Cumberland County was indeed once a part of Albany County.  We are willing
to take it back, provided they pay the three centuries of back taxes.
There is a Village/Hamlet of "Wyomanock"  in the Town of Stephentown,
Rensselaer County.  Rensselaer County is another that comes out of Albany
County and extends over to the Vermont border.

                                                    John Travis
                                                        Albany County
Historian

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Frank [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:33 PM
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I am doing some family history research and have uncovered a reference to
the County of Cumberland, in New York Province.

This is from the United Empire Loyalist claim of an ancestor, and dates to
just after the Revolutionary War, c.1779, the ancestor would have lived
there approx. 1766-1786.

I have been unable to find any references to this area.

The County of record at that time was Tryon I believe.

There was also a reference to what appears to be a town or settlement; it is
an old hand-written document, but seems to read " Wynamick"



Does this ring a bell with anyone?



Tim Frank