Toni, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution website listing the various Chapters in New York Stete at: http://www.dar.org/states/states2.html lists the following: NEW YORK Binghamton - Tuscarora Chapter Buffalo - Abigail Fillmore Chapter Liberty - Beaverkill Chapter New York - New York City Chapter New York - Peter Minuit Chapter Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls Chapter Oneida - Skenandoah Chapter Patchogue - Colonel Josiah Smith Chapter Rome - Fort Stanwix Chapter Schenectady - Schenectada Chapter Southampton - Southampton Colony Chapter Trumansburg - Chief Taughannock Chapter Utica - Oneida Chapter The nearest location to Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County) would appear to be in neighboring Schenectady County. Its web page is at http://members.aol.com/b1093/index.htm Gary C ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken & Toni Cannon <k-t.cannon@worldnet.att.net> To: <NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: [NYMONTGO] RE: DAR Amsterdam > Could someone please send me the address and phone number for the > Daughters of the American Revolution in Amsterdam, NY. > Thank you for any help. > Toni Smith-Cannon > Minden, Nevada > > > ==== NYMONTGO Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the message UNSUBSCRIBE to: > NYMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com or .... > NYMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com for DIGEST > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Could someone please send me the address and phone number for the Daughters of the American Revolution in Amsterdam, NY. Thank you for any help. Toni Smith-Cannon Minden, Nevada

The Website for NYState is www.azstarnet.com~emiles/nydar I'm not sure they still have a chapter in Amsterdam and the date ends in 1958. I would write to the State Chapter.

Passing along this note received from the MI-WI list, on the new sites for Herkimer County and also Montgomery County, NY. Thought others might be intersted in their new beginnings. Darci - Hi everyone, want to announce the birth of two new NY ALHN counties hosted by Lisa Slaski and Judy Breedlove. They have put online the counties of Herkimer and Montgomery, NY. Gals, the pages are beautifully done and you're off to a great start! Please come visit them at their new sites at the addys below: http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnyherk/ http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnymont/ I'm sending this to the MI-WI lists as many people migrated from the above counties to MI and WI. Debbie Axtman Co-State Coordinator. New York ALHN http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnnyus/nyalhn.htm Co-State Coordinator, Michigan ALHN http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnmius/ ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Tuscola County Genealogy ALHN Coordinator http://www.usgennet.org/~ahmitusc/tuscola.htm ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` County Coordinator Dutchess, NY ALHN http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnydutc/dutchess.htm ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` County Coordinator Jefferson, NY ALHN http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnyjeff/jefferson.htm ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` County Coordinator Otsego, NY ALHN http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnyotse/otsego.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Other MI ALHN Counties http://www.usgennet.org/~ahmilape/lapeer.htm http://www.usgennet.org/~ahmikent/index.html ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

Electa Bird (1)Hull, (2) Dimmick married Josiah Hewitt as her 3rd husband 26 Nov 1797 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, Palatine NY. She had children with Solomon Dimmick: William B., Solomon, Augustus, Elizabeth, and Polly. I need to find a death date and place for Electa Hewitt. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Cathy clauer@oregonvos.net

Many people visit Albany, NY in order to do genealogical research at the huge genealogy section in the NYS Library. In the same building can be found the NYS Archives and the NYS Museum. The following message was sent to me by Ruth Ann Messick who can be found at the library at least four days a week. She kindly asked me to distribute it to alert potential visitors about the impending construction. I should also mention that a nearby parking area is being replaced with a parking garage. As a result, during the construction the two parking lots beside the library are full of displaced state workers every day. Parking on the street can be quite difficult to find and could mean a walk of several blocks. Underground parking is often full also. It is very complicated to access this parking. Half of it can be reached from the library, the other half not very easily. The only advantage to coming here to do research at this time is that very few people are using the facilities. If you do come, a bus seems to be the most reasonable way of getting to the library, even if you just parked five blocks away (west). And it would be cheaper because parking is about $7 per day at the library. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIG DETOUR IN ALBANY, NY NEAR EMPIRE PLAZA BEGINNING 01 APR 2000 - 04 JUL 2000 If you think the problem of driving in Albany near the Empire Plaza couldn't get worse, IT WILL effective 01 Apr 2000. Please post to genealogy lists to help people avoid the problems in trying to get to the NYS Library, Archives, Museum, Albany Co. Hall of Records and any other place in downtown Albany. This involves the EXIT RAMP COMING OUT OF THE UNDERGROUND PARKING AREA of EMPIRE PLAZA to RT I-787 NORTH AND SOUTH. To accommodate the additional traffic anticipated (from soon-to-open new parking ramps) to access I-787, certain portions of the current ramps must be widened. The DOT is constructing a project that is running concurrently with the Offices of General Services' garage construction so that work on the ramp widening project will conclude on or about 01 AUG 2000. It will be necessary to CLOSE the ramp from the garage exit that leads to I-787 NORTH and SOUTHBOUND. The ramp will be closed for a maximum of 90 days. During this time, all the remaining work that affects traffic will be completed. It is expected that work will begin on 01 Apr 2000 and will be completed prior to 04 Jul weekend. To ensure safe lane changes to and from the underground garages, new overhead signs will be placed. Motorist traveling through the Mall or exiting the Empire State Plaza north and south (underground) parking facilities will encounter a divided roadway after leaving the Plaza tunnels. As you exit, YOU WILL NOT be able to take the usual ramp which takes you directly to I-787 north and south. Signs will take you on a 2 (two) mile route which will take you out over I-787 (below you) and ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER. On the other side of the river, you will do a right loop, turn right, go a short distance straight ahead, take a right and COME BACK ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER. As you return to the Albany side of the Hudson River, THEN you may TAKE RT I-787 North or South. This is an expected 4 (four) minute additional time DURING NON-PEAK HOURS. TO AVOID THIS DETOUR. It is suggested if leaving the NYS Library, Archives, Museum, Albany Co. Hall of Records - Take Madison Ave (the street that runs in front of the Museum) downhill and when you are at the bottom, take the road to the right that directs you to I-787. (You will be driving under the raised roads of I-787). To go NORTH on I-787 - From the bottom of Madison Ave, it curves to the right and then to the left (stay in the left lane). At the light *, you will turn left and stay to the left going up the ramp to join the Northbound I-787 traffic. * At this light, you will be looking at the Hudson River (USS SLater and Dutch Apple Boat are right there). If you are familiar with downtown Albany, you may enter I-787 from the ramp entrance near Fleet Bank. This ramp will be open as usual. A great idea to avoid the traffic and parking problems at any time (year round) near the Museum and Capital area is to check out the locations, especially from Malls, that you could take a CDTA bus in to Madison Ave. There are commuter bus services from all surrounding counties also. These opportunities should be considered in booking motel accommodations in the areas outside of downtown Albany which are often considerably lower in price. For further information call: Wendy Gibson - Information officer of the Office of General Services 518-474-5987 or Tim Conway, Department of Transportation at 518-474-6285. Tune into AM 830 on our radio for project information.

There is an excellent search engine to help find people that are in vital records that have been posted at the USGenWeb Archives. It works for any state, and I found it to be very worthwhile. It even includes search tips and examples of searches. Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Type in a surname or a full name, select a state, and click on Search. Cliff

Searching for ambrose Potter who appears in the 1850 Census of Legrange Co, East Lima Twp, Indiana. Census shows: Potter Ambrose MA 56 Lucinda CT 52 Hiram W NY 20 Parnell C OH 16 Jerusha OH 12 Malvina OH 10 Could this be the same Ambrose Potter who appears in the 1830 NY census in Montgomery Co, in the town of Mayfield? Any info appreciated. Christopher Barttels Dayton, WA http://members.hscis.net/~bremerj/index.html ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Rhonda, Regarding your note below .... > Subject: [NYMONTGO] Cyrus Burnap / Milton Burnap > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 07:33:00 -0600 > From: "Brown, Rhonda" <Rhonda_Brown@ncs.com> > To: NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > > Has anyone run across records for this individual in Montgomery County? I believe he lived in Charleston, and his parents were > Joseph Burnap & Abigail Bickford. > > I am specifically looking for anything that ties his son Milton Burnap (born 1806 in Charleston, later relocated to Livingston > / Wyoming County) to him. > > I have already looked in the Burnap Benealogy by Belknap, and that line stops at Cyrus. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Rhonda Brown > > ______________________________ I have the surname BURNAP tied in with my ancestral line of HAZARD and they were in Montgomery Co, NY before they moved to Erie Co, NY. I don't know how these two lines will connect but it seems likely they will given the time frame/location. Generation No. 1 1. Jacob1 BURNAP, Sr. was born betweem say 1790 - 1800, and died bef. 1815?. He married Phebe HAZARD 25 September 1813 in Charleston, Montgomery Co, New York, daughter of William HAZARD and Lucinda CLARK?. She was born Abt. 1797 in New York, and died 10 September 1825. Child of Jacob BURNAP and Phebe HAZARD is: + 2 i. Jacob2 Burnap, Jr., born 25 December 1813 in Charleston, Montgomery Co, New York; died 29 October 1896 in Collins, Erie Co, New York. Generation No. 2 2. Jacob2 Burnap, Jr. (Jacob1) was born 25 December 1813 in Charleston, Montgomery Co, New York, and died 29 October 1896 in Collins, Erie Co, New York. He married Angeline Howland bef. 1844 in probably Erie Co, New York, daughter of male CONN and Lovina HAZARD. She was born 27 March 1822 in Montgomery Co, New York, and died 07 November 1903 in Collins, Erie Co, New York. Children of Jacob Burnap and Angeline Howland are: 3 i. Orlina3 Burnap, born 1844. 4 ii. Adella Burnap, born 1846. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - I also have noted in my database a Joseph J. BURNAP b. abt 1770-80 but married to a Sarah TRACY. This family settled in Erie Co, NY, also. I have not determined their connection to my Burnap family yet. Do any of these names look familiar to you? Cordially, Vicki (Hazard) Batterton

I am trying to locate Terrence and Julia Smith's children. Terrence b. 1829 Ireland m. Julia Irene b. 1839 Ireland. They immigrated to Camden, Onieda, NY in 1864. They moved from Camden to Amsterdam, Montgomery Co. in 1884. They were members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church. Their children are: 1- Patrick H. b. Dec. 1858 Ireland m. Frances lived in Middletown, NY. 2- Mary A. b. Mar. 8, 1865 Camden, NY m. M. Moran lived in Brooklyn, NY 3- Terrence Jr. b. 1866 Camden d. July 2, 1942 Amsterdam, NY 4- Katie b. August 2, 1867 Camden, NY m. M. Fitzgerald 5- John Edward b. Jan. 6, 1869 Camden, NY d. March 2, 1958 Utica. m. Isabelle Maxwell. 6- Harrison F. b. 1870 Camden in 1910 is a bartender in a hotel in Amsterdam. 7- Thomas Smith b. March 7, 1871 Camden, NY d. aft 1944 in Amsterdam? 8- James J. b. April 5, 1874 Camden, NY d. May 4, 1944 Galway, Saratoga Co. NY (buried in AMsterdam). 9- Ella b. Oct 17, 1877 Camden, NY d. Feb. 10, 1935 Montpelier, VT. (buried in Amsterdam). 10- William F. Smith b. 1879 Camden, NY d. Dec 18, 1945 Amsterdam. 11-Julia E. b. March 21, 1882 Camden? d. April 2, 1970 Duluth, MN m. William S. Phillips. If you have any information on any of these family members or the spouses, please contact me. Toni Smith-Cannon k-t.cannon@worldnet.att.net

I like your idea. But, Where do I send known migrations? I have many. Dorothy

In a message dated 3/4/2000 3:12:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, gsdownr@geocities.com writes: << As you all know, we recently launched the nationwide Migrations project with the help, assistance and cooperation of USGenWeb, ALHN and nonaffiliated volunteers. Migrations is a project designed to track migration, immigration and emigration into and across the US and other countries for genealogical and educational purposes and to track patterns of such migrations. I would like to formally request links to each of the individual state (and county, where available) Migrations pages from each of the USGenWeb and ALHN state (and county where available) pages. Migrations contains many many links to both USGenWeb and ALHN and we would like reciprocal links to as many of these state pages (and county pages where available) as possible. Please distribute this as widely as possible. Patrick Hays http://www.migrations.org >>

Hi, Darci--you wrote: >Hi. Has anyone on the list access to: Foote Family, Gen. and hist. Of Nath. >Foote of Wethersfield, Ct, [et al.] By Abram Will. Foote. Burlington, Vt, >1932 (2v.):1226? > >I've seen that surname off and on from the NY lists, either this list or >Herkimer. There were some EHLE (Boyd, Loris, Marion, Ralph) names mentioned >on ancestry.com under biographies using American Genealogical-Biographical >Index (AGBI). I'm wondering what was listed about them in this above source. Why don't you join the Foote Roots list and post it on that? joan

I am sure that many people on this list are descendants of the 18th Century Mohawk Valley Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman family. Therefore, I wish to let to know that a web site for this family is finally on-line. Go to: http://www.sginet.com/szt/ For those not familiar with this extended family, here is a brief introduction. This project was conceived two years ago, and announced in the SZT Reunion Newsletter eighteen months ago. The goal was to create one integrated computer file that contained all known SZT descendants, using SZT publications as our initial source. Thus, we began to extract data on each individual found in each SZT publication. Since each book has a degree of duplication (due both to intermarriage and planned content overlap) entries from each book are merged to eliminate duplicate records. The result is a HUGE database that currently exceeds 20,000 persons, taken from six SZT books. The data is presented as ONE family tree. Details about the extracted books, the pending books, and the database itself are found on the web site. The project is not "completed." Genealogy projects are never "completed." Two more books are in the process of being extracted, and will be added to the database when completed. Other sources will be added, to the extent we have volunteers to do the work Your comments and suggestions are welcome. However, be aware that most suggestions can only be implemented if helping hands accompany helping minds. We extend our thanks to those volunteers who have extracted data. And special thanks go to Bill Boller, who not only extracted a major portion of the records, but designed the site. Without him, the extracted records would still reside only in my computer. Finally, for those of you who hope to download these records, be patient. We intend to eventually provide a GEDCOM file on the site. In the meantime, happy browsing. Ray Kuehne

Hi. Has anyone on the list access to: Foote Family, Gen. and hist. Of Nath. Foote of Wethersfield, Ct, [et al.] By Abram Will. Foote. Burlington, Vt, 1932 (2v.):1226? I've seen that surname off and on from the NY lists, either this list or Herkimer. There were some EHLE (Boyd, Loris, Marion, Ralph) names mentioned on ancestry.com under biographies using American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). I'm wondering what was listed about them in this above source. Thank you. Darci

Hi Joanne, Would it be ok to post this family group sheet on the Montgomery county GenWeb site? Your email address could be included, if desired (or not posted if you wish). This would give you some more visibility and add to our site at the same time! Lisa Slaski Ass't Co-ord. Herkimer/Montgomery counties NY USGenWeb site At 09:33 PM 2/27/00 -0500, you wrote: >What follows is my own most recent updated family group sheet for the >Montgomery County family of Peter P. Van Etten and Margaret Froelich. The >surname is spelled variously as VAN NETTER, VAN ETTER, VAN ETTA, VAN ATTA, >v. ETTE, v. ETTER, and so on, often changing form even on the same page of a >vital document, or from one generation of offspring to the next. Being >descended from Canajoharie boatman Lewis Van Etta, who was a son of Jacob >and a grandson of Peter P. Van Etten, I would be most happy to hear from >other descendants of Peter P. Van Etten and Margaret Froelich, or from those >whose own research has verified or otherwise proven the names of Peter P. >Van Etten's parents in or near Rhinebeck. > >Joanne Garland, P.O. Box 104, Deerfield, MA 01342-0104 jogar@javanet.com > >-------------------------------------- > >Family Group Sheet - PETER P. VAN ETTEN and MARGARET FROELICH - Montgomery >County, NY > >PETER P. VAN ETTEN - Carpenter in Johnstown, Montgomery County, NY. In his >Revolutionary War Pension Application (RWPA #13,118) dated 22 April 1818 he >stated his age as �Sixty-three years on 13th August last.� A 1956 letter of >Edna L. Jacobson, Associate Librarian, New York State Library, which she >addressed to family researcher Edward K. Bishop, late of Deansboro, NY, >referenced NY State Library MSS10551 for the following: �Size Roll of Capt. >Lieut Elsworth�s Company 4th New York Regiment...Names - Peter Vn. Etten. >Age-30. Size - 5 feet 7 inches. Trade - Carpenter. Where born - Rhinebeck, >Dutchess County, New York. Place of Residence - Rhinebeck, Ulster [?] >County. Hair - Sandy. Complexion - Brown. Inlisted - May 21, 1779 at Stone >Robby. For What term - War.� The same letter cited the following information >from Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flats, v. 1, p. 57: >�Child - Petrus, Bap. May 19, 1757, Parents - Abraham Van Etten and >Catharine Steenberg, Sponsors - Petrus Soutenburg and Rachellye Steenburg.� >This child, born 6 May 1757, may possibly equate to the above Peter P. Van >Etten, who died 9 November 1834 (per widow�s declaration dated 21 November >1838 in pension application file). > >MARGARET FROELICH - b. 11 February 1768, bap. 21 February 1768, Reformed >Dutch Church of Stone Arabia (RDSA:83), sponsors Eva Coppernoll and Jacob >Frolich. Parents: Valentin Froelich (Freligh, Fraligh, Vrolig) (See his RWPA >#W16995 file in which Valentin�s daughter Margaret is identified as the >widow of Peter Van Etten.) and Maria (Maritje) Halenbeck, who had married 27 >March 1764 at Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg, now Athens, Greene County, >NY (per pension file). Margaret is most likely the �Margaret Van Natter,� >age 72, living in household of C. Frolick and receiving a pension in 1840. >English Evangelical Lutheran Church records (Canajoharie) indicate that in >February 1841 �Mrs. Van Atter died.� Note: Jacob Froelich (Valentin�s >brother) had a daughter also named �Margaret Froelich,� but born 31 March >1772 at Palatine, Montgomery County, NY. > >m. 13 November 1784 �in the sixteenth year of her age the thirteenth day of >the last full month� (widow�s pension application statements of 1838 and >1839 respectively), by Rev. W. Rees, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Stone >Arabia, �Said Rees has long since left...and removed...to a place called >Rhinebeck...� > >Children: > >MARIA - b. 9 April 1785 �...in the month of April thereafter [i.e., after >the marriage] she was delivered of her first child a daughter named Maria, >to wit, on the ninth day of April which would make her said daughter now >[1839] fifty-two years of age upwards, and this Deponent so testifies.� >Widow�s statement. > >ELISABETH - b. 28 November 1787, bap. 11 December 1787, Reformed Dutch >Church of Stone Arabia, sponsors Conrad Franz and Salome, geb: Bessinger. >�...her second child named Betsy was born one year & Eight months after said >Maria.� Widow�s statement. (Peggy Van Ette, daughter of Peter Van Ette, m. >Bartholomew I. Sidnam on 14 June 1818, Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of >Maple Town, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, NY.) > >CORNELIA - b. 1 October 1789, bap. 12 October 1789 (RDSA), sponsors Petrus >Froeher and Cornelia, ux. �...her third child named Cornelia one year & ten >months after said Betsy...� Widow�s statement. > >JACOB - b. 13 October 1792, bap. Trinity Lutheran Church of Stone Arabia >(LTSA:70), sponsors Jacob Nier and Maria Heess. �...and her fourth child >named Jacob two years & twenty days after her said daughter Cornelia.� Widow >�s statement. �Jacob Van Nette and Maria Saver� are listed as parents of >child �Lodewyck� b. 17 September 1813, in records of Reformed Dutch Church >Fonda, Montcomery Co., NY. �Lewis Van Etta,� Erie Canal boatman, son of >Jacob Van Etten and Maria Sever, lived in Canajoharie, NY, d. 1907. > >CATARINA - b. 18 December 1793, records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of >Stone Arabia. > >BARBARA - b. 21 May 1796, bap. 5 June 1796, sponsors Johann Nicholaus Baker, >Barbara, ux: ej., Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia. > >ANNA - b. 15 March 1798 to �Peter v. Ette,� Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone >Arabia. Mother�s name not listed in record. > >LENA - b. 13 May 1800 to �Peter v. Ette,� Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone >Arabia. Mother�s name not listed in record. > >PETER - 1 March 1803, sponsors Peter Merckell and Elizabeth Merckell, RDSA. > >JOHN - b. 27 April 1807, bap. 31 May, eod. anno., sponsors John Setterly & >wife Anna, RDSA. > >JANETY - b. 22 April 1810, bap. 27 May, eod. anno., sponsors John Coppernoll >& wife Margaret, RDSA. > >NB: Peter P. Van Etten�s statement of 15 June 1820 included the following: >�I support a wife and two daughters, the wife fifty-two, and one daughter >fifteen and the other ten years of age.� This statement is consistent with >regard to his daughter Janety, but may indicate the existence of an >additional female child born to them about 1805. > >The above information was gathered from several sources, among them work of >the late Emma and Edward K. Bishop in 1955-56, paid research performed at >the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives in 1984, and >Revolutionary War Pension Application files #13,118 for Peter P. Van Etten >and #W16995 for Valentine Freligh. Caution: Original church records should >be consulted whenever possible before final acceptance of any of the above >data, which may include transcription errors. > >Joanne Garland, P.O. Box 104, Deerfield, MA 01342-0104 jogar@javanet.com >February 27, 2000 > > >==== NYMONTGO Mailing List ==== >UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the message UNSUBSCRIBE to: > NYMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com or .... > NYMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com for DIGEST > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >

What follows is my own most recent updated family group sheet for the Montgomery County family of Peter P. Van Etten and Margaret Froelich. The surname is spelled variously as VAN NETTER, VAN ETTER, VAN ETTA, VAN ATTA, v. ETTE, v. ETTER, and so on, often changing form even on the same page of a vital document, or from one generation of offspring to the next. Being descended from Canajoharie boatman Lewis Van Etta, who was a son of Jacob and a grandson of Peter P. Van Etten, I would be most happy to hear from other descendants of Peter P. Van Etten and Margaret Froelich, or from those whose own research has verified or otherwise proven the names of Peter P. Van Etten's parents in or near Rhinebeck. Joanne Garland, P.O. Box 104, Deerfield, MA 01342-0104 jogar@javanet.com - ------------------------------------ Family Group Sheet - PETER P. VAN ETTEN and MARGARET FROELICH - Montgomery County, NY PETER P. VAN ETTEN - Carpenter in Johnstown, Montgomery County, NY. In his Revolutionary War Pension Application (RWPA #13,118) dated 22 April 1818 he stated his age as “Sixty-three years on 13th August last.” A 1956 letter of Edna L. Jacobson, Associate Librarian, New York State Library, which she addressed to family researcher Edward K. Bishop, late of Deansboro, NY, referenced NY State Library MSS10551 for the following: “Size Roll of Capt. Lieut Elsworth’s Company 4th New York Regiment...Names - Peter Vn. Etten. Age-30. Size - 5 feet 7 inches. Trade - Carpenter. Where born - Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Place of Residence - Rhinebeck, Ulster [?] County. Hair - Sandy. Complexion - Brown. Inlisted - May 21, 1779 at Stone Robby. For What term - War.” The same letter cited the following information from Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flats, v. 1, p. 57: “Child - Petrus, Bap. May 19, 1757, Parents - Abraham Van Etten and Catharine Steenberg, Sponsors - Petrus Soutenburg and Rachellye Steenburg.” This child, born 6 May 1757, may possibly equate to the above Peter P. Van Etten, who died 9 November 1834 (per widow’s declaration dated 21 November 1838 in pension application file). MARGARET FROELICH - b. 11 February 1768, bap. 21 February 1768, Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia (RDSA:83), sponsors Eva Coppernoll and Jacob Frolich. Parents: Valentin Froelich (Freligh, Fraligh, Vrolig) (See his RWPA #W16995 file in which Valentin’s daughter Margaret is identified as the widow of Peter Van Etten.) and Maria (Maritje) Halenbeck, who had married 27 March 1764 at Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg, now Athens, Greene County, NY (per pension file). Margaret is most likely the “Margaret Van Natter,” age 72, living in household of C. Frolick and receiving a pension in 1840. English Evangelical Lutheran Church records (Canajoharie) indicate that in February 1841 “Mrs. Van Atter died.” Note: Jacob Froelich (Valentin’s brother) had a daughter also named “Margaret Froelich,” but born 31 March 1772 at Palatine, Montgomery County, NY. m. 13 November 1784 “in the sixteenth year of her age the thirteenth day of the last full month” (widow’s pension application statements of 1838 and 1839 respectively), by Rev. W. Rees, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Stone Arabia, “Said Rees has long since left...and removed...to a place called Rhinebeck...” Children: MARIA - b. 9 April 1785 “...in the month of April thereafter [i.e., after the marriage] she was delivered of her first child a daughter named Maria, to wit, on the ninth day of April which would make her said daughter now [1839] fifty-two years of age upwards, and this Deponent so testifies.” Widow’s statement. ELISABETH - b. 28 November 1787, bap. 11 December 1787, Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, sponsors Conrad Franz and Salome, geb: Bessinger. “...her second child named Betsy was born one year & Eight months after said Maria.” Widow’s statement. (Peggy Van Ette, daughter of Peter Van Ette, m. Bartholomew I. Sidnam on 14 June 1818, Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Maple Town, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, NY.) CORNELIA - b. 1 October 1789, bap. 12 October 1789 (RDSA), sponsors Petrus Froeher and Cornelia, ux. “...her third child named Cornelia one year & ten months after said Betsy...” Widow’s statement. JACOB - b. 13 October 1792, bap. Trinity Lutheran Church of Stone Arabia (LTSA:70), sponsors Jacob Nier and Maria Heess. “...and her fourth child named Jacob two years & twenty days after her said daughter Cornelia.” Widow ’s statement. “Jacob Van Nette and Maria Saver” are listed as parents of child “Lodewyck” b. 17 September 1813, in records of Reformed Dutch Church Fonda, Montcomery Co., NY. “Lewis Van Etta,” Erie Canal boatman, son of Jacob Van Etten and Maria Sever, lived in Canajoharie, NY, d. 1907. CATARINA - b. 18 December 1793, records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia. BARBARA - b. 21 May 1796, bap. 5 June 1796, sponsors Johann Nicholaus Baker, Barbara, ux: ej., Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia. ANNA - b. 15 March 1798 to “Peter v. Ette,” Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia. Mother’s name not listed in record. LENA - b. 13 May 1800 to “Peter v. Ette,” Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia. Mother’s name not listed in record. PETER - 1 March 1803, sponsors Peter Merckell and Elizabeth Merckell, RDSA. JOHN - b. 27 April 1807, bap. 31 May, eod. anno., sponsors John Setterly & wife Anna, RDSA. JANETY - b. 22 April 1810, bap. 27 May, eod. anno., sponsors John Coppernoll & wife Margaret, RDSA. NB: Peter P. Van Etten’s statement of 15 June 1820 included the following: “I support a wife and two daughters, the wife fifty-two, and one daughter fifteen and the other ten years of age.” This statement is consistent with regard to his daughter Janety, but may indicate the existence of an additional female child born to them about 1805. The above information was gathered from several sources, among them work of the late Emma and Edward K. Bishop in 1955-56, paid research performed at the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives in 1984, and Revolutionary War Pension Application files #13,118 for Peter P. Van Etten and #W16995 for Valentine Freligh. Caution: Original church records should be consulted whenever possible before final acceptance of any of the above data, which may include transcription errors. Joanne Garland, P.O. Box 104, Deerfield, MA 01342-0104 jogar@javanet.com February 27, 2000

Have been searching for Ancestors of the Apple or Appel Family who lived in the Vincinity of Minden in Montgomery Co. Also looking for Watson from that immediate Area but not sure of the exact location. They were both there pre Rev. War Time. Any information would be appreciated. Pat Regan

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