Hello, Maureen, My GG grandmother was Esther PALMER. She was born in 1782 (unknown location) and died in Richfield Springs, Otsego Co. N.Y. in 1828. She was married to Joseph LAYTON, b. 1774 in N.J. and died 1859 in Richfield Springs, N.Y. They had five children. They are both buried in Richfield Springs. I have lots of info about the Palmers -- there are a number of Esthers, but none of them are mine. I don't suppose you may have "my Esther"? Jean <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more.

No, Jean, unfortunately I don't have your Esther. My 7th g-grandfather, Matthew Smith, was living with Thomas Palmer in Eastchester when Thomas drowned at Hellgate when his boat swamped. Matthew was with him and survived. I speculate that Matthew was about 16 yrs old at the time. I know that Thomas Palmer was the son of Wm (Palmer) of Wethersfield CT who removed with his family to Eastchester some years before . I'm trying to find out if Matthew Smith was related to the Palmers or maybe an apprentice and how he got to Eastchester and from where. Thomas was only 29 yrs old when he drowned so I suspect that he took Matthew in when Wm Palmer died.....can't be sure though....and have no idea where Matthew went after Thomas died. He shows up next in my records as witnessing a will in Eastchester for a man named Gee in 1716. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <GonyaJL@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Colonial Families of Westchester County - Publication > Hello, Maureen, > > My GG grandmother was Esther PALMER. She was born in 1782 (unknown > location) and died in Richfield Springs, Otsego Co. N.Y. in 1828. She was > married to > Joseph LAYTON, b. 1774 in N.J. and died 1859 in Richfield Springs, N.Y. > They had five children. They are both buried in Richfield Springs. > > I have lots of info about the Palmers -- there are a number of Esthers, > but > none of them are mine. I don't suppose you may have "my Esther"? > > Jean > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL > at > http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free > safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from > across the > web, free AOL Mail and much more. > *************************************** > 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