Just got you mailing. Thank you very much. It will be a couple of days before I can check it out. I'll let you know if I see any thing. tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "C J Sheldon" <cjsheldonim@gmail.com> To: <nydutche@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Quakers in Duchess Co,NY > Dear Carol, Well-you are correct: One ? might get many kinds of > answers and you now have LOTS to work with. The northern line of > Beekman Patent abuts Pleasant Valley, Washington; and Amenia where > there were many Quakers. It would follow that some township-borders-- > and neighbors--would have overlapped. Charlotte J.Sheldon > On Jan 23, 2008, at 1:37 PM, cheap@simon.com wrote: > > Charlotte, > "A suggestion to all of you researching in Duchess > county--whether or not they were Quaker, and especially if you are > not familiar with Duchess Co. reference books---Look for copies of > the several VOLUMES of ' SETTLERS of the BEEKMAN PATENT' by > DOHERTY, Frank J.. Vol.1 was pub. in 1990. I think Mr. Doherty is now > on Vol. 6 or 7. This man will be or is already --a Duchess Co. HERO." > > Are you saying that many of the people in Beekman Patent were Quakers? > I have 2 people buried in "The Friends cemetery" in Dutchess. > Elizabeth & > John DICKINSON, John died 1845 > any suggestions on how to search for Quaker info for someone who has > never > had a Quaker in the family tree before? > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >