Judy, What a great find! The letters are wonderful. I believe I am related to Wm. Davis of Washington Town who had the party. (Letter of Jan 1 1857). I would love to have a copy of the letters. Will gladly reimburse postage or copy costs. Please e-mail me at lschulenberg@embarqmail.com Lauren Schulenberg ----- Original Message ----- From: <WOLF6PACK@aol.com> To: <Conklin@rootsweb.com>; <NYDUTCHE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:52 PM Subject: [NYDUTCHE] Garret B. Conklin,Dutchess Co. 1850s letters to Eijah Conklin in California > Listers, > > I have been fortunate to be contacted by a fellow genealogist who is also > a > stamp collector. He purchased a letter to Elijah Conklin from Garret > Conklin, > his brother, which he then scanned for me. Soon after he told me he was > outbid on another letter. I contacted the seller and he generously emailed > me > scans of the letters he had. These letters are very interesting peeks > into this > family and life in Dutchess County the 1850s. > > > I have transcribed the letters, a friend has posted them online for me. > > _http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/dutchess/conklinltrs/index.html_ > (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/dutchess/conklinltrs/index.html) > > Surnames mentioned within the letters include: > Billings, Brinckerhoff, Christy, Clark, Cowles, Cromwell, Davis,Dorland, > Dunklin, Egbert, Frost, Goodsell, Lafette, Moors, Platt, Potter, > Reynolds, > Skidmore, Storms, Sweet, Todd, Vail, Wheeler > > > If anyone is related to this family or to anyone mentioned within the > letters I will email you the copies of the letters. > > Judy Wolf > > > > Descendants of Jeremiah Conklin > > 1 Jeremiah Conklin b: Abt. 15 Dec 1748 d: 13 Sep 1830 in Putnam > County, > NY Burial: White Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > .. +Tamar Tompkins b: Abt. 05 May 1763 d: 11 Apr 1837 Burial: White > Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > ........ 2 John Conklin b: Abt. 1786 in NY d: in Unionvale, Dutchess > County > ............ +Martha Brower b: Abt. 1797 in NY > ................... 3 Garret B. Conklin b: Abt. 1820 in NY > ....................... +Emily W. b: Abt. 1834 > ............................. 4 Ida R. Conklin b: Abt. Mar 1870 in NY > ............................. 4 Ernest Conklin b: Aug 1871 in NY > ................................. +Blanche O. Doty b: Apr 1874 in NY m: > Abt. 1898 > ............................. 4 Eugene R. Conklin b: Abt. 1874 in NY > ................... 3 Elijah Conklin b: Nov 1823 in NY > ....................... +Deborah Dubois b: Dec 1832 m: Abt. 1860 > ............................. 4 Dora Conklin b: Abt. 1869 > ................... 3 Jane Conklin b: Abt. 1831 in NY > ....................... +David Bennett d: Bef. 1860 > ................... 3 Amelia Conklin b: Abt. 1836 in NY > ........ 2 Jane Conklin > ............ +Jones Tompkins > ........ 2 Jeremiah Conklin d: in Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY > ............ +Dorinda Carpenter b: 01 Dec 1812 m: 17 May 1843 in > Yorktown, > NY d: 17 Aug 1900 > ................... 3 William Conklin > ................... 3 Emma Conklin > ....................... +Leonard Price > ........ 2 Nathaniel Conklin d: in Putnam Valley, NY > ........ 2 Mary Conklin > ............ +William Ladue > ........ 2 James Conklin b: Abt. 19 Dec 1798 d: 14 Sep 1829 Burial: > White > Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > ............ +Juliana b: Abt. 12 Jan 1803 d: 12 Oct 1831 Burial: White > Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > ................... 3 Ann Conklin b: Abt. 20 Nov 1826 d: 14 Jan 1829 > Burial: White Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > ........ 2 Elijah Conklin b: Abt. 21 Jan 1801 d: 03 May 1808 Burial: > White Graveyard, Yorktown, NY > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >