The link of Amadon and Thurber is not unique here. From information I have, an Isaac Thurber married Rezinah Huntoon of Unity NH at Unity NH. 17 Feb 1791. Before Rezinah died and Isaac Thurber remarried to Druzilla Hicks of Connecticut, they apparently had a daughter Sarah Thurber, who I show as died in Tingwick, Quebec 27 Oct 1867 as widow of John Amidon. I apologize for not being able to give any further info as to where I got the below, but you can check it out: November 29, 1791 - Isaac Thurber sells "the farm that I now live on" (50 acres) in Warner, Hillsborough Co., NH, to Moses Pressey (Hillsborogh Co. Land Deeds, Vol. 33, pages 314 - 315) August 26, 1792 - Isaac and Rezinah Huntoon Thurber's daughter, Sarah (Sally) born. (St. James, Leeds, Folio 17, 1838, baptism record) August 24, 1793 - Isaac living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT (notary acknowledgement on 29 Nov. 1791 land deed, page 315) 1794 - Isaac in Warner, New Hampshire ---- - Isaac Thurber married Drucilla Hicks "of Connecticut" 1798 - Isaac goes to Clifton, Quebec (LOWER CANADA) from Canaan, VT. stays 2 yrs. (Lot 8, Range 3) History of Compton County, Channel, p. 203. May have traveled on the road from Canaan VT, which extended to Sawyerville, Quebec (LOWER CANADA). 27 Oct. 1867 - Sarah Thurber Amidon (Isaac's dau. by Rezinah Huntoon), widow of the late John Amidon, died in Tingwick, Quebec, age 79. -----Original Message----- From: Bill & Eleanor Brady [mailto:brady-ajw@sympatico.ca] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 8:25 AM To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Re: McCartney-Amadon-Thurber Tim, I read your message, and like Heather, thought that Peaslee should be Paisley, but did not pick up on the New Ireland until I read her response. There is an area which was and is known as New Ireland or New Erin, just to the north of Huntingdon, QC in the Chateauguay Valley, south west of Montreal. Robert Sellar's History of Huntingdon, Chateauguay and Beauharnois, lists the first settlers of lots in the area, and in the Township of Godmanchester, on the 4th Range, lot 10, he shows Jas. and Thos. McCartney. He lists the 3rd Range as New Ireland, but the name seems to have been used for the area in general. From his text on the settling of New Ireland, there is no mention of McCartneys, but the first settlers mentioned were in about 1822, some of the first from Derry, Ireland, including the Sparrow family. For about 20 years it was known as the Sparrow Settlement. The settlement filled up quickly, and was divided between Protestant and Catholic Irish. I can find no mention of the names Amadon or Thurber. I have access to an index to the microfilmed records of the Protestant Churches of the District of Beauharnois, from about 1830 to 1899, which cover this area. The films are available through the LDS family history centres. I can find no McCartney (or the other names) records from the New Ireland area in the index. Do you know if they were Catholic? There may be other areas in Quebec called New Ireland, but at least you have the name McCartney here. A check for Catholic records would seem to be in order. Bill Brady