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REYNOLDS  HISTORICAL 
GENEALOGY  COLLECTION 


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ALLEN  COUNTY  PUBUC  LjBR'^.'j'.X 


3  1833  01394  1288 


A   RESCRIPT 


OF 


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PKEFACE. 


"Not  to  know  what  took  place  before  one  was  born," 
says  Cicero,  "  is  to  remain  forever  a  child."  The  end 
undertaken  in  this  work  is  to  collect  and  preserve  in  a 
simple  form  some  memorials  of  our  immediate  ancestors, 
men  who  lived  not  for  themselves,  but  to  serve  God  and 
their  country. 

Were  it  possible  to  search  probate  and  town  records, 
the  half-hidden  monuments  in  old  cemeteries,  and  local  or 
general  histories  thoroughly,  there  might  doubtless  be  gath- 
ered material  for  a  volume,  which  to  those  who  are  linked 
to  the  departed  by  ties  of  kinship  and  tender  recollection, 
would  be  replete  with  interest. 

The  frost  of  age  blights  sharply ;  the  ruthless  years 
sweep  away  the  very  homes  where  they  lived  ;  and,  alas ! 
how  soon  those  to  whom  their  living  presence  was  known, 
will,  like  them,  have  "passed  to  the  majority." 

To  us  who  remain  will  be  left  the  duty  of  emulating 
their  virtues,  their  piety,  their  love  of  civil  and  religious 
liberty,  their  devotion  to  "  the  common  welfare  of  all," 
which  characterized  them,  as  it  did  the  Puritan  Fathers  of 
New  England. 

A.  C.  M. 

Stkacuse,  March,  1883. 


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THE  TKEAD^VELL  FAMILY. 


Jolm  Trcathvell,  the  ancestor  of  the  Long  Ishuid 
Trcadwells,  came  from  Coimecticut  to  Huntington,  Long 
Ish\nd,  but  liiially  settled  at  Hempstead,  Queens  Co.,  and 
was  Uepi-eseritative  of  that  county  in  1G04. 

Cliildien  of  John  Tread  well,  1st  Generation. 

1st.  Jolm,  Junior. 

2d.  Tjiumas,  v.dio  married  a  Denton  and  had  five  sons. 

Childieii  of  Thomas  Treadwell,  2(1  Generation. 

1st.   John  3d.       ,.     ,,.;  j^-^  .:;;:-.■■.- ,    .i--^:   ■■■..,■      .  ."  ■■  . 
2d.   Samuel,  '   ,  .   '''.  .,r. ;',..-'■:"  ■""  ";.,,■.;;•    ■.;':..: 

3d.  Benjamin.  '  '  *  - 

4th.  Tlionias,  Junior.  „  ■• .  .      ■ 

5th.  Tinioth}-;  born  in  1713. 

Samuel  and  Thomas,  2d  and  ith  sons,    settled    ii) 

AVestchester  county,  X.Y.     Samuel  married  a  Thomas, 

and  left  one  son. 
1  son  of  Samuel  of  3d  generation. 

^     Thomas  married  a  Lyon  (Elizabeth). 

Children  of  Thomas  Treadwell,  3d  Generation. 

1st.  James.  . 

2d.  Hannah.  ' 

3d.  Saruh. 

Benjamin,  3d  son  of  2d  generation,  settled  on  Great 
Xeck,  L.  L,  and  married  Phcebe  Piatt,  daughter  of 
!N[ajor  Epenetus  Piatt  ,and  sister  of  Sophia  Piatt,  of 
Huntington,  L.  I. 


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THK    TUF.ADWKLL    FAMILY. 


Cliildreii  of  lieii.jainiu  Trciulwell,  od  Sou  oi"2(l  Geuer 
atiou,  and  Pli<i?be  Piatt. 

1st.  John.  -      ^ 

2d.  Benjamin.  "  ■  ,     . 

3d.  Pha^be.  ,•  ,  ."'.'■ 

.  4tli.  Margaret.  -  '     ,      ' 

Children  of  2cZ  wije^  nam>:d  Allen. 

5tli.   Samuel. 

6tli.  William  ;  and  4  daughters,  making  10. 


Timotliy,  5th  son  of  Thomas  of  the  2d   generation, 
married  Mary  Piatt,  sister  of  his  brother  Benjamin's  wife 

(Pha^be),  and  settled  at  Smithtown,  L.  I,      They  had   one  ■ 

son    of   the    3d   generation, —  our    beloved  and   venerated  \ 

Grandfather,  born  at  Smithtown,  L.  I.,  Feb.  ^kh,  1743.  i 

i 

1st.  Thomas.  _   .     i 

2d.  Hannah  (Mrs.  Phrenix).  '  '    '  '  'I 

3d.  Phoebe  (Mrs.  Smith).                       .•.■.'•'  \ 

Thomas    Treadwell,    3d   generation,    married    Ann  : 

Hazard.     She  died  January  5th,  1T9S.  j 

Of  thirteen  children,  several  died  in  infancy.     In  j 
1800,   he  married  Mary,   widow  of   Dr.    Hedges,    of 

East  Hampton,  and  sister  of  Judge  Alfred  Conldin's  i 
father.     She  had  no    children,   and   died  at  Clinton, 

Oneida  county,  N.  Y.,  in   1S3S.      He  died  at  Platts-  \ 

burg,  Clinton  county,  December  25th,  1S32,  aged  f^S  ; 

years.                            .  j 


The  device  on   the  Treadwell   coat-of-arms  is  a  lion 
j      rampant,  guardant.     See  page  -1. 

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-■-je 


THOMAS   TKEADWELL. 


Thomas  Treadwell. 


•N. 


The  Ilouoriililc  Tbiuntis  Trcad'.vcU  was  born  in  the  year  1743  at 
Smitlitowii,  L.  1.  lie  graduated  at  Priucoton,  N.  J.,  and  studied  law 
under  CLaucellor  Livingston. 

Thompson  in  his  lli^ftory  of  Long  Island  says:  "  He  was  one  of  the 
most  useful  nn:;  <.l  his  time.  lie  was  well  educated,  and  distiut^uished 
for  firmue.'^s  and  prudi,nce  during  the  difficult  and  trying  period  of  the 
Revolution.  lie  was  almost  constantly  engaged  in  public  business;  was 
a  member  0'  the  Provincial  Congress  from  1771  with  power  to  establish 
a  new  iurni  of  government,  lie  was  a  member  of  the  first  Senate  of 
this  State  under  the  Constitution  and  seems  in  all  respects  to  have  been 
fitted  f-'V  the  perilous  time  in  which  he  lived."  lie  was  one  of  three 
con^:'.::jting  the  "  Cummitlee  of  Safety  "  while  the  Constitution  of  this 
State  was  being  organized  in  1773;  and  was  for  many  years  the  only 
surviving  member  of  that  memorable  body. — Sewui-d's  Introduction  to 
Natural  Hi.-^f.ory  of  the  State  of  Xew  York;  See  also  Sprague's  Annals  of 
the  American  Pulpit. 

niS  PUBLIC   RECORD. 

lie  was  a  lieprcseiitative  in  the  "  Continental  Congress"  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1772-70;  in  1775  was  elected  to  the  "  Provincial  Congress," 
sitting  in  the  City  of  Xew  York.  In  1776,  he  was,  with  others,  elected 
;  to  represent  Suffolk  Co.,  L.  I.  This  Provincial  Congress  met  at  the 
Court  House  in  Westchester  Co.,  but  sat  in  Fishkill,  Nov.  8th.  In 
1778,  he  was  delegated  to  the  Convention  at  Poughkeepsie  to  deliberate 
on  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  He  was  also 
appointed  during  the  same  year  Judge  of  Probate  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  which  office  he  held  until  Surrogates  were  appointed  for  each 
county.  In  1791,  he  was  elected  to  represent  Suffolk,  Kings  and 
Queens  counties  in  the  Continental  Congress  then  sitting  in  Philadelphia 
(to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Dr.  Townsend  ).  In  1793,  he 
was  ag^iin  elected  to  represent  these  counties,  which  he  continued  to  do 
until  he  removed  to  Platlsburgh.  N.  Y.  In  1804.  he  was  elected  Sena- 
tor for  the  Northern  District,  and  in  1807  he  was  appointed  Surrogate 
of  Clinton  Co.,  which  ollice  he  held  until  his  death,  which  took  place 
at  Plattsburgh,  Dec.  25lh,  1831. 

From  the  lips  of  two  generations  we  have  learned  what  he  was  in 
private  life,  as  husband,  father,  friend.  Large-minded  and  large- 
hearted,  he  was  the  wise,  prompt  counsellor  of  the  perplexed,  and  as 


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ready  to  cr:'.«p  the  hands  of  the  cliihlren  who  loved  him.  We  have 
stood  at  his  grave,  and  .'^cen  the  tears  uf  affection  fall  upon  it,  the  grave 
of  a  rare  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  a  scholar  of  distinguished  attain- 
ments, a  patriot  above  reproach. 


Children  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Hazard  Treadwell. 

1st.  Mary  Piatt;  born  September  25tli,  177G;  died  of 
apoplexy,  1825.  '   • 

2d.  Kathaniel  Hazard;  born  January  ITtli,  17GS  ;  married 
Marojaret  Piatt,  and  died  December  22d,  1856. 

3d.  Elisabeth  ;  born  Angust  2d,  1760  ;  died  June  Stb,  1822. 

-1th.  Hannah  Phcenix  ;  born  April  10th,  1771,  at  Sunk 
MeadoM',  L.  I. ;  married  Rev.  Henry  Davis,  D.D.,  and 
died  April  15th,  1856. 

5tli.  Samuel,  who  died  in  infancy,  as  did  Sarah  and  Timo- 
thy, 6th  and  7th  children. 
"8th.  Plicebe  ;    born    Xovember    10th,    1775 ;    died  in  the 
beginning  of  the  Pevolution. 

9th.  Tiiomas,  Junior;  born  in  1777;  in  1809,  married 
Polly  Stratton,  M-ho  died  in  1852.  He  died  January 
2Sth.  1809. 

l"th.  Atme  Hazard;  l^orn  April  20th,  1779.  She  married 
Hon.  Isaac  C.  Piatt,  and  died  in  1821. 


The  Bay. 


Few  yet  remain  who  can  rer-all  and  repeople  the  once  delightful 
Treadwell  homestead,  of  which  the  rude  }'ears  have  now  left  not  even 
a  vestige.  It  stood  a  little  hack  from  the  shore  of  Luke  Champlain,  on 
what  is  now  called  Cumberland  Bay  and  this  is  formed  by  the  embrac- 
ing arm  of  Cumberland  Head,  a  point  of  attraction  to  all  scenery-loving 
visitors  at  Plattsburg. 

The  Lake  has  encroached  upon  the  old  roadway.  The  massive 
boulder  upon  which  many  children  and  gramlchildren  sat  sometimes  to 


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C(^ ^ ivp 

,  THE    DAY.  0 


I  read,  sonictiinci;  uhiiti  rm;si)i>:  to  !lmg  pebbles  far  oil  into  the  shining 
deeps,  or  by  ]vU'j:  liours  to  li.--Ii  with  real  hooks,  h.is  apparently  moved 
i  out  ijito  the  \vide  water.  The  Lake  iu  the  olden  days  "was  fringed 
!  with  trembling  Poplars,  Balm  of  Gilead,  and  "White  Birehes,  upon 
I  •w-hieh,"  says  one  of  them,  "we  children  drew  our  un&ightly  figures,  or 
made  bark  canoes."  She  remembers  "the  wild  grajies,  and  the  ground 
I  pii.e,  and  liittersweet  that  'Jude'  gathered  for  Christmas  wreaths." 
I        Its  hospitality  was  famous  the  country  round.     Xo  one  of  note  felt  a 

visit  cominete,  without  a  day's  sojourn  at  "The  Ba^'." 
I  "The  telescope  was  in  constant  use  there,  cubing  the  war  of  1S13, 

I  and  kepi  the  family  inflamed  of  the  nature  or  their  visitors.  The  land 
!  forces  of  the  British  army*pas-cd  through  the  Trcadwtll  farm,  on  what 
I  was  called  the  Bidgc  Road."  The  family  home,  previous  to  their 
settlement  at  Plattsburg,  was  at  Sraithtowu,  L.  I.  AYhile  Judge  Tread- 
I  well  was  absent  in  Philadelphia,  his  eldest  son,  Xathaniel  Hazard 
;  Treadwell,  cared  for  the  family,  and  he  was  then  preparing  for  them  a 
I  new  home  in  the  then  almost  wilderness  of  Clinton  county.  At  Smith- 
;  town,  the  family  were  driven  from  their  home  by  marauding  British 
soldiers,  and  there  the  beloved  mother  was  stricken  with  paralysis. 
Forty  slaves  accompanied  this  pioneer  into  the  forest.  "  Phyllis,"  the 
mother  of  ten  of  tlieni,  was  born  iu  Guinea,  and  was  given  to  Grand- 
father T.  by  hor  mother,  on  the  day  of  liis  marriage.  The  Emancipa- 
tion Act,  passed  by  the  New  York  Legislature  iu  1799,  gave  freedom  at 
a  certain  age  to  all  born  after  its  enactment, — to  the  males,  at  2S; 
females,  at  25.  Some  preferred  remaining  in  the  family;  but  several 
families  accepted  land,  and  began  the  world  for  themselves.  Their 
little  community  was  called  Richland.  It  was  a  few  miles  from  their 
old  home,  and  their  old  Master  continued  to  advise  and  encourage. 
Their  numbers  cannot  now  be  ascertained,  but  they  were  industrious 
and  respected  by  all  who  knew  them,  or  had  dealings  with  them.  Few 
men  were  ever  more  trusted  or  respected  than  Ilicks  and  his  wife  Gin, 
or  "  Siah  "  and  "  Cj'ntliia,"  or  appeared  better  as  they  made  their 
annual  visit  at  "The  Bay." 

In  the  quiet  family  burial  place  now  are  many  graves;  for  long 
years  since,  the  last  of  the  original  dwellers  in  the  old  home  passed 
hence.  On  u\y  tabic  lie  manuscript  poems  some  of  them  wrote;  in  my 
library  are  book.s  they  read;  I  have  seen  an  unstrung  lute  and  the 
harpsichord  that  my  mother's  dear  aunts  played  upon;  and  the  dear 
gre^it  grandfather's  picture  hangs  iu  ni}'  home.  Perhaps  the  following 
poem,  whose  insertion  was  suggested,  may  serve  to  complete  this  side 
of  the  picture  of  an  unpretentious  but  substantial  home. 


10 


TIIH    TKKAUWKLL    FAMir-V. 


The  Treadwell  Harpsichord 


Quaint  relic  of  ;i  pleasant  past, 

How  oft  rcmembranco  brings 
The  forms  of  tho?e  \vlio:?e  graceful  touch 

Oft  waked  thy  tuneful  strings. 
Beside  thy  silvery  waves,  Champlain: 

A  lovely  liousehold  band. 
Whose  voices  waked  the  soul-fraught  songs 

Of  the  dear  Fatherland.  * 

To  catch  enchained  the  listening  ear, 

The  curious,  or  the  kind. 
With  sweet  "  Lochaber,"  "Banks  of  Ayr," 

Or  "Roslyn  Castle"  bind 
With  "Lowdon's  bonnie  woods  and  braes," 

Or  "Coaiin'  thro'  the  rye," 
Or  "  Highland  Mary  " — ah!  liow  sad 

That  those  so  loved  should  die! 

There  "Uncle  Natty's"  sweet-voiced  flute. 

Breathed  forth  the  same  loved  strain 
His  statesman  father's  voice  rang  out, 

Blending  with  each  refrain; 
While  one,  the  flower  of  that  bright  band,  • 

The  earliest  to  fade, 
With  sweet-stringed  lute,  essayed  the  same, 

And  sang  the  while  she  played. 

The  sparkling  jest,  the  quick  retort, 

The  kindliest  repartee. 
Oft  gathered  in  that  Lakeside  home, 

A  brilliant  coterie, 
When  genial  converse  thrilled  the  ear, 

And  patriot  fire  the  heart, 
And  gifted  natures  gathered  there 

The  treasured  works  of  art. 

The  fierce,  fell  hands  of  time  and  change 

Had  reft  each  charm  away. 
While  yet  the  Treadwell  homestead  stood. 

In  olden  times,  "The  Bay." 


lXTKiri:STIXG    I.KGISLATIVK    STATISTICS.  11 


It  Stood  while  most  who  lovcil  it  sleep; 

Tlicir  graves  arc  green,  but  oL! 
'  T  was  theirs  to  love,  to  joy,  to  weep 

A  hundred  years  ago! 

A  score  beyond  this,  thy  first  notes, 

Dulcet  and  soft  and  clear. 
In  Philadelphiau  halls  rang  out, 

With  strains  of  lofty  cheer; 
And  while  our  nation  gathered  there, 

Centennial  lights  to  see, 
Was  there  not  one  to  tell  thy  tale 

Of  Freedom's  minstrelsy? 


A.  C.  M. 


Syracuse,  March,  1878. 

This  instrument  was  purchased  by  Judge  TreadwcU  while  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress  in  Philadelphia,  and  thence  sent  to  his  family,  being 
for  many  years  tlie  only  instrument  of  the  kind  in  that  section. 

"Uncle  Natty"  was  Hon.  N.  H.  Treadwell,  a  prominent  Canadian 
gentleman.  One  daughter  was  Mrs.  Dr.  Davis,  of  Clinton;  another, the 
first  3Irs.  Isaac  C.  Piatt,  and  the  two  maiden  sisters,  "Aunt  Polly  "  and 
"Aunt  Betsey  " — elegant  women  of  that  day,  cultured,  and  yet  prac- 
tical enough  to  have  their  wheels  carried  down  to  the  lake  shore, 
where,  in  short  gown  and  petticoat,  in  the  gloaming  they  would 
sometimes  sit  and  spin.  * 

"The  Harpsichord,  now  the  cherished  possession  of  a  great  grand- 
daughter (Mrs.  C.  T.  Longstreet).  bears  date  1755. 


Interesting  Legislative  Statistics. 


It  has  not  been  the  practice  lately  to  re-elect  assembly- 
men for  extended  periods.  The  Fathers  were  wiser  in  this 
regard,  as  we  find  the  names  of  over  twenty  gentlemen 
who  served  for  ten  years  and  npwards  in  the  Assembly 
under  the  first  two  Constitutions.  As  a  matter  of  curiosity 
we  publish  their  names,  with  the  counties  from  which  they 
were  accredited,  and  the  number  of  years  for  which  they 
were  elected.  They  were  men  famous  in  their  day  and 
veneration.  . 


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12 


THE    TIJKADWKLL    FAMlf.V 


Namf.s.  Counties.  No.  Yi:-^. 

Tbom:i=;  Tread  well SulToik  ami  Queens. ..15. 

Abij.ih  G il l>ert Westclie.^ter 14. 

Abniliaiii    Miller Westchester .«. It. 

David   llopliius Cliarlotte  and  Wasliiiigtou V■^. 

C.  C.  Scliooninalier. Ulster V-i. 

Tboiuas  Thomas SulTolU  uud  Queeus 18. 

Adaiti  C 'omstock Saratoga 13. 

Johati  .lost- Deilz Albauy 12. 

:*  .    Diniel  Kissani Queeus 1"2. 

Edward  Savage... .^Cliarlotte  and  Washiugtou 12. 

Benjamin  Cole Queens  and  Orange. .11. 

Erastus  Koot Delaware.. .11. 

John  Smith SulYolk. 11. 

I.  H.  Vau  Rensselaer Columbia 11. 

]\Iatt hew  Adizate Al bany. 10. 

Beujamin  Birdsali Queens  and  Columbia.. 10. 

Jeremiah  Clark Orange 10. 

,/.,     Chirkson  Crolius.. Xew  York 10. 

Seth    Marvin Orange  and  Westchester 10. 

Alexau'ler  Sheldon Montgomery -.10. 

Abel  Smith Westchester 10. 

Nathan  Smith ..Ulster .10 

Justice  of  Peace  Commissions  wei-e  isstied  Oct.  12th, 
1GS9,  to  John  Treadwell,  of  Smithtown,  Queens  Co.,  also 
to  Ebenezer  Piatt,  of  Huntingdon.  Suff<jlk  Co.,  in  time  of 
Their  Majesties,  Mary  nnd  William.  Vide  Documentary 
History  State  of  Xe'^  York. 


Genealogy  of  Amie  Hazard's  Family. 

Nathaniel  Hazard  was  one  of  the  few  importing  merchants  of  New 
York  in  early  days.  An  e.xaraination  of  his  papers  and  his  library 
proves  him  to  have  been  very  wealthy,  but  his  widow,  like  many  a 
rich  man's  wife,  found  herself  poor  at  his  death.  They  had  12  chil- 
dren, 4  of  whom  died  in  childhood.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was 
Drummie,  and  she  had  a  siiperior  education. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  Hazard. 

Elisabeth  was  born  Aug.  20ch,  1 740,  n:iarried  Joseph  Piatt, 

merchant,  of  Xew  York. 
Mary  was  born  Dec.  7.  17-41,  and  died  young. 
Anne    was    born    February    14th,    1743,    married    Judge 

Thomas  Treadwell,  died  Jan.  5,  170S. 


w. 


CHn,i)i:i;x  ok  n.  h.  and  m.vk(;ai:kt  i'latt  riji:Ai)W!:r.L.     13 


Catliurine,  bom  Aii^:;u?t  20th,  1744,  died  Feb.  otb,  1T45. 
Catherine  2d,  born  Aug.  Sth,   1744,  married  Dr.  Gilbert 

Tennant. 
Jolm,  a  rover. 
jSTathaniel,  Jr..  l)arn  July  ISih,    ISth,   1748.  died  in  Xew 

York  June  21,  170S,  aged  50. 
Samuel,  born  June  10th,   1750,  married  Polly  I>etts,  and 

died  at  Xew  Windsor,  Conn.,  17S7. 
Mary,   born  March  17tli,  1753,  married  Joseph  Blackwell, 

merchant,  of  Xew  York. 
Joseph,    born    Dec.   20th,  1754;    preached,   M'rote  poetry; 

married  a  Miss  Moore,  and  had  1  daughter. 
Sarah,  burn  in  175i'>,  married  David  Judson,  died  in  1805; 

family  extinct. 
Margaret,  bora  March  29i:h,  1750,  died  July  20th  of  the 
,       same  year. 

Chit'lrcii  of  ^V.  11.  and  Margaret  Piatt  Treadwelt. 

Children  of  Xathaniel  Hazard  Treadwell  and  Mar^ca- 
ret  Piatt,  sister  of  I.  C.  Piatt,  Esq.,  and  daughter  of 
Judge  Charles  Piatt;  married  Sept.  5th,  1792.  He 
died  at  L'Original,  C.  W.,  December  22d,  1S5G.  She 
survived  until  June,  1S5S, 

Henry  Onderdonk,  born  May  29,  1795,  died  May  27,  1S74. 

Caroline  Adriance,  born  Xov.  5th,  179G,  died  April  11th, 
IS^JO. 

Anna  Maria,  born  Jan.  17th,  1800,  married  Lewis  H.  Red- 
field  in  1820.  ♦^^i•^w*^/^T/r£?t5. 

Charles  Piatt,  born  Aug.  15tli,  1S02,  married  Helen  Mac- 
donnell  June  20th,  1804,  died  Xov.  31st,  1873. 

Margaret  Hazard,  died  in  infancy. 

Margaret  2d,  born  April  23d,  1800,  married  Duncan 
Dewar,  of  St.  Andrews,  C.  E.,  Sept.  26,  1836,  died 
Aug.  16th,  1880. 


MeliGcnt,  died  in  iufancv. 

Letitiu    PJalsey,    born  May   IStli,   1S09 ;    married  Charles 

Wales,  of' St.  Andrews,  C.  E. 
Natlianiel,  born  in  1^11,  and  died  in  infancy. 

We  quote  from  an  obituary  notice  of  Nathaniel  II.  Trcadwell.Esq., 
the  following: 

"  Practicall}- and  Iheoreticully  an  advocate  of  prof^rcss,  he  united 
the  culture  of  a  gentleman  with  the  endurance  of  a  backwoodsman. 
Far  in  advance  of  his  time,  he  presented  a  living  type  of  a  coming  age. 
In  the  earlier  part  of  his  life,  he  expended  considerable  means  in 
advancing  the  material  interests  of  the  countr\".  His  liberality  was 
only  circumscribed  by  his  pecuniary  ability.  The  poor  man  never  left 
his  door  unrelieved." — Jloiitnal  Gazette. 

Broad  and  stanch  men  and  women,  strong  for  God  and  the  right, 
have  been  the  sous  and  daughters,  and  heads  of  these  Canadian  families. 

Children  of  L.  H.  Bedfidd  and  Anna  JIaria  Treadioell. 

Anna  Maria  Treadwell,  3d  daughter  of  X.  H.  T., 
was  married  to  Lewis  Hamilton  Kedfield,  February 
7th,  1S20,  by  Eev.  H.  Davis,  D.D.,  Clinton,  X.  K 

Mr.  Itedtield  was  born  Xoveniber  2Gth,  1703,  and 
died  July  14th,  1SS2.  He  was  long  a  prominent 
editor  and  bookseller  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

EARLY   SYRACUSE   nOSPITAl,ITY. 

Some  years  since,  there  was  a  Syracuse  home  whose  hospitality  was 
broad  and  typical.  Long  ago  it  gave  way  to  the  march  of  improve- 
ment. One  who  was  then  at  its  head  now  sleeps,  full  of  honors  and  of 
years,  in  the  silence  of  Oakwood. 

She  who  was  then  the  gracious  hostess,  still  sits  a  queen  among  her 
children,  in  our  own  city,  which,  since  she  has  lived  in  it,  has  grown 
from  a  hamlet,  till  it  cont;^rfeX)5,0e0  pofciple*     ■♦* 

Around  that  sumptuous  board,  clergymen,  statesmen,  politicians, 
scientists,  and  teachers  of  youth,  were  elegantly  entertained.  xVs  a 
result  of  much  research  in  Nature's  Iield,  a  valuable  work  on  "Zocllogi- 
cal  Science,"  shows  what  a  busy  woman  can  do  when  she  will,  calling 
as  she  did  to  her  aid  a  *friend,  who  became  as  greatly  interested  as  she 
herself  in  her  book  and  chart. 

♦Rev.  E.  D.  Maltbie. 


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Cnil.DIiKN  OF   I,.    }I.    UKDl'IKLI)  AND   A.   >[.  TRKADWKLL.       15 

V 

To  her  careful  forethought,  is  due  the  preservation  of  papers  con- 
taining mucli  geiiealouMcal  data;  and  to  licr  vivid  recollection,  tlie 
writer  owes  a  knowleiige  of  many  facts  of  niucli  interest  concerning  the 
earlier  homes  of  her  ancestors,  and  the  times  in  which  they  lived.  It 
need  scarcely  be  said  that  I  allude  to  Mrs.  A.  :\I.  T.  Kcdtield. 

x,         ^  Children  of  the  Above. 

1st.  Cai-olinc  Adriaiice  (or  Ann),  born  January  20th,  1S^2. 
Married,  1st,  Lucius  M.  Sandford,  Dec.  21st,  181:2. 

2d.   Cornelius  T.  Longstreet,  Se])t.  9tli,  181:7. 
He  died  July  ith,  1881. 
irX^Udren  of  a  ^r.t.  and  C.  A.  L. 

Cally  Eedlicld,  born  June  7th,  1818,  died  June 

23d,  1S03. 
Alice  Meeta,  born  June   2(3th,  1851,   died  Mav, 

1855. 
, Cornelia  Tyler,  born  December  14th,  1840,  mar- 
ried   September  27th,   1871,  to    Charles    H,  ^^' 

,  ^tnlu/- 

December  22d,  1858. 
C.  Tyler,  Jr.,  born  May  8th,  1860,  died  August 
3d,  1860. 

2d.  child  of  L.  II.  R.  and  A.  M.  T.  E.,  Mary  Elisabeth, 
born  March  20th.  1823:  married  James  L.  Ea^ij, 
August  13th,  1844. 

phildren:  Minnie,  born  October  loth,  1S46,  died 
::        ,      -.  September  17th,  1858. 

'.        >  Ina,  born  June  IGth,  1850;  married  E. 

H.  Mcrrell,  January  15th,  1872. 
,    .,• ,  Son,    Lawrence    Bagg,    hovw  Hj^^>A4ji4^^ 


J^.^. 


Poor;  3  children.     dj^<C%c.^  ^  Li'-'*'Ct^ ^  J^^LJ^SL 

Guy   Eedfield,    born  Xovembe^'oth,  1857,  died 


April,  1882. 
3d  child,  Margaret  Treadwell,  born   January   25th,    1825. 

married  September  23,  1846,  to  AYilliam  H.  H.  Smith;* 
4th.  child,  Jane  L.  Redtield,  born  November  20th,  1827.^ 


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^A    i. 


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5tli.  George  Davis,  born  October  29tli.  IS;'.;);  niarrie'l  Feb- 
ruary, lS(j5,  to  Sarali  Ivolliiis,  of  St.  Aiithony,  ]Miiin.; 
died  Xoveinljer  27,  ISTl. 

Children:  L.  II.  11.,  born  Deeeniber  21st,  ISGo. 
C.  T.  R.,  born  j\[areb  ITtb,  isr.T 
^  Mary  E.,  born  March  Tth,  Ib^V.Ki 

6th,  Lewis  II.   Eediiekl,   Jr.,   born   Febrnnry   13th,   ISo.");       j 
married  Jessie  Shackle,  of  Yarmouth,  En^^.  i 

Tth.  Charles  Treadwell,  born  October  6th,   1S3T;  married       ' 
Fannie  C.  Wyukoop.ff  y7«-  '^'%c-4^^ ^iwj-*>fez^ p^^  ^ 

Onderd.onh  and  Trcaihoell  Families. 

Hendrick  Onderdonk  was  born  at  North  Hampstcad, 
L.  I.,  and  married  Pha^be,  daughter  of  Col.  Benjamin 
Treadwell,  son  of  Thomas  of  the  2d  generation,  and  sister 
of  the  late  Benjamin  Treadwell  2d.     Her  mother  was  a 


v3^> 


_.'.   •    daughter  of  Major  Epenetus  Piatt,  and  sister  of   Zophar 
'*'     '    Jrlatt,  *of  Hiintihgdon,  "L.  1.     Phcebe  was  born  July  'Jd, 
1730.     She  died  in  ISOl.     He  died  in  1809. 

Children  of  Hendrick  and  Plmlje  Onderdonl:. 

Benjamin,  Gertrude,  Andrew,  Sarah,  Henry,  Maria, 
John,  William  Samuel,  and  Benjamin  2d.  John  (son  of 
Hendrick),  born  17G3,  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Uster;  died  1810.  Their  children  were  William,  who 
died  in  181:0,  Henry  Lester  Onderdonk,  Bishop  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Benjamin  Treadwell  Onderdonk,  Bishop  of  Xew 
Tork,  and  four  daughters.  Timothy  Treadwell  (father  of 
Judge  Thomas  T.)  married  Mary  Piatt,  sister  of  Phfjebe, 

t  Benjamin  Treadwell's  wife,  and  daughter  of  Epenetus 
Piatt  2d,  so  that  two  brothers  married  two  sisters.  Hen- 
drick Onderdouk's  wife  and  Judge  Treadwell  were  double 

>first  cousins  on  the  Treadwell  side,  as  well  as  connected  on 

'i^Q  Piatt  side. 


CHILDKKN  OF  C.  P.  AKO  11.  M.  TKEAinVKLL. 


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Child j'tn  of  Xl  P.  and  Jlden  2[acd<ynndl  Treadwell. 

Charles  Piatt  Treadwell,   2d  sou  of  N.  IL  Tread- 
well,  married,  June  11th,    1S34,   llelcu    Macdounell, 
dauo-liter  of  a  Scotch  United  Empire  Loyalist,  of  Mou-       I 
treal,  C.  E.  V  W         y^  '-^         ^ 

Mary  Susan,  born  Au.o-ust  31st,  1S35.  yO^   ^^  ^^^^  ,^H^^^^t^ 

Caroline,  born  August  li'th,  ISoT,  died  January  3^t,  1S3S. 
Margaret  Ann,  born  August  31st,  1S30;  nuirried  Thomas 

Kains,  Ontario.     Two  children,  ^Mary  McXullen  and 

Charles  Treadwell. 
Harriet,  born  December  31st,  ISil,  died  August  31st,  1842. 
•ft-Helen  Isabella,  born  August  31st,  184-1;  married  Eden  P. 

Johnson,  of  L'Original,-C.  W.,  September  18th,  1877. 

They  liave  2  children,  Helen  Phila,  Chauncey  Eden. 
Grace  Low,  born  September,  1846;  married   Rev.  James 

Frazer,  Presbyterian  minister,  September  20th,  1874. 
Child,   James  Macdonnel  Frazer,  born  July  31st, 
;  ,    ...     1882.  ....  .-..  ^    .     ,  .     .    ■  ■„,  ■    •. 

"For  forty  j-cars  SherifT  Treadwell  held  a  government  oflBce, 
nearly  thirty  six  under  Queen  Victoria.  His  ever  busy  pen  advocated, 
and  he  was  the  pioneer  in  railroad  projects,  agricultural  improvements, 
and  educational  and  religious  reforms.  He  was  a  man  of  unbounded 
affability,  and  if  reaching  out  a  hand  to  the  helpless,  the  friendless,  the 
widow  and  orphan,  sympathizing  with  and  fostering  all  projects  that 
made  people  more  useful  and  better,  intelligent  and  happier,  make  life 
a  success,  hU  received  its  crown."  He  died  November  31st,  1873,  at 
L'Original,  C.  E. 

Children  of  Jjuncan  Dexoar  and  Margaret  Treadwell. 

-^TMargaret  Treadwell,  4th  daughter  of  N.  H.  Tread- 
well, married  Duncan  Dewar,  of  St.  Andrews  P.  Q.,  at 
Plattsburg,  Septeml)er  27th,  1836. 

Children  of  the  Abave. 
Alexander,  born  August  30th,  1837. 
Caroline,  born  July  5th,  1^30  ;  died  October  5th,  184u. 


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THE    TRKAnWKLL    FAMILY, 


Guy  Eichards,  born  February  1st,  lS-11. 
Duncan  Everett,  burn  October  Htli,  1848. 

Grandchildren,  of  21.  T.  and  D.  Dcirar. 

1st  son,  Alexander,  avIio  married:  1st.  Catherine  M. 
Glouirhlin,  October  ITtli,  ISGG:  she  died  Deeendjer 
12tTi,"lS71r  2d'\rife,  Elsie  Gardinei- ;  nuin-ied  February 
3d,  ;S74. 

Duncan  Alexander,  son  of  first  wife,  born  October 

17th,  1871. 
Ann  Forbes,  daughter  of  2d  wife. 
2d  son,  Guy  K.,  married  Euieline  B.  i3ent,  Xovember  7th, 
1860.  " 

CkUdren  of  G.  B.  and  E.  B.  D. 

•  '.-*-  Carrie  Louisa,  born  at  McMitreal,  June  12th,  1800; 

died  June  ISth,  1SG9. 
Maggie  Eupheinia,  born  January  loth,  1870. 
3d  son,  Duncan  E.,  married  Mary  A.  Edwards,  of  March, 
Ontario,  June  Gth,  1877. 

Children  of  the  Above. 

Mary  Ethel,  born  April  7th,  1878. 

Margaret,  born  February  ISth,  1880. 

Jessie  Helen,  born  December  15th,  1881. 
Duncan  Dewar,  the  father,  was  the   son   of   Duncan 
Dewar  and  Catherine  Black,  immigrants  from  Scotland  in 
1804.     He  was  born  September  9th,  1807.'* 

Children  of  Charhs  Wales  and  Letifia  Piatt  Tread^ell. 

Letitia  Flatt  Treadwell,  youngest  daughter  of  X.  H. 
Treadwell,  married  Charles  Wales.  August  28th,  1839, 
at  St.  Andrews  P.  Q.     They  had  eleven  children. 

Elisabeth  Blanchard,  born  July  Gth,  1840;  died  December 
0th,  1840.  _   .  •      . 


GliANDCHILPUFN  OF  L.  P.  T.  W.  AND  C.  WALES. 


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William  I].,  l.orn  Auoust  2d,  1S41  ;  died  August  2S,  1842. 

Marii;aret  Susan,  liorn  Juuc  Sth,  1813. 

Charles  TreadwcU,  Lorn  August  IStli,  ISlo. 

Caroline,  born  Xovember  14tli,  1816 ;  died  September  Itli, 

1817.  .  .   , 

Anna  Letitia,  born  May  12tL,  1819.  '   '  "'  -  _     .^  "" 

Benjamin  Nathaniel,  born  April  30th,  1851. 
Mary  Maltbie,  born  May  sth,  1853. 
Henry  Davis,  born  December  27th,   1851;  died   August 

10th,  1801. 
Helen  Lucy,  born  March  3d,  1855  ;  died  August  23d,  1857. 
Grace  Piatt,  born  August  26th,  1863. 

-^^      Grandchildren  of  L.  P.  T.  W.  and  C.  Wales. 

3d  child,  Margaret  S.,  married  Thomas  Lamb,   July  15thj 
1868,  and  had  two  children  : 

Charles  William,  born  January  12th,  1870. 
Mary  Letitia,  born  June  18th,  1878. 


1th  child,  Cliarles  Treadwell,  married  Martha  W.  Stowe, 
of  Suffield,  Conn.,  July  21st  1875.     2  children ; 
Hattie  Victoria,  born  May  21:th,  1876. 
Charles  Stowe,  born  Xovember  17th,  1S78. 


6th  child,  Anna  Letitia,  married    Eev.    D.    W.   Morison 

September  15th,  1881,  at  Ormstown,  P.  Q. 
Tth  child,  Benjamin  X.  Wales,  married  Emma  T.  Osgood, 
November  19th,  1878,  at  Sawyerville  P.  Q.     2  child- 
ren : 

Charles    Wellington,    born    August    15th,    1879  ] 
died  August  15th,  1880.  '  •    •  ■  > ' 

Julia  Grace,  born  July  16th,  1881. 


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20  '  THE   TKKAinVELL    FAMrLY. 


8th  cliild,  Maiy  Malrhie,  married  AVm,  Drysdale  of  Mon- 
treal, January  1st,  1SS<».     1  child  : 
'  William  Flockert,  born  July  lOth  ISSl.     ' 

Mr.  Wales.  Senior,  died  at  St.  Andrews,  M;iy  30th,  1877.  It  was 
said  of  him,  "Tiie  frau'rance  of  his  memory  can  never  die,  and  many  a 
man  and  woman  will  cherish  it,"  as  that  of  a  sympathizing  friend,  an 
honest  man.  " 

Children  of  Rev.   Henry  Deans  and  Hannah    Pha^nix 

TreadiceU. 

Hannah  Ph<enix  Treadwell,   -ith  child  of  Judge 
Thomas  Treadwell,  married  llev.  Henry  Davis,  D.D., 
\         Sept.  22d,  ISOl  ;   born  at  East  Hampton,  L.  I.,  Sept. 
15th,  1771 ;  died  at  Clinton,  X.  Y.,  March  7th  is^ 

Infant,  who  died  May  23d,  1S03. 

Henry,  Junior,  born  February  llrth,  1S()5.  He  settled  at 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  married  Emily  M.  Turnier,  and  died 
September  1st,  IS-tl,  at  Griefenborg,  Silesia,  Austria. 
His  widow  died  at  Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  Xovember  15th, 
1S71,  after  an  illness  of  thirty-seven  years. 

Mary  Ann,  born  August  6th  ISOG ;  married  Rev.  E.  D. 
Maltbie,  September  26th,  183 1.  He  died  July  10th, 
1858.     She  died  April  15th,  1861. 

Mr.  M.  was  a  lineal  d^sceudent,  on  the  maternal  side,  of  Rev.  John 
Davenport,  of  Puritan  memory,  founder  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  The 
record  of  these  dear  parents  is  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  loved  them. 
The  luxury  of  their  lives  was  to  do  good,  and  the  world  was  better  for 
their  having  lived  in  it. 

Charles  Chauncy,  born  November  13th,  1807;  died  "Feb- 
ruary Sth,  1800. 

Anne,  born  February  lOth,  1809  ;  died  June  17th,  1827, 
at  Clinton,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  Treadwell,  born  August  22d,  1810 ;  married  S. 
Matilda  Henry,  daughter  of  Rev.  T.  Charlton  Henry, 
D.D.,  of  Charlestown,  S.  C.     Died  May  2d,  1872. 


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CL(^ _.^o 

chiij>j:i:x  of  mmiy  a.  and  kkv.  k.  d.  MAi/rniE.  21 


Dr.  r);ivis  was  (listiiiLruislied  :is  an  eloquent  ilivine.  and  one  of  the 
ablest  educators  of  the  United  States,  having  been  connected  with 
Williams,  Yale,  Middlebury.  Union  and  Hamilton  colleges.  Henry, 
his  first  sou,  was  an  able  and  popular  lawyer,  whose  early  death  was 
greatly  regretted. 

Children  of  Ma7 y  A.  and  Rev.  E.  D.  JSLaWne. 

Annie  Catherine,  born  February  27tli,  1S33,   at  Hamilton, 

X.  Y. 
Emily  :N[aria,  born  February  9th,  1S30,  at  Clinton,   X.   Y. 
Mary  Davis,   born   August  30tli,  .1S3T;  died  March  2Ttb, 

1855. 
Ilatmah  M.,  born  March  17th,  ISIO;  died  September  6th, 
. .  "^  1810. 

Children  of  Annie   C.  and  Armstrong  Malthie^  mai^ded 
January  X.st^  1863.  .    -,    ..   , 

Helen  Virginia,  born  January  2d,  1861:. 

Henry  Wills,  born  February  21th,  18G7 ;  died  March  29th, 

1867. 
Marian  Davis,  born  June  11th,  1868.      ,  ■.      . 

Children  of  Emily  21.^  who  married  Henry  Babcook, 
Septeinher  loth,  1857. 

Maltbic  D.,  born  August  3d,  1858  ;  married  K.  E.  Tallman, 

October  -Itli,  1882. 
Howard  Xoyes,  born  October  7,  1860. 
AVilliam,  born  and  died  Xovember,  1863. 
Clara  E,  born  September  5th,  1865. 
Henry  Townsend,  born  March  30th,  1872. 
Mary  E.  S.,  born  February  1st,  1874. 
Annie  Treadwell,  born  February  2d,  1878. 

Children  of  Thoraas  T.  Davis  and  S.  M.  Da/ois. 
Anna,  who  died  in  early  childhood. 


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22  THK    TKHADWKLL    FAMILY. 


Alexander  Henry,  born  October  11th,  l^^oD  ;  inarricd:  l^t. 
Julia  Pierce,  of  Providence,  P.  I.;  2d.  Caroline  ^l.-.v, 
of  Boston,  ]\[as3.     2  daughters,  May  and  Ethel. 

JFr.  Davis  was  brcvetted  ^tajor  during  the  Rebellion.     He  wasedu- 
ucated  at  Heidelberg,  Germany. 

Anna  Eudora,  born  October  11th,   IS-lo  ;  married  Ernc.-t 

Diclnnan,  U.    S.   X.     Lost  a  son  in  infancy,  and  dit-d 

August  Gth,  IS 78. 

lion.  Thomas  Davis  died  at  Union ville.  near  "Washington,   D.   C, 

May,  2d,  1872.  .  j 

"lie  was  a  model  citizen,  public  spirited,  generous  and  entrgclic.  j 

A  man  of  rare  literary  attainments  and  the  widest  culture,  a  student  r.f  j 

the  sciences  and  a  master  in  history  and  belles  lettres.     He  will  Ion''  lio  j 

in  rememberancc,  m  the  city  where  he   lived  half  a  century.     His  h  Lral  i 

abilities  were  tine.     He  was  Republican  member  of  Congress  during  the  \ 

Rebellion."     In  his  home  a  gracious  hospitality  was  dispensed,  and  .^Irs.  | 
Davis,  in  her  "Life  and  Times  of  Sir  Philip  Sidney,"  has  contributed  to 

the  historian's  library  a  standard  work  on  the  Elizabethan  era.  j 

. 


The   Clinton   Home. 


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How  vivid  and  tender  are  the  memories  of  the  old  Davis  home- 
stead, the  e.K  President's  house,  on  College  Hill,  at  Clinton!  Almost 
thirty  years  since,  the  last  dear  aged  pilgrim  there  laid  aside  her 
burdens,  and  "fell  asleep." 

Bereft  of  all  who  gave  it  its  peculiar  charm,  it  still  stands,  though 
the  mosses  of  ages  are  gathering  about  it.  What  a  delightful  meeting- 
place  it  was!  What  an  attractive  group  of  sons  and  daughters  and 
nieces  once  dwelt  there  rejoicingly  with  the  dear  elderly  people  who 
gave  the  place  its  special  attractions!  Ilari-ly  elastic  wt-re  those  liearts! 
There  was  always  welcome  at  that  hearihsloue  and  that  hospitable 
board!  What  keen  mother  wit  was  Graudinothcr's!.  and  wliat  sluiciy 
bearing  in  her  middle  life!  One  said  to  me  a  ffw  days  ^inc^.^  ••  I  >ii;i!l 
never  forget  how  Dr.  Davis  passi-d  ui)  the  n\f\t:  t  thi-  C-ilii-j;e  (:ha|>«l. 
Clad  in  his  lone,  blue,  clerical  cloak,  bat  in  liau«l.  HhJti- hairtHj.  and 
tall,  instinct  with  gracious  dignity,  lie  gav.-  n  rourt.i.uH  bnif  Uiw  on  t!;.- 
right  and  on  the  left,  making  every  one  of  his  waitin;;  wuditnce  en 


scions  of  a  pcrs()ii:\l  salutation."  Who  of  us  liave  forgotten  his  talcs 
of  college  pranks,  and  the  rare  high-bred  courtesy  with  which  the  aged 
couple  entertained  the  prominent  people  of  their  own  and  Inter  genera- 
tions who  followed  tlien\  into  their  retired  life?  How  many  yet 
remember  f/<a^  "one  boss  shay."  and  the  emii'cntly  capable  huly  who 
drove  in  it  so  often  all  the  country  through.  Yet  more  would  recall 
the  roomier  carriage  and  the  two  camlet  cloaks— always  su;e  to  be 
needed  if  left  behind  even  in  mid  summer.  O!  those  journeys  and  rides 
with  such  a  grandfather  and  grandmother  to  explain  and  suggest- 
"What  will  ever  compensate  children  who  lack  such  experiences? 
"We  could  not  help  growing  up  with  a  reverence  for  them!  They  had 
such  wide  experience  and  such  just  views  of  men  and  measures,  and 
each  had  such  strong  individuality,  the  four*  whom  I  remember;  there 

Tlie  storm  that  wrecks  the  winter  sky, 

No  more  disturbs  tlieir  sweet  repose.  • 

Thau  saniiiier  evening's  latest  sigh 
^       That  shuts  the  rose. 

"With  the  place  itself,  too,  are  a  multitude  of  other  associations 
that  spring  up  in  loving  hearts.  What  could  one  not  find  that  was 
sweet  and  good  in  that  broad  old-fashioned  garden!  What  a  grand 
frolicking  place  were  the  cariiage-houses  and  barns!  What  a  charm 
was  in  the  wild  glen  and  the  rustic  seat,  in  and  around  which  the 
grandchildren  whiled  away  many  happy  hours!  and  the  stream,  where 
some  of  us  (one,  who  dieii  yoimg  and  beloved)  built  miniature  dams, 
and  fished  for  crabs  and  minnows.  One  special  fireside  picture  springs 
up  at  memory's  beck  Aunt  Polly  Davis  sits  there  in  her  yellow 
rocker!  dear,  slender,  loving  old  lady!  and  knits  away  and  nods  in  the 
twilight,  her  black  velvet  bag  and  tin  car  trumpet  on  the  carpet-covered 
stool  beside  her.  I  can  see  the  semicircle  of  saucers  that  sat  before 
her  at  table,  and  her  barley  coffee  pot  that  used  to  stand  on  the  Frank- 
lin. Those  were  toothsome  home  made  crackers,  such  as  long  before 
my  time  brought  forth  Aunt  Anne's  proverb,  "  Lo,  she  filleth  her  bag 
with  crackers,  am]  she  maketh  a  great^raunching."  It  was  almost  all 
the  noise  she  tm-  dhf^ll^  while  "^new  her,  except  occasionally  to 
make  her  cane  fly  and  scatter  the  numerous  cats,  for  which  she  had  an 
utter  detestation,  that  found  welcome  in  the  old  house,  or  to  sit  in  the 
great  kitchen  and  clap  the  lace  and  muslin  of  her  caps  that  she  loved  to 
clear  starch  herself.  There  were  long  years  of  invalidism  before  she 
and  her  well  beloved  "Brother"  were  permitted  to  put  on  eternal 
youth.  When  the  infirmities  of  age  and  lingering  illness  came  upon 
him,  it  was  a  great  -victory  to  say  as  often  as  he  did  "The  Lord  reigneth. " 


*By  the  fourth,  I  allude  to  my  great  grandmother  Treadwell. 


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24: 


THE    TKKADWKI.L    KAMII.Y. 


The  orcliards,  the  front  lawn",  its  red  shale  walk,  the  sweet  lociivts,  tlie 
cherry  trees,  the  swing,  the  old  porch,  the  honey-suckles,  each  had  its 
charm. 

The  Saturday  nightkeepina:  that  gathered  the  family  at  sun  down, 
the  Sunday-evening  visits,  the  old  tunes  we  sang,  and  the  tall  venerable 
form  of  him  who  leaning  on  the  back  of  his  chair  approached  tbe 
throne  of  the  Infinite  as  the  humblest  suppliant  for  His  mercy,  can 
never  cease  from  our  remembcrance. 


"t^. 


For  genealogy  of  Anne  Hazard  Treadwell,  who  married  Isaac  C 
Piatt,  Esq.,  of  Plattsburg,  see  Platts. 

Thomas  Treadwell,  Jr.,  youngest  son  of  T.  Treadwel!, 

married  Polly  Stratton,  and  had  4  sons  and  1  daughter. 

Timotliy    S.,   born   April   17th,    1S30,    married   Mariraret 
M'Xauojht,  died  1SS3.     His  wife  is  still  hviucr. 

Esther  M  ,  born  March  2d,  1S13,  married  Rev^osepli  II. 

Eaton,  founder  and,  till  his  death,  President  of  Union  Uni- 
versity, Murfreesboro,  Tenn. 
^j^^A^^^homas,  born  November  2d,  ISlo,  married;  5  children. 

Benjamin,  born,  ISIS,  drowned  1860;  unmarried. 

William,  born  1822,  died  unmarried. 

CMldren  of  Esther  21.  Treadwell  and  Dr.  J.  U.  Eaton. 
Henry  Davis,  born  February  6th,  1S42,  died  in  infancy. 
frUA^^fi^inX^j^    Josephine,  born  July  2Cth,  1843;  married   Alonzo  Peck, 
Esq.,  of  Pecksport,  in  1S7S.     He  died   honored  and 
^  ■     esteemed  at  Hamilton,  jST.  T.,  January  5th,  1883. 

:/r  V''«^»^M-^Thomas  T.,  born   November   15th,    1845,   married    Alice 
Eoberts,  June,  1872.  jd^Jc^nl^Ji^    t^ 
Children  of  T.  T.  E.  and  A.  E/ 
Joseph  E.,  born  1873. 
Marie  C,  born  1878. 
Wayland,  born  June  8th,  1848,  died  June,  1863. 
Mary,  born  July,  1850,  died  in  infancy. 

Deacon  Treadwell  was  prominently  distinguished  in  his  fatlier's 
family  and  in  the  whole  community  for  the  most  unworldlj',  sincere. 


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IKTKUESIIXG    LKITKKS.  -  25 


and  utiiform  piety,  from  early  youth  to  extreme  old  age.  lie  was  *'a 
living:  cpii-tle,  knowu  and  read  of  all  men."  Rev.  Thoinas  T.  Eaton  is 
the  talented  and  pupular  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Louisville, 
Ky. 


Interesting  Letters. 


Portion  of  a  letter  from  Governor  Treadwell,  of  Connecticut,  to 
Hon.  Thomas  Treadwell,  of  Pluttslmr^,  N.  Y. 

"  I  thank  you  for  your  Intention,  and  for  your  Civilities  expressed 
by  that  Gentleman;  should  either  Business  or  Pleasure  invite  you  again 
to  this  Part  of  the  Country,  I  hojie  you  would  do  me  the  Pleasure  to 
call  upon  me,  but  if  Circumstances  will  not  admit  that  I  should  have 
the  Satisfaction  of  a  personal  Visit,  a  Letter  from  you  relating  to 
your  Famiij-  Connections,  or  such  other  blatters  as  you  should  think 
proper  to  mention  would  be  a  Present  very  acceptable  to  , 

Your  most  obedient  and  very  humble  Serv't, 

John  Treadwell,  Governor  of  Conn."  : 

On  the  back,  this  autograph  bore  the  following  inscription:  [   ' 

To  my  amiable  Friend  { 

Ann  Mariaii  Treadwell  '; 

These  lines  are  most  humbly  addressed  as  a  small  but  sincere  token 
of  the  high  esteem  in  which  she  is  held  by  her 

Affectionate  Friend  and  well  wisher 
Dec,  1819.  Malcolm  W.  M'Laren.  : 

Letter  to  Mrs.  Ann  },l.  T.  Redfield,  from  L.  P.  Treadwell.  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  Union  Savings  Bank,  Danbury,  Conn. : 

Jan'y  20th,  1877. 
Mrs.  Ann  M.  Redfckl 

Dear  ^Iadam: — Your  interesting  letter  on  the  Treadwell  genealogy 
has  Qiiite  inspired  me  with  a  desire  to  know  more  of  our  family. 

There  is  a  branch  of  the  family  in  New  Haven  that  traces  its  line 
back  to  Gov.  Treadwell,  one  member  of  the  family  being  a  classmate  of 
mine,  and  having  been  graduated  in  the  same  class  witlTme  at  Yale  in  " 
18G2.  I  will  write  to  3Ir.  Treadwell  and  possibly  may  get  further  light. 
The  Treadwells  of  this  section  have  generally  belonged  to  the  agricul- 
tural class,  and  have  been  noted  for  steady,  industrious  habits.  It  is  a 
tradition  here,  and  so  far  as  my  observation  extends  the  tradition  is  in 
accordance  with  the  fact,  that  "  no  Treadwell  ever  has  been  an  inmate 
of  a  jail  or  prison,  or  ever  has  been  convicted  of  any  crime."  The 
family  has  not  been  distinguished  as  a  "pushing"  or  place-seeking  one, 
rather  the  contrary,  but  it  has  had  in  it  many  useful  men.  and  men  hon- 
ored and  trusted  with  the  highest  and  most  important  local  positions. 
I  don't  know  that  one  is  wrong  in  taking  a  little  pride  in  belonging  to 
such  a  famiiy.  "  A  good  name  is  more  to  be  desired  than  great  riches." 
Allow  me  to  add  my  acknowledgements  and  those  of  my  little  daughter 

crfe  ^ sm 


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26  *  TUK    I'LATT    FAMILY. 


for  your  letter,  and  for  your  valuable  chart,  so  intcrestine  ton  that  T  am 
half  inclined  to  take  up  the  study  myself,  but  on  the  wliole  ^^Miily  i^ 
rather  discouranins:  to  me.  I  tind  1  can  learn  so  little  of  what  tlure  i« 
to  know!  or  rather  to  be  known.  Louise  meant  to  have  put  in  a  request 
for  your  picture  if  you  have  one:  perhaps  it  would  be  trespa>?iDj:  too 
far  upon  your  kindness,  already  so  great;  which  I  mean  to  repay  in 
part  by  interesting  the  children  in  the  study  you  liave  so  well  and^  =o 
carefully  illustrated.  Wishing  you  many  a  return  of  the  "  Happy  New 
Year,"  I  am  sincerely  yours, 

L.  P.  TREAnWEI.I,. 

From  "Farmer's  Genealogical  Eegister  of  the  First  Settlers  of 
Kew  England,"  published  at  Lancaster,  Mass.,  are  copied  the  following 
data: 

Edward  Treadwell,  Ipswich,  Mass,  1637. 

Thomas  Treadwell,  Ipswich,  freeman,  l638. 

Felt  Ms.  Letter,  vide  Winfhrop'a  Ilistoyi/  Xew  Enrjland,  2  rol.  v.  34'). 

Gov.  John  Treadwell,  of  Conn.,  was  born  November  23d,  1745. 
and  married  Dorothy  Pomeroy,  of  Northampton,  Mass. 


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THE  PLATT  FAMILY. 


>^5=r, 


Description  of  the  Piatt  Coat  of  Arms,  copied  by  Judge  Charles 
Piatt  ou  his  visit  to  London  in  1701  from  the  Herald's  office: 

The  Ancient  and  Honorable  family  of  Piatt  were  in  great  repute 
in  Norfolk,  as  is  confirmed  by  a  manuscript  of  those  worthies  who  had 
Standards  of  Arms,  the  first,  Edward  Third,  King  of  England,  Anno 
Domini  1326,  then  bore  for  their  coat  of  Armorial  Party,  and  Pale  Or 
and  Gule,  a  Lion  passant,  Argent,  armed.  Azure,  and  Christ;  a  Chap- 
let  of  Flowers,  the  ancient  Reward  of  Merit,  bestowed  by  Damsels 
upon  their  Favorites  upon  their  return  from  a  victorious  field  of  Battle. 

Motto:  Merit  has  its  Reward. 

In  Census  Lists  of  Huntington,  L.  I.,  April  i2tli, 
1755,  I  find  the  names  of  Epenetus  Piatt,  Capt.  Isaac 
Piatt,  Doctor  Zophar  Piatt,  Mary  Piatt,  with  list  of  slaves 
belonging  to  them,  and  signed  bj  Isaac  Piatt,  Piatt  Conck- 
lin  and  Alexander  Bryant. 

In  similar  lists  of  Smithtown,  L.  I.,  I  find  the  names 
of  Jonas  Piatt,  Zephauiah  Piatt  and  Mary  Treadwell. 

In  Hempstead,  also  the  names  of  Thomas  Treadwell 
and  Epenetus  Piatt. 


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28  THE    rr-ATT    FAMir.Y. 


In  lists  of  ratG;il>le  estate  of  ye  town  of  IhmtiiiLrt'.'.i, 
taken  in  the  year  10S3  : 

£ 

Isaac  Piatt ITT 

Lieut.  Epenetns  Piatt  .  .  211      00       OO  | 

Signed  by  | 

*  Isaac  Pi.att,  Coiistalde 

£       s.       J.  ; 

Also  John  Treadwell,  of  TTampstead, 

or  Hempstead,  L.  1 250     00      un 

This  was  in  1GS3.  •  •  '      '      j 

Vide  "  Documentarv  History  of  State  of  N.  Y."  ; 

Major  Epenctus  Piatt  was  the  common  ancestor  of  mo?t  of  the 
Platts  on  Long  Ishind.  He  was  a  man  of  su!istance  and  respectatiility, 
was  one  of  those  imprisoned  by  Andros  in  16S1,  and  died  at  lliiuliu^- 
ton.  L.  I.,  16S3. 

Zeplianiah  Piatt,  born  in  1709,  ■was  only  son  of  Jonas,  the  second 
son  of  Epenetus  the  tirst  and  Hannah  Saxton  (born  1709),  by  whom  he 
had  six  children.  His  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  four  children,  was 
Anna  Smith,  widow  of  Richard  and  daughter  of  Job  Sraiih.  He  dird 
in  1796. 

Four  of  his  sons  were  in  the  U.  S.  Army  during  the  Revolution. 
Jeremiah,  the  fifth  son,  died  of  small  pox  contracted  on  board  the  Jer- 
sey Prison  Ship,  from  which  he  was  released  at  the  entreaty  of  his 
youngest  daughter,  Dorothea.  He  survived  but  two  days  after  reaching 
home,  and  died  January  27th,  1778,  aged  74.  Zephaniah,  Natiiauiel, 
and  Charles,  three  brothers  out  of  this  family  of  ten,  were  the  original 
proprietors  of  Plattsburg.  One  hundred  acres  each  were  given  to  the 
first  ten  settlers,  and  to  the  first  male  child  born  in  the  town  (V]aH 
Newcomb).  Zephaniah.  their  father,  was  English. —  Vide  Thompson  t 
History  of  Long  Island,  1st  vol. 

Judge  Zephaniah  married,  1st,  Hannah  Davis,  2d.  Mary  Van 
^Wyck.  He  was  born  at  Huntington,  L.  I.,  1735,  and  had  12  children. 
The  names  of  some  of  them  have  been  given  me:  Jonas.  R./bcrl, 
Charles,  Steven,  Levi,  James  and  Pitt.  Pitt  Piatt  married  L;ct^f•y.  ui\\y 
sister  of  Chancellor  Kent.  Jonas,  a  prominent  lawyer,  married  Hrlea 
Livingstone.  Robert  marrie(i  Grace  Daggett,  of  New  Haven.  J.i:r,<-a 
married,  1st,  Miss  Floyd,  2d,  Miss  Woolsey,  3d  wife  a  Susan  Brie.s<. 


I  LETTKK  FROM  .irHGK  C.  PLATf  TO  DK.  S,  JKXNEK.  29 


widow  of  Blocker  Lansing.  Levi  married  a  ^liller,  father  of  second 
Mrs.  James  Bailoy.  Charles  married  a  Bleeker,  and  left  one  daughter, 
now  a  Mrs.  Dodge,  of  S\-raciise. 

Captain  Nathaniel  marri 'd  PhQ?be  Smith,  and  had  3  sons,  Isaac, 
the  father  of  ^Irs.  Commodore  Bailey,  Nathaniel  and  George.  Hannah, 
■R'ho  married  Gen.  ^loore,  Phoebe,  who  married  Judge  Ijailey,  and 
Maria,  who  married.  1st,  Dr.  Albon  P.  Mann,  2d,  Rev.  Frederick  Ilal- 
sey,  being  Ids  third  wife,  his  secoml,  a  Rogers,  being  also  a  Piatt  on  her 
mother's  side.  Mrs.  Ilalsey  became  afterward  the  3d  wife  of  Hon. 
Isaac  C.  Piatt.  Mrs.  Laurence  Myers,  of  Hackensack.  was  a  Halsey, 
her  daughter.  Rev.  Mr.  Ilalscy  was  the  pioneer  minister  of  Plattsburg, 
having  come  to  that  place  on  horseback  through  the  wilderness  from 
Long  Island,  about  a  hundred  years  ago.  lie  had  once  for  a  wedding 
fee  a  bag  of  white  beans. 

Note.— For  full  data  see  Piatt  Chart,  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  llcdfield. 


cfe- 


Copy  of  Letter  of  Judge  Cliaiies  Piatt  to  Dr.  Samuel 

Jeniier. 

Plattscukg, -November  30th,  1S09. 
Dear  Sir: 

Tour  welcome  letter  is  before  me  and  as  you  have  been  somewhat 
circumstantial  in  your  epistle,  you  may  perhaps  expect  something  like 
it  from  me,  who  have  been  something  of  a  rover  in  my  youth.  When 
I  left  Dr.  C.  Graham,  I  first  settled  in  New  Windsor  for  a  year  or  so, 
then  I  took  a  trip  to  the  V.^est  Indies,  and  after  visiting  several  of  the 
islands,  the  ;Mos(iuito  shore,  back  to  Cliarlestown,  8  C,  thence  to  Eng- 
land, the  tour  of  Holland,  and  back  to  Madeira,  and  the  West  Imiies, 
returned  to  New  York  after  an  absence  of  ten  years  and  six  months. 
I  spent  about  a  year  on  Lons:  Island,  then  went  into  Dutchess  County, 
at  a  place  called  Lerago,  where  I  entered  into  mercantile  business  and 
kept  a  country  store  until  the  American  war,  and  was  doing  what  I 
thought  pretty  well,  when  I  and  all  my  family  were  all  flaming  wliiirs.  I 
embarked  early  in  the  service  of  my  country,  was  at  New  York  when 
the  British  army  first  made  its  appearance,  and  after  sevcnil  severe 
conflicts,  retreated  with  the  American  army,  first  to  Kingsbridire.  and 
next  to  White  Plains,  was  in  the  action  there,  and  there  we  continued  until 
the  retreat  of  the  British  army  across  the  North  River,  into  Jersey. 
That  event  you  probably  are  well  acquainted  with.and  their  transactions 
while  in  New  Jersey. 

After  the  Britisli  had  left  us,  our  Brigade  marched  to  the  High- 
lands and  the  Forts  on  the  North  River  for  winter  quarters,  while 
Gen.  Wa-hington  with  the  main  army,  which  at  this  lime  was  much 
reduced,  as  being  composed  mostly  of  militia  from  the  different  States, 
and  who^e  time  when  now  expired,  did  little  uK^re  than  keep  the  enemy 
at  bay  for  the  winter  season. 


•^0  ■        TIIK    PLAIT    FAMILY. 


"4P 


After  the  winter,  I  left  tlie  army  and  returned  to  my  family,  coi;- 
tiuued  a  farmer,  and  traded  a  little  as  occasion  ollercd. 

I  sold  my  farm  for  paper.  Continental,  and  kept  sliiftint,'  frr.m  ore 
one  thing  to  another,  and  always  gettins  more  or  less,  until  ii  run  ii"i;'<: 
out, and  so  farewell  to  pill  garlici  let  it  go!  The  world  is  wiilt-,  *ai)d 
there  is  room  enough  for  us  all.  I  shall  never  want  to  try  u'_'Hin!  At 
the  close  of  the  war  I  had  inirchased  a  few  class  rights  of 'the  soldn-rs. 
and  having  collected  a  little  something  I  set  out  for  the  woods,  and 
after  viewing  several  places  I  set  down  on  the  west  side  of  Lake  C  li.ir;i- 
plain,  an  entirely  new  country  and  wilderness,  and  called  the  Inv.n 
Plattsburg,  and  here,  after  encountering  all  the  inconveniences  df  i\ 
new  country,  I  have  by  the  grace  of  God  continued  to  this  dav.  1 
married,  when  about  28  years  of  age,  Caroline  Adriancc,  a  dauLiit'cr  '<{ 
Isaac  Adriance,  of  Fishkill.  You  must  have  known  Mr.  AdriaiKc. 
We  have  had  3  daughters  and  5  sons.  Our  daughters  are  stiil  livinj. 
and  three  of  our  sons,  all  in  health  and  live  near  us.  I  am  now  1;.*) 
years  old,  and  my  wife  62.  We  are  as  healthy  as  most  people  of  onr 
age  are.  and  enjoy  ourselves  pretty  well  here.  Your  sons,  Samuel  uiid 
Moses,  live  near  me,  within  a  100  rods.  They  are  both  well.  Mose.-.' 
family  consists  of  a  wife  and  3  children,  I  showed  them  your  letter.  I 
am  with  respect.  Sir,  Yours,  <Szc., 

Chakles  Plait. 
Dr.  Samuel  Jenner,  Xorthfeld,  Mass. 


Judge  Charles  Piatt  was  born  on  Long  Island,  174-i;  died 

185/,  aged  ST. 
Caroline  Adriance  was  born  in  Holland,  1747. 
They  were  married  at  Fishkill  in  1772. 

She  was  a  very  handsome  woman,  even  when  old,  and  used  to  read 
her  Dutch  Bible. 

Judge  Piatt  had  previously  studied  medicine  in  Paris,  and  like 
Judge  Treadwell,  furnished  it  to  the  poor  gratis  for  many  years. 

Children  of  the  Above.    • 
Margaret,  born  in  1793;  married  X.  H.  Treadwell,  1S13; 

and  died  April  Sth,  1S59. 
Letitia,  1st  wife  of  Rew  Frederick  Halsey  ;  married  1708. 
Hannah,  married  Eleazar  Miller;  nine  children. 
Zephaniah,  died  at  St.  Thomas  of  yellow  fever,  1S05. 
Isaac  C,  born  April  11th,  1781 ;  died  Januaiw  15tli,   1.^72. 
Charles  C,  married  Eliza  Eoss ;  died  in   1S09.     Had   two 

daughters,  Caroline  and  Elisabeth  (Mrs.  Bailie  Slium- 

wav).     Both  these  daucrhters  are  dead.     Mrs.   S.  had 

6  children. 


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Natlianie],  died  in  inf;iiu'v. 

Xathaiucl  lM,  married  Maria  Xase,  ISU  ;  died  1S40. 
jL  Wife,  Parinelia  Grant,  died  1S5-1. 

The  women  of  this  family  were  very  handsome,  especially  Letitia 
(Mrs.  Halsey),  mother  of  the  lirst  Mrs.  James  Bailey,  of  Plattsburg. 

Dr.  Piatt  was  first  and  only  physician  In  Plattsburg  for  many 
years.  A  beaver  skin  was  the  usual  fee  for  bleeding  an  Indian.  In  I 
1778,  he  held  the  first  court  in  Clinton  county,  and  continued  in  oftice  j 
until  he  was  sixty  years  old;  and  it  was  then  offered  to  his  son,  Isaac        | 

C,  who  declined  on  account  of  his  deafness.  i 

I 

Isaac.  C.  Piatt  married  Anne  Treadwell,  lOtli  child  of  lion  j 

Thomas  Treadwell,  Jannary  13th,  1S02.     She  died  in  i 

1821.     He  married  Nancy  Bristol,  January  30th,  ls23  ;  ! 
and  Mrs.  Maria  Halsey,  October,  1848. 

Children  of  Isaac  C.  and  A.  T.  Piatt. 
Anne  Treadwell,  born  November  10th,  1803. 
Zephaniah  C,  born  July  30th,  1805.  .. ,  | 

Caroline  Adriance,  born  July  1st,  1807.  ^.^  'j 

Anne  Treadwell  Piatt  -married  Dr.  Lyman  Foote,       '■ 
U.S.A.  "  J 

Zephaniah  C.  Piatt  married  Anna  Eliza  Miller.  .  j 

Caroline  A.  Piatt  married  Rev.  John  Dielle. 
A.  T.  P.  and  L.  F.  in  Aug.,  1S21. 
Z.  C.  P.  and  A.  E.  M.,  Jan.  lith,  1829. 
C.  A.  P.  and  Eev.  J.  D.,  July  ISth,  1832.  | 

Z.  C.  Piatt  married  Mrs.  Haynes,  Jan.  1st,  1873.  ' 

Children  of  A.  T.  Piatt  and  Dr.  Lyman  Foote.  | 

Henry  Smith,  born  July  7th,  1822  ;  died  1829.  j 

Anne  Piatt,  Au<,nist  22d,  1824;  died  ls25.  | 

Isaac  Piatt,  September  23d,  1825  ;  died  1879.  | 

Z.  Charles,  Feb.  1st,  1^27  :  died  at  Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  1877, 
Henry  Davis,  born  1829  ;  died  1830. 
Caroline  A.,  born  1830. 
Mafy  Ann,  born»1835. 


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Dr.  Foote's  second  wife  was  Miss  Cooper,  of  Cooper>town,  X.Y. 
Two  sous  and  two  daughters. 

Grandcldlch-en  of  Dr.  and  Jfrs.  A.  T.  Foute. 
Dr.  I.  Piatt  Foote,  married  Anne  Eliza  Bailey  and  had  1 

child  ;  2d  wife,  Mary  E.  Moore.  i 

Mary  Ann  Foote,  married  John  Punipelly  ;  no  children. 
Caroline  A.,  married  G.  Pomeroy  Keese,  of  Coopeistown, 

N.  Y.,  and  has  7  children.  | 

3Irs.  A.  T.  Foote  died  at  Prairie  Du  Cliien,   October  Glh,   is:i2  ; 
Dr.  Lyman  Foote,  at  Port  Laracca,  Texas. 

Children  of  Zephaniah  C.  and  A.  E.  Piatt. 

Ann  Elizabeth,  who' married  Benjamin  F.  Fel^;  af  Galena, 
111.  and  has  4  children  :  Zephaniah  Charles,  Anna, 
Franklin,  and  and  Mary.     Others  have  died, 

Caroline  D.,  who  married  James  D.  Palmer,  October  5th, 
1S53 ;  he  died  Xovember  1st,  1S55.  lie  left  one 
daughter,  Anna  Elizabeth  Piatt,  now  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Danis. 

John  Dielle  Piatt,  married  Susan  D.  Phelps,  Octol)er  l^t, 
1867.  She  died  May  2d,  1879,  and  left  4  children  : 
Anna  Mary,  Zephaniah  C,  William  Phelps,  and 
Jaiyes  Palmer. 

Mary  L.  resides  with  her  father,  at  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y. 
lyii-s.  A.  E.  Piatt  died  Xovember  lltli.  1871. 


Piatt  and  Dielle  Families. 

Mr.  Piatt  has  been  for  successive  terms  member  of  Assembly  for 
the  northern  district  of  our  State,  the  friend  and  adviser  of  tlje  widow, 
and  guardian  of  the  orphan,  always  found  faithful  to  every  trust 
reposed  in  him. 

Children  of  Caroline  A.  Piatt  and  Rev.  John  l)ldl<. 

Anna  Elizabeth,  born  May  2Sth,  1813,  died    March  5th, 

Eliza  Gilman,  born  August  Sth,  1835.  S^^  r/-?..,.«-C    <^^^ 
^  Mary  Williams,  born  February  Ith,  lU7.*^U^^  ^f^Si^P-^ 

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Caroline  Piatt,  born  Jan.  2St]i,  1S3S,  died  July  3Ut,  li>13. 
Rev.  .J.  Diolle  \v;is  for  ^  years  Seaman's  Chuplain  at  Honolulu, 
Sandwich  Islands,  ilis  children  were  all  born  there.  He  died  and  was 
buried  at  sea,  "homeward  bound,"  Jan.  l[ttli,  ]t!41.  "A  lovely  and 
beloved  Christian  missionary."' 

&i'andchildren  of  lit  v.  J.  D.  and  C.  A.  J). 
Anna  E.  Dielle  married  Charles  Eathbune,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  left  1  son: 
Charles  Clary,  born  Au::ust  l.'th,  1SC5. 

Eliza  G.  Dielle  married  F.  Baker  Blanton;  7  children: 
John  Dielle,  born  March  2Gth,  1850. 

James  Piatt,  born  Dec.  1st,  1800,  died  August  15tli,  18t).">. 
Anna  Lee,  born  April  14th,  1863.  .  - 

James  Piatt  2d,  born  September  21st,  1865.  .   ' 

Joseph  Clary,  born  February  24th,  1SG8. 
Edwin  Judd",  born  Sept.  10th,  1870;  died  July  2Sth,  1871. 
Carrie  Thornton,  born  August  6th,  1872. 
The  Rlanton  family  reside  at  Cottonwood,  Va. 
Children  of  Carrie  P.  D.  and  James  M.  Armistead. 

Caroline   Adriance,  born  September  2Sth,  1860;  died  May 
17th,  1882.  1^      " 

Willie  Johnston,  born  November  6th,  1861.  O^*^/^^' 
Philip,  born  1863. 

Mary  Louise,  born  1865.  ^..^ 

Maria  Theresa,  born  1866.  He  ^ rf-t^^^f'Z^f^  i 
Annie  Dielle,  born  186;.  J^^  f^^  ^^/^Wt^^^^' 

The  Armisteads  reside  at  Richmond,  Va.  ^ 

Mary  W.  Dielle  married  Rev.  P.  B.  Spear,  D.D.,  of  Madison  Uni- 
versity, Hamilton,  Is.  Y..  August  25lh,  1880.  Dr.  S.  has  been  long  and 
most  favorably  known  in  couneclion  with  this  institution. 

Many  homes  of  these  families  have  been  made,  during  these  long 
years,  in  the  far  West  and  South,  some  on  the  frontier  at  tlie  f<jrts  and 
trading  posts  of  our  then  new  country,  and  some  still  reside  on  South- 
ern plantations,  while  the  graves  of  our  kindred  are  scattered  '■  far  and 
■wide,  by  mount  and  stream  and  sea." 


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The   Piatt   Homestead. 


There  is  a  spot  in  Plattsburg  made  as  memorable  in  the  recollection,  ! 

as  the  gathering  place  of  a   Highland  clan.     In  the  early  days,  who  I 

were  not  kith  or  kin;  and  who  among  the  circle  has  not  at  sometime  | 

enjoyed  the  dehghtful  hospitality  of  the  old  homestead;  or,   while  he  | 

lived,   and   lie   lived   long  and   well,    loved  and  reverenced   as  father,  ■ 

grandfather,  uncle,  or  friend,    the  dear,  deaf  old  gentleman  whose  wel-  j 
come  was  the  outcome  of  his  great,  loving  heart  ? 

"What  graphic  old  time  stories  he  could  tell   I      How  many  historic  ; 

landmarks  were  in  and  around  that  sutistuntial  brick  mansion!  lean  I 

see  the  famous  old  butternut  trees  and  the  soldier's  graves  by  the  road-  i 

side,   and  scattered  here  and  there  over  the  broad  acres  that  surrounded  ] 

it.     During  the  battle  of  Plattsburg.  in  1813,  the  land  force  of  the  Brit-  j 

ish,  after  the  family  had  fled,  sacked  the  house,  which  afterward  gave  [ 

hospital  room  to  their  wounded,  and,  later,  burial  to  the  dead.     The  : 

United  States  troops  wer^i  soaie   of  them  stationed    at  Plattsburg  for  | 

many  years  after  this  time,  and  the  oflicers,  always  fond  of  good  cheer  \ 

and  a  gracious  host,  made  the  old  homestead  often  a  grand  rallying  ,M^ 
place.     Doubtless  a  result  of  this  acquaintance  was  the  marriage  of  the 

eldest  dauLihter  of  the  house  to  Dr.  Foote,  who  remained  in  the  army  i 

till  his  death  after  the  Mexican  war.     The  family  were  exposed  to  the  ! 

hazards  of  the  Seminole  war  in  Florida,  and  of  life  in  the  western  frou-  ■ 

tier  forts,  and  Mrs.  Foote  was  laid  to  rest  in  a  far  off  western  grave.  j 

The  younger  daughter,  a  gay,  lively  girl,  the  household  pet,  who  car-  j 

j        ried  everything  before  her,  sailed  away  around  the  world  with  a  hus-  -^  j 

fcand  whom  she  always  calls  "the  loveliest  man  that  ever  lived."  After  I 

j        eight  brief  years  she  returned  widowed,  with  her  four  little  ones,  to  j 

■^       Plattsbut^  to  be  received  by  her  tender  father  with  open  arms.     Her  j 

■*^  '    *hofei5  clV.jii?  liMe^o'ln'oken,  iiow,^r:^^u3,  loving,  white-haired,  enter-  j 

*^il  V  t^'"^"^?  elVrly   ^^,    busy   and   cheery,  -back   and    forth   among   her  i 

retAiTni[5V^1ii^i*o?i,' sli^carribs  a  blessing  wherever  she  goes.     She  kept  i 

her  Plattsburg  home  till  after  her  father  had  gone  to  rest.     Ever  the  j 

upright,  honorable  and  just  man,  "  Uncle  Isaac"  was  the  never-failing  j 

friend  of  the  poor  and  distressed.     He  was  thrice  married,  and  his  last  ! 

wife,   a  most  estimable  lady  (formerly  Mrs.   Halsey),  survived  him  I 

many  years.     Down  to  his  latest  breath,  his  children  bestowed  upon  j 

him  a  tender  and  undiminished  affection,  and  when  he  died,  aged  more  , 

than  niui'ty  years,  tlie  whole  community  mourned  him.  j 

"  Uncle  Xatty's  "  village  home  at  Plattsburg  was  also  raided  b\'  the 
British  soldiery  during  the  battle  hours.     When  the  family  returned. 


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the  house  was  a  sight  to  see.  Dried  fruits  and  pickled  pork  kept  each 
other  company  in  the  parlor.  Tiie  soldiers  ran  their  swords  through 
the  contents  of  the  library,  and  scattered  the  feathers  of  pillows  and 
beds  all  over  the  premises,  in  doors  and  out.  "  The  ^lill"  and  "Aunt 
Peggy  "  are  3-ct  passwords  to  the  secret  chambers  of  some  warm,  loving 
hearts. 

Levi  Piatt,  son  of  Judge  Zephaniah,  married  a  3Iis3  ^liller,  w'no 
Avas  own  cousin  of  Lucrelia  and  Margaret  Davidson.  She  was  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  ^lillcr,  an  own  cousin  of  the  late  Judge  Morris  S.  ^liller,  of 
Utica,  N.  Y. ;  also  own  cousin  to  the  Kev.  Henry  Davis,  of  Clinton  (his 
mother  was  a  Goukliu:;).  Dr.  ^r.  ^vas  also  own  cousin  of  dl.  Miller, 
the  father  of  the  first  .Mrs.  Z.  C.  Piatt,  of  Phittsburg,  X.  Y.,  whose 
husband  now  resides  there.  Mrs.  Davidson,  mother  of  the  sisters  men- 
tioned, wa5  a  sister  of  Judge  .M.  S.  Miiler,  before  alluded  to.  Her  old- 
est daughter  Anna  married  Cauoa  Townsend.  Ex-Governor  Horatio 
Seymour's  sister  Mary  married  Rutger  B.  Miller,  Judge  Miller's  son. 
There  existed  a  very  close  intimacy  between  the  Treadwell,  Piatt,  and 
Davidson  families,  that  renders  this  reference  relevant.  The  Davidson 
family  was  a  lovely  and  gifted  one.  The  two  daughters,  most  specially 
so,  died  young. 


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In  the  walks  of  historj',  and  in  the  ranks  of  benevolent  ■workers  in 
mercantile  afTairs,  in  the  professions  of  law,  medicine  and  the  ministry, 
in  Congress  and  Assembly,  many  of  the  women  and  men  of  the  later 
generations  of  both  these  families  have  gained  a  happy  preeminence. 
Excellence,  substance,  without  show,  might  have  been  the  motto  of  the 
elder  generations. 

In  later  days  there  is  greater  ^wealth,  and  statelier  homes  have 
sprung  up.  Doubtless  the  dwellers  therein  will  strive  to  exert  an  ictlu- 
ence  as  benign,  and  leave  behmd  them  records  as  worthy  undyiii^ 
remembrance  as  did  their  progenitors. 


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