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From: "Tiphys" <>
Subject: Re: [VAIL] Vail hero at Plattsburgh
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:15:54 -0400
References: <b6.1674ceed.284e9b7b@cs.com>


Mary,
I have a Frederick Vail, born 6/4/1778 in Fredericktown, Westchester County,
NY, d. 10/22/1868 in New Berlin, Chenango County, NY. His children were
named Susan, Deloss White, Job Wallace, Maricha, Smith Benjamin, Hannah,
Nancy, Ellen, George L., Lester, and George F.. but none of his daughters
had a husband by the name of Hotchkiss recorded in the Vail - Farnsworth
Genealogy. I have no reason to believe that Frederick Vail was a soldier in
the War of 1812, however I have not looked for military records for
Frederick.
Ken


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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VAIL] Vail hero at Plattsburgh


> In a message dated 5/16/2001 9:08:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> >>Frederick Vail Hotchkiss, (b 1837 Fayette Co, IN, d 1913 MN), was
> named after a soldier by the last name of Vail who
> was a hero at the Battle of Plattsburgh (War of 1812). Does anyone know
> anything about this soldier? The family came
> from Washington Co, NY, not too far away from Plattsburgh.<<
>
> Mary,
>
> I see you had a hard time getting a response from anybody on the Vail
list,
> so I did some checking, since I know a Hotchkiss genealogist.
>
> I checked my three Vail genealogies and the name Hotchkiss does not appear
> even once, and there isn't a Frederick Vail who would have been alive at
the
> time of the War of 1812. And my Hotchkiss genealogist did not have a
> Frederick Vail Hotchkiss in his records, either. Nor did the LDS Web site
> have a FVH.
>
> I did look up the Battle of Plattsburgh, and see that the Green Mountain
Boys
> were participants. The Green Mountain Boys were, of course, commanded by
> Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary War and it was they who captured Fort
> Ticonderoga. Basically, the GMB came from Vermont, although at the time,
> Vermont was not a state and the boundary between NY and VT was pretty
vague,
> so the GMB probably came from all over that part of upstate NY, as well as
> Vermont.
>
> Anyway, there were Vails in Vermont at the time who served with the GMB in
> the Revolutionary War, both of them named Thomas and both of them
> lieutenants, although they may have been the same person. He/they may have
> stayed on or returned for the War of 1812.
>
> That's about as much as I can tell you. Not very conclusive, but the best
I
> can do for now.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve Vail
>
>
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