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MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.
Questions and Answers
A. department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
KIMBALL
Wanted information relative to the | GLASIIER
parentage and birthplace of Isaac Kimball, who died in Londonderry, N. H., June 24, 1841, aged 55 years, 11 months and 18 days. He was of Rockingham, Vt. in 1813, when he married Judith Webber and after- ward lived In Bradford, Mass., Sa- lem and Londonderry, N. H .. KING
Wanted information relative to the parentage and birthplace of John King of Ashfield, Mass .; also the Identity of his wife. John King of Aashfield was born about 1739 and had the following children: Caleb. married 1781 Lydia Sherwin; Joshua born about 1762; John born 25 April 1765, married Sarah Hawkins; Zeb- ulon born about 1767; James married 1804 Lilly Wilcut; Mary married Amos Carr; Reubah married 1793 John Baldwin; Rhoda; Enoch mar- ried 1788 Rhoda Phillips. John King (iborn about 1739) was a proprietor of Ashfield, presumably through the service of his uncle Samuel King
who served in the 1690 Expedition. Who was this Samuel King?
WETHERBEE, (Wetherby)
Wanted information which will help to identify the following Indi- viduals:
David Wetherbee married in Bil- lerica, Mass. 12 Feb. 1778 Susannah Hardy, born in Billerica 21 June 1756 daughter of Ebenezer and Susannah (Russell).
David Wetherbee died in Mason, N. H. 22 Feb. 1795, aged 77. Widow Wetherbee died in Mason 13 Feb. 1809, aged 88. Who were they ?
Jacob Wetherbee of Mason, N. H. married in Townsend, Mass. 12 Aug. 1722 Grace Parker of Brookline, N. H. Who were Jacob's parents ? When and where was he born ?
Timothy Wetherbee died in Mason, N. H. 20 Jan. 1832, aged 87, married in Billerica 29 May 1770 Lydia Par- ker (1749-1838), daughter of Benja- min and Mary (Corey). Who were Timothy's parents? When and where was he born ?
Jonathan Wetherbee married in Stow, Mass. 15 Nov. 1780 Sarah Barnes and lived in Michigan. Lot Whitman, daughter of Zachariah and died Nov. 8, 1843 in Oneida county, Elizabeth (Gates). Jonathan made N. Y. his will 29 Dec. 1792, allowed 13 March 1783; naming his wife Sarah. at Guardianships show his children. Betty born 1781, Daniel born 1782, Sarah born 1784, Daniel born 1785, Jonathan born 1787, Lewis. Who were the parents of Jonathan (died 1792-3) and when and where was he born ?
ITra GageHook (1808-1843) of Ohio your April 10th Issue.
and Alabama died in Mobile, Ala., leaving his widow, Charlotte (Wil- liamson) Hook (1810-1884) whom he marrled in 1836. Where was he born ?
Gideon of Clinton in Oneida county In the 1790 N. Y. census ?
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS
(Continued from last week) ORLEANS COUNTY
CLARENDON
1847-49, 1884. Register, 6 vols. Arr. chron. 1847-49, 1884-1905, no in- dex; 1906 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1847-49, 1884- 1905, and deaths 1847-49, 1884-1905, 1914. Custodian Floyd M. Gillis, town clerk, Clarendon, N. Y.
GAINES
1883. Register, 6 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1910, no index; 1911, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages, 1887-1907 and deaths, 1883-1907, 1914. Custodian, A. A. Appleton, town clerk, RD 4, Albion, N. Y. KENDALL
1883, Register, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1907, no index; 1908 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1883-1904 and deaths, 1883-1904, 1914. Custodian Floyd C. Cater, town clerk, Kendall, N. Y.,
MURRAY
1884. Register, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1884-1906, no index; 1907, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1884-1906 and deaths 1884-1906, 1914. Custodian John C. Moore, town. clerk, Hulberton, N. Y.
RIIDGEWAY
1848 -- 49, 1882. Record, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1848-49, 1882-1902, no index; 1903, indexed alph. by children. In- cludes marriages and deaths 1848- 49, 1882-1902. Custodian H. A. Dy- ger ,town clerk, Medina, N. Y. SHELBY
1882. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. 1882-1902, no Index; 1903 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1882-1902 and deaths 1882-1902, 1914-31. Custodian, Maude C. Max- on, town clerk, Medina, N. Y.
YATES
1883. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1906, no index; 1907, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1883-1906 and deaths 1883-1906, 1914. Custodian Mrs. Fannie Turner, town clerk, Lydonville, N. Y. ALBION (1828)
1887. Register, 16 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes deaths. Custo- dian, Eugene A. Mahoney, village, clerk, Albion, N. Y.
HOLLEY (1867)
1898, 1910. Record, 1 vol. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian R. A. Bissell, village clerk, Holley, N. Y.
1910. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian R. A. Bissell, vil- lage clerk, Holley, N. Y.
1910. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes
Who were children of Jonathan deaths. Custodian R. A. Bissell, vil-
of Queensbury, Warren County and lage clerk, Holley, N. Y.
LYNDONVILLE (1903)
1903-13. Record, 1 vols. Arr. chron. 1 .IL Lu skildean Notation
N. Y .; Martin, Steven and George.
Jacob Glasier born 1759 In Conn., married Anna Rood in 1786 in Conn. He came to Wyoming county in about 1809 but it is known he lived in other places in N. Y. state, but not where. There was also a Beams- ley Glasier of an earlier date. Is there any record on him?
Mrs. Harriet Schlick,
331 E. Main street, Attica, N. Y.
FULLER
Excerpts from answers to Fuller query, this paper April 10, 1947:
According to records of 1st Pres- byterian Church of Albany, N. Y., James Fuller appearing in New York State census of 1790 was an inkeep- er at Albany. His wife was Jane Keith and their children were James born Nov. 20, 1785; Jane Keith born Sept. 2, 1788 and Alexander born Dec. 10, 1792.
Beekman Fuller appearing In Ca- naan, Columbia county, was born in 1750, died 1832 in Canaan. His wife was Naomi Barnes and their child- ren were Jonas Dayton, born 1776; Lois born 1777; Almirin born 1780; Asahel born 1787 and Phoebe born 1789.
Lot Fuller of Westfield (now Fort Ann) was born in Bolton, Conn. May 6, 1760 the son of another Lot 6 born Barnstable, Mass. Sept. 18, 1733, Camuel 5, Barnabas 4, Samuel 3, Samuel 2, Edward 1 of Plymouth, the Mayflower Pilgrim. Lot 7 served in the Revolutionary war from San- disfield, Mass. He married Submit Jones Jan. 11, 1787 and their child- ren were Thomas born Oct. 25, 1787; Zerniah born July 30, 1789; Israel born March 28, 1791; Sarah born Feb. 1, 1793 married a man named Chandler; Oren born Dec. 29, 1794, lived Wisconsin; Roswell born July 28, 1796; Simeon born June 4, 1798; Adonijah born Sept. 25, 1801; Lot born March 11, 1804 and Maria born April 12, 1808 married a man named
Simeon 7 living Westfield 1790 was brother of Lot 7 and born Bolton, Conn. Oct. 27, 1762. He served as a private in the Revolu- tionary War from Sandisfield, Mass. He died Dec. 7, 1852 at Steuben, Oneida county, N. Y., married twice, was father of Russell who married Lydia Potter and who built the Ful- ler mansion mentioned by Kimm in HOOK
ierica, Mass. 12 Feb. 1718 Susannan Hardy, born in Billerica 21 June 1756 daughter of Ebenezer and Susannah (Russell).
H. 22 Feb. 1795, aged 77. Widow Wetherbee died in Mason 13 Feb. 1809, aged 88. Who were they?
Jacob Wetherbee of Mason, N. H. married in Townsend, Mass. 12 Aug. 1722 Grace Parker of Brookline, N. H. . Who were Jacob's parents ? When and where was he born ?
Timothy Wetherbee died in Mason, N. H. 20 Jan. 1832, aged 87, married in Billerica 29 May 1770 Lydia Par- ker (1749-1838), daughter of Benja- min and Mary (Corey). Who were Timothy's parents ? When and where was he born ?
Jonathan Wetherbee married in Stow, Mass. 15 Nov. 1780 Sarah Barnes and lived in Michigan. Lot
Whitman, daughter of Zachariah and died Nov. 8, 1843 in Oneida county, N. Y. Elizabeth (Gates). Jonathan made his will 29 Dec. 1792, allowed 13 March 1783; naming his wife Sarah. Guardianships show his children. Betty born 1781, Daniel born 1782, Sarah born 1784, Daniel born 1785, Jonathan born 1787, Lewis. Who were the parents of Jonathan (died | Oneida county, N. Y., married twice, 1792-3) and when and where was he born ?
HOOK
IIra GageHook(1808-1843) of Ohio and Alabama died in Mobile, Ala .. leaving his widow, Charlotte (Wil- liamson) Hook (1810-1884) whom he married in 1836. Where was he born ? and where married ?
Humphrey Hook of Candia, N. H. , Alturas, Calif.
was born in 1765, son of Humphrey, } and married Dorothy Hill. Where did | MAIN Humphrey (born 1765) and his wife Dorothy reside after 1800 .? Did they go to Ohio? When and where did they die? Can anyone furnish the names of their children ?
GATES
Wanted Information as to the par- entage and birthplace of Joseph Mic- Donough Gates who was born 1 Jan. 1823 in Cayuga county, N. Y. and died 28 Nov. 1877. at Menomonie, Wis. He married (1) 23 Dec. 1841 Mary Ann Lovisa Gillett, who was born 30 Jan. 1822 in Illinois and died 4 March 1847; he married (2) 4 Nov. 1847 Lydla Ann Scott who was born 27 May 1826 in Tennessee. His child- ren were James Lyman, Esther Ma- tilda, Cyrus Scott, Joseph Hamilton, Garritt Scott, Emily Orella Jennett, Laura Ann, Wilbur Arminius, Ida Jane, George Heber, and Elsie May. Joseph McDonough Gates was of Madison county, Ill. in 1848 and was living in Highland, Ill., in 1850, 1852 and 1854.
Bertha W. Clark,
10 Jamaicaway,
Boston 30, Mass.
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WATROUS
Casander Watrous and Esther Rogers married in Wallingford, Conn. about 1795. Casander born 1776. Set- tled in about 1817 in Wyoming Co., N. Y. but stopped enroute at other places. BUSHI
. Henry Bush and Catherine Dolson married 1780. Henry born 1760 at Easton. Pa., came to Steuben Co. about 1785 . and to Tompkins Co. about 1812; was in Revolutionary War. Wish mostly to learn something about his sons: Tunls who was sup- posed to have settled near Geneva, ! ealogical World."
Chron. 1848-49, 1004-1804, 10 muez, 1903, indexed alph. by children. In- cludes marriages and deaths 1848- 49, 1882-1902. Custodian H. A. Dy- ger ,town clerk, Medina, N. Y. SHELBY
1882. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. 1882-1902, no index; 1903 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1882-1902 and deaths 1882-1902, 1914-31. Custodian, Maude C. Max- on, town clerk, Medina, N. Y.
YATES
1883. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1906, no index; 1907, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1883-1906 and deaths 1883-1906, 1914. Custodian Mrs. Fannie Turner, town clerk, Lydonville, N. Y. ALBION (1828)
1887. Register, 16 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes deaths. Custo- dian, Eugene A. Mahoney, village, clerk, Albion, N. Y.
HIOLLEY (1867)
1898, 1910. Recond, 1 vol. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian R. A. Bissell, village clerk, Holley, N. Y.
1910. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian R. A. Bissell, vil- lage clerk, Holley, N. Y.
1910. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian R. A. Bissell, vil- lage clerk, Holley, N. Y.
LYNDONVILLE (1903)
1903-13. Record, 1 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian D. M. Fraser, village clerk, Lyndon- ville, N. Y.
1914. Register, 2 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian D. M. Fraser, vil- lage clerk, Lyndonville, N. Y. MEDINA (1832)
1885. Record, 12 vols. Arr. ohron. Indexes alph. by children. Includes marriages .1885-1908 and deaths, 1885-1913. Custodian Charles H. Arnold, village clerk, Medina, N. Y. (To be continued)
A NOTED REVOLUTIONARY BATTLE
There were many minor actions during the Revolution that escaped the history books. Here's one worth repeating, a naval-land engagement The above from a history written in 1878 by Littlebury Q. Day, son-in- law of John Main. occurring at Williamsburg, Va. Gen. Cornwallis had arrived in with seven regiments, about, 3000 men, off Cape John Main is the great grandfather of the writer. 1 Teasdale Fisher, Fear June 20, 1776. A force of 900 men, under command of Gen. Clinton and Gen. Cornwallis landed at the 3003 Vernon Place, nearby mill of Brigadier Howe's plan- Cincinnati 19, Ohio. tation to capture a force of 90 men stationed there. On the way to the BISSELL, DANIEL, ROLFE mill they came upon a house where Data wanted on these families: Bissell, Danlel (of Irish descent,) Rolfe (descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas.) lived three old women, one of whom was shot in the hip, a second *was bayonetted; the third was knocked down wid lost her teeth. Then the house was burned. Advancing to the Shermani Wayne Bissell, mill they found it guarded by four 627 N. Clippert street, men all of whom escaped after slay- Lansing, Michigan. ing two of the British and making prisoners of a third. This encounter ; CORRECTION enabled the main body to escape tak -. Ing with them thelr baggage. The Mrs. Frank J. Warner, Box 96, Lawrence, Michigan, is interested In locating the ancestors of Gideon Du- Bois, born Jan. 15, 1755, Elizabeth British burned the mill, then went aboand their vessel to put down in the log the result of their great vic- tory. Maybe If the three old women Dutcher, Esther Bennett and Mary had not been surprised in their at- Moore, not their descendants as stated in the May 8 issue in "Gen-
tack, thev too. might have bonton the generals.
W. N " T.
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Lot Fuller of Westfield (now Fort Ann) was born in Bolton, Conn. May 6, 1760 the son of another Lot
Simeon 7 living Westfield 1790 was brother of Lot 7 and born at Bolton, Conn. Oct. 27, 1762. He served as a private in the Revolu- tionary War from Sandisfield, Mass. He died Dec. 7, 1852 at Steuben,
was father of Russell who married Lydia Potter and who built the Ful- ler mansion mentioned by Kimm in your April 10th Issue.
Who were children of Jonathan of Queensbury, Warren County and Gideon of Clinton in Oneida county in the 1790 N. Y. census ?
L. B.Atwood,
John Main born near Albany, New York, at an early age apprenticed to learn the blacksmithing trade, but being of a roving disposition, set out on foot alone and emigrated to the west. He married Mary High- lands of Pennsylvania and settled in Milford, Ohlo in 1815. He establish- ed a blacksmith shop, brewery and mill. In 1825 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and established a blacksmith shop and manufactured saddle irons at the corner of Sixth and Broad- way. He died in 1836. In 1824 Mr. Main returned to Albany, N. Y. for a visit.
David Wetherbee dled in Mason, N. 6 born Barnstable, Mass. Sept. 18, 1733, Camuel 5, Barnabas 4, Samuel 3, Samuel 2, Edward 1 of Plymouth, the Mayflower Pilgrim. Lot 7 served in the Revolutionary war from San- disfield, Mass. He married Submit Jones Jan. 11, 1787 and their child- ren were Thomas born Oct. 25, 1787; Zerniah born July 30, 1789; Israel iborn March 28, 1791; Sarah born Feb. 1, 1793 married a man named Chandler; Oren born Dec. 29, 1794, lived Wisconsin; Roswell born July 28, 1796; Simeon born June 4, 1798; Adonijah born Sept. 25, 1801; Lot born March 11, 1804 and Marla born April 12, 1808 married a man named
The Petries In America
been compiled by Mrs. Frederick Staehla, Munnsville, N. Y. with the assistance of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y., Mrs. Edwin Freer, Port Ewen, N. Y. and many others whose names will appear later. Our re- cords are far from being com- plete. If any reader of this pa- per Is connected with the Petrles In any way, we request that he, or she, write to Mrs. Staehla. Any additional information will be welcomed. If errors are de- tected, as the series proceeds, correction will also be welcomed.
(Continued from last week)
Thanks are due to Dr. Andrew Dilienbeck, president of the Palatine Society and to Dr. R. C. Petrie, both of Johnstown, N. Y. for a copy of this memoir having been frwarded to me.
The children of this Schell family all finally went to the province o Ontario in Canada and later some of them settied in Michigan.
A further search is being made for facts regarding 6 Johannes, 8 Johan Jost and 9 Dieterich. We hope to have more to report on them later. In the 3 John Conrad and Maria Catharine Petri family, I have a cor- rection to make in the record or 24 Christian Petri and Lea Muscher. The name of their son baptized Nov. 21, 1756, should be Coenrad (not Christian). Sponsors Johan Coenrad Petry and wife Catharine Rosman. I have no records at present for fur- ther pensions of these families. No [ doubt, descendants are living in Co- lumbia county and adjoining sections. If so, they have not been located.
Another Christian Petri appears in the records of the Dutch Reform- ed church of N. Y .: Christian Petri and Johanetta Stutt, his wife, had Anna Elizabet Petri born Nov. 27, 1754.
Christian Petri and Hannetta Stuttin had Elizabeth bapt. Dec. 1755. Witnesses Johannes Jugren West and Elizabet Petri jj. d. (N. Y. Gen. Rec. 27-204).
Could this Elizabet (young woman not married) have been John Con- nad's daughter Elizazbeth born 1743 ? N. Y. Gen. Rec. 12-85 has this marriage:
July 23, 1757 Elizabeth Petrie and James Dickson shipwright. A little young to be daughter of John Con- rad Petri. I have no further record of above couple nor of Christian and Johannetta Stutt Petri.
(Calendar of Council Minutes, p. 330). License granted to Johan Coen- rat Petri to purchase Indian lands Oct. 28 1737.
(N. Y. in the Revolution, p. 118). Conrad C. Petrie enlisted in Albany Co., militia, 10th Regt. Col. Morris Graham.
(Hist. of Columbia Co. I-33). Con- Conrad Petri served in the ranks during the Revolutionary war.
(Census of 1790). Conradt Petres, Freehold, Albany Co., 1 male over 16; 1 male under 16; 1 female.
Coonradt Petrie, Livingston Town, Columbia county, 2 males over 16, 1 female.
Coonradt Petrie, Jr., Livingston Town, 1 male over 16, 1 male under .16, 4 females.
Palatines in the Mohawk Valley
By Rev. Wolcott Webster Ellsworth, Rector of St. John's Church, Johnstown, N. Y.
(Reprinted from the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, sixteenth annual meet- ing, 1915.)
The first fifteen years of the Pal- atines in America present a different story from that of any other people in our Colonial times. Judge Benton in his History of Herkimer County, says: "The events which prduced the movement in the heart of an old polished European nation to seek a refuge and home on the western con- tinent are quite as legitimate a sub- ject of American history as the oft repeated relation of the Pilgrim
ates, the upper or Bavarian and the Lower or Palatinate of the Rhine. The latter was the more important. The principal cities were Mainz,
The great distress which the Pala- tines endured was due to some ter- rible' wars which were waged from 1674 to 1714. Refugees began to leave France in 1685 upon the Revo- cation of the Edict of Nantes. Many of these fled to the Palatinate of the Rhine. This fact stirred up the wrath of the French King who vow- ed vengeance upon those who har- bored them. In the invasion of 1688, every large city on the Rhine above Cologne was sacked. In that year began the great exodus which led to the emigration to America. All
through the seventeenth century there had been intercourse between England and the Palatinate, sanc- tiond and stimulated by the royal marrige of Elizbeth, daughter James I, with the Elector Palatine, of Frederick V, called the "Winter King.""
Among the homeless people was the Rev. Joshua von Kocherthal. In January, 1708, he applied for an English agency in Frankfort-on-the- Main for passes and money to go to England. In his request he included in all fifty-three persons. Arriving in London, Queen Anne allowed each one a shilling a day for support. A report of the Board of Trade re- garding these people was taken up by Her Majesty May 10, 1708. Re- quest had been made that these Pala- tincs be allowed to settie upon the Hudson River in the Province of New York where they might engage in the manufacture of naval stores, and be a frontier against the French and Indians.
Fifty-three sailed for New York with Pastor Kocherthal, and made a settlement on the banks of the Quas- saick where Newburg is now situ- ated. It was afterwards known as "The Palatine Parish by the Quas- saick."
In October, 1709, so many Pala- tines had crossed over to England that it is said there were 13.000 in
The Attorney General was in- structed to devise a plan for the government of the Palatines and commissions of justices of the peace were issued to some of their num- ber. The chief one of these was John Conrad Weiser father of the Con- rad above mentioned. Soon after ar- rival Governor Hunter dispatched the Surveyor General, Bridger, to sur- vey the land of the Mohawks and particularly the Schoharie iand, "to which the Indians have no pretense." This expression no doubt meant that the Indians had surrendered their ti- tie to the lands. About this time oc- curred the forcible apprenticing of Palatine children. This caused a great commotion. One of the boys was John Peter Zenger, apprenticed to William Bradford, printer. Zenger became famous for the prominent part which he took in the, struggle for the liberty of the press.
It was not long before Hunter realized that the two requisites of pine forests and good land were to be found on a tract belonging to
Fathers." The name Palatinate as a political division disappers from the map of Europe before the nineteenth Robert Livingston on the eastern century. There were two Palatin- shore of the Hudson north of the present town of Rhinebeck. Possess- ing 160,000 acres of land, Livingston was willing to sell 6,000 acres at a sacrifice. The land was bought, and
Spires, Mannkeim and Worms, all) in October, 1710, a large number, places of historic interest. The ruler of the district gave his name to the dominion and the people were called Palatines.
1,227, settled among the forests of the Livingston estate. The contract for supplies was made by Livingston, but great dissatisfaction arose over the way that contract was carried out. The settlers did not enjoy their new abode, where they set to work to manufacture tar and turpentine. Quite a number of Palatines remaln- ed in' New York and formed the first Lutheran church there, while others joined their countrymen in Pennsyl- vania.
(To be continued)
ROYAL AMERICANS
This is the title of an historical novel by Mary Hallock Foote and published in 1910 by the Houghton- Mifflin Co. The volume we read was a fourth edition copy. The locale of. the story includes Albany, Oswego, Manhattan, Canada and the Hamp- shire Grants. The chief actor in the plot is Col. Yelverton, an English soldier whose motherless daughter clings to him throughout the narra- tive. Miss Foote makes Sir John Johnson the villain of the story who manages to break up the engagement of Col. Yelverton with Polly Watts, whom Sir John married after dis- posing of his young mistress, Claris- sa Putman. The pening date of the novel is 1756 when, on August 12, the British lost Fort Ontario, during which siege Mrs. Yelverton died while bearing the daughter. Then fol- fowed the running events prior to and through the Revolution, in which figure largely the Schuylers and Johnsons, the Quakers and Madame Riedesel and Burgoyne. Col. Yelver- ton imbibed the spirit of the Ameri- can cause but was suspected by the colonists whose committees of safety compelied him to seek an asylum in Canada. Wealthy John Watts of New York had consented to the marriage of Yelverton to Mary Watts, then withdrew his consent under the in- fluence of Sir John Johnson.
W. N. P. Diley.
Stone houses erected by the French Huguenots as early as 1700 still
and Johanetta Stutt, his wife, had the emigration to America. All
Anna Elizabet Petri born Nov. 27, 1754.
Christian Petri and Hannetta
Stuttin had Elizabeth bapt. Dec. 1755. Witnesses Johannes Jugren West and Elizabet Petri jj. d. (N. Y. Gen. Rec. 27-204).
Could this Elizabet (young woman not married) have been John Con- rad's daughter Elizazbeth born 1743 ?
N. Y. Gen. Rec. 12-85 has this marriage:
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