Charlotte, I'm looking for a woman named Elizabeth Palmer or Elizabeth Douglas who married Jacob Hoag in Macedon, Wayne Co, NY. on Dec 1. 1785. Both Jacob and Elizabeth (Aug 19, 1760-Sept 6, 1818) were supposedly b. in Dutchess Co. She is one of my major brick walls. I'll be sending you a check for $2.50. thanks, Leslie Hope -----Original Message----- From: nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of C J Sheldon Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 1:10 PM To: nydutche@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDUTCHE] About PALMERS in Duchess Co.,NY Although I have VERY few PALMERS--I just ran across some eight pages copied from Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich--CT.by MEAD for another reason . This book is widely available but in these 8 pages- someone who obviously had, or had researched , PALMERS had written in ink copious notes in the margins and around the bottom, too.. The book was donated to the Santa Barbara Gen. Library where I research from time to time. The notes in the margins are many and not all plainly written. However, if the note-writer had knowledge that a LISTED PALMER from CT. either married or migrated out of CT., a line is drawn into the margin and a note added. I counted at LEAST 6 PALMER men as having migrated into Duchess County,NY ; many to Saratoga,NY area; quite a few 'western NY'--usually Erie CO. or stated Buffalo; a number to other western states. I do not have Gedcom capability,nor FAX. If you are interested and send your street address and $2.50 to me in advance to C.J.SHeldon 106 Madonna Lane Newbury Park, CA. 91320-3927...........I will mail them to you. Charlotte J. Sheldon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.8/1235 - Release Date: 1/21/2008 9:39 AM

Hi abracadabra243 , I have many of the persons listed in the Jerome H. Fort, 1924 book listed on my website at www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/ I am related to all of the Forts and many ot the other families. -- Richard

Hi Loreen, Abraham Fort is my 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousin. He married Mary Jane Monfort on 29 Dec 1776. I have 11 children for them. I have spouses for some of them. None of the ones that I have are Travers, Lathropes, Greens, Hammonds. -- Richard

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Although I have VERY few PALMERS--I just ran across some eight pages copied from Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich--CT.by MEAD for another reason . This book is widely available but in these 8 pages- someone who obviously had, or had researched , PALMERS had written in ink copious notes in the margins and around the bottom, too.. The book was donated to the Santa Barbara Gen. Library where I research from time to time. The notes in the margins are many and not all plainly written. However, if the note-writer had knowledge that a LISTED PALMER from CT. either married or migrated out of CT., a line is drawn into the margin and a note added. I counted at LEAST 6 PALMER men as having migrated into Duchess County,NY ; many to Saratoga,NY area; quite a few 'western NY'--usually Erie CO. or stated Buffalo; a number to other western states. I do not have Gedcom capability,nor FAX. If you are interested and send your street address and $2.50 to me in advance to C.J.SHeldon 106 Madonna Lane Newbury Park, CA. 91320-3927...........I will mail them to you. Charlotte J. Sheldon

Thank you. I think the Monforts are a big family. So are the Travers. Loreen RichardAHayes@comcast.net wrote: > Hi Loreen, > > Abraham Fort is my 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousin. He married > Mary Jane Monfort on 29 Dec 1776. I have 11 children for them. I have spouses for some of them. None of the ones that I have are Travers, Lathropes, Greens, Hammonds. > -- > Richard > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE-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: Loreen_Wells Surnames: Traver, Lathrope, Green, Monfort, Hammond Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your offer. I am really interested in John Monfort's descendants if I can find them. I think they might provide clues for my grandmother and her mother. It's fun you have the Traver name in your life that way. The Travers are a big family with lots of descendants. I think many of them are still in Dutchess Co. and I think they're all related. My grandmother's family came apart and I have been trying to put the pieces back together. She lost custody of 6 children in CT in the late 1800s, looks like, and then had a big rift with her family of origin. She came all the way west and left everybody there behind. Cut them all out of her life, including her first family of children. We never knew any of them. I found the descendants of my grandmother's brother. They have a photo of relatives who visited them in Norwalk CT after WWII. Those relatives came from Poughkeepsie but their names are lost now. John and Eleanor Traver Monfort had a close relationship to my ggran! dmother. She got married at their house and is buried in their plot at Poughkeepsie Rural. I hope it's maybe that part of the family that stayed connected. I would like to find out what really happened, also who those people in the picture are. 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: janvanagain Surnames: Traver and Monfort Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Loreen, I will keep an eye out for any info on your John Monfort, are you looking for John's parents or siblings, or descendants, the time period suggests he could be a nephew or great nephew or a cousin once removed. I am amused because I live in Wilton NY and grew up on Traver Road at what was once called Travers Corners and my parents purchased the house I grew up in from a Will Traver, Will's parents lived on the family farm across the street, built 1810 or so! So maybe this is relavent. good luck, if you need more info or a cemetery check I will be happy to check it out. Jan VR 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.

I am interested in obtaining information on the on the Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel and Sally Lake who were residents of Charlotte in Chittenden, VT in 1839 when they provided an affidavit in support of Mary (Sherman) Perry/Soper's Widows pension based on the service of her second husband Edward Soper in the Rev. War. There were several Daniel Lakes in Dutchess and I am trying to determine just where Daniel and Sally Lake of Columbia County, NY and Chittenden, VT may fit in with the Lakes of Dutchess County. Also interested in the Maiden name of Daniel's wife Sally as I have a records of a Daniel and Sally Lines being the parents of a James Lake, the father of Andrew Lake, Civil War Veteran [1846-1911] of Pleasant Valley, NY. Any information on Daniel and Sally Lake of New Canaan, Columbia County, New York and Charlotte, Chittenden County, VT would be most appreciated. I have much information on the Lakes and am willing to share with other's who find this family of interest. I don't know where this particular Daniel and Sally Lake died but I am assuming quite possibly in Chittenden, VT unless in there old age and sometime after 1839 they returned to Dutchess County where some of their children or family may have resided at the time. ----------------------------- [Rev. Pension File W22278] State of Vermont Chittenden County ss: Daniel Lake & Sally Lake his wife of Charlotte in said County being sworn do respectively testify that they are acquainted with Mary Soper of Parishville in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York, now widow of Edward Soper, deceased, that they both became first acquainted with the said Edward Soper and the said Mary at New Canaan, in the County of Columbia and the State of New York in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, that these deponents were then living at New Canaan and the said Edward and Mary removed into said town from Stephentown in the fall of the same year 1793 and lived in the neighborhood of these deponents, that the said Edward and Mary came there as husand and wife and lived together as such, these deponents then understood they had recently been married, that the said Edward had lost his former wife by whom he had several children and the said Mary had lost a former husband by whom she had two children, these deponents became well acquainted with the said Edward and Mary and their family and there was much familiarity between them, they well recollect that their own eldest child, a daughter Mary, was born on the 14th of May 1796, and that the next day after on the 15th of May 1796, the said Edward and Mary had a son Briggs S. Soper, who they believe is now living in Parishville aforesaid, and they further say they resided themselves in New Canaan until the year 1800 when they moved to Charlotte aforesaid where they have ever since resided, that the said Edward & Mary had another son, Edward Soper, before they left New Canaan from which place they removed to Charlotte about 2 years after these deponents did, and they resided within 40 or 50 rods of the house of these deponents for the span of about three years, during which time there was much familiarity between their families, the said Edward and Mary & family then removed from Charlotte to the town of Peru on the opposite side of Lake Champlain in the State of New YOrk about thirty miles from the residence of these deponents and lived there until the said Edward died which they believe was in the year 1813. All the while the said Edward lived at Peru these deponents were more or less acquainted with his family having frequently seen him and members of his family at the house in Charlotte, and the said Daniel Lake having been at his house in Peru frequently, and they would further say that during the whole of their acquaintance with the said Edward and Mary they always lived together as husband and wife, were publickly believed to have been lawfully married and these deponents never had any doubt of the fact, and they were always esteemed as notable and worthy people. The said Edward had several children by a former wife and the said Mary had two children by a former husband one Perry, as these deponents understood. After the death of the said Edward and after and about the year 1822 as they believe the said Mary moved from Peru to Parishville aforesaid to live with her said son Briggs S. Soper and has ever since lived with him as they understand and believe, and the said Daniel saith that he has called on the said Mary since she removed to Parishville aforesaid and they have frequently heard of the said Mary as living with the said Briggs S. Soper in Parishville and they believe she is still living there as the widow of the said Edward Soper. They further say that they always understood that said Soper was a revolutionary soldier and performed much service in the revolutionary Army. Daniel Lake X Sally Lake [her mark] ????? 4, 1839 [witnesses] Luther M. Hagan Gerard Burnett [or Barrett?] ------------------------------------------ Ginny Ginny's History, Genealogy, Historical Preservation, & Poughkeepsie Hometown Page Dutchess & Putnam Counties, NY http://www.geocities.com/ginnyflies/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: janvanagain Surnames: Fort/ Van Rensselaer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, Thank you, Thank You. I believe that the bible may have some family names inside,I have not looked at it in years, it is at my father's house(he is 90) I will look this week, I am amused because the info from "Jeannie" VR of Mechanicvlle must be my grandfather's cousin, Jessie VR and she is the one we inherited the Fort bible and chair from, her father was my great great grandfather's Abram VR's cousin (son of Henry P VR and Jane Fort) and Jessie and her brother, Noel, never married, ( I would love to know that story) Noel died in his 40s and she was the last of that line, so the contents of her family home went to my father and uncle. They were both serving in WWII and so my aunt and mother, (neither had an appreciation of antiques at the time), picked out what few items they thought were interesting or sounded romantic, (spinning wheels, four poster canopy beds, lowboy, chests and pewter plates) etc. the rest was auctioned for little value, if you could read tha! t inventory and have an interest in history and antiques, you would be brought to tears to see what slipped away from our family and it's history. Jessie was educated at Vassar, her brother, Noel, at Princeton, both lived in their father's home in Mechanicville a large Victorian house that was a funeral home when I was a girl. Jessie lived to a very old age,my mother remembered she had a horn that she held to her ear as she was hard of hearing, she meticulously documented family wedding silver, pictures and many of the things in the house, a chest of drawers commissioned by her grandfather and a desk from this relative or that, christening gowns, silver spoons, china, etc. I would love to have affirmation on the chair which I mentioned, it looks like the "Brewster" chair in the Boston Museum collection, which would make it rare indeed, but if Jean La Fort came over to Canada first and later made his way to the Niskayuna area, via the Adirondacks, (in those days barely nativ! e american and hunting and trading trails), he could not possibly have brought furniture and there is a matching chair currently belonging to one of my cousins, unfortunately my aunt had it restored, stripped the paint and recaned the seat, which had collapsed, which has ruined some of its authenticity and value, although I have been told, if it is rare enough, it may not matter to the right collector. At any rate, I could believe that a bible could be brought this way, but furniture? I highly doubt it, is it possible some of the family members came from the Netherlands directly to NYS, rather than via Canada? It is indeed a mystery, I wish to know more on the Fort house in Poughkeepsie and how to help, what plans are in the works? If I came to Poughkeepsie, could we meet and drive by it, I would love a picture. I have a good friend in Stone Ridge who went to Columbia for graduate school in historic restoration, he has done some wonderful projects, including work on the Gracie Mansion. I am sure he will be interested in your project, he writes! proposal for grant money for restoration projects mostly now. He has a wonderful Dutch stone house that has been in his family for generations called Feather Farm, and several other properties that he has restored, including a gristmill. In the Spring, I am obviously going to go to Schaticooke and see what I can find out there. I will be in touch when I take a look at that bible. Sincere thanks, Jan VR 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: Loreen_Wells Surnames: Traver, Green, Monfort, Hammond, Lathrope Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am interested in John Monfort, b. 20 Apr 1828, d. 4 Jul 1885, all I believe in Dutchess Co. He was married to Eleanor Traver, my ggrandmother's sister. My ggrandmother was Catherine E. Traver. These three are all buried together at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. 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: abracadabra243 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Descendants of JAN MONFOORT 1 JAN MONFOORT . ANTJE SCHENCK .... 2 [1] PETER MONFORT b: 03 Dec 1711 in Probably Long Island, NY d: 25 Sep 1791 in Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Monfort Ground, T/Wappinger, Dutchess Co., NY ........ SUSANNA MARTENSE b: 22 Oct 1734 m: Abt. 1750 ........... 3 JAMES MONFORT ........... 3 ANN MONTFORT b: 16 Sep 1751 ............... ISSAC TerBOSS b: 1743 m: 31 Aug 1766 in Presbyterian Church, Rombout, Dutchess Co., NY ........... 3 DOROTHY MONFORT b: 18 Dec 1752 in Dutchess County, NY d: 22 Jan 1784 in Dutchess County, NY Burial: Monfort Ground, T/Wappinger, Dutchess Co., NY ............... JOHN ACKERMAN m: Bef. 1784 ........... 3 MARY JANE MONFORT b: 28 Aug 1757 in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY d: 30 Jul 1823 in Probably Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Fort Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY ............... ABRAHAM FORT, Major b: 17 Aug 1750 in Esopus, Ulster Co., NY m: 29 Dec 1776 in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY d: 09 Aug 1822 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Fort Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY ........... 3 JOHN PETER MONFORT b: 24 Jan 1759 d: 15 Nov 1803 in Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Reformed Dutch Church, Hopewell, Dutchess Co., NY ............... JANE BENNET b: 08 Jul 1776 d: 12 Feb 1809 in Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Reformed Dutch Church, Hopewell, Dutchess Co., NY .... *2nd Wife of [1] PETER MONFORT: ........ MAGDALENA XXXXX b: 12 May 1729 m: Bef. 1762 d: 20 Dec 1785 in Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Monfort Ground, T/Wappinger, Dutchess Co., NY ........... 3 MAGDALENA MONTFORT b: Abt. 1762 d: 08 Jun 1830 Burial: VanWyck Ground, T/E. Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY ............... CORNELIUS R. VanWYCK b: Abt. 1753 m: Abt. 1794 d: 01 Oct 1820 Burial: VanWyck Ground, T/E. Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY ------------------ Dutchess County Probate File Peter Monfort A:292 Copy of Will as recorded in Will Book A Made Sept. 21, 1791 Proved/Recorded Dec. 24, 1791 Buried Monfort Ground Page 372 - Old Gravestones of Dutchess COPYRIGHTED Transcription by Ginny Buechele - FOR THE FORT HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION ginnyflies@usa.net The edges are crumbled away-some letters missing-denoted by ...... Unreadable words by ????? Spacing inserted for ease of reading (I think this one of the most difficult wills I have transcribed.) Page 292 In the name of God amen The twenty first day of September in the year ...our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one I Peter Monfort ...ing old and feble of the Fishkill town in Dutchess county and state of ..ew York being in perfect mind and memory thanks be to God Therefore cal...ng to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye. Do make and ordain this my last will and ....tament That is to say Principally and first of all I give and recom...end my soul unto the hand of God that gave it and as for my body ....mend it to the earth to be buried in a christian like decent m.....r at the direction of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general ......urection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God ..nd as touching such worldly estate wherewith the Lord has blessed me ..th in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner follow.ng and form Imprimis It is my will and I do order that in .he first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satis..ed. Item I give to my eldest son Peter my great bible as a birth...ht. Item I give to my two sons Peter and James all my lands .... which I now live each one equal half. I give and bequeath my house ......... Orchard and the easterly half to my son James with the two horses ....a yoke of oxen and also two cows, a bed and bedstead, also the two ... each one to them, their heirs and assigns forever. Further my will is ...t my ???? estate and ???????? to be sold and divided amongst my ... daughters and children Mary Jane, Magdalane, the four daughters .... my daughter Anne the wife of Isaac TerBoss, Cate Sarah, Elizabeth ..d Anne one share The four children of John Ackerman Magdalane ...nnatje Peter and Anne Children of my daughter Dorothy The four children of John Ackerman and the four chidren of Isaac TerBoss to have one equal ....re of and with the rest of my daughters Magdalane to have her outfit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . estate before division is made equal to the rest. I also do make . . . stitute and ordain my beloved sons Peter and James and my son in .... Abraham Fort(?) my lawful executors of this my last will and testament all with full power and authority or as my be required for the use and ....fit of my children And I do hereby disannulll and every other testa..t with legacies and executors by me in any ways before this time ....willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no o.....r to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have . . . . . . to set my hand and seal the day and year above written. (*Looks Like*) .eter Mort LS Signed sealed pronounced and delivered by .... Said Peter Monfort to be his last will and testament in the presence of the subscribers Abraham Schenck, John Honson(?), Warren .....krans, Fishkill Town The following is my gift to my children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . this my last will and testament Page 293 Hereunto sealed and annexed Viz I give to my s.. Peter Monfort my white horse and two white mares And unto my son James Monfort my bay mare and my Iron gray mare and my s... yearling colt and his first choice of three of my milk cows and ... My daughter Magdalane Monfort his second choice of three . . . . . of my milk cows. And I further give and bequeath unto my said sons Peter and James all my farmer utensils to be eq...ly divided between them. And unto my said son James and m .. daughter Magdalana I give and bequeath all my stock of sheep to be equally divided between them. And I further give and bequeath unto my said son James all the grain of what kind soever is now in my barn.. I give and devise all my lands at Rocaat(?) to my daughters to be divided equally. Given under my hand and seal this twenty first day of September Adom 1791. his Peter "X" Monfort Mark Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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Request forwarded to author Audrey Klinkenberg Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: <cheap@simon.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <nydutche@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Drowning deaths @ 1856 > In the publication "Obituaries, Death Notices and Genealogical Gleanings > from The Saugerties Telegraph" Volume 2, > Does anyone know if this book is available for sale? I am trying to find > the death date of Joseph DICKINSON of Ulster County, he is dead in 1845 > when his brother John dies and lists Joseph's children in his will. > > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > Florida > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDUTCHE-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: abracadabra243 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If I am following the information I have correctly --- Jane Fort b. 1797 m. Henry P. Van Rensselaer -- She was the daughter of Jacob Fort and Anna Vrooman and granddaughter of Abraham Fort and his second wife Eva Bennewe or Benoit. This Abraham is a different Abraham than the Abraham who married Jane Monfort and with whom the Fort Homestead in Poughkeepsie is associated. Rev. War Major Abraham Fort m. Jane Fort of Poughkeepsie and Abraham Fort who m. Eva I am confident do have a common ancestor going back to Jean La Fort, (Liberte')b: Abt. 1650 in France (A French Hugenot) d: 1707 in Nistagioene, New York m. abt. 1687 Margariet Rinckhout - at this point I can't tell you their exact relationship but I will work on it. [Source - Genealogy of the Fort Family in New York State by Jerome H. Fort - Edacra Press - edited and arranged by Richard Fort Sheil - 1993] Does that Fragile Old Dutch Bible you have contain any genealogical information which you could share? Thank Goodness the Fort Homestead in Poughkeepsie still stands but its final fate still remains unanswered as the developer moves forward with the project on the site. Those interested in supporting the Fort Homestead Association in its efforts to preserve the Homestead can find more information here. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2843/saveforthomestead.html ------------------------ Genealogy of the Fort Family in New York State by Jerome H. Fort (Begun in 1892-Finished in 1924) Edited and Arranged by Richard Fort Sheil 1993 EDACRA Press Fredonia, NY [Original Book sent to VAB by Richard Fort Sheil] ********************************************************* ABOUT THIS EDITION While browsing the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints microfiche catalogue, I came across an entry entitled, Genealogy of the Fort Family in New York State, by Jerome H. Fort, dated 1924. I immediately sent for the microfilm and upon arrival I was astonished to find that it was not a published book, but rather a typewritten manuscript. In fact, it was seventy-three pages of material, often rather difficult to decipher because of poor film and a typewriter whose keys were not very clean. Along with the typewritten material were some eight pages of handwritten copy intended to be an insert within the work. This presented another kind of difficulty, for some pages are rather faded. Also Mr. Fort's script often leaves something to be desired in clarity. The handwritten pages are two wills pertaining to Jean Fort's estate, and several other documents. Rather than include them in the body of the work, I have opted to place them in an appendix. I have also taken the liberty of deleting a small amount of material in Mr. Fort's AUTHOR'S PREFACE which is not pertinent to this edition. The numbering scheme used by Mr. Fort for the genealogical ordering of individual entries is excessively cumbersome. An individual in the seventh generation, for instance, must have a genealogical number of six digits to classify him. To conserve space, I have excised his rather lengthy explanation of the numbering system. His material is also organized by line of descendancy through several generation, rather than the more customary procedure of presenting the entire family across the board generation by generation. On studying Mr. Fort's work, however, it became patently clear that there was a gold mine of information re the Fort family history. Most certainly I can find no cause to question the accuracy of his data, much of which was collected first hand. With the above in mind, I decided to attempt a revision which would include applying another numbering plan, name the REGISTER SYSTEM, and to reorganize the material to follow a presentation by generation. Happily this could be done with minimal changes in Mr. Fort's written material. His writing style tends to be a little bookish at times, and rather repetitive. I have made not attempt to alter this, for I feel it has a charm all of its own. I have added or changed a punctuation mark here and there to clarify meaning. A few other changes should be noted. Mr. Fort was not very consistent with writing out dates, nor was he consistent in the use of the abbreviations he lists in his AUTHOR'S PREFACE. I have opted to use the day-month-year order and to use the three-letter abbreviation for month, hence July 3, 1923 will appear 3 Jul 1923, except for those places Mr. Fort quotes and outside source. His list of abbreviations is quite standard and I have used it through! out, and I have added several new abbreviations to the list. Mr. Fort spells the early family name as LeForte since this is incorrect French gender agreement, it should be LeFort or LaForte, I have chosen to spell it as La Forte, and to separate the article from the name. On several occasions, Mr.. Fort has included children of the second generation of a daughter. In keeping with fairly standard practices, I have chosen to eliminate these entries and list only children of the first generation of daughters. The original title page contains bits of incorrect information (see facsimile Title Page). It must have been Mr. Fort's intention to include genealogies of some connected families, but in the typewritten manuscript none is included. He also states on the title page that copies of the work may be found in libraries in Syracuse, Albany and New York City. Carnegie Library in Syracuse does indeed have a copy (from which the LDS copy was made), but there is none catalogued in either the State Library at Albany or the City Library of New York City. In the event the reader might be curious as to my interest in the Fort family, my great grandmother was Lydia Ann Fort (1829-1901), a favorite person with both my grandfather and my mother, and it was from her that my grandfather, George Fort Slocum, and I acquired our middle names. Richard Fort Sheil Fredonia, New York 1993 N.B. All entries in parentheses ( ) are Mr. Fort's. Entries in in[sic] brackets [ ] are mine. R. F. S. ********************************************* AUTHOR'S PREFACE This genealogy is not complete. No genealogy ever can be. It is as complete in so far as such records as I have been able to obtain can make it. Its preparation has extended over a period of about thirty years, has necessitated a considerable volume of correspondence and such research in Genealogical Libraries, particularly those at Albany and at Syracuse where I found many valuable records; as well as numerous trips to more or less distant places to examine old records. Occasionally people have neglected or refused to reply to my letters asking for information, but the majority of those with whom I have corresponded or have sought out have been most courteous and earnest in their help, and acknowledgement is hereby made of their assistance and of the information obtained from various books and records in the libraries above named. I must speak my special thanks to Miss Jeanie VanRennselaer, of Mechanicville, New York, for a most valuable service. I had been trying for! along time, but without much success to secure the records of the Old Dutch Church of Schaghticoke, New York, which were then at a little place called "Reynolds," near Troy, New York. Miss Van Rensselaer most kindly took the trouble to go to the old church at Reynolds, copy all the records there mentioning our family and send them to me. Without them this Genealogy could never have been completed to any worthwhile extent. She should have the gratitude of every one of our family. May her name long be remembered as of one who did such a gracious and kind act. Still there remains much not contained in the pages of this Genealogy. Many persons have been unable to give me any information beyond that of their own generation. Of the generation of their fathers they know but little, and of their grandfathers often they know not even their names. Sometimes I have been able to connect up such information as I did receive with records I already had or with records I later fo! und elsewhere. At other times I was not able to do so. Throughout th e Genealogy I have indicated by letters n.f.i. the cases where I have been able to obtain "no further information," and in closing pages I have included a section which I have called "UNKNOWN CONNECTIONS" wherein I have p laced all names as well as such fragmentary family lines which I have received and which I have been unable to connect with the Genealogy because of lack of sufficient information. Unquestionably they belong in the Genealogy somewhere. Perhaps some other searcher may some day find the requisite missing line which will connect them up. I am happy to have completed the work thus far and trust it may prove of interest to present and future generations. I have tried to make it as authentic as possible and have carefully excluded from it everything which did not bear witness to the truth. Oneida, N. Y. January, 1923 (Signed) Jerome H. Fort 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: janvanagain Surnames: Fort Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No, Jane Montfort married Abram Fort, a Rev. War Major, who lived in Kingston/Poughkeepsie area NYS Other Fort name variations are purported to be La Fort, Le Fort, Laford, Vandervoort and sometimes Forte, from what I have read. I did see a UK inquiry re: the Name Montfort version Moorfoot! I think maybe these versions are spelling errors as not everyone was well versed or misread, due to handwriting discrepancies Are you looking for Fort or Montfort info Jane Montfort'd father was Peter Montfort of Sprout Creek (NY?) 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.

Thanks for answering my question. You have another of my family names in your email - Ostrander was actually my father's name. I'll look at your website for fun. Loreen Wells RichardAHayes@comcast.net wrote: > Hi Loreen_Wells, > > I have a Mary Jane Monfort who was born on 28 August 1758 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY who married Abraham Fort on 29 Dec 1776. Abraham was born on 17 August 1750 in Ulster County, NY. His parents were Johannes Fort and Rebecca Ostrander. Additional information on the Fort family may be foind on my website at www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/ > > I do not think that Monfort and Fort are the same family. My fort family is from France. > -- > Richard > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi janvanagain Jane Fort, b. 18 Jan 1797 in NY is a 3rd and a 5th cousin of mine. There is some information about her on my website at www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/ I could use any information you have about her that you have. She is listed as #41 in my Fort book. -- Richard

Hi Carol, I have a Mary Dickinson who was born about 1769. She married Jacob Alsdorf about 1790 in Ulster County, NY. You might want to check my website at www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/ -- Richard

Hi Carol, I have a Phebe Dickinson who was born ca 1785, probably in Albany, NY. She married Petrus Fort about 1806. I have 8 children for them. Is this the person you are asking about? -- Richard

Hi Loreen_Wells, I have a Mary Jane Monfort who was born on 28 August 1758 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY who married Abraham Fort on 29 Dec 1776. Abraham was born on 17 August 1750 in Ulster County, NY. His parents were Johannes Fort and Rebecca Ostrander. Additional information on the Fort family may be foind on my website at www.angelfire.com/ga4/myhayes_family/ I do not think that Monfort and Fort are the same family. My fort family is from France. -- Richard