Jim, I find that many of the original settlers and their descendants moved up the river to Ulster, Greene and Albany counties. Certainly the case with many of my Waldron ancestors, they arrived largely between 1780 and 1790, possibly as a result of the Revolutionary War. I have found some errors in Toler's List. ~ Ron W ~ In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > Sylvia, > > The original James Riker book (Ron's edition) was Harlem: Its Origins and > Early > Annals published in 1881. Janice cites the later book from 1904. Both > are free > on-line on Google books. These books are great for old stories, myths and > history, but are unreliable for genealogy and have little to do with > Greene > County or the Revolution. > > Jim > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Janice Hesselink <jclink51@mhcable.com> > To: nygreene@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 12:55:45 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > It's called, "The Revised History of Harlem". Author, James Riker. > Janice > On Dec 31, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Janice Hesselink wrote: > >> Oh Sylvia, you really must get hold of Rikers. >> Janice >> On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >> >>> Ron, what's in Riker's? Anything I should know of on Syephen Myers? >>> >>> Sylvia >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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