Sorry - I haven't seen your posts til today. It turns out there are at least 2 Jesse Buckbees with pre 1800 births in Orange County NY. MY Jesse: no more info about that line available so far. If we're related, it's going to be thru the Josiah missing links I think - so at this point, I would have to say we have no links in common yet (we have no Israel's documented and my line is very heavy in repeated names). The other Jesse Buckbee was the son of Russel Buckbee of Orange County, b. 1780's if I remember correctly. The Russel Buckbee line is tied to the Buckbee line in Rockford, IL. There may be a connection there - they have a fairly well documented family history and you can probably find them online. At moment, our info is in disarray (lost a computer file and will have to go through printed documents) - let me know at adhaas@citcom.net if you want me to track down a contack with the Rockford bunch.

Good Huntin'!