MARIAH PETTY--born "near Amsterdam"
Have been searching for my husband's grandmother for many years.Mariah Petty was born in 1855 to William and Mariah Petty "somewhere near Amsterdam".Her father was with the police or military and was killed in a home invasion when Mariah was a baby.Her mother died in 1863, when Mariah was eight years old.Her parents were Catholic.
Mariah was raised by her mother's sister, Jenny Mason, who was Protestant.Jenny and Mariah( the elder) had other siblings:
1)Jake
2)Abe--who married Planey_____ and had Lena, Matie, and Willie
When Mariah was about thirteen years old a marriage was arranged for her in Wayne Co.New (near Rochester).Evidently she couldn't stand the fellow, for in 1874 she married Johannis Plassey (van der Plassche), who was also from the Netherlands.
If anyone can shed any light on this situation, I will be forever grateful!!!Pete Taylor