Phil, Probably for early Town of Wells settler John Francisco, named in French's Gazetteer, 1860, page 339, footnote 11. David Minor For a schedule of NYS history-related meetings go to http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/meetings.html >Does anyone have an idea of the derivation of this mapped place name? The >mountain is in the Lake Pleasant vicinity. > >Philip Lord, Jr. >New York State Museum >Albany, NY 12230 >[log in to unmask] >Website: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts, as well as news of updates to my homepage, e-mail me at the address above. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1990 AD. "I would undertake to supply your demands if your generosity is equal to them." -John Bartram, U. S. naturalist