A member of this list wrote to me off-list and asked about the Van Scoyoc family. The Van Scoy and Van Scoyoc families in Ashland/Huron/Richland counties, Ohio, all descend from Cornelis Aertsen Van Schaick. I descend from his great-grandson Cornelius Van Schaick and many of the Van Scoyocs descend from another great-grandson Francis Seden Van Schaick. A grandson of Francis Seden Van Schaick, Stephen Van Scoyoc, was born 1770 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and died in Richland County, Ohio, in 1849. I *think* that the Van Scoyoc families in Ashland and Richland counties descend from Stephen Van Scoyoc. What complicates matters is that sometimes my Van Scoy relatives appear in the records as Van Scoyoc. "My" George Washington Van Scoy is "W. Vanscoyoc" in the 1860 census. Also his marriage affidavit in Richland County lists him as "G. W. Vanscoy" while his marriage record lists him as "G. W. Vanscoyac". The bride's name and the month and year are the same on both records, so I'm confident this is the same man. So, there's a chance that the James Van Scoy I wrote about is "really" James Van Scoyoc! 1920, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio James Van Scoy, head, age 40, telephone lineman Anna Van Scoy, wife, age 33 Dolly Van Scoy, daughter, age 9 William KINDLE, father-in-law, age 65 Frances Van Scoy [email protected]