Hi again, Yes, I have all that info. on "The Oblong". Just don't know where records are kept. Probably Dutchess County..... Marcia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Groat" <JDGRT@comcast.net> To: <nydutche@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Current Town Name > Do a Google for "Oblong New York" (including Quotation marks). > > And visit here for a detailed history: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyputnam/history/chapVIII/index.htm > > Meanwhile -- the following extracts: > ----------------------- > When, however, it was discovered that such a line would deprive > Connecticut > of several towns which she had already established, an irregular boundary > line was set in the southern end. To offset this advantage Connecticut > ceded > to New York an equivalent tract in the north, a tract known as "The > Oblong," > two miles in width and 50 in length, or 61,440 acres, extending from > Ridgefield to the Massachusetts line, being given to New York. The > agreement > was not, however, confirmed by the two colonies... In 1700, however, King > William the Third approved and confirmed the agreements of 1683 and > 1684... > > ---------------------- > In 1992 The Oblong Land Conservancy was formed by a group of Pawling area > residents concerned about the negative effects of encroaching development. > The future was clear: open space was rapidly disappearing along with 300 > years of rural heritage and natural spaces. Once destroyed they will be > gone > forever. > > The Oblong Land Conservancy's focus of interest is Pawling and its > environs > located in the southeast corner of Dutchess county, New York, at the the > borders of Putnam County and the state of Connecticut. It is an area rich > in > beautiful landscapes, clean water, large rural open spaces, extensive > forests, working farms, and abundant plant and animal habitats. Our name > "Oblong" is derived from the historic Oblong, a narrow 2 x 60 mile long > tract of formerly disputed territory on the New York/Connecticut border. > Pawling is recognized for its history, its unique ecological environments > and for its natural beauty. > > Quakers were among the first to settle the area in the 1700's and in 1767, > the first effective action against slavery in The New World, was taken by > the Quakers in the Oblong Meeting House, erected in 1764. Pawling played a > role in the revolutionary war; General George Washington and his > Continental > Army encamped here in the winter of 1767. > ----------------------- > Jim Groat > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com] > | On Behalf Of meyberse > | Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:57 PM > | To: NYDUTCHE@rootsweb.com > | Subject: [NYDUTCHE] Current Town Name > | > | In the mid 1700's, my ancestor, Joseph Sherwood, lived in Oblong. He > was > | a Pvt. in Capt. Uriah Drake's Company of Minute Men in Ulster County > | during the Rev. War. He died sometime after 1760. Do you know where I > | can locate Rev. War records listing his Regiment and the battles they > | fought? And, what town is Oblong now? Thank you for your assistance. > | meyberse@comcast.net > | > | ------------------------------- > | 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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