You're off by one gen, but then, I wasn't too clear. I am talking about the father of Benjamin Peter Tryon of St. Joseph Co. MI, who was named Peter, and his brother Benjamin. That Benjamin was christened in 1745 in Coxsackie. Their mother was an Elizabeth, last name unknown from my notes. Vicki ---------- | From: Dennis J Brevik <dbrevik@ix.netcom.com> | To: Vicki Titus <vtitus@ipa.net> | Cc: A group of Tryon researchers <TRYON-L@rootsweb.com> | Subject: Re: Rowland Tryon | Date: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 3:51 PM | | Vicki Titus wrote: | > | > Let me float something out there to see how quickly everybody shoots it | > down. | > | > Benjamin b. 1755 in Rowland's line with a mother Elizabeth. If we didn't | > know that the father of Benjamin, Jochem and William was also Benjamin, I'd | > suspect him to be the missing link. Any idea on what happened to Rowland's | > Benjamin? | > | | According to the 1850 St Joseph census, that Benjamin must have been | born | ca 1787. | | The Stamford Benjamins were born 1755, 1772 and 1775. The disparity is | quite | large. | | They hovered around Stamford. Records are sparse but enough indirect | evidence puts them in | Stamford area throughout their lifes. | | Dan