Hi, Your Empie name is probably tied to the original Palatine immigration in the early 1700's. Most became Loyalists at the time of the Revolution and they subsequently bailed out for Canada after fighting with the British troops against the colonists. You can check the different Canadian Loyalist organizations like the one below: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/loyalist.html Then you might try varying the spelling: it is sometimes even seen as Impie or Impey. Check out the book, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LOYALISTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Gregory Palmer. In it is a thumbnail sketch of Phillip Impey. There is another one of Phillip Impey Sr. It says he lived in Tryon County owning 600 acrse of which "forty or fifty were cleared. He also owned sixty acres... at Stone Arabia, property which his father apparently sold to him for five shillings. Empey [spelling is switched] was forced off his land in 1777, and moved to Canada to join Sir John Johnson in 1780. He had several sons in the British Army, including Philip Jr;, who joined the British at Fort Stanwix in 1777 and served in Sir John Johnson's First Battalion. Philip Jr. settled afterwards at Johnstown, Canada..." Good luck in your search. SLWillig valcour@earthlink.net At 11:15 AM 1/16/00 -0800, you wrote: >Hello; > >I am looking for information on Daniel Empie, b. 22 Jul 1791 in Palatine >Montgomery Co., NY. He married Rosanna (some sources spell her name Rosina) >Hatmaker, 25 Dec 1822 in Schoharie Co., NY. Daniel and Rosanna had one >child: John Hatmaker Empie (b. 1830 - d. 1902 in Neb.). I have Daniel's >parents as Philip Empie and Elizabet ? Does anyone have any information on >Philip Empie or his wife? > >A. Lynne Ashley >LASHLEY@prodigy.net >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/s/h/A-L-Ashley/index.html > > > >==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== >Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com >Oneida Co Surname page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html >List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html >Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ Susan Laursen Willig in AZ valcour@earthlink.net For a genealogist everything is relative!