Leslie, I want to make sure I understand this correctly. The regiment someone enlisted in who was from NY was solely dependent on where they lived at the time? My GGG grandfather, Job(e) PRINCE, was in the 16th regiment. Does that mean he was living in the area at that time? Would someone explain the Patroon system a little bit more for me? What kind of information is found in these records? Would this be a good source to try and locate more information about Job(e)? I wrote to NARA and they sent me a copy of a payroll receipt, which was the only record I have of him being in the Revolutionary War. NARA also stated that was the only thing in his file. Darn these fires over the years that destroy records!!!! Thanks for the help. ~Annette > X-Message: #4 > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:14:34 -0700 > From: Leslie Potter <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NYWASHIN] Revoltionary war units > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > There were 17 regiments in the Albany County Militia. Plus a company > named "Independent" Company. Each regiment was comprised of residents > who were called up from the respective specific geographic area within > the Albany County in which they resided. There are 17 Tax Districts > within Albany County. I have not yet correlated all of the Albany > County regiment lists with all of the Albany County Tax Districts. > However, I feel that it is fair to say that no man living in "Cambridge" > would have served in the 12th Regiment of the Albany County Militia, > which was from the Ballstown (Ballston) Tax District. > > In addition there was also one regiment from Charlotte County. (My > research has indicated that the precise boundaries of Charlotte County > are difficult to pin down. Charlotte County seems to have had a rather > Brigadoon like quality about it.) > > The other factor to keep in mind is that the Patroon System dominated > real estate transactions in the Provence of New York even after the > English took over. The Patroons leased land to settlers. They did not > sell land to settlers. Therefore, because the settlers did not hold fee > simple title to their farms, they tended to be more mobile than in other > colonies where the residents did actually own their land. (No one in > New York State got good legal fee simple title to their land until 1841, > when the New York legislature finally abolished the Patroon system. > > I have a copy of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State on CD > ROM and would be happy to do a look up for you. > > Leslie Potter > Glen Mills, PA