I found a Japheth C. Allen in Amboy Oswego, Co. NY page 351 in the 1850 census index. Julie Ray Helvy wrote: > > Hello Researchers, > > I know that Oneida County was created in 1798 from Herkimer > County. I am looking for records on a family of Allen's (not at all > easy to research) who lived for a time in Amboy, which was then in > Oneida County. Oswego wasn't created until 1820 when most of this was > over. > Japhet Chapin Allen (b. 25 Nov 1810 in Amboy, Oneida, New York) > was born to ?Artemas/Daniel/Thoms Allen and Tabitha Chapin (b. 17 Aug > 1770 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts to William & Martha > Chapin). We are aware of his mother's line, but not his. The older > Mr. Allen, we believe, may have fought and died in the War of 1812. > >From an old letter we learn that Mr. Allen died when Japhet Chapin Allen > was only 4 years old. The young Mr Japhet Chapin Allen was bound out > at a young age to an innkeeper. > I have looked in records for Oneida War of 1812 service records > and in various places. I always seem to turn up nothing. I can find > nothing for Amboy in Oneida County records. Does anyone have any > information on where I could look? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Ruth Helvy > My Homepage is: Pioneers, Patriots, Puritans & Scalawags --- > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bakhelvy/ > (Related to These surnames in Oneida County: Morse, Stanford, Morton, > Allen, Case, Worden, Thorne) > (related to these surnames in New York: Baker, Austin, Bartly, Demarest > (with many spellings), Follett, Frost, Haynes, Lamphere, Miller, Morse, > Remington, Seccomb, Worden) > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com > For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List > Visit the Oneida County Mailing List Surname Page at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006/oneida.html > Visit the Oneida Co NYGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida