Ken, some great sleuthing there. Let me check it out!! Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Brandow family from up the mountain > > Sylvia, > I've been checking this out for the past few weeks and think I have at > least > one possibility: > Family Search shows Abi Ingalls Brandow as the daughter of William Brandow > and Sarah Haines. However, I think this is incorrect, as William died in > South > Jewett in 1905 at age 80, putting his birth year as 1825. Abi Brandow was > born 1839. I don't think William was a father at 14 yrs old! > Unless John had another son I don't know about, the only likely candidate > for Abi's father would be Lambert Brandow b. 1803. He married Love Skiff > b.1816. > After her death he married Elisabeth Foster in 1874. The only children I > could find for Lambert and Love were David Brandow b.1838 married to Anna > Doyle, > and an unnamed infant who died at 2 weeks old in June 1857. That leaves a > 20 > year gap, time enough for the 5 grand children named in John Brandow's > will. > > ~Ken~ > > In a message dated 11/12/2008 10:25:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I have a listing of the children of John Brandow (1790-1854) of the Towns > of > Ashland and Jewett. The list came from the will and probate records at > his > death in 1854. He's buried in the Mountain Valley Cemetery , Town of > Ashland > . His will mentions 5 Brandow grandchildren but does not say who their > parent was. I assume they are the children of a deceased son since their > surname is Brandow: They are: > > John E. Brandow > Keziah Ann Brandow (Meggs) > Lucinda Brandow ( Mansfield ), born about 1831 > George Brandow, born ca. 1832 > Abi (Abigail) Brandow (Ingalls), born 1839, died 1906, Hunter > > I would like to know who the father of these children is. I feel he > probably lived in the Town of Jewett , but have not found a tombstone of > someone who > could be the one. I think he was married to Sarah A. Haines (born about > 1812). I believe that Sarah married another of John's sons (William, > born > about 1827) for her second husband. William is shown in the 1850 census > with a > much older wife Sarah along with one or two of her children in the > household. > She and William had two children , Loretta and Adelbert. One census > shows > that Sarah was the mother of 7 children (5 by her first husband and 2 by > William) and William as the parent of 2 children. William is too young > to be the > father of the five, but I haven't figured out who their father was. > > The children I have for John and his wife Martha are: > > Lambert Brandow, born 1813 (I know his children, so he doesn't seem tot > be > the father of the five) > Son whose name I am trying to find > Emeline Brandow (Rivenburgh Burroughs) > Nancy Brandow (Burroughs) born about 1815 > Elizabeth Brandow (Ward) > Harriet Brandow, born about 1825-7 > William Brandow, born 1827, died 1905 > John Henry Brandow > Katurah Brandow (Barlow), born about 1831 > Elise Brandow (Cargill), born about 1834 > > Anyone have any ideas? > > 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 > > > **************One site has it all. Your email accounts, your social > networks, > and the things you love. Try the new AOL.com > today!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x121296293 > 9x1200825291/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp%26icid=aolcom40vanity%26ncid=emlcntaolcom00000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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