My maiden name is Allison and my Allison ancestors were from Orange Co., NY My G5 grandfather was Joseph Allison who moved to Goshen in 1725 and died in Goshen in 1755. His son, Richardson Allison, was my G4 grandfather and he also lived in Goshen in Orange County. I have a copy of Richardson Allison's will which he wrote in 1763. In his will he gave to his daughter, Pheby Allison, all rights to his "land in Cashechton, divided and undivided" I had no idea where Cashechton (sp?) was located when I read the will. After doing some Googling with several spelling variations, I found references to the town of Cocheckton/Cosheckton in the "History of Delaware County" by Munsell at http://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/munhank.html Does Delaware County have early land records that would help me discover whether Richardson Allison owned land there in 1763? Richardson Allison died in 1769, so I assume that Pheby inherited the land after his death. She married Abram Gale, so the land might have been registered under either the Allison or Gale surname after Richardson Allison's death. I am willing to pay someone to do land record research in Delaware County to find out if Richardson Allison and/or his daughter, Pheby Allison Gale, owned land in or near Cosheckton anytime in the 1760s or later. I live in California so I cannot do the research myself. Thank you in advance. Best wishes, Mary Allison Yonan yonan at fgi.net

The present-day town of Cochecton is in Sullivan County, and the area known as Cochecton (or something like it) straddled the Delaware River in what is now Sullivan Co. NY and Wayne Co. PA. Since neither was a county during the period you need any land records would be in the parent county. In the case of Wayne County, PA, it ws formed in 1789 from Northampton County and Sullivan County was created from Ulster in 1809. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed & Mary Yonan" <yonan@fgi.net> To: <NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:01 AM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton > My maiden name is Allison and my Allison ancestors were from Orange Co., > NY My G5 grandfather was Joseph Allison who moved to Goshen in 1725 and > died in Goshen in 1755. His son, Richardson Allison, was my G4 > grandfather and he also lived in Goshen in Orange County. I have a copy > of Richardson Allison's will which he wrote in 1763. In his will he gave > to his daughter, Pheby Allison, all rights to his "land in Cashechton, > divided and undivided" I had no idea where Cashechton (sp?) was located > when I read the will. After doing some Googling with several spelling > variations, I found references to the town of Cocheckton/Cosheckton in > the "History of Delaware County" by Munsell at > http://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/munhank.html > > Does Delaware County have early land records that would help me discover > whether Richardson Allison owned land there in 1763? Richardson Allison > died in 1769, so I assume that Pheby inherited the land after his death. > She married Abram Gale, so the land might have been registered under > either the Allison or Gale surname after Richardson Allison's death. > > I am willing to pay someone to do land record research in Delaware County > to find out if Richardson Allison and/or his daughter, Pheby Allison Gale, > owned land in or near Cosheckton anytime in the 1760s or later. I live > in California so I cannot do the research myself. > > Thank you in advance. > > Best wishes, > > Mary Allison Yonan > yonan at fgi.net > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

In regards to county names in Northeastern Pennsylvania, one should be aware that Northmoreland County in Pennsylvania once comprised what is now parts of Wayne, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. Northmoreland County land records are kept in the courthouse in Sunbury, PA. George Yarn(e)s -----Original Message----- From: Ed & Mary Yonan <yonan@fgi.net> To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 2:01 am Subject: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton My maiden name is Allison and my Allison ancestors were from Orange Co., NY My G5 grandfather was Joseph Allison who moved to Goshen in 1725 and died in Goshen in 1755. His son, Richardson Allison, was my G4 grandfather and he also lived in Goshen in Orange County. I have a copy of Richardson Allison's will which he wrote in 1763. In his will he gave to his daughter, Pheby Allison, all rights to his "land in Cashechton, divided and undivided" I had no idea where Cashechton (sp?) was located when I read the will. After doing some Googling with several spelling variations, I found references to the town of Cocheckton/Cosheckton in the "History of Delaware County" by Munsell at http://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/munhank.html Does Delaware County have early land records that would help me discover whether Richardson Allison owned land there in 1763? Richardson Allison died in 1769, so I assume that Pheby inherited the land after his death. She married Abram Gale, so the land might have been registered under either the Allison or Gale surname after Richardson Allison's death. I am willing to pay someone to do land record research in Delaware County to find out if Richardson Allison and/or his daughter, Pheby Allison Gale, owned land in or near Cosheckton anytime in the 1760s or later. I live in California so I cannot do the research myself. Thank you in advance. Best wishes, Mary Allison Yonan yonan at fgi.net To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Dear George, Ann and John, Thank you very much for your help in explaining boundary changes for counties and states which will have an impact on where I might find land records for Coshechton in the 1760s. I did find some information on another mailing list several months ago that Richardson Allison bought 300 acres of land in Donegal Twp of Lancaster Co., PA on 12 Oct 1739. At the time I found this tidbit of information, I wasn't sure that this info was about "my" Richardson Allison because I had no information that he ever had any connections with Pennsylvania. However, I've just checked the Handy Book for Genealogists and discovered that Northumberland Co., PA was formed from Lancaster, Berks and Cumberland Counties in PA in 1772. Now I obviously need to determine if the area called Coshechton that straddled the Delaware River was a part of Lancaster Co., PA in the 1760s. If so, I now realize that the land record for Richardson Allison that I'm looking for is in Lancaster Co., PA. My best wishes and sincere thanks, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <gyarns@aol.com> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton > In regards to county names in Northeastern Pennsylvania, one should be > aware that Northmoreland County in Pennsylvania once comprised what is now > parts of Wayne, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. > Northmoreland County land records are kept in the courthouse in Sunbury, > PA. > George Yarn(e)s > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed & Mary Yonan <yonan@fgi.net> > To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 2:01 am > Subject: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton > > > > My maiden name is Allison and my Allison ancestors were from Orange Co., > NY My > G5 grandfather was Joseph Allison who moved to Goshen in 1725 and died in > Goshen > in 1755. His son, Richardson Allison, was my G4 grandfather and he also > lived > in Goshen in Orange County. I have a copy of Richardson Allison's will > which he > wrote in 1763. In his will he gave to his daughter, Pheby Allison, all > rights > to his "land in Cashechton, divided and undivided" I had no idea where > Cashechton (sp?) was located when I read the will. After doing some > Googling > with several spelling variations, I found references to the town of > Cocheckton/Cosheckton in the "History of Delaware County" by Munsell at > http://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/munhank.html > > Does Delaware County have early land records that would help me discover > whether > Richardson Allison owned land there in 1763? Richardson Allison died in > 1769, > so I assume that Pheby inherited the land after his death. She married > Abram > Gale, so the land might have been registered under either the Allison or > Gale > surname after Richardson Allison's death. > > I am willing to pay someone to do land record research in Delaware County > to > find out if Richardson Allison and/or his daughter, Pheby Allison Gale, > owned > land in or near Cosheckton anytime in the 1760s or later. I live in > California > so I cannot do the research myself. > > Thank you in advance. > > Best wishes, > > Mary Allison Yonan > yonan at fgi.net > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In Pennsylvania the land records are in the county in which the site was located at the time the deed was executed. Thus, Wayne County records before 1798 are at the Northampton County courthouse in Easton. Since Northampton County was formed from Bucks County in 1752, previous records would be located in Doylestown. The other counties were formed from Northumberland (not Northmoreland) County, but Wayne was not. The evolution of Pennsylvania counties is described very nicely at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pagenweb/formation.html if anyone is interested. There is further confusion about Pennsylvania deeds because at the time in question the territory was also claimed and distributed for colonization by Connecticut. The Susquehanna Company and the Delaware Company were both organized in Connecticut to place settlers in the disputed territory before Pennsylvania could get colonists there. This mess was not straightened out until after the Revolution. And...parts of Sullivan County were disputed with New Jersey! In any case, Cochecton land records would not be in Delaware County. Actual settlement of the Cochecton, or "Cushetunk" (or as it's spelled on the 1790 census "Cosikton") area took place around 1755 and I don't see the name Allison in any of the local PA histories, which suggests to me that the land may have been bought as an investment or perhaps future home. Of course, I didn't check Ulster or Sullivan County histories. One other thought just occurred to me. I recently learned that, in Pennsylvania at least, owners of large tracts were allowed to keep land surveyed by July 4, 1776, but if the land had not been surveyed it apparently returned to the state and was redistributed. Much of the undeveloped land at that time was owned by these speculators who hoped to make a fortune as the area of settlement moved west. I don't know if this was true nationwide or on a state-by-state basis. Perhaps someone has done some research. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <gyarns@aol.com> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton > In regards to county names in Northeastern Pennsylvania, one should be aware that Northmoreland County in Pennsylvania once comprised what is now parts of Wayne, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. Northmoreland County land records are kept in the courthouse in Sunbury, PA. > George Yarn(e)s > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed & Mary Yonan <yonan@fgi.net> > To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 2:01 am > Subject: [NYDELAWA] Land records inquiry about land in Coshechton > > > >