Re: Varnum Bitgood, b. 1798, Voluntown, CT
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Re: Varnum Bitgood, b. 1798, Voluntown, CT
10/11/00
"Cousin!":-)
"WW" rings a bell only in that I saw your query on rootsweb & noted the info in my FTM program as an unrelated ind., in case anything turns up (w/ your email addy so I could contact you).
I'm a CT native & am 3000 miles "across the pond" right now, so most of my searching is confined to online.I confess no knowledge to NY & its geography other than several very general & pleasant visits thru, enroute to new duty assignments; Sackett's Harbor (War of 1812), Fort Oswego, the E-rye-ee Canal, that sort of thing.
Anyway, have you any idea where "WW" was born?I note you say Barthenia's parents ended up in Orleans County.I have no idea if Oneida & Orleans Counties are in anyway contiguous, or 200 miles apart!I would LOVE to suggest that your "WW" & my 3rd grt' uncle Varnum were son & father but I can not prove that.I only just learned from you & another correspondent at the same time that Varnum must have moved between 1820 & '30 from Voluntown, CT, to Westmoreland, NY, & from you that he was apparently (as "Varnier" [sic]) still there, albeit in Rome.Been to Rome once -- on a return flight from Germany in '86 -- isn't the Erie Canal Museum there, or nearby?Perhaps Varnum was lured "west" as were many to the opening of land in NY by the canal.
Could be pure coincidence, but Varnum's bro. Elisha, who remained in CT, as did their youngest bro. & my ancestor, Allen, named a son b. in 1850 "William H." but I think they were Whigs & that could have been after William (Henry) Harrison -- there were also Alexander Hamilton, Andy Jackson & Abe Lincoln Bitgoods in this family so...
I found a land record for "WW" in MI, but assume you have that.
Well, keep in touch & perhaps we'll be able to sort this out!BTW, do you happen to have the "numbers" for Varnum in those census files for 1830 & '40?If you did I would appreciate a copy.
Cheers! DC
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