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A BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE
Ancestors and Descendants
OF
JOi^N ROSEBOOM
• (1739-1805)
AND OF
JESSE JOH NSON
(1745-1S32)
COMPILKD BY
Catharine Roseboom, Dr. J. Livingston Roseboom,
Rev. Henhy U. Swinnerton and Joseph II. White.
CHERRY VALLEY, NEW YORK
Printed at The Co-operative Press, ii4 Austin Street, Cambridge, Mass.
INTRODUCTION. 1136776
The twofold object in the preparation of this little work has been, first,
to preserve to the descendants of Hendiuck Janse Roseboom, of Albany,
N Y., and Captain John Johnson, of Roxbury, Mass., whatever information
is obtainable regarding their early history in America; and, secondly, to
aflbrd as complete a record as possible of the families comprising the later
.venerations, from about the time when the two lines were united by the
marriao-e of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth Johnson, in Cherry Valley, N. Y.,
in 180G, vet not confining it strictly to their descendants. It contains no
statements asserted as facts unless there is documentary or other surticient
evidence existing in proof thereof, and where the assertions made are mat-
ters of opinion, it is so stated. , .,.
It is not often easy to trace the history of early American families prior
to their arrival in this country, for there is apt to be an abrupt break in cross-
ing the ocean; and amidst the hardships attendant on those times the re-
cording of events on this side was too often neglected or left to ofticials of
church and town who took no interest in the performance of their duties
other than in the easiest possible way. Hence the entries of chui^h regi^Bi
town records and Bible data often vary. It would have been less dirti u t
had the work been commenced a generation ago, since P^^^-^^ ^^^j^ ^I
tions might have yielded important items that are now unattainable. That
'ZhTknown will, however, be of none the less interest to those who
""n'nothing were known of the origin of the Roseboom family the name
itself would at once show that it was Holland Dutch, and of earlier leu-
iontcTerivation. The first part has the same ^^^^^^^^^^^
lish " Rose," and the second part signifies a tree. Rose tiee. ihe speu n,,
sLnd under a number of variations in Holland, but in this country has
' be rcTan'cl to its simplest form. Dr. J L. Roseboom, while travel.ng i
r^
() INTliODLCTlUN.
ions oil tlu' History of Albany," Vol. I\' : Talcott's "Genealogical Notes of
New York and Now England Faniilies:" Pearson's "Albany County Re-
cords," Vols. I to IV; and other similar works. But these invaluable
a ithorities are not invariably reliable, for instance, Jacob lioseboora, Jr., is
credited with Ave sons named Johannes, the fourth of whom is recorded as
'• l)ai)tized Sept. 15. 177G. died at Cherry Valley, Mar. 15, 1829." This
Johannes, or John, belonged in a ditl'erent branch of the family. It was
John, tlie son of Lieut. John Roseboom and Susannah Veeder, born Oct.
25, 1774, who died in Cherry Valley on the date mentioned.
AVe have been unaljjc to ascertain the relationship of this Jacob, Jr., to
Ilendrick ,Ianse, as the latter had onl}' one grandson named Jacol), and there
is no record of his having a son Jacob. Jacob, Jr., married, Jan. 20, 1763,
Hester Lansing, a direct descendant of Gerrit Frederick Lansing, the father
of the wife of Ilendrick Janse, and left a large number of descendants. Ja-
col), son of Ilendrick Koseboora and Debora Staats, was doubtless the man
who was associated with John Lindesay and others in the Cherry Valley pat-
ent ; he was baptized July 14, 1695, and at the time the patent was granted (1739)
would have been about 44 years old : he is the only one of the name appear-
ing on the records whose age would warrant this assumption. Munsell does
not mention Elizabeth, dan. of Hendrick Janse Roseboom, nor does he
mention Hendrick, oldest son of Gerrit Roseboom and Maria Sanders ; and
there may be other errors ; the above facts have been obtained from other
sources. Owing to the same christian names occurring so frequently in all
the families it is very difficult to determine just where each individual be-
longed, and we may have made mistakes or perpetuated ^the errors of the
historians to whom we are indebted for so much of what we present to our
readers .
Of the early Johnsons, information has been derived from Drake's
" History of Roxbury, Mass.," Savage's " Genealogical Dictionary," and
other authorities on New England history.
We give as complete a history as possible of the ancestors, in the male
line, of Lieut. John Roseboom, (1735-1805), and of Jesse Johnson, (1745-
1832), and then include a record of their descendants, separating the latter
into respective lines of descent, beginning with the eldest married child of
Lieut. Roseboom. Each family has a distinctive number, and the number in
parenthesis following the names of the parents refers to the family number
of such parents, while the numl)er at the right of the records of the child-
ren refers to their individual records which follow. Where no such figures
are given the children were not married. A few sketches of the lives of
those unmarried have been interspersed among the others. An appendix
haf. been added, containing papers relating to the Roseboom family, and
letters of reference to those papers are placed in the book. Only such
abbreviations have been used as will be readily understood without ex-
planation. The foot-notes, we feel sure, will be appreciated by many who,
while not in direct line, have been connected with the families bv collateral
INTRODUCTION. 7
Previous to 1753 the year, in England and her colonies, commenced on
the 25th day of March, \Yhile the New Style had been adopted by other
countries in 1582. Hence arose the custom of using a double date for that
part of the year between Jan. 1 and Mar. 25, as 1743-4, or 174^. We liave
deemed it best to use the New Style date in such cases.
There is a tradition that the coat of arms of the Roseboom family wa.**
" a ship." Nothing detinite has been discovered as to this, but tlie following
arms assumptive have been used : —
Azure, a cross argent, charged with a rose gules and three churches
proper. Cn-st, a red rose expanded. Mottu, Pro Deo et ecclesiam.
The family badge is a sprig of wild rose.
We sincerely thank all who have so kindly given their assistance in our
work, and if tlie possessors of this volume will faithfully use the margins
and l)lank pages to perpetuate the records in the years to come, our labors
will be amplj' rewarded.
Catharine Roseboom,
Dr. J. L. Roseboom,
Rev. H. U. Swinnerton,
Joseph Henry White.
INDEX TO FAMILIES.
Tlic nuinliors after the names refer to the Families iu which each is to he foiinfl.
Allen, Elizabeth G.,
" Ik'lonM.,
Angel, Catherine E.,
Aspinwall, Eliza,
Bartholomew, Florence,
Belcher, Alirahani R.,
" Susan M.,
Bon Durant, Lucy E.,
Brand, Harriet A.,
Brockctt, Lucy M.,
CiirroU, Mary,
Churchill, Elizabeth,
Cooke, Catharine E.,
'• Dr. Henry G.,
" Robert W.,
" Susan,
Cortelyou, Eunice M.,
Uamon, Georae T.,
" Sarah M.,
Dunlap, Mary S.,
Edwards, Aral)ella S.,
" Helen G.,
Ely, Sarah,
Far(|uharson, Mary A.,
Ford, Jessie B.,
French, Deloss D.,
" Horace W.,
" Leroy E.,
" Mary L.,
'' Susan,
27
French, William C,
93
21
Gansevoort, Conrad,
23
22
'• Elizabeth,
11
61
" James,
19
101
" John R.,
13
41
" Dr. Ten Eyck,
14
34
Gill, Maria S.,
113
70
Goodwin, Lucy,
77
64
" Lucy W.,
86
52
Griswold, Hattie M.,
103
57
Hall Elizabeth,
39
71
" James S.,
46
16
" William E.,
48
25
Hazard, Catharine E.,
16
26
Hess, Mary L.,
20
15
Hessert, Grace H.,
114
47
Hoagland, Phel)e E.,
91
58
Howell, Mary L.,
20
54
Huggins, Caroline I.,
56
116
Hungerford, Mary W.,
24
29
Inglehart, Fred M.,
112
30
" George N.,
111
40
" Sarah M.,
109
90
" Sarah W.,
117
104
Johnson, Daniel,
8
94
" Daniel, Jr.,
9
95
" Erastus,
115
92
•' Capt. Isaac,
6
80
" Isaac, Jr.,
7
83
" Jesse,
10
INDEX TO FAMILIES.
D
Johnson, Capt. John,
5
Shannon, Lucy,
38
Robert,
50
Stewai-t, Daniel,
60
" Sally M.,
106
a
Eliza1)eth,
59
" William H.,
108
n
George P.,
69
" William S.,
110
a
Henry R.,
63
Judd, Cynthia E.,
118
(4
John R.,
66
" Hubert,
119
(<
Robert S.,
68
Keeney, Clara M.,
55
((
Samuel, Jr.,
62
Kennedy, Lucy,
105
Stockton, Annetta S.,
96
Long. Henrietta,
72
Strong
, Lucy L.,
102
Lord, Mary E.,
107
Swiunerton. Levantia L.,
42
Mackay, Helen G.,
31
Taylor
La Royal,
84
McCoUum, Marietta,
67
(£
Lester D.,
85
Magee, Catharine E.,
22
il
]\rary L.,
75
Merritt, Lucy J.,
65
H
Royal C,
97
Newcorab, Susan R.,
88
ii
Wilder B.,
100
Ogden, Elizabeth,
18
Tliacher, Maria M.,
51
Pardee, Mary E.,
120
((
Robert J.,
53
Presley, Ella C,
98
UnderluU, Minerva E.,
28
Ransbothan, Mary L.,
89
Van Vranken, Gansevoort,
17
Rice, Annetta S.,
96
Maria,
12
Ringland, Jane S.
87
White,
^larietta.
36
Roseboom, Abraham,
33
Wilder
, Austin J.
81
" Abraham H.,
43
a
Calvin,
74
" Barent,
32
a
Deloss D.,
82
" Hendrick J.,
1
i.
Eli T.,
78
" Hendrick M.,
3
a
Horace,
76
" Henry,
35
t(
Mary,
73
'• Jesse J.,
37
((
Orville H.,
90
" Lieut. John,
■1
a
Seth L.,
79
" Myudert,
2
Wilson
, Eliza,
61
Sawyer, Ruth,
U
Yates,
Mary L ,
49
Schenck, Sarah E.,
45
PERSONS CONNECTED AVITII THE FAMILIES
BY MARRIAGE.
The miinbi'rs after the names refers to the Families in which each is to be found.
, Margeiy,
Allen, Gerrard,
" William W.,
Angel, Benjamin F.,
Arnold, Edith,
Aspinwall. Dr. Eleazar,
Ballon, Maiy D.,
Bartholomew, George A.,
Belcher, Moses,
BonDnrant, William,
Hrainanl, Carmelia,
Brand, Nelson S.,
Bi-inckerhoff, Mary C,
Brockett, Dr. Linns P.,
Carroll, Fi-ank H.,
Ciuirchill, Frank A.,
Clark, Mary A.,
Cleveland, Anna B.,
Coleman, riiebe J.,
Cook, Caroline,
Cooke, Ambrose W.,
" Dr. Kobert W.,
Cortelyon, Gansevoort X.
Cowdrey, Maria B.,
Cnthl)ertson, Margaret,
Damon, Orlo !{.,
Dnnlap, James B.,
Edwards, Alfred L.,
5
Edwards, Lewis,
30
27
Ely, Richard,
40
21
Ensign, Eliza,
60
22
Farquharson, Van Deusen
99
9
Fawer, Grace,
5
61
Fenn, Cornelia M.,
23
43
Finch, INIaranda F.,
82
101
Ford, Bnrton J.,
104
34
French, Watson E.,
80, 83
70
Gansevoort, Conrad,
11
85
Gill, James B.,
li;5
64
Goodwin, Abigail,
10
17
Clinton,
86
52
Dr. Erastns,
77
57
Griswold, William H.,
103
71
Grout, Lydia B.,
79
119
Hall, William,
39
•84
Harris, Mary,
7
76
Hazard, John V S.,
16
37
Hess, Hiram 11.,
20
16
Hessert, George,
114
15
Hoagland, Frank,
1)1
47
Holt, Jerusha W.,
115
25
Howell, Edward, Jr.,
20
111
Huggins, rioudonR.,
56
54
Hungerford, John N.,
24
116
Inglehart, Dr. Smith,
lOi), 117
29
Irwin, Rebecca,
13
PERSONS COXXECTED AVITH THE FAMILIES.
11
Jacobsen, Tryntje J., 1
Johnson. Dr. Ebenezer, 106
Jiuld, John, 118
Keeuey. Albert B., 55
Kendig, Larissa M., 78
Kennedy. Dr. James, 105
Kerwood, Mary J., 92
Kitchen. Delia, 48
Lansing, Gysbertje, 1
Leek, Al>igail, 8
Le Sueur, Cora E., 46
Livingston, Cornelia R., 35
Long. John H., 72
Lord, Rev. John C, 107
Lyon. Helen H., 14
Mackay. Archibald K., 31
McCollum. DeWitt C, 67
McLean. Eliz.ibeth J.. 41
Magee, Duncan S., 22
Mead, Nellie, 58
Merrill. Carrie F., 90
Merritt, Dr. George, 65
Mossholder, Eliza E., 68
Moxley, Fannie E., 95
Newcorab. Ozro R., 88
Norton, Phebe, 62
Ogden, Eliza, 19
" Henry A., 18
Pardee. Dr. Howard A., 120
Pickett, Marinda, 81
Pike, Sylvia J., 97
Porter, Elizabeth, 6
Presley. Fred E., 98
Ransbothan, George H., 89
Kayder, Celeste, 69
Rliinehart. Maria E., ' 63
Rice. Herbert A , 96
Richards, Kate F., 110
Richardson, Jane, 9
Marilla A., 93
Richardson, Mary E., 94
Ringland, William D., 87
Rowley, Marietta E., 100
Sawyer, John, 44
Schenck, Dr. Peter L., 45
Schermerhorn, Sarah, 32
Shannon, James, 38
Sheldon, Mary M., 66
Smith, Carrie L., 93
" Ellen P., 66
Southwick, Martha S., 53
Stevens, Lizzie, 112
Stevenson, Mary, 10
Stewart, Samuel, 59
Stockton, Thomas V., 96
Strong, Emmet J., 102
Swinnerton, Rev. Henry U., 42
Taylor. Lester, 75
Ten Eyck, Maria, 3
Thacher, Rev. Washington, '>!
Thayer, Harriet, 79
Thomas, Mary H., 81
Tryon, Sarah, 9
Tyms, Catharine, 32
Underhil], Edwin S., 28
Van Mater, Hulda H., 6
Van Vranken, Rev. Samuel A., 12
Veeder, Susanna, 4
Vinhagen, Maria, 2
Wakefield, Julia W., 78
Ward, Elizabeth, 9
WTieeler, Mary A., 108
White, Dr. Joseph, 36
Wilcox, Lucy. 50
Wilder, Col. Eli. 73
" Phebe, 74
Wilson, Josephine, 46
" William M., 61
Yates, Dr. Nathaniel F., 49
THE ROSEBOOMS.
1. The first ancestor of the family of Roseboom in this country
was " Henderiok Roosenbuom," as it appears in the inaccurate
spelling of the earliest document where it is found, or "Henderyck
Yannsen Rooseboom," as it stands, "with his own hand set," at
the foot of the same writing. He appears to have come from Hol-
land about the year 1655. Although this date, as well as the dates
of his birth and marriage, is wanting, the extant records concerning
him are remarkably full and circumstantial. He died in 1703, "an
old man ; " he could scarcely have been less than thirty years of age
when he first becomes known to us as an active man upon the scene
of affairs, in positions of trust, and possessed of substantial means,
in 1662. He may have been born about 1630, and not improbably
earlier.
The particular locality in the Netherlands from which he came is
also unknown, but several indications point to the district East of the
Zuider Zee. The Lansings, his wife's people, came from Hasselt, in
Overyssell. Roosebooms now living at the Hague came from Dalen,
in Drenthe, and the ancestors of others living at Arnhem* came
from Elburg, in the same province of Gelderland. Finally, a letter
of inquiry concerning family relationships was sent many years since
to Abraham Roseboom, of Cherry Valley, by one of the name at
Harderwyk, Gelderland. These places are but a few miles apart.
* Gerrit Hendrick Rooseboom was a " Burgeraeester " of Elburg, Gelderland; whose son,
Hendrick Ernsts Rooseboom, was " Ontvanger" (treasurer), and (born about 1769) died there in
1853. Reije Rut (Rutgers) Geeris Jans Rooseboom, his son, was living at Arnhem in 1885.
Willem Rooseboom, his son, resides at Baakerstraat, 52, that city. A number of the art treas-
ures of Amsterdam and the Hague are by an admired lady artist, Margaret Rooseboom.
14 THE KOSEHOOMS.
mill from some one of them in all probability the pioneer set out for
till' wilds of the ''Xieuwe Niederlanden." Whether his marriage
took place in Holland or after he reached the new world ; whether
any of his children were born in the old home, is uncertain. The
Albany church records "are wanting, previous to 1684, from that
date they are complete," so that we are deprived of any data which
might have been derived from the records of the baptism of his chil-
dren. But it seems most probable that, having emigrated with the
family of his future wife, the Lansings, he married in Albany some
3'ears subsequent to his arrival, and that the date of that event was
about 1G60; for the eldest son, Johannes, went among the Indians
in 1685, "to the Ottawas, back of Virginia," and was married Nov.
18, 1688. He may be supposed to have been about twenty- five at
the time.
The patronymic middle-name, Yannsen, Jannsen, or Janse, in-
dicates that Hendrick's father's name was Jan, or Johannes, i. e.,
John ; which is further supported by the circumstances that the eld-
est son, — who from an almost invariable custom bore the name
of the grandparent, — was also so named: and this is all that is
known of his ancestry.
The earliest mention of the family name is in the name of a ship
so called, in a letter sent from Foort Nieuw Amstel, i. e., New
Castle, Delaware, by J. Aldrich, dated Nov. 14, 1657, "To the
Noble, Honorable, Worshipful, AVise, Very Prudent Mr. Petrus
Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherlands Residing at the
Mahattans in Fort Amsterdam, by the Roseboom, which God may
guide." This is found in Vol. XII of the Colonial Documents, p.
202. And on p. 203, "The above is a copy of my last by the
Roseboom, Reynier de Vries, Skipper, (shipmaster)." Other refer-
ences to this sliip occur in the Holland Documents, pp. 456, 466, as
follows: " J^aus Deo A° 1663, Amsterdam in New Netherland.
(Powder account.) To extraordinary acct. of the Hon. Majores for
following, .... also receiveel with ship Rooseboom, Pieter Ryersen
A'an der Beer, skipper, 6 kegs containing 600 lbs. powder A 35 gl.*
* The money of accounts of the Dutch was the gilder or florin and stuiver, 20 of the latter
to cue of the former. There were the guilder sewaut and the guilder beaver; the latter of
the value of about 40 cents, or three times that of the former. The guilder of accounts was
commonly valued at one shilling, New "\'ork currency. The term pounds among the Hutch
must not be considered as pounds sterling ; they were 20 New York shillings, and equalled $'2.50.
THE R08EB00MS. 15
per 100 weight with st. 5, 8 charges, according to invoice of tl:e
24 March, 1663, 600 lbs." "Port duty, received for right of
anchorage from the following ships — the Roosebooni, Pieter Ryen-
son, skipper, 100." (Gunner's delivery book.) " 1664, August
17, to 16 lbs. fired when the ship Roseboom sailed for Patria."
AVhether this vessel was named for or owned by the subject of
this sketch, or whether it was merely a sentimental name, "Rose-
tree," like " Maj'flower," "Half moon," etc., will probably never
be known ; but it is while she is making her voyages that de
Heer Henderyck Jaunse appears among the dwellers on the upper
Hudson.
Preserved among the Fort Orange Records of date 1660, May
27, is the "petition of Jan Dircksen van Bremen, Albert James von
Volekenburgh, et al., praying that Dutch as well as Indians brokers
be employed to trade with the Indians," and among the names ap-
pended is " Henderick Roseboom." The other party were for pro-
hibiting all Europeans, " Christians," from treading the forest paths,
thus excluding civilization. The first date after this is Sept. 13,
1662, when he purchased a house and lot "in the village of Bever-
wyck, on the hill," and from this time on his name is found in num-
erous authentic documents in the annals of Albany. The property
mentioned was of historical interest, having been patented to Pieter
Bronck. "As it stands with all that is fast by earth and nailed,
and a? great as the patent thereof mentions," it was conveyed by
Reyndert Pieterse (Bronck?) and Jacob Herick (Gerick), "for the
sum of 550 guilders, payable in good merchantable beavers, at eight
guilders apiece, in two installments, in July '63 and '64," the two
"sellers" setting their "marks," but Rooseboom writing hi^ name
with his own hand. November 16, of that year, he is surety with
J. J. Schermerhooren for Jurriaen Janssen in the purchase of a house
from the estate of Andries Herbertsen, for the benefit of the
widow.
The exact situations of the ancient properties in Albany have
been carefully ascertained and mapped, so that we can fix the pre-
cise spot where this ancestor lived. It lay on the east side of Norlli
Pearl street, northward of Maiden Lane. The palisades constitu-
ting the northerly fortifications of the settlement passed through the
middle of the land-plat, and the name of " Roseboom's gate" was
o-iven to the exit which existed at that point, the "Burghers' block-
1(^ THE ROSEBOOMS.
house" l)oing adjacent. Mynheer Rooseboom was a "trader" by
occupation, and as the Indians gathered particularly at this gate for
barter, the spot was regarded as the most advantageous one for
business purposes. In subsequent years as the place grew^ we find
repeated descriptions of land conveyed "upon the hill without the
gate by Rooseboom's."
Less than a month later, October 5th, of the same year, he ap-
pears l)efore tlie clerk and commissaries of Fort Orange and Bever-
wyck with his sureties to take over from Jan Gerritse Xan Marcken
the olHce of " Farmer (Pacht) of the Slaughter Excise," for the col-
lection of revenue from the butchering of beasts of all kinds throughout
the settlement, the oflice having been offered to the highest bidder, and
his bid being 750 guilden. Every animal slaughtered was taxed one
stuiver for each guilden of its worth, or if paid for in beaver-skins,
(a very usual currency) 20 stuivers per beaver "in good seewant,"
i. e., wampum, (seawant). Mr. Roseboom held this office in sub-
sequent years, paying 790 guilders at one time, and making his
payments to the authorities quarterly. A similar " Wine and Beer
Excise " was bid off at 2900 g. by other parties, but it was carefully
specified in this case that the seewant be " well strung, 12 white and
8 bla'ck to the stuiver." Perhaps the topers got tangled up and
broke the strings of their wampum, and at times could not tell white
from black !
The sobriety of character implied by this distinction suits well
with Hendrick Rooseboom's appointment to the office of Voorlezer,
or Public Reader, in the ancient Reformed Protestant church, a
position which confirms the impression that he was a man of educa-
tion and of character commanding respect. The first mention of
this is some years after his appointment, in a petition of the Luther-
ans of Willemstadt, dated 1674, for leave to bury their dead, remon-
strating against employing the official of the Reformed church. It
runs: "To the Rt. Honble Myn Heer Anthony Colve, Governr
General of N. Netherland — Those of the Ausburgh confession
represent with due respect, that your Petitioners are ordered in cases of
burial of their dead to pay the Sexton (Aanspreecker ) of the Reformed
Church, notwithstanding they employ their own Sexton. Itisalsowel
known to all that Mr. Roosenboom hath addressed a petition on that
subject to the Ilonble Heer General above named, to be favored
therein; which petition had no result, but the Heer Laval being
THE EOSEB0O3IS. 17
come up, said in full court, in date the 7tb Nov., 1672, he had au-
thority as to Roosenboom's petition." Wherefore they argue, " Let
the Dead bury their Dead ; for with what free conscience can j-our
Precentor go and act for the Lutherans, for they have more cere-
monies than the Reformed ? Whereupon at that time he had no more
to say, and it was as welL Wherefore your Petitioners, for afore-
said reasons, approach your Honour requesting most humbly that
they may enjoy what they have been granted ; and as Your Petit-
ioners, Brethren at N. Orange, enjoy the same, that they further
may bury their dead without notifying Mr. Roosenboom, but employ
their own Sexton and no one else. Whereupon they expect a favor-
able answer. Your Honors affectionate Subjects, Bernhardus
Anthony, V. D. M."
The terms " sexton " and " precentor " here occurring are the
English translations of the two Dutch words expressive of functions
discharged by the Voorlezer in connection with his proper capacity
as church reader, as is seen from later documents, although the
titles are used indifferently and are much confused in the transla-
tions, owing to the dift'erence of the customs prevailing among the
English. Thus, "Mayor's court Nov. 19, 1695, Whereas Hend
Roseboom, Voorlezer in ye church of ye Citty of Albany doth appear
here & desyreth that consideration may be used that his sallery may
be paid, being he stand in need of ye same." Again, in 1701, " Ye
Petition of Hend. Roseboom y^ Church Reader," is laid before the
Supervisors by " y^ Justices of y*^ Citty & County," and payment
advised. The Voorlezer seems to have suffered as much from dila-
tory payments as some servants of the church in later times.
Funerals were affairs of the utmost pomp, and expense which the
estates of the deceased could bear, the estimation in which they
were held being gauged by the splendor of the occasion. The
Aanspreecker, literally " inviter," the person sent round with
invitations to a funeral, conducted the ceremonies as undertaker,
a function which went with that of Leader of the responses in public
worship, including the reading of sermons in the absence of a
clergyman. On the other hand, the labor of grave digging was dis-
charged by another person, as will appear further on. The Voor-
lezer would usually be- the Voorzinger, or precentor, as well, and
the former office seems gradually to have been replaced by the
Ig Till-: KOSEHOOMS.
luttiT.* This office Mv. Roscboom held till liis doatli in
170;'>.
In the course of j'ears changes have taken place. The English
h:\vt" become masters of the colony, in 1664; the two hamlets of
Ik'verwyck and Fort Orange have coalesced into " y^ Citty of
Albany," chartered in 1686, and de Heer Kooseboom's name, under
the influence of the English spelling, has lost one element of its first
lonsi vowel, lieing now spelled Koseboom. He himself has grown to
be the '^Senior" of a band who bear the family name, his four sons
being now in or towards middle life and sharing the responsibilities
and honors of the community and the church, while his two daughters
are married and have families. Careful search of the records, where
his and his sons' names appear frequently almost every year for
years together, fails to discover mention of any other individual of
the name, and the conclusion is sufficiently certain that all the
Albany Roseboouis are descended from him.t
The Stuart dynasty had been replaced by the Dutch AVilliam of
Orange in 1688. The good Mary had died ; a growing disfavor
against the foreigners had vented itself in the Commons by acts of
jealousy towards the great stadholder king, culminating in 1698 with
the dismissal of his trusty Dutch guards, " gentlemen who had lost
* " In July 1802, Mr. William Groesbeeck, who had bcon clerk of the church for a groat
numlier of years, died, and the desk he had occupied was hung in mourning. He was succeeded
by his sons, Cornelius and David, who were the iast of the Voorzingers." — Annals of Albany,
Vol. 1, p. 120.
t Many distinct lines point to this conclusion. Although Ilendrlck's name appears in 1660^
'(>'2, '6:i, 'fU, 'ti5, '66, '73, '74, '77, a period of 17 years, yet the name of no other Roseboom can be
found duriiia that tiir.c. Secondly, the very earliest mention of others beside himself is when,
in His:;, Dominie Dellius, at the end of the year, made remembrance of the church members.
His list includes eight Rosebooms, as follows: Hendrick, who is number 36, and Gysbertje
Koseboom [dau. of Lansing], his wife, 37. Then cores Johannes, 130; Margaret 131; Maria
Sanders [now Roseboom], 390; Geiritje Costers [now Roseboom], 391; Hendrick, Jr., 420;
Lysbeth, 4(V). These are all identified as members of the one family, and their wives. Tryntje
Uutger is number 90, and after her name is written "now Rosebom," evidently inserted when
Hhe, later married Hendrick. Thirdly, a list of Heads of Families in Alljany, June 1097, gives
the following, who are none other than the same family, and mentions none besides.
X'tniex. Men. Women. Ckildren.
Hendrick Roseboom 111
Johannes " 113
Hendrick - 1 12
Gerrit " 1 1 3
Myndert " 10
Again, a collection of the dates of the baptism of Hendrick's grandchildren, with the names
of their sponsors, established the same, the rigidity of the old Dutch customs in such matters
lending serviceable aid to the inquiry.
THE ROSEBOOMS. 19
evervthino- but their swords " for England's good. Perhaps this
feeling of antipathy to Netherlanders accounts for the requirement
of an "-Oath of Allegiance to the King" from the residents of
Albany, Jan. 4, 1699. Among the subscribers to this oath are the
live names of Henderick Roseboom and his sons, Johannes, Gerrit,
Henderick and Myndert. Again no others of the name appear.
A glimpse of household life is afforded by a Public Sale, in the
clerkship of Joh. Provoost, of the possessions of one Janse Kroon,
giving the names of the purchasers and the articles and prices i)aid,
in florins (guilders). While Philip Pieterse Schuyler (the first
]Mayor) carries off a "great tin pail," Henderick, our ancestor, gets
a "copper stewpan," for which he pays f. 15.15; f. 3.00 for an
" iron chaffing dish :" f. 4.05 for " an iron pot hanger ;" and f . 2.00
for "a hort (boaixl?) almanac," (i. e., to hang on the wall), be-
sides some " little earthern platters " and " /<e?e (?) and an old pillow-
bier "( perhaps a kind of lounge?). A touch of loye for art and
decoration is seen in the purchase of "pictures " in two lots of three
each, besides "two little pictures," at f. 2.00, 1.15. and 5.00.
What would not his descendants give to know what these pictures
were ?
The end of all things earthly came to the old man at last. On
Sept. 15, 1702, he as "Sexton of this Citty appear in Common
Council and desyres they will be pleased to confirm him in said
office." This w^as granted, but the next mention of him is after his
death, which occurred Nov. 4, 1703. His successor is after his
office and its avails : "Dec. 13, 1703. Anthony Bratt, by his peti-
tion of ye Commonality, humbly prays, since Mr. Hendrik Rose-
boom, late Sexton of this Citty, deceased, that they will be pleased
to appoint him to attend and doe ye services of ye said office of
Sexton in such Manner as ye same lately did appertain unto ye said
Roseboom and to grant him ye like Perquisites thereof. The Com-
monality, takeing ye said Petition into consideration, have granted
ye said office of Sexton of ye Citty together with j-e Perquisites
thereof unto ye said Bratt, in such Manner as ye same was given
and granted unto ye said Roseboom always provided that John Rat-
cliff e shall yet continue in ye service of that ofl^ce and receive such
perquisites thereof for digging of graves as he did in ye time and
being of ye sd Mr. Rosebooui, deceased."
He married. 1st, probably in Albany, about 16(30. Oysbert.ie
20 THE liOSE BOOMS.
Lansinm;, (1:ui. of Gcrrit Frederick Lansing. She was born in the
town of Hasselt, in the Province of Overyssell, Holland.
He iiKiiricd, 2nd, Dec. 5, 1G95, Tryntje Janse Jacohsen,* dan.
of Johannes \'an Breestede, and widow of Rntger .Tacobsen. This
marriage is thns recorded in the church records: ''Hendrick Rose-
boom, de oiide weduwenaar van Gysbertje Lansing, en Trjnitje .Janse,
wednwc van Knt Jacobse." Which is to say. " Henderick Roseboom,
the aged widower of Gysbertje Lansing and Tryntje Janse, widow
of Rntger Jacobsen." In the enlightened mnnicipal system which
prevailed among the Netherlanders the birth of infants was super-
vised by persons properl}' authorized, and Vrouw Jacobsen held this
trust in the days of her widowhood by license from the authorities.
In 1701 this good wife is recorded as "on a jury," upon what in-
quest is not said ; it may have been as a witness. She died in 1711.
It is diflicult to place the children of Hendrick Janse Roseboom
in the order of their birth owing to the meager records of those early
days. From the most reliable sources at command we conclude
that Johannes was the eldest, but as Elizabeth is not mentioned
except in the list of early church members, we are in doubt where
to place her in the list of children, but there is little doubt that
Myndert was the youngest. It is probable that they were born in
nearly the following order. A more complete record of their mar-
riages and their children will be found in the appendix.
Children: — hy the first marriage.
1. Jnhunnex, m. Nov. 18, 1088, Gerritje Coster. (a)
2. Margarifa, m. Nov. 15, 1685, Pieter Thomase Miugael. (b)
3. Gerrit, in. Nov. 24, 1689, Maria Sanders. (c h)
4. Henilnd-, in. Nov. 1, 1694, Debora Staats. (d)
5. EUzahcih, \\\. Jan. 13, 1G92, Willem Jacobse Van Deusen. (e)
6. Myndert, m. Maria Vinhagen. (2)
* Tryntje -Taiisc Van 15reestcdc' marriod, 1st. June Z, 1616. Rutger Jacobsen Van Schoen-
dcrwoert, ollKTwisc kncnvii a!< Hntger Jacobsen and Uut Van Woert, who died in 166.5.
Children.
1. Margaret, b. 1647: m. -Jan. 2, 1667, Jan Janse Bleecker; d. 1733.
2. Etigeltje, bap. Apr. 10, 1650 : ni. Melgoit Abrahamse Van Ducsen : bur. July 11, 1728.
3. Jfariinni.
This llanncn was i)rol)ably born iu Boverwyclj soon after his father moved there. He had
two sons Anthony and Harmon who settled in New York, one of whom was prol)ably the
ancestor of Cornelia Rutgers Livingston who married Henry Roseboom.
THE ROSEBOOMS. 21
Capt, JoHAxxES RosEBOOM, son of Heuclrick J. Roseboom and
Gysbertje Lansing, (1), was probably born in Albany, about 1661.
His parents had two daughters and four sons, of whom the youngest,
Myndert. is the ancestor of those descendants to whom this account
particularly relates. The dates of their birth and baptism being
lost, we are left to infer from Dominie Dellius's list of church mem-
bers, that if they were received as communicants in the or<ler of
their seniority, Johannes would be the eldest child, and the others
succeed thus : — Margaretta, Hendrick, Elizabeth, Gerrit, Myndert.
The two youngest, however, were received at dates subsequent to that
list, as was also Deborah Staats, who became the wife of the
younger Hendrick. Their marriages, all but Myndert's, are re-
corded, following a different order, naturally ; and the births or
baptisms of most of their children, together with the sponsors, who
were all but invariably near relatives, are also on record, (f ) From
these data a somewhat complete statistical history can be made out,
and abundant I'eferences exist to show the civil standing and social
position of the family.
Capt. Johannes was a "trader," and previous to his marriage
his life was adventurous. In the Colonial History, Vol. V, p. 76,
we read of a distant expedition of which he was the head, *'In or
about the year 1685 Col. Dongan, the governor of New York, sent
one Roseboom, an inhabitant of Albany, with ten or twelve men, to
invite the Ottawawas (a people on the back of Maryland, Virginia
and Carolina) to come and trade at Albany." This general state-
ment is more fully explained in Vol. III. where we find that '• Capt.
Roseboom," on a second trip, which was evidently in the direction
of what we now call Canada, made a number of these Indians
prisoners, and that in restoring them the next year to their tribe by
Dongan's orders, was himself captured by a French expedition. On
p. 422 there is first a brief reference to the capture of the Indians :
-August, 1687, Ottawa Indian prisoners sent home by Capt.
Rosel)Oom last Fall." Then follows, p. 476, a letter from Gov.
Dongan to a Capt. Palmer, in which the affair is described tluis :
'■The King's subjects here, living plentifully, have not regarded the
making discoveries into the country until late, being discouraged by
me. One Roseboom had leave in the year 1685 to go with some
young men as far as the Ottawawas and Twiswicks, where they
were well received and wanted to come every year. . . . But a little
22 THE ROSEP.OOMS.
after their beiiiti' out, attacked a castle of their's and took five or six
hundred prisoners, and brouglit thein aw a j' to their own country;
wliifh. when i heard of, I ordered delivered to Roseboom and to one
Major ]\Ic(iregory, a Scot gentleman, who went with sixty of the
young men of Albany and some Alliany Indians, (a beaver-trading
to those further nations) as many of those prisoners as were willing
to return home. The Governor of Canada hearing of their going
that way, sent 200 French and 300 or 400 Indians to intercept
them, and has taken them prisoners, taken their goods from them,
and what further danger is not known." There are other references to
the capture of Roseboom and McGregory by the French, and serious
troubles grew out of Governor De Norville's sentencing to death
one of Roseboom's troop. The French invaded the territory of the
Iroquois in 1(584 and '87, but were repelled with loss, jealousy of
the Indian trade and barter being the constant source of irritation.
The family of the old Voorlezer were prominent among the up-
holders of the church, his sons and sons-in-law sustaining office
repeatedly. Ever since the English had had possession of the
country the ancient Reformed Protestant body had existed by suf-
ferance, without recognition as a "church." In petition to the
King, George I, Aug. 10, 1720, by the church it is " set forth,
that the inhabitants of Albany, descended of Dutch ancestors have
from the first settlement of this province by Christians, hitherto
held, used and enjoyed the free and undisturbed exercise of their
religion and worship in the Dutch language, after the manner of
the Reformed Protestant religion in Holland, according to the com-
mon rules, institutions and church government of the national
Synod of Dort, in Holland, A. D., 1616." In answer to which an
Act of Incorporation is granted, and Johannes Roseboom and
William Jacobse Van Deusen (husband of EUzabeth Roseboom)
are named as two among the four elders ; and Myndert Roseboom,
one among the four deacons, who with the minister were to make
up the consistory " at the time of this our grant." Truly, they
*' seemed to be pillars."
In 16i)2 .lohannes was an assistant alderman, and in 1700 alder-
man of the 2ud Ward, holding office several times. In 1700 he is
serving at Fort Albany as Lieut, in Capt. Johannes Bleecker's
company, and in«1715 " John Roseboom " (possibl}^ his son) is
Captain of a company of foot, in which " Hendrick Roseboom,"
THE ROSEBOOMS. 23
who limy be brother, son or nephew, is later appointed Lieuten-
ant.
Capt. Johannes Roseboom was listed as "head of a family"
with three children June, 1697; took the Oath of Allegiance next
after his father, 16U9, and by 1706 has four more children. For
the record of his family see appendix, a. He " was buried in the
church," Jan. 25, 1745, aged about 84.
2. Myxdert Roskijoom. the second in this line of ancestral
names, was the youngest son of Hendrick Janse Roseboom and
Gysbertje Lansing, (1), and was born in Albany. His wife's
name is given as Maria Vinhagen. He is the only one of this line
about whose identity a degree of uncertainty seemed to hang, till
dispelled by close investigation. This was owing to the unusual
lack of recorded church data for his birth or baptism and his mar-
riage, to confusion as to his wife's identity, and to the fact that
the oldest Family Record says nothing of his ancestory and does
not give his wife's name, while recording both his and her death.
It is therefore necessary to present the evidence by which the often-
mentioned Myndert Roseboom, deacon, is identified with the Myn-
dert to whom the ancestry traces in Hendrick (Myndertse) Rose-
boom's Dutch Bible.
A copy of this valued Family Record is preserved in the English
Bible of John J. Roseboom. It is drawn up from the point of view
of Myndert's son Hendrick, and in very brief terms, giving first
the births of Hendrick and his brethren, then their and the parents'
deaths, then the marriage and children of Hendrick. With the
latter we are not now concerned. The always popular name of
Maria (Mary) occasions pitfalls, as there are Marias before and
after, and on both sides, and it is to be recognized in Maritje, also.
The Record referred to is as follows : —
Births.
1707, Sep. 15, was born Hendrick Roseboom, in Albany.
1709, Sep. 23, was born Maria Roseboom, " "
1711, Sep. 2, was born Margaret Roseboom, "
1713, Sep. 1, was born Alida Rosel)oom, " . "
171G, Jan. 11, was born John Roseboom, " "
24 THE ROSEBOOMS.
Dk.vtiis.
1722. Oct. 20, Myiulert ]{osel)ooni, thi'ii' fatlier, died.
1722. Dec. H!. Maria Hoseboom died.
1711. A|)r. i;, Margaret Hoseboom died.
17('>0, Feb. 28, their motlier, the Widow of Myndert Roseboom, died.
1770, July 20, Alida Van Scliaick died.
1783, Apr. 11, ,Iohu Koseboom died.
We have here, first, the Bible record of Myudert Roseboom's
(loath, Oct. 20, 1722; in the Dutch church records of Burials (g )
is found, " 1722, Oct. 22, Myndert Koseboom was buried." This
is evidently the same man, the interment coming two days later
than the death. He had been received into the church as a com-
municant, Apr. t), 1676, four years later than his brother Gerrit,
and the last one of his generation. He was the youngest of the
family, perhaps by several years, j^et he was old enough to take
the Oath of Allegiance in 1699. If required to be 21 to do this his
birth would be not later than 1678. He was sponsor at two bap-
tisms in 1706, appearing in that capacity in his appropriate place
as the last of the brothers. He held some-unimportant otKces ; in
1702-O-5 he was constable of the second ward, high constable and
juryman; a freeholder in 1720, and was one of the deacons named
in the Act of Incorporation of the church that year, and was again
mentioned as deacon the next year.
Marrying about 1706, the year when he was twice recorded as
sponsor, his first child being recorded as baptised in 1707, why was
not his marriage recorded, and who was his wife? The marriage
may have taken place in some other town, of course. The printed
authorities state that his wife was Maria Vinhagen, but where this
information is obtained does not appear ; yet his wife's name was
Maria, as follows from the evidence, for while the Bible record
states, " 1760, P^eb. 28, their mother, the Widow of Myndert Rose-
boom, died," not vouchsafing her name, and the church record does
not give her burial, yet the two daughters, ]Maria and Margaret,
who died before her, are recorded in the church burials at corres-
ponding dates as children of Maria Roseboom, the one record sup-
plementing the other^ thus :
Family 1{i:( oun. Church Bukiai.s.
1722, Dee. IG, Maria Koseboom died. 1722, Dec. 18, Maria Koseboom's
child.
1741, Apr. G, Margaret Koseboom died. 1741, Apr. 9, Margaretje, dau. of
Maria Koseboom.
THE ROSEBOOMS. 25
--Thus the widow Maria was called to bury her husband in Octo-
ber, and her daughter Maria at the age of 13, in December of the
same year. Nineteen years later the second daughter followed, at
the age of 29, but she is said by the authorities to have married
Robert Lansing, although no intimation of this is given in the Bible
record. The third daughter, Alida, who married Van Schaick, who
was afterwards Mayor in 1756-'61, is recorded as "Alida Van
Schaick." Even if the brother, Hendrick, in his Bible record, made
such an omission, it is highly unlikely that the church record would
say " Margaretje, daughter of Maria Eoseboom." and not " Robert
Lansing's wife." Therefore we reason that the Margaret whom
Lansing married was one or other of two cousins of this Margaret,
of the same name, Hendrick's Margaret, born five years earlier, or
the daughter of Johannes, a year younger. The church burials give
a Maria Eoseboom, interred July 10, 1741, which could be neither
mother nor daughter, but a person apart.
Myndert died somewhat early, after a rather uneventful life
holding the modest position of the youngest of the family, Ilis
sons, Hendrick and Johannes, or John, as the name began now
to be spelled, the one named for Myndert's father, the other for his
elder brother, brought up families and lived to ripe years ; the
mother, Maria, evidently being gifted with ability to manage her
affairs well, notwithstanding her repeated afflictions. The Vinhagen
family was one that appears often in the early records. The Calen-
dar of Wills gives "Jan Vinhagen, elder in the Reformed church,
1684," but there is obscurity as to Maria's parentage. She may
have been an unmentioned daughter of Jan Dirckse Vinhagen and
his wife Maritje (Maria), and then would be a younger child with
her mother's name, and born about 1688, or she may have lived
somewhere out of Albany and been there married, which would
account for much of the difficulty in the case.
Children.
1. Hendrick Myndert, b. Sept. 15, 1707; m. Maria Ten Eyck. (3)
2. Maria, b. Sep. 23, 170!); d. Dec. 16, 1722, ae. i;$.
3. Margaret, b. Sep. 2,1711; d. Apr. 6,1741, ae. 2!).
4 mda, b. Sep. 1,1713; m. Dec. 11, 1735, Sybraiit (1. Van
Schaick : d. July 20, 1770, ae. 56.
5. John, b. Jan. 11, 1716; d. Apr. 11, 1783, ae. 67.
2(1 THE ROSEBOOM8.
;'.. ]\rynhecr IIkxduick Myxdeutsk Rosehoom, son of Myndert
Koseboom and Maria Vinhagen, (2), was born in Albany, N. Y.,
Sept. l'>. 1707. He and liis sons, all three of whom were oflicers
ill tli(> Old French war, and in the Revolntion, were earnest, patri-
otic nicu, actively engaged in bnsiness enterprise, and interested in
the development of the country, both by extending trade on the
frontier and in promoting settlement of the virgin lands. His social
position was excellent, his sister, Alida, having married Sybrant G.
^'an Schaick, the Mayor of the city, son of Gerrit Van Schaick, who
was one of the patentees of the Cherry Valley grant of 8,000 acres
at the head of the Susquehannah, the others being John Lindsey,
Jacob Koseboom and Lendert Gansevoort, with whose family his
grandaughter was to intermarry.
Sympathizing with those who had suffered, like his own ances-
tors, and as his children were to do again, from tyranny, when the
band of Scotch-Irish pilgrim Puritans from Londonderry, N. II., in
1740, were making their way to the wilds of Lindsey's Bush, it was
on his sloop that passage was given them up the Hudson river, and
from his "stoor" of merchandise that they were succoured with im-
plements and supplies for their undertaking. He had a strong band
of sons, only one of whom, John, however, married. Myndert, the
eldest, kept up the mercantile establishment at Albany, exporting
furs, and receiving from Holland and England consignments of
merchandise, including silverware, in which the traffic of the family
with the Indians appears to have largely consisted. It is known that
silver or pewter medals, bearing the image of the Virgin, were distri-
buted by the French traders and Jesuit priests, and are occasionally
found in the debris of the Indian settlements along the Mohawk.
When Matthew Campbell, of Cherry \'alley, returned as a boy from
his captivity with the Indians, after the massacre of 1778, he was
decorated with a small brooch set with a dozen flat diamonds, per-
haps rifled from the body of some officer, and with two tiny ring
buckles, half round, in silver, no doubt precisely such as are de-
scribed in the dealings between Myndert Koseboom and his brother
John, who established himself at Schenectady, in order to be in
closer touch with the Indians of Niscayuna.
An account book is preserved by the family, inscribed "Rates
of the Powder House ; Hendrick Koseboom, 1775." From this relic
it appears that from 1771 to 178() he held the important and neces-
THE ROSEBOOMS. 27
sarily tlangerous office of " Cruyt magassijn meester," i. e., master
of the powder magazine, at Albany-, in trust for, "Die Committie,"
— the Committee of Public Safety. For some years the deposits of
ammunition in his care were small, his own son, Myndert, being
among the first, apparently, to utilize the magazine ; but as the
great struggle of the war came on we find the old Dutch Magazijne-
meester still in charge, and on one occasion loading up 25 wagons
with no less than a hundred barrels, and delivering it into the hands
of tlie military authorities, represented by Mr. Philip Van Rens-
selaer. Lead, buck-shot, swan-shot and flints were part of the
^' stoor" supplies.
Nearly 70 years old at the opening of the war, Mr. Hendrick
Posel)oom Avas unfit for service in the field, but he must have been
still one of the efficient and trusted men of the community, to be
continued in so vital a charge under such altered circumstances.
The "rates," as appear from the first page of the gun powder book,
were "4 shillings for every barrel, 3 shillings for every half barrel,
"2 ditto for every quarter cask or lesser quantity." The following
entries, written partly in Dutch by Mr. R. himself, and partly in a
beautiful English hand, perhaps by his clerk, reveal the nature of
the trust, and the names of some of the individuals concerned.
1771, Nov. 22, Myndert Roseboom, Dr.; to storage of 1 Barrel & 19 half
ditto. Gun Powder. 1773, Oct. 27, Miudert ontfaugen 5 Vatties van 100 lb.
in stoor; i. e , Myndert (Roseboom, Dr.) received 5 kegs of 100 lbs. each, in
store. 1773, Dec. 15, Aen* 5 Barrells Cruyt en Die Magessijn ontf angen ; i.
e., ditto. 5 Barrels of Powder received in the Magazine. The record gives
powder stored for well known names, as Gerrit Jacob Lansingh, Hendrick
Wendell, Peter Dox, Dannel Canibel, Hermanns Ten Eyck, etc. 1773, Oct.
27, Ontfangen Van Abraham Cuyler 10 Vatties van 50 per vat Cruyt in Die
Magessijn gestort. 1775, Jan. 7, van Goesse van Schajeck entfangen in
Magessijn 24 Cwartter (quarter) Vatties Cruyt. 1776, Aug. 8, 225 Powder,
500 Flints Kilyan Van Renselaer. 1776, July 1, Powder in Store out of the
other Side from the Committee 43 cask of 50 lb. each, etc., Delivard out of
the Store of Commitee (l)y order to) Col. Lansing, Peter Van Ness, Dirk
Jansen, Col. Van Renselaer, (Henry Kilyan), Anthony Van Bergen, Col. Van
Den Bergh, Lt. S. J. Schyler etc., had dealings with the Magazine. 1777,
June 10, 100 Barrells Loaded by order of Mr. Philip Van Renselaer 25 Wag-
gons Each 4 Bar'l. This was out of the store of the Commitee. This large
* "
" Aen " seems to be a contraction for aenlyk, i. e., ditto. A vat or " valtie " was a cask;
otir word vat comes from the same word.
28 THE ROSEBOOMS.
ri'iiuisitioii of i:iini)o\vck'r was doubtless destined for the operations which
ended in tlie surrender of Ruriioyne. Oct. 17, 1777. in which Col. II. K. A'an
Hensehier participated Cousiunmeuts of annuunition were also sent to
Schenactady, Schohary, ami to the friendly Indians at Onida.
lie died in Canajoharic, N. Y., Apr. 23, 1803, aged 95. (1)
He married, Oct. 29, 1734, Maria Tkn P^yck, dau. of Barent
'IVn Kvek and Neeltje Schermerhooren.. She was born in Albany,
Apr. 2(;. 1708, and died there, May 9, 1790, aged 82.
Children.
1. Myndert, h. June 2,1735; d. Apr. 10, 180G, ae. 70.
2. Barent, h. Oct. 2!t, 173G ; d. Feb. l(j, 17!l(i, ae. 59. (ra)
3. John, b. Oct. 23,173'.); m. Susannah Veeder. (4)
4. XeeUie, b. Nov. 20, 1741 ; m. Mar. 14, 17(57, Jacol) C. Lansing ; d. May G,
1770, ae. 28.
5. Maria, b. June 13, 1746; d. Jan. 24, 1781, ae. 34.
Col. Myndert Eoseboom, son of Hendrick M. Roseboom and
Maria Ten Eyck, (3), was born in Albany, N. Y., June 2, 1735.
Several interesting documents illustrate the military and patriotic
record of this soldier of the French and Indian war, and of the
Kevolution. In the Calender of New Y'ork Historical Manuscripts
is the following " Warrant, Apr. 23, 1759, in favor of Capt. Myn-
dert Roseboom, for £1,487, being the amount of bounty and enlist-
ing money for 111 volunteers." An original Order Book* of the
year 1759, kept by Capt. Roseboom, who on May 16 signs himself
Major, indicates that he was Adjutant or assistant Adj't. of that
division of Gen. Amherst's army which that year, under Col. Pride
eaux, made an expedition against Fort Niagara, which it captured
July 24-5. The book begins Apr. 13, with the troops at Albany,
the orders being given by Col. Corsa, under Cols. " Pridieu," John-
son, ( afterwards Sir William) and Bradstreet. Some of the regiments
are, the 44th, L. Royals, late Forbeses, Inniskillings, Royal High-
landers, Abercrombie's, Mui-y's, Pardee's, and four battalions of
Royal Americans. Leaving Albany May 8, he is wdth the troops as
*This Ijook was uhciI in 1705 for invoices of luinlware, and on Sept. 29th of that year for the
rent-roll of " ye lands of Geo. Clark esq., to Y'e inhabitants of Cherry Valley," with numbers
of the lots and amounts of rent, many of the names being familiar: —Edraiston, McConnell,
Linn, Sam'l and Wm. Ferijuson, Jno. Wells, McColliim, Thomson, Dixon, Ramsey, Spencer,
Tans, Dunlap, .lames Campbell, ShanUIand, Hopkins, and Loltridge. In 177.') accounts of church
ininiey received and expended were entered in Dutch by persons not named.
THE ROSEBOOMS. 29
they inarch through the Mohawk Valley, the supplies being carried
io whale-boats and bateaux on the river, and reaching Oswego on
June 27, where the book closes. It contains the daily orders,
paroles, countersigns, number of men, equipment of officers and
men, accounts of courts martial, etc.
In 1761 " Myndert Roseboom, Esquire," received from Hon'ble
Cadwallader Golden, President of His Majestj^'s Council and Com-
mander in Chief of the Province, his commission as Lieut. Colonel
of Brewerton's regiment, of which he was placed in charge, (i).
His service to the cause of the Revolution is shown by a volume of
records eloquent of the distress caused by the war, inscribed
'•Receipt Book; Albany, 12th, August, 1777. Commissioners,
^Middle District, City and count}" of Albany. Signed, Myndert
Roseboom, Thos. Baneker, (major), and George White." While
the father was guarding and issuing ammunition for the war, the son
was caring for the fugitive sufferers from the distresses of the times,
gathered at Albany. The book is full of receipts for moneys paid
to parties who furnished food and supplies to the " poor distressed
people," and the "Refugees," extending from Sept. 16, 1777 to
Apr. 2, 177<S, of which the following are samples: "Received,
Albany, 16th Oct., 1777, from Col. Myndert Roseboom. the sum of
thirty shillings for three head of cattle which I have slaughtered for
the poor distressed people, Jno. Padgett." "Received, Albany,
6th Oct., 1777, from Col. Roseboom, twenty-four pounds, six
shillings, in full for six weight flour, 30-3 weight at thirty-four
shillings for , John Depeyster. D. P. Ten Eycke." "Received,
Albany, loth Feb., 1778, from Col. Roseboom, the sum of sixteen
pounds in full for one ox for the use of the poor. Phi'p Schuyler."
"Received, Albany, 2nd Feb., 1778, from Col. Roseboom, the
sum of sixty pounds for 3,000 weight of flour. Hendrick Rose-
boom."
Col. Roseboom was a merchant extensively engaged at Albany,
both before and after the war, apparently continuing his father's
business, and in correspondence with his brother John, at Schenec-
tady ; his brother, Barent, being also established at Albany in the fur
trade. Letters are preserved from a mercantile correspondent in
London, a fur dealer, one of which, treating of some transactions
with the brothers at Albany, dated in Sept., 1775, just before the
war, ends as follows : " I feel very sensibly for the distressed situ-
30 THE KOSEIJOOMS.
ation of America, as well as for many individuals in this country^
and wish for nothing so much as to see a reconciliation take place,
but sorr}' I am to say, that there is not the smallest appearance of
it. Amos Ilayton." This regret at the needless conflict continued
to its close, and points to a feeling among better-thinking people in
the mother-country of which history takes little account ; as witness
another of these business epistles, dated at the close of the war, in
1781:, which reveals how men were writhing with the utter demoral-
ization of business in which they neither could pay their creditors
nor dare give credit, and ending with these strong words : "You
may believe me when I assure you that I rejoice as sincerely as you
can do at an end being put to the war with America, as I ever thought
it both impolitick and unjust, and God knows 1 have suffered enough
by it in being kept out of many sums of Money which has been
owing me for several years past, but which I hope I may now soon
receive or at least some part of them. I remain, &c., Amos Hay-
ton."
This debtor could not pay, like others, who either defaulted or
paid in worthless Continental notes, and Col. Roseboom bent to the
storm and assigned his large affairs to his brother John and nephew
Henry.
A copy of a deed (j) from Col. John Harper to Col. John
Myndert Roseboom, dated Feb. 1, 1775, conveying lot No. Two of
the Beaver Dam farm, is in possession of the family, and also one
(k) conveying lot No. One, of the same farm to John Roseboom,
brother of Myndert, dated Mar. 12, 1795, each of 250 acres.
Another deed, dated Sept. 10, 1803, conveys a tract of 150 acres,
adjoining the above, to Barent Roseboom, son of John. The lands
afterwards in possession of the family were much more extensive
than these three deeds indicate, and the tradition that Col. Rose-
boom" received a grant from the government for military services
is borne out by the following paper entitled "Accounts Current,"
"Col. ^lyndert Roseboom, with Barent Roseboom & Brothers,
dated Canajoharie, May 6, 1805." Among these accounts is found
the following item: "Dec. 26, 1799, paid Col. Campbell for
three years' board, seventy-four pounds, fifteen shillings." This
item shows that Col. Roseboom was a resident of Cherry Valley for
three years, sometime previous to Dec, 1799, and we may fairly
infer that the tradition regarding Government grants is not without
THE ROSEROOMS. 31
foundation. He also acted as agent for the lands of Lieut. Gover-
nor George Clark. He died unmarried in Canajobarie, Apr. 10,
1800, aged 70.
4. Lieut. John Rosekoom, son of Henrick M. Eoseboom and
Maria Ten Ej-ck, (3), was born in Albany, X. Y., Oct. 23, 1739.
He was sometimes called John H., " Silversmith." He settled earl}'
at Schenectady as a merchant; his house, purchased in 1764, being
on the northeast corner at the crossing of the road to the Fort and
that to Niscayuna, the deed of which is extant. His business ac-
counts from 1772 to 1789 are also preserved, and indicate that his
dealings, besides general merchandise, were largely in silver orna-
ments which were bartered to those trading with the Indians, there-
for being received furs and leather which were forwarded to his
brother Myndert at Albany for shipment to London. One or two of
the entries will illustrate the traffic: "Messrs. Abr. Van Epes &
Jacob Van Epes ; 5 arm bands, 3 round moons, 4 pare rist bands,
1 box, 50 pare Eare rings, 13 pare large, 100 broaches, oO Doo.
small — £21, 18, 0." In Apr., 1773, Gereet Teller & Will'm Groes-
beck purchase such jewelry, — ^ " eare wheels, large crosses, half-
moons, hare plaits," (perhaps like what the Dutch peasant-girls
wear), "and 1 thousand gun-ttints, to the amount of £115, 9, 0."
"Myndert Roseboom in Albany" is debited, Nov., 1774, with an
invoice amounting to £210, 17, 2, enumerating " 1368 lbs. of read
Lether at 2s. 9d. per lb., 33 of parchment, 16 Otters, 1 Fisher, 14
Mush Ratts, 13 gray Skins, 9 Bare skins, 5 Beaver, etc." Apr. 14.
1786, John pays a bill "To Doc't Will'm Adams, for attending in
my famih^ as Docktor, £9, 10."
Mr. Roseboom was a member of the Committee of Safety and a
Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution. On Maj' 6, 1775, on the
approach of the war, the freeholders and inhabitants of Schenectady
at a meeting unanimously chose ten persons, of whom he was one,
"to be a Committee of correspondence, safety and protection for
the township," two of the others being James Wilson and Hugh
Mitchell. These two men had retired from Cherry Valley before
the oncoming of trouble, to Schenectady, the latter afterwards
returning there to become the centre, of one of the most harrowing
episodes of the Massacre. His family were ruthlessly slain before
32 THE ROSEBOOMS.
his eyes, he iudentifying the murderer in one of his Tory neighbors,
named Newberry, whose hanging he subsequently procured.
"NVilsou was surveyor-general of the county of Albany.
The Archives of the iNIilitia and Roster of State troops, under
date .lune 20, 1770, give John Koseboom as First Lieutenant of
Capt. Oothout's, formerly Fonda's and "NVasson's, company, in the
Second, Col. Abm. Wemple's, regiment. The minutes of the Com-
mittee of Safety, June 2, 177'.), indicate that Lieut. Roseboom was
as yet serving at home, as he is at that date named with three others
as salt commissioners. The meetings of the Committee were held
in the house of William AVhite, at Church and Front streets. Their
extensive and multiform duties included the raising of troops, and
mil the details of military matters, and also the decision as judges
in eases of those charged with treasonable sentiments or with being
unfriendly to the cause of the colonies, or who had in any way been
proved to have acted as allies of England. We can understand how
ready these men were to avenge the blood of the family of one of
their own number.
^^'hile a resident of Schenectady Mr. Roseboom went to Detroit,
Mich., to trade with the Indians, making the first part of the journey
in boats on the Mohawk river. Six weeks were consumed by this
trip. Sometime previous to 1790 he moved from Schenectady and
settled on the late Abram N. Van Alstine place, one mile east of
Canajoharie Village. On this farm there was a private burial ground
in which the following members of the family were interred : Hen-
drick M. Roseboom and his sons Myndert, Barent and John ; Maria,
dan. of John, his son Barent J,, with his wife Sarah, and infant dan.,
and a grandson Peter Gansevoort. These nine were afterwards,
about 1850, moved to Prospect Hill cemetery, Canjoharie. More
recently Mrs. Susannah Roseboom and her son Mjnidert were moved
from Schenectady, and another son, Henry, from Albany, and placed
beside the others.
John Roseboom left at his death 2244 acres of land in Cherry
Valley, embracing the Beaver Dam property, (j), which had previ-
ously been owned by Col. John Harper, and on which was a saw
mill where, according to the journal of Lieut. William McKinstry,
the timber was cut for the "block-house at the Fort." Most of
this land though sold came back to his sons. He had also 708
acres in Oswego, 750 in the Sackindaga patent, as well as land in
THE ROSEBOOMS. 33
Canajoharie. and several pieces of property iu Albau}-, The latter
included "two acres on Albany Hill," a house iu State street for
years occupied by Killien Killiense Van Renselaer, and a " stoor"
and lot in Market street. The transfer papers of his home iu Sche-
nectady give his name as "John H.," the initial of Hendrick, his
father's name, being inserted for better identification, as was custom-
ary. Fo*- this property, so early as 1764, he paid £430 to Rich'd
Collins, who the year previous had bought it of Thos. Nicksou for
£619, 7, 7. He died in Canajoharie, Apr. 4, 1805, aged 65.
He married, 31ay 19, 1763, Susannah Veeder, dau. of 3Iyndert
Veeder and p:iizabeth Douw. She was born in Scenectady, Apr.
18, 1744. She was descended from Simon Volkertse Veeder, " de
bakker," born in 1624, settled in New Amsterdam in 1652, sold lot
in 1654 for thirty beavers, moved to Beverwyck ; owned land on the
Normanskill ; moved to Schnectady in 1662 ; owned a " bouwery "
on the great tlat there, numbered 9, containing 24 morgens*, and a
village lot on the north corner of State and Ferry streets. He was
the first of the name in America, and had four sons who left families,
and also three daughters. Johannes Simonse Veeder, of Albany,
third son of the above, had land on the Normanskill below Albauy.
He married, 1st, Nov. 19, 1697, Susanna, dau. of Myndert Wemple,
who was the mother of Myndert Veeder and five others ; he married,
2nd. June 3, 1718, Susanna "Wendell, of Albany, and had one child.
Myndert Veeder, of Albany, bap. there, Apr. 30, 1707, son of the
above, married, Dec. 19, 1733, Elizabeth Douw, dau. of Volkert
Douw and Margareta Van Tricht, of Rensselaerwyck Manor.
On her mother's side, the first ancestor in America was Capt.
Volkert Janse Douw, from Frederickstadt, was in Beverwyck from
1638 to 1686 ; his house lot was on the west corner of State street
and Broadway. He was a trader and brewer, and dealt largely in
real estate. He married, in New Amsterdam, Apr. 19, 1650, Dorotee
Janse, from Breestede, Holland. (She was a sister of Rutger
Jacobson's wife, and died Nov. 22, 1781.) Volkert Douw, of
Manor Rensselaerwyck, son of the abave, married, Nov. 16, 1701,
Margareta Van Tricht, who was buried Jan., 1752 ; he was buried
Sept. 2, 1753. Elizabeth, their fourth child, bap. Oct. 24, 1711,
married Myndert Veeder.
* A morgen contained 9722 square yards, or a litttle more than two acres.
34 THE RO8EROO1MS.
After the death of lier husband, Susannah Roseboom remained
with her sons until the death of Barent in ISO?, wlien she returned
to .Seiienectady to pass the remaining days of life in her native place,
where she died Jan. 2G, 1812, aged 67.
Children.
1. Ifendnck, 1). Sept. 15, 17(;4; d. Apr. 21, 17110, ae. 25.
•_'. Myndert, h. ,1 uly 2!», 17()G ; (I. Feb. 5, 1788, ae. 21. •
;{. Elizabeth, I). Dec. 25, 17(J8 ; ni. Conrad Gansevoort. (11)
4. Jiarenf, b. June 17, 1771 ; ni. Sarah Schernierhorn ; Catharine Tyms.
(32)
5. John J., h. Oct. 23,1774; d. Mar. 15, 1829, ae. 54.
(!. A/ira/ia/n, b. Aug. 10, 1777 ; m. Kuth Johnson. (33)
7. Maria, b. Feb. 21,1783; d. Apr. 16, 17;!6, ae. 13.
THE JOHNSONS. 1136776
5. The first American settler of the Johnson famil}^ was Capt.
John Johnson, who probably came from England in the fleet with
John Wiuthrop, who arrived in Salem, Mass., June 22, 1630. He
brought his wife and five children with him. He was most likely
born prior to 1600, as his eldest son married in 1637. He settled
in Roxbury, Mass., where he was chosen constable Oct. 19, 1630,
and was made a freeman May 18, 1631. He was one of the founders
of the church in July, 1632, of which Rev. John Eliot was the first
pastor, and was one of the embryo parliament of that year. He
was a deputy at the first general court in 1634 and for fifteen 3'ears
afterwards, and became a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company in 1638, was clerk of that company for three
years, and surveyor general of all the arms and amunition.
AVhen Anne Hutchinson was taken into custody in 1637, the
general court ordered that the arms of her Roxlniry adherents be
delivered to "goodman" Johnson, the town of Roxbury being re-
quired to take order foi- their custody and " if any charge arise to
1)e defrayed by her husband." Capt. Johnson was a "very indus-
trious and faithful man in his place," kept a tavern in Roxbury
street where many public meetings were held, and was a man of
great esteem and influence. On Feb. 6, 1645, this tavern with all
the outbuildings was burned, with seventeen barrels of pow^ler and
other amunition which were stored there, the explosion shaking
the houses in Boston and Cambridge as with an earthquake. At
this fire the first book of records of the town of Roxbury, and
r>('» THE J0IIN80NS.
the school charter were destroyed, the former was an irreparable
loss.
"In answer to the petition of Barnabas Fawer's execntors &
ouscers of his last will & testament, liberty is graunted for a devision
of the estate which tlie sd testator left to liis wife & sonne Kliaznr,
«fc that the howsc, prised at £180, shalbe estated on his sd son, &
the otiier howse, prised at £40, shalbe estated on John Johnson,
husband of Grace Fawer, the late wife of the foresd Barnabas &
that the rest of the estate be equally devided so as to make the two
whole pts equall between the mother & the son according to the
will."
"This Court, taking notice of the contynuall payues & faytbfull
endevours of Mr. Joh Johnson in the place of the surveyor general],
lookinge to the country amies & pcureinge many of the country
del>ts, judge it meete he should have due recompence, & doe
tlierefore order, that he shalbe allowed five poundes p annu, & to
begin from the time of the Courte's last allowance to him for his
paynes in that imployment,"
On ]\Iay (3, 1657, the court decreed that "Mr. John Johnson,
having bin long serviceable in the place of surveyor gen'U, for which
he hath never had any satisfaction, which this Court considering of,
thinkes meet to graunt him 300 acors in any place wdiere he can find
it, according to law." He died in Eoxbury, Sept. 30, 1659.
The following is an extract from his will :
"The last will & Testament of John Johnson of Roxbury, this 30th of
the 7th, '59, having my perfect memory & understanding l\v the blessing of
my inercyfull Father, whose reconciled face in Jesus Christ my soule waiteth
to behould. I dispose of my- worldly goods & estate as followeth. My
dwelling house & certaine lands I have allready given to my beloved wife
during the terme of her natural life, according to a deed wh is extant wh
deede my will is sliall be fulfilled, wherein also I have given her £(iO for her
houseliould furniture, wh house & lands after my wives decease I give unto
ray 5 children to be equally divided, my eldest sonne having a double portion
therein, according to the word of God. * * * * j^igg j make my sonns
Isaak Johnson & Robert Pepper my executors of this my last will & Testa-
ment. >si I re(|uest my deare brethren Elder Heath, & Deakon Tarke, to be
overseers, of this my will & Testament. & in token of my love I give ym
each £10. If my children slioidd disagree in any thing, I doe order them to
choose one man more, to these my overseers, & stand to theire determina-
tion."
THE JOHNSONS. 37
An iuventorie of ye goods and chattell of John Johnson Late of Roxbery
Deceased :
2 fether beads 2 bolsters 3 pilows 2 sheets wh (with) 3 blankets
and A rugg with curtans and valents (valences) with a bed steed 10
a tabl 6 Joyn stools and a carpet
1 drincking glass 1 hoar (liour) glass
3 hats & wearing aparell wth boots stockings bands caps hand-
cherches
2 bibls 1 psalme booke and 8 books more
121b of yarn 13 scains
1 curtain rod 1 pair of pinsers 2 pair of sheers
8 silver spoons
He married, 1st, Margery, who died June 9, 1655, in Roxbury.
(Nothing more regarding Iier can be ascertained.)
He married, 2nd, Grace Fawer*, born Negus, and widow of
Barnabas Fawer. She died after 1659.
Children: by the first marriage.
1. Isaac, m. Jan. 20, 1637, Elizabeth Porter. (6)
2. Humphrey, m. Mar. 20, 1(j43, Ellen Cheney.
3. Mary, m. Roger Mowry ; d. Jan., 1079; he d. Jan. .5,
[1(166.
4. Elizabeth, m. Mar. 14, 1043, Robert Pepper ; d. Jan. 5, 1684; he d. July
[7, 1684.
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6. Capt. Isaac Johnson, son of Capt. John and Margery John-
son, (5), was born in England, and came to Massachusetts with his
parents in 1630. He was admitted to be a freeman Mar, 4, 1635,
and became a member of the Roxbury church. He joined the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645, was lieutenant
in 1666 and .its captain in 1667. He was ensign of the Roxbury
company previous to 1653, and on June 13, of that year was elected
captain. In 1671 he represented the town in the general court.
"On July 6, 1675, a body of fifty-two Praying Indians, Rev. John
Eliot's converts marched from Boston for Mount Hope under the
intrepid Captain Isaac Johnson who afterwards certified that the
most of them acquitted themselves courageously and faithfully."
* Grace Negus married, 1st, Mar. 10, 1643, Barnabas Fawer, who came from Dorchester,
England, in 1635, and died Dec. 13, 1654.
Child.
Eleazar.
'^S TJIK JOHNSONS.
'^ Beside the troop of Prentice, Capt. Isaac Johnson was ordered
on .Inly 1."). 1G75, to march with soldiers listed under the order of
INIajor Treatt, (Governor of Connecticnt), as also some others from
IJoston, to relieve Mendon and Wrentham. Like all other train-band
captains he was a man of distinguished social position."
" The Indian War of 1G75-'7G— ' Philip's War,' as it is called,—
was the severest ordeal through which New England was ever called
ui)on to pass. The intrepid Capt. Isaac Johnson, of Koxbury, with
five other captains, was killed while storming the Narragansett
stronghold, when that fierce tribe was destroyed at the famous ' Fort
Fight,' Dec. 19, 1675. The onl}^ entrance to the fort was over a
felled tree, bridging the swamp, over which but one man could pass
at a time, and this narrow pathway was protected by a blockhouse.
The brave Roxbur}^ captain was shot dead on this bridge, over which
he was leading his men."
Following is his will :
The Last Will & testamt of Isaac Johnson of Koxbury this 8 of
March 1673 I haveing my perfect memory & understanding first I committ
my Soiile to God in Jesus Christ. Secondly I committ my body to my beloved
wife Oc children to be decently buried. Thirdly I doe dispose of my worldly
goods as followeth — my debts & funerall charges being discharged my will
is that Elizabeth my beloved wife Shall have all my moveable goods except
my apparrell at her owne dispose & the houseing & Land during the time of
her Naturall life >!>: after her decase my will is the houseing & Land bee divi-
ded l^etweene ray fower children my Sonne Isaac or his heires to have a
double portion & Soe the portion of the rest to goe to theire heires that is in
case my imediate Children any of them bee dead before they come to Injoy
there portion. Also my will is that my Beloved wife l)ee Sole Executrixe of
this my Last will >.<: I request my Brother Edwaixl Porter & Cozen John Weld
to bee Overseerss of this my Last will my will is that all my weareing appar-
ell be divided betweene my sonne Isaac & my Sonne Nathiuiiell my Sonne
Isaac to have tw'o Shares or a double portion of my sd apparrell. Witness
my hand this 28th of June One thousand Six hundred Seaventy five. Isaac
.jolinson Senior.
Mr. ,Jno Weld & Samuell Craft appeared before Symon Bradstreet Samuell
Danforth ^^i ICdw Tyng Ksqrs tiiis 10th of febr 167(i made Oath that being
well acfiuainted wth tlie Late Capt. Isaac Johnson & his hand writeing they
■\errily lielieve ^^t Judge that the above sd whereto his name is Subscriljcd is
all his owne hand wiiteing this thus deposed as Attests, flreegrace Bendall,
Hecordr.
Inventory, £579, 12s, (Id. House, out-houses, orchard gardens, etc., 120.
8tA.. £30.5. 2 hoi'ses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 4 young cattle, 7 swine, stack of bees,
THE JOHNSONS. 39
bridle, saddle, pillion, 3 bibles ; carpenter, mason & wheelwright tools ; and
furnishings of a parlor, kitchen, pai'lor chamber, kitchen chamber, and
cellar.
He married, Jan. 20, 1637, Elizabeth Porter, of Roxbury,
who died, Aug. 13, 1683.
Children.
1. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 24, 1637; m. Dec. 20, 1658, Henry Bowen : d. Apr.
20, 1701, ae. 63.
2. John, b. Nov. 3,163!); d. Dec. 18, 1661, ae. 22.
3. Mary, b. Apr. 21, 1()42 ; m. Dec. 17, 1663, William Bartholomew ;
d. after 1697.
4. Isaac, Jr., b. Nov. 7,1643; m. Mary Harris. (7)
.5. Joseph, b. Nov. i), 1645; d. young.
6. Xathaniel, b. May 1, 1647 ; m. Apr. 29, 1667, Mary Smith ; d. after lOi-T.
7. Isaac Johnson, Jr., son of Capt. Isaac Johnson and Eliza-
beth Porter, (6). was born in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 7, 1643. He
moved to Middletowai, Conn., where he was admitted to the church
by letter from the church at Roxbury, Nov. 26, 1672. He died
there, Feb. 23, 1720, aged 76.
He married, Dec. 26, 1G69, Mary Harris, dau. of Daniel Harris
and Mary Weld. She was born in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 2, 1651,
and died in Middletown, Aug. 1, 1740, aged 89.
Children.
1. Isaac, b. Dec. 19, 1670.
2. Daniel, b. Oct. 8,1672; m. Abigail Leek. (8)
3. John, b. Aug. 1,1674; d. Jan. 6, 1693, ae. 18.
4. Joseph, b. Mar. 9, 1677.
5. Xathaniel, b. Jan. 17, 1679.
6. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1681.
7. William, b. Mar. 14, 1683; d. Mar. 25, 1683.
8. Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1687.
9. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 29, 1692; d. Oct. 31, 1692.
8. Daniel Johnson, son of Isaac Johnson, Jr., and IMary
Harris, (7), was born in Middletown, Conn., Oct. 8, 1672, and died
there, Jan. 28, 1758, aged 85.
He married, Feb. 1]., 1707, Abigail Leek, who was born in
1684, and died in Middletown, Oct. 12, 1757, aged 73.
40 THE JOHN.^ONS.
Children
1.
Ahiijail, )>.
I».T. s. 1707.
o
J>aniel, Jr.. li.
■ liuH- 8, 1710:
m. Elizal
Edith
3.
Mary, h.
Mav 4. 1713.
4.
Caleb, b.
.July 21, 1717.
Elizabeth "Ward : Jane Richardson ;
Edith Arnold; Sarah Tryon. («.))
0. Daniel Johnson, Jr., son of Daniel Johnson and Abigail
Leek, (8), was born in IMiddletown, Conn., June 8, 1710.
He married, 1st, Oct. 17, 1734, Elizabeth Ward, dau. of
George Hubbard and Mehitable INIiller, and widow of John AVard.
She Avas baptized in Middletown, Apr. 22, 1711, and died there,
July 28, 174G, aged 35.
He married, 2nd, Jan. 13, 1747, Jane Richardson, who died in
Middletown, Jan. 24, 1754, aged 36.
He married, 3rd, Nov. 14, 1754, Edith Arnold, dau. of John
Arnold and Edith Markham. She was baptized in Middletown, Nov.
8, 1713, and died there, Sept. 4, 1755, aged 41.
He married, 4th, Dee. 15, 1755, Sarah Tryon, dau. of Richard
Goodrich and Hannah Bulckley, and widow of William Tryon. She
was born in Middletown, July 6, 1715.
Children : — by the first marriage.
I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1735.
•1. Darnel, h. Oct. 8,1737; d. Mar. 24, 1740, ae. 2.
3. Daniel, b. Jan. 9, 1741.
4. Seth, b. Sept. 6, 1743.
5. Jesse, b. Nov. 7,1745; m. Mary Stevenson ; Abigail Goodwin. (10)
Children : — by the second marriage.
(!. Lucretia, b. Sept. 12, 1748.
7. Jane, b. Nov. 12, 174!).
s. Abigail, b. Dec. 2,1751; m. May 30, 1771, Eliphlet Hubbard,
it. A daughter, b. Jan. <i, 1753 : d. Jan. 10, 1753.
Child: — by the third marriage.
10. A daughter, b. and d. Awis.. Ill, 1755.
Children: — by the fourth marriage.
II. BulcMey, b. Feb. 24. 1758. \
12. Edith, h. Feb. 24, 1758. j Twins.
10. Jesse Johnson, son of Daniel Johnson, Jr., and Elizabeth
Ward, (9), was born in Middletown, Conn., Nov. 7, 1745. He
was a farmer, and the curing of beef for use at sea was also an ini-
THE JOHNSONS. 41
portant adjunct in his business life. He lived at Middletown and
Chatham until 1804, when he considered it best to remove his two
young sons from the temptation of following the sea, that had taken
his eldest son so suddenly five years before, and which had proved
fatal to so many of the young men of that locality. Through the
iuduence and assistance of a fellow-townsman, Joseph White, M.D.,
who left Chatham on the completion of his medical course and in
1787 settled in Cherry Valley, N. Y., Mr, Johnson purchased a farm
one and one-half miles south of that village, and built a house on it
in the summer of 1804, and in November moved his family with all
their worldly goods in wagons. He was elected elder of the Pres-
byterian church in 1814 and held that office during the remainder of
his life. He was a consistant christian and a benevolent man. He
died at his home, Apr. 30, 1832, aged 86.
He married, 1st, Feb. 27, 1769, Mary Stevensox, dau. of John
Stevenson and Susanna Savage. She was born in Middletown,
INIar. 14, 1747, and died in the town of Cherry Valley, Nov. 23,
1809, aged 62.
He married, 2nd, Mar., 1812, Abigail Goodwin,* born Butler,
widow of Samuel Goodwin, Jr. She was born Oct., 1751. After
Mr. Johnson's death she returned to Madison, N. Y., and lived with
her son, Samuel Goodwin, Jr., where she died Oct. 31, 1834, aged
83.
.Children ; — by the first marriage.
1. Robert, b. Aug. !), 1769; m. Lucy Wilcox. (")0>
2. Jesse, b. July 12, 1771 ; d. Oct. 11, 1775, ae. 4.
3. Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1773; m. Samuel Stewart, Jr. (59)
4. Mary, b. May 17,1775; m. Col. Eli Wilder. (73)
5. Jesse, b. Apr. 9, 1777 ; d. Mar. 29, 1780, ae. nearly 3.
6. Ruth, b. Mar. 14, 1779; m. Abraham Ro.seboom. (33)
7. Lucy, b. May 3,1781; m. Dr. James Kennedy. (105)
8. Sally Maria, b. Sept. 13, 1783; m. Dr. Ebenezer Johnson. (lOG)
9. Erastus, b. Airf . 10, 1786 : m. Jerusha W. Holt. (115)
10. Jesse, b. ]May 23, 1792 ; d. INIay 19, 1813, ae. nearly 21.
* Abigail Butler married, l.st, Jan. 18, 1781, Samuel Goodwin, .Jr., son of Samuel Goodwin
and Laodamia Merrill. He was born in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 7, 1752, and died there, Apr. 6,
1807, aged 51.
Child.
Samuel, Jr., b. Dec. 8. 1781 ; m. Feb. 24, 1805, Abigail Olcott ; Oct. 8, 1846, Rebecca Forbes
Bacon; d. May 22, 1852, ae. 70.
ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT AND
DESCENDANTS.
1 1 . Elizabeth Roseboom, clau. of John Roseboom and Susanna
Veeder, (4), was born in Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1768. Her
early life was spent in Albanj^ but her father's family moved to
Canajoharie previous to her marriage in 1791. " Many years before
her deatli her husband removed to Schenectady and soon after to
Albany, where she resided amid the scenes of her early associations,
till not long before her decease. The last few years of her life
were spent with her daughter, Mrs. Cooke, in Holmdel, N. J. Pos-
sessed of a strong mind, unostentatious in her manners, firm and
decided in her character, dignified in her deportment, and withal
benevolent and kind, she endeared herself to a large circle of
friends. She was for many years a member of the North Dutch
Cliurch of Albany and her christian deportment was consistent and
steady. A life that has been spread over so large space of time
cannot depart without making us feel that we have been further re-
moved than ever from the scenes of the past. We no longer hear
the venerable matron of more than four-score describe the manners
of those days of simplicity, nor hear an eye-witness relate the
events of those interesting times. It was during those years of her
life tliat the mind receives its most vivid impressions to which it
reverts with most interest, that the stormy seasons of the American
Revolution occurred. Her memory had treasured up many interest-
ing incidents of those times." The writer remembers hearing her
narrate an incident that occurred in her early days : Gen. Burgoyne
DESCEXDANTS OF ELIZAHETII K08EB00M GAN8EVOORT. 43
had boasted that he would make elbow-room as he came down from
Canada, and as he was brought to Albany after his surrender, a
crazy fellow stepped in ahead of the procession and wagging his
elbows, shouting " elbow-room, elbow-room for Burgoyne ! " She
died in Holmdel, Jan. 11, 1850, aged 81.
She married, Nov. 12, 1791, Conrad Gaxsevoort, son of Dr.
Peter Gansevoort, and Garritje Ten Eyck. He was born in Albany,
Mar. 28, 1761. He was a direct descendant of John Wessel Gan-
sevoort (Wesselus Gansefortius) who was born in Gronigen, Hol-
land, in 1419 and died in 1489. The latter was known as Wessel,
and Avas also called "LuxMundi," — light of the world. He was
an intimate friend of Tliomas a Kempis, as well as of Sixtus IV.
Soon after the latter was made Pope in 1471, he asked Gansevoort
what he could do for him, whereupon Wessel asked for a Greek and
Hebrew Bible from the Vatican library. '' You shall have it," said
the Pope, " but what a simpleton you are ! why did you not ask me
for a bishopric?" "Because I do not want it," was the simple
reply. His descendant, Harmen Harmense VanGansevoort, came
to America and was a brewer in Beverwyck (Albany) in 16G0, and
died July 23, 1710. His sou Leendert (Leonard) wlio was born in
1681 and died in 1763 was the father of Dr. Peter Gansevoort, born
in 1725, and died in 1809.
Conrad Gansevoort, was a member of Isaac DeForrest's com-
pany, in the regiment of Col. Jacob Lansing, Jr., first Albany
county militia, raised in the city and commissioned Oct. 20, 1775,
On Mar. 3, 1780, he was made ensign of the company, Garrit
Groesbeck becoming captain in place of DeForrest, and on June 20
he was made second lieutenant. After the close of the war he
established himself in the mercantile business in the town of Min-
den, Montgomery county, and erected a dwelling with a store in it
on a knoll at the foot of Sand Hill. He was a man much respected,
and after years of successful trading he retired from business and
returned to Schenectady about 1812, and subsequently to Albany—
probably about 1816. " The Reformed Dutch Church of Canajoharie
was erected on Sand Hill in 1750, nearly a mile to the westward of
Fort Plain. The merchant, Conrad Gansevoort, had the only
cushioned pew in it." He died while on a visit in Bath, N. Y.,
Aug. 9, 1829, aged 68.
41 DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT.
4.
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7.
8.
Children.
1). Aug. 7,1702: d. July 25, 1794, ae. 2.
Ij. Aug. (i, 1794; d. June 7, 1829, ae. 34.
b. June 20, 1796; m. Rev. Samuel A. VanVranken.
(12)
b. Aug. 27, 1798; m. Rebecca Irwin. (13)
b. Dec. 25, 1800; d. May 29, 1831, ae. 30.
b. Jan. 5,1803; m. Helen R. Lyon. (14)
b. Mar. 19, 1805 ; m. Dr. Robert W. Cooke. (15)
Catherine Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1810; m. Ambrose "W. Cooke ; John V. S.
[Hazard. (16)
I'eter Conrad,
I'eier Conrad,
Ma riu ,
John Jioseboom,
Henry,
TenEyck,
Susan,
12. Maria Gaxsevuokt dau. of Conrad Gausevoort and Eliza-
beth Roseboom, (11), was born in Fort Plain, N. Y., June 20, 1796,
and died in Freehold, N. J., June 1, 1831, aged nearly 35.
She married, Oct. 13, 1817, Rev. Samuel Alexander Van
Vranken, D. D.,* son of Nicholas VanVranken and Ruth Conistock.
He was born in Fislikill, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1792. He was a Profes-
sor in Rutgers College and Theological Seminary, in New Brunswick,
N. J., where he died, Jan. 1, 1861, aged 68.
1. Xicholas, b.
2. Ganseroort, b.
3. Elizabeth Gansevoorf, b.
4. Maria Gansevoort, b.
■5. John Mahon, b.
Children.
1818 ; d.
Dec. 2,1820; m.
1822; d.
1824 ; d.
Feb. 18, 1827 ; d.
Mar. 2, 1856, ae. 38.
Mary C. Brinckerhoff.
Nov. 5, 1839, ae. 17.
Aug. 27, 1843, ae. 19.
Apr. 13, 1829, ae. 2.
(17)
13. JoHx Roseboom Gansevoort, son of Conrad Gansevoort
and Elizabeth Roseboom, (11), was born in the town of Minden,
N. v., Aug. 27, 1798. He was educated in Albany, left there in
1817, and was one of the early pioneers settlers in Bath, N. Y.
He was an extensive merchant and forwarder of produce, when the
* Rev. S. A.\'an \'riinkuii married, 2ud, May 6, 1S3.5, Maria Swift, dau. of Henry Swift and
Rebekah Warner. She was l)oru in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1814, and died there, June,
2, 1841, aged 2G.
Children.
1. J-'rances,
2. Samuel Alexander.
b. Jan. 28,18.36; m. May 23, 1860, Rev. John McCIellen Holmes;
d. Oct, 30, 1874, ae. 38.
b. Aug. o, 1840; d. Dec. 1. 1844, ae. 4.
He married, 3rd, Dec. 18, 1851, Mary B. Boulden, dau. of Thomas Bond and Jane Maffett
and widow of John Ford, and Nathan Boulden. She was born in New Castle, Del., Nov. 25,
18U5.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT.
45
chief highway to the Atlantic was down the Susquehanna river. He
was an active Mason and one of the cliarter members who re-estab-
lished Steuben Lodge, No. 112, F. & A. M., in Bath, in 184G. He
died there. May 19, 1856, aged 57.
He married, Dec. 7, 1820, Rebecca Irwin, dau. of Jared Irwin
and Lucretia Patterson. She was born in Dansville, N. Y-., Dec.
2i», 1805, and died in Bath, May (3, 1887, aged 81.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(J.
7.
8.
Elizabeth,
James,
Peter Conrad,
Children.
b. Oct. 28, 1821 ; m. Henry A. Ogden. (18)
b. Nov. 10, 1823; m. Eliza Ogden. (19)
b. Dec. 4,1825; d. May 31, 1856, as. 30; drowned at
[Cincinnati, O.
Susan Catherine, b. Apr. 23, 1828; d. July 1, 1832, ae. 4.
Mary Lucretia, b. June 23, 1830; m. Edward Howell, Jr.; Hiram R.
[He.ss. (20)
fienry Martin, b. Apr. 14, 1832 ; d. Dec. 4, 1833, ae. 1.
Robert Huhhard, b. Dec. 7,1834; d. Apr. 16, 1887, ae. 52.
Helen Maria, b. Oct. 14, 1838; m. William W. Allen. (21)
14. Dr. TenEyck Gansevoort, son of Conrad Gansevoort and
Elizabeth Roseboom, (11), was born in the town of Minden, N. Y.,
Jan. 5, 1803. He graduated with distinction from Union college in
18^2, and afterwards at the Medical college in Philadelphia. In
1824 he settled in Bath, N. Y., and practiced with success. He
subsequently engaged extensively in mercantile pursuits. Liberality
and generosity were marked traits of this upright man, kind and
benevolent neighbor, and devoted husband, father and friend. He
died suddenly in Bath, Sept. 25, 1842, aged 39.
He married, Oct. 14, 1828, Helen Reynette Lyon, dau. of
INEoses Lyon and Elizabeth Arnett. She was born in Prattsburg,
N. Y., Feb. 4, 1811, and died near Wilson, N. C, while returning
from Florida, Apr. 21, 1880, aged 69.
Children.
1. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Aug. 1,1833: m. Duncan S. Magee ; Benj. F.
[Augel. (22)
b. Jan. 6,1836; m. Cornelia M. Fenn. (23)
b. May 19, 1839: m. John N. Hungerford. (24)
b. Aug. 18, 1842; d. Oct. 8, 1867, ae. 25.
3.
4.
Conrad,
Mary Woods,
TenEyck,
4t') DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT.
1."). SrsAN Gaxsevoort, dau. of Convad Gansevoort and Eliza-
Iti'tli Kos(.'boom, (11), was born in Minden, X. Y., Mar. li), 180.").
15v lior earnest life, steadfast faith and self-sacrilleing endeavor she
endeared herself to all with whom she came in touch. She died in
Ilolmdel, N. J., Xov. 21, 1H'.)4, aged 81).
She married, Sept. 22, 1830, Dr. Kobert Woodruff Cooke,
son of Dr. Ambrose Ellis Cooke and Sarah Pearsall Wheeler. He
was l)orn in X'ewton, X. J., .lau. 21, 1797. He graduated at the
College of Phj'sicians and Surgeons in X^ew York, and in 1820
established himself in Holmdel, where he spent the remaining years
of his life in untiring medical labor. Of his skill and success his
numerous patrons bore witness in the extended practice they gave
him during so many years. He died in Holmdel, Dec. 27, 1807,
Childrex.
Dec. J6, 1831; d. Apr. 16, 1867, ae. 35.
Feb. 3, 1833 ; in. ISIaria B. Cowdrey, (25)
Nov. 23, 1834 ; is a farmer near Holmdel.
Dec. 19, 18.37; m. Hulda H. Van Mater. (20)
Mar. 5,1843; d. Apr. 26, 1844, ae 1.
aged 70.
1. Sarah Elizabeth,
1).
2. Hmrxj Gansevoort,
b.
3. Ambrose Wheeler,
b.
4. h'obert Woodruff,
b.
5. Conrad Gansevoort,
b.
16. Catiiekixe Elizabeth Gansevoort, dau. of Conrad Ganse-
voort and P^lizabeth Koseboom, (11), was born in Minden, X. Y.,
June 18, 1810, and died in Xew York City, Apr. 5, 1884, aged 73.
She married, 1st, in 1832, Ambrose Wheeler Cooke, son of Dr.
Ambrose Ellis Cooke and Sarah Pearsall Wheeler. He was born in
Bound Brook, X. J., Sept. 9, 1809, and died in Holmdel, X. J.,
May 9, 1833, aged 23, leaving no children.
She married, 2nd, Sept. 20, 1837, John Van Schoonhoven
Hazard, son of John Hazard and Anna Van Schoonhoven. He was
born in Westport, (in a part then called Compo), Conn., Sept. 20,
1802. In 1804 the family removed to Waterford, X. Y., and when
of age he went to Albany and engaged in mercantile business. Dur-
ing the visit of Gen. LaFayette to this country in 1824-5, Mr. Hazard
formed one of a party of military officers who escorted him from the
Capitol in Albany to the Massachusetts state line. In 1840 he
returned to AVaterford, and remained there until about 1849,- when
he went to X"ew York, and was with the firm of Myers & Co., and
later with A. T. Stewart & Co. He retired from business in 1878,
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT. 47
and moved to Brooklyn, in 1887, where he died, Feb. 26, 1893»
aged 90.
Children : — by the second marriage.
1. Elizabeth Gansevoort, b. July 7,1838: m. Gerraril Allen. (27)
2. Anna Van Schoonhoven, b. Dec. i>, 183!t; resides in Brooklyn.
3. John Wendell, b. Oct. 26. 1841.
4. Mary Allen, b. June 14. 1843: d. May 2, 1844.
5. Catherine Gansevoort, b. May 4, 184(j ; d. Jan. 11, 1851, ae. 4.
17. Gansevoort Van Vraxken, son of Rev. Samuel A. Van
Vranken and Maria Gansevoort, (12), was born in Holmdel, X. J.,
Dec. 2, 1820. He was educated at the Albany Academy and then
engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City until his illness
prevented. He died in Hackensack, N. J., June 6, 1856, aged 35.
He married. Mar. 4, 1852, Mary Cornelia Brinckerhoff.* dau.
of Albert A. Brinckerhoff and Altia Hopper. She was born in
Hackensack. Apr. 6, 1828. She resides in Elizabeth, N. J.
Child.
Mary Gansevoort, b. Dec. 14, 1852.
18. Elizabeth Gansevoort, dau. of John R. Gansevoort and
Rebecca Irwin, (13) was born in Bath, X. Y., Oct. 28, 1821, and
died there, Dec. 14, 1862, aged 41.
She married, Aug., 20, 1844, Henry Austin Ogden, son of
Henry Ogden and Julia Livingston Peck. He was born in Uua-
dilla, X. Y., Aug. 17, 1813. He was merchant in Cincinnati, Ohio,
but failing health compelled him to leave a prosperous business and
seek a warmer climate. He spent some time at Key West, Fla.,
where he was suttler in the army. Disappointed, he returned north
to spend his remaining days with friends and relatives in Bath.
Thouoh he had much to attach him to life, he had lived long enough
* Mrs. Van Vrauken married, ind, Jan. 2S, 1S83, Dr. Henry Rutgers Cannon, t;on of .James
Spencer Cannon and Katharine Brevoort. He was born in the township of Franklin, N. J.,
May 20, 1821.
Children.
1. Henry Brevoort, b. May 2, 1865.
2. Bessie Duncan, b. Aug 31, 1867; m. Jan. 21, 1891, De Witt Clinton Jones, .Tr.
IS DESrKXDAXTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOOKT.
to loarn its vanity, and so songht Him in whom death is disarmed of
its tenors. Ho died in Bath, Ang. 30, 1853, aged 40.
Child.
Henry Gansevoort, b. Aug. 5, 1852.
1'.). Ja.mes trANSEVOOKf, son of John R. Gansevoort and Rebecca
Irwin, (13), was born in Bath, N. Y,, Nov. 10, 1823. He was
admitted an attorney in the N. Y. State Supreme Court at Albany-,
in .Jan., 18-17, was U. S. Deputy Marshall of the Census in 1850,
and Postmaster of Bath in 1852. Then he was engaged in the
mercantile business until 1872, when he went to California and lives
in Alameda.
He married, Nov. 10, 1862, Eliza Ogdex,* dan. of Gustavus
Loomis and Julia Mix, and widow of Edmund Augustus Ogden.
She was born in New York City, May 8, 1818.
20. Makv Lucretia Gansevoort, dau. of John R. Gansevoort
and Rebecca Irwin, (13), was born in Bath, N. Y., June 23, 1830,
and died there, June 24, 1895, aged 65.
She married, 1st, Sept. 18, 1850, Edward Howell, Jr., son of
Edward Howell, and Hannah Cruger. He was born in Bath, Feb.
20, 1821. He studied law with his father, and was an attorney for
the Erie railroad, and Secretary of the Buffalo, Corning and New
York railroad when he died in Bath, Mar. 4, 1853, aged 32.
* Eliza Loomis mavried, 1st, May 2S, 1835, Edmund Augustus Ogden, son of Heury Ogden
and Julia Livingston Peck. He was born in C'atskill, N. Y., July 20, 1811, and died in Fort
Kiley, Kan., Aug. 3, 1855, aged 44.
Children.
1. Julia, b. 1838; d. 1840.
■2. Henry Lnddinglnti, b. 1840; d. 1858.
3. Edmund Auguatuii, b. 1842; d. 1868. '
4. Guslavux, li. i,s-t6: d. 1840.
5. Eliza Kniihj, b. June 28,1848; lu. Feb. 15, 1870, Thomas Cumming Claik;
d. June 20, 1876, ae. nearly 28.
6. iKubellu, b. Aug. 28, 1850.
7. Kate Fauntteroij, b. July 15, 1852; ni, June 18, 1879, Edwin Browue Booth.
8. Edith Panton, li. July 19, 1854; d. June 13, 1890, ae. 35.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH ROSEBOOM GANSEVOORT. 49
She man-ied, 2ncl, Jan. 16, 1862, Hiram Ross Hess,* son of
Conrad Hess and Elizabeth Heckman. He was born in Blooms-
burgh, Penn., Oct. 30, 1809. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Philadelphia, and in 1834 moved to Bath, where he continued busi-
ness. In 1846 he was appointed Loan Commissioner of the county,
and in 1871 was elected Justice of the Peace; and in 1875 was re-
elected to the latter office and served with credit for eight years.
He died in Bath, Apr. 23, 1883, aged 73.
Children : — by the lirst marriage.
1. Frances Minerva, b. Aug. 24, 1851 ; d. Dec. 7, 1851.
2. Mary Edwardina, b. June 4,1853; resides in Bath.
Capt. Robert Hubbard Gansevoort, son of John R. Gause-
voort and Rebecca Irwin, (13), was born in Bath, N. Y., Dec. 7,
1834. A student of medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., when the war
broke out he was made 2nd. Lieut, in Slocum's 1st. N. Y. Artillery,
but when that batterv was consolidated he resigned and enlisted in
tiie afterwards famous 107th, at Elmira. From 1st. Lieut, of Com-
pau}' I, he was promoted Captain of Company G, "for bravery in
the field and steady good conduct." Receiving their baptism of fire
at Antietam, with his regiment he was present from that time till
the war closed, at Chancellorville and Gettysburg, under Joe Hooker
in the Atlanta campaign, and under Slocum from Atlanta to
Savannah and from Savannah to the end. " And among those who
upheld the honor of their regimental flag at all posts of duty, in
camp and march, in siege and fight, Capt. Gansevoort was one of
the foremost."
After recruiting his broken health at home, he settled in Mil-
ledgeville, Ga., but responding to a call for troops for Dakota, he
proceeded to Fort Rice and served under Gen. Custer until 1874.
He was hospital steward at Fort Rice, Fort Stephenson and Bismarck,
when an injury by a fall from his horse compelled his resignation.
For five years he held that position at the Soldiers' Home, at Bath,
* H. R. Hess married, 1st, June 8, 1835, Martha Powell, who was born in Philadelphia,
Penn., Oct. 20, 1816, and died in Bath, Mar. 8, 1852, aged 35.
Children.
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 27, 18.36 ; d. Aug. 1856, ae. 20.
2. George Powell, b. July 27, 1839; m. Ella Murray ; d.
Z. 'Margaret Augusta, h. July 16, 1843; d. June 23, 1814, ae. nearly 1.
r>() DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH R08EB00M GANSEVOORT.
and was then promoted Adjutant, wliieli lie lield until ill health
rejjuired his resignation, Mar. 1.
Of splendid military mien this born soldier b}' his long service
did honor to his Kevolutionar}^ ancostory, and to his descent through
vet earlier generations, from the heroes and martyrs in the hoi}- war
waged by the Netherlanders against the cruelties of Spain, whose
faith he shared. He died unmarried, in Bath, Apr. IG, 1887, aged
21. IIklkn Maria Gaxsevoort, dan. of John K. Gansevoort
and Rebecca Irwin, (13), was born in Bath, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1838.
She married, Oct. 30, 1861, AVilliam AY. Allen, son of John
Thomas Allen and Minerva Ferris. He was born in the town of
Howard, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1835. He is a great grandson of AVilliam
Allen, of New England, who was active as a soldier in establishing
American Independence. He was educated in Haverling academy,
Bath, and in 1852 entered the banking house of Alfred Purd}'
Ferris, in that place, and was connected therewith until 1857, when
the bank of Bath was organized of which he became teller. In 18G3
It was made a National bank with Mr. Allen as cashier.
For many years %e was treasurer of St. Thomas Church, of
Haverling academy, and director and treasurer of the Urbana AVine
Company. He was prominent in the creation of the Steuben Club,
of Bath, a noted social organization of the county, and its first
president, to which he was several times re-elected. He has always
been active in politics but has never held public oflice. with the
exception of commissioner of the U. S. Deposit Fund, for the
county of Steuben, for fourteen years.
Children.
1. Minerva FUzahef7i, b. Dec. 19, ISlG: m. Edwin S. Underbill. (28)
2. Gansevoort Irwin, b. Dec. 1,1807; lives in Batb.
3. Walter Roseboom, b. Jan. 4,1871; lives in Bath.
22. Catiiekixe Elizabeth Gansevoort, dan. of Dr. TenEyck
Gansevoort and Helen R. Lyon, (14), w^as born in Bath, N. A'.,
Aug. 1, 1833. She resides at Geneseo, N. Y.
She married. 1st, May 30, 1852, Duncan Steuart Maijee, ^on
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZAHETH ROSEBOOM GANSEAOOKT. 51
of John Magee and Arabella Orr Steuart. He was born in Bath,
Nov. 29, 1831. He was associated with his father in business, and
in 1851 they became interested in the Blossburg and Corning Eail-
road, and it was through their influence that the road was completed.
He made his first purchase of coal lands in 1859, and opened the
mines at Fall Brook, Penn., the same j^ear. He died in Wiesbaden,
(Tcrmany, May 8, 1869, aged 37.
She married, 2nd, Jan. 18, 1877, Benjamin Franklin An(;el,*
son of Benjamin Angel and Abigail Stickney. He was born in
Burlington, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1812. When a boy he went to Geneseo,
and was educated at Temple Hill academy, studied law and was
admitted to the Bar at the age of 19. In 1853 he was appointed
Consul to Honolulu by President Pierce, and remained there about
two years. He was then appointed Special Commissioner to China,
to settle a dispute between some American merchants and the
Chinese Government in regard to export duties. That successfully
accomplished he returned home via East Indies, Egypt and Europe.
During President Buchanan's administration he was appointed
Minister to Norway and Sweden, ser^'ing there until he was retired
in l.sr>2. He died in Geneseo, Sept. 11, 1894, aged 81.
Chtldren : — by the first marriage.
1. Arabella Steuart, b. Mar. 23. 1854 ; m. Alfred L. EdwarcLs. (29)
2. Helen Ganseroort, b. Sept. 5,1855; m. Lewis Edwards. (30)
23, Conrad Gaxsevoort, son of Dr. TenEyck Gansevoort and
Helen R. Lyon, (14), was born in Bath, X. Y., Jan. 6, 1836. In
1855 he went to Conneaut, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile bu.si-
ness until May 15, 1861, when he enlisted as private in the 2ud.
Ohio Battery. He was soon promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieut.,
and then to that of 1st Lieut. The Battery was placed under the
command of Gen. J. C. Fremont at St. Louis, Mo., Aug., 1861, and
during the famous "hundred days' campaign" in Missouri and
* B. F. Angel married, 1st, May 18, 1835, Julia Jones, dau. of Horatio Jones and Elizabeth
Starr. She was born in the town of Geneseo, May 28, 1811, and died in New York City, Dec. ib,
1S71, aged 60.
Children..
1. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 10, 1837; m. June 5, 1867, Sarah Dennay Smith.
2. Franklin William b. Dec. 2, 1840; m. Apr. 22, 186S, Marie Virarinie Dessaint.
3. Jenny Jones, b. Oct. 29, 1844: m. Oct. 31, 1867, James Watson Gerard.
[y2 DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH IJOSEHOOM GANSEVOOKT.
Arkansas, he saw hard service with Gen. Fremont and his successor,
(ien. Asboth. He fought under Gen. Sigel at the battle of Pea
Ridge, Ark., the most important and decisive victory of Sigel's
i-ampaign in the Southwest, on the fith., 7th. and 8th. of Mar.,
isc-i. On June 15, l.S()2, he was lionorably discharged on account
of physical disabilities, and returned to Conneaut and engaged in
banking for several years. Then he held a position with the Fall
Brook Coal Company, in Tioga county, Penn., for four years, and
since 1874 has lived in Bath.
He married, Sept. 6, 1863, Cornelia Maria Fexn, dau. of
Philip Curtiss Fenn and Mary Tryon. Siie was born in Medina,
Ohio. Oct. 8, 1833, and died in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1887,
aged 54, leaving no children. She was interred in Bath.
24. Makv Woods Gansevookt, dau. of Dr. TenEyck Ganse-
■soort and Helen R. Lyon, (14), was born in Bath, N. Y., May 19,
1839, and died in Corning, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1871, aged 32, leaving
no children.
She married, June 22, 1859. John Newton Hungerford,* son
of Lot Hungerford and Celinda Smith. He was born in Vernon,
N. Y., Dec. 31, 1825. He was reared on a farm in Oneida county,
and in 1846 graduated at Hamilton college. For many years he was
engaged in mercantile business and banking in Corning, and in
1876 he was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. Was a member
of the Presbyterian church. He died in Corning, Apr. 2, 1883,
aged 57.
"o^
25. Dr. Hexkv Gansevookt Cooke, son of Dr. Robert W.
Cooke and Susan Gansevoort, (15), was born in Holmdel, N. J.,
Feb. 3, 1833. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1853 with the
degree of A. B., and received that of A. M. from the same institu-
tion on 1856. He took his degree of M. D. in 1857 from the college
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He served as surgeon of
the 29th New Jersey \'oluntcers with the "Army of the Potomac,"
* J. N. Hungerfunl mjiniod, 2ud, Oct. 18, 1881, Susan Medora Forrester, dau. of Daniel
Aber and Siinan Marsh, and widow of George K. Forrester. She was born in Bath, N. Y.,
Sept. 13, 1836.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH EOSEBOOM GAXSEVOORT. 53
and as a volunteer surgeon during the remainder of tlie war. He
is a member of the District Medical Society of Monmouth county,
of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
He practiced in Holmdel until the spring of 1897 when he moved to
New Brunswick, N. J., where he continues his profession.
He married, June 8, 1876, Maria Burritt Cowdrey, dan. of
Peter Anderson Cowdrey and Maria Burritt. She was born in New
York City, Jan. 6, 1844.
Childrex.
1. Sara Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1877.
2. Maria Cowdrey, b. Nov. 20, 1878.
;i liohert Anderson, b. Aug. 17, 1880.
4. Susan Gansevoort, b. Juue 4, 1882.
5. Henry Gansevoort, b. Sept. 12, 1883: d. Dec. 15, 1884, ae. 1.
<>. Edward Ambrose, b. Apr. 22, 1887.
26. Robert Woodruff Cooke, son of Dr. Robert W. Cooke and
Susan Gansevoort, (15), was born in Holmdel, N. J., Dec. 19, 1837.
He was educated at Russell's military academy at New Haven,
Conn. In the early part of his life he was a farmer, taking charge
of the farm at the homestead. After his marriage he moved to his
farm at Tinton Falls. He remained there until the fall of 1876,
then went to Red Bank, N. J., and spent seven j^ears in mercantile
business. A severe illness which caused partial loss of sight obliged
him to retire from business, and in the fall of 1890 he moved to
Philadelphia, Penn., where his two older sons are in business.
He married, Sept. 16, 1868, Hilda Holmes Van Mater, dau.
of Gilbert Holmes Van Mater and Sarah Hendrickson Holmes. She
was born in Holmdel, Mar. 24, 1844.
Children.
1. Robert Gansevoort, b. Sept. 20, 1869.
2. Gilbert Van Mater, b. Nov. 10, 1871.
3. Henry Gansevoort, b. Oct. 14, 1875.
27. Elizabeth Gansevoort Hazard, dau. of John V. S.
Hazard and Catharine E. Cooke, (16), was born in Albany, N. Y.,
July 7, 1838, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1893, aged 55,
leaving no children.
r»l I)K>« |\M\\ 1- ..r I.I.I/.AKKl II KOSKHOOM ( lANSEVOOIlT.
Slu' iiiurru'd. Apr. :!, IsT'.l, (iii;i;\i;i> Ai.i.i.N, son of Leander
Allrii :iiul KiniiiarniM ( li-iiMnl. He ^v:ls l.orii in X»'W York City,
Der. s, l.s;>;'.. Mini was an accountant in a hank there for man}^
years. lie liv»'s in l>n>(tklvn.
•js. .MiM.i;\ A l^i.izAiii.iii Ai.i.iN, (Ian. of William W. Allen and
Helen .M. ( Jansevoort. (iM), was born in llutli, N. Y., Dec. lit,
\HVr2.
She nnirried, Oct. '.i, l-S-Sl, Ki>\vin Stkwaim rM>i.i;iiii.L, son of
Anthony Lispeiiard I'ndei-iiill ami Clinrlotlc Louisa McBeath. He
was liorii in I'.atli, Oct. 7, J.sC)!. lie attended Ilaverling academy
in Hath, and tlien entered Yale eoUege in 1^77, Avhere he graduated
in issi, receiving the degree of A. B. He is editor and publisher
of the "Steuben Fanners' Advocate," the oldest paper in the
county, and has served uianj' years as chairman of the Democratic
county committee. "Was Democratic candidate for Presidential
Elector in 1.S.S8.
Children.
1. WiHiam Allen . li. Jan. 28, 1.S88.
:;. Kdirin Stewart, .//•., b. Apr. 18, 1890.
(iAN.sEV»>oi{T IinviN Ai.LEx, son of AYilliam AV. Allen and Helen
.M. Oansevoort, (^21), was born in Bath, N. Y., Dec. 1, 18(57. He
was educated in the Haverling academy in Bath, and at Cornell
rniversity. At the latter institution he became a member of the
Alpha Delta Phi fraternit}', and has since become identified wath
that clnl> of New York City. Since 1«'.)U he has been enoasjed in
mercantile pursuits and real estate in Steuben county. Is a mem-
ber of Steuben Lodge, No. 112, F. & A. .Al., and lives in Bath.
2:t. .VuAi-.i.i.i.A SiKiAWT MA(iKK, (hui. of Duucan S. Magee and
Catharine F. (lansevoort, (22), was born in Corning, N. Y., Mar.
2;5, IHiii.
She married. May 12, 1874, Alfked Lewis Edwards, son of
Alfred Edwards and Soi)hia ALitilda Lewis. He was born in New-
York (Ity, Dec. 2, l.s;;,-). He was a graduate of Yale Colleoe in
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH KOSEJiOOM GANSEVOORT. 55
1857, and of Harvard Law School in 1861, and practiced in New
York until 1876, then moved to Columbia county, N. Y., and lived
near Hudson for several years. He is an elder in the Presbyterian
church, and from 1862 to 1874 was a member of the New York
Bible Society, holding successively the offices of Corresponding Sec-
retary, A'ice President and President. He resides in New York
City.
Child.
Helen Gamevoort, b. Aug. 10, 1876 ; m. Arcliibald K. Mackay. (31)
30. Helen Gansevoort Magee, dau. of Duncan S. Magee and
Catherine E. Gansevoort, (22), was born in Corning, N. Y., Sept.
5, 1855.
She married, Apr. 19, 1877, Lewis Edwards, son of Alfred
Edwards and Sophia Matilda Lewis. He was born on Long Island,
N. Y., May 3, 1848. He was educated in the Scientific Depart-
ment of Columbia College, and is an architect, but has not practiced
the profession for several years. He lives in New York City.
Children.
1. Mary Gansevoort, b. Mar. 17, 1878.
2. Duncan LewU, b. Oct. 2i), 1879.
31. Helen Gansevoort Edwards, dau. of Alfred L. Edwards
and Arabella S. Magee, (29), was born in Columbia county, N. Y.,
Aug. 10, 1876.
She married, Nov. 24, 1896, Archibald Kennedy Mackay, son
of Barnard Macka}' and Mary Christina Auchmuty. He was born
in East Hampton. N. Y., Nov. 3, 1866. He graduated at Harvard
in 1889, and is a real estate broker in New York City.
BARENT AND JOHN J. ROSEBOOM,
;52. llAifKNT KosEBooM, SOU of Johu Kosebooiii and Susannah
Veeder, (4), was born in Schenectady, X. \ ., June 17, 1771. He
woinetimes signed liimself " Barent J.," to distinguish himself from
C'apt. Barent, liis uncle. His boj'hood was passed amid the excite-
ments of the wai'. which left tlieir impress npon his character in a
restless activity wliich used up life all too fast. About 1790, when
he was less than twenty years of age, he with his still younger
J)rothers. ,Iohn and Abraham, began business as traders on the
IMoliawk, a mile east of the settlement of Canajoharie, succeeding
"William Beckiiuiu, who had established himself there a couple of
years previousl}^ as the first merchant in the township after the war.
As early as 177G, at or before the organization of Tryon county, a
crossing called Martin Van Alstine's ferry had been established at
that point. Near this John, the father of the young men, had pur-
cliased a farm, and took up his residence upon it to begin life anew
after the general break up and scattering of fortunes by the
upheaval. The partnership with John continued till 1807.
At about the same time three brothers, traders, John, James and
Archibald Kane, i)ut up a stone building with an arched roof, that
became well known as the " Kound Top." A profitable business
was built up in tiie wheat, potash and other products of the rapidly
developing country, and the place became a rendezvous for the ad-
venturous youth of that restless time. Here took place a quarrel in
wliich Barent Kose])oom became involved, leading to a duel, accord-
ing to the false ideas of honor that ruled men in those days"; The
BARENT AND JOHX J. ROSEBOOM. 57
encounter took place Apr. 18, 1801, in a pine grove west of the
'• Round Top," and Archibald Kane was wounded in the right aiiu
In- Barent's bullet. The affair created a great sensation through
the N'allc}-, and is about the only regretable incident this history
will have occasion to mention, as affecting unfavorably the subjects
of its record in those early days of disturbance.
Barent was a man of enterprise, engaged in numerous ventures
and business connections. His account books from 1796 and
onward show him as partner in a number of firms, first with Philip
Van Alstine, as Van Alstiue & Roseboom, established at Canajo-
harie, in a store on the east side of the creek, the place then con-
sisting of scarce a dozen habitations. At Warren, further up, where
settlement was crowding in so rapidly, was the house of Roseboom,
Van Alstine «& Wemple, and at Cherry Valley, now reeovering from
the devastation of the massacre, the un-named partner in "John
Diell & Company " was Barent. Here the aged "Uncle Colonel"
Myndert, and later the brothers, John and Abraham, were engaged
in settling or managing lands. Barent lost his wife in 1803, which
broke up his home, but only led to wider plans. The partner at
"NVarren was called to Canajoharie where a new concern. Van Alstine,
Roseboom & AVemple, continued business on a larger scale, Rose-
boom to reside at Albany to forward produce, visiting New York
twice a year, as the Articles of co-partnership provided. He con-
tracted a second marriage, with a cousin of his first wife, but died
the next year, in Canajoharie, Mar. 25, 1807, aged 35.
He married, 1st, Apr. 7, 1796, Sarah Schermerhorn, dau. of
Simon Jacobse Schermerhorn and Sarah Vrooman. She was born
in Schenectady, Sept., 1775, and died in Canajoharie, Jan. 27.
1803, aged 27.
He married, 2nd, in 1806, Catharine Tyms,* dau. of Col.
Johannes Visscher and Susannah Schermerhorn, and widow of
Michael Tyms. She was born in Schenectady, Oct. 20, 1773.
After the death of her husband in 1807, she returned to Schenectady
and resided with his mother and died there, Jan. 21, 1814, aged 40.
* Catharine Visscher married, 1st, Michael Tyms, son of SamuelTyms ami Jannetje Van
Pettin. He was born in Schenectady, Sept. 18, 1763, and died there, Autc. 28, 1804, aged 40.
Children.
1. Harriet Jane, b. May 15, 1799; d. Oct. 7, 1800, ae. 1.
2. Ariaantje Jane, b. Oct. 30, 1801; d. July 27, 1802.
3. Samuel John, b. July 29, 1803; d. Aug. 8, 1804, ae. 1.
.'»S HAKKM AM) .l(»IIN .1. KOSEHOOM.
C'Hii.nRKX:— by tli<- lii^i inaniage.
1. Ihn.lricl- Myuiiert, h. Oct.H. ITiK): d. .Iimc 2'.), 1824, iic. 24.
2. S,irah, b. Aiij,'. 1801; il. Dei'. 1,1801.
IIkm'i.ii K >hNi>KKT HosKMOoM, SOU of Bavciit Roseboom and
Sarah Scln'rinorliorn. (32), was born in Canajoharie, N. Y., Oct. 8,
17".t'.». Ih' <rra<hiat('(l at I'nion ("olk'ge, and commenced the study
of hnv in Cheriv \alley, in the ollice of .Tames Biackett, Esq. He
fell a victim to (•(nisinii[)tion and died at the residence of his
uncli" Abraham, .lune 2it, 1824, aged 24.
•buiN .1. Kd.sKHOO.M, son of John Roseboom and Susannah Yeeder,
(4), was Itoni in St-hcnectady, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1774. He was in
partner.shii) with liis brotlicrs in the mercantile business in Cana-
joharie, X. Y., until the death of his brother Barent, in 1807.
Soon after that the home was broken up and with his mother and
sister-in-law he returned to Schenectady, and remained until the
death of the latter in 1814, when he went to Cherry Valley and re-
sided with his brother Abraham till his death. Ill health prevented
Ills engagiuii in business after leaving Canajoharie. He died un-
ui.'irried. Mar. 1."), 182!), aged 54.
ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM AND DESCENDANTS
33. Abraham Roseboom, sou of Lieut. .Johu Roseboom aud
Susauuali Veeder, (4), was boru in Schenectady, N. Y., Aug. 10,
1777. He was associated witli his brothers, Barent and Johu, in
the mercantile business in Canajoharie, N. Y., until the death of
his father in 1805, when he came to settle upon and improve the
lands inherited from his father and uncle, over two thousand acres,
in the towns of Cherry Valley and Middlefield. He located in a part
of the town, nearly three miles south of the village of Cherry Valley,
known from pre-Revolutionarj'^ days as the "Beaver Dam Patent,"
and which is now included in the town of Roseboom, having been
set off from Cherry Valley. Mr. Roseboom was opposed to the
movement for the division of the township and contested the measure
sixteen years, most of that time in the state legislature, then in the
board of supervisors, to whom it was afterwards referred. Dr.
Alonzo Churchill, then supervisor of the town of Richfield, had the
deciding power and agreed to the division, providing the name of
" Roseboom" should be given to the new township as a compromise
between the two interests. The division was made Nov. 23, 1854.
Mr. Roseboom was an active pioneer and did much to advance
the interests of the locality, erecting the first saw-, carding- and full-
ino; mill in the settlement called Lodi, in 1806. On the 19th of June
of that year a warrant was granted for the organization of Trinity
Lodge, No. 139, F. & A. M., at Cherry Valley ; " Dr. Joseph White
was its Master for several years, and among the members were Elijah
and Lester Holt, and Abraham Roseboom, men of worth and honor."
In that same year Mr. Roseboom built the house in which he passed
I
t;i) HKSCKNDANTS or AllKAIIWl Ki (SKIK »< )M .
lifty-sovcii v.-ars ..I" inanicl life mikI wliidi is still standing,
altliimirli moviMJ lioiii its nrijjinal site. On the 2 Itli of Sept., 1856,
tlu'ir (ioMiMi Wcildiiig was I'ok'l.nvted i)y a family gathering Seven
childivn. four children ).y marriage, and twenty grandchildren,
making in all. with the veiierahle couple, a household of thirty-three,
were irathered under the old roof-tree to commemorate this impres-
sive juhilee. The eldest grandchild was just twenty-one years of
aire, and the youngest a few weeks old. Two sons and one grand-
child had dieil.
.Ml'. Koselioom was lenient as a landlord and indulgent to the
poor. In addition to his landed estate he aecunnilated quite a
fortune l>y jmlicious foresight and enteri)rise. With full faith in
the future success of the All)any and Seheneetady railroad, and
later in the I'tica and Schenectady section, both of which were sub-
setjuently incorporated in the extensive system of the New York
Central \l. R., he continued to make investments np to the time of
his death. Ih' was for many years a whig in politics, and a warm
admirer of Henry Clay, sedulously reading the proceedings of Con-
gress ill the ''Congressional Globe" every winter. He subse-
(piently lieeame a democrat, but was not a politician and never held
ollice, but was very domestic, simple and regular in his habits and
spent a large part of his time in reading. lie was noted for upright-
ness in all matters of business, independence of favors, and
punctuality. To owe a debt and not to pay promptly w^as no better
than a theft, lb- never wasted another's time in waiting. He was
regidai- as the clock in all his movements, so that an invalid girl
sitting at her window nsed daily to remark, " Its now a quarter after
eleven. f(U- here comes Mr. Roseboom on his gray horse, on his way
home from the village : I can see his white necktie and shirt rnfHes."
lie died_at the homestead. .Ian. o, 18(57, aged 8*).
He nuvriied, Sept. 2 1. IMOG, Rrni doiixsox, dan. of .lesse
.lohnson and ]Mary Stevenson. (10). She w^as born in Chatham,
Conn., .Mar. 11. 17711. At that time the war of the American
Revolution was in progress and her early years were passed amid
the many privations incident to those trying times. Very few' books
were to lie had — almost none for children. Nearl}' all clothing w^as
home-spun, either of tlax or wool, cotton sheeting was unknown, and
when .Mrs. Roseboom began housekeeping her presses were so well
stocked from her own spinning that it was many years before new
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEROOM.
61
supplies were needed, and some of it is still preserved, little less than
a century old. Any account of her would l)e incomplete without
mentioning her constant knitting; usually, with book or paper
before her, particularly in the long winter evenings, her needles
clicked busily on and steadily grew the stockings and mittens,
for her children while they were young, then her grand-children,
and later poor children in the city had the benefit of her industry.
She was a faithful and devoted christian, a woman of clear and
discriminating views, of strong principles and unbending integrity.
She was bountiful in hospitaUty, and benevolent to self-sacrifice
towards every good cause. While her neighbors came confidently
to her for help and sympathy, her church and the cause of missions,
then in its infjincy, received from her hands generous and syste-
matic offerings. She has left to her children a noble example in the
grace of giving. She devoted herself to her domestic duties with
singular care and fidelity, and still found time to enrich and
strengthen her mind with wide and varied reading, and retained
nuich of her mental vigor almost to the last. She died at the home-
stead. Mar. 2. 1864, aged nearlj' 85,
Children.
1.
John,
b.
Aug.
10, 1807 ;
d.
May 16, 1839, ae. 31.
2_
Susan Maria,
b.
July
3, 180!) ;
m.
Moses Belcher.
(34)
:3.
Henry,
b.
Aug.
3, 1811 ;
m.
Cornelia R. Livingston.
(35)
4.
Marietta,
b.
Mar.
30, 1813 :
m.
Dr. Joseph White.
(3(i)
5.
Jesse Johnson,
b.
Apr.
26, 1815 ;
m.
Caroline Cook.
(37)
().
Lucy,
b.
Apr.
8, 1817 ;
m.
James Shannon.
(38)
7.
Elizabeth,
b.
Mar.
IC, 181!l:
m.
William Hall.
(3!i)
H.
Sarah,
b.
Oct.
4, 1822 ;
m.
Richard Ely.
(40)
9.
Catharine,
b.
Apr.
12, 1824 :
resides in Cherry Valley.
John Roseboom, son of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth Johnson,
(33), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now Roseboom),
X. v., Aug 10, 1807, He attended the Cherry Valley academy,
but when a lad of about fifteen years he went to Albany and was in
the store of Isaac and "William Staats for some years. In 1832 he
entered into partnership with his brother-in-law^ Moses Belcher, in
Cherry Valley, in the mercantile business and continued in the same
until his death. He was Captain of a company of militia for some
years and was afterwards promoted to Major, He died unmarried
in Cherry Valley, May IG, 1839, aged 31,
{\-2 DESCENDANTS OF ,\r.i:\ll\M IIOSEHOOM.
:;i. Si -AN .M\i:iA Homkuoom, dan. of Abraluim Koscboom and
Uiilli .h)liiison, (:\:\), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now
liosebooni). N- V.. .Iiilv ;>, 1.S0'.>. She was christened in Schenec-
tady, by the Uev. Mr. Hojjardiis. Her home for many years joined
the trroiinds of the Cherry \'alley Academy, where her children were
educated, and in 187:3 she moved into the stone mansion on Main
street, left unfinished by her son at his death, where she now resides
with her daujihter and (lau-:liter-in-law\ Her former home was
burned Mar. 2".i, ls;H, and the academy on July 6, 1894.
Hetirinir and mild in her disposition, full of patient cheerfulness
and abounding charity, she has been an example of healthful and
lovely old age, failing sight latterly placing some restrictions on her
sources of tranquil enjoyment.
She married, Apr. 18, 1832, Moses Belcher, son of Elijah Bel-
cher and Elizabeth Putnam. He was born in Cherry Valley, Jan.
1, 1803, of New England parentage, received his education at the
academy and then engaged in mercantile pursuits until his death.
After his marriage a partnership was formed between his brother-in
law, John Roseboom, and himself, which continued until the death
of the latter in 1839. He died in Cherry Valley, Jan. f), 1841, aged
38.
Children.
1. Henry liosehoom, 1). Mar. 2(i, 1S33: d. Jan. 9, 1835. ae. 1.
2. Ahraham liosebooin, h. Sept. 2.S, 1835; m. Elizalteth J. McLean. (41)
3. Maria, b. July 22, 1837 ; d. Jan. 10, 1857, ae. 19.
4. Elizabeth Putnam, 1). Sept. 1,1839: resides in Cherry Valley.
35. Henry Koseboom, son of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth
Johnson, (33), was born in the town of Cheny Valle}', (now Rose-
boom), X. Y., Aug. 3, 1811. He obtained his education at the
district school and Cherry ^' alley academj-, and began his business
life with two years' service as cleric in the general store of Adolphus
"NV. and Hiram Flint, in Cherry \'alley. In 1830 he took a position
asT^-lerk in the mercantile house of John R. Pitkin, at 118 Pearl St.,
New York, that street being at the time the principal avenue
for the wholesale-business of the citj'. He boarded in the family
of his employer. The firm changed for. a time to Pitkin, Boyd
& Co., and the location to 11 Hanover St. He remained in
New York about four j-ears, in the fall of 1831 making the voj-age
to New Orleans on his employer's business, and returning by stage.
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 63
Stopping at Mobile, AVashington, and other principal cities, at that
inie a notable gnd most fatiguing trip. During his residence in
New York he was one of a large band of young men who fell strongly
under the influence of the eminent Dr. Francis L. Hawks, of St.
Thomas's church, in Broadway, leading to an interest in the Episco-
palian form of religious faith which identified him with that denomi-
nation throughout his subsequent life.
In 1.S34 he formed a business partnership with David Gross, at
Fort Plain, X. Y., and during his residence there suffered severely
from an attack of acute rheumatism, which yielded only to treat-
ment at the sulphur springs of Sharon, then in a primitive condition.
So impressed was he with the curative value of these waters that he
framed the project of developing them by the erection of a large
hotel at that place, and in 1836 he was instrumental in forming a
company, principally of his friends among the merchants of New
York, 160 acres of land including the sulphur springs were purchased,
and the erection of the Pavilion was begun. In the whirlwind of
financial disaster of the succeeding year, 1837, nearly all the mem-
bers of the company failed, and the property went into chancery.
The same storm smote the firm of Gross & Roseboom and it was
dissolved in Jan., 1838. Mr. Roseboom subsequently returned to
New York and remained there until called to Cherry Valley in 1841,
to settle the estate of his brother-in-law, Moses Belcher.
Upon his marriage in 1843 a house was erected for him near his
father, avIio was now advancing in j^ears and needed his assistance
in the management of his liusiness. Here he pursued the life of a
tj'pical country gentleman, succeeding to the large landed estate on
the death of his father in 1867. Like his father he was an indefati-
gable reader, having a well-stocked library, both of standard works
and current literature, and watching the course of events with the
closest interest. He was the supervisor of the town of Cherry A'alley
in 1848, and like his father was opposed to its division. His social
and church relations were largely in Cherry Valley, and the project
of dividing the town seemed like a sundering of a large part of the
natural ties of his family's life.
Mr. Roseboom took a lively interest in agricultural matters and
i was an active member of the County Agricultural Society, of which
he was president for some years. Politically he was a democrat,
strongly attached to the principles of that party. Although averse
(>4 DKSCKNDANTS OF Al'.KAIlAM UOSKIJOOM.
to political (listiiu-tioM ho was often calico l»y his fellow citizens to
olliciatc in various olllccs. lie took a leading part in the formation
of (Jraec Cliureh parish ami the erection of the edifice ; a parish
called Trinity had pn'\ ionsly existed. Of this he was a communi-
cant and warden from the lieginning. A prominent and enterprising
citizen, Henry Hosehooin enjoyed a recognized position among the
more inlhu-iitial men of the county; participated in the councils of
his church, and was a trusted friend of the earlier management of
the New York Cential Kailroad Company, in whose enterprise his
father had cnd»arked in full faith, from the day when its rude tram-
way line was first stretched over the ground ])etween Albany and
Sclrenectady, so often traversed by his ancestors in their Indian
tratlic and subsequent business exchanges. What a space of the
career of human progress is embraced between the time when the
merchant of Alhany made his first tramp to the Indian village of
Niscaynna, and the time when his descendant counted the votes as
teller of the Central IJailroad, with the first ^'anderbilt in the chair I
Mr. Koseboom was in New York when the clock was first placed
in the tower of the City Hall, INIay 7, IHol, on which date he wrote,
"I can see it from my window, hope it wont wake me too early iu
the morning;" such was the wonted quietude of the great city in
that day, tlie eternal noises of which now the seven sleepers them-
selves would find it hardly easy to slumber through unmoved. He
divided his landed estate, consisting of about 2,000 acres, between
his three sons, portions of the land having been previously sold by
his father. He died at the homestead, .lulj^ 18, 1883, aged nearly
72.
He married. May 24, 1843, Cornelia. Rltoers Livingston, dan.
of Jacob Livingston and Catharine Augusta De Peyster. She was
born_in Livingstonville, X. Y., July i), 1815. Robert Livingston,
the first ancestor of the family in America, was born in Ancrum,
Scotland, Dec. 13, 1054, and died in Albany, X. Y., Apr. 20, 1725.
He was the son of John Livingston, a Scottish Presbyterian divine
born iii 1603. Avho was banished in 1663 for non-conformity, and
went to Rotterdam, where he died in 1672. Robert emigrated in
1673, settled in Albany, and in 1675 became secretary of the Com-
missaries, which ollice he held until Albany became a city in 1686,
then was town clerk until 1721. He acquired great influence over
the Indians and was secretary of Indian atfairs for a long series of
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM.
65
years. In IGHC he received from Gov. Dongan the grant of a large
tract of land, which in 1715 was confirmed by a royal cliavter from
(ieorge I, and is still known as Livingston ]\Ianor, thongh most
of the land has passed ont of the hands of the family. He married
in 1079, Alida, widow of Rev. Nicholas Van Rensselaer, and
danghter of Philip Pietersen Schuyler, and had three sons. Pliilip,
the eldest, was second lord of the Manor, born in Albany, July ;i,
1086, and died in New York City, Feb. 4, 1749. He was a man of
note and influence, holding offices successively till his death. His
son, Robert, was the third and last lord of the INIanor, and his grand-
son, Jacob Livingston, of Schoharie and Cherry ^' alley, was the
father of Mrs. Roseboom, and married Catharine Auousta De
Pej'ster. Her first ancestor in America was Johannes De Peyster,
who came about 1033. His son, Abraham, was one of the most
distinguished men in the province, holding successively the office
of Alderman, IMayor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Member of the
King's Council as presiding officer, acting Governor in 1700, &c.
His son, Abraham, Jr., succeeded his father as treasurer of New
York and New Jersey, and held the office forty-six years. (His
eldest daughter, Catharine, married John Livingston, of New York.)
Col. James De Peyster, sou of Abraham, Jr., was the grandfather
of Catharine Augusta De Peyster, the mother of Mrs. Rose-
boom.
Mrs. Cornelia R. Roseboom, with her daughter, Mary, reside at
the homestead in the town of Roseboom.
Children.
1. Levantia Livingston, b. Mar. 31,1844: m. Rev. Henry U. Swinner
ton .
2. Catharine Augusta,
3. Mary Eliazheth,
4. Abraham Headriclc,
5. Jacob Livingston,
6. Euth,
7. William Campbell,'
8. Cornelia,
b. Dec. 30,1845; d. Aug. 16, 1881, ae. 35.
1). Jan. i), 1848.
]). Feb. 27, 1851 ; ra. Mary D. Ballon.
b. Apr. 9, 1853 ; is a physician in Rochester,
b. May 31,1855; m. John Sawyer.
b. Dec. 25,1858; d. Jan. 3, 18SI5, ae. 36.
b. Aug. 7,1862; d. Feb. 18, 1863.
(42)
(43)
N. Y.
(44)
36. Makietta Rosebooh, dan. of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth
Johnson, (33), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now Rose-
boom), N. Y., Mar. 30,
1813.
She is a woman of strong Individ-
(i(i DKSCr.NDANTS OF AI'.KAI 1 AM IJOSEHOOM.
imlitv, kiinl-lieiirti'd ami genorous, and ever ready to give assistance
to tlioso in need. Prompted by licr love for her Church she erected,
in isT.-i, the stone edillce, the Climch of tlie Good Shepherd, in
wliich Episcopal services liave been regularly held, and presented it
1(» the Diocese of Alliany as an offering from herself and husband.
From the time of her marriage Canajoharic, N. Y., has been her
home, and in 1S7'.) she erected the stone dwelling, '' Stony Terrace,"
where she now resides.
She married. Mar. 20, 1H45, Dr. Joseph White, son of Joseph
White and Hannah Gates, He was born in Chatham, Conn., May
II, l.soo. He was a direct descendant of Elder John White, who
came from Englaml in the slup Lyon, in 1G32, and settled in Cam-
bridge, Mass. ; was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., in
l(">;i(;, and of Hadley, Mass., in 1659. In 1805 his parents moved
to Middlelield, Otsego Co., X. Y., and engaged in farming, where
his early life was spent in hard labor. At the age of twenty-one be
left home to begin the study of medicine w^ith his second cousin, Dr.
Joseph White, of Cherry Valley, one of the leading physicians in the
state. He attended lectures and gradnated at the Fairfield Medical
College. In l.s22 he joined the Cherry Valley Lodge, F. & A. M.,
and always took great interest in the workings of that Order, and
from 1«5G to 1-S72 he was chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Correspondence of the Grand Chapter of the state.
Jn 1.S24 he went to Penfield, near Rochester, N. Y., and begun
the practice of his profession. On Jnne 20, 1829, he was appointed
Surgeon of the 1st. Regiment of Riflemen of the state, by Lieut.
Gov. Enos T. Throop. Ill health obliged him to seek a milder
clime and in l.s;]l he went to AYashington, D. C, and opened a drug
store near the navy yaid. While there he had the cholera in 1832,
the first time it appeared in this country, which left him with a
disease from which he never fully recovered. In 1835 he bought
the drug store of Dr. Theodore Pomeroy, of Copperstown, N. Y".,
and continued in business there until Mar. 1, 1838, when he ex-
changed stores with Philip Roof, of Canajoharie. The next j'car
Seymour X. Marsh, son of Seymour Marsh, the inventor of the
Marsh Truss, became a partner and the manufacture of trusses was
an important part of their l)usiness. White & Marsh sold their
drug interests to 1). W. Irwin in 1844, but continued the manufact-
ure and sale of trusses until 1849, when they dissolved partnership.
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 67
He continued the practice of medicine until the fall of 1878, when
increasing ill health compelled him to retire.
His high reputation and fame as a physician and surgeon were
not confined to his immediate home but extended throughout the
ISIohawk Valley and surrounding country, and he was frequently
called to distant parts of the state for consultation and to perform
ditticult operations. He was a most active member of the state and
county medical societies. To his zeal and efforts can be attributed
many of the enterprises and improvements which aided the advance-
ment and prosperity of the village, notably the academy, water
works, Prospect Hill cemetery, and the Cherry Valley and Canajo-
harie plank road. He was one of the first trustees of the Lutheran
church organized m 183t», and it was through his means that St.
Polycarp's Episcopal church was established in 1852, the name of
which was afterward changed to the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Although never free from pain he bore his suffering with great
patience and fortitude, and was always cheerful and entertaining,
having a fund of anecdote or reminiscence ready to amuse or in-
struct those who came in contact with him. He died in Canajo-
harie, Oct. 28, 1884, aged 84.
Children.
1. John Rosehoom, b. Mar. 25, 1846; live.s in California.
2. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27,1848; m. Dr. Peter L. Schenck. (45)
6. Joseph Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1855; lives in Canajoharie.
o7. Je8SE Johnson Roseboom, son of Abraham Roseboom and
Ruth Johnson, (33), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now
Roseboom), N. Y., Apr. 26, 1815. He remained upon his father's
farm until his marriage and then went to Indiana, and settled on a
farm about four miles from the present city of La Porte. Himself,
wife and both sons were victims of that dread disease, consumption.
He died at his home near La Porte, July 7, 1851, aged 36.
He married, Sept. 17, 1845, Caroline Cook, dau. of John Cook
and Mary Ann Reiley. She was born in Springfield, N. Y., Feb..
16, 1824, and died in Binghamton, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1856, aged 32.
Children.
1. John, b. July 17,1846; d. Aug. 16, 1870, ae. 24.
2. Myndert, b. June 16, 1850; d. Aug. 9, 1875, ae. 25.
(is DESCENDANTS Ol' AlilJAIlAM UOSEIJOOM.
38. 1.1.1 K..Mi;noM, (hill, of .\lii;ili:iin Koscboom and Kiitli
.lolmson, (^3a), was born in the town of C'lu'iry Valley, (now Kose-
boom). N. "> •• Apr. S. 1S17. After tlic death of lier husband she
returned to iier lather's and passed her remaining years in Cherry
N'alley. where she died Feb. •_>.'), 1872, aged iU, leaving no children.
She married, Nov. 22, 1842, .Iames Shannon, son of Robert
Shannon and Anne Kerr. He was born in Ballina, county Mayo,
Ireland. Nov. 22, isil. His father was a prosperous merchant in
Ballina. luit Iteeoming dissatisfied with the disturbed state of politi-
cal affairs then existing there, he came to the United States and
arrived with his family in liatli, Steuben county, N. Y., in May,
1830. That fall he purchased the Springfield farm, formerly occu-
pied by Col. Charles AVilliamson, the founder of Bath.
James had received a good education in the old country and soon
after his arrival began the study of Law with Hon. William AVoods,
was admitted to tlie Bar and opened an ollice in Bath. He was a
lawyer who never practiced the tricks of the trade, and would not
espouse the cause of a guilty client, A single incident is character-
istic of him : a man applied to him to be defended in a suit, when,
from his own admission, he was guilty of a misdeed that was punish-
able by years of imprisonment. This w^as his first offense, and in-
stead of defending him, Mr. Shannon read him a serious lecture on
his conduct and then, for the sake of a young wife and helpless
children, advised him to take leg-bail for Canada, and retrieve the
past, which he did and in a short time was able to send for his
famil}- and care for them honestly. It was in consideration of the
welfare of those innocent ones, on wdiom the severest Aveight of his
crime would fall, that this unicpie advice was given, and wdio shall
say he followed not the example of the Master, wdio once said,
"Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more?" He died in
Batii, .Tune 7, 1848, aged 36.
3'.». Ei,i/..\r.i:rii Hom.p.oom, dan. of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth
.bihnson, (33), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now^ Rose-
boom), N. v., Mar. IC. hSl'.t. She was a w^oman of marked intelli-
gence and vivacity, greatly beloved and admired by the friends she
made in her successive places of residence, as w^ell as in the home
neigliborhood at Chen v- \'allov, whore her children were born and
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 69
where her remains were buried by the side of her husband. For
about a year after his death she remained in Easton, and then joined
her sons in Richmond, ^^a., where she died suddenly of pneumonia,
Feb. 3, 1886, aged 66.
She married, Oct. 6, 1851, William Hall, son of Jonathan Hall
and Eunice Palmer. He was born in Cherry Valley, Oct. 28, 1818,
was educated at the academy and engaged in the mercantile business
in that village for some years. In April, 1866, he moved to a farm
near Geneva, X. Y,, and in 1879 took up his abode in Easton,
Peuu., where he died Dec. 21, 1884, aged 66.
Children.
1. James Shannon, h. Nov. 2,1852; m. Josephine Wilson ; Cora E.
[Le Sueur. (46)
2. Eunice Maria, li. INIar. 12, 1855 : m. Gansevoort V. V. Cortelyou. (47)
3. William £il /card, h. Sept. 17, 1859; m. Delia Kitchen. (48)
40. Sarah Roseboom, dau. of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth
.Johnson, (33), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, (now Rose-
boom), X. Y., Oct. 4, 1822. She was educated at the academy,
and at the school of Miss Urania Sheldon, (afterwards Mrs. Eliph-
alet Xott), in Utica, X. Y. She has been a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Binghamton, X. Y., for many years, and
has had a large ])art in its activities. She has also been connected
with other philanthropic and religious organizations. Her father
said "she was like his mother," greater praise than this, no one
need ask ; and it may explain the love borne her by all who know
her. " In her tongue is the law of kindness," and in every trust she
has been found faithful. She has found her greatest happiness in
living for others, and this is the reason why in advanced years she
has kept her youth. She, with her two surviving daughters, reside
in Binghamton.
She married, Sept. 12, 1840, Richard Ely, son of Dr. Elihu
Ely and Eliza Maria Ely. He was born in Binghamton, Dec. 29,
1819. He was a direct descendant of Richard Ely who came from
Plymouth, England, in 1660 and settled in Lyme, Conn. He was
of Huguenot descent and a Puritan in the time of Cromwell, and
emigrated on the restoration of Charles Second. AYe next find tliis
family in possession of 4,000 acres of land for which they paid
70 DESCENDANTS OF AUUAHAM ROSEliOOM.
;^;500 ; Kicliiir.l paying one-sixth of the whole town tax. Some of
these hinds are still in the possession of the family. C^uite a num-
ber of this man's descendants became ministci'S and doctors, and it
was jiroverbial that Lyme was never without a deacon Richard Ely.
Diu-rni; the Revolutionary war all the six sons of James Ely, a great
grandson of the first Richard, served in the Continental army, one
of whom, Elihu, was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at
the battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777. His sword and powder horn
are now iii tlie possession of the family of Richard Ely, in Bingham-
ton. The powder horn has this inscription with IVIasonic emblems :
"For the defense of liberty," "Liberty and no slavery." One
William Ely of Lj-me, was the first person in that region to free his
slaves in 17H7. Rev. Richard Ely was ])orn in Lyme, Sept., 1755,
and of the third generation from him was Dr. Elihu Ely of Bing-
hamton, who died there in Mar., 1850. He was among the earliest
settlers in Broome county about 1812, when Binghamton was called
Chenango Point.
Richard, the second son, was sent to Ellington, Conn., where he
was fitted for college and graduated from Amherst in 1841. He
studied law but gave up the practice to assist in the care of his
fatlier when he became a paralj'tic. In 1849 he was appointed mail
agent on the Erie railroad soon after it was opened to travel. In
1854 he opened a forwarding store between the Chenango canal and
the Erie railroad, which was burnt in 18G7. He then became agent
for several insurance companies until his health failed in 1887 and
he was a iielpless invalid for three years before his death. In 1858
he united with the First Presbyterian church and ever after as far
as lie was able took up the duties of a christian in his family and in
the community. He was genial and social in his nature and had
many friends. He died in Binghamton, Apr. l-s, 1892, aged 72.
Children.
Oct. 7, 1850.
.Tilly 19, 1852.
Apr. 10, l.s.^4; d. June 1.3, 18(34, ae. 10.
Aug. 20, 1856 ; d. Aug. 23, 1883, ae. 27.
July 5, J.S.5'.i; d. St-pt. 3. 1S(;0, ae. 1.
Sept. 13, 1.S61 ; live.s in Cambridge, Mass.
1.
Lucy Shannon,
1).
2
Cathnrine lioxeboom,
1)
3.
Eliza Mdria,
1).
4.
Sarah Koseboom,
1).
5.
Richard h'rsHne,
b.
6.
Robert Ertikine,
b.
DESCEND AXTS OF ABRAHAM EOSEBOOM. 71
Catiiarixe Roseboom, dan. of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth
Johusou, (33), was born at the homestead, "Beaver Dam Farm," in
the town of Cherry Valley, (now Roseboom), X. Y., Apr. 12, 1824.
She was educated at the Cherry Valley academy and at the boarding
school of Miss Urania Sheldon, (afterward the wife of Dr. Eliphalet
Nott), in Utica, X. Y. Upon the death of her father in 1867, she
and her sister, Mrs. Shannon, established their home at "West
View," in Cherry Valley, where she now resides. Deeply interested
in religious undertakings and in education, the present edifice of the
Presbyterian church was erected by her in 1872, as a memorial to
her parents and sister ; and she took part as chief promoter in the
resuscitation of the ancient academy in 1881, and gave liberally for
its maintenance until it was superseded by the academic department
of the Union school in 1895. She has served the missionary cause
as treasurer of the Presbyterial society since its organization in
1879. She is Vice-Regent of the Cherry Valley Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution.
41. Abraham Roseboom Belcher, son of Moses Belcher and
Susan M. Roseboom, (34), was born in Cherry Valley, X. Y., Sept.
28, 183o, where he received his academic education and spent his
entire life. Although his health precluded his entering upon pro-
fessional or mercantile pursuits he was a most active and public
spirited citizen, and was universally valued for his services and help-
fulness. He interested himself in town affairs, was an officer in the
Presbyterian church, and carried out the project of enlarging the
cemetery in 1867. He died in Cherry Valley, Aug. 10, 1872, aged
36.
He married, Dec. 8, 1868, Elizabeth Judd McLean, dau. of
Charles McLean and Mary Judd. She was born in Cherry Valley,
June 5, 1836, where she now resides.
Child.
Mary Louise, b. Sept. 26, 1871 ; m. Dr. Nathaniel F. Yates. («)
42. Levaxtia Livingston Roseboom, dau. of Henry Roseboom
and Cornelia R. Livingston, (35), was born in the town of Cherry
Valley, now Roseboom,* X. Y., Mar. 31, 1844.
* The town of Roseboom was formed from the town of Cherry Valley, November 23. 1864.
72 DESCENDANTS <)F AI'.liAlIA^I KOSEBOOM.
She married, .luiie 21, 1871, Rev. IIknky IJlyatk Swinnektox,
fourtli son of .lames Swinnerton, of Colnbrook, Middlesex, and
Kaiiiiy Hiitter. of Lymiiiirton, Hants, England, who emigrated to
America in l.s;'.;;. lie was born in Catskill, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1839.
He spent his youth in Newark, N. .T., graduated at Princeton with
the degree of A. 15.. in IMC."], and attended the Princeton Theologi-
cal Sciiiiuary for three years, receiving the degree of A. M. He
preached in Wilmington, Del., in l.sOC, in Morrisville, Penn., in
ISOT, and l»ecame pastor of the Presbyterian church in Cherry Valley,
N. v., in 18GH, where he now lives. In 1877 the degree of Ph.D.
was conferred upon him by I'nion College. He has written con-
stantly for tlu' secular as well as the religious press, and in 1.S7G
pnl»lished a '"Historical Account of the Presbyterian Church of
Cherry \'alley."
Children.
1. John Rosehoom, b. Apr. :50, 1872 ; d. May 1, 1872.
2. Cornelia Liringxton, b. Dec. 12, 1873.
;>. Catharine Ii'oxehoom, 1). July lil, 1870.
4. iiyhna Agnen, b. Oct. 9, 1878.
5. tiiixan EUzaheth, b. Nov. 15, 1880.
(). liosamoiiil Riitter, b. Mar. 22, 1883.
43. Abraham Hendkicic Rcseboom, son of Henrj^ Roseboom
an;l Cornelia R. Livingston, (35), was born in the town of Cherry
Valley, now Roseboom, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1851. He was educated in
the Cherry ^'alley academ}-. Deer Hill Institute, Danbur}', Conn.,
and Cornell I'uiversitv. He was for a time civil engineer on the
Canada Southern R. R., and then went to Red Wing, Minn. He
took a claim of Government land in Renville county, and was a
farmer until 1889, when he went to Hutchison, Minn., and was
assistant cashier in the Citizens' bank till 1896, when he retired
to " Rosemary Farm," near Lakeside, Minn.
He married, Sept. 27, 1876, M.vry Dexter Balloi', dau. of
Ilosea Halloa and Sarah Sprague Vaughan. She was born in New
Orleans, La., Feb. 3, 18.51. She is a direct descendant of Rev.
Hosoa Ballon, who was born in Richmond, X. H., Apr. 30, 1771,
and died in Boston, Mass, June 7, 1852. He was one of the founders
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 73
( o
of Americau Universalisin, and pastor of the Second Universalist
Societ}' in Boston from 1817 to 1852.
Children.
1. Jle lid rick, b. Aug. 7, 1877.
2. Catharine Augusta, b. Oct. (j, 1881.
Dr. Jacob Livingston Rosebooji, son of Henry Roseboom and
Cornelia R. Livingston, (35), was born in" the town of Cherry
Valley, now Roseboom, X. Y., Apr, 9, 1853. He was fitted for
college by Rev. Josiah Clark, at Northampton, Mass., and entered
Yale in the fall of 1872, graduating with the degree of A. B., in
June, 187(5. He then entered the otllce of David Little, M. D., of
Rochester, X. Y., as a student of luedicine, took a course in
chemistry at the University, and in Mar., 1878, became senior
assistant in the City hospital.
He attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York Citv, during the winters of 1876-80 and received the
degree of M. 1). from that institution in Mar., 1880. In Nov. of
that year he was appointed assistant physician at the Kings County
hospital, Flatl)ush, L. I., and filled that position until July, issi,
when an attack of typhus fever compelled his resignation. From
1882 to '84 he practiced in Utica, N. Y., and was appointed a ward
physician, a visiting physician to the Utica Orphan Asj-lum, was u
member and librarian of the Utica Medical Library Association, a
member of the Medical Society of Oneida County, and of the Oneida
Historical Society.
The year 1 885 was spent in study at Marburg, Germany, and at
the University of Vienna, and in travel. He returned in July, 1880,
and in Dec. of that 3'ear settled in Rochester. The following spring
he was appointed one of the City physicians and held that otlice
three years. He is U. S. Examiner for Pensions, fellow and coun-
cillor of the Rochester Academy of Sciences, and member of the
following organizations : Rochester Pathological Society ; Medical
Society of 31onroe County ; Staff of the City hospital ; Rochester
Lodge, No. 660, F. & A. M. ; Ionic Chapter, No. 210. R. A. M. ;
Cyrene Commandery, X"o. 39, K. T.
74 DESCENDANTS OV AHHAIIAIM KOSEHOOM.
44. RiTii KosEiiooM, dan. of Henry Kosoboom and Cornelia
R. Livingston, (35), was l>orn in the town of Kose1)ooni, May ol,
IS.-)-).
Siie married, Oet. 2, l.s<s;j, John .Sawykh, son of John Labaree
Sawyer and Charlotte Root. He was born in Delhi, N. Y., Nov.
20, lH(;i. I'wo years later his parents moved to Cherry Valley,
N. ^ . He jiraduated at I'liioii Collcire in LS-Sl, with the degree of
A. H. For several years he was connected with varions New York
l^apers as special correspondent, and then became associated with
his father in pidilishing the ''Cherry Valley Gazette," nntil the
death of the latter. Mar. 0, 18!»7, when he assnmed entire charge
of the paper. He was supervisor of the town in 18i)l-2.
Children.
1. Jilniiche Laharee, b. .July 20, 1S84. •
2. John LeRoy, b. Dec. 3, 1885.
3. Ilennj A'osehoom, h. Dec. (>, 188!t.
4. Irving liutgers, b. Aug. 17, 18!)4.
WiLLi.\M Cami'hei.l Roseboom, son of Henry Roseboom and
Cornelia R. Livingston, (35), was born in the town of Roseboom,
N. Y., Dec. 25, 1858. He was the namesake of his uncle by
marriage, Judge William W. Campbell. After attending various
boarding schools he entered Union College in 1878 and graduated
in 1882. He travelled extensively throughout this country, as far
as California and Florida, visited the exposition at New Orleans in
1885, and at Chicago in 1893. In I-SISO he was one of a bicycle
party to visit Europe, attending the exposition at Paris ; and in
181)1 he went to the Bermuda Isles with a similar party. In 1890
he became a member of the Monroe Cigar Co., Rochester, N. Y.,
and continued in that business until his death at Cherry Valley,
N. Y., Jan. 3, 1895, aged 36.
John Roseboom White, son of Dr. Joseph White and Marietta
Roseboom, (3(5), was born in Canajohane, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1846.
He attended the academy in that place, Gilmore's school in Ballston
Spa, and Eastman's Business College in Poughkeepsie, graduating
June 28, l.SGi. In the fall of that year he entered the employ of
the N. Y. Central railroad company at Albany, in the General
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 75
Passenger Accountant's office, became Gen'l Pass, Acc't in 1867,
and filled that position until Dec, 1871, when the offices were
moved to New York. .July 3, 1866, he joined the Albany Burgesses
Corps, the second oldest independent military company in the state,
being organized in 1833 ; he won the Wendell drill and discipline
medal in 1.S69, was recording secretary in 1870-1, and was made a
life member in 1874.
In the spring of 1872 he went to the Pacific Coast and in Oct.,
accepted a position with Graves, Maynard & Co., bankers and
brokers, in Gold Hill, Nev., until they retired from business in
July, 1873, when he entered the employ of the bankers, D. Driscoll
& Co., in Virginia City, Nev. The summer of 1876 was spent east,
visiting his home and the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia,
and he resumed his position in Sept. In the spring of 1877 he
became connected with the Virginia City agency of the Nevada
Bank of San Francisco, until Oct., 1879, when he was made local
secretary of the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company, was also
appointed local secretar}' the next year of the Sierra Nevada Wood
and Lumber Company, and later was elected secretary of the
Nevada Mill and Mining Company, remaining connected with those
corporations until Apr., 18So, when he returned to his early home
in Canajoharie.
In the spring of 1886 he entered into partnership with A. W.
Ehle, in the Granite, Marble and Monumental business in that place,
which was continued three j-ears. He organized and was captain of
the Drill Corps of the Protection Engine and Hose Company. In
Nov., 1893, he returned to the Pacific Coast, and from May, 1894
to Dec, 1895, was in the employ of Gen. S. H. Marlette, in Car-
son City, Nev. He lives in California.
45. Sarah Elizabeth White, dau. of Dr. Joseph White and
Marietta Roseboom, (36), was born in Canajoharie, N. Y., Oct. 27,
1848.
" She married, June 10, 1896, Dr. Peter Lawrence Schenck,
son of John Schenck and Catharine Van Dyke Ryder. He was born
in Flatbush, (now Brooklyn), N. Y., Oct. 25, 1843. He is a lineal
descendent of Johannes Schenk, who emigrated from INIiddleburg,
Holland, to this country in 1683. The family is traced back in
71) DESCENDA.MS or AHKAHAM IIOSEHOOM.
Hollaiiil tliroiiiili n loiiii' (U'scent to tlio tiiiic of Charlemagne.
Ilis rally educ-ation was received ;it iM-asimis Hall academy,
Flatl)usli. where he was prepared for the sophomore class of the
rniversity of the City of New York, from which institution he
graduated in l.s(;2, receiving three years later the degree of A.M.
After graduation he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, whicli conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Medi-
cint' in IMd,'). lie served one year as assistant physician in the
King's County hospital, :iiid entered his country's service as acting
assistant surgeon, V. 8. A., and was several months in charge of a
hospital at Wilmington, N. C., terminating his services at the close
of the war.
In 18(5(1 hf was assistant ph3'sician in the cholera hospital at
South Brooklyn, residing there from its opening until its close. He
was then appointed assistant resident physician at the Kings County
hospital, which position he occupied until 1872, when he was
appointed to take charge of the hospital as medical superintendent.
He served in that capacity until 1881, when he resigned to engage
in private practice in the City of Brookl}^!, which occupation he has
since followed.
He is a member of the Kings County Medical Society, American
Academy of INIedieine, Brooklyn Pathological Society, and is exam-
ining surgeon to Midwood Council of the National Provident Union,
and consulting surgeon to the Kings County hospital. He was for
some years surgeon to the Brooklyn Jockey Club, and attending
physician in the Kings Count}' penitentiary. He has been a mem-
ber of the Crescent, Montauk, Zeta Psi, and Carleton clubs, being
president of the latter for two terms. As a member of the Masonic
fraternity he has been Master of Montauk Lodge for two years, and
District Deputy Grand Master for the third district of New York,
for 1887-8. He has written two works, both genealogical, —
"Memoir of Johannes Schenk, of Bushwick, Long Island," and a
"Historical Sketch of the Zabriskie Homestead," — both of which
were privately printed.
JosKiMi Hknk'v \VinTr., son of Dr. Joseph White and Marietta
Roseboom, (;5(;), was born in Canajoharie, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1855.
He received his education in the schools of that village and Palatine
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOO:^!. 77
Bridge. In 1873 he purchased an amateur printing outfit and dur-
ing 1876-7 published an amateur monthly, "The Lilliputian." He
was corresponding secretary of the New York State Amateur Press
Association, for 1877, and attended the meeting of the National
Amateur Press Association, at Long Branch, N. J., in .July, of that
year. In 1878 he was a partner of J. A. Miller, as job printers, in
Canajoharie, but disposed of his interest to Mr. Miller the next
year.
In the fall of 188o he went to California via the Isthmus of
Panama, being thirty-five days on the trip, and returned east in
May, 1885. In Nov., 1886, he again visited California, and the
next year became interested in the fancy poultry business at " Wood-
side" ranch, in the Sycamore Valley, with his cousins, under the
firm name of White & Wood. That year he joined Danville Grange,
No. 85, Patrons of Husbandry, and still retains his membership.
He has attended two meetings of the National Grange ; at Concord,
N. H., in 18l»2, and at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1893.
In May, 1890, he returned to his eastern home. Ill health in
early youth has prevented his taking part in the more active occupa-
tions of life, and the severe winters are passed in milder climes ;
those of 1882 and 1886 were spent in the Bermuda Isles, 1891 in
Florida, and the subsequent ones in Washington, D. C. For many
years he has been interested in Philately, and is a member of several
philatelic societies. Genealogy has occupied his attention for the
past two years, assisting in the preparation of this volume. He
lives with his mother, in Canajoharie.
46. James Shannon Hall, son of William Hall and Elizabeth
Roseboom, (39), was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1852.
In May, 1873, he went to Faribault, Minn., and engaged in general
farming and nursery business. In Aug., 1877, he moved to Waseca,
Minn., where he was a druggist until Mar., 1884, when he joined
his parents in Easton, Penn. The next spring he went to Richmond,
Va., where he now lives and is engaged in the real estate busi-
ness.
He married, 1st, Jan. 6, 1874, Josephine Wilson, dau. of Sam-
uel Wilson and Eliza Rutherford. She was born in Geneva, N. Y.,
78 DESCENDANTS OK ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM.
Mar. 7, IH")!), and di.-d in Fnril>:iult, Mar. 31, 1^76, aged 20, leav-
ing no eliildreii.
Me married, 2nd., .hine li, hsi)3, Coua Etta Lk Sikuu, dan. of
Little lleny Le Sueur and Henrietta Liglitfoot. She was born in
linckingliain eounty, Va., Mar. 1, 1869.
17. i'viNiCE Maiua IIa'll, dau. of William Hall and Elizabeth
Roseboom, (39), was born in Cherry Valley, X. Y., Mar. 12, 1855.
She married, Sept. 15, 1892, Gaxsevookt Van Vuaxkex Cok-
TELVor, son of Oerrit Cortelyou and Katherine Jane BriiK'kerhoff.
He was born in Hackensack. X. .T., Jan. 15, 1854. He graduated
at Rutgers College in 1875, and then studied ecclesiastical decora-
tion and commercial designing and practiced the same until 1884,
and is now engaged in the grain exporting trade. He lives in Eliza-
beth, X^. J.
Child.
Pierre Van Wijd; h. Dec. l(i, IS!).").
48. Wii,i.ia:m Edward Hall, son of William Hall and Elizabeth
Roseboom, (39), was born in Cherry A'alley, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1859.
In 1883 he became a junior partner in a shirt manufacturing com-
pany in Kaston, Penn., until 1885 when he joined his brother in the
purchase of a farm near Richmond, Va. In June, 1892, he went
to Buckingham county, Va., where he is a member of the White-
Hall Luml)er Co., wliich has founded and built the prosperous and
growing young town of AVhite Hall.
He married, Mar. 9, 1891, Della Kitchen, dau. of William
Penn Kitchen and Elizabeth Coffin Osterstock. She was born in
»
Easton, Mar. 14, 1860.
Child.
Emily Elizabeth, h. Nov. 26, 1891.
Rev. RoisEUT Ekskine Ely, son of Richard Ely and Sarah Rose-
boom, (40), was born in Binghamton, X. Y., Sept. 13, 1861.
After receiving his preparatory education at the high school there,
from which he graduated with the highest honors, being the vale-
dictorian of his class, he entered Amherst College, completing his
DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ROSEBOOM. 79
coarse in 1885. He was oae of the first ten men m scholarship
rank iu his college class and therefore the distinction was conferred
upon him of election in the first " drawing " to membership in the
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He entered Union Theological Semi-
nary in New York City, in the autumn of 1885, completing the
course in 1888, when he was one of the four men chosen to Repre-
sent his class by a public part at the commencement exercises.
Licensed to preach by the Manhattan Congregational Associa-
tion of New York City, in May, 1888, he began his ministry on
.Tune 1st, as pastor oF Stearns Chapel, in Cambridge, Mass., a
mission connected with the Prospect street church. In Dec, 1890,
the mission becameHope church, and he was ordained minister.
Nov. 1st, 181>2, he resigned his charge in order that he might de-
vote more time to the evening school and college for the benefit of
working men, in Cambridge, in connection with Harvard Univer-
sity, known as The Prospect Union. This institution was founded
by Mr. Ely, \\ith the aid of Prof. Francis G. Peabody, of Harvard,
and other persons, in Jan., 1891. He was chosen to be the first
president of the Union and continues to hold that office. He is also
president of the Co-operative Union of America, and of the Co-op-
erative Printing Society of Cambridge ; and pastor of the Union
Parish Church of Arlington Heights. His chosen lifework is to up-
lift and help laboring men, giving right direction to their energies
and some brightness to their lot.
49. Marv Louise Belcher, dau. of Abraham R. Belcher and
Elizabeth .J. McLean, (41), was born in Cherry Valle3% N. Y.,
Sept. 26, 1871. and died there, July 8, 1895, aged 23.
She married, July^ 12, 1894, Dr. Nathaniel Ferdinand Yates,
son of Trevor Yates and Martha Moore. He was born in the town
of New Lisbon, N. Y., July 8, 1858. His grandfather. Dr. William
Yates, was born in England, in 1767. He attended the first course
of lectures ever delivered by Dr. Abernethy. To more than ordi-
nary talents was added great benevolence. He established a pri-
vate insane asylum where the patients were treated on the humane
plan. He came to America in 1799, pre^^ous to which he had be-
come greatly interested in vaccination, just becoming known to the
medical profession in j:ngland. He made the acquaintance of Dr.
8(1 DKsrKNDANTS OK A1JUA]1A.M ROSEIiOOM.
.li'iiiitT and olitained from liiiii a large suppl}' of virus, and iniiiiedi-
ately on liis arrival in riiiladelphia lie engaged with the zeal of an
ardent and |)liilanthropic mind to disseminate tlii' knowledge of the
new discovery. It is certain that he was the first to introduce into
America this great boon to humanit}'', although the credit of this
intifxluction has been generally accorded to another. He pur-
chased a large estate in what is now the town of Morris, Otsego
Co., N. v., married a young lady in the Butternuts Valley, and
passed the remainder of Ids life in that home.
Dr. N. F. Yates was educated in the district school at Nobles-
ville, at the Fairfield Seminary, and the Delaware I^iterary Institute
at Franklin. He was seven years in a drug store, two years in the
medical department of the University of Michigan, and graduated
at the Long Island College Hospital in 18i>2, commencing active
practice in Cherry \'alley, where he now lives.
Child.
Florence Murtj, h. June 10, 1.S95.
ROBERT JOHNSON AND DESCENDANTS.
50. Robert Jonxsox, eldest son of Jesse Johnson and 3Iary
Stevenson, (10), was born in Chatham, Conn., Aug. 9, 1769. A
liandsome and promising young man, he chose to follow the sea, a
vocation quite common among the young men of the Connecticut
valley. He was captain of a sailing vessel plying between New
England, New York and southern ports, notably the West Indies.
On a homeward vo^-age in the spring of 1799 his vessel with several
others encountered a terrific storm and were lost with all on board,
not one survived to bring any certain news, and months of trying
suspense followed, but no tidings ever came. He was in his 30th
year.
He married, Sept. 9, 1798, Lucy Wilcox,* dau. of Ozias Wil-
cox and Mabel Gould. She was born in Middletown. Conn.. Aug.
■2-2. 1774, and died in Little Falls, N. Y,
Child.
Maria Mabel, b. Jan. 27, ISOO: m. Rev. Washington Thacher. (.")1)
51. Maria Mabel Johxsox, dau. of Robert Johnson and Lucy
Wilcox, (50), was born in Middletown. Conn., Jan. 27, 1800, and
died in Onondaga, N. Y., July 30, 1827, aged 27.
* Mrs. .Johnson married, 2nd, Sept. 30, 1808, Dr. .James Kennedy. (See foot-note to Family
105.)
S'2 DESCKXDANTS OF UOHERT JOHNSON.
Slio iiKirric'd, Jiilv 17, 1822, Rev. ■\Vasiiington Tiiachek,* sou
of Doa. Most's Tliiiclier and Sally Kead. He was born in Attle-
li()r()u<2;li, Mass., Feb. 2."J, IT'.H. He was descended from a long line
uf ministers ; according to the family tradition sixteen successive
generations furnislied each their full quota of clergymen to the
Cliristian Churcli in Kngland and this country. He was a lineal
descendent of Hev. Thomas Thacher, the first pastor of the Old
South Church, in IJoston. His father, a son of Rev. Peter Thacher,
of Attleborongh, was one of a colony from that place, about the
commencement of this centurj', to found a new settlement at Har-
ford, Penn. Here Washington Thacher entered the select school of
Rev. Lyman Richardson, and later his classical school, where his
fondness for stud}' soon gave him the prestige of a good English
and classical scholar.
He studied theology under the Rev. John Truair, of Cherry
\'alley, X. V.. and in 1821 was licensed to preach by the Presb}'-
tery of Otsego, and was ordained, probably, at Morrisville, N. Y.,
where he served as stated supply until 1826. He then settled as
pastor of the Presbj'terian church of Onondaga Valley, remaining
there until 1833, when he accepted a call to the first Presbyterian
church of Jordan, N. Y., and was installed by the Presbytery of
Cayuga. After a long and successful pastorate failing health com-
pelled him to resign. Improving in health he became the principal
of Jordan academy, and a year later went to Eaton, N. Y., where he
served the church as stated supply for three years.
In July, 1847, he was appointed corresponding secretary of the
Central Agency, at I'tica, N. Y., of the American Home Missionary
Society, which post he filled with decided ability, until by over-
exertion and exposure a protracted illness hastened the end. In
182.') he received the degree of A. M. from Hamilton College, and
for many years he was a trustee of the Auburn Theological Semi-
* Rev. Washiugtou Tliaclici- inariiuj, 2uil, Dec. 17, 182S, Sarah TieiU Moriell, wlio was
born in Neiv York City, July 10, 1802, and died in Utica, Feb. 27, 1849, aged 40.
('HIl.I)UKN.
1. Georgf. WuKldiigton, \>. July 10, IS:51 ; ni. Sept. 1, 1870, Alice Nautilla Lewis;
<1. Apr. 0, 1895, ae, 03.
2. EdirnrO Morrell, h. July 7,1833; d. June 10, 1855, ae. 21.
3. Eliznhelh Adii, li. July 2,1835; ni. Sept. 0, 1859, Philip N. Schuyler;
d. May 5, 1865, ae. 29.
4. William Whillock^ b-. Jan. 2,1837; ui. Oct. 0, 1880, Mariou Louisa Barnuin.
DECEXDANTS OF ROBERT JOHXSOX. 83
narv. He was a thorough scholar and able writer, and in all the
relations of life, public and private, the happiness and good of
others were his chief consideration. He died in Utica, June 2:>
1850, aged 56.
Children.
1. Lucy Maria, b. June 25, 1823: m. Dr. Linus P. Brockett. (52)
2. Robert Johnson, b. May 25,1825; m. Martha S. Southwick. (53)
3. Sarah Malvina, b. July 20, 1827 : m. Orlo R. Damon. (54)
52. Lucy Maria Thacher, dan. of Rev. AVashington Thacher
and Maria M. Johnson, (51), was born in Morrisville, N. Y., June
25, 1823. She resides in Brooklyn, X. Y.
She married, Dec. 22, 1846, Dr. Linus Pieri'ont Brockett, son
of Rev. Pierpont Brockett and Sarah Sage. He was born in Canton,
Conn., Oct. 16, 1820. His early education was obtained at the
Conn. Literary Institution, and at Brown University, R. I. He
studied medicine in AVashington, D. C, and attended lectures at
the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, graduated
from the Yale Medical College, Feb., 1843. Soon after entering
upon the practice of his profession his health became seriously im-
paired, and as a change of climate seemed desirable, he went to
(Tcorgetown, Ky., where he practiced some and lectured in George-
town College.
In the winter of 1845-6 he returned to the east with somewhat
improved health, but still so uncertain that he abandoned his pro-
fession and after a brief period in the book business, entered upon
his life work as an author. He contributed largely to Magazines,
Reviews and Periodicals ; many elaborate articles from his pen ap-
pearing in "Barnard's Journal of Education." His philanthropic
tastes led him to feel a deep interest in the care and training of the
dependent classes, making thorough investigation into the condition
of the blind, the deaf-mutes, the insane and the idiotic. In 1854
he was a commissioner to prepare a report on the condition and his-
tory of Idiocy in the state of Conn., and his report is to this day
one of the standard documents in the literature of Idiotic instruc-
tion.
In 1855 he accepted a position on the editorial staff of the New
American Cyclopedia, and later was connected with Johnson's Cyclo-
pedia, and others; his articles being geographical, biographical
84 DESCEN'DANTS oF KOHERT .TOIIXSON.
liistorical, educational, tlu'ological and medical. In 1857 Amherst
College conferred on him the honorary degree of A. M. 'Meanwhile
the Civil War came on and liis previous training fitted him to enter
with great zeal into the literature called forth by the war. He wrote
a number of campaign lives of generals and admirals, and aided in
several histories of the war. Subsequently he wrote "Woman's
Work in the Civil War," costing him an immense amount of labor,
and having a very large circulation. He was the author of "Our
Western Empire," "The Crescent and the Cross," " Philanthropic
Results of the War," "The Early Protestants of the East," and
many other volumes.
In 1888 he began to contribute to the "Missionary Review of
the World." He wrote well, accumulating his material by patient
investigation, and his scholarly attainments and kindly heart
rendered him always helpful -to the many who sought information.
His nature was genial and lovable, and he was particularly helpful
to 3'oung men who were struggling for an education. He died in
Brooklyn, .Ian. 13, 181)3, aged 72.
Child.
Arthur Thacher, b. Oct. 6, 1847 ; d. Jan. 31, 1854, ae. G.
r)3. Roi'.KKT -ToiiNsox Thachkr, son of Rev. Washington Thacher
and INIaria M. Johnson. (51), was born in Morrisville, N. Y,, May
25, 1825. He was educated at the Jordan academ}', and then went
to AVaterville and became a clerk in Mr. Bacon's store. Later he
engaged in the hat and cap business in Hamilton, and in 1847 moved
to a farm near ^larshall, where he lived for ten years, when he be-
came a partner of J. L. Salisbury, Waterville, in the mercantile
business. In 1870 ill health compelled him to retire from active
life and in 1873 he moved to Rome, N. Y., where he died Jan. 13.
18<»0, aged fi-1.
He married, Dec. 1(5, IMIG, Martha Sophia Southwick, dan.
of Benjamin Southwick and Clarissa Barton. She was born in
SangerJield. X. Y., June 22, 1826, and resides in Rome.
Children.
1. Benjamin Washington, li. Dec. 1<), 1847 ; (h Sept. 13, 1807, ae. 4i).
2. Clara Mnria, li. July 2.S, 1S49 ; in. Albert B. Keeney. (.lo)
3. (arolint Ida, b. Sept. 21t, 1S50 : m. Ploiulon R. Muggins. (5(i)
■I- Mary, 1). J)ec. 8, 18(;3; ni. Frank H. Carroll. (57)
DESCENDANTS OF ROHERT JOHNSON. >S5
54. Sakah Malvina Thacher, dau. of Rev. Washington
Thaeher and Maria M. Johnson, (51), was born in Onondagn,.
X. Y., July 20, 1827. She resides in Detroit, Mich.
She married, Oct. 1!», 1853, Ori.o Rockwell Damon, son of
Rnfus Damon and Abigail Andrews. He was born in Bridgewater,
N. Y., Apr. 29, 1821, and died in Waterville, N. Y., Aug. li),
1872, aged 51.
Children.
1. Susan Augusta, b. Mar. 10, 1856; d. Mar. 27, 1857, ae. 1.
2. George Thacher, b. Mar. 13, 1858; m. Nellie Mead. (58)
Benjamin Washington Thacher, son of Robert J. Thacher and
Martha S. Southwick, (53), was born in Sangerfield Center, N. Y.,
Dee. 19, 1847. He was educated in Waterville, and was then em-
ployed in a store in that place for two or three years. In Sept.,
1871, he entered the treasurer's office of the New York, Oswego &
^lidland Railroad, at Norwich, N. Y., and in 1873 the road became
the New York, Ontario & Western, and the office was moved to
New York, where he served until Mar., 1881, as clerk, cashier,
general clerk, and general passenger and freight agent. That year
he went to Laredo, Texas, and became cashier and auditor of the
northern division of the Mexican Railroad, then being built from
that point to Mexico. Upon the completion of the road in the fall
of 1888, his headquarters were transferred to Mexico City, and he
became general auditor. In Oct., 1889, he was appointed general
passenger and freight agent, which position he held in that city,
until his death, Sept. 13, 1897, aged 49. His remains were brought
to Rome, N. Y., for interment.
55. Clara Maria Thacher, dau. of Robert J. Thacher and
Martha S. Southwick, (53), was born in Sangerfield Center, N. Y.,
July 28, 1849, and died in Rome, N. Y., Mar. 10, 1884, aged 34.
She married, Sept. 15, 1875, Albert Barnes Keeney, son of
Rufus Keeney and Sarah Ann Matteson. He was born in Beloit,
Wis., Jan. 19, 1846. When he was less then a year old his parents
moved to Rome, where he lived until his death. He was educated
in the high school there, and at the age of twenty-one he became
86 DESCKNDAMS Ol' UOHEllT JOIIXSOX.
associated with his father in the hat, cu}) and fur business, hut
retired from the ririn a short time l)efore his death, Apr. 11, 1884,
at the age of 38.
Children.
1. Flnrmce MaHmon,
'_'. LUhin Tliachev,
3. Clarence Rufnii,
1).
.Tun.- l!i, 1S7G.
1>.
.laii. ;!. IsTlt.
1).
May H, 18S2.
.'»r.. Cai;oi.ink loA Tii.v( iiKH, dau. of Robert .1. Tliacher and
Martha S. Southwick, (53), was born in Marshall, N. Y., Sept. 21»,
1850.
She married, Nov. IG. 1870, Plouden Rueben Hu(;oins, son of
Ploudon Iluggins and Maria Harrington. He was born in Water-
ville, N. Y., .lul}' 4. 1843. While young his parents moved to
Belleville, N. Y., where he was educated in the Union Academ}-.
Then the family returned to Waterville, and in Aug., 1863, he en-
listed for four years in the U. S. Marine Corp and took part in
several land engagements in addition to the off-shore service. He
was on the "Mohican" at the bombardment of Fort Fisher and the
first assault which resulted in its capture. In Feb., 1865, he se-
cured an honorable discharge and entered the employ of Candee &
Son, general merchants of Waterville, where he remained until 1870.
when he bought a farm in l)es Moines county, Iowa, and lived in
that state for eleven years, being part of the time in the mercantile
business in Morning Sun. In 1881, he moved to Rome, N. Y.,
■where he is engaged in the insurance and real estate business.
Children.
1.
Martha Ma
ria,
Nov.
8, 1871.
2.
Thacher,
July
24, 187;i; «l. Aug. 8, 1878, ae.
3.
Albert,
Sept.
9, 187(;.
4.
Jioncoe,
Mar.
9, 1880.
5.
Mary,
Jan.
l(i, 1883.
57. Makv TiiAciiEK, dau. of Robert J. Thacher and Martha S.
Southwick, (53), was born in Waterville, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1863.
She married, Jan. 19, 1886, Frank HincivLey Carroll, son of
Kiron Carroll and Frances Hinckley. He was born in Rome, N. Y.,
Nov. 8, 1851). Was educated at the Rome academy, graduated in
DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT JOHNSON. 87
1876, studied law with his father and was admitted to the Bar iu
1881. The next year he went to Michigan, and lives in Pontiac, of
which city he was elected mayor in 1895, and again in '96. He is
auditor of the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad. As a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity he is a Pastmaster of Pontiac Lodge,
and Captain General of Pontiac Commandery, Knights Templar.
58. George Thacher Damon, son of Orlo R. Damon and Sarah
M. Thacher, (54), was born in Waterville, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1858.
He married, .Tune 12, 1883, Nellie Mead, dau. of Fabius Junius
Mead and Eleanor MacConnell. She was born in Kankalcee, 111.,
Oct. 31, 1865. She resides in Chicago, 111.
Children.
1. George Mead, b. Oct. 4, 1884.
2. Fabius Junius Ferdinand, b. Dec. 14, 1886.
ELIZABETH JOHNSON STEWART AND
DESCENDANTS.
o\K Elizabeth -loiixsox, dan. of .losse .Johnson and Mary
Stevenson, (10), was born in Chatham, Conn,, June 18, 1773. In
1819 she moved with her children to the town of Cherry Valley,
X. Y., and settled on a farm adjoining that of her father. In 183.5
she with her daughter, Abigail, went to La Porte, Ind., taking a
packet boat on the canal at Fort Plain for Buffalo, a trip of five
days, hence by Lake Erie to Detroit where her son Samuel met them,
and the drive to La Porte took eight daj^s. She made her home with
her sons until her death, Sept. 10, 18,51, aged 78.
She married. Apr. 0, 1794, Samuel Steavart, son of Daniel
Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart. He was born in Chatham, Aug. 14,
1772, and was a farmer. He died there, Apr. 27, 1817, aged 44.
Children.
1.
Ifanie!,
h.
Oct:
O')
171)6 ;
ni.
Eliza En.sign.
(00)
'_)
Eliza,
Robert Johnson,
1).
Oct.
Jan.
— »
20,
1798 ;
1801:
m.
(1.
Dr. Eleazer Asi)in\vall :
[Wilson.
June 30, 1801.
William
(lil)
4.
.Samuel, Jr.,
b.
May
10,
1804;
m.
Phebe Norton.
((i2)
5.
George William,
b.
Aug.
27,
1807;
(l.
1835, ae. 28.
G.
Abigail Johnson,
b.
Dec.
90
1813;
(1.
June 13, 1851, ae. 37.
60. Damkl Stewakt, son of Samuel Stewart and Elizabeth
.Tohnson, (59), was born in Granville, Mass., Oct. 22, 1796. He
moved to Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1819, and subsequently engaged
in tUe milling business in Fly Creek, and later in the southern part
of the town of Cherry Valley. In .lune, 1836, he left with his wife
and sons for the Avest, driving to Buffalo with their household goods
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH JOHNSON STEWART. 89
in a lumber wagon. There they took a steamer for Detroit on June
1(3, and were four days and nights on the lake, owing to rough
weather. The roads were extremely bad in Michigan, and the best
horse died when they were one hundred miles from La Porte, Ind.^
which was reached on July 6. He resumed milling for some time
and then settled on a farm where he died July 26, 1875, aged 78.
He married, Mar. 15, 1827, Eliza Exsigx, dau. of Ferris
Ensign. She was born Jan. 26, 1805, and died in La Porte, Mar.
10. 1849, aged 44.
Children.
1. George William, h. Feb. 8,1828: d. Dec. 9, 1877, ae. 4i).
2. Harvey Porter, b. Nov. 17, 1829; d. June 20, 1851, ae. 21.
3. Henry Rosehooin, b. Sept. 5,1835; m. Maria E. Rhinehart. (63)
4. Helen Maria, ) b. Sept. 5,1838; re.sides in La Porte.
5. Sarah Elizabeth, \ b. Twins. d. Nov. 24, 1852, ae.-14.
(J. Harriet Abigail. b. Sept. 28, 1841 : m. Nelson S. Brand. (64)
7. Lucy Johnson, b. Dec. 14,1844; m. Dr. George Merritt. (65)
61. Eliza Stewart, dau. of Samuel Stewart and Elizabeth
.lohnson, (59), was born in Chatham, Conn., Oct. 2, 1798, and
died in La Porte, Ind., Aug. 29, 1847, aged 48, leaving no
children.
She married, 1st, Dr. Eleazar Aspinwall, who died in Terre
Haute, Ind., between Sept. 20, and Nov. 24, 1820.
She married, 2nd, Feb. 16, 1843, William M. Wilson,* son of
* W. M. Wilson married, 1st, Eliza Gard, dau. of Rev. Stephen Gard and Mary Pierce.
She was born near Trenton, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1802, and died in La Porte county, May -23, 1S35,
aged 32.
Children.
1. Squire, b. 1S26; d. 182S.
2. Stephen Gard, b. Sept. 21, 182S; ra. Aug. 22, 1848, Sarah .Jane Matthews.
3. Xancy Ann, b. July 2.5,1833; m. Dr. Philander Loomis;
d. Sept. 26, 1869, ae. 36.
4. John McClintock, b. 18.3.5; d. 1835.
He married, 2nd, May 19, 1836, Anna Pierce, dau. of Squire Pierce and Xancy (Jray. She
was born in Butler county, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1813, and died in Clinton Township, Ind., Jan. 25
1842, aged 28.
Children.
5. Margarette, b. Feb. 25, 1837.
6. J/ary, b. Sept. 21, 1838; m. Apr. 26, 1857, Sylvester Taber.
7. John McClintock, b. May 20,1840; m. Dec. 25, 1859, Maria Golden.
He married, 4th, Oct. 5, 1848, Permelia Johnson, dau. of David and Mary Johnson, and
widow of Christopher C. Johnson. She was born near Lynchburgh, Va., Oct. 17, 1807, and
died in La Porte, Mar. 22, 1856, aged 48.
He married, 5th, Mar. 17, 1859, Mary Dinwiddle, dau. of Francis Windle and Eleanor Holt,
and widow of David Dinwiddle, She was born in Chester county, Penn., Mar. 3, 1790. and died
n La Porte, Dec. 26, 1882, aged 83.
90 DESCKND.WTS OF KIJ/.AIIKTH .lOllNSOX .STEWART.
Jamos Wilson and Nancy McClintock. He was born in Northuni-
berliiml. r.iiii.. Mni'. 17, IT'.M. and was a farmer. He died in
Clint(.n townshii), liid., Dee. 22, 1861, aged 70.
»;2. Samiei, Sthwaut, .)r., son of Samnel Stewart and Elizabeth
Johnson, (5;»), was born in Chatham, Conn., May 10, 1804. In
181!) the family moved to Cherry \' alley, N. Y., and settled on a
farm. He was captain of a military company there and his sword
is still in the family. In the spring of 1834 he started with his
sister Eliza for the west in a covered wagon, and after a long tedious
journey they settled on a farm about three miles from the present
city of La Porte, Ind. There were but few houses where now stands
that beautiful city; all lumber, dry goods, groceries, &c., had to be
purchased at Michigan City, fifteen miles distant. He was a staunch
Episcopalian and one of the founders of the church in La Porte.
He was justice of the peace for two terms in Pleasant township, and
a member of the legislature in 1846. He died in La Porte, Jan. 18,
18411, aged 44.
He married, Mar. 7, 1838, Piiebe Noktox, dau. of Dr. vStephen
Norton and Sarah G. Hollister. She was born in New Lebanon,
N. Y., Aug. 9, 1814, and resides in La Porte.
Children.
1. John Hngehooin, b. Dec. 11, 1839; lu. Mary M. Sheldon ; Ellen P. Smith.
(CG)
2. Marietta, b. Apr. 3,1842; m. DeWitt C. McCollum. (67)
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. G, 1844; tl. Feb. 11, 1858, ae. 13.
4. Robert Samuel, b. Aug. 24, 184S ; m. Eliza E. Mossholder. (68)
63. Henry Rosehoom Stewart, son of Daniel Stewart and
Eliza Ensign, (60), was born in the town of Cherry Valley, N. Y.,
about four miles south of the village of that name, Sept. 5, 1835.
The next year his parents moved to Indiana, and his early life was
spent on a farm in La Porte county. Arriving at manhood he went
to Plymouth, Ind., and was an engineer on the Wabash railroad for
about twelve years, when he settled on a farm two and one-half
miles west of Plymouth, where he died Apr. 18, 1883, aged 47.
He married, Dec. 24, 1865, Maria Eliza RiiiNEirART, dau. of
DESCENDANT.^ OF ELIZABETH JOHNSON STEWART. 91
Abraham Rliinebart and Cevica Moore. She was boru in Plymouth,
July 11, 18-lG, where she now resides.
Children.
1. (ieorge Porter, b. Oct. 19, 1866: m. Celeste Kayder. (69)
2. Lucy Etta, b. Nov. 27. 187-4 ; m. William BonDurant. (70)
3. Coral Helen, b. July 38, 1878.
64. Harriet Abkjail Stewart, dau. of Daniel Stewart and
Eliza Ensign, (60), was born in La Porte, Ind., Sept. 28, 1841.
She resides in Olathe, Kans.
She married, Mar. 2, 1864, Nelson Samuel Brand, son of Allen
Brand and Eliza Downer Lathrop. He was born in Conesville,
X. Y., May 29, 1836. He was a descendant of Benjamin Brand.
a British otlicer and sea captain, who brought his family to America
about 1744, and settled in Conn. Nelson was a farmer and
mechanic, and in the spring of 1857 went to La Porte. In the fall
of 1.S61 he enlisted in Company C, 48th Reg., Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and served until Feb. 14, 1862, Avhen he was discharged
for disabilities. He then lived in numerous places and engaged in
various occupations until July, 1888, when he went to Kansas City,
Mo., where he died Jan. 2, 1896, aged 59.
Children.
1. A daughter, b. May 22, 1870; d. June 7, 1870.
1. Allen Stewart, b. Mar. 30, 1872; is a mechanic and lives in Olathe.
65. Lucy Johnson Stewart, dau. of Daniel Stewart and^Eliza
Ensign, (60), was born in La Porte, Ind., Dec. 14, 1844, and died
in Pittsburg, Penn., Jan. 18, 1887, aged 42, leaving no children.
She was interred at the Cherry Valley, N. Y., cemetery.
She married, June 25, 1878, Dr. George Merritt,* son of
* Dr. Merritt married, 1st, June 18, 1851, Fannie Cornelia Gilbert, dau. of Rev. Sturges Gil-
lien and Martha Cheney White. She was born in Great Barriugton, Mass., Dec 29, 1829, and
died in Cherry Valley, May 19, 1877, aged 47.
Children.
1. Fannie Amelia, h. Apr. 8,1852; m. Oct. 12, 1874, Samuel Alfred McClung.
2.- George Little, b. Apr. 6,1853; m. July 31, 1SS2, Carrie Adah Hillman.
3. Julia Augusta, h. July 5,1855; m. June 18, 1891, Charles Willis Bronson.
4. Martha Isabel, b. Mar. 22, 1857.
5. Ma, b. Apr. 2,1860; d. Apr. 20, 1880.
6. Jennie, b. Sept. 10. 1861; d. Nov. 25, 1861.
7. Edith Gilbert b. Mar. 24, 1865; ra. Apr. 15, 1891, Harry Stanley Giles.
\^-2 DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH .JOHNSON STEWART.
Josopli Mcrritt and ClKiilotte Snutli. He was born in Cherry Valley.
Feb. ;•, ls-_>!». lie hc'oaii the study of medicine in the office of Dr.
Men/.o White, in tiie Latter part of 1845, continuing there three
years, then attended the spring term of lectures at the Geneva,
X. v., Medical College and the fall term of the Medical College at
Castleton, where he graduated. This last is now the medical depart-
ment of the University of Vermont. He commenced the practice of
his profession in Cherry \'alley in 1850, and continued therein until
his sudden death. He was for several years Supervisor of the town,
and was an active Mason for forty-five years. His only son, George
L., succeeds him in an extensive practice. He died in Cherry
Valley. Oct. 26, 18')."), aged G(;.
6(). .loiiN R<)SKBO(^M Stewaht. SOU of Samuel Stewart, .Jr., and
Phebe Norton, ((52), was born in I. a Porte, Ind., Dec. 11, 1839.
He was a farmer in that county until 1878, when he went to Nebraska,
and lived in Omaha, Fort Calhoun, Waterloo and Schuyler, being in
the latter place seven years. He followed various branches of busi-
ness as opportunity afforded. In 1889, he went to Lewis county,
Washington, and has a fruit ranch near Newaukum.
He married, 1st, INIar. 28, 1860, Mary Maria Sheldon, dan. of
Correl Charles Sheldon and Eliza Humphrey. She was born in
Olean, N. Y., Apr. 29, 1842, and died in La Porte, Feb. 25, 1871,
aged 28.
He married, 2nd, Nov. 26, 1872, Ellen Paulina Smith, dau. of
John Derlin Smith and Harriet Eliza Austin. She was born in La
Porte, Dec. 9, LSol.
Children ; — by the first marriage.
1. EUaheth, 1.. :>rar. IS, 1861 ; m. Frank A. Churchill. (71)
2. I/en Heft a, h. Mar. 1.1868: m. John H. Long. (72)
Children ; — by the second marriage.
.3. Jexsie Delina, b. Oct. 19, 1873.
4. Marietta, b. Feb. 24, 1887.
5. Frances, b. July 2J), 188!l.
67. Marietta Stewakt, dau. of Samuel Stewart, Jr., and Phebe
Norton, (62), was born in La Porte, Jnd., Apr. 3, 1812.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH .TOHXSOX STEAVAET. 93
She married, Sept. 11, 1866, DeWitt Clixtox McCoi.lum, son
of George Sherwood McColluni and Achsa Wing. He was born in
La Porte, May 10, 1842. He was a farmer until Aug. 11, 1862,
when he enlisted as 2nd Sergeant in Company 1 . 87tb Regiment,
Indiana Volunteers, but served in the capacity of Orderly Sergeant.
His regiment was first engaged at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct.
8. 1802. and participated in all the skirmishes and marches throuo-h
Ky. and Tenn., up to the battle of Chickamauga where it was again
engaged on the 19th and 20th days of Sept., 1863. For meritori-
ous conduct in this battle he was recommended by his colonel and
commissioner as First Lieiit. of his company, Jan. 21, 1864, and
on the first day of Apr., he took command of his company until the
close of the war on account of the Captain being absent on detached
service.
His regiment participated in all of the battles in front of Atlanta,
Ga., including that of Jonesboro, and entered the city with the bal-
ance of the army. He was in the great campaign with Sherman to
the sea, or to Savannah, and was with the army through the Caro-
liuas to Raleigh, where Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Confed-
erate army to Sherman ; after which marched north to Richmond,
and to Washington, and was in the grand review. Was honorably
discharged as Brevet Captain on June 14, 1865, by reason of the
close of the war.
He returned to farm life but after three j^ears commenced mer-
cantile business in La Porte. He was one of the Board of Commis-
sioners appointed by Gov. Gray and the State officers of Indiana
that built the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument at Indianapolis, which
cost 8400,000. In the winter of 1895-6 he joined the soldiers' col-
ony at Fitzgerald, Ga., until 1897. He lives in La Porte.
Children.
1. ireorgiana, b. Oct. 31,1867; d. Apr. 12, 1871, ae. 3.
2. Samuel Stewart, b. June 5, 1870.
3. George Sherwood, b. Jan. (J, 1874.
4- Edwin John, b. Apr. 9, 187fl.
5. Eraline, b. Jan. 21, 1882.
08. Robert S.amuel Stewart, son of Samuel Stewart. Jr., and
Phebe Norton, (62), was born in La Porte, Ind., Aug. 24, 1848.
94 DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH JOHNSON STEWART.
In Sept., 1HH7, he went to Wellington, Kansas, wliere he was em-
ployed by Wells, Fargo & Co. In the spring of 1893 he went to
Kansas City, Mo., and is in tlio employ of the city railroad com-
pany.
He iiuuried, Dec. 31, 1879, Ei.iza Etta Mossiiolder, dau. of
Richard ^Mossholder and Christena Fredrica Hilt. She was born in
Minerva, Ohio, Apr. 18, 1848. She resides in La Porte.
Children.
1. Cora Ada, b. Jan. 8, 1882.
2. Edith Rowena, b July 9, 1886.
69. GEOH(iK PoitTKK Stkwaut, son of Henry K. Stewart and.
Maria YZ. Khinehart, (63), was born in Plj'month, Ind., Oct, 19,
1866. lie was educated in the pnblic school, learned telegraphy in
1886, and was then employed by the Penn. R. R. Company, and in
1893 became train dispatcher at Fort Wajuie, Ind.
He married, June 20, 1893, Celeste Rayder, dau. of Jess?
Finley Rayder and Nellie Keating. She was born in Plymouth,
July 13, 1871.
Child.
Zillah Marguerite, b. Oct. 19, 1894.
70. Lucy FItta Stewart, dau. of Henry R. Stewart and Maria
E. Rliinehart, (63), was born in Plymouth, Ind., Nov. 27, 1874.
She married, Oct. 27, 1896, William BoxDuraxt, son of Jeptha
BonDurant and Mary Elizabeth Paisley. He was born in Plymouth,
Dec. 23, 1868. He is a professional artist, and lives in South
Bend, Ind.
71. Elizabeth Stewart, dau. of John R. Stewart and JNIary M.
Sheldon, (66), was born in La Porte count}', Ind., Mar. 18, 1861.
She married, Sept. 26, 1877, Frank Albert Churchill, son of
Franklin George Churchill and Amelia Laman. He was born in
Addison, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1856. He lives in Bradford, Penn., and
is editor-in chief of ''The Bradford P^venins; Star."
Child.
Helen, h. St-pt. K5, 1879.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH JOHXSOX STEWART.
95
72. Henrietta Stewart, dau. of John R. Stewart and Mary M.
Sheldoii, (66), was born in La Porte, Ind., Mar. 1, 1868.
She married, Mar. 1, 1893, John Hexry Loxg,* son of William
Henry Long and Soeelia Wirick. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.
Nov. 27. 1845. He left for Iowa in 1860. and three years later
went to Boise City, Idaho, and the following year to Lewis county,
Washington. On this long journey he drove an ox team to pay for
his board. He is a man of natural ability and had good educational
advantages, and was soon recognized as a leader in the pioneer
community in which he lived. In 1868 he was elected Assessor of
Lewis county, and two years later County Treasurer. He was Rep-
resentative in 1876, Territorial Councilman in 1880, and State
Senator in 1889. He was spokeu of for Governor in 1892, but
owing to the death of his son Charles, he refused the nomination.
He lives near Chehalis, and is a farmer.
Child.
Letitiii. 1). Jan. i, 1894.
* J. H. Loug married, 1st, Mar. 5, 186S, Deborah Waterman Hodgdon, dau. of Stephen
Hodgdon and Deborah Bosworlh. She was born in Halifax, Mass., Mar. 6, ISoO, and died in iX
I'aso, Tex., Feb. 7, 1892, aged 41.
1. Florence Adelaide, b.
2. Charles Elmer, b.
3. Frederick William, b.
4. Stanley Bosicorth, b.
5. Oscar Stephen, b.
6. JoHephine Mabel, b.
7. Harry Waterman, b.
Children.
Dec. 3,1868; m.
May 22,1871; d.
Sept. 7, 1873.
Xov. 2, 1875.
Apr. 3,1880; d.
June 28, 1881.
July 12, 1885.
Sept. 5, 1888, William Burton Alien.
July 10, 1892, ae. 21.
Jan. 1, 1881.
MARY JOHNSON WILDER AND DESCEN-
DANTS.
73. Mahy?Johnson, dau. of Jesse Johnson and Mar}' Steven-
son, (10), was born in East Haddam, Conn., May 17, 1775. She
■was an intelligent, well-balanced, affectionate, christian woman,
nnsellishly devoted to her family and domestic duties. In 1837 she
and her daughter Lucy went to Claridon, Ohio, and after the latter's
marriage she made her home with her son, Eli, in Painesville, Ohio,
where she died, Sept, 10, 1849, aged 74.
She married, Oct. 23, 1796, Col. P^li Wilder, son of Dea. John
Wilder and Hannah Austin. He was born inHartland, Conn., May
2, 1770. From a book of the Wilder Family, published in 1878,
by Rev. Moses H. Wilder, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the following is
gleaned: "The first Wilder of whom we have knowledge was
Nicholas, a militar}' chieftain in the army of the Earl of Richmond,
at the battle of Bosworth Field, Aug. 22, 1485. On Apr. 15, 14!) 7.
being the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII, the latter gave to
Nicholas as a token of his favor a landed estate with a coat of arms,
which estate is still held by his heirs.
Thomas, of the fourth generation from Nicholas, died in 1634,
leaving a widow Martha and five children, John, Thomas, Eliza-
beth, Edward and Mary, all of whom in 1638 emigrated to Massa-
chusetts Bay. Thomas settled in Charlestown, was made a freeman
in 1640 and died in 1692. From him in direct line came John, a
farmer of Lancaster, Mass., born in 1646; John, also a farmer of
Lancaster, bap. Mar. 12, 1673; Jonas, born in Lancaster, in 1699^
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER.
97
moved to Lyme, Conn., in 1733, and to Havtlancl in 17G0, where he
(lied in 1797. The "Connecticut Historical Collections" has the
following notice of the latter, taken from the " Hartford Couraut,"
of 179(3, by a Hartland correspondent : "There is now living in this
town a Mr. .Jonas AVilder, in the 97th year of his age, a steady, in-
dustrious man, seldom losing a day's work by reason of infirmity or
old age. He is the oldest man in the town by several years. He
has had two wives, both of the same name, both christian and
maiden; with the last he has lived over sixty years. He has had
thirteen children, all of whom are living, the oldest being 73, and
the youngest 46 years of age. His sons, seven in number, have
sustained the following honorable offices besides town and society
offices : one colonel, one major, one captain, two lieutenants, three
justices of the peace, three representatives and three deacons. His
posterity were numbered in 1795, and found to be 232, all but 15
of them were then living." His son, Dea. John, was the father of
Col. Eli, and died in 1805.
Col. Eli Wilder was a gentleman of the old school, courteous and
gracious in his manners, refined in his speech, and enjoyed the con-
fidence of his town's people to a remarkable degree, being elected
magistrate for many years. He was colonel of the militia of his
district and served several terms in the legislature. Though consti-
tutionally conservative he was a man of broad and tolerant spirit.
He died in Hartland, Aug. 14, 1835, aged 65.
Children.
1.
Calvin,
b.
May
!), 1798 ;
m.
Phebe Wilder. (74)
2.
Mary Louisa,
b.
Aug.
7, 1800:
m.
Lester Taylor. (75)
;i.
Horace,
b.
Aug.
20, 1802 ;
m.
Phebe J. Coleman. (76)
4.
Lucy,
b.
Dec.
10, 1804;
m.
Dr. Erastus Goodwin. (77)
5.
liohert Johnson,
b.
Jan.
Hi, 1807 ;
d.
Oct. 27, 1826, ae. 19.
<;.
John Andrews,
b.
Feb.
12, 180!);
(1.
Aug. 11, 1827, ae. 18.
7.
Hannah,
b.
Apr.
12, 1811 ;
d.
July 7, 1813, ae. 2.
8.
Eli Trumbull,
b.
Nov.
13.1813;
m.
Julia W. Wakefield ; Larissa M.
[Kendig. (78)
9.
Seth Loomis,
b.
May
28, 181(5;
m.
Harriet Thayer; Lydia B.
[(irout. (79)
10.
•
A 'laughter,
b.
Sept.
9, 1818;
d.
Sept. 21, 1818.
11.
Hannah Elizabeth,
b.
Jan.
26,1823;
d.
Dec. 3, 1825, ao. 2.
98
DESCKXDANTS OF ^fARY .lOHXSON WILDER.
71. Calvin Wii.DKif, son of Col. Kli Wilder, and Mary .lohnson,
(7;5), was born in Ilartland, Conn., .May 0, 171)8. lie was a farmer
and lived on the old homestead with his father. In 1823 he held
the office of town clerk. For some time he carried the mail between
Ilartland nnd Hartford, and was one of a military company known
in those days as "Troopers." He died suddenly in Winsted, Conn..
Sept. 1.'., 18:32, aged 34.
lie married, Dec. 2(5, 1821, Piiebe Wilder, dan. of Thomas
Wilder and Tryphena Austin. She was born in IJarkhamsted, Conn.,
Sept. 1), 1791), and died in .lottVrson, X. Y., Feb. 14, 1874, aged
74.
Children.
Watson E. French. (80)
Marinda Pickett ; ^Nlaiv H. Thomas.
(81)
Maranda F. Finch. (82)
Sept. 4, 1846, ae. 18.
Watson E. French. (83)
1.
J/unj Louisa,
1).
May
12,
1823 ;
ni.
2.
Austin. Joseph,
h.
Sept.
i',
1824;
m.
3.
Deloss Dwight,
b.
Feb.
23,
1826;
m.
i.
Lucy Ann,
1).
Apr.
15,
1828 :
d.
5.
Susan,
b.
Aug.
20,
1830;
m.
75. Mary Louisa Wilder, dan. of Col. Eli Wilder and Mary
Johnson, (73), was born in Ilartland, Conn., Aug. 7, 1800, and
died in Claridon, Ohio, May 5, 1870, aged 69.
She married, May 2, 1821, Lester Taylor, son of Childs Taylor
and Rhoda Bates. He was born in Hartland, Aug. 5, 1798. Soon
after their marriage they started for their new home, a log house in
the woods, in Claridon, Ohio, and were four weeks on the road with
a pair of horses and wagon. He had been there previousl}' and
taught school in the winter, in Mentor, in a log house. His ninety
scholars were from eleven different states, with as many different
school books. They lived in their log house seven years, till it was
burned with nearly everything in it. He was Colonel of the militia
in 1828, and Associate Judge under the old state constitution. In
1830, the Ohio legislature chose him one of three commissioners to
survey, appraise and sell sixty thousand acres °of land for the
Western Reserve School fund. He was sent to the legislature as
Representative in 1832 and '34, and again in 1844-5; and to the
Senate in 18oG-7. Was elected Speaker j)ro tern of the Senate and
served most of the time during the two sessions, as the Lieutenant
DESCENDAXTS OF :MARY JOHNSON WILDER. 99
Governor was absent mucli of the time. He called the Senate to
order the first time they met in the new State House. He was Jus-
tice of the Peace in ]84o and Associate Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas from 1847 to 1850.
In 1882, fifty years after he was a member of the House first,
he was invited to Columbus as ex-member, and on his entrance to
each branch the rules were suspended and he was pul)licly introduced
from the Speaker's stand and made a speech. Ten years later he
again visited Columbus when the same courtesies were shown him.
He was the member of the Congregational church connected with
the association of Congregational churches of Lake and Geauga
counties, and was the presiding officer for fifteen years from its
organization, and was three times sent as delegate to the National
Councils; to the first Council in Boston in 1865, to Detroit in 1.S77
and to IMinneapolis in 1895.
He was for many years president of the first Agricultural Society
of the county, and is now the only living Charter member. He was
the first president and still remains so of the Pioneer Society, and
never failed to be present at their meetings till 1895, but was able
to preside as usual the next year. For years he was a favorite
speaker at Pioneer meetings in other counties as well as his own,
often addressing thousands in the woods from the stump, in the
city opera houses and public halls. He delivered a Fourth-of-July
oration in 1820, and on July 3, 1897, after speaking for forty min-
utes at the Burton celebration in the forenoon, he went to Claridon
and spoke for over half an hour in the afternoon, seventy-se^ en
years later.
Making no claim to be a prophet or the son of a prophet, in in-
troducing public speakers he three times named them as future
Presidents ; at a convention in Chardon he introduced jNIr. Hayes
as the next Governor and future President of the United States ;
Gen. Garfield was introduced by him at Chardon as the next Repre-
sentative in Congress and future President, and at liurton in
1894 he introduced Mr. McKinley as the candidate for Gover-
nor and the next Republican President, which he lived to see
fulfilled.
He did not have a liberal education, only attending school
winters till he was sixteen, and teaching several winters in Conn,
and Ohio. The farm where he first settled is still his home and he
TOO
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER.
intends to pass the remaining days of his life under tlie time-honored
roof.
Children.
1.
/i^oherf De Witt,
h.
June
19,
1824;
(1. Mar. 1, 1830, ae. 5; killed by
[fall of a tree.
the
2,
LnUoyal,
b.
May
Ti,
1827 :
lu. Anna B. Cleveland.
(84)
;?.
Mar\i Johnnon,
1).
Apr.
1
1K30;
i-e.sides in Claridon, Ohio.
4.
Lester De Witt,
b.
Dec.
1,
1832 :
ni. Carnielia Brainard.
(85)
5.
Lucy Wilder,
1).
Aug.
111,
1835;
ni. Clinton Goodwin.
(86)
6.
Jane Sophia,
b.
Nov.
23,
1837;
ni. William D. Ringland.
(87)
7.
Susan lioseboom,
b.
Apr.
16
1841;
m. Ozro R. Newcomb.
(88)
76. Horace Wilder, son of Col. Eli Wilder and Mary John-
son, (73), was born in Hartland, Conn., Aug. 20, 1802. He grad-
uated at Yale College in 1823, studied law while a private tutor in
Virginia and was there admitted to practice. In 1827 he went to
Ashtabula, Ohio, and continued the practice of his profession there
till 1836, when he went to Conneaut, Ohio, but returned to Ashta
l»ula in the winter of 1862-63. Ranking with the ablest members
of the Ohio Bar, he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas and
District Courts of the Ashtabula district, and in 1863 he became one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He was colleague at
the Bar Avith R. P. Ranney, B. F. Wade and J. R. Giddings. His
legal integrity is illustrated by an incident of stormy times ; at a
convention for nominating judge, it was proposed to pledge the
nominee not to remand a fugitive slave back to his master, notwith-
standing the U. S. Supreme Court had declared the law to be consti-
tutional. Horace AVilder refused to pledge himself as to what his
holding might be in any case before hearing it, agreeing with Lord
Mansfield on a similar occasion. " that if a man gives a right sen-
tence upon hearing one side only, he is a wicked judge, because he
is right by chance only and has neglected taking the proper method
to be informed."
In May, 1867, he retired from practice and went to Red Wing,
Minn., where he resided with his brother Eli. The relations of
these brothers was of rare and delicate amity. In an address
before the council of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Whipple said of
him : "'Hon. Horace Wilder, of Christ Christ, Red Wing, was one
wiio lived by the Prophet's rule, — ' to do justly, to love mercy, and
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER. 101
to walk humbly with God. I never looked into his gentle face
without thinking that in him, the hoary head was a crown of glory,
for he was found in the way of Righteousness.' "
One of the oldest graduates of Yale College, he had won the
highest honors in his profession, but his highest honor was that like
Nathaniel of old: — ''he was a man in whom there was no guile."
lie died in Red Wing, Dec. 26, 1.S89, aged 87.
He married, Oct. 29, 1S33, Phebe Jerusiia Coleman, dau. of
Dr. Elijah Coleman and Phebe Spencer. She was born in Ashtab-
ula, Mar. 27, 1815, and died in Conneaut, Aug. 18, 1847, aged 32.
Children.
1. Eihjar Seddon, b. June 16, 1838.
2. Arthur Morson, b. Dec. 1(3, 1S40; lives in Red Wing.
3. Alice, b. Apr. 30, 1843: d. Dec. 8, 1844, ae. 1.
4. Horace Coleman, b. July 3,1845: d. Mar. 1,1846.
5. Julia, b. Julj^ 29, 1847 ; d. Feb. 8, 1848.
77. LrcY WiLDEK, dau. of Col. VA\ AVilder and Mary Johnson,
(73), was born in Hartland, Conn., Dec. 10, 1804, and died in
Burton, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1878, aged 73, leaving no children.
She married, Feb. 28, 1848, Dr. Erastus Goodwix,* son of
Michael Goodwin and Elizabeth Smith. He was born in New Hart-
ford, Conn., Feb. 3, 1784. He studied medicine with his brother-
in-law. Dr. Thomas C. Brinsmade, moved to Ohio in 1811, and
settled in Burton. He was one of the earliest physicians in that
section and had an extensive practice ; a skillful practitioner and a
man much respected by the community. He died in Burton, Jan. 1,
1869, aged 84.
* Dr. Goodwin married, UX, Feb. 20, 1814, Dotia Gilbert, Cam. of Judge Gilbert. She was
born in Weybridge, Vt., in 1791, and died in Burton, Nov. 11, 1^1(3, aged 55.
Children.
1. Sherman Gouid, b. Nov. 21, ISll; m. Apr. 15, 1S3S, Lydia Cook;
d. Jan. 8, 1884, ae. 69.
2. Erastus Lloyd, b. July 17,1818; ra. June ti, 1853, Laura I'eet;
d. Jan. 6, 1884, ae. 65.
3. Homer Miclxuel, b. Oct. 15,1819; m. Oct. 29, 1S49, Maryette Cowles;
d. July 6, 1896, ae. 76.
4. Mary Eliza, b. Dec. 7,1822; m. Oct. 8, 1849, Dr. Eden Porter Peters;
d. June 6, 1875, ae. 52.
5. Margaret Maria, b. Apr. 28, 1832; m. Apr. 19, 1852, Edward Sharpe Ross.
6. Leicis Hunt, b. Dec. 29,18:53; m. -Jan. 26, 1858, Harriet Elvira Smith.
Idl' MKSCENDANTS Ol" MAK'V .lolINSON WILDKR.
78. I'J.i 'riitMiuii. W'li.Di.i;. sou of Col. Kli Wilder and INIary
Johnson, (7;i), wus horn in Hiu'tland. Conn., Nov. 27, l)-ii;3. He
left there in Feb., l.s;);3, for Ashtabula, Ohio, and entered the ofKce
of his brother Horace, and in Aug., 1835, was admitted to the F>ar.
He returned to Conn., where he remained two years and then went
to Paiuesvilii', Ohio, and commenced professional life as a member
of the tirm of Hitchcock & Wilder. In the spring of 1854, he was
ai)pointed a Judge of the Court of Connnon Pleas, and of the Dis
trict Court, by the Governor of Ohio, to fill a vacancy. A news-
paper clipping says of him. in a notice of his brother Horace :
" AVho, ac(piainted with the IJai- of Ashtabula, Lake and (ieauga
counties twenty j'ears ago, does not remember them as among the
foremost, and in some respects the foremost, of its able members?"
Jn l.s.')(! he moved to Red Wing, Minn., where he now resides.
•' For over thirty years J^li T. Wilder has been an honored and most
respected citizen of Red Wing, esteemed and beloved by her people
for his public and private charities, and justly prominent in the state
as a jurist, and one of the most active and influential of the lay
members of the Episcopal Diocese,"
He married, 1st, May 22, 18oi), Jilia Wkight Wakekielu, dan.
of Dr. Luman Wakefield and Betsy Rockwell. She was born in
Winsted, Conn., Oct. 1, 1815, and died in Red AVing, Feb. 16,
1866, aged 50.
He married, 2nd, Oct. 1, 1.S68, Larissa Matilda Kendk;, dan.
of Daniel S. Kendig and Maria Southwick. She was born in
Waterloo, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1826.
Children: — by the first marriage.
1. Ann WalceflehL h. May 18, 1841 ; d. May 6, 1848, ae. nearly 7.
2. Eliza Seymour, b. Sept. 6, 1S4() : d. Mar. 24, 1851, ae. 4.
By adoption, Ella Boeck*
71). Sktii Loomis Wildeh, son of Col. Eli Wilder and Mary
.Johnson, (73), was born in Hartland, Conn., May 28, 1816. He
located in Winsted, Conn., and was a partner of Dea. John Hins-
dale in mercantile business, and also in the employ of Rockwell &
* Ella R. Wilder whk born in H!immi)n(lKi)ort, N. V., Oct. 8, 185.5. She married, Dec. 19,
1^77, Henry Arthur Willard, Kon of Swante .lohn Willard and Anna Matson. lie wan born in
Red Wing, Fel). 10, lS5(i.
DESCENDANTS OF :MARY JOHNSON WILDER. 103
Hinsdale, a well-known firm of fifty years ago. At the time of his
death he was manager of the Thayer Scythe Works. He died in
"Winsted, Sept. 27, 1<S64, aged 48, leaving no children.
He married, 1st, Sept. 10, 1840, Harriet Thayer, dan. of
Wheelock Thayer and Clarissa Fuller. She was born in Winsted,
July 22, 1822, and died there. June 23, 1857, aged 34.
He married, 2nd, Apr. 10, 1858, Lydia Pierce Groit,* dan. of
Rufus Barton and Xancy Goddard, and Widow of Edwin Grout.
She was born in Millbury, Mass., Mar. 23, 1813, and died in Wor-
cester, Mass., Feb. 2, 1805, aged 81.
80. Mary Louisa Wilder, dau. of Calvin Wilder and Phebe
Wilder, (74), was born in Hartlaud, Conn., May 12, 1S23. and
died in Winsted, Conn,, Nov. 26, 1846, aged 23.
She married. Aug. 28, 1843, Watsox Emerson Frexcii. son of
Rufus Hewitt French and Clarissa Tiffany. He was born in Hart-
land, Dec. 7, 1821, and was a mechanic. For forty years he lived
about two and one-half miles north-east of Riverton, Conn., where
he died June 3, 1803, aged 71.
Children.
1. Cah-in Wilder, h. Aug. 23, 1844; d. Aug. 19, 1860, ae. nearly 16.
2. Ma nj Louisa, b. Sept. 2,1846; m. George H. Eansbothan. (89)
81. AiSTix Jo.-^EPH Wilder, son of Calvin Wilder and Phebe
Wilder, (74), was born in Hartland, Conn., Sept. 9, 1824. When
a young man he went to Jefferson, N. Y., and followed the trade of
carpenter during all his life. He was of an earnest christian char-
acter and respected by all who knew him. He died in Jefferson,
Sept. 25, 1878, aged 54.
He married, 1st, Aug. 27, 1856, Marixda Pickett, dau. of
Jeremiah Pickett and Sophia Ruland. She was born in Jefferson,
Oct. 10, 1825, and died there, Apr. 8, 1868, aged 42.
* Lydia P. Barton married, 1st, Dec. 1, lS3fi, Edwin Grout, son of Jonathan Grout and Sally
De Wolf. He wag born in Millbury, Aug. 4, UVZ, and died in Boston, Mass., May 20, 1S40, aijed
33.
Child.
Lydia Ann, h. Dec. 1,1844; m. Sept. 18, 1866, Arthur Augustus Goodell; Sept. 4, 1883,
Col. Fred Williams Wellington.
104 DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON AVILDER.
He married, 2ii(l, Mar. l(i, 1870, Makv Havens Thomas, dau.
of Orrin Thomas and Betsey Elizabeth Kose. She was born in
Jefferson, Feb. IS. IS 11. and lives near Stamford, N. Y.
('hii.d: — by tlie tiist marriage.
1. Orville Howd, li. .lunc 3,1857; m. Carrie F. Merrill. (!lO)
Children : — by the second marriage.
2. h'ohert Forest. 1). Aug. (i, 1871 : is a farmer in Jefferson.
3. I'hebe Elizabeth, h. Ft-h. 3,1874; m. P'rank Hoaglaud. (!>1)
4. Deloss, b. Feb. 6, 1876 ; d. Mar. 4, 1876.
5. f:Ua Thomag, b. Nov. 10, 1877.
82. Deloss Dwigiit Wilder, son of Calvin Wilder and Phebe
Wilder, (74), was born in West Hartland, Conn., Feb. 23, 1826.
After years of hard labor on the farm, he went to California in
1853, taking seven months to complete the journey overland. He
worked in the Placer county mines with varied success until June,
1850, when he started a small dairy in Marin county with a capital
of S200. This proved successful and in 1871 he moved to Santa
Cruz, and entered into an extensive business in the same line with
L. K. Baldwin, the partnership continuing until 1885, when it was
dissolved by mutual consent. The property then consisted of 4,030
acres, with two ranch houses two miles apart. Mr. Wilder pur-
chased the lower portion containing 2,330 acres for $32,000 in addi-
tion to his original one-half interest in the entire property. Situated
four miles north of Santa Cruz, natural advantages and yankee in
genuity have made " Wilder's Dairy" one unexcelled on the coast.
With 300 cows yielding an average of 275 pounds of butter daily,
the buildings of the ranch resemble a small village. AVater brought
from a mountain reservoir 8,000 feet distant, with 220 feet fall,
furnishes power for the cream separators and various other machin-
ery, beside running a one-hundred light dynamo by which all the
buildings and yards are lighted. The raising of horses, swine and
thoroughbred poultry is also an important adjunct.
He married, Oct. 13, 1867, Maranda Florenza Finch,* dau. of
* Maranda F. Shippy in., 1st, Mar. 2.3, IS.")!, Isaac S. Finch, son of Isaac R. Finch and Hannah
Tewileger. He was born in Nik's, Mich., Mar. 5, 1830, and died in Hagar, Mich., May 2:'., 18.58,
aged 28.
Children.
1. Charles William , b. Feb. 8,18.52; ni. Mar. 31, 1S74, Abbic Louisa Merrill.
2. Madison Frederick, b. Feb. 10, 1851; ni. Apr. 15, 1877, Ada Eloiee Merrill.
DESCENDANTS OF MAEY JOHNSON WILDER.
105
AVilliam Sliippy and Lydia Ingram, and widow of Isaac S. Finch.
She was born in Watertown, X. Y., Sept 2, 1831.
Childkex.
1. Delo&s Burton, h. Aug. 20, 1868.
2. Mehin Dwight, b. :Mar. 24, 1875.
83. Susan Wilder, dan. of Calvin Wilder and Phebe Wilder,
(74), was born in Hartland, Conn., Ang. 20, l.s30. She resides in
Riverton, Conn.
She married, Jan. 1, 1850, Watson Emersox French. (See
Family 80.)
Children.
1. Leroy Emerson, b. Oct. 13,1850; m. Mary A. Kerwood. (»>2)
2. William Cari'osso, b. Mar. 4,1852; m. :\Iarilla A. Kichardson : Carrie
[L. Smith. (!«)
3. Emerson Watson, b. Mar. 24,1854; d. Apr. 2, 1854.
4. Deloss Dwight. b. Mar. 21, 1855; m. Mary E. Richardson. 0!4)
5. Horace Wilder, b. Aug. 13, 1860; m. Fannie E. :Moxley. (5)5)
<S4. LaRoyal Taylor, son of Lester Taylor and Mary L.
Wilder, (75), was born in Claridon, Ohio, May 27, 1827. He en-
listed in the U. S, Navy in 1849 and served three years and four
months on the ship "Independence," of the Mediterranean sCiUadron.
It was a time of peace and he never saw any engagement. Acting
as Past-Midshipman's Steward, he spent much time on shore and
visited all the countries and cities on that sea. His roving disposi-
tion satisfied, he returned home, married and settled down to farm
life. He enlisted in Company E, 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, in Aug., 1862. and was first Sergeant. The review at
Louisville, Ky., with the mercury at 100 degrees in the shade, fol-
lowed soon after by the retreat from Bragg's army, sent him to the
hospital. He rejoined his regiment but was discharged for disabil-
ity May 16, 1863, having seen little active service. He never fully
recovered his health. He lives near Willoughby, Ohio.
He married. May 18, 1854, Anna Butler Cleveland, dan. of
Dr. John Smith Cleveland and Cliloe Butler. She was born in
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1836.
10(1 DKSCKXDAXTS OF MAHY .JOHNSON WILDER.
Children.
1. Ainietta t^ophia, b. Mar. 26, ISS.'}; m. H. A. Rice ; T. V. Stockton. (<:6)
-2. Hnijal Clerfland, b. June 24, lK.-)7 ; in. Sylvia J. Pike. (it?)
o. EUa Cook, b. .Tune IS, IKfil : in. Fred E. Pre.slej'. (iW)
4. John Wilder, b. Dec. 18, ISWJ ; d. ,Tan. 1, 1«»7, ae. ;50.
5. Mary Alice, b. Sept. 17, 1870; ni. Van Deusen Farquharson. (;•<•)
85. Lestkk DeWitt Taylor, son of Lester Taylor and Mar}- L,
Wilder, (75), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1832. He was
a fanner, and in Anti'., 1.SG2, he enlisted in the 105th reg., Ohio
A'olunteer Infantry, with his brother LaRoyal ; was promoted to be
Sergeant Major, and was in many battles, the first, Perryville, soon
after reaching Kentucky. He was at Lookout Mountain, the siege
of Atlanta, and went with Sherman to the sea. He was never in a
hospital, and the regiment was never transported by rail, but
alwaj's marched, and he felt, with reason, that very few were in the
army so long and came out so well as he.
After the close of the war he returned to farm life near Claridon.
He was a director of the Thompson Mutual Fire Insurance Company
for several terms. As county commissioner he was serving his
second term when he died, June 6, 1891, aged 58.
He married, Sept. 29, 1868, Cakmelia Brainard, dau. of
Nelson Brainard and Lucia Rudd. She was born in Parma, Ohio.
Nov. 19, 1843. She resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
Children.
1. Wilder Brainard. b. Sept. 16, ISGii: m. Marietta E. Rowley. aOO)
2. Arthur Wallace, b. Mar. 14, 1872 ; is a mining engineer, lives in Cleve-
[land, Ohio.
86. Lucy Wilder Taylor, dau. of Lester Taylor and Marj' L.
Wilder, (75), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1835.
She married. May 31, 1859, Clinton Goodwin, son of Emery
Goodwin and Mary French King. He was born in New Hartford,
Conn., Jan. 29, 1830. His mother was named after Mary French,
an ancestor, who when about ten years old was taken captive by the
French and Indians at Ueerfield, Mass., and carried to Canada.
She afterwards married, and to show her children how she lived in
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER.
107
captivity caused them to dig and eat ground nuts. His grandfather,
Asa Goodwin, was one of the most prominent of the early settlers
of New Hartford, having held the ofhce of town clerk for forty
years and served several terms in the legislature. His father was
active in assisting fugitive slaves to reach Canada in slavery days
keeping a depot on the "Underground Railroad," as it was termed!
In 1835 his parents emigrated to Geauga County, Ohio, and
settled in the town of Burton, and the next year moved to Middle-
fleld, in that county, where he attended the common school and was
nine months at the West Farmington academy. When twenty-one
he taught school for three years in central and northern Ohio. Jn
1857 he went to Kansas, and became a land-holder, but returned to
Middlefield in 1859, and four years later moved to a farm two miles
north of Center Claridon, where he now lives. He has served as
deacon in the Congregational church.
Children.
1. Florence Isidore, b.
2. Mary Catherine, b.
3. Lester Taylor, b.
4. Emery Milton, b.
5. Lucy Lenora, b.
Aug. 12, 1860 ;
Feb. 23, 1863 ;
Dec. 22, 1865:
JNIar. 30, 1868 ;
June 6, 1871 :
m. George A. Bartholomew. (101)
is a physician in Warren, Ohio.
is a dentist in Claridon.
is a physician in Cleveland, Ohio.
ni. Emmet J. Strong. (102)
87. Jaxe Sophia Tayluk, dau. of Lester Taylor and Mary L.
Wilder, (75), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1837, and died
in Barrington, 111., Jan. 30, 18G6, aged 28.
She married, Jan. 1, 1863, William David Rin<;lam).* son of
William Ringland and Sarah Babbett. He was born in Amherst,
Ohio, June 19, 1839, was educated in Oberlin, Ohio, and then com-
menced life in the mercantile business, continuing until 1873, when
he became editor and publisher of the "New Era," at Woodstock,
* W. D. Ringland m.irried, 2nd, Oct. 23, 1S66, Amanda Malvinn MatUiews, dan. of John
Matthews and Rachel McFarlin. She was bom in Montville, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1S4:;.
Children.
1. Rachel Anne, b. Sept. 26, 1867.
2. Lillya Margaret, b. Apr. 8, 18G9.
3. ^\■ilhur Darid, b. July 31, 1880.
108 DESCENDANTS OF MAKV .70IINS0N AVILDER.
111. After ten years of literary ^-ork lie again engaged in mercantile
life and now resides in Kasson, INIinn.
Children.
1. EffieJane, h. Feb. 23, 1864 ; d. May 7, 1880, ae. 16.
2. Ileman Lester, b. Aug. 19, 1865.
88. Susan Rosehoom Tavlok, dau. of Lester Taylor and Mary
L. Wilder, (75), Avas born in Claridon, Ohio, Apr. 16, 1841.
She married, Jan, 1, 1863, Ozko Robinson Newcomb, sou of
Orrin Newcomb and Permelia Robinson. He was born in Parkman,
Ohio, July 21, 1834, being one of twelve children. It was a strange
fancy of his parents to give each a name beginning with O, as fol-
lows : Otis, Ormand, Orrella, Olive, Orris, Orlen, Orriann, Orriett,
Orlando, Orren, Ozro and Orlo. His mother was a lineal descen-
dant of Rev. John Robinson, the first pastor of Plymouth Colony,
and Mr. Newcomb was the eighth descendant in direct line. He
was a farmer and at the time of his marriage was Treasurer of
Geauga county, and was serving a second term when he died in
Chardon, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1S66, aged 31.
Child.
Ozro Robinson, Jr., b. July 21, 18()() ; is a Congregational minister.
89. Mary Louisa Fkench, dan. of "Watson E. French and Mary
L. Wilder, (80), was born in Winsted, Conn., Sept. 2, 1846, and
died in Ilartland, Conn., Sept. 28, 1877, aged 31.
She married. Mar. 14, 1867, George Henry Ransbothan,* son
of Thomas Ransbothan and Ellen Ward. He was born in Hart-
land, Aug. 23, 1842, and was a farmer there nntil xVpr. 1, 1892,
when he moved to Riverton, Conn., where he died Sept. 15, 1895,
aged 53.
Child.
HattieMary, 1). Apr. 22, 1870; m. William H. Griswold. (103)
* G. H. Ransbotlian married, iml, June 15, 1892, Nellie Louise Gates, dau. of Johu Fay
Gates and Mary Jauf Catliii. She was born in Hartford, Conn., .Tuly 13, 1858.
Child.
Kenneth dutes, b. Sept. 2:i, 189.3; d. Jan. 7, 1895, ae. 1.
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER. 109
90. OiniLLE Howi) Wilder, son of Austin ,T. Wilder and
Marinda Piclvett, (81), was born in Jefferson, N. Y., ,lune 3, 1H57.
In the spring of 1879 he went to California, and is associated with
his uncle in the " Wilder Dairy," near Santa Cruz, in that state.
He married, Aug. 27, 1882, Carrie Frances Merrill, dau. of
S^dvester Merrill and Louisa A. Merrill. She was born in Weiit-
worth, N. H., Nov. 13, 1863.
Children.
1. Mahel Louisa, h. .Tnly 31, 18S3.
2. Edna Mar.inda, h. Feb. 25, 1S,S5.
3. Leland Austin, b. July l!i, 1888.
4. Roy Sylresfer, b. Aug. 25, 1890.
5. Arlie Jday, b. Apr. 25, 1895.
91. Phebe Elizabeth Wilder, dau. of Austin J. Wilder and
Mary H. Thomas, (81), was born in Jefferson, N. Y., Feb. 3,
1874.
She married. Mar. 25, 1896, Frank Hoaoland, son of Martin
Hoaglaud and Lucinda Slater. He was born in Eastkill, N. Y'.,
Oct. 22, 1868. He is a farmer, and lives near Stamford, N. Y.
92. Leroy Emerson French, son of Watson E. French and
Susan AVilder, (83), was born in West Hartland, Conn., Oct. 13,
1.S50. He is a farmer and lives about three miles north-east of
Riverton, Conn.
He married, Sept. 3, 1874, Mary Jane Kerwood, dau. of
AYalter Kerwood and Mary Ann Price. She was born in New
Hartford, Conn., Mar. 12, 1859.
Child.
Jessie Belle, b. Aug. 22, 1875 ; m. Burton J. Ford. (104)
93. William Carvosso French, son of Watson PL French and
Susan Wilder, (83), was born in AYest Hartland, Conn., INIar. 4,
1852. He is a farmer, and lives two and one-half miles north-east
of Riverton, Conn.
He married, 1st, Apr. 29, 1874, Marilla Anna Richardson,
dau. of Rollin R. Richardson and Harriet Almena Smith. She waa
110 DESCENDANTS OF :\IAKV .lOHXSON "WILDEK.
born in Ilartland, Conn., Nov. 15, 1854, and died there, June 10,,
1883, aged 28, leaving no children.
He married, 2nd, Dec. 24, 1885, Cakrie Louisa Smith, dau. of
Edgar Smith and Betsey Seeley Ferry. She was born in Norwalk,
Conn., Nov. 16, 1851).
Children : — by the second marriage.
1.
Siman Jietsey,
h.
Oct.
3,
188(5.
2.
Edgar Watson,
b.
Jan.
1,
1888.
3.
Harold Carvosso,
b.
Julv
14,
188! t.
4.
Calvin Wilder,
b.
IVIav
5
18!tl
5.
Christina Louisa,
b.
Feb.
14,
18! )5
94. Deloss Davight French, son of Watson E. French and
Susan AV^ilder, (83), was born in West Hartl and. Conn., Mar. 21,
1855. He is a farmer, and lives one and one-half miles east of
New Hartford, Conn.
He married, Apr. 29, 1874, Mary Ellen Richardson, dau. of
Rollin R. Richardson and Harriet Almena Smith. She was born in
Hartland, Conn., Sept. 18, 1858.
Children.
By adoption, Ifattie Belle, b. June 1, 1876.
1. ^nlfon. Wellington, b. Nov. 6, 1884.
2. Harold Richardson, b. May 19, 18il0.
3. Mildred May, b. Nov. 1, 1896.
95 . Horace Wilder French, son of Watson E. French and Susan
Wilder, (83), was born in Hartland, Conn., Aug. 13, 1860. He
lives in AVaterbury, Conn., and is an employee in the Waterbury
Clock Compan}^
He married, Dec. 23, 1880, Fannie Ethel Moxlev, dau. of
Henry Moxley and Mary Ann Stephens. She was born in Newport,
Monmouthshire, England, Apr. 13, 1857.
Children.
1.
Harry Bcardslee,
b.
:May !l, 1881.
2.
Bessie Moxley,
b.
Feb. 23, 1885 ; d. Aug. !
), 1885.
3.
Kluie May,
b.
Feb. 23, 1885.
4.
Leroy Emerson,
b.
:\[ay 26, 1888.
5.
Hazel Wilder,
b.
June 26, 1890.
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON WILDER. lH
96. Annetta Sophia Tavlok, dau. of LaRoyal Taylor and
Anna B. Cleveland, (84), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Mar. 26,
1855.
She married, 1st, Oct. 16, 1879, Herbert Alfred Rice, son of
Porter Rice and Lydia B. Tuller. He was born in Pleasant Valley,
Ohio, Aug. 15, 1855. He was a contractor and builder and pos-
sessed excellent business qualities and energy. He died in WiU
loughby. Ohio, Jan. 29, 1891, aged 35, leaving no children.
She married. 2nd, Mar. 29, 1894, Thomas Vaxce Stockton, son
of Robert Stockton and Rebecca AVilson. He was born in the town
of Franklin, Penn., Dec. 12, 1845, graduating from Washington
College, Penn., and Merchant's College, and is a farmer, living
three miles west of Washington, Penn.
97. Royal Cleveland Taylor, sou of LaRoyal Taylor and
Anna B. Cleveland, (84), was born in Claridon, Ohio, June 24,
1857. He is a farmer and lives about three miles south of "Wil-
loughby, Ohio.
He married, Aug. 22, 1883, Sylvia Jane Pike, dau. of John
Dwight Pike and Mabel Lorinda Gray. She was born in Mayfield,
Ohio, June 3, 1859.
Children.
1. Mary Wilder, 1). July 27, 1884.
2. Lester LaRoyal, b. Apr. 6, 1892.
98. Ella Cook Taylor, dau. of LaRoyal Taylor and Anna B.
Cleveland, (84), was born in Claridon, Ohio, June 18, 1861.
She married. May 24, 1882, Fred Eugene Presley, son of
Solomon Presley and Emma Eliza Hayford. He was born in Ches-
ter, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1860. He is a farmer in Kirtland township,
two miles from Willoughby, Ohio.
John Wilder Taylor, son of LaRoyal Taylor and Anna B.
Cleveland, (84), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1866. He
attended the Willoughby High School, followed by four years at
the Ohio State University, where he studied civil engineering. In
1891 he located in Troy, Ohio, and became City Engineer, making
a most efficient officer. He was a member of the Presbyterian
112 DKSCKNDANTS OF MAi;'\ .lOllXSOX WILDER.
clnircli, and an earnest worker in the Christian Endeavor Society.
Ill Fob., 1800, ill healtli compelled him to seek a milder clime and
he went to Ilagerman, New Mexico, but that dread disease, con-
sumption, was too firmly fastened, and he died there, .Tan. 1, 1897,
aged oO. His remains were taken to Willoughby, where his youngest
sister had died the following day, and both were interred in the
Waite Hill cemetery.
09. Mahv Alice Tavlok, dau. of LaRoyal Taylor and Anna B.
Cleveland, (84), was born in Willoughby, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1870.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church, a true christian and
a most affectionate wife and mother. She died in Willoughby, Jan.
2, 1897, aged 26,
She married, Dec, 31, 1891, Van Deusen Farquiiakson, son of
James Henry Farquharson and Marion Hale. He was born in Alle-
gany, X. Y., Feb. 2, 1872, and is a mechanic.
r
Children.
1. Daisy, 1). May 23, ]8!l3.
2. Donald, b. July 1, 1896.
100. Wilder Brainard Taylor, son of Lester D, Taylor and
Carmelia Brainard, (85), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Sept. IG,
18G9. He was a farmer and cattle dealer, and lived one mile north-
west of Claridon, where he died Sept. 7, 1897, aged nearly 28.
He married, Dec. 24, 1889, Marietta Electa Rowley, dau. of
Sherwood Allen Rowley and Elosia Andrews. She was born in
Claridon, Dec. 31, 1867, where she now lives.
Child.
Robert Lester, b. Jan. 16, 1894.
Arthur Wallace Taylor, son of Lester D. Taylor and Carmelia
Brainard, (85), was born in Claridon, Ohio, Mar, 14, 1872. He
attended the high School at Chardon and graduated in 1880, then
entered the Ohio State University, at Columbus, and graduated in
mining and metallurgy in 1893, receiving the degree of Engineer
of Mines. He is an anal3'tical chemist in Cleveland, Ohio.
DESCENDANTS OF MARY JOHNSON AVILDER. 118
101. Florence Isidore Goodwin, dan. of Clinton Goodwin and
Lucy W. Taylor, (86), was born in Middlefield, Ohio, Aug. 12,
1860.
She married, May .31, 1881, George Alba Bartholomew, son
of George AYashington Bartholomew, and Angeline Ehzabeth Hough-
ton. He was born in Welshfield, Ohio, Apr. 20, 1857. He is a
farmer and lives near Huntsburg, Ohio.
Children.
1. Hobh Ozro, h. Nov. 1, 1882.
2. Marl/ Angeline, b. Oct. 1, 1890.
Dr. Mary Catherine Goodwin, dau. of Clinton Goodwin and
Lucy AY. Taylor, (86), was born in Middlefield, Ohio, Feb. 23,
1863. She attended the high school at Chardon, where she gradu-
ated in 1884. Until 1893 her time was occupied in teaching, and
that year she began the study of medicine, graduating from the
Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Mar., 1897. She
practices her profession in AA^arren, Ohio.
102. Lucy Lenora Goodwin, dau. of Clinton Goodwin and
Lucy AA^. Tajdor, (86), was born in Claridon, Ohio, June 6, 1871.
She married, June 7, 1893, Em.met Joseph Strong, son of
Lyman Strong and Lydia Curtis. He was born in Huntsburg,
Ohio, Jan. 31, 1862. He is a member of the Curtis Steel Roofing
Co., manufacturers of Iron and Steel Roofing and Siding, Niles,
Ohio.
Child.
Lester Lyman, T). Jan. 30, 1895.
103. Hattie Mary Ransbothan, dau. of George H. Ransbothau
and Mary L. French, (89), was born in Hartland, Conn., Apr. 22,
1870.
She married, Nov. 14, 1894, AA^illiam Henry Griswold, son of
Henry Herbert Griswold and Annie Perces Gaylord. He was born
in Hartland, Dec. 13, 1867, and is a bookkeeper. He lived in Tor-
114 DESCENDANTS OF MAKV .lOIINSON AVILDER.
riugton, Conn., until Oct. 17, 1805, when he moved to Dalton,
Mass., where he now resides.
104. Jkssik Belle French, dau. of Leroy E. French and Mary
.1. Kerwood, (02), was born in Thomaston, Conn., Aug. 22, 1.S75.
.She married, Jan. 15, 1896, Brmox Jay Ford, son of Jay A.
Ford and Turzey Finette Granger. He was born in Torringtou,
Conn., Jan. 24, 1868. He lives in Torrington, and is a mechanic.
Child.
Jiuth Irene, b. May 21, 1897.
I
LUCY JOHNSON KENNEDY.
105. Lucy Johxson, dau. of Jesse Johnson and Maiy Steven-
son, (10), was born in Chatham, Conn., May 3, 1781, and died in
Cherry Valley, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1806, aged 25.
She married, 1804, Dr. James Kennedy,* son of Robert Kennedy
and Jane Pratt. He was born Apr. 12, 1773. The Kennedy
family trace their ancestry back to Eobert the Bruce, and the
name Robert occurs very frequentl}?^ in all their family records.
James was the eldest of eleven children, four of the five sons being
physicians. The family probably emigrated from Mass. to Central
New York about the beginning of the present century. He studied
medicine with Dr. Joseph White, in Cherry Valley, and practiced
that profession in Little Falls, N. Y. After the death of his sec-
ond wife he went west and further information concerning him has
been unattainable.
Child.
Robert Johnson, b. Jan. 12, 1806; d. Aiig. 23, 1806.
* Dr. Kennedy married, 2nd, Sept. 30, 1808, Lucy Johnson, dau. of Ozias Wilfox and Mabel
Gould, and widow of Robert Johnson. (See Family 50.)
Child.
Sophia Aurora, b. June 1,1811; m. 1831, Rev. Henry Snyder; d. Jan. 21, 1832, ae. 20.
SALLY MARIA JOHNSON AND DESCEN-
DANTS.
106. Sally Maria Johnson, dau. of Jesse Johnson and Mary
Stevenson, (10), was born in Chatham, Conn,, Sept. 13, 1783.
She was a bright ornament to society and filled the position to
which the prominence of her husband raised her, with dignity and
grace. It was to her, by inheritance as well as thorough training,
that some of the conspicuous qualities were due which distinguished
her eminent daughter, Mrs. Lord.
On Dec. 30, 1813, when the village of Buffalo was, with the
exception of two houses, burned by the British and Indians, she
escaped to Williamsville with her infant, but returned as soon as
personal safety was assured. Then followed extreme hardships.
An extract from a letter written by a sister-in-law, dated May 29,
1814, says: "I have the week past received a letter from sister
Sally in which she says they are once more in a house of their own,
but that they lived for a time without floor, door or window. She
has kept house for three months with three knives and forks, one
tea cup, three custard cups and five earthen plates, which was all she
saved of her crockery. She had saved her beds and bedding but
that was the principle part of their property that they did save.
Her looking-glass and some other articles she had been obliged to
sell towards procuring some things to make their home habitable."
" She was a sincere and devoted christian; by a life of active
benevolence she furnished that proof of the power and reality
of religion which neither can be refuted nor evaded by the cavils of
DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MARLV .TOHxVSOX. 117
the skeptics : " so reads her obituary, adding the following high
tribute to her gracious character: "The poor of this city have lo^st
a benefactress, the extent of whose beneficence and the multitude
of whose charities will never be fully known in time ; while the rich
have lost the example of one who used wealth, not in fasliiouable dis-
play, but in advancing every good work, and aiding all those
benevolent institutions which have for their object the amelioration
of the condition of man and the glory of God." She died in Buffalo,
Mar. 7, 1834, aged 50.
She married, Jan. 25, 1811, Dr. Ebenezer Johnson,* son of Capt.
Ebenezer Johnson and Deborah Lathrop. He was born in Conn.,
Nov. 7, 1786, He was a student of the eminent Dr. Joseph A\^hite,
of Cherry Valley, N. Y., and in 1809 went to Buffalo, where he
practiced his profession until the second war with Great Britain
broke out in 1812, when he entered the service of his country as
army surgeon. He engaged in the drug business for a time and
then became a partner of Judge Wilkinson's for a few years, acquiring
considerable wealth as a banker and broker. He was one of the
founders of the larger fortunes of Buffalo, and when the city was
incorporated in 1832, he was chosen its first mayor. "The Cottage "
and "Park," as his mansion and grounds were known, were long
landmarks of the earlier splendor of its private life, and this sort of
baronial home of the family marked the boundery between the native
forest and the incipient city. He died in Tellico Plains, Tenu.,
Feb, 8, 1848, aged 61.
Children.
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6,1812: m. Rev. John C. Lord. (107)
2. William Henry h. Apr. 25, 1816 ; m. Mary A. "Wheeler. (108)
3. Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 22, 1821 ; m. Dr. Smith Inglehart. (109)
107. Mart Elizabeth Johnson, dan. of Dr. Ebenezer Johnson
and Sally M. Johnson, (106), was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 6,
1812, when the place was a mere hamlet. She was educated at
* Dr. -Johnson married, 2nd, Dec. 7, 183.5, Lucy Elizabeth Lord, d;ui. of John Way Lord
and Sarah Chase. She was born in Morrisville, N. Y., Mar. 20, 1814, and died in Geneseo,
N. Y., Nov. 30, 1850, aged 36.
Children.
1. Herbert Lord, b. Jan. 4,1837; m. June 20, 1860, Amelia Greene.
2. Sarah Cecilia, h. July 25,1840; m. July 29, 1863, Horace Utley.
3. Sarah Louisa, b. July 12,1846; d. 1849.
118 DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MAKIA JOHNSON.
Mrs. AVillard's scliool in Troy, N. Y., and at a reception given to
LaFayetto she had the honor of being kissed by the Marquis as being
the least of the school girls. She was undoubtedly one of the most
remarkal)le women our country has ever produced. She held a posi-
tion of atliucnce and influence in her parents' attractive home, and
it was there that John C. Lord, then a young lawyer of aml)ition,
met and won her. In the midst of a party at "The Cottage," she
eloped, leaving on her bureau an earnest of that keen wit and never
failing brightness Avhich distinguished her among women throughout
her long life, in the shape of a note to her parents that deserves to
head the long list of such interesting missives, for the would-be
Mrs. Lord simply wrote : " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." The Lord Library, now
in the custody of the Historical Society, could not have said more.
She was . an original character of peculiar and very steadfast
aims, and although the playful saying was attributed to her, that
she had married a lawyer and not a clergyman, and could not be
held to the responsibilities of a pastor's wife, by her own peculiar
methods she adapted herself to the new position, bringing to it a
warm heart and boundless sympathy, and, without regulative con-
formities, gave free play to a nature as original as it was generous
and loyal. Her wit and humor, at times approaching grotesqueness,
was never dissociated from sympathy with every form of suffering
in man or beast.
The crown of her character was her intense and peculiar develop-
ment of humanitariauism, if such may be called a tenderness of
compassion whose objects were especially the brutes dependent on
the care of mankind. The brutal teamster feared her, but could not
escape the ingenious expedients by which she extorted justice if she
could not mercy. The unfeeling urchin preferred to forego his
coveted enjoyment of torturing poor animals to enduring the punish-
ment of her wit. Long before the world had heard of Henry Bergh,
she was in herself a whole society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. While for this trait she bore the " diploma of honor" of
the Humane Societ}' of Turin, Italy, she supported steadfastly every
project for the alleviation of human suffering and did much to
advance the cure of their souls, "Willing to sit it out for hours by a
curb-stone contesting the question of a horse's rights against his
driver, she could identify herself with an ex-President in organizing
DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MARIA JOHNSON, 119
a society, interest lierself in founding an orphan asylnin, and equally
find a field for religious services for the benefit of the unchurclied
on her own lawn.
''Religious without bigotry, pious without cant, she enjoyed the
good of life until she could no longer act her part, and then had no
longer a wish to live, but with no morbid feeling, and in a spirit
of true religious resignation she recognized a philosophic fitness in
the order of life and death." Her six-horse team of Shetland ponies
was long a feature of Buffalo, and her quaint little figure and deter-
mined energy were deeply regretted and long missed after her death.
She died in Buffalo, May 26, 1885, aged 73, leaving no children.
She married, Dec. 9, 1828, Rev. John Chase Lord, son of Rev.
John Way Lord and Sarah Chase. He was born in Washington,
N. H., Aug. 9, 1S05. When he was five years of age his parents
moved to Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y. He was sent to school at
Plainfield, N. H., and received part of his preparatory education
at the academy which has since become Madison college. In 1822
he entered Hamilton college, where he passed two years, his ambi-
tion for active life then impelling him to attempt the editorship of a
paper, "The Canadian," in which he spent two years with small
advantage.
In 1825 he entered upon the study of law at Buffalo, then a vil-
lage of 2500 inhabitants. In that year the Erie canal was completed
and the prosperity of the place became assured. He helped to make
his wa}'' by teaching an academy and as deputy county clerk, and was
admitted to the Bar in 1828. The parents of his intended wife objected
to his marriage at this time on account of their daughter's youtliful
age, but became his firm supporters and friends through a long life-
time. The question of a religious life was agitating his mind at the
same time, which was settled by his determination not only to unite
with the church but to become a minister. Not content with his
already considerable education and attainments,- — he had given the
semi-centennial address at the celebration of the founding of Buffalo,
in the first year of his residence there, — his thorough going disposi-
tion made him determine upon a complete theological preparation.
He entered Auburn Seminary in 1831 and graduated two years later.
For a few months he preached in Fayetteville, N. Y., and then
labored in Geneseo, N. Y., until 1835, when he was induced to
undertake the new enterprise of a colony from the First Presbyterian
120 DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MARIA JOIIXSON.
Church of Buffalo, then worshipping in a temporary buildino-, and
whose first edifice was called the I'earl Street Church. The large
and important edifice which took the name of the Central Church
was completed in l<So2. (In that year he was Moderator of the
General Assembly at Charleston, S. C.)
Here his wonderful efforts were heard, from time to time with
especial eloquence and power upon topics of extraordinary interest,
till 1870, his labors being greatly blessed, more than a thousand
members being received into the church during his pastorate. Then
he had an assistant for a time, but finally retired in 1873, and passed
his remaining years in honored leisure and domestic peace, sur-
rounded by his books in his grand library, among the valuable and
antique curios from all parts of the world, which were devised later
to the city of Buffalo. As a writer he published "Lectures to Young
Men," "Lectures on Civilization," etc., a volume of occasional
poems, beside a great number of sermons, essays and contributions
to periodicals. He died in Buffalo, Jan. 22, 1877, aged 71.
Child : — by adoption.
Frances Johnson, * b. Nov. 7, 1828; m. William C. Sherwood.
108. William Henry Johnson, son of Dr. Ebenzer Johnson
and Sally M. Johnson, (106), was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Apr, 25.
1816. He was a graduate of Union College, and a civil engineer
by profession. He afterwards became a farmer in Fredonia, N, Y.,
where he died in May, 1845, aged 29.
He married, Dec. 25, 1838, Mary Anne Wheeler, t dan. of
* Frances J. Lord married, Sept. 14, 1844, William Charles Sherwood, sou of .lohn Adic^l
Sherwood, and Anna Mary Adams. He was born in Orangeville, N. Y., Feb. 10, 181.3.
Children.
1. Manj Lord, b. June ti, 1S4.5; d. Aus. 6, 1846, ae. 1.
2. William Lord, b. Nov. 3,1847; d. Apr. 14, 1873, ae. 25.
3. John CImxe, b. Oct. 25,1854; m. Feb. 17, 1886, Louise Isett Madeira.
t Mrs. Johnson married, 2nd, May 30, 1852, John Charles Gray, son of William Gray and
Hannah Maidman. He was born in London, England, Dec. 28, 1815, and died In St. Louis,
Mo., July 23, 1896, aged SO.
Children.
1. John Henry, b. June 8,1853; m. Apr. 13, 1885, Lizzie Hold.
2. Besxie, b. Oct. 24, 1855.
3. Nellie, b. July 18, 1857; m. Sept. 1, 1881, Frank Samuel Chandler; Jan. 26,
[1888, Ur. Waldo Briggs.
4. Wiiiiiie, b. Apr. 16, 1860.
5. Mary Wilma, b. May 27, 1865.
DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MAEIA JOHNSON. 121
"William F. Wheeler and Susan Conaut. She was born in New York
City, Nov. 5, 1820, and died in Centralia, 111., Sept. 4, 1887, aged
6r>.
Children.
1. Charles Ernest, b. Aug. 27, 1840.
2. William Sherwood, b. May 12,1844; ra. Kate F. Ricliards. (110)
109. Sarah Maria Johnson, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Johnson and
Sally M. Johnson, (106), was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22,
1821, and died in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1852.
aged 31.
She married, Jan. 22, 1842, Dr. Smith Inglehart, sou of Ira
Inglehart and Elizabeth VanWaters. He was born in Houndsfield,
near Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1815. AVhen a young man he went
to Cleveland, and entered the employ of a druggist, then studied
medicine and practiced that profession until the spring of 1845.
when he was appointed Collector of the Port, in that city, by Pres.
James K. Polk, which offlce he filled for two years, and then engaged
in farming in Glenville, a suburb of Cleveland. In 1870 he returned
to the city and entered mercantile business. He died there, Feb.
14, 1871, aged 55.
Children
•
1.
Maria Johnson,
b.
Nov.
21,
1842: d.
July 22, 1843.
2_
Mary Johnson,
b.
Oct.
8,
1845 ; d.
June 19, 1846.
:i.
George Xelson,
b.
Dec.
28,
1847 ; m.
Margaret Cuthbertson.
(Ill)
4.
Fred May,
b.
Feb.
9,
1851 : ra.
Lizzie Stevens.
(112)
5.
Maria Smith,
b.
June
20,
1852 ; m.
James B. Gill.
(113)
110. William Sherwood Johnson, son of William H. Johnson
and Mary A. Wheeler, (108), was born in Fredonia, N. Y., May 12,
1844. He is in the mercantile business, and lives in San Francisco.
Cal.
He married, Aug. 28, 1877, Kate Frances Richards, dau. <>f
-lames Martin Richards and Ann Melissa Butterworth. She was
born in AVellsburgh, Va., Dec. 22, 1855.
Children.
1. Sherwood, b. Apr. 4,1879; d. Nov. 25, 1879.
2. Katharine, b. Jan. 21, 1882.
122 DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MARIA JOHXSON.
111. (iKoiiiiK Nei.>(>n 1n(.i,i:iiaim. son of Dr. Smith Inglehart
and Sarah M. Johnson, (109). was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec.
28, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at Siiaw
academy, m Kast Cleveland. He is a book-keeper for the Union
Drop Forge Company, Chicago, 111.
He married, Apr. 25, 1872, Margarkt Cutiibektson, dau. of
James Cuthbertson and Margaret Billsland. She was born in
Guilderland, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1847.
Children.
1. Edwin Smith, b. Aug. 23, 1873.
2. Mary Johnson, b. Jan. 20,1878.
112. Fi;ki> May Inglehart, son of Dr. Smith Inglehart and
Sarah M. Johnson, (109), was born in Glenville, near Cleveland,
Ohio, Feb. 9, 1851. He attended the high school in the city for
some years and then entered the Collegiate Department of the Uni-
versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where be graduated. He com-
menced the study of law in Buffalo, residing with his aunt, Mrs.
John C. Lord. He entered the otHce of Lyman K. Bass and
Grover Cleveland, and was managing clerk for five years. He was
admitted to the Bar in 1873, but remained with his preceptors some
time longer. With the exception of a partnership of four years
with Morris Morey, he has had no associate in business.
He married, Oct. 3, 1878, Lizzie Stevens, dau. of Elias Rhaum
and Margaret Elizabeth Humason, and adopted dau. of Milo
Stevens and Julia Elmira Humason. She was born in Windsor
Locks, Conn., Feb. 15, 1856.
Children.
1.
Robert Stevens,
b.
July 13,
187i).
2.
Frederich Johnson,
b.
May 28,
1881.
3.
Julia Elizaheth,
b.
Apr. 2,
1888.
4.
Milo,
b.
Aug. 14,
1890.
113. Maria Smith Inglehart, dau. of Dr. Smith Inglehart and
Sarah M. Johnson, (109), was born in Glenville, Ohio, June 20,
1852. She resides in Cleveland.
DESCENDANTS OF SALLY MARL\ JOHNSON. 123
She married, May 19, 1874, James Bexjamix Gill, son of
Robert Gill and Josephine Manning. He was born in Troy, N. Y.,
Feb. U, 1850.
Children.
d. Aug. 13, 1875.
m. George Hessert. (114)
d. Dec. 24, 1879, ae. 1.
d. May 13, 1881, ae. 1.
1.
■Tames Garrett,
b.
Mar.
7,
1875;
2.
Grace Hattie,
b.
Mar.
25,
1876;
3.
Walter Scott,
b.
Aug.
10,
1878;
4.
May Xellie,
b.
May
10,
1880:
114. Grace Hattie Gill, dau. of James B. Gill and Maria S.
Inglehart, (113). was born in Sacramento, Cal., Mar. 25, 1876.
She married. Mar. 29, 1894, George Hessert, son of Adam
Hessert and Kate Wermerskircher. He was born in Rockport,
Ohio, Sept. 16, 1871. He is a mechanic, and lives in Cleveland,
Ohio,
Child.
Glailys Inglehart, b. Jan. 27, 1895.
ERASTUS JOHNSON AND DESCENDANTS.
115. Era.stus Joiixson, sou of Jesse Johnson and Mar}' Steven-
son, (10), was born in Chatham, Conn., Apr. 10, 1786. He came
with his parents to the town of Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1804, and
assisted his father on the farm, although long continued ill-health
prevented his taking part in active labor. Upon the death of the
latter in 1832 he inherited the homestead which subsequentl}' passed
into the possession of the Campbell family and is now known as
" Oakwood." In Apr., 1835, he moved to the village of Cherry
\'alley where he died. Mar. 25, 1837, aged nearly 51.
He married, Apr. 9, 1809, Jerusiia Williams Holt, dau. of
Gen. Elijah Holt and Elizabeth Williams. She was born in Cheny
Valley, Jan. 20, 1791, and died in that town, Dec. 2, 1834, aged
43.
Children.
Aug. 1, 1834, ae. 23: gored to
[death hy a bull.
Apr. 7, 1815, ae. 2.
Jarues B. Dunlap. (11*))
Dr. Smith Inglehart. (117)
John Judd. (118)
Mar. 29, 1844, ae. 16.
1.
Robert Holt,
b.
May 5,
1811;
d.
2.
Elizabeth Williams,
b.
Nov. 16,
1812;
d.
3.
Mary Stevenson,
b.
May 11,
1815 ;
ni
4.
Sarah Williams,
b.
June 5,
1820;
m
5.
Cynthia Eliza,
b.
July 1,
1824;
m
fi.
Lucy Maria,
b.
Feb. 26,
1828;
d.
116. Mary Stevenson Johnson, dau. of Erastus Johnson and
Jerusha W. Holt, (115), was l)orn in the town of Cherry Valley,
N. Y., May 11, 1815, and died in that village, Jan. 6, 1842, aged
'2Ci^ leaving no children.
DESCENDANTS OF ERASTUS JOHNSON. 125
She married, May 23, 1,S39, Jahes Butlek Dinlap,* sou of
Robert Dunlap and Hannah Burkitt. He was born in Cherry
\'a]ley, Dec. 9, LSI 4. He was educated in the academy, and then
was associated with his father in mercantile business. In 1848 he
moved to Milwaukee, Wis., and engaged in the drug business.
During the war he was employed in the post-office department, at
Washington, D. C, for two years. He died in Milwaukee, Dec. 8,
1872, aged 58.
117. Sarah Williams Johnson, dau. of Erastus .lohnson and
Jerusha W. Holt, (115), was born in the town of Cherry Valley,
X. Y., June 5, 1820. She resides in Buffalo, N. Y.
She married, June 15, 1854, Dr. Smith Inglehart. (See
Family 100.)
118. Cynthia Eliza Johnson, dau. of Erastns Johnson and
Jerusha AY. Holt, (115), was born in Cherry Valley, X. Y., July
1, 1824, and died there, July 12, 1887, aged 63.
She married, June 21, 1849, John Jddd,! son of Oliver Judd
and p]lizabeth Belden. He was born in Cherry Valley, Jan. 28,
1820, his parents coming from X"ew Britain, Conn., in 1804. He
was educated in the common school and academy, and at the age of
sixteen entered the foundry of his father and was virtually a part-
ner before he was twenty-one. The firm did a flourishing business
for many years and several ingenious and useful inventions were
* J. B. Duulap married, 2nd, May 10, 1843, Laura Williams OrfUtt, dau. of Johu Orcult
and Caroline Harrison Williams. She was born in Randolph, Vt., Sept. 11, 1823.
Children.
1. Caroline Orcvtt, b. Apr. 4, 1S44.
2. Hannah Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1846; d. Mar. 1,1847.
3. Robert Williams, b. Jan. 4,1848; m. Sept. 12, 1878, Eva Frances Palmer.
4. Laura Hammond, b. Oct. 24, 1850; d. Sept. 6,1851.
5. Charles I/enry, b. Sept. 1, 1852; m. July 1, 18S0, Kate Ermegarde Finch.
<3. Jf art/ Irene, b. Apr. 12, 1855.
t John Judd married, 1st, Jan. 28, 1845, Martha L. Carey, dau. of Darius H. Carey and
Patty Whitney. She was born in Richfield, N. Y., in 1823, and died in Cherry Valley, May 17,
1846, aged 23, leaving no children.
l'2() DESCENDANTS OF ERASTUS .lOIIXSON.
patented aucl manufactured bj^ tlieni, but veiy littk' is done there
now. He lives witli his eldest children in his native place.
Children.
J.
lulwin,
b.
Apr.
8, 1850.
2_
Sarah Johiiftoii,
b.
Apr.
30, 18.52.
3.
Hubert
b.
Aug.
30. 1853 ;
111.
Mary A Clark.
(11!')
4.
Mary Elizabeth,
b.
May
29, 1858 :
111.
Dr. Howard A. Pardee.
(120)
J 11), Hubert Judd, sou of John Judd and Cynthia E. .lohnson,
(118), was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1853. In 1871)
he was with a surveying corps in the west, and the following year
went to AVallingford, Conn., as an employe of the Judd Manufactur-
ing Company. In 1886 he went to New^ York City and was with
H. L. Judd & Co., nine and one-half years. Dec. 16, 1896, he
entered the employ of the Western Electric Co., as receiving clerk.
He lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
He married, Sept. 2, 1885, Mary Adelaide Clark, dau. of Elias
Clark and Adelaide Smith. She was born in Rochester, Minn., June
18, 1858.
120. Mary Elizabeth Judd, dau. of John Judd and Cynthia PL
Johnson, (118), was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., May 29, 1858.
She married. May 17, 1889, Dr. Howard Ashley Pardee, sou
of Augustus Pardee and Emily Kate McKnight. He was born in
New York City, Feb. 3, 1859. He graduated from the university
of the City of New York in 1880, served as interne in Belevue Hos-
pital 1881-83, then went to Philadelphia, Penn., and is in active
practice in that cit3\
Children.
1.
Katherine,
b.
Apr. 7,
18(10.
2.
Emily McKnight,
b.
June 2,
18iil.
3.
Howard Judd,
b.
June 13,
1895.
CHERRY VALLEY, N. Y.
Facts concerning: the settlement and history, compiled from
various sources.
All this part of the state was originally included in Albany county which
was organized in lli83 and included the whole colony north and west of its
present limits In 1772 Tryon county (named in honor of Sir William Tryon,
then provincial governor of New York ) was set oft" from Albany, and the
county seat was located at Johnstown. April 2nd, 1784, its name was cliangcd
to Montgomery. On the IGth of February, 1791, Otsego was set oft' from
Montgomery and organized as a separate county.
In 1()83 a patent of 8,000 acres lying ten miles south of the Mohawk, and
lifty-two west of Albany, was granted by George Clark, Lieut. Governor of
the Province of New York, to John Lindesey, Jacob Roseboom, Lendert Gan-
sevoort and Sybrant Van Schaick. Mr. Lindesey having obtained an assign-
mentr from the three other patentees to himself and Gov. Clark in 1731), chose
for himself a farm and gave it the name of Lindesey's Bush, now the residence
of Mr. Edward Phelon. The following summer he brouglit his family to tlie
place, and having made the acquaintance of the Rev. Samuel Dunlop in New
York, prevailed upon him to visit his patent, oflferinghim several hundred acres
on condition that he would settle upon it and persuade his friends to accompany
him. Thus commenced the settlement of Cherry Valley, but the growth at
first was vei-y slo\\-, the number of families in 1775 probably not exceeding
sixty. Mr. Dunlop was an Irishman by birth, educated in Edinburgh. lie
visited Londonderry, in New Hampshire, where some of his countrymi-n
were settled, whom he persuaded to remove, and five or six families came —
about thirty persons.
One of the first movements of this little colony was the erection of a rude
edifice of logs in which they asseml)led to worship. Mr. Dunlop opened a
classical school in his own house, and students came from tlie Mohawk valley
to avail themselves of his teaching. For some years tlie Indians were
128 CHEliRY \ ALLEY.
friendly, l)iil from the breakinj; out of the Frencli and Indian war, 175:5-4,
until the close of the Kcvolution there was disturbance and danger. Under
British instigation the Indians joined with the Tories, and led by Walter
Butler, Tory, and Joseph Brant, Indian, an attack was made on the lltli of
Nov., 1778, and a dreadful massacre took place. A fort had been erected the
previous summer by the direction of Gen. La Fayette, but through the unwise •
policy of the commandant there was not time for the inhal)itants to reach the
fort. Some few nuide their escape but thirty-two were killed, together with
fourteen Continental soldiers, the houses were burnt, and between thirty and
forty prisoners were taken to Canada. The following spring the fort was
abandoned, the troops joining Sullivan's expedition at Otsego Lake. At the
close of the war the remnant of the inhabitants returned to their former
homes and a few log houses were built. A touching record is i)reserved of
the meeting in the burial ground for the reha))ilitation of the church.
In October, 1783, Gen. Washington, accompanied by Gen. (ieorge Clinton
and others, visited the place and were guests of Col. Samuel Campbell, on
their way to Otsego Lake and the head waters of the Susquehanna. The re-
turn of life to the little colony was a hard struggle for some years. The
early history of this frontier was published in 1831 in --The Annals of Tryon
County," by William W. Campbell. In that work it is narrated that '• Rev.
Solomon Spaulding, the reputed author of the Mormon Bible, or rather of a
novel in which he undertook to show that the American Indians were the descen-
dants of the ten Lost Tribes of Israel (the manuscript of which afterwards
came into the possession of the famous Joseph Smith, and constituted tjie
Golden Leaves), had been preaching for a time and teaching in the new
academy." The school was opened in July, 1796, but on the 2-lth of the
following (.)ct., at a meeting of the trustees it was " Voted that Mr. Spauld-
ing be dismissed from any further attendance on the School in the academy
and that the Senior Trustee infoi'm of this Resolution. Adjourned."
In 1795 the Rev. Eliphalet Nott visited Cherry Valley, and the following
year returned with his wife, as preacher in the church and teacher in the
academy. The latter, described as a spacious building 00x40 feet, had l)een
erected and a charter granted in February. 1796. I\Ir. Nott remained two
years ; after he left, the church was not regularly supplied for some years,
but the academy seems to have been continued with almost no interruptions,
acquiring wide celebrity as a young ladies' seminary from 1851 to 1862.
During the war of the Rel^ellion the institution became financially embar-
rassed but struggled on till 1866. In the vacation of that year, on the 5th of
July, a disastrous lire swept away an old established hotel; a still more
important hotel had been Inirnt four weeks eai-lier, and the emergency led to
what was expected to be only a temporary occupation of the academy prop-
erty for hotel purposes. The school, so interrupted, could not be revived;
the property became alienated, and thus the grand old Academy, the mother
of so many cultivated men and women, passed out of existence. In the years
1851-2 two wings of three stories each had been erected for the accomodation
of boarding pupils ; the building, well adapted for hotel purposes, had (|Uite
recently been extensively remodeled as a summer resort, water being brought
CHERRY VALLEY. 12^^
ill pipes from a mineral sprini; to add to the attractions of tlie place. On the
(ith of July, 1894, the structure was leveled to the ground by fire, the fourth
hotel in the villa<re destroyed in less than thirty years, all of them supposed
to be by the torch of the incendiary. An academic school was again opened
in 1881 : in 1890 a board of trustees was formed and the school was received
by the Regents of the University under the old charter as the Cherry Valley
Academy. In 1895 it was replaced by an academic department in the district,,
a Union Free school.
The following is a copy of the old Charter: "The Regents of the Uni-
versity of the State of New York : To all to whom these Presents shall come.
Greeting :
Whereas, Eli Parsons, Ephraim Hudson and thirty-nine other persons by
an Instrument in writing under their hands and seals dated the first day of
January last, after stating among other things that they have at great expense
and trouble erected a spacious House in the Town of Cherry Valley for tiie
express purpose of a Seminary of Learning, and that one acre of Land and
Eight Hundred Pounds have been given for the benefit of the same, did make
api)licati()n to us. the said Regents, that the said Seminary of Learning or
xVcaderay might be incorporated by the name of the Trustees of the Cherry
Valley Academy and become subject to our visitation, and that the persons
hereinafter mentioned might be the first Trustees thereof. Now Know Ye,
that We, the said Regents having enquired into the allegations contained in
the instrument in writing aforesaid, and finding the same to be true and con-
ceiving the said Academy calculated for the promotion of Literature, Do by
these presents pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided, sig-
nify our approbation of the Incorporation of Eli Parsons, Luther Rich, Ben-
jamin Rathl)one, Lester Holt, Samuel Campbell, Ephraiin Hudson, Ozias
Waldo, Christopher P. Yates, William White, Junior, Robert Dickson,
Thomas Whitacar, Simeon Rich, Joseph White, Elijah Holt and Richard
Edwards, the Trustees of the said Academy named by the said Founders
thereof, in the instrument in writing above mentioned by the name of
Trustees of the Cherry Valley Academy.
In Witness thereof we liave caused our Common Seal to ho hereunto
affixed the eighth day of February, in the twentieth year of the independence
of the United States of America Annoque Domini one thousand seven hundred
and ninety six.
Witness John Jay Esquire, Chancellor of the I'niversity
John Jay, (L. S.) De Witt Clinton, Sec'y.
On the fourth of July, 1840, was celebrated the centennial of the settk--
ment of Cherry Valley, on which occasion many of its friends gathered and
listened to a historical address by the Hon. W. W. Campbell. In 1S(;8 a
monument was erected in a conspicuous place in the centre of the village,
to the memory of those who fell in the war of the rebellion. The Centen-
nial fourth of July, 1876, duly celebrated, was marked by the publication of
a "Historical Account of the Presbyterian Church," by the pastor, first de-
livered in a series of sermons. The project often made of erectin- a mnnu-
130 CHERRY A ALLEY.
iiK'iit to comiueinorato the massacre of 1778 was followed up and money
raised. In the centennial year, 1878, the work was completed, tlie IStli of
August was llxed upon for the unveiling, and many of Clierry ^'a^ey's sons
and daughters returned to do honor to the occasion. The principal address
was by Major Douglas Campbell, a great-grandson of Col. Samuel Campbell:
other speakers were Hon. Horatio Seymour, Hon. S. C. Willson, of Indiana,
Hon. W. W. Snow, of Oueonta.
One of the early residents in Clierry Valley was Dr. Joseph Wliite, who
after the completion of his medical course came here to settle in 1787. He
became a very eminent surgeon, his practice extending from All)any to
Buft'alo. In 1800 he was appointed lirst judge of the court of common pleas
for Otsego County, and held that office till 1822. In 1817 he was chosen
president of the medical college at Fairtteld, Herkimer County, N. Y., and
the following year was chosen tlie first president of the Chei-ry Valley bank.
He died June 2, 18;'.2.
The Hon. Levi Beardsley was another of the early residents, who came
from Iliclifield in 1810 to study law with Jabez D. Hammond, and rose to
eminence in his profession. He was a member of the state legislature two
terms, 1830 to 1837, and the last year of his second terra was president of
the senate. In 1839 he left Cherry Valley for Oswego, and subsequently
opened a law office in New York in 1846. In 1852 he published a volume of
" Reminiscences ; Pei'sonal and other incidents ; Early settlement of Otsego
County ; Notices and anecdotes of pul^lic men : Judicial, legal and legistative
matters; Field sports; Dissertations and discussions." A book fall of
interest.
APPENDIX.
a. Johannes Koseboom married, Nov. is, ifiss, Gerritje Coster, dau. of
Hendrick Coster and Geertje Goosense Van Schaick. He was Ijuried Jan.
25. 1745.
Children.
1. Ifendrick, bap. Aug. 4,1089.
2. ./ohaiities, " Apr. 23, li;92.
3. ■fohannes, " Apr. 29, lti94.
4. tierrit, " Feb. 17, 1697.
5. Elizabeth, " Apr. 28, 1701).
t). Geertmy, " Dec. 27, 1702.
7. Margarita, " Apr. 21, 1706.
8. Anna, " Apr. 21, 1706; m. Mar. 20, 1735. Sybrant A'aii .Schaick.
/
b. Margarita Roseboom married, Nov. 15, 1G85, Fieter Tliomase Mingael,
son of Thomas Janse Mingael and Maritje Abrahamse Vosburgh. Ho' died
in 1700. There is no record of any children.
c. * Gerrit Roseboom was born July 12, 1663, and died Dec. 27, 17;{9, aged
76 He was married, in Albany, by Dominie Delius, Nov. 4, 1689, to Maria
Sanders, dau. of Rol)ert T. Sanders and Elsie Barentse. She was born Aug.
28, 1666, and was buried July 10, 1741, aged 74.
Children.
1. Hendrick, b. Dee. 1-5, 1690; iii. Debora
2. liobert, " May 20, 1693; lu. Oct. 17, 1743, Rykje lioseliooiu; il. Feb. 12, 1764.
[uc. 70.
3. EUje, " Sep. 15, 1695.
4. Gysbert, " Dec. 12, 1697; m. Dec. 4, 1720, Catharine l?ne.«: d. Oct. 29, 1749,
fae. 51.
5. Ahamerus, " Jan. 12, 1699; m. Nov. 25, 1725, Maritie Bratt; .she was bur. Nov.
[30, 1745.
6. Johannes, " Mar. 20, 1702.
7. Elitabeth, " July 21,1704; d. Mar. 10, 1727, ae. 22.
* Thisrecoid ha^been translated from the oriuinal entries in Dutch, in I he ISible of Gerrit
RoseDoom, now in the possession of Mrs. Ford Williams, of Chatham C enter, Columbia Co., .N . \ .
lo2 APPENDIX.
(1. Hendrick Kosebooiu married, Nov. 1, IC.tU. Dehora Staats. dan. of
Jacob (?) Staats. Shr was l)iiri(Hl Oct. 2. 174!t.
Children.
1. Jacob, bap. July 14,109"); m. Aug. 12, 1710, Gecrtruy Lyilius; nho wan bur.
[.luly 27, 1757.
2. Klh.iiheth, " June 6,1697.
3. liyk^je, " Oct. 1:5,1700; m. Oct. 17, 1743, Kobort Uobuboom.
4. Hendrick, " Mar. 3,1703; m. Oct. 25, 1724, Elsie Cuyler; he was bur. Oct. 29,
[1754, ae. 61.
5. Catherine, " Juno Iti, 1706.
6. Maigwieta, " Oct. 19, 1712.
7. Abraham, " Jan. 9, 1715.
e. Elizabetli Roseboom married, Jan. 13, 1692, Willem Jacobse A^an
Deusen, son of Jacob Abraliarase Van Deusen and Catalyntie Van ^Eslant.
He was bnried Sept. S, 1731.
Children.
1. Jacob, bap. Sept. 4,1692.
2. Margariet, " Apr. 14, 1695.
3. Catalyntje, " Nov. 21, 1697; ni. July 15, 1721, Jan Oothout; 8he d. May 13, 1753,
[ae. 55; he d. Aug. 20, 1739.
4. jWarytje, " Sept. 1, 1700.
5. Elizabeth, " Mar. 21, 1703.
6. Henrik, " Dec. 25, 1705; m. Ariaantje Staats.
7. Elizabeth, " Dec. 25, 1705.
f . Record of Dutch Church Baptisms, Annals of Albany, Vol. III.
Children of .Jofiannes Roseboom and Gerritje Coster.
Children. Sponsors.
1. Hendrick, 1689, Hendrick lioseboom.
Johannes, 1692, Gerril Roseboom, Gysbertje Roseboom.
Johannes, 1694.
Gerrit, 1697.
Elizabeth, 1700, Elizabeth Roseboom.
Geertruy, 1702, Hendrick Roseboom, Sr.
Margarita, ,.„„ .., , „
. 1(06, Myndert Roseboom, Debora Roseboom.
Jinna,
Children of Gerrit Roseboom and^Maria Sanders.
1. Robert, 1693, Robert Sanders.
2. Elsje, 1695, Johannes Roseboom.
3. Gysbert, 1697.
4. Ahasuerus, 1700.
5. Johannes, 1702.
6. Elizabeth, 1704.
APPENDIX. l;J,3
Children of IIendrick Roseboom and Debora Staats.
1. .lacob, 1695.
■1. Klhabeth, 1697, Heudrick Roseboom, Sr.
0. lijikje, 1700, Johannes Roseboom.
4. Jlendrick, 1703, Gerrit Roseboom, (ierritje Roseboom.
a. Margarita, 1706, Myndert Roseboom.
6. Catharina, Oct. 12, 1712.
7. Abraham. Jan. 9, 1715.
Children of Willem Jacobs5e Van Deusen and Elizabeth Roseboom.
1. Jacob, 1692, Herbert Jacobs, Gysbertje Roseboom.
2. Margriet, 1695, Heudrick Roseboom, Catalina Jacobs.
3. Catelyntie, 1697, Johannes Roseboom.
4. Muryte, 1700, Gerritjo Roseboom.
5. KUzabeth, 1703, Gerrit Roseboom, Maryte Van Duse.
6. Jlendrick,
7 Elizabeth ' ^"'"'^"'''^ Roseboom, Debora Roseboom, Maryte Van Duse.
g. Dutch Cluircli Burials, Anuals of Albany, Vol. 1. ]
1722. Oct. 1, Jacob Koseboom's child.
1722. <>ct. 22, Myndert Roseboom. !
1722. Dec. 18, Maria Koseboom's daughter.
172;3. Sep. 17. Jacob Koseboom's child. ;
172(i, Sep 11, Jacob Koseboom's child.
1727, Mar. 12, Gerrit Koseboom's daughter. I
1732. Jan. 6, Hendrick Koseboom's child.
1732, May 20, Hendrick H. Koseboom's child.
1733, Feb. IC), Sarah Roseboom was buried, daughter of Jacab Roseboom.
1734, Aug. 12. Gysbert Koseboom's child. !
1735, Nov. 3, Hendrick H. Koseboom's child.
1738, Sep. 17, Hendrick M. Kose1)Oom's child. ;
1738, Oct. 17, Heudrick H. Koseboom's child. '
1739, Dec. 21, Gerrit Roseboom.
1741. Apr. 9, Margarietie, daughter of Maria Roseboom.
1741, July 10, Maria Koseboom.
1745, Jan. 25, John Koseboom — Buried under the church.
1745, Nov. 30, Asueros Roseboom's wife.
1746, July 20, Debora, dau. of Hendrick H. Roseboom.
174(5, Aug. 15, Hendrick H. Koseboom. I
1740, Nov. 23, Gerritie Roseboom, in the church. !
1748, Jan. 14, Little son of Catalyntie Roseboom.
1749, Oct. 2, Debora Roseboom.
1749, Oct. 29, Gysbert Roseboom.
1751, Oct. 30, Wife of John G. Roseboom. |
1753, Nov. 7, John Roseboom (Doxter).
1754, Oct. 29, Hendrick Roseboom.
1757, July 27, "Wife of Jacob Roseboom.
lo4 AIM'EXDIX.
li. Know All Mm By Those Presents. That upun tlic IGtli day of July
IGSn. in Albany Mr. Kobt. Sanders, inhabitant at this city did i>nrchase for
his daughter Mary aged a))out IS years a certain tract or parcell of land lying
on ye T>ong Reach on ye east side oft Hudson's River on ye Wappinges Creek,
reaching up ye creek on a place called Keechkachkanieeck. And again wes-
tei'ly on ye river side to a place called Agawarelinek, in which bounds is
comprehended three valleys or nuvrshes and all creeks and kells that lie with-
in ye same, and that of certain highland Indians called Nassichampeet, who
is also called Souwen-wes, and his wife AVauwelinneek, wlio is also called
Ann, his Brother Quaekwoof .Toch<iuaniin. another Indian s(jua called Nake-
newon, and ye son of Ann called RoclKjuaniock, for which parcell of laud
they acknowledged to have received full satisfaction of Robt. Sanders aflbre-
said. Therefore ye said Indian proprietors do transport ye said parcell of
land, as they do by these presents to ye aftbresaid Mary daughter of Robt-
Sanders in full possession and propriety, for her and her heirs and assigns,
or to them that hereafter may title and action, really and actually by these
presents. And ye said Indian owners do desist and quit claim to all there
action and pretension that they had to ye above land for now and ever here-
after
Which said piece of land is comprehended in a certain grant which ye
said Mary hath obtained of ye Right Honble. Col. Thomas Dongan Gov.
Genl., Dated ye 28, day of May 1686.
Was Signed and Sealed by
Indian Witnesses
Tataomsiant
Massanv
In presence of me John Baker, Notary Public.
This was signed and sealed in the presence of us
Jan Jansse Bleeker, Justice of ye Peace.
J. Lend Cnyler Justice of ye Peace.
List oy ye payments that ye Indians and ye wives have Reed, for ye
purchase of ye land for which they declared to have full satisfaction in full.
Two Gunns — Four Great Kittolls — Six Faddon Dusstolls — A White Blanket
— Four Fatts of Rum— Hondert Awls— Hondert Needles — 1 Half Fatt
Good Beer — 12 Knives— 1 Roll Tobacco — 2 Shirts — 1 Brave Christian
Coat — 2 Axes — Another Small Gunn.
Translated out of ye original P. me Robt. Livingston.
Nassi Hampeet
L.
S.
Wauwe Linnick
L.
S.
Quaehwoot
L.
s.
Jochquamiu
L,
s.
Nalenow
L.
s.
Rookquamok
L.
s.
i. By the Honourable Cadwallander Colden, Esq., President of His
Majesty's Council, and Commander in Chief of the Province of New York,
and the Territories depending thereon in America. To Myndert Roseboom
Esquire Greeting. Reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in the
APPENDIX. ]:]^
Care, Diligence, and Circumspection, as in the Loyalty, Courage and Readi-
ness of Vou, to do His Majesty good and faitliful Service; have nominated,
constituted and appointed, an<l I DO, by Virtue of the Powers and Authori-
ties to Me given by His Majesty, hereby nominate, constitute and appoint
A ou the said Myndert Roseboom to be Lieutenant Colonel of the Second J{eg-
iment of tlie Forces in tlie Pay of the Province of New York whereof fieorge
Brewerton Esq'r is Colonel. You are therefore to take the said Regiment
into your Charge and Care, as Lieutenant Colonel thereof, and duly to exer-
cise botli the Officers and Soldiers of that Regiment in Anns. And as they
are herel)y commanded to oljey You as their Lieutenant Ccjlonel, so are you
likewise to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from time to
time, as you shall receive from Me, or any other your Superior Ofticer, accord-
ing to the Rules and Diciplinc of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in
you : and for so doing, this shall be your Commission.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, In New York, the sixlli day of
April in the first Year of His Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini (Hie 'llioii-
sand Seven Hundred and Sixty One. Cadwallander Colden.
By his Honour's Conunand.
G. Banyer, Sec'y.
j. This Indenture made the First day of February in the Year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and seventj'-five. Between John Harper of the
County of Tryon, Husbandman, of the one part And Myndert Roseboom* of
the City of Albany, :\rercliant, of the other part Witnesseth that he tlie said
John Harper for and in Consideration of the sum of Three hundred and
Eighty six pounds Current money of New York to him the said John Harper
l)y liim the said Myndert Roseboom in hand paid at and before the Ensealing
and Delivery of these presents tlie Receipt Whereof he the said John Harper
doth hereby Acknowledge and thereof and of every Part and parcell tiicreof
doth acquit. Release and Discharge him the said Myndert Rosel)ooin his
lieirs and assigns for ever by these presents he the said John Harper hatii
granted Bargained sold Aliened Reraised Released and confirmed and !)y'thcse
presents doth grant Bargain, Sell, Alien, Remise Release and confirm unto
him the said Myndert Roseboom his heirs and assigns for ever (l)eini: now
in his Actual Possession) all that Lott of Land Called or known l)y the Name
of Lott Number Two, being part of a Tract of Land of five Inindred acres
formerly patented to John Lindesay in the County of Albany, Which Said
Tract was afterwards Devided into two Lotts and distinguished by the Names
of Lott Number One and Lott Number Two as by the Draft and Dc vision
thereof made by Edward Collins Deputy Surveyor may more fully api>far.
* After the first part of this book was printed, a record was found at Albany, (:J">ii. J.VM)
Aug. 14th, 1770, of a " Royal," (not military) grant of 45,000 acres of land in An)any county, to
forty-tive persons named, of whom Ntyn.lert Iloseboom was one. The tract extended from a
creek named Hay-ad-er-es-se-ras to Sackindaga, or West branch of the Hudson, and lay chietly
in Edinburgh and Providence, Saratoga county.
lot) Al'l'K.NDIX.
Together with all and Siimnlar tiic woods underwoctds Trees, Thubers, feed-
inj; Pastun-s. Mi-adows, Maislios, Swaiiii>s, ways, waters, water courses,
Rivers, Brooks, liivwlets, Huns and Streams of water, Fisliing. fowling,
hunting and hawking. Mines, Minerals of all sorts whatsoever, — Except
Gold mines and Silver mines, — wliieli now or hereafter Shall be Standing
growing, lying, l»eing or to he found in or ni)on the aforesaid Lott Number
Two or any part or parecll thereof, and the Reversion and Reversions
Remainder and Remainders, lients. Issues and profitts thereof and of everv
part and parcell thereof and also all the Estate Right Title Interest property
possession Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him the said John Harper of
in or to the name or any part or parcell thereof to have and to hold the said
Lott Number Two and all other the herebj' granted premises aforesaid and
every part and parcell thei'eof with their and everj' of their Appurtenences
unto him the said Myndert Roseboom his heirs and Assigns for Ever Sub-
ject to the payment of the Quit Rents due and hereafter to be due unto his
Majesty, his heirs and Successors from the Twenty tif th day of March oni'
thousand seven hundred and forty three and also Subject to and under the
Several Exceptions, Reservations, liestrictions and Limitations in and by his
Majesty's Letters Patent for the said Tract of land mentioned and expressed
And he the said John Harper and his heirs all and Singular the before Granted
l)remises with the Appurtenences and every part and parcell thereof unto
him the said Myndert Roseboom his heirs and Assigns and Against all and
every ©ther person and persons Whatsoever Lawfully Claiming or to claim
any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the said hereby granted
premises or any part or parcell thereof by From or Under him them any or
eitlier of them shall and will warrant and forever Defend by these Presents.
In Witness thereof The parties to these presents have hereunto Interchange-
ably set their hands and Seals the day and Year tirst above written.
(Sig.) John Harper (L. S.)
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Sam'l Pruyn, John Fred. Pruyn.
Memorandum that on the first day of February one thousand seven hun-
dred & seventy Ave personally appeared l^efore me, Jacob C. Ten Eyck
Judge of the Inferior Coui't of the City and County of Albany the within
named John Harper of Harpersfield in the County of Tryon Acknowledge the
within Deed or Instrument to he his Voluntary Act & Deed for the Pur-
pose therein mentioned and I have Examined the within Instrument ^^ tind
no material Reazurds (erasures) or Interlindations therein I therefore allow
the Same to be Recorded. Jacob C. Ten Eyck.
I do hereby Acknowledge to have received from Myndert Rosel^oom tlir
Sum of Three hundred Eight.v-six pounds New York Currency in full for the
within Consideration money in Witness I hereby sett my hand. Albany
February the tirst. one thousand seven hundred Seventy-tive.
(Sig.) John Harper.
k. This Indenture made the twelfth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundreil and ninetv-live. between George Clarke of
APPENDIX. ]^37
Hyde, in the county of Chester and Kin-dom of Great Brituiu, hv William
Banyer of the City of Albany, in the County of Albany, his Attorney, of the
first part, and John Roseboom of the Town of Canajoharie, in the County of
Montsoraery and State of Ne^y York, of the second part, Witnesseth. that
the said party of the tirst part for and in consideration of the sum of flye
hundred pounds, of laNyful money of the State of New York, to him in hand
paid at or before the sealing and deliyery of these presents, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened,
released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien,
release and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and to hiJ heirs
and assigns foreyer,
All that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the
County of Otsego, in a Patent granted on the twenty-fourth day of May, one
thousand seyen hundred and thirty-nine unto John Lindsley, and which said
tract or parcel of land is known and distinguished by the name of lot No.
one and begins at a marked white Ash tree and runs thence south fiye
degrees forty minutes west, fifty-two chains and fifty links : thence south
twenty-nine degrees thirty minutes west, six-two chains and fifty links:
thence West eleven chains and fifty links ; thence north thirteen degrees east
one hundred and twenty-three chains and fifty links: thence south fifty-two
degrees east, twenty-four chains and forty links to the place where it first
began, containing two hundred and fifty acres of land.
Together with all and singular the appurtenances, priyileges and advan-
tages whatsoever unto the above mentioned and described premises in any-
wise appertaining or belonging, and the reversion and reversions, remainder
and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate,
right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever as well in law
as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of in and to the same or any
part or parcel thereof with the appurtenances. To have and to hold the
above granted, bargained and decribed premises and every part and parcel
thereof, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second i)art. his
heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said party of the
second part, his heirs and assigns forever, and to and for no other use, in-
tent or purpose whatsoever and the said party of the first part for Idmself,
his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenent. grant, promise and
agree to and with the said party of the second part, his iieirs and assigns,
that he the said party of the first part at the time of the sealing and delivery
of these pi-esents is lawfully and rightfully seized in his own right of a good,
sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple
of and in all and singular aud said premises above mentioned, with the
appurtenances without any manner of condition to alter, change, determine
or defeat the same, and hath in himself good right;, full power and lawful
authority to grant, bargain, sell, convey and release the aboye said des.Til)ed
larfd and premises w ith the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second
part his heirs and assigns in manner and form aforesaid. And also that he
the said party of the first part and his heirs the said tract or parcel ..f lan.l,
and all and siusular other the premises herein before mentioned or intended
lo8 AITKNDIX.
to be liereby granted, bargained, sold, released and|conflrnied and every part
and parcel thereof with the ap])nrteiianecs unto the said party of the second
part his heirs and assigns against him the said party of the tirst part and his
heirs and against all other persons whomsoever, any estate having or law-
fully claiming of, in, to or out of the said premises, or of, in and to any part
or parcel thereof with the ap|>Mi"tenances. or that shall or may claim by,
from or under or in ti'ust for him or them or any of them, shall and will
Warrant and forever Defend by these presents.
In Witness Whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto set their
hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us.
Geo. Clarke, by his Atty.
Willm. Banyer.
The word "tw'o"in ninth line written on an erasure and the words
" and fifty " above same line interlined.
Geo. Banyer Jr.
Ab. Van Vechten.
Be it rememl)ered that on the twelfth day of August in the year of Our
Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, personally appeared
before me, John Lansing Jun. one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of
Judicature of the State of New York, the within named Geo. Clarke, who
acknowledged that the within named William Banyer as his Atty., had exe-
cuted the Ajvithin written Indenture and that the same was the deed of him,
the said Geo. Clarke and having examined the said Indenture and finding
therein no erasure, interlineation or obliteration (other than those noted)
and being personally acquainted with the said George and satisfied he is the
person described as Grantor in the said Indenture, I allow the same to be
recorded.
John Lansing Jun.
Recorded Oct. 22, 1801, at s o'clock p.m., in Book D of Conveyances
page 124.
1. In the Name of God Amen. I Hendrick M. Roseboom of the City and
County of Albany being weak in body, but of sound Memory and Understand-
ing praised be God for the same, and considering this transitory life, Do
make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and
form following, that is to say First and principally I recommend my Soul
into the hands of God my Creator hoping a pardon for all my Sins tliro the
Merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Redeemer, my body I commit to the Earth
to be decently interred, at the discretion of my Executor herein after Named,
as to such worldly Estate wherewith (iod hath been pleased to bless me, I
dispose of the same as follows : Imprimis I will order and direct that all my
just debts and funeral Expenses be paid and satisfied l)y my said Executor.
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Johannes Roseboom and to his
heirs and assigns forever, All my Estate both Real and personal, which I at
present am possessed of, or which I hold in Reversion or Remainder, Subject-
APPENDIX. \:)\)
ing Nevertheless my said Son Johannes Ids heirs and assigns after ray decease
to pay or cause to be paid unto my Sons Myndert Hoseboom and liarent
Hoseboom for and during their Natural Lives each a yearly sum of money,
e(iual to one third of the Rent receiveable for my House and Lot of (iround
situate in Maiden Lane in the second Ward of the City of All)any. f.astly I
do hereby Nominate and Appoint my said Son Johannes Roseboom the sole
Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby Revoke and
make void all former Wills and Testaments by me at any time lieretofore
Made, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-
seventh day of July — in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven inunircd
and ninet}'.
Hendrick Hoseljooni.
Witnesses: V. \V. Douw, Henry Ten Eyck, Nicholas Fonda.
m. In the Name of God Amen, I Barent Roseboom, liatchelor formerly
of the City of Albany but at present Residing at Canajoharie in Montgomery
County in the State of New York being weak of body but of sound and dis-
posing mind and Memory (praised be God) Do make ordain inii)lish and
declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner following.
I Will that all my just debts and funeral Charges be paid. I give and
Becpieath unto my loving r>rother Myndert Roseboom the Sum of Twenty
Pounds. I give and Beiiueath unto my Brother John Roseboom the Sum of
Five Pounds. I give and Bequeath unto Elizabeth Roseboom eldest daughter
of John Roseboom and Wife of Conrad Gansevoort my Negro Wench Dion
and an Iron plate Chimney Back. I give and Bequeath unto my Brothers
Son Barent Roseboom all the Land belonging to me in Whiteburgh and the
one Half of what I am to Heir from John Myndert Roseboom and likewise
the one Fifth Part of All my other Property both Real and Personal not
herein Willed I give and Becjueath unto my Brother's Son John Roseboom
ray Right to a Lot Ground in Albany on the Hill at present in possession of
Samuel Bromley and One Fifth share of all my other Property. I give and
Bequeath unto my Brother's Son Abraham Roseboom One Hundred Pounds
and Interest due thereon Six AVeeks after my decease and One-Fifth Part
of my other Property. I give & Bequeath unto my Brother's youngest
daughter Maria Roseboom Fifty Ponnds and a Fifth Part of ray other Prop-
erty. I further Will that my Brothers daughter Elizal)eth Roselioom like-
wise have a tlfth share of all my property not before Willetl. 1 give and
Bequeath unto the daughter of Johannes Ten Eyck named Neilte Ten Eyck
my Psalm Book. I give and Bequeath unto Barent Schermerhorn Son of
}acob Schermerhorn of Green Bush a Silver Spoon marked Janitie Ten Eyck
tyed with a Black crape round it. I will that whatever is due to me from.
Arent Van Duersen be freely forgiven him. Antl Lastly I constitute and
make my Loving Brother John Roseboom and his Son Barent Roseboom and
Conrad Gansevoort ^Executors of this my Last Will & Testament and 1 do
hereby utterly Disallo^v Revoke and Disannul all former and other Wills
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AI'l'EXDIX.
Loiiacies and Executors by me heretofore matle Willed and Beciueatlicd
Ratyfving and confinnin-i- this and no other to be my last Will & Testa-
ment. In Witness whereof I liave hereunto set my Hand and Seal this
Twent.v-fourth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand
ScA^en Hundred and Ninty-llve.
l?Ai!' r R()Si'.BO(»r.
Witnesses: Daniel I leii'erman, John J. Rosebixim. John Diell.
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