Pultz, Cookingham,Traver, Sitzer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1898.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was at the cem. last week and those head stones are in bad shape.Trees fallen on them and falling over.Was there years ago and they were fine. Don't know what happened. The maine cem across the road was in great shape but that one was kind of forgotten. What can a body do I live in FL or I would take care of it myself. Betty Pultz 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: mminshew114 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/12.212/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for Michael Wayne Mattoon that lived in Huntsville Al during the 70's and went to high school @ J.O.Johson High. He should be around 52 years of age. He had a sister, Maureen Mattoon. Thanks , Mike Minshew 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: LeCalvin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4881.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What do you find confusing about the State Library being in Albany, the capital of the State of New York? 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: diamndldy3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4881.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This book is online. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/1b.html 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: familytreewriter Surnames: Too many surnames to list; please read this detailed gen. info. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4881/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This very thick book is supposed to be the most complete on the Schermerhorns states the author Richard Schermerhorn Jr. who publ. the book in 1914. I found it in the N.Y.State Library which is on the 7th floor of the Cultural Education building in Albany (not N.Y. City as one might think by the name) and was able to photocopy by use of an overhead copier about sixty pages or so of history on the family and genealogy charts. I hope to go back there and copy some more. If you are looking for an ancestor who was a Schermerhorn or married to a Schermerhorn it would be helpful to me if you list it like so: (this is my line b.t.w.): Harriet Schermerhorn b. 11 Oct 1814 (m. George Lansing)of Northumberland, N.Y. was dau. to : Cornelius K. Schermerhorn b. 2 Apr 1779 (m. to Catherine Sands) of either Saratoga Cty or Dutchess Cty (possibly Rhinebeck, NY), son of Jan Schermerhorn bap. on 11 Aug. 1752 (m. Catherine Knickerbocker of Linlithgow, Scotland) who was of Rhinebeck N.Y., who was son of: Ryer Schermerhorn bapt. 24 Feb. 1702 of (Albany...just so. of Albany apparently is or was "Schodack Landing" where this line of Schermerhor! ns were from/there is another line from Schenectady and still other lines all desc. from same ances. who will be mentioned at bottom of this email)This Ryer S. m. (first, Geertje Ten Eyck which is not my line)2nd wife (my line) was: Marritje Decker Osterhout (Osterhout may have been her former m. name as she was a widow when she marr. Ryer) Ryer S. was son of: Jacob Jacobse (Jacobse meaning son of (another)Jacob)Schermerhorn who was b. abt 1661 who m. Gerritie Hendrickse Van Buren; This Jacob Jacobse Schermerhorn was the son of: Jacob Jansen (son of Jan, in other words) Van Amsterdam Van Schermerhorn (expl. later on this name)and who m. Jannetje Cornelisen (dau. of Cornelius) Egmont Van Voorhout (I have lots of info on her name and lineage)and they were both from a place called "Schermerhorn" which in Dutch means: Scher "clear or bright" / mer "sea"/ horn "point" or a section of land a "point" jutting out to the sea in other words ...and this place called Schermerhorn was i! n a place called Waterland which is in Amsterdam, Holland. He used the double name to clarify where he was from and then dropped the Van Amsterdam and used Van Schermerhorn and subsequent gen. used only Schermerhorn. His father and anc. however only used their own first names followed by the nameof their own father which they added "sen" to however we see later in dutch tradition in America where they used "se" (I am not clear if se refers to one gender and sen to another, perhaps someone else can clarify). (He died after 1654 in Holland). His father was: Jan Jacobsen b. in 1590 in Schermerhorn, Waterland, Holland who m. ? who was the son of : Jacob Reyersen b. 1569 and who m. ? who was the son of: Reyer J. who was b. abt. 1541 in Holland. For any more info or if you wish me to photocopy all I have you will have to contact me and pay me for copies and postage. I am very very busy but if you are patient I can do this for you or post some data for you from what I have. I was very excited to find this book. It is falling apart, has some photos of! afew Schermerhorns and of a house where the Schodack Landing Schermerhorns lived which was so. of Albany apparently. Will try to post more info. another time. I can be reached at: gracefultruth@gmail.com or better to post ques. here so all can see and share what we relate re: this family. Sincerely, Elizabeth Lansing 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.

Hi Cliff, I've seen that account in the History of Columbia County, citing the same source. I believe you have the likely candidate. On the same page, in the above, is another later account of an attack, also in Kinderhook, on the family of Jochem Van Valkenburgh. He shot the indian abducting his wife. Wounded her in the process, but got her back. The Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops, 1755-1764, also indicates that men were called out at that time to blunt the attacks and were in the field for a few months. Jim -----Original Message----- From: nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Cliff Lamere Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:42 PM To: nycolumb@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYCOLUMB] John Gardenier scalped in 1755 I found the following information in Google Books. It was a quote from a 1755 New York City newspaper during the French and Indian War. After John Gardenier was scalped, a collection was taken in New York City and the money was sent to the Gardenier family. I have found the newspaper article transcribed three times. The one below (and another) appears to be a transcription that changed the spelling of a few words to those of contemporary times. Cliff Lamere ___________________ http://books.google.com/books?dq=%22john+gardenier%22+albany&pg=PA222&id=xQg FAAAAYAAJ Memoirs of the life of Henry Van Schaack, Embracing Selections from his Correspondence During the American Revolution. by his nephew Henry Cruger Van Schaack. (Chicago, 1892) pg 222 APPENDIX B "We hear from Kinderhook that on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, as four men, two boys and a negro were hoeing corn in a field near that place, they were surprised and fired upon by six Indians and a Frenchman, which wounded one of the men, a boy and a negro fellow, when they, with two others, took to their heels. The seventh, named John Gardenier, ran towards their arms, that were nigh at hand; and having dispatched two of the Indians, a third closed in upon him, and, in the scuffle, the Frenchman came up, and seeing Gardenier get the better of the Indians, he knocked him down with his piece and afterwards scalped him, when the Indians made off and carried their dead with them. Some short time after, Gardenier came to himself, and with some difficulty reached the fort. He was so stunned with the blow he received from the Frenchman, that he was insensible of his being scalped until he was informed by the people, who discovered the blood, but remembered the whole of their proceedings before, and said he could have killed three of the Indians had not the second gun he took up missed fire. On the receipt of the above news the sum of twelve pounds was immediately raised, by a few gentlemen in this city, and sent to John Gardenier for his gallant behavior, to support his wife and family during his illness; and it is to be hoped that those gentlemen who would willingly infuse a martial spirit in the armies now going against our enemies, will follow an example so truly worthy of their imitation. -- The New York Mercury of 14th July, 1755." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I suspect that this John Gardenier was the Johannes Gardenier who was born about 1721 in Albany, NY. He was the great grandson of Jacob Janse Gardenier. Johannes married 22 Jun 1750 Marytje "Maria" Woodcock at the Albany Reformed Church, although both were from Kinderhook at the time. Their first child Johannes was baptized 3 Jul 1752 at the Kinderhook Reformed Church. No other children were baptized before the scalping. Their later children were baptized at Kinderhook Reformed Church as well, including one as late as 1767. If I'm correct about the identity of this John Gardenier, then the scalping did not cause an early death. We had a discussion about the fort earlier on this mailing list. I have since been able to determine that the current address where the fort was located in Kinderhook is 15 Hudson St. Cliff Lamere Albany, NY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I found the following information in Google Books. It was a quote from a 1755 New York City newspaper during the French and Indian War. After John Gardenier was scalped, a collection was taken in New York City and the money was sent to the Gardenier family. I have found the newspaper article transcribed three times. The one below (and another) appears to be a transcription that changed the spelling of a few words to those of contemporary times. Cliff Lamere ___________________ http://books.google.com/books?dq=%22john+gardenier%22+albany&pg=PA222&id=xQgFAAAAYAAJ Memoirs of the life of Henry Van Schaack, Embracing Selections from his Correspondence During the American Revolution. by his nephew Henry Cruger Van Schaack. (Chicago, 1892) pg 222 APPENDIX B "We hear from Kinderhook that on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, as four men, two boys and a negro were hoeing corn in a field near that place, they were surprised and fired upon by six Indians and a Frenchman, which wounded one of the men, a boy and a negro fellow, when they, with two others, took to their heels. The seventh, named John Gardenier, ran towards their arms, that were nigh at hand; and having dispatched two of the Indians, a third closed in upon him, and, in the scuffle, the Frenchman came up, and seeing Gardenier get the better of the Indians, he knocked him down with his piece and afterwards scalped him, when the Indians made off and carried their dead with them. Some short time after, Gardenier came to himself, and with some difficulty reached the fort. He was so stunned with the blow he received from the Frenchman, that he was insensible of his being scalped until he was informed by the people, who discovered the blood, but remembered the whole of their proceedings before, and said he could have killed three of the Indians had not the second gun he took up missed fire. On the receipt of the above news the sum of twelve pounds was immediately raised, by a few gentlemen in this city, and sent to John Gardenier for his gallant behavior, to support his wife and family during his illness; and it is to be hoped that those gentlemen who would willingly infuse a martial spirit in the armies now going against our enemies, will follow an example so truly worthy of their imitation. -- The New York Mercury of 14th July, 1755." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I suspect that this John Gardenier was the Johannes Gardenier who was born about 1721 in Albany, NY. He was the great grandson of Jacob Janse Gardenier. Johannes married 22 Jun 1750 Marytje "Maria" Woodcock at the Albany Reformed Church, although both were from Kinderhook at the time. Their first child Johannes was baptized 3 Jul 1752 at the Kinderhook Reformed Church. No other children were baptized before the scalping. Their later children were baptized at Kinderhook Reformed Church as well, including one as late as 1767. If I'm correct about the identity of this John Gardenier, then the scalping did not cause an early death. We had a discussion about the fort earlier on this mailing list. I have since been able to determine that the current address where the fort was located in Kinderhook is 15 Hudson St. Cliff Lamere Albany, NY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JimGarrison60 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4880/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking information on Cora Finch, b. Dec. 15, 1890 in Chatham, NY. Parents were James Gilbert Finch and Elizabeth Hannah Stalker. 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: JudithZervas Surnames: Wilber Wilbur Wilbor Wildbore Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4879/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for ancestry of Sarah daughter of Solomon Wilber. She m. Reuben Wilbur, prob. in PA she d. there in 1920. She was supposedly b. in NY and Solomon was supposedly b. in VT. I have a photo of Solomon at "age 66", but it is not dated. I think he may have been b. in the 1770's. Thanks 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: wolfbill1965 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/7.102.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jacob Salls had a daughter, Phoebe, born 1780. For more info on the Salls', check out www.kalacinski.org 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: JasonDDecker Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4878/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a ring that belonged to Moses Decker also the bible that James Henry Decker gave to me my grandfather dated 1896. His father was John, which was the brother of Moses. If my grandfather was alive today he would be 104 yrs. old. I also have hand written names from my grandmother, of all the Decker names and civil war picture as well. About Moses Decker and the Puritan movement and the Church he built in Delaware 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.

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.columbia/4877/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Capital District Genealogical Society will meet at the Colonie Town Library 629 Albany-Shaker Road, Loudonville Saturday June 27, 2009 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. The computer group will meet at 1 P.M. The computer group is an informal demonstration by one of our members of sites and tips to use on your computer The topic for the meeting will be Albany County Hall of Records The speaker will be Thomas G. Clingan Albany County Clerk Please join us the meeting is free and open to the public. Capital District Genealogical Society P.O. Box 2175 Empire State Plaza Station Albany, NY 12220 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: lingowi Surnames: Quackenbush Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4875/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking info on Ann Quackenbush, living in 1860s, location unknown or a Mr. Quackenbush of NJ in 1860s. Have photos of them from the 1860s photo album of Elizabeth Post of Van Buren Twp, Wayne Co, MI. Her father, Henry C. Post, came from Hoboken, NJ and also lived in Parma, Monroe Co, NY before moving to Wayne Co, MI. Quackenbushes may have been Post family relatives. 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: lingowi Surnames: Whealer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1519.1521/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wondering if your Critje Whealer from the rootsweb message board is related to Kathern Whealer of NY and her son, Martin, age about 1 in the 1860s. Have photos of them and Edna Whealer of NY. Kathern was the daughter of Jane Bucklow or Buchlow or Buckleh, not sure about spelling and maiden name unknown, but born in NJ, who on 22 Oct 1847 married Henry C. Post who was living in Van Buren Twp, Wayne Co, MI at that time, but who was born in Hoboken, New Jersey and in late 1820s lived in Parma, NY, before moving to MIchigan. Henry's second wife had been Jane Demorest Hendricks, also from NJ. 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: SMULVEY Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4870.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From the book "City of Hudson Burying Grounds Interments 1829-1873" by Arthur C.M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY, 1986 on page 173: HORTON, Eliza, died Hudson, consumption, married, age 34 y. In the 19 July 1870 Census at Hudson, Ward 4, Dwelling 168, family 207 living in the household of Sarah Suffman: William Horton, age 45, male, white, Sexton Ep. Church, born England. William Jr., age 10, male, white, born Ireland. In the Hudson Orphan Asylum, 25 July 1870 Census, Ward 4, page 37: John Horton, age 7 male, white, born England, mother and father of foreign birth, attended school Walter Horton, age 4, male, white, born New York. Then in the 21 June 1880 census, 3rd Ward Hudson, page 22, ED 18 at 172 Union Street: William Horton, white, male, age 45, married, sexton, born England as were his parents. Catherine, white, female, age 52, wife, married, keeping house born Ireland as were her parents. John T., white, male, age 16, son, single, attended school, born England, parents born England. Walter, white, male, age 14, son, single, born New York, parents born England. So it seems after Eliza died two of their children John and Walter lived for a time at the Hudson Orphan Asylum then after William remarried they joined the family. I couldn't find William Jr. in the 1880 census at Hudson and there is no death notice in the above mentioned book. Susan 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: dldove22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4874.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, it's the same one. Sorry. 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.