Madeline, In the far northwest corner of Amenia, there was an early settlement of three log houses fairly close together that was rather satirically referred to as "The City", later called Smithfield because of the church. A Congregational church was established there in the 1740's, later became Presbyterian, and its records have been published by Art Kelly as Smithfield Presbyterian Church. Like most of the Congregational churches in the eastern part of the county, it was hard to keep a settled minister, so records are sparse. For Smithfield Presbyterian, it is definitely a good news/bad news situation for you - they did have a settled minister at the church from 1775-1782, but the records are lost, possibly burned in a fire. Marriage records, as far as I know, don't start until 1835. I think 1787 may be the earliest records available, which would be lists of communicants or church members. Linda At 03:00 AM 5/16/2008, you wrote: >Today's Topics: > 2. What town called "the city" in the 1770's-looking for > marriage record (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:03 -0000 >From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [NYDUTCHE] What town called "the city" in the 1770's-looking > for marriage record >To: <NYDUTCHE-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <1210858084.634480@rootsweb.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: Madeline_Allen >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/9714/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >I found a reference to a place called "the city" in Dutchess County in a >Rev. War pension file. The couple lived in Milan/NorthEast and went to >"the city" to be married in 1775 (exact way it was stated in the file). I >assume this may refer to Poughkeepsie, but does anyone know for sure? I >am looking for a marriage record for a couple from Amenia and Sharon CT >that married in 1793 and does not exist in Amenia or Sharon's >records. Thank you > >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. > > > >