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SIMMONS, MILLAGE, BLODGETT
1. William Simmons, in Woburn, Mass., 1644, married Jan. 18, 1643, Judith Hayward, dau. William Pip- pin. Judith came on ship "Planter" 1835. Her father died on the voyage. Judith died Jan. 3, 1689. William Simmons died June 2, 1672. They had 11 children. Sons: Caleb, William, Jr., Lieut. Benjamin, Joseph, Ref. Hist.» Woburn, by Sewall,, page 657, Viol. 1; Hist. Woburn, Mass, by Ed- ward Johnson, part 10, page 156; Vol. 1, page 256, Woburn Records by Edward Johnson.
2. James Simmons, born Nov. 1, 1658, at 'Woburn, married Susanna Blodgett, 2 Samuel, 1 Samuel, Thom- als of England. ' .
3. Nathan Simmons born June 12, 1697, Woburn, died Aug. 15, 1757, Haverhill, married Feb. 24, 1734. 9 Sarah Hazen, 2 Lieut. Richard, 1 Ed- ward of Rowley.
4. James Simmons born Dec. 10, 1735, Haverhill, married Nov. 9, 1767 Hannah Peabory. James Simmons went to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, about 1750, died there age 95 years.
Another Ref. River of St. John by Bishop Raymond. New Brunswick Hist. Collections, Vols. 1, 2 and .4.
Richard Simmons was brother of James, born 1789, Vol. 9, page 2295, NBH Col. Thomas Millage is men- tioned in Vol. 4, page 206-2213. An article written by Rev. John Millage.
Charles Millage, born Sept. 2, 1891, married Eveylen Onderduck; their son Abraham Millage, born Sept. . 3, 1839; died May 13, 1912, married Janett Dilion; their dau. Marie Mil- alge (Abbott) is the well known genealogist of Oak Park, Ill. Wanted connection between Thomas Millage of 'New Brunswick and Charles Mil- lage (above) GDF) of Mt. Abbott.
BLOGETT, SIMMONS Connection
James Simmons died Sept, 15, 1717 married Susanna, dau. of Camuel and Ruth Blodgett. Susanna died Sept. . 15, 1717. Nathan Simmons born June 12, 1697. Want other Simmons connections.
Voston Transcript May 4, 1940, Item No. 44. Benj. 6 Chase married about 1770-5 married Phebe Sim- mons ibor August 16, 1766, she · of Swansea, he of Westerly, Rhode Is- land, son of Benj: and Chloe (Hath- away) Chase, May 25, 1940. In 1635 the "Planet" sailed to New England, re Antrobus, in Notees.
WILCOX
William Wilcox and wife in ''Plant- er' from England April 15, 1635 set- tled in Concord. Permanent home Stratford, Conn., called the Father of Stratford, he died 1652; ' his widow Margaret married "William Hayden, David Bogard, son of James and Malinda born 18 Feb. 1830, Newton, 1663, home at Hollingsworth, Child- men. John born 1633, England; Jo- married Elizabeth. Her maiden name is wanted and all' data!
NOTICE
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FRANCES E. GREGORY
Frances Eunice Gregory died July 26, 1948, after a long illness, in the. Florida Sanatorium and Hospital, in Orlando, Florida.
Miss Gregory was born near Ge- neva, N. Y. on December 24, 1864. She was the daughter and only child of Charles P. Gregory and Lucy Sa- mana Nellis. She came from a fam- ily that could claim relationships with George Washington and Lord Baltimore, and as her right to the honors of the Daughters of the Am- erican Revolution wore on her mem- bership badge four bars each engrav- ed with the name of an ancestor sol- dier of the Continental Army.
Miss Gregory graduated from Cook Academy at Montour Falls, N. c. where she had specialized in art and music. 1
She moved from Geneva to Orlan- do, Florida, in 1918 and there iden- tified herself with a number of or- ganizations. and activities, among which were the Park Lane Presby- terian church, the Orlando Sorosis, the WCTU, the Art Association of which she ' was & charter member, and the Florida Historical Society. Her principal devotion . was to the work of the DAR. In this organiza- tion she served as recording secre- tary, corresponding secretary, histor- jan, and for two years as regent of the Orlando Chapter. For four years she was state chairman of the com- mittee on genealogical research and for two years she was state librarian. Interment was made in Geneva.
BOGARD (T)
Benjamin Bogard settled in Olney, Ill. He was reported to be of Dutch ancestry. He had two wives and a large family. Want names and data of both Wives and list of children by each with dates of marriages, etc. Known child . was James Bogard, born 24 Sept. 1808 in Newton, Jas- per Co., Ill. He married Malinda Tippet, born 20 May 1812.in Newton. Want Bogard and Tippet ancestry.
A Collins Family Bible
There is no title page but before the New Testament title page is a 1813 date line, and the Book was printed by M. Carey of Philadelphia, Accompanying the Bible is a chart, hand drawn and colored in red, black and yellow. The births are listed un- der a butterfly' emerging from a chrysalis. The marriages under 'a pair of red hearts and the deaths under a black coffin. The chart was made by 'Oliver D. Collins, born at Pleas- ant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y. in 1777.
Marriages
Walter E. W. Collins and Laura Hermans of Ogdensburg, N. Y. Date July 25, 1831.
Martin W. Collins and Eliza Good- year of St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 24, 1835. John W. Collins and Jane Ann Budd (Dec. 2, 1835).
Minard Velie Collins and Mary Ann Pullen of Rocheport, Mo. (Sept. 18, 1844).
: Joseph C. Beli of Cayuga Co., N.
Y. and Eugene A. Collins.
Caleb Angevile Collins and Jane
E. Wesley of Pleasant Valley (Oct. 3, 1847).
Oliver Davis Collins of Pleasant Valley anl Martha Ann Pelham of Fishkill (April 20, 1843) ..
Samuel L. Humeston to Rebecca
E. Collins, both of Pleasant Valley, N. Y. (Oct. 3, 1852).
Egbert C. Seaman and Sally Ann Collins, both of Pleasant Valley, N. Y. (Jan. 10, 1855).
Births
Oliver Collins Dec. 14, 1777. Sarah Ward Feb. 12, 1784. Children:
Walter E. W. Collins May 15, 1805. Anna Maria Collins July 28, 1806, died Feb. . 9, 1808. ,
Maria Collins.
John Kard Collins April 19, 1808. Maria Collins born May 11, 1810 and died April 7, 1814.
Martin J. Collins Jan. 23, 1812.
Sally Ann Collins Feb. 13, 1814. Alice Carpenter Collins May 5.
1822.
+ Rebecca Eliza Collins May 21, 1825.
Oliver D. Collins born Dec. 14
1777.
Sarah Collins born Feb. 2, 1784. Walter W. Collins born May 15 1805.
Anna Maria Collins born July 28 1806.
John W. Collins born April 19 1808.
Maria Collins born May 11, 1810. Martin W. Collins born Jan. 23 1812.
Oliver Davis Collins born June 14 1816.
! Minard Velie Collins born May 26, 1818. C. Angevile Collins born Aug 26, 1820.
Deaths
Olive D. Collins Feb. 13 1823 not
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zurvillas minage is men- tioned in Vol. 4, page 206-2213. An article written by Rev. John Millage.
Charles Millage, born Sept. 2, 1891, married Eveylen Onderduck; their son Abraham Millage, born Sept. . 3, 1839; died May 13, 1912, married Janett Dillon; their dau. Marie Mil- alge (Abbott) is the well known genealogist of Oak Park, Ill. Wanted connection between Thomas Millage of ' New Brunswick and Charles Mil- lage (above) GDF) of Mt. Abbott.
BLOGETT, SIMMONS Connection
James Simmons died Sept. 15, 1717 married Susanna, dau. of Camuel and Ruth Blodgett. Susanna died Sept .. 15, 1717. Nathan Simmons born June 12, 1697. Want other Simmons connections.
Voston Transcript May 4, 1940, Item No. 44. Benj. 6. Chase married about 1770-5 married Phebe Sim- mons born August 16, 1766, she of Swansea, he of Westerly, Rhode Is- land, son of Benj: and Chloe (Hath- away) Chase, May 25, 1940. In 1635 the "Planet" sailed to New England, re Antrobus, in Notees.
WILCOX
William Wilcox and wife in "'Plant- er' from England April 15, 1635 set- tled in Concord. Permanent home Stratford, Conn.,' called the Father of Stratford, he' died 1652; his widow Margaret married William, Hayden, 1663, home at Hollingsworth, Child- ren: John borny 1633, England; Jo- seph 1636, Conford;, Timothy 1638, Concord; Samuel 1640, Stratford; 'al- so born at Stratford: Elizabeth 1642, Hannah 1644, Sarah 1646, Obadiah 1648, Phoebe 1651, Joseph born 1636 married in Stratford 1658, Ann dau .. D. Killingworth. Children: Joseph 1659, Thomas 1661 died 1694, Sam- uel 1663, Hannah 1665, Nathaniel 1668, William 1671, Margaret 1673, John 1676, (p. 36) Margaret born 1673 married Joseph Groves of Guil- ford. Ref. "Desc. of William Wilcox" compiled by Thomas Wilcox, 1239 Maryland street, Los Angeles, Calif. pp. 37, 26, 28.
Harry A. Odell, P. O. Box 899, Church Street Annex, New York City
WILLARD
Would like any information I can get on the name Willard (or Willerd, Williard, Willier, Wilar, etc). My great great grandfather.,
John Peter Williard born Feb. 2, July 25, 1797 Arlington, Vit. They probably moved to vicinity of Rich-
1745 in Europe died Aug. 15, 1821. His wife Magdalena? born Oct. 6, 1745? died Oct. 2, 1822. Both arc buried in the cemetery at Hoffman's Church, Lykens township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. What were the names of their parents and their children? Did they have sisters, and brothers?
Please give ancestry of Thomas Swayne born? 'and died 1825 in Vir- ginit. His wife Elizabeth Peer born ? · and died 1855 in Virginia, (or Peers Piers) (Swayne Swaney, Sweeny). A few more names; of this section which were strangely spelled. Jury or (Jura, Shora, Shory). Shutt or (Schott. Kittora). Reisch or (Reisch, ' Reist). Jacobs or Jacques.) Larue or Route 4, Troy, N. Y. LaRoy.
Berrysbury, Pa.
Vivia Miller,
Academy at Montour Falls, N. c. where she had specialized in art and music. .
She moved from Geneva to Orlan- do, Florida, in 1918 and there iden- tified herself with a number of or- ganizations. and activities, among which were the Park Lane Presby- terian church. the Orlando Sorosis, the WCTIJ, the Art Association of which she' was a charter member, and the Florida Historical Society. Her principal devotion ' was to the work of the DAR. In this organiza- tion she served as recording secre- tary, corresponding secretary, histor- ian, and for two years as regent of the Orlando. Chapter. For four years she was state chairman of the com- mittee on genealogical research and for two years she was state librarian. Interment was made in Geneva.
BOGARD (T)
Benjamin Bogard settled in Olney, Ill. He was reported to be of Dutch ancestry. He had two wives and a large family. Want names and data of both Wives and list of children by each with dates of marriages, etc. Known child . was James Bogard, born 24 Sept. 1808 in Newton, Jas- per Co., Ill. He married Malinda Tippet, born 20 May 1812 in Newton. Want Bogard and Tippet ancestry.
, David Bogard, son of' James and Malinda born 18 Feb, 1830, 'Newton,' married Elizabeth. Her maiden name is wanted and all data.
Gladys J. Busby, “
Mrs, George .M. Bnisby, Rt. . 1 Box 98B,
Chandler, Arizona
BUNCE (Bunz,) SMITH
Ancestry desired of Simon Bunce and wife Sally Smith, of Mass. and probably Otsego County, N. Y. Their children were:
1. A son of New Berlin, N. Y.
2. Mary, married Ira Johnson of .Bridgewater, N. Y.
4. Antonette born May 7, 1843, Mass,, died 1921 Exeter, N. Y., mar- ried 1st Amos Fancher or Francher of Otsego county, married 2nd John Failing.
AUSTIN, CLARK, MANZER
Wish any information of Clark Austin, married Elizabeth Austin. (they were cousins). She was born
Joseph Casler born 1773, died 1854. Have the following old marriage cer- field Springs, N. Y. Their known tificate. "Canajohary, September 17
children were:
Charles Elizabeth
Pomeroy ( ? born 1828)
? Benjamin
? Clark
. Was Pomeroy Austin, above, the one who was born 1828 Otsego Co., N. Y., died 1903 West Burlington, married 1851 Cooperstown, N. Y. Sa- brina Manzer born 1827, died 1912, daughter of Christopher Manzer and wife Nancy Groff. His full name was Jesse Pomeroy Austin, but he was always known as Pomeroy Austin.
Mrs. J. E. Francher,
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COLIS, DOWN of Pleasant Valley, N. Y. (Jan. 10, 1855).
Births
Oliver Collins Dec. 14, 1777. Sarah Ward Feb. 12, 1784. Children:
Walter E. W. Collins May 15, 1805. Anna Maria Collins July 28, 1806, died Feb. 9, 1808. .
Maria Collins.
John Kard Collins April 19, 1808. Maria Collins born May 11, 1810 and died April 7, 1814.
Martin J. Collins Jan. 23, 1812.
Sally Ann Collins Feb. 13, 1814.
Alice Carpenter Collins May 5,
1822. Rebecca Eliza Collins May 21,
1825.
Oliver D. Collins born Dec. 14.
1777. Sarah Collins born Feb. 2, 1784. Walter W. Collins born May 15, 1805.
Anna Maria Collins born July 28 1806. John W. Collins born April 19 1808.
Maria Collins born May 11, 1810. Martin W. Collins born Jan. 23 1812.
| Oliver Davis Collins born June 14, 1816.
Minard Velie Collins born May 26 1818. C. Angevile Collins born Aug. 26, 1820.
Deaths
Olive D. Collins Feb. 13, 1833-Oct. aet 55,
Sarah Collins Oct. 25, 1860-aet 76. Martha Jane Pelham, wife of Oli- ver D. Collins Apri 1, 1896-aet 69. Anna Maria Collins Feb. 9, 1808-ae1 29.
Velie Collins Oct. 19, 1853-aet 35.
C. Angevine Collins, died Roche- port, Mo. Aug. 11, 1879aet- 59. Maria Collins April 7, 1814. Sally Ann Collins in Pleasant Valley, N. Y. March 23, 1887-aet 73. John W. Collins, , Poughkeepsie April 14, 1890-aet 92.
Walter E. W. Collins died Fuller- ville, St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 25, 1891- aet. 86.
Alice Carpenter Collins Bell, died Cansevaga-aet 73.
Mantha Jane Collins, at Pleasant Valley, N. Y. April 1, 1896-aet 69. -- Transcribed by W. N. P. Dailey
CASLER
1809. This may certify that I married Jost Kessler unto' Elizabeth Wohel- enber, daughter of Jacob Wohelen- ber. Johann Daniel Grot, D. D." Joseph and Elizabeth had the follow- ing children: Susan, Thomas, Mar- garet, Jacob, Henny, Nicholas, Eliza Catharine, Abraham. Want Joseph Casler's father and mother's name, also grandfather and grandmother or any information concerning this branch of the Casler famliy.
Grace Q. Vedder
(Mrs. Lee N. Vedder)
Fultonville, New York
"Liberty is the one thing you can't have unless you give it to others."- William Allen White
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The Battle of The Beukendaal
By DONALD A. KEEFER Glenville, N. Y.
(Continued from last week)
The name "Beukendaal" means Beechdále," the fight having start- d in a little dale well filled with beech "trees. Beukendaal is located Dbout /two miles west of the village Sf Scotia, on the Sacandaga Road, just north of Hardin's Crossing. The site can be identified by two mark- ers, the finst standing on the ieft, or west side of Sacandaga Road, points out the site' of the DeGraff house, where the Schenectady men finally took refuge when the attack of the Indians became too strong. The marker reads as follows.
Beukendaal, 1748 Dutch' Word Meaning Beechdale. DeGraff House Where 40, Schenectady Militia Fought off French Indian Raiding Party
This house was deserted at the time of the battle, its owner Abra- ham DeGraff, with his 'son William, Married (2). Probably married having been taken captive to Cana- Magdalena Garlock, daughter of Ad- da in the fail of 1746. This Abra- am Garlock ..
ham DeGnaff, born in 1688, was the oldest son of Ciaas / Andriese De- Graff, who 'came to Schenectady in 1688. Soon after his arrival he pur- chased ' what was then and is now called the "Hoeck Farm," situated on the north bank of the Mohawk river in the present Town of Glen- ville. From the Fly leaf of the an- cient DeGraff family Bible are trans- lated the following entries:
1746, Oct. 30, Abraham DeGraff and his son Willem were taken' cap- tive to Canada.
: 1747, June 12, Abraham DeGraaf died at Quebec ,in Canada, and was buried there. 1748, July 18, Nicolaas DeGraaf and 20 others were murdered at Poopendal (Beukendaal) by the sav- age Indians.
In the summer of 1929 the Beuk- endaal Chapter, of Schenectady, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion; erected and dedicated with ap- propriate ceremonies, including an address by Dr. Alexander Flick, State Historian, a handsome granite the monument to commemorate
names of those slain in the battle. It stands beside the Sacandaga Road, in a spot overlooking the ravine, and itis bronze tablet beans this inscrip- tion:
1929
1748
Of the Men who were killed in this ravine in the Beukendaal Battle on July 18, 1748 By the Canadian Indians John A. Bradt, Johannes Marinus, Peter Vrooman, Daniel , Van Ant- werpen, Cornelis Viele, Jr., Nicholas DeGraff, Adrian Van Siyck, Jacob Glen, Jr., Adam Conde, J. P. Van Antwerpen, Frans Vanderbogart, Captain Daniel Toll.
who were citizens Also Lieutenant John Darling and seven Connecticut soldiers stationed at Schenectady erected. by Beukendaal Chapter N. S. D. A. R. If I of Schenectady, N. Y.
There have been several different accounts written of the battle in our published local histories and they -L in datails Put in the es-
The Petries In America
These notes and records of the Johan - Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were compil- ed by the late Mrs. Frederick Staeh- la, of Munnsville, N. Y. Her notes have been checked, so far as we have been able to do so, and. we will try to complete her work.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y. - -
(Continued from last week) 270X. Henrich Petri, son of Marcus or Johann Marx, Jr. and Elisabeth (45) and (2) · Barbara Kiock (?). Born . April 15, 1764, bapt, May 10. Sponsors Nicholas Schmidt and Anna Maria, his wife (Stone Arabia I-47). He died May 10. (Will was probated Dec. 2, 1852.) Married Maria. Laux, daughter of Pieter Laux and Anna, April 26, 1789 (Stone Arabia 194). On May 8, 1790 Maria, Henrich Pe- tri, Ehefrau, nata Laux, gebohren, June 4, 1768, verheuna tet April 26, 1759, beerdight May 10, 1790. (Stone Arabia 232). Also E. and N. August 3, 1933, in Loucks Family, by H. E. Staur.
Note: Henrich Petri, Royal Grant (To be Continued). and Magdalena Petri had Magdalena bapt. 23, 8 bris (August) 1770. Wit. MEED FAMILY REUNION. Adam Garloch sand Dorothea Zim- TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 22, AT JEFFERSON, N. Y. merman. (She married Joseph G. Klock and was the daughter of Lieut. Henry Zimmerman). The baby, The Meed family reunion will be held at Grange Hall in Jefferson, K. Y. in Schoharie County on August 22nd ,1948. probably a daughter of Maria Laux, who died when the child was' born. Henry had to have a wife to look af- ter the baby and him, so he married Magdalena Gerlach who renamed the baby for herself ( ?) Children: 8 or more. Manheim Petries.
1025X. John H. Petrie, born in
1795, died 1861. Veteran of War of 1812. Prisoned in Canada. Captured at Sackett's Harbor (Census 1850, Manheim). Married Catherine House, daughter of 'Ada mHouse and Mag- dalena Staring. (Adam 4, John 3, George 2, Christian House 1.)
Children: 9.
1026X. Benjamin Petrie. Born 1808 at Herkimer, N. Y. (Manheim Census 1850), page 447, aged 49 years). Afterwards moved to Peter- boro, N. Y. (Petrie's Corners). (Made a wili July 10, 1852, No. 1-545). This mentions his wife Elisabeth, son Alsa; William when 21, John Henry and Rufus. Also ibrother Nicholas H. Pe-
Loucks. (Tradition says that she was
born in Canada, but is 'unverifiedy. She was born around 1808. Disk April 26, 1888 at Petrie's Corners, Town of Smithfield, Madison Ch., It.' Y. She is buried at Peterboro.
After his death, she married for her second husband, John Broat. He . was born March 6, 1796; married in 1866. His first wife was Nancy Bel- linger, who was born about 1805 (1850 census). Benjamin. died prior to 1866. Children: 8 ..
1027X. Nicholas H. Petrie, menma 1797, died. (Will 1-545, Manheim) (Census Manheim 1860, 53 years).
Married . Catherine, born 1805. (Census 1850). Children: 7.
1028X. Magdalena (Lenah) Perzie. She lived in Manheim 1795-183%. (Census 1850 mentions that she was; 79 years old.) Lived in the home of her brother Nicholas. She must have been born about 1771. Sponsors, &P. above. were Adam Garlock and Dor- othea Zimmerman. 1
She married Marks L. Dockstader. (Caughnawaga Rec. II-175 and 183.). Children. 2.,
1029. Adam Petrie (Mentioned in will of Henry Petrie, Manheim, De- cember 2, 1852).
1029A. Henry Petrie. (Above ref- erence.)
1029B. Abraham Petrie ( Above referencee). 1029C. Jacob Petrie (Above refer -- ence.)
This reunion is for the Meed fam- ily that originated at Meeds' Cor --- nens Schoharie County.
Lorin Meed, of 10 Garden St., Ans -- terdam is acting as the Meed, genez -- logist.
An invitation is extended to Go" family members to attend the TE -- union.
BURNS
Wanted information as to parents or names of children of William BUR" Michael Burns, Loyalists, who left Conn. in 1783 and went to Digby County, Nova Scotia. William was .: the father of Phebe Burns, who mar- ried Governor Fanning of Prince Bay ward Isiand, am especially interest- ed to find Phebe's brother's and sig ters names.
Mrs. Theodore White van de Sande trie, executor. Married Elizabeth 615 Main Street
Toms River, New Jersey
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Poopendal (Beukendaal) by the sav- age Indians.
j. In the summer of 1929 the Beuk- endaal Chapter, of Schenectady, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, erected and dedicated with ap- propriate ceremonies, including an address by Dr. Alexander Flick, State Historian, a handsome granite monument to commemorate the names of those slain in the battle. It stands beside the Sacandaga Road, in a spot overlooking the ravine, and its' bronze tablet bears this inscrip- tion: 1748 1929
Of the Men who were killed in this ravine in the Beukendaal Battle on July 18, 1748 By the Canadian Indians John A. Bradt, Johannes Marinus, Peter Vrooman, Daniel . Van Ant- werpen, Cornelis Viele, Jr., Nicholas DeGraff, ¡ Adrian Van .Slyck, Jacob Glen, Jr., Adam Conde, J. P. Van Antwerpen, Frans Vanderbogart, Captain Daniel Toli. who were citizens
Also Lieutenant John Darling and seven Connecticut soldiers stationed at Schenectady , erected. by Beukendaal Chapter N.º S. D. A. R. "of Schenectady, N. Y.
There have been several different accounts written of the, battle in our published local histories and they vary much in details, but in the es- sentials all agree. A brief letter to Sir William Johnson written by Al- bert Van Slyck, July 21, 1748, three days after the affair, is the account of the battle we have by one who was in the fight. This ancient letter, found in Sir William Johnson's man- uscripts, gives us details that would have otherwise been lost to history. From tradition and the clear account given in Van Slyck's letter we can get a fairly accurate picture of what happened at this historic event.
It was. on the 18th day of July, 1748, that a panty of men had gath- ered together at a farm near the Mohwk River, a little over a mile west of Schenectady, called the Maal- wyck to raise the frame of a ibarn. Three men, Dirk Van Vorst, Captain Daniel Toll, and a negro named Ry- kert, a slave belonging to Toll, left the group at the Maalwyck to hunt for their horses which had strayed off. Not long after the men at the barn heard firing towards the north. the direction that had been taken by Toll and Van Vorst. Alarmed at this a slave was immediately sent to the fort in Schenectady with a message of warning. There was then a com- pany of Connecticut militia stationed at Schenectady under the command- of Captain Benjamin Stoddent. This body of men, under the leadership of Lieutenant John Darling, Captain Stoddert being absent, was at once ordered to go to the Beukendaal, the point from which the sound of fir- ing was correctly judged to have come. This company numbered over sixty and was accompanied by five or six men of the town. Among them was a youth of, about twelve years of age named Abraham Swits who begged to accompany the troops, but ws finally prevailed upon with diffi- culty to return to his home.
To be continved)
'daughter of Ada mHouse and Mag- dalena Staring. (Adam 4, John 3, George 2, Christian House 1.)
Children: 9.
1026X. Benjamin Petrie.' Born 1808 at Herkimer, N. Y. (Manheim Census 1850), page 447, aged 48 years). Afterwards moved to Peter- boro, N. Y. (Petrie's Corners). (Made ried Governor Fanning of Prince Day' a will July 10, 1852, No. 1-545). This. mentions his wife Elisabeth, son Alsa, ward Island, am especially interest- ed to find Phebe's brother's andi sis- ters names. William when 21, John Henry and Rufus. Also brother Nicholas H. Pe, trie, executor. Married Elizabeth Mrs. Theodore White van de Sandie: 615 Main Street Toms River, New Jersey Loucks. (Tradition says that she was
BURNS
Wanted information as to parents- or names of children of William andi". Michael Burns, Loyalists, who, Deit Conn. in 1783 and went to Digby County, Nova Scotia, William weer .: the father of Phebe Burns, who miser-
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