Hi Anita, Thanks for the reply. You can find Edmund/Edmond in the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors book. He was born, supposedly in Amherst Mass in 1762(I think it was outside of Amherst), did several hitches with the militia and continental army and was finally mustered out of his last one at West Point. He even did one as a replacement for a friend named Kellog. I believe that when his unit was going through Connecticut he may have met the Mott family there while he was sick because he went back to Canterbury, Windham Co. Ct. and married Sarah Mott in 1788, had 4 children there including our Benjamin who came to Mich. in 1823(others were Joseph, John, and Lydia). Edmond moved from Ct. to Vermont abt 1792/93, lived in Pawlett(1800) and Orwell(1810), then moved to Middlebury between 1810 and 1820. I have the microfilm of his pension file from NARA. The letters were written for him by the first Judge of Genesee Co. at the time. Also, only one lady has gone into the DAR off of him, a descendent of his daughter, Elizabeth Rowe. I know that Edmund, his wife Sarah Mott, his daughter Elizabeth Rowe and her husband Moses, and his son Joseph are all buried in Wyoming Village Cem. I would think that his mother, Elizabeth Gould, who supposedly lived to abt 103 would be buried there also but am not sure. My big problem is proving her maiden name was Thayer and that she was married to Joseph Gould either in Amherst in 1758--town record/maybe only intentions--or in Spencer or Charleton,Worcester, Mass. on Nov 7, 1759. There was a big problem with the family just after Christmas in 1764 because Edmond, Elizabeth, and Martha Gould were warned out which probably meant they just blew into town. I am quite sure that she(Elizabeth) was living with her husband Joseph Gould in Toppsfield Mass in 1810, was living next door to a Joseph Gould Jr. in 1820 and probably moved to Middlebury from Toppsfield Mass between 1820 and 1830 to live with Edmond. I believe that her husband, Joseph, died between 1810 and 1820. I am in a quandry over this Joseph Jr. because in an affidavit which appears in Edmond's Pension papers she tells that Edmond was her only son(she was 91 at the time and may have been slipping). Edmond's Pension file jacket has his name as Edmond/Edmund Gould evidently because he signs it both ways. I really think he was trying to be Edmond because his son Benjamin had a son named Edmond. So, anyway, do you have anything which shows Elizabeth Gould's maiden name to be Thayer? Am glad to hear what you have done with the cemeteries in Wyoming Co., Anita as some of the people here are walking some of the cemeteries here in our area also to try to get the reads collected as a county wide effort. Would be glad to pay for some research if it's fruitful. Maybe Probate records would be available to show Elizabeth Gould's maiden name. She probably would have died when Middlebury was in Wyoming Co. and not in Genesee. Am hoping that John may have had a family history on file----maybe not though if he didn't know anything about Edmond's Rev War service.----Better be sure that DAR puts one of their plaques on his grave. I really don't think that they knew where he was buried. regards, John Voorhees ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita Hayes" <[email protected]> To: "john voorhees" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Passing of a Great Historian > John - the Wyoming County Historian's Office does not have email. If you > want I can help you. Please read the attached letter. Also we were not aware > Edmund Gould buried in Wyoming Village cemetery was in the Rev. War. Anita > Ripstein Hayes TEXT ONLY >