We’ll be seeing our Low Dutch Cousins soon!

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BIG NEWS!  SAVE THE DATES!
ONLY FOUR & HALF MONTHS TILL RESERVATIONS DEADLINE!
We have set the DC reunion meeting for Sept 12,13,14,&15, 2019 at the Kentucky State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building, 1525 Mills Ln, Frankfort, KY 40601. Cousins: save the date on your calendar and start travel plans! Janice Cozine, our treasurer, says she thinks this place will be even better for us than the KY History Center. We hope to have a really big crowd to show it off!

Sunday September 15 we will have worship again at the Old Mud Meetinghouse at Harrodsburg. Charlie and his team, Janice and Eddie Cozine, King and Sharon Cole, and Tamara Fulkerson will continue to be hard at work on this project.

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SENT BY: Janice Cozine (DUTCH COUSINS TREASURER -and general organizer!)
Hello to all!!
Dutch Cousins, hope you all are getting excited and ready to make your plans for our 2019 Gathering.
I’m so excited about our venue this year!!

We are meeting at the Harold R. Benson Research/Demonstration/agricultural  farmthat is part of the Kentucky State University.
1525 Mills Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
This is a large facility that has everything we need, also has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the farm/property. Thanks to Rod Dempsey’s help, we have the opportunity to use/rent this wonderful place.

I have contacted several hotels to give you a little variety on where to stay during our weekend event.
Most are right off I-64 at exit 53B for your convenience and we still have the option to stay at The Capital Plaza Hotel that we have used in the past, approx. 4.5 miles farther into town.
**I am not advertising/recommending any of these hotels. I’m only sending info for you to research and choose for yourself.  

Hampton Inn Frankfort
1310 US 127 South, Frankfort, KY 40601
502-223-7600
Ask for DUTCH COUISNS GROUPBLOCK, for your discount
$119.00 + tax = $134.97
Includes breakfast
CUT-OFF DATE FOR RSVP IS AUGUST 13, 2019

Holiday Inn Express Frankfort
1000 Vandalay Drive
Frankfort, Ky 40601
502-352-4650
Ask for DUTCH COUSINS GROUP, for your discount
$145.00 + tax + $164.46
Includes breakfast
CUT-OFF DATE FOR RSVP IS AUGUST 26, 2019

The Capital Plaza Hotel – this hotel is in town, approx. 4.5 miles from I-64/53B exit
405 Wilkinson Blvd
Frankfort, Ky 40601
502-227-5100
Ask for GROUP CODE 3741, for your discount
$99.00 + tax = $112.29
Includes breakfast
CUT-OFF DATE FOR RSVP IS AUGUST 22, 2019
capitalplazaky.com

Days Inn by Wyndham Frankfort .
1051 US 127 South/I-64 exit 53B
502-209-8540
** I did not get a block for this hotel because it had poor ratings on-line.
It does have cheaper rates.
If you want to check it out, the info is listed.
Room rates approx. $60.00
Free Breakfast
days-inn-frankfort.hotelsone.com

you can see The Hampton Inn, The Holiday Inn Express & the Days Inn from the I-64 exit 53B
The Capital Plaza Hotel is about 4.5 miles past these 3 hotels. The Benson farm is about 4.5 miles at the I-64 exit going the other direction. 

The 3 hotels would be about 4.5 miles to the farm and the Capital Plaza would be about 9 miles to the farm. We liked the Plaza Hotel and it had a better price so I blocked a few rooms there. 
Looking forward to September, 2019
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SENT BY: Darren Westerfield
Westerfield Update:  “Line of Samuel”.

I have an update since my earlier post.  I believe I have tracked my line back to Jacobus and I’ll get more confirmations from the Westerfield clan when I come to the reunion but here’s what I have so far:

Westerfield Branch – “Line of Samuel” Founding Father- Lived in Schraalenburgh, NJ
Jacobus (Westervelt) Westerfield – (See Westervelt Massacre)     1735-1780
Wife:  Maria (Demarest) Westervelt

Their Son:  REV Samuel Leander Westerfield  KY/OH 1760-1832 
Wife: Catherine Monfort Westerfield

Their Son:  REV Peter J Westerfield, Sr. 1791-1846
Wife:  Elizabeth Betsy Doughman

Their Son:  Samuel James Westerfield, Sr. 1827-1889
Wife:  Susan Haines Westerfield

Their Son:  Samuel Westerfield, Jr. 1865-1947
Wife:  Annie May Lingenfelter

Their Son:  Clayton Mathias Westerfield 1902-1986
Wife:  Catherine Johnson

Their Son:  Samuel Lewis Westerfield
Wife:  Sybil Fay Hendrickson
 
Their Son:  Darren Lewis Westerfield (me!)1959-
Ex-Wife: Beverly Ann Thompson (dec).

I have a family picture of my grandfather, Clayton Mathias, with his siblings all surrounding my great-grandfather, Samuel Jr. and my great-grandmother, Annie May.  Grandpa Clayton had 3 sisters and two brothers, Jesse and Paul so I also tracked their families.  Uncle Jesse was the eldest son and all in their family have passed.  My Uncle Paul also had some sons, one of which recently passed in 2018 in Indiana, Gerold P. (Gerry), Westerfield.  Gordon passed in 2013 but the last son, Galen, is supposedly still alive in Illinois and is in his 80’s.  When I did a search on Galen Westerfield, two more came up, one is about 65 and lives in Owensboro, KY, no other info.  There is also a Galen Westerfield who is about 27 or so and is a graphic designer in San Francisco.  I sent him an e-mail on his company’s website, but it came back undelivered.  I have no family info on these last two but all having the same name is interesting.
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SENT BY: Charlotte Legg Olson (IN RE:  Will Cozine)
Family Search hasn’t been working in days… you can do the search, find a document and then it won’t load. Since the weather here is breaking for a copy of days, I’ll head out to the Library to see if the problem is mine!

Do see the William’s father, Peter is on the 1850 Mercer Co KY Census…. that should be most helpful since William should be still living at home; he was married in 1854. Didn’t see a will for Peter or even division of land at Probate in Mercer Co. That is odd, but one Will Book appears to be missing. Will have to contact HHS to see what’s up with that….of course, it’s the book that they need!

First question for me, to Vivian and Tamara, is, as always, “what is the source of your information?” Just was faced with the importance of that answer when searching with a lady that had been working on her family line for decades and hit many walls. Her original source was Ancestry and one whole generation was incorrect. It didn’t take an hour to sort it out. Certainly did change her family however!

anyway…. will be in touch, if they contact me.
have a blessed day, Carolyn and please know that what you do to keep us connected is more appreciated than words can say…
 thought I would share with you what I found in Terhune’s Vol III: page 135, 35 gives genealogy of Peter. There is no mention of a son named William. The first time that a William Cozine is mentioned (that I see…) is page 144.

Doesn’t look (to me) like William is the son of Peter, but Jim Cozine is the expert and it seems that he is related to Peter’s line.——————————————————————
SENT BY: Shannon funeral home, Shelbyville, KY

Mrs. Leonard, my name is John Shannon and I own the Shannon Funeral Service in Shelbyville, KY.  You had left a message on our funeral home Facebook page regarding the Cozine family.  Yes, we have buried a number of Cozines over the years.  The oldest records I have are these:                             

Benjie B. Cozine:  Birth-6/21/1877  Death-9/22/34;  Father was John Cozine and mother was Nana Bill.        

John P. Cozine:  (looks like brother to Benjie); Birth-8/2/1883; Death-1/5/33;Father-John Cozine; Mother–Nannie Bill.       

Joe W. Cozine:  Birth-6/12/1862; Death-4/26/1933; Father-Will Cozine; Mother-Jane Barnes Cozine.            

I have also have newer records for these Cozines dating from with date of deaths from 1946-1995:  Nannie C., Martha G, Anna, Claude Percy, Irvine Howard, Norman Saint, and Mary Thompson.  In addition, in our newer records (from 1964-2012) I have these Cozines who were related to people we buried:  Lizzie, Francis, Belle, Kristy, Shelby Nicole, and Martha Christine.                                           

If I can follow up with any of these individuals, please let me know.  My information is more limited in the older records, but there may be something you could use.——————————————————————
SENT BY: Jim Cozine of Las Vegas
I lost track of who was looking for this information but it looks like Barbara Cozine ( in NJ) has really done a lot of work to update the ONLINE Master Tree
Jim Coz

Re Benjie B Cozine go to 
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cozine/genealogy/aqwg19.htm#1571
in the notes can be seen the following details:812. Benjamin Bristow COZINE

1880 Census, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 320c (have copy) – Ben Bristow Cosine (spelling on census), age 2, son, born in Kentucky.
1900 Census, Shelbyville, Shelbyville Township, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 144a (have copy) – Benjamin B. Cozine, son, born June 1877, age 22, single, born in Kentucky, editor paper, can read and write.
1910 Census, Precinct 1, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 223b (have copy) – Ben B. Cozine, head, age 34, married once for 11 years, born in Kentucky, editor, newspaper, can read and write, renting a house.
1920 Census, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 33b (have copy) – Ben B. Cozine, head, age 43, married, can read and write, born in Kentucky, editor, weekly paper.
1930 Census, Shelbyville, Magisterial District 1, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 41b (have copy) – Ben B. Cozine, head, owns residence valued at $20,000, has radio, age 52, married at age 26, can read and write, born in Kentucky, editor, newspaper.

The State Journal, Franfkort Ky, Tuesday, September 25, 1934 Obituary
Surnames: Cozine, Rice, Winsworth, Winch, Canfield
B. B. Cozine, editor of The Shelby News and former president of the Kentucky Press Associaton, died of a heart attack Saturday in Neilsville, Wisconsin. Mr. Cozine and his wife were enroute to the Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, when he was stricken. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mason Rice Cozine; his mother, Mrs. John P. Cozine of Los Angeles, California; three sisters, Mrs. George H. Winsworth and Mrs. Frank W. Winch of Los Angeles, and Mrs. J. L. Canfield of San Antonio, Texas; and one brother, Claude P. Cozine of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be Tuesday morning at Mr. Cozine’s residence in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.

World War I Draft Registration Card (see scrapbook) indicates that Benjamin Bristow Cozine was living in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky on September 12, 1918.

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SENT BY: Jim Cozine, on the William Cozine proof problem using DNA: 
what you need to do is get a male desendent of William G b 1828– to take the test $(99)
and a male desentent of  Harvey b1808 – to take the test -(another $99) There are a whole bunch of them..Hopefully you get the closest generation spread – not more than 5 generations.
I have them as brothers on the Master Family Tree – we are on draft #62 of 8/17/17 these days. 
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SENT BY: Judy Cassidy
Responding to Peggy Morrow’s requisition regarding Daniel Harris.
Daniel Harris enlisted at Shepherdstown, Berkeley County in the fall of 1780 and was discharged 2 June 1780 from Col. Adam Hubley’s Pennsylvania Regiment. Daniel Harris, age 83, deposed in Switzerland County, Indiana, that “he had enlisted at Shepherdstown, Virginia (now Jefferson County., W. Virginia) on 2 March or 2 April 1777 and served in a Pennsylvania regiment until discharged near Shepherdstown on 1 June 1780.” His statement includes mention of his wife Elizabeth, age 81 in 1820 and residence with their (unnamed) children.After he was discharged ca. 1783, he moved his family to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Daniel Harris appears in the account book of John Huges’s store on Ten-Mile Run Creek in Washington County in 1784-1785. He had moved to Shelby County, Kentucky by 1795, when he was assessed there for four cattle. He and Peter Lock witnesssed the marriage consent of John Tague on 22 December 1797. While the parties to the marriage are not named perhaps it was Elizabeth Tague and Willliam Lock, whose Shelby County Marriage bond is dated 22 December, 1797, Benjamin Lock bondsman.
Daniel’s son Samuel stated when he was 69 years of age, that “he was born in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York and when about 7 years old moved with his father to Berkeley County Virginia where he entered service in October 1780.” He later stated in his Pension Papers, that he served until 1783 and then “I lived for some time with my father in Washington County, Pennsylvania in the year 1784.” The 1800 Census of Pike Run Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania lists Daniel Harris as a resident but not Benjamin or Sarah Slot/Lock. Samuel Harris moved to Mercer County Kentucky and later joined the Shakers at Pleasant Hill where he died in the East House 10 November1868.

Source: Gale Ion Harris, Janice Pranger, “George Harris of Southampton, Long Island,” The Genealogist, 31(Sa usalito, Ca.: American Society of Genealogists, 2017):17-19. The Locks were most likely the children of Sara Demaree and Benjamin Slot/Lock, whose children included a Petrus and Benjamin. See the section on Sara Demaree Slot/Lock/Agree. Harris, Pranger, “George Harris of Southampton, Long Island,” The Genealogist, 31 (2017):17-1921; Samuel Harris, NARA, Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, M805, R402, Image 256, File # S10813, filed Mercer Co., Ky. age 69, 14 March, 1833. Daniel Harris, NARA Revolutionary War Pension Applications Filed, M805, R 401, Img. 166, File #S36575, Switzerland Co., In, Pension Cert. #9313, issued 26 May 1818; Samuel Harris, NARA, Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, M805, R402, Image 256, File # S10813, filed Mercer Co., Ky. age 69, 14 March, 1833; “Journal 1843-1868,” pt.1 of 2, Shaker manuscript, Harrodsburg Historical Society , pg. 98 (Samuel Harris departed this life at the East House in his 89th year since the 20th of last Nov.”) courtesy of Jan Pranger.
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SENT BY: Mr. Lynn Rogers
Here is a metaphor for US history.  Mike Munson, my grandson, who is being deployed to Afghanistan, thinks it is awesome; he has laminated it and plans to carry it with him all the time. I thought that you might want to include it in one of your distributions.

• Long Rifle
• Long Rifle sees opportunity
• Then explains to Tomahawk,
• “Tilling the land is healthier and happier.”
• Tomahawk insists,
• “This land is mine.”
• Long Rifle replies,
• “You did nothing to earn the land.”
• Tomahawk confronts Long Rifle,
• “You cannot withstand the storm.”
• Long Rifle promises,
• “I am storm,
• I am legion,
• I am thread
• For the fabric of a New World Order.
• The crucible of hardship strengthens me,
• Blood quenches my toughness.
• Truly, I am storm.
• Safe harbor shall follow for
• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• Cherish it! Preserve it!”

by L.C. Rogers, 2019 Feb 9
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SENT BY: Marilyn Douglas, New Netherland Institute
The due date for applications for the New Netherland Institute’s 2019 Charles W. Wendell Research Grant is FEBRUARY 15 The research project must deal with the Dutch experience in North America and the Dutch Atlantic World, and is expected to result in a publishable article or a component of a larger work. Researchers in any discipline, including family history or biography, are encouraged to apply. There are no eligibility requirements for this grant.
The grant covers a period of one week up to six months, part of which may be devoted to residency at the NNRC, and provides a stipend of $1,000 – $5,000, depending upon the scope of the project.
For more information, see

https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/research-grants/charles-wendell-memorial-fund/
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SENT BY: We’ll be having another contest on the best family display at the DUTCH COUSINS gathering in September.  Here’s pictures of some previous ones. Dana Wade is the chairman this year.  Get started on yours now.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP1KDv-E3V5-qmidpRnkXk_25S8mF4Ho6V-onuwBNN446tbSXJCeLvYhTD7A_qEXA?key=Wk0tbUY2bTktYXp0eFh5MUU4NHdJdG1TUnhSRk

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SENT BY: Kim Allison Ross
Please let the Dutch Cousins know I have this book & would be glad to look up anyone for them.  Ulster County New York Wills Vols. 1 & 2.  They can email me. The start date is 1665.  The book‘s first printing is 1906.  This reprint is 1980.

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SENT BY:  To stay in touch, we mainly use our official website, www.DutchCousins.org, and the weekly or so Dutch Letters email. The email goes out to almost 1,000 addresses – and I know it is passed on to others who do not use computers, and is posted at some libraries.  The letters are also archived on the website. 

SENT BY: Carolyn Leonard
Editor, Dutch cousins of Kentucky

E-mail me: Editor234 (at) gmail.com
On my web page www.CarolynBLeonard.com 
On the welcome page, choose DutchCousins and LowDutchHeritage.
Dutch letters are archived on our official webpage, www.DutchCousins.org by Pam Ellingson
Barbara Whiteside has a facebook page that you may find interesting, Dutch Cousins in Kentucky