Right about now, I'd settle for proving Adelia's relationship to Sally, Benjamin and Peter of MI. The age difference is so large, I sometimes think that she is a dau of an undocumented son of Benjamin Peter. At one point, I even thought about the William Tryon who died in 1833 in Madison Co. NY, since that is where Calvin Lewis resided until about 1835 or so. He had a dau 0-5 in the census. Remember, the only proven fact I have about Adelia is that her wedding was witnessed by Benjamin Tryon. Madison Co. William did not leave a will, at least not in Madison Co. NY, Zebina is the only one there, nor in Onondaga Co. NY. I haven't checked Chenango or Chatauqua Co. yet. Do you know if anybody has been able to identify the parents of Frances Losey or Sarah Ann Stephens? Finding out that Granison Losey adopted one of Adelia's grand daughters, her namesake Adelia Chaffee, and his neighbors at the time were Morgan Lewis (Calvin's brother) and a Stephens, 1st name unreadible, made chills go up and down my spine when I finally thought about it. All lines allied with the Coxsackie group. 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 8:56 PM | | Vicki Titus wrote: | > | > 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 | > | | Oh! You sent me the wrong tree to bark up! <g> | | It bears looking into. But I don't see any match at this time with | the Coxsackie and Stamford branch. What data exists is inconclusive. | I'll keep it in the back of my mind. In fact, ever since reading | Adm. James Rufus Tryon's statement that his g-grandfather came from | Connecticut (Rufus is of Coxsackie line) I have assumed that some | sort of connection probably exists. The entire spawn of Ziba are | suspect!!! | | Dan |