If you go to my Holcomb Family on the Greene County web site and scroll to the bottom of the page you will see pictures of Elijah Rose, Martha Cotton and Giles S. Cotton. Seward ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] More Decker questions > In a message dated 1/15/2009 11:02:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > >> Hi Gary - those two Dollys are the only early Dollys out there, both >> daughters of Derick and Elizabeth Decker. I am presuming the first Dolly >> died, unless the same child was batised twice for some strange reason. >> >> Dolly was named undoubtedly after her aunt Dorothy, daughter of Gysbert >> and >> Catalyntje Spoor, b. Dec 12, 1783 in Columbia Co (Gysbert Decker and >> Catlyntje Spoor, parents, Dorothy, child, b. 12.12.1783, bap. 2.15.1784, >> sponsors; Lourens Deckker and Dorothy Decker) and I believe she married >> Stephen Myers (Royden W. Vosburg, original, Lawrence V. Rickard, copy, >> Vital >> >> records of the Gilboa Reformed Church, Gilboa, Schoharie, Co, NY, (1918, >> original, 1999 copy), 39, June 1, 1807 - Stephen Myers and Dolly Decker.) >> >> The Dolly born in 1808 would have been 16 at the time of her married to >> Giles Cotton. >> >> I have found no other Dollys to date. >> > > Thanks Sylvia. It seems to fit. > Gary > > > ************** > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 > easy steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bc > d=DecemailfooterNO62) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary on Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in knowing more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like Henry Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous evangelist. Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? Sylvia
How about the sons of GC who went off to fight the county's wars, many of whom never returned? I think they deserve an honorable mention. ~ Ron W ~ Be happy, all other alternatives are unacceptable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:12 PM Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary > on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Sylvia, One who stands out in my mind, most worthy of mention, was Thurlow Weed. Born in Acra in 1797, his family moved to Catskill when Thurlow was 2 years old. Ill- fortune befell his father, and he spent much of his life one step ahead of debtors prison. At the age of 8, young Thurlow pumped a blacksmith's bellows "at 6 cents per day" to help avoid his fathers imprisonment. Through his own initiative, he worked hard. First in the blacksmiths shop, then as a tavern boy for Captain Baker in Jefferson, and eventually he secured a position as a journeyman printer. With a deep desire to succeed, Thurlow went on to start, and become editor of the Albany Evening Journal in 1830, and in this position, eventually became involved in state politics. Friend to great and the lowly as well - he quickly rose in political circles and was dubbed the "dictator" of NYS Whig and Republican politics. When the Civil War broke out in 1860, Thurlow Weed and the Honorable John Bigelow were instrumental in helping to secure and hold the neutrality of Great Britain. A strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln to the end, he ran adrift of the staunch Republicans when he called for a gradual implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1867 he moved to NYC, and although still staying in politics, he never again sought a political office and eventually went into semi retirement. Born in near poverty, Thurlow Weed went on to become one of the most noted men of his time and died a millionaire in 1882. Zeke > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:12 PM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > >> Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary >> on >> Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in >> knowing >> more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were >> inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like >> Henry >> Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous >> evangelist. >> >> Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? >> >> Sylvia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 7:08 AM
Why Sylvia - you of course, for having the best website in the state of New York. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary on Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in knowing more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like Henry Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous evangelist. Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? Sylvia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
How about Harry Croswell? He started out in Catskill. Eventually his case set NY legal precedent! Eleanor Larsen On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a > documentary on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators > like Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the > famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message