I knew about Matthew of Pine Bush, he was quite the character. He died in Goshen jail over a sentence that goes back in court records to the Revolution. He was [publicly, before witnesses] insulted by an officer and in response assaulted the officer. He was fined. He refused to his dying day to pay that fine in US Dollars that was assessed in British Pounds. He appealed to the courts that he had a farm, wife & 3 children that needed him. They must have worked out some sort of work-release program because he had 13 children when he died. I know this sounds romanticized but it's what I found. The details are even more amusing. I sure would like to know what became of his sword. Darn, I wonder now what church to look for others in. Wait, I already know but not how to access more records. These are 2 of Matthew's kids: familysearch.org: BENONI MC KINNEY Birth: 23 DEC 1794 Christening: 30 NOV 1799 Graham And United Presbyterian / Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church, Graham, Orange, New York Mother: EAITS MC KINNEY [= Elsie; Elsje Weller, Matthew's wife] (and) ELSY MC KINNEY Birth: 23 DEC 1794 Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church, Graham, Orange, New York Mother: EAITS MC KINNEY A great-grandson of Matthew, Augustus McKINNEY b 1846 married Catherine DEMAREST b 1849, dau of James C DEMAREST b 1827 Bergen Co NJ [John C DEMAREST & Charity JAGGER] & Jane Brinkerhoff DOREMUS. Another line not so closely related is Peter McKEY b abt 1809 married Leah Ann DEMAREST b 1819 NY, dau of James/Jacobus DEMAREST & Catherine VanDERVOORT. > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] Look-ups - First Presbyterian Church/ McKINNEY > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > > Hi, Sorry, there is only one (1) McKinney listed in the entire book - > Record of Deaths - Jan 3 1819, Matthew McKinney 70, Old age. Jackie > > P.S. I meant to ask... please tell me about your Demarest's in Bergen > Co. We might be related - one never knows :-) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121