This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jvenette1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/585.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To Whom it may concern, My name is Jeff Venette, my greatgrandmother was a Bassage from the Penn Yann area. My father & grandmother told me stories of the barn dances at the Bassage farm. I'd love to find family out there. my e-mail is jvenette@ymail.com, hope to hear from some one.... 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: all341 Surnames: ADAMS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1850.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm sorry, I have no information on Ashel Adams. I have never done any research on the Adams family. Annie Lloyd 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: oldbruin Surnames: ADAMS, LAFLER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1850.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Annie, Did I ever reply to you? If not, I apologize. My interest is in Phebe's husband, Asahel ADAMS. I am trying to determine if he is the brother of my gggrandfather, Elias ADAMS. Also, I'd like to know who Asahel's parents were. Do you have any info on him? John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA 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: k_purchase Surnames: Spencer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/828.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sherry, Yes. In fact I am wondering if we have already been in contact. (I am now k_purchase as I am no longer on ancestry.com) Do you know Homer Weaver? He is a direct descendent of David James & Anna Spencer. I am descended from his brother, Wallace Alfred Spencer, b. in NY on 26 Apr 1834. Feel free to contact me privately at LPurch6636@aol.com I am familiar with the Breen family as they are in my Family Tree Maker, especially Winona. The Spencer Page is no longer in existence online but I recognize your name; are you sure you were not already on the Spencer Web Site? Anyway, I still have the information from the page. Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com 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: Breengirl Surnames: Breen, Clark, Spencer, Anderson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/828.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Kathleen, My great grandmother is Olive Spencer and her father was David James Spencer. I believe we have the same family tree. Could I please get the password to take a look. Sherry Breen Kirschenmann 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: SIDESADL Surnames: Cowden Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/118.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Marilyn - I was looking through Google and found your 1999 post regarding Loamma Cowden. We may have corresponded in the past. The name is also spelled Loammi, and I am his great-great-great granddaughter. He married Lydia Packer, and they had several children, including Mary Ann, my great-great grandmother. The family lived in and around North East, PA (that's a town, not a part of the state), which is just over the border from Jamestown, NY. Many in the family emmigrated to Grass Lake, MI, and Loammi apparently was living there with one of his daughters at his death, but I do not have a date for that. Reply to me at sidesadl@aol.com Marti 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: SFletcher4023 Surnames: Swegle, Swegles, Swegals, Sweagles, Finton, Fenton, Smith, Hallett, Taylor, Watkins, Guile Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1878/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Swegle family in Yates county or Orange county or Senneca county or Steuben county. Swegle has been spelled; Swegals, Sweagles, Swegles. Here is the information I know about this Swegle family. Matthias Swegel b. abt 1758 d. abt 1796 at age 38. Matthias married Amy Finton b. 1758 Ireland or Phillips Patent, Dutchess, NY. d. 7 Oct 1848 Barrington, Yates, NY. Amy is the daughter of William Finton (family lore; William lived to be 110) and Mary Unknown, parents immigration from Ireland. Amy's headstone is found at Lakeview Cemetery. Matthias had sister, Margaret Sweglas b. 1763 d. 30 Mar 1822 Barrington, Yates, NY of measles. Margaret married Joseph F. Finton b. 1761 Phillips Patent, Dutchess, NY d. 23 Oct 1851 Barrington, Yates, NY. After the death of Matthias Swegle his wife, Amy and their two children, John Swegle and Julia Swegle came to live with Amy's sister, Margaret and her husband, Joseph F. Finton. It is believed that John Swegle married Elizabeth Watkins. We have no more information on John and Elizabeth. John's sister, Julia Swegle b. abt 1778 d. 6 Oct 1879 married Jacob Smith. Julia and Jacob have two children: Benson and Stout. Benson Smith b. abt 1825 d. ?. Benson married Jemima (Mina) Hallett b. abt 1823 d. ?. 1880 Benson found living in Crystal Springs, Yates, NY. He was a hotel keeper. Stout Smith b. abt 1821 d. ?. Stout married Susan Ann Taylor b. abt 1825 d. ?. Susan is the sister of Jonathan Taylor. Stout and Susan had children: Julia b. abt 1845 d. ?. Omer Smith b. abt 1847 d. ?. In 1850 the Stout Smith family was living in Barrington, Yates, NY. In 1860 the Stout Smith family was living in Tyrone, Schuyler, NY. Also in both 1850 and 1860 a Hiley Taylor no age given was living with this family. Additional notes on this family found on Finton Genealogy Chart by Ruth Guile states: Jacob Smith's people from Portsmouth, Ohio use to visit my grandfather and were related to Omer Smith. Fenton of Portsmouth, Ohio use to visit. Wycoffs and Smiths use to visit my grandfather, Joseph S. Fenton. Mrs. Smith thought that Mrs. Wycoff was a sister to great grand father. (The father of Joseph S. Fenton was Joseph F. Finton, the Revolutionary War veteran.) 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: Keuka410 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1037.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry, But I dont't have any Roff family in my Crofoots that I know of. If I do find any I will let you know. 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: myscolleen_1 Surnames: Mallory, Burnham, Traver,Legg, Dow, Whitaker, VanNortwick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1877/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Meredith Mallory Some few people are so closely associated with places in what is now Yates County that it's a little surprising to find one of them somewhere else. Meredith Mallory, who spent his entire young life moving, built and lived in a house still standing on the Ridge Road near its intersection with Rte. 54, the old Dresden-Penn Yan Road, for more than 25 years. But he came with his brothers to Penn Yan in 1803 to find work as wheelwrights; Meredith bought a large 18-acre parcel east of Main Street from Abraham Wagener in 1808, apparently purely for speculative purposes. All his life he sought the main chance. He was born in Connecticut, one of three boys in the family of Meredith Mallory Sr. and his wife Mary Burnham. The parents were among the people converted by the Public Universal Friend's teachings and determined to carve out a new life from the wilderness of the Genesee Country. The father's name is recorded in the Death Book of the Society of Universal Friends, and his wife followed the Friend to the New Jerusalem in 1789. She only got as far as the head of Seneca Lake, became acquainted with and married John Dow, the first settler of what is now Schuyler County. Dow was a wheelwright, and it seems clear that his energy and mechanical genius was transferred to his stepsons. The family settled at a place called "Culver's Tavern," now Watkins Glen; Dow was elected the first Supervisor of Reading, a Justice of the Peace and an associate Judge, and served in the Assembly at Albany for three terms. It is said that when he made the long journey to the capital he hitched a horse raised on his own farm to a wagon he'd made with his own hands. His boots were made from leather he'd tanned himself from cattle he'd raised; and his clothes were the product of his own house as well. He prided himself on his independence and his practicality. He and his wife had two additional children, both daughters. About the time the youngest boy turned twenty-one, all three of them came to Penn Yan. This was about 1803; they were all still unmarried, and began a wheelwright's business on Main Street in a log building near where Joel Dorman's Old Red House stood. John Mallory married Betsy Traver of Penn Yan. They went to Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario) soon afterward and when war came in 1812 he was pressed into British service for about six months before he escaped, leaving his farm and all he'd accumulated to be confiscated. For a brief time the family returned to Yates County, and then went to Ohio. Ephraim Mallory married Ruth, the daughter of Stephen Whitaker of Benton. The couple settled on the south half of the farm he and Meredith purchased, and he died in 1813. He was regarded as a master of the wheelwright's trade (an important job in those days, when every family depended on wheeled vehicles to sustain life and prosperity). His early death left his widow with two small children; she remarried, to Jacob Vandeventer, and stayed in the neighborhood for the rest of her life. Meredith was the middle boy of the three. He married Eleanor, daughter of Joshua Legg and with his brother Ephraim purchased the farm on the Ridge Road that was called the Mallory farm for decades; it later belonged to the Longwell family and others. Nowadays nearly the only sign of the house's great age is the small size of the window panes, big 12-over-12 sash in the plain wooden farmhouse. He remained on this farm for eight years, then in association with Abraham Dox acquired an interest in the Hopeton Mills and ran it during that time. He returned to his farm, then eventually sold it to Henry Stark for $25 an acre, a price considered at the time to be completely exorbitant; Stark purchased the 250 acre farm all in one piece. Mallory at once began to build his own merchant mills on the Outlet, the last of the dozen mill dams to be erected on that stream. He sold the mills to a New York City syndicate headed by Benjamin B. Beekman and went to Hammondsport, where he built another mill, one of the most amazing feats of engineering ever attempted in the region. The building is made of stone, seven stories high with a combination of three overshot and pitchback wheels, one over the other to create a fall of seventy feet. This allowed him to produce an enormous amount of power from a very small stream. Needless to say he was very well known indeed in the area, and was elected to Congress in 1839 for the session of 1840-41. During this period it seemed that Penn Yan would serve as the market and transshipping point for all of the area around Keuka Lake, and feed produce and manufactures north into the Erie Canal and world markets. Mallory bought a great deal of property along the Outlet, including its water rights, and about 60 acres in the area south of Penn Yan later known as "Dublin." He bought this in a single transaction and paid $10,000 for it. Then as otherwise, Mallory's vision exceeded reality by quite a margin; he never achieved a fortune in this country, though he certainly expended several lifetimes worth of energy and ambition. He finally went to Batavia, Illinois with his son-in-law John VanNortwick, a canal engineer of some note, where they built a dam, mills and machine shops that finally gave him the success he so ardently sought. He died in 1853, and his wife in the following year. 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: FrederickGreen27 Surnames: Crofoot, Roff Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1037.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have any record of a Crofoot marrying a Roff? Both families lived in Yates County during the late 1800s. I have an Achsah (possibly a middle name) Crofoot possibly married to an Arvin Roff. 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: pata41 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/460.511.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lisa, I`m not related to your family but did check census records for them. Abel Desjardine appears on the 1881 census of Canada as a son of Sadme & Osile Desjardine. He was born abt. 1876/77. Sadme is probably Sadrac & Osile may be Azelia. The 1900 US census shows an Aabel Desjardiens/Desjardins, age 23 in Police Jury Ward 9, Calcasieu Parish, LA. His parents are Sadrac & Azeile Desjardins. Able is on the 1910 census in the same place with his wife Eve with several children. In 1930 they are in Santa Cruz, CA. Lily, age 12, is shown as one of their children. I`ll paste the 1881 census below. If you don`t have access to the other records, let me know. If you do some google searches for "Sadrac Desjardine, you`ll get hits that may help you. I also did a search for Desjardine "Huron Co." & found a pdf file that contains an obit for a Isadore Gravelle. One of his surviving daughters was a Mrs. S. DesJardins of Lake Charles, Louisiana. I think this is Abel`s mother. The pdf is here: http://tinyurl.com/ydugz9j Use the find feature to search for Lake Charles & the obit will come up. Pat R. Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Sadme DESJARDINE M Male French 37 Quebec Farmer Reformed Presbyterian Osile DESJARDINE M Female French 27 Quebec Reformed Presbyterian Elijah DESJARDINE Male French 18 Ontario School Reformed Presbyterian Evan DESJARDINE Male French 6 Ontario School Reformed Presbyterian Abel DESJARDINE Male French 4 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Calvan DESJARDINE Male French 2 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Hulse DESJARDINE Male French <1 Born: Feb; 2/12 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Source Information: 1880 Census Place Stanley, Huron South, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375908 NA Film Number C-13272 District 173 Sub-district E Division 3 Page Number 16 Household Number 66 from: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp 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: lisanyquist1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/460.511.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmother, Lille Bourriague, was born Lillie Desjardins. Her father is Abel Desjardins, and mother Eve Robideaux. She tells the story of her father's family migrating from Canada to settle eventually in Louisiana. She is 92 currently and living in Santa Cruz, CA. We were looking together online and wondered is you have any information about the family when they were in Canada. 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: GGail602 Surnames: Green Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/480.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Unfortunately this is not the Henry Green you are looking for, tho there is probably a connection somewhere......I will do some checking and see what I can find. Henry was a very common family name and every generation and every Henry had a Henry in the family. I grew up in Canandaigua and also graduated from Canandaigua Academy a 150 years later. Please e-mail me privately at rogersga@wpe.com and will help with your research. 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: talk329 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/480.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wonder if your Sally Green daughter of Henry Green might be the Henry GREEN that I have who was born in Yates County,Rushville/Potter NY. Henry had a bro Holden Nathaniel GREEN bn 15 Feb 1826.He and family from Yates County. Holden went to Canandaguia Academy in Ontario NY until age 18,left NY and went to Illinois to join his brother Henry GREEN who was in Hotel Business in Illinois, Chicago Cook County ( can't find a thing on him) Holden married twice. Would appreciate a reply of somekind. 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: talk329 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/480.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching Yates County Rushville,NY Potter for a Captain Thomas GREEN who served in Calvary of 1812 War. He was married to Sarah (nee Cady)Green. They had son Holden Nathaniel GREEN and Henry. Have you come acrossed any GREEN family from said county and places in NY that might help. I have been looking for years in NY. I have them in Michigan and could not find Holden N.GREEN in Illinois. Holden and his second wife Adcaline CLARK are buried in Wexford County, Cadillac, MI I visited the graves and have pics. 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: talk329 Surnames: GREEN, CADY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/480.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Z. Rogers, I have been searching for a Thomas Green who was Captain of Calvary in 1812 War. He married Sarah (nee Cady)she drew a Government Pension on spouse who served in said War. They were from Yates County, Rushville NY. I have three children Holden Nathaniel who was born in Yates County NY,Henry and Walter I do not know city/village they were born but in NEW York. Holden went to Canandaguia Academy in Ontario NY until age 18, then left NY and joined his brother Henry who was in the Hotel Business in Illinois.I am against a brick wall! I searched in Ontario & Yates County in New York the libraries, State Archives, many genealogical societies and have not found any family members listed except on the Michigan Census 1860-80, they were living in Manistee,Manistee County MI. I do not think I have all his brothers but I definitely know he has a brother Henry and a son Walter Green. If you have any info would appreciate anything you can tell me. it seems they could be related.Looking forward to hearing from 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: cherylhann Surnames: Holcomb Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/268.276/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found a very old post you wrote seeking information on the Holcomb family. I am also searching the Holcombs from Jackson, Michigan but haven't gotten very far. I found Ebenzer's grave site on Benton Center, Yates County, NY. I would like to exchange information with 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: Larsen33 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1876.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, thanks so much for your help! Bryan 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: mandg96691 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1876.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: L33 - more on Beebe Family - found this on Allegany County(NY) GenWeb site: burials & cemeteries show Jeremiah Beebe born 5 Apr 1779, died 11 Jan 1840 & buried in the same cemetery in the Village of Cuba is Sally Beebe born Sept 10,1784 & she died 30 Dec 1872- - - also found on same WebSite:Rev. V. Beebe born 20 Sept 1810 died 28 May 1879 & buried in Richburg Cemetery at Wirt,NY with him is Emily Beebe died 2 May 1874 "age 63 wife of V. Beebe" - hope this helps - Resp GJ Messmer 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: mandg96691 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/1876.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: see 1860 US Census Friendship NY(near Cuba) Valorous name is spelled "Valonois" - he was 49, his wife Emaline was 49 & living w/ them was Sally Beebe age 75- his motjher to be sure as people cared for their aged parents in their home -no mention of Jeremiah who must have passed away earlier 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.