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AUTHORITIES

Authority for the records of the ancestry of Calvert Crary, aside from those particularly mentioned, is as follows :

Family Bible Registry.

Records furnished by:

Daughter of Joseph Mason Crary,

Mrs. Ellen Holmes Noyes, of Mystic, Conn., granddaughter

of Jeremiah Holmes, Sara Wood Crary, of Shickshinney, Pa., granddaughter

of Mason Crary, brother of Thomas Crary, Mrs. Sarah Fisk, Liberty, N. Y., Jay Morton, Chicago, 111.

Records of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Ston- ington, Conn., prepared by:

John Denison Baldwin, William Clift.

Records of the descendants of Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill from: Members of the diflferent families.

References to the name Macquarrie from :

Letters of S. D. Crary, of Ute, Iowa, to Sara Wood Crary.

Authority for the biographical sketches from:

Obituary notices from Scrapbooks,

Historical sketches.

Personal interviews and recollections.

Warren, Pa., November 1st, 1920.

Enclosed find a list of corrections and additions to the genealogy The Ancestors and Descendants of Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill." These items may be written in ink on the pages indicated or the sheets may be pasted in the back of the book.

I will be pleased to receive notices of any corrections or omissions and of any marriages, births or deaths that occur in the future in order to keep the record complete as time passes.

Jerry Crary.

Corrections and Additions "Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill**

P. 27. Add opposite Mason Crary: "See note on page 29."

P. 29. Add: "Mason Crary did not live at Shickshinny. He came from Knox, Albany Co., N. Y., to Beach Grove, Pa. He located at Bervi^ick, Pa., about 1807 and removed to Wilkesbarre in 1814. Dr. Crary had a large practice in Wilkesbarre and vicinity and served during the yellow fever scourge in Philadel- phia. Upon retiring he settled in Beach Grove, Pa., where he resided until his death in 1855. His son Nathan settled in Shickshinny. (Above data from Sara Wood Crary.)

P. 34. 18. iii. Jay-Died Oct. 24, 1919.

P. 36. 18. Jay Morton — Died of pneumonia at Chicago, 111., Oct. 24, 1919.

P. 104. Mary S. Hill, born Mar. 25, 1826. Add: "Married Luther Gorton; died at Liberty, N. Y., May 1, 1917, aged 91 years."

P. 112. Add under Amanda M.: "Died in auto accident at Dunkirk, N. Y., August 26, 1918, aged 63 years."

P. 114. Lydia Maria Morton. Add: "Died Mar. 31, 1918, aged 85 years."

P. 115. Add: "Sherwood B. Robertson, (who formerly lived at Cooper Tract, Forest County, Pa.) eldest son of Geo. W. and Lydia M. Robertson, died of pneumonia at Mountain Lake, N. J., October 29, 1918."

P. 165. Line 7, change G. G. Davidge to E. G. Davidge.

P. 169. After i. Mary Louise Keller add: "ii. Chandler Young, born at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1917." ,.

P. 170. 21A. Add: "Gifford Brintnall Crary, (Thomas Burr^ Horace H.% Calvert^ Thomas^ Thomas*, Nathan^ Peter^ PeterO born Feb. 28, 1897, at Binghamton, N. Y. Married at Rochester, Minnesota, April 5th, 1919

Elma Irene Giere, born at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Aug. 27, 1898."

P, 171. Change Harold Wielis to Harold Willis, also iv. Harold Wielis, Jr., to Harold Willis, Jr.

Add vii: Richard Meredith, born Aug. 23, 1920.

P. 174. After ii. Laverne Crary add: "iii. Phillis Tulloch, born Oct. 12, 1919."

P. 174. Under Clair Crary Kimball, change 1913 to "1914."

P. 178. Add under Homer Johnson: "Born at Harrison Valley, Pa., Sept. 11, 1883." Also after ii. Prudence Knapp Johnson add: "iii. Horton, born at Lawrenceville, 111., Feb. 4, 1918. iv. Homer, born at Lawrenceville, III., Dec. 7, 1919."

P. 179. Change first 1885 to "1855."

P. 181. George Gifford Davidge. Add: "died at Binghamton, N. Y. Jan. 6, 1918, aged 59 years."

P. 182. Add under T. Delos Crary: "ii. Nancy Honaker, born Nov. 3, 1918, at Waynesville, N. C."

P. 182. Under Thomas Crary Davidge add "(see note below)"

"Note — 32A. Thomas Crary Davidge, (Laverne Crary^, Thomas^, Calvert*^, Thomas^, Thomas*, Nathan^, Peter^, Peter^) born at Newark Valley, N. Y., April 11, 1891; married at Binghamton, N. Y., April 21, 1919

Elizabeth Hayden Raymond, born at Nicholson, Pa., Dec. 21, 1888."

P. 185. 35A. i. Irene Jay Crary, (Preston^ Dennison^, Calvert", Thomas^, Thomas* , Nathan^, Peter", Peter^) married

Walter T. Brachvogel (born at Durango, Col., Feb. 20, 1897) at Portland, Oregon, July 9, 1919.

Children: i. Merle Ted, born September 21, 1920, at Portland, Oregon.

P. 186. After iv. Richard Jay Holmes, add: "v. Denison Crary, born July 11, 1918, at Lancaster, N. Y.

P. 194. Add at the bottom of page 194: "Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Crary celebrated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on Sep- tember 13, 1920. This makes the record of such anniversaries as follows:

Thomas Crary and Mehitabel Mason, 1772-1832, 60 years, and their son; Thomas Crary and Polly Holmes, 1797-1851, 54 years, and their son; Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill, 1823-1878, 55 years, and their sons; J. Mason Crary and Ann B. Hill, 1855-1905, 50 years; Thomas Crary and Frances M. Bradley, 1865-1920, 55 years; Jerry Crary and Laura Antoinette Dunham, 1870-. ^^20, 50 years.

The married life of one of Mrs. Jerry Crary's sisters was sixty-five years, and that of one brother was fifteen days less than fifty years.

P. 196. Add under 44: "iv. Raymond Crary, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1918."

"v. Marion Vail, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., April 25, 1920."

P. 196. Add 42>^: Miner D. Crary, (Jerry^ Calvert^ Thomas^ Thomas"*^, Nathan^, Peter', Peter^) born at Sheffield, Pa., Aug. 4, 1875; married

Edith Ingraham, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., July 28, 1884.

They were married at her mother's home, 444 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., June 12, 1917.

Children:

i. Winifred Andrews, born at Warren, Pa., July 4, 1918.

ii. Miner Dunham, Jr., born at Warren, Pa., Sept. 8, 1920.

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CRARY

I. PETER CRARY emigrated from Scotland in 1663 CHRISTOBEL GALLUP Married 1677

^^- n. PETER CRARY ANN CULVER Married 1710

III. NATHAN CRARY DOROTHY WHEELER

Married 1742

IV. THOMAS CRARY MEHITABEL MASON Married 1772

V. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VI. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

HOLMES

I. ROBERT HOLMES emigrated to this country in 1668

II. JOSHUA HOLMES

ABIGAIL INGRAM CHESEBROUGH Married 1675

III. JOSHUA HOLMES FEAR STURGES Married 1698

IV. JOHN HOLMES HANNAH HALSEY

Married 1744

V. JEREMIAH HOLMES MARY DENISON Married 1778

VI. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

VII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL

Married 1823

GALLUP

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>. I. JOHN GALLUP emigrated from England in 1630

CHRISTOBEL

n. JOHN GALLUP emigrated from England in 1633 HANNAH LAKE emigrated from England in 1635

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y^lU. CHRISTOBEL GALLUP PETER CRARY Married 1677

IV. PETER CRARY ANN CULVER Married 1710

V. NATHAN CRARY

DOROTHY WHEELER Married 1742

vl thomas crary mehitabel mason

Married 1772

Vn. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VHL CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

III. JOHN GALLUP ELIZABETH HARRIS Married 1675

IV. SAMUEL GALLUP MEHITABEL BLUNT Married 1727

V. MARY GALLUP ANDREW MASON Married 1754

VI. MEHITABEL MASON THOMAS CRARY Married 1772

VII. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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GALLUP

I. JOHN GALLUP emigrated from England in 1630 CHRISTOBEL

II. JOHN GALLUP emigrated from England in 1633 ^f-,. HANNAH LAKE emigrated from England in 1635

HL BENADAM GALLUP ESTHER PRENTICE

IV. HANNAH GALLUP WILLIAM WHEELER Married 1710

V. DOROTHY WHEELER NATHAN CRARY Married 1742

VI. THOMAS CRARY

MEHITABEL MASON Married 1772

VII. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

V. ESTHER WHEELER CAPT. DANIEL DENISON Married 1742

VI. MARY DENISON JEREMIAH HOLMES Married 1778

VII. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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WHEELER

I. THOMAS WHEELER emigrated from England probably in 1635

MARY

Married 1645

n. ISAAC WHEELER MARTHA PARK

HL WILLIAM WHEELER HANNAH GALLUP Married 1710

IV. DOROTHY WHEELER IV. ESTHER WHEELER

NATHAN CRARY CAPT. DANIEL DENISON

Married 1742 Married 1742

V. THOMAS CRARY V. MARY DENISON

MEHITABEL MASON JEREMIAH HOLMES

Married 1772 Married 1778

VI. THOMAS CRARY VI. MARY HOLMES

MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY

Married 1797 Married 1797

VII. CALVERT CRARY VII. CALVERT CRARY

ELIZA HILL ELIZA HILL

Married 1823 Married 1823

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PRENTICE

I. VALENTINE PRENTICE emigrated from England ALICE PRENTICE

n. JOHN PRENTICE HESTER PRENTICE

III. ESTHER PRENTICE BENADAM GALLUP

IV. HANNAH GALLUP WILLIAM WHEELER Married 1710

V. DOROTHY WHEELER NATHAN CRARY Married 1742

VI. THOMAS CRARY

MEHITABEL MASON Married 1772

VII. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

V. ESTHER WHEELER

CAPT. DANIEL DENISON Married 1742

VI. MARY DENISON

JEREMIAH HOLMES Married 1778

VII. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL

Married 1823

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STANTON

I. THOMAS STANTON

CATHERINE WASHINGTON

II. THOMAS STANTON emigrated from England in 1635 ANNA LORD Married 1637

III. JONATHAN STANTON HANNAH THOMPSON Married 1664

IV. JOSEPH STANTON

MARGARET CHESEBROUGH Married 1696

v. zerviah stanton nehemiah mason

Married 1722

VI. ANDREW MASON MARY GALLUP Married 1754

VII. MEHITABEL MASON THOMAS CRARY Married 1772

VIII. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

IX. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

III. ROBERT STANTON JOANNA GARDINER

Married 1677

IV. MARY STANTON DANIEL DENISON Married 1704

V. CAPT. DANIEL DENISON ESTHER WHEELER Married 1742

VI. MARY DENISON

JEREMIAH HOLMES

Married 1778

VII. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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MASON

I. JOHN MASON emigrated from England about 1632 ANNA PECK Married 1640

II. DANIEL MASON REBECCA HOBART Married 1679

III. NEHEMIAH MASON ZERVIAH STANTON Married 1722

IV. ANDREW MASON MARY GALLUP Married 1754

V. MEHITABEL MASON THOMAS CRARY Married 1772

VI. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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CHESEBROUGH

I. WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH emigrated from England in 1630 ANNA STEVENSON Married 1620

II. NATHANIEL CHESEBROUGH HANNAH DENISON Married 1659

III. MARGARET CHESEBROUGH JOSEPH STANTON Married 1696

iv. zerviah stanton nehemiah mason

Married 1722

V. ANDREW MASON MARY GALLUP Married 1754

VI. MEHITABEL MASON THOMAS CRARY

Married 1772

VH. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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LORD

I. DR. THOMAS LORD emigrated

DOROTHY

Married i6io

from England in 1635

H. ANNA LORD

THOMAS STANTON Married 1637

HI. JONATHAN STANTON HI.

HANNAH THOMPSON Married 1664

IV. JOSEPH STANTON IV.

MARGARET CHESEBROUGH Married 1696

V. ZERVIAH STANTON V.

NEHEMIAH MASON Married 1722

VI. ANDREW MASON VI.

MARY GALLUP Married 1754

VII. MEHITABEL MASON VII.

THOMAS CRARY Married 1772

VIH. THOMAS CRARY VIII.

MARY HOLMES Married 1797

IX. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

ROBERT STANTON JOANNA GARDINER Married 1677

MARY STANTON DANIEL DENISON Married 1704

CAPT. DANIEL DENISON ESTHER WHEELER Married 1742

MARY DENISON JEREMIAH HOLMES Married 1778

MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

DENISON

I. JOHN DENISON AGNES

II. WILLIAM DENISON emigrated from England MARGARET CHANDLER MONCK

III. GEORGE DENISON ?'t ''^

BRIDGET THOMPSON, ist

IV. HANNAH DENISON

NATHANIEL CHESEBROUGH Married 1659

V. MARGARET CHESEBROUGH JOSEPH STANTON Married 1696

VI. ZERVIAH STANTON NEHEMIAH MASON Married 1722

VII. ANDREW MASON MARY GALLUP Married 1754

VIIL MEHITABEL MASON THOMAS CRARY Married 1772

IX. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

X. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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ANN BORODELL, 2nd

IV. JOHN DENISON

PHEBE LAY

Married 1667

V. DANIEL DENISON MARY STANTON Married 1704

VI. CAPT. DANIEL DENISON ESTHER WHEELER Married 1742

VII. MARY DENISON

JEREMIAH HOLMES Married 1778

VIII. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

IX. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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PARK

I. ROBERT PARK emigrated from England in 1630 MARTHA CHAPLIN

H. THOMAS PARK

DOROTHY THOMPSON

HI. MARTHA PARK ISAAC WHEELER

IV. WILLIAM WHEELER HANNAH GALLUP Married 1710

V. DOROTHY WHEELER NATHAN CRARY Married 1742

VI. THOMAS CRARY

MEHITABEL MASON Married 1772

Vn. THOMAS CRARY MARY HOLMES Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

V. ESTHER WHEELER

CAPT. DANIEL DENISON Married 1742

VI. MARY DENISON

JEREMIAH HOLMES Married 1778

VII. MARY HOLMES THOMAS CRARY Married 1797

VIII. CALVERT CRARY ELIZA HILL Married 1823

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Copied from "The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans", pubHshed by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London.

"Nowhere beats the heart so kindly As beneath the tartan plaid." — Aytoun.

THE CLAN OF MACQUARRIE.

War Cry:— "An t-Arm Breac Dearg." "The army of the checkered red" (tartan).

Badge: — Giuthas. Pine Tree.

The MacQuarries, though a clan of very great antiquity, have ever been too few in number to figure much in war or history. "They claim," says Robertson, following the papers of the lona Club, "to be descended from one of the Dalriadic princes," and the ancient Gaelic genealogy assigns it to them also, thus : "Cel- lach, son of Paul, son of Cellach of the Islands, son of Torquil, son of Cellach, son of Guaire, son of Cormac, son of Oirbertig, son of Murdoch, son of Ferchar, son of Bethach, son of Finlay, son of Fercharfada, son of Feredoch, son of Fergus."

In 13 14 the chief of MacQuarrie fought under Bruce at Bannockburn. Twenty-one Highland chiefs joined Bruce in that victory, and three — the MacDougals, Cummings, and MacNabs — were in the ranks of the enemy.

The first of the name prominently known is John MacQuarrie of Ulva, who died in 1473. The clan were followers of the Lords of the Isles, and after a time had some possessions in the Island of Mull. A few are to be found in Argyleshire still.

When, in the end of July, 1609, the Bishop of the Isles, Andrew Knox (previously parson of Paisley, and first Protestant Bishop of this See), went to lona as Commissioner for King James VI., among the chief men of the Isles who submitted them- selves to him as the Royal representative were MacQuarrie of Ulva, MacKinnon of that Ilk, and ten others. The last of this line, Lachlan MacQuarrie of that Ilk and MacQuarrie, was compelled, by debts, to dispose of his property and become a soldier in his sixty-second year.

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When the old 74th Regiment, or Argyle Highlanders, were raised in 1777 by Colonel Campbell of Barbreck, Lachlan Mac- Quarrie obtained a commission in it, and his name, under date 23rd December, 1777, appears among the captains in the Army List for that year. Twenty-three Campbells were officers of this regiment, which was disbanded in 1783; and after a long life, too probably of penury, the last of the MacQuarries of Ulya died in 1817 without male issue, so his line is extinct.

The name has found its way into France. There in 1865 Laurent. Victor. Ed. Macquaire was Colonel of the 12th Battalion of Chasseurs a Pied in Algiers.

MacQuarrie Island, in the Southern Pacific, discovered in 181 1, together with a harbour, river, and port in Van Dieman's Land, are all named from a member of this Clan, who was highly popular as a Governor of New South Wales.

MacQuarrie Arms

Quarterly: i and 4. Green, three silver towers in chief; 2 and 3. Red, a ship and salmon naiant proper between three silver cross crosslets fitchy.

MacQuarrie Badge Pine.

MacQuarrie Crest

From an antique crown (in token of Royal descent) an arm in armour proper grasping a dagger.

MacQuarrie Motto

Turris fortis mihi Deus.

The race of MacQuarrie (Clann Ghuairi') is of Royal de- scent traced to the second son of Gregor, son of Alpin, the famous King of Scots, who fell in battle 837.

Lachlan, the i6th and last chief in regular succession died in 1818 at the age of 103.

Motto: Turris fortis mihi deus (God is my strong fortress.)

This book published by Willis & Sotheran, 136 Strand, 1857, by James Logan.

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Clann Ghuairi', the MacQuaries, trace descent to the second son of Gregor, son of Alpin, the famous King of Scots who fell in battle at Eachuin's fight in Bannockburn, Island of lone. (Beach-Hicks.)

MacGregor trace their descent from Griogar, third son of Alpin MacAchai, King of Scotland, who commenced his reign in 787.

Donngheal, the elder son gave the patronymic MacGregor to his posterity and his brother, Guarai, was founder of the Clan since distinguished as MacQuarrie.

Cormac, surnamed Mor, or the Great, lived in the time of Alexander II. Had sons Allan and Gregor. 1504 repeated summons to MacCorry of Ullowaa. Eachiun, translated Hector, was chief when Bruce fought with him at Bannockburn.

Alpine, who was Chief or head of the Clan Alpine, was the common ancestor, also of the clan MacQuarie, which makes the MacQuarie's of Royal Blood. The MacQuaries were High- landers and it is said fierce fighters and excellent archers — thus far an historical fact. Next, the evolution of the name Crary from MacQuarie, which in substance was, MacQuarie — Mc- Quarie — McCrery or Crery — and lastly Crary. Peter Crary (i) commonly spelled his name "Crery", although the early New London records and early grants and patents of Her Majesty spell the name in a variety of ways: Crery — Creery — Creary — Carary — Cerary — Cararie — Curary — Currary, etc. It is tradi- tionary with our line and all lines heard from that the prefix "Mc" was dropped by Peter when he came to America, and various reasons are advanced for the change. The one that seems very reasonable is that Peter, who was an adherent of Cromwell, thought he would likely fare better if he should conceal his identity, which could quite easily be done by the slight and con- venient change of the name. The old "Mac" in all descendants of the old Scottish clans is now shortened to "Mc", and has so been for many years past and in many cases dropped altogether. Old records have been found of persons spelling the name simply

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"Quarie", some Quary and some Qarary. The name Crary has nearly the same sound as Quarie, the change of the ie to y would not change the value of the word and the change from Qu to Cr would have but a slight effect. It must also be borne in mind that during and prior to the time of Peter, families of the same name spelled their names in a great variety of ways, thus : Moore was spelled indifferently — Moore — More — Moir — Moor — Muir and Mure. This seems the only plausible solution of the evolu- tion of the name Crary.

(From Records of S. D. Crary, Ute, Iowa.)

From Memoranda of A. M. Crary, Herington, Kansas

In the year 1663, two brothers, Peter and John Crary, left their home near Glasgow, Scotland, and after a long voyage of many weeks across the Atlantic Ocean arrived in Boston, Mass. Boston was then only about thirty years old. John, the younger brother, took up his abode in Boston. Peter journeyed south- ward and settled in the town of New London, Conn. He married in 1677, Christobel Gallup, daughter of Capt. John Gallup and Hannah Lake. (See Gallup Record.) The greater number of the Crarys in this country are descendants of Peter Crary and Christobel Gallup. The other line of descent, from Capt. John Crary, was not so large. Dr. George Waldo Crary, of Madison Avenue, New York, was one of the descendants of Capt. John. Some have also been located in Massachusetts, Michigan, Wis- consin, Missouri and Kansas, who were descendants of Capt. John Crary, brother of Peter.

Ancestors of CALVERT CRARY

CRARY RECORD

PETER CRARY descended from Scottish Royal blood. Came to this country from Scotland about 1663 and was the pioneer Crary in America. He settled in what is now Groton, Conn., then New London, near the head of the Mystic River, about 1675. His church connections were with the old First Congregational Church in Ston- ington. Conn., near which he resided, and the baptisms of all his children are recorded there. He was a signer of the patent of New London, October 14, 1704. Was among those who took land in the Quinnebang County, and in 1699 was one of the organizers of the town of Plainfield. He took an active part in the new township. His name and those of his sons appear in the old town records of Plainfield, Conn., as grantors of land in con- nection with land deals, deeds, transfers, etc. Later he returned to Groton, where he passed the remainder of his days and died the latter part of the year 1708. His will is recorded in New London, Conn., Probate Records. The farm on which he settled in 1675 is called the Crary farm at the present time. About half a mile from the house is a small cemetery, in which many of the Crary s are buried. He married in 1677

CHRISTOBEL GALLUP, daughter of Capt. John Gallup and Hannah Lake.

{See Gallup and Lake Record.)

Children :

i. Chrjstobel, bom Feb., 1679; married Ebenezer Harris.

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2.V^ ii. Peter (2), baptized April 30, 1682.

iii. Margaret, baptized Aug. 20, 1682; married Ebenezer Pierce of Groton.

iv. John, baptized Aug. 8, 1686. V. William, baptized Nov. 6, 1687. vi. Robert, baptized May 11, 1690. ,

vii. Hannah or Ann, baptized July 17, 1692; married Nathan Bushnell of Norwich.

Ancestors of Calvert Crary 25

2. PETER2 CRARY (Peter^), baptized at Stonington, Conn., April 30, 1682 ; died after June 25, 1751, when he deeded land to his son Nathan. He married

ANN CULVER, Jan. 11, 1709-10, and lived at Groton, Conn.

Children :

i. Peter, born Jan. 6, 1710-11, at Groton..

ii. Thomas, born Feb. 2, 1711-12.

t/'iii. Ann, born Nov. 29, 1713; married Daniel Woodward.

/^iv. Lucy, born Dec. 29, 1715.

3. (^/V. Nathan, born Oct. 7, 1717.

vi. Eunice, born Oct. 26, 1719.

vii. Humphrey, born Sept. 7, 172 1 ; died Nov. 14,

1748; married Ann , who died May

2> 1739- '' viii. Temperance, born Nov. 2, 1723; baptized

Oct. 26, 1729. J \

, ix. Desire, baptized Oct. 26, 1729. , {?, ^l^^jC^ * ^"^"^ fV

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3. NATHAN 3 CRARY (Peter,^ Peter^), born Oct. 7, 17 17; died at Groton, Conn., March 24, 1798, aged 81 years ; married first, Nov. 2, 1742,

DOROTHY WHEELER, born March, 172 1 ; died May 5, 1787, aged 66 years. (See Wheeler Record.)

Children :

4. 1. Thomas, born Oct. i, 1744.

ii. Nathan (2), born March 6, 1746.

iii. Anna, born March 7, 1749; married Jonathan Randall.

iv. Isaac, born July 17, 175 1. V. Lucy, born April, 1753; died Aug. 24, 1754. vi. Eunice, born April 28, 1755; died Jan. 18, 1764.

vii. Prudence, born April 6, 1757; married Ed- ward Packer.

viii. Dorothy, born March 26, 1759; married Timothy Woodridge.

ix. Hannah, born Nov. i, 1761 ; married Abner Brownell.

Married second,

RUTH SEARLES.

Children : ; . .

X. Capt. Jesse, born April i, 1789 ; died July 25, 1849, aged 60 years. A mariner — lived at Groton.

xi. Sarah, born May 25, 1793; married Samuel Dayton.

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THOMAS CRARY was born at Stonington, Conn., in 1744. He was the eldest son of Nathan Crary and Dorothy- Wheeler. He resided at Stonington on a farm until about 1790, when he removed to Knox, Albany County, N. Y., where he probably leased a tract of land and afterwards purchased it. He married in 1772 .

MEHITABEL MASON. There were nine children. His son Thomas, the eldest, later removed to Liberty, Sulli- van County, N. Y. His son Mason was born in Stonington and taught school at Berne, Albany Co., N. Y., in 1800. Mason afterwards became a physician and removed to Shickshinny, Pa., at which place his granddaughter, Sara Wood Crary, who has furnished a portion of these records, now resides. The records of the Adjutant General's office. State of Connecticut, do not show the name of Thomas Crary upon the rolls of any organization during the War of the Revolution. His brother, Nathan Crary, served in the Army of the Revolution as Captain. Thomas Crary lived to the age of 90 years. He died at Knox, Albany County, N. Y., in 1834. Mehitabel Mason, his wife, was a descendant of John Mason, John Gallup, Thomas Stanton and Dr. Thomas Lord. She was born in Stonington, Conn. She died at the age of seventy-seven years. Their mar- ried life was sixty years. They were buried in High Point Cemetery, formerly the Whipple Cemetery, at Knox, Albany County, N. Y. On the tombstone of Thomas Crary is the following:

"Died Nov. 3, 1834, aged 90 years, 22 days,

Eccl. 8th Chapter, 12th Verse," "Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God which fear before him."

On the tombstone of Mehitabel Mason Crary is the following:

"Wife of Thomas Crary,

died May 21, 1832, aged 'j'j years, i month, 27 days,

Rev. 22nd Chapter, 14th Verse,"

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"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of Hfe, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

The cemetery is in very good condition. The grounds are not neglected but are cared for from en- dowments. Their son, Jabez Crary, is also buried in the cemetery.

The house that was built by Jabez Crary is standing in a good state of preservation at the present time (1916). Right back of the house is the reservoir, fed from springs on the farm that supplies Altamont with water.

4. THOMAS* CRARY (Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born Oct. I, 1744; died Nov. 4, 1834, aged 90 years; married Jan.

MEHITABEL MASON, born March 25, 1755 ; died May 21, 1832, aged 'j'j years. (See Mason Record.)

Children :

5. i. Thomas, born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28,

1851, aged 'jj years.

ii. Mary, born March 25, 1777 ; died January 27, 1866, aged 89 years; married Mr. Hemp- stead.

iii. Mason, born at Stonington, Conn., Nov. 15, 1779; died Sept. 20, 1855, aged ']^ years.

iv. Eunice, bom May 25, 1782; died in May, 1869, aged 87 years; married Mr. Tyler.

V. Cynthia, bom May 21, 1786; died Jan. 16, 1861, aged 74 years; married Mr. Chesebro.

vi. Amos, born May 16, 1788; died Dec. 11, 1869, aged 81 years.

vii. Andrew, born July 7, 1790; died Aug. 22,

1852, aged 62 years.

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viii. Ephram, born Feb. 5, 1793; died March 25, 1830, aged 37 years.

ix. Jabez, born April i, 1796, at Stonington, New London, Conn., ; died Feb. 29, 1872, aged 76 years. He never married.

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THOMAS CRARY was born on the farm of his ancestors at Groton, Conn., in 1775. As will be seen by the record, he was the son of Thomas Crary and Mehitabel Mason, and grandson of Nathan Crary and Dorothy Wheeler. In 1797 he married

POLLY HOLMES (her baptismal name was Mary, but she was usually called Polly after her marriage). About the time of their marriage, they emigrated first to Knox, Albany County, N. Y., and from there to Chenango Forks, Chenango Co., N. Y. Their son Calvert was born at this place. In 1800, owing to defective land titles in Chenango County, they settled near the village of Liberty in what was then the town of Lumberland in the County of Ulster, now the town of Liberty, County of Sullivan. Here he first leased and subse- quently bought the farm about two miles from the vil- lage of Liberty, upon which some members of the fam- ily have ever since continued to reside, and which is now occupied by his great grandson, William R. Crary, son of George Crary. After buying the land he built a house, cleared some of the land and set out an or- chard, which grew to quite large proportions. He was very skillful in the art of grafting and had a very large orchard with fine fruit. Thomas Crary was the first supervisor of the town of Liberty. He also kept a small store, selling goods to his neighbors. He represented Sullivan County in the State Legislature in the year 1826 and was at one time chosen one of the Associate Judges of Sullivan County, and after that time was given the title of "Judge Crary" by his townsmen.

MARY HOLMES, also called Polly, was the daughter of Jeremiah Holmes and Mary Denison. Her father, Jeremiah, served in the Revolutionary War as a Ser- geant. Her mother was the daughter of Capt. Daniel Denison and Esther Wheeler. Esther Wheeler was a sister of Dorothy Wheeler, who was wife of Nathan Crary. As will be seen by the records, the Crary and

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Holmes families were from Stonington, Groton and Mystic, Conn., their ancestors, the Holmes, Denisons, Masons, Wheelers and Stantons, being well known fam- ilies in that section. Mrs. Crary's brother, Jeremiah Holmes, was a sailor and was pressed into the British service in 1804, being in the English service two years against his will. At the battle of Stonington he had command of one of the guns and helped to drive off the British on that day. He was afterwards a sea cap- tain. His son, Warren, was also a sea captain and sailed round the Horn over eighty times. Mrs. Crary survived her husband nearly eleven years. Their mar- ried life extended over a period of nearly fifty-four years. After his death she lived with her son Calvert on the farm. She used to relate with considerable sat- isfaction the story of three young men meeting one Sunday afternoon, all bound in the same direction. Upon inquiry the three men learned from each other that each intended to call upon Polly Holmes, and the three finally agreed to draw cuts to see which one should continue and make the call while the other two should return home. Thomas Crary drew the lucky cut, which was always a source of satisfaction to her as well as to Tom. Mr. Crary owned a large number of bees which he kept on one side of his garden. After his funeral two of his neighbors of Holland descent went to each hive and knocking on the hive talked to the bees, telling them that their master was dead and that they must be good bees thereafter and continue to work and make honey for their new master as they had done before. Mr. and Mrs. Crary were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y. The house in which Polly Holmes was born at North Stonington, Conn., was in good condition in 1916.

Following are the inscriptions upon the headstones of Thomas and Polly Crary, who lie buried in the Liberty Cemetery, Sulli- van County, N. Y.

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"In Memory of

THOMAS CRARY

who died December 28, 185 1,

aged 'j'j years.

Thou art gone to the land where no trouble or sorrow

Can thy peace or thy comfort annoy, Where no anxious thought of the care bringing morrow

Can ever the joy of the moment delay."

"POLLY CRARY

died

March 10, 1862,

aged 84 years.

Farewell my loving friends farewell,

My Jesus doth me call, I leave you here with God and all

Until I meet you once for all."

5. THOMAS^ CRARY (2), (Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born Jan. 11, 1775, at Stonington, Conn.; died Dec. 28, 185 1, aged jy years, at Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y. ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY

POLLY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778, at Stonington, New London County, Conn. ; died at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., March 9, 1862, aged 84 years. (See Holmes Record.)

Children :

6. i. Calvert, born Aug. 11, 1798, at Chenango

Forks, Chenango County, N. Y.

7. ii. Mehitabel Mason, born May 16, 1801, at

Liberty, N. Y.

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JAMES MORTON was born on a farm at Westfield Flats, town of Rockland, Sullivan County, N. Y., in 1790. He was the son of Alexander and Martha Morton. He mar- ried in 1 82 1,

MEHITABEL MASON CRARY, only daughter of Judge Thomas Crary and Polly Holmes Crary, of Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y., sister of Calvert Crary. She was born on the farm two miles east of Liberty where her father settled in the year 1800. After her marriage to James Morton they resided on a farm in the town of Rockland at what was known as Westfield Flats, which has since been called Roscoe. This farm was situated on the banks of the Beaverkill River. They kept a hotel, which was a resort for drovers. The barns were commodious and convenient and with plenty of pasture. It was made a stopping place for droves of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, turkeys and geese, which were driven from the West to an Eastern market. At that time it was no uncommon thing for all of these to be driven in droves to market. The farm was well lo- cated and very fertile, and with a number of butternut trees, and there was always an abundant supply of but- ternuts. Mr. Morton died in 1863 at the age of seventy- three years. Mrs. Morton survived him twenty-seven years. She died in 1890, being over eighty-nine years of age. They were buried in the old cemetery at Rockland, N. Y., which is only a few blocks from Roscoe Station, and is the same plot in which his father and mother are buried.

MEHITABEL« MASON CRARY (Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born May 16, 1801, at Lib- erty, Sullivan Co., N. Y. ; died at Westfield, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1890, aged 89 years. Married Nov. 7, 182 1,

JAMES MORTON, born Aug. 26, 1790; died Nov. 2, 1863, aged 73 years.

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Children :

i6. i. Mary Esther, born May 7, 1824; died Aug. 2, 1895, aged 71 years.

17. ii. Thomas Crary, born December 12, 1825; Sfd 1 died Sept. 8, 1893, aged 68 years.

$ummiH-;km ^g {n t^y^ bom April 3, 1844. ^ . ^ 0- C^, / ? H

NOTES

JOSEPH REYNOLDS was born in the town of Fallsburgh, Sullivan County, N. Y., in 1819. He was the youngest of six children. He taught school in his younger days. Had a general store in Rockland, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and at this place married

MARY E. MORTON, daughter of James and Mehitabel Crary Morton. After their marriage he purchased a Flour and Feed Mill near the store. A few years later the mill with considerable grain burned. His father- in-law, Mr. James Morton, was associated with him in the mill and they made it quite profitable. Later, with an old friend, they established a tannery near the mill, which was also made very profitable. In the year 1858 he sold his business interests and removed to Chicago. Here he established a business in the buying of hides, sheep pelts, furs, etc. Traveling through Wisconsin and Minnesota he established agencies at various points and built up quite a business. In marking his purchases for shipment he used four marks of the brush in the form of a diamond. He soon found some other shipper was using the same trade-mark, then he put the first letters or abbreviation of his given name inside the dia- mond and soon became known through the country as "Diamond Jo," and was better known by that around Chicago than by his real name. Later he became inter- ested in buying and selling grain and established a line of boats and barges on the Mississippi River between Fulton, 111., and St. Paul in connection with the North- western & Chicago Railroad. Had plenty of business for a few years, until railroads were built all over that

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northwestern country, which gradually drew the busi- ness from the river. The Diamond Jo Line Steamers are still plying between St. Louis and St. Paul, but it is changed from a freight to a passenger business and but little grain or other freight is carried now. As con- siderable of the grain he bought was handled in bags, he had trouble in getting them returned promptly, then he had them marked in large letters, "STOLEN FROM DIAMOND JO," and after that they were returned more promptly, and were probably not quite as popular to make into clothing. Some time in the eighties he made a trip to Hot Springs and as a result built the Hot Springs Railroad, which was about twenty-two miles long and which for a long time carried passengers at the rate of $2.00 for each fare, which was very profit- able. He was also interested in mines in Colorado and Arizona. At the time of his death he owned the Con- gress Mine in Arizona, the Jo Reynolds mines in Col- orado and several smaller properties. He died at Con- gress, Arizona, Feb. 21, 1891. His wife survived him nearly five years, and knowing his wish to help young men with limited means to get an education and a start in life, she arranged for a sum of money to be paid to the University of Chicago to carry out his wishes, and by the recommendation of the late President, Wm. R. Har- per, and the approval of the friends of Mr. Reynolds, a portion of the fund was used to build and equip the Joseph Reynolds Club, and no doubt it is of much benefit to the ones he desired to help. Mrs. Reynolds died in 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, with their son Blake, were buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, about six- teen miles out of Chicago.

16. MARY ESTHERS MORTON (Mehitabel M. Crary,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born May 7, 1824; died Aug. 2, 1895, aged 71 years; married

JOSEPH REYNOLDS, born at Fallsburgh, N. Y., June 11, 1819; died at Congress, Arizona, Feb. 21, 1891, aged 72 years.

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Children :

i. Blake, born Dec, 12, 1862 ; died May 9, 1890, at Coronado Beach, Cal.

17. THOMAS CRARY^ MORTON (Mehitabel M. Crary,« Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born De- cember 12, 1825; died Sept. 8, 1893, aged 68 years; married

JANE FISK, March 10, 1863. She died Aug. 20, 1870. She was a daughter of WilHam R. Fisk, of Parksville, N. Y., and sister of Mary Fisk, wife of George Crary. No children.

mmtHimv 18. JAY^ MORTON (Mehitabel M. Crary,« Thomas,^ Thomas,*

fjoTfcS Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born April 3, 1844; married

Sept. 25, 1876, ^ _ x'H- 6L.t'V. /? i'? _ ^X^^.«-'j|^.

JENNIE DODGE, born June 19, 1853 She was the daugh- ter of Cyrus G. Dodge. The mother of John R. Mott, General Foreign Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was her cousin.

Children : 18A. i. RoscoE, born Dec. 30, 1877. 18B. ii. Lulu, born March 14, 1882.

iii. Mary, born Dec. 12, 1885.

18A. ROSCOE« MORTON (Jay,^ Mehitabel M. Crary,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born December 31, 1877, at Rockland, N. Y. ; married April 2, 1902,

FANNY PLUMMER, born Jan. 27, 1878.

Children :

i. Margaret, born October 21, 1908.

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18B. LULU« MORTON (Jay/ Mehitabel M. Crary,« Thomas," Thomas,'' Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), bom March 14, 1882 ; married Sept. 19, 1908, at Chicago, 111.

ERNEST E. QUANTRELL, born May 8, 1881. Children :

i. Virginia, bom Nov. 4, 19 14. ii. Jane, born Jan. 19, 1916.

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LAKE RECORD

1. William the Conqueror, had

2. Henry I., King of England, had

3. Robert, Duke of Gloucester, had

4. Lady Maud de Mellert, who m.

Ranalle de Mesechines, 2nd Earl of Chester, — had

5. Hugh de Mesechines, 3rd Earl of Chester, had

6. ■ de Mesechines, 4th Earl of Chester, had

7. Hugh de Cyrelish, 5th Earl of Chester, had A. 8. Mabille de Mesechines, who m.

William, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Sussex, who was a direct descendant of Charlemagne. (See Charlemagne line 14.)

Copied from a book in the Lenox Library, New York City, Entitled,

"Americans of Royal Descent."

Page 150.

by Charles H. Browning

of Philadelphia.

1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the West, born A. D. 742, m. Hildegard (third wife) and had

2. Louis L, King of France, m. Judith the Fair, and had

3. Charles H., King of France, m. Ermestrude, and had

4. Louis n.. King of France, m. Adaheid, and had

A. 5. Charles HL, King of France, m. Princess Edgira, grand- daughter of Alfred the Great, King of England, and had

6. Louis IV., King of France, m. A. D. 939, Princess Gers-

berga de Saxe, daughter of Henry the Fowler, Em- peror of Germany, and had

7. Charles, Duke of Lorraine, oldest son (excluded from

the throne of France), who m. first — Borin, daughter of Godefroi d'Ardenne, and had,

Ancestors of Calvert Crary 39

8. Gerberge, Countess of Lorraine, who m. Lambert L,

Count of Mons and Lorraine, and had

9. Lambert IL, Count of Mons, who m. Ode, daughter of

Goetelon, Count of Lorraine, son of Duke Charles, son of Louis IV., and had

10. Henry IL, Duke of Brabant, m. Adela of Thuringia, and

had

11. Godfrey L, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Brabant and

Lothris, m. Ida, daughter of Albert, third Count de Namur ; also m. Sophia, daughter of Henry IV., Em- peror of Germany, his daughter

12. Adelicia, the Fair Maid of Brabant (second wife and

widow of Henry L, King of England) who m. sec- ondly William dAlbini, Earl of Sussex and Arundel (d. 1776), and had

13. William, second Earl of Arundel, who m. Maud St.

Hilliario, widow of Rodger de Clare, third Earl of Hetford (d. 1222), and had A. 14. William, third Earl of Arundel and Sussex, who m. Mabille de Mesechines, daughter of Hugh de Cybelisk (Wales) fifth Earl of Chester. Mabille de Mese- chines was a direct descendant of William the Con- queror. (See that hne.)

15. Lady Mabel d'Albini, who m. Robert de Tattesshall, and

had

16. Emma de Tattesshall, who m. Osbert de Cailly, son

' of Adam de Cailly, Lord of the Court Manor, and had

17. Sir Hugh de Cailly, Lord of Owby Manor, who m.

Agnes, daughter of Hains de Hainsted, and had

18. Sir William de Cailly, Lord of Owbry Manor, who m.

Catherine, and had

19. John de Cailly, Lord of Oroby Manor and High Sheriff

of Norfolk and Suffolk, who m. Maud, and had

20. John Cayley, (or de Cailly) Lord of Normanton, who had

21. William Cayley, Lord of Normanton, who had

22. Jennet Cayley, sole heir, who m. John Lake, Lord of

Manor of Normanton, and had

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23. John Lake of Normanton, who m. Jane, daughter of

Robert Drake, of Yorkshire, and had

24. John Lake of Normanton, who had

25. Lancelot Lake of Normanton, who m. Margaret, daughter

of Henry and Elizabeth Twisleton, and had

26. John Lake of Normanton, who m. Catherine, daughter of

John Pecke of Wakefield, and had

27. Lancelot Lake of Normanton, who m. Emma, daughter

of Robert Northend of Halifax Yorkshire, and had

28. John Lake of Erby Lincolnshire, who m. Osgorby, and

had

29. Richard Lake of Erby, who m. secondly Anna Morelly

of Claxby Lincolnshire, by whom he had

30. John Lake of Erby, who m. Margaret, daughter of

Colonel Edmund Read of Wickford Essex, and had a daughter

31. Hannah Lake, who came to America and married Captain

John Gallup, Jr., of Stonington, Conn. Their daughter

32. Christobel Gallup m. Peter Crary of Groton, Conn., Dec.

31, 1677.

A sister of Hannah Lake (Margaret Lake) was the wife of the first Gov. Winthrop of Mass.

Copied from a book in the Lenox Library, New York City, Entitled — "Americans of Royal Descent," page 150, by Charles H. Browning of Philadelphia.

Ancestors of Calvert Crary 41

GALLUP RECORD

JOHN GALLUP came out of the North A. D. 1465. 5 Ed. 4. (Fifth year reign of Edward IV.) Married

ALICE TEMPLE, daughter and heir of William Temple, County of Dorset.

JOHN GALLUP, of North Borwood and Temple, in County Dorset. Died 25 H. 8. 1533. (Twenty-fifth year reign of Henry VIII.) Married

JOAN COLLINS, daughter of Collins, of Snailscroft,

County of Dorset.

THOMAS GALLUP, of North Borwood, son and heir, died April 8, 1610. (Reign of James I.) Married

AUGUSTA WATKINS, daughter of Humphrey Watkins, of Plolwell in County Dorset. Their descendants still own and occupy the Manor of Strode. John Gallup, third son, married Crabbe.

I. JOHN GALLUP of Mosterne, County Dorset, England, came to America in 1630 in the ship Mary and John. He was 33 years old at the time of the visitation of Dorset in 1623. He married Christobel, whose full name does not appear, careful research having failed to discover it. He sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630, arriving at Nantasket, now Hull, May 30th. His wife and children followed in 1633. He went first to Dorchester but was soon after a resident of Boston. He was admitted to the First Church Jan. 6, 1634, and his wife, Christobel, June 22, 1634. He was made a freeman in April of same year. He was one of the earliest granters of land in the northerly part of the town, where he had a wharf-right and house. The locality was known by the name of Gallup Point. He

42 Ancestors of Calvert Crary

owned Gallup Island, where he had a snug farm, with a meadow on Long Island, a sheep pasture on Nix Water and a house in Boston. He belonged to the English Army and served under Lord Thomas Fairfax in the Netherlands. He fought the first naval battle on the Atlantic Coast July, 1636, capturing and destroy- ing a large number of hostile Indians, who had murdered John Oldham. He died in Boston, Jan. ii, 1650. His wife, Christobel, died in Boston Sept. 27, 1655.

The following is an extract from Bryant's Popular History of the United States, Volume i, p. 557:

John Oldham was a trader, restless, energetic, more or less quarrelsome and of a violent temper. In 1636 he was trading in a vessel of his own along the Connecti- cut River. What encounter he may have had with the Indians is not known, but off Block Island a Massa- chusetts fisherman, John Gallup, discovered his vessel drifting out to sea crowded with Indians who could handle neither helm nor sail. Gallup, who had but one man and two boys with him in his little fishing boat, attacked and boarded the vessel and assaulted the In- dians. Gallup and his companions drove the Indians before them, some diving into the hold and some over- board, till none were left but the dying and the dead. Oldham lay dead on the deck. His death precipitated the first war with the Pequots by the New England Colonies.

2. JOHN^ GALLUP (John^), was born in England and came to this country in 1633. In early life he showed signs of the bravery which afterwards distinguished him as an Indian fighter. It is supposed he was with his father and assisted in the capture of John Oldham's vessel off Block Island. With Massachusetts forces he en- gaged with his father in the Pequot War, and bore himself so bravely that the General Court of Connecticut gave him in 1671 a grant of 100 acres of land. He came to New London in 1650 or 165 1. He removed with his family in 1654 to the east side of the Mystic River,

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now Stonington, where he had taken up the land granted him. He represented the town at the General Court in 1664 and 1667. He was also an Indian Interpreter. When King Phillip's War broke out, although he was over' sixty, age had not quenched his martial ardor. New London County having raised seventy men under Captain John Mason of Norwich, Captain Gallup joined with him at the head of the Mohegans. These troops forming a juncture with those of the other colonies were engaged in the fearful swamp fight at Narragansett December 9, 1675. In storming the fort he led his men bravely forward and was one of the six Captains who fell in this memorable fight. A complete victory was here gained over the savage foe, but with great loss of life on both sides. Captain Gallup was a brave and valuable officer and was loved and respected by his men. He married in 1643 ^^ Boston,

HANNAH LAKE, who came on ship Abigail, Oct. 6, 1635, after a passage of ten weeks. She was daughter of John Lake and Margaret Read Lake, the latter a sister of Elizabeth Read who married John Winthrop, Jr., Gov. of Conn. They were the daughters of Edmund Read, of Wickford, Essex County, England. Their mother is thought to have married Hugh Peters after the death of Mr. Read. (See Gen. Reg., Vol. 5, p. 11.) (See Lake Record.)

Children :

i. Hannah, born at Boston, Sept. 14, 1644.

3. ii. John, born in 1646.

iii. Esther, born at New London, Conn., March 24, 1653-

4. iv. Benadam, born at Stonington, Conn., 1655.

v. William, born in 1658; married Sarah Chesbro.

vi. Samuel.

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5. vii. Christobel, married Peter Crary, Dec. 31,

1677. (See Crary Record.)

viii. Elizabeth, married Henry Stevens, of Ston- ington. Conn.

ix. Mary, married John Cole, of Boston.

X. Margaret, married Joseph Culver, of Groton.

5. CHRISTOBEL^ GALLUP (John,^ John^, married PETER CRARY, Dec. 31, 1677. (See Crary Record.)

3. JOHN^ GALLUP (John,^ John^), born in 1646, died April 14, 1735 ; married in 1675

ELIZABETH HARRIS, of Ipswich, Mass., born Feb. 8, 1654.

Children :

i. John, born in 1676.

ii. Thomas, baptized 1682.

iii. Martha, baptized April 2, 1683.

6. iv. Samuel, baptized Oct. 9, 1687.

v. Elizabeth, baptized July 14, 1689.

vi. Nathaniel, baptized July 4, 1692.

vii. William, baptized May 26, 1695 ; died at Volimtown, Aug. 18, 1735.

viii. Benjamin, baptized Nov. i, 1696.

6. SAMUEL* GALLUP (John,^ John,^ John^), baptized

at Stonington, Conn., Oct. 9, 1687 ; married

MEHITABLE BLUNT, May 11, 1727. Children :

i. Elizabeth, bom Dec. 26, 1728. ii. Mehitable, born Feb. 21, 1733.

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7. iii. Mary, born Jan. 28, 1737 ; died May 13, 1797.

iv. Priscilla, baptized July 20, 1740.

V. Mercy J

I , twins, baptized June 2, 1745.

vi. Anna i

7. MARY« GALLUP (Samuel,* John,^ John,^ John^), born

Jan. 28, 1737; died May 13, 1797; married

ANDREW MASON, March 20, 1754. (See Mason Record.)

8. MEHITABEL« MASON (Mary Gallup,^ Samuel Gallup,*

John Gallup,' John Gallup,^ John Gallup^), born March 25, 1755, at Stonington, Conn.; died May 21, 1832, at Knox, Albany Co., N. Y. ; married

THOMAS CRARY, Jan. 9, 1772.

9. THOMAS^ CRARY (Mehitabel Mason,« Mary Gallup,^

Samuel,* John,' John,^ John^), born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851 ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778; died March 9, 1862.

10. CALVERT^ CRARY (Thomas,^ Mehitabel Mason,« Mary Gallup,^ Samuel,* John,' John,^ John^), born Aug. II, 1798; died June i, 1878; married Mar. 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897.

4. BEN ADAM' GALLUP (John,^ John^), born at Ston- ington, Conn., in 1655 '> '^^^^ ^^ ^7^7 5 married

ESTHER PRENTICE, born July 20, 1660; died May 18, 1751 ; daughter of John and Hester Prentice. John was son of Valentine and Alice Prentice. He was born in England ; lived in New London, Conn. Was Town At- torney in 1667, also was Deputy to General Court of Connecticut.

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11. HANNAH* GALLUP (Benadam,^ John,^ John^), born

May 22, 1683 ; died in 1754 ; married

WILLIAM WHEELER, May 30, 17 10. (See Wheeler Record.)

12. DOROTHY^ WHEELER (Hannah Gallup,* Benadam,^

John,^ John^), born March, 1721 ; married

NATHAN CRARY, Nov. 2, 1742. (See Crary Record.)

13. ESTHERS WHEELER (Hannah Gallup,* Benadam,^ John,"

John^), born Feb., 1723; married

CAPT. DANIEL DENISON, May 27, 1742.

14. MARY« DENISON (Esther Wheeler,^ Hannah Gallup,*

Benadam,^ John,^ John^), born Nov. 6, 1757; died Oct., 1824; married

JEREMIAH HOLMES, Jan., 1778. He died March 8, 1790.

9. MARY^ HOLMES (Mary Denison,« Esther Wheeler,^ Hannah Gallup,* Benadam,^ John," John^), born Oct. 8, 1778; married Feb. 2, 1797,

THOMAS CRARY, born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851.

10. CALVERT^ CRARY (Mary Holmes,^ Mary Denison,« Esther Wheeler,^ Hannah Gallup,* Benadam,^ John," John^), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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WHEELER RECORD

1. THOMAS WHEELER came from England, probably in

April, 1635. Settled in Lynn, Mass. Came to Ston- ington, Conn., in 1667. Was Representative at the Gen- eral Court in 1673. Was one of the nine who organized the First Congregational Church of Stonington, June 3, 1674. Married

MARY , 1645. He died March 6, 1686, aged 84 years.

2. ISAAC^ WHEELER (Thomas^, born 1646; died June 5,

1712. Served in the Colonial Wars. Married

MARTHA PARK, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Thompson) Park. She died Feb. 14, 1717.

Thomas Park was the son of Capt. Robert and Martha (Chaplin) Park. He died July 30, 1709. He served in the early Colonial Wars.

Capt. Robert Park came in the Ship Arabella in 1630; settled in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1640. Was Deputy to the General Court. He finally settled in Mystic. He served in the early Colonial Wars, a? did also his father, Thomas.

Martha (Chaplin) Park was daughter of Robert Chaplin and Elizabeth Ansty (daughter of Francis Ansty) of Edmonsberry, England.

Sir Robert Park, husband of Martha Chaplin, came to this country in 1630. He was a Knight in Englaid and was lineally descended from the Earl of Wensley- dale. Ancestors resided in Lancashire, England. Robert Park, John and Dean Winthrop and Jonathan Brewster were the only ones addressed as "Mr." at that tim.e All others were styled "Goodman," or were addressed by their Christian or surname without prefix.

3. WILLIAM^ WHEELER (Isaac,^ Thomas^), born Sept. 9, 1681 ; married

HANNAH GALLUP, May 30, 17 10. She was born at Stonington, Conn., May 22, 1683; died in 1754. She

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was a daughter of Benadam Gallup and Esther Prentice Gallup.

Children :

i. Hannah, born Jan. 12, 1712 ; married Simeon Miner.

ii. Isaac, born Jan. 24, 1714.

iii. Anna, born Dec. 23, 1715.

iv. Martha, born April 2^, lyiy.

4. V. Dorothy, born March, 1721 ; married Nathan

Crary, Nov. 2, 1742. (See Crary Record.)

5. vi. Esther, born Feb., 1723. vii. Eunice, born July 3, 1727.

5. ESTHER* WHEELER (William,^ Isaac,^ Thomas^, born

Feb., 1723; married

CAPT. DANIEL DENISON, May 27, 1742. He died May 9, 1776.

6. MARY^ DENISON (Esther Wheeler,* William,^ Isaac,*

Thomas^), born Nov. 6, 1757; died Oct., 1824; married

JEREMIAH HOLMES, Jan., 1778. He died March 8, 1790.

7. MARY« HOLMES (Mary Denison,^ Esther Wheeler,*

William,^ Isaac,^ Thomas^), born Oct. 8, 1778; mar- ried Feb. 2, 1797,

THOMAS CRARY, born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851, aged yy years.

8. CALVERT^ CRARY (Mary Holmes,^ Mary Denison,"

Esther Wheeler,* William,^ Isaac,^ Thomas^), born Aug. II, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years; mar- ried March 12, 1823

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years.

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MASON RECORD

JOHN MASON, American colonial commander ; born in England about 1600; died in Norwich, Conn., 1672. Under Sir Thomas Fairfax he served in the Netherlands; in 1630 settled at Dorchester, Mass. ; in 1633 was appointed to a military command at Boston and two years later joined with others in founding Windsor, Conn. In 1637 he was given command of an expedition of English and Indians against th Pequots, whom he almost annihilated, completing their destruction in a second movement a little later. He removed first to Saybrook, and afterward to Norwich. For 30 years he was a Major of the Connecticut forces, was a magistrate for many years, and deputy governor 1660-70. From 1642 to 1668 he served as Judge of the colonial court. His "Brief History of the Pequot War," written at the request of the General Court, was reprinted by Increase Mather in his "Relation of Trouble by the Indians" (1677, republished by Prince, 1736).

Consult Ellis' "Life of John Mason of Connecticut," in Sparks' "Library of American Biography". Volume X, Encyclopedia Americana.

JOHN MASON

Extract from Palfrey's Compendium History of New England, Volume I, p. 184-193.

In 1636 the settlers of Connecticut were engaged in war with the Pequots, who numbered probably a thousand fighting men. The Indians had been very cruel and barbarous in their assaults and treatment of captives. Hartford with 42 soldiers, Windsor with 30 and Wethersfield with 18 joined forces under the com- mand of Captain John Mason of Windsor, "an officer who, after serving with credit in the Netherlands under Sir Thomas Fair- fax, had come to Massachusetts, where, before his next remove, he had been a Deputy for Dorchester in the General Court."

The expedition was made by water to the entrance of Nar- ragansett Bay, being joined on the way by 20 men from Massa-

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chusetts and 70 friendly Indians. On May 24th, 1637, with jy of his men and about 460 Indians he marched 20 miles and on the next day 15 miles, camping near a hill on which stood the Pequot fort. This point is about five miles northwest of the present principal village of Stonington.

The Indian fort was circular, covering an acre or two sur- rounded with 12 foot posts, and had two gateways. There were about 70 wigwams in the fort, covered with matting and thatch. The plan was that half of the men under Mason should attack one gateway, the other half under John Underbill, of Massa- chusetts, the other gate, the Indians to cut off fugitives. After a prayer, they set off two hours before sunrise and were near the fort before they were discovered. With sixteen men Mason broke through his gate and fell upon the Indians with firearms and broadswords. These means being inadequate, the wigwams were set on fire. Underbill used the same methods on his side and in one hour all of the Indians, estimated at from four to seven hundred, were killed by the Englishmen or their allies, with the exception of not above five who escaped. Mason had a narrow escape. An Indian had taken aim at him at close range, when Mason's orderly made a spring at the savage just in time to cut his bowstring. Of the Englishmen two were killed and about a quarter of their number wounded.

The retreat to their ships was slow on account of the wounded, the heat and scarce supplies. On their way they were attacked by 300 savages from another fort, who came to avenge their comrades. The ships were finally reached in safety and the next week the men dispersed to their own towns.

The Indians decided to join the Mohawks on the Hudson, but making more trouble on the way they were pursued by Mason with forty men who were joined by 120 from Massachusetts under Stoughton. An engagement took place near New Haven and a considerable number of Indians were killed and the rem- nants of their tribe became scattered and merged with other tribes so that the Pequots became extinct. "And from savage violence the land had rest forty years."

I. JOHN MASON, Conqueror of Pequots, Saviour of New England, Deputy Gov. of Conn., Founder of Norwich,

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Conn., Major of Colonial Army. His name appears in Royal Charter of Charles II. to Connecticut. Born in England about 1600; died Jan. 30, 1672; married

ANNA PECK, of London, England, July, 1640.

2. DANIEL^ MASON (John^), born in Saybrook, April,

1652 ; died Jan. 28, 1737 ; married Oct. 10, 1679

REBECCA HOBART, daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, of Hingham, Mass., who was Pastor at Hingham forty- three years and one of the founders of the town.

3. NEHEMIAH^ MASON (Daniel^, John^), born Nov. 24,

1693, at Stonington, Conn.; died May 13, 1768; married

ZERVIAH STANTON, of Stonington, Jan. 9, 1722. (See Stanton and Lord Record.)

4. ANDREW^ MASON (Nehemiah,^ Daniel,^ John^), bom

Feb. 28, 1730, at Stonington, Conn. ; married

MARY GALLUP, March 20, 1754. (See Gallup Record.)

5. MEHITABEL« MASON (Andrew,* Nehemiah,^ Daniel,^

John^), born March 25, 1755, at Stonington, Conn.; died May 21, 1832, at Knox, Albany Co., N. Y. ; married Jan. 9, 1772.

THOMAS CRARY, born Oct. i, 1744; died Nov. 4, 1834.

6. THOMAS^ CRARY (Mehitabel Mason,'* Andrew,* Nehe-

miah,^ Daniel,^ John^), born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851 ; married Feb. 2, 1797

MARY HOLMES, bom Oct. 8, 1778; died March 9, 1862.

7. CALVERT^ CRARY (Thomas,« Mehitabel Mason,^ An-

drew,* Nehemiah,^ Daniel,^ John^), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823

ELIZA HILL, bom Dec. i, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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LORD RECORD

1. DR. THOMAS LORD, born in England in 1585; married

DOROTHY , in England, 1610. They came to America

April 29, 1635 in the ship Elisabeth and Ann. Mrs. Lord died in 1676, aged 87 years. She sealed her will with the Arms of the Lord family. Dr. Lord was given the first medical license in the New England colonies at Hartford, Conn., June 30, 1652.

2. ANNA2 LORD (Dr. Thomas^, married

THOMAS STANTON, in 1637. He died Dec. 2, 1677, aged 68 years.

Children :

3. i. Jonathan.

4. ii. Robert.

3. JONATHAN^ STANTON (Anna Lord,^ Dr. Thomas^),

married in 1664

HANNAH THOMPSON, sister of Rev. William Thomp- son.

5. JOSEPH* STANTON (Jonathan,^ Anna Lord,^ Dr.

Thomas^), bom Jan., 1668; married July 18, 1696,

MARGARET CHESEBROUGH, born in 1676.

6. ZERVIAH^ STANTON (Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Anna Lord,'

Dr. Thomas^), married

NEHEMIAH MASON, Jan. 9, 1722. Children :

i. HOBART.

7. ii. Andrew.

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7. ANDREW^ MASON (Zerviah Stanton," Joseph,* Jon-

athan,^ Anna Lord,^ Dr. Thomas Lord^), born Feb. 28, 1730, at Stonington, Conn. ; married

MARY GALLUP, daughter of Samuel Gallup and Mehitabel Blunt, March 20, 1754.

8. MEHITABEL^ MASON (Andrew," Zerviah Stanton,"

Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Anna Lord,^ Dr. Thomas Lord^), born March 25, 1755 ; married

THOMAS CRARY, Jan. 9, 1772.

9. THOMAS' CRARY (Mehitabel Mason," Andrew," Zerviah

Stanton," Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Anna Lord,^ Dr. Thomas Lord^), born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851 ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778.

10. CALVERT» CRARY (Thomas Crary,« Mehitabel Mason," Andrew," Zerviah Stanton," Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Anna Lord,^ Dr. Thomas Lord^), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June I, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, bom Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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STANTON RECORD

1. THOMAS STANTON, born at Rodney, England, in 1594;

married

CATHERINE WASHINGTON, daughter of Walter and Agnes (Bateman) Washington.

Walter was son of Robert Washington, born 1440. 13th in descent from Thorfin the Dane, who is on the Doomsday Book.

2. THOMAS" STANTON (Thomas^), came to this country

in 1635 on ship BonavenUire. Landed in Virginia and came to Hartford in 1637. He took a prominent part in town, county and state affairs. He was Deputy to the General Court of Connecticut for several years, Magistrate and Commissioner Judge, also General In- terpreter for the Indians. Married

ANNA LORD, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lord of Hartford, Conn., in 1637. He died Dec. 2, 1677, aged 68 years.

Children :

3. i. Jonathan.

4. ii. Robert.

3. JONATHAN^ STANTON (Thomas," Thomas^), married

in 1664

HANNAH THOMPSON, sister of Rev. William Thomp- son.

5. JOSEPH* STANTON (Jonathan,^ Thomas," Thomas^), born Jan., 1668; married July 18, 1696

MARGARET CHESEBROUGH, born in 1676.

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6. ZERVIAH^ STANTON (Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Thomas,^

Thomas^), born Sept. 24, 1704; married

NEHEMIAH MASON, Jan. 9, 1722. Children :

i. HOBART.

7. ii. Andrew.

7. ANDREW^ MASON (Zerviah Stanton,'' Joseph,* Jonathan,'

Thomas,^ Thomas^), born Feb. 28, 1730, at Stonington, Conn.; married

MARY GALLUP, daughter of Samuel Gallup and Mehit- abel Blunt, March 20, 1754.

8. MEHITABEL^ MASON (Andrew,« Zerviah Stanton,"

Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Thomas^), born March 25, 1755 ; married

THOMAS CRARY, Jan. 9, 1772.

9. THOMAS^ CRARY (Mehitabel Mason,^ Andrew,^ Zerviah

Stanton," Joseph,* Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Thomas^, born Jan. II, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851 ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778.

10. CALVERT^ CRARY (Thomas,« Mehitabel Mason,^ An- drew,^ Zerviah Stanton," Joseph,* Jonathan,' Thomas,^ Thomas^), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897.

4. ROBERT' STANTON (Thomas,^ Thomas^), born in 1653; died Oct. 24, 1724; married

JOANNA GARDINER, Nov. 12, 1677. She was born Jan. 25, 1657. She was the daughter of Thomas Gardiner of Roxbury, Mass. He (Thomas) was born in England;

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married July 4, 1641, Lucy Smith. She died Nov. 4, 1687. He died July 15, 1689. He was probably the son of Thomas Gardiner of Roxbury, Mass., who died Nov., 1638.

11. MARY^ STANTON (Robert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas^), married

DEACON DANIEL DENISON, Jan. i, 1704. He died Oct. 13, 1747, aged 67 years.

12. CAPT. DANIEL^ DENISON (Mary Stanton,-* Robert,'

Thomas,^ Thomas^), married

ESTHER WHEELER, May 27, 1742. He died May 9, 1776.

13. MARY« DENISON (Capt. Daniel,^ Mary Stanton,* Robert,'

Thomas,^ Thomas'), born Nov. 6, 1757; died Oct., 1824; married

JEREMIAH HOLMES, Jan., 1778. He died March 8, 1790.

9. MARY^ HOLMES (Mary Denison,« Capt. Daniel,'^ Mary Stanton,* Robert,' Thomas,^ Thomas'), born Oct. 8, 1778; married Feb. 2, 1797,

THOMAS CRARY, born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851.

ID. CALVERT^ CRARY (Mary Holmes,^ Mary Denison,« Capt. Daniel,^ Mary Stanton,* Robert,' Thomas,^ Thomas'), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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DENISON RECORD

v'. ^"i. JOHN DENISON married

AGNES . Died from the pla^e in Stratford, England,

in 1582.

2. WILLIAM^ DENISON (John^), born in England about 1586, came to America in 1631, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., having with him his wife

MARGARET (CHANDLER) MONCK, his three sons, Daniel, Edward and George, and John Eliot, who seems to have been a tutor in his family. Mr. Eliot became pastor of the church in Roxbury, and did missionary work among the Indians. Mr. Denison was a deacon of the Roxbury church. He had been liberally educated, and his sons were carefully educated. He died in Rox- bury, Jan. 25, 1653 ; his wife died there, Feb. 23, 1645.

5^f 3. GEORGE^ DENISON (Winiam,^ John^), born in 1618; married, first, in 1640,

BRIDGET THOMPSON, daughter of "John Thompson, gent., of Preston, Northamptonshire, England," whose widow, Alice, had come to America, and was living in Roxbury. She had in this country, besides Bridget, these three sons: John Thompson; Anthony Thompson, re- corded in New Haven, Conn., in 1643, as a planter ; and William Thompson, who died in New Haven in 1683. George and Bridget (Thompson) Denison had two children born in Roxbury :

i. Sarah, born March 20, 1641 ; married Thomas Stanton, Jr.

4. ii. Hannah, born May 20, 1643 ; twice married.

The wife, Bridget, died in 1643. George Denison then went to England, served under Cromwell in the army

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of the Parliament, won distinction, was wounded at Naseby, was nursed at the house of John Borodell, by his daughter Ann, was married to

>^ ANN BORODELL, returned to Roxbury, and finally set- tled at Stonington, Conn. He died in Hartford, while attending the General Court, Oct. 23, 1694, being 76 years old. His wife, Ann Borodell, died Sept. 26, 1712, aged 97 years. They were both remarkable for mag- nificent personal appearance, and for force of mind and character. She was always called "Lady Ann". They held a foremost place in Stonington. At the time of their marriage, in 1645, she was 30 years old and he 27. He has been described as "the Miles Standish of the settlement," but he was a greater and more brilliant soldier than Miles Standish. He had no equal in any of the colonies for conducting a war against the Indians, excepting perhaps Capt. John Mason. Miss Calkins, in her history of New London, says of him: "Our early history presents no character of bolder and more active spirit than Capt. George Denison ; he reminds us of the border men of Scotland." In emergencies he was always in demand, and he was almost constantly placed in im- portant public positions. The children of George and Ann (Borodell) Denison were:

^

5. iii. John, born July 14, 1646 ; married Phebe Lay. iv. Ann, born May 20, 1649; rnarried Gershom

Palmer.

V. Borodell, born in 1651 ; married Samuel Stanton.

vi. George, born in 1653; married Mercy Gor- ham.

vii. William, bom in 1655 ; married Sarah Stanton.

viii. Margaret, born in 1657; married James Brown, Jr.

ix. Mercy, born in 1659; died March 10, 1671.

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4. HANNAH* DENISON (George,^ WilHam,^ John^), born May 20, 1643 ; married in 1659,

NATHANIEL CHESEBROUGH, son of William and Anna (Stevenson) Chesebrough; and was baptized at Boston, England, Jan. 25, 1630. William Chesebrough was born in 1594. He and Thomas Stanton were the first two settlers in Stonington. Nathaniel and Hannah (Denison) Chesebrough lived in Stonington. He died Nov. 22, 1678.

Children :

i. Anna, born Oct. 12, 1660; married Samuel

Richardson, ii. Sarah, born Jan. 30, 1662. iii. Nathaniel, born April 14, 1666; married

Sarah Stanton. iv. Bridget, born March 25, 1669 ; twice married. V. Hannah, born in 1672 ; bapt. Nov. 14, 1674. vi. Samuel, born Feb. 14, 1674. 6. vii. Margaret, born in 1676; married Jos. Stanton, viii. Mary, born in 1678; bapt. June 30, 1678.

Hannah Denison Chesebrough married 2nd, July 15, 1680, Capt. Joseph Saxton, who settled in Stonington and was largely engaged in the West India trade, by which he became very wealthy. They had three children.

6. MARGARET^ CHESEBROUGH (Hannah Denison,* George,^ William,^ John^), born in 1676; married July 18, 1696,

JOSEPH STANTON, son of Capt. John Stanton, (or Jonathan).

Children :

i. Hannah, born Dec. 15, 1698; married Wm. Morgan.

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ii. Margaret, born Oct. 7, 1701 ; married Jon- athan Copp, Dec. 28, 1721.

7. iii. Zerviah, born Sept. 24, 1704; married Ne- hemiah Mason.

iv. Sarah, born Feb. 22, 1706; married William Halsey, June 19, 1738.

V. Anna, born Aug. 6, 1708; married John Avery, Feb. 19, 1732.

vi. Dorothy, born and died in July, 1710.

vii. Joseph, born May i, 1712; married Anna Wheeler, Nov. 6, 1735.

viii. John, born Sept. 29, 1714; married Prudence Chesebrough, Feb. 27, 1737.

ix. Nathaniel, born July 29, 1716; married Mary Coit, daughter of Rev. Joseph Coit, the first minister of Plainfield, Conn.

7. ZERVIAH" STANTON (Margaret Chesebrough,^ Hannah

Denison,* George,^ William,^ John^), born Sept. 24, 1704; married NEHEMIAH MASON, Jan. 9, 1722.

8. ANDREW^ MASON (Zerviah Stanton,« Margaret Chese-

brough,^ Hannah Denison,* George,^ William,^ John^), born Feb. 28, 1730, at Stonington, Conn.; married

MARY GALLUP, daughter of Samuel Gallup and Mehitabel Blunt, March 20, 1754.

9. MEHITABEL« MASON (Andrew Mason,' Zerviah Stan-

ton,® Margaret Chesebrough,^ Hannah Denison,* George,^ William,^ John^), born March 25, 1755; mar- ried

THOMAS CRARY, Jan. 9, 1772.

10. THOMAS^ CRARY (Mehitabel Mason,* Andrew Mason,' Zerviah Stanton,^ Margaret Chesebrough,'' Hannah Den-

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ison,* George/ William,^ John^), born Jan. ii, 1775; died Dec. 28, 185 1 ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778.

II. CALVERT^" CRARY (Thomas,^ Mehitabel Mason,* An- drew Mason,^ Zerviah Stanton,^ Margaret Chesebrough,^ Hannah Denison,* George,^ William,^ John^), born Aug. II, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897.

5. JOHN* DENISON (George,^ WiUiam.^ John^), born July 14, 1646 ; married Nov. 26, 1667,

PHEBE LAY, daughter of Robert and Sarah Lay of Say- brook, Ct. The marriage contract or deed of settlement, arranged between their parents, is recorded in Say- brook. By this deed of settlement, executed before the marriage, the respective parents conveyed to John Deni- son and Phebe Lay, the farm granted to Capt. George Denison near the mouth of Mystic River in Stoning- ton, and the house and land in Saybrook, which Mr. Lay had formerly bought of John Post. This deed was wit- nessed by Rev. Simon Bradstreet, and "Ann Denison, Jr." They settled in Stonington, on "the farm near the mouth of Mystic River." He was known as "Capt. John Denison," held a prominent position in Stonington, and in many ways was a man of mark. He died in 1698, aged 52 years ; his wife died in 1699, aged 49.

Children :

i. John, born Jan. i, 1669; lived in Saybrook.

ii. George, born March 28, 1671 ; lived in New London.

iii. Robert, born Sept. 17, 1673; lived in Mo- hegan.

iv. William, born April 7, 1677; lived in New Stonington.

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12. V. Daniel, born March 28, 1680; lived in Ston- ington.

vi. Samuel, born Feb. 23, 1683; died May 12, 1683.

vii. Ann, born Oct. 3, 1684; twice married; first to Samuel Minor of Stonington; 2nd, to Edward Denison of Westerly, R. I.

viii. Phebe, bapt. April 6, 1690 ; married Ebenezer Billings, Jr.

ix. Sarah, born July 20, 1692 ; married Isaac Williams.

12. DANIEL^ DENISON (John," George,^ William,^ John^), born March 28, 1680; was a Deacon of the first Congre- gational Church in Stonington, Conn. He was mar- ried, first, Jan. i, 1703, to

MARY STANTON, daughter of Robert and Joanna (Gard- iner) Stanton, and the mother of his eleven children. She died Sept. 2, 1724, in the 38th year of her life. She was born Feb. 3, 1687, and married when not quite sixteen years old. He was married, second, Oct. 27, 1726, to

JANE COGSWELL, of Long Island. He was married, third, Nov. 17, 1737, to

MRS. ABIGAIL (FISH) ELDRIDGE, who outlived him about 2)7 years, and died June 17, 1784, aged 94. He died Oct. 13, 1747, aged over 67. His children, all by Mary Stanton, the young first wife, were as follows :

i. Mary, born Aug. 29, 1705; married Nathan

Smith, ii. Daniel, born Nov. 11, 1707; died March 29,

1718. Hi. Beebe, born Jan. 27, 1709; married Sarah

Avery. iv. Rachel, born July 16, 1710.

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V. Esther, born March 22, 1712; married Isaac Smith.

vi. Lucy, born Oct. 13, 17 14; married Jonas Prentice.

vii. John, born May 21, 1716; married Abigail Avery.

viii. Prudence, born Jan. 27, 1718; married Wil- liam Denison, oldest son of Wm. and Mercy (Gallup) Denison; 6 children.

13. ix. Daniel, born March 22, 1720; married Es- ther Wheeler.

X. Phebe, born April 24, 1723 ; married Wm. Avery; no child.

xi. Sarah, born Aug 25, 1724.

13. DANIEL" DENISON (Daniel,^ John,* George,^ William,^ John^), born March 22, 1720; married May 27, 1742,

ESTHER WHEELER, born Feb. 15, 1722; died March 31, 1814. He died in Stonington, May 9, 1776. He had thirteen children, as follows :

i. Esther, born Oct. 11, 1743; married William Gardiner.

ii. Daniel, born Dec. 9, 1745 ; married Elizabeth Andross,

iii. Phebe, born Dec. 5, 1747; thrice married.

iv. Robert, born Dec. 12, 1749; married Anna Chesebrough.

v. Isaac, born Dec. 20, 1751 ; married Eunice Williams.

vi. Henry, born Nov. 26, 1753; married Mary Gallup.

vii. Hannah, born Feb. 13, 1755; died young.

14. viii. Mary, born Nov. 6, 1757; twice married.

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ix. Hannah^ born Oct. 16, 1759; married John Gallup.

X. Beebe, born Feb. 22, 1761 ; twice married.

xi. Frederick, born Sept. 21, 1762; married Hannah Fish.

xii. Eunice, born May 18, 1764 ; married Reuben Hatch.

xiii. Ann B., (or Nancy,) bom Oct. 2, 1769; married John Wheeler.

14. MARY^ DENISON (Daniel,« Daniel,^ John,* George,^ Wil- liam,^ John^), born Nov. 6, 1757; married Jan., 1778,

JEREMIAH HOLMES, lived in Stonington.

Children :

10. i. Mary, born Oct. 8, 1778; married Thomas Crary.

ii. Philura, born Sept. 14, 1780; married Capt. Theophilus Baldwin.

iii. Jeremiah, born Sept. 6, 1782; married Ann B. Denison.

iv. Esther, born March 27, 1785 ; twice married.

V. Daniel D., born Sept. 17, 1787; married Melinda Lee.

vi. Frederic, born Feb. 19, 1789; married a Pettis.

Mr. Jeremiah Holmes died March 8, 1790. She married 2nd,

JEDEDIAH LEE, about 1797, and they emigrated to Stan- stead, Canada, where he died Oct., 1824. She died there April 29, 1828.

Children :

vii. Erastus, born 1798; died in Stanstead, March 21, 1866.

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viii. Lucy, born Jan. i, 1801 ; married Benj. Pomroy.

10. MARY« HOLMES (Mary Denison/ Daniel,^ Daniel,^ John,*

George,^ William,^ John^), born Oct. 8, 1778; married Feb. 2, 1797

THOMAS CRARY, born Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 1851.

11. CALVERT^ CRARY (Mary Holmes,^ Mary Denison,^ Dan-

iel,^ Daniel,*^ John,* George,^ William,^ John^), born Aug. II, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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CHESEBROUGH RECORD

1. WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, born in Boston, England, in

1594; died June 9, 1667. Came with John Winthrop, Esq., to this country in 1630 and located in Boston, Mass. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and held positions of trust, not only in the Massachusetts Col- ony but was prominent in the settlement of the town of Rehoboth in Plymouth Colony. He came to Stonington in 1649 and was the first white man who made Ston- ington his permanent place of abode. His house stood on the west side of Wequetock Cove near the head of tidewater. He was elected Deputy to the General Court at Hartford in 1653-54-55-56. He married Dec. 6, 1620, in Boston, England,

ANNA STEVENSON, born in England, 1598.

2. NATHANIEL^ CHESEBROUGH (William^), baptized in

England, Jan. 28, 1630. Served in the Colonial Wars. Married in 1659,

HANNAH DENISON, born May 20, 1643, daughter of George Denison and Bridget (Thompson) Denison. Bridget Thompson was the daughter of John Thompson, gentleman, and wife, Alice, of Preston, Northampton- shire, England. John Thompson died before April 11, 1627. His widow married Robert Park.

3. MARGARET^ CHESEBROUGH (Nathaniel,^ William^,

born in 1676; married July 18, 1696,

JOSEPH STANTON, son of Capt. John Stanton (or Jon- athan).

4. ZERVIAH* STANTON (Margaret Chesebrough,^ Nathan-

iel,^ William^), born Sept. 24, 1704; married

NEHEMIAH MASON, Jan. 9, 1722.

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5. ANDREW MASON (Zerviah Stanton,* Margaret Chese-

brough,^ Nathaniel,^ William^), born Feb. 28, 1730, at Stonington, Conn. ; married

MARY GALLUP, daughter of Samuel Gallup and Mehit- abel Blunt, Mar. 20, 1754.

6. MEHITABEL« MASON (Andrew,^ Zerviah Stanton,*

Margaret Chesebrough,^ Nathaniel,^ William^), born March 25, 1755 ; married

THOMAS CRARY, Jan. 9, 1772.

7. THOMAS^ CRARY (Mehitabel Mason,« Andrew,'' Zerviah

Stanton,* Margaret Chesebrough,^ Nathaniel,^ Wil- liam^), bom Jan. 11, 1775; died Dec. 28, 185 1 ; married Feb. 2, 1797,

MARY HOLMES, born Oct. 8, 1778.

8. CALVERT« CRARY (Thomas,^ Mehitabel Mason,« An-

drew,^ Zerviah Stanton,* Margaret Chesebrough,^ Nathaniel,^^ William^), born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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HOLMES RECORD

1. ROBERT HOLMES emigrated to this country in 1668 and

settled at Stonington, Conn., before the town was named. There were but forty-three inhabitants in the town of Stonington, one of whom was Robert Holmes. He was a tax payer and a large land holder. He also served in the Colonial Indian Wars.

2. JOSHUA^ HOLMES (Robert^), his birth does not appear

on the town records probably born before his father settled in Stonington. Married

ABIGAIL (INGRAM) CHESEBROUGH, widow of Sam- uel Chesebrough, June 5, 1675. He died in 1694. Served in King Phillip's War.

3. JOSHUA^* HOLMES (Joshua,^ Robert^, married

FEAR STURGES, of Farmouth, Mass., Nov. 21, 1698. He owned large tracts of land in what is now North Stonington. Where his house stood and in the dooryard is a large flagging stone near the well, with the words "Who would ha' thought it" cut in the stone.

4. JOHN* HOLMES (Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Robert^, born June

10, 1702; married

HANNAH HALSEY, of Southampton, L. I., Oct. 31, 1744. This John and Hannah were buried in a little family burying ground on the father's land near his home. On John's stone was the following inscription : "The hungry never went away without being fed, nor the distressed without being relieved." These two bodies and the stones have been removed to Elmgrove Cem- etery in Mystic, Conn., and placed in the Holmes lot, where six generations lie.

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69

State of Connecticut Military Department

ADJUTANT general's OFFICE

Hartford, Nov. 13, 19 15.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that :

JEREMIAH HOLMS

served as Sergeant in Capt. Richard Hewitt's Company, Col. Jonathan Latimer's Regiment, assigned to Gen. Poor's Continental Brigade in Arnold's Division, and fought in both the battles with the enemy September 19, and October 9, 1777. Upon their dismissal after the surrender of Burgoyne, Gen. Gates spoke of them as "two excellent militia regiments from Connecticut."

Sergeant Holms was paid from August 24, 1777, to Novem- ber 7, 1777.

In testimony whereof, the seal of this office is hereto af- fixed.

Edward Schulze,

Asst. to Adjutant General.

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5. JEREMIAH^^ HOLMES (John,* Joshua,^ Joshua,'

Robert^), born Nov. 12, 175 1; died March 8, 1791, aged 40 years ; married

MARY DEN I SON, daughter of Captain Daniel Denison and Esther Wlieeler, Jan., 1778. She married for second husband Jedediah Lee and Hved in Stanstead, Canada. She died in Stanstead, Canada, April 29, 1828, and is buried at that place. The body of Jeremiah lies in Elmgrove Cemetery, Mystic, Conn. He served as a Sergeant in Capt. Richard Hewitt's Company, Col. Jonathan Latimer's Regiment, assigned to Gen. Poor's Continental Brigade in Arnold's Division, and fought in both the battles with the enemy Sept. 19th, and Oct. 9, 1777. Upon their dismissal after the sur- render of Burgoyne, Gen. Gates spoke of them as "two excellent militia regiments from Connecticut." Sergeant Holmes was paid from Aug. 24, 1777, to Nov. 7, 1777.

Children:

6. i. Mary, born Oct. 8, 1778.

ii. Philura, born Sept. 14, 1780; married Capt. Theophilus Baldwin. Their grandchildren are living in Virginia.

7. iii. Jeremiah, born Sept. 6, 1782. iv. Esther, born March 27, 1785.

V. Daniel, born Sept. 17, 1787. vi. Frederick, born Feb. 19, 1789.

6. MARY6 HOLMES (Jeremiah,^ John,* Joshua,^ Joshua,'

Robert^), born Oct. 8, 1778; married

THOMAS CRARY, Feb. 2, 1797.

8. CALVERT^ CRARY (Mary Holmes,^ Jeremiah,^ John,* Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Robert^, born Aug. ii, 1798; died June I, 1878; married March 12, 1823,

ELIZA HILL, born Dec. i, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897.

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"CAPT. JEREMIAH HOLMES. The death of this aged citizen removes another of the old landmarks from our village. He fell asleep peacefully in the bosom of his family on the morning of Sept. 14th, at the age of 90, years and 8 days. Jeremiah Holmes v^ras the son of Jeremiah Holmes and Mary (Denison) Holmes, and was born on the 6th of Sept., 1782, near the village of Milltown, in North Stonington. Both father and mother were descended from the early settlers of Ston- ington, and he inherited in a remarkable degree the physical and mental traits of the sturdy race that settled in the southeast corner of Connecticut in 1649. O" ^^^ mother's side he was a descendant of Capt. George Denison, one of the leaders of the colony, and prominent in the management of its affairs and in the Indian wars until his death. Capt. Holmes lost his father at the age of eight years, and when he was fourteen went to Nor- wich, N. Y., then upon the frontiers of civilization. But he could not long content himself with the quiet of farm life. He had a great longing for the sea, and at the age of eighteen made his first voyage from New York. He followed the sea for the greater part of his life. His early voyages abound in adventures more thrilling than romance. He was often imprisoned in dungeons and on board of men of war, suffering great privations and hardships from the British at a time when national animosity was inflamed by recent war. He was at the battle of Stonington, Aug. 10, 1814, and took a conspicuous part in the defence of the place. His experience on board of warships was then available, and contributed largely to the defeat of the enemy. His name has entered into the history of that brilliant achievement, and will long be cherished by our citizens. Capt. Holmes made a profession of religion in middle life, and was one of the constituent members of the Con- gregational church, organized at Mystic Bridge in 1852, and for a time was one of its officers. He was at times desponding in regard to his future prospects, but over- came the fear of death as he approached the shaded

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valley. He was an excellent neighbor, a warm-hearted friend, exemplary in all the relations of life, and has left gracious memories behind. He has fought the good fight, finished his course, and entered into rest."

Mystic Bridge, Conn., Sept. i6, 1872.

7. JEREMIAH^ HOLMES (Jeremiah,^ John,* Joshua,' Joshua,' Robert^), born Sept. 6, 1782; married March 8, 1809,

MRS. ANN BORODELL DENISON GALLUP. He died at Mystic, Conn., Sept. 14, 1872, He was impressed into the British service in 1804 and was in the sei*vice until 1806. At the battle of Stonington, Aug. 10, 1814, he utilized the skill thus acquired, as he had command of one of the guns and helped to drive off the British fleet on that day. There was a monument erected in honor of this event, which stands in a little park called Cannon Square and it is placed between two cannons which were used during the bombardment. The monu- ment is small, is of granite and is surmounted by a cannon ball, which was one of many found in the little village after the battle. On one side is the inscription :

"The Defenders of the Fort, August 10, 1814.

George Howe Fellows, who nailed the flag to the

mast. Amos Denison, Jr. Jere Haley Simeon Haley Jeremiah Holmes Letts G. Leonard Asa Lee Thomas Wilcox William Potter."

On the reverse side the inscription is : "In Perpetuam Rei Memoriam." This is in a half-circle surrounding carved oak leaves. These two guns of eighteen pounds caliber were heroically used in repelling the attack on

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Stonington of the English naval vessels, Ramilies 74 guns, Pactoliis 44, Dispatch 20, Nimrod 20 and the bomb ship Terror, Aug, 10, 1814.

Jeremiah Holmes was a sea captain in the coastwise trade. One of his sons, Warren Holmes, who died at the age of eighty years, also was a sea captain and was principal owner of the ship Charmer, which he com- manded. He sailed around Cape Horn from New York to San Francisco over eighty times, and also sailed around the Cape of Good Hope many times. Jere- miah Holmes resided at Mystic, Conn., where he died in 1872, at the age of 90 years.

PART II

ANCESTORS

OF

ELIZA HILL

WIFE OF

CALVERT CRARY

LLIZA HILL CRARY At the age of 83

AUTHORITIES

Authority for the records of the ancestry of EHza Hill, aside from those particularly mentioned, is as follows :

Family Bible Registry,

Genealogy of the Hill Family, prepared by Moses Hill, of Norwalk, Conn.,

Miss Elizabeth Schenck's History of the town of Fairfield.

Records furnished by:

Mrs. Jane Staples Merwin, Southport, Conn.,

Edna Crary, daughter of Mason Crary,

Mary Groton, daughter of Benjamin Hill,

Newton Clements, son of Paulina Clements,

Elizabeth Young, daughter of Esther Hill Young,

Joseph Hill, son of Joseph Hill,

Mrs. Lydia Robertson, daughter of Sarah Hill Morton.

Authority for the biographical sketches from:

Obituary notices.

Historical sketches,

Personal interviews and recollections.

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HILL

I. WILLIAM HILL emigrated from England in 1632 SARAH

II. WILLIAM HILL ELIZABETH

III. WILLIAM HILL

IV. DEACON WILLIAM HILL SARAH

V. DEACON JOSEPH HILL ABIGAIL DIMOND Married 1731

VI. EBENEZER HILL MABEL SHERWOOD Married 1765

VII. JOSEPH HILL SARAH BANKS Married 1799

VIII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

8o

DIMOND

I. THOMAS DIMOND came to Fairfield prior to 1658

II. MOSES DIMOND ABIGAIL

III. MOSES DIMOND

IV. ABIGAIL DIMOND

DEACON JOSEPH HILL Married 173 i

V. EBENEZER HILL MABEL SHERWOOD Married 1765

VI. JOSEPH HILL SARAH BANKS Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

SHERWOOD

I. THOMAS SHERWOOD emigrated from England in 1634 ALICE

H. THOMAS SHERWOOD

ANN TURNEY

HI. BENJAMIN SHERWOOD SARAH

IV. BENJAMIN SHERWOOD

ELEANOR BRADLEY '

Married 1728-30

V. MABEL SHERWOOD EBENEZER HILL

Married 1765

VI. JOSEPH HILL SARAH BANKS Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

82

TURNEY

I. BENJAMIN TURNEY emigrated from England prior to 1641

II. ANN TURNEY

THOMAS SHERWOOD

III. BENJAMIN SHERWOOD SARAH

IV. BENJAMIN SHERWOOD ELEANOR BRADLEY Married 1728-30

V. MABEL SHERWOOD EBENEZER HILL Married 1765

VL JOSEPH HILL SARAH BANKS Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

83

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BANKS

I. JOHN BANKS emigrated from England prior to 1643 MISS TAINTOR

II. BENJAMIN BANKS ELIZABETH LYON Married 1679

in. BENJAMIN BANKS RUTH HYATT Married 1702

IV. BENJAMIN BANKS ELEANOR BRADLEY

Married 1745

V. HEZEKIAH BANKS SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VIL ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

84

LYON

I. THOMAS LYON came from England to Fairfield prior to 1654

II. ELIZABETH LYON BENJAMIN BANKS Married 1679

III. BENJAMIN BANKS RUTH HYATT Married 1702

IV. BENJAMIN BANKS ELEANOR BRADLEY Married 1745

V. HEZEKIAH BANKS SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS ^ JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

85

JESSUP

I. EDWARD JESSUP emigrated from England prior to 1649 ELIZABETH BURROUGH

II. EDWARD JESSUP ELIZABETH HYDE

III. EDWARD JESSUP SARAH BLACKLEACH

IV. ELIZABETH JESSUP THOMAS COUCH Married 1750

V. SARAH COUCH HEZEKIAH BANKS Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

86

HYDE

I. HUMPHREY HYDE settled at Fairfield prior to 1649

n. JOHN HYDE

ELIZABETH HARVEY

ni. ELIZABETH HYDE EDWARD JESSUP

IV. EDWARD JESSUP

SARAH BLACKLEACH

V. ELIZABETH JESSUP THOMAS COUCH Married 1750

VI. SARAH COUCH

HEZEKIAH BANKS Married 1772

VII. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VIII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

87

BARLOW

I. JOHN

ANN-

II. RUTH BARLOW

FRANCIS BRADLEY

III. FRANCIS BRADLEY SARAH JACKSON

IV. FRANCIS BRADLEY MARY STURGES Married 1719

V. ELEANOR BRADLEY BENJAMIN BANKS Married 1745

' VI. HEZEKIAH BANKS SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VII. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VIIL ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

BARLOW

II. DEBORAH BARLOW JOHN STURGES

III. JOHN STURGES MARY GOODWIN

IV. MARY STURGES FRANCIS BRADLEY Married 1719

V. ELEANOR BRADLEY BENJAMIN BANKS Married 1745

VI. HEZEKIAH BANKS SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VII. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VIIL ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

88

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BRADLEY

I. FRANCIS BRADLEY settled in Fairfield in 1660 RUTH BARLOW

IL FRANCIS BRADLEY SARAH JACKSON

HI. FRANCIS BRADLEY MARY STURGES Married 1719

IV. ELEANOR BRADLEY BENJAMIN BANKS

Married 1745

V. HEZEKIAH BANKS SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

III. ELEANOR BRADLEY BENJAMIN SHERWOOD Married 1728-30

IV. MABEL SHERWOOD EBENEZER HILL

Married 1765

V. JOSEPH HILL SARAH BANKS Married 1799

VI. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

89

STURGES

I. JOHN STURGES settled in DEBORAH BARLOW

n. JOHN STURGES U.

MARY GOODWIN

HI. MARY STURGES HI.

FRANCIS BRADLEY

IV. ELEANOR BRADLEY IV.

BENJAMIN BANKS Married 1745

V. HEZEKIAH BANKS V.

SARAH COUCH Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS VI.

JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL VII.

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

Fairfield in 1660

ABIGAIL STURGES SIMON COUCH

THOMAS COUCH SARAH ALLEN Married 1721

THOMAS COUCH ELIZABETH JESSUP Married 1749

SARAH COUCH HEZEKIAH BANKS

Married 1772

SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

ELIZA HILL CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

90

V

COUCH

I. SIMON COUCH settled at Fairfield prior to 1664 MARY ANDREWS

II. SIMON COUCH ABIGAIL STURGES

III. THOMAS COUCH SARAH ALLEN Married 1721

IV. THOMAS COUCH ELIZABETH JESSUP Married 1749

V. SARAH COUCH HEZEKIAH BANKS Married 1772

VI. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL Married 1799

VII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

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ANDREWS

I. FRANCIS ANDREWS came to this country prior to 1639 ANNE SMITH

II. MARY ANDREWS SIMON COUCH

III. SIMON COUCH ABIGAIL STURGES

IV. THOMAS COUCH SARAH ALLEN Married 1721

V. THOMAS COUCH ELIZABETH JESSUP Married 1749

VI. SARAH COUCH

HEZEKIAH BANKS Married 1772

VII. SARAH BANKS JOSEPH HILL

Married 1799

VIII. ELIZA HILL

CALVERT CRARY Married 1823

Ancestors of ELIZA HILL

WIFE OF

CALVERT CRARY

HILL RECORD

It appears from several old works and documents on early- colonial history in the library of the legislature at Hartford that the name of the earliest ancestor of our Hill family in this country was Wm. Hill, who, on his arrival here about 1632, twelve years after the Mayflozvcr, settled for a while at Dorchester, Mass., and then after a time removed to Windsor on the Connecticut River above Hartford where he bought land and set out an orchard. From Windsor he very early removed to Fairfield where he lived and died, and his last will and testament is recorded in an ancient volume of the records of the Particular Court for Fairfield County in the above named library. In this carefully written document he gives the names of the different members of his family and his bequests to each. The above named facts are brought out in the following quotations. In a book entitled "Founders of New England," page 11, is the following: "Wm. Hill with others arrived in Boston in ship 'William and Frances' June 5th, 1632." The "History of Genealogies of Ancient Wind- sor," page 664, says : "Wm. Hill had land granted him at Dor- chester, Mass., Nov. 2, 1635." He removed from Dorchester to Windsor, but probably not with the first company that went there, was appointed in 1639 to view arms and ammunition in the towns ; was elected deputy or representative and served from 1639 to 1 64 1, also in 1644, and was auditor of public accounts in 1639. After this service in the House of Representatives he was elected Assistant or Senator and was Collector of Customs at Fairfield. In the second volume of the Records of Particular Court, which is now called Court of Probate, is given the last will and testament

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of "Mr. Wm. Hill," dated Sept. 9, 1649, and admitted to probate May 15, 1650. The "Genealogical History of New England" vol. from D to J, page 420, says: "Wm. Hill, a man of note among the first settlers, who probably came in the Mary and John, Nov. 5th, 1633, was selectman in 1636, and removed to Windsor, of which he was representative from 1639 to 1644; thence he removed to Fairfield, of which he was representative in 1652 and 1653." The book further says : "The last fact named probably applies to his son, Wm, Hill."

I, WILLIAM HILL arrived in this country on the William and Frances, June 5, 1632. Died at Fairfield, 1650. He had land granted him at Dorchester, Mass., in 1635. Moved from Dorchester to Windsor and afterwards moved to Fairfield, Conn. Married

SARAH

Children :

i. Sarah

2. ii. William

iii. Joseph

iv. Ignatius

v. James

vi. Elizabeth

The manuscript book from which the above is taken is the second volume of the records of the Particular Court for Fairfield, which appears to have been removed from its proper place in the office of the Probate Court at Fairfield, and is found in the library of the legislature at Hartford. It says that the will of Wm. Hill was admitted to probate May 15th, 1650; consequently he must have died before this date if the date is correct. However, four years after, in 1654, the same "Wm. Hill Sen." makes a conveyance of land in Fairfield to his son William, who is characterized in the conveyance as "Wm. Hill, Jun.", which would seem to imply that "Wm.

Ancestors of Eliza Hill 95

Hill, Sen." was still alive and that 1650, the date of the admission of his will to probate, cannot be correct. May not the last number in the date 1650 in the original document have really been a 6 or a 9, instead of o, as written. by the copyist? If so, this discrepancy would be removed. The above named conveyance is found in the 1st volume of the Registry of Deeds for Fairfield, of which town Wm. Hill, Jun. was Register at this time and for many years after.

WILLI AM2 HILL (William^), died Dec. 19, 1684. This William appears to have succeeded to the offices and pub- lic services of his father, in which he seems to have been engaged till near the close of his life. He married

ELIZABETH .

Children :

i. Sarah, married Richard Widdon. ii. William, died 1728. iii. Joseph, died 1696. No children, iv. John, died 1727; married Jane —

V. Eliphalet, died 1695 ; married Esther .

vi. Ignatius. vii. James.

3. WILLIAM^ HILL (William,^ William^, died in 1728. Name of wife not given. Children :

i. Sarah.

4. ii. William, died 1739; married Sarah .

iii. Joseph.

iv. David, died 1737; married Abigail .

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4. DEACON WILLIAM* HILL (William," William,^ Wil- liam^), died in 1739; married

SARAH .

Children :

5. i. Joseph, died 1797, aged 97 years; married

Abigail Dimond.

ii. William, died 1775. iii. David.

5. DEACON JOSEPH^ HILL (William,* William," Wil- liam,2 William^), born April i, 1699; died March 6, 1797, aged 98 years ; married

ABIGAIL DIMOND, March 30, 1731. Died April 25, 1774.

Children :

i. Abigail, born March i, 1733.

ii. Sarah, born Aug. 21, 1735.

iii. David, born April 22, 1737; died March 26, 1760, aged 23 years.

6. iv. Ebenezer, born Feb. 26, 1742; died March

27, 1798, aged 56 years.

V. Jabez, born June 17, 1744; died Oct. 9, 1779, aged 35 years.

vi. Moses, born Jan. 11, 1748; died Oct. 3, 1777, aged 30 years.

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97

State of Connecticut Military Department

adjutant general's office

Hartford, Nov. 13, 1915.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that:

EBENEZER HILL

served as Captain of ist Company in 7th Regiment, Col. Charles Webb commanding; commissioned July 6, 1775, discharged De- cember 27, 1775. Residence, Greenfield.

Commissioned as ist Lieutenant, January i, 1777; Captain November i, 1777; transferred to Invalid Corps, September 13, 1780. Residence, Greenfield.

Also served as Captain of a Company in Col. Whiting's Regiment, (4th Mil.) at Peekskill ; marched October 5, 1777, discharged October 31, 1777, allowed twenty miles travel per day per man to return home after being discharged.

In testimony whereof, the seal of this office is hereto af- fixed.

Edward Schulze,

Asst. to Adjutant General.

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6. EBENEZER« HILL (Joseph,^ William,* William,^ William," William^), born Feb. 26, 1742; died March 27, 1798, aged 56 years; married

MABEL SHERWOOD, Jan. 17, 1765. Born Dec. 8, 1745; died Oct. 20, 1820, aged 75 years.

Ebenezer Hill lived in Fairfield and died there at the age of fifty-six. He was not possessed of a robust constitution, but was seldom sick. He served as Captain of I St Company in 7th Regiment, Col. Charles Webb commanding ; commissioned July 6, 1775 ; discharged December 2j, 1775. Commissioned as ist Lieutenant, January i, 1777; Captain, November i, 1777; trans- ferred to Invalid Corps, September 13, 1780. Residence, Greenfield. Also served as Captain of a Company in Col. Whiting's Regiment, (4th Mil.) at Peekskill; marched October 5, 1777, discharged October 31, 1777; allowed twenty miles travel per day to return home after being discharged. He was a member of the Con- gregational Church, of which his father and grandfather were deacons.

Children :

i. David, born July 7, 1766; died Dec. 24, 1848, aged 82 years.

ii. Ebenezer, born Feb. 20, 1768; died May 5, 1842, aged 74 years.

iii. Seth, born Dec. 22, 1769; died Dec. 10, 1825, aged 56 years.

iv. DiMON, born Oct., 1771 ; died Dec. 8, 1793, aged 22 years.

7, v. Joseph, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1 8 16, ag^d 42 years.

vi. Mabel, born Sept., 1776; died July 8, 1780, aged 4 years.

vii. Eleanor, born Aug. 28, 1778; died July 22, 1779, aged I year.

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viii. Jabez, born June 13, 1780; died Aug. 2, 1807, aged 2y years.

ix. Esther, born Oct. 26, 1785; died Aug. 27, 1804, aged 19 years.

10028;

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JOSEPH HILL was born in the town of Fairfield, Conn. He was the son of Ebenezer Hill and Mabel Sherwood. With his brother Ebenezer he purchased a tract of land about 1,500 acres on Chestnut Ridge in the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y. He was married in 1799 to

SARAH BANKS, daughter of Hezekiah Banks and Sarah Couch. Sometime before 1808 he moved with his family to Liberty. His family then consisted of four children. He built a house on Chestnut Ridge where he lived until he died. In later years it was occupied by his wife and son Joseph and is now owned by Rufus Hill, a son of Joseph. He was a Captain in the New York State Militia during the period of the War of 1812. He died in 1816 when only forty-two years of age and was buried in Liberty Cemetery. The land which he and his brother Ebenezer purchased was settled by their sons, Nathaniel Barlow, son of Ebenezer, taking the portion west of that occupied by Joseph Hill. The other portions were divided and occupied by Sherwood and Benjamin Hill, and on a portion of same now stands the Loomis Sanitarium.

Sarah Banks Hill, his widow, continued to live on the homestead. A daughter, Paulina, was born to her after the death of her husband. When they came with their four children into Sullivan County it was nothing but a wilderness. As the sole support of her nine children, no one can adequately portray the trials and difficulties of her life in those early days. In 1826 she married Ebenezer Carrier and in 1845 was again left a widow. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as were most of her children. In her declining years she visited her children and grandchildren, who lived on farms in different parts of the town. We remember very well in boyhood days of seeing her sitting by the fireside smoking her clay pipe and giving good advice. She died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Morton, in the 93rd year of her age, and was buried by

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the side of her husband in Liberty Cemetery. The house in which Sarah Banks was born is sufficiently preserved (at the present time) to be occupied by a family.

EBENEZER HILL, Joseph Hill's father, served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain.

JABEZ HHvL, a brother of Ebenezer, born in 1744, was a Major in the Army of the Revolution.

DAVID HILL, the eldest son of Ebenezer Hill, was born in 1766. He was educated by his grandfather for the ministry, and though he entered upon this service he had no relish for it and on the death of his patron he retired from the work and engaged in more congenial employ- ment. Was Judge of the Court of Probate for many years until he was debarred by age from this service. Was frequently a member of the Legislature, both in the House and Senate. Was a member of the committee for revising the Constitution of the State and was engaged in public business nearly all his life.

Following are the inscriptions upon the headstones of Joseph Hill and Sarah Banks Hill, who lie buried in the Liberty Cemetery, Sullivan Co., N. Y.

In Memory

CAPTAIN JOSEPH HILL

a native of Fairfield, Conn.,

in the 42nd year

of his age.

"Anxious to live yet called to die

He in no case repined, But cheerfully his little all

Unto God's will resign'd."

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SARAH BANKS

wife of

Capt. Joseph Hill

Born

April 8, 1776

Died Sept. 8, 1868

aged 92 yrs. 5 mos.

"She has gone to the home of the blessed

There with her Saviour to rest With all the redeemed of the Lord

By faith she believed in his word."

7. JOSEPH^ HILL (Ebenezer," Deacon Joseph,^ Deacon Wil- liam,* William,^ William,^ William^), born May 3, 1774; died at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., April 19, 1816, aged 42 years; married in 1799, at Fairfield, Conn.,

SARAH BANKS, born April 8, 1776, at Weston, Fairfield Co., Conn. ; died at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1868, aged 92 years, 5 mos.

Children :

8. i. Benjamin, born at Greenfield Hill, Fairfield

Co., Conn., Feb. 19, 1800; died Nov. 25, 1877, aged yj years.

9. ii. Sherwood, born at Greenfield Hill, Conn.,

Jan. I, 1802; died Feb. 6, 1850, aged 48

years.

10. iii. Eliza, born at Greenfield Hill, Conn., Dec. 3,

1803 ; died at Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years ; married Calvert Crary. (See Crary Record.)

11. iv. Esther, born at Greenfield Hill, Conn., Sept.

27, 1805 ; died at Liberty, N. Y., Jan. i, 1894, aged 88 years ; married William Young.

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12. V. Joseph, born at Liberty, N. Y., April 4, 1808;

died July 20, 1887, aged 79 years.

vi. Hezekiah, born March 21, 1810; died in infancy.

13. vii. Sarah, born at Liberty, N. Y., May 11, 1811 ;

died at the residence of her grandson at Brooklyn, N. Y., March 9, 1907, aged 96 years ; married Ashbel Morton.

14. viii. Aretta, born at Liberty, N. Y., April 18,

1813 ; died Aug. 8, 1907, at Greenfield Hill, Conn., aged 94 years ; married Alonzo Staples.

15. ix. Paulina, born at Liberty, N. Y., June 13,

1816; died April 11, 1906, aged 90 years; married John A. Clements.

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BENJAMIN HILL, eldest son of Joseph and Sarah Banks Hill, resided on the farm wset of Liberty which was settled by his father about 1806. He was about six years old when his parents moved to Sullivan County, His father, Joseph, died when Benjamin was sixteen years old, which left him with the care of his younger brothers and sisters. He married

CYNTHIA BUCKLEY, who was a daughter of a brother of Luther Buckley, thus being a cousin of the Buckleys who settled in Liberty. Among them were Mrs. Joseph Young, Mrs. Sherwood Hill and Mrs. Wilham Ratcliff. She survived her husband thirteen years. Their mar- ried life extended over 54 years. The farm where Mr. Hill resided during his life is now the site of the Loomis Sanitarium. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

8. BENJAMIN*^ HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer," Deacon Joseph,^ Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ William^), born at Greenfield Llill, Fairfield County, Conn., Feb. 19, 1800; died Nov. 25, 1877, aged 'J'J years; married in 1823

CYNTHIA BUCKLEY, born at Albany, N. Y., June, 1802; died April 6, 1890, aged 88 years.

Children :

i. Waldron, born March 6, 1824; died Oct. 10, ,^^» 1846, aged 22 years.

SUPPi-ti/^i^wTMlY ii. Mary S., borA March 25, 1826.

^'^^^^ iii. Henry, born Oct. 5, 1827; died Oct. 23, 1891,

aged 64 years.

iv. Amanda, born May 4, 1836; died Sept. 30, 1846, aged 10 years.

v. Moses B., born Aug. 10, 1839; died April 20, 1884, aged 45 years.

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SHERWOOD HILL was born in Connecticut. He came with his parents to SulHvan County when about four years old. He resided on a farm, a part of his father's purchase when he first settled in Liberty. He died at the early age of 48 years. His father died when he was 14 years of age, and with his brother Benjamin and two sisters, Eliza and Esther, he had the care of the family of younger children in those early days. He married

BETSEY BUCKLEY, a daughter of Luther Buckley, who was born at Newtown, Conn., in 1767, and Lucinda Baldwin, who was born at Newtown, Conn., in 1769. Betsey was a member of the family of Buckleys who lived in the town of Liberty. Her sisters were Mrs. Joseph Young, Mrs. Nathan Stanton, Mrs. William Rat- cliff, and Mrs. Grant Gorton. Her brothers were Philo, Abel, and Caleb Buckley.

Mr. and Mrs. Hill were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, N. Y. Their son,

EDWARD HILL, was a soldier in the Civil War. The fol- lowing is a copy of the record of his service printed about the time of his death:

"When the Civil War broke out he was residing in Michigan, and assisted in the organization of the 1st U. S. Lancers (Michigan Volunteers), enlisting September 16, 1861, and was mustered into service December 14, 1861, as First Lieutenant, Company D. The regiment was mustered out of service March 20, 1862, when he was appointed Second Lieutenant, Com- pany K, i6th Michigan Infantry. He was promoted First Lieutenant, July 29, 1862 ; Captain, April 17, 1863 ; Major, Sept. 30, 1864, and Lieutenant Colonel, May 18, 1865, and was honorably mustered out of service July 8, 1865. For gallant and meritorious services at Mag- nolia Swamp, Virginia, May 30, 1864, he received the brevet of Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, and he was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Cold Harbor. His service was with the 3d Brigade,

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1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, in all its campaigns from the siege of Yorktown to the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. His battle record was unsurpassed and he participated in the fol- lowing engagements : In 1862, Siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, White House Landing, Alechan- icsville, Gaines' Mill, White Oak Swamp, Turkey Bend, Malvern Hill, Harrison's Landing, Ely's Ford, Bull Run, Antietam, Shepardstown Ford, Snicker's Gap and Fredericksburg. In 1863, United States Ford, Chancel- lorsville, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Wapp- ing Heights, Culpeper, Brandy Station, Bristol, Rappa- hannock and Mine Run. In 1864, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Hanover, Tolopotomoy, Magnolia Swamp, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, and was in command of his regiment at Peters- burg, Va. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, at Bull Run (2d), at Rappahannock Station, at the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor, June i, 1864, the last wound com- pelling him to go to the hospital for several months. Upon the disbandment of the Army of the Potomac he was appointed Inspector General of General Logan's Provisional Division of the Army of the Tennessee at Louisville, Kentucky, and with his regiment was mus- tered out of service in July, 1865."

From the Washington Post, Thursday, December 13, 1900: CoL. Edward Hill's Funeral. Body to Rest at Fredericksburg by Direction of Secretary of War.

The remains of Col. Edward Hill, who served during the Civil War in the Sixteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and died at Green Bay, Wis., October 23, 1900, arrived in this city last night en route to Fredericksburg, Va., where, by special order of the Secretary of War, they will be interred in the National cemetery today.

Col. Hill participated with his regiment in the last charge up Marye's Heights, in the battle of Fredericksburg, thirty-eight years ago today, and his last resting place will be but a few rods

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from the position gained and held by his brigade. He was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Cold Harbor,

He was wounded on five different battle fields, and partici- pated with his regiment in all its campaigns from the seige of Yorktown to the surrender of Appomatox. He was a member of California Commandery Loyal Legion.

Col. Hill made the address at Fredericksburg on May 25th last, at the unveiling of the Fifth Army Corps' monument. His grave will be the spot on which he stood on that occasion. George D. Sidman and Henry H. Alpin, of Bay City, Mich., and Hiram Johnson and Dr. A. P. Bogue, of this city, members of the Six- teenth Michigan Infantry Volunteers, will escort the body from this city to Fredericksburg, where Masonic services will be held.

9. SHERWOOD' HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,° Deacon Joseph,'^ Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ William^), born Jan. I, 1802; died Feb. 6, 1850, aged 48 years; married Dec. 31, 1826,

BETSEY BUCKLEY, born Sept. 3, 1802; died Feb. 5, 1885, aged 82 years.

Children :

i, Caleb Baldwin, born July 7, 1829.

ii. Edward, born April 13, 1833; died at Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 2^, 1900, aged 6"/ years.

iii. Ann B., born Sept. 25, 1835 ; married Joseph Mason Crary; died Feb. 8, 1916, aged 81 years.

iv. Augusta, born April 20, 1838; married Demmon Decker.

V. William, born Oct. 5, 1840; died young.

vi. Joseph, born April 6, 1842 ; died young.

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WILLIAM YOUNG died at his residence a mile north of Liberty Village, December 4, 1865, aged 6^ years. The Reverend Thomas Mack sent the following communi- cation to the local newspaper :

"He leaves a widow to mourn the loss of one of the best husbands, and three sons and four daughters to grieve with broken hearts for one of the most affectionate fathers. He moved into Liberty with his father when he was three years old, at which time the whole neigh- borhood was a desert. Rarely does the 'house appointed for all living' close over a character so lovely and free from blemishes. He was human, and therefore must have had faults ; but to our eyes they were invisible. His character was dignified, pure and beautifully whole. With every manly virtue was blended a sweetness of disposition and tenderness seldom found among men. He was unassuming, and yet possessed that grace and dignity — that gentleness of manner, which disclose at a glance the true gentleman. He was proverbial for truth, uprightness and manly independence. In later years were added to these rare qualities true piety, which was manifested in all the relations he sustained both to the church and to the world. He seemed incapable of a selfish thought or act and the greatest pleasure of his life was to do a kindness to others. His children and children's children shared a very exalted place in his manly heart ; his happiness was only complete when they all came home to the paternal table and fireside. He possessed, in a large measure, that which few parents have, the happy faculty of governing his children by love. In his demise, the Presbyterian Church loses one of its most active, praying members, and the community one of its best citizens. The esteem in which he was held by all may be inferred from the vast concourse that attended his funeral. His illness, which lasted nine days, was borne with Christian fortitude and holy resignation. 'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' "

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Mr. Young resided on the farm north of Liberty during the greater part of his Hfe. His father, Robert Young, moved to Liberty when WiUiam was about three years of age and settled on the farm north of Liberty, which now, 19 16, is owned and occupied by William's son Rufus. William's brother, Joseph Young, resided on the farm adjoining, which was also part of the land originally owned by their father. He was very prom- inent in all the affairs of the town. He was Justice of the Peace for many years. He married

ESTHER HILL, in 1827. Esther, pronounced "Easter" by all her relatives, survived her husband 29 years. She was the youngest of the four children who came with their parents, Joseph Hill and Sarah Banks, to Liberty about 1806, and like her brothers and sisters, upon the death of her father, who died when she was 10 years old, ex- perienced all the trials of an early settler.

William Young and his wife Esther were buried in the Cemetery at Liberty, N. Y,

JIRAH ISHAM YOUNG, youngest son of William Young and Esther Hill, in 1862, when twenty-one years of age, helped to enlist Company H, of the 143rd New York Volunteers. He was the First Lieutenant. George H. Decker was Captain, and Rensselaer Hammond was 2nd Lieutenant. The men were enlisted from Liberty, Mon- ticello and Rockland.

His record in the History of the 143rd New York Volunteers is as follows :

"Age 21 years. Enrolled August 22, 1862, at Monti- cello ; served three years and mustered in as ist Lieu- tenant, Company H, October 8, 1862 ; as Captain Com- pany G, June 19, 1865. He succeeded Benjamin Rey- nolds as Captain of Company G, from June 19, 1865, to the muster out of the Regiment. The regiment was mus- tered out July 20, 1865, at Washington, D. C."

He taught school two winters before he enlisted.

He died at the early age of 32 years.

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II. ESTHERS HILL (Joseph," Ebenezer,« Deacon Joseph," Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ William^), born at Greenfield Hill, Conn., Sept. 27, 1805 ; died at Liberty, N, Y. Jan. i, 1894, aged 88 years; married at Liberty, N. Y., Jan. i, 1827

WILLIAM YOUNG, born May 22, 1802, near New London, Conn.; died at Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1865, aged 63 years.

Children :

i. Ophelia, born Aug. 16, 1829; died May 10, 1914, aged 85 years ; married Hooker.

ii. Augusta, born July 12, 1831 ; died March 26, 1902, at Binghamton, N. Y., aged 71 years; married Moon.

iii. Walter, born March 22, 1833.

iv. Elizabeth, born Feb. 8, 1835 5 ^^^^ ^^ Lib- erty, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1916, aged 81 years.

V. RuFus, born Oct. 24, 1837.

vi. Sarah, born Feb. 8, 1839 ; died Nov. 10, 1874, aged 35 years.

vii. Jirah I., born Sept. 20, 1841 ; died Feb. 4, 1873, aged 32 years.

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JOSEPH HILL was born in the homestead on Chestnut Ridge, at Liberty, N. Y., in 1808. It is probable that his parents settled in Liberty the previous year as his seems to be the first birth of the family recorded in the town of Liberty. His sister, Esther, a few years older, was born at Greenfield Hill, Conn. He resided on the farm which was settled by his father, Joseph Hill. After the death of his father his mother lived with him for many years in the old homestead. This was de- stroyed by fire and he moved to another part of the farm, in the house where his brother Benjamin formerly resided. This farm is now the site of the Loomis Sanitarium. He was a man of strong constitution and did a vast amount of hard work. He bore an excellent reputation as an upright business man. Was elected Supervisor of the town a number of times. He was a prosperous farmer and raised many horses and cattle. He died at his home in Liberty of general debility. He married

ANN WASHINGTON in 1852. She survived him twenty- four years. She died in 191 1. Mrs. Hill was the last one of the family of that generation.

Mr. and Mrs. Hill were buried in the Cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

12. JOSEPH* HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,® Deacon Joseph,' Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ WilHam^), born at Liberty, N. Y., April 4, 1808 ; died July 20, 1887, aged 79 years. Married Sept. 5, 1852,

ANN WASHINGTON, born in Ireland June 7, 1832; died Jan. 19, 191 1, aged 79 years.

Children :

i. Alice E., born June 17, 1853, at Liberty, N. Y., married DuBois.

ii. David S., born at Liberty, N. Y., July 5, 1854.

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auppiEi^ENTAJiy iii. Amanda M., born at Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 28, KOTES 1855 ; married Burns.

iv. Joseph M., born at Liberty, N. Y., March 15, 1858.

V. RuFus, born at Liberty, N. Y., Jan. 6, i860.

vi. Sarah, born at Liberty, N. Y., May 20, 1862 ; died Aug. 13, 1907, aged 45 years ; mar- ried North.

vii. Lottie E., born at Liberty, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1865; died Feb. 18, 1877, aged 12 years.

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SARAH HILL MORTON was born in the homestead on Chestnut Ridge, Liberty, SulHvan Co., N. Y., in 181 1. Her father, Joseph Hill, moved to Liberty somewhere near the year 1807 with four children, two boys and two girls. They came from Greenfield Hill in the town of Fairfield, Conn. The family have a remarkable his- tory in connection with the early settlement of the town. Their early memoranda say there was not a house or road between them and the Delaware River, a distance of twenty miles to the west, while their nearest "grist- mill" for grinding corn was at Newburgh on the Hudson, fifty-five miles to the eastward. Over this latter dis- tance, guided by marked trees and the compass, every "grist" was conveyed on horseback to the miller and returned in the same way, the round trip requiring from three to four days. Bear and venison were, however, easy market from their cabin door. In fact, it was con- tinual warfare on bear and wolf to save their sheepfold and the winter's pork. She, with her brothers and sisters, were sent to their old home in Connecticut to attend school, and Mrs. Morton was a schoolmate of the great showman, P. T. Barnum, who, she says, "as a boy was a great showman". Mrs. Morton was a great ad- vocate of temperance and moderation, living the plain, simple life. She had a clear mind and great endurance. Within a few days of her death she recited "John Watt's Dream," nearly a hundred eight-line verses, which she had learned when a child. In recent winter seasons she passed much of her time in carding wool by hand, coloring, spinning, and knitting it in the old-fashioned way, and making it into heavy fringe mittens so much used by lumbermen. She would send these fringed mit- tens to a number of her nephews, who in turn would remember her with remittances, which helped to re- plenish her treasury. This cheerful occupation, the eminent Dr. King, of Brooklyn, says, "accounts largely for her wonderful physical preservation, soft arteries, and almost perfect heart action until the day of her death". Mrs. Morton died at the home of her grandson,

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Sherwood Robertson, 1 1 ii Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1907, in the 96th year of her age. At the time of her death she had seven children living', forty-five grand- children and thirty-five great grandchildren. For many years she lived on a farm near her mother's old home on Chestnut Ridge, about two miles west of Liberty Vil- lage. The funeral was held at Liberty, March 12, 1907. Interment was in the cemetery at Liberty, N. Y. She married

ASHBEL MORTON, at Liberty, N. Y., in 1830. As will be seen by the record they had eleven children. In the latter years of his life Mr. Morton went away from home and did not return. He died in Illinois.

13. SARAH^ HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,^ Deacon Joseph,^ Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ William^), born at Liberty, N. Y., May 11, 181 1 ; died at the residence of her grandson in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 9, 1907, aged 96 years; married Feb. 11, 1830 at Liberty, N. Y.,

ASHBEL MORTON, born Oct. 8, 1803, at Westfield Flats, N. Y. ; died Sept. 13, 1870, aged 67 years.

Children :

i. Martha Lane, born June 24, 1831 ; died June 2, 1896, aged 65 years ; married Ben- 'iii i:>^ jamin Litts.

aypPLEWLfiTAay jj Lydia Maria, born May 18, 1833; married N^^^S Geo. W. Robertson.

iii. Joseph Hill, born March 23, 1835.

iv. Margaret Ann, born April 27, 1837 ; married William Maffitt.

V. William Hesakiah, born Nov. 11, 1839; died June 29, 1857, at Liberty, N. Y. (Drowned.)

vi. Sarah Banks, born March 6, 1842 ; died Sept. 23, 1845, at Liberty, N. Y., aged 3 years.

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vii. Hattie Paulina, born Nov. lo, 1843 ; died April, 1910; married Robert McNair.

viii. James Alexander, born Feb. 28, 1845 ; died at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1845, aged 7 months.

ix. Sarah Melvina, born Sept. 29, 1848; mar- ried James Gavitt.

X. Charles Benjamin, born Jan. 13, 185 1.

xi. Mary Florence, born April, 1854; married Shaw Miller.

NOTE'S

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ARRETTA HILL STAPLES was born in Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y., in 1813. She was the daughter of Joseph Hill and Sarah Banks Hill, being their seventh child. Her experiences were similar to her sisters, which are recorded in other places. She married

ALONZO STAPLES in 1834. Their married life extended over a period of sixty-seven years. He was the son of John Staples and Patty Banks Staples, who was a sister to Sarah Banks Hill. His sister Deborah Staples Silliman was born Feb. 21, 1800; died Dec. 28, 1908, aged 108 years. His brother Horace was born in 1802 ; died in 1897, aged 95 years. Horace was a very prom- inent banker of Westport, Conn., and a great philanthro- pist. Another brother, Sydney, died when over ninety years of age. Alonzo was born in 1807; died in 1901, aged 94 years. Another brother, Edward, died at the age of 52 years.

In reference to the Hill family, the sisters of Arretta Hill died at the following ages :

Eliza Hill Crary, the eldest of the five sisters, 94 . years,

Esther Hill Young, 88 years, Sarah Hill Morton, 96 years, Arretta Hill Staples, 94 years, Paulina Hill Clements, the youngest sister, 90 years, an average of 92 years for the five sisters.

Benjamin Hill died at the age of yy years, Joseph 79, and Sherwood 48. Their mother lived to be 93 years old. Hezekiah, father of Sarah Banks, died at the age of 64. Benjamin Banks, grandfather of Sarah Banks, died at the age of 102 years. He had one daugh- ter, Molly Ogden, who died at the age of 102,

Mr. and Mrs. Staples were buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn. At an earlier date the home of Mrs. Staples* grandfather, Ebenezer Hill, was sit- uated near this cemetery.

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JOHN HILL STAPLES was the only son of Alonzo and Arretta Hill Staples. He was born in 1837. Soon after quitting school he became a sailor and had some rough experiences in this capacity. At one time on a return voyage from South America the boat was wrecked in a terrible storm and was sunk to the water's edge for three days. None of them expected to see land again, but as the boat was loaded with lumber it floated and they were finally rescued. He enlisted in the Navy at the time of the Civil War and was Master's Mate or Ensign on the Man of War Sciota, and participated in the capture of New Orleans, receiving quite a sum of prize money for his share. He resigned on account of his health and came home. Later he enlisted in Company I, 14th Regt., Connecticut Volunteers. His discharge was given at the Camp near Petersburg, Va., dated the 31st day of August, 1864. He was a member of the Naval Vet- eran Association, as shown by certificate stating that "John H. Staples, having honorably served in the United States Navy from November, 1861, to Sep- tember, 1862, has .by virtue of said service been elected a member of the Naval Veteran Association of the State of Connecticut, and is subject to all By-Laws, Regula- tions, etc." Dated New Haven, Conn., 30th day of August, 1888. He was granted a pension increase on December 10, 1907, under Certificate No. 1,040,286. He died in 19 12, aged 75 years, and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.

14. ARRETTA^ HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,« Deacon Joseph," Deacon William,* William,^ William,^ William^), born at Liberty, N. Y., April 18, 1813; died Aug. 8, 1907, at Greenfield Hill, Conn., aged 94 years; married at Liberty, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1834,

ALONZO STAPLES, born April 4, 1807, at Greenfield Hill, Conn. ; died Oct. 5, 1901, aged 95 years.

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Children :

John Hill, born Nov. 27, 1837; died Feb. 24, 19 1 2, aged 75 years.

Ann Jane, born Feb. 17, 1844; married Arthur Merwin, June 7, 1877.

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JOHN A. CLEMENTS was an early settler of the town of Liberty and resided on a farm about two miles east of the village. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Clem- ents, came from Ireland to this country about 1800. John, the eldest of seven children, was born in New York City. He was a man of sterling character and most highly respected as a citizen. Was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Liberty for many years. He was of a strong constitution and was seldom sick. His death was caused by an accident in which he was thrown violently from his wagon in collision with a passing freight train. He married

PAULINA HILL in 1839, She was the youngest daughter of Joseph Hill and Sarah Banks, and, like her sisters, ex- perienced all the hardships of the early settlers. She resided in Liberty with the exception of a few years' residence in the town of Bethel. Her biography would be much the same as that of her sisters, Eliza Crary, Esther Young, and Sally Morton, all of whom were res- idents of Liberty. Mrs. Clements died at the home of her daughter Louise (Mrs. Solomon Royce), in 1906, aged nearly ninety years; Mr. and Mrs. Clements are buried in Liberty Cemetery.

JOHN NEWTON CLEMENTS, their son, owns and resides on the farm which has been in the family for many years.

ADDISON J. CLEMENTS, their oldest son, was a soldier in the Civil War. He enlisted in July, 1861, Captain Wells' Company F, of the 56th N. Y. V. Was pro- moted to Sergeant and did duty in the Quartermaster's Department of the Regiment until May, 1863, when he was detached and sent to Morris Island, S. C, on the same duty with General Gilmore, at which place he was severely wounded in the left leg by a bursting shell, from which wound he suffered until his death. In May, 1864, he was with his command in Virginia ; June 20, 1864, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, and remained on duty in Virginia until October i6th, when he was

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promoted to Quartermaster and was assigned to duty in the 56th Regiment, N. Y. Vet. Vols. In February, 1865, he was assigned to duty on General Hatch's staff as Acting Quartermaster and in March was transferred to the staff of General C. H. Van Wyck on same duty, and in July he was assigned same duty on the staff of General Ames and served thereon until he was mustered out October 17, 1865, at Charleston, S. C., when he returned home. Later he was in the mercantile business and other lines, living in Liberty until the time of his death, February 16, 1889.

15. PAULINA^ HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,« Deacon Joseph," Deacon William,^ William,^ William,^ William^), born June 13, 1816; died April 11, 1906, aged 90 years; mar- ried at Liberty N. Y., Feb. 28, 1839,

JOHN A. CLEMENTS, born April 6, 1810; died in 1892, aged 82 years.

Children :

i. Addison Joseph, born at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1840; died Feb. 18, 1889, aged 48 years.

ii. Hezekiah Banks, born Sept. 19, 1846, at Liberty, N. Y., died June i, 1881, aged 35 years.

iii. David Hill, born at Liberty, N. Y., May 21, 1844; died Sept. 2, 1862, aged 18 years.

iv. Charlotte, born at Liberty, N. Y., July 18, 1849; married James Ramsey.

V. John Newton, born at Liberty, N. Y., May

31. 1851. vi. Louise, born at Liberty, N. Y., April 6, 1854;

married Royce.

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DIMOND RECORD

1. THOMAS DIMOND settled at Pequonnock and owned the

homestead of James Bennet. He was a mariner, and his vessel and cargo, Savage says, were destroyed by fire. He was the owner of a bark of 12 tons. He died in the latter part of 1658. There is no mention of his wife.

2. MOSES2 DIMOND (Thomas^), settled at Fairfield and

purchased in 1670 of John Purdy of Westchester, the Purdy homestead on Frost Square, which remained in the Dimond family for many years. Married

ABIGAIL . Children: Moses, Hester, Grace,

Abigail, Thomas. His will is dated March 21, 1683. The inventory of his estate, valued at 793 pounds, was taken April 16, 1684, about which time he died.

3. MOSES^ DIMOND (Moses,^ Thomas^), settled at Fair-

field ; married . Children :

i. MosES, born April 17, 1698.

ii. John, born Nov. 17, 1700.

iii. Thomas, born Aug. 29, 1703.

iv. Ebenezer, born March 18, 1705.

4. V. Abigail, born Aug. 17, 1707.

vi. David, born Nov. 20, 1709. (In which year the father is called Lieut.)

vii. Damaris, born Aug. 24, 1712. (This year the father is called Captain.)

viii. Damaris 2nd, born Oct. 31, 1714.

4. ABIGAIL^ DIMOND (Moses,^ Moses,^ Thomas^), born

Aug. 17, 1707; died April 25, 1774, aged dj years; married March 30, 1731,

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DEACON JOSEPH HILL, born April i, 1699; died March 6, 1797, aged 98 years. (See Hill Record.)

5. EBENEZER5 HILL (Abigail Dimond,* Moses.^ Moses,^

Thomas^), born Feb. 26, 1742; died March 27, 1798, aged 56 years ; married Jan. 17, 1765,

MABEL SHERWOOD, born Dec. 8, 1745; died Oct. 20, 1820, aged 75 years.

6. JOSEPH^ HILL (Ebenezer,^ Abigail Dimond,* Moses,'

Moses,^ Thomas^), born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816, aged 42 years; married 1799,

SARAH BANKS, born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 92 years.

7. ELIZA^ HILL (Joseph,^ Ebenezer,^ Abigail Dimond,*

Moses,^ Moses,^ Thomas^), born Dec. 3, 1803 ; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (Sec Crary Record.)

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SHER^A^OOD RECORD

1. THOMAS SHERWOOD was born 1585-6 in England. In

April, 1634, he, his wife Alice, and children Ann, Rose, Thomas and Rebecca, sailed from Ipswich, County Suf- folk, England, in ship Frances. He was for a time at Wethersfield, Conn., and appeared at Fairfield as early as 1648. His will, dated July 21, 1655, and offered for probate Oct. 25th of same year, names children by first wife, Jane, Tomson, Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, Thomas and Rebecca. It also mentioned his sec- ond wife, Maryland her children, as follows: Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail and Isaac, fourteen children in all. His estate amounted to 392 pounds. His widow, Mary, married John Banks, a prominent man of Fairfield, at Rye, N. Y. She died 1693-4, John Banks having died in 1684.

2. THOMAS^ SHERWOOD (Thomas^), is called ten years of

age in 1634, when his father came over. He was ad- mitted freeman at Hartford, Oct. 13, 1664. He was the first miller at Mill River in Fairfield. He married four times as follows :

First, SARAH WHEELER, daughter of Thomas and Anne Wheeler.

Second, ANN TURNEY, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Turney.

Third, ELIZABETH CABLE, widow of John Cable, Jr.

Fourth, SARAH COLEY, widow of Peter Coley and daughter of Humphrey Hyde.

3. BENJAMIN 3 SHERWOOD (Thomas,^ Thomas^), son of

Thomas and Ann (Turney) Sherwood; died about 1737; married

SARAH .

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4. BENJAMIN* SHERWOOD ( Benjamin,' Thomas,^

Thomas^), born March i, 1700-1 ; died Jan. 19, 1763; married

ELEANOR BRADLEY, who was the famous "female worthy," so called, in President Dwight's pastoral poem "Greenfield Hill". She was born in 1708.

5. MABEL^ SHERWOOD (Benjamin,* Benjamin,' Thomas,"

Thomas^), born Dec. 8, 1745; died Oct. 20, 1820, aged 75 years; married Jan. 17, 1765,

EBENEZER HILL, born Feb. 26, 1742; died March 27, 1798, aged 56 years. (See Hill Record.)

6. JOSEPH^ HILL (Mabel Sherwood,^ Benjamin,* Benjamin,'

Thomas,^ Thomas^), born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816, aged 42 years; married in 1799,

SARAH BANKS, born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 92 years.

7. ELIZA^ HILL (Joseph,^ Mabel Sherwood,^ Benjamin,*

Benjamin,' Thomas,^ Thomas^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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TURNEY RECORD

1. BENJAMIN TURNEY settled first at Concord, Mass. He

was made a freeman June 2, 1641 ; removed to Fairfield soon after. He died in 1648. His inventory was made June 6, 1648. His widow, Mary, married Joseph Mid- dlebrook, who had also removed from Concord to Fair- field.

2. ANN2 TURNEY (Benjamin^), born in 1637; married THOMAS SHERWOOD.

3. BENJAMIN^ SHERWOOD (Ann Turney,^ Benjamin^),

married

SARAH

4. BENJAMIN* SHERWOOD (Benjamin,^ Ann Turney,^

Benjamin^), born March i, 1700-1 ; married

ELEANOR BRADLEY; born 1708.

5. MABELS SHERWOOD (Benjamin,* Benjamin,^ Ann

Turney,^ Benjamin^), born Dec. 8, 1745; married

EBENEZER HILL, born Feb. 26, 1742.

6. JOSEPH^ HILL (Mabel Sherwood,^ Benjamin,* Benjamin,^

Ann Turney,^ Benjamin^), born May 3, 1774; married 1799, SARAH BANKS, born April 8, 1776.

7. ELIZA' HILL (Joseph,^ Mabel Sherwood,'^ Benjamin,*

Benjamin,^ Ann Turney,^ Benjamin^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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BANKS RECORD

JOHN BANKS, Lawyer, was town clerk in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1643. He married, according to "Savage",

MISS TAINTOR, daughter of Charles Taintor, of Wethers- field. He represented Fairfield between 165 1 and 1666 and Rye for three years. He was one of the richest men and largest land-holders in Fairfield, Conn., the "Counselor of Governors and men high in Authority". He made his will December 12, 1684. Among the be- quests, which were principally large tracts of land, he particularly requested that to his grandson, son of his son John, should be given his "silver tankard" upon the death of his wife. He left 10 pounds to Benjamin, son of his son Benjamin. It is to be regretted that so little is known of his early life, but that he belonged to one of the best families of England there is little doubt. He also mentioned in his will his sister, Mary Taylor. (See History of Fairfield, History of Ancient Windsor, Cothem's History of Woodbury, Savage's Dictionary.) Longevity, honesty, industry and frugality have been prominent traits of the family. "Lieut. John Banks, Oxford man, ripe scholar, one versed in books as well as affairs, a scientist, he who laid out the survey of the town, convoy from Connecticut colony to the Dutch." (Rev. Frank S. Childs, D. D.) He married 2nd,

J J) ^^MARY FITCH SHERWOOD, second wife and widow of -^f5 Themais Sherwood. She died in 1693-4. He died in 1684.

. . ■■' " Children by first marriage:

i. John, married Abigail Lyon.

ii. Joseph, not mentioned in his father's will.

iii. Samuel.

iv. Obediah, one of the executors of his father's estate.

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2. V. Benjamin, married Elizabeth Lyon.

vi. Susannah, married Jonathan Sturgis. He died Nov. 29, 1711.

vii. Hannah, married Daniel Burr.

viii. Mary, married Benjamin Sherwood (?).

2. BENJAMIN^ BANKS (John^), married Jan. 27, 1679,

ELIZABETH LYON, daughter of Richard Lyon ; found in Mass. as early as 1635 and in Fairfield in 1649.

3. BENJAMIN^' BANKS (Benjamin,^ John^), born Oct. 30,

1681 ; died Dec. 12, 1759, aged 78; married ist,

RUTH HYATT, daughter of Thomas Hyatt and Matthias St. John Hyatt.

Children :

4. i. Benjamin, born Aug. 7, 1703 ; died Aug. 19, 1805, aged 102 years.

ii. Thomas, born Nov. 13, 1707.

iii. John, born Sept. 8, 1710; died early.

iv. Gershom, born May i, 1712.

V. Johannah, born Feb. 28, 1714; married Joseph Banks, March 29, 173 — probably.

vi. John, born Nov. 7, 1717.

vii. David, born April 22, 1718.

viii. Nehemiah, born April 2^, 1720.

ix. Mary, born May 18, 172 1.

Married 2nd, SARAH HULL. Children : X. Eliphalet, born July 25, 1740.

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4. BENJAMIN* BANKS (Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ John^), born Aug. 7, 1703; died Aug. 19, 1805, aged 102 years. He was buried in Greenfield. Married ist,

MARY TREADWELL. Children :

i. Mercy, born Sept. 21, 1730. ii. Rhoda, born Oct. 11, 1741 ; married Isaac Sturges, Aug. 27, 1762.

Married 2nd,

ELEANOR BRADLEY, daughter of Francis Bradley and Mary Sturges, born Oct., 1725 ; died May 29, 1812, aged 87 years. She was buried in Greenfield.

Francis Bradley was born May 29, 1699. He was the son of Francis Bradley and Sarah Jackson. Francis Bradley was the son of Francis Bradley and Ruth Barlow. He was the son of Francis Bradley, who was born in Coventry, England, 1595; ancestor of Justice Bradley, United States Supreme Court. Ruth Barlow was a daughter of John Barlow, an- cestor of Joel Barlow, poet and statesman and Min- ister to France in President Madison's administra- tion. Francis Bradley married in 1719,

Mary Sturges, born Aug. 8, 1699, daughter of John Sturges and Mary Goodwin, married 1682. John Sturges was son of John Sturges, one of the earliest and wealthiest citizens of Fairfield, and Deborah Barlow, daughter of John Barlow. Mary Goodwin was daughter of William Goodwin, born 1629; married Susannah, daughter of Robert Woodward, Braintree, England, one of the Com. who established the "Hopkins Grammar School," New Haven.

Children :

iii. Benjamin, born in 1746. Had one son and seven daughters. Served in the Revolu- tionary War.

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5. iv. Hezekiah, born in Greenfield in 1748; died March 31, 1812, aged 64 years.

V. Ruth, married Gershom Banks, April 20,

1774- vi. Eleanor, married Reuben Burr, Oct. 20,

1765- vii. Esther.

viii. Jonathan, had three sons and three daugh- ters. Served in the Revolutionary War. Had smallpox while a prisoner in the "Sugar House," N. Y.

Letter from Horace Staples Sir:

Reading of long lived families reminds me of the descend- ents of Elizabeth Jesup Couch, of Green's Ferry.

One of her daughters married Hezekiah Banks, of Green- field Hill, and was the mother of eight children. The oldest daughter of the eight died at the age of ninety-four, the third daughter aged ninety-seven. The oldest son died at the age of ninety-five, the youngest son at ninety-three.

The oldest daughter married Joseph Hill. Her maiden name was Sarah Banks. After the marriage they removed into the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Sarah had eight children, five of whom are living, aged from eighty-seven down to seventy-six. Eliza, the oldest, married a son of Judge Crary, in Liberty, and has six sons living and two or three daughters. The oldest son, Horace Crary, lives in Binghamton, being sixty-eight years old. He and his five brothers average about six feet in height. Most of them are engaged in tanneries under the name of Crary Brothers, in Hancock, N. Y., and Horton, Crary & Co., in Sheffield, Penn.

Aunt Sarah's descendants now number about 150. My honored deceased mother, Patty Banks Staples, left five children. Her oldest daughter, Deborah, is now ninety years and nine months old. The oldest son, Horace (the writer), is eighty-eight years and nine months old; the second son, Sidney, was eighty-

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seven in August; Alonzo, the third son, eighty- four in April; the fourth son, Edward Jesup, died in November, 1862, aged fifty years.

The other two daughters of EHzabeth Jesup Couch had ten children, and the four sons had fifteen. All those T have men- tioned are the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren of Elizabeth Jesup Couch, and besides these there are many of a later generation.

I well remember conversing with r]iy great-grandmother, Elizabeth, eighty-three, eighty-four and eighty-five years ago, and how she always sat knitting with her large Bible in her lap. The Jesup family were noted for their veneration for divine things, as you must know from your honored citizen, Morris K. Jesup, whose grandfather was a grandnephew of Elizabeth. Elizabeth Jesup married Thomas Couch about 1749. Major- General D. N. Couch is one of her descendants ; in fact, we ask, where can we name her equal as a progenitor?

It is not much in itself, yet a thing the like of which not many men may truly tell, that I have held frequent conversations not only with Elizabeth Jesup Couch, but also with many of her descendants down to seven generations.

HORACE STAPLES. Westport, Conn., Nov. 10, 1890.

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State of Connecticut

Military Department

adjutant general's office

Hartford, Nov. 13, 1915.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that:

HEZEKIAH BANKS

served as a private in Capt. Jabez Wheeler's Company, Col. Whiting's Regiment (4th Mil.), marched October 5, 1777, no date of discharge. Residence not stated.

This regiment served at Peekskill in October, 1777.

In testimony whereof, the seal of this office is hereto af- fixed.

Edward Schulze,

Asst. to Adjutant General.

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5. HEZEKIAH^ BANKS (Benjamin,* Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ John^), born in Greenfield in 1748; died at Easton, Conn., March 31, 1812, aged 64 years. Served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Jabez Wheeler's Company, Col. Whiting's Regiment, (4th Mil.), marched Oct. 5, 1777, no date of discharge. Residence not stated. This regiment served at Peekskill in Oct., 1777. Mar- ried Oct. 14, 1772,

SARAH COUCH, daughter of Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Jessup, born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815, aged 61 years.

Thomas Couch was the son of Thomas Couch, great grandfather of Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch. He died Dec. 4, 1764; married Feb. 25, 1750,

Elizabeth Jessup, born Feb. 13, 1728; died Nov. 25, 181 5. She was daughter of Edward Jessup and Sarah Blackleach. Edward Jessup was baptized March 7, 1697; died Sept. 30, 1750. Sarah Black- leach was born in 1700 ; died Nov. 18, 1783 ; married Dec. 7, 1724. Edward Jessup was son of Edward Jessup, born 1663; died Dec. 28, 1732; married 1693, Elizabeth Hyde, born Aug. 23, 1669; died Oct, 2, 1747. This Edward Jessup was son of Edward Jessup, who came to New England prior to 1649. Ancestor of the Hon. Morris K. Jessup, New York. Elizabeth Hyde was daughter of John Hyde, son of Humphrey Hyde, who claimed con- nection with the Clarendon Hydes of England, and Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Richard Harvey, Sergeant, who came from Great St. Albans, Hert- fordshire, England, in the Ship Planter. Sarah Blackleach was daughter of Richard Blackleach and Wid. Mehitabel Saboni. He was son of Richard Blackleach and Abigail Hudson, daughter of John Hudson of New Haven.

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Children :

i. Sturges, born Oct. 26, 1773; died in 1817, aged 44 years.

6. ii. Sarah, born April 8, 1776, at Weston, Fair- field Co., Conn. ; died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 93 years; married Joseph Hill. (See Hill Record.)

iii. Hezekiah, born Dec. 12, 1777; died Oct., 1872, aged 95 years ; married Rhiamah Betts.

iv. Patty, bom April 7, 1780; died April, 1858, aged 78 years ; married John Staples,

V. Mary, born July 20, 1782; died Jan., 1878, aged 97 years ; married Sherwood Seeley.

vi. Aretta, born in 1788; married Wm. Nichols.

vii. Jessup, born in 1791 ; died Feb. 2, 1863 ; mar- ried Laura Sherwood.

viii. Walter, born in 1793; married Miranda Adams.

6. SARAH« BANKS (Hezekiah,^ Benjamin," Benjamin,^ Ben-

jamin,^ John^), married

JOSEPH HILL, in 1799. He was born May 3, 1774.

7. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks,^ Hezekiah,^ Benjamin,* Ben-

jamin,^ Benjamin,^ John^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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LYON RECORD

1. THOMAS LYON purchased in 1654 a house at Fairfield.

He may have been there long before this date, but this appears to be the first record in his name. He shared in all the land dividends in the township. He sold his home-lot at Fairfield Nov. i, 1675, and removed to Greenwich. His will is dated Dec. 6, 1689. He was a large land holder both in Fairfield and in Greenwich. In his will he mentions his wife Mary; sons, John, Thomas, Samuel and Joseph ; daughters, Mary, Abigail, Elizabeth, Deborah and Sarah. The point of land ex- tending out into Long Island Sound, on the east side of Byram River, was named after him.

2. ELIZABETH- LYON (Thomas^), married Jan. 27, 1679, BENJAMIN BANKS.

3. BENJAMIN^ BANKS (Elizabeth Lyon,^ Thomas^), mar-

ried

RUTH HYATT.

4. BENJAMIN* BANKS (Benjamin,^ Elizabeth Lyon,^

Thomas^), born Aug. 7, 1703; married 2nd,

ELEANOR BRADLEY, born Oct., 1725.

5. HEZEKIAH^ BANKS (Benjamin,* Benjamin,^ Elizabeth

Lyon,^ Thomas^), born 1748; married Oct. 14, 1772,

SARAH COUCH.

6. SARAH" BANKS (Hezekiah,-' Benjamin,* Benjamin,^

Elizabeth Lyon,^ Thomas^), born April 8, 1776; mar- ried 1799,

JOSEPH HILL.

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7. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks,*^ Hezekiah,^ Benjamin/ Ben- jamin,^ Elizabeth Lyon,^ Thomas^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

136 Ancestors of Eliza Hill

HYDE RECORD

1. HUMPHREY HYDE was at Windsor before coming to

Fairfield. He was granted a home-lot of 2)^ acres by the town, which was recorded March 6, 1649, bounded n. e. with home-lot of John Banks. He also purchased John Banks' home-lot about 1649. The Hyde family are believed to have been of the best blood of England. They have always been stanch, sterling, thrifty men in the town, and for generations a Deacon Hyde has rep- resented the family in the Green's Farms Congregational Church. He probably married in England, In his will, dated Nov. 12, 1679, he mentions his wife Ann, son John and daughter Hannah; also daughter Sarah, wife of Peter Coley.

2. JOHN^ HYDE (Humphrey^), in 1680 was living in his

father's homestead. He married

ELIZABETH HARVEY, daughter of Richard Harvey of Stratford, formerly of Concord, Mass., to whom said Harvey deeded 33 acres of land at Stratford in 1686. She was born July 25, 1644. He appears to have moved to Green's Farms before April 23, 1697, at which time Jonathan Sturges purchased of Benjamin Rumsey one acre in John Hyde's home-lot.

3. ELIZABETH^ HYDE (John,^ Humphrey^), born Aug. 23,

1669 ; married

EDWARD JESSUP, of Bankside.

4. EDWARD* JESSUP (Elizabeth Hyde,=^ John,^ Humph-

rey^), married

SARAH BLACKLEACH.

5. ELIZABETH^ JESSUP (Edward,* Elizabeth Hyde,^ John,''

Humphrey^), born Feb. 13, 1728; married

THOMAS COUCH, Feb. 25, 1750.

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6. SARAH« COUCH (Elizabeth Jessup,^ Edward,* Elizabeth

Hyde,^ John,^ Humphrey^), married

HEZEKIAH BANKS, Oct. 14, 1772,

7. SARAH^ BANKS (Sarah Couch,« Elizabeth Jessup,'' Ed-

ward,* Elizabeth Hyde,^ John,^ Humphrey^), married in 1799,

JOSEPH HILL.

8. ELIZAS HILL (Sarah Banks,^ Sarah Couch," Elizabeth

Jessup,^ Edward,* Elizabeth Hyde,' John,^ Humphrey^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

138 Ancestors of Eliza Hill

JESSUP RECORD

1. EDWARD JESSUP, the ancestor of the Fairfield family

of that name, was an Englishman and probably from Yorkshire. He was a citizen of Stamford in 1649. Earlier than this he may have been in Fairfield, as the town records show that in 1653 he sold land on Sasso Neck. In 1656 he had removed to Middleborough, New Town, Long Island, where he was a magistrate under the Dutch Government from 1659 to 1662. Subsequently he became one of the original potentates of West Farms, Westchester Co., N. Y. In 1663 the Connecticut Colony which claimed jurisdiction appointed him commissioner (magistrate) for the town of Westchester, and again in 1664, while in 1665 he represented the same town at a meeting of deputies convened by Gov. Nichols of New York at Hempstead, L. I. His will bears date Aug. 6, 1666, the year of his death, and is one of the earliest English wills recorded in New York City. He married

ELIZABETH BURROUGH, sister of John Burrough of Newtown. In 1668 the widow married Robert Beacham (Beauchamp) of Fairfield and removed there with her two young children. They lived in the present parish of Greenfarms (beautiful place). (See Miss Schenck's History of Fairfield.)

2. EDWARD^ JESSUP (Edward^), married ELIZABETH HYDE.

3. EDWARD^ JESSUP (Edward,^ Edward^, married

SARAH BLACKLEACH, daughter of Richard Blackleach. Died Nov. 18, 1783.

4. ELIZABETH* JESSUP (Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward^,

born in Greens Farms, Feb. 13, 1728; died Nov. 25, 1815, aged 87 years; married

THOMAS COUCH, Feb. 25, 1750.

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5. SARAH^ COUCH (Elizabeth Jessup,* Edward,^ Edward,^

Edward^), married

HEZEKIAH BANKS, Oct. 14, 1772. Died Feb. 24, 1815. (See Banks Record.)

6. SARAH^ BANKS (Sarah Couch,^ Elizabeth Jessup,^ Ed-

ward,^ Edward,^ Edward^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 91 years; married in 1799,

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816, aged 42 years.

7. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks,« Sarah Couch,^ Elizabeth Jes-

sup,* Edward,^ Edward,^ Edward^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, bom Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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BRADLEY RECORD

1. FRANCIS BRADLEY came to Fairfield in 1660. Soon

after his arrival he married

RUTH BARLOW, daughter of John Barlow, and thus be- came connected with some of the principal families of the place. Being admitted a freeholder of the town, he became entitled to all the privileges of a settler, in- cluding a participation in the dividends of the town lands. In October, 1664, at a General Assembly at Hartford, he (with others) was accepted as a freeman of Fairfield under the government of Connecticut, before the Colony of New Haven had accepted the charter. Francis Bradley had seven children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom, as well as his wife, survived him.

2. FRANCIS^ BRADLEY (Francis^), second son of Francis

and Ruth, born about 1670; married

SARAH JACKSON. He died Dec, 1716, leaving his wife and the following children :

3. Francis, Samuel, Ephraim, John, Jr.,

4. Eleanor, born Feb. 22, 1708; married Benjamin

Sherwood.

Gershom.

3. FRANCIS^ BRADLEY (Francis,^ Francis^), born 1699;

married

MARY STURGES, daughter of John Sturges, 1719, and had ten children.

5. ELEANOR* BRADLEY (Francis,^ Francis,^ Francis^), born Oct., 1725; died May 29, 1812, aged 87 years; married

BENJAMIN BANKS (3), 1745. (See Banks Record.)

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6. HEZEKIAH^ BANKS (Eleanor Bradley,'* Francis,^ Fran-

cis/ Francis^), born in Greenfield, Conn., 1748; died at Easton, Conn., March 31, 1812, aged 64 years; married

SARAH COUCH Oct. 14, 1772. She was born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815, aged 61 years.

7. SARAH« BANKS (Hezekiah,^ Eleanor Bradley,-* Francis,^

Francis,^ Francis^), born April 8, 1776, at Weston, Fair- field Co., Conn., died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 93 years; married

JOSEPH HILL in 1799. He was born May 3, 1774.

8. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks,'' Hezekiah,^ Eleanor Bradley,*

Francis,^ Francis,^ Francis^), born Dec. 3, 1803 ; married

CALVERT CRARY, March 12, 1823. He was born Aug. II, 1798. (See Crary Record.)

4. ELEANORS BRADLEY (Francis,^ Francis^), born Feb. 22, 1708; married

BENJAMIN SHERWOOD, born Mar. i, 1700-1 ; died Jan. 19, 1763.

9. MABEL* SHERWOOD (Eleanor Bradley,^ Francis,^ Fran-

cis^), born Dec. 8, 1745; died Oct. 20, 1820; married Jan. 17, 1765,

EBENEZER HILL, born Feb. 26, 1742; died March 27, 1798.

7. JOSEPH^ HILL (Mabel Sherwood,* Eleanor Bradley,^

Francis,^ Francis^), born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1 8 16; married in 1799,

SARAH BANKS, born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868.

8. ELIZA« HILL (Joseph Hill,^ Mabel Sherwood,* Eleanor

Bradley,^ Francis,^ Francis^), born Dec, 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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BARLOW RECORD

1. JOHN BARLOW was one of the first settlers of Fairfield.

He was possessed of a large estate. He died in 1674. Joel Barlow, born in 1754, was one of his descendants; was a poet, politician and writer ; was also a Chaplain in the Revolutionary War. John Barlow's will, dated March 28, 1674, mentions his wife,

ANN , and children :

i. John. ii. Isabella, wife of Peter Clapham.

2. iii. Ruth, wife of Francis Bradley.

iv. Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Frost. V. Martha, wife of James Beers.

3. vi. Deborah, wife of John Sturges.

2. RUTH^ BARLOW (John^, married

FRANCIS BRADLEY, who came to Fairfield in 1660.

4. FRANCIS^ BRADLEY (Ruth Barlow,^ John ^), born about

1760; died Dec, 1716; married

SARAH JACKSON.

5. FRANCIS* BRADLEY (Francis,^ Ruth Barlow,^ John^),

born 1699 ; married 1719,

MARY STURGES, daughter of John Sturges.

6. ELEANORS BR.\DLEY (Francis,* Francis,^ Ruth Barlow,^

John^), born Oct., 1725; died May 29, 1812; married 1745,

BENJAMIN BANKS, born Aug. 7, 1703; died Aug. 19, 1805.

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7. HEZEKIAH« BANKS (Eleanor Bradley,^ Francis,* Fran- cis/ Ruth Barlow,- John^), born in 1748; died March 31, 1812; married Oct. 14, 1772,

SARAH COUCH, born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815.

8. SARAH^ BANKS (Hezekiah Banks,« Eleanor Bradley,^

Francis,* Francis,^ Ruth Barlow,^ John^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868; married in 1799,

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816.

9. ELIZA« HILL (Sarah Banks,^ Hezekiah,« Eleanor Bradley,^

Francis,* Francis,^ Ruth Barlow,- John^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878.

3. DEBORAH^ BARLOW (John^), married

JOHN STURGES, who settled at Fairfield in 1660 in the 37th year of his age.

10. JOHN^ STURGES (Deborah Barlow,=^ John^), married

MARY GOODWIN, daughter of William Goodwin and Susannah Woodward.

5. MARY* STURGES (John,^ Deborah Barlow,^ John^),

married in 1719

FRANCES BRADLEY (3). He was born in 1699.

6. ELEANORS BRADLEY (Mary Sturges,* John,^ Deborah

Barlow,^ John^), born Oct., 1725; died May 29, 1812; married 1745

BENJAMIN BANKS (3), born Aug. 7, 1703; died Aug. 19, 1805.

144 Ancestors of Eliza Hill

7. HEZEKIAH^ BANKS (Eleanor Bradley,^ Mary Sturges,*

John,^ Deborah Barlow,^ John^), born in 1748; died March 31, 1812; married Oct. 14, 1772,

SARAH COUCH, born Mar. 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815.

8. SARAH^ BANKS (Hezekiah,^ Eleanor Bradley,^ Mary

Sturges,* John,^ Deborah Barlow,^ John^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868; married in 1799,

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816.

9. ELIZA« HILL (Sarah Banks,"^ Hezekiah,« Eleanor Brad-

ley,^ Mary Sturges,* John,^ Deborah Barlow,^ John^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

Ancestors of Eliza Hill 145

STURGES RECORD

I. JOHN STURGES settled at Fairfield in 1660 in the 37th year of his age and purchased Richard Fowles home- stead; was made a freeman May 14, 1669; appointed selectman the same year, and owned a large estate at Fairfield. His will is dated March 4, 1697-8, in which he gives to his son Jonathan his homestead, his sword and various parcels of land; to son Joseph his fowling- piece, long-gun and various parcels of land; to son John his little gun; to daughter Deborah, wife of James Redfield, several parcels of land and his negro woman Jenny ; to daughter Abigail, wife of Simon Couch, his negro boy Jack. He married

DEBORAH BARLOW, daughter of John and Ann Barlow (Puritans).

Children :

Jonathan.

Joseph. ni. John, married Mary Goodwin, iv. Deborah, married James Redfield. V. Sarah, married Richard Straton. vi. Abigail, married Simon Couch, vii. Thomas.

2. JOHN=^ STURGES (John^, married

MARY GOODWIN, daughter of William Goodwin and Susannah Woodward.

4. MARY^ STURGES (John,^ John^), married FRANCES BRADLEY (3).

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5. ELEANOR* BRADLEY (Mary Sturges,^ John,^ John^),

born Oct., 1725; died May 29, 1812, aged 87 years; married

BENJAMIN BANKS (3), 1745. (See Banks Record.)

6. HEZEKL\H^ BANKS (Eleanor Bradley,* Mary Sturges,^

John,2 John^), born in Greenfield in 1748; died at Easton, Conn., March 31, 1812, aged 64 years; married Oct. 14, 1772,

SARAH COUCH, born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815, aged 61 years.

7. SARAHo BANKS (Hezekiah,^ Eleanor Bradley,* Mary

Sturges,^ John,- John^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept.

8, 1868, aged 92 years; married in 1799,

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816, aged 42 years.

8. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks,^ Hezekiah,^ Eleanor Bradley,*

Mary Sturges,=* John,^ John^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, ag^d 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

3. ABIGAIL- STURGES (John^), married SIMON COUCH.

9. THOMAS^ COUCH (Abigail Sturges,^ John^), born June

9, 1695; married Dec. 7, 1721,

SARAH ALLEN, daughter of Gideon Allen.

10. THOMAS* COUCH (Thomas,^ Abigail Sturges,^ John^, born Nov. 28, 1725; died Dec. 4, 1764; married Feb. 26, 1749-50, ELIZABETH JESSUP, born Feb. 13, 1728; died Nov. 25, 1815.

Ancestors of Eliza Hill 147

6. SARAH^ COUCH (Thomas,* Thomas,^ Abigail Sturges,^

John^), born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 181 5; mar- ried Oct. 14, 1772,

HEZEKIAH BANKS, born in 1748; died March 31, 1812.

7. SARAH" BANKS (Sarah Couch,^ Thomas,* Thomas,'*

Abigail Sturges,^ John^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868; married in 1799

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3. 1774; died April 19, 1816.

8. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks," Sarah Couch,^ Thomas,*

Thomas,^ Abigail Sturges,^ John^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March, 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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ANDREWS RECORD

1. FRANCIS ANDREWS settled in Hartford in 1639, where

he married

ANNE SMITH, daughter of Prof. Giles Smith. He re- moved to Fairfield and became one of the Bankside farmers. He made his will June 6, 1662, which was probated March 5, 1663,

2. MARY^ ANDREWS (Francis^, married SIMON COUCH.

3. SIMON^ COUCH (Mary Andrews,^ Francis^, married ABIGAIL STURGES, daughter of John Sturges.

4. THOMAS^ COUCH (Simon,^ Mary Andrews,^ Francis^,

born June 9, 1695; married Dec. 7, 1721,

SARAH ALLEN, daughter fo Gideon Allen.

5. THOMAS-^ COUCH (Thomas,* Simon,=' Mary Andrews,=^

Francis^), born Nov. 28, 1725; died Dec. 4, 1764; mar- ried Feb. 26, 1749-50,

ELIZABETH JESSUP, born Feb. 13, 1728; died Nov. 25, 181 5 ; daughter of Edward Jessup and Sarah Blackleach.

6. SARAH« COUCH (Thomas,^ Thomas,* Simon,^ Mary An-

drews,^ Francis^), born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 181 5 ; married Oct. 14, 1772,

HEZEKIAH BANKS, born in 1748; died March 31, 1812.

7. SARAH^ BANKS (Sarah Couch,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*

Simon,^ Mary Andrews,^ Francis^), born April 8, 1776; died Sept. 8, 1868; married in 1799

JOSEPH HILL, born May 3, 1774; died April 19, 1816.

Ancestors of Eliza Hill 149

ELIZAS HILL (Sarah Banks/ Sarah Couch,« Thomas,' Thomas,* Simop,^ Mary Andrews,^ Francis^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

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COUCH RECORD

1. SIMON COUCH was made a freeman of Fairfield Oct. 13,

1664. He married

MARY ANDREWS, daughter of Francis Andrews of Bank- side. He with John Andrews purchased of the heirs of his father-in-law most of their interest in their father's estate. He purchased of his mother-in-law, Anna An- drews, March 6, 1663, all her interest in the housing and lands of her deceased husband. He became a large land-holder in Green's Farms. For several years he with John Andrews carried on a law-suit against the town of Fairfield to recover lands, claimed by right of pur- chase from the Indians, before Bankside was made a part of the town of Fairfield. He made his will Dec. 22, 1687. He was buried in land belonging to him at Frost Point looknig out upon the sound. This had been set apart as a family burial place, and was long known as the Couch Burial Hill. This spot could be pointed out until within the last few years (1889).

2. SIMON2 COUCH (SimonO, married

ABIGAIL STURGES, daughter of John Sturges. He was a prominent man in Green's Farms, and active in its political, church and school interests. He continued the claim of his father and the other Bankside farmers to the land which the town of Fairfield agreed June 29, 1666, to allow them, when they consented to become a part of the township. He died early in 1713. His will of March 2, 1712-13 was probated the 7th of April fol- lowing. To his wife Abigail he gave 1/3 of his housing and movable estate, his negro man Jack and negro girl Jenne. To his slave Anthony he gave 30 acres at the upper end of his 200 acres, provided he served his mis- tress until of age.

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3. THOMAS^ COUCH (Simony Simon^, born June 9, 1695 ;

settled at Green's Farms and married Dec. 7, 1721

SARAH ALLEN, daughter of Gideon Allen. In his will of Dec. 6, 1735, he gave his estate to his wife Sarah and daughters, Sarah and Ann, and to his wife his slave Jenny; to his son Thomas his negro boy Frank, and all his estate lying in Fairfield, except his bridge-hill-lot, his negro boy Ouass, etc.

4. THOMAS* COUCH (Thomas,^ Simon,^ Simon^), born

Nov. 28, 1725; died Dec. 4, 1764; married Feb. 26, 1749-50,

ELIZABETH JESSUP, born Feb. 13, 1728; died Nov. 25, 181 5 ; daughter of Edward Jessup and Sarah Blackleach.

5. SARAH^ COUCH (Thomas,* Thomas,^ Simon,- Simon^),

born March 30, 1754; died Feb. 24, 1815, aged 61 years; married

HEZEKIAH BANKS, Oct. 14, 1772. He was born in Greenfield, Conn., in 1748 ; died at Easton, Conn., March 31, 181 2, aged 64 years.

6. SARAH" BANKS (Sarah Couch,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^

Simon, ^ Simon^), born April 8, 1776 at Weston, Fair- field Co., Conn., died Sept. 8, 1868, aged 93 years; married

JOSEPH HILL, 1799. He was born May 3, 1774.

7. ELIZA^ HILL (Sarah Banks," Sarah Couch,^ Thomas,*

Thomas,^ Simon,^ Simon^), born Dec. 3, 1803; died Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years; married March 12, 1823,

CALVERT CRARY, born Aug. 11, 1798; died June i, 1878, aged 80 years. (See Crary Record.)

PART III

DESCENDANTS

OF

CALVERT CRARY

AND HIS WIFE

ELIZA HILL

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ELIZA HILL CRARY was ninety years of age on Dec. i, 1893. The anniversary was celebrated at the home of Mrs. Sarah C. Fisk, at Hancock, N. Y.

Her children present were :

Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Crary,

Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason Crary,

Mrs. Mary Ann Young,

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crary,

Mr. Denison Crary,

Mr. and Mrs. George Crary,

Mr. Jerry Crary,

Mrs. Sarah C. Fisk.

Absent :

Mr. J. Newton Young, Mrs. Denison Crary, Mrs. Jerry Crary.

Grandchildren present were :

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Young,

Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Crary,

Calvert, Grace A, and Mary E. Crary,

Charlotte Young,

Mrs. Laverne C. Davidge,

T. Delos Crary,

Mrs. Ella C. Nichols,

Horace A., Miner D., Clare J. and Marion Crary,

Ralph M. and Dencie Fisk.

Great grandchildren present were :

Louise and Polly Young, Thomas Davidge.

A photograph taken at this anniversary is reproduced on the preceding page.

Descendants of CALVERT CRARY

AND HIS WIFE

ELIZA HILL

The records of the Crary and Hill families show some interesting data regarding the ages of many of our ancestors. The wedded life of Thomas Crary, who was born in 1744, and Mehitabel Mason Crary extended over a period of sixty years. The wedded life of his son, Judge Thomas Crary, and Polly Holmes Crary extended over a period of nearly fifty-four years. The married life of the son of Judge Thomas Crary, Calvert Crary, and his wife, Eliza Hill Crary, lasted over fifty-five years. Mason Crary and Ann Hill Crary celebrated their Golden Wed- ding while he was living. Thomas Crary and his wife have lived together over fifty years.

Of the Hill family, Eliza Hill Crary was the eldest of five sisters and died at the age of 94 years, Esther Hill Young died at the age of nearly 88 years. Another sister, Sarah Hill Morton, died at the age of 96 years. Arretta Hill Staples was 94 years of age when she died. Paulina Hill Clements, the youngest sister, died at the age of 90 years. This was an average for the five sisters of 92 years. Benjamin Hill, a brother, died at the age of ']'] years ; Joseph 79 ; Sherwood 48.

The mother of Eliza Hill Crary, Sarah Banks, lived to be 93 years old. Hezekiah, father of Sarah Banks, died at the age of 64. Benjamin Banks, grandfather of Sarah Banks, lived to be 102 years old. He had one daughter, Molly Ogden, who died at the age of 102.

The married life of a sister of EHza Hill, Arretta, who married Alonzo Staples, was 67 years.

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The cousins of Eliza Hill Crary, children of John Staples and Patty Banks Staples, lived to the following ages:

Deborah Staples Silliman, aged 108 years Horace Staples, " 95 " Sydney Staples, over 90 "

Alonzo Staples, " 94 "

Edward Staples, " 52

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill

159

CALVERT CRARY was born at Chenango Forks, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1798. He was the son of Thomas Crary and Polly Holmes Crary, who came to Liberty in 1800. He resided on the farm two miles east of Liberty which was settled by his father. When first married they resided in a small house near his father's. In 1835 he built a new home about 2,000 feet from his father's, using part of the old store for the new house. This house is still standing, in 19 16, although it has had many additions. At the time the family moved into the new house Mason, his second son, elected to remain with his grandparents, making his home with them thereafter. Mr. Crary was a prosperous farmer and dealt largely in horses, cattle and sheep. It was his custom in the fall of each year to go into the neighboring counties and buy young cattle. These he would keep until they became oxen and cows, when he would break the oxen to the yoke, and it was very seldom that he did not have a few yoke of well broken oxen which he could sell to his neigh- bors. The fall of each year found his barns well stocked with hay and grain to feed the cattle, and his cellar contained plenty of corned-beef, pork, apples and vegetables, it being his custom to kill hogs and beef in the fall of each year. He was a strong, healthy man of large proportions and was seldom ill. In 1877 at a reunion of his sons and daughters held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. N. Young, at Parksville, N. Y., at which all of his sons were present, the height and weight of himself and his six sons were as follows :

Calvert 6 feet

Horace 6 feet 4 in.

Mason 5 feet 11 in.

Thomas 6 feet i in.

Denison 6 feet 2 in.

George 6 feet i in.

Jerry 6 feet

a total of 42 feet 7 in., and

average of 6 feet i in., and

weight 235 pounds

" 268

" 200

" 164

" 164

" 170

" 200

aged 53 years

aged 35 years

1,401 pounds, or an 200 pounds each.

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He married in 1823

ELIZA HILL, who was born in 1803 at Greenfield Hill, Conn. She was a daughter of Joseph Hill and Sarah Banks Hill, who came to Liberty when she was about four years of age. When she was thirteen years of age her father died and she with her mother had the care of her younger brothers and sisters. She received much of her education at Fairfield, where she went to school in addition to the education she received in the common schools at home. She was a very active, energetic woman and in the early years of her life she would card, spin and weave wool into cloth, weave car- pets, and do other work of that nature. She would spin and weave flax, making the thread into cloth, etc. In later years she had poor health for a long time and gradually lost her eyesight. In 1865 she became entirely blind. Her mar- ried life extended over a period of fifty-five years. She survived her husband nineteen years. Mr. Crary died in the 80th year of his age, his illness being pneumonia and was of short duration.

Mrs. Crary resided with her son George a short time after the death of her husband, when she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Fisk, at Hancock, N. Y. Later they moved to Liberty, N. Y. Mrs. Fisk was her constant companion and guide during her blindness. In spite of her afiflictions she continued knitting for many years to occupy her spare time, knitting socks, etc. She saw seven genera- tions in her lifetime, as she very well remembered her great grandmother and had several great-grandchildren before her death. Her lineal descendants at the time of her death were eight children, thirty-one grandchildren and twelve great- grandchildren. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Fisk, at Liberty, N. Y., in 1897, 3.ged 94 years. The funeral of Mrs. Crary was held at the home of Mrs. Fisk, Liberty, N. Y., and the bearers were her grandsons, Thomas B. Crary, Roscoe Crary, Miner Crary, Calvert Crary, Preston Crary and Will Crary. Mr. and Mrs. Crary were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill

i6i

CRARY RECORD

6. CALVERT^ CRARY (Thomas,^ Thomas," Nathan,' Peter,^ Peter^), born at Chenango Forks, Chenango Co., N. Y., Aug. II, 1798; died at Liberty, SuUivan Co., N. Y., June I, 1878, aged 80 years; married at Liberty, N. Y., March 12, 1823

10. ELIZA HILL, born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co., Conn., Dec. I, 1803 ; died at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1897, aged 94 years. (See Hill Record.)

Children :

8. i. Horace Holmes, born at Liberty, N. Y., Aug.

29, 1824.

ii. Mary, born at Liberty, N. Y., July 21, 1826; died in 1829, aged 3 years.

9. iii. Joseph Mason, born at Liberty, N. Y., Dec.

31, 1828.

10. iv. Mary Ann, born at Liberty, N, Y., June 30,

1831.

11. V. Thomas, born at Liberty, N. Y., June 22,

1834.

12. vi. Denison, born at Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 12,

1836.

13. vii. George, born at Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 29,

1839.

14. viii. Jerry, born at Liberty, N. Y., June 14, 1842.

15. ix. Sarah Esther, born at Liberty, N. Y., April

24, 1845.

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HORACE HOLMES CRARY was born in 1824 in the house built by his grandfather, Judge Thomas* Crary, on the farm two miles east of Liberty Village. He was the eldest son of Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill. His early opportunities were not great, as schools were not plentiful in those days. Liberty was a thriving village ; Monticello, the County Seat, twelve miles distant. New- burgh, fifty miles away, was the nearest point of any importance. Game was quite abundant in those days and much of his time was occupied in catching foxes and rabbits and sending the game to the New York market. He would also buy poultry and other game, which he disposed of in the same manner. In the sum- mer time he varied working on the farm with cattle droving, speculating and selling goods by auction at the General Trainings, which were held each year at that time. This continued until 1846, when the General Trainings ceased. He was associated with John Davidge in the butchering business in Liberty for some little time. 1 846- 1 850 He was engaged in the butchering business and in droving, buying and selling cattle, horses and sheep.

1850 He was elected supervisor of the town of Liberty and performed the duties of the office for one year. In that year he went to Hancock, and together with Edson Gregory, John Davidge, Alva Gregory and L. H. Allison, under the firm name of Allison, Gregory & Company, built a tannery on Sands Creek, which was afterwards known as the Allisonville tannery. Soon after the com- mencement of the enterprise Edson Gregory died, Alva Gregory sold out, and the firm name was changed to Allison, Davidge & Co.

1856 John Davidge sold his interest in the firm to Walter Horton, and the firm name was changed to Alli- son, Crary & Co., Mr. Horton being junior member of the firm, Mr. Davidge went to Lake Como, in Wayne Co., Pa., and together with the firm of Allison, Crary & Company, built a tannery there, one-half of which was owned by the Allisonville firm.

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1857 I^ 1857 came the panic. Although they had a hard time of it, the various firms came through this panic all right.

1862 In 1862, the month of May, just at the beginning of the war, when the business of the country was any- thing but bright, the tannery with a large stock of leather and bark caught from a woods fire and was totally destroyed, the insurance covering only about one- third of the loss. But the insurance money was paid, the leather in the vats had been uninjured, and with some assistance from the firm of Bullard & Company, New York, with whom they were doing business, they were enabled to go on. The advance in prices during the war carried them on to a financial success. About this time L. H. Allison became incapacitated for doing business by reason of an attack of some nervous dis- ease of which he died shortly afterwards. 1864 Mr. Walter Horton sold his interest in the firm to George H. Allison, and the firm name was changed to Allison & Crary. Walter Horton, with his uncle, Webb Horton, located in Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa., where they purchased several thousand acres of real estate in Warren, Forest and McKean Counties.

1866 Mr. Crary purchased a one-third interest in these lands, and in November, 1866 the firm of Horton, Crary & Co., was organized to do business at Sheffield, War- ren County, Pa.

1867 They built the Sheffield tannery. This venture proved the beginning of a very extensive and successful business. Mr. Crary's youngest brother, Jerry, who had been in the army and been wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, in 1864, was soon afterwards admitted into the partnership of the firm of Horton, Crary & Co. The firm at this time consisted of Webb Horton, H. H. Crary, Walter Horton, William McNair and Jerry Crary.

1870 Horton, Crary & Co., bought a one-half interest in a sole leather tannery built at Sheffield by J, F. Schoellkopf, of Buff^alo, N. Y., and formed a partnership

164 Descendants of Calvert Crary

with him under the firm name of Schoellkopf, McNair &Co.

1875 The name of this firm was changed to Schoell- kopf, Horton & Co., upon the death of Mr. William McNair. Soon after this Mr. John McNair and Mr. C. W. Radeker in connection with the firm of Horton, Crary & Co., purchased a tract of pine lands, known as the I. V. Stone property, east of Sheffield, and erected a sawmill to manufacture pine lumber, and a few years later added a tannery to this business. The firm was called John McNair & Company, John McNair and Mr. Radeker owning one-half, and Horton, Crary & Co., the other half. These tanneries were named respec- tively: Sheffield Tannery, Horton Tannery and Tion- esta Tannery. The firms of Horton, Crary & Co. and Schoellkopf, Horton & Co. purchased the tannery at Brookston, it being called the Forest Tannery. In 1875 William McNair died and his interest was pur- chased by George Horton, Isaac Horton, and George Dickinson.

1880 At this time the construction of the Tionesta Valley Railway was begun, which was later extended into Forest and Elk Counties.

1886 Mr. Dickinson sold his interests to James H. Horton and Lane B. Schofield.

1875 H. H. Crary, William H. Garrett, James Horton and Edson Davidge, under the firm name of Crary, Garrett, Horton & Co., built a tannery at Westfield, Tioga County, Pa. William H. Garrett died in No- vember, 1876. The firm name was then changed to H. H. Crary & Co., Walter Horton, of Sheffield, Pa., taking an interest.

1881 The firm of H. H. Crary & Co., associated with W. G. Garrett and L. R. Johnson, built a tannery at Harrison Valley, Pa., the firm taking the name of Walter Horton & Co. Shortly afterwards these two firms, with Horton, Crary & Co., Sheffield, started a leather house at 107 South Street, Boston, to sell the leather from the different tanneries.

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 165

1883 The firm of Horton, Crary & Co., purchased a half interest in the tannery at Arroyo, Pa., of Perry R. Smith, C. H. Smith and Flavins C. Smith. The firm was known as G. & I. Horton & Co. The tannery was styled the G. & I. Tannery.

1888 Mr. Crary, in connection with., Walter Horton, James Horton, Walter G. Garrett, G:'G. Davidge and L. R. Johnson, purchased a tannery at Salamanca, N. Y., and organized under the firm name of James Horton & Co.

1875 W. W. Hague, of Tidioute, Pa., leased some of the land of John McNair & Co., at Sheffield, and drilled a well for oil, which proved to be a large gas well. Subsequently the owners procured a charter and incor- porated as the Sheffield Gas Company, piping the gas to Sheffield, where it was used for fuel and light. This was about the first time that natural gas was used for this purpose, the business having since reached enor- mous proportions.

1880 J. A. Magee, of Warren, Pa., in connection with Walter Horton, Charles Sigel and Jerry Crary, drilled a well on the Donaldson farm, which was the first pro- ducing oil well in that vicinity. This opened up for their future oil developments the lands of Horton, Crary & Co., in which Mr. H. H. Crary was interested. 1873 ^'*- Crary, with his brother Denison Crary and Amos L. Hall, built the Hancock Mills, near Hancock, N. Y., under the name of Crary, Hall & Co. Hall sold out to the other partners and the firm then became Denison Crary & Co. In 1881 Denison Crary sold out to Denison Fisk, his brother-in-law, and the firm was changed to Fisk & Crary.

1893 The firm at AUisonville was changed at various times, but Mr, H. H. Crary retained an interest in all of his tannery ventures until they were sold to the United States Leather Company in 1893.

1876 From various causes Mr. Crary 's eyes became affected and his physicians advised him to give up business.

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1877-1878 The winter of 1877 and 1878 was spent in Florida. In May, 1878, he, together with his wife and daughter Emma, sailed for Europe, where they spent a considerable part of the year. July 4th, 1878, was spent in Interlaken. At Mr, Crary's suggestion the Stars and Stripes were hoisted above all other flags and during that anniversary day floated above them all. 1879 He made a trip to California, and after that time became quite a traveller.

1885 Up to this time he resided at his home in Alli- sonville, N. Y., in the house which he built when he first came there. In 1885 he moved to Binghamton, N. Y., where he resided until his death, and although, on ac- count of his eyesight he could not give close attention to his business, his counsel and advice were always sought and followed.

1892 Mr. Crary was associated with nine tanning firms and the milling firm at Hancock. The output of the combined tannery interests was about four thousand sides of sole leather daily, requiring two thousand hides and using about 100,000 cords of bark per year.

1888 The firm of Horton, Crary & Co., had acquired a very large export trade, which in 1888, to Europe alone, comprised 24^% of all the leather which went out of the port of New York.

1893 In the spring of 1893 a combination was made of a majority of the sole leather interests in the United States and all of the tanneries in which Mr. Crary was interested were sold to the United States Leather Com- pany.

During his business life Mr. Crary was associated with over twenty-five partners, none of whom ever be- came seriously embarrassed or failed to pay his debts. A large number of them were young men whose early business training was under his direct influence. 1893 After the sale of the tanneries in which Mr. Crary was interested, to the United States Leather Company, his business was principally of a corporate character, his holdings consisting of stocks and bonds of different

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 167

corporations, the business being managed by the officers and directors of the various companies. 1897 Mr. Crary, with the other members of the firm of Horton, Crary & Co., sold the oil and gas interests and some of the real estate at Sheffield, which had been reserved when the tanneries were sold to the United States Leather Company. Mr. Jerry Crary purchased these interests which had been reserved and were owned by the firm of Horton, Crary & Co.

The latter part of 1897 Mr. Crary became ill with Bright's Disease, from which disease he died in June, 1898.

Mr. Crary was married in 1853 ^t Liberty, N. Y., in a house standing at the base of Walnut Mountain, to

POLLY BURR, daughter of Bradley Burr and Polly She r-, wood Burr, who were both descended from the early, settlers of the town of Liberty. Mrs. Crary was a tall, graceful woman of strong character. Much of the success of Mr. Crary's business career may be attributed to her influence and assistance. She was very liberal and gave generously to religious and philanthropic causes. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and their influence and financial as- sistance have been widely felt in church interests and charities. After his death she continued to reside in the home. While visiting her daughter Mary at Denver, Colorado, she became ill and died in the hospital at that place in 1899.

Mr. and Mrs. Crary were buried in Floral Park Cemetery at Binghamton, N. Y.

HORACE H.^ CRARY (Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas," Nathan,-'' Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1824; died at Binghamton, N. Y., June 10, 1898, aged 74 years; married at Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y, Oct. 3, 1853,

POLLY BURR, born at Liberty, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1833; died at Denver, Colorado, July 7, 1899, aged 66 years.

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Children :

19. i. Emma, born at Hancock, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1859.

20. ii. Grace Allison, born at Hancock, N. Y., Jan.

3, 1865.

21. iii. Thomas Burr, born at Hancock, N. Y., Sept.

26, 1866.

22. iv. Calvert, born at Hancock, N. Y., April 3,

1868.

23. V. Mary Eliza, born at Binghamton, N. Y.,

Aug. 2, 1876.

JAMES CHANDLER YOUNG was the son of William H. Young and Louisa Kimball. William H. Young was a son of Joseph Young and a brother of John New- ton Young. Chandler resided in Liberty during his life. He was engaged in the mercantile business, in farming and in buying and selling cattle. Was Presi- dent of the Sullivan County National Bank, of Liberty, which he was instrumental in organizing. He resided at the time of his death in the former home of Dr. John D. Watkins, whose wife was a sister of his father. He was a very active, energetic, successful business man. He was ill with Bright's disease, which was the cause of his death. He was married in 1881 to

EMMA CRARY, the eldest daughter of Horace H. and Polly Burr Crary. Mrs. Young, like her mother, was greatly interested in church and charitable work and was a leader in all benevolent enterprises in her com- munity. She survived her husband about a year and a half. They were buried in the Cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

19. EMMA« CRARY (Horace H.,^ Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Sept.

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 169

4, 1859; died at a Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 26, 1916, aged 57 years; married Sept. 7, 1881,

JAMES CHANDLER YOUNG, born at Liberty, N. Y., Dec. I, 1855 ; died at Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1914, aged 59 years.

Children :

i. Louise Kimball, born at Liberty, N. Y., July 4, 1882. 24. ii. Polly Burr, born at Liberty, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1886.

24. POLLY BURR» YOUNG (Emma Crary,« Horace H.,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1886; married at Liberty, N. Y., June 17, 1915,

OTTO EUGENE KELLER, born at New York City, June II, 1885.

Children :

i, Mary Louise, born at Liberty, N. Y., June 3» 1916. -;,_

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20. GRACE ALLISON^ CRARY (Horace H.,^ Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1865; married at Binghamton, N. Y., April 26, 1894,

FRED H. HASKINS, born at New Britain, Conn., April i, 1859.

Children :

i. Horace Henry, bom at Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1895.

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ii. Lucy Cowles, born at Binghamton, N. Y,, March 21, 1897; died Jan. 16, 1904, aged

7 years.

iii. Polly Burr, born at Binghamton, N. Y., March 24, 1898,

iv. Dorothy Grace, born at Binghamton, N. Y., April 15, 1901 ; died Dec. 8, 1903, aged 2 years.

V. Grace Emily, born at Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1903.

21. THOMAS BURR« CRARY (Horace H.,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1866 ; married at Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1893,

LOUISE SUTPHEN BRINTNALL, born at Somerville, N. J., Oct. 12, 1868.

Children :

i. Mary Laverne, born June 27, 1894; died at Binghamton, N. Y., April 25, 1900, aged SEE 0=^ 6 years.

SUPPLEMENTA!^ ii. GiFFORD Brintnall, born Feb. 28, 1897 ^^ NOTES Binghamton, N. Y.

iii. Louise, born May 20, 1900, at Binghamton, N. Y.

22. CALVERT^ CRARY (Horace H.,^ Calvert,^ Thomas," Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., April 3, 1868; married at Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1894,

RUTH HORTON, born at Hancock, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1872.

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 171

Children :

i. Horace Horton, born at Newtonville, Mass., Jan. I, 1895 ; died in Goshen, N. Y., May 18, 1895.

ii. Ruth, born at Newtonville, Mass., May 6, 1904.

23. MARY ELIZA« CRARY (Horace H.,^ Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1876; married at Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1899,

HAROLD WIELIS MOORE, born at Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 6, 1873.

Children :

i. Ruth McDonald, born at Englewood, N. J., April 10, 1900.

ii. John Crary, born at Denver, Col., Feb. 11, 1902.

iii. Mary Virginia, born at Denver, Col., Feb. 9, 1904 ; died Sept. 6, 1904.

iv. Harold Wielis, Jr., born at Denver, Col., April 28, 1906 ; died May 29, 1906.

V. Thomas Edgar, born at Denver, Col., May 11, 1908.

vi. Mary Louise, born at Brush, Col., July 25, 1910.

172 Descendants of Calvert Crary

JOSEPH MASON CRARY was born in 1828, two miles east of the village of Liberty, on the Crary farm, which was settled by his grandfather in 1800. When the new house was built in 1835 Mason elected to remain with his grandparents and made his home with them there- after. He taught school and at one time was principal of the Academy in the village of Monticello. He had an inventive mind and manufactured tooth powder, toothache remedy and other compounds, which he sold successfully about the country. After his marriage, in 1855, he erected a tannery a mile southeast of Liberty and named the place Dowtenville. This was in the early history of tanning, the plant was small and he was not very successful as a tanner and therefore gave up the business. For a long time afterwards he was a travel- ing salesman, selling Dr. Tobias' Venetian Liniment, and in later years was a partner with C. C. Jadwin of Hones- dale, Pa., in the manufacture and sale of Jadwin's Sub- duing Liniment. For a number of years he resided at Hackensack, N. J., and was engaged in seUing the lini- ment at wholesale through the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He removed from Hacken- sack to Jersey City, where he lived until his death. While at Jersey City he invented the Crary Typewriter for writing upon books or flat surfaces, the machine moving instead of the paper. This he sold to T. B. Garvin & Co., New York. He was ill for sometime be- fore his death and died of pneumonia. He married

ANN B. HILL, daughter of Sherwood Hill and Betsey Buckley. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniver- sary a few months before his death. Mrs. Crary sur- vived her husband eleven years. She died of pneu- monia, aged 81, at the home of her friend, Mrs. Dr. Norberry, at Ellenville, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Crary were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

9. JOSEPH MASON^ CRARY (Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan/ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., Dec.

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 173

31, 1828; died at Jersey City, N. J., June 29, 1905, aged 'jy years ; married at Liberty, N. Y., April 25, 1855,

ANN B. HILL, born at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1835 died at Pine Bush, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1916, aged 81 years.

Children :

25. i. Ida, born at Liberty, N. Y., March 4, 1856.

ii. Edna, born at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1870.

iii. GussiE, born at Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1872.

25. IDA8 CRARY (J. Mason,^ Calvert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., March 4, 1856; married at Hackensack, N. J., Dec. 29, 1880,

ROBERT WHITE, JR., born at Washington, D. C, June 26, 1854; died in Washington, D. C, Dec. 14, 1896, aged 42 years.

Children :

i. Mason Ray, born Sept. 24, 1881, at Washing- ton, D. C. ; died in infancy.

ii. Daisy, born March 13, 1883, at Hackensack, N. J., died in infancy.

26. iii. Ida Seymour, born April 22, 1885, at Winter

Park, Fla.

27. iv. Roberta Gertrude, born April 24, 1888, at

Winter Park, Fla.

28. V. Ethel, born Dec. 19, 1889, at Winter Park,

Fla.

vi. Mason Crary, born Oct. 20, 1895, at Hacken- sack, N. J., died April 21, 1896, aged 6 months.

174 Descendants of Calvert Crary

26. IDA SEYMOURS WHITE (Ida Crary,« J. Mason/ Cal-

vert,^ Thomas.^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Winter Park, Fla., April 22, 1885 ; married at Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 3, 1908,

JOHN R. TULLOCH, born in Haddington, Scotland, May 3, 1880.

Children :

i. Elizabeth Reid, born in New York City, Sept. 14, 1909. §s^ Xr?'^' "• Laverne Crary, born at Larchmont Park,

^^pf'LErnuiUnr N. Y., Feb. 28, 1913. HQH$

27. ROBERTA GERTRUDE^ WHITE (Ida Crary,« J. Mason,^

Calvert.*' Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Winter Park, Fla., April 24, 1888; married at Pine Bush, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1910,

WILLIAM FERDINAND WORMS, born at New York City, Dec. 31, 1886.

Children :

i. Robert White, born at Jersey City, N. J.,

Sept. 30, 19 II. ii. William Marcus, born at Roselle Park, N. J., Aug. 9, 1914.

28. ETHEL^ WHITE (Ida Crary,« J. Mason/ Calvert.^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Winter Park, Fla., Dec. 19, 1889, married Sept. 5, 1912, at Jersey City, N. J.,

GEORGE R. KIMPELL, born at Mystic, Conn., July 4, 1888.

Children : i. Claire Crary, born at Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 9, 1913- -F

ROTES

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 175

JOHN NEWTON YOUNG was the son of Joseph Young and Sally Buckley. He was born between Liberty and Parksville on the farm which was owned by his father, it being a part of the land originally purchased by his grandfather. His father, Joseph Young, was born in New London County, Conn., in 1789, and came to Liberty with his father, Robert Young, when sixteen years of age. Joseph was always a resident of the town of Liberty after that time. Robert Young purchased the land which is now owned by Rufus Young, and also the land adjoining on the north, afterwards settled by Joseph Young. The pass between Liberty and Parks- ville has always been known as Young's Gap. Joseph Young was a very prominent man in the town of Lib- erty; was Justice of the Peace for many years, and Supervisor of the town eight times. He was quite wealthy and at one time paid more taxes than any other man in the town. He married Sally Buckley, who was a daughter of Luther Buckley and Lucinda Baldwin Buckley. Luther Buckley was born at Newton, Conn., in 1767. Lucinda Baldwin was born at Newton, Conn., in 1769, The children of Joseph Young were Colonel Edward, John Newton, William H., Mrs. John D. Wat- kins. William H. Young was the father of Chandler Young, who married Emma Crary. John Newton Young married in 1857

MARY ANN CRARY. They resided after their marriage for some time on the farm between Liberty and Parks- ville, formerly owned by his father. Carrie, their oldest daughter, was born in this farmhouse. Later they removed to Parksville, where he owned and operated a tannery. He was also engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Parksville with Thomas Crary, the firm being known as Crary and Young. Later he closed down the tannery at Parksville and owned one at Rockland, which he operated for some tim§. He resided in Parksville until his death, which occurred at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. James H. Horton, Warren, Pa., in

176 Descendants of Calvert Crary

1898. Mary Ann Crary was born on the Crary farm, east of Liberty. She taught school for several years in her home district and her younger brothers and sisters attended her school. Her mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill Crary, was in ill health for many years during Mary Ann's girlhood, and Mary Ann had charge of the household affairs much of the time during her mother's illness. After her marriage she lived on the Young farm and at Parksville until her husband's death. She survived her husband thirteen years, living with her daughter, Mrs. James H. Horton, at Warren, Pa., until the time of her death. She was sick about five months. The funeral was held at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Fisk, at Liberty, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Young were buried in the cemetery at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y.

ISABELLE YOUNG, daughter of John Newton Young and Mary Ann Crary, wife of John H. Hull, St. Paul, Minn., resided at Louisville, Ky., for a few years, and later at St. Paul, Minn. She died in 1908 at the home of her sister, Mrs. Carrie Horton, Warren, Pa., and was buried In Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pa.

10. MARY ANN^ CRARY (Calvert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., June 30, 1831; died at Warren, Warren Co., Pa., Aug. 10, 1913, aged 82 years; married at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1857,

JOHN NEWTON YOUNG, born at Liberty, N. Y., April 2, 1828; died at Warren, Pa., Dec. 28, 1898, aged 70 years.

Children :

29. i. Carrie, born at Parksville, Sullivan Co.,

N. Y., July 22, 1858.

30. ii. Isabel, born at Parksville, N. Y., July 3, 1867. iii. Joseph, born at Parksville, N. Y., Feb. 21,

1869; died at the age of 3^ years.

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 177

iv. Charlotte, born at Parksville, N. Y., Sept. 7» 1873.

JAMES HOLIDAY HORTON was born at Liberty Falls, N, Y., Dec. II, 1859. He was the son of Ovid Horton and Catherine Holiday Horton. Ovid Horton was a descendant of Barnabas Horton, his father being Isaac Horton and his mother Prudence Knapp. Ovid Horton was a brother of Webb Horton and Homer Horton, father of Walter and Isaac Horton, Jr. The great grandfather of his mother, Catherine HoMay, was Alexander McCoy, who served as a bombardier in the Artillery in the Revolutionary War. James H. Horton married, in 1884,

CARRIE YOUNG, daughter of John Newton Young and Mary Ann Crary Young, of Parksville, N. Y. About 1878 he went to Sheffield, Pa., to live and was the head accountant of the firm of Horton, Crary & Co., becoming a member of the firm several years later by the retire- ment of George Dickinson, a part of whose interest he purchased. About 1897 he removed with his family to Warren, Pa., where he resided until the time of his death. His death was caused by acute meningitis at the age of forty. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pa.

29. CARRIE^ YOUNG (Mary Ann Crary,'^ Calvert,« Thomas," Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Parksville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., July 22, 1858; married Oct. 13, 1884,

JAMES H. HORTON, born Dec. 11, 1859; died July 26, 1899, aged 40 years.

Children : 31. i. Laverne, born at Sheffield, Pa., Nov. 14, 1886. ii. Joseph Ovid, born at Sheffield, Pa., July 14,

178 Descendants of Calvert Crary

30. ISABELLE« YOUNG (Mary Ann Crary/ Calvert,^ Thomas,® Thomas/ Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Parksville, N. Y., July 3, 1867; died Oct. 22, 1908, aged 41 years; married

JOHN H. HULL, Nov. 13, 1890.

31. LAVERNE^ HORTON (Carrie Young,« Mary Ann Crary/ Calvert," Thomas,® Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Sheffield, Pa., Nov. 14, 1886; married

^usfuSntarvHOMER JOHNSON, Oct. 17, 191 1, at Warren, Pa.

"^^^^^ Children:

i. Ruth, born at Lawrenceville, 111., March 2, 1914.

ii. Prudence Knapp, born at Lawrenceville, 111., Dec. 14, 1915.

SUPFL[-Mi:NTARY

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill I79

THOMAS CRARY was born June 22, 1834, on the Crary farm two miles east of Liberty, in the house built by his grandfather, Judge Thomas Crary in 1800. His father, Calvert Crary, lived on the same farm during his life and his brother George also lived there. It is now owned and occupied by William R. Crary, son of George Crary.

1854 When twenty years of age he purchased a span

of horses and wagon for carrying patent medicines and

became traveling agent for the state of Pennsylvania

for Dwight Chapin, driving his team into nearly every

town in the state, selling Dr. Osborne's Golden Oint-

SEE T"^ ment at wholesale.

SUPFLEMEUTA'^.^ 1885 Drove his team down the valley of the Allegheny

NOTES River through Kinzua and Warren.

1858 Traveling agent in the same manner for Dr. Tobias' Venetian Liniment.

1862 Engaged in the tanning and mercantile business at Parksville, N. Y., with J. N. Young, his brother-in- law. The firm was known as Young & Crary.

1863 Was very ill with typhoid fever ; for a long period his life was despaired of.

1870 Having disposed of his interests in the tanning business was engaged in the mercantile business with Cyrus Gray, under the firm name of Gray & Crary. This continued for quite a period of time. 1885 Was interested with his brothers, H. H. -Crary and Denison Crary, in the manufacture of hemlock sole leather at Allisonville, N. Y., the firm being Crary Brothers.

1893 Crary Brothers disposed of their tannery, lands and all their property to the United States Leather Com- pany.

1898 With his wife he travelled through Europe, the West Indies and South America. The latter trip he re- peated in 191 1, when he included Panama in his itin- erary.

1900 With J. Chandler Young and some others he organized the Haywood Lumber & Mining Company

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and purchased a large tract of land in North Carolina. Since that time he has been engaged in various lines of business, mostly corporate, which have not required his undivided attention.

1900 Purchased the farm and the tanning property at Hancock formerly owned by the firm of Crary Brothers, the tannery having been torn down. He has owned and occupied this farm ever since, the house in which he lives being the one which was built and occupied by H. H. Crary.

1902 Made a trip through Palestine and Egypt, re- turning through Europe.

19 10 With his wife he made a trip around the world. 19 1 2 Made a trip to Norway and Sweden and North Cape.

He has travelled extensively in this Country, having been in every State in the Union and nearly every Prov- ince in Canada and Mexico.

He married

FRANCES BRADLEY in 1865. She was a daughter of William Bradley and Harriet Fisk Bradley. Mrs. Har- riet Fisk Bradley was the daughter of William Fisk, who was Captain in the Vermont Militia during the War of 1812. His brother, Jonathan Fisk, was a noted law- yer of those days, a Member of Congress and United States District Attorney under President Monroe. In 1821 Captain Fisk (father to Mrs. Fisk Bradley) moved to Sullivan County. Captain Fisk's father served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Frances Bradley had two brothers in the Civil War. Walter was in Company H, of the 143rd Regiment, and Napoleon was in Company H, 28th Regiment and was one of General Banks' Scouts in Virginia. Frances Bradley's father, William Bradley, was the son of Alton, who was the son of Seth, son of John, son of Francis n, son of Francis I, who came to Fairfield in 1660. (See Bradley Record). John Bradley was a brother of Eleanor Bradley, who was the famous "Female

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill i8i

Worthy", and was married to Benjamin Sherwood. (See Sherwood Record.) A niece of John Bradley, Eleanor Bradley, married Benjamin Banks. (See Banks Record.)

We may add that Thomas Crary is from a long lived family. The wedded life of his great grandparents, Thomas Crary and Mehitabel Mason Crary, extended over a period of over sixty years. The wedded life of his grandparents, Judge Thomas Crary and Polly Holmes Crary, extended over a period of nearly fifty- four years, whilst the married life of his father and mother, Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill Crary, extended over fifty-five years. His brother, J. Mason Crary and Ann Hill Crary celebrated their golden wedding. He himself had lived with his wife fifty-one years in 1916, as will be seen by the records following this biography.

They have two sons and one daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Crary reside at the present time on the tannery farm at Hancock, Delaware County, N. Y.

II. THOMAS^ CRARY (Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,'' Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., June 22, 1834; married at Parksville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1865,

FRANCES M. BRADLEY, born Nov. 20, 1848.

Children :

i. RoscoE, born April 21, 1867.

32. ii. La VERNE, born April 25, 1869.

33. iii. Thomas Delos, born at Parksville, N. Y.,

Sept. 9, 1884.

32. LAVERNE8 CRARY (Thomas,^ Calvert," Thomas," Thomas,^ Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born April 25, 1869; married Jan. 2'j, 1889,

GEORGE GIFFORD DAVIDGE, born at Hancock, N. Y., June 26, 1859.

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Children :

SUPPLCf'tHTAav i. Thomas Crary, born at Newark Valley, NOTES N. Y., April ii, 1891.

ii. George Gifford, Jr., born at Plainfield, N. J., Jan. 6, 1906.

33. THOMAS DELOS^ CRARY (Thomas,^ Calvert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1884; married at Waynesville, N. C, Oct. 21, 1912,

VIRGINIA JONES, born at Abington, Va., Nov. 3, 1888.

Children :

i. Thomas Delos, Jr., bom June 15, 1916, at Elizabeth City, N. C.

SUfPLEMENTARY NOTES

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 183

DENISON CRARY was born on the Crary farm east of Liberty. He went to Hancock and worked in the tan- nery of Allison & Crary for some time, where he first commenced to learn the tanning business. Shortly after- wards, when about twenty-eight years old, he was traveling as a general agent, selling patent medicines at wholesale. While in this business he became sick with typhoid fever and in 1862 was very ill for a long time at Beekman, Ulster County, N. Y., and for many weeks it was thought that he would not live. After his re- covery he again entered the tannery and was the head tanner at Allisonville for a number of years, being a member of the firm of Crary Brothers who owned this plant. He was a resident of Hancock for about twenty years. At one time he managed the grist mill, of which he was part owner, the firm being known as Crary, Fisk & Co. After selling his interest in Crary Brothers w^ho owned the Allisonville Tannery, he removed to Vestal, Broome County, N. Y., where he purchased a tannery, which he sold in 1893 to the United States Leather Company. A few years after this he removed to Canisteo, N. Y., where he again purchased a small tannery, which he afterwards sold to the Leather Com- pany. He resided at Canisteo until his death. He was buried in the cemetery at that place. He married in 1871

ELMA HOXIE. After the death of Mr. Crary she removed to Eugene, Oregon, where she now resides.

12. DENISON^ CRARY (Calvert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Na- than,^ Peter,2 Peter^), born at Lberty, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1836; died at Canisteo, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1914, aged 78 years; married Aug. 30, 1871,

ELMA A. HOXIE, born Aug. 31, 1849.

Children :

i. Warner Preston, born May 27, 1872, at Stockport, Pa., died Aug. 29, 1873, at Stockport, Pa., aged i year.

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34. ii. Edward B., born July 2, 1873.

35. iii. E. Preston, born Nov. 15, 1875.

36. iv. Jay Denison, born Aug. 22, 1877.

V. Grant Hazard, born July 29, 1879, at Han- cock, N. Y. ; died April 13, 1889, at Stock- port, Pa., aged 10 years.

37. vi. Mehitabel a., born Nov. 8, 1881. vii. Allen H., born Nov. 12, 1883.

38. viii. Polly Burr, born Jan. 14, 1886, at Stockport,

Pa.

39. ix. Amy Eliza, born Oct. 16, 1888, at Stockport,

Pa.

X. Horace Holmes, born Nov. 3, 1890, at Vestal,

N.Y.

34. EDWARD BUSSELL« CRARY (Denison,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter," Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., July 2, 1873; married at Canisteo, N. Y., June 2, 1897,

GERTRUDE MAY CARTER, bom May, 1872.

Children :

i. Dorothy Louise, born March 20, 1898, at Boston, Mass., died March 5, 1899, at Can- isteo, N. Y.

ii. Marion Elma, born Aug. 20, 1899, at Can- isteo, N. Y.

iii. Gerald Carter, born Jan. 13, 1902, at Cos- tello, Pa.

35. PRESTON « CRARY (Denison,^ Calvert," Thomas," Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock,

AND His Wife_, Eliza Hill 185

N, Y., Nov. 15, 1875; married at Canisteo, N. Y., June 30, 1897,

GRACIA RAE SNIFFEN, born March 8, 1878.

Children :

i. Irene Jay, born at Canisteo, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1898.

36. JAY DENISON« CRARY (Denison/ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Hancock, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1877; marreid at Aberdeen, Wash., June 20, 1907,

CORA GRACE JONES, born Aug.

37. HETTIE« CRARY (Denison,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born Nov. 8, 1881 ; died Oct. 3, 1915 at Ballston, Va. ; buried in Glenwood Cemetery, near Washington, D. C. ; married

FRANCIS CLYDE GIDEON, at Canisteo, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1900.

Children :

i. Frank Preston, born May 31, 1904.

ii. Elizabeth Louise, born June 6, 1909.

iii. Clyde Crary, born Jan. 19, 1913.

38. POLLY BURR« CRARY (Denison,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter'-), born at Hancock, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1886; married at Canisteo, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1910,

SAMUEL C. BUNN, born Sept. 5, 1880, at Canisteo, N. Y.

1 86 Descendants of Calvert Crary

Children ;

i. Elizabeth Maxine, born June ii, 191 1, at Canisteo, N. Y.

ii. Twin Boys, born July 11, 1913, at Aberdeen, Wash.

iii. One died July 1 1 ; the other July 29, 19 13.

iv. Barbara Jean, born Jan. 13, 1917, at Taholah, Chehalis Co., Wash.

39. AMY ELIZA« CRARY (Denison,^ Calvert,^ Thomas,' Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born Oct. 16, 1888, at Stockport, Pa.; married at Canisteo, N. Y., July i, 1906,

GEORGE HENRY HOLMES, born March 18, 1870. Children : i. Ruth Crary, born Oct. 15, 1907. ii. Robert Denison, born May 11, 1909. iii. Harold Calvert, born Aug. 28, 191 1. iv. Richard Jay, born March 16, 19 14.

S3iOM

«£1 33S

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 187

GEORGE CRARY was born in the old homestead on the Crary farm east of Liberty in 1839, and resided on the farm until his death. He followed in the footsteps of his father, buying and selling cattle, farming and other- wise doing the business of a farmer. He was a man of integrity and was well thought of by his neighbors. To illustrate : When a hardware dealer, who was mak- ing him some gallon tin cans for maple syrup, asked him if he should make them short measure, George replied, "A gallon to a drop or not a can." His death was caused by a complication of diseases, and for about three months before his death he was confined to his bed. His son William resides on the farm which has been owned by his parents, grandparents and great grandparents since 1800. George Crary married in 1869

MARY FISK, daughter of William Roby Fisk, of Parks- ville, Sullivan Co., N. Y. Mr. Fisk was born at Wil- liamstown. Orange Co., Vermont, being one of a family of nine children. His brother, Martin Fisk, also resided in Liberty. In 1818 his parents emigrated to New York State, residing at Newburg, N. Y., until 182 1, when they moved to Parksville, settling on the farm where he resided during the remainder of his life. His wife's name was Sophia Stuart, mother of Mary Fisk. Mary's great uncle, Jonathan Fisk, was a noted lawyer, one of the early residents of the village of Newburg, a Member of Congress and United States District At- torney for the southern district of New York under President Monroe. Mary Fisk was a cousin of Denison Fisk, who married Mr. Crary's sister Sarah. She was also a cousin of Frances Bradley, who married George's brother Thomas. She died ten months previous to the death of her husband.

Mr. and Mrs. Crary were bured in the Cemetery at Liberty, N. Y.

13. GEORGE^ CRARY (Calvert,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,' Peter,2 Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1839;

Descendants of Calvert Crary

died at Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1912, aged 'J'^ years; married at Parksville, N. Y., June 15, 1869,

MARY A. FISK, born June 6, 1840; died at Liberty, Sulli- van County, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1912, aged 72 years.

Children :

40. i. Ella, born at Liberty, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1870.

ii. Elizabeth, born at Liberty, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1871 ; died aged 6 years.

iii. Howard, born at Liberty, N. Y., April 26, 1873 ; died at the age of four years.

41. iv. William R., bom at Liberty, N. Y., May 8,

1875. V. Jane M., born at Liberty, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1878.

40. ELLA« CRARY (George,^ Calvert," Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,2Peter,2Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1870; married April 10, 1890

WILLIAM NICHOLS, born near Ellenville May 23, 1862; died at Liberty, N. Y., Aug. 29, 19 10.

Married at Liberty, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1915,

WILLIAM H. BIERDS, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1875.

41. WILLIAM R.« CRARY (George,^ Calvert," Thomas," Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,- Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., May 8, 1875 ; married at Glen Cove, L. I., June I, 1907.

ELLA TOWNSEND SMITH, born at Glen Cove, Long Island, Sept. 26, 1880.

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 189

Children :

i. George Calvert, born at Liberty, N. Y., April II, 1910.

ii. Elizabeth Bowne, born at Liberty, N. Y., March 16, 191 1.

iii. William Robert, born at Liberty, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1912.

iv. Mary Madeline, born at Liberty, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1914.

1 90 Descendants of Cal\tert Crary

The following is a copy of Soldiers' Memorial in possession of Jerry Crary, of Company H, 143d Regiment, N. Y. Vols. The first Lieutenant of this Company, Jirah I. Young, was a cousin of Mr, Crary, who was a Sergeant in the Company.

MEMORIAL RECORD.

COMPANY H, 143D REGIMENT, NEW YORK VOLS.

The Company was organized by Captain Geo. H. Decker in Aug., 1862, under the call of the President for 600,000 volunteers, from the towns of Liberty, Rockland, and Neversink, Sullivan County, N. Y., and joined the 143rd Reg't N. Y. S. Vols., then being raised in said County and rendezvousing at Monticello. It was njustered into the U. S. Service with the Regiment Oct. 8, 1862, by Lieut. Crolly, U. S. A. On the loth day of October it left for the seat of war, and arrived at Washington the i6th, and went into permanent camp at Upton's Hill the 19th, having been assigned to Abercrombie's Division, 22d A. C, Defences of Washington, undergoing a rigid drill and discipline, until April 15, 1863, when it broke camp to engage in active service, accompanying the Regiment and Division to Suffolk, Va., and formed a part of the defence against Longstreet. Leaving here on the 5th of May, it participated in the campaigns of West Point and White House, Va, Went to the reinforcement of Gen. Meade after the battle of Gettysburg, having been transferred to the nth A. C. Army of the Potomac, and marched with it to Warrenton Junction, Va. Remained here until Sept. 25, 1863, when it followed the Corps to the West, in the Department of the Cumberland, taking part in the privations and toils of the campaign through Lookout Valley, Tenn., to Missionary Ridge, the memorable march to Knoxville and back to Lookout Valley in mid-winter; thence to Bridgeport, Ala., where it quartered for the winter and became a part of the 20th Corps by consolidation of the nth and 12th Corps, Gen. Hooker commanding. From here it followed Gen. Sherman through Georgia to Atlanta and Savannah, through the Carolinas to Goldsborough and Raleigh, when the war ceased. Took up line of march from Raleigh, April 30, 1865, via Richmond, for Washington, to be discharged, and arrived May 19, 1865. After the review, the Regiment went

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 191

into camp at Crystal Springs, north of Washington, while await- ing the completion of the muster-out rolls. The Twentieth Corps was disbanded and the Regiment was placed in a brigade of the Twenty-second Corps. The Regiment was mustered out of the service in this camp near Washington on July 20, 1865.

192 Descendants of Calvert Cr^vry

JERRY CRARY was born on the farm east of Liberty in 1842. He was the youngest of the six sons of Calvert Crary and Eliza Hill. Like the rest of his borthers, he worked on the farm during the summer and went to school in the winter.

1859-62 In 1859-60 he taught school at Allisonville, Delaware County, N. Y., the following winter in An- golia, Ind., and the winter of 1862 in Bethel Village, Sullivan County, N. Y.

1862-65 He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, when he was twenty years of age, in Company H, 143rd Regiment, New York Volunteers. He had excellent health and par- ticipated in all the campaigns, marches and privations of his Regiment, until May 15, 1864, at which time he was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Ga. He was in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., Jeffersonville, Ind., and Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, N. Y., from which place he was discharged June 7, 1865. He came near losing his leg from the complication of diseases. He had gangrene four times and erysipelas five times. The wound did not entirely heal until the spring of 1866, being about two years from the time he was wounded.

1865-67 After returning home, being unable to work on the farm, he secured a situation with Allison & Crary as clerk and bookkeeper in their tannery store at Alli- sonville, N. Y. He remained here about a year and a half, and in March, 1867, went to Sheffield, Pa., where he entered the store of Horton, Crary & Co., as clerk and bookkeeper, and was connected with this firm as clerk and later as a partner, assisting in all its developments, as described in the biography of H. H. Crary in these records, to which reference may be made. 1891-93 Upon the death of his partner, Walter Horton, in 1891, Mr. Crary became general manager of the busi- ness of Horton, Crary & Co., and at the time of the sale of the tanneries in 1893 he was elected president of the Penn Tanning Company, a subsidiary of the United States Leather Company; the Penn Tanning Company

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 193

owning and operating all the tanneries in Warren, Forest, McKean and Potter Counties, Pa. He was President of the Company for about ten years, when he resigned.

Mr. Crary was a School Director of the town of Sheffield for twenty years. He also held the position of Postmaster of Sheffield a similar period, and was active in all the affairs of the community.

He married

LAURA ANTOINETTE DUNHAM, in 1870. She was the youngest daughter of Richard Dunham, an early settler and prominent lumberman of Sheffield. Her mother was Laura Allen, a daughter of Enos Allen, who served as a Captain in the New York Militia in the War of 1812. Enos Allen's father, Elihu Allen, was a cousin of General Ethan Allen of Vermont. Elihu Allen served as a soldier from Vermont in the Revolutionary War. Miss Dunham graduated in 1867 from the Female Institute at Lewisburg, Pa., after which she taught a short time in Sheffield and in the Academy at Lewis- burg.

After their marriage they resided at Sheffield, having three sons and one daughter. In 1887 Mrs. Crary was injured by an accident, a runaway team striking and passing over the carriage in which she was riding. She suffered from this injury for a number of years.

Mr. Crary 's eyesight became affected in 1876, and he continued to have trouble with his eyes. (About 1895 he lost the entire sight of his right eye from a com- plication of diseases. Glaucoma, Iritis and Choroiditus.) A cataract also commenced to grow on the left eye in 1896, which continued its growth until he became nearly blind. In 1909, Dr. G. E. DeSchweinitz, of Philadelphia, removed this cataract, causing an improvement in sight sufficient to enable him to see to a limited extent.

Mr. Crary has traveled quite extensively with dif- ferent members of his family at various times. He was in every state in the Union, and in Alaska, Canada

194 Descendants of Calvert Crary

and Mexico, In 1905, he, Mrs. Crary and their daugh- ter, Marion, spent the winter in California. In 19 10, Mr. and Mrs. Crary and their son Miner traveled in Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, France and England, re- turning home on the Steamship Olympic. They spent the winter of 191 1 in Jamaica, returning across the island of Cuba to Havana and from Key West through Florida home. The year following they were in Nassau and Florida.

Mrs. Crary is a member of the Joseph Warren Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her National number is 125,491. Both Mr. and Mrs. Crary are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and have been for many years. In politics Mr. Crary is a Republican. He cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and has voted for every Re- publican nominee for President since that time, except once when he was away from home. He is a Knight Templar and also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Is Vice President and Director of the Warren National Bank, Wallowa Timber Company, the Wet- more Lumber Company, and Director of the Pennsyl- vania Gas Company, the Great Southern Lumber Com- pany, the Federal Light & Traction Company, New Orleans & Great Northern Railroad Company, and Pennsylvania Oil Company.

In 1902 Mr. Crary removed from Sheffield to the home he had erected at 515 Market St., Warren, Pa., where he has since resided.

14. JERRY^ CRARY (Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, N. Y., June 14, 1842.

LAURA ANTOINETTE DUNHAM, born at Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa., April 22, 1846.

They were married at the home of her mother, Corner of Union Street and Pennsylvania Ave., Warren, Pa., Sept. 13, 1870.

SEE I^*

SUfPfJiiiti.'TARY

NOTES

AND His Wife^ Eliza Hill 195

Children :

42. i. Horace Allen, born at Sheffield, Pa., June

I, 1873. ii. Miner Dunham, bom at Sheffield, Pa., Aug. 4, 1875-

43. iii. Clare J., born at Sheffield, Pa., April 3, 1879.

44. iv. Marion A., born at Sheffield, Pa., Dec. 17,

1880.

42. HORACE ALLEN« CRARY (Jerry,^ Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^), born at Sheffield, Warren County, Pa., June i, 1873.

ELIZABETH MOREHEAD STONE, born at Warren, Pa., Oct. 30, 1874.

They were married at the residence of her parents. Liberty Street, Warren, Pa., Jan. 8, 1902.

43. CLARE J.« CRARY (Jerry,^ Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,^ Peter,^ Peter^, born at Sheffield, Warren County, Pa., April 3, 1879.

IRENE HORTON, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., March 15, 1881.

They were married at her parents' home, 421 a Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y., April 19, 1906.

Children :

i. Calvert Horton, born April 5, 1908, at War- ren, Pa.

ii. Douglas Dunham, born at Warren, Pa., Sept. I, 19 10.

iii. Stephen Trowbridge, born at Warren, Pa., Jan. 29, 1913.

196 Descendants of Calvert Crary

44. MARION A.8 CRARY (Jerry/ Calvert,^ Thomas,' Thomas,'' Nathan,^ Peter/ Peter^), born at Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa., Dec. 17, 1880.

RAYMOND VAIL INGERSOLL, born at Corning, N. Y., April 3, 1875.

They were married at her parents' home, 515 Market Street, Warren, Pa., Sept. 29, 1908.

Children :

i. Miner Cr.\ry, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 24, 191 1.

ii. Elma, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1913 ; died when one day old.

iii. Agnes Crary, bom at Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 7. 1915-

AND His Wife, Eliza Hill 197

DENISON FISK was born on a farm owned by his father about a mile north of Liberty, N. Y. He was the son of Aaron M. Fisk and Eliza Carrier Fisk. His grandfather was William Fisk, a Captain in the Vermont Militia during the War of 1812, and a brother of Jonathan Fisk, who was a noted lawyer of those days, a Member of Congress and a United States District Attorney under President Monroe. In 1821 Captain Fisk, grandfather to Denison, moved to Sullivan County. Denison at- tended school at the Liberty Normal Institute until he was twenty-two years of age, when he enlisted at Lib- erty to serve three years in the Civil War and was mustered in as a private in Company F, 56th New York Vols., Oct. 2^, 1861 ; promoted to Corporal, and on Dec. I, 1863, to Sergeant. He served in the Company and reinlisted as a Veteran Volunteer Feb. 20, 1864; mustered in as 2nd Lieutenant Nov. 30, 1864, was dis- charged May 18, 1865. Was wounded in action May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. He was not mustered out with his Company but resigned on May i8th on account of ill health. He married

SARAH CRARY, Jan. 23, 1872. For awhile they lived in the house known as the "Catherine Carrier house," and later removed to Hancock, where he was engaged in the milling business, being one of the proprietors of the Hancock Mills, the firm being called Fisk & Crary. His death was the result of an accident caused by his horse running away and throwing him from his cutter. He was a large, powerful man and came of sturdy New England stock. His grandfather was a Captain in the War of 1812 and his great grandfather served in the Continental Army during the Revolution. He was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, N. Y.

15. SARAH ESTHER' CRARY (Calvert,« Thomas,^ Thomas,* Nathan,' Peter,^ Peter^), born at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., April 14, 1845 ; married Jan. 2^, 1872,

198 Descendants of Calvert Crary

DENISON FISK, born at Liberty, N. Y., March 31, 1839; died March 13, 1884, aged 45 years.

Children :

i. Ralph M., born Sept. 10, 1880; married Jennie Fairchilds.

ii. Densie, born Oct. 13, 1884.

INDEX

INDEX

Abercrombie, , 190

Adams, Miranda, 133 Albert, Count de Namur, 39 Alexander II., 21 Alfred the Great, King, 38 Allison, George H., 163

L, H., 162, 163 Allison & Crary, 163, 183, 192 Allison, Crary & Co., 162 Allison, Davidge & Co., 162 Allison, Gregory & Co., 162 Allen, Ann, 151

Enos, 193

Ethan, Gen., 193

Gideon, 148, 151

Laura, 193

Sarah, 89-91, 146, 148, 151 Alpin, Henry H., 107 Ames, Gen., 120 Andrews, Anna, 150

Francis, 91, 148, 150

John, ISO

Mary, 90, 91, 148, 150 Andross, Elizabeth, 63 Ansty, Elizabeth, 47

Francis, 47

Anthony, , 150

Arnold, , 69, 70

Avery, Abigail, 63

John, 60

Sarah, 62

Wm., 63 Aytoun, , 19

Baldwin, John Denison, 5 Lucinda, 105, 175 Theophilus, Capt., 64, 70 Banks, Aretta, 133

Benjamin, 83, 84, 87-89, 1 16, 126- 128, 134, 140, 142, 143, 146, 157, 181

Banks, David, 127

Eleanor, 129

Eliphalet, 127

Esther, 129

Gen., 180

Gershom, 127, 129

Hannah, 127

Hezekiah, 83-91, 100, 116, 129, 131- 134, 137, 139, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 151, 157

Jessup, 133

Johannah, 127

John, 83, 126, 127, 136

John, Lieut, 126

Jonathan, 129

Joseph, 126, 127

Mary, 127, 133

Mercy, 128

Nehemiah, 127

Obediah, 126

Patty, 133

Rhoda, 128

Ruth, 129

Samuel, 126

Sarah, 79-88, 90, 91, 100-102, 104, 109, 116, 119, 122, 124, 125, 129, 133. 134, 137. 139. 141, 143, 146-148, 151, 157, 160

Sturges, 133 Susannah, 127 Thomas, 127 Walter, 133 Barlow, Ann, 145

Ann, , 87, 142

Deborah, 87, 89, 128, 142, 143,

145 Elizabeth, 142 Isabella, 142 Joel, 128 John, 87, 128, 140, 142, 145

202

Index

Barlow, Martha, 142

Ruth, 87, 88, 128, 140, 142 Barnum, P. T., 113 Beacham (Beauchamp), Robert, 138 Beers, James, 142 Bennet, James, 121 Belts, Rhiamah, 133 Bierds, William H, 188 Billings, Ebenezer, Jr., 62 Blackleach, Richard, 132, 138

Sarah, 85, 86, 132, 136, 138, 148,

151 Blunt, Mehitabel, 9, 44, 53, 55, 60, 67 Bogue, A. P., Dr., 107 Borodell, Ann, 17, 58

Ann, Lady, 58

John, 58 Bradley, Alton, 180

Eleanor, 81-84, 87-89, 124, 125, 128, 134, 140-143, 146, 180, 181

Ephraim, 140

Fisk, Mrs., 180

Frances, 145, 180, 187

Frances M., 181

Francis, 87-89, 128, 140, 142

Francis I., 180

Francis, II., 180

Gershom, 140

Harriet Fisk, 180

Harriet Fisk, Mrs., 180

John, 180, 181

John, Jr., 140

Justice, 128

Napoleon, 180

Ruth Barlow, 140

Samuel, 140

Seth, 180

Walter, 180

William, 180 Bradstreet, Simon, Rev., 61 Brewster, Jonathan, 47 Brintnall, Louise Sutphen, 170 Brown, James, Jr., 58 Brownell, Abner, 26 Browning, Charles H., 38, 40

Bryant, , 42

Buckley, Abel, 105

Betsey, 105, 107, 172

Caleb, 105

CjTithia, 104

Lucinda Baldwin, 175

Luther, 104, 105, 175

Sally, 175 Bulkley, Philo, 105 Bullard & Co., 163 Bunn, Barbara Jean, 186

Elizabeth Maxine, 186

Samuel C, 185

BurgojTie, , 69, 70

Burns, , 112

Burr, Bradley, 167

Daniel, 127

Polly, 155, 167, 168, 184, 185

Polly Sherwood, 167

Reuben, 129 Burrough, Elizabeth, 85, 138

John, 138 Bushnell, Nathan, 24

Cable, Elizabeth, 123

John, Jr., 123 Calkins, Miss 58 Campbell, Colonel, 20 Carrier, Ebenezer, 100 Carter, Gertrude May, 184 Cayley, Jennet, 39

John, 39

William, 39 Chapin, Dwight, 179 Chaplin, Martha, 18

Robert, 47 Charlemagne, Emperor, 38 Charles, Duke, 39 Charles, Duke of Lorraine, 38 Charles III., King, 38 Chesbro, Sarah, 43 Chesebro, Mr., 28 Chesebrough, Abigail Ingram, 8, 68

Anna, 59, 63

Anna (Stevenson), 59

Bridget, 59

Index

203

Chesebrough, Hannah, 50 Hannah (Denison), 59 Margaret, 13, IS-I7. 52, 54, 59, 66 Mary, 59

Nathaniel, 15, 17, 59, 66 Prudence, 60 Samuel, 59, 68 Sarah, 59 William, 15, 59, 66 Childs, Frank S., Rev., 126 Clapham, Peter, 142 Clements, Addison J., 119 Addison Joseph, 120 Charlotte, 120 David, 119 David Hill, 120 David, Mrs., 119 Hezekiah Banks, 120 John A., 103, 119, 120 John Newton, 119, 120 Louise, 119, 120 Newton, TJ Paulina, ^7

Paulina Hill, 116, 157 Clift, William, 5 Cogswell, Jane, 62 Coit, Joseph, Rev., 60

Mary, 60 Cole, John, A^ Coley, Peter, 123, 136 Sarah, 123 Sarah Hyde, 136

Collins, , 41

Joan, 41 Copp, Jonathan, 60 Couch, Darius N., Major-Gen., 132 D. N., Major-Gen., 130 Elizabeth Jesup, 129, 130 Sarah, 83-91, 100, 132, 134, 137, 139, 141, 143, 144, 146-148, 151 Simon, 89-91, 145, 146, 148, 150 Thomas, 85, 86, 89-91, I30, 132, 136, 138, 146, 148, 151 Crabbe, , 41

Crary, (MacQuarie, McQuarie, Mc- Crery, Crery, Creery, Creary, Carary, Cerary, Cararie, Cu- rary, Currary, Quarie, Quary, Qarary), 21, 22

Allen H., 184

A. M., 22

Amos, , 28

Amy Eliza, 184, 186

Andrew, 28,

Ann, , 25

Ann Hill, 157, 181

Anna, 26

Brothers, 129, 179, 180, 183

Calvert (b. 1798), 3, 5, 7-18, 23, 24, 30-33. 40, 45. 46, 48, 51, 53. 55, 56, 61, 65, 67, 70. 79-93, 102, 122, 124, 125, 133, 135, 137. 139, 141, 143. 144, 146, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157. 159, 160, 161, 162, 179, 181, 192

Calvert (b. 1868), 168, 170

Calvert Horton, 195

Clare J., 155, 195

CjTithia, 28

Denison, 155, 159, 161, 165, 179,

183 Denison, Mrs., 155 Desire, 25 Dorothy, 26 Dorothy Louise, 184 Douglas Dunham, 195 Edna, ^^, 173 Edward Bussell, 184 Eliza Hill, Mrs. (see Eliza Hill) Elizabeth, 188 Elizabeth Bowne, 189 Ella, 155, 188 Emma, 155, 166, 168, 175 Ephram, 29 E. Preston, 160, 184

Eunice, , 25, 26, 28

Family, 30, I57

George, 30, 36, i55, i59-i6i, 179,

187

204

Index

Crary, etc. {continued) George, Mrs,, 155 George Calvert, 189 George Waldo, Dr., 22 Gerald Carter, 184 Giflford Brintnall, 170 Grace Allison, 155, 168, 169 Grant Hazard, 184 Gussie, 173

Hannah (or Ann), 24, 26 Hettie, 185

Horace Allen, 155, 195 Horace Holmes, 129, 15^, 159,

161, 162, 163-165, 167, 168,

179, 180, 192 Horace Holmes (b. 1890), 184 Horace Horton, 171 Howard, 188

Humphrey, , 25

Ida, 173

Irene Jay, 185

Isaac, 26

Jabez, 28

Jane M., 188

Jay Denison, 184, 185

Jerry, 155, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167,

190, 192-194 Jerry, Mrs., 155, 193, 194 Jesse, Capt, 26 J. Mason, Mrs., 155 Joseph Mason, 5, 77, 107, 155, 157,

159, 161, 172, 181 John, 22, 24 John, Capt., 22, 23 Judge 30, 129 Laverne, 181 Louise, 170

Lucy, , 25, 26

Margaret, , 24

Marion A., 155, J94-196

Marion Elma, 184

Mary, 28

Mary, 161

Mary Ann, 155, 161, 175-177

Mary Eliza, 155, 167, 168, 171

Mary Laverne 170

Crary, etc. {continued)

Mary Madeline, 189

Mason, 27, 28

Mehitable A., 184

Mehitable Mason, 27, 33, 35, 157

181 Miner Dunham, 155, 160, 194, 195 Nathan, 7, 9-12, 18, 25-28, 30, 46,

48 Peter, 7, 9, 21-26, 40, 44 Polly, 31, 32

Polly Burr, 155, 167, 168, 184, 185 Polly Holmes (see Holmes) Prudence, 26 Preston, 160, 184

Robert, , 24

Roscoe, 160, 181

Ruth, 171

Sara Wood, 5, 27

Sarah, 26

Sarah Esther, 5, 155, 160, 161,

176, 187, 197

S. D, 5, 22

Stephen Trowbridge, 195

Temperance, 25

T. B., Mrs., 155

Thomas (b. 171 1), 25

Thomas (b. 1744), 7-18, 26-28, 45,

46.51, 53, 55.60,67, 157, 181 Thomas, Judge (b. 1775), 7-18, 28,

30-33. 45.48,51. 53.55. 56.60,

64, 65, 67, 70, 157, 159, 162,

179, 181 Thomas (b. 1834), 5, 155. 159,

161, 175, 179-181, 187 Thomas Burr, 155, 160, 168, 170 Thomas Delos, 155, 181, 182 Thomas Delos, Jr., 182 Thomas, Mrs., 155 Warner Preston, 183

William, , 24

William R., 30, 160, 179, 187, 188 William Robert, 189 Crary, Denison & Co., 165 Crary, Fisk & Co., 183 Crary, Garrett, Horton & Co., 164

Index

205

Crary, Hall & Co., 165 Crary, H. H. & Co., 164 Crary & Young, 175 Crolly, Lieut, 190

Cromwell, , 57

Culver, Ann, 7, 9, 25 Joseph, 44

D'Albini, Mabel, Lady, 39

William, Earl of Sussex and Arundel, 39 D'Ardenne, Borin, , 38

Godefroi, 38 Davidge, Edson, 164

George Gifford, 165, 181

George Gifford, Jr., 182

John, 162

Laverne C, Mrs., 155

Thomas Crary, 155, 182 DeCailly, Adam, 39

Sir Hugh, 39

John, 39

Osbert, 39

Sir William, 39 Decker, Demmon, 107

Geo. H., Capt., 190

George H., 109 Declare, Rodger, Earl of Hetford, 39 DeCybelisk, Hugh, Earl of Chester,

39 DeCyrelish, Hugh, 38 DeHainsted, Agnes, 39

Hains, 39 DeMellert, Lady Maud, 38 DeMesechines, Hugh, 38

Mabille, 38, 39

Ranalle, 38 Denison, Agnes, 57

Amos, Jr., 75

Ann, 58, 62

Ann (Borodell), 58

Ann B., 64

Ann B. (Nancy), 64

Beebe, 62, 64

Borodell, 58

Bridget (Thompson), 57, 66

Denison, Daniel, 13, 16, 56, 57, 62

Daniel, Capt., 10-13, 16-18, 30, 46, 48, 56, 63, 70

Daniel D., 64

Edward, 57, 62

Esther, 63

Eunice, 64

Family, 31

Frederick, 64

George, 17, 57, 58, 61, 66,

George, Capt, 5, 58, 61, 71

Hannah, 15, 17, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66

Henry, 63

Isaac, 63

John, 17, 57, 58, 61, 62

John, Capt, 61

Lucy, 63

Margaret, 58

Mary, 8, 10-13, 16-18, 30, 46, 48, 56, 62-64, 70

Mercy, 58

Mercy (Gallup), 63

Phebe, 62, 63

Prudence, 63

Rachel, 62

Robert, 61, 63

Samuel, 62

Sarah, 57, 62, 63

William, 17, 57, 58, 61, 63 DeSchweinitz, G. E., Dr., 193

DeTattesshall, Emma, 39

Robert, 39 Dickinson, George, 164, 177 Dimond, Abigail, 79, 80, 96, 121

Abigail, , 80, 121

Damaris, 121

David, 121

Ebenezer, 121

Family, 121

Grace, 121

Hester, 121

John, 121

Moses, 80, 121

Thomas, 80, 121 Dodge, Cyrus G., 36 Jennie, 36

206

Index

Donaldson, , 165

Drake, Jane, 40

Robert, 40

DuBois, , III

Dunham, Laura Antoinette, 193, 194

Richard, 193 Dwight, Pres., 124

Edgira, Princess, 38

Edward IV., 41

Eldridge, Abigail (Fish), 62

Eliot, John, 57

Ellis, , 49

Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, 42

Thomas, Sir, 49 Fellows, George Howe, "jt. Fish, Hannah, 64 Fisk, Aaron M., 197

Capt, 180, 197

Dencie, 155, 198

Denison, 165, 187, 197, 198

Eliza Carrier, 197

Jane, z^

Jonathan, 180, 187, 197

Martin, 187

Mary, 36, 187

Mary A., 188

Ralph M., 155, 198

Sarah C, Mrs., 5, 155, 160, 176, 187, 197

William, 180, 197

William Roby, 36, 187 Fisk & Crary, 165, 197 Fowles, Richard, 145

Frank, , 151

Frost, Daniel, 142

Gallup, Anna,' 45

Ann Borodell Denison, 72

Benadam, 10, 12, 43, 45, 48

Benjamin, 44

Capt., 43

Christobel, 7, 9, 22, 40-42, 44

Elizabeth, 44

Esther, 43

Esther Prentice, 48

Gallup, Hannah, 10-12, 18, 43, 46, 47

John, 9, 10, 27, 41-44

John, Capt., 9, 10, 22, 40, 41-44, 64

Margaret, 44

Martha, 44

Mary, 9, 13-17, 44, 45, 51, 53, 55, (>Z, 67

Mehitable, 44

Mercy, 45

Nathaniel, 44

Priscilla, 45

Samuel, 9, 43, 44, 55, 60

Thomas, 41, 44

William, 43, 44 Gardiner, Joanna, 13, 16, 55

Thomas, 55, 56

William, 63 Garrett, Walter G., 165

W. G., 164

William H., 164 Garvin, T. B. & Co., 172 Gates, Gen., 69, 70 Gavitt, James, 115 Gerberge, Countess of Lorraine, 39 Gersberga, Princess, 38 Gideon, Clyde Crary, 185

Elizabeth Louise, 185

Francis Clyde, 185

Frank Preston, 185 Gilmore, Gen., 119 Godfrey I., Duke of Lower Lorraine,

39 Goodwin, Mary, 87, 89, 128, 143, 145

William, 128, 143, 145 Gorham, Mercy, 58 Gorton, Grant, Mrs., 105 Gray, Cyrus, 179 Gray & Crary, 179 Gregory, Alva, 162

Edson, 162 Groton, Mary, TJ

Hague, W. W., 165 Haley, Jere., "jt, Simeon, ^2 Hall, Amos L., 165

Index

207

Halsey, Hannah, 8, 68

William, 60 Hammond, Rensselaer, 109 Harper, Wm. R., 35 Harris, Elizabeth, 9, 44 Harvey, Elizabeth, 86, 132, 136

Richard, 132, 136 Haskins, Dorothy Grace, 170

Fred H., 169

Grace Emily, 170

Horace Henry, 169

Lucy Cowles, 170

Polly Burr, 170 Hatch, Gen., 120

Reuben, 64 Hempstead, Mr., 28 Henry H., Duke, 30 Henry, Emperor of Germany, 38 Henry IV., Emperor of Germany, 39 Henry I., King, 38, 39 Henry VHL, 41 Hewitt, Richard, Capt., 69, 70. Hill, Abigail, 96

Abigail, , 95

Alice E., Ill

Amanda, 104

Amanda M., 112

Ann B., 107, 172, 173

Arretta, 103, 116, 117, 157

Augusta, 107

Benjamin, ^^, 100, 102, 104, 105, III, 116, 157

Caleb Baldwin, 107

Col., 106, 107

David, 95, 96, 98, Id

David S., 1 11

Dimon, 98

Ebenezer, 79-82, 88, 96-98, 100, loi, 116, 122, 124, 125, 141

Ebenezer, Capt., 97

Edward, 105, 107

Edward, Col., 106

Eleanor, 98

Eliphalet, 95

Hill, Eliza, 5, 7-18, 45, 46, 48, 51, 53, 55, 56, 61, 65, 67, 70, n, 79, 80-93, '02, 105, 116, 119, 122 124, 125, 129, 133, 135, 137,' 139, 141, 143, 144. 146, 147. 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 158. 160, 161, 162, 176, 181, 192

Elizabeth, 94

Elizabeth, , 79, 95

Esther, 99, 102, 105, 109, no, in

Esther, , 95

Esther (Easter), 109

Family, TJ, 93, 116, 157

Henry, 104

Hezekiah, 103

Ignatius, 94, 95

Jabez, 96, 99, loi

Jabez, Major, loi

James, 94, 95

Jane, , 95

John, 95

Joseph (various), 77, 94, 95, 98, 103, 107

Joseph Deacon (b. 1699), 79, 80, 96, 122

Joseph (b. 1808), 77, 103, III, 157

Joseph, Capt. (b. 1774), 79-91, 98, 100-102, 104, 109, 113, 116, 119, 122, 124, 125, 129, 133,

134. 137. 139. 141. 143. 144,

146-148, 151, 160 Joseph M., 112 Lottie E., 112 Mabel, 98 Mary S., 104 Moses ^T, 96 Moses B., 104 Nathaniel Barlow, 100 Palina, 100, 103, 119, 120 Rufus, 100, 112 Sarah, 94-96, 103, 112, 114

Sarah, , 79, 94-96

Sarah Banks (see Sarah Banks)

Seth, 98

Sherwood, 100, 102, 105, 107, 116,

IS7, 172

208

Index

Hill, Sherwood, Mrs., 104 Waldron, 104

William (d. 1650), 79, 93, 94 William (d. 1684), 79, 94, 95 William (d. 1728), 79, 95 William, Deacon (d. 1739), 79' 95'

96 William (d. 1775), 96 William (b. 1840), 107

Hobart, Peter, Rev., 51

Rebecca, 14, 51 Holiday, Catherine, 177 Hooker, , no

Gen., 190 Holmes, Daniel, 70

Esther, 64, 70

Family, 31

Frederic, 64

Frederick, 70

George Henry, 186

Harold Calvert, 186

Jeremiah (b. 1751), 5, 8, 10-13, 16-18, 30, 46, 48, 56, 64, 69, 70

Jeremiah, Capt. (b. 1782), 31, 71-

73 John, 8, 68 Joshua, 8, 68 Mary, 7-18, 30-33, 45. 46, 48, 51,

53' 55' 56, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70,

157, 159' 181 Mary (see Mary Denison) Philura, 64, 70 Polly (see Mary) Richard Jay, 186 Robert, 8, 68 Robert Denison, 186 Ruth Crary, 186 Sergeant (see Jeremiah) Warren, 31, 73 Holms, Jeremiah (see Holmes)

Sergeant (see Holmes) Horton, Barnabas, 177 Carrie, Mrs., 175-177 Catherine Holiday, 177 George, 164 Homer, 177

Horton, Irene, 195

Isaac, 164, 177

Isaac, Jr., 177

James, 164, 165

James H., 164, 175, 177

James H., Mrs., 176

Joseph Ovid, 177

Laverne, 177, 178

Ovid, 177

Ruth, 170

Walter. 162-165, 177, 192

Webb, 163, 177 Horton, Crary & Co., 129, 163-167,

177, 192 Horton, G. & I., & Co., 165 Horton, James & Co., 165 Horton, Walter & Co., 164 Hoxie, Elma A., 183 Hudson, John, 132

Abigail, 132 Hull, Isabelle Young, 176

John H., 176, 178

Sarah, 127 Hyatt. Matthias St. John, 127

Ruth, 83, 84, 127, 134

Thomas, 127 Hyde, Ann, 136

Elizabeth, 85, 132, 136, 138

Family, 136

Hannah, 136

Humphrey, 86, 123, 132, 136

John. 86, 132, 136

Sarah, 136

Ingersoll, Agnes Crary, 196 Elma, 196 Miner Crary, 196 Raymond Vail, 196

Jack, , 145, 150

Jackson, Sarah, 87, 8i

Jadwin, C. C, 172

James I., 41

James VI., King, 19

Jenne, 150

Jenny, 151

128, 140, 142

Index

209

Jesup, Elizabeth, 130

Family, 130

Morris K., 130 Jessup, Edward, 85, 86, 132, 136, 138, 148, 151

Elizabeth, 85, 86, 89-91, 132, 136, 138, 146, 148, 151

Morris K., Hon., 132 Johnson, Hiram, 107

Homer, 178

L. R., 164, 165

Prudence Knapp, 178

Ruth, 178 Johnston, W. & A. K., 19 Jones, Cora Grace, 185

Virginia, 182

Keller, Mary Louise, 169

Otto Eugene, 169 Kimball, Louisa, 168 Kimpell, Claire Crary, 174

George R., 174 King, Dr., 113 Knapp, Prudence, 177 Knox, Andrew, 19

Lake, Hannah, 9, 10, 40, 43

John, 40, 43

John Lord. 39

Lancelot, 40

Margaret, 40

Margaret Read, 43

Richard, 40 Lambert I., Count of Mons and Lor- raine, 39 Lambert H., Count of Mons, 39 Latimer, Jonathan, Col., 69, 70 Lay, Phebe, 17, 58, 61

Robert, 61

Sarah, 61 Lee, , 106

Asa, 72

Erastus, 64

Jedediah, 64, 70

Lucy, 65

Melinda, 64

Leonard, Letts G., 72 Litts, Benjamin, 114 Logan, James, 20 Lord, Anna, 13, 16, 52, 54

Dorothy, 52, 54

Family, 52

Thomas, Dr., 16, 27, 52, 54 Louis L, King, 38 Louis n.. King, 38 Louis IV., King, 38, 39 Lyon, Abigail, 126, 134

Deborah, 134

Elizabeth, 83, 84, 127, 134

John, 134

Joseph, 134

Mary, 134

Richard, 127

Samuel, 134

Sarah, 134

Thomas, 84, 134

MacAchai, Alpin, 21 Mack, Thomas, Rev., 108

MacKinnon. , 19

Macquaire, Laurent Victor, Ed., 20

Macquarrie, , 5, 19

MacQuarrie, John, 19

Lachlan, 19, 20 Madison, President, 128 Maffitt, William, 114 Magee, J. A., 165

Mason, Andrew, 9, 13-17, 45, 51-53. 55, 60, (>7

Daniel, 14, 51

Family, 31

Hobart, 52, 55

John, Capt., 14, 27, 43, 49, 50, 58

Mehitabel, 7, 9, 10-18, 27, 28,^ 30, 32,45, 51,55,60,67

Nehemiah, 13-17, 51, 52, 55, 60, (^ Mather, Increase, 49 McCoy, Alexander, 177 McNair, John, 164

Robert, 115 V. William, 163, 164

210

Index

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McNair, John & Co., 164, 165

Merwin, Jane Staples, ^^

Middlebrook, Joseph, 125

Miller, Shaw, 115

Miner, Simeon, 48

Minor, Samuel, 62

Monck, Margaret (Chandler), 17, 57

Monroe, President, 180, 187

Moon, , no

Moore (More, Moir, Moor, Muir, Mure), 22

Harold Wielis, 171

Harold Wielis, Jr., 171

John Crary, 171

Mary Louise, 171

Mary Virginia, 171

Ruth McDonald, 171

Thomas Edgar, 171 Morelly, Anna, 40 Morgan, Wm., 59 Morton, Alexander, ZT)

Ashbel, 103, 114

Charles Benjamin, 115

Hattie Paulina, 115

James, zz, 34

James Alexander, 115

Jay, 5, 34, 36

Joseph Hill, 114

Lulu, 36, Z7

Lydia Maria, 114

Margaret, 36

Margaret Ann, 114

Martha, 33

Martha Lane, 114

Mary, 36

Mary Esther, 34, 35

Mary Florence, 115

Mehitabel Crary, 34

Roscoe, 36

Sally, 119

Sarah, 100

Sarah Banks, 114

Sarah Hill, 77, 103, 113, 114, 116,

157 Sarah Melvina, 115 Thomas Crary, 34, 36

Morton, William Hesakiah, 114 Alott, John R., 36

Nichols, Ella C, Mrs., 155, 188

Gov., 138

William, 188

Wra., 133 Norberry, Mrs. Dr., 172

North, , 112

Northend, Emma, 40

Robert, 40 Noyes, Ellen Holmes, Mrs., 5

Ogden, Molly, 1 16, 157 Oldham, John, 42 Osborne, Dr., 179 Osgorby, , 40

Packer, Edward, 26

Palfrey, . 49

Palmer, Gershon, 58

Park, Dorothy (Thompson), 47

Martha, 11, 18, 47

Martha (Chaplin), 47

Kobert, 66

Robert, Capt., 18, 47

Thomas, 18, 47 Peck, Anna, 14, 51 Pecke, Catherine, 40

John, 40 Peters, Hugh, 43

Pettis, , 64

Prentice, Alice, 12

Esther, 10, 12, 45

Hester, 12, 45

John, 12, 45

Jonas, 63

Valentine, 12 Plummer, Fanny, 36 Pomroy, Benj., 65 Poor, Gen., 69, 70 Post, John, 61 Potter, William, 72 Purdy, John, 121

Quantrell, Ernest E., 2,1 Jane, , 37

Index

211

Quantrell, Virginia , 37

Quass, , 151

Radeker, C. W., 164 Ramsey, James, 120 Randall, Jonathan, 26 Ratcliflf, William, Mrs., 104, 105 Read, Edmund, Col., 40, 43

Elizabeth, 43

Margaret, 40 Redfield, James, 145 Reynolds, Benjamin, 109

Blake, 36

Joseph, 34, 35

Mrs., 35 Richardson, Samuel, 59 Robertson, , 19

Geo. W., 114

Lydia, ']^

Sherwood, 114 Royce, , 120

Solomon, Mrs., 119 Rumsey, Benjamin, 136

Saboni, Mehitabel Wid., 132

Savage, , 121, 126

Saxton, Joseph, Capt., 59 Schenck, Elizabeth, 77, 138 Schoellkopf, J. F., 163 Schoellkopf, Horton & Co., 164 Schoellkopf, McNair & Co., 164 Schofield, Lane B., 164 Schulze, Edward, 69, 97, 131 Searles, Ruth, 26 Seeley, Sherwood, 133 Sherman, Gen., 190 Sherwood, Abigail, 123

Alice, 81, 123

Ann, 123

Ann (Turney), 123

Benjamin, 81, 82, 88, 123-125, 127, 140, 141, 181

Hannah, 123

Isaac, 123

Jane, 123

Laura, 133

Sherwood, Mabel, 79-82, 88, 98, 100, 122, 124, 125, 141 Margaret, 123 Mary, 123 Mary Fitch, 126 Matthew, 123 Rebecca, 123 Rose, 123 Ruth, 123

Sarah, 81, 82, 123, 125 Stephen, 123

Thomas, 81, 82, 123, 125, 126 Tomson, 123

Sidman, George D., 107

Sigel, Charles. 165

Silliman, Deborah Staples, 116, 158

Smith, Anne. 91, 148

C. H., 165

Ella Townsend, 188

Flavius C, 165

Giles, Prof., 148

Isaac, ^z

Lucy, 56

Nathan, 62

Perry R., 165 Sniffen, Gracia Rae, 185 Standish, Miles, 58 Stanton, Anna, 60

Dorothy, 60

Family, 31

Hannah, 59

Joanna (Gardiner), 62

John, 60

John (Jonathan), Capt., 59, d^

Jonathan, 13, 16, 52, 54

Jos., 59

Joseph, 13. 1S-17, 52, 54, 59, 60,

Margaret, 60

Mary, 13, 16, 17, 56, 62

Nathan, Mrs., 105

Nathaniel, 60

Robert, 13, 16, 52, 54, 55, 62

Samuel, 58

Sarah, 58-60

Thomas, 13, 16, 27, 52, 54, 59

212

Index

Stanton, Thomas, Jr., 57

Zerviah, 13-17, 5i, 52, 55, 60, 66 Staples, Alonzo, 103, 116, 117, 130, 157, 158

Ann Jane, 118

Arretta Hill, 116, 117, i57

Deborah, 129

Edward, 116, 158

Edward Jesup, 130

Horace, 116, 129, 130, 158

John, 116, 133, 158

John Hill, 117, 118

Patty Banks, 116, 129, 158

Sidney, 116, 129, 158

Sydney, 116, 129, 158 Stevens, Henry, 44 Stevenson, Anna, 15, 66 St. Hiliario, Maud, 39 Stone, Elizabeth Morehead, 195

I. v., 164 Stuart, Sophia, 187 Sturges, Abigail, 89-91, 145, 146, 148, 150

Deborah, 145

Fear, 8, 68

Isaac, 128

John, 87, 89. 128, 140, 142, 143, 145, 148, 150

Jonathan. 136, 145

Joseph, 145

Mary, 87-89, 128, 140, 142, 143,

145 Thomas, 145 Sturgis, Jonathan, 127

Taintor, Charles, 126

Miss, 83, 126 Taylor, Marj', 126 Temple, Alice, 41

William, 41 Thompson, Alice, 57, 66

Anthony, 57

Bridget, 57, 66

Dorothy, 18

Hannah, 13, 16, 52, 54

John, 57, 66

Thompson, William, 57

William, Rev., 52, 54

Thorfin, , 54

Tobias, Dr., 172, 179 Treadwell, Mary, 128 Tulloch, Elizabeth Reid, 174

John R., 174

Laverne Crary, 174 Turney, Ann, 81, 82, 123, 125

Benjamin, 82, 123, 125

Mary, 123, 125 Twistleton, Elizabeth, 40

Henry, 40

Margaret, 40 Tyler, Mr., 28

Underhill, John, 50

Van Wyck, C. H.. Gen., 120

Washington, Agnes (Bateman), 54

Ann, III

Catherine, 13, 54

Robert, 54

Walter, 54 Watkins, Augusta, 41

John D., Dr., 168

John D., Mrs., 175

Humphrey, 41 Webb, Charles, Col., 97, 98 Wells, Capt.. 119 Wheeler, Anna, 48, 60

Anne, 123

Dorothy, 7, 9-12, 18, 26, 27, 30, 46, 48

Esther, 10-13, 16-18, 30, 46, 48. 56, 63, 70

Eunice, 48

Family, 31

Hannah, 48

Isaac, II, 18, 47, 48

Jabez, Capt., 131, 132

John, 64

Martha, 48

Mary. 47

Sarah. 123

Index

213

Wheeler, Thomas, 11, 47, 123

William, 10-12, 18, 46, 47 White, Daisy, 173

Ethel, 173, 174

Ida Seymour, 173, 174

Mason Crary, 173

Mason Ray, 173

Robert, Jr., 173

Roberta Gertrude, 173, 174 Whiting, Col., 97, 98, 131, 132 Widdon, Richard, 95 Wilcox, Thomas, 72 William, Earl of Arundel and Sussex,

38, 39 William the Conqueror, 38, 39 Williams, Eunice, 63

Isaac, 62 Willis & Sotheran, 20 Winthrop, Dean, 47

Gov., 40

John, 47, 66

John, Jr., Gov., 43 Woodridge, Timothy, 26 Woodward, Daniel, 25

Robert, 128

Susannah, 128, 143, 145 Worms, Robert White, 174

William Ferdinand, 174

William Marcus, 174

Young, Augusta, no Carrie, 175-177 Charlotte, 155, 177 Edward, Col., 175 Elizabeth, ^^, no Esther, 109, 119 Esther Hill, ^^, Ii6, 157 Isabelle, 176, 178 James Chandler, 155, 168, 169,

175. 179 J. C, Mrs., 155, 166, 168, 175 Jirah Isham, 109, no, 190 John Newton, 155, 168, 175-177,

179 Joseph, 109, 168, 17s, 176 Joseph, Mrs., 104, 105 Louise Kimball, 155, 169 Mary Ann, Mrs., 155, 159, 161,

175-177 Ophelia, no Polly Burr, 155, 169 Robert, 109, 175 Rufus, 109, no, 17s Sarah, no Walter, no William, 102, 108-110 William H., 168, 175 Young & Crary, 179

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