Amos P. McNames

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Amos was in the militia in 1812 but moved his family to Ohio and then Illinois in 1813 after deserting [Curnoe]
1830 US census: living in Bennington, Delaware, Ohio next to his wife's uncle Cherrick Westbrook

McNAMES, Amos, Pte., served under Captain Daniel Springer 1812, 1814. Possible identification: born May 11, 1785 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, son of Abraham McNames & Maria Hoachdeel; married 1813 Cornelia Westbrook in Ontario; found on 1830 census in Delaware, Ohio; and 1840, 1850 and 1860 in Ogle, Illinois; died May 9, 1866 in Iowa City, Iowa [Elgin OGS website]

I have another Amos (Names) MC Names born 11 May 1785; bapt. 17 Sep 1794 (twin) Palatine, Montgomery Co.,NY. died 9 May 1867 and buried at Brooklyn Cem. (near Byron $ Oregon) Married about .1813 to "Katie" Catherine Westbrook. Born Mar 1790 died 6 June 1861 Rockvalle, IL. Buried at Brooklyn Cem. Amos parents name was Abraham $ Maria (Hoachdeel) Names/MCNames. Amos sibllings were Abraham (Names) MCNames born 15 Sep 1783; Bapt. 19 Oct. 1796 in NY. Anna (Names) MCNames (twin) born 11 May 1785. Peter (Names) MCNames born 7 August 1791 Dutch Ref. Church, Stone Arabia, Mongomery Co., NY. Babt. 17 Sep 1794; married Phebe Brinks (first wife) Second wife was Rachel. James (Jacobus Names)MC Names born 7 August 1791, bapt. 17 Sept 1794, married 4 Sep 1824 to Charlotte Schram in Ontario, Canada. Hannah (Names) MC Names. Hannah (Names) MC Names Married Cornelius Taylor Westbrook Born 1880 Standing Stone, PA. WM Mc Names born about 1780 married about 1840 Shoreham, VT to Lois Ramsdell; died before 1840.This is probably the family that you were looking for. Sorry about the mix up. The Mc Names, Names, Mc Namish and Ancestry of Cornelia Catherine "Katie" (Westbrook) MC Names book was published and was put together by the two writers. The book was not published by a book company. I do have a copy. [http://genforum.genealogy.com/westbrook/messages/1859.html]

Amos McNames the last of these [Watson American] settlers, a New Yorker in his mid-twenties, settled on the southern part of lot 38 but returned to the United States, most likely during the War of 1812. Timothy Kilbourn, son of Joseph Kilbourn Sr., later obtained McNames

Amos married Cornelia Catherine Westbrook about 1813 in Westminster Tp, UC. Cornelia (daughter of Leonard Westbrook and Margaret Brink) was born in Mar 1790 in Pennsylvania; died on 06 Jun 1861 in Rockvale, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Abraham married Maria Hoachdeel. [Group Sheet]