Dear Jane: I have written various places in Warren Co., NY where Nicholas ELLIS settled, but have had no luck getting information except that he was a pathmaster at one time and that he was a Rev War veteran, and I have his Rev War pension application, as I indicated in my previous email. I am going to write some more letters to that area if I cannot obtain the information from those of you who offered to look in your resources. I do have a wonderful will for Christopher ELLIS. I did not mention his children since they were born in New York State and had nothing to do with his birth and life before the age of about 17 years. His children were: Martha, Nathan, Jonas, Russell, Ferdinand, Hannah, Charles, Silas, Clark, Susannah and Caroline. Martha, Nathan, Silas and Susannah died as children. Caroline died at 32, Jonas at 48, Charles and Russell at about 40, Clark at 60, Ferdinand at 79. The children were born between 1801 and 1831. I have exact or approximate birth dates for all of them if needed. They were all born in Milford, Otsego Co.,NY. I have thought of trying to find Christopher's father through the children's given names. Jonas was named for his maternal grandfather, Jonas PERRY. Jonas Perry ELLIS named his only son James so I have paid some attention to that name while searching. However, these ELLISes seem to have paid little attention to naming their children after relatives so trying to find Christopher's father that way may be a waste of time. Jayne [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour