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From: "RMH" <>
Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Bounty Land Rights
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 23:18:54 -0500
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Verdine Elsworth petitioned for his land rights after the French & Indian
War, and in
1764 he was among the patentees of the Cockcroft Patent, Hartford,
Washington Co., NY. - he received 3000 acres. I doubt that he ever settled
on the land, however.

Regina Haring
Nanuet, NY
http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doneva Shepard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Bounty Land Rights


>
> My ancestor received his in Franklin county...WAY up by the Canadian
border. We wondered for the longest time why he would leave family and
friends and go to upper NY. Then, we learned some Rev. War Patriots, in the
place of a pension, took land. That's why a lot of soldiers who actually
fought in the Rev. War and the war of 1812 are not listed in pension
records. They took land instead. My direct ancestor had it very hard but his
children and grandchildren were very lucky he did what he did. Money
spends...but land is there forever!
> Doneva Shepard in Oregon
> Marlena Amalfitano <> wrote: My understanding of
these is they were rewards for military service, generally given in an area
that was considered a frontier. such as the Mohawk Valley after the
Revolution or Wisconsin after the war of 1812 or other areas of NYS for
those serving in wars prior to the Rev. MArlena
>
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