At 12:00 PM 6/21/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Thanks for the info. Isaac Howard was my ancestor. Any other info on him? > >btw, his son or grandson (dont have my papers in front of me) married Mary >Agnes Gage (whose family was from Michigan but William and also Asa are >family names) in Washington state. > > >Stocker: Centennial History of Susquehanna Co. pg. 501 Philip Griffith retained his home in the township (Silver Lake) until his death, November 21, 1868, a period of fifty-nine years, when he was seventy-nine years old. His wife was a daughter of Jonathan Soule, and died in 1857. They reared ten children. One of the daughters became the wife of Joseph S. Gage, of Brackney. In 1811 Mortimer Gage came from Duanesburg. Gage (formerly spelled Gaige) was the first of many families of that name who lived in Silver Lake, numbering eighteen at one time. They all descended from four brothers at Dauanesburg, NY---Simeon, Moses, Benjamin and Joseph, the latter being the only one who ever came to live in Silver Lake. "Subscribers who purchased farms on the lands of Robert H. Rose: Daniel Gaige, Isaac Howard, Mortimore Gaige, Abraham Gaige, etc. pg 502 Prior to 1813 John L. Minkler, Isaac Howard, John Howard, and Oliver C. Smith lived north of Quaker Lake From Cemetery to Tree My Pennsylvania Roots http://home.stny.rr.com/brown/index.htm Researching: Brown, Wilmarth, Tewksbury, Tiffany, Squires, Perry and others.