Amy Lathrop I took a look, and I fear I must agree with the NYGBS indexers that the names in question are Strickland, not Arickland -- I see ancestry.com says J. Arickland, but since the Stricklands are welll accounted for in Springfield in 1800 and 1820, I see no way of reinterpreting the three 1810 entries as Arickland rather than Strickland. There are three Stricklands listed for Springfield in 1810 -- N, J, and E. (Otsego County census takers in 1810, infuriatingly, generally gave only initials instead of first names). But Noah and John Strickland are present in the 1800 Census, and Noah Strickland for that of 1820. John and Noah are also in the 1790 Census (Montgomery County/Canajoharie -- Otsego County only created in 1791). I see few Arklands in New York State, and none anywhere before 1840. Any particular reason to associate the name with this area? Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 coophist@stny.rr.com

I'm trying to associate the name with any area, as I am trying to locate the father of Henry D. Arkland who was born in 1834, somewhere in New York. His mother was Fanny Ferguson who's twin was Francis Ferguson, who parents were Jeremiah Ferguson and Lucy Hollister. The Ferguson family is known to have Lived and worked, owned property, in Herkimer , and Oneida counties. I thought it very likely that Henry's father would be from some near by area, ie: Otsego. This would not be the first time that I have found Arkland spelled Arickland. It happens quite often infact. There have been many misspellings.