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    1. [NYOSWEGO] Re: NYOSWEGO-D Digest V03 #169
    2. James Dodd
    3. Thank you for your concern and help with the Sprague family information. The people that lived in Oswego, that I am primarily interested in are those people with the last name Earl, Earle, Earll, and Sitts. Alexander Selkirk Earl, married Cynthia Sitts. Alexander Selkirk Earl will be found on the Oswego Census as Selkirk Earl. Alexander Selkirk Earl was I believe the son of Watson Earl Jr. Watson Earl Sr. was the R3194 Rev War pension file. Cynthia Sitts was the daughter of David Sitts. David was born 1813 in Minden, Montgomery, New York. David was living in Oswego about the time of the Earl and Sitts marriage. The wife of David Sitts was Charity, do not know her last name. I think David Sitts father was the Peter Sitts that was Revolutionary Pension W6056. (Sitts has various spellings also) David was not noted on the W6056 pension file abstract. Even though several children of Peter Sitts was mentioned, in the pension file. Peter Sitts (W6056) was born in New York, from what I understand. I have found several Peter Sitts names and have not defined his father. The two families that are difficult for me are the Watson Earl Senior and Watson Earl Junior. Their last names was spelled the other ways noted above. They are related to the Ralph Earle immigrant, not the Edward Earl Immigrant. Ralph Earl was born CA 1632 England, married to Dorcas Sprague. Edward Earl was born about 1670 England, married to Hepzibah Butts. The Edward Earl branch is not the family I am looking for. But, there is connections of the Edward Earl family in Oswego area for his descendants. One in particular is that of Joseph (or John) Earl born about 1730. This Earl a loyalist was involved with Hoag, they were noted for robbery. This Joseph Earl was suspect of taking three English horses from Henry G. Livingston of Oswego in the 1781 time frame. But Joseph Earl is in another unconnected family branch in America and not a person I am researching. One Story I have read is where The robbery victim was tied to a chair and a fire was set beneath the chair, the location of the money was demanded of the victim. Some times the victim would not or could not comply.

    10/28/2003 04:18:47