Hi again Bernice -- I did a bit more digging around...and found two instances. Here is reference to an 1813 epidemic in one part of Jefferson County; found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/frencht.htm "RODMAN... In 1813 an epidemic prevailed, causing 60 deaths in 3 months." The original source of this webpage text [and this snippet of information] is from JEFFERSON COUNTY, from the GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by J. H. French. Published by R. Pearsall Smith, Syracuse, N. Y. 1860. Here is a reference to a typhoid epidemic in 1812 in at least one part of Jefferson County -- the disease might well have lingered on into 1813. "In the year 1812 the typhoid fever was epidemic in Champion and very fatal; many heads of families were swept away,..." Source: The biography of HIRAM HUBBARD found at http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnyjeff/champ/chbios3.htm A review of conditions that facilitate transmission of these epidemics might be worthwhile to see if they could be the ones you are looking for. // Regards, Gord Hines (in Regina SK Canada) Gord Hines wrote: Subject: Re: 1813 EPIDEMIC? Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 05:04:24 -0700 Resent-From: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:04:12 -0600 From: Gord Hines <ghines@sk.sympatico.ca> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Hi Bernice -- > There were no generally widespread epidemics in 1813 America. The most > common local epidemics to afflict colonial and early American settlers were: > Yellow fever, Smallpox, Cholera and Diphtheria > This is based on disease/ epidemic outbreaks recorded in a number of > sources on the www. > > The timing of 1813 in northern states, especially in counties near the present > Canada-US border, does suggest the possibility of disease transmission > associated with movement of military and volunteer forces involved in the > War of 1812-1814. It is a fact recorded in several histories of this war that > various diseases caused significant loss of life for some units and in some locales. > > Jefferson County was a major "marshaling area" for troops that fought the British > and their allies in this war.... and 1813 was the year of the battle of Sackets > Harbor. > > You might check out how Antwerp was involved with that War effort in 1813. > > Here are a few other suggestions that might help confirm the probability of some > epidemic being the cause of death. > > To search for evidence of local epidemics, where there appear to be no records, > check local cemetery records (transcriptions, on-line databases, etc) or church > burial records (and online databases) for "clustered deaths" that take several > members (especially children and the elderly - e.g. grandparents) in the same > family within a short period of time. This could be over several months as a > disease works its way progressively through a dispersed population of a small > farming community. > > A nearby example of a locale epidemic is in this record from Herkimer County: > "WILLIAM ALEXANDER, ... died January 3d, 1813, aged 37 years, of an > epidemic fever, which prevailed pretty extensively in the county, and carried > off a great many of the adult inhabitants." > source: Chapter Thirteen, Benton's History of Herkimer County > [found at <http://www.global2000.net/fortklock/Chapter13.htm>] > > // Gord Hines (in Regina SK Canada) > > BAnnMunsey@aol.com wrote: > Subject: 1813 EPIDEMIC? > Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 07:32:59 -0700 > Resent-From: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:32:46 EDT > From: BAnnMunsey@aol.com > To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > > > In the winter of 1813, Samuel BAILEY, Olive (__)BAILEY, and at least three of > > their children (Joshua, Alison, Lewis) all died within one month. Is there a > > record of a "plague" that hit Jefferson County, NY at that time? Did it hit > > a particular village or area of the county? One daughter, Nancy BAILEY > > survived and married John KINGSBURY ca. 1827 and they lived in Antwerp. > > Thank you for any information. > > Bernice