Re: searching duryee family
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In reply to:
Re: searching duryee family
11/18/00
Dear Julie,
The only connection I am finding among the Nunda Duryees to the DuPuy family is the mention in "Centennial History of the Town of Nunda" that a George Duryee, Jr. married "Sally Depuy."
This couple appears in the 1850 Nunda census with the following children:
1. Margaret J. Duryee, aged 9 and born in New York, thus born circa 1841.
2. Samuel Duryee, aged 7 and born in New York, born circa 1843.
3. Catherine Duryee, aged 4, born New York, born circa 1846.
4. William M. Duryee, apparently a twin to Catherine as he is listed with the same age.
5. Ezra Duryee, born 25 September 1847, listed as the son of George & Sally Duryee [Births in the Town of Mt. Morris, 1847. Tree Talks, Vol. 10 (1970)].
This George Duryee is listed in the 1850 census as "George Duryee, 3rd", aged 34, but I think this is an indication of his relative age to the other George's in this census. Which is to say, though his father was a George, his grandfather was not a George. This is a tentative assessment based upon a survey of the entire Duryee clan in the Nunda area during the 1800s. In this 1850 census, Sally is listed as Sarah, aged 27.
I do not yet have further trace of any of the children listed above, though it appears that Ezra migrated to Michigan and has some descendants there presently.
It was more or less common for these "Nunda Duryees" to migrate to Michigan, then on to Kansas and Iowa, with some of these branches making their way subsequently to Oregon and Washington. I would not be surprised, then, to learn of a concurrent migration among the DuPuys and other Nunda-region-based families to these same areas. Intermarriages through time and along the way might also be expected.
While this response does not provide a direct answer to your query, perhaps it will prove useful with time.
Please keep me posted on your progress, here at GenForum or privately, as you will surely find new evidences in your search that will help better define all of the "Nundas".
Yours,
Richard