Thank you so much for your free help to those in need you have just solved a Banta & Van Vranken search that I and others have been on for years. Again thank you the net really works as hard as you did. [email protected] wrote: > Bruce > > I just spoke to Dottie Mitchell and she got out her copy of the Banta > Genealogy > or at least what she copied from it - her line. It is at NYS Library and > called > "A Frisian Family, The Banta Genealogy" by Theodore M. Banta published > 1893 > > Your Arie Banta b 1797 Saratoga Co is the son of > > Hildebrant Banta d 04 Sep 1832 > & Debra Van Epps dau/o Abraham Van Epps > Hildebrant was in the Ballston Regt. in Rev. War > His widow Debra, residing in Perth, Fulton, NY is on the application for > pension > When he enlisted, he lived in Clifton Park, > His regiment is credited with driving the Tories out of Mohawk Valley. > > son Arie Banta b 1797 had 3 wives > 1) Nancy Van Wormer > 2) Dorcas Worth > 3) Ruth Ann Taylor > > Hildebrant is older brother of Dottie's Peter Banta > > Hildebrant's parents > Arie Banta > Elizabeth Lozier > dau/o Hildebrant Lozier b Sep 1737 d 20 Dec 1811 > and Christine DeBaun > > This book goes back to the first Banta to come to America n 1640. > > She said that the book is available to buy at NEHGS in Boston. > > Someone else on this list had a John Van Vranken who married an Elizabeth > Banta. She is the sister of Arie b 1797 and dau/o Hildebrant Banta and > Debra Van Epps > > There is also a Van Vranken genealogy at NYS Library. > > God Bless > Ruth Ann > [email protected] > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/