This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kenyon, Lacey(Lacy), Byington, Gill, Oxley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1819.2 Message Board Post: My Kenyons hail from Columbia County as well, mostly Ghent but I think James Crandell Kenyon lived in Mellenville/Claverack. Here they are in 1870: NARA film M593, roll 920, page 270A, starting with line 8: Kenyon, Peter (Real name is Pierpont), w, H, 45, NY, carpenter Kenyon, Ruth (Palmer), w, W, 43, NY Kenyon, William, w, S, 16, NY, in school Kenyon, Jennie, w, D, 14, NY, in school Kenyon, Frank, w, S, 11, NY, in school Kenyon, Mary, w, D, 8, NY, in school Kenyon, Carrie, w, D, 6, NY, in school Kenyon, Ada, w, D, 2, NY Kenyon, Minnie, w, D, 4 mo., NY Then I have this information to possibly tie together: >From Dick Kenyon: I did find one thing of interest in the 1850 census for Columbia Co. NY. Quite possibly I found Pierpont's parents, although the ages don't jibe. In 1850, Claverack, Columbia Co. NY, page 26, starting line 37 is: Kinyon, James C., 59, m, RI, laborer, $300 Kinyon, Mary, 61, f, RI They are living alone. There are other Kenyon families in Claverack. One that is improperly indexed as "Renyon" (but looks like "Kenyon" when I viewed the film) is (p. 25, l. 9): Kenyon, Horace, 31, m, RI, farmer, $12,000 Kenyon, Delight, 28, f, NY Kenyon, Edwin, 6, m, NY, in school Kenyon, Elizabeth A., 3, f, NY, in school (!!) Kenyon, Lucy, 1, f, NY Edy, George, 20, m, MA Tator,Jonas, 16, m, NY Rivenburg, Mary, 16, f, NY Later on p. 41, l. 42, still in Claverack is the household: Richmond, Mary, 44, f, MA Kenyon, Caroline, 23, f, RI I just looked at 1860 Columbia Co. and find a James C. and Mary, perhaps living next to the family of one of their children (Claverack, p. 558, l. 13): Kenyon, John, 38, m, NY, farm labourer, $500, $200 Kenyon, Catharine, 36, f, NY Kenyon, John, 8, m, NY, in school Kenyon, Mary A., f, NY, in school Kenyon, William, 4, m, NY Kenyon, Eugena, 2, f, NY and in the very next dwelling listed in the census schedule: Kenyon, James C., 69, m, NY, farm labourer, $150 Kenyon, Mary, 74, f, NY I know that Pierpont's parents were a James Crandell (born 1807, died 1867) and Mary (Johnson) Kenyon and that James' dad is also named James (born 1770) and that the family is originally from RI. Maybe we are researching one in the same families? -Grace