His birth/baptism supposedly 9 Oct 1783. He died 29 Jan 1857 in Coshocton Ohio. Also wouldn't mind finding his father's death date and burial. (Jonathan dead by Dec 1784) Barbara At 06:05 AM 5/3/09, you wrote: > > >Yes, Congregtionalists from CT became Presbyterians in NY, and >actually churches in the area wavered in polity between the two. >Oldest in the area are Old Southeast Church on Rt 22 in town of >Southeast (burials have been recorded and can be found online) and >Gilead Church in Carmel . The old burial ground for thsat one is a >mile or two away, where the site of the first church were. > >What specifically are you looking for? your Bradley's Squires burial >place? > >Janet C > > > > > > At 11:37 AM 5/2/09, you wrote: > >> What was Fredericksburgh (and before that the Southern District of > >> Dutchess Co) is now the town of Patterson (and part of Kent ) in > >> Putnam County NY. (Putnam split from Dutchess in 1812 or so.) > >> > >> What religion was your Squire? > > > > They were Congregationalists. I understand that there not being one > > in an > > area, the Presbyterians would have been the nearest in belief. > > Jonathan > > Squire and his family moved from Weston Fairfield CT in 1783. > > There are > > baptism and marriage records at that Church. I don't know why they > > moved. I > > gained a lot of my Squire info from a book > > History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald > > Lines > > Jacobus. It didn't say where he found the info they were moving to > > Fredericksburgh. Wish I knew. > > > > A group of people and the preacher moved from Concord MA in 1644 > > or so. A > > religious disagreement I would guess. The immigrant Squire was George > > (1618-1691) > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > >> Unfortunately, there are no early church records for the Episcopal or > >> Presbyterian Churches in Patterson , although both churches were > >> around at the time of the Revolution. The Baptist church in Patterson > >> is even a bit older, but most of their early records ended up in > >> Millerton NY (Town of Northeast) when the Baptist Church congregation > >> divided. > >> > >> Janet C