Otsego wills, liber 9, pg 69 John Seeley of Cherry Valley Dated Oct 30 1849 Probated Dec 24 1849 Mentions wife Maria brothers: George Albert sisters: Mary Winne Nancy Welch Lucy Seeley Elizabeth Seeley Catherine Seeley Executor John Wikoff Witnesses William T Thompson of Cherry Valley Norman Hone " " " Marty Irons The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm

Otsego wills, liber F, pg 46 Samuel Allen of Laurens Dated Nov 20 1819 Probated Mar 31 1820 Mentions wife Mary sons: Eastwood C Samuel Job Aaron daus: Hannah Matilda Rebecca Sarah Charlotte Mary Mott Matilda Allen Executors wife and son Job Richard Gardner Witnesses Peleg Weeden Cyrus Hudson William Hyslop Marty Irons The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm

Otsego wills, liber G, pg 99 Jared Allen of Otsego Dated Mar 31 1823 Probated Mar 2 1829 Mentions wife Elizabeth sons: Charles John M Jared daus: Elizabeth Lucy Mariam Theadoris Executor son Jared Witness E B Morehouse Marty Irons The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm

Otsego wills, liber 3, pg 299 Benjamin Allen of Richfield Dated June 27 1838 Probated July 19 1838 Mentions: wife Charlotte dau Helen mother in law Hannah Jaques Executors: bro in law John Derthick of Richfield James Hyde Witnesses: Sidney Wilbur Davis I S Barnes The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm Marty Irons NOTE: The online index shows pg 399. This must be a typo error, as Miss Barber showed pg 299.

Otsego wills, liber 1, pg 120 James Allen of Otsego Dated: Jan 19 1828 Probated: Jan 24 1832 Mentions: brother William w. Anna sister Margaret Allen nephew James Executor: Jared Allen Jr Witnesses: Laura Doubleday Isaac Williams Jared Allen Jr Marty Irons The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm

Otsego wills, liber 1, pg 150 Jared Allen of Otsego Dated: Mar 3 1832 Probated April 14 1832 Mentions: wife Ann son John brother John Executors: wife Ann Lester C Doubleday Witnesses: Abram Van Horne Oliver Sherman Marty Irons The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm

Marty, Thanks much for this tremendous offer. I'm interested in: ALLEN, BENJAMIN CHARLOTTE 1838 4 5 3 399 Best, Marc Archer Flint, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty" <k2mi@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Index of Gertrude Barber's will abstracts is online > > Listers, in connection with my offer to do will > lookups in Gertrude Barbers "Abstracts of Otsego > County Wills, 1794-1850", I neglected to point out > that an index to wills in that book is posted at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm > > You can check there first to see if a will abstract > exists in that book, then contact me if you find it. > If it's in that index...I'll post the details of > the abstract on this list, but if it's not in > that index...I have nothing to offer you. > > Marty Irons > > > > ==== 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 > >

Listers, in connection with my offer to do will lookups in Gertrude Barbers "Abstracts of Otsego County Wills, 1794-1850", I neglected to point out that an index to wills in that book is posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm You can check there first to see if a will abstract exists in that book, then contact me if you find it. If it's in that index...I'll post the details of the abstract on this list, but if it's not in that index...I have nothing to offer you. Marty Irons

I have tried a number of times to contact her by e-mail - it hasn't worked in ages. Have also tried calling her a very few times to make arrangements to see her re: Family History , but have never been able to touch base. If a way is discovered to contact her, please let me know. thanks ! J Swisher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbertsville Free Library" <librarian@stny.rr.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Anna Elwyn's e-mail address > > An e-mail message to Anna Elwyn from the link on the list's Historian > Page has just been returned for the following: > > " ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <aelwyn@wpe.com> > (reason: 550 5.1.1 <aelwyn@wpe.com>... User unknown)" > > Can anyone help with this? > > Thanks, > > Leigh > > Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian > Town of Butternuts & > The Local History Collection > The Gilbertsville Free Library > Gilbertsville, NY, 13776 > librarian@stny.rr.com > http://www.gilbertsville.com/Library.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy Morgan" <m1357us@yahoo.com> > To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Re Researchers > > > | Hi Leigh > | > | Thanx for the info. Judy > | > | Gilbertsville Free Library <librarian@stny.rr.com> wrote: > | > | Hope this helps - > | > | Most NYGEN web sites have a spot for contact information for the historians in the > | county like the following : http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/historia.htm > | > | Do check this out. Its usefulness is somewhat limited but better than nothing.Each > | county site is different and sometimes it takes a bit of digging to find the list of > | historians. > | > | Leigh > | > | Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian > | Town of Butternuts & > | The Local History Collection > | THE GILBERTSVILLE FREE LIBRARY > | e-mail:librarian@stny.rr.com > | http://www.gilbertsville.com/library.htm > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Jean Snow" > | To: > | Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:46 PM > | Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Re Researchers > | > | > | | No, Judy, I'm now a CA resident, a long, long way away! But if you go to > | | the Otsego County web page, there used to be a list of researchers there. > | | > | | Good luck! > | | > | | Jean > | | > | > | > | > | ==== 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 > | > | ============================== > | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > | > | > | > | --------------------------------- > | Do you Yahoo!? > | Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > | > | > | ==== 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 > | > | ============================== > | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > | > > > > ==== 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 > >

Seeking contact with anyone who has CUMMIN(G)S connection in Otsego Co., New York beginning around 1791 on. 11 Barry C. K. Moravek, Past President Isaac Cummings (1601-1677) Family Association Member of the Board 2387 Carriage Avenue Richland, Washington 99352 509.375.4872 1.Isaac 2.John 3.Abraham 4.Abraham Jr. 5.Stephen 6.Stephen Jr. 7.Eli E. 8.Levi 9.James Levi 10.Margurite Joyce m. Lt. Col. Karl Thaddeaus Anthony Moravek

An e-mail message to Anna Elwyn from the link on the list's Historian Page has just been returned for the following: " ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <aelwyn@wpe.com> (reason: 550 5.1.1 <aelwyn@wpe.com>... User unknown)" Can anyone help with this? Thanks, Leigh Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian Town of Butternuts & The Local History Collection The Gilbertsville Free Library Gilbertsville, NY, 13776 librarian@stny.rr.com http://www.gilbertsville.com/Library.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Morgan" <m1357us@yahoo.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Re Researchers | Hi Leigh | | Thanx for the info. Judy | | Gilbertsville Free Library <librarian@stny.rr.com> wrote: | | Hope this helps - | | Most NYGEN web sites have a spot for contact information for the historians in the | county like the following : http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/historia.htm | | Do check this out. Its usefulness is somewhat limited but better than nothing.Each | county site is different and sometimes it takes a bit of digging to find the list of | historians. | | Leigh | | Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian | Town of Butternuts & | The Local History Collection | THE GILBERTSVILLE FREE LIBRARY | e-mail:librarian@stny.rr.com | http://www.gilbertsville.com/library.htm | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Jean Snow" | To: | Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:46 PM | Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Re Researchers | | | | No, Judy, I'm now a CA resident, a long, long way away! But if you go to | | the Otsego County web page, there used to be a list of researchers there. | | | | Good luck! | | | | Jean | | | | | | ==== 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 | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | | | --------------------------------- | Do you Yahoo!? | Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software | | | ==== 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 | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 |

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". Please read ALL of the instructions below, or I may not be able or willing to help you. .... 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) .... Keep your messages as short as possible. .... Use as your subject "Otsego will 1829 ALLEN, Theodorus". ( (substitute year of death and deceased's name). .... Deaths must have been between 1794 and 1850 - no exceptions. .... You do not need a message, as the subject tells me all I need to find a will (or confirm that it is not in this 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 too much time. Note that the Otsego County Surrogate Court has many wills that Miss Barber did not include in these books. 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. This offer expires midnight September 30th, 2004. Hopefully another volunteer will pick up after that. Marty Irons for private responses, click on: mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net All e-mail scanned by Norton 2003, updated online daily. May all your ancestors YELL at you, telling you how and where to find them. PS: John F Irons (1811-1854 Cazenovia NY)... please yell louder.

--WebTV-Mail-9454-556 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Shelley, I forwarded your e-mail about the BURDICKs to the WELLS-L. A lot of WELLS married BURDICKs. --WebTV-Mail-9454-556 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-3117.bay.webtv.net (209.240.204.175) by storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:57:53 -0700 Received: from lists8.rootsweb.com (lists8.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.27]) by smtpin-3117.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 94A7311DF4 for <Rosemarie547@webtv.net>; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:57:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists8.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id i7FMtksN007565; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:55:46 -0600 Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:55:45 -0600 X-Original-Sender: familia@sprintmail.com Sun Aug 15 16:55:45 2004 From: "Shelley Cardiel" <familia@sprintmail.com> Old-To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:52:15 -0700 Message-ID: <NDBBJPBMMMMCOGOELFBLIEKJNHAA.familia@sprintmail.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <hEdcdC.A.k1B.xn-HBB@lists8.rootsweb.com> To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4195 X-Loop: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYOTSEGO-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOTSEGO] BURDICK Family Photograph X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive I've "rescued" an old tin type photograph identified as Orpha BURDICK. The photograph was probably taken in the 1870's with Orpha appearing to be in her teens at the time. In addition to her name someone has written "Schoolmate of Mom's Mother" on the back of the photo. Based on limited research I do believe that this is a photograph of Orpha Victoria BURDICK b. 27 Feb 1861 at Otego, NY the daughter of George Washington BURDICK and Electa Ann WHIPPLE and died 20 Feb 1934. This photo was recovered with others belonging to the TRASK, HAMILTON, HENDRICK, BARBER, MASTIN, SLOAN, and HAYNES Families from Oneonta, NY; Norwich, NY; Walton, NY; Unadilla, NY; and Glens Falls, NY; I'm hoping to locate someone from Orpha's family so that this wonderful old treasure can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ==== 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 ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --WebTV-Mail-9454-556--

thank you -----Original Message----- From: Heart's Desire [mailto:Rosemarie547@webtv.net] Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:06 PM To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] BURDICK Family Photograph --WebTV-Mail-9454-556 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Shelley, I forwarded your e-mail about the BURDICKs to the WELLS-L. A lot of WELLS married BURDICKs. --WebTV-Mail-9454-556 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-3117.bay.webtv.net (209.240.204.175) by storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:57:53 -0700 Received: from lists8.rootsweb.com (lists8.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.27]) by smtpin-3117.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 94A7311DF4 for <Rosemarie547@webtv.net>; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:57:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists8.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id i7FMtksN007565; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:55:46 -0600 Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:55:45 -0600 X-Original-Sender: familia@sprintmail.com Sun Aug 15 16:55:45 2004 From: "Shelley Cardiel" <familia@sprintmail.com> Old-To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:52:15 -0700 Message-ID: <NDBBJPBMMMMCOGOELFBLIEKJNHAA.familia@sprintmail.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <hEdcdC.A.k1B.xn-HBB@lists8.rootsweb.com> To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4195 X-Loop: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYOTSEGO-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOTSEGO] BURDICK Family Photograph X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive I've "rescued" an old tin type photograph identified as Orpha BURDICK. The photograph was probably taken in the 1870's with Orpha appearing to be in her teens at the time. In addition to her name someone has written "Schoolmate of Mom's Mother" on the back of the photo. Based on limited research I do believe that this is a photograph of Orpha Victoria BURDICK b. 27 Feb 1861 at Otego, NY the daughter of George Washington BURDICK and Electa Ann WHIPPLE and died 20 Feb 1934. This photo was recovered with others belonging to the TRASK, HAMILTON, HENDRICK, BARBER, MASTIN, SLOAN, and HAYNES Families from Oneonta, NY; Norwich, NY; Walton, NY; Unadilla, NY; and Glens Falls, NY; I'm hoping to locate someone from Orpha's family so that this wonderful old treasure can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ==== 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 ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --WebTV-Mail-9454-556-- ==== 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

I've "rescued" an old tin type photograph identified as Orpha BURDICK. The photograph was probably taken in the 1870's with Orpha appearing to be in her teens at the time. In addition to her name someone has written "Schoolmate of Mom's Mother" on the back of the photo. Based on limited research I do believe that this is a photograph of Orpha Victoria BURDICK b. 27 Feb 1861 at Otego, NY the daughter of George Washington BURDICK and Electa Ann WHIPPLE and died 20 Feb 1934. This photo was recovered with others belonging to the TRASK, HAMILTON, HENDRICK, BARBER, MASTIN, SLOAN, and HAYNES Families from Oneonta, NY; Norwich, NY; Walton, NY; Unadilla, NY; and Glens Falls, NY; I'm hoping to locate someone from Orpha's family so that this wonderful old treasure can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Brice SLOAN and Mamie HAYNES which was taken on the occasion of their wedding sometime in 1911 or 1912. The photograph does not include a photographer's name or location, however, it was recovered with photographs from Norwich, NY; Glens Falls, NY; Walton, NY; Unadilla, NY; and Oneonta, NY; An additional note on the back of the photograph reads "A Friend of Mom's" leading me to believe that the couple is related to those in the other photographs. Thanks to the assistance of a researcher I do know a bit more about the couple. Their son John B. SLOAN b. 20 Sept 1919 in Butternuts, NY, lived most of his life in Gilbertsville, NY and died 1st April 2003. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife Beulah SLOAN, a sister Ada SLOAN or Orlando, Florida, a daughter and son-in-law Sandra & Bernt HANSEN of Zephyrhills, FL, a son and daughter-in-law Dan & Mary SLOAN of Gilbertsville, NY, a son and daughter-in-law Steve & Myra SLOAN of Gilbertsville. Another child of Brice & Mamie, Bill SLOAN died prior to John's death. The 1930 census records list the family with Mamie referred to as "Mildred". John's obit lists his Mother's maiden name as HAINES, so the spelling may also be slightly different than what appears on the photograph I have in my possession. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to their family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" a group of photographs including four which all appear to belong to the CHASE Family of New York. The first is a photograph identified as Horace CHASE which was taken at the Wheeler Studio in Unadilla, NY. The photograph was probably taken in the 1870's or 1880's with Horace appearing to be in his teens at the time. A note on the back of the photograph notes that Horace drowned at the age of 18 and was the nephew of Deane's Grandmother. The other three photographs are not identified however, the second and third photographs are taken at the same studio in Unadilla, NY and appear to be a sister and possible father of Horace. Based on limited research I believe that Horace CHASE was the son of Hosea & Mary CHASE who were living in Hartwick, NY during the 1880 census along with Horace age 5 and another son Fred age 3 months. The census records note that they were all born in NY with Mary's parents both born in England and Hosea's parents also both born in New York. The fourth photograph is of a young girl taken at the Simpkins Studio in Walton, NY. All three photographs appear to have been taken in the 1870's or 1880's with the girls looking to be in their early teens and the man probably in his 40's. In addition to these photographs others were also recovered from the same source including photographs belonging to the TRASK, HAMILTON, HENDRICK, SLOAN, HAYNES, BURDICK, BARBER, and MASTIN families from Norwich, NY; Oneonta, NY; and Glen Falls, NY; I'm hoping to locate someone from this CHASE Family so that these wonderful old photographs can be returned to family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Readers of this line on epidemics might be interested in William Beardslee's recent article on the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in New York State, which can be found in two parts at: http://earlyamerica.com/review/2000_fall/1832_cholera_part1.html and http://earlyamerica.com/review/2000_fall/1832_cholera_part2.html Mr. Beardslee comes from one of the earliest settler families in Pittsfield, Otsego County, and has repurchased and lovingly restored the family homestead there. He writes extensively on local and early American history for periodicals and in the New Berlin press. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- *************************** > Here is a list of epidemics that I have found and a couple sites: > > U.S. Epidemics > http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html Plagues &Epidemics (from > Plumber.com) > http://www.theplumber.com/plague.html The American Experience: Influenza > 1918 > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ Plague and Epidemic in > Renaissance Europe > > > Periods of Disease > > Year(s) / Region, Area, City or State / Disease > 1657 / Boston / Measles > 1687 / Boston / Measles > 1690 / New York / Yellow Fever > 1713 / Boston / Measles > 1729 / Boston / Measles > 1732-1733 / Worldwide / Influenza > 1738 / South Carolina / Smallpox > 1739-1740 / Boston / Measles > 1747 / Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina / Smallpox > 1759 / North America / Measles > 1761 / North America and West Indies / Influenza > 1772 / North America / Measles > 1775 / North America (especially in North East) / Unknown > 1775-1776 / Worldwide / Influenza > 1783 / Dover, Delaware (was extremely fatal) / Bilious Disorder > 1788 / Philadelphia and New York / Measles > 1793 / Vermont / (a "putrid" fever) and Influenza > 1793 / Virginia (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks) / Influenza > 1793 / Philadelphia / Yellow Fever > 1793 / Harrisburg, PA (many unexplained deaths) / Unknown > 1793 / Middletown, Pennsylvania (many mysterious deaths) / Unknown > 1794 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Yellow Fever > 1796-1797 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Yellow Fever > 1798 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one of the worst) / Yellow Fever > 1803 / New York / Yellow Fever > 1820-1823 / Nationwide (started at Schuylkill River &spread) / "Fever" > 1831-1832 / Nationwide (brought in by English Immigrants) / Asiatic > Cholera > 1832 / New York and other major cities / Cholera > 1833 / Columbus, Ohio / Cholera > 1833-34 / Kentucky / Cholera > 1834 / New York City, New York / Cholera > 1837 / Philadelphia / Typhus > 1841 / Nationwide (especially severe in the South) / Yellow Fever > 1847 / New Orleans / Yellow Fever > 1847-1848 / Worldwide / Influenza > 1848-1849 / North America / Cholera > 1849 / New York / Chole > >

Carol: Like your Pier family, our Pierce family came from Berkshire Co., MA to Fitch Hill near Pierstown above Fly Creek, Otsego Co., NY. In the family Bible, Levi Pierce said his brother, Daniel, "married and raised a family and died of the black janlers." I had always assumed this happened in Berkshire, MA, but perhaps, especially if he had already raised his family, it occurred in Otsego Co. I was never sure what disease the 'black janlers' was, typhus, cholera, or blackwater fever (Black jaundice), a type of malaria. Although the color of jaundice is usually yellow but it can range to olive-bronze or green-black giving rise to "black jaundice". Levi gives no clue as to the date of his brother's death, but I'll look a little more closely at the time frame you have provided. Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

I have been noticing lately that several recent posters have ancestors who were born in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY at the turn of the century, ca. 1800. I would appreciate it if you would keep your eye out for my ancestor b. in Cherry Valley in 1821 or 1817; his name was William James (W.J.) Winney. I will keep a list of your names as I do my own research and contact you if I see anything. Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com In a message dated 8/11/04 9:44:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, aon.912105269@aon.at writes: My great-grandfather, John Keyes Campbell, was born 1797 in Cherry Valley. However, he went to Sandusky, Ohio, and died 1873 in Valparaiso, Indiana, so maybe he is not the same as your John Campbell. The parents of John Keyes Campbell were Benjamin Smith Campbell (1773-1852) and Sally Keyes (1778-1858). George Campbell