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Archibald Gow, NY

Archibald Gow, NY

Posted: 24 Feb 2000 9:49AM GMT
Edited: 8 Nov 2001 9:34PM GMT
Searching for family of Archibald GOW b. c1765 d. bef 1840 from Argyle, Washington Co., NY. He had at least one son, Alexander GOW of Saratoga Co. Schenectady, NY
Thanks - Pam Felton
pofelton@cs.com

Archibald Gow

Andrew Gow (View posts)
Posted: 5 Jul 2000 7:43PM GMT
I believe that the Archibald Gow you spoke of may be an ancestor of mine. My Grandfather and his family were from Glens Falls NY, and I know the most distant relative on our family tree went by that name.

Re: Archibald Gow

Ted McLean (View posts)
Posted: 19 Sep 2004 10:03AM GMT
Classification: Query
Seeking info re Dr. Edward C. Gow d. 16 July 1928 and wife Mildred Coffin Gow d. 1927 of Glens Falls, NY. Are you related? Please reply to my email address. Thanks.

Re: Archibald Gow, NY

Ted McLean (View posts)
Posted: 19 Sep 2004 10:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
Are you still looking for Gows? I have a chart of Archibald's descendants. Do you have info re family of Frank F. Gow, M.D. (1849-1934) of Schuylerville, NY? Please reply to my email address.

Re: Alexander Gow of Saratoga Co., NY (1812-bef 1860)

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 2:40AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gow, Knowlton, Peck, Irish
Alexander Gow was not the son of Archibald Gow but of Cornelius (Neal Gow) who appears on the Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., NY, 1820, census. Cornelius married Sally Knowlton of that place around 1810, and both parents were probably dead by 1830. At any rate, they had at least Catherine (m Peck), Alexander, Sophia, Lucretia (m Irish), Christiana, John, and Jerusha. On the faint 1880 census, it looks as if Lucretia says her father was born in Scotland.

Re: Alexander Gow of Saratoga Co., NY (1812-bef 1860)

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gow
Thank you for the response. It sounds probable, but what is your source? I can provide you with the death date of Alexander. It is 12 Sep 1857 in Rexford Flatts, Clifton Park, Saratoga County. His inventory was made 29 Oct 1857.

Re: Alexander Gow of Saratoga Co., NY (1812-bef 1860)

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 2:09AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gow, Knowlton, Irish
Oh, great, thanks for the death date.
OK, not to be coy, but what is your source for his being son of Archibald over in another county?
1) The will of John Knowlton (1747-1838) lists him as a grandchild. 2) THE HISTORY OF THE KNOWLTONS by Chas. Stocking says that Sally Knowlton married Cornelius Gow; Sally was a daughter of John Knowlton. (Stocking is just a secondary source, pub 1897) 3) All these people lived and stayed in and around Halfmoon/Clifton Park, Saratoga Co. (previously Albany Co.) from the 1770s onward. Alexander lived in Milton and Clifton Park and had six documented siblings in the area. 4) Many Knowlton men and husbands of the women in this area were blacksmiths, as was Alexander. This adds up to him being the probable son of Cornelius (whose daughter Lucretia Gow Irish said he was born in Scotland, but that may be wrong). I hope to have my rootsweb database updated in a week or so, and all the Gows will then appear. Do you know Alexander's wife's surname? Elizabeth

Re: Alexander Gow of Saratoga Co., NY (1812-1857)

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 8:47PM GMT
Classification: Biography
Edited: 26 Jan 2013 4:32PM GMT
Surnames: Gow, Van Guisling, Medler, Vedder, Corkhill. Goslee
Here is what I know about Alexander Gow and his family.
He married bef 1840 Maria Van Guisling 2 Aug 1814(Sch, NY) - 5 Jan 1904 (Monticello, White, IN). Maria was daughter of Peter P. and Hester McMichael Van G. They had 6 or 7 Gow children.
1. Daniel 9 May 1840- 25 Jul 1849 (Clifton Park) drowned (obit).
2. John Neal 6 May 1842 (prob Clifton Park, but he says in pension app. - Niskayuna, Sch, NY) - 8 Apr 1909 (Chicago, Cook, Ill) buried in Whiting, IN. Served in Civil War created pension and invalid file. Married 16 Apr 1868 in Sch. Mary A. Medler. They had 3 children, Ruth, Edgar A., and Sarah Whitcomb Gow. He was a blacksmith.
3. Vedder H. 1844- 5 Aug 1872 (Rochester, NY). He married Clara Maria Vedder bef 1866 and had 4 children, Helen, Madison, Anna, and Cornelia. Clara moved back to Sch. remarried and moved to NYC. She then married again to Henry R. Corkhill and moved back to Rochester (see below) She and Vedder are buried in Vale Cemetery. Vedder was a blacksmith.
4. Mary E. 1847 - 29 Apr 1898 (Rochester, NY) died of double breast cancer leaving 2 children, Nelson and Sydney. She married Henry R. Corkhill 26 Jun 1876 in Rochester. Her mother Maria was living with her. Henry died 11 Sep 1900. Clara raised the two children alone.
5. Malissa c1849 - prob. dy no records found
6. Alonzo D. Feb 1852(Sch)- 5 Nov 1903 (Monticello, White, IN. He married 22 Jan 1879 Mary Goslee in White Co., IN. She had children from a prior marriage. Maria, his mother lived with them until her death.
7. James E. - c1855 - prob dy no records found.
In 1900 Census Maria says she had 6 children and 2 are living. Living were John and Alonzo.

Hope this is of use.

Re: Alexander Gow of Saratoga Co., NY (1812-1857)

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gow, Cole
Great you are still posting after 13 years, Pam. YES, of course it is of use and will soon be on my rootsweb worldconnect database.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=winspeare
but includes only Cornelius Gow now. [how now brown Gow?] I had figured Daniel belonged to Alexander. He drowned with Samuel Cole, who may be the son of Sophia Gow Cole. Does the obit mention him? I found them on the 1850 mortality census. My email is knowltonew
at
earthlink.net
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