Otsego wills - liber C, pg 208 Catherine Davey, wid. of Adam of Middlefield Dated Feb 15 1812 Probated Sept 1 1812 Mentions sons William John Thomas Samuel Daniel Henry daus Elizabeth Norton and her dau. Catherine " Lamy, Catherine, Hannah Bennet gr dau Betsey dau. of William Executor son Henry Witnesses Reuben Brown Mathew Halsey Alexander McCollam Christopher Dutcher Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to all Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm Will abstracts I posted to nyotsego-l in August 2004 can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/nyotsego/2004-08 If the name you seek is not in the online index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the online index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Please look up the following names in the Barber book thanks Kathy Walters Minder Geneseo, Henry Co., IL 61254 DAVEY, CATHERINE 1812 1 23 C 208 DAVEY, SOLOMON PATTY 1813 1 29 D 217

Listers, Once again I will offer, FOR A LIMITED TIME, lookups in Gertrude Barber's 5-volume "Abstracts of Wills in Otsego County NY from 1794-1850". This offer expires midnight September 30th, 2004. Hopefully another volunteer will pick up after that. Please read ALL of the instructions below, or I may not be able or willing to help you. The index to Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm PLEASE check the above index, because if the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. As of 28 August I had already posted 90 will abstracts to nyotsego-l. If you missed the one you want, it might be available on the rootsweb archives: To find a will abstract in the nyotsego archives, select the appropriate year and month, then search on http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/nyotsego/2004-08 August The same format will work for any other year and month. You will see the subjects and sender's name for every message archived during that year and month If you find the right name and year on the index, but do not find the abstract in the archives, send me a request. Please observe the following: .... Only one request per message. .... Send your requests direct to me - I will answer via the Otsego list if found; direct to you if not found. (this keeps the list from being unnecessarily cluttered) mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net .... Keep your messages as short as possible. .... Deaths must have been between 1794 and 1850 - no exceptions. .... Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 .... It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. .... Sorry, but I won't answer any general requests such as "any Thompson in Otsego County 1830-1840". Specific requests for year, surname and first name only, please, as general searches take far too much time. I do not live in Otsego County NY, and do not have access to original papers of that area...just Miss Barber's abstracts. I will repeat this message on NYOTSEGO-L once a week through the end of September for the benefit of those who come in after my first posting. Marty Irons

Dear List: Does anyone know either the email address or mailing address of Margaret Bornick who contributed "The Unfortunate Death of Charles Story" to the Rootsweb Otsego County, NY, website? Thank you. Jayne perllan987@aol.com

Hi, Seth Allen and Joseph Allen were early settlers in Otsego Co. Does anyone know if there was any relationship between these two men? Or can anyone tell me anything about their family? They are both in Richfield in 1787. Thanks for any reply. Carol

Listers, Once again I will offer, FOR A LIMITED TIME, lookups in Gertrude Barber's 5-volume "Abstracts of Wills in Otsego County NY from 1794-1850". This offer expires midnight September 30th, 2004. Hopefully another volunteer will pick up after that. Please read ALL of the instructions below, or I may not be able or willing to help you. The index to Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm PLEASE check the above index, because if the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. As of 28 August I had already posted 90 will abstracts to nyotsego-l. If you missed the one you want, it might be available on the rootsweb archives: To find a will abstract in the nyotsego archives, select the appropriate year and month, then search on http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/nyotsego/2004-08 August The same format will work for any other year and month. You will see the subjects and sender's name for every message archived during that year and month If you find the right name and year on the index, but do not find the abstract in the archives, send me a request. Please observe the following: .... Only one request per message. .... Send your requests direct to me - I will answer via the Otsego list if found; direct to you if not found. (this keeps the list from being unnecessarily cluttered) mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net .... Keep your messages as short as possible. .... Deaths must have been between 1794 and 1850 - no exceptions. .... Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 .... It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. .... Sorry, but I won't answer any general requests such as "any Thompson in Otsego County 1830-1840". Specific requests for year, surname and first name only, please, as general searches take far too much time. I do not live in Otsego County NY, and do not have access to original papers of that area...just Miss Barber's abstracts. I will repeat this message on NYOTSEGO-L once a week through the end of September for the benefit of those who come in after my first posting. Marty Irons

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/nyfiles.htm http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/essex/cemeteries/fairview.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/montgomery/cemeteries/yellowchurch.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/otsego/cemeteries/centervalley.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/otsego/cemeteries/wfnaatz.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/schoharie/cemeteries/rolandbaxterfarm.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/steuben/cemeteries/kelleyhill.txt W. David Samuelsen, state file manager, USGenWeb Archives

Otsego wills - liber 7, pg 591 Samuel Comstock of Butternuts Dated Mar 9 1840 Probated Oct 12 1846 Mentions wife Elizabeth sons Edwin P Albert L Lucius ? John C George W daus Eliza Judson Louisa D w Alex. Rumsey Emily C Comstock gr s William H s Edwin P gr d Louise M dau Lucius S Executors sons Lucius John son in law Alex. R Rumsey Witnesses Richard Cole of Butternuts Joseph Coy " Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Otsego wills - liber 2, pg 292 William Comstock of Laurens Dated May 3 1833 Probated Feb 24 1834 Mentions wifes 1st Frieda Hawkins 2nd Fanny sons Horace D Daniel D Dwight Manville William daus Rosapha ? w James Tripp Mary Ann w Damon Hatch gr ch William C Tripp Daniel C Tripp Hannah dau of William Executors sons Horace H Daniel D James Tripp Damon Hatch Witnesses H Scott of Cooperstown ? Hannah " ? Cook " Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Otsego wills - liber F, pg 27 Calvin Comstock of Hartwick Dated Sept 1 1817 Probated July 17 1818 Mentions adopted s Joseph Combs " d Sybil " Executor Joseph Combs Witnesses Abner Alger William " Preferred Alger Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Otsego wills - liber E, pg 305 Solomon Comstock of Burlington Dated April 18 1815 Probated Sept 7 1815 Mentions wife Rosanna sons Zira (hard to read) James John William Lemuel Solomon dau Huldah Executors wife William Chappel Witnesses Timothy Morse Benjamin Angel Alvan Forsyth Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Listers, Since August 16th I have posted 85 will abstracts to nyotsego-l. It is time-consuming to post the same abstract over and over, so if it has already been posted, I'll let you know the date and time, and you can easily retrieve it from the archives. To find a will abstract in the nyotsego archives, select the appropriate year and month, then search on http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/nyotsego/2004-08 August The same format will work for any other year and month. You will see the subjects and sender's name for every message archived during that year and month. After you have reached the beginning of that year and month, you might be tempted to use the Ancestry.com quick search at the top of the screen. Do NOT use that function! Use the find command (Ctrl/f). Enter the surname, firstname (ex: Hall, Benjamin) or just the surname, followed by a comma (ex: Hall,). There may be more than one message for that surname, so keep clicking on "find" until you find the one you seek or there are no more to be found. When you find the message you seek, click on it and the entire message will appear. Good luck. I hope these abstacts are helpful to those who requested them, and to others. Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS.

Otsego wills - liber G, pg 21 Simeon Bates of Milford Dated Feb 17 1821 Probated Dec 22 1824 Mentions wife Chloe sons Barnabas Ephraim Joshua Job daus Huldah Brown Tamer Sargeants Executor Elias Rogers Witnesses Almira Bixby Joseph Sargeant Minerva Scott Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Simeon Bates of Milford Dated Feb 17 1821 Probated Dec 22 1824 Mentions wife Chloe sons Barnabas Ephraim Joshua Job daus Huldah Brown Tamer Sargeants Executor Elias Rogers Witnesses Almira Bixby Joseph Sargeant Minerva Scott Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Otsego wills - liber D, pg 148 Samuel Bates of Hartwick Dated May 13 1813 Probated June 30 1813 Mentions sons Samuel Erastus daus Clary Lucy Executors wife Elijah Peck Isaac Bube Witnesses Asariah Bradley Jesse Robinson William A Boyd Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Abigail Bates of Otsego Dated June 1 1821 Probated June 19 1822 Mentions sons Nathan Richard daus Keziah Westcott Cynthia " Ester Sprague gr d Naby Bates Naby Teft Executor Richard Bates Witnesses William Lathrop James E Lathrop Jabez Chapman Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

Otsego wills - liber B, pg 198 Oliver Bates of Otsego Dated Apr 25 1807 Probated May 1 1809 Mentions wife Abigail sons Nathan Richard daus Ester Sprague and sons Jenks Hezekiah Cynthia Westcott Keziah " dau in law Executors sons Nathan Richard Witnesses Edmund Austin of Town of Otsego William Lathrop " " James E Lathrop " " Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

This will abstract was posted to nyotsego-l at 18:53 on 17 August, and should be available from the archives. Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

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"G-d" is a way of typing the word "god" used by many jews and perhaps other religions (I'm not sure). It has to do with religious rules about the destruction of the word once it is written (ie. you are not supposed to destroy a piece of paper, writing, etc that has the word "god" written on it), at least that's my understanding. It's actually a fairly common thing in email. I think many people have picked it up as a generic way to type it, as in cyberspace you can have no idea of who you are speaking to. It worked though, clearly you understood what the word was without the "o" Erin M Ballantine Sound Designer - Technician - Electrician www.BallantinePC.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Gorman" <dhgorman@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: RE: [NYOTSEGO] Thanksgiving > What's with the "G-d"? Are you having a problem with your "o" key? --- > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peggy J Knox [mailto:powerchairwoman@juno.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:48 PM > To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Thanksgiving > > There was no set annual Thanksgiving until it was established in the > middle of the Civil War. However, from the time the Pilgrims landed up > to the establishment of a national day of Thanksgiving in November, there > were days declared to be days of Thanksgiving for special events that > were considered special blessings and recognition from G-d such as the > end of an epidemic; a war; escaping death of a weather event, etc. > Although not nearly as observant as those in the 17th and 18th century, > religion was much more central with days of fasting, days of > Thanksgiving,etc. No one was excused, as they were not excused from > Sunday service. Although there were changes happening, especially after > the Revolution, Protestantism which is what we are talking about when we > discuss early 19th century religion. In a couple decades, the new > religious revivals would be taking place in upstate New York. > > I know I've skipped a lot of detail, but I'm doing this from memory. I > do hope this brief explanation helps. > > Shalom > Peggy J. Knox > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, > unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following > address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message > to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >