> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NYPUTNAM list administrator, send an email to > NYPUTNAM-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NYPUTNAM mailing list, send an email to > NYPUTNAM@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYPUTNAM- > request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NYPUTNAM Digest, Vol 4, Issue 43 > ***************************************