Hi everyone, Was or is there a place named Yemussee or Yemussu in Essex Co. or anywhere else in NY? My ancestor, William McKenzie of Keene, Essex Co. married Sophia ROGERS or ACKLEY in Yemussee or Yemussu, NY in 1809 according to the bible record of a granddaughter. The place finder of my genealogy program doesn't come up with anything, but possibly the name was changed or the place ceased to exist. Will greatly appreciate any information anyone can provide. Thank you. Carol Harrison Torrance, CA
Just a wild guess, Carol...and I am assuming that you are looking at a handwriting you're not certain about. Once when trying to decipher a handwritten document proper name, I kept staring at the apparent "Y". The "Y" was a stylized "G", in fact!! If your "Y" is actually a "G", then you are probably looking at Genesee, NY...south and almost as far west in the state as you can get. Just thinkin' out loud, of course. Good luck...and let us know what you find out. Brauck. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: [NYE] Is there a Yemussee, NY? > Hi everyone, > > Was or is there a place named Yemussee or Yemussu in Essex Co. or anywhere > else in NY? My ancestor, William McKenzie of Keene, Essex Co. married Sophia > ROGERS or ACKLEY in Yemussee or Yemussu, NY in 1809 according to the bible > record of a granddaughter. The place finder of my genealogy program doesn't > come up with anything, but possibly the name was changed or the place ceased > to exist. > > Will greatly appreciate any information anyone can provide. Thank you. > > Carol Harrison > Torrance, CA > > > ==== NYESSEX Mailing List ==== > Volunteer to catalog cemeteries, email [email protected] > See our Essex County web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex > Send pictures to be shared! Email them to [email protected] > http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=50490066103&n=2135404953 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >