I have the same thing - the boundary between VT and NY moved approximately 8 miles east when VT became a state in 1791. My ancestor's children were registered in Pownal Twp from 1777 to 1791 and I think there may have been 2 more, but they are not registered anywhere. They also were in the 1790 census in Hoosick. As nearly as I can figure, New York laid claim to the strip of land before VT was a state and so the NY census takers just went there. Interestingly enough, my ancestress gives her birthplace in different censuses (censi?) as both NY and VT. When she was aged and living with a son her birthplace is given as RI where both her parents were born. I understand that the Battle of Bennington was fought on ground that is now in NY. What is your ancestor's name? Mine is Green. At 06:59 AM 9/2/00 -1000, Eve wrote: >Hi, everyone. > >I have a ?? about boundaries of the states of NY and VT. I have an >ancestor who was listed by the IGI >as being born in Pownal Township, Bennington County, but in the FEDERAL >census of 1790 is listed >as Albany County in HOOSICK. Is this the same place? Can someone shed some >light on this for me? >Thanks >Eve > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html >Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ >GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer >Listowner: Pat Connors mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net > > Barb Baxter http://www.pinehurst.net/genealogy/