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From: "Roberta Newcomer" <>
Subject: Re: [OHMEIGS] Miles OAKLEY 1757-1844
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:59:50 -0400
References: <200407151004.AA345639220@mail.ohiocpa.net>


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From: "SheilaThomas" <>
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Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [OHMEIGS] Miles OAKLEY 1757-1844


> Where is the DAR library located and do you know if they have public
visiting hours?
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Frances L VanScoy <>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:17:25 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >
> >Last week at the DAR library in their abstracts of Revolutionary pension
> >records I found an abstract of the application of Miles OAKLEY for a
> >pension.
> >
> >He was born 7 April 1757 in Fairfield, Connecticut.
> >He enlisted from Fairfield.
> >His service included:
> >May-December 1775 in Capt. Ichabod Doolittle's company, Col. David
> >Waterbury's regiment
> >January 1776 (two months)in Capt. Samuel Wakeman's company, Col. David
> >Deming's regiment
> >April-December 1777 under Capt. Ephraim Lyon
> > taken prisoner at Danbury, Connecticut
> > taken to New York
> > detained in New York and on the prison ship "Jersey"
> > taken to Philadelphia
> > escaped on Christmas Eve
> > discharged soon after
> >July 1779 (5 days) when Fairfield and Norwalk were burned
> >fall 1779 (1 month) in Capt. Ephraim Lyon's company
> >
> >pension issued July 25, 1833
> >
> >- - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >Is he the father of Lydia Oakley who married Jacob COOPER 21 September
> >1820 in Washington County, Ohio? (Is there any documentation?)
> >If so, which of his two wives (Eunice Bennet or Susanna Lyon) is her
> >mother?
> >
> >- - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >The 1850 census of Jackson Township, Richland County, Ohio, shows Jacob
> >Cooper, age 57, born in Massachusetts, and Lydia Cooper age 41, born in
> >Pennsylvania.
> >
> >The 1860 census of Jackson Township, Richland County, Ohio, shows Jacob
> >Cooper, age 66, born in Massachusetts, and Lydia Cooper, age 66, born in
> >Pennsylvania.
> >
> >The 1870 census of Jackson Township, Richland County, Ohio, shows Jacob
> >Cooper age 76.
> >
> >I'm concerned that in both 1850 and 1860 Lydia Cooper is listed as born
in
> >Pennsylvania. Did Miles Oakley live in Pennsylvania around 1800?
> >
> >Frances Van Scoy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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