An historian in Hartwick, Otsego County, NY many years ago wrote that "Asa, John and Reuben Irons, probably brothers, came from Rhode Island in 1793 and leased land in Hartwick for farming". Does anyone recognize an IRONS family with 3 sons by those names who be old enough for farming in 1793? Thanks. Marty Irons Goshen NY 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.

I find the following local census data (1800-1830 -- but there are later entries as well) 1800 Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Otsego p. 12. John Irons 20010 10100 p. 20: Asa Irons 00011 20010 1810 Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Hartwick p. 107 R Irons 10010 31111 p. 107 A Irons 41001 11010 p. 109 J Irons 00010 10100 1820 Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Hartwick p. 142 Reuben Irons 301101 22020 0200 p. 146 Ruth Irons 110000 10010 0100 1830 Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Hartwick p. 92 Reuben Irons 001200001 01101001 p. 92 Ruth Irons 000011 0001001 ----------------------------------------- Also one deed record: From Town of Hartwick Historical Society, "Hartwick: The Heart of Otsego County, NY" (Hartwick: Syl-la-bles Press, 2002), p. 30: Early deeds: 1794: William Cooper to Asa Irons, 25 ½ acres [in the Otsego Patent] [This, as I understand it, was one of a number of deeds given by William Cooper in what was then thought to be part of his Otsego Patent of 1786, but which turned out when properly surveyed to be in the northern part of the Hartwick Patent. Since William Cooper was also selling off the land in the Hartwick Patent, on behalf of John Christopher Hartwick, such sales were allowed to stand. -HCMacD] --------------------------------------- I also find one reference to the Irons group on-line, at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/IRONS/2000-08/0966794931 "Looking for info on any of the following: Asa Irons b.1772 - married Ruth Reuben Irons b.1769 - married Silva b.1780 John Ambrose Irons (family tradition says he was born in CT) Asa (1772) and Reuben may be brothers Asa (1772) and John may be brothers or first cousins Asa Irons b.1813 - married Abigail Mariah Roberts b.1814 Charles Nelson Irons (son of John) b.1808 - married Sarah Wicks b.1808 Asa (1813) and John may have been 1st or 2nd cousins Henry S. Irons b1803(9) - married Andilla Phillips b.1812 Florilla Irons b.1811" ----------------------------- It seems to me almost certain that these Irons came from Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, where there are many early settlers named Irons. The 1790 includes a number with sons. Have you looked through Rhode Island materials. ---------------------------- Finally, the (Cooperstown) Otsego Herald, June 7, 1795, noted the following death: "June 4, at Bower's Patent, Mr. Jeremiah Irons, Sr., in 86th year." Bowers Patent was in what is the Town of Middlefield, just Northeast of Hartwick. --------------------------------- I hope this helps -- I don't know how much you know already, or what specifically you are looking for, but if you want to contact me directly or through the list I'll be happy to try to help. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty" <k2mi@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Brothers Asa, John and Reuben IRONS - RI to NY 1793 > > An historian in Hartwick, Otsego County, NY many years > ago wrote that > > "Asa, John and Reuben Irons, probably brothers, came > from Rhode Island in 1793 and leased land in Hartwick > for farming". > > Does anyone recognize an IRONS family with 3 sons by > those names who be old enough for farming in 1793? > > Thanks. > > Marty Irons > Goshen NY > 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. > > > ==== 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 >