Correction to the post below - the number of folks who left the Kakiat church with their pastor James Demarest was 68 people (not 60+ families). Still, a lot of people! Regina Haring ----- Original Message ----- From: "Regina Haring" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:13 PM Subject: [NYROCKLA] Secor >I have come across one Rockland County Secor who is going to someday get a >page to himself on my website, Dutch Door Genealogy. > > His name is Ambrose Thersander Secor, and he was the son of Mary Haring > Demarest and Timothy Secor. Ambrose's dates were 1838 to 1909. > > Mary Haring Demarest was the daughter of Rev. James D. Demarest and > Elizabeth Haring. Rev. Demarest was notable in that he as pastor and 60+ > families left the Kakiat True Reformed Church and joined the True Reformed > Church in 1824. > > Daughter Mary married Timothy Secor, who was never even baptized, and gave > his son the name of Ambrose Thersander Secor - "Thersander" being a name > taken from Homer's "Iliad". Ambrose was of a literary turn of mind, and > there is a sample of his work on my website, in the "John Haring, > Patriot", section. > > Ambrose's parents did separate or divorce eventually, since they are > living separately in the 1850 census, and Mary and son Ambrose were living > with her parents, the pastor and his wife. > > There's more to Ambrose's story, which I hope to write up some day! > > Regina Haring > http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: > 10/23/2006 > >