No, but I am going to now. Thank you! Mignon "Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength." St. Francis de Sales ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Brady" <brady.j@att.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: RE: [GREENE COUNTY] Margaret GROAT > Have you looked at Jim Groat's website for a Columbia County connection? > http://home.midsouth.rr.com/groatline/toc.htm > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mignon [mailto:cats@eticomm.net] > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 12:10 PM > To: NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] Margaret GROAT > > > Hi Dick, > > My gggrandmother was Lois Groat (b. abt 1841) , who married Lauren Alonzo > Matthews (b. 1837) on 4/25/1855 per family records. I have seen the grave > and the marker, which is an obelisk with Lauren on one side, Lois on > another > side and his second wife on the third side. Lois died at age 20, shortly > after giving birth to her only child. > > What I noted was that she died 8/19/18?? at age 20. Her name is so worn > that I thought it was Grant at first, but the family bible cleared that up > for me. She and Lauren had one daughter, Fanny (b. 8/5/1860), who became > my > ggrandmother. Lauren Alonzo served in the Civil War. The burial site is > in > the Pleasant Valley Cemetary in Ashland, Greene County, New York. > > I also found listed in Ashland, Greene county, NY: Groat, John farmer, 76 > b.Columbia county, Mercy (wife) 71 born CT. ch: Watson farmer 30 b.Greene > , > Lois 15 born Greene. > > We might have a connection to your Margaret, as I have not been able to > get > further back with this family. I have that John was born abt. 1774 in > Columbia Co., NY. He and Mercy are buried in Mountain View Cemetery in > Ashland, Greene Co., NY. She was born abt. 1779 and came from > Connecticut. > > I have that there were 4 sons, J. Watson(1826) , Hirum (1825), Watson > (1827) > and John Groat, Jr. (1832). And, I wonder if Lois was actually a > grandaughter that they were raising due to the difference in her age and > that of the "brothers". > > I found the following Groats in my Tombstone Project research: > > John Groat (wife Mercy) d. 10/25/1863, aged 83y and buried in Mountain > Valley Cemetery in the town of Ashland, Greene Co. NY. > > J. Watson Groat d. 5/10/1903, aged 77y buried with John (above) > > Cordelia Groat w/o Clark Kurau, b. 11/29/1830, d. 1/2/1897 and buried in > West Settlement Cemetary, town of Jewett, Greene Co. NY > > Harriet H. Groat w/o David E. Abeel, b. 1/26/1848, d. 10/22/1878 and > buried > in SAile Abeel Cemetery in Catskill, Greene Co., NY > > Maria Groat, d. 4/18/1815, w/o Robert I. Van Den Bergh and buried in Reed > Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene Co., NY > > Edwin Groat, d. 7/29/1857, aged 17y, s/o Stephen G. Groat and Jula A. > Tompkins and buried in Reed (above) > > Stephen Groat, b. about 1809 in New York, is being searched on RootsWeb, > but > his wife was Rhonda Comstock and the 1840 census shows they had 2 sons and > 2 > daughters together, so it does not appear to be the same Stephen Groat who > was the father of Edwin, since Edwin would have been born about 1840. The > timing looks too tight for a second marriage. > > I don't know if this will make some useful connection, but wanted to share > this information with you first. Hopefully, we may help each other trace > these Groat roots. I do have other census information, etc.; but, this > has > been a hard track to follow for me. I hope to discover more information > when I visit Greene County in August. > > Mignon Matthews > Clementon, NJ > > "Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength." > St. Francis de Sales > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dick Dodge" <rbdodge@sbcglobal.net> > To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:18 AM > Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] Margaret GROAT > > >>I am researching the lineage of Margaret GROAT. The 1855 NY State Census >>it >>indicates that she was born in Greene County c1794. In the 1810 census >>there is a John GROAT in Windham, Greene County. >> >> Also, there is a John GROAT in the 1800 census in Albany County. >> Somewhere >> in the cobwebs of my memory, I think I remember that Greene County was >> previously part of Albany County. >> >> Margaret GROAT was married 1 September 1808 in Kortright, Delaware >> County, >> to Daniel FISH. >> >> I would appreciate it if anyone could help me connect Margaret GROAT to >> John GROAT. >> >> Dick Dodge >> Houston, TX >> >> >> ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== >> 1850 federal census for Prattsville and Windham fully transcribed! Come >> check us out! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. 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