Dear Leslie: Congratulations on your good news from Heritage Books. Although I realize you may not have time for frivilous information requests, I have a couple of small mysteries that may fit in with your publishing work. Just prior to the Rev War, Joseph Crippen and wife Tabitha Rowley Crippen, raised a large family in a swath of property that has become known as the "Oblong", a piece of land between present day Columbia County, New York and both Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Oblong and surrounding property was the object of several border wars between New York and the eastern colonies. For the most part the male children of Joseph and Tabitha migrated north to Washington County. Why? I can only theoryize that the relocation involved experience gained during military adventures and an availability of new land and reclaimed land from the Loyalists in Washington County. If we were to research one of the Crippen brothers, (four relocated to Washington County) I would select Hosea Crippen who is my line. Hosea married Comfort Hatch, a resident of Green River (now NY) an outpost of the Massachusets colony government. Hosea lived up the hill (Mt Washington) in what was then and remains, Massachusetts. The Joseph Crippen farm was divided by the final state line survey, 2/3rds in Mass, 1/3rd in NY. At some point during the war Hosea married Comfort and began a large family. I have no evidence of what point in their lives they migrated to Washington County but they end up with a farm out north of Granville and Comfort (but not Hosea) was a founder of the present Baptist Church in Truthville. Three of Hosea's brothers also were founders. Joseph and Alice being the most resilient. Comfort Hatch is a Mayflower Doty family member and Hosea is a Fuller family member. Consequently, a variety of family research has been accomplished on both. The details that are missing are their lives, where they lived, where they were married, where they paid taxes and both the births and baptisims of the nine children. Hosea died "by accident" in 1800, somewhere in the Granville area of Washington County. His grave has never been found. Comfort bought an adjacent farm which connected to her own not long after Hosea's death. An uncommon event considering the shortage of cash in the local economy. This mystery has all of the ingreadients of a cash settlement but little evidence to support the theory. You have probably discovered that Granville has one of the few slate outcroppings on the world's surface. Were they individually owned? Were the mines taxed?, were they subsurface estates held by the community as they were further west and leased? Many of these answers may surface in your tax rolls research. I have been to Washington County on several occasions and reviewed both property records and cemetery records. I photographed the early Truthville church records where Comfort was a founder. Such a pious woman would surely not have lived in sin waiting for a minister, still I have never encountered a marriage time and place. Your tax research may shed light on a few of these mysteries. If you encounter any tax data that would shed light on my mysterious Comfort Hatch-Hosea Crippen resident mystery, send me a clue and I will be overjoyed. Wishing you the very best on your publication. Glen Mills, what landmark or city is this near. I am presently in Connecticut and plan to drive down tPhiladelphia soon. Best regards, Jim Crippen Anchorage, Alaska On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Margaret Ernest <mfernest@comcast.net> wrote: > Leslie, > > My ancestor Jonathan Foster was in the Revolution and lived in the Saratoga > Patent. He was added to the DAR Patriot Index either this year or late > last > year. > > I have published a genealogy of him and his descendants through Heritage > Books. > > Margaret Willett Ernest > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> > To: <NYALBANY-L-request@rootsweb.com>; <NYSARATO-L-request@rootsweb.com>; > <nywashin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:32 PM > Subject: [NYWASHIN] The Saratoga Tax District of Albany County, NY > > > > Dear List: > > > > For those of you who have been asking me when I am going to publish my > > research, I have good news. I am one step closer. Yesterday, I > > received an epistle from Heritage Books advising me that they were > > interested in publishing my book. It had been so long since I had sent > > my book proposal to Heritage Books that I had forgotten all about it. > > So Heritage Books' letter came as a bit of a surprise. > > > > Since I can now see a light at the end of the tunnel, the really hard > > work begins because I shall have deadlines to meet. I must still finish > > the title work, which will locate the Rev War era tenant farmers within > > the land grants where they resided, and map the colonial road system. > > However, I a still looking for additional genealogical information on > > the 567 taxpayers, 700 militia men and 125 Loyalists, who lived in the > > Saratoga Tax District. > > > > I would enjoy hearing from anyone, who had an ancestor living in present > > day Saratoga, Washington or Warren Counties during the Rev War and is > > willing to share their story with me. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Leslie Potter > > Glen Mills, PA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYWASHIN-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 > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >