All, have acquired further information on my American ancestors who settled in Highland Falls, Orange County late in the 1880's. The following were all children of George and Mary Ellen GREATOREX. Lavinia, born 1877, died 1927, married a Thomas Regan Elizabeth, born 1896, married a Mr Mulvahill later moving to NJ Lillian, born 1894, married a Joseph Volkringer Laura , born 1889, married a William Stickler Joseph Walter, born 1883, married an Isabella Conklin. Anybody researching any of the above names?? Regards Mike Greatorex Harrogate/North Yorkshire England Looking for all Greatorex's from - Blyth/Worksop, Sheffield, Philadelphia and Orange County NY State, USA

Hello Ellen, This Owen line is a new one on me! I have a Jonathan Owen b. 1696 Southold, Suffolk Co., NY d. 1796 Mt. Joy, Orange Co., NY m. October 23, 1723 Bethia Terry b. 1701 d. bef. 1752 His father was John Owen b. c. 1666 Bristol, Gloucester, England d.January 07, 1736/37 Southold, Suffolk Co., NY this line goes back further, in England, not Wales. As far as I know, there were no Owens from Wales in Orange Co. in the early 1700s. Of course, I would be delighted to hear differently. What is your source for this Owen line, and why are you interested in them? (Of course, anyone in their right mind would be) Cal Owen 266 Wellman Avenue North Chelmsford, MA 01863 Home Phone 978-251-0675 Home E-Mail CalOwen@mediaone.net > -----Original Message----- > From: LNbert@aol.com [SMTP:LNbert@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:09 AM > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Early Owen Family > > Does anyone have information of the early Owen family that came from Wales > in > the late 1600 early 1700's There were 3 brothers Abel, Roderick, and > Jonathan. Rumor has it that Abel and Roderick died on the voyage. They > settled in Mt. Joy which brings me to another question,where is Mt. Joy? > They emigrated to Perry City, New York around 1804. > > Ellen

Lorie, One name looks familiar. I have a John N. Conklin who had child Leonard Conklin b. February 20, 1859 Haverstraw, Rockland Co., NY d. October 10, 1952 Stony Point, Rockland Co., NY. Where were yours from? Cal Owen 266 Wellman Avenue North Chelmsford, MA 01863 Home Phone 978-251-0675 Home E-Mail CalOwen@mediaone.net > -----Original Message----- > From: storbeck [SMTP:storbeck@gateway.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 9:44 PM > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Family Bible Page > > I thought I would post these pages from a Conklin/Babcock family Bible. > Please let me know if you recognized any of these names. Thanks, Lorie > > FLORA CONKLIN died September 13, 1873. > BERTHA E. CONKLIN died April 12, 1873. > HARRIETT A. CONKLIN died March 12th 1876. > SARAH M. WRIGHT died April 2, 1879. > JOHN N. CONKLIN died March 31, 1880. > > (other side of sheet) > > FLORA CONKLIN born October 5 - 1870. > BERTHA E. CONKLIN born September 30, 1874. > SARAH MARTHA WRIGHT born June 3, 1863. > EMMA JANE CONKLIN born September 13, 1867. > > (another sheet, same Bible, different handwriting) > > FLORA CONKLIN Born Oct 5 - 1870, Died Sep 13 - 1873. > BIRTHA E. CONKLIN, Born Sep 30 - 1874, Died Apr 12 - 1875. > EMMA JANE CONKLIN, Born Sep 13, 1867, Died 1887. > SARAH MARTHA WRIGHT Born June 3, 1867, Died April 2 - 1879. > JOHN NELSON CONKLIN Died March 31 - 1880. > Aunt MARY ELIZABETH ADAMS, Born Nov 9, 1837, Died April 6, 1918. > Uncle CHARLES G. HOFFMAN Died March 26, 1915. > His wife, Aunt EMILY HOFFMAN Born April . Died March 5 - 1921. > Their son, WM. G. HOFFMAN, Born Feb. 1881. Died July 31, 1916. > > (sheet 5) > > MARY E. ADAMS Died April 6th, 1918. > CHARLES G. HOFFMAN March 26th 1915 in his 85th year. > EMILY F (?). Died March 5th 1921. > WILLIAM G. HOFFMAN July 31st 1916. > > ______________________________

> >Hello,,,I am new to your list and seeking help,,,I am looking for my ggg >grandfathers family line his name is "William Berry Munson" >b.03/17/1853 or 1855 around the "New York and New Jersey" boarder,,he took >a wife (#1)named unknown and moved to or around hudson county NJ >the had a son George Walter Munson b.02/19/1873,,,his first wife died >shortly after that,,,he re-married to a Julia ann Predmore on 09/11/1877 in >sussex co New Jersey,,,they moved to Texas around 1880 >and I have the line information from their,,,I have spent a few months >researching new jersey info,,,I still can not find out any thing on him,,,I >did find a lot on his 2nd wife family the predmores but little to nothing >on the Munson line,,,I do know he is not in the 5 Munson books,,many people >have look in them for me,,,,so now I must start looking here (New >York),,,please help >thanks,I appreciate your time >Patricia Munson-Rodriguez >Texas > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Dear Wisner List, I am transcribing some old letters regarding the Wisner family. I have in the past always wondered where the information regarding John Wisner Jr.(John Sr., Hendrick, Johannes) and Mary Thompson's children came from. I now have at least on source that is not just in the "Wisner Book." I would like to hear from John Wisner, Jrs' descendants, particularly those of his son James Wisner who m Elizabeth Carpenter. My memory tells me that the DAR records (applications) and the will of John Jr. both list the children by his 2nd marriage to Sarah Hall but I could never find any source for the names of his children by his first wife, Mary Thompson. I also have information on the parents of Mary Thompson that may not be generally available. Would love for more of us to get involved with studying these folks. Phoebe in CA

I thought I would post these pages from a Conklin/Babcock family Bible. Please let me know if you recognized any of these names. Thanks, Lorie FLORA CONKLIN died September 13, 1873. BERTHA E. CONKLIN died April 12, 1873. HARRIETT A. CONKLIN died March 12th 1876. SARAH M. WRIGHT died April 2, 1879. JOHN N. CONKLIN died March 31, 1880. (other side of sheet) FLORA CONKLIN born October 5 - 1870. BERTHA E. CONKLIN born September 30, 1874. SARAH MARTHA WRIGHT born June 3, 1863. EMMA JANE CONKLIN born September 13, 1867. (another sheet, same Bible, different handwriting) FLORA CONKLIN Born Oct 5 - 1870, Died Sep 13 - 1873. BIRTHA E. CONKLIN, Born Sep 30 - 1874, Died Apr 12 - 1875. EMMA JANE CONKLIN, Born Sep 13, 1867, Died 1887. SARAH MARTHA WRIGHT Born June 3, 1867, Died April 2 - 1879. JOHN NELSON CONKLIN Died March 31 - 1880. Aunt MARY ELIZABETH ADAMS, Born Nov 9, 1837, Died April 6, 1918. Uncle CHARLES G. HOFFMAN Died March 26, 1915. His wife, Aunt EMILY HOFFMAN Born April . Died March 5 - 1921. Their son, WM. G. HOFFMAN, Born Feb. 1881. Died July 31, 1916. (sheet 5) MARY E. ADAMS Died April 6th, 1918. CHARLES G. HOFFMAN March 26th 1915 in his 85th year. EMILY F (?). Died March 5th 1921. WILLIAM G. HOFFMAN July 31st 1916.

Does anyone have information of the early Owen family that came from Wales in the late 1600 early 1700's There were 3 brothers Abel, Roderick, and Jonathan. Rumor has it that Abel and Roderick died on the voyage. They settled in Mt. Joy which brings me to another question,where is Mt. Joy? They emigrated to Perry City, New York around 1804. Ellen

I am looking for information on Patrick Smith b. 1860 Ireland. His parents are Terrence and Julia Smith, they immigrated to Camden NY in 1861. By 1884 they are living in Amsterdam, NY. Patrick appears in his mothers obit in 1920 as living in Middletown, NY and again in 1942 in one of his brothers obits. Would like any info on him, death, marriage, census, directories, etc. Thank you if you can help me. Toni Smith-Cannon

Hello Listers, Thought I would through out the names I am researching again.. CORNISH/JUDSON surnames. Don

Many Smiths of NYS were actually of the German Palatine SCHMIDT family (settling in Dutchess Co around 1710) or the Dutch SMIDT family (1600s in Manhattan). Do you have any more details on your Smiths? Susan

I am trying to locate relatives of the Smith families of Orange and Rockland Co. There seems to be two lines, which may be connected. I just can't figure out where, with the first one being Adriaen Lamberts Smidt/Smith (b. early 1600's) and John Smith, b. before 1738. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Barent Jensen Blom born c. 1611 had a son named Jan (John)Barentse Blom born c. 1644. Jan had a son named Barent Jensen Blom born c. 1671 in Brooklyn, NY. Barent Jensen had five sons Garrat, John, Abraham, George, and Jacob. These five sons had at least the following children named in a will and left land in Orange Co., NY : John, Gerrit, George, Abraham and Isaac. One of these five grandsons of Barent Jensen Blom II is probably the father of John Bloom born c. 1740 and died 1806 in Orange Co., NY. I am looking for any information that will help identify John Blooms father.

Dear OC List, One additional entry I just read the other day regarding the "drowned lands," came from "The Concise History of Orange County" by Ref A. E. Corning, Hope Farm Press & Bookshop, Saugerties, NY, 1993. It states "The text of this book is a reprint of a section of Southereastern New York originally published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., in 1946. It has been completely redesigned and typeset with a new Index" (index created by Richard Frisbie). Chapter One is on Topography and mentions this area as follows: "Perhaps the richest soil in the county is to be found in the swampy tracts...Onions and celery are the usual crops. There is said to be around forty thousand acres of swamp land in Orange County. The most extensive of these areas is the Drowned Lands in the towns of Warwick, Greenville, Minisink, Waywayanda and Goshen, covering 17 thousand acres. In the middle quarter quarter oft eh nineteenth century this entire area was immersed under several feet of water held in by a natural dam...Cutting through the dam reclaimed the land. Greycourt meadows, covering 500 acres...extends from Craigsville to Chester. This land was so productive that in the session of the Legislature during the winter of 1799, a resolution was passed relative to draining and improving Beaver Dam meadow in the town of New Windsor. At that time it was called the "Wild Meadows." "We find that 40 types of soil are mapped in Orange County, and that they conform closely to the characteristics of the rocks from which they are derived by glaciation."

My Johnson ancestors were from the borders of Orange and Rockland Counties. They settled the Town of Johnsontown which was flooded to put in a Lake / Reservoir for the New York City area. I am interested in learning more on this area and my family. Fran (Lake) King, Attica, NY.

<A HREF="http://ww1.rarebooks.to/webpages2/riverow/riv_coll/bibles/biblfram.htm"> Click here: Family Bibles</A> http://ww1.rarebooks.to/webpages2/riverow/riv_coll/bibles/biblfram.htm Has Levi T. Curry and Eunice Brewster of Wolcott, Wayne Co. from Orange Co. Scroll down about 1/5 of the way. Phoebe

I don't know if this was posted - but here is some additional background information if you are interested. There is an article in The National Geographic Magazine, November, 1941, titled "Black Acres of New York" Quite interesting with some good pictures. Marge

>Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:12:18 -0500 >To: Dutchess-Co-NY, GEN-NYS-L, LANE-L, NEWYORK-ROOTS-L, NYPUTNAM-L, NYULSTER-L, NYWESTCH-L >From: "Howard E. Lane" <lanehowa@ptd.net> >Subject: NEW YORK LANE RESEARCHERS > > I am a researcher of all the descendants of George LANE Sr., born, about 1640 in England and died, before October 1727, in Rye, Westchester Co, New York. If you have any interest in the LANE,s of New York from 1666 to the present date you should look at my 10 separate LANE web pages. They are all indexed to make it easy for you to find the names that you are looking for. If you have any questions or information do not hesitate to e-mail me. > > George LANE Sr. is listed on the Lane Immigrants page at the LANE DESCENDANTS web site at ( http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bowers/lane/ ) or you can follow the directions at the bottom of this message. > > >Thank you, > > Howard E. Lane 300 7th St, Apt 306 Moosic, PA 18507-1830 e-mail: lanehowa@ptd.net (570)-457-1178 To get to My Web Pages for BRADBURY, DOMMERMUTH, GRAHAM, LAIRD, LANE, WATSON, WIDDALL, WILLIAMS and Von BERGEN. Go to http://www.ultimatefamilytree.com Under Family Web Page, click on View Pages. Click on the first letter of the family name that you want to view.

Per his deposition to the will of my 5xGGF, Samuel Knapp, Moses Wisner resided in the town of Rose, Wayne Co., New York in March 1834. Presumably, he was living in Warwick, Orange Co. in 1815 when he was a witness to Samuel Knapp's will. Tom Cornell

Could you send me your issues from the past 1999 year and the begginig of 2000 Thank You, Sara NYORANGE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NYORANGE-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 13 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Orange Co letters of admininis [WELLGEN@aol.com] > #2 Pine Hill Cemetery [Robin Carpenter <ANALYTIX@valley.n] > #3 Drowned Lands ["Barbara" <bdimunno@pioneeris.net>] > #4 Pochuck Mountain? ["storbeck" <storbeck@gateway.net>] > #5 Samuel Galie (Gale) will;Gales m C [MzCortez@aol.com] > #6 Daniel Gale Will 1757 [MzCortez@aol.com] > #7 RE: Patrick Smith [Ken & Toni Cannon <k-t.cannon@worl] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NYORANGE-D, send a message to > > NYORANGE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Orange Co letters of admininistration > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:18:50 EST > From: WELLGEN@aol.com > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > The first will listed in "Early Orange County Wills" as being in Goshen > was dated June 27, 1787. (I did not find administrations in Goshen until > about 1820 in my searches there ?). Before 1787 wills had to be filed with NY > State Courts. Most of those were filed in Albany and later moved to the > Surrogate Court in New York City. Abstracts of those wills for the whole > state were published by the New-York Historical Society. 15 volumes and 2 > volumes of corrections. 1891-1908. > I went to the Surrogate Court in NYC years ago looking for > administration papers and was told that there were few or none before about > 1830. > There is a book by Dr. Kenneth Scott "Genealogical Data from > Administration Papers from the Court of Appeals in Albany" -1972. The > administration papers from Albany (covering the whole state) were deposited > in the Historical Documents Collection of Queens College. They were > abstracted and then published. > > Ralph Weller > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Pine Hill Cemetery > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:09:32 -0500 > From: Robin Carpenter <ANALYTIX@valley.net> > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone here know whether the Pine Hill Cemetery still exists?...and > whether there are records of interments there? Where specifically is or was > this cemetery? > Also, does the Ridgebury Meeting House still exist? If so (or even if > not), where specifically is/was it in terms of today's landmarks? > Robin > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Drowned Lands > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:31:46 -0500 > From: "Barbara" <bdimunno@pioneeris.net> > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > The Goshen Public Library and Historical Society has an indexed pamphlet or > brochure titled "The Cheechunk and The Drowned Lands" by Borland-Wilcox . > This work was prepared in 1925 by Mrs. Frances E. Borland-Wilcox and > presented in May to the Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill. This > work was also published May 2, 1925 in the Middletown Times Press. The > Middletown Times Press introduced her work as: > > "Valuable historical information to many residents of the section of > Orange county known as the "Drowned Lands" lying south of Denton, is > contained in a paper on the history of the Cheechunk, the outlet ditch or > canal which changed the course of the Wallkill river, written and read by > Mrs. Frances E. Borland-Wilcox Friday night at the May meeting of the > Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct, Inc., in the Chamber > of Commerce rooms. > Mrs. Wilcox is a daughter of the late Charles Sweezy Borland, who as a > young man was prominent in the town of Wawayanda. He and his family moved > to the Cheechunk neighborhood in the town of Goshen, in 1880, and Mrs. > Wilcox who has lived near this spot, has always been much interested in the > history of the locality." > > Regards, > Barbara > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Pochuck Mountain? > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:54:02 -0500 > From: "storbeck" <storbeck@gateway.net> > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > Can anyone give me the location of Pochuck Mountain? Is it in NY or NJ? My ggg grandfather owened several acres of land at the "foot of Pochuck Mountain" during the mid 1800's. What present day town is the mountain near? > Thanks, > Lorie > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Samuel Galie (Gale) will;Gales m Carpenters in Or. Co. > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:38:17 EST > From: MzCortez@aol.com > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > Wayne was nice enough to permit me to repost his message from another list. > > Abstracts of Wills Vol V 1754-1760, page 159 & 160: > Page 210.--In the name of God, Amen. I, SAMUEL GALIE, of Goshen, in Orange > County, being weak in body, February 14, 1756. I leave to my son Samuel 5 > shillings. I leave to my son Richard my dwelling house I now live in in the > town of Goshen, and a piece of land lying near Thomas Sayres, which I > purchased of Thomas Mapes. I leave to my son Asa my house and land I > purchased of John Carp in Goshen, Also my two West Division lots of land. I > leave to my daughter Juliana, wife of George De Kay, 5 shillings. To my wife > Elizabeth the choice of my negroes, and to my daughter Dorithy the second > choice. "And as my wife is now pregnant, the child, if it lives, is to have > the third choice." All the remainder of my estate I leave to my wife and > children. I make my wife, and William Worthrinton, of Saybrook, and John > Galie, of Goshen, and Benjamin Carpenter, of Goshen, and Henry Usonow, > executors. > > Witnesses, Joseph Wood, Israel Parshall, Jonathan Cory, Jr. Proved, February > 28, 1757. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Daniel Gale Will 1757 > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:40:06 EST > From: MzCortez@aol.com > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Abstracts of Wills Vol V 1754-1760, page 192 & 193: > Page 364.--In the name of God, Amen. I, DANIEL GALE, of Goshen, in Orange > County. "I leave to my wife Dinah that house and two lots of land in Goshen > between the Court House and the Meeting House, with all improvements," And > also all my movable estate, after payment of debts. My farm where I now live > is to be rented at discretion of executors, and 1/3 of the rest to be paid to > my wife till my son Daniel is of age. My sons Daniel and Moses are to be put > to trades. I leave to my said sons Daniel and Moses all the farm where I now > live when they are of age, but if they die under age, then to my brothers, > John, Benjamin, Samuel, and Coe Gale, and to my nephew and niece, William and > Temperance Gale. I make my brother John and my friend, William Denn, both of > Goshen, executors. > > Dated July 3, 1757. Witnesses, James Thompson, Nathaniel Bayles, wheelwright, > Isaac Smith, planter. Proved, September 27, 1757 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Patrick Smith > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:54:19 -0800 > From: Ken & Toni Cannon <k-t.cannon@worldnet.att.net> > To: NYORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > I am trying to find information on Patrick Smith b. 1860 Ireland. He is > the son of Terrence and Julia Smith, they immigrated to Camden, NY in > 1861. Their other ten children were all born in Camden. Patrick > appears an obit for his mother in 1920, it shows him living in > Middletown, NY. He appears again in 1942 in an obit for hid brother and > he is still in Middletown. > Does anyone one do lookups for directories, census, death index or > anything to help me find Patrick. > Thank you, > Toni Smith-Cannon > Minden, Nevada

Hi All! Wondering if someone local to Orange Co might help me. Neither my mother or I received a Christmas card this year from my great-aunt, Louis Cole and we're wondering if she might have passed away. [Can you tell we're a *really* close family?? <G>] She lives(d) in the Towne Terrace Apartments in Middletown. Her maiden name was Suffern and she was the widow of Alonzo Cole. Might someone be able to check this out for us? Thank so much! -Linnea Miller Annville PA