hi, are you sure that great lott is not in quaker springs ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> To: <nysarato@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [NYSARATO] What was "Wilbur's Basin" called in 1777? > Just south of Great Lott 16. Great Lott 16 is the northern most Great > Lott > in the present day Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY. A portion of > Great Lott 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13 are within the bounds of the Saratog > National Historical Park. > > I hope that that helps. > > Leslie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Woody" <dolwood215@optonline.net> > To: <nysarato@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:00 PM > Subject: Re: [NYSARATO] What was "Wilbur's Basin" called in 1777? > > >> where is great lott 15 ? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> >> To: <NYSARATO-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:47 PM >> Subject: [NYSARATO] What was "Wilbur's Basin" called in 1777? >> >> >>> Dear List, >>> >>> Last night I was reading the Asa Fitch Papers. In Volume 2 at page 82, >>> Fitch states: >>> >>> On October 17, 1777 - Burgoyne surrendered, 5752 men >>> Tories escorted to Lake George >>> from >>> "Schuylerville" (i.e., Saratoga in 1777) >>> >>> Royal Army marched to "Wilber's >>> basin" and crossed the Hudson. >>> >>> Wilbur's Basin was named fro Fones Wilbur (1762-1831). In 1777, Fones >>> Wilbur would have been 15 years of age and living with his parents in >>> Dutchess County, NY. Fones Wilbur's parents, Jonathan Wilbur >>> (1724-1804) >>> and Sarah Fones Wilbur (1734-1818), did not move their family to the >>> east >>> side of the Saratoga Patent until 1786. So the Wilburs were not even >>> living in the Saratoga Tax Distict during the Rev. War. >>> >>> What was "Wilbur's Basin" called in 1777? >>> >>> Wilbur's Basin is located in Great Lott 16 of the Second Grand Division >>> of >>> the Saratoga Patent. There may have been a ferry operated by one of >>> Abraham Ten Broeck's sub-tenants in the Vly Lott during the 1770's. The >>> Vly Lott is located in Great Lott 15. >>> >>> Thank you for your help, >>> >>> Leslie >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYSARATO-request@rootsweb.com 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: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/648 - Release Date: >>> 1/23/2007 >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYSARATO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYSARATO-request@rootsweb.com 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: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: 1/23/2007 >