<A HREF="http://www.netpathway.com/~buckley/isaac.htm?">Click here: Isaac SMITH</A> I just found an interesting will for Isaac Smith (1858) Lawrence Co. Mississippi names: Owen, Martin, and Patterson Carpenter, plus other surenames: Hart, Bull, Coke, James, Jaynes. Many of the above surenames are associated with NY and NJ families that were neighbors or married into the Carpenter families. Phoebe Searching: Moses Carpenter, Ruth Coe, Mary Thompson, Marah McDowell NY: LI: Coe, Carpenter Or Co. Carpenter, Coe, Jayne, McDowell, Thompson, Wisner, Woodhull Onondaga Co. Carpenter, Wisner Ontario Co. Melvin, Leland Chautaqua Co. Melvin, Wisner, NJ: Mo Co. Coe, Runyon, Halstead connections?

Bravo - Bravo - Bravo I agree with Sue. Thanks for taking the time Dan Burrows. June :-) Sue wrote : How do you clap online? Dan Burrows deserves a big round of applause for his series of genealogy articles. I thought they were very informative and they will be a handy reference in the future. Well done, Dan!

The following are some of the names that appear in the 1775 Assessment Roll for Warwick. I understand it's considered almost as good as a census. (Sorry about the MS Word index codes. This comes from my Cornell history). Tom Cornell Assessment Dist. No. 8, 1775 .i.Knapp, Samuel; Knapp .i.Devore, David; Devore .i.Dockworth, Aaron; Dockworth .i.Holley, Increase; Holley .i.Knapp, Charles; Knapp .i.Knapp, Joshua; Knapp .i.Coldman, John; Coldman .i.Jayne, Zebulon; Jayne .i.Holley, Noah; Holley .i.Monroe, Moses; Monroe .i.Snedaker, Christian; Snedaker .i.Knapp, Moses; Knapp .i.Cornell, Samuel; Cornell .i.Holly, William; Holly .i.Snook, Matthias; Snook .i.Burr, Abigail; Burr .i.Burr, Daniel; Burr .i.Burnett, Samuel; Burnett .i.Decker, Henry; Decker .i.Tuthill, William; Tuthill .i.Green, William; Green .i.Bucanan, George; Bucanan .i.Carpenter, Noah; Carpenter .i.Brunson, Samuel; Brunson .i.Ferguson, William; Ferguson .i.Morgan, Thomas; Morgan .i.Post, Peter; Post .i.McWhorter, Hugh; McWhorter .i.Smith, Israel; Smith .i.Lewis, Jabez; Lewis .i.McWhorter, John; McWhorter .i.Goble, Jacob; Goble .i.Lewis, Samuel; Lewis .i.Ramsey, William; Ramsey .i.Bloom, John; Bloom .i.Lettamore, William; Lettamore .i.McConnelly, Phillip; McConnelly .i.Bennett, Amos; Bennett .i.Cortright, Abraham; Cortright .i.Farrier, Thomas; Farrier .i.Grey, John; Grey .i.Taylor, Elias; Taylor

Hello fellow listees, I just wanted you all to know that I have a MS Word Document which has all of Dan's articles at once in a nice, neat printable 88 page document, complete with fancy fonts and all that good stuff. If you want it just send me an e-mail and I will attach it to the reply and it's off to you. Just be sure that you can handle a 300KB attachment and a Word 97 document. And save all your thanks to Don. Cal Owen CalOwen@mediaone.net 266 Wellman Avenue North Chelmsford, MA 01863 978-251-0675 Home 978-657-3447 Work

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These articles are available in the NYOrange-L Archives go to http://www.rootsweb.com Then scroll down to Search engines and look for Ineractive Search for Mailing lists click on that Then for list name type in NYOrange-L you will then be offered the chance to type something in. then type Dan burrows and all the messages that he has submitted for 1999 will show up. Pick the messages you want and print them. Hope this is clear enough for all of you. If you have any problems, let me know. Diane Ward Sives

I'm new to genealogy and am stumped in my research. Is anyone familiar with the following: My great grandmother is Julia DuBois James, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1840, died Seymour, Connecticut in 1911. HER mother is Deborah Mitchell Teller DuBois. I have a date of birth as 1801, but the 1850 Census says at the time she was 43. She (Deborah) married Louis Mitchell DuBois. I have no information on him and no date of marriage. On the 1850 Census, Deborah was living in the household of her brother, James M. Teller, in the Town of Montgomery, County of Orange, New York. She is not mentioned on the 1860 census. Deborah's mother and father were Oliver Teller and Sara Mitchell and I am wanting to know: a) Date of Death for Deborah? b) Did Oliver her father fight in the American Revolution? c) Any information anyone might have on this family? Thanks for any help. Marge Bibby Dallas, TX

Dear Sandy and the list, I will be reposting all the articles later this weekend as many people have told me they missed some of them Dan Burrows dburrows1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Help, could I get someone to send me NYORANGE-D-request for Friday (this morning), there were at least 3-4 articles by Daniel and as I was reading my computor did a crash and took all. send to thebackspace@earthlink.net thanks Sandy -----Original Message----- From: NYORANGE-D-request@rootsweb.com <NYORANGE-D-request@rootsweb.com>

I believe that there is a village named Slate Hill - south west of Middletown - west of the road leading to Ridgebury. In 1939 my Dad bought a new Chevy Deluxe sedan at the dealer there for $600 full price. Don't know if there is a local cemetery or not - also would think Middletown would be the reference rather than Goshen. Frank Sloat

Liz - There is a Slate Hill Cemetery and I've actually been to it because some of my Altmann ancestors are buried in it. It is about half a mile from the center of Goshen and the Presbytarian church. I learned of it from the Orange County Genealogical Society's Room. They have the records for, if not all, most of the people buried there. As many, many people have noted, their room is invaluable! Hope this helps. I'm sure other people on the list will have more details but since this is one of the few things I do know being a newbie - I was quick to share it! :-) -Kim (Gates) Altmann

A long standing unknown in Orange Co. is my Samuel Knapp. The family genealogist has worked on him for about 30 years. In my own case it is about 10 years. Samuel was born in 1737 and died at the old age of 96 in 1834. He lived on Pochuck Mountain near the Drowned Lands in western Warwick Town, Orange Co. His neighbors may have included Gabriel Cornwell/Cornwall (his son-in-law), Elias Taylor, Moses Wisner, Joseph Pound, George D. Wickham. One piece of land he owned was purchased from William and Mary Thompson in 1795. His earliest purchase I've found was in 1772. If anyone would like to read a portion of the 1775 assessment roll for Warwick, I'll be most happy to post it for the group. Tom Cornell 5xGGS of Samuel Knapp

Hello listers, I have a 1932 death certificate listing "Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen NY". I'd like to find some records from there. Does anyone know of it? Could that be a typo for State Hill Cemetery? Thanks Liz Weislogel Looking for WESTCOTTs in Orange CO., NY

FAMILY TIES by Dan Burrows I would like to spend a little time this article talking about researching land records in a County Clerk's Office. These records not only provide an excellent genealogical tool for research, they also provide lawyers with the tools to conduct title searches to property that is being bought or sold by their clients. Attorneys usually hire title searchers to trace the property backwards from the present. This is the same method we can use to trace the path of ownership of the house we live in (or the house our ancestors lived in). The first step is to find yourself (or your ancestor) in the indexes to deeds in the Clerk's office of the county where the property is located. Deed indexes are grouped together by year of sale. You may find a book that covers all deeds recorded from 1975 through 1980. If the property in question was purchased during those years, you will find the buyers and sellers (called grantees and grantors) listed in this index. It will lead you to a book of deeds where you will find a copy of the deed. After reading the deed, you can determine when the seller bought the property and from whom. This date and these names will lead you to the next index. This process can take you back through many years of ownership of the property, but sometimes you cannot find names in the early indexes. This could be because the deed was never recorded with the proper county and was recorded in another county. The other reason might be that the deed was never recorded at all and the original deed was kept by the buyer and passed on to other family members. It is important to know the county line changes and whether or not they might affect the place where a deed might be recorded. If you are tracing a deed in the Newburgh area, it would be helpful to know that Newburgh was part of Ulster County prior to 1798 and the deeds prior to that time would most likely be found in Kingston instead of Goshen. When tracing property ownership in Sullivan County, it would be helpful to know that Sullivan County did not exist at all until 1809. Prior to that time it was all one township known as Mamakating and was part of Ulster County. Prior to 1798, Rockland County did not exist and that area was part of Orange County. If you are researching property in Warwick near the New Jersey border, it often pays to travel to Newton or Patterson to check the Sussex and Passaic County land records. Many times when you get stuck on deed research, it would be beneficial to start checking the mortgage indexes for mortgagors and mortgagees. If the early deed were not recorded but the property owner borrowed money against the property or used it for collateral. For genealogical purposes, these deeds and mortgages can be a gold mine of information. They often name the place from where the parties moved from. For example, the deed might read that John Smith, of Boston, farmer, bought of Samuel Jones of Havestraw, five acres of land formerly owned by the grantor's father, Robert Jones and Sarah, his wife. Often, the grantor's new residence can be determined if he sells his property and states he is now of New York City. Multiple marriages can easily be discovered if the property was frequently mortgaged and different wives are named over a period of time. Many times you will find a statement in a deed concerning the wife as they were often asked in private whether or not they freely consented to the sale. Information about children can be discovered if the property is being disposed of by family members after the death of the owner. Land records in Orange County began in 1703, while those in Ulster County frequently date back to the 1600's. The indexes become very easy to use once you have tried them a couple of times. Microfilm copies of the earlier deed and mortgage indexes can be found at the Orange County Genealogical Society. This is helpful for those who cannot get to the county building during regular business hours. If one determines that there is a deed or mortgage they would like to see, a trip to the County Clerk's Office will be necessary. The following glossary of terms will be very helpful in researching land records and wills etc. Many of the terms are self explanatory but this list is worth keeping. ABSTRACT - Summary of important points of a given text, especially deeds and wills ACRE - See measurements ADMINISTRATION (of estate) - The collection, management and distribution of an estate by proper legal process. ADMINISTRATOR (of estate) - Person appointed to manage or divide the estate of a deceased person. ADMINISTRATRIX - A female administrator. AFFIDAVIT - A statement in writing, sworn to before proper authority. APPRENTICE - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement or by any means to serve another person for a certain time, with a view of learning an art or trade. APPURTENANCE - That which belongs to something else such as a building, orchard, right of way, etc. ATTEST - To affirm; to certify by signature or oath. BENEFICIARY - One who receives benefit of trust or property. BEQUEATH - To give personal property to a person in a will. Noun -- bequest. BOND - Written, signed, witnessed agreement requiring payment of a specified amount of money on or before a given date. BOUNTY LAND WARRANT - A right to obtain land, specific number of acres of unallocated public land, granted for military service. CERTIFIED COPY - A copy made and attested to by officers having charge of the original and authorized to give copies. CHAIN - See measurements. CHATTEL - Personal property which can include animate as well as inanimate properties. CODICIL - Addition to a will. CONSANGUINITY - Blood relationship. CONSORT - Usually, a wife whose husband is living. CONVEYANCE - See deed. DECEDENT - A deceased person. DECLARATION OF INTENTION - First paper, sworn to and filed in court, by an alien stating that he wants to be come a citizen. DEED - A document by which title in real property is transferred from one party to another. DEPOSITION - A testifying or testimony taken down in writing under oath of affirmation in reply to interrogatories, before a competent officer to replace to oral testimony of a witness. DEVISE - Gift of real property by will. DEVISEE - One to whom real property (land) is given in a will. DEVISOR - One who gives real property in a will. DISTRICT LAND OFFICE PLAT BOOK - Books or rather maps which show the location of the land patentee. DISTRICT LAND OFFICE TRACT BOOK - Books which list individual entries by range and township. DOWER - Legal right or share which a wife acquired by marriage in the real estate of her husband, allotted to her after his death for her lifetime. ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state when there are no qualified heirs. ESTATE - All property and debts belonging to a person. ET AL - Latin for "and others". ET UX - Latin for "and wife". ET UXOR - And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux. EXECUTOR - One appointed in a will to carry out its provisions. Female = Executrix. FEE - An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services. FEE SIMPLE - An absolute ownership without restriction. FEE TAIL - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of a person to whom it was granted. FREE HOLD - An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life. FURLONG - See measurements. GLEBE - Land belonging to a parish church. GRANTEE - One who buys property or receives a grant. GRANTOR - One who sells property or makes a grant. GUARDIAN - Person appointed to care for and manage property of a minor orphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs. HEIRS - Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit property from another. HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - One written entirely in the testator's own handwriting. INDENTURE - Today it means a contract in 2 or more copies. Originally made in 2 parts by cutting or tearing a single sheet across the middle in a jagged line so the two parts may later be matched. INTESTATE - One who dies without a will or dying without a will. INVENTORY - An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor or administrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the real estate of a deceased person. LATE - Recently deceased. LEASE - An agreement which creates a landlord - tenant situation. LEGACY - Property or money left to someone in a will. LIEN - A claim against property as security for payment of a debt. LINK - See measurements. LIS PENDENS - Pending court action; usually applies to land title claims. MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches; Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet; Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet; Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (also called a perch or pole); Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, depending on locality; Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods. MESSUAGE - A dwelling house. METES AND BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such as 3 notches in a white oak tree, etc. MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult. MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portion. MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as security for payment of a debt. NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, usually for persons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military. ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states, provisions were made for them in special courts. PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual. PERCH - See measurements. POLE - See measurements. POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or voting. POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after. POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person is unable to act for himself, he appoints another to act in his behalf. PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of estates. PROVED WILL - A well established as genuine by probate court. QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time. RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or wife. ROD - See measurements. ROOD - See measurements. SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety. TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will. TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will. TESTATOR - Person who makes a valid will before his death. TITHABLE - Taxable. TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church. VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally. WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided after his death. WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of land or signing of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually took place. YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royal household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

NOTE: Article 11 has been skipped as it is not a genealogical lesson FAMILY TIES by Dan Burrows This article I would like to lightly touch upon what can be found in your ancestor's military records at the National (or State) Archives. These are generally divided into two categories: Service Records and Veteran's Benefits. The first American War for which there are official records would naturally be the Revolutionary War. The United States did not exist prior to then and therefore the early records of the war are very sketchy or non-existent. Early service records consist of mainly muster rolls and lists of troops. Even a few of these lists exist for the earlier colonial wars on a local basis. The veteran's benefits records will have more to offer since they were derived from legislation that was formulated after the war by an official government. These were generally of two major varieties: pensions and bounty land. Pensions were offered to veterans, their widows, and sometimes their heirs for death or disability for a certain minimum amount of service in the war. Since the movement did not have money to pay soldiers, they were sometimes promised land in return for their service called bounty lands. Service record files most always contain a limited amount of information about the individual while the veteran benefits records, either pension or bounty lands, usually contain much more since the applicants had to prove who they were. Revolutionary war records can be obtained from the National Archives by sending for the forms, filling them out and enclosing the fee or using a credit card number. These records should be searched if your ancestor was of age during the war, if his father was of age, or if a brother of your ancestor served. All these instances might lead you to clues to further your research. After the Revolutionary War and before the Civil War, there were basically 4 sets of service records and 4 sets of benefits records that can be searched. The service records include: Records for the period between the Revolution and the War of 1812; Records for the War of 1812; Records of the Indian and related wars; and lastly records of the Mexican War, 1846-48. The 4 sets of Veteran's Benefits records include: The Old Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Indian Wars. There are many indexes available in the National Archives to help you locate these records. An archivist will search these indexes when you fill out the proper forms. Again, you will probably find more information in the benefits records than the service records. For those who had ancestors in the Civil War, there are also two types of records to be searched: Service records and records of veteran's benefits. In addition to the regular service records, one can also search the service histories of volunteer units, Civil War draft records (such as those discussed in last month's article), burial records of soldiers, headstone applications, and naval service records. The veteran's benefits offered to Civil War soldiers are almost all pensions and these records will of course provide much more information than ordinary service records. Confederate service records have been collected by the National Archives and a good sized collection has been put together. Confederate veteran's benefits were paid by the states and that is where you should request those pension records, etc. Almost all of our male ancestors served in the military or their parents, siblings or children did. Chances are good you will be able to find out something about them by sending for some of the sources mentioned in this article. Many of the indexes to these records are on film at branch offices of the National Archives such as the one in New York City. The information you can obtain will vary greatly from person to person and can be as little as name, rank and unit or it may be loaded with signed depositions, marriage certificates or other valuable sources. For more detailed information about military records, Val Greenwood's book, The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy will be of great assistance. You may also obtain the Guide to Researching at the National Archives. Abstracts of service and pension records for some of the wars are available in the research of the Orange County Genealogical Society. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

FAMILY TIES by Dan Burrows The Newburgh Free Library and its local history staff put together a three booklet set in the early 1980's which is available in some nearby libraries, but for the most part one or more volumes of the set is missing or unknown to the library staff. Volume one consists of a listing, first by county and then alphabetically of all known newspapers held by these local Orange, Sullivan, or Ulster County libraries and other institutions. This is useful when trying to quickly discover where copies of a certain newspaper can be found. Volume two consists of a listing, first by county, and then by year of the same papers. For instance, if your ancestor died in 1892 in Orange County, it will show you all the available newspapers in 1892 and where you may find a copy for research, usually on microfilm. Volume three consists of a history, in the form of a diagram, of each newspaper showing where it originated and what it became. It also shows the various mergers that took place between different newspapers. Browsing through microfilms of old newspapers can often make you feel as though you are experiencing history as it was happening. You will find that different newspapers give totally different perspectives on the same events -- a common practice even today -- but with the lack of other news media in the 1800's and early 1900's, it can easily be seen how misconceptions of the true facts evolved. Newspapers, needless to say, are a great genealogical source. One can find obituaries, marriage and birth announcements, engagement announcements and wedding stories, legal notices, notices of thanks and news items about families. While the listing of vital records such as births, marriages and deaths are the most common helpful research tools, newspapers also reflect the day-to- day lives of our ancestors and the environment they lived in. It should be remembered that getting the facts exactly correct was not the priority of older newspapers. Much genealogical hearsay (also known as family tradition) was published when family members gave information about their ancestors. Weekly newspapers, as a general rule, contained more genealogical information than the dailies. The following bibliography of newspapers should be available at most major libraries. I have truthfully never used any of these, but after writing this article, I certainly intend to locate copies and take a look. Other areas of the country may not be as fortunate as Orange County in having a "Union List" prepared such as those described above and locating the local newspapers of the past can be difficult. The first step would be to consult the published county histories to learn the names of the newspapers for that area and then to consult the following bibliographies: History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690 - 1820 (2 Vols.) by Clarence Saunders Brigham, 1962 American Newspapers, 1821 - 1936 by Winifred Gregory (editor), 1937 The Ayer Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals (An Annual publication of present newspapers) Also contact the current newspaper operating in the city or county where your ancestors lived. Many newspapers maintain their own archive or library of past issues and if you are fortunate, they have preserved copies of the other newspapers in that same area. A great research tip that has helped many researchers is to place an ad in a local newspaper where your ancestors used to live. This ad might bring unexpected and rewarding results. A letter to a small town local newspaper might even get you an article with even better returns. The following two definitions are very important to be familiar with when reading through old newspapers. They are used frequently and their definitions are a constant stumbling block for many researchers. Instant Often abbreviated "inst." means of or occurring in the present or current month. Ultimo Often abbreviated "ult." means of or occurring in the month preceding the present. Using old newspapers and the tools mentioned above that lead you to them can give you some very rewarding results to your genealogical or historical research. You will find it very difficult not to read many other articles whose headlines catch you eye. Reading about yourself or people you know ( or knew way back when) in the birth or marriage announcements and taking note of the events going on in the world at the same time can be quite entertaining and good way to kill an afternoon at the library. Dan Burrows dburrows1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

This is the final article -- I will repost all of them so those who missed some can save them this time. FAMILY TIES by Dan Burrows The occupations of our ancestors and other relatives can tell a lot about our families. For example, the first Burrows ancestor on my father's side of the family was sent from Coventry, England to London to become an apprentice butcher. He came to America just before the revolution, joined the American Army, and afterward changed his occupation to ship rigging in New York City, having been affiliated an iron monger. After Thomas Burrows died, his wife and children came upstate again to Orange County and then onto Tioga County where Thomas Jr. and Daniel Burrows became farmers. Thomas Jr.'s youngest son Josiah, my great great grandfather, farmed in Steuben County and was also a finish carpenter and justice of the peace. Josiah's son Daniel decided to further his education and ended up an executive and large stock holder in the Borden's company traveling through upstate New York, northwestern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey before retiring and settling in Chester, New York. Daniel's son Gail was a farmer first and then a butcher for many years with carpenter's ability on the side. His son Daniel, my father, also took up the butcher's trade and did carpentry on the side. As in the repetition of occupations in my family shown above, similar trends seem to prevail in many family lines. Trades were passed down from father to son or grandfather to grandson and these occupations all seem to play a part in what we do today. Below is a list of occupations often referred to in death and marriage certificates, old documents, and family papers. Some are self-explanatory while others could easily fool you. Accomptant -- Accountant Almoner -- Giver of charity to the needy Amanuensis -- Secretary or stenographer Artificer -- A soldier mechanic who does repairs Bailie -- Bailiff Baxter -- Baker Bluestocking -- Female writer Boniface -- Keeper of an inn Brazier -- One who works with brass Brewster -- Beer manufacturer Brightsmith -- Metal Worker Burgonmaster -- Mayor Caulker -- One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart Chaisemaker -- Carriage maker Chandler -- Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries Chiffonier -- Wig maker Clark -- Clerk Clerk -- Clergyman, cleric Clicker -- The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. Cohen -- Priest Collier -- Coal miner Colporteur -- Peddler of books Cooper -- One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. Cordwainer -- Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain Costermonger -- Peddler of fruits and vegetables Crocker -- Potter Crowner -- Coroner Currier -- One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease Docker -- Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo Dowser -- One who finds water using a rod or witching stick Draper -- A dealer in dry goods Drayman -- One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads Dresser -- A surgeon's assistant in a hospital Drover -- One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle Duffer -- Peddler Factor -- Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate Farrier -- A blacksmith, one who shoes horses Faulkner -- Falconer Fell monger -- One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making Fletcher -- One who made bows and arrows Fuller -- One who fulls cloth; one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth Goaler -- A keeper of the goal, a jailer Glazier -- Window glassman Hacker -- Maker of hoes Hatcheler -- One who combed out or carded flax Haymonger -- Dealer in hay Hayward -- Keeper of fences Higgler -- Itinerant peddler Hillier -- Roof tiler Hind -- A farm laborer Hostler -- A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn Hooker -- Reaper Hooper -- One who made hoops for casks and barrels Huckster -- Sells small wares Husbandman -- A farmer who cultivated the land Jagger -- Fish peddler Journeyman -- One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day Joyner / Joiner -- A skilled carpenter Keeler -- Bargeman Kempster -- Wool comber Lardner -- Keeper of the cupboard Lavender -- Washer woman Lederer -- Leather maker Leech -- Physician Longshoreman -- Stevedore Lormer -- Maker of horse gear Malender -- Farmer Maltster -- Brewer Manciple -- A steward Mason -- Bricklayer Mintmaster -- One who issued local currency Monger -- Seller of goods (ale, fish) Muleskinner -- Teamster Neatherder -- Herds cows Ordinary Keeper -- Innkeeper with fixed prices Pattern Maker -- A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end Peregrinator -- Itinerant wanderer Peruker -- A wig maker Pettifogger -- A shyster lawyer Pigman -- Crockery dealer Plumber -- One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. Porter -- Door keeper Puddler -- Wrought iron worker Quarrier -- Quarry worker Rigger -- Hoist tackle worker Ripper -- Seller of fish Roper -- Maker of rope or nets Saddler -- One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses Sawbones -- Physician Sawyer -- One who saws; carpenter Schumacker -- Shoemaker Scribler -- A minor or worthless author Scrivener -- Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public Scrutiner -- Election judge Shrieve -- Sheriff Slater -- Roofer Slopseller -- Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop Snobscat / Snob -- One who repaired shoes Sorter -- Tailor Spinster -- A woman who spins or an unmarried woman Spurrer -- Maker of spurs Squire -- Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace Stuff gown or stuff gownsman -- Junior barrister Supercargo -- Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship Tanner -- One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather Tapley -- One who puts the tap in an ale cask Tasker -- Reaper Teamster -- One who drives a team for hauling Thatcher -- Roofer Tide waiter -- Customs inspector Tinker -- An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman Tipstaff -- Policeman Travers -- Toll bridge collection Tucker -- Cleaner of cloth goods Turner -- A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles Victualer -- A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies Vulcan -- Blacksmith Wagoner -- Teamster not for hire Wainwright -- Wagon maker Waiter -- Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in Waterman -- Boatman who plies for hire Webster -- Operator of looms Wharfinger -- Owner of a wharf Wheelwright -- One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. Whitesmith -- Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work Whitewing -- Street sweeper Whitster -- Bleach of cloth Wright -- Workman, especially a construction worker Yeoman -- Farmer who owns his own land ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. 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Is this him/them? Stephen Stratton Starr,b.1 Apr 1824, s/o Elnathan Sanford Starr and Sarah/Sally Stratton (both b. CT) He married Eliza Ackerman 10 Sep 1849.[ source is a family group sheet of Charlotte Main Osterhout, Box 163 Neversink Rd, Liberty,NY 12754] From History of the Starr Family by Purgis Pratt Starr on file @ NYS Library ,Albany ,NY; Danbury Branch; Stephen Stratton Starr-s/o Elnathan Sanford 440,-b. Apl 1 1824, at Thomponsonville;lived at Fallsburgh;in 1861 removed to Port Jervis, Orange County.,NY;mechanic on the Erie RR; steward and trustee for many years of the Methodist church;m. on Sept.,10,1849 , Eliza,d/o Peter and Mary Ann (Brooks) ACKERMAN,b. May 7,1833 at Rockland,NY children: A Allen Angevine, b. Sept 27,1850 B Mary Ella, b.Sept 14,1855 C Charles Ackerman, b. May 2, 1863 + Eddie Brooks, b. Oct 4, 1869, d. Jan 2,1874 Marla Kaste marvak@yahoo.com

Ok Folks. I know it has been awhile but I have been Busy. I left off with Elizabeth "Liddie" Hornbeck and her Husband Hendrick "Henry" Kortreght. Married in 28 Dec 1739, Rochester (Raysester) twp, Ulster Co., NY. I have this from JH Abbott on Page 35 of his book 'The Courtright Family". This makes "Henry 22 and "Liddie" was 17 when they were married. Does anyone have any other source for this information? I believe in the documents from the Old Dutch Church of Rochester Twp. I have a Birth for Henry of August 1717, Rochester (Raysester) twp, Ulster Co., NY. However there is no Source for this. There is a record of his baptism on September 22, 1717 in the same church with Witnesses: Louwerens Kortregt and Zara ten Eyk. Which would be his Aunt and Uncle. I have not seen this record, but read about it in a newsgroup. Has anyone seen a copy of it? His baptism is also mentioned by JH Abbott on Page 35 of his book 'The Courtright Family". I have that Liddie was born May 13, 1722. in Rochester (Raysester) twp, Ulster Co., NY. No Source for her Either. I have recorded that her Baptism occured on the same date and I want to know what we actually have a source for, The birth or the Baptism, or both. Please help if you can. I am now going to go back a step further: The parents of Hendrick "Henry" Kortreght were: Petrus "Pieter" Hendricksen Kortright and Marytjen "Mary" Van Garden Petrus died in 1744 in Rochester (Raysester) twp, Ulster Co., NY "John, Cornelis, Lawrence and Peter Cortright subscribe for the minister at Rochester in 1717, and were leading men there." According to JH Abbott on Page 32 of his book 'The Courtright Family", he and Mary were Married that very year on Jan. 9th. Therefore "Henry" was conceived before marriage. Again according to JH Abbott on Page 32 & 35 of his book 'The Courtright Family". "Pieter" and "Mary" had six to eight children: "Hendrick, Rachel, Catherina, Abraham, Tjetjen and possibly Marya and Petrus. Rachel, (their second born) Married Gybert Van Garden. Is he any relation to "Mary" Van Garden? A Nephew perhaps? Their third child, Catrina married Abraham Van Camp about 1742. Two years f\before her Father's Death. >From somewhere I have to Catrina had also been married to a Jacobus Van Garden. Does anyone else have this and is he related in any way to "Mary" or Gysbert. Abraham, bap. Oct 18, 1724 married Cornelia Bunschoten, Sept 18, 1747. Then he remarried to Rebecca Quick. could Rebecca Quick be related to Thomas Theunissen Quick, 1644 - 1698? I was asked this question a while back and wonder how this may fit in here: "...You will have noticed that at the baptism of Cornelis Van Benschoten and Heyltje Quick's daughter, Heyltje van Aaken Van Benschoten, in the Walpack Dutch church on 26 December 1766, the godparents named were Abram P. Cortregt and Rebecca Cortregt. Were they relatives? In the same church on 16 January 1763, Abram Cortregt and his wife Rebecca QUICK had their daughter "Annatie" baptized. The godparents at that baptism were Alexander van Garden and Neeltie QUICK. Could Rebecca Quick and Neeltie Quick be sisters of Heyltje Quick? In the "Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830" on page 2 among the earliest baptisms published for the Walpack Church, I found that Thomas Quick and Rachel Emmana had their daughter "Rebecca" baptized on 26September 1742. This Rebecca would be of an appropriate age to be having children in the 1760s. The godparents for little Rebecca were Pieter van Aeken and his wife Russje [Jans Damen]. The appearance of the "van Aken" surnam! e encourages us thatwe might be on the right track :-). Jan Emans, widower of Rachel Stout, born on Long Island, and Neeltjen Van Aaken, young woman, both residing in the Minisink, married 18 November 1724. Their daughter Rachel was baptized on 3 October 1725 (Hoes #3390) at Kingston. The godparents were Johannes H. Schoonmaker and Zara Van Keuren. Both Neeltje Van Aaken and Pieter Van Aaken (the sponsor at Rebecca Quick's baptism) were children of Marinus Van Aaken and Pieternel de Pre. Neeltje was baptized on 11 September 1697 (Hoes #988) in the Kingston Church. The godparents were Moses du Puy and Marritje Wyncoop. And what about the ancestry of Thomas Quick, the father of Rebecca Quick? He was baptized on 12 August 1716 at Kingston (Hoes #2423), the son of Juriaan Kwik and Rebecca Tietsoort. The godparents were Johannes Rutsz and Catryntjen Beekman. Juriaan Quick was baptized at Kingston (Hoes #181) on 20 April 1679, the son of Thomas Theunissen Quick and Reimerick ! Jurriaens. The godparents were Jan Joosten, Maeiken Hendrixs, and Theunes De Key. It is also of interest that Thomas and Reimerick had a daughter named "Heyltje". She was baptized at Kingston (Hoes #580) on 21 July 1688 with her name spelled "Elletje", Godparents were Jacob Rutsen, Klaes Jurien, and Martha Rutsen. Their next child was a Daughter, Tjaetjen, bap. Aug. 27, 1727, m. Cornelis Kortright, dec. 6, 1747. Who was this Cornelis Kortright? Annetje, was born next, Bap. Feb. 10, 1734, m. Alexander Van Garden, May 6, 1750. Yes another Van Garden, how does he fit in with the others? I know nothing about Marya and Petrus. I do not have any record of Marytjen "Mary" (Van Garden) Kortright's Death. Ok. That is enough thought for now. Let me know what you may have extra on these people. If you have a will handy or some historical data/stories on them you would like to share with the group please do. Thank you for taking the time on the line so far. Jay Steffens

My thanks to those who so kindly responded to my request, especially Phoebe, with direction and suggestions. I'm anxious to see what I can find now! Glenys -- >>Glenys Rasmussen<< http://www.sonic.net/~glenys/ >>"My home lies wide a thousand miles, In the Never-Never Land." (Henry Lawson)<<