A long time ago
Just a Note..
This was taken as we were promoting my first Christmas song. I wanted to write a Christmas song each year and record it. I didn't care whether the song got picked up, or not, it was really for my family and friends. The first song was "Christmas is Kinda Nice" written by myself and Michael Hurley [a really talented and nice guy]. I think the song is on this Site. I tried to make it sound like one of the old standards and found a guy who never recorded before but sounded a lot like Bing Crosby. His name was John Fields. It was fun and eventually we [my record label and publishing] had enough songs for an album. You never get music out of your soul. This year I've finished lyrics for I think a great Christmas song.
Ernie
Ernie
Ye Olde Dam Site
Family Cabin
"Loyalsock Creek "The name used by the Legaui-hanne Indians was Lawi-Saquick. In early Pennsylvania maps the name appears as Lycaumick Creek. The name Lawi-Saquick meant middle creek because the Loyalsock, or Lawi-Saquick, flowed between Muncy Creek and Lycoming Creek.
My story ends at the Lawi-Saqiuck and begins in 16th. Century England. This was the journey's end for my Pilgrim family in an area with still few inhabitants. I first started gathering information from my great-grandmother Mertie Cecilia "Potter" Exley. She was the daughter of George Gilbert Potter whose photograph and Civil War letters lie on an oak table in front of our fireplace. His father was George Whitefield Potter, a preacher and farmer, buried at Forks, now Forksville on the Loyalsock Creek. His father was Deacon Daniel Potter, a Revolutionary Soldier, buried in Old Hartwick Cemetery in Otsego, N.Y. Daniel's Marker is still there and can easily be read. It states, " Deacon Daniel Potter. Served seven years a Revolutionary Soldier, 42 years a soldier under King Immanuel, felled by an arrow, commissioned by Almighty God, hoping for eternal Life through the undivided Soveriegn Grace in Christ." Died in his 69 th. year. His father was Phineas Potter who also served during the Revolution and died within a few years after arriving in Otsego N.Y. I hold copies of the original Wills of both. The Potters were founders of New Haven, CT. in 1639. They first arrived in Mass. They were also Mayflower descendants.The Hatton family spread through-out the United States and are found in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Carolinas and many other states. The first families were primarily Ship Captains and their cargo was usually rum or wine.
My story ends at the Lawi-Saqiuck and begins in 16th. Century England. This was the journey's end for my Pilgrim family in an area with still few inhabitants. I first started gathering information from my great-grandmother Mertie Cecilia "Potter" Exley. She was the daughter of George Gilbert Potter whose photograph and Civil War letters lie on an oak table in front of our fireplace. His father was George Whitefield Potter, a preacher and farmer, buried at Forks, now Forksville on the Loyalsock Creek. His father was Deacon Daniel Potter, a Revolutionary Soldier, buried in Old Hartwick Cemetery in Otsego, N.Y. Daniel's Marker is still there and can easily be read. It states, " Deacon Daniel Potter. Served seven years a Revolutionary Soldier, 42 years a soldier under King Immanuel, felled by an arrow, commissioned by Almighty God, hoping for eternal Life through the undivided Soveriegn Grace in Christ." Died in his 69 th. year. His father was Phineas Potter who also served during the Revolution and died within a few years after arriving in Otsego N.Y. I hold copies of the original Wills of both. The Potters were founders of New Haven, CT. in 1639. They first arrived in Mass. They were also Mayflower descendants.The Hatton family spread through-out the United States and are found in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Carolinas and many other states. The first families were primarily Ship Captains and their cargo was usually rum or wine.
