Any descendents or connections to John Wood ( -1815) and Sarah Green(e) (-1845. in the Sand Lake area. Son Calvin, only sibling I know of.

Hello, Everyone ~ I'm interested in whatever information you might have on the ODELL (later spelled O'DELL) family of Grafton, Berlin and elsewhere in Rensselaer County. They arrived from Rhode Island as part of the Seventh-Day Baptist Migration during the last decade or two of the the 1700's. My fourth GGF BENJAMIN ODELL was born in Rhode Island in 1782, and he died in 1871 in Grafton. His wife was Betsey E. BUTTON, born in RI in 1788; she was probably a daughter of Daniel Button and she died in 1871 in Grafton. Both of them are buried in the Stewart Family Cemetery. Benjamin's father was George ODELL, born in 1745 in RI. Before 1769 George married Elizabeth RANDALL, daughter of John Randall. George's father was Joseph Odell junior, the son of Joseph Odell senior, the only son of Austin and Sarah (surname unkown) or Joanna (possibly LEWIS) Odell. The family lived in Westerly & Hopkinton, RI circa 1660-1750. Benjamin and Betsey ODELL had eight known children: (1) Sarah ODELL, born in 1808; she married Asa KENYON. (2) Sophia ODELL, born in 1810; she married a Joel Palmer RANDALL and died in 1903 in PA. She left many, many descendants in both Pennsylvania & Minnesota. (For any of you who might be interested, I have a picture of Sophia and her family taken about 1900: it can be emailed to you). (3) Stephen Van Rensselaer ODELL, born 1812. He married Angeline HAKES; they have many living descendants. (4) Daniel ODELL, bn 1815. He married Charlotte STROUD, and they had many descendants; my sister, several cousins and myself among them. (5) Rhoda ODELL, born 1816. She married James WEEDEN junior; they also have many living descendants. (I also have a touching, sober portrait photo of her ~ it can be emailed.) (6) Amasa ODELL, born in 1819. He married Polly (surname unknown), and he volunteered early in the Civil War. (7) Benjamin ODELL junior, born in 1825. He married a "Clary SHERMEHORN" (as it shows in his Civil War Pension file). He was a faithful Seventh-Day Baptist and lived in Berlin. A Civil War soldier, he was discharged as critically ill in 1863. (8) Ezekiel ODELL, bn 1829. He married Amanda BURDICK. The 1850 Census shows five members of the Odell family living around Grafton: Amasa, Benjamin senior, Benjamin junior, Daniel and Stephen. Sisters Sophia, Rhoda and Sarah had been married for years, but Ezekiel was too young to have a farm. By the 1855 Census, Daniel had lost his farm ~ probably for failure to pay his rent to the Van Rensselaers ~ but Ezekiel and his wife Amanda had acquired a farm of their own. A number of NY historians report that several branches of the Odell family were among the scores of Rhode Island settlers who travelled to Rensselaer County during the thirty years following the Revolutionary War. "A History of New York State" by David Ellis reports that by 1820, 65% of the people living in NewYork State had been born in New England, largely because those states had become overpopulated, over-taxed and over-farmed. Both before and after the Seventh-Day Baptist families came to New York, a great number of marriages took place among them. One source in another Hudson Valley RootsWeb group suggests these emigrants included BABCOCKS, BURDICKS, BUTTONS, HAKES, WEEDENS and RANDALLS ~ together with several lines of ODELLS. The recurring use of identical forenames tends to show that some of these families were related for generations, both in Rhode Island and New York. Any information you have on the ODELLS named above (or any of the associated SDB families) will be much appreciated. I am primarily interested in Daniel ODELL (bn 1815), his wife Charlotte STROUD, & their children Daniel Andrew (a veteran of both the 7th NY Cavalry & 125th NY Infantry in the Civil War), Jabez (who served in the same two units), their sister Lucy and a baby brother, Abram, who appears to have died as a child. Here are two unusual questions for you: Was the STROUD family local, from somewhere in Rensselaer County? Could it have been a Native American (Mohican or Mohawk) family, at least in part? I'd be glad to share whatever I have on the Anglo-Flemish origins of the ODELLS, a fine old Bedfordshire (UK) family. Good luck to each of you, with your own family research. Prof. David E.P. O'Dell, SAR Adjunct Communications Faculty Rochester Institute of Technology Fairport, New York

My Brick Wall: William & Johanna (Minehan) Quinn 1860 Census - New York RENSSELAER County, Roll 846, page 89 - City of Troy LISTED: QUINN, William - 24 Years born Ireland Johanna - 22 Years born NY married within that year.. LISTED: 1870 Census - New York ALBANY COUNTY - City of West Troy QUINN, William - 34 Years - born Ireland Johanna 27 Years - born Ireland Dennis 5 Years - born New York head of Household is Michael Maloney and Mary Maloney , there is also a servant living in the household, Mary Monohan? 20 Years Old born in Ireland. LISTED: 1880 CENSUS - Illinois COOK COUNTY - City of Chicago QUINN, William 40 Years IRE Meat Packer Johanna 30 Years IRE Dennis 13 Years NY Errand Boy Maggie 6 Years IL Winifred 1 Year IL ODONNELL, James 23 Years IRE living in the same residence Enumerated next to Wm Ouinn's residence is: MINEHA(N), John 28 Years IRE Lumberman

Looking for information on: BESSETTE: descendants of Francis Xavier, Henry and George, mid- to late-1800s, Troy & Cohoes DAUS/MOYLAN: Troy STANNARD/HAYNER: East Brunswick/Haynersville, mid 1800s - mid 1900s CASTERLIN: Troy, mid-1900s

Is there any one here that can associate with any of my ancestors? Searching surnames- Waugh, Shehan, O'Melia, Murphy, and Nugent

Looking for Carroll, Jensen, and Knapp Families in Troy, Rensselaer, NY. Thanks, Marie

Looking for descendants of the several Bentley families of Rensselaer Co. Also looking for male descendants for Y-DNA Project Larry Bentley

Looking for CARNEY, CAULFIELD, & BARNUM Thanks Joe Duclos

Green(e) and Staats, Troy, NY early 1700's - 1850's Bobby Green Brown

Hi Jane, Sorry, nothing on these two names in book. Their ages would be borderline for marriage inclusion in book if married in Eastern NY at a young age. Dave Jane Schneeloch wrote: >I am researching family connections of Charlotte Godfrey, born July 18, >1816, in Lansingburgh, and her husband, Henry Spencer, born 1814 in England. >I don't know the date of their marriage, but I'm wondering if they are >included in David's book on deaths and marriages in Eastern NY state. > >Jane Schneeloch > >-----Original Message----- >From: dave rinsem [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:32 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] ROLL CALL > >Hi Lucindia, >Do you have any given names for Phillips and Pulver? > I find a Polly Pulver marrying a Jacob Sheldon on 26 Nov. 1823 by Rev. >Armstrong in the Dec. 3rd issue of the Poughkeepsie Journal. > There are many Phillips mentioned in the book I have for deaths and >marriages 1777 to 1834 Eastern NY State. > Reformed Church, Wynantskill, NY 1794-1889 book also list many Phillips. > >Regards >Dave > >[email protected] wrote: > > > >>looking for Phillips and Pulver for the late 1700's and early 1800/ >> >>Lucindia Wilson >> >> >> >>==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >>***Join a mailing list with 24-7 ROLL CALLS*** >>Rootsweb's first totally Irish Roll Calls mailing list... >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS.html >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Have you added your names to the Troy Surname Roster? >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html > > > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >The NYRENSSE Mailing List Website >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ >A place to unsub, change your subscription, access the archives and links. > > >

I am researching family connections of Charlotte Godfrey, born July 18, 1816, in Lansingburgh, and her husband, Henry Spencer, born 1814 in England. I don't know the date of their marriage, but I'm wondering if they are included in David's book on deaths and marriages in Eastern NY state. Jane Schneeloch -----Original Message----- From: dave rinsem [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] ROLL CALL Hi Lucindia, Do you have any given names for Phillips and Pulver? I find a Polly Pulver marrying a Jacob Sheldon on 26 Nov. 1823 by Rev. Armstrong in the Dec. 3rd issue of the Poughkeepsie Journal. There are many Phillips mentioned in the book I have for deaths and marriages 1777 to 1834 Eastern NY State. Reformed Church, Wynantskill, NY 1794-1889 book also list many Phillips. Regards Dave [email protected] wrote: >looking for Phillips and Pulver for the late 1700's and early 1800/ > >Lucindia Wilson > > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >***Join a mailing list with 24-7 ROLL CALLS*** >Rootsweb's first totally Irish Roll Calls mailing list... >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS.html > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== Have you added your names to the Troy Surname Roster? http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html

Looking for these families in Troy, New York area

Looking for info on James M. Pike born 1830 Vermont, married Mary Ann Craft, born abt 1830 Albany, NY. They married about 1850 and had William R, Cornelia, Christina, Ellsworth, Lincoln. Jennie and James. Need to get info on Cornelia, Christina and Jennie. Also Looking for info on Henry J. McDonough, Nellie McDonough and Edmond B. Stone. Lois Florida

The above surnames, mid-1800's forward, in this geographic area.

My research interests in Rensselaer County are the Guy Hills, John Chapman, John Slocum and Samuel Scribner families and collaterals. Appreciate any information. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: NYRENSSE-D Digest V06 #36

Hi Lucindia, I left out the last sentence on my previous reply. Barbara Jefferies has a lot of Pulver family information on her web site in case you haven't seen it. Dave

Hi Lucindia, Do you have any given names for Phillips and Pulver? I find a Polly Pulver marrying a Jacob Sheldon on 26 Nov. 1823 by Rev. Armstrong in the Dec. 3rd issue of the Poughkeepsie Journal. There are many Phillips mentioned in the book I have for deaths and marriages 1777 to 1834 Eastern NY State. Reformed Church, Wynantskill, NY 1794-1889 book also list many Phillips. Regards Dave [email protected] wrote: >looking for Phillips and Pulver for the late 1700's and early 1800/ > >Lucindia Wilson > > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >***Join a mailing list with 24-7 ROLL CALLS*** >Rootsweb's first totally Irish Roll Calls mailing list... >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS.html > > >

I just rechecked the form I got back from NARA - I left out the sentence in their reply in the previous posts which says regarding CALVIN - "His widow was LUCY PORTER" ----------------------------------------------- "We did not locate a file which matches exactly the information that you provided, we did locate a pension application file for WC 54,145 for a soldier named Porter, Calvin who served in Co. B. 125th inf for the Civil War. He was b. Troy, Renss Co. NY and died Feb. 1, 1907. ****His widow was Lucy Porter **** If this is your subject, please fill out the enclosed NATF FORM and resubmit." [dated Feb. 1, 2005] ------------------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/pension4.htm Rensselaer County Pension Roll of 1885 [among others listed] Porter, Jane E. - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1866 (054,145) Porter, Lucy - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1870 (044,144) Now I see the possible problem - Lucy is probably the widow of Calvin Porter who died in 1907 and NARA told me that he is 054, 145 so is Jane, Widow of Claudius 044,144 - are the numbers on the website reversed or is NARA reversed or neither???? We'll soon find out! Gee Maybe Jane and Lucy were sisters-in-law - wouldn't that be a rip! Ginny -----------------------------------------

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/pension4.htm Rensselaer County Pension Roll of 1885 [among others listed] Porter, Jane E. - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1866 (054,145) Porter, Lucy - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1870 (044,144) Now I see the possible problem - Lucy is probably the widow of Calvin Porter who died in 1907 and NARA told me that he is 054, 145 so is Jane, Widow of Claudius 044,144 - are the numbers on the website reversed or is NARA reversed or neither???? We'll soon find out! Gee Maybe Jane and Lucy were sisters-in-law - wouldn't that be a rip! Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginny To: Roots Rennselaer List Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] ROLL CALL - PORTER - BARTON - GILLESPIE/GELLESPIE http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/pension4.htm Rensselaer County Pension Roll of 1885 Porter, Jane E. - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1866 (054,145) ******************************* It would seem to me that there is a mix up somewhere either in the records, or the Nara Staff person who looked for me, or on the Renss. Co. Web site noted above - if (054,145) belongs to Calvin Porter who died in 1907 then what is the certificate number for Claudius Porter(widow Jane E. Porter - maiden name Barton]?????? I certainly was not going to resend for Calvin's file! and dat's all I know folks! Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginny To: Roots Rennselaer List Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] ROLL CALL - PORTER - BARTON - GILLESPIE/GELLESPIE Thank you, It may have been easy to obtain for others but not for me and it could be that I did not have the information exactly correct but I think I did pretty darn well considering what I had to go on at that time. No I don't believe I have tried the NYS Civil War Archives Records. I sent to NARA Wash. DC and they returned the paperwork to me saying no such record found or something like this. I'm on the trail of this now but still have to dig out the paper work that was returned to me from NARA. Well you made me dig. . . . . . . . I sent to NARA (Wash. DC) on FORM NATF 85 - this was back on Jan. 4, 2005 asking for Full Pension file for Porter, Claudius H. S. -Civil War-NY-Co. B 169th Reg. - Private b. abt. 1832 Mass(?) d. abt. 1864-1866 place unknown - widow claimant - Jane E. Porter - maiden name Barton (054,145)- under place where veteran lived after service I put - if he returned from the War, probably Troy, Renss. Co., NY and the form that was returned & there was a check in the box next to this statement "We did not locate a file which matches exactly the information that you provided, we did locate a pension application file for WC 54,145 for a soldier named Porter, Calvin who served in Co. B. 125th inf for the Civil War. He was b. Troy, Renss Co. NY and died Feb. 1, 1907. If this is your subject, please fill out the enclosed NATF FORM and resubmit." [dated Feb. 1, 2005] I did not resubmit. Do you have his pension file - does it refer at all or give any information in regard to his wife and her pension etc. Thank You again. Ginny On 4/7/2006 9:49:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: Hi The Record for Claudis Porter is very easy to obtain and documented. Did you try the NYS Civil War Archives Records? Claudius H S Porter Residence was not listed; 32 years old. Enlisted on 9/4/1862 at Troy, NY as a Private. On 10/6/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. NY 169th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 1/17/1863 at Camp Abercrombie, VA

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/pension4.htm Rensselaer County Pension Roll of 1885 Porter, Jane E. - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1866 (054,145) ******************************* It would seem to me that there is a mix up somewhere either in the records, or the Nara Staff person who looked for me, or on the Renss. Co. Web site noted above - if (054,145) belongs to Calvin Porter who died in 1907 then what is the certificate number for Claudius Porter(widow Jane E. Porter - maiden name Barton]?????? I certainly was not going to resend for Calvin's file! and dat's all I know folks! Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginny To: Roots Rennselaer List Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] ROLL CALL - PORTER - BARTON - GILLESPIE/GELLESPIE Thank you, It may have been easy to obtain for others but not for me and it could be that I did not have the information exactly correct but I think I did pretty darn well considering what I had to go on at that time. No I don't believe I have tried the NYS Civil War Archives Records. I sent to NARA Wash. DC and they returned the paperwork to me saying no such record found or something like this. I'm on the trail of this now but still have to dig out the paper work that was returned to me from NARA. Well you made me dig. . . . . . . . I sent to NARA (Wash. DC) on FORM NATF 85 - this was back on Jan. 4, 2005 asking for Full Pension file for Porter, Claudius H. S. -Civil War-NY-Co. B 169th Reg. - Private b. abt. 1832 Mass(?) d. abt. 1864-1866 place unknown - widow claimant - Jane E. Porter - maiden name Barton (054,145)- under place where veteran lived after service I put - if he returned from the War, probably Troy, Renss. Co., NY and the form that was returned & there was a check in the box next to this statement "We did not locate a file which matches exactly the information that you provided, we did locate a pension application file for WC 54,145 for a soldier named Porter, Calvin who served in Co. B. 125th inf for the Civil War. He was b. Troy, Renss Co. NY and died Feb. 1, 1907. If this is your subject, please fill out the enclosed NATF FORM and resubmit." [dated Feb. 1, 2005] I did not resubmit. Do you have his pension file - does it refer at all or give any information in regard to his wife and her pension etc. Thank You again. Ginny On 4/7/2006 9:49:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: Hi The Record for Claudis Porter is very easy to obtain and documented. Did you try the NYS Civil War Archives Records? Claudius H S Porter Residence was not listed; 32 years old. Enlisted on 9/4/1862 at Troy, NY as a Private. On 10/6/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. NY 169th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 1/17/1863 at Camp Abercrombie, VA