Jill: I found the webpage where you found the quote in your earlier message. On this page Little Canada is identified as a hamlet Located on Black Creek in the town of Bethany, Genesee County: "CANADA, a small hamlet on Black Creek, in the eastern part of the town, claims to have had a mill erected in 1808, by one BENNETT, one of a family who came in 1805, and for some time the place was called "BennettÂ’s Mills." There was a tavern here in early times. No business of importance is transacted at the locality at present." So it would appear that Howe and Waller came to "Little Canada"a hamlet in the town of Bethany which is still in Genesee Co., NY. I found the information below on the USGenWeb website for Luzerne Co., PA : HISTORY OF THE LACKAWANNA VALLEY HISTORY OF SCRANTON. page 232 "... The interests of P. H. Mattes were represented by his son, Charles F. Mattes, who, from the time the furnace was put in successful blast, has been efficiently engaged at the head of one of the more important departments. page 233 The liberal doctrines of Methodism, itinerated and diffused in the valley as early as 1786, were rarely practiced, and had but a feeble recognition in any way until 1793. "At this time", writes the venerable Rev. Dr. Peck, "William Colbert, a pioneer preacher, visited Capouse, and preached to a few people at Brother Howe's, and lodged at Joseph Waller's. Howe lived in Slocum Hollow, and Waller on the main road in or near what is now Hyde Park. In 1798 Daniel Taylor's, below Hyde Park, was a preaching place. For years subsequently the preaching was at Preserved Taylor's, who lived on the hill-side in Hyde Park, near the old Tripp place. When Mr. Taylor removed, the preaching was taken to Razorville, now Providence, and the preachers were entertained by Elisha Potter, Esq., whose wife was a very exemplary member of the church. Up to this period, preaching was held in private houses." School-houses, moderate in capacity, served for religious purposes until June, 1841, when a subscription was raised for the purpose of building a "meeting-house" at some suitable place within reach of missionaries and laymen. The great bulk of the subscription coming from Harrison Iron Works, governed the location of the church, which was built in 1842, and jointly and harmoniously used as a place of worship by Methodists and Presbyterians until the latter erected a place of their own. The Methodists have enjoyed the pastoral labors of A. H. Schoonmaker, Rev. Dr. Peck, B. W. Goram, G. C. Bancroft, J. V. Newell, J. A. Wood, N. W. Everett, and Byron D. Sturdevant." Are the Brother Howe and Joseph Waller mentioned here the same individuals? BTW: What do you have for the household of Ira Howe and Elizabeth Sackett? Thurmon On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:40:45 -0700 "Jill Jessen Hernandez" <kpitblu@cox.net> writes: > OOOOOOOOOHHHHH MY ! > > You are right Thurmon.. But you really did narrow this down and I > appreciate it .. I am positive that Waller and HOWE and SACKETT > (whoever you are) came straight from PA in 1800-1810. Now .. IF > Wyoming > Co was part of Genesee Co.. it is the TOWNS that I should look in > that > are now in Wyoming Co.... > > But... unless there is a birth record, bible, death record in Elba, > somewhere ... there is probably no hope of finding Elizabeth's > parents.. > > Sooo... ^^^^ Elizabeth SACKETT Howe ^^^^ WHO ARE YOU ??? and ^^^^ > Rhoda HINMAN Upham Howe ^^^^ who raised Elizabeth's children .. Who > Are > YOU !???? I not giving up ! > > Thanks everyone .. Jill