> ---------- > From: Ann Langdon > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 7:53 PM > To: 'NYROCKLA_L@rootsweb.com' > Subject: 18th and 19th Century Ancestors > > Hi: My mother's family are all from Rockland County and seem to have > come into the country beginning in the 18th Century. I am trying to > trace their roots and connections and hope some of you out there will > have some information for me. My grandmother was Edith Call Lane (b > 1870's d 1949)of Stony Point and Haverstraw. The Calls were not among > the original settlers of the County (but apparently came from New > Paltz) and were not related to the other Call family living in Stony > Point at the turn of the century. (Their only son, William Call, left > the County for upstate NY.) My great grandfather was Jacob Call(b > 1820's?). He and his brother were ships outfitters working from their > dock on the Stony Point side of the Penny Bridge called "Call's > Landing." I would like to know about the Calls"origins (were they > Scots or Dutch?) and of any descendents who may be living in the area. > Jacob Call married Sarah McKenzie(b. 1826), the daughter of Thomas > McKenzie(b 1782) and Sarah Stepperfield (b 1797). I know Thomas to > be the son of Ebenezer McKenzie(b 1757), but do not know Sarah > Stepperfields parents. I know that there was a Stepperfield family in > Orange County during the 18th Century and assume she is related, but > have nothing definite about any Stepperfield. Ebenezer married > Elizabeth Brown (b 1755, d 1844), for whom I have no information other > than that she remarried and collected Ebenezer's pension under the > name of Conly.On the Lane side, I am related to the Roses, and my > grandmother was Amanda Rose Lane. I believe her ancestor was Jacob > Rose of Stony Point, who was a captain in the Revolutionary War and > apparently was Dutch. Amanda Rose was related to the Rose family of > Haverstraw but I do not know who her parents were. There is a > connection by marriage between the Rose and Felter families, and my > grandfather was named William Felter Lane (b 1850"s, d 1910). There is > a Snyder female in my direct line of descent on the Lane side, but I > do not know the names of these two ancestors( before 1850). I know > there is a Snyder family burial ground in the County and expect the > gravestones might yield some clues. Does anyone know if this Snyder > family was Dutch? > My mother's family used Dutch words, and I am having difficulty > finding out why, since most of the ancestors are Scots. I am writing > from Alaska so I hope you don't mind my including almost everything I > know of the family in this email. It's hard to do research from here. > I put the names in bold type to make it easier. I do hope there are > kin out there who will respond. Thank you. Ann Langdon >