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From: Denis Garand< >
Subject: Re: New England
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 98 12:00:55 GMT


In article <>,
(Baxter24) wrote:
>
>Has anyone ever heard of a town or place called Corlar in New England? I'm a
>native New Englander, and it means nothing to me, but Jette lists an ancestor
>of mine as having been born there in 1685. Thanks for any help.

Hello:

The town is most likely CORLAER known today as Schenectady N.Y. A
raid was conducted on this town on 18 February 1690 by the French and
25 captives were taken back to Montreal.
See Dictionnaire Biographique du Canada, volume I:
page 477, biography of Jacques Le Moyne de Sainte-Helene
and
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Denis Garand

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