[email protected] wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >NYRENSSE-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 34 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Question ["Barbara Jeffries" <[email protected]] > #2 Re: [Rensselaer] Question [[email protected]] > #3 NOYES JONES b 1809 [[email protected]] > #4 RE: [Rensselaer] Question ["Wayne simmons" <[email protected]] > #5 RE: [Rensselaer] Question ["Chuck Casale \(ccasale\)" <ccasal] > #6 RE: [Rensselaer] Question - Resear ["Bradford Miter" <[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >The NYRENSSE has its own website at: >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > >IMPORTANT RULE: Do not post virus warnings to the list before checking with me first. If you do, I will put you on the "reject" list which will allow you to receive messages from the list but not allow you to post to the list. > >You can get all the rules and guidelines of the list on >the website, please bookmark it for easy finding. If you >cannot browse the web, the following will help: > >Need to change your subscription to L, search or browse the archives, unsub from the list? >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NY/rensselaer.html > >REMEMBER: When replying to message you find in the digest, change the subject to reflect your message and please don't send a copy of the whole digest with your message. Delete what is not necessary, if not all of it. > > > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Question > From: > "Barbara Jeffries" <[email protected]> > Date: > Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:51:17 -0400 > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > > I was just wondering what happened to all of the Rensselaer County > researchers - maybe we should do a roll call. > Barbara > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Rensselaer] Question > From: > [email protected] > Date: > Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:05:34 EDT > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >Roll call - I'm here researching Kemmy, Howard,O'Neill, Fitzgerald, > Keough, Reagan, Sennett (Sinnot), Fremgen, Fogarty, Hunt > >Also was wondering if anyone has heard of a limerick about the people of >Rensselaer > >Starts off something like this- Fire, fire said Mrs. McGuire, up the hill >stood Bill McGill, around the corner----------------------don't remember anymore > of it but mentions a lot of Rensselaer residents probably around the early >1900's > >Christine Fremgen > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > NOYES JONES b 1809 > From: > [email protected] > Date: > Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:08:39 EDT > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >OK so the birth records say 1809 the tombstone says 1808. But that can >happen. > NOYES JONES parents are NOEL and Susannah ? JONES. Found in Rensselaer >Co Court Records. > By 1840 NOYES JONES is married to Susan MADISON b 1818? in MASS? they >had several children. >The last being Charles in 1854/5? > >They later moved to ILL then IOWA. > >I need marriage of Noyes and Susan Madison JONES. > >I would love to find newspaper article or obituary on NOEL JONES b 1834? in >Rensselaer Co second son of NOEL and Susan Madison JONES. HE did not make >trip to ILLinois. Family said died in NY before they left around 1855. I >have had no luck locating data. > >He was not an infant as family said he was almost of full manhood. In the >1855and 1850 census he has listed as alive. He would be teenager? > >Susi in San Diego > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > RE: [Rensselaer] Question > From: > "Wayne simmons" <[email protected]> > Date: > Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:21:21 -0400 > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >Barbara and Rensselaer researchers, > >I have been on this list for about 1 year and have read much information >that has been interesting and sometimes helpful. Daily, I look for what is >new from this list as well as a couple other lists. At times I have >requested information and tried to share some information also. > >There are also websites of members, such as yours, that provide research >help as well as some genealogy about selected families. One of those >families is a Simmons line on your site. I have yet to find a connection to >my line but I sincerely believe they are connected somehow. > >My 3rd Great Grandfather and Grandmother have proven to be difficult to >locate their parents, my 4th Great Grandparents. The following is some >information about William Simmons and Betsey Ives (and their children) that >I have assembled from many sources, relatives and friends. If you or anyone >can help me locate my 4th Great Grandparents, I will be indebted to that >person for some time to come! > >Thanks in advance for any help that I may receive! > >Regards, >Wayne Simmons > >. William Simmons [100]1 was born on 16 Jun 1796 in Troy, Rensselaer, New >York,2 died on 4 Apr 1872 in Ionia Co., MI 3 at age 75, and was buried about >9 Apr 1872 in Balcom Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > >General Notes: William Simmons, a farmer by occupation, had served in the >war of 1812 when a young man. His father was Scotch and his mother German. >The family moved into Rensselaer County at an early day.4 > >Noted events in his life were: > >. He served in the military Enlisted in War 1812 on 23 Aug 1814 in Sand >Lake, Rensselaer, New York.5 William mustered out at White Hall, Washington >Co., NY on October 28, 1814 because there was news of peace. The war >actually ended in 1815. >. He emigrated Rotterdam, NY in _____/_____/1826 from Sand Lake, >Rensselaer, New York.6 By 1826 William bought land in Rotterdam, >Schenectady County, NY. The NY 1835 census shows William owning 64 acres in >Rotterdam, 10 cattle, 3 horses, and 9 hogs. >. He emigrated the family to another farm in NY. in _____/_____/1836 from >Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY.7 About 1836 the Simmons family moved to >Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY and bought land for a farm. In 1850 the wheat >crops in the area were destroyed by a plague of midges. This could be why >the family moved to Michigan. >. He emigrated to Michigan in _____/_____/1852 from Wheatfield, Niagara >Co., NY..7 In 1852 the family settled on 80 acres in Berlin Twp., Ionia >County, Michigan. At some time, the State of New York awarded William >(listed as living in Portland, MI) $12 for his service in the War of 1812. >. He appeared on the Michigan census in _____/_____/1860 in Berlin Twp., >Ionia Co., MI..7 The 1860 census shows William and Betsey living with Polly >and Able and Alvira. William's farm is valued at $3,300. In 1869 William >was issued some land near Pontiac, MI for his service in the War of 1812. >He sold it to the lawyer who had obtained it for him. The 1870 census shows >William and Betsey in Berlin Twp., Ionia Co. > >William married Betsy Ives [103] [MRIN: 341691864] on 14 Mar 1815 in Sand >Lake, Rensselaer, New York.8 Betsy was born on 29 Jul 1797 in Sand Lake, >Rensselaer, New York,9 died on 24 Feb 1871 in Ionia Co., MI 10 at age 73, >and was buried about 28 Feb 1871 in Balcom Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > >Noted events in her life were: > >. She appeared on the General Information census in _____/_____/1870 in >Berlin Twp., Ionia Co., MI..7 Her father was possibly a German soldier and >her mother was (rumored to be) a full-blooded American Indian from New York >State. The 1880 census states, however, that Betsey's parents were both >born in Vermont. Betsey married William Simmons in Rensselaer County, New >York. Her first four children, all boys, were born in that county between >1816 and 1821. The 1870 census tells us that Betsey couldn't read or write. > >Children from this marriage were: > > + 2 M i. William W. Simmons [35]1 was born on 27 Jul >1816 in Troy, New York or in Massachusetts,11 died on 11 Oct 1898 in Alaska, >Kent Co., MI. 12 at age 82, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Balcom Cem., >Ionia Co., MI.. > > + 3 M ii. Asa W. Simmons [36] was born on 29 Nov 1817 >in Rensselaer County, New York, died on 26 Feb 1819 in Rensselaer County, >New York at age 1, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, >__________, __________. > > + 4 M iii. George L. Simmons [37] was born on 24 Sep >1819 in Rensselaer County, New York, died on 19 May 1829 in Rensselaer Co., >NY. at age 9, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, __________, >__________. > > + 5 M iv. Lyman Simmons [26]13, 14 was born on 13 Jul >1821 in __________, Rensselaer, New York,14 died on 15 May 1900 in Ionia, >Ionia Co., MI. 14, 15 at age 78, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Balcom >Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > > + 6 M v. Edward Simmons [140] was born on 4 Oct 1823 >in Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY,19 died on 6 Jan 1901 in Vergennes Twp, Kent, >Michigan 20 at age 77, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, >__________, __________. > > + 7 F vi. Huldah Ann Simmons [38] was born on 28 Aug >1825 in Schenectady Co., NY, died on 29 Sep 1844 in NY. at age 19, and was >buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, __________, __________. > > + 8 M vii. Leonard F. Simmons [40] was born on 17 Jan >1827 in Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY, died on 24 Sep 1922 in Juliaetta, ID. at >age 95, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, __________, >__________. > > + 9 M viii. Amos Simmons [41] was born on 14 Feb 1830 in >Schenectady Co., NY,19 died on 26 Mar 1896 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. 12 >at age 66, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Soldiers Home North Park, >Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI.. > > + 10 M ix. Abel Jessie Simmons [42] was born on 24 May >1832 in Rotterdam, Schenectady, NY, died on 8 Jul 1914 in Berlin Twp., Ionia >Co., MI. at age 82, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Balcom Cem., Ionia, >Ionia Co., MI.. > > + 11 F x. Polly Ann Simmons [239] was born on 9 Oct >1834 in Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY., died on 10 Aug 1911 in __________, >__________, __________ at age 76, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Balcom >Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > > + 12 F xi. Hester Lydia Simmons [44] was born on 1 Sep >1837 in Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY., died on 2 Nov 1901 in Ionia, Ionia >Co., MI. at age 64, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in Balcom Cem., Ionia >Co., MI.. > > + 13 F xii. Eunice Maria Simmons [45] was born on 22 Jan >1840 in Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY., died on 22 Nov 1918 in Ionia, Ionia >Co., MI. at age 78, and was buried _____/_____/_____ in __________, >__________, __________. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barbara Jeffries [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Rensselaer] Question > >I was just wondering what happened to all of the Rensselaer County >researchers - maybe we should do a roll call. >Barbara > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > >==== 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. > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > RE: [Rensselaer] Question > From: > "Chuck Casale \(ccasale\)" <[email protected]> > Date: > Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:34:21 -0700 > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > > >Barbara and Rensselaer researchers, >I am still out here researching. I am in California and do not get to >the Rensselaer/Albany area often. I still have relatives in the area who >have agreed to do some look ups. I also do not post often but I read >everything that comes across. I truly enjoy the history that is >presented on the list and the web sites such as Barbara's and Cliff >Lamere's among others that slip my mind at this writing. > >If I can help in any way, I will gladly do so. >Regards, >Chuck Casale > >Researching: Casale, Casazza, Biagiotti, Bianchi, Vickery, Stellar, >McNamara, Munson, Rowe, Haefele, Deer and spelling variations of the >same. > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > RE: [Rensselaer] Question - Researchers > From: > "Bradford Miter" <[email protected]> > Date: > Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:57:51 -0400 > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >Don't forget the list of researchers at the Rootsweb NYRenssalear Website: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/prores.htm > >Brad Miter > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barbara Jeffries [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Rensselaer] Question > > >I was just wondering what happened to all of the Rensselaer County >researchers - maybe we should do a roll call. >Barbara > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > >==== 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. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 3/24/2006 > > Looking for traces of Stephen Austin who I suspect wandered across into Columbia County to marry Sarah Patchen around 1768. But mostly just looking!