Daniela I know I couldn't find anything for you on Moses Tucker, but I do have something on Nathan Champney. First of all, he probably lived in that part of Smithfield which became the Town of Stockbridge in 1836 (the town was also formed from the towns of Vernon and Augusta in Oneida Co. and a portion of Lenox in Madison Co.). There is a Nathan Champney buried at Stockbridge Cemetery. The online listing (at Anita Ingalls' Madison County, NY website http://home.comcast.net/~ingallsam/ ) says that his dates are 1787-1832 and that he is buried in Section C, Lot 57m. Problem with this is that the birth year of 1787 is AFTER the Revo. War ended. I think maybe this Nathan who is buried at Stockbridge is the SON of the Revolutionary soldier. I went to www.findagrave.com and found a picture of the stone in the Stockbridge Cem. It also said that this Nathan was the husband of Desire Vaughn and that he was the son of Nathan and Polly Meacham Champney of Augusta, NY. Since Augusta is in Oneida County, you might want to go to the Oneida County GenWeb http://oneida.nygenweb.net/ and search the entire site for the Champney name. The only other Champneys I found buried in Madison County (but this may not be complete) are buried at Clockville Cemetery in the Town of Lincoln, north of Smithfield: Ellsworth Champney, d. Mar. 27, 1929, ae. 67 Rhoda Champney, his wife, d. Oct. 14, 1920, ae. 65 William Tuttle is his "Pioneers of Madison County", p. 49, had these entries for the name: CHAMPNEY, NATHAN. Died Oct. 6, 1827. Buried at Stockbridge. Veteran of Revolution. Born in 1752. Served in Mass. Line. Pensioned $96 per year in 1818. Lived in Eaton. Son Nathan. Tuttle says that Nathan Champney who is buried at Stockbridge Cem. was born 1752, died 1827. This doesn't match the existing stone that's there??? Based on what follows, I think there might have been at least 3 generations of men named Nathan Champney. Also on page 49 of Tuttle: CHAMPNEY, NATHAN. (1827-June 3, 1891). Wife Marie, daughter of Reuben Parkill (1829-March 1, 1898). Children Frank (1857), Elmer and Ellsworth (twins) (1862). Lived in Canastota. Worked in the rake factory. Had a contract for making the wheels. Grandson of Nathan (1752-1827). [Marie may actually be Maria] Also found a notice in a Hamilton, NY paper that an Elmer Champney died at "Klockville" NY on June 6, 1886, aged 83. In the 1855 NYS Census (index only), I found a Nathan "Champaney", age 25, working as a laborer/farmer. He had lived in Smithfield for 1 yr. and was born in Madison Co. You'd have to look at the actual census to see what family he was living with. Probably some of the above is useless/confusing but decided to "throw" it all in. I can give you the complete citation for Tuttle and for the Hamilton newspaper collection if you are interested. Donna Burdick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniela Moneta" <dmoneta@cox.net> To: <NYMADISO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:21 AM Subject: [NYMADISO] Champney > Hello, > > > > I posted information a few weeks ago about my Tucker family from > Smithfield. > Moses Tucker was known to have lived in Smithfield and his son Chauncey > Tucker was born there in 1805 (just before it became an organized town). > Chauncey's sister, Nancy Tucker, is my 4th Great-grandmother. Just the > other > day, I found information that Nancy claimed to have Champney ancestors. > Low-and-behold, I found a Nathan Champney living in Smithfield. He filed > his > Rev. War bounty and pension papers in 1820. These papers are digitized and > online at Ancestry.com. He was born in 1754 and his wife Polly was born in > 1766. There is information on the Internet about this Champney family. I > would like to know the names of Nathan and Polly's children. I am > wondering > if Moses Tucker married one of their girls. Nathan may also have been in > the > War of 1812 in the 23 infantry (one brief record on Ancestry.com). There > was > good information about an Ebenezer Champney who was also in the 23 U.S. > Infantry. The records say that he was born in Concord, Mass and was 40 or > 45 > when he enlisted. He was 5'8" with dark eyes and sandy hair. He enlisted > on > 21 May 1814 at Canandaigua, and R.R. [can someone tell me what that means] > at Cazenovia, NY under Capt. J. Ingersoll's Co. Discharged at Sackets > Harbor, NY on 1 July 1815 when his term expired. There was a note to "See > Pension Case." I have not found that yet. > > > > Any one know anything about the Champney family? > > > > Thank you for your assistance, > > > > Daniela Moneta > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message