Here are all the William McChesney's that appeared in the NYS census index for 1870: MCCHESNEY , WILLIAM ,55, M , W , NY , RENSSELAER , BRUNSWICK ,1082,537 MCCHESNEY , WILLIAM ,49, M , W , NY , NIAGARA , NEWFANE ,1055,338 MCCHESNEY , WILLIAM ,49, M , W , NY , RENSSELAER , 10-WD TROY ,1085,590 MCCHESNEY , WILLIAM ,47, M , W , NY , RENSSELAER , GRAFTON ,1082,569 MCCHESNEY , WILLIAM ,45, M , W , NY , OSWEGO , 6-WD OSWEGO ,1073,264 The one is Troy's wife if Fanny and the children with them are: Charles-17, Mary-10. I don't have copies of any of the other censuses. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA GenExchange Rensselaer County and Westchester County Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=westchester Researching: Connors/O’Connor, Flynn, Campbell, McEntee, Carter, Booth, Boyle, Smith, O’Rourke, Cullinan, Martin, Manning, Fahey, Healey http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~nymets/