Maureen, I tried to contact you off list and was unsuccessful. Perhaps you have answered these questions: it appears that Ossining (Sing Sing) was previously Mt. Pleasant. So when people state in a 1900 family history that ancestors were born in Ossining, can one assume they may have been from Mt. Pleasant (ca 1800). I ask because I have spent a difficult time tracing a Nathaniel Holmes who was NOT born of the Holmeses of Bedford and not the Nathaniel living there and sometimes called Sr. Mine came from Massachusetts during the war and married Ann/Anna Brady of the Westchester/Dutchess/NYC Bradys. Then the two reared their family in Mt. Pleasant for several decades before relocating the what we now call NYC. I believe I have located the family on Mt Pleasant censuses. Just the other day I read in an 1803 SPECTATOR that such and such a meeting would be held in the home of Nathaniel Holmes, innkeeper, Mt Pleasant, Westchester Co., and am sure it is my NH. I wondered if you had come across any references to an inn in that locality. Answer only if you have the time and inclination. I have not been successful in getting any information from the Ossining Historical Society. I know it is chintzy to make this request after asking for help, but can we ALL remember when we reply to the list to delete most of the old messages that repeat in our new message? When you have digest mode, you have to wade through acres of <<<<<<<<<<<<<<to get to new messages. Thanks, Elizabeth W. Knowlton

Hi Elizabeth, You probably have my old email addy. I switched to broadband and my new addy is now quillpen1@optonline.net My father was born and raised in the Mt Pleasant section of Ossining .....called Sing Sing when he was born. The first settlement was called Sparta......as you probably know....and yes, I'm addressing that in the book. To answer your question about an inn: I have not come across that particular inn that you speak of.....not yet, anyway. Thanks, Maureen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Knowlton" <knowltonew@earthlink.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:13 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Ossining, Mt Pleasant, etc > Maureen, > > I tried to contact you off list and was unsuccessful. > > Perhaps you have answered these questions: it appears that Ossining (Sing > Sing) was previously Mt. Pleasant. So when people state in a 1900 family > history that ancestors were born in Ossining, can one assume they may have > been from Mt. Pleasant (ca 1800). I ask because I have spent a difficult > time tracing a Nathaniel Holmes who was NOT born of the Holmeses of > Bedford > and not the Nathaniel living there and sometimes called Sr. Mine came > from > Massachusetts during the war and married Ann/Anna Brady of the > Westchester/Dutchess/NYC Bradys. Then the two reared their family in Mt. > Pleasant for several decades before relocating the what we now call NYC. > I > believe I have located the family on Mt Pleasant censuses. Just the other > day I read in an 1803 SPECTATOR that such and such a meeting would be held > in the home of Nathaniel Holmes, innkeeper, Mt Pleasant, Westchester Co., > and am sure it is my NH. I wondered if you had come across any references > to an inn in that locality. Answer only if you have the time and > inclination. > > I have not been successful in getting any information from the Ossining > Historical Society. > > I know it is chintzy to make this request after asking for help, but can > we > ALL remember when we reply to the list to delete most of the old messages > that repeat in our new message? When you have digest mode, you have to > wade through acres of <<<<<<<<<<<<<<to get to new messages. > > Thanks, > Elizabeth W. Knowlton > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message