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From Bob Briggs: I'm one of those from the "unknown branches" -- Descended from Jane VV Taylor and her brother John VV - who married Maria Van de Bogart and Deborah Howe Fuller. Those two aren't even tied together in the VV books. Also distant cousin of Albert Hedeen. …Was at our genealogy society's "Reading Room" a collection of closed stacks type material and had some time to kill -- will keep looking. bb Book: "A Collection of Family Records with Biographical Sketches and other Memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name DAWSON or allied to families of that name." Compiled by Charles C. Dawson, Albany, NY - Pub. by Joel Munsill, 82 State Street (1874). Page 46: (5-8) Amy Dawson, born in Schodack NY, May 8, 1790, died there March 2, 1833, aged 43, Married Jeremiah Van Valkenburgh who died in Schodack about 1845. They had (6-1) Jeremiah born about 1831, resided 1870, Castleton, NY, unmarried. Book: "Patten Genealogy - an elaboration upon one line descending from William Patten of Cambridge, 1635" by Malcolm Clark Patten - Powell & Taylor Publishing Company, Newport Beach CA (1990) Library of Congress Catalog Card #90-62211 ISBN 0-9627321-0-9: Page 274 (in part) "The 13 children of Daniel Clinton 4 Fox and Elizabeth 5 Lampman ---- (3rd child) Volkert 5 Fox married Margaret Van Valkenberg." (NOTE) a younger sister (Margaret 5 - 9th child) was born in Herkimer NY. Also have several entries from "10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York 1777-1834" by Fred Q. Bowman -- will send info if you don't have it -- please let me know. bobb8206@aol.com |