Paul Huey & NY Historians, etc., On 03/21/2000 (12:00:57 PM EST), Paul Huey ([log in to unmask]) posted the following: We have an original letter dated "Plymouth, Nov. 26, 1777," telling of military actions around Philadelphia in October 1777. It was written to Thomas Rodman of Fishkill, N.Y., from a New York soldier, Nathaniel Tom, who was from Flushing, N.Y., but who died and was buried in South Dover, Dutchess County, in 1784. Thomas Rodman was Nathaniel Tom's wife's uncle, and I think they were Quakers. Where was "Plymouth," where Nathaniel Tom was recovering from sickness when he wrote this letter? I doubt that he was in Massachusetts. There is a "Plymouth Hill" in Dutchess County. Was there also a village or community named Plymouth, in Queens County if not Dutchess County? I relayed this query to a Quaker eFriend, whose first name is Joy, and received the following reply from Joy: Walter, I don't know where Plymouth was. I find a Plymouth currently in the middle of Chenango Co. per DeLorme Gazeteer. I have no idea if that could be the right one. It seems more likely it's Plymouth, PA, considering the Phila reference. That's near Wilkes-Barre. There were Rodmans in Queens and Westchester who were Quakers and it seems likely that this Thomas is descended from them. I don't see any Tom in Hinshaw III, but there's Thomas Toms, a non-member, buried at Houston St. cem. in Manhattan. His wife was Catherine Farrington. He died 7/3/1816 at age 73. Catherine was a Quaker, disowned for marrying him in 1781. My information from Dutchess Co. is kind of sketchy. I have my husband's ancestors and a list of weddings from 9-Partners MM, 1769-1782. No Rodmans there. If he hasn't looked at it yet, he ought to check the ALHN site for Dutchess Co. It's about the best County site I've come across in terms of vitals, etc. http://www.alhn.org/index.html Hope that helps some. Joy Thank you, Joy and I, too, hope this information is helpful. Regards, Walter Greenspan