a Jonah W Huff and Mary Huff were witnesses to the will of James Tomb of town of Newburgh, Orange County NY . The will was made 19 June 1812 probated July 1 1812 >From the book History of Ulster County NY Page 178 The Presbyterian church of Pleasant Valley West was organized April 12, 1814 by the Rev James I Ostrom, with four members - Benjamin Russell, Jonah W. Huff, Mary Huff and Lucia Baxter. Benjamin Russell and Jonah W. Huff were chosen and set apart to the office of ruling elders. Might this be the parents to your Jonah Huff? Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: [NYORANGE] Jonah HUFF & Abigail UNKNOWN (Orange Co,NY) and Eugene KNIBBS b. Feb 1849 & Amelia HUFF b. Abt 1843 (Orange Co, NY) > All: > > I am doing some reserach for a lovely lady who wants to join the DAR. We > are stopped at the moment at the following information: > > Jonah HUFF b. abt 1803 NY, with a wife Abigail b. Abt 1813 NY. In the > 1850 Census, they are in Monroe, Orange Co, NY, and vanish by the 1860 > Census. In the 1850 Census, they have Delia b. Abt 1839, Amelia "Milly" > b. Abt 1843, and Matilda b. Abt 1848. > > In 1860: Jonah and Abigail have vanished, as have Delia and Matilda HUFF. > Amelia Huff is a Domestic Servant (age 17) in the family of James HALL of > Monroe, Orange Co, NY. > > By 1880: Eugene KNIBBS (son of George KNIBBS and Hannah GARRETT) and > Amelia are married, and have 3 children with them: Mary D. b. Abt 1875, > Floyd C. b. Abt 1878, and Annia A. b. Abt. Jan 1880. In MAr 1882, they > had Harriett "HAttie" R. KNIBBS (who later married a Harry JOHNSTON). > > I need the following info: > A. What is the maiden name of Abigail who married Jonah Huff? > B. When and where were they married? > C. Did they both die, between 1850 and 1860 and what happened to Matilda > in the 1860 census? She later evidently married a DOUGLAS, because in > 1880 she's living with her sister, but as Matilda DOUGLAS. > D. When and where were Eugene KNIBBS and Amelia HUFF married? > > Also need any sources that you have for this data, if I am to use it for > her DAR application. Will share anything that I know > > v/r, > Beverly Alexander > Regent, Fauquier Court House Chapter, NSDAR > Warrenton, VA > I hear ethereal voices, persuasive, soft and still > Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will? > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message