Hi Jean: I don't find any reference to a 'Perry Peckham' in Mystic Built. That's an interesting thought you have that emigrants from RI to NY State may have traveled by water-Up the Hudson River I'd assume-to points in NY State. My thought is that might this have been 'cost prohibitive' in contrast to traveling on foot or horseback or wagon. I had a chart I obtained from Everton which showed all of the main migration routes employed....but I can't seem to find it. The article posted on RIGENWEB just this AM by Sandy gives some interesting sounding sources on the subject of migration from RI & New England to NY State. Have you seen it? BILL -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello folks, I am very interested in this particular route and any ships that may have sailed it. We think that my husbands ancestor may have traveled this route in the late 1700's/early 1800's. Perry Peckham is suppose to have been born in Tiverton RI. We have found him in Charleston, Montgomery Co, New York in 1801 when he marries Statira Topping. So far, we have nothing in between. It seems to us that most folks migrating from RI to upstate NY probably to a sea route as opposed to a land route. Is there a good source of information on this migration that any of you highly recommend? Thanks for any insights and suggestions that you can share. Jean Q Bill Waterhouse <wm.r.waterhouse@mailstation.com> wrote: Arlene: There are several "Allyn's" listed, but no "Allen's." Also no vessel named Albany Trader.The book lists only the ships BUILT in Mystic between 1784-1919...which I suspect the Albany Trader wasn't as you state 'most were from RI.' Thanks for your inquiry regardless. BILL -------------------------------------------------------------- Bill, would your book have anything about a Thomas Allen from R.I? Some of the ships he captained were from CT. Most were from R.I. His last boat was the "Albany Trader" which ran from Narragansett Bay (Allen's Harbor) to Albany, N.Y. Thank you for your time. Arlene Clarke Haddock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== Visit RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: http://www.rootsweb.com/ WorldConnect Project -- Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== Providence County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ Submit your Rhode Island Query at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/queries.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== Providence County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ Submit your Rhode Island Query at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/queries.html