Please take me off your list -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Andrews <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 9:26 PM Subject: [VTORANGE-L] MAGOON- Rockingham Co,NH > Corinth, VT ?? >Hello- > Enclosed is a brief description of my GGGrandfather Thomas Magoon, and >my attempt to locate his parents. Thomas was born in New Hampshire (per >his data on the 1850 Algoma Twp, Kent Co., MI census). He was born in 1798. >At no time have I been able to ascertain any probabilities as to who his >parents were. > Here is one theory, though. In the 1880 Algoma Twp, Kent Co., >MI census Thomas Magoon's son Henry stated that his father was born in >Vermont. I initially dismissed this as an error, but now possibly think >that there might be something there. There was a Moses Magoon in Rockingham >Co, NH about 10 years before the timeframe of Thomas Magoon's birth, and he >later moved to Corinth, VT and died there in 1814. There were other Magoons >in that same area , but here is why I suspect Moses as Thomas Magoon's >father. > One of Moses Magoon's sons was named Benjamin (born abt 1893). Benjamin >supposedly headed "west" in his youth. In the 1830 Lorain Co, OH Census >Thomas "McGoon" and a Benjamin Magoon appear on the same page for the town of >Amhurst. The census age for Benjamin was 30-40 years old, placing him in the >proper age frame for Moses Magoon's son Benjamin. I have also received >information that a Benjamin Magoon is buried in Camden Cemetery, Camden Twp, >Lorain Co.,OH and the grave info again places his birth in the same >time frame as Moses Magoon's son Benjamin. Right now, I am currently >writing the Probate Court in Corinth, VT to possibly obtain a copy of Moses >Magoon's will, and also looking for the address of the Probate Court in >Lorain, Ohio to possibly obtain the will of Benjamin Magoon. > Would anyone have any other ideas or angles that I should pursue? >Any help or recommendations would be greatly apreciated. > Thanks, Chris Andrews - Des Plaines, IL > >