Whoops, just realized, I mis-wrote. I meant the County Clerk's office, in the County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo, NY 13165. 315-539-5655, ext. 2068. (phone taken from the NY Genweb). That's where the land records are. Surrogates office in the County Courthouse has probate records. I get digest form so someone may have already corrected this. Also, Don Haney wrote me that there's a Seneca town in Ontario County. Carolyn >Hap, >I'm not sure if you mean Seneca county or if there is a village >elsewhere called Seneca? > >The following is about Tyre town, Seneca County. (Where my >SOUTHWELL family was in the early 1800s.) > >In the pedigree that came with "Smiths of Tyre," (A family genealogy >published by W.E. Morrison of Ovid), there is one William SMITH from >that time period. 8th child (of 11) of Joshua SMITH and Mercy SNOW. >William was b Sept. 14, 1756, Sandisfield, MA, m. Dec. 19, 1779?, >had a son, William SMITH Jr. Served with [his younger brothers] Asa >and David 1775-1780 at Ticonderoga and Valley Forge. d. June 7, >1780, in the army. It does not say who he married. > >Elsewhere it says William died Jan 6 or 7, 1780 (instead of June), 3 >weeks after his marriage, and that his son was born after he died >(so William Jr. would have a 1780 birthdate). There is also an >account, for William Sr., of an accidental death, rather than during >his army. > >Perhaps William Jr. of this family is the one you are looking for, >but unfortunately it doesn't trace through that line. Rather, this >genealogy follows the line of his younger brother Asa. > >Living in Seneca County in 1780 is extremely unlikely, as there were >only a couple of non-Indians at that time. The settlement really >got going about 1805-1812. Do you know the lot number or land >description from the land deed? If not it might be worth a call or >a trip to the Surrogates office of the County Clerk in Waterloo, ask >them to help you find land deeds related to William SMITH. They >have tons of land deeds from the early 1800s, in ledgers. > >Carolyn >p.s. I am copying this to the FingerLakes mailing list as someone >there may know more. > >At 11:18 AM -0600 11/26/02, Hap Smith wrote: >>Hello Listers, >>I'm trying to get any information I can on William Smith that >>married Martha Goff.. They had 10 children there in the Seneca N.Y. >>area, circa 1780's.. Any information i.e. who William's Father was, >>and possibly where his Father was from.. I have some information >>that William deeded a 400 acre farm to 4 of his Son's, 100 each.. I >>assume those Sons stayed in that area for some time.. >>Thanks for your help (in advance) >>Hap Smith >>searching; SMITH LINDERMAN BOYD BURRINGTON LOCKWOOD TOWNE HUNTER >> >>______________________________ > -- Carolyn Ybarra Redwood City, CA [email protected] Researching SOUTHWELL, BUSKE, EIGHMEY, BISHOP, McKEE, MAGEE