Gail I have an ancestor Johannes Slot (Slott) who is supposedly buried in the pre-revolutionary section of the Goodwill cemetery. I have heard that some of the old stones have been stacked up somewhere on the property. Johannes died about 1748 +/-. One of his sons from a first marriage is Stephen Sloat, founder of Sloatsburg. I am from his second wife and my line runs thru Pine Bush with burials in New Prospect Cemetery. I have pix of the New Prospect and Hopewell ancestor gravestones. If you run across any indication of Sloat buried at Goodwill I would love to hear of it. There are no Sloats in the Goodwill book. Thanks Frank Sloat --- Gail Yeaple <[email protected]> wrote: > For Elizabeth and Florence, > > I have taken some recent photos of Goodwill Church and some of the > stones > in the vintage Cemetery--if you aren't from this area or don't have > this, I > would be happy to forward. There are Harris, Barber, Haines, and > Woodruff > stones there--probably others too, but those were the only ones I saw > when > I took some photos of the older stones (There are Revolutionary > Soldiers > buried there as well and the cemetery was in use before the > Revolution, I > believe.). I've been working on a website of local history and the > two > churches you mention are both nearby. I have photos of Goodwill and > plan > to take some of Hopewell Church soon. > > There is also a book(let) entitled "Newburgh in the American > Revolution," > by Albert Gedney Barratt with a name index (unfortunately no > publication > date). This modern booklet (50 pages) does have the following people > mentioned... > > Harris: page > Benjamin, 5 > James, 4&5 > John, 13, 15 > Robert, 8 > Thomas, 5 > > Howell > David, 16 > Jeremiah, 6 > Phineas, 20 > > Barber > Col., 43 > Francis, 43 > Patrick, 43 > > > I think there was a Howell Cemetery in the Town of Crawford in Pine > Bush, > NY not far away (I can check if you don't have this)--Hopewell church > is > just a few miles further and either in or near Thompson Ridge. > Walden, NY > has a Woodruff Street and many of the names are or were local > surnames. > > Hope this helps. > > Gail Yeaple > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 10/30/2006 1:29:36 AM > > Subject: NYORANGE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 19 > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. County Longford and early Montgomery families > ([email protected]) > > 2. Re: County Longford and early Montgomery families > > (Florence F. Wolfe) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:51:35 EST > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [NYORANGE] County Longford and early Montgomery families > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > The recent post about Patrick BARBER born in County Longford > Ireland and > > buried in Goodwill Presbyterian Church peaked my interest. Does > anyone on > the list > > know of other old families that came from County Longford? I > believe > these > > early settlers often migrated in groups. > > > > I've looked for years for the origins of my ancestor John HARRIS > (b. > 1748- d. > > 8 Mar. 1825), who is buried in Goodwill Presbyterian church with > wife, > > Abigail ?. John was a member of the Ulster militia, as indicated by > his > tombstone. > > > > For several years, I've been trying to discover John's > parents, and > > place of birth, migration patterns etc. One challenge is solving > a > problem of > > identity: there are several "John Harrises" in Orange Co. (BTW, > here may > be a > > link to the George HARRIS family of New Windsor.) > > I found a clue in "The First 150 years of the Goodwill > Presbyterian > > Church, Montgomery, NY" by James Milligan Dickson, pub. 1880 . > There is a > > footnote on page 76, indicating the Harris family of Montgomery > descended > from George > > Harris of 1657, who came from Southampton. Others who came from > Southampton > > included the HOWELL family of East Coldenham, the WOODRUFF family, > the > HAINES, > > TOPPING and the GOODALE families. > > > > <<<<"From Southampton, too, but later in the century, came the > > > progenitors of the HOWELL family at E. Coldenham and elsewhere > throughout > the county. > > They are descended from Edward Howell, who came to Southampton from > Boston in > > 1640. Also the HARRIS family, descended from George Harris of 1657; > the > > Woodruff family, descended from John WOODRUFF of 1657; the TOPPING > family, descended > > from Thomas topping of Milford, 1639, and the GOODALE family, > descended > from > > Joseph Goodale of 1698." >>>>> > > > > I have a lot of professionally-researched material on the Harris > line but > > have never smashed the brick wall regarding John's parents. Thanks, > > > Elizabeth Harris Pope > > Portland, ME > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:14:44 -0500 > > From: "Florence F. Wolfe" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] County Longford and early Montgomery > families > > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Hi Elizabeth, > > > > Just a quick note. My Stephenson family came from County Longford > around1831 > > and settled in the Bethel area of Sullivan Co NY. When my 2 sisters > and I > > went to Co Longford, Ireland we discovered that 95 % of the peopl > there > are > > Catholic. My Stephenson family were Methodist. > > > > Charles Clinton , b.1690 Ireland of English and Scotish decent, > left Co > > Lonford with relatives and neighbors May 1729 and settled in > Little > Britian > > ( Town of New Windsor, Orange Co NY. In the History of Orange Co > NY, by > > Ruttenber and Clark., there is an account of the crossing over; > many > family > > names are metioned, a very sad account which makes me cry every > time I > read > > it. > > > > The Thompson brothers of Longford settled in Thompson Ridge ( > about > 1776, > > Town of Mongomery ) now the Town of Crawford, Orange Co NY. They or > their > > desc helped to build the church there know as the Hopewell Church ( > a > > daughter church formed by the older congregergation of the Goodwill > > > Church). > > > === message truncated === Frank W. Sloat Cell: 410-963-0257 Fax: 209-343-3886 E-mail: [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta)