Gene, a laudable objective. The cemetery is in incredibly poor condition, which is a shame, considering the importance of this individual to the growth in this area. I'll be sending my cheque! Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene and Eileen Eiklor" <geneil@geneseo.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] James Barker Patent > After three plus years of obtaining and analyzing deeds from Greene > County, New York I finally put the results together in a booklet titled > "The Barker, Dederick, Ecklor, Olmsted, Salisbury, and Taylor > Grandchildren Inherit the Patroon's Estate: The James Barker Patent at > Cairo and Durham in Greene County, New York." In the process I learned > that James and Elizabeth Barker had 35 grandchildren, of which 29 were > living at the time of Barker's death in November 1820. Besides the > surnames of the grandchildren, the spouses of the grandchildren brought > these names into the family: Agard, Calkins, Cole, Cole, DeWitt, Finkle, > Hallenbeck, Hubbell, Huyck, Knickerbocker, Kortz, Kortz, Ossencup, Person, > Rowe, Stevens, Telfair G, Van Steenbergh, Vought, White, Woodruff, and > Wooster. > > > > > The booklet is 32 double-sided pages, with indices of the family members. > A chapter is devoted to each family plus the story of the Barker arrival > and purchase of land before the Revolution. There are four appendices > including a transcription of the land deed that names all of the > grandchildren of James and Elizabeth (Wooer) Barker who inherited the > land. > > > > I checked at the Post Office. It will cost about $1.50 to mail the > booklet. I am asking $10 for the booklet. With the postage it totals > $11.50. Proceeds will be used to help in the restoration of the family > cemetery as set forth in Appendix D. > > > > If you are interested in the booklet contact me, Gene Eiklor at > geneil@geneseo.net. or at my home address Gene Eiklor, 417 Oakwood Place, > Geneseo, IL 61254-1911. The booklet which shows the descendants of the > children of James and Elizabeth for three generations: their children > were Thomas I. Barker, Sarah, Mary, John, Nancy, Elizabeth and Jane. > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/107 - Release Date: 9/20/2005 > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > Over 200 Greene County cemeteries fully transcribed - look up your > ancestor! > 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 >