GEN-NYS-L: LIVINGSTON vs. VOSBURGH

Debra J. Winchell (winchd@rpi.edu)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:29:13 -0500

I am having trouble trying to figure out who the parents are of my
gggreat-grandmother Sarah WINCHELL. As far as I can tell, she spent
most of her life in Great Barrington, Mass., where she died on
April 24, 1864. Her death record said her parents were Daniel and
Rachel LIVINGSTON and that she was born in Ancram, NY. I have not
been to the town yet, but there are no records of any of them in
the records of the Columbia County Historical Society. There were
two Daniel Livingstons in Washington County. One washed out, and
there is no trace of the other. Supposedly he went to Ontario where
his Loyalist family moved, but there is no record of him particularly.

In the 1850 census there is an older couple listed with George and
Sarah. They are Lawrence and Rachel VOSBURGH. I've just been to
the New York State Library researching the Vosburghs. Isaac Vosburgh
moved to Berkshire County and he had six sons, according to records
in a petition for a Revolutionary War petition. None were named
Lawrence. There are three other Lawrences. One has washed out
completely. The other two are in Coxsackie and Claverack. Might it
be possible that Lawrence was an un-noted son? However, he would
have been born when his father was 14.

Of course, there is the third option that Lawrence Vosburgh was a
Mohican Indian that took a Dutch name. My ancestor John VAN GUILDER
was.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Debbie Winchell, Melrose, NY, winchd@rpi.edu
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