Nan Dixon's Jeff Co page has most of the places in Jeff Co to search - check out her pages . First write to the Genealogy Dept,229 Washington St Watertown, NY 13601 - in house searches are free except for a 20 cent copy fee and postage. Send a SASE with your request. Be sure to include names, dates and places. Next if your people are in a different area than Watertown, check with that place also - one might have something the other doesn't. I believe Nan has most listed - I don't have all the addresses. Look at census - they are a good source for places and names - some of these are indexed. If you have an area look in the cem records - and go from there Alice -----Original Message----- From: carol <carol@greatlakes.net> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:02 AM Subject: DEROUIN >Hi > My name is Carol Derouin Freeman, and I'm new to the list, in search of DEROUIN families. >My brick wall is now a building with 27 floors. >The Derouin's originally from Hull, Canada. > >I have no idea where to begin, are there any good places on the internet to start? Also a list of addresses to write for records? >Sorry to be so vague, have to start somewhere though. >Thanks Much >Carol > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Last week I viewed the probate record for my gggggrandmother, Sebra Austria OLCOTT, in Utica. I found a new branch I previously didn't know about. Does anyone have any information on a Hiram WHITTAKER, Lena Whittaker (age 10) and Maud Whittaker (age 17) who lived in Redwood NY in Oct/Nov 1898. Lena and Maud are listed as her gr-granddaughters. Also listed in will is a Mary (Johnson) PORTER, granddaughter, who is the wife of Hiram PORTER, of Fulton Oswego County; Franklin OLCOTT, son. ALso on Probate list is George WOLIVER of New Haven CT (my gggrandfather). If anyone has any info or suggestions please feel free to pass them directly to myself or the list. As I mentioned, I am just beginning my search on the WHITTAKERs and this is my first look into Jefferson County. I have copied OSWEGO county for the PORTER connection and Madison and Oneida counties because that is where the other family members were located. Thanks for you understanding. Regards, George H. WOLIVER III george.woliver@snet.net

Dear Listers,... Perhaps someone out there may also be connected to the RIGGS of NY, particularly in Jefferson Co., NY and be able to help me...I have a quest...James RIGGS, b. 10 April 1789 in Oxford, CT...m. Pamelia (or Permilia) CARRINGTON in Woodbridge, Ct on 27 November 1811, and died (probably in Dexter,) Jefferson Co., NY on 26 June 1856 ...They are both buried in the Dexter Cemetery in NY along with other family members...If anyone recognizes any of these names or dates I would really like to connect with them...I believe my gg grandfather La Fayette RIGGS may be their son. He is listed on the 1850 census in the James RIGGS household as Newton LaFayette RIGGS... LaFayette left NY and I find him again in the 1860 census in Lowndes Co., MS with a wife, Mary Francis MIXON and children, Josephine, James R. and Sally (my g grandmother)...LaFayette died in 1864, naming his mother, Pamelia (Permilia) in his will leaving his real and personal property in Jefferson Co., NY to her ...Any help would sure be appreciated...I realize this is a long note, and thank you for taking the time to read it... Best regards,...Geneice Morris Sarah Geneice Morris (sgmgwg @aol.com)

In a message dated 7/8/00 1:25:26 AM, jccongdon@earthlink.net writes: << I believe a Span is a pair or two horses as a yoke of oxen is two of them. I may have it wrong but have heard the term used in that manner from my aunts and uncles years back. As to the _ndy, I have no idea. Jeanne >> Thanks, Jeanne - we learn something every day. The expression they use often in these letters, "you had better believe" has survived all these years. Wow. BTW, did anyone notice the reference to shillings for the prices of crops?? I learned recently on Roots-L digest, the grandaddy of all genealogy mailing lists, that we, (the USA) did not have a standard of currency until sometime into the 1850's. So shillings were acceptable currency then. Amazing what you learn. Jim Enos

Is anyone researching the following FULLER's, that was listed on the 1820 Census for Jefferson Co., N.Y. for Rodman township? FULLER, Josiah FULLER, Benjamin Thank-You

I believe a Span is a pair or two horses as a yoke of oxen is two of them. I may have it wrong but have heard the term used in that manner from my aunts and uncles years back. As to the _ndy, I have no idea. Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <Enosgen@aol.com> To: <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:56 PM Subject: The Dewey-Penney Letters #9 > To continue, Asher and Harriet (Dewey) Penney have been in Wisconsin a year. > The following letter is significant because it tells us they moved from > Jefferson County to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1855. Uncle Rufus Penney is > getting better as he is "on the gain" as an expression of the day tells us. > Some parts of this letter were transcribed as written but do not make sense > to me, for instance, the expression "a span" is very clearly written, but > defies my understanding as does the term "andy". > > This letter also talks about a number of other people around Jefferson County > in 1856, maybe one of them is in your line. > > Sunday April 20th, 1856 > > Dear Brother and Sister: > I received your letter and was glad to hear from you all and to hear that > you was all well. The folks are all well as usual. They think the Uncle > Ruffus is on the gain. I am agoing to Cultavating tomorrow for barley. The > folks are just beginning to do the Spring work. Well Davy, I have traded off > my colts and have got a pair of iron grays. I traded with Uncle > Pilas[possibly Silas], I gave him my harness to boot between Span and he gave > me five dollars. I have got a Span of $250 dollar team. > You wanted to have me write what horses was worth. Such a mare as you > took off with you is worth here now 125 dollars. Old horses is worth just > about the same as they was when you left last Spring. Dried Apples is worth > from ten to twenty shilling per bushel. Corn is worth five shilling per > bushel. Wheat is worth from 1.25 to 1.50 per bushel. > Eber has gone on the [hint or pint] and I don't know but he has gone a > Sailing before now He is agoing with O. Hewitt he is going first mate. Bill > Frasier has bought that place where Uncle William lived. He gave $250 dollars > and Mr. Poine [possibly Mr. Poines, Paine?] has mort(gaged) all the land. > Mr. Hatcher [Hatches?] folks are all well. Davy, he thinks he has got the > smartest bay in town. His health is good. We have had one of the Winters down > here but we have all lived through it. Hay is worth 9 to 10 dollars a ton. > Harvay [or Harvey] Elnor has gone on one of Moses Elnor farm. He has bought 3 > span of horses and one yoke of oxen. Moses has bought the team and Harvey has > to give a mortgage on his crops and he has got a Hadley to work for him. So > you see he is a man of business. He is agoing one 100 acres of barley and > planned 40 acres of corn and some wheat. Enough for his own use and you can > _ndy[andy?] how much he wants. I must draw my letter to a close so good > regards > To Asher Penny from Charles Penny > > (letter continues) > Dear Brother and Sister > I am now agoing to write a few lines from Father, he is well as usual and > hopes this will find you all the same. He wants you should write whether you > are going to stay there or if you are acoming back here. The farm that > Jeffers left when he went away can be got for 20 dollars per acre, 100 and > two acres in the farm. As in regard to Uncle Williams land warrant he cannot > tell him anything about it. He consulted Godfrey Barney and he said if any > one could prove that they were on the ground 14 days he thought they could > get it but he cannot give him a decided answer. Father got his last Fall and > sold it for 124 dollars and no expense. He wants you to write him a letter > and tell him what you are adoing and what you are agoing to do and how Mr. > Jeffers, Uncle William and yourself get along hunting, how many deers you > have caught this winter. Mother says to tell you that she misses you all as > much as ever. There is hardly a day that passes but she thinks of you all. > She is very busy engaged making a rag carpet this Spring. Samantha(s)[Penney, > wife of Jarvis] health is very poor this Spring. The neighbors are all well > as usual here. Write us soon as you get this for we are always very glad to > hear from you all. I will now draw my letter to a close for this time. Excuse > [torn] bad spelling so good day one and all. > From [bug eaten] (to Har)rit Penny > [written by Elizabeth A. wife of Charles Penney] > > Transcribed by Jim Enos Enosgen@AOL.com. Corrections, clarifications or > comments are solictied. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

Received this from another list, and thought I would pass it on. This information is making the rounds of the library world, due to the American Library Association (ALA) convention about to take place in Chicago. No doubt "subscriptions" to access the database will be expensive, so genealogists will need to find out which libraries near them will be planning to subscribe. Colleagues, This will be a big story. Heritage Quest is going online with the entire US Census, all 12,555 rolls of film. The U.S. Census from 1790 to 1920, fully digitized and going online. You can get more information at a demo during ALA in Chicago, on Saturday, July 8, from 9:30 - Noon in the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom E, or stop by the Heritage Quest booth, #3625. It will be available by subscription to libraries when it is up this Fall at GenealogyDatabase.com. This is expected to be the largest data base of any subject on the Internet.

To continue, Asher and Harriet (Dewey) Penney have been in Wisconsin a year. The following letter is significant because it tells us they moved from Jefferson County to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1855. Uncle Rufus Penney is getting better as he is "on the gain" as an expression of the day tells us. Some parts of this letter were transcribed as written but do not make sense to me, for instance, the expression "a span" is very clearly written, but defies my understanding as does the term "andy". This letter also talks about a number of other people around Jefferson County in 1856, maybe one of them is in your line. Sunday April 20th, 1856 Dear Brother and Sister: I received your letter and was glad to hear from you all and to hear that you was all well. The folks are all well as usual. They think the Uncle Ruffus is on the gain. I am agoing to Cultavating tomorrow for barley. The folks are just beginning to do the Spring work. Well Davy, I have traded off my colts and have got a pair of iron grays. I traded with Uncle Pilas[possibly Silas], I gave him my harness to boot between Span and he gave me five dollars. I have got a Span of $250 dollar team. You wanted to have me write what horses was worth. Such a mare as you took off with you is worth here now 125 dollars. Old horses is worth just about the same as they was when you left last Spring. Dried Apples is worth from ten to twenty shilling per bushel. Corn is worth five shilling per bushel. Wheat is worth from 1.25 to 1.50 per bushel. Eber has gone on the [hint or pint] and I don’t know but he has gone a Sailing before now He is agoing with O. Hewitt he is going first mate. Bill Frasier has bought that place where Uncle William lived. He gave $250 dollars and Mr. Poine [possibly Mr. Poines, Paine?] has mort(gaged) all the land. Mr. Hatcher [Hatches?] folks are all well. Davy, he thinks he has got the smartest bay in town. His health is good. We have had one of the Winters down here but we have all lived through it. Hay is worth 9 to 10 dollars a ton. Harvay [or Harvey] Elnor has gone on one of Moses Elnor farm. He has bought 3 span of horses and one yoke of oxen. Moses has bought the team and Harvey has to give a mortgage on his crops and he has got a Hadley to work for him. So you see he is a man of business. He is agoing one 100 acres of barley and planned 40 acres of corn and some wheat. Enough for his own use and you can _ndy[andy?] how much he wants. I must draw my letter to a close so good regards To Asher Penny from Charles Penny (letter continues) Dear Brother and Sister I am now agoing to write a few lines from Father, he is well as usual and hopes this will find you all the same. He wants you should write whether you are going to stay there or if you are acoming back here. The farm that Jeffers left when he went away can be got for 20 dollars per acre, 100 and two acres in the farm. As in regard to Uncle Williams land warrant he cannot tell him anything about it. He consulted Godfrey Barney and he said if any one could prove that they were on the ground 14 days he thought they could get it but he cannot give him a decided answer. Father got his last Fall and sold it for 124 dollars and no expense. He wants you to write him a letter and tell him what you are adoing and what you are agoing to do and how Mr. Jeffers, Uncle William and yourself get along hunting, how many deers you have caught this winter. Mother says to tell you that she misses you all as much as ever. There is hardly a day that passes but she thinks of you all. She is very busy engaged making a rag carpet this Spring. Samantha(s)[Penney, wife of Jarvis] health is very poor this Spring. The neighbors are all well as usual here. Write us soon as you get this for we are always very glad to hear from you all. I will now draw my letter to a close for this time. Excuse [torn] bad spelling so good day one and all. From [bug eaten] (to Har)rit Penny [written by Elizabeth A. wife of Charles Penney] Transcribed by Jim Enos Enosgen@AOL.com. Corrections, clarifications or comments are solictied.

Hall Letters #2 Letter from Mandana (Swift) Hall (wife of Ira Hall), Stowell's Corners, Jefferson County, NY, to her daughter-in-law, Helen (Beatty) Hall, Audrain County, Missouri, August 8th, 1867. This letter was written a few months after Ira Hall Jr. and Helen were married (January, 1867). Ira Jr. had moved out to Missouri after the Civil War, about 1865-66. Helen had not met her in-laws, but it seems that she had written them a letter in greeting. Helen was pregnant at that time and gave birth to their first child, Claron, in November, 1867. Stowels Corners Aug 8th /67 My Dear Daughter, Pardon my delay in answering your very welcome letter. I was from home on a visit to my son's [Edwin Hall] in the southwestern part of this State when it came, and we have had a friend visiting us from Wisconsin since my return who left us yesterday, about 5 o'clock P.M. I have likewise been very busy, and there has been sickness and death in the neighborhood. I attended two funerals last week. One was Mr. Hall's cousin Harry Ives the other a Mrs. Pierson. Our folks are in usual health. The weather here is extremely warm and dry. We need rain very much. I suppose you have very uncomfortable weather in Missouri at this season of the year. I had a very pleasant visit with my son [Edwin] and his wife [Sarah Trowbridge]. The country there looked splendid with its beautiful residences, large orchards, and fields of wheat ready for the harvest. I was there about two weeks. I suppose Edwin and his wife are now on their way to Kentucky. I received a letter from him last Saturday saying that he intended to start last Monday or Tuesday. I would have kept on my way west-ward gladly (if I could well have done so) until I looked upon a Dear face that I have not seen for nearly two years as well as upon one that I have never seen. --And still farther on to the lone grave of my Dear Hiram [her son Hiram Hall] who so recently left us so full of life, and hope, only to find a grave among strangers far far from all that loved him best. The past winter has been the saddest of my life. Those dark days of sorrow are still casting their shadows across life's pathway. May God grant that I may never drain so bitter a cup again. But God is good. He has not left me comfortless. That my Dear Hiram was a Christian is my only consolation. I did not fear for him. I thought he would do well in Missouri. My fears were all for my Dear Ira whose health was so poor. I thank God who has thus far preserved a life so dear. Tell Ira that [Burleigh?] Salisbury's wife died on the 1st inst of consumption. I am very glad that you took to trouble of writing to me. It was more than I could expect - me being strangers. Your kind affectionate letter took the Citadel of our hearts at once. I am glad that my Dear Ira has won so loving a heart. May nothing ever come to mar your happiness. I was surprised to learn that Ira was married the 1st of January, but still I am glad for he needed a friend at hand as well as those afar off. I regret that you and Ira could not have visited us the past spring or summer, but trust the time is not far distant when we will have the pleasure of seeing you here. I think it is very doubtful about our visiting you this fall, we are expecting my brother and his wife from New Hampshire, and Mr. Hall's brother and his wife to visit this fall. I am glad you sent me a plan of your house. I was much pleased with it. Please write often and tell me all the little incidents which are so interesting and which Ira would not think of writing. Don't forget to send the photograph. We will make all the allowance for it that Ira can ask. I send him some papers with this. Tell him I cannot excuse him from writing because he has found so good a Substitute. He must write too. Love from all to you and Ira. Affectionately Yours, Mother, Mandana Hall ------ Posted by Kelly Hokkanen. More about the Halls at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~khokkanen/hall/

If they are the same as they sell - They are scrollable just like the micro film- one can not enter a name on a search engine. -You have to search page by page. Alice -----Original Message----- From: Ron & Sharon Buckley <texbuck@pdq.net> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: US Census online >Received this from another list, and thought I would pass it on. > >This information is making the rounds of the library world, due to the >American Library Association (ALA) convention about to take place in >Chicago. No doubt "subscriptions" to access the database will be >expensive, so genealogists will need to find out which libraries near them >will be planning to subscribe. > > >Colleagues, >This will be a big story. > >Heritage Quest is going online with the entire US Census, all 12,555 rolls >of film. The U.S. Census from 1790 to 1920, fully digitized and going online. >You can get more information at a demo during ALA in Chicago, on Saturday, >July 8, from 9:30 - Noon in the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom E, or stop by >the Heritage Quest booth, #3625. It will be available by subscription to >libraries when it is up this Fall at GenealogyDatabase.com. This is expected >to be the largest data base of any subject on the Internet. > > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Rikki, Now you find a copy of the actual census, and record everything about this family and the neighbors on multi-year census forms. The census will list the names and ages of Charles, his spouse, and children. The reason for collecting data on the neighbors is that neighbors inter-married. Do not rely on the census index if there is one. They often missed names and contain errors. Jay =========== Ok, I found this reference on Ancestry now what do I do with it? Sound like a greenhorn?? I am :) 1860 PROSSER CHARLES E. St. Lawrence County NY 736 Rossie Federal Population Schedule NY 1860 Federal Census Index NY295158662 Thanks for any help. Rikki

Hi all, Ok, I found this reference on Ancestry now what do I do with it? Sound like a greenhorn?? I am :) 1860 PROSSER CHARLES E. St.Lawrence County NY 736 Rossie Federal Population Schedule NY 1860 Federal Census Index NY295158662 Thanks for any help. Rikki http://prosserhome.homestead.com PROSSER, BARRY, MCINTYRE, LARRABEE, BROWN, MARTIN, BLAKE with some BOULIER/BOLLIER/BEAULIEU, YADDOW AND MYERS tossed in for good measure.

Jim, Re: The message below. Have you found any mention of an Ingalls in your old letters? They were neighbors and possibly relatives of the Danleys. Benjamin, James, and Seth Ingalls are mentioned in the 1810-1830 Henderson Town Meeting notes. We are fairly sure that Benjamin was the father of James, and possibly of Seth. James was my ancestor. James homesteaded in Burton Twp, Genesee County, MI, in 1835. His son Benjamin moved to Seattle. As far as we know now, all the rest of James' children stayed in Michigan. Jay =============== Subject: The Dewey-Penney Letters #7 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 21:04:53 EDT From: Enosgen@aol.com To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Hi Jeff Listers and all you others curious about sisters writing gossip to one another: To bring you up to date, Asher Penney and his wife Harriet Dewey Penney have moved from Henderson to Waupaca Wisconsin. In this letter, little sister Adelia (Del)Penney has married Abell Danley. She also tells that a cousin, Lorriette Dewey, sister to Harriet Penney has married Orsamus Greenly. They later leave Jefferson County, not sure where "out west" they go. Henderson, March 22, 1856 Dear Brother and Sister: I now embrace this opportunity to write a few lines to you to let you know that we are in the Land of the Living but we don’t know what has become of you. We have not had a letter from one of you in three months. Mother says that you have forgot that you have got a father and mother and brother and sister who think of you if you don’t of them. Harriet I wish that you was here today. Mary is here and Eber and his wife. We are making sugar this Spring. Harriet I want you should write me a good long letter. I had a letter from Emily, she says Lorriette is married but what would you say if I should tell you that I was Married to Abell Danley. I think that you have seen him. I was married three weeks ago today. [March 1st, 1857] -[ed. note - the last digit of the date of this letter is very diffficult to read - original transcriber read it as 1857, I prefer 1856] I must draw my letter to a close now. I want you should answer this. Give my love to all inquiring friends - from your sister Adelia Danley [nee Penney] to Harriet Penney [the next few lines are written in a bold hand] Well Asher seeing there is room I thought I would write a few lines to let you know what I am adoing. I am agoing to [bold hand ends here - continues in Adelias hand] work for Martin Grant this summer. Asher you can see that Eber [brother Eber Penney] commenced to write some to you but he went home and did not finish it. He gets $22 dollars per month and has his cow pastured. He wanted to go a sailing but his wife ain’t very well but I think she will be better before Fall. I think I shall stay home this summer. Abell has got to go back West and he thinks he will stay out West until Fall. You may wonder why I don’t go back with him but Mother and Father ain’t long for this world and I want to stay as long as they are alive as I don’t think they are long for this world. Asher I think that I shall be up where you are if I ever go West. Write as soon as you receive this - Good bye [from Adelia (Del) Penney Danley to her brother, Asher Penney and sister-in-law, Harriet Dewey Penney] [Ed. Note: I hope someone finds just a clue to their search or history in these letters and enjoys them as much as the satisfaction I get from sharing them. Again, I post MY search here, for the parents they refer to as Mother and Father (who Adelia says "ain't long for this world", the parents of Charles, Asher, Jarvis, twins Eli and Eber, and Adelia Penney. Thanks, Jim Enos]

Hello List, I've enjoyed following the series of letters that have been posted recently. Even though they're not my family, it is interesting to get a first-hand account of life in a particular family, time, and place. This inspired me to post some of the Hall family letters, written in the 1860s-1881. The Hall family lived on a farm at Stowell's Corners in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, NY. The letters are also posted with more Hall information on my web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~khokkanen/hall/ (1) Letter from Ira Hall, Sr., Stowell's Corners, Jefferson County, NY, to his son Ira Hall, Jr., Gloucester, MA, June 30th, 1863. Envelope addressed to: "Ira Hall Jun., Gloucester, Mass." A note scribbled at the bottom of the original envelope says "Ira Hall Jun has gone out on a fishing cruise P.M. will return it till the craft can"... [paper torn]. Stowel's Corners, Jeffs Co. NY June 30th 1863 My Dear Son Ira, I would inform you that we received your letters and were much gratified to hear from you. We hope that your health will improve, but we have been some afraid that your vessel will be taken and burned by the rebel [privateers?] but we hope not, we have heard of several being taken and burned since you left the port of Gloucester. I would inform you that we are all able to attend to our business concerns although my health for a fortnight past has not been as good as usual. There is not any especial news in this section except war news. Rufus Maxon got very badly hurt about the time you set sail, he was at M.L. Ward's to assist in raising his new house, one of the beams in the second floor broke and let him down with five or six others as I understood, hurt the others some but not so bad as Rufus was, it was a great wonder that it did not kill some. Rufus is improving some but it will be considerable time before he will entirely recover from his injury if he ever does. The weather here is now very warm and the crops are growing very finely, we have had rains plenty since you left. --Your aunt Susan [___?] and Frankie are here from Cleveland, Ohio. They have been in Potsdam. We expect Edwin [ed. note: Ira Sr.'s son] home in a few days, probably he will be at home before the first of July. The [35th] Reg of N.Y.V. have got their discharge from the [Army] and have come home, and some have already enlisted again. John Haddock for one, [Borbee?] formerly of the 94th Reg. They have gone to the war, which is now nearer than when you left home. Tell Reuben that cheese is up to $11 and 11 1/2 dolls per [--?]. Joel [ed. note: Ira Sr.'s oldest son] has agreed with [--?] Morrisson to make up his milk and has been delivering it for some time past. Tell Reuben [ed. note: Ira Sr.'s nephew] that I will write him soon if I am well enough my health is not very good just now. Reynolds that belonged to the 35th Reg has got back from the war and is about establishing a law office in the Village of Watertown again. There is now exciting war news, the Rebels are in Pennsylvania now ravaging the country taking all the horses and cattle that they can get. There has been One hundred thousand militia recently called for, there has been a great gone from this State. 50000 called in State of Pa. [R--?] has had another fight with Bragg's army and has driven I suppose like chaff before the wind. Vicksburgh has not fallen or surrendered yet that we have heard, but Grant is besieging it severely, it must soon give up. Gen. Banks is still besieging Port Hudson, but enough of this at present. Write soon after receiving this. Yours with Paternal regard, Ira Hall --------- Posted by Kelly Hokkanen.

Hi Jeff Listers: In letter #8 a sister, Emily A. Dewey writes to Harriet Dewey Penney. [daughters of Barzilla Jr. Dewey] Emily is going to boarding school in Adams. This letter mentions the Webb family and also suggests a tie between the Webb family and the Dewey family. Adams, April 6th, 1856 Ever Remembered: Brother & Sister As I have not received a letter from you since you have been out there I began to think you had forgotten me, you must pardon me for I have been waiting for a letter from you (is the) reason I have not written before now. I have not been to church today because I have been sick. I have got a very bad cough and a sick headache this evening but I thought I would write to you for I don’t have much of a chance to write and I must improve what I do have. I am at Mr. Webbs now. I board here and go to school. Miss Cole teaches gir-[bug chewed paper] - been here two weeks. I like her very much. She has 17 scholars. She is going to teach 16 weeks longer. The reason of her teaching so long before vacation is on account of the winter weather. She will have vacation in the warm weather because it is so disagreeable to teach school. I suppose you would like to know what my studies are this term. They are Geograpy, Grammar, Philosophy, arithmetic, reading and writing. Harriett I have missed you some better believe for I have had nowhere to go a visiting but I shall expect you soon. Mother received a letter from you two or three weeks ago. You thought we had better not come out there you thought we should be lonesome [torn] or two but I should like to come out there a visiting and see the country. But no more of this. I suppose you are rocking DEalton[?] to sleep and suppose Adelbert and DeWitt have gone to sleep [Adelbert Monroe Penney and Benjamin DeWitt Penney] for it is just half past 8. I have not seen mother since last Sunday nor heard from her. I don’t know whether I should go home next Saturday or not. James Webb came down from Perch River last week. He said Aunt Diney [?] was very sick with the influenza. Please tell Pa that I have written to him. We have not heard from Bens folks in about 3 months. Please excuse all mistakes here. I have written in haste. Tell them all to write to me and I wil answer theirs and you with all the rest with [torn]. [torn](tell) Eber and Charley I wish them much joy and along life of peace and happiness. My love to all my friends and good wishes to the rest. Kiss the children for me. As nothing more occurs to my mind I will ask to be excused, so good evening, Asher and Harriet Penny. Write as soon as you get this, From your sister, Emily A. Dewey

Hi Jeff Listers and all you others curious about sisters writing gossip to one another: To bring you up to date, Asher Penney and his wife Harriet Dewey Penney have moved from Henderson to Waupaca Wisconsin. In this letter, little sister Adelia (Del)Penney has married Abell Danley. She also tells that a cousin, Lorriette Dewey, sister to Harriet Penney has married Orsamus Greenly. They later leave Jefferson County, not sure where "out west" they go. Henderson, March 22, 1856 Dear Brother and Sister: I now embrace this opportunity to write a few lines to you to let you know that we are in the Land of the Living but we don’t know what has become of you. We have not had a letter from one of you in three months. Mother says that you have forgot that you have got a father and mother and brother and sister who think of you if you don’t of them. Harriet I wish that you was here today. Mary is here and Eber and his wife. We are making sugar this Spring. Harriet I want you should write me a good long letter. I had a letter from Emily, she says Lorriette is married but what would you say if I should tell you that I was Married to Abell Danley. I think that you have seen him. I was married three weeks ago today. [March 1st, 1857] -[ed. note - the last digit of the date of this letter is very diffficult to read - original transcriber read it as 1857, I prefer 1856] I must draw my letter to a close now. I want you should answer this. Give my love to all inquiring friends - from your sister Adelia Danley [nee Penney] to Harriet Penney [the next few lines are written in a bold hand] Well Asher seeing there is room I thought I would write a few lines to let you know what I am adoing. I am agoing to [bold hand ends here - continues in Adelias hand] work for Martin Grant this summer. Asher you can see that Eber [brother Eber Penney] commenced to write some to you but he went home and did not finish it. He gets $22 dollars per month and has his cow pastured. He wanted to go a sailing but his wife ain’t very well but I think she will be better before Fall. I think I shall stay home this summer. Abell has got to go back West and he thinks he will stay out West until Fall. You may wonder why I don’t go back with him but Mother and Father ain’t long for this world and I want to stay as long as they are alive as I don’t think they are long for this world. Asher I think that I shall be up where you are if I ever go West. Write as soon as you receive this - Good bye [from Adelia (Del) Penney Danley to her brother, Asher Penney and sister-in-law, Harriet Dewey Penney] [Ed. Note: I hope someone finds just a clue to their search or history in these letters and enjoys them as much as the satisfaction I get from sharing them. Again, I post MY search here, for the parents they refer to as Mother and Father (who Adelia says "ain't long for this world", the parents of Charles, Asher, Jarvis, twins Eli and Eber, and Adelia Penney. Thanks, Jim Enos]

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Hi folks, Scans of the original Civil War Volunteer Enlistment papers for one Henry LOCKE are available online at the Jefferson County, New York, American Local History Network website at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/jefferson/ He enlisted at Evans Mills, Town of LeRay, on 8 August 1862. He reported his age as 21 and birthplace as Town of Lyme. Follow the links to either the town of Lyme or LeRay pages and scroll until you see the link to the scans. (Images will take up to 90 seconds to download on a 28.8 modem connection). I neither own nor have access to the original. Hope this helps somebody out there! Sincerely, Mark A. Wentling Coordinator, Jefferson Co., NY ALHN

Just thought I would throw this out there and see what develops. I have contacted the grandson of Francis Cantwell, the lawyer mentioned in the article below, but he doesn't have any of his grandfathers files so he can't help. I don't know which Probate or Surrogates Court to turn to so until I find some kind of clue there I'll have to wait. If someone would be willing to do a census lookup for me I would be forever grateful. William PROSSER was born 21 Mar 1876 to Charles PROSSER and Ida BARRY in Philadelphia, NY. *******Beginning of Article****************************** Syracuse Post Standard Thursday 23NOV1922 PROSSER HEIR TO SHARE OF BIG FORTUNE? Syracuse Man Hopes News from Saranac Attorney Proves True. SEARCH OF RELATIVES Estate in England of Banker said to be Worth $10,000,000. Dreams of a large fortune may be realized by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prosser of No. 1430 West Genesee street due to an investigation being carried on in the United States to find all the heirs of Charles Prosser, first white man to enter the Lake George country, and a banker in Buffalo many years ago. The banker is said to have left an estate estimated at $10,000,000 and his Syracuse namesake is hoping that information he received yesterday may be true. Detective Oscar Naumann visited the Prosser home, with a letter written by Francis H. Cantwell of Saranac Lake, attorney for an Adirondack region heir of the estate. The attorney was anxious to get in touch with the Syracuse heir in the hope of gaining some more information, and a query was sent to the police because Prosser's address was not known to Cantwell. Property of Prosser. There seems to be a lack of specific information about the Prosser fortune, but it is reputed to include copper, slate and marble mines and quarries, real estate in London, and money in the banks of England. One report is there are but four heirs to the Prosser fortune, but Attorney Cantwell said over the telephone from Saranac Lake last night he believes the possible claimants exceed that number. Prosser formerly lived in the Tupper Lake region where he was a farmer, lumberman and contractor. About 15 years ago, he came to Syracuse and made his home with his three sons, Herbert, William and George Prosser. The story of the fortune is that the great-grandfather of the Syracuse and other heirs, came to the United States from Cardiff, Wales. He settled in the Lake George country, hewing his home from timbers of the forest. He entered the trading business and made money. Then he realized the opportunities banking offered, and stated a bank in Buffalo. Long Search for Heirs. Prosser is represented as being one of the Builders of the Erie canal. Following his death, search for his heirs started, and it is said to have continued for the past 25 years. The Syracuse heir said he had heard he might be an heir to part of the fortune, but knew little about it. He wrote Attorney Cantwell last night in the hope of gaining further details. *********End of Article************************** I know that this heir thing is more likely than not a hoax but I am hoping that, if nothing else, there might be some family information that might be found that is connected to it. Thanks for any help. Rikki Martin http://prosserhome.homestead.com PROSSER, BARRY, MCINTYRE, LARRABEE, BROWN, MARTIN, BLAKE with some BOULIER/BOLLIER/BEAULIEU, YADDOW AND MYERS tossed in for good measure.

I am new to the list and thought that I would post my interests. My gggrandfather, Giles Ransom, was born in Truxton, Cortland, NY in 1812. He went to Sackett's Harbor in 1828 at age of 16 to learn the cabinet making trade from Daniel Harlow. He later married Cynthia Harlow (not positive that she was Daniel's daughter). They moved to Giles' farm at Giddingsville and lived there until 1865 when they moved to Iowa. I would like to contact anyone who might be searching either the Ransom or Harlow families from Jefferson County NY. Thanks Mary Alice Crowther near Santa Fe, NM