Well I'll try anything - but the family was living in Olive, Ulster County when he died. I am pretty sure I checked there (but I'll recheck my notes) and then try Greene so no stone is left unturned. Thanks for the response. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Sylvia Hasenkopf [mailto:esi@francomm.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:42 PM To: NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] Roll Call - Tompkins with Hornbeck Gary - I'd recommend looking at the probate records for Greene Co, to see whether Sophia is listed as an heir. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dufel" <duf@ntplx.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] Roll Call - Tompkins with Hornbeck > My most exasperating dead end is a Sophia Tompkins (one census record gave > her name as Eunice - either an error or she was Sophia Eunice Tompkins). > > Anyway, she married Jacob Hornbeck and they went to live on the > Denning/Neversink border in Sullivan County for many years. > > Jacob was born about 1816 and served and died in the Civil War. Sophia > applied for a widow's pension and claimed she was married at Chapman's > Hotel > in Prattsville on August 3, 1844 in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Orlif > g. > Hedstrom. I've seen no proof of this and I don't think Sophia had proof > either since she had to get friends to certift that fact. > > All census records state she was born in Greene County, and although the > different census records give different years she was born (sigh!), the > best > consensus in a birth year of about 1826-1828 - making her a pretty young > bride. > > My problem is I have never been able to connect Sophia with any Tompkins > family. I searched the southern Greene census records to try to spot a > family with a female of the right age in 1830 or 1840 census, and did get > two possibilities. > > My best hope is that someone has records of the Rev. Hedstrom (perhaps a > traveling minister). > > A Tompkins researcher alerted me to a Sophia Tompkins born in 1818 in Mt. > Pleasant, NY (The researcher thought this was a small crossroads in > northern > Ulster County, but more likely it is in Westchester County since most of > teh > Tompkins on this person's list were from there.) Ot would make her closer > in > age to her husband and a bit older when she married, but unless she > consistently lied to census takers or to friends who then gave the data to > census takers, I can't account for this difference in years. > > (However - if some Tompkins researcher could account for the Sophia born > in > 1818, it might be useful too). > > I have noticed a number of Tompkins postings in this roll call period. > Anyone with a Sophia (or Eunice) or even a missing unnamed daughter from > around 1825-1828? > > Green, Ulster and Sullivan Counties seem to be a black hole of my family. > They seem to just show up and then live a while without ever leaving clues > of where they came from. > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > Your resource site for Greene County Cemeteries, Biographies, Censuses, > Wills and so much more! Check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== Over 1400 pages of Greene County information, fully indexed, to help you find your lost link! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Gary, You are right. Mt. Pleasant is (or was) in Westchester County. I believe that it now goes by the name of Valhalla (though I might be incorrect on that), which is situated just north of White Plains.