This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kuhn/Coon-Esselstyn,Chickering,Boughton-Hicks and Shelmadine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1702.1 Message Board Post: Dear James, From Koon and Coons Families of Eastern N.Y.by Wm.Solyman Coons-p.338 Freeman Coon,b.May 15,1827(Germantown Lutheran Ch.),m.Nancy C.____?before 1860 and prob.lived in Clermont.His known children were:Charles-10-25-1860,Ada-7-22-1862,Augustus-1-28-1865,and Arthur. I always warn that this book is known to have errors and especially,that this particular line is known to be mistaken at the first American generation.Hence, the family is actually of another Kuhn immigrant.This doesn't mean that the later family relationships are faulty but, do be cautious.I'll explain what I know if you are interested.According to this book,Freeman's father was Simon W.Kuhn,son of a Wilhelm or William Kuhn.