Possible, but... Westchester to Orange Co, probably 30 or more Howells. Some related, others apparently not. At least one Orange Co. family moved upstate and built a large, prosperous business. Not sure if any of that family became an Attorney. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Harold Howell This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 6queenmum Surnames: BENTLEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.we stchester/7312.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please is this Howell connected to an attorney by that name possible,met years ago and TOLD ME THAT WILLIAM BENTLEY WAS IN HIS HISTORY OF LINEAGE,, IS THIS POSSIBLY THE ONE, HE GAVE ME A COPY OF A LARGE CIRCLE BUT HALF OF IT GOT TORN OFF AND DISAPPEARED THIS WAS IN THE LATE 1060`S, THANKYOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7631 (20121026) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ROCKLAND COUNTY New City Library, 220 North Main Street, New City, NY DATE: 23 October 2012 PLACE: New City Library Auditorium TIME: 7:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. PROGRAM: FRINGE BENEFITS OF GENEALOGY SPEAKER: Mark Gordon Mark Gordon will talk about his experiences using European records for family searches. His document images reflect records of Jewish families in the USA and Europe: Germany, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. European documents for Christian families are/were very similar, since Napoleon set up the system of European record-keeping when he conquered most of the countries. Programs and Meetings are free and open to the public! Sally Pellegrini, longtime Local History Librarian and Community Relations Head of the New City Library will be retiring this month. Sally has been the Program and Publicity Chairman and an ardent supporter of the GSRC. We will miss her. Join Sally and her friends for a farewell reception at the New City Library this FRIDAY, Oct 19, between 1:30 and 3:30 PM

> Please refer to the downstate CORTLANDT--with the -T- > attached to the spelling [ CORTLANDT ] to differ it from the > CORTLAND spelling with NO -T- at the end [CORTLAND]. > It is tough enough sometimes to keep the record straight--one might > say-- without having to also sort out this error. Right, I knew it had the "t", but the argument between my brain and my fingers was won by my fingers. > AND-thanks again for your story. Charlotte J.[SMITH] > Sheldon > P.S. And, I have 1600 New Amsterdam people [ EBEL married tp > [HENDRICKSE]; Long IS. with VAIL and others into Westchester Co..; > And the SMITHS-well, that is a Quaker Trail- from Christopher-1-in > 1600 's Rhode Island to Duchess County from 1798.to c.1895. CJS Smiths from the pre-Revolutionary era? I have a Maria Smith from circa 1740 married to Jonathon Youmans (1739-1773) and mother to Rev. War Vet Jonathon Youmans in Haverstraw. Of course your Smiths came to NY too late for my Smith related work. I have no leads on Maria (no birth, death, second husband, church membership, or will for the elder Jonathon). Of course this is all Orange/Rockland County related. Brian

Sheldon, you got that right about the T. Back in the days before advances in technology, my husband worked for the NY State Police and then T/Yorktown NY ( which covered T/CortlandT). Sooo many calls would get incorrectly routed because of the T which could have had serious results. My husband began to know names of streets in Cortland and would recognize if the call was at the wrong police department and call it in himself. Judy In a message dated 10/16/2012 11:05:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: To ?BRIAN?--- Because I taught 5-6th. grades for 17 years-amomg other grades--the story about your 5th. grade report which won accolades for you,and amazed your teacher--must have been a doozy. What a [ perhaps first ] feat to have you learn so young what you could accomplish once you put so much time and attention in on a project ! Even today and not knowing you ,I must admire. One thing in your email which I wish to plead--not just from you, but other readers who are not aware: I was born in Cortland, Cortland County, NY. ,grew up mostly in that county, and graduated from what is now the State Univ. of NY at Cortland--as a K-9th. teacher. Over the years since I retired from teaching in CA., one of my activities is teaching Research Methods for Genealogy here in the Thousand Oaks area of Ventura County,CA. In our Weekly Class of 45 or so persons . It is my privilege especially to assist the number of NYS researchers whenever I can. Following the Rev.War, into the "great migration years" arterwards is a ''bear' for these seekers. If you live there in the state--accessibility is an enormous-boost. From out wesr-NOT SO MUCH--even with internet . Please refer to the downstate CORTLANDT--with the -T- attached to the spelling [ CORTLANDT ] to differ it from the CORTLAND spelling with NO -T- at the end [CORTLAND]. It is tough enough sometimes to keep the record straight--one might say-- without having to also sort out this error. AND-thanks again for your story. Charlotte J.[SMITH] Sheldon P.S. And, I have 1600 New Amsterdam people [ EBEL married tp [HENDRICKSE]; Long IS. with VAIL and others into Westchester Co..; And the SMITHS-well, that is a Quaker Trail- from Christopher-1-in 1600 's Rhode Island to Duchess County from 1798.to c.1895. CJS Today's Topics: 1. Re: Iron Mines (Brian J Densmore) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:22:20 -0500 From: "Brian J Densmore" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Iron Mines To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 As has been stated, there is no such place as Pikesville Village in Westchester or Putnam. Continental Village is now in Putnam (which was part of Dutchess County), and several miles north of Peekskill. Verplank's Point is King's Ferry. Originally owned by van Cortland, and passed to Verplank via marriage to Gertrude van Cortland. It is now part of Verplank, east of Peekskill. Peekskill is named for Peek, the name meaning Peek's Creek. Just as Spackenkill is Speck's Creek. Lots of old Dutch names all over New York. Neither Continental Village nor Kings Ferry (aka Verplank's Point) was ever part of the Peekskill. There is a hamlet called Pecksville, in Dutchess County along the old Toll Road from Cold Spring to Connecticut, and there were iron mines in that region. I suspect this "history" is a compilation of a lot of very badly put together information with wrong assumptions made. Much like the common misconception that people thought the World was flat in Columbus' Day (you can thank a prankster loving Westchester native for that Urban Legend and also Sleepy Hollow and other stories). Or that Albany is the legal capital of NY state, whereas to the best of my knowledge the NY Constitution has never been legally changed to move the capital from Poughkeepsie to Albany. At least it had not been at the time I wrote my 5th grade history paper on the subject, many decades ago. [source: a very large volume of a history on New York in Adriance Memorial Library - you'll forgive me for not giving a proper citation, but about 4 decades separate me from the source and I no longer have the paper that floored my 5/6th grade teacher Mr. Lynch]. As I remember it, the Capital was just moved one day, to Albany after the power of Governor Clinton faded [the changing of the guard from Clinton's party (which gave us the Bill of Rights) to a more Federalist friendly party control]. The history volume was rather old and thicker and bigger than the largest of the Webster's dictionaries. In a very finely marbled whitish cover and dark reddish finish on the outer edges of the pages. Odd that I should remember such features all these years, but it was quite striking and part of, I believe, a two volume set. The extent of the history, I do not recall. I think it covered all of NY, but perhaps only Dutchess. Of course time and age may have altered my memory of the book, but not the core subject of my work, nor it's size. Of course proving, it was never legally changed, would require significant research. Submitted for your belief or not (or to pick apart), Brian (7th ggson of Resolved Waldron 1620*-1690[William[John]**] who probably was not a Baron nor descended from Rudolph van Waleran who "fought in the 1st Crusades" and was "present at the Capture of Jerusalem in 1099 AD" - Riker's History of Harlem.]) PS Verplank's Point is in the "Town" of Cortland, as is Peeksill. Town has a very specific meaning in NY (as probably most all of you know). footnotes: * not 1610, I have proof in the form of Netherlands records. ** I can prove this also with Dutch and English records, for both of William's sons and one daughter. On Mon, October 8, 2012 11:25 am, Ed Maul wrote: > Pikesville Village - History published 1841 > "Pikesville Village was incorporated in 1826. It is situated 12 miles > north > of Sing Sing, and immediately south of the southern termination of the > highlands. An old engraving of Peekskill shows: The old Dutch > Reformed and > the Episcopal church are visible on the right; the Methodist and the > Presbyterian church, having a small tower, are on the left. The > elevated > spire of the new Dutch Reformed church is in the central part of > the view. > Hudson River, with the towering highlands, is seen in the distance. > The > village represented is situated on an elevation 200 feet above the > level > of > the river, half a mile from the landing, on both sides of a deep > ravine. > There are in the village a bank, 2 printing offices, 2 large iron > foundries, > etc. There is an academy, a large edifice, situated on a commanding > eminence > at the south. The village contains upwards of 200 dwellings and 2 > churches > for Friends, besides those mention above. There is a steamboat > ferry at > this > place to Caldwell's landing, on the opposite side of the Hudson, > two miles > distant. Verplank's point and Continental village, places > distinguished in > the revolutionary war, are within the limits of this town. 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Exactly, from 1940 on. In a message dated 10/16/2012 1:21:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Once Peekskill became its own city, vital records are retained from Peekskill, not the Town of Cortlandt. =============== [email protected] writes: > Peekskill was a Village IN the Town of Cortlandt until it became a city > in > 1940, so any vital records for "Peekskill" would actually be in the Town > of > Cortlandt, including hospital births. > *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Once Peekskill became its own city, vital records are retained from Peekskill, not the Town of Cortlandt. =============== [email protected] writes: > Peekskill was a Village IN the Town of Cortlandt until it became a city > in > 1940, so any vital records for "Peekskill" would actually be in the Town > of > Cortlandt, including hospital births. >

On Tue, October 16, 2012 7:51 am, [email protected] wrote: > Brian, > > A fine continuation of my email. > > Peekskill was a Village IN the Town of Cortlandt until it became a city in > 1940, so any vital records for "Peekskill" would actually be in the Town > of > Cortlandt, including hospital births. > > When I spoke of Continental Village in relation to Peekskill, it was more > along the lines of Rev War era, and the Village of Peekskill being its > important neighbor. But even in the 50s-60s the mailing address was > Peekskill > even thought T/Cortlandt was where it was located (well the part IN > Westchester). I lived way up hill from CV and even though my address was > Peekskill, it was T/Cortlandt and I went to Lakeland Schools. > > To this day I have trouble with where Verplancks, Buchanan, Montrose > start and stop. > > Now you have me wondering about Poughkeepsie vs Albany... I need to look > in > to this....... I guess a run to Adriance is in order? Is your Mr Lynch > still around ? > > Judy in Poughkeepsie I don't know. His was a sad story. He lost an arm trying to save his children from a train. They were playing on the railroad tracks. He saved at least one. He had another in his hand, but the train took the child and his arm. He rarely wore the prosthetic device (I think it scared a lot of the children).* Kids feared him, but he was one of the greatest teachers I've ever known. He'd be fired today or jailed for some of his practices, but he could spin and nail a kid with an eraser in the back of the head at 20 paces without missing a beat while writing on the blackboard. Or with a small piece of chalk. Whatever was handier. George used to get it all the time, but he made himself a target. Slow learner. But Mr. Lynch had a bit of a mean streak at times too. But his teaching stuck with me, even today I hear him in my head telling not to do this or to do that. He'd have to be in his 80s or 90s now. I have not kept in touch, and no longer live in the area. Adriance used to be a great library. I'm sure it still is. It was pure Irish Luck that led me to that history series and that one remarkable detail. But like any book, it is at best a secondary source written by someone of unknown agenda. Even historians have an agenda. Just because it's in an authoritative book, doesn't mean it's true [hence my previous mention of one Riker's errors]. But I'm sure I got that well-deserved A, simply because I made a concerted and in depth research, used an authoritative source, and told a conversation starting story. Not necessarily because I found a hidden gem of historical hijinx. Who knows if it is really true? It's written in a very thick and supposedly respected history book. Having grown up in Poughkeepsie, I take a little pride in it being the first capital of NYS, and if I can legitimately inject some doubt into Albany's claim of legitimacy, why not? lol. I would never try to mislead or adjust the facts. I just wish I still had that paper, or the actual source citation. Do let me know if you find it, or a comparable one. I'm a bit far removed from doing that kind of fun research. Best regards, Brian * I have no proof of the story. That was Mr. Lynch's own story, and I know several people who swear it to be true. I have no reason to doubt, even though it's the kind of story one would expect a teacher to make to teach a lesson. For those interested, in (dis)proving. He taught in the now defunct Martha Lawrence Elementary School (Spackenkill Union Free School District). I'm sure there is some history that can be obtained from the district (from at least 1963-77). He taught all of my siblings as well.

Brian, A fine continuation of my email. Peekskill was a Village IN the Town of Cortlandt until it became a city in 1940, so any vital records for "Peekskill" would actually be in the Town of Cortlandt, including hospital births. When I spoke of Continental Village in relation to Peekskill, it was more along the lines of Rev War era, and the Village of Peekskill being its important neighbor. But even in the 50s-60s the mailing address was Peekskill even thought T/Cortlandt was where it was located (well the part IN Westchester). I lived way up hill from CV and even though my address was Peekskill, it was T/Cortlandt and I went to Lakeland Schools. To this day I have trouble with where Verplancks, Buchanan, Montrose start and stop. Now you have me wondering about Poughkeepsie vs Albany... I need to look in to this....... I guess a run to Adriance is in order? Is your Mr Lynch still around ? Judy in Poughkeepsie In a message dated 10/16/2012 1:34:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: As has been stated, there is no such place as Pikesville Village in Westchester or Putnam. Continental Village is now in Putnam (which was part of Dutchess County), and several miles north of Peekskill. Verplank's Point is King's Ferry. Originally owned by van Cortland, and passed to Verplank via marriage to Gertrude van Cortland. It is now part of Verplank, east of Peekskill. Peekskill is named for Peek, the name meaning Peek's Creek. Just as Spackenkill is Speck's Creek. Lots of old Dutch names all over New York. Neither Continental Village nor Kings Ferry (aka Verplank's Point) was ever part of the Peekskill. There is a hamlet called Pecksville, in Dutchess County along the old Toll Road from Cold Spring to Connecticut, and there were iron mines in that region. I suspect this "history" is a compilation of a lot of very badly put together information with wrong assumptions made. Much like the common misconception that people thought the World was flat in Columbus' Day (you can thank a prankster loving Westchester native for that Urban Legend and also Sleepy Hollow and other stories). Or that Albany is the legal capital of NY state, whereas to the best of my knowledge the NY Constitution has never been legally changed to move the capital from Poughkeepsie to Albany. At least it had not been at the time I wrote my 5th grade history paper on the subject, many decades ago. [source: a very large volume of a history on New York in Adriance Memorial Library - you'll forgive me for not giving a proper citation, but about 4 decades separate me from the source and I no longer have the paper that floored my 5/6th grade teacher Mr. Lynch]. As I remember it, the Capital was just moved one day, to Albany after the power of Governor Clinton faded [the changing of the guard from Clinton's party (which gave us the Bill of Rights) to a more Federalist friendly party control]. The history volume was rather old and thicker and bigger than the largest of the Webster's dictionaries. In a very finely marbled whitish cover and dark reddish finish on the outer edges of the pages. Odd that I should remember such features all these years, but it was quite striking and part of, I believe, a two volume set. The extent of the history, I do not recall. I think it covered all of NY, but perhaps only Dutchess. Of course time and age may have altered my memory of the book, but not the core subject of my work, nor it's size. Of course proving, it was never legally changed, would require significant research. Submitted for your belief or not (or to pick apart), Brian (7th ggson of Resolved Waldron 1620*-1690[William[John]**] who probably was not a Baron nor descended from Rudolph van Waleran who "fought in the 1st Crusades" and was "present at the Capture of Jerusalem in 1099 AD" - Riker's History of Harlem.]) PS Verplank's Point is in the "Town" of Cortland, as is Peeksill. Town has a very specific meaning in NY (as probably most all of you know). footnotes: * not 1610, I have proof in the form of Netherlands records. ** I can prove this also with Dutch and English records, for both of William's sons and one daughter. On Mon, October 8, 2012 11:25 am, Ed Maul wrote: > Pikesville Village - History published 1841 > "Pikesville Village was incorporated in 1826. It is situated 12 miles > north > of Sing Sing, and immediately south of the southern termination of the > highlands. An old engraving of Peekskill shows: The old Dutch Reformed and > the Episcopal church are visible on the right; the Methodist and the > Presbyterian church, having a small tower, are on the left. The elevated > spire of the new Dutch Reformed church is in the central part of the view. > Hudson River, with the towering highlands, is seen in the distance. The > village represented is situated on an elevation 200 feet above the level > of > the river, half a mile from the landing, on both sides of a deep ravine. > There are in the village a bank, 2 printing offices, 2 large iron > foundries, > etc. There is an academy, a large edifice, situated on a commanding > eminence > at the south. The village contains upwards of 200 dwellings and 2 churches > for Friends, besides those mention above. There is a steamboat ferry at > this > place to Caldwell's landing, on the opposite side of the Hudson, two miles > distant. Verplank's point and Continental village, places distinguished in > the revolutionary war, are within the limits of this town. This latter > place, which had barracks for 2,000 men, was burnt by the British in > October, 1777." > *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To ?BRIAN?--- Because I taught 5-6th. grades for 17 years-amomg other grades--the story about your 5th. grade report which won accolades for you,and amazed your teacher--must have been a doozy. What a [ perhaps first ] feat to have you learn so young what you could accomplish once you put so much time and attention in on a project ! Even today and not knowing you ,I must admire. One thing in your email which I wish to plead--not just from you, but other readers who are not aware: I was born in Cortland, Cortland County, NY. ,grew up mostly in that county, and graduated from what is now the State Univ. of NY at Cortland--as a K-9th. teacher. Over the years since I retired from teaching in CA., one of my activities is teaching Research Methods for Genealogy here in the Thousand Oaks area of Ventura County,CA. In our Weekly Class of 45 or so persons . It is my privilege especially to assist the number of NYS researchers whenever I can. Following the Rev.War, into the "great migration years" arterwards is a ''bear' for these seekers. If you live there in the state--accessibility is an enormous-boost. From out wesr-NOT SO MUCH--even with internet . Please refer to the downstate CORTLANDT--with the -T- attached to the spelling [ CORTLANDT ] to differ it from the CORTLAND spelling with NO -T- at the end [CORTLAND]. It is tough enough sometimes to keep the record straight--one might say-- without having to also sort out this error. AND-thanks again for your story. Charlotte J.[SMITH] Sheldon P.S. And, I have 1600 New Amsterdam people [ EBEL married tp [HENDRICKSE]; Long IS. with VAIL and others into Westchester Co..; And the SMITHS-well, that is a Quaker Trail- from Christopher-1-in 1600 's Rhode Island to Duchess County from 1798.to c.1895. CJS Today's Topics: 1. Re: Iron Mines (Brian J Densmore) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:22:20 -0500 From: "Brian J Densmore" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Iron Mines To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 As has been stated, there is no such place as Pikesville Village in Westchester or Putnam. Continental Village is now in Putnam (which was part of Dutchess County), and several miles north of Peekskill. Verplank's Point is King's Ferry. Originally owned by van Cortland, and passed to Verplank via marriage to Gertrude van Cortland. It is now part of Verplank, east of Peekskill. Peekskill is named for Peek, the name meaning Peek's Creek. Just as Spackenkill is Speck's Creek. Lots of old Dutch names all over New York. Neither Continental Village nor Kings Ferry (aka Verplank's Point) was ever part of the Peekskill. There is a hamlet called Pecksville, in Dutchess County along the old Toll Road from Cold Spring to Connecticut, and there were iron mines in that region. I suspect this "history" is a compilation of a lot of very badly put together information with wrong assumptions made. Much like the common misconception that people thought the World was flat in Columbus' Day (you can thank a prankster loving Westchester native for that Urban Legend and also Sleepy Hollow and other stories). Or that Albany is the legal capital of NY state, whereas to the best of my knowledge the NY Constitution has never been legally changed to move the capital from Poughkeepsie to Albany. At least it had not been at the time I wrote my 5th grade history paper on the subject, many decades ago. [source: a very large volume of a history on New York in Adriance Memorial Library - you'll forgive me for not giving a proper citation, but about 4 decades separate me from the source and I no longer have the paper that floored my 5/6th grade teacher Mr. Lynch]. As I remember it, the Capital was just moved one day, to Albany after the power of Governor Clinton faded [the changing of the guard from Clinton's party (which gave us the Bill of Rights) to a more Federalist friendly party control]. The history volume was rather old and thicker and bigger than the largest of the Webster's dictionaries. In a very finely marbled whitish cover and dark reddish finish on the outer edges of the pages. Odd that I should remember such features all these years, but it was quite striking and part of, I believe, a two volume set. The extent of the history, I do not recall. I think it covered all of NY, but perhaps only Dutchess. Of course time and age may have altered my memory of the book, but not the core subject of my work, nor it's size. Of course proving, it was never legally changed, would require significant research. Submitted for your belief or not (or to pick apart), Brian (7th ggson of Resolved Waldron 1620*-1690[William[John]**] who probably was not a Baron nor descended from Rudolph van Waleran who "fought in the 1st Crusades" and was "present at the Capture of Jerusalem in 1099 AD" - Riker's History of Harlem.]) PS Verplank's Point is in the "Town" of Cortland, as is Peeksill. Town has a very specific meaning in NY (as probably most all of you know). footnotes: * not 1610, I have proof in the form of Netherlands records. ** I can prove this also with Dutch and English records, for both of William's sons and one daughter. On Mon, October 8, 2012 11:25 am, Ed Maul wrote: > Pikesville Village - History published 1841 > "Pikesville Village was incorporated in 1826. It is situated 12 miles > north > of Sing Sing, and immediately south of the southern termination of the > highlands. An old engraving of Peekskill shows: The old Dutch > Reformed and > the Episcopal church are visible on the right; the Methodist and the > Presbyterian church, having a small tower, are on the left. The > elevated > spire of the new Dutch Reformed church is in the central part of > the view. > Hudson River, with the towering highlands, is seen in the distance. > The > village represented is situated on an elevation 200 feet above the > level > of > the river, half a mile from the landing, on both sides of a deep > ravine. > There are in the village a bank, 2 printing offices, 2 large iron > foundries, > etc. There is an academy, a large edifice, situated on a commanding > eminence > at the south. The village contains upwards of 200 dwellings and 2 > churches > for Friends, besides those mention above. There is a steamboat > ferry at > this > place to Caldwell's landing, on the opposite side of the Hudson, > two miles > distant. Verplank's point and Continental village, places > distinguished in > the revolutionary war, are within the limits of this town. This latter > place, which had barracks for 2,000 men, was burnt by the British in > October, 1777." > ------------------------------ To contact the NYWESTCH list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NYWESTCH mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH- [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of NYWESTCH Digest, Vol 7, Issue 210 ****************************************

As has been stated, there is no such place as Pikesville Village in Westchester or Putnam. Continental Village is now in Putnam (which was part of Dutchess County), and several miles north of Peekskill. Verplank's Point is King's Ferry. Originally owned by van Cortland, and passed to Verplank via marriage to Gertrude van Cortland. It is now part of Verplank, east of Peekskill. Peekskill is named for Peek, the name meaning Peek's Creek. Just as Spackenkill is Speck's Creek. Lots of old Dutch names all over New York. Neither Continental Village nor Kings Ferry (aka Verplank's Point) was ever part of the Peekskill. There is a hamlet called Pecksville, in Dutchess County along the old Toll Road from Cold Spring to Connecticut, and there were iron mines in that region. I suspect this "history" is a compilation of a lot of very badly put together information with wrong assumptions made. Much like the common misconception that people thought the World was flat in Columbus' Day (you can thank a prankster loving Westchester native for that Urban Legend and also Sleepy Hollow and other stories). Or that Albany is the legal capital of NY state, whereas to the best of my knowledge the NY Constitution has never been legally changed to move the capital from Poughkeepsie to Albany. At least it had not been at the time I wrote my 5th grade history paper on the subject, many decades ago. [source: a very large volume of a history on New York in Adriance Memorial Library - you'll forgive me for not giving a proper citation, but about 4 decades separate me from the source and I no longer have the paper that floored my 5/6th grade teacher Mr. Lynch]. As I remember it, the Capital was just moved one day, to Albany after the power of Governor Clinton faded [the changing of the guard from Clinton's party (which gave us the Bill of Rights) to a more Federalist friendly party control]. The history volume was rather old and thicker and bigger than the largest of the Webster's dictionaries. In a very finely marbled whitish cover and dark reddish finish on the outer edges of the pages. Odd that I should remember such features all these years, but it was quite striking and part of, I believe, a two volume set. The extent of the history, I do not recall. I think it covered all of NY, but perhaps only Dutchess. Of course time and age may have altered my memory of the book, but not the core subject of my work, nor it's size. Of course proving, it was never legally changed, would require significant research. Submitted for your belief or not (or to pick apart), Brian (7th ggson of Resolved Waldron 1620*-1690[William[John]**] who probably was not a Baron nor descended from Rudolph van Waleran who "fought in the 1st Crusades" and was "present at the Capture of Jerusalem in 1099 AD" - Riker's History of Harlem.]) PS Verplank's Point is in the "Town" of Cortland, as is Peeksill. Town has a very specific meaning in NY (as probably most all of you know). footnotes: * not 1610, I have proof in the form of Netherlands records. ** I can prove this also with Dutch and English records, for both of William's sons and one daughter. On Mon, October 8, 2012 11:25 am, Ed Maul wrote: > Pikesville Village - History published 1841 > "Pikesville Village was incorporated in 1826. It is situated 12 miles > north > of Sing Sing, and immediately south of the southern termination of the > highlands. An old engraving of Peekskill shows: The old Dutch Reformed and > the Episcopal church are visible on the right; the Methodist and the > Presbyterian church, having a small tower, are on the left. The elevated > spire of the new Dutch Reformed church is in the central part of the view. > Hudson River, with the towering highlands, is seen in the distance. The > village represented is situated on an elevation 200 feet above the level > of > the river, half a mile from the landing, on both sides of a deep ravine. > There are in the village a bank, 2 printing offices, 2 large iron > foundries, > etc. There is an academy, a large edifice, situated on a commanding > eminence > at the south. The village contains upwards of 200 dwellings and 2 churches > for Friends, besides those mention above. There is a steamboat ferry at > this > place to Caldwell's landing, on the opposite side of the Hudson, two miles > distant. Verplank's point and Continental village, places distinguished in > the revolutionary war, are within the limits of this town. This latter > place, which had barracks for 2,000 men, was burnt by the British in > October, 1777." >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: caines Surnames: Abraham Maynard and Phebe Brown of Cortland, NY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/6765.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am very interested in your post. Abraham is also my 5g grandfather. I am descended from his son William. Do you know what Brown family Phebe is connected to, or anything about her background? I would love to correspond with you. I can be reached at my gmail account where my name is ccowing99 Also I am very curious about the comment regarding our ineligibility on the Maynard side. From what I see Isaiah Maynard was in Rye, NY before the War, and actually seems to have served the Patriot cause. Can you tell me more? Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: meridith18 Surnames: Millar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7305.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: no, i didnt try ordering it yet,dont to find out where this record was seen first ,to make sure it was them . i ordered from NY state before and had some hit and some misses ! just want to find where info came from or it was found ,they always lived in Brooklyn an then later moved to St.Albans. only thing can think of maybe his family was from area ? I will evently oder it ,just now waiting for Birth cert .for daughter of theres to see if any info that can help me on that . Thank you Meridith Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobNY Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7310.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Those listed on the population schedule you describe -- from page 35, line 16 to page 36, line 48 -- are definitely domiciled at the Wartburg Orphanage and Farm School. They may not have been abandoned, but "placed." It was not unusual for a surviving spouse, typically the husband, to place children there until they were old enough to be on their own. Sometimes, it was a stop gap measure even when both parents were alive. You may want to do more research on "what makes sense" in that context. In 1866, the Wartburg Orphans' Farm School opened. Founded by Evangelical Lutherans of New York, it provided orphaned children with a home and an education. The school taught trades such as farming, printing and homemaking. The school acquired about two hundred acres of land near the Pelham border and slowly developed a major complex that has continued to serve the community for the last 140 years -- today as The Wartburg Adult Care Community. As of a few years ago, the contact person for infomration about the Wartburg Orphanage was: JoAnn McGraw, [email protected] The Wartburg Adult Care Community Mount Vernon, NY 10552 (914) 699-0800 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

On Sunday, October 28 at 1:00 pm, Loretto (Lou) Szucs and Juliana (Szucs) Smith of Ancestry.com, the largest online genealogical research website and database repository in the world, will join the New York Irish History Roundtable to describe Ancestry’s online holdings. Their presentation will emphasize content concerning Irish and Irish-American genealogical research – with a focus on the New York City area. Of particular interest will be the recently-released U.S. Federal Census of 1940, which has caused a great excitement in the genealogical research community. There will be time for questions and answers in this presentation, and there will be demonstrations of online sources of information. Please note: this is a Sunday program that begins at 1:00 p.m. It will take place in the McCloskey Room, Parish House for St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry Street. A coffee/tea reception will follow ($3 suggested donation). There is NO admission fee for this event, and everyone is welcome to join us! Jim Garrity

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: evanety Surnames: Haeger/Hager Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7310/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I finally found my ggg-grandfather in the 1880 census, but am confused. He is listed in New York > Westchester > Eastchester > ED 095 > pg 36. All the people on the page are listed as "at school." The heading of the ED's says ED095 includes the New York Infant Asylum. So, I researched the Asylum. It does not make sense that my grandfather and his siblings were in there for being abandoned. Was there a boarding school in this ED as well? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mcginnisc27 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7304.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello to all, I wanted to reiterate that we are looking for memorabilia, keepsakes, personal artifacts/effects, etc. that are affiliated with the Civil War Veterans that are buried in the cemetery at St. Paul's. Thank you for your time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mcginnisc27 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7304.1.1.3.1.1.4.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Marie, Please contact me so that I can send you my private email address. We'd be very appreciative about any information you may have about Peter Leier. Thanks for taking the time to respond thus far. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BPolito3965 Surnames: Eastwood; Ganung, Slattery, Curry, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7309/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for Lawrence E. Eastwood, born 1925, his father was Francis J. Eastwood and mother Marjorie Pauline Shay. Last record I found was for 1989 and he would be about 66 years of age. Would like death or marriage information or anything that I could trace. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is jut a heads up…. For those of you using "First English Record Book of The Dutch Reformed Church in Sleepy Hollow" in your research, be careful not to rely on the index. It DOES NOT contain a complete index of all names in the book. I found quite a few Yerks/Yorks by manually going through the book, that are not listed in the index. Good luck! Philip L. Hayes http://www.hayesfamily.us Monroe, CT USA "Genealogy is where you confuse the dead and irritate the living." Researching: CT: Yerks, Condos, Smith NY: Tierney, Lewis, Beattie, Yerks, Hone and Hanley NH: Sheehan, Hayes, Kelty IA: Smith Wales: Lewis Scotland: Beattie Ireland: Hayes. Roach (Roche), Sheehan, Tierney, Kelty and Hanley