After a long search for naturalization papers for an ancestor, I finally reached someone very helpful at the Ulster County Clerk's office (914-340-3288) and lo! he actually found naturalization papers from the 1850s for me! While the county of origin in Ireland wasn't on them, the fact that he found these papers at all is a miracle. Moral of the story: Never give up! Mary in MD

Hi, I am looking for information on the descendants of Martin Turner WASSON. He was born 5 Oct 1847 in NY. He died 3 April 1914 at Saugerties, NY. He is buried in the Town of Catskill Cemetery, Greene County, NY. His parents were Bateman WASSON and Anna M. PALMER WASSON. His wife was Charlotte M. WALKER. They were married 21 Mar 1875 in Palenville, Greene Co., NY Their children: Bertha Wasson SLATTERY b. 1875/76 in Palenville, NY; Clarence Eli Wasson b. 26 Jul 1877 in Palenville, NY, d. 2 Jul 1925 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ, wife Rose Mary DOYLE; Frederick P. Wasson b. 16 Nov 1878 in Palenville, NY, d. 16 Feb 1937 in Albany, Albany Co., NY, resided at 1013 Broadway, Rensselaer, NY, wife Louise WASHBURN; Charles Wasson b. Sep 1888 NY; Myrtle N. Wasson, b. 1890 in NY, resided in Albany, Albany Co., NY in 1918. Any help would be appreciated. Kristy Kjag786@aol.com

Can someone help me find these families? Bela Smith married Rhoda Merwin 1806Cornwallville, Greene Co. She born 1780 and died 9-22-1862. Bela born 1783 Haddam. Conn died 3-7-1847. Need family of Merwin. Mary Crocket Carbine b. 31July1774 married Rye,NY Peter Van Ordin b. 19Feb.1761 Leeds, NY. Need family of Carbine. Thanks Bill

Hi All, Folks who are researching the Carpenter name - perhaps you should try: "GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com" list. I have seen quite a bit of reference to Carpenter researchers on it before. Good Luck, Sue in TN

Hi again Carolyn, In a message dated 99-04-14 18:28:39 EDT, wordpowercommunications@rcn.com writes: << Would anyone have information about these couples, all of whom probably resided in Orange County for at least part of their married lives? 1. James Hornbeck m. Margriet Ennes (b. 1748 Orange Co.) Margaret and JACOBUS were m. December 18, 1766 in the Machackemack RDC, Orange Co., NY. Jacobus was b. ca. 1741 in prob. Sussex Co., NJ to Evert Hornbeck originally of Rochester, Ulster Co., NY and Magdalena (Lena) Cuddeback of the same area. The ENNES Family bible oves Margaret's birth date as June 28, 1748 in Sussex Co., NJ. I have 3 children for this couple; Evert, Elizabeth and Lena. 2. Joshua Van Auken (1771-1843) m. 1794 Elizabeth Hornbeck (1772-1846) Joshua was born in Deerpark, Orange County. Elizabeth Ennes Hornbeck was bpt April 29, 1772 in the Machackemack RDC, Orange Co., NY while Joshus was bpt. same place on December 01, 1771. "Joshua VA died on October 3, 1843 ("at half past 10 in the morning"), and Elizabeth Hornbeck VA died on November 9, 1846 ("ten minutes after 10 in the morning"). From the Bible. Joshua's parents were Daniel Van Auken and Lea Kittle. This couple had at least 6 children and were m. October 26, 1794 in the Mach. RDC. Cynthia

Would anyone have information about these couples, all of whom probably resided in Orange County for at least part of their married lives? 1. James Hornbeck m. Margriet Ennes (b. 1748 Orange Co.) 2. Joshua Van Auken (1771-1843) m. 1794 Elizabeth Hornbeck (1772-1846) Joshua was born in Deerpark, Orange County. 3. Andrew Christie (1746-1824) (1) Abigail Hopper (1748- ) (2) Mary McWhorter (1748-1819) Andrew and Abigail were born in Bergen County, NJ, and were married there in 1768; their children David and Annatje were born there in 1770 and 1771. They may have had other children in Orange County. Andrew and Mary died in Yates County, NY; their children were born in Orange County. 4. Samuel Cool/Cole (1751-1829) m. Jane/Jenny/Jany Davis (1755- ) Samuel and Jenny lived in Westtown, Orange County, and in Wantage Township, Sussex County, NJ. 5. David Christie (b. 1770 Bergen County) m. 1792 Margaret Cole (1775- ) David and Margaret are believed to have lived in Orange County (possibly Unionville) and/or in Sussex County. 6. Aaron Burr Van Auken (1799-1877) m. 1824 Abigail Christie (1805-1886) Aaron and Abigail spent most, if not all, of their married life in Ludlowville, Tompkins County.

--part1_4da48330.244633ad_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-04-14 13:52:18 EDT, MzCortez@aol.com writes: << These are my abstracts of abstracts of the NY wills microfiche available thru the LDS. My personal interest was the Carpenter folks. 1747 JOSEPH GREEN,. Northcastle, Westchester Co. Son Joseph, Caleb, Gilber, John. Wit: Thomas Wright Avel Dickinson, ROBERT CARPENTER 1748 JOHN HOWLAND, Rye, Westchester Co. Wit: Sarah Fowler, THOMAS CARPENTER, John Carhart 1746 WILLIAM JACKSON (? where) Sons: Michael, John, and William. Wit: Moses Horton, TIMOTHY CARPENTER, RICHARD ALLISON (my guess is this was Or. Co., but could have been LI, based on the names, I would guess) 1748 JOSEPH CLEMENT, Westbury, Hempstead (LI), Wife: Sarah. Sons Joseph, Jame, Charles (dau understood?) MARTHA CARPENTER, Sarah, Mercy Willis. Exec. wife and friends: Samuel Willis, Wm Seaman of OB. Wit Silus Titus, Wm. Titus, Martha Seaman 1771 JOSEPH CORNEEL, Scarsdale, Westchester Co. W. Phebe Witness: BENEDICT CARPENTER (Quaker), Elizabeth Gedney, Samuel Townsend 1772 MARY GEDNEY widow of John of Scarsdale. Wit Joseph Hart, Christian Moreland, BENEDICT CARPENTER, wheelright. 1778 ISAAC ROADS, Jamaica, Queen Co., wife Hannah, Exec: friends and neighbors NATHANIEL (MAYBE Nehemiah) CARPENTER and Waters Lambertson. Children underage and names not given. Wit Nathaniel Box, innkeeper, Ludlum Smith, cutler, Judith Evert 1780 ANTHONY FIELD Harrisons Purchase, Westchester Wife: Hannah, Sons: Thomas , Samuel, Anthony, John, Benjamin; Dau. Sarah. Wm's son Moses. Exec. wife. Wit: Thomas Vail, (Quaker), Mary Vail, Jr., BENEDICT CARPENTER , prov. 1780 1781 DAVID HORTON White Plains, Westchester Co. Wife Billecha, Son Daniel, Dau Rebecca. Grandaughter Mary Hosier, Son Wm, Thomas, Joseph, Daniel and John. Exec. wife and friend Robert Graham. Wit: John Hosier, Hannah Hosier, BENEDICT CARPENTER no date 1780-81 prob. JAMES WRIGHT, Bedford, New Purchase, Weschester Co., W Amy and JACOB CARPENTER, Benjamin Hall, and Joseph Owens, Exec. He had son: Jesse and 5 dau, not named. 1782 DANIEL SMITH, Hempstead, wife Phebe. Exec. brother Richard Smith and friend Stephen Powe, Exec. Wit: James Wood; ISREAL CARPENTER, Elijah Wood. prov. 1782 Vol 33 pg. 54 no date JOSEPH LATTEN, Oyster Bay, grandaughter Anne Thorn wife of Charles Thorn, THORN CARPENTER, husband of his grandaughter, now Mary Coles. grandcHANNAH AND THORN CARPENTER, JR. Exec. (Note? more children were namved, but I didn't copy them, sorry.) Vol 35 pg 1-2 1710 Isaac Pinheiro, son Jacob, Moses dau Sarah, Rebekah, Judieth, fther Abraham, wife Elizabeth. Wit: Evan Davis, John Hilton, JOHN CARPENTER, Gideon Donrede, proven in Nevies. >> --part1_4da48330.244633ad_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <CARPENTER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.4]) by air-yd02.mx.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:52:17 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id NAA10391; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:52:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA21316; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:50:38 -0700 (PDT) From: MzCortez@aol.com Message-ID: <c38300bf.24462efd@aol.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:48:45 EDT Subject: Wills, Carpenter connected, NY Old-To: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 18 Reply-To: MzCortez@aol.com Resent-Message-ID: <"9fXFYD.A.4MF.tVNF3"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1439 X-Loop: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: CARPENTER-L-request@rootsweb.com These are my abstracts of abstracts of the NY wills microfiche available thru the LDS. My personal interest was the Carpenter folks. 1747 JOSEPH GREEN,. Northcastle, Westchester Co. Son Joseph, Caleb, Gilber, John. Wit: Thomas Wright Avel Dickinson, ROBERT CARPENTER 1748 JOHN HOWLAND, Rye, Westchester Co. Wit: Sarah Fowler, THOMAS CARPENTER, John Carhart 1746 WILLIAM JACKSON (? where) Sons: Michael, John, and William. Wit: Moses Horton, TIMOTHY CARPENTER, RICHARD ALLISON (my guess is this was Or. Co., but could have been LI, based on the names, I would guess) 1748 JOSEPH CLEMENT, Westbury, Hempstead (LI), Wife: Sarah. Sons Joseph, Jame, Charles (dau understood?) MARTHA CARPENTER, Sarah, Mercy Willis. Exec. wife and friends: Samuel Willis, Wm Seaman of OB. Wit Silus Titus, Wm. Titus, Martha Seaman 1771 JOSEPH CORNEEL, Scarsdale, Westchester Co. W. Phebe Witness: BENEDICT CARPENTER (Quaker), Elizabeth Gedney, Samuel Townsend 1772 MARY GEDNEY widow of John of Scarsdale. Wit Joseph Hart, Christian Moreland, BENEDICT CARPENTER, wheelright. 1778 ISAAC ROADS, Jamaica, Queen Co., wife Hannah, Exec: friends and neighbors NATHANIEL (MAYBE Nehemiah) CARPENTER and Waters Lambertson. Children underage and names not given. Wit Nathaniel Box, innkeeper, Ludlum Smith, cutler, Judith Evert 1780 ANTHONY FIELD Harrisons Purchase, Westchester Wife: Hannah, Sons: Thomas , Samuel, Anthony, John, Benjamin; Dau. Sarah. Wm's son Moses. Exec. wife. Wit: Thomas Vail, (Quaker), Mary Vail, Jr., BENEDICT CARPENTER , prov. 1780 1781 DAVID HORTON White Plains, Westchester Co. Wife Billecha, Son Daniel, Dau Rebecca. Grandaughter Mary Hosier, Son Wm, Thomas, Joseph, Daniel and John. Exec. wife and friend Robert Graham. Wit: John Hosier, Hannah Hosier, BENEDICT CARPENTER no date 1780-81 prob. JAMES WRIGHT, Bedford, New Purchase, Weschester Co., W Amy and JACOB CARPENTER, Benjamin Hall, and Joseph Owens, Exec. He had son: Jesse and 5 dau, not named. 1782 DANIEL SMITH, Hempstead, wife Phebe. Exec. brother Richard Smith and friend Stephen Powe, Exec. Wit: James Wood; ISREAL CARPENTER, Elijah Wood. prov. 1782 Vol 33 pg. 54 no date JOSEPH LATTEN, Oyster Bay, grandaughter Anne Thorn wife of Charles Thorn, THORN CARPENTER, husband of his grandaughter, now Mary Coles. grandcHANNAH AND THORN CARPENTER, JR. Exec. (Note? more children were namved, but I didn't copy them, sorry.) Vol 35 pg 1-2 1710 Isaac Pinheiro, son Jacob, Moses dau Sarah, Rebekah, Judieth, fther Abraham, wife Elizabeth. Wit: Evan Davis, John Hilton, JOHN CARPENTER, Gideon Donrede, proven in Nevies. P --part1_4da48330.244633ad_boundary--

--part1_df44ce43.244617a9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-04-14 12:08:09 EDT, MzCortez writes: << No date, prob. 1733/1734 GEORGE DOUMEN, Oyster Bay, NY, has land west side of Hudson River at Kakiat or New Hempstead, son Daniel. Wife Phebe. Ohter sons: George, Daniel, Richard, Benjamin and Henry. Dau: Sarah Valentine. Execs. wife and sons George and Daniel Wit: Thomas Pearsall, JOSEPH CARPENTER, Richard Valentine (I BELIEVE THAT NEW HEMPSTEAD IS NOW IN ROCKLAND CO) This was pg. 192 and I know the date would have been very useful for John (Hi John) . This will was in my notebook between DIRK ALBERTSON 1733 and JAMES PINE Jan 25, 1734/5 1734/5 JAMES PINE, Hempstead, to James Pine, Jr. son of Wm Pine of Hempstead, Mary Hall dau of said Wm Pine, Elizabeth Hall dau of Wm Pine, Sarah Smith dau of Wm Pine, Daniel Pine son of John Pine. Exec: James Pine Jr. and Joseph Hall, Jr. Wit: JOHN CARPENTER , James Ward, Mordecai Lester. proved 9/19/1738 1738 GEORGE CLARK, Esq. Westchester Co., Lt. Gov. Wheras Samuel Brown of Westchester Co. died intestate, letters of adm are granted to JOSEPH CARPENTER of North Castle, principal creditor, April 28, 1738. 1752 ANNE WEAVER, NY (I think NYC) widow son Wm. (Beekman St. property) grandaughter ANNE CARPENTER dau of JOHN CARPENTER also John Coxe son of John Coxe and to his brothers Wm and Thomas Coxe. Exec: her son. Wit Charles Jardine, Catherine Bedford, James Emott, proven 11/15/1752 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: I do not believe I have ever seen the NYC Carpenters discussed. Does anyone have any information on them?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- 1736 JOHN PRIOR of Matinecock Oyster Bay, Br. Daniel, Cousin Cock, Sisters: Hannah Frost and ELIZABETH CARPENTER. Wit: Daniel Underhill, Henry Cock, Josiah Cock, Jacob Frost prov. 1748 1747 PETER CAVERLY, O.B. Wife Jane, ch: Job, Peter, Joseph, Wm, SarahPierson, Abigaila. Wit: JOSEPH CARPENTER, SARAH CARPENTER, Benjamin Woolsey, prov. before Adam Lawrance 1747 P still a few more to do >> --part1_df44ce43.244617a9_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: MzCortez@aol.com From: MzCortez@aol.com Full-name: MzCortez Message-ID: <df44ce43.24461769@aol.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:08:09 EDT Subject: Wills, Carpenter, mostly OB To: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 18 Reply-To: MzCortez@aol.com No date, prob. 1733/1734 GEORGE DOUMEN, Oyster Bay, NY, has land west side of Hudson River at Kakiat or New Hempstead, son Daniel. Wife Phebe. Ohter sons: George, Daniel, Richard, Benjamin and Henry. Dau: Sarah Valentine. Execs. wife and sons George and Daniel Wit: Thomas Pearsall, JOSEPH CARPENTER, Richard Valentine (I BELIEVE THAT NEW HEMPSTEAD IS NOW IN ROCKLAND CO) This was pg. 192 and I know the date would have been very useful for John (Hi John) . This will was in my notebook between DIRK ALBERTSON 1733 and JAMES PINE Jan 25, 1734/5 1734/5 JAMES PINE, Hempstead, to James Pine, Jr. son of Wm Pine of Hempstead, Mary Hall dau of said Wm Pine, Elizabeth Hall dau of Wm Pine, Sarah Smith dau of Wm Pine, Daniel Pine son of John Pine. Exec: James Pine Jr. and Joseph Hall, Jr. Wit: JOHN CARPENTER , James Ward, Mordecai Lester. proved 9/19/1738 1738 GEORGE CLARK, Esq. Westchester Co., Lt. Gov. Wheras Samuel Brown of Westchester Co. died intestate, letters of adm are granted to JOSEPH CARPENTER of North Castle, principal creditor, April 28, 1738. 1752 ANNE WEAVER, NY (I think NYC) widow son Wm. (Beekman St. property) grandaughter ANNE CARPENTER dau of JOHN CARPENTER also John Coxe son of John Coxe and to his brothers Wm and Thomas Coxe. Exec: her son. Wit Charles Jardine, Catherine Bedford, James Emott, proven 11/15/1752 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: I do not believe I have ever seen the NYC Carpenters discussed. Does anyone have any information on them?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- 1736 JOHN PRIOR of Matinecock Oyster Bay, Br. Daniel, Cousin Cock, Sisters: Hannah Frost and ELIZABETH CARPENTER. Wit: Daniel Underhill, Henry Cock, Josiah Cock, Jacob Frost prov. 1748 1747 PETER CAVERLY, O.B. Wife Jane, ch: Job, Peter, Joseph, Wm, SarahPierson, Abigaila. Wit: JOSEPH CARPENTER, SARAH CARPENTER, Benjamin Woolsey, prov. before Adam Lawrance 1747 P still a few more to do --part1_df44ce43.244617a9_boundary--

Another great site I've come across recently is American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html. The maps alone are worth the look. MArion

Greetings, all. Found in "Early Orange County Wills", V1 1731-1788, V II June 27, 1787 to Dec 31, 1830 (Thank you, Jeannie of MI, and also to the Orange County Genealogical Society!): "MOSES OVERTON of town of Minisink Liber H page 458 Will made Jan. 6, 1821 Probated Sept. 13, 1828 Daughters - Abigail, Hannah; Son - John Grandchildren - Susannah & Phebe Cavanaugh; Jeremiah Executors - Eliza Wells, John Hallock, Jr. Witnesses - Daniel Wickham, Barnabas Wickham, Francis Peppard" ANY info about people with these surnames most welcome: OVERTON, CAVANAUGH, HALLOCK I am especially interested in locating the CAVANAUGH linkage, as well as finding out additional info about the OVERTONs. Also may have the name CAMPBELL somewhere in there, but am beginning to wonder if this wasn't a major transcription error in the ol' family Bible. Will exchange. Please help! Thanks. Beth

The following website is an outstanding compilation of searchable sites for vital records, property records, etc. Don't overlook the bottom of the page where some individual counties are listed. www.pac-info.com The following website has historical photos and documents of genealogy interest. Takes a while to learn how to search properly but well worth it. www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html Ginny

Pat - I'm looking for the parents of Catarina/Catherina Baker of Ulster County, m. Henry Parslow. She may have been a contemporary to the 1753 Baker you mentioned. Any connection? L. Julian, wlj1@compuserve.com

Hi Everyone! I think this is the first time I have inquired about my Bakers. Justus Baker was born c. l753, he had a brother, James, born c. l769. He served in the Revolutionary War out of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY. He married in 1780 Mercy (Marcy, Mary?) Brown in Fishkill. They had two sons, Jacob (1784) and Archelaus (Archibald) l786. Four daughters were born later, Peggy (Langton), Sarah (Scott), Clarissa (Upright) and Catherine (Crawford). Archelaus (Archibald), my 3rd great-grandfather, married Catherin Mack in l8l6. I hope some of this sounds familiar to someone. Thanks, Pat Tenney

Hi Phoebe--I think we've corresponded before so please forgive me if I've already asked you this: have you found any BRADNERs and/or VAILs that appear to be "related"? I am looking for a connection between those two families somewhere probably in the mid- 1700s, in Orange Co. I have a 2nd great-grandfather named Benoni BRADNER VAIL born in Minisink, Orange Co. in 1801. His parents were John VAIL and Keturah DUNNING VAIL. So far I've not been able to find a BRADNER anywhere that is related to a VAIL that would cause Benoni to have Bradner as a middle name! This remains one of my genealogical mysteries! Regards, Marilyn Hough Stern (Austin, TX)

Frank, great observation. The wills in that lovely book postdate the abstracts that I am putting on the web. Phoebe n a message dated 99-04-12 20:20:58 EDT, you write: << Subj: Re: Or Co NY and other wills Date: 99-04-12 20:20:58 EDT From: Frank1124 To: MzCortez, NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com There are also books of Abstracts of Orange County Wills at the Orange County Genealogical Society in Goshen NY. Then there are the copies of the wills in the Surrogates office in Goshen. Frank Sloat Arnold, MD >>

There are also books of Abstracts of Orange County Wills at the Orange County Genealogical Society in Goshen NY. Then there are the copies of the wills in the Surrogates office in Goshen. Frank Sloat Arnold, MD

If you have an ancestor who served in Civil War, their photo may be at this website. Search on name or regiment. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html Ginny

This information was abstracted from abstracts of NY wills, microfiche #6046928 at the LDS Family History Center. There are several volumes and a separate index for each volume. I believe they were published in "the Record" many years ago. The exact abstracts, errors and corrections and all, are now available on a CD published by the HERITAGE BOOKS, INC. in MD. I will try to remember to place this information on each post from now on. I personally abstracted this data about 10 years ago, and my penmanship could be better!!! 1768 JONATHAN COREY sons Elnathan, Jonathan. dau Mary Smith and Luis More. d. Temperance Shepherd. wife Patience, (Abraham Shepherd, relationship, not given), grand s John son of Elnathan Corey, Jonathan son of Abraham Shepherd. Exec: Drs. Nathan Elmers of Florida and SAMUEL CARPENTER of Goshen. Wit: Charles Carroll (Canoll?), David Sheperd and Sm Sleey (?) 1724 JOHN LANGDON of Hempstead, bros TJoseph, and Wm Exec. wife Sillampse. Sons Samuel, Jane, Peterche, John, Mary Williampse, Isaac and Timothy. Wit John Tallman, WM CARPENTER, Adam Mott. Codicile 1725 Wit Joseph Birdsall, Charles Peter, John Thomas. proved 1725 1743 JOHN BARNES, Hempstead Dau Demeca Barnes, w Hannah, d Caterine, son Cornelius, dau Allada, Maruris, married Cornelia Miller, Jane miller, Hannah Martin. Exec. son Cornelius and d Catharine. Wit: Benjamin Wiggins, INCREASE CARPENTER, Richard Everett 1752 HENRY LUDLUM Jamaica Siters: ruth Smith of J, widow and Hannah wife of JOSHUA CARPENTER of J. Ruth Smith's sons Wm and Thomas Smith and her gr. sons John and Ludlum Smith and to the 6 dauof my sister HANNAH CARPENTER; Ruth, Hannah, Judith, Rachel, Millicent and Sarah. John Smith's bro is Howell Smith. Cousin Wm Ludlum and brother in law JOSHUA CARPENTER, EXEC. Wit: abadia Mills, Thomas Reed, S. Clowes, proved 1752 1750 RICHARD WIGGINS Flushing, wife Elizabeth. dau Keziah, Martha, Mary (under 18), sons Thomas, Benaia, John, and Daniel. Exec. wife and brother in law INCREASE CARPENTER, Uncle in law RICHARD EVERET. wit: Samuel Smith, Jr. Peter Smith, Thomas Bayles, pro 1750 1750 NEHEMIAH LUDLUM dau Phebe wife of Samuel Denton. dau Johannah, brother in law is Nehemiah Denton. Wit Benjamkin Hinchman, JOSHUA CARPENTER, Wm Smith prov a1750 1748 proven ISAAC FINCH, Goshen, grist mill and saw mill. Sons: Soloman, Abraham, Daniel (could be David, sorry), John, Nathaniel. dau Ruth, Elizabeth. His father was Abraha;m with property in Wawanda patten, his grandfather, Isaac Finch. Exec, his son; Wit James Butler, Timothy Wood and ANTHONY CARPENTER P

Dear Eighmey Researchers: I have an old photo of Seth Samuel Eighmey and family (10 people in photo) that I will exchange for information about where Seth's brother Miles Newel Eighmey is buried. Ginny vbyron@ulster.net

What is the *source* of these Will Abstracts please? Cynthia << In a message dated 99-04-12 13:15:34 EDT, MzCortez writes: << 1721 SIMON BLOOM, Jamaica W Gertie ch John, Isaac, Bernardus, Anne, Baret and George Bloom, Exec Charles Doughty and Joseph Smith, Jr. leave lands in Raritan NJ to sons. Wit Johanes Coertens, INCREASE CARPENTER, Joshua Pettit, prov 1721 pr 1772 JOSEPH ALLISON prec Goshen, Or Co, son Richrd sonJoseph, leaves a piece of Cedar Swamp joing INCREASE CARPENTER'S swamp. Dau Deborah and Mary br. Wm Wife Abigail brother Nathaniel Roe, cousin, James Sawyer, exec. wit John Connor, WILLIAM ALLISON, JOHN ALLISON 1777 GEORGE COLEMAN, Little Britian, Ul Co. NY, w. Keziah, sons James, George, Gideon, John and David. Dau Kezia, Sarah, catharine, hannah, Mary and Lydia. Exec wife and NEHEMIAH CARPENTER of Newburgh Wit David Belknap, Moses Hunt, Benjamin Robinson, prov 1778 1777 WM BARKER Goshen wife Susannah, son John and Wm owns land in Elizaabethown NJ. Exec wife and son John Wit. James Denton, blacksmith, WM THOMPSON, sch.master, ANTHONY CARPENTER, pr 1778 1779 DAVOD SWEZU Goshen NY wife Elizabeth sons David, Jonath dau Elizabeth Satterly, grandaughter Mary Dains. Wit NOAH CARPENTER, blacksmith, Bethiah Aldrig and Mehitable Hallock pr ov1779 1781 JOSIAH GILBORT, GRAYCOURT, Or. Co. w. Hannahch. Mary and her 2 ch: Elizabeth ch Calup and his 3 ch, Hannah Breasted, Sarah Person, Bethia Seeley, grson Gilber Seeley, Josiah Breasted, Bethia Seeley, Elizabeth Person, Hannah Person, James Davisson Seeley, Abby Gilbert, Martha Gilbert. Exec: Silus Person of Hamptonburgh, wife and Birdseye Yhoung Wit Philip doyle, schoolmaster, JOHN CARPENTER, Jonas Seely, prov 1781 (did I copy this before???) 1782 DANIEL SMITH 1782, Hempstead, wife Phebe. Exec. bro Richard smith and friend Stephen Powel. Wit james Wood, ISREAL CARPENTER, Elihjah Wood prov. 1782 1776 SAMUEL DENTON, Jamaica wife Tartha, 2 dau at "Gotion" Catherine, now wife of Henry Smith and Phebe now wife of ABEL GALE, (names more dau and son which I failed to copy) Wit: JOSHUA CARPENTER, Obediah Mills, Daniel Smith prov 1780 1728 JOSEPH BALDING, hempstead Qu Co. NY, property boundry N by Wm Carpenter, E. Daniel Smith. Wit JOHN CARPENTER, John Johnson and Gerardus Clowes prov 1728 dau Mary and Elinore, son Isaac. (At that time George, Balding, one of the exec. was living in Elizabethtown, NJ) Inventory of the estate of JOSEPH CARPENTER of RoundSwamp in OB, Qu Co taken 3/13/17James Townsend, Zebulon Dickeson. ADMINSTRATIONS: Oct. 3, 1778 INCREASE CARPENTER, (D. intestate,) adm to brother JACOB CARPENTER May 15, 1776 GABRIEL CARPENTER, Dutchess, Co. (d intestate) adm to John Mc Lean Phoebe >> >>