Abraham VAN SCOY, 1788-1849, Westchester co, NY > Ohio

CS 191 (mice@cs.wvu.edu)
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:18:19 -0500

Abraham VAN SCOY was born in 1788 in Westchester county, New York.
He married Mary KNAPP (1795-1883) in 1811.
Around 1818 they moved to Geauga county, Ohio, later to Erie county,
Pennsylvania, and settled in Huron county, Ohio, (where I, one of his
great(3) granddaughters, grew up)

In searching for his parents I've looked in various Huron county, Ohio,
sources and family reunion material with no success.

The book Descendants of Cornelis Aertsen Van Schaick (Melwood Van Scoyoc,
1982), gives his parents as
Abraham Van Scoy (1760-1844) Westchester county, NY
Abigail Slokum (c 1770 - c 1789)
and his grandparents as
Abraham Van Scoy (1731-1837) Long Island; Westchester county; Yates co.
Priscilla Wanser (1734-1796)
This book says that the "middle" of these three Abrahams (1760-1844)
in his will named his [second] wife Hannah and his daughter Rebecca Hambelton,
with no mention of other children.

So, I'm stumped on the problem of linking my Abraham (1788-1849) with these
previous generations. Can anyone suggest to me where to look for evidence
of the identify of his parents?

Frances Van Scoy fvanscoy@wvu.edu vanscoy@cs.wvu.edu

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