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

Jeremy, Have you checked in the Town/Village of Athens, NY? Athens is a few miles south of Coxsackie. I have a newspaper article of July 1941, "Athens Man Drops Dead". Henry Hallenbeck, one of Athens' well known residents, d. very suddenly on Saturday at the home of his son, Harold... Mr. Hallenbeck was b. in Athens 76 years ago, the s/o Casper H. and Lucretia Van Valkenburgh Hallenbeck.....His wife, who was Ada Saxe, died several years ago. In addition to his son, Harold, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Helen Johnson of White Plains." I also have a Obit for Ada R. Hallenbeck, w/o Henry Hallenbeck (5 Oct. 1930). Perhaps this might help you in your search. Janice On May 29, 2011, at 12:33 AM, Jeremy Taylor wrote: > 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

Jeremy, from my experience the J. in Casper's name is a clue. I would into all the Jacobus (James), Jacob and Johannes Hallenbeck's as a potential father. And then a grandfather who was a Casper. I had this family almost completely figured out and before I saved the file to a disk lost it in a crash. So bummed out I haven't tried to recreate it yet. Perhaps it's time. Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeremy Taylor" <jeremyjtaylor@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:33 AM To: <HALLENBECK@rootsweb.com>; "Greene County List" <nygreene-l@rootsweb.com> 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