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)