Jeremy, Two sources I'd recommend: The Bronk Museum in Coxsackie, and The Beers History of Greene County. ~ Ron W ~ In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Taylor" <jeremyjtaylor@yahoo.com> To: <HALLENBECK@rootsweb.com>; "Greene County List" <nygreene-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:33 AM Subject: [NYGREENE] Casper J. Hallenbeck progress??? > Just wanted to run some information past the members of the list, and see > what you think... As you may or may not recall, I am trying to find > information about the parents of Casper J. Hallenbeck born abt 1793 and > his wife Maria Halsey born abt. 1805. They are buried in Limestreet > Cemetery, and were my 4x great-grandparents... Some recent information on > the message boards on Ancestry has me thinking and digging, and I want to > see if any of you think that my thoughts on this could be correct.... > > In the 1850 Coxsackie census there is a William Hallenbeck, age 74 listed > just above Casper and Maria. In the househould there is also a Magdalena > Hallenbeck listed, aged approx 18. Casper and Maria were supposed to have > had a daughter named Magdaline born in 1826, but she does not appear in > their household with their other children (William, Jane, and James). > > There was also this information on the boards about some possible > newspaper articles of interest: > > "1811 Will of CASPER W. HALLENBECK > CASPER W. HALLENBECK of Coxsackie Will Probated Sept. 25 1811 > Heirs: Son, William; daughter, Rachel, wife of John Brandow; > William Hallenbeck, eldest son of daughter Christina; Casper, second son > of daughter Christina; John, youngest son of Christina; Sally, only > daughter of Johannes Brandow. > Executors: Son, William Hallenbeck and John L. Bronk. > Witnesses: Casper Collyer, Aaron S. VanSchaak and Leonard Bronk." > > Do you think that Casper W. might be the father of the William who is > listed in the 1850 Census? Not really sure who/where the William, Casper, > and John mentioned as additional heirs fit into this, that part has me a > bit confused as to who is the father of who.... > > Would love to hear what anyone thinks of this, and if anyone has any > information to help confirm or dispute any of this?? This brickwall is > driving me crazy, and has been for somewhere around 20 years! > > Thanks, > Jeremy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message