Thank you to Tibbie and Elizabeth for unearthing this issue of the Red Hook Journal describing the burial ground across the road from the farm! The stone house referred to in the article is the "Teator" house and there is no mention of our farmhouse. Also unclear is to which house the burial site was attached. However I suspect that we have incorporated in our fireplace hearth one of the stones this author found in 1890 and that Woody Sr. found more than half a century later. See photo below (note death date on top ... ANNO 1755 D then an 8 or & followed by AVEN B) and mention later in the article of a stone marked "1755 Aven B." Now all I need to do is hunt down traces of one Anna Maria Schmuck buried there in 1792! I would also love to know what the AVEN B marking means. Guesses anyone?
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Amazing! Detective work worthy of Mr. Holmes himself:-) Well done, everyone, and thanks for the updates.
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